{"id":87938,"date":"2020-07-12T01:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T23:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/administrirovanie\/optimizacziya-servera-minecraft"},"modified":"2020-07-12T01:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T23:41:59","slug":"optimizacziya-servera-minecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/administrirovanie\/optimizacziya-servera-minecraft","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing a Minecraft Server","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn our blog, we have already talked<\/a><\/noindex>, discussed how to create your own Minecraft server. However, five years have passed since then, and much has changed. We are sharing with you the current methods for creating and optimizing the server part of this popular game.<\/p>\n

In its nine-year history (if we count from the release date), Minecraft has gained an incredible number of fans and haters among both casual players and geeks. The simple concept of a block world has transformed from mere entertainment into a universal environment for communication and the creation of various objects from the real world.
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\nIn addition to building, the game offers the ability to create logic circuits<\/a><\/noindex>, allowing for the implementation of full algorithms within Minecraft. YouTube is full of impressive videos where people, having put in tremendous effort and time, have created a copy of various electronic devices or constructed a detailed replica of existing<\/a><\/noindex> and imaginary<\/a><\/noindex> architectural structures. Everything is limited only by the gamer's imagination and the possibilities of the gaming universe.<\/p>\n

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\nBut let's not dwell on what players create and look instead at the server side of the application, highlighting the issues (sometimes quite complex) that may arise during operation under load. Let's clarify right away that we will only be discussing the Java Edition.<\/p>\n

Types of servers<\/h2>\n

\nThe simplest option is the server built into the game client. You create a world, press a button, and the server becomes available on the local network. Such an option cannot handle any serious load, so we won\u2019t even consider it.<\/p>\n

Vanilla<\/h3>\n

\nMojang Studios distributes the server part of the game as a Java application for free on the official website<\/a><\/noindex>. This allows you to create your own a dedicated server<\/a><\/noindex> and personal world, making it accessible for connection from anywhere on the planet. For those doing this for the first time, there is an excellent tutorial<\/a><\/noindex>, available in the relevant gaming Wiki.<\/p>\n

This approach has one serious drawback, namely the lack of built-in support for plugins that expand server functionality, allowing not only automation of many processes but also optimization of performance. Moreover, the official server has a relatively high memory consumption per connected player.<\/p>\n

Bukkit<\/h3>\n

\nAn application created by enthusiasts based on the Vanilla version Bukkit<\/a><\/noindex> significantly expanded the game's capabilities by supporting plugins and mods (modifications). It allowed not only the addition of new blocks to the gameplay but also various manipulations that were inaccessible to vanilla software. Interestingly, this application required significantly less memory.<\/p>\n

Installing Bukkit is not particularly difficult; the corresponding instructions are available on the resource GamePedia<\/a><\/noindex>. However, this is pointless since the Bukkit team disbanded in 2014, with the project's developers becoming employees of Mojang Studios, and repository<\/a><\/noindex> abandoned. Thus, Bukkit is effectively dead, and it makes sense to pay attention to the next two projects.<\/p>\n

SpigotMC<\/h3>\n

\nTo make life easier for plugin developers, an API was needed to interact with the game world. This task was addressed by the creators of Spigot<\/a><\/noindex>, based on the Bukkit core and reworked for better reliability and performance. Nevertheless, Git repository<\/a><\/noindex> the project was blocked under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA<\/a><\/noindex>), and the source code cannot be downloaded from there.<\/p>\n

Currently, SpigotMC is actively developed and used. It supports all plugins created for Bukkit; however, it is not backward compatible. To bypass the DMCA Takedown notice, an elegant solution called BuildTools was devised. This tool eliminates the necessity of distributing a compiled application and allows users to compile Spigot, CraftBukkit, and Bukkit from the source code. All of this renders the DMCA ban ineffective.<\/p>\n

PaperMC<\/h3>\n

\nIt seems everything is great, and Spigot has become a fantastic option. But some enthusiasts found it insufficient, and they created their own 'steroid-enhanced' fork of Spigot. Its the project page<\/a><\/noindex> a key advantage is stated as, \u201cIt\u2019s stupid fast\u201d. Developed community<\/a><\/noindex> allows for prompt resolution of arising issues, while the extended API enables the creation of interesting plugins. Starting PaperMC can be done with a simple command as shown in the documentation<\/a><\/noindex>. <\/p>\n

Compatibility with PaperMC is excellent, so plugins written for SpigotMC will run smoothly on PaperMC as well, although without official support. Backward compatibility with SpigotMC is also present. Now that we have outlined various options for server creation, let's move on to the performance issues that may arise.<\/p>\n

Problems and Solutions<\/h2>\n

\nThe main thing to understand is that everything related to processing the game world will be handled by a single core of the physical server. So, if you have a wonderful server with a dozen CPU cores, only one will be utilized. All the others will effectively be idle. This is the architecture of the application, and there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. Therefore, when choosing a server, you should focus on clock speed rather than the number of cores. The higher it is, the better the performance will be.<\/p>\n

Regarding the amount of RAM, here are some factors to consider:<\/p>\n