Good evening, all! I'm here tonight seeking advice on opening up a semi-private Rising World server for people who watch my videos and care to join in. I'm looking to keep it cheap, simple and secure.
-Cheap-
I've selected GTX Gaming as my server host. They're charging just over $7.00/month and out of the two options I found, they seem like the logical choice.
-Simple-
The idea is to keep the game pretty vanilla. I would be lying though if I said I wasn't curious about the types of modifications servers can have... For example one server I played on had "teleport tunnels." Basically you would walk though a doorway and get teleported to a new area. How difficult could that be to add?
Also, when it comes to cheating, how difficult is it to turn off things like flying and use of the command window?
-Secure-
Security comes in the form of a whitelist. (This is possible to do, right?) I'll be handpicking people to play on this server. If something does go wrong, it'll be due to a select person or group of persons, rather than randos that find me on the server list. Any tips on security would be appreciated.
Thanks for your help everyone! I haven't bought anything yet and if I find out that running a server is way over my head I may just not do it at all. I'm guessing it's no big deal if you've ever hosted another server before. I've put up a few vanilla Minecraft servers in my day, so I'm comfortable with that level of difficulty.