FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
The configuration I just changed is not being used?
Use '/reload', '/dynmap reload' or restart your server. If this does not help, look in server.log for errors.
How can I host Dynmap on my webserver (which is on the same machine)?
Presuming your webserver is on the same machine as CraftBukkit is, use the guide to make Dynmap work without the internal webserver.
I don't have a webserver, how can I show the map to others?
Portforward TCP-port 8123 on your CraftBukkit server, so that everyone can visit Dynmap.
For better security, you might want to use a webserver (like Nginx) that proxies traffic to Dynmap. Do this if you know how to do so.
How can I host Dynmap on my webserver (which is on another machine)?
Portforwarding, like above, might still be a good solution. If it is impossible to portforward, or you want to offload your CraftBukkit server, you can still periodically synchronize 'plugin/dynmap/web' between CraftBukkit and your webserver using RSync or FTP. However, you won't have any of the 'real-time' features that Dynmap provides (players, map-updates, chat, etc).
If you don't mind tinkering a bit on Linux, you can still get the real-time features by using sshfs or fuseftp to mount the (remote) 'web/standalone' directory from your webserver onto your CraftBukkit server 'plugins/dynmap/web/standalone'.
How can I integrate Dynmap on my website?
Make sure Dynmap is available for anyone on a certain URL. If you've done portforwarding, this will likely be something like http://youripaddress:8123. If you've hosted Dynmap on your webserver, this will likely be something like http://yourwebsite/map/.
Then you can use an iframe to integrate Dynmap in your website. You might need some HTML knowledge, but if you're using a CMS there will likely be an option to add an iframe. The HTML-code of that iframe will look like:
<iframe src="http://youripaddress:8123/" width="800" height="600" />
How can I get high detailed maps?
You must make use of the HD renderer. To do this, simply open 'plugins/dynmap/configuration.txt' and uncomment the line:
#deftemplatesuffix: hires
So that you get:
deftemplatesuffix: hires
How can I change the order in which the worlds are shown?
Open 'plugins/dynmap/worlds.txt' and add world-sections right after the line 'worlds:' in the order you want to have them in the sidebar. You should get something like the following:
worlds: - name: world - name: nether - name: skylands
In this example, the names of your worlds are 'world', 'nether' and 'skylands'.
How can I change the name that is shown for each world?
Open 'plugins/dynmap/worlds.txt' and add/change the world-sections right after the line 'worlds:', so that you get the following:
worlds: - name: world title: "My Awesome World" - name: nether title: "My Awesome Nether" - name: skylands title: "My Awesome Skylands"
In this example, the names of your worlds are 'world', 'nether' and 'skylands'.
How can I hide a world from being listed?
Open 'plugins/dynmap/worlds.txt' and add/change the world-section for the world you want to hide. Add the value 'enabled: false' to that world-section, so that you get something like the following:
worlds: - name: world title: "My Awesome World" - name: nether title: "My Awesome Nether" enabled: false - name: skylands title: "My Awesome Skylands" enabled: false
In this example both 'nether' and 'skylands' will be hidden, since they have 'enabled: false' in their world-section.
How can I remove the cave map?
Copy the appropriate template file to make a custom one. For example, copy 'plugins/dynmap/templates/normal-vlowres.txt' to 'plugins/dynmap/templates/custom-normal-vlowres.txt'. Open the copied file and remove the following section:
- class: org.dynmap.hdmap.HDMap name: cave title: "Cave" prefix: ct perspective: iso_SE_60_lowres shader: cave lighting: default mapzoomin: 3
How can I hide certain players on the map?
Use the command '/dynmap hide PlayerName', where 'PlayerName' is the name of the player to hide.
How can I hide everyone except certain players?
Open 'plugins/dynmap/configuration.txt' and set 'display-whitelist' to false. This will look like:
# Treat hiddenplayers.txt as a whitelist for players to be shown on the map? (Default false) display-whitelist: false
Now everyone is hidden. You can use '/dynmap show PlayerName' to show certain players.
How can I disable chat balloons?
