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How to install Shaders on your Minecraft client
Shaders are a simple way to modify the way Minecraft renders its lighting and shadows to create any number of effects for the end user, typically used to improve the overall look of the game. Ensure sure you have a powerful system before attempting to run Shaders as it will impact performance greatly. Installing Optifine 1.12 and above. (Required for Shaders) First, ensure you have java downloaded and installed on your system, get java here Next, we download Optif
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Uploading Your Own World
Please ensure your server is offline throughout this entire process. Log into your servers files via an FTP program such as FileZilla. If you're unsure how to do so we have a guide you can follow here. Look for the folder named "world". Depending on your server version it will either have one world folder for all dimensions or multiple folders for each dimension. Please note, if you've set the world name differently in the Multicraft panel you'd search for the name you've s
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How to install plugins
Before we start, make sure your server version supports plugins. Some common server versions which support plugins are Bukkit, Spigot, Paper Spigot, Sponge Forge. Head over to our plugin library within our panel. Press install. Configure your plugin within your server files. Reload (not recommended) or restart (recommended) your server If the plugin doesn't load make sure you installed the correct version and followed the installation guide provided by the au
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How to install and use LagGoggles
Lag Goggles is a tool used to detect what might be causing lag on your forge modded server, like timings, it identifies lag within your world and mods, with this information, you can help to resolve any issues you may have had. Downloading and installing Lag Goggles. Firstly, make sure your server is running a compatible forge modded version, Lag Goggles currently supports 1.10 - 1.12.2 Once you've made sure of that, we need to download Lag Goggles to our server and cl
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What are Dedicated IPs
A dedicated IP means you have the port 25565 meaning that when users join your server they do not need to add the port at the end. They just have to connect with 123.123.123.123 rather than 123.123.123.123:25585, for example. We offer Dedicated IPs for $5 per month as an addon to all services - simply check the box at checkout. When do I need a Dedicated IP? When connecting your server to a domain (removes the need for buggy SRV records); When you want users to be able
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How to set up Votifier
Votifier is a plugin which allows players on your server to receive rewards when voting on server list websites. To set up votifier on your server simply follow these steps. First, download the latest version of Votifier and upload it to the plugins directory on your server. Next, restart your server to generate the configuration files so that you can configure Votifier. Next, make yourself a port by following this guide: How to add an additional port Then, navigate
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What do the Minecraft gamerules mean?
Minecraft has a set of gamerules which can alter the way a server works. Gamerules can alter multiple game mechanics, a full list can be found below. Gamerules can be altered using the command /gamerule . 1.8 and higher: commandBlockOutput -> Should the output of commands sent in command blocks be sent to console and server operators? (true/false) doDaylightCycle -> Should time pass by? Setting this to false will mean that the server stays on the current time
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How to install LiteLoader to your client
LiteLoader is a mod loader for Minecraft with a large amount of modifications that you can add to your game. While not as popular as forge, its still definitely a viable option to add some extra spice to your game. It's also meant to be lighter than forge with things such as CPU and RAM usage on your computer. You can view all the available mods for LiteLoader here: http://www.liteloader.com/mods First you'll want to run the Minecraft
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Importing and Exporting MySQL Databases via PHPMyAdmin
Using our PHPMyAdmin interface, you can easily import and export databases in order to store backups on your local machine, or transfer data between your databases. Doing so only requires access to our PHPMyAdmin interface. Step 1. Accessing our PHPMyAdmin interface: Before staring on the export process, you need to log into our PHPMyAdmin interface. To do so, follow the steps below: Log in to your Multicraft account. Navigate to the 'Servers' tab and select the relevant s
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What does "Suspended - Offline" mean?
