Author Topic: (Minecraft problem) I need a program to open this file. (Read 1409 times)

Aeschylus · July 25, 2011, 06:03:26 PM

Quote from: Aeschylus on July 25, 2011, 06:03:26 PM

I'm thinking Im not doing something right. I followed the intructions of the first thing that came up when I went to answers.yahoo.net and typed in 'how do you host on minecraft'. exactly that.

basically, I made a new folder on my desktop called Minecraft Server, extracted all the files for the minecraft hosting stuff into there, started 'start server.bat', and it says:

   17.12.34 Setting up
   17.12.34 Loading level
   17.12.34 Now accepting input on 25565
   17.12.34 Level saved! Load: 0/16
   17.12.34 Level saved! Load: 0/16
   17.12.34 Level saved! Load: 0/16
   17.12.34 Level saved! Load: 0/16

says exactly that.

what did I not do/what is wrong?
and if it matters, the problem is that the connection times out (when I try to join, it says "Connection timeout: connect"), and one of the solutions was to update Java, which I did.

problem?

there's the original post.

Quote from: Gadgethm on July 25, 2011, 07:24:48 PM

Or he could change the ports section in the .properties file to say 28000 instead of 25565

I need a program to open this file that Gadget mentions. help?

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Niven · July 25, 2011, 06:05:52 PM

port forward
http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp

Aeschylus · July 25, 2011, 06:08:37 PM

Quote from: Niven on July 25, 2011, 06:05:52 PM

port forward
http://www.minecraft.net/download.jsp

I shouldnt have to port forward if Blockland works fine. I didnt port forward, and when Badspot made it so almost anyone can host, those people dont have any ping but the server works. my server has ping, though.

EDIT: I went to minecraft.net/download (Niven posted that above ^) and scrolled to the bottom, and downloaded Minecraft_Server.exe, and it loaded entirely. still doesnt connect.

DracoSoul · July 25, 2011, 06:15:58 PM

minecraft doesn't use the same ports as blockland, so yes, you will have to portforward even if blockland works.

Aeschylus · July 25, 2011, 06:52:37 PM

Quote from: DracoSoul on July 25, 2011, 06:15:58 PM

minecraft doesn't use the same ports as blockland, so yes, you will have to portforward even if blockland works.

hao2

Butler · July 25, 2011, 07:24:18 PM

portforward.com

Gadgethm · July 25, 2011, 07:24:48 PM

Quote from: DracoSoul on July 25, 2011, 06:15:58 PM

minecraft doesn't use the same ports as blockland, so yes, you will have to portforward even if blockland works.

Or he could change the ports section in the .properties file to say 28000 instead of 25565

Aeschylus · July 25, 2011, 07:50:30 PM

bump for updating the topic

Butler · July 25, 2011, 07:52:59 PM

Notepad.

Or if a Mac.

TextEdit.

Aeschylus · July 25, 2011, 07:55:27 PM

28000 doesnt loving work

Sulfate · July 25, 2011, 07:57:58 PM

this magical program you need is notepad.
open with > notepad

you still need to port forward though. the reason you didn't need to with blockland is because of upnp. minecraft does not support upnp, therefore you have to port forward.

setting it to your blockland port won't magically work unless you actually forwarded the port.

Dissolve · July 25, 2011, 08:00:34 PM

He can't host a minecraft server because minecraft doesn't Use UPNP like blockland after that update. He can host because his router by default is set to use UPNP.

If he wants to host minecraft then he needs to port forward.

Sulfate · July 25, 2011, 08:00:55 PM

Quote from: Dissolve on July 25, 2011, 08:00:34 PM

He can't host a minecraft server because minecraft doesn't Use UPNP like blockland after that update. He can host because his router by default is set to use UPNP.

If he wants to host minecraft then he needs to port forward.

hey you

Quote from: Sulfate on July 25, 2011, 07:57:58 PM

this magical program you need is notepad.
open with > notepad

you still need to port forward though. the reason you didn't need to with blockland is because of upnp. minecraft does not support upnp, therefore you have to port forward.

setting it to your blockland port won't magically work unless you actually forwarded the port.

Dissolve · July 25, 2011, 08:02:11 PM

Quote from: Aeschylus on July 25, 2011, 06:08:37 PM

I shouldnt have to port forward if Blockland works fine. I didnt port forward, and when Badspot made it so almost anyone can host, those people dont have any ping but the server works. my server has ping, though.
EDIT: I went to minecraft.net/download (Niven posted that above ^) and scrolled to the bottom, and downloaded Minecraft_Server.exe, and it loaded entirely. still doesnt connect.

Quote from: Dissolve on July 25, 2011, 08:00:34 PM

He can't host a minecraft server because minecraft doesn't Use UPNP like blockland after that update. He can host because his router by default is set to use UPNP.

If he wants to host minecraft then he needs to port forward.

Sulfate · July 25, 2011, 08:03:03 PM

my post totally didn't say the exact same thing