Posts tagged: minecraft

minecraft server memory

2025-12-10T08:46:36Z

I learned to today that setting MEMORY on your minecraft server causes the JVM to egregiously allocate all of that memory. Not setting it causes slow downs and potential crashes, but setting INIT_MEMORY and MAX_MEMORY gives us the best of both worlds. It is allowed to use more, but does not gobble it all up on startup.

In this economy we need to save all the memory we can!

Here is a non-working snippet for a minecraft server deployment in kubernetes.

      containers:
        - name: dungeon
          image: itzg/minecraft-server
          env:
            - name: EULA
              value: "true"
            - name: INIT_MEMORY
              value: "512M"
            - name: MAX_MEMORY
              value: "3G"

and in docker compose

  dungeon:
    image: itzg/minecraft-server
    environment:
      EULA: "true"
      INIT_MEMORY: "512M"
      MAX_MEMORY: "3G"

💭 I refuse to change the way I play… 😂🔥 #comedy #videogames #min...

2025-11-02T16:12:02Z

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Microsoft has been addding features to Minecraft for over 10 years now. Idk if there was momentum from the mojang theme, but we’ve barely paid attention to any updates in the last five years. The ocean update was huge, caves and cliffs were huge then it trailed off to we play each release on release day, use commands to try out new features, then never touch them again either to play minecraft as we always have or to play a modded pack with crazy new features that really make an impact on gameplay.

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This post is a thought. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts

Funk Track 1

2025-09-21T15:52:07Z

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Progress so far on the Funk server elytra track. It goes through two sea lanturn lit caves so far.

💭 FROGS ep1 The home - YouTube

2025-06-17T13:08:54Z

Wyatt built out this full world to start making a film series about FROGS. The entire set it built on a flat world, but yet feels so immersive.

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This post is a thought. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts

wondercraft session one

2025-01-13T15:06:46Z

My son and I are starting a new Minecraft server today called wondercraft.

setup #

We are running a few mods on this server notably FTB Ultimine for less grindy resource gathering, Sodium for shaders, and Universal Shops.

We are runninng on Minecraft 1.20.1, I think this is because it was the latest supported by Universal Shops, its at least one major release old at this point.

I grabbed a few shaders, the ones that you see in this post are rethinking voxels.

spawn #

We initially spawned in a plains biome near an acacia and forest biome. We ended up going straight for the forest, only coming back for some sheep and wheat seeds.

Night one Zombie fight #

On the first night we had the obligitory zombie fight before getting beds and bases set.

Salmon Wrangler #

I was the designated food provider. I setup a small wheat farm with about 64 seeds, then went out to hunt down some salmon for the immediate food need. I ended up with about a stack of salmon at the end of the session.

Setting up Shop #

So as mentioned above we are running a mod for shops called universal shops. This mod is new to me and my son wanted to run it inspired by watching hermitcraft. We both decided that diamonds were the goal currency, but we wanted to set up some shops early so we settled on Oak logs as the currency. My job was to setup food based shops while he set up ore based shops.

My earnings after the first day.

First Death #

I forgot that I turned my sound off for a call, got lost on the chase of the salmon and did not leave myself enough time to get to the top.

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Second Death #

Playing sloppy again I was walking around at night with only three hearts left. My son wanted me to check out his shop that he just built out and I got hit by a skelly on the way up, after the first hit I was sitting at 1 heart with no where to go.

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Third Death #

This one is just plain embarrasing, I was lost in the flow of hunting salmon again, not paying any attention. I came up for air, but didn’t even gie time for more than a couple bubbles to come back before diving back in and died almost instantly.

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Note to self #

Next time run Minecraft in full screen so you don’t dox your start menu.

💭 Teleport to coop partner | Hypixel Forums

2024-12-30T17:19:10Z

Teleport to coop partner

Hello, Is there a command where you can teleport to your coop partner? Or is it just this Follow button in chat? :)

Hypixel Forums · hypixel.net

/p warp will warp your party to your current server in hypixel skyblock

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This post is a thought. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts

💭 lonecraft

2024-03-07T14:20:48Z

This is the best tree I have ever built in minecraft. It took at least 4 stacks of logs and leaves despite what it looks like.

It is placed where Welscraft’s island in the hermitcraft season 10 seed, but on our own server we call lonecraft.

We started this server a few weeks after hermitcraft season 10 started, and play on it a few times per week. It has a pretty successful day one iron farm that took us way more than one day to complete, and the farm behind this is our first ever villager driven farm. Somehow potatoes got cross contaminated and now its pumping out potatoes and some bread, but no carrots or beat roots.

World Seed: 5103687417315433447

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This post is a thought. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts

💭 Formatting codes – Minecraft Wiki

2024-03-07T14:16:23Z

Formatting codes – Minecraft Wiki

Formatting codes (also known as color codes) add color and modifications to text in-game.

Minecraft Wiki · minecraft.wiki

Minecraft MOTD and server names have formatting codes so that you can get colors, bold, underlined, italics, in your message of the day or server name. See the article for all the cods.

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This post is a thought. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts

💭 Minecraft Server on Docker (Java Edition)

2023-12-25T16:45:59Z

Intro - Minecraft Server on Docker (Java Edition)

Documentation for Minecraft Server on Docker

docker-minecraft-server.readthedocs.io

I just learned that if you can exec into the container running minecraft with the itzg/minecraft container you can run rcon-cli to get command access to the server. You need to set the RCON_PASSWORD if you want to access rcon remotely, but if you have not already done this and have access to the server you can just run rcon-cli when you are in.

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This post is a thought. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts

Underground Bases with Wyatt

2023-07-09T10:41:29Z

Playing minecraft with Wyatt today he started a server all on his own and had me join. All vanilla, only one rule, underground bases.

I spawned into the server and it was already night time. I gathered up some wood on my way down a tree, and was attacked by zombies before I could get any tools, so I ran up another tree and crafted a crafting table.

Now to follow the rules, it’s time to head underground to build my base.

I made a mistake and died, but look at this view from my respawn point.

Minecraft Doc Day 18

2022-12-22T13:38:54Z

A crows nest added atop the storage silo offers a high lookout.

Minecraft Doc Day 17

2022-12-21T13:38:54Z

Construction of a floating base begins on Day 16.

Minecraft Doc Day 12

2022-12-20T13:38:54Z

Farm animals gathered and penned on Day 12.

Minecraft Doc Day 12

2022-12-19T13:38:54Z

Beet and pumpkin farm plots prepared near the main base.

Minecraft Doc Day 11

2022-12-18T13:38:54Z

Standing on Wyatt’s freshly built dock overlooking the water.

Minecraft Doc Day 11

2022-12-17T13:38:54Z

Wyatt joins to conquer a zombie spawner and build a dock together.

Minecraft Doc Day 10

2022-12-16T13:38:54Z

Secret storage area built as part of a tiny base challenge on Day 9.

Minecraft Doc Day 9

2022-12-15T13:38:54Z

Early storage silo construction begins with terraforming and chest placement.

Minecraft Doc Day 8

2022-12-14T13:38:54Z

After leaving the world paused, a surprise death screen leads to a survival reset.

Minecraft Doc Day 7

2022-12-13T13:38:54Z

A newly constructed animal pen expands the farm.