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Expand Bedrock Dedicated Server (BDS) Configuration/Customization Options

Several configuration options are or have been available in other Minecraft servers that would be great QoL improvements for BDS admins. Following is a "short list" of some of these.

server.properties file:

FROM JAVA

  • force-gamemode - Players always join in default game mode (can only be changed by op)
  • hardcore - (either as gamemode option or separate setting)
  • max-build-height - Max y coordinate for player buildings
  • max-tick-time - Max time (in ms) to wait for a single game tick before considering server crashed
  • motd - "Message of the Day"
  • pvp - Enable/disable PvP on server
  • server-ip - Specify public IP of server

FROM CLASSIC

  • max-(ip-)connections - Max # of connections allowed from a single client IP

OTHER

  • blacklist - IP/MAC addresses, users, etc. never allowed to connect to server
  • publish-server - Make server publicly viewable in server listing
  • server-region - Linked to publish-server, region in which the server is located

COMMAND-LINE ARGUMENTS

Feed to bedrock_server.exe to customize the BDS environment:

  • -cp <path> - Path to configuration files independent of server executable path.
  • -wp <path> - Path to world folders and files
  • -lp <path> - Path to content, server, and (hopefully) chat logs

I'm sure there are other options that other BDS admins would like to see included, and some here have been posted as individual suggestions. This is just a quick list to consolidate some concrete examples.

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    While I, personally, may or may not make use of all or any of these options, I feel they would offer BDS administrators more control over their server environment, as well as potentially enhancing the quality of experience for the players on that server. Additionally, some of the suggested settings may be useful in troubleshooting issues such as lag.

    To that end, here are a couple of other options for the server.properties file that I imagine would be welcome by BDS admins:

    • allow-nether - Allow players to construct Nether portals to travel to the Nether
    • allow-end - Allow players to travel to the End
    • generate-structures - Defines whether or not structures such as villages are generated in the world
    • spawn-<mob type> - Defines whether or not certain types of mobs (animals, monsters, NPC's) can spawn in the world (perhaps this could be implemented as a single allow-spawns option with a value of either "all" or a pipe-delimited or JSON-formatted list)
    • logging-level - Provides options for the verbosity of logs from bedrock_server.exe

    *Where available, I took the descriptions from the Minecraft Wiki and condensed them to fit within the posting limit.

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    We need too :
    Like java
    /Ban
    /Ban-ip [or]
    /Pardon (optional name /unban )
    /Pardon-ip
    /Whitelist {add|remove }
    /Whitelist list (show players on whitelist)
    /Whitelist {on|off}
    And specific to bedrock
    /Ban-os (ban a type of os)
    /Ban-ipt (ban a type of input (controller/screen touch/keyboard)
    But if a player are In the whitelist he can ignore the ban OS and ban input

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    There should be a configuration that enables coordinates. Something like the statement below would suffice:
    display-coordinates=true/false

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    Foxwastaken9723 - Thanks for the support. I agree that those commands would be tremendously helpful to have available, however they aren't "configuration settings", per se. They could interact with the configuration settings outlined above - for example, the /ban and /pardon commands could add or remove users to/from the blacklist I referred to.

    What I'm proposing here are settings preparing the BDS environment before the server is launched - i.e, should the server use or ignore the blacklist (I imagine a new blacklist.json file would be necessary)? Again, the commands you mentioned would "tie in" to these settings and possibly be able to modify them at run time, but might require a "reload" and/or server restart to apply the changes.

    Again, while I may or may not make use of them, I can understand wanting to disallow clients using a certain OS/platform or input method. Perhaps create a setting in the server.properties file as allowed-platforms/allowed-inputs where the values are either a pipe-delimited list or simply "all".

    One thing to note: The whitelist commands you mentioned are mostly already implemented in the console with the exception of whitelist {on|off}. whitelist {add|remove} updates the whitelist.json file in the server's directory (which, as I stated above, I'd like to be able to change with a command-line argument). The whitelist list command outputs a JSON string to the console that includes the players currently in the whitelist.json file.

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    Lili5510 - Thanks for the support. I can't believe I didn't think of that option myself. An excellent addition to the list.

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    Another option to consider is based on the BDS-1094 bug report regarding the additional, "random" ports that are opened at BDS startup. I'm not sure what this feature would be since I'm not sure what the intended purpose of these "extra" ports is, but having a setting to provide some control over this would be a good addition to the server.properties file.

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    Aim is server

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    Some things that should be added to this post...


    Add the support the feature that is in bedrock already wsserver so we could make discord chat bots, the abillity to use varables in commands, make shop systems so players without op can execute commands.

    It is refrenced in 
    https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/BDS-1013

    Add back the /transferserver command 

    https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Commands/transferserver

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    We need the ability to ban players

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    another command line argument could be what server.properties file the server will use the argument could -sp [server.properties file name]

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    Is it possible to add to server.properties

    server-ip=

     

    thanks

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    I really need enable-rcon support - my server goes down every night for a few minutes to perform backups, and I really want a way to inform my users five or ten minutes before that happens.

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    I have the Bedrock Dedicated Server running, but I can't find a way for the server to create scheduled backups?  Is this possible or would I need to add a script?

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    Hardcore could be made a gamerule. https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/24287009192589--gamerule-hardcore