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best of friends!
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Rats enjoy driving, but what else would rats enjoy? If you have them a box of Legos would they start building? If you gave them a ratputer and booted up ratcraft (Minecraft for rats) would they build little rat homes in there? Can we give rats some paint and see what they make?
Someone tell scientists to see what other things rats like doing pls
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apologies for the lack of Bindertales last month, I'm a bit swamped with studio classes at the moment! in the meantime, here's (a) minecraft god who suddenly acquired players in his dead world (:
(character is Crevitas from my friends' and I's MC origins server, ratcraft, and belongs to @cavestreamgames !)
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Managing A Simple Family Minecraft Server
In the end, I use my ratcraft script to manage the Minecraft server in the "cloud".
Virtual hardware
I have an Linode shared virtual instance that has the following specs: 4GB RAM 2 Cores, 40 GB SSD, at $20 per month. While cheaper instances may work, we have no problems with more than four users using this instance.
Hosting on an in-house computer works great (and is cheaper after about an year or so) However, having the "cloud" instance is so much easier to manage and getting your friends outside of the home is 100% easier.
The server runs Slackware Linux and I do all server management from the command line using SSH.
It also comes with it's own DNS subdomain, which makes it easy to tell your acquaintances how to access it.
Minecraft Server
We've experimented with mods (and creating them), so we've run Spigot servers locally. On the server that is family-owned we run the "vanilla" Minecraft server (Java Edition).
The server is launched
The server is an Java executable that needs to be kept running within a process. I've opted to manage the process by using the GNU terminal multiplexer screen. This is the start command.
I don't believe I can write that many times, so I wrote a small Bash script to handle it for me.
It's approximately 130 lines of Bash and comes with a couple of commands:
Server upgrades
Minecraft clients automatically upgrade to the latest version as soon as it becomes available.
Getting the latest server to match is as simple as grabbing the tarball link from minecraft.net/download/server and downloading it on the host:
UPDATE: I no longer manually change the server's name to the version number and keep the old names around. Instead, I let the server.jar that I downloaded server.jar overwrite the previous. This saves me a step, and I haven't needed to downgrade (yet).
So I no longer have to do this step: manually edit the ratcraft script to update the server version:
Then I restart (stop and start) the server with the following command:
In just a few minutes the server will be ready for the updated clients in a matter of minutes.
It's not a high-end solution however, it is:
- Easy enough to understand for me, when I return to it every couple of months
Simple to use and sufficiently automated to not cause any discomfort
Backups
The backup function in the ratcraft script is available. It is called every day by a cron job in Slackware’s /etc/cron.daily directory. The script calls:
The backup instructs the Minecraft server to stop saving, creates a.tgz by using tar –cpvzf from the "world" directory and saves it in the directory "backups".
The backup command can also perform simple backup rotations to make sure that the server does not overflow. Sometimes we'd like to preserve a significant moment in our lives. To do this, I just rename one backup so it doesn’t be removed from the rotation.
How to get/upgrade the JDK
You could just run the Java executable on your system and then update with a package manager. But in my universe it's a bit more manual.
The Minecraft server updates seem to require newer and more recent versions of the JVM. Although I'm not keeping up with Java world, it appears that the best way to download the JVM currently is:
http://jdk.java.net/
I'm not sure how you can obtain just the JRE (runtime environment ) with JVM which is all that should be required to run the Minecraft server). It's not that big of a deal. The JDK is simply a bigger download, since it's a subset of JRE along with compilers and libraries, etc.
Minecraft server
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Managing A Simple Family Minecraft Server
In summary, I employ my ratcraft script in order to manage the Minecraft server in the "cloud".
Virtual hardware
I have an Linode shared virtual instance that has the following specs: 4GB RAM, 2 Cores and 80GB SSD for $20 per month. The less expensive instances might be a good idea, but we've had no issue with four or more people playing on this particular instance.
Hosting on an in-house computer is great (and would be cheaper after one year or so) however having the "cloud" instance is so much easier to manage and getting friends outside of the home is completely easier.
The instance runs Slackware Linux and I do all management of the server from the command line through SSH.
It also has a DNS subdomain, which makes it easy to share with acquaintances how to connect to it.
Minecraft Server
We've tested mods and made them, and we've run Spigot servers locally. On the family server we run the so-called "vanilla" Minecraft server (Java Edition).
Launching the server
The server is an Java executable and needs to be run as a process. I have chosen to manage the process by using the GNU terminal multiplexer monitor. This is the start command.
I don't think I could write that many times, so I came up with a tiny Bash script to handle it for me.
It's about 130 lines of Bash and has a handful of commands:
Server upgrades
The Minecraft clients automatically update to the latest version the moment it's released.
Getting the latest server to match is as simple as grabbing the tarball link from minecraft.net/download/server and downloading it on the host:
UPDATE: I no longer manually rename the server according to the version number. The old ones are still available. Instead I let the server.jar that I download server.jar replace the previous version. It's a time-saving step and I haven't had any need to downgrade (yet).
