Guides · Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod workshop: what the server mounts, what the client gets
Two separate questions, and most missing-texture problems come from answering one while believing you answered the other.
· 3 min read
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SRV records, and what resolvers actually do
Priority, weight, port, target. The trailing dot that eats hours, the second record everyone forgets, and the TTL step before a move.
· 5 min read
Guides · FiveM
Why a FiveM resource refuses to start
Six errors, each pointing at one line of fxmanifest.lua. Read the manifest and the console stops being a mystery.
· 3 min read
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM ESX Core 1.16.0 Released for Server Hosts
FiveM ESX Core 1.16.0 adds an official NUI slot inventory, dedicated esx_whitelist system, and critical duplicate pickup fixes for server administrators.
· 3 min read
Guides · FiveM
The FiveM server.cfg, line by line
It is a list of console commands, not a config file. What each line does, the two keys that must never be committed, and the order problem.
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Guides
SourceMod admins and immunity, done properly
Flags are capabilities, not ranks, and z is not the top of the ladder. How to hand out admin without handing over the server.
· 3 min read
Guides · Minecraft
When a Minecraft proxy is the wrong answer
Velocity and BungeeCord solve one problem and bring three. The honest threshold for needing a proxy, and what it never fixes.
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Game Updates · Zombie Panic! Source
Zombie Panic! Source v3.3 Released for Server Hosts
The zombie panic! source 3.3 halloween update adds VPK support, scraps the custom directory, and starts migrating to the TF2 SDK for server hosts.
· 4 min read
Guides
A systemd unit for a game server that restarts correctly
Fifteen lines that replace a screen session and a cron job, and the four of them that decide whether a crash loop is survivable.
· 5 min read
Guides · Minecraft
The Minecraft server list ping, end to end
Five packets decide your MOTD, your icon and your player count on every listing. Three common mysteries, solved by reading them.
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Guides · Minecraft
JVM flags for Minecraft servers: what the collector is doing
Everyone pastes the same twenty arguments and nobody knows which one to change. What each part of Aikar's flags actually asks G1 to do.
· 5 min read
Guides · Minecraft
The server.properties settings that change how Minecraft plays
Sixty entries, six that matter. Which lines change what players feel, which cost CPU, and which are folklore repeated from old forum posts.
· 4 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft Removing Obfuscation Fabric Impact for Hosts
Mojang is removing obfuscation from Java Edition after Mounts of Mayhem. Here is what Minecraft removing obfuscation Fabric tooling means for hosts.
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Guides
Saying no to a plugin request, without losing the person
Every community suggests more than any server can absorb. Why the default should be no, the questions worth asking, and how to decline well.
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Guides
The real cost of moderation tooling
A durable record and coverage while you sleep, against another system that breaks and a process now harder to change. When to adopt one.
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Guides
A player banned somewhere else: three workable positions
You do not know what happened and cannot find out. Decide the policy before it arrives, because improvising is what communities argue about.
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Guides
Retiring a server gracefully, in about a week
The default ending is an address that stops answering. Give notice, give them the world download, hold a last evening — or hand it over.
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Guides
A player report process that still works at 3am
One place to report, a record so patterns are visible, more than one person who can act, and a reply to whoever bothered to tell you.
· 6 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft Snapshot 25w45a Adds Timelines for Hosts
Minecraft snapshot 25w45a introduces timelines to data packs, Netherite horse armor, texture atlas splits, and data-driven mob variants.
· 3 min read
Guides · Counter-Strike 1.6
Warcraft Mod: RPG Levelling Inside Counter-Strike
Races, levels and abilities bolted onto Counter-Strike, still busy after twenty years. What the races do, why it works, and what arriving is like.
· 7 min read
Guides
The economics of running a free server
Twelve to fifty euros a month, and a workload nobody prices. Why free is the default, and what selling perks changes about what your server is.
· 6 min read
Guides · Minecraft
Pre-generating a Minecraft world, and why it helps
Terrain generation is the most expensive thing your server does, at the worst moment. How far out to go, and the border you want anyway.
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Guides
Handling a duplication exploit without killing the economy
The first hour decides it. Why publishing the method is the mistake, how to decide about the items, and what to do with the people who used it.
· 5 min read
Game Updates · Minecraft
Minecraft 26.4 Snapshot 3 Adds Ice Caves for Hosts
Mojang released Minecraft 26.4 snapshot 3 with Ice Caves, the Frostbite mob, updated social menus, and Data Pack version 123.0 for servers.
· 4 min read