

There are lots of other videos and how-tos out there. Voila! If all goes well you should see a screen that looks like this:
Internet means your friends are at home across the city. Wifi means you are all on the same local Wifi network. Note: Public port number may be different than local. Then have your friends fireup the minecraft clients and ‘Directly Connect’ replacing the numbers below with your own as follows: Wifi Go back to Port Map and write down these numbers depending on whether you are connecting via local wifi or internet: You may need to click the lock at the bottom, enter you account password, turn off, and then save changes.
#MAKE A MINECRAFT SERVER FOR MAC INSTALL#
Unzip it, install it, run it, and configure it as follows: Port forwarding enables your kids friends to directly connect to your computer by forwarding the data on through your wifi router (which masks it) to your computer. If others are going to connect to your server, they are going to need an address on where to connect to. It will create a whole bunch of files and directories. Once running your are in effect hosting a minecraft server on your machine. Mineland Network is the best Minecraft servers with high-quality game modes, monthly tops, interesting quests for players who love to compete, create and. Replacing minecraft_server.jar with whatever version of minecraft your downloaded. > java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar Once downloaded, unzip, open a ‘terminal’ and type: Step 1: Download minecraft serverĭownload the jar file version near the bottom.
#MAKE A MINECRAFT SERVER FOR MAC HOW TO#
Of course eventually the hope here by having mom and dad setup a server, the kids will learn about programming and the internet, and will be able to get jobs and no longer rely on mom and dad (hurray!).Īnyways, here are some bare bones instructions on how to get this going on a Mac. It will help if you know a little bit about programming and the internet. Combine the power of mods and plugins to get the best of both worlds. Use one of our preconfigured modpacks or create your own modded SMP. This article is for moms and dads who are looking for instructions on how to setup and host minecraft servers for their kids. Expand your SMP experience with plugins or create your own minigame server. So this weekend (with the hopes that they will learn something about the internet) I figured out how and host your own minecraft servers on the Mac.
