burningpig v0.0.8

BurningPig

###A Minecraft 1.4.5 Server in Node.js

BurningPig is a custom server for the creative game Minecraft: www.minecraft.net

##Direction I had originally forked the nodecraft project as the start of a modern Minecraft server. That project looked like it was originally built for Node v0.4, and Node has seen alot of improvements since then. I also wasn't happy with the way the protocol was being handled. They tried to staticly define it, and enough packets are dynamic based on their content that I didn't want to try and fix it.

BurningPig is a fresh start using Node v0.8+ and the goodness it has to offer, like streams!

##Current Features

• The vanilla client can connect and donwload the (boring) terrain
• Time, so day and night happen
• Chat messages are sent to all connected clients
• Player positions sync'd across connected clients
• Server settings are now stored in 'settings.json'.
• Digging! & persistent terrain
• Protocol encryption
• Player validation against minecraft.net

##What's Next

• Player inventory (only current session, not persisted yet)
• Pickups after digging
• Placing blocks

##On The Way

• Persisted Players & Inventory
• Terrain generation

##Server Settings The settings that control the server options are stored in the settings.json file.

Current settings: serverName - The name of the server that shows up in the Multiplayer server screen. listenPort - The TCP port the server listens on. maxPlayers - The maximium number of players the server supports. gameMode - The game mode dimension - The dimension of the world difficulty - World difficulty

Example:

{
    "serverName": "BurningPig DevServer!",
    "listenPort": 25565,
    "maxPlayers": 8,
    "gameMode": 0,
    "dimension": 0,
    "difficulty": 1
}

##License BuringPig is MIT licensed. You know the drill. Enjoy!