

Installing it is easy, but you do need to make sure that you got java/openjdk8 installed as well as devel/git. So far it runs a lot faster on my hardware. It's my experience that if you're having issues with the resource requirements of vanilla Minecraft then Spigot is most likely a perfect alternative. Extensive customization features (maps in item frames, entity activation, tab command completion, crop grow rates, chunk loading, redstone ticks, etc.).Built in anti x-ray checks (to catch cheaters).Performance optimization provides better TPS in general.I won't go into too much detail but a few specific advantages over vanilla Minecraft: It's basically an open source, and fully optimized, version of Minecraft. So a very good alternative which I'd like to mention is the Spigot project. Another possible con (but that's opinion based) is that vanilla Minecraft also won't be able to utilize any plugins.

The main problem with this environment is that it isn't really optimized for server usage. If you want to go for the vanilla Minecraft server then the games/minecraft-server can provided a good solution. Also because the initial question was about running Minecraft in general. I know the thread is a little dated, but there's another suggestion I'd like to add to the mix, one which hasn't been mentioned so far. I also had to install audio/openal-soft to get sound working. I've read you can't, and it'll be a while before I try. I haven't tried to get any other devices, like iPods versions, working yet. I started with a 'fresh new' world, and will see where that leads us. After you verify server is running, launch the client, do a "add server" and use the IP address of the server.

Just launch minecraft cient and look inside "edit profile". Set the profile java executable to "/usr/local/share/minecraft-client/minecraft-runtime". Note the port installation instructions about the EULA file you have to modify.įor the minecraft-client I had to do this, which you are told to do on the first run. I selected daemon mode and simply had to put minecraft_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. I install minecraft-server on one machine using ports. At least I think I did, and the only reason I said that because it was a lot easier that I expected, and it seems to be working fine. I got minecraft-client and minecraft-server working this weekend. # to /srv/minecraft, and place minecraft_server.jar into /srv/minecraft # For default setup, create a user named 'minecraft', set its home directory # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf.local to enable the minecraft server: # REQUIRE: LOGIN DAEMON NETWORKING mountcritlocal
