I am running a Minecraft server just for my family and an occasional friend to login to. We were running vanilla and having a blast. From what I have read recently, I think we'd get a lot more out of Bukkit or Spigot and the cool stuff you can do with plugins.
Apparently I chose a bad time to consider this switch, since as far as I can tell Bukkit isn't updated to 1.7.2. Spigot seems to have a newer version if I read their info correctly.
Do I have this right so far?
Also, is Spigot just a fork of Bukkit, so Spigot can use all of Bukkit's plugins?
Is Spigot more actively maintained?
For someone new to running with plugins, are there a handful of plugins I should seriously consider right off the bat?
Thanks BeeJesus. Sounds like Spigot is the way you'd recommend.
I don't think I need any of the ban or permission plugins though since its just for me, my wife, our kids, and a friend or two. We never want to go bigger than that. I make video games for a living and have plenty of other games where I have to maintain/manage a community already.
Spigot is essentially a more performance-savvy version of Bukkit. They currently have a 1.6.4 server version released that enables 1.7 clients to connect to the server. The server isn't truly 1.7 though, so any new features won't work.
You'll be able to login to the server with your 1.7 client, but new world generation features and blocks in 1.7 do not currently exist on the server side of things. They should have a true 1.7 version ready soon.
Spigot is essentially a more performance-savvy version of Bukkit. They currently have a 1.6.4 server version released that enables 1.7 clients to connect to the server. The server isn't truly 1.7 though, so any new features won't work.
You'll be able to login to the server with your 1.7 client, but new world generation features and blocks in 1.7 do not currently exist on the server side of things. They should have a true 1.7 version ready soon.
but some servers have a Amplified world what do they use?
Apparently I chose a bad time to consider this switch, since as far as I can tell Bukkit isn't updated to 1.7.2. Spigot seems to have a newer version if I read their info correctly.
Do I have this right so far?
Also, is Spigot just a fork of Bukkit, so Spigot can use all of Bukkit's plugins?
Is Spigot more actively maintained?
For someone new to running with plugins, are there a handful of plugins I should seriously consider right off the bat?
Thanks,
I don't think I need any of the ban or permission plugins though since its just for me, my wife, our kids, and a friend or two. We never want to go bigger than that. I make video games for a living and have plenty of other games where I have to maintain/manage a community already.
What is the best link for Spigot's web site?
1.7.2 version found here
http://ci.md-5.net/job/Spigot-1.7/
Their main page though
http://www.spigotmc.org/
You'll be able to login to the server with your 1.7 client, but new world generation features and blocks in 1.7 do not currently exist on the server side of things. They should have a true 1.7 version ready soon.
http://www.spigotmc.org/
http://ci.md-5.net/job/Spigot/