ServerStarter is used to allow friends to start up servers in your pc without you having to always start up / close the servers manually.

You need to open up port 54629 which is used in main.js.

If the game needs an plugin and you create it make the plugin just create an http server which takes post requests and executes the command received. The plugins themselfs can be localhost and thats the way i do it.

JSON Structure for userServers.json

The userServers.json file stores information about user servers configurations.

{
    "User1": {
        "Terraria": {
            "path": "C:/Gaming/Servers/User1/M68/Terraria/TShock-5.2.exe", 
            "args": "-port 22657 -maxplayers 8 -world C:/Gaming/Save-files/Terraria/Worlds/world1.wld",
            "PluginNeeded": true,
            "PluginUrl": "http://localhost:53267/Terraria/CommandExecution",
            "CloseCommand": "exit"
        },
        "Hexxit": {
            "path": "C:/Gaming/Servers/User1/Minecraft/Hexxit/LaunchServer.bat", 
            "CloseCommand": "stop"
        },
        "passKey": "passwordForUser1",
        "Loc": "GR"
    },
    "User2": {
        "ATM9": {
            "path": "C:/Gaming/Servers/User2/Minecraft/ATM9/LaunchServer.bat", 
            "CloseCommand": "stop"
        },
        "passKey": "passwordForUser2",
        "Loc": "FI"
    }
}

Explanation of Fields:

• User1 and User2 - Usernames. There can be multiple servers per user.

• Terraria and Hexxit or ATM9 - Names of the servers associated with the respective users.

  • path: The file path to the server executable or script.

  • args: Arguments to be passed to the server executable. (Optional)

  • PluginNeeded: Indicates whether a plugin is required for the server (true) (Optional)

  • PluginUrl: HTTP Server that the plugin creates which the serverManager.js then connects into for communication (Only required if PluginNeeded is true)

  • CloseCommand: Command to stop the server gracefully.

  • passKey: Authentication key for accessing the server.

  • Loc: Location of the user for authentication.

Dependencies.

Python

• pip install requests

NodeJS

• npm install express
• npm install axios

Tested

• NodeJS v20.5.1
• Python 3.11.4