Basic Bukkit Setup Tutorial for
Windows!
To do this click the third link from
the right “Get CraftBukkit”.
This should then take you to this next window, from
which we will be installing the latest craftbukkit snapshot. This page also
serves us as a way to start up our bukkit server according to your specific computer’s architecture.
If you aren’t sure how your computer is configured, this guide
will assist you in creating the right start up file. The line “-Xmx 1024M –Xms
1024M” is a call to allocate 2 GB of Ram to the server, since 1GB = 1024M. This
can be adjusted for more, however I recommend you leave ateast 1.5GB of RAM for
normal windows operations. The first statement is meant for
JRE6 users and the second is for
JRE7 users. For those who have a 64 Bit machine and Java in the “Program Files
(x86)” (Backwards compatible) you must modify the path from “%ProgramFiles%” to
“%ProgramFiles(x86)%”, this is determined in step three.
For those who are not sure, refer
back to this section after the next several steps, to create the perfect bukkit
start up harmony.
2. This section will show you how to locate important bits of information pertaining to how your computer is configured. First Click Start (or windows key) then open the Control Panel and search “Java” in the upper right hand corner.
In the results you will want to
open the icon shown on the left. Then in the “General” tab click the “About”
button. This will tell us what version of Java you are using. Although this is VERY important, we
also need a bit more information to determine the correct path for the start up
file. Next we are going to determine if your version of Windows is 64 Bit or 32
Bit, also we will determine if your version of Java is backwards compatible (64
bit users only).
3. Again open Start, then go to
computer and click on your hard drive (If you have more than one, the Primary
Partition should be opened). If you do not see two “Program Files” folders skip
this step, you have a 32 Bit version of Windows. However if you have two, this
means you have a 64 Bit version of windows. Thus you must search in each folder
for “Java”. If you only find Java in the “Program Files (x86)” folder, you then
must modify the path as specified in step 1.
4. Using the information we have learned to create the PERFECT bukkit
starter for your computer. Copy the statement that fits your computer and open
Notepad.
Next save the document as
“StartUp.bat” and make sure to change save as type to “All Files”. It should be
saved in the same folder as the other craftbukkit material you previously
downloaded. Also be sure to rename the .jar
(currently is “craftbukkit-1.3.1-R1.0.jar”) file to “craftbukkit.jar” .
This is important for our start up
file, so it knows what it will boot up.
5. Finding your computer’s internal IP. Please note wireless devices
will occasionally shift internal IP, thus creating a failed to bind to port
error. If this happens simply repeat steps 5 and 6. To find your computer’s IP
first open the Start menu and search “cmd”. Click the “cmd.exe” option in the
results. Once the command prompt (cmd) window is open,
type “ipconfig” and press enter.
6. Using your Internal IP. After a few process are completed in the
command prompt window we are going to look for the IPv4 address. Now that you
have the IPv4, open the Server. Properties (One of the files downloaded as part
of the craftbukkit download. Open the file and enter your IPv4 next to the “server
ip:”, save and close.
7. Running your new Craftbukkit
Server and Closing Remarks. Finally, the light at the end of the tunnel! All
that is left to do is double click the “StartUp.bat” we made early.
After an
execution log, the final line should say “Done” proceeded by a timestamp, you
are now free to connect to your very own bukkit server.
This may be done on the
computer running the server by connection to “LocalHost” in minecraft
multiplayer or by other computers on your network by the IPv4 you entered as
your server IP. Although this server can currently not allow for connections
outside your local internet network. The future has almost unlimited
possibilities with bukkit’s modular design. The plugins folder will allow you
to create a unique minecraft experience for all who connect to your server.
Congrats and the best of luck! -TVFlash
Written by Our Bukkit Expert "TVFlash" Got questions? Email bennington.sunday@gmail.com and we will pass them onto him!
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