Mineserver

by Fador & Nredor and others

You can find the core team from #mineserver @ irc.esper.net Also mail to developers@mineserver.be will reach us.

Copyright (c) 2010, The Mineserver Project

Custom Minecraft Beta server software written in C++.

== NOTICE ==

Currently in (early) development. (Alpha stage) Server still lacks some features and should be only used for testing.

Tested to build on

Windows (VS2010 and VS2008 projects included)
Linux (Makefile included)
Mac OS X
FreeBSD / PCBSD

We are trying to minimize memory and CPU usage compared to original Java server.

Features (Some features are currently not operational because of major code rewrite)

Various chat commands, more to come..
NBT parsing/saving
Lightmap generation
Config file
Normal mining/item spawning/item pickups
Basic physics for gravel and sand
Experimental physics for water
Flatland map generation
Working chests, furnaces & signs
Terrain map generation with caves and minerals

ToDo is located at http://redmine.fknsrs.biz/projects/mineserver

Chat commands can be found at wiki or by typing `/help` within the client's chat

Compiling (Better instructions in wiki)

Depends on (and tested with):

zlib 1.2.5 libevent 1.4.14b libnoise 1.0 ncurses/pdcurses

Installing on Debian and Ubuntu: (For Ubuntu libevent1 -> libevent-1.4-2)

sudo apt-get install ncurses5 ncurses5-dev libevent1 libevent-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev libnoise-dev
Installing on CentOS and RHEL

# Install EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) sudo su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm' sudo yum install git libevent libevent-devel zlib zlib-devel libnoise-dev
Installing on FreeBSD / PCBSD

sudo pkg_add -r libevent
Installing on Mac OS X
- Install libevent using your favourite tool, e.g., homebrew, fink or macports.
- Installing libnoise can be painful. Howerver, there is a homebrew formular on krono's homebrew fork.
So for homebrew do

brew install libevent libnoise

Compiling using linux (make & gcc):

Download and extract source or use git clone git://github.com/fador/mineserver.git
Go to mineserver directory
Run make all install for Debian/Ubuntu
Run server with cd bin && ./mineserver

Compiling using FreeBSD / PCBSD (gmake & g++):

Download and extract source or use git clone git://github.com/fador/mineserver.git
Go to mineserver directory
Run gmake all install
Run server with cd bin && ./mineserver

Compiling using windows (VS2010/VS2008):

Download and compile zlib or use pre-built binaries
Add zlib libraries to project (zlibstat.lib or zlibwapi.lib which requires also zlibwapi.dll in the same dir with the executable)
Download and compile libevent
Download libnoise 1.0 and add header/library files to project
Add libevent library to project (libevent.lib)
Build
Run mineserver.exe

An example using commandline compiler available at http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/ Please change the ZLIB_INC_DIR, LIBEVENT_INC_DIR, ZLIB_LIB_DIR and LIBEVENT_LIB_DIR to those you keep the includes/libs.

call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat"
cl /I"ZLIB_INC_DIR;LIBEVENT_INC_DIR" /W3 /WX- /O2 /D ZLIB_WINAPI /D WIN32 /D NDEBUG /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /EHsc *.cpp zlibwapi.lib libevent.lib Ws2_32.lib /link /OUT:mineserver.exe /LIBPATH:"ZLIB_LIB_DIR;LIBEVENT_LIB_DIR"