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Server Installation Guide

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FancyPotatOS edited this page Dec 10, 2025 · 1 revision

This is not a Minecraft server setup guide - if you need instructions on how to setup a Minecraft server, there are lots of guides online!

Some server platforms (Paper, Fabric, etc.) might not be compatible with this Datapack. This is because some 'optimizations' disable some movement functionality items like the Grappling Hook use. Since this Datapack is completely vanilla and is not resource-intensive, I'd recommend just using a vanilla server.

The Resource Pack

To set the server Resource Pack as the required GhostCraft Resource Pack, you'll need to change some rows in you server.properties file:

require-resource-pack=true
resource-pack=https\://drive.google.com/uc?export\=download&id\=1x36lMXCx4aR8IVdQrX8Zv5Qsn6ZfGncn
resource-pack-sha1=b8de0d596721ecbe30ef29132b352f3c294fce82
resource-pack-prompt=This resource pack is required to play GhostCraft. Compatible with vanilla Minecraft.

Example above: server.properties for a 1.21.10 server

Setting these values will auto-install & enforce the required Resource Pack for all players that join that server!

The Datapack

There is a single Datapack, and two Datapack dependencies that you will need to install.

To generate the folder to place these files, you have two options:

  1. Run the Minecraft server, which will generate all the world files

  2. Manually create the folders

  • Next to your .jar and server.properties files, create a folder called world. Within this folder, create a folder called datapacks

Once you have your datapacks folder, drop the three Datapacks (GhostCraftDataPack.-.v2.1.zip, player_motion.zip, and BlockState_1.21.9 for 1.21.10) into this folder

And you're done! Run your server, and the GhostCraft Datapack will take care of the rest. The initial setup is around 20 seconds, and it's completely safe to leave/join during this period. Once setup is completed, players will automatically be sent to the lobby, where the games can begin!

Maintenance

There are numerous configuration options to modify the game to your liking. This ranges from

  • The amount of items a kit starts with
  • The duration of a game/minimum time after a Survivor is killed
  • Disabling features such as Anti-Camping and the Ghost Compass
  • And more!

There will be a dedicated page for this in the future.

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