MC Server Soft // Server Wrapper for Windows icon

MC Server Soft // Server Wrapper for Windows -----

The oldest maintained Minecraft Server Wrapper for Windows.




Skipped a few updates, view the website for the full history.

Version 12.8.0 (January 16, 2024)

Features
  • [WebPanel] Added scheduler
  • Updated to Remote Webpanel v6.2.0
  • [API] Added ViewSchedulerTasks permission (disabled for existing users & keys)
  • [API] Added CreateSchedulerTasks permission (disabled for existing users & keys)
  • [API] Added EditSchedulerTask permission (disabled for existing users & keys)
  • [API] Added DeleteSchedulerTasks permission (disabled for existing users & keys)
  • [API] Added TriggerSchedulerTask permission (disabled for existing users & keys)
Bugfixes
  • Fixed API scheduler task update ignoring Player Requirement changes
  • Fixed backup conflict when starting it from the panel
  • Fixed "The Scintilla module has no export for the 'CreateLexer' procedure" crash
View full changelog.
----------, Jan 16, 2024

Make sure you have these 2 dependencies! More info.
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86)
Features
  • Added official support for Purpur
  • Added Timeless scheduled tasks
  • Scheduled tasks can now be manually triggered
  • Integrated player options into the dashboard
  • Changes to the whitelist, ops & banned editor are now realtime
  • Added offline player UUID support
  • Added option to copy the server guid from the Server menu strip
  • Added option to open /logs from the Workspace menu strip
  • Added option to hide server icon from server tabs
  • Added option to hide server status from server tabs
  • Added additional options & features to the file editor
  • Remote API now uses API Keys
  • New servers can now be imported by their .bat file
  • Added a server startup debugger that will show why a server start failed (WIP)
  • Added error state to input boxes to the server settings window (will slowly be implemented elsewhere)
  • Added Bat file validator
Gui
  • Entire UI overhaul + new logo
  • Refreshed most server icons
  • Updated look and feel of charts
  • Better support for DPI scaling on large resolution monitors
  • Scheduled tasks are now grouped by timing type
  • Scheduled tasks are now ordered by time/interval
  • Simplified settings file save panel
  • Improved Server Group Actions controls
  • The taskbar icon is now shown on startup
  • Compression high is now the backup's default setting
  • Text editors now have search capabilities
  • Improved Server Group Actions controls
  • Web panel interface overhaul
  • CraftBukkit has been marked as legacy software
Optimizations
  • Improved plugin loading on big servers
  • The server version in server tabs is now hidden by default on new installations
  • Reduced event false triggering (optimized event handling)
  • Drastically improved used memory usage by mcss
  • Improved Windows toast notifications
  • Reduced SSL warnings
  • Api server can now be restarted on the fly
  • You can use escape/ESC to close the search overlay
  • You can now press enter to jump to the next search occurrence
  • Text editors now have proper undo & redo capabilities
  • Web panel users can now be edited
Bugfixes
  • Fixed crash when trying to determine version on invalid waterfall jar
  • Fixed Plugin Manager not being able to enable/disable all plugins
  • Fixed incorrect Saved Commands window subtitle
  • Fixed window getting stuck on the background when opening from a minimized state
  • Fixed ampersands not getting displayed correctly
  • Fixed scheduler not queuing tasks at server start
  • Fixed issue after renaming the server's path
  • Fixed timed scheduler crash after deleting a server
  • Fixed server .jar./bat mismatch on server import
  • Fixed memory chart issue with bedrock servers
  • Fixed open folder issue
  • Fixed numerous other small issues & typos
  • Fixed player login conflict resulting in an incorrect player list
  • Fixed backup failure on invalid backup names (eg. containing \ / : * ? " < >|) -> you still need to rename these backups manually
  • Fixed ip copy to clipboard failure when spamming
  • Fixed manual server properties window not fetching the correct version
  • Fixed form forgetting maximized state after restoring from task tray
  • Fixed config read error upon new install
  • Fixed crash when closing the splashscreen early
  • Fixed messageboxes appearing behind the splashscreen
Removed
  • Server actions from server menu strip
  • Removed selected arrow on servers page
  • Removed blinking effect from starting/stopping servers
  • Removed Whitelist, Ops, Banned players & ips from the toolbox (now on the dashboard)
  • Removed WebPanelCaching setting
  • Removed stats fadeout effect
  • Removed v11 backwards compatibility (EOL)
----------, Aug 3, 2022

Skipped a few updates, view the website for the full history.

