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Settings

Every Minecraft instance has its own individual settings options. The settings page contains all of the following options:

OPTION:

 DESCRIPTION: DEFAULT: 

Display Name 

 This is the name displayed for this Minecraft instanceinstance.  Name you give your instance when you create it
MOTD The message of the day of your serverserver. A Minecraft Server 
Discoverability If available, would you like this server to appear on the public server listing, be invite only or entirely unlisted?  Unlisted
Server Port The port of your server. Best to leave as default! 25565 
Info Port The port configured in ServerInfoProvider (If installed).  25566
Jar file to start

The jar file started by the control panel.

 Auto-Detect 
Memory Memory to allocate to the server - usually fine on adaptive if only running one instanceinstance.  Adaptive
Arguments Would you prefer the java arguments to try and optimize CPU usage, memoryor, usageoptimize orRAM focus on game performance?usage? Low memory usage 
PermGen/Metaspace Permgen/Metapsace to assign. Should be Dynamic unless you are using Java 7 (default is Java 8). Dynamic 
Maximum players  The maximum number of players that can be connected to the serverserver. 20 
Whitelist  Whether whitelist is enabled on the serverserver. false 
Online Mode Whether your server allows people without paid accounts. Please note - This will need to be set to 'false' to allow BungeeCord to work, as BungeeCord handles authentication.   True
Allow Flight

Allow flight for hacked clients. Usually should be disabled. 

Note: Mod packs may have additional flight settings in mod configs for certain flight-related items.

 False 
Enable PVP  Whether Player Vs Player is enabledenabled. True 
Enable Command Block  Whether command blocks are enabledenabled. False 
Announce Player Achievements  Announce in chat when a player gets a achievement in gamegame.  True
Op permission level  The permissions that ops have by default. 1: Ops can bypass spawn protection 2: ops can use /clear, difficulty, /effect, /gamemode, /gamerule, /give and /tp - and can edit command blocks. 3: Ops can use /ban, /deop, /kick, and /op 4: Ops can use /stop. 4 
Player idle timeout   If non-zero, players are kicked from the server if they are idle for more than that many minutesminutes. 0 
 Enable query  Whether your server has the query port enabled. Used by many server listing sites. False 
Query Port   Port used for server queriesqueries.  25565
Enable Rcon  Whether your server has the rcon port enabled. Used to control your server remotely.  False 
Rcon port   Port used for remote server controlcontrol.  25575
 Snooper Enabled  Sets whether the server sends snoop data regularly to MojangMojang. True 
Difficulty  The difficulty levellevel: Easy, Normal, Hard. Easy 
Default Gamemode  Default set gamemode for new joining playersplayers. Survival 
Force Gamemode  Whether to force the default gamemode when a new player joins  False
View Distance

 The view distance. Recommended between1~10.

5

Note: andView distance of 7 or lower can reduce mob/animal spawns dramatically.

Increasing the view distance beyond 10 is not recommended.

  10
Level Name  Which world filefolder to useto load.  World
Level Seed  The seedseed used to usegenerate whenthe generatingworld.  
Level Type  HowThe level type used to generate your worldworld, willeg: generateAmplified, Default, Voidworld, Biomes'O'Plenty etc. Default 
Generate Structures  Whether world structures (such as villages) will be generated.  True
Hardcord Mode Enable hardcore mode. Please note that this is set on generation of a new world, and can not be unset!   False
Generator Settings  Options to pass to the world generation. Useful with super-flat worlds. Usually blankblank.  
Max World Height Maximum build height.  256
Max World Size Maximum possible world size in blocks, expressed as a radius radius. 29999984 
Allow Nether  Allows if players can travel toWhether the Nether dimensioncan be generated and travelled to.  True
Spawn Monsters DeterminesAllow ifmob monstersspawns: willtrue be- spawned.yes, false - no.   True
Spawn NPC/Villagers DeterminesAllow if villagers willto bespawn: true spawned. - yes, false - no. True 
Spawn Animals Determines if Allows animals (Suchto asspawn: true pigs,- cows,yes, etc) willfalse be- spawned. no.  True
Spawn Protection  Spawn protection radius. 0 is disabled! 16 
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