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so i have the server i need and everything but it all comes crashing down with pterodactyl as I don't know much on it can someone help or guide me please

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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've always just run the server directly from the JAR in a screen session. If you're just running a simple server and don't need the features of Pterodactyl it's definitely the easiest option. Just download the JAR from Minecraft's website to a new directory, and run with java -Xmx4G -Xms4G -jar minecraft_server.1.21.6.jar nogui (The page says 1 gig of RAM, but I'd recommend more if you have it available).

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 1 points 16 hours ago

Either works fine; I just use screen out of habit lol.