Talk:Server.properties/Archive 1

Monsters
It might be useful to state here that in the current Alpha build, a bug circumvents this from working as it should, but that's just my two cents.

There's discussion of the presence of the 'monsters' key but no information about what goes in it, or what format it takes. The same is true of the 'no-animals' key.
 * The 'monsters' key seems to stem from pre-beta times. A newly generated server.properties doesn't have it, nor the 'no-animals' key. I think this page needs a general overhaul... Fischertechniklas 17:02, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Classic vs Survival (Alpha)
Not all of these properties are available under the two game modes. I think we should specify which property is available under Classic and which is available under Survival (Alpha). --DjDCH 19:34, 31 October 2010 (UTC)


 * There, I fixed it all up. Hopefully people like it because it took AGES! -F1racer101 09:14, 11 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you, miner! --DjDCH 06:05, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

MOTD display
...Except, does the MOTD really even display? (Alpha) --Mousey Tue Nov 30 12:06:28 PST 2010


 * Good point. There is already a thread on getsatisfaction. --DjDCH 06:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

The MOTD Message Displays Whenever A Player Joins The Server And Is Only Displayed To Him/Her. It Is Unknown To Me Whether This Works Or Not. - Deadlykid27

The MOTD message displays on the player's server list.

Server Default Port
In the section at the top it says that default port is 25364, but in the server-port section it says the default port is 25565. I recently started a server after Jan. 9th, and my default port was 25565. I'm running on a mac if it makes a difference.

Add level-seed
I have no clue what it does, but it's new to version 1.4, someone add and explain its purpose. --EarthBoundX5 20:07, 31 March 2011 (CST)

spawn-protection-size vs spawn-protection
I believe this node is only present in Bukkit servers, in which Bukkit follows to change the spawn protection size. I believe it can be any value. However, it is not vanilla-based, so this should be removed, or at least noted that it is only present in Bukkit servers. The PC Tech Guy 04:56, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm being very verbose here because the section for spawn-protection was edited when the discussion was about spawn-protection-size.

I tested this on a completely vanilla server. I set spawn-protection=false and I was able to edit the spawn area as a normal user (not OP).

The setting spawn-protection-size does not exist in vanilla as stated. --Beverage 12:50, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

This property does not seem to work on vanilla SMP. I tried it on a new server. It didn't work. Can someone confirm this? Also if you don't have a server.properties in the server directory and a new one gets created, it does not contain the property. --Nordic42 21:12, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

I removed this entry from this list because it isn't supported by vanilla at all. (both options) Maybe we can read them but with a notice that they only work with Bukkit and hMod. --Blubbi 14:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

File location
Not always obvious. Just read a reddit post by a confused windows user, and I was pretty unsure where it'd show up in linux. Anyway, I think there should be a section on it towards the top of the page. Stevepoppers 01:17, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

WHERE IS THE SERVER.PROPERTIES FILE I CAN'T FIND IT

Agreed. I can't find this file either. I downloaded minecraft server and ran it, but there was no file named server.properties. Is it necessary for the windows version? If not, how do I alter server properties? Please respond.


 * Server.properties extracts from the Minecraft_server.jar/Minecraft_server.exe automatically into the directory which it is in...it may only be called "server" as your computer may hide file extensions. --HexZyle 03:05, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

I can't find it either. I am on windows 7 maybe that makes a difference. I ran the software, turned on the server, and it worked, but still I could not find it. I could not even find a file that says "server". In fact practicaly none of those files that came up work. It just keeps saying "Windows can't open this file". Please help me! Someone! Anyone!

You have to open server.properties with a text editor such as notepad.

1.9 new settings?
I've just noticed the 1.9pre4 server generates a default file with "enable-rcon=false" and "enable-query=false". Any idea what these are for? 87.254.69.224 16:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Is this in the server.properties? --HexZyle 01:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. I would test them myself, but I don't have the hardware capabilities to run a server. CaMoreno3 06:23, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Its some sort of compatability with modding or coding or something or rather. Seems too indepth for us regular players. (query is a function in computer terms to drag a piece of information out from a table or some sort, used in SQL code and stuff...doesn't seem like something you would use in regular play, so its obviously something complex) --HexZyle 08:25, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * This is a feature to allow people to control the server remotely. You can use already made programs that use RCON built in to control your minecraft server. RCON was designed for communicating to Valve Half-Life hosted servers.
 * Please sign comments. RCON stands for Remote Console, Valve uses it for servers, it's not something they came up with. Dinnerbone from the Bukkit team has a post on what you can do with query and rcon. TLDR, you can get amount of players, version etc from a vanilla server now if you know how to handle tcp connections to the server. See the post here http://dinnerbone.com/blog/2011/10/14/minecraft-19-has-rcon-and-query/ --Nahaz 14:27, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Image Updates
I've added a new screenshot of the server.properties file as it appears in 1.2.3, however, it does not seem to be updating. The image is there, it just doesn't show up on the wiki page. Do new images need to be approved first? Or is there some lag between updating an image, and the image actually showing up? Thanks. CaMoreno3 20:06, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You usually need to flush your browser's cache for new images to show up. There may also be a bit of delay on the server. Clicking on the thumbnail in the file history will show you the correct version. -- Orthotope 20:51, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Clearing my cache fixed the problem. Thanks for the help. CaMoreno3 23:14, 2 March 2012 (UTC)