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
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477 resultsGuides · 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.
· 4 min read
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.
· 5 min read
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.
· 5 min read
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.
· 5 min read