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Auto-start servers on join #752

Open jtpotato opened 3 years ago

jtpotato commented 3 years ago

Feature request

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Platform

In-game: Java

Describe the feature

Instead of joining the lobby when the server is offline, the server is automatically started when a player wants to join it, bypassing the lobby. (Starting the server could take a while, so would a limbo mode work (where the player is sent to a lobby that is supposed to take minimal resources, just so that they don't time out from the server))

How the feature is useful

This would make it easier for server members to join servers. Yes, even though it's 1 command, it can create the illusion that Minehut servers are 24/7, without having the hardware permanently dedicated to the server.

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ntrogen commented 3 years ago

I don't think this is needed perhaps just a message when you join the lobby saying "The server you were trying to connect to is offline! To start it use /join (server name)"

jtpotato commented 3 years ago

I don't think this is needed perhaps just a message when you join the lobby saying "The server you were trying to connect to is offline! To start it use /join (server name)"

I guess, but it's more manual and breaks the illusion of a 24/7 server. I've heard that Minehut gets a lot of traffic from people having to go into the lobby, but I think they might get more traffic from google searches for "free 24/7 minecraft server"

TrueReassembly commented 3 years ago

Minehut does supply 24/7 servers for MHU, starting a server when they connect to it would be a lot more load on the servers, I connect through offline servers a lot on my server list and i dont really care to get dumped in the lobby