How to host a FREE Minecraft server [With Hamachi]

I didn't see a topic about it, so I decided to make one.

Making a MineCraft Server is real easy, you just need to follow these instructions carefully.
Step 1: Getting Hamachi. http://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/download.aspx
Check the box below that says 'Conditions of Use'.
Click 'Download Now'
Download and run the file.
Install Hamachi.
Step 2: Setting up Hamachi.
Step 2.1
Start Hamachi up and click on the 'System' tab.
Next click on 'Preferences'
Now click on the blue 'change...' button next to your computer's name.
Type in your MineCraft In-Game Name and press enter twice.
Step 2.2: Creating your Hamachi network.
First click on 'Create a new network'.
Set the Hamachi ID and password(usually 123).
Now that you've connected to your Hamachi network, time for the hard part.
Step 3: Setting up the actual server.
Download the server files from http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kztxaeyyh9bb4mu
Extract them to C:\(Local Disk)
Replace the outdated craftbukkit.jar with the latest version from http://cbukk.it/craftbukkit.jar
Go to the folder you extracted the files to.
Double-click on RUN.bat, when it says 'DONE!', close it.
Open the newly-created 'server.properties' with Notepad.
Change the stuff after 'server-ip=' to your Hamachi IP.
Close and save 'server.properties'.
Now open 'ops.txt' with Notepad.
Put your Minecraft In-Game Name on the first line.
Close and save 'ops.txt'
You're ready to start the server!

Step 4: Running the server.
Make a shortcut of RUN.bat to the Desktop.
Rename the shortcut to 'Minecraft Server'
Run the shortcut.
A Command Prompt window pops up, it tells you 'Done!' when the server is up and running.
Step 5: Getting players to join your server.
Just tell your friends and people you know who play Minecraft about the server and tell them to download Hamachi and click on 'Join an existing network' and enter your network's ID and password.
When they have connected to the network, tell them to copy your IP and enter the IP to Minecraft and join.
Now the server can be slow when you first run it, so be sure to wait a while.

Now, if it doesn't work for some reason, see if the solution hasn't been posted yet.
There you have it! Post your Hamachi network ID and password and IP in here and you can get more people to your server!
If the Hamachi network gets full, just make another one and tell them about it.
The purpose of this pack is to add plugin compatibility.
You can get plugins for your server from this site: http://plugins.bukkit.org/
I will not be updating the server files, to update, you only need to replace craftbukkit.jar with the file from http://cbukk.it/craftbukkit.jar
If you still have questions, ask away.

LOL COOL ;D Im played Minecraft for just 1week . But you can make a server??? Lol! Nice
ADD ME AS FREND <<

Ilike it i Already maked 1 But i got a qeustion why it dont works at me? It says server OFFLINE <<

John1998 wrote:Ilike it i Already maked 1 But i got a qeustion why it dont works at me? It says server OFFLINE <<

i GOT the same Problem :?

Ye i had that problem to but look at Step 3 and it will help you:D owyeh TheDownloader btw u are famous at weezygamecheats haha

MinePunch wrote:btw u are famous at weezygamecheats haha

But yeah, I've put alot of work into it and I'd like to see this forum grow.
Making a public WGC Server would help us, we just need to find a good host, someone with a spare computer with a lot of RAM.
I can't be the host(yet), because I don't have a spare computer.


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NOW, for those of you who have the problem:
The server is offline--the reason could be that you closed the Command Prompt window, the window has to be minimized or just running on the background.
The other reason might be that you don't have the server.properties file modified.
Change the line after server-ip= to your hamachi IP.
Make sure you're connected to your hamachi network.
Make sure there are no errors in the Command Prompt window and that it says 'Done!'
on the last line.

Now, if you still have problems, let me make this clear for you.

#Minecraft server properties
#Tue Apr 12 16:57:45 EEST 2011
level-name=	world
hellworld=	false
spawn-monsters=	false
online-mode=	false
spawn-animals=	false
max-players=	40
server-ip=	5.12.25.111
pvp=	false
level-seed=
server-port=	25565
white-list=	false
spawn-protection=	8

Make sure your the server.properties file looks almost like this, with the exeption of the server-ip, the above IP is my IP, you have to change it to YOUR OWN IP, which is shown in big letter right above your name in Hamachi.

if i dont have an spare computer and if i have a laptop??

DrSmartGuy wrote:if i dont have an spare computer and if i have a laptop??

A computer and a laptop are virtually the same.
To host a good server, you only need 2 laptops/computers.
The spare on will be the server host.

uhhh than i got a problem because i only got 1laptop -.- the other 1 is from my brother

TheDownloader wrote:

DrSmartGuy wrote:if i dont have an spare computer and if i have a laptop??