If your service says "Suspended" on the Billing Panel or "Suspended - Offline" on our gamepanel then there is an issue that needs to be resolved before bringing it back online. Please make sure you have checked the following: Your invoice(s) are marked as Paid; You have no tickets opened with you (sometimes we may open a ticket with you); You may have received an email from us with a reason. If you are unsure of why your service is suspended, feel free to open a tick
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How to get a skin on your Minecraft account
Java Edition Minecraft Java account Access to the account via the minecraft website An idea of what kind of skin you want There are many websites where you can find tons of skins that will suit your wants. Here is a small list of recommended websites: https://www.minecraftskins.com https://www.tynker.com/minecraft/skins/ [https://minecraft.novaskin.me/gallery](http
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Pre-generating and Trimming Worlds
What does pre-generating chunks mean? Pre-generating chunks is a useful technique for servers to help reduce the server load in the future. In Minecraft, chunks generate as players walk around the world to new places. By pre-generating the chunks, your world will already be built and the server just has to load in the data rather than creating it. It is recommended to do this with only you online as it does cause major lag and resource usage whilst in progress but reduces the load afterward
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How to add a resource pack to your client
Resource packs are a great way to spice up your game if you think its just getting a bit too boring. Everyone loves changing things up every once in a while, and resource packs can get into quite a bit of detail. There are probably hundreds of different websites that provide great texture packs, but we always recommend trusted sources. Some great ones are as follows: https://www.planetminecraft.com/texture-packs/ [https://ww
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How to make a timings report with Paper
Timings reports can be very useful in detecting what is causing lag on your server. It identifies lag in your world and plugins. Once you identify what is causing lag you can then resolve the issue. Taking a timings report. Whilst it may sound like a complicated task, taking a timings report is quite easy! You need to make sure your server is running any of the Paper jar files in our JAR Launcher (switching to PaperSpigot will not affect your worlds or any plugins, it's just S
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Reading and understanding crash reports
Things may not go as expected and your server may suddenly crash unexpectedly. To help you locate the issue, make sure to read through this guide. If you are still stuck then don't hesitate to open a ticket where one of our Support Team members will assist you. Crash: High CPU Usage If your server crashes and says "Your server has been stopped automatically due to it using in excess of 350% CPU usage for a prolonged amount of time." then, as stated, your server is using a large amoun
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How to set up Votifier with a Bungeecord network
You will need at least 2 servers to setup Votifier for Bungeecord. Installing Votifier on all servers including Bungeecord You will need to download Votifier from here. Once that is done upload Votifier to your plugins folder for all your servers. If you do not know how to upload a plugin please follow this guide Restart your servers to generate the configuration files so that you can configure Votifier. On each of your backend servers, open the Votifier configu
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How To Enable And Manage Your Whitelist
How to enable and manage your whitelist on your Cyperhost Minecraft server If you want to make your server private so only those you want can join please follow the steps below to whitelist it. You can turn on whitelisting by following the steps below: Log into the game panel. Stop your server. Go to File management > server.properties. Find where it says enforce-whitelist=false Change it to `enforce-whit
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How to allow multiple Minecraft versions on your server
There are plugins which allow your server to welcome players from multiple versions. If you do not know how to install plugins, refer to this guide. To allow more recent Minecraft versions to join you need to install the plugin ViaVersion. 1.8.x servers will allow 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x 1.9.x servers will allow 1.9.x, 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x 1.10.x servers will allow 1.10.x, 1.11.x, 1.12.x, 1.13.x 1.11.x servers will allow 1.11.x, 1.12
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How to give yourself OP
When first joining your minecraft server you are not able to access any commands that are available for administrators. To fix this you must "OP" yourself. OP is the highest possible permission you can get. IF you have op you can access everything. So be coutious on how you hand those out. OP playername
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How to change the player limit for a Minecraft Server
Setting your player limit can be very useful to limit the amount of players who can play on your Server at one time. Why would it be useful to set player limits for my Server? It is useful to set player Limits so that you don't over use your servers resources (for example: ram and CPU usage) It is also useful to set Players Limits for Moderation reasons. The more the players the harder it is to Moderate. So you can set the player limit to a limit where you moderation team can handle a c
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