Minecraft

This article is about BitFolk's semi-official Minecraft server for use by customers. If you were looking for information on running Minecraft on your VPS, please see:

• Running a Minecraft server

Minecraft

"Minecraft is a sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, created by Markus Persson, the founder of Mojang AB."

– http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki

Server access

BitFolk's Minecraft server is a closed service, intended for use only by BitFolk's customers and other trusted individuals. Therefore if you as a BitFolk customer would like to connect to the server you will first need to provide your registered Minecraft user name via the BitFolk Panel. Once submitted you should be automatically added to the server's whitelist.

If you aren't a BitFolk customer then you'll need to find someone to vouch for you; please enquire in the IRC channel.

World map

An updating world map is available. At the moment it updates every half an hour.

Finding yourself

You can easily locate yourself on the map by finding your coordinates from the game client. Press F3 to bring up an overlay with the coordinates of your head. x and z are your position and y is your height (64 is sea level). You can browse straight to your current location by constructing the URL. For example:

http://minecraft.bitfolk.com/viewer/clamps/#/45/64/-909/max/lighting

would view the location:

x:   45
y:   64
z: -909

The sun rises from the direction marked South on the map, and sets in the direction marked North.

Map lag

The map generator can only display what the server has written to disk. The Minecraft server is quite lazy about writing to disk, buffering a lot of data in memory. It can be quite some time before changes in the world appear on the map.

Marker categories

Sign posts placed in the game are also displayed on the map. It is possible to select only certain categories of sign for viewing.

All

All signs.

Below sea level

Signs placed below y: 64.

Homes

Signs whose text starts with "Home:".

Storage

Signs whose text starts with "Storage:" or "Stuff:".

To

Signs whose text starts with "To:" or "Room:".

Server properties

The server is a normal survival-mode multiplayer.

Relevant server settings:

allow-nether=true
spawn-animals=true
pvp=true
difficulty=1
gamemode=0
spawn-monsters=true
view-distance=10

The IRC channel

You may find it easier to chat to other players via IRC. If so, you will find them in ##bitfolk-minecraft (note the two ##) on Freenode.

Rules and etiquette

There are no hard and fast rules. Some guidelines:

• Be excellent to each other.
• No griefing.
• Other users will want to chat to you in-game. At least say hello; don't ignore everyone.
• Have fun!

Useful links

• The server's map, updated every half an hour.
• Minecraft Wiki