So I no longer do this step: manually edit the ratcraft script to update the server version:
Then I restart (stop and then start) the server using the ratcraft command:
In a few moments, the server is ready to receive the latest clients.
Although it's not a commercial-grade solution , this is:
It's easy enough for me, when I return to it every couple of months
- Automated enough not to be a total pain to use
Backups
The ratcraft script has the ability to backup. It is called every day by a cron task in Slackware’s /etc/cron.daily directory. The script simply calls:
The backup informs the Minecraft server to stop saving, creates a.tgz using tar -cpvzf from the "world" directory, and saves it into the folder "backups".
The backup command also runs a simple backup rotations so that the server doesn't fill up. Sometimes we'll want to save an important epoch in our world, so I just rename one of the backups so it doesn't disappear in the rotation.
How to upgrade or get the JDK
You can run the Java executable on your system and then update with the package manager. But in my universe it's a bit more manual.
rabbitfest
The Minecraft server updates seem to require the latest and most up-to-date versions of the JVM. Although I'm not keeping up with the Java world, it appears that the best way to download the JVM at the moment is:
http://jdk.java.net/
I don't think you'll be able to get the JRE (runtime environment without JVM) that's all you need to run the Minecraft server. It's not a huge deal. The JDK is a bigger download since it includes a superset of JRE along with compilers and libraries.
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i'm an artist in minecraft!
I built a plague doctor stuffie and an among us (among us was put in my friend's base without him knowing, can't wait to see his reaction)
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hey guys i wanna announce a project ive been working on for the last few days! me n some friends have been working on my old minecraft server ratcraft to revive it again. if anyone would be interested in joining when we finish the discord is here: https://discord.gg/mQUQmv !!
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ratcraft antics with @rat-alert
i made a giant solid cube of diamond blocks somewhere in ratcraft and i tpd away before telling tyler about it so he cant find it :3
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My house on the RatCraft server, along with the little village I built to keep some villagers close by. I’m pretty proud of the building style I wound up using for this, probably the best aesthetic work I’ve ever done!
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Hi I'm skelly, I'm 25, an artist and a rat furry! I'm using this blog as a sort of blog/art dump! My pronouns are [They/Them] + [He/Him] + [Dey/Dem]
Tags below since there's a few!
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#SkellyDoodles
Art made by me, for funsies!
#SkellyPalettePost
Art made as gifts, trades or commissions!
#RatCraft
Art and Posts of me playing/drawing MineCraft related stuff!
#RatStuck
Art and posts of me playing MineStuck the Homestuck based MineCraft mod!
#RatVilla
Furvilla based posts based posts made by yours truly!
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Furry OCs:
#Skelly!
Art of my fursona Skelly Bones (me)
#Nifty!
Art of my Nyarleon OC Nifty!
SelfShip OCs:
#Myx!
Art of my selfship Deltarune OC Myx Emwhyex
#AsterAsterix!
Art of my selfship FNAF OC Aster Asterix
#FarmerCasey!
Art of my selfship Stardew Valley Oc Casey
#SkellyDoodles#SkellyPalettePost#RatCraft#RatStuck#RatVilla#Skelly!#Nifty!#Myx!#AsterAsterix!#FarmerCasey!
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Minecraft?? No no no no. Ratcraft
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keep calm and flutter on
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if u still want requests, revivebur and ranboo hanging out :)? and/or what u think you riding on my head in ratcraft looks like
2 extremely pale guys having an adventure. guess which one just died twice to lava in the span of 10 minutes
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a day late, but a work from a friday the 13th server event on my friends' server (ratcraft) where we played roles in a little murder mystery!! in order left to right, we have the rebellious child Percival Sutcliffe (played by Loki), the mysterious reporter Lando Calrysian (played by Caleb), the childhood friend David Smythe (played by CrowCollector), and the long-time butler Edward Micaelis (played by CaveStreamGames)
in case you're wondering, i was Marshall Sutcliffe, so i died (:
#digital art#furry#original character#minecraft origins#mcyt#crowcollector#cavestreamgames#friday the 13th
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hi my names brooke and i have a brand new modded minecraft 1.12.2 server!
rn it has dynamic trees and animania, but if you want more i’ll add them! they’ll be a list of mods you need in discord
-17+
-lgbt mode is always!
also yeah there’s a discord server too! link is below!!
join ratcraft today!!
#minecraft#mineblr#mc#minecraft server#modded minecraft#1.12.2#only 20 ppl are allowed in the server so pls hurry!
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the ways my friends and i prank eachother on a modded server we play on:
quix: cover your base in horse heads, cover your base in dog heads, spawn 1000s of dogs on top of you
buffalo: stuff relating to tech mods probably, tho he hasn't joined in the prank stuff in much
ankin: blood sigil that yeet you
hans: he really hasn't done pea king yet
me: accidentally crashing the server by places 1000s of bamboo into force loaded chunks, effectively crashing the server for a week or two. also covering your lawn in sweet berries or spamming chicken eggs in your base
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