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1st Official Post

    First let me say, I set up an Aternos server a few days ago for my friends and I, and I am quite enjoying it. You guys have a great setup here, and I appreciate how practical it is (no button you have to push every hour to keep the server alive type of thing).


    So the first thing I noticed was that the regular IP doesn't work very often for me. The Dynamic IP has worked when the regular one doesn't so that's good, but I was wondering if there was any future plans for making the main IP be more stable/more usable? Or is there some trick to make it work or something?


    Next thing I noticed was the server icon. The Aternos one is pretty cool, but it would be nice if it was customizable. So, same question: any future plans to add this option?


    I used the server queue a few times now and it has been buggy for me a couple of those times. I would have to click the 'Yes, I'm still here' button about every five seconds, and then it fix itself and I would have 50 seconds or so between clicks. Both of these instances were during higher load times, so it's possible that might be related...


    This last thing is really minor, but the console is really nice except for the fact that there is no scrollbar. I like having a log of the chat that is further back than what the Minecraft client can normally store, and I have used the log feature which has a scrollbar. Still though, it would be nice if the console had a scrollbar (like I said, not a big issue).


    Anyway, thanks for setting all this up. I looked at a lot of different server hosts, and this was literally the only one without a deal-breaking catch. :)

    Quote from Quadratum

    So the first thing I noticed was that the regular IP doesn't work very often for me. The Dynamic IP has worked when the regular one doesn't so that's good, but I was wondering if there was any future plans for making the main IP be more stable/more usable? Or is there some trick to make it work or something?

    Well, the regular IP you can customize _______aternos.me.
    Ex: garplod.aternos.me


    *NOTE: If that doesn't work then try to use the dynamic one. :D

    Quote from Quadratum

    Next thing I noticed was the server icon. The Aternos one is pretty cool, but it would be nice if it was customizable. So, same question: any future plans to add this option

    Agreed.

    Quote from Blinkerize

    Well, the regular IP you can customize _______aternos.me.Ex: garplod.aternos.me


    *NOTE: If that doesn't work then try to use the dynamic one. :D

    Yeah I understand how the ip works. :) The custom one points to the dynamic one so either can be used. Thing is the custom one hardly ever works for me, so I end up constantly changing the ip to whatever the dynamic one is (which isn't a big deal; just a little annoying). Theoretically, it seems like there could be a more consistent way to point to the dynamic ip, but whatever...

    • Official Post

    The IP should work without any problems (atm). At least from our side. The big problem with dynamically changed domains is the DNS caching. So your computer or your router saves where your server is running and gives you this saved IP next time you try to join your server even if the server isn't running there anymore. You can try to delete these caches on your computer with the command "ipconfig /flushdns" in cmd. (Windows)

    So I tried the ipconfig flushdns thing on 3 separate occasions. The first two times it did nothing, but the third time I was able to log on with the custom IP, and it worked again today, even though I didn't do the ipconfig cmd this time. I haven't been able to figure out what the correlation is yet, but at least it works sometimes... Anyways thank you for the reply!

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