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Building Minecraft Server Modifications

By : Cody M. Sommer
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Building Minecraft Server Modifications

By: Cody M. Sommer

Overview of this book

If you have ever played Minecraft on a public server then the chances are that the server was powered by Bukkit. Bukkit plugins allow a server to be modified in more ways than you can imagine. Learning to program your own server mods will allow you to customize the game to your own liking. Building Minecraft Server Modifications is a complete guide that walks you through the creation of Minecraft server mods. From setting up a server, to testing your newly made plugins, this book teaches you everything you need to know. With the help of this book you can start practising for a career in software development or simply create something awesome to play with your friends. This book walks you through installing your own Minecraft server for you and your friends. Once your server is running, it will aid you in modifying the game by programming Bukkit plugins. You will learn how to program simple plugin features such as player commands and permissions. You will also learn more complex features including listening for events, creating a configurable plugin, and utilizing the Bukkit scheduler. All of this will be accomplished while writing your own server mods. You will become familiar with the most important aspects of the Bukkit API. Additional API features will become a breeze to learn after tackling these more complicated tasks.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building Minecraft Server Modifications
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 1. Deploying a CraftBukkit Server

The first step to modifying Minecraft with the Bukkit API is to install a CraftBukkit server on your Windows PC. A multiplayer server is essentially the same as single-player Minecraft but allows for more customization and is not limited to only people in your home network. The CraftBukkit server will load all of the plugins that you create and use them to change how Minecraft operates. It contains all of the code that is included in the vanilla Minecraft server. Most of these classes, methods, and variables are renamed to help us understand their purpose and how to use them correctly. craftbukkit.jar also includes additional code to aid plugin developers with completing certain tasks such as saving/loading data, listening for server events, and scheduling code to be executed. We will use this CraftBukkit server to test any plugins that you write. By the end of this chapter all your friends can log onto and play on your modified Minecraft server together.

  • Installing a CraftBukkit server

  • Understanding and modifying server settings

  • Using console and in-game Minecraft and Bukkit server commands

  • Port forwarding