Version 12.6.1 (April 19, 2022)

Features
  • Added CLI startup option to fake the displayed IP '--fake-ip'
Gui
  • Secondary text in server tabs are now limited to 20 characters
  • Live preview of server tab settings
  • Improved program settings layout
Bugfixes
  • Fixed cache expiration issue
  • Fixed close preference selection issue
  • Fixed dashboard server control text overflow
  • Fixed copy-ip shortcut not resetting when switching servers
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 19, 2022

Version 12.3.0 (February 14, 2022)

Features
  • Added Remote Web Panel
  • Added 'EnableWebPanel' setting
  • Added 'AllowPublicRemoteAccess' setting
  • Added Diagnostics option to rebuild remote panel files
Gui
  • Reworked API/Remote settings section (old api settings might reset)
Optimizations
  • Renamed numerous API settings
Bugfixes
  • Fixed missing scrollbar on sub servers list
  • Fixed misaligned 'Hide landing page' setting comment
  • Fixed server backup error when amount of failed files exceeded 20
  • Fixed server.properties clone issue
View full changelog.
----------, Feb 15, 2022

Version 12.0.0 (January 18, 2022)

Features
  • Added Web API (WIP)
  • Added Bedrock support (WIP)
  • Added Fabric support (separate install is required)
  • Added new config system
  • Added dashboard statistic intervals (1m / 5m / 30m / 1h / 4h)
  • Network dashboard can now display info about connected servers
  • Added CLI option to hide the UI '--no-ui'
  • Added official support for ´Windows 11´ & ´Windows Server 2022´
  • Simplified the process of creating/importing/cloning/updating a server
  • Scheduler 'Fixed Time' no longer requires the server to be online
  • Changes made to the tasks no longer require a server restart (changes are live)
  • Added option to start the server with the scheduler
  • Deleting a backup template no longer removes the backup schedule
  • Single & Template backups now have a merged functionality (simplified)
  • You can now force a scheduled backup task to run
  • Mcss will no longer ask to set a closing preference (default: Hide to Tray)
Gui
  • Entire UI overhaul
  • [severe] console errors are now also displayed in red
  • 'Dynamic Graph Scaling' is now disabled by default
  • Increased min/default main window size by about 20% (845x590 to 1010x710)
  • Dashboard refresh
  • Some toolbox options are now part of the dashboard
  • Server action dropdown has been replaced by dedicated buttons
  • Server statuses are no longer in all caps
  • Renamed 'Server Migration' to 'Server Import'
  • Merged create/import server window
  • Merged edit/update server window
  • Accepting the EULA is no longer a mandatory step
Optimizations
  • Increased base dashboard interval from 30 seconds to 1 minute
  • Player count is now a persistent statistic
  • Dashboard statistics will properly fade out when server is stopped
  • Improved dashboard controls
  • Improved console parsing/coloring
  • Improved page switching
  • A task name can now be longer than 15 characters.
  • Changes made to the server.properties are now directly written to the file
  • All references to time are no longer stored as UTC
  • When importing a server, the server file is no longer automatically renamed
  • Better handling of UnhandledExceptions
  • Improved page handling
  • Improved mcss memory & cpu usage
  • When exiting mcss, running servers are automatically closed
  • Default server startup has changed to `java -Xms256M -Xmx[RAM]M -jar [SERVERTYPE.NAME].jar`
Bugfixes
  • Fixed nested folder structure in backups
  • Fixed background 'Edit server dialog' when opening it from a fullscreen servers page
  • Fixed restart status upon external server kill
  • Fixed online players tooltip singularization
  • Fixed child forms alignment
  • Fixed missing server port after creating a new server
  • Fixed configuration corruption when updating from an older version
  • Fixed text clipping on some labels
  • Fixed white page prior loading the changelog
  • Fixed player avatars not saving to the correct location
  • Fixed blank server properties upon server creation
  • Fixed mcss starting in System32 resulting in a crash
  • Fixed boolean values in server.properties not being saved as lowercase
Removed
  • Removed server restarting status
  • Removed TacoSpigot as a default server type (deprecated)
  • Removed Toolbox window
  • Removed light mode
  • Removed ´lastKnownBackupCompressionLevel´ as a setting
  • Removed ´lastKnownBackupSuspended´ as a setting
  • Removed ´skipServerUpdateLinkPage´ as a setting
  • Removed option to change server types after creation
  • Removed Delayed Interval
  • Removed backup compression method (simplified)
  • Removed Servers Running Dialog
  • Removed Close Preference Dialog

