How To Make A Modded Minecraft Server For Free.Hosting a modded server can be taxing on a computer, so keep that in mind if you’re planning on hosting with the same computer you’re playing with.Server hosting sites or Minecraft Realms cost a monthly subscription to use. If you don’t have the money for a freelance site to host the server for you, then the best option is to create your own server for free. Here’s Make A Modded Minecraft Server. (works with most past and future updates, you can find the specific .jar file for the version you’re using).
How To Make A Modded Minecraft Server For Free;Step By Step.
Index.
- 1 material
- 2 Step 1: Install Minecraft, add Forge Mod Loader
- 3 Step 2: Install Forge Server, accept the EULA
- 4 Step 3: Build your mods
- 5 Step 4: Reduce the delay
- 6 Step 5: Forward the port to the server
- 7 Step 6: All done!
Material of
- What you will need:
- A computer that can run modified Minecraft and a server at the same time (at least 4 GB of RAM).
- A copy of Minecraft
- Secure internet connection
- Access router log data
Step 1: Install Minecraft, add Forge Mod Loader.
- To play on a Minecraft server, you need Minecraft! If you have purchased Minecraft, you can download it from the official website.
- It will download Minecraft Installer.msi, run it and follow the installation instructions.
- After installation, you’ll want to run vanilla 1.12.2 at least once to install all the important stuff. In the Installations tab click + New, then in Versions select 1.12.2.
- Select 1.12.2 from the drop down menu and press PLAY. Once the game has fully loaded at the menu screen, exit the game.
- The next thing you have to do is download and install Forge, go to this link and click on Windows Installer.
- Run it and click OK. Wait for it to install.
Step 2: Install Forge Server, accept the EULA
You need these files to start hosting the server. Open the Forge installer again and select Install Server and the location where you want to install it.
Now that it’s installed, double-click on forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2838-universal.jar to launch it. After that, the logs, mods and eula.txt folders will appear in the folder.
Double-click eula.txt to open it and change false to true. ctrl+s or click File, then Save, and then close the txt. After that, run the .jar again. You’ll see a bunch more files appear in the Server folder, and a window named Minecraft server will open. Congratulations. You now have a modified local Minecraft server! But we are not here for that, but to create a server that anyone can connect to. Close the Minecraft server window.
Step 3: Build your mods
You can’t have a modded minecraft server without mods. You can find almost all the mods that have been created on the Internet.
After downloading a mod’s .jar file, make a copy of it. Open the mods folder of your server and insert the mod there. Then you will have to move the original mods that you have copied to the .minecraft folder. To find it, press the Windows key and type %appdata% in the search bar. Then click on .minecraft. It should contain a folder labeled mods. If it doesn’t exist, create one. Put all identical mod files in the mods folder.
Step 4: Reduce the delay.
Before starting the server again, there is a way to significantly reduce the delay on the server and on your computer. Right click on the server folder and create a new text document. Call it Server Launcher. Open it, copy and paste the following text:
java -Xmx2048M -Xms2048M -jar forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2838-universal.jar -o true nogui
The number 2048 actually tells you how much RAM the server will use, 2048 is 2GB and 4096 is 4GB. Substitute the number based on how much RAM you want to use.
Once the text has been inserted into the text file, select File and then Save As. Change the Save Type to All Files and rename the file from Server Launcher.txt to Server Launcher.bat. Now double click on the .bat file every time you want to start the server. Start the server, let it load completely, and then shut it down.
Step 5: Forward the port to the server
(Since this section is about IP addresses, there will be no images here for privacy reasons, because the IDK knows how IP addresses can be used to cause harm.)
The server is now up and running locally! Anyone with the same IP as yours can join the server. To allow people who are not on the same IP to connect, you will need to forward a port to your server. To do this, type “What is my IP? Take the number it gives you, copy it and paste it into the address bar. It will most likely take you to your router’s web page, where you can manage its settings. Enter your router password to continue. My router is a Linksys router, you will have to google to find the steps for your particular router. You have to find the Port Range Forwarding section of your router and enter the following information.
Application Name: Minecraft Server
Start Port ~ End Port: 25565 – 25565
Protocol: TCP
Device IP: Enter the computer IP HERE
On: True
To find out the IP address of your computer, hold down the Windows key and press R. In the window that appears, type cmd. When the command prompt opens, type ipconfig. Look for a line that says IPv4 Address and copy the IP address into it. Enter this number for the IP address of your device.
Step 6: All done!
The server should now be up and running. Double click the .bat file to start the server, launch Minecraft and enter your public IP (when you google “what’s my IP”) in the multiplayer menu. Connect to the server and enjoy your new world.