We started a server on my laptop for my son and I to play on our LAN. It worked well for a week or so. I use the Windows-based EXE file that loads with the white command screen and lists who's actually on, and then I start Minecraft and the server shows up.
After a week, we got to a problem where we can't reuse the same directory. If I open the directory and have it open for more than a few seconds, it'll start to actually slow down the operating system itself and I have to do a manual reset to the PC. There appears to be no single file that causes the problem when interacted: it seems like it's the directory itself, but I don't know why that would be the case. I've tried to leave the computer alone to see if it would "catch up", but it doesn't. Getting the EXE file in the server directory to launch fails. The work around is I open the directory and quickly copy/paste the "logs" and "world" directories (I'm not sure if the former is necessary, but I just do it) and then paste it into a new directory. Then I download a new version of the EXE file (because if I try to copy/paste it from my "Downloads" directory it starts to bog things up) into the new directory and we can resume the server where we left off.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm not that literate with all of the files, so if possible, I'd really appreciate it if all could please refer to a file as the entire name instead of the type of file (*.bat, *jal, etc.).
As far as server configuration is concerned, I actually stopped trying to edit the server files. Once I get the EULA established, I just leave it alone because we don't mind playing on Survival with the easier difficulty. I originally began experiencing the problem when I was trying to add our names to the Ops list.
So, once I change the EULA to "True", and the Minecraft server executable populates the directory, I just don't edit anything and we play.
The directory for a while was in my Windows Users subdirectory, and then I tried it in the default Downloads directory, and then I tried it at C:\, and now I just run it in the Desktop directory. Each time I make a directory for all of the server files.
Thanks to all for the inquiry--appreciate the assistance!
Hello!
We started a server on my laptop for my son and I to play on our LAN. It worked well for a week or so. I use the Windows-based EXE file that loads with the white command screen and lists who's actually on, and then I start Minecraft and the server shows up.
After a week, we got to a problem where we can't reuse the same directory. If I open the directory and have it open for more than a few seconds, it'll start to actually slow down the operating system itself and I have to do a manual reset to the PC. There appears to be no single file that causes the problem when interacted: it seems like it's the directory itself, but I don't know why that would be the case. I've tried to leave the computer alone to see if it would "catch up", but it doesn't. Getting the EXE file in the server directory to launch fails. The work around is I open the directory and quickly copy/paste the "logs" and "world" directories (I'm not sure if the former is necessary, but I just do it) and then paste it into a new directory. Then I download a new version of the EXE file (because if I try to copy/paste it from my "Downloads" directory it starts to bog things up) into the new directory and we can resume the server where we left off.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm not that literate with all of the files, so if possible, I'd really appreciate it if all could please refer to a file as the entire name instead of the type of file (*.bat, *jal, etc.).
Thank you for your time!
Josh
could you give some details on how you set up and configured the server?
As far as server configuration is concerned, I actually stopped trying to edit the server files. Once I get the EULA established, I just leave it alone because we don't mind playing on Survival with the easier difficulty. I originally began experiencing the problem when I was trying to add our names to the Ops list.
So, once I change the EULA to "True", and the Minecraft server executable populates the directory, I just don't edit anything and we play.
The directory for a while was in my Windows Users subdirectory, and then I tried it in the default Downloads directory, and then I tried it at C:\, and now I just run it in the Desktop directory. Each time I make a directory for all of the server files.
Thanks to all for the inquiry--appreciate the assistance!
Josh