Server as an instance
- When creating an instance, choose "Server". The launcher downloads the server for the chosen version and handles the EULA acceptance, which is asked of you once, never assumed.
- The instance gets the Console, Network, Players and Properties tabs.
- On the Modpacks screen, "Install as: Server" creates the server of a pack.
- The mod catalog accepts servers, shows only what runs on a server and refuses client-only mods.
Manage
- Console: see what the server says, type commands and follow whether it is starting, online, saving or stopped. Stopping is always a request to save.
- Players: who is online, operators, whitelist and bans — by name or by IP.
server.propertieson screen: every option with what it means, validated before saving.- Restart by itself if it goes down, up to three times in a row. A server left running when the launcher closed is adopted again on the next start.
Friends over the internet
- Per server, choose to open through the router (UPnP, no account) or through a playit.gg tunnel (free account, works on any network).
- The launcher shows the address to copy and warns when the Windows Firewall is in the way, with the steps to allow it.
- With the server online, the "Join" button opens a compatible game instance already connected to it.