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Show HN: MCServer – A FOSS Minecraft server in C++, with Lua plugins

64 points by bearbin 11y ago

techplex 11y ago
The link should be https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer
jamescun 11y ago
One thing that Minecraft has been missing, and that servers such as Bukkit tried to implement is an API for plugins. Looking through the docs, the LUA API[1] makes it seem as easily extendable as Garry's Mod. [1] http://mc-server.xoft.cz/LuaAPI/ http://mc-server.xoft.cz/LuaAPI/
- bearbin 11y ago
  Yes. The API is very good, and we already have some plugins that work quite well - for example a copy of the Bukkit WorldEdit mod: http://forum.mc-server.org/showthread.php?tid=870 http://forum.mc-server.org/showthread.php?tid=870
  - Filligree 11y ago
    Any plans to support Forge?
    - thecatspaw 11y ago
      forge is java. unless they somehow manage to run java mods, I doubt it.
jasonjayr 11y ago
This is an interesting project. There DOES exist Minetest, which is c++ based, and uses lua entirely for running the worlds it serves. It's GPL for server + client. See http://www.minetest.net/ http://www.minetest.net/
- adrusi 11y ago
  Minetest isn't compatible with minecraft though. This project lets players connect using the Mojang proprietary client (and currently that's the only client).
- seanhi2 11y ago
  It's a nice project but the server doesn't work for Minecraft clients whereas MCServer does and Minecraft is more popular than minetest. But it's nice for you to share this so we know there are similar options avaliable
slipstream- 11y ago
Nice. A bunch of friends of mine play Minecraft, but I never really got into it. So I decided to look into the protocol, and coded a chat-only minecraft server in dlang, which the Mojang client can connect to. (I never released it, even though I meant to as OSS)
poizan42 11y ago
Why yet another one? There is already https://github.com/fador/mineserver https://github.com/fador/mineserver which could use more people working on it.
- pekk 11y ago
  Is that one better? Why?
  - poizan42 11y ago
    Dunno, but it has been under development for longer and seems to have the same goals so I was wondering why the creator made a new one or if he/she was unaware of the existence of mineserver. From the downvotes I've got I take it that such a discussion isn't welcome around here though.
    - Cogito 11y ago
      I'd sure welcome the discussion. Not that I know, but perhaps the downvotes were due to it coming across like you think this project shouldn't exist, without any justification beyond that another project exists that is similar. Some might disagree with you because they believe, contrary to your apparent position, that diversity in options outweighs the fragmentation of effort that competing projects bring. Others might be wary of how you seemed dismissive of this project without any explanation as to why the other is more deserved of attention. I personally would love to hear about any thoughts you have comparing the two, particularly around technical underpinnings, development community, adoption, and feature completion. It's been a while since I dove into the belly of the MC server and am very interested in how current open source efforts are tracking.
    - bearbin 11y ago
      MCServer is actually an older project than mineserver, it was originally created in 2011 by FakeTruth.
      - decode 11y ago
logfromblammo 11y ago
I tried out MCServer for a while. I put it back on the shelf after discovering that the redstone simulator was not as functional as the official server, and there are subtle behavioral differences in the things that do work. Between the two, some complex device designs that work on the official server break on MCServer. But with respect to system resources, it's very frugal.
- charlesdm 11y ago
  I'd imagine MCServer to be extremely valuable to server hosts, no? As far as I know, the official server uses a ton of resources
cengizIO 11y ago
They should pick a working donation medium though. Gratipay seems broken beyond recognition and I'm desperately throwing my cc to my monitor for the last twenty minutes.

64 points by bearbin 11y ago

The link should be https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer https://github.com/mc-server/MCServer

One thing that Minecraft has been missing, and that servers such as Bukkit tried to implement is an API for plugins. Looking through the docs, the LUA API[1] makes it seem as easily extendable as Garry's Mod. [1] http://mc-server.xoft.cz/LuaAPI/ http://mc-server.xoft.cz/LuaAPI/

bearbin 11y ago
Yes. The API is very good, and we already have some plugins that work quite well - for example a copy of the Bukkit WorldEdit mod: http://forum.mc-server.org/showthread.php?tid=870 http://forum.mc-server.org/showthread.php?tid=870
- Filligree 11y ago
  Any plans to support Forge?
  - thecatspaw 11y ago
    forge is java. unless they somehow manage to run java mods, I doubt it.

jasonjayr 11y ago

This is an interesting project. There DOES exist Minetest, which is c++ based, and uses lua entirely for running the worlds it serves. It's GPL for server + client. See http://www.minetest.net/ http://www.minetest.net/

adrusi 11y ago
Minetest isn't compatible with minecraft though. This project lets players connect using the Mojang proprietary client (and currently that's the only client).
seanhi2 11y ago
It's a nice project but the server doesn't work for Minecraft clients whereas MCServer does and Minecraft is more popular than minetest. But it's nice for you to share this so we know there are similar options avaliable

slipstream- 11y ago

Nice. A bunch of friends of mine play Minecraft, but I never really got into it. So I decided to look into the protocol, and coded a chat-only minecraft server in dlang, which the Mojang client can connect to. (I never released it, even though I meant to as OSS)

poizan42 11y ago

Why yet another one? There is already https://github.com/fador/mineserver https://github.com/fador/mineserver which could use more people working on it.

pekk 11y ago
Is that one better? Why?
- poizan42 11y ago
  Dunno, but it has been under development for longer and seems to have the same goals so I was wondering why the creator made a new one or if he/she was unaware of the existence of mineserver. From the downvotes I've got I take it that such a discussion isn't welcome around here though.
  - Cogito 11y ago
    I'd sure welcome the discussion. Not that I know, but perhaps the downvotes were due to it coming across like you think this project shouldn't exist, without any justification beyond that another project exists that is similar. Some might disagree with you because they believe, contrary to your apparent position, that diversity in options outweighs the fragmentation of effort that competing projects bring. Others might be wary of how you seemed dismissive of this project without any explanation as to why the other is more deserved of attention. I personally would love to hear about any thoughts you have comparing the two, particularly around technical underpinnings, development community, adoption, and feature completion. It's been a while since I dove into the belly of the MC server and am very interested in how current open source efforts are tracking.
  - bearbin 11y ago
    MCServer is actually an older project than mineserver, it was originally created in 2011 by FakeTruth.
    - decode 11y ago

logfromblammo 11y ago

I tried out MCServer for a while. I put it back on the shelf after discovering that the redstone simulator was not as functional as the official server, and there are subtle behavioral differences in the things that do work. Between the two, some complex device designs that work on the official server break on MCServer. But with respect to system resources, it's very frugal.

charlesdm 11y ago
I'd imagine MCServer to be extremely valuable to server hosts, no? As far as I know, the official server uses a ton of resources

cengizIO 11y ago

They should pick a working donation medium though. Gratipay seems broken beyond recognition and I'm desperately throwing my cc to my monitor for the last twenty minutes.