Gameplay Settings & Configuration
17 guidesDifficulty, operators, whitelists, MOTD, resource packs, gamerules and the server settings players actually notice.
Most of what people want to change lives in server.properties, and it is worth editing it carefully because a malformed line stops the server rather than being ignored.
The common changes are difficulty, making yourself operator, managing a whitelist and the MOTD players see in the server list.
- /time set night doesn't change the visual time — why?
- Can I reduce load with randomTickSpeed / gamerules?
- How do I ban an IP or stop a banned player from rejoining?
- How do I change the MOTD / server description with colours?
- How do I change the death message or say-command colour?
- How do I change the difficulty?
- How do I change the max player count?
- How do I change the server language or disable achievements/chat filtering?
- How do I enable coordinates, cheats, or command blocks?
- How do I enable one-player-sleep / a sleep percentage?
- How do I fix "Flying is not enabled on this server" kicks?
- How do I make myself or others an operator (OP)?
- How do I set a custom server icon?
- How do I set the server timezone or time?
- How do I set up a resource/texture pack players are prompted to accept?
- How do I unban or pardon a player?
- Set a Custom Server Icon
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