A simple tool to start and manage a Minecraft Server which is synched by Dropbox to multiple users
McStartBox works on Windows XP or newer. No Installation is required, it lives as a portable executable in your Dropbox next to a zip archive of the server files. Like Minecraft, you need a working Java Installation.
Your current server needs to be packed up as minecraft_server.zip. Make sure the files are not in a subfolder in the zip archive. You have to include minecraft_server.jar. It has to look like this:
If you wish to contribute to the project you can help by submitting bug reports or suggestions to the Issue Tracker.
To compile the project on your own you need a Unicode-enabled Delphi (Version 2010 and up), the Abbrevia Compression Components and OmniThreadLibrary installed. Active development is done in Delphi XE2 Professional at the moment.
McStartBox is licensed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) Version 2.0. A copy of this license is shipped with the source code as LICENSE.txt and can be obtained online at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. The source code can be obtained from the project home.
McStartBox is using the Abbrevia Compression Components, licensed under the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 - A copy can be obtained from the official website or archived on the download page of the McStartBox project home.
McStartBox is using the OmniThreadLibrary, licensed under the BSD license. A copy can be obtained from the official Google Code hosting site or archived on the download page of the McStartBox project home.
McStartBox is using the free "Dropbox Minecraft Icon" by Javier López.
McStartBox is developed by Manuel Kroeber. Feel free to send me a message to manuel.kroeber@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Project home can be found at http://bitbucket.org/h4ndy/mcstartbox/.
McStartBox is developed with the help of the Mercurial SCM via TortoiseHG. The online home is hosted by Atlassian Bitbucket at bitbucket.org. Plain text magic happens in Sublime Text 2.