Where is the Server Directory?

I want to play Minecraft with my friends, but on a map I downloaded.

I always look up how to do it, and people say something about server directory. Where exactly is it located?

2 Answers

You'll need a server to do this (unless they're on your LAN, in which case loading the world and opening it to LAN should work). You can get one from the Minecraft website for a basic server, or get a Spigot server for something a lot more advanced.

Assuming you just want a base server, you can set one up fairly easily, and this guide explains it better than I could

As for adding the world to that, you can just put it in the same directory as the server JAR itself, and configure the server.properties to reflect this.

The server directory is wherever the server JAR is executed from. Everything from here will be relative, so within this folder is the configuration file server.properties, the world save folders, and the where the logs are saved.

If you are not on the same connection, you need to buy realms. If you are on the same connection, go to 1.8, open your world to LAN, let your friend goto multiplayer, and find the IP. Enter it in direct connect, for example, 125.1.975.23: Go to any version you want, open a world, set to LAN, let your friend enter the numbers in the chat at the direct connect: 125.1.975.23: 03894. Then, click connect.