Mindustry/SERVERLIST.md

Adding a server to the list

Mindustry now has a public list of servers that everyone can see and connect to. This is done by letting clients GET a JSON list of servers in this repository.

You may want to add your server to this list. The steps for getting this done are as follows:

1. Ensure your server is properly moderated. For the most part, this applies to survival servers, but PvP servers can be affected as well. You'll need to either hire some moderators, or make use of (currently non-existent) anti-grief and anti-curse plugins. Consider enabling a rate limit: config messageRateLimit 2 will make it so that players can only send messages every 2 seconds, for example.
2. Set an appropriate MOTD, name and description. This is set with config <name/desc/motd> <value>. "Appropriate" means that:

• Your name or description must reflect the type of server you're hosting. Since new players may be exposed to the server list early on, put in a phrase like "Co-op survival" or "PvP" so players know what they're getting into. Yes, this is also displayed in the server mode info text, but having extra info in the name doesn't hurt.
• Make sure players know where to refer to for server support. It should be fairly clear that the server owner is not me, but you.
• Try to be professional in your text; use common sense.

3. Get some good maps. (optional, but highly recommended). Add some maps to your server and set the map rotation to custom-only. You can get maps from the Steam workshop by subscribing and exporting them; using the #maps channel on Discord is also an option.
4. Check your server configuration. (optional) I would recommend adding a message rate limit of 1 second (config messageRateLimit 1), and disabling connect/disconnect messages to reduce spam (config showConnectMessages false).
5. Finally, submit a pull request to add your server's IP to the list. This should be fairly straightforward: Press the edit button on the server file, then add a JSON object with a single key, indicating your server address. For example, if your server address is google.com, you would add a comma after the last entry and insert:

  {
    "address": "google.com"
  }

Then, press the 'submit pull request' button and I'll take a look at your server. If I have any issues with it, I'll let you know in the PR comments.