A computer and a laptop are virtually the same.
To host a good server, you only need 2 laptops/computers.
The spare on will be the server host.

btw why you need 2 Laptops/computers?

Gratzz with 216 Views ON THIS TOPIC I have 1k views on a topic :p

Hmmm... wierd.. Looks like the forum didn't process the reply I made.
Anyways, you need 2 computers: 1 to host the server and one to play on the server.
This way, it uses less RAM and everything will be less laggy.
You only need 2 computers/laptops with an internet connection.
In this case, the server should be your laptop and you'll play on your brother's laptop.
We might need to get a more stable host soon.
So just download the stuff in the tutorial to your own laptop and play on your brothers

minecraf wrote: -snip-

Anything useful to say?

hi, it says the server is outdated..
by the way, great tut. got it going perfectly except it is outdated

reynolds74 wrote:hi, it says the server is outdated..
by the way, great tut. got it going perfectly except it is outdated

yep hes right its outdated

DrSmartGuy wrote:

reynolds74 wrote:hi, it says the server is outdated..
by the way, great tut. got it going perfectly except it is outdated

yep hes right its outdated

Calm down, it's outdated because they haven't updated craftbukkit to the newest version.
Also MineCraft is EXTREMELY buggy right now, so there hasn't been any completely stable release right now.
ALSO remember that there is NO way someone can code a plugin manager in 1 day after the release of an update.
You have to have patience.
Now I've made an EXPERIMENTAL pack of craftbukkit.
I hope you're happy.

TheDownloader wrote:

DrSmartGuy wrote:

reynolds74 wrote:hi, it says the server is outdated..
by the way, great tut. got it going perfectly except it is outdated

yep hes right its outdated

Calm down, it's outdated because they haven't updated craftbukkit to the newest version.
Also MineCraft is EXTREMELY buggy right now, so there hasn't been any completely stable release right now.
ALSO remember that there is NO way someone can code a plugin manager in 1 day after the release of an update.
You have to have patience.
Now I've made an EXPERIMENTAL pack of craftbukkit.
I hope you're happy.

<3

[quote="reynolds74"]

TheDownloader wrote:

DrSmartGuy wrote:

reynolds74 wrote:-snip-

<3

please, snip your posts to make them smaller.
Just replace the text with "-snip-".
I have to warn you, the server software might not work or might be for 1.6.3
I'll update it as soon as I can.

BTW, I recommend you visit my website, it's currently hosted on Bravehost, with ads, but I've done some stuff. I'm currently working on a HTML chat app.
Bye.
**UPDATE**
Notch tweeted about him working on the bugfixes so I guess you can say bye-bye to working a plugin manager for atleast a week.
Sorry for that. Atleast Notch is gonna update Minecraft...

When I try to run the shortcut it says "The system cannot find the path specified" Can you please help?

Repo wrote:When I try to run the shortcut it says "The system cannot find the path specified" Can you please help?

Try running RUN.bat in the folder you extracted the files to and if that doesn't work, make sure you're running the server on Windows, you have the latest Java and the java.exe is in the

Code:

%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe

folder ,if it still doesn't work, download the server software again and do the guide again.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

TheDownloader wrote:

Repo wrote:When I try to run the shortcut it says "The system cannot find the path specified" Can you please help?

Try running RUN.bat in the folder you extracted the files to and if that doesn't work, make sure you're running the server on Windows, you have the latest Java and the java.exe is in the

Code:

%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe

folder ,if it still doesn't work, download the server software again and do the guide again.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

repo maybe you need 2computers??

DrSmartGuy wrote:

TheDownloader wrote:

Repo wrote:
-snip-

repo maybe you need 2computers??

I think that wouldn't be the case.
The 2 computers would not be necessary, since you CAN run a server and play at the same time on 1 computer, however it is not that good, you usually get lag.
The problem is the bat file can't find the path to the file, which is wierd.
yeah.

Well written tutorial, but I have a problem. Whenever I start the server and try to join myself, it says "end of stream"

In the command prompt, it says:

Code:

[INFO] Disconnecting /5.167.11.116:56311: Protocol error
[INFO] /5.167.11.116:56311 lost connection

THeguy wrote:Well written tutorial, but I have a problem. Whenever I start the server and try to join myself, it says "end of stream"

In the command prompt, it says:

Code:

[INFO] Disconnecting /5.167.11.116:56311: Protocol error
[INFO] /5.167.11.116:56311 lost connection

Sorry, Minecraft has been updated over 6 times over the past week so they haven't been able to update the server clients. I'll get working on that.