Guide: How to Automatically Shut Down Your Minecraft Server When No Players Are Online 🔴

Hello! 🛠️ Today, we bring you a super useful tutorial for those who want to optimize their Minecraft servers. We’ll set up an automatic shutdown for the server when no players are connected. We’ll use the amazing Idle Shutdown plugin to achieve this! 🚀

🛠️ Step-by-Step: Configuring the Idle Shutdown Plugin

1. Install the Plugin 🧩

• Download the plugin from Spigot.

  • Idle Shutdown on Spigot

• Access your server panel.

  • Place the .jar file into your server’s plugins folder.

• Restart the server to install the plugin.

  Enter the server and use the /plugins command to check that the plugin was installed correctly.

Now, let's configure it...

2. Configuring the Plugin ⚙️

Once installed, you need to configure the plugin to fit your needs:

Go to the plugins folder and then open the IdleShutdown folder.

Open the config.yml file.

Inside the file, look for the line "idle_wait_time" and change it to the amount of time (in seconds) you want the server to wait after the last player disconnects before shutting down.

Save the file and restart the server to apply the changes.

When the last player disconnects, the console will display a message, and then the server will shut down according to the wait time you set in the config.yml file.

⚠️ Remember, you will need to manually start the server again when you want to use it.

🛠️ Common Issues and Solutions 🔧

• ❗ Issue: The server does not shut down automatically.

  Solution: Verify that the plugin is installed correctly and that there are no conflicts with other plugins. Also, make sure that the idle time is configured properly.

Conclusion

We hope this guide has been helpful, and remember, don’t hesitate to ask in PixelHost’s Discord or contact our support team if you have any questions.

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Best regards!! 🌟

João, @PixelHost.