View full changelog.
----------, Jan 18, 2022

Version 11.13.0 (March 6, 2021)

Features
  • Added a help/faq message at each startup (can be disabled from the settings)
  • Added a /mods or /plugin shortcut under the Server menu (depending on the server type)
Gui
  • Added setting "Show the help/faq message at startup"
  • Added console command "disable_startup_help"
  • 'File > Options' is now accessible when no servers are installed
Optimizations
  • Server online detection is now provided through a more reliable/customizable console reading method (no UI yet)
Bugfixes
  • Fixed server not getting flagged as online
  • Fixed issue with getting the server port from the config
  • Fixed console color leak
  • Fixed scheduler task ghosting
  • Fixed 'Add server' tile ghosting
  • Fixed readability of 'No servers found' page in dark mode
  • Fixed crash when deleting the last server with active statistics
  • Fixed System Info window not showing the dev version
  • Fixed messagebox loop when updates are available and auto updates are disabled
Removed
  • TCP ping based server online detection

View full changelog.
----------, Mar 6, 2021

Version 11.12.0 (January 27, 2021)

Gui
  • Dev builds now displays the internal versioning
  • Fixed bad alignment of status label on server status tiles
  • Added Mayer, Mist, Squ1ggly & Poulette to the list of Patreons, thank you for your support!
Optimizations
  • Mcss logs now reports the time of the entry
Bugfixes
  • Fixed server kill option conflicting when keep online is elevated
  • Fixed server sometimes getting migrated to an incorrect destination
  • Fixed server status on servers page
  • Fixed unable to detect online servers
  • Fixed broken elevated keep online mode
  • Fixed broken server moderation windows
Removed
  • Removed the ConsoleReading & PowerShell Online Detection Method
View full changelog.
----------, Jan 27, 2021

Version 11.11.1 (July 26, 2020)
  • Added option to mail crash log
  • All custom windows are now the Windows default one
  • Tweaked UI to accommodate for updated window style
  • Player login/logout color has lighter blue (console)
  • Fixed missing console color in dark mode
  • Fixed incorrect player list colors in dark mode
  • Fixed all known window glitching
  • Fixed crash when switching dark mode
View full changelog.
----------, Jul 26, 2020

Version 11.11.0 (June 21, 2020)
  • Added Dark Mode (beta)
  • Replaced the main window implementation (custom) by the Windows default one
  • Fixed all known main window issues/glitches
  • Fixed lag when opening 'server page' with lots of servers
  • Fixed lag when opening 'backup page' with lots of backups
  • Fixed unable to copy text from the console
View full changelog.
----------, Jul 26, 2020

Version 11.10.0 (June 10, 2020)
  • Added console 'Search with Google' shortcut
  • Added console clear shortcut
  • Improved saving scheduler changes
  • Improved update notifications
  • The 'ConsoleReading' method is now the default ServerOnlineDetectionMethod (on new mcss instances).
  • Reduced initial update checking delay by 20 seconds
  • Auto update check every 3 days
  • Fixed UTF-8 link name in program settings
  • Fixed UTF-8 support for backup file names (e.g. Chinese characters)
View full changelog.
----------, Jun 10, 2020

Version 11.9.1 (May 24, 2020)
  • Main window UI tweaks
  • Improved DPI scaling
  • Fixed cut-off player graph
  • Fixed escape characters being shown in chat
  • Fixed navigation hover