For questions that deal with hosting game servers, either online or locally.
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How can we get more players on our server? [closed]
A friend of mine runs a Minecraft server, but so far we haven't been getting a lot of traffic. The few that DO show up, have commented on how much they like the server, but wish we had more players. ...
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Is it possible to turn a Minecraft single player map into multi-player server? [closed]
I've got some funky minecraft maps that I'd like to share with my friends. However, they're, more often than not, far away and unable to stop by my computer and see what I've wrought.
I was wondering ...
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How can I host my own Minecraft server?
I would like to create a minecraft server for me and and my boyfriend to play on. Our PCs are networked and on the same LAN.
How do I set it up? Do I need any additional software? Do you have some ...
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2answers
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Ideas or solutions to resolve the issue of absence of Local-Dedicated-Public multiplayer gaming servers
Introduction
With this question I aim to understand the exact reason behind the absence of popular public game servers (e.g. Call of Duty Servers) in certain countries/geographies and what can gamers ...
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How can I join a game?
My friend has a Galaxy Nexus and I just got an HTC One X, and we both have the newest version of Minecraft Pocket Edition. We want to play on a server together (we will be sitting right next to each ...
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How do I pre-generate a Minecraft world?
I want to create a new world on our Minecraft server, but exploring a new map and generating terrain causes massive lag.
Is there a way to pre generate the chunks (with the default map generator) in ...
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What, exactly, is Bukkit for Minecraft?
I've read the documentation and everything I can find on this subject, but I'd like to know:
What Bukkit does that vanilla Minecraft Server does not
Why people decide to use it over vanilla ...
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1answer
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Why can I not find servers with ping lower than 180?
I've been playing Black Ops Multiplayer for about a week now, and something's been annoying me for a while. I can never find any servers with ping lower than 180. Ever!
I live in Brazil, and there ...
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How can I run a dedicated server without Steam?
Steam won't let me have two instances running with the same user logged in.
Does that mean I cannot run a dedicated server on a PC (for example, for Left 4 Dead 2) and play from another machine?
Is ...
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Minimum RAM needed for Minecraft server
What is the minimum RAM needed for an Minecraft server? (without using custom servers) There will be at most 5 players, the VPS will be OpenVZ.
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Why is my new server not letting me connect?
I followed the minecraft wiki on how to set up a new server (extract zip, add name to admin file and run!) however, when i connect through the local client to the server using 127.0.0.1 as my ip ...
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Recommended hardware specifications while taking up hosting space for Call of Duty [closed]
This is not about taking a rented game slot from COD hosting providers like http://www.gameservers.com/game_servers/ I need to take a hosting space and then install the game there. (You may check ...