Open 'plugins/dynmap/configuration.txt' and place '#' in front of the following lines:
- class: org.dynmap.ClientComponent type: chatballoon focuschatballoons: false
So that you get:
#- class: org.dynmap.ClientComponent # type: chatballoon # focuschatballoons: false
How can I enable night/day on my maps?
Copy the appropriate template file to make a custom one. For example, copy 'plugins/dynmap/templates/normal-vlowres.txt' to 'plugins/dynmap/templates/custom-normal-vlowres.txt'. Open the copied file and change all instances of the following line:
lighting: shadows
to:
lighting: nightandday
Now reload the plugin and do a fullrender.
Hi. I'm using envious host to host my server and the IP I got already needs a port so I can't add :8123, if I will it will show another server's map. What should I do?
Would it be possible to integrate this with the overview map in spout? This question is out of curiosity, although it would be awesome to see it happen.
The instructions for removing the cave map didn't work. Also, I changed several things in configuration.txt related to chat and pinning of the sidebar and none of them worked either.
I tried my ip address that I use to access my server as a web address to see my map and it was someone else's map. Any idea what I did wrong?
@Fireynis
You're renting a minecraft server i presume?
Most minecraft server hosts are cheap, and use the same ip for the different servers, so you'll have to change the port of your dynmap.
Just go into the dynmap config file and search for "8123" and change that to something else, for example 8125
I thought I was doing it right, copied the files to a root directory called "webmap" and then change the path in the config file to http://myserver.co:1111/webmap/tiles and http://myserver.co:1111/webmap, but when I type "http://myserver.co:1111/webmap" in my browser it says is not aviable. Also the console says:
23:40:19 CONSOLE: [SEVERE] [dynmap] Exception while writing JSON-file - plugins/dynmap/http:/myserver.co:1111/webmap/standalone/dynmap_world.json.old
.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
23:40:19 CONSOLE: (No such file or directory)
.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
23:40:21 CONSOLE: [SEVERE] [dynmap] Exception while writing JSON-file - plugins/dynmap/http:/myserver.co:1111/webmap/standalone/dynmap_world_nether.json.old
.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
23:40:21 CONSOLE: (No such file or directory)
I hope you can help
Thanks a lot.
was working fine a few days ago Then this http://209.236.121.117:8123/ nobody changed anything....it just stopped working any ideas?
Is there a configuration setting so new worlds arent automatically added to dynmap? Sometimes I make test worlds and it becomes a pain removing them each time.
my server ip is 70.123.100.25:25614 the ":25614" does not work in the URL how do i fix this
thank you i am rendering the highest settings first to one map an if that is working good i do it also by all the other maps
Question!
I noticed that in the features you say that you can talk to people from the web.. but i cant seem to get it to work from the server to the web.. I dont receive any massages on the web..
please help!!
@AidanOrlando
Hello,
A plugin is blocking it. Maybe u got Factions? If yes turn chatTagRelationColored to false. Then it will work fine.
Question?! So how do i access this on my server? i am just using the normal bukkit server, and im a complete NOOB at this whole renting/owning a server. So do you/anyone know how i can access this map of my whole world? Thanks, your plugin looks awesome!
Is there a way to permanently hide you off the map when ever you log in / server restarts? and is there a permissions node for players using the hide?
I just got the newest download of this plugin, and I get this error.
SEVERE Failed to start WebServer on address 0.0.0.0:8123 : Address already in use
I am trying to disable a certain world in my dynmap, but in my worlds.txt I only see world, nether and end. Any ideas? :/
Hi,
I have instaled the Dyn Map and posted on my web server. When I try to go to the site, it ask me for a login and after it tell me an error: "Could not retrieve configuration". Please can anybody help me.
Thanks.
Wer looking at using Dynamap on our server, but the server itself is fairly basic. How much of a drain on your memory and processor is Dynamap? There are only 8 people max on our server if thats important.
Is there a way to disable the dynmap hide in just one world? I mean if on a server there are 5 worlds, and in 4 of them you can hide yourself on the dynmap, while in last world (no matter if you were hidden before) you are shown on the map no matter what... Is that possible?
does it fully support the FTB modpack? its just like tekkit but with a few more mods