I host Crafty Controller (docker) on my desktop, because it is faster than my server. However, I’d like it for a MC server to be always running, so I don’t need to power on my desktop for anyone to join.

Minecraft runs fine on the server, as long as there aren’t many people on, and aren’t exploring new chunks. Generating new chunks is very cpu intensive, but one person exploring can be fine and is acceptable. However, I want a way to switch the same server to run on my desktop, nice and fast.

So basically, it of the time I want MC running on my server, and then when multiple people are playing (including me) I want to be able to turn off the server, and then turn it back on at my desktop.

I use NPM for my domain and SSL, however it’d be fine if people access at serverIP:port and desktopIP:port. That is acceptable (doesn’t need to be mc.example.com, but would be nice)

Would Syncthing be the tool to use? I could use it to sync the folder of Crafty to each computer…

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I’d love to see this seamless switching between hosts work reliably, but it seems a bit hard…
    Have you considered pre-generating the world chunks on your beefy desktop with a mod like Chunky then transferring the world over to the server?

    I’ve done this before and it works wonders on low-end devices, though it is a trade: you’re exchanging disk space for smoother performance.
    Finding the sweet spot can be a bit hard.

    • Dust0741@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      Chunky is amazing. I do have a good bit of free space on my server, so this might just be the best option