Minecraft – How to host a minecraft server with minigames for a LAN party

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I want to setup a small LAN party for my son and his friends. They really want the Hipixel / Mineplex experience but I'm not sure if my internet connection will support them all playing online at the same time. Is it possible to setup a similar experience with a local server?
I'm not worried about the networking, more the server setup. I assume the process is create a server, install some custom maps, but is there more to it than that? What custom minigame maps are available?

Can anyone point me to any guides?

Best Answer

Hypixel use only vanilla features to make his maps, so you won't need anything particular (plugins/mods) to make a server running these maps.

You can find the available for download Hypixel's maps here

I'd suggest you go for PvP or Fun maps (you can see the category below the map's name) rather than Adventure, cause these are aimed most of the time for multiplayer.

The map install itself is really simple, after downloading the map archive just unzip it into your server directory and change this line in server.properties like that :

level-name = theMapFolderName

Some maps may need specifics versions of minecraft so you want to make sure your minecraft server is matching this right version.

Also don't forget that Hypixel use command blocks to make such maps working so make sure you have set this property to your server.properties

enable-command-block=true

Btw TeamFortress2 Map sounds fun