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clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 8:53 PM

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Hi! I’m setting up a server with friends, probably 4 or 5 of us, doing Better MC 4, and I was wondering how much RAM would be needed? I’m new to all of this, and I don’t want to break anything on day 1.

devout bone Dec 31, 2025, 8:55 PM

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6 to start and if you need more you can always add the new ram on later without hurting your server.

tribal kite Dec 31, 2025, 9:00 PM

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The website will help to estimate how much is needed based on modpack and player count.

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And you can add/remove whenever needed with just a restart.

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:05 PM

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It estimates 10 but that’s quite a bit more than planned. I’ll try 6!

tribal kite Dec 31, 2025, 9:06 PM

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I mean, 6! is a lot more than 10.

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(1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6) = 720

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:08 PM

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question, it only says I can do 7, 8, 10 or higher, as I'm doing it through the website, and it has an option for this modpack

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:08 PM

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tribal kite (1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6) = 720

i dont think i can afford THAT much

tribal kite Dec 31, 2025, 9:11 PM

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clever coral question, it only says I can do 7, 8, 10 or higher, as I'm doing it through the ...

I know they started putting a floor on how much someone can order, from a lot of people starting too low for the modpack to even start.

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Looks like if you lie and say you'll only have 4 players it will let you select 6GB, but with a warning.

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:12 PM

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Ok! Thank you!!

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once I buy the server, how long is the process to actually get to play it? Is this a project for like, 2 hours tonight? or is this a wait till tomorrow and spend the day doing it

devout bone Dec 31, 2025, 9:24 PM

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once the server is provisioned to you, usually like 0 minutes after the payment is approved. you then wait for BMC4 to install, that takes about 5 minutes, and then on first run of the server, it takes about 30 minutes to fully initialize. then you can play it.

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:25 PM

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Okay! Do I need to do anything extra behind that? Like anything for the world or settings? I plan to play the mod pack as is, and if possible, it would be nice to have admin, but I know servers are weird with that stuff sometimes

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(only know about ark ascended servers)

devout bone Dec 31, 2025, 9:25 PM

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absolutely nothing then

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you can become admin in the console with op kam and when you tire of that deop kam

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:27 PM

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tyty!!!

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nyam

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much appreciated

tribal kite Dec 31, 2025, 9:28 PM

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!whitelist

glacial orioleBOT Dec 31, 2025, 9:28 PM

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For Java servers:
https://www.bisecthosting.com/clients/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/37/How-to-enable-and-manage-your-Minecraft-server-whitelist.html

For Bedrock servers:
<https://www.bisecthosting.com/clients/index.php?rp=/knowledgebase/155/-How-to-allowlist-a-Minecraft-Bedrock-server-.html >

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How to Allowlist a Minecraft Bedrock Server

Allowlisting (or Whitelisting in older versions) players on a Minecraft Bedrock server helps ensure that only trusted and approved players can join the server, which can help prevent griefing, hack...

tribal kite Dec 31, 2025, 9:28 PM

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That would also be a good idea.

clever coral Dec 31, 2025, 9:29 PM

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Would this be a Java server?

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and is there a bisect app? or is this all done through the website

tribal kite Dec 31, 2025, 9:35 PM

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It's all done through the website, which is mobile friendly.

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And yeah, ATM is Java.

clever coral Jan 1, 2026, 3:50 AM

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So I just set it up! The ram is at 5.6 out of 6 withouit even loading in yet.. is that normal?

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; - ;

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I also can't join yet.

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i think its bc im not whitelisted.. how do I whitelist mnyslef..

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