Ultimate Guide to Minecraft Server, The - Softcover

Warner, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789754576 ISBN 13: 9780789754578

Publisher: Que Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Run your own Minecraft server: take total control of your Minecraft experience!

What’s more fun than playing multiplayer Minecraft? Running your own Minecraft server. Now there’s a complete, up-to-date guide to doing just that–even if you have no networking or server experience!

Best-selling tech author Timothy L. Warner covers all you need to know, from the absolute basics to cutting-edge customization. You’ll learn from crystal-clear, step-by-step instructions designed for today’s newest Minecraft servers.Warner guides you through prepping your computer and network…installing a basic server and powerful third-party alternatives…welcoming and managing users…protecting against griefing and other attacks…adding powerful plug-ins and mods…using easy subscription hosting services…giving your users a truly awesome game experience.

This book’s #1 goal is to help you have more fun with Minecraft. But you’ll also master practical skills for a well-paid technology career!

 

• Gain deep multiplayer Minecraft knowledge for running your server well
• Configure your computer to reliably host Minecraft
• Control your server through the Minecraft Server console
• Connect users, communicate with them, and set rules they must follow
• Master basic networking skills for improving server uptime and performance
• Safeguard your server and users, and prevent griefing
• Simplify complicated mods with integrated modpacks and launchers
• Run on the Realms public cloud―let Minecraft worry about maintenance and security
• Evaluate and choose a third-party hosting provider
• Customize your spawn “lobby” to help new users find their way
• Support multiple worlds and teleportation
• Earn cash with ads, sponsorships, cosmetic upgrades, or VIP access

 

Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB.

 

Timothy L. Warner is the author of Hacking Raspberry Pi and The Unauthorized Guide to iPhone, iPad, and iPod Repair: A DIY Guide to Extending the Life of Your iDevices!. He is a tech professional who has helped thousands of people become more proficient with technology in business and education. He holds the CompTIA A+ Computer Technician credential and 20 other technical certifications. As Director of Technology for a progressive high school, he created and managed a self-servicing warranty repair shop for all of its Apple hardware. Now an author/evangelist for Pluralsight, he shares Windows PowerShell scripting knowledge at 2minutepowershell.com.

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About the Author

Timothy Warner is an IT professional and technical trainer based in Nashville, Tennessee. Tim became acquainted with information technology in 1982 when his dad bought the family a Timex Sinclair 1000 home computer and he taught himself BASIC programming. Today  he works as an author/evangelist for Pluralsight and shares Windows PowerShell knowledge with anyone who’ll listen at his Two Minute PowerShell blog: http://2minutepowershell.com. You can reach Tim directly via LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/timothywarner.

Edition details

• Publisher: Que Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789754576
• ISBN 13: 9780789754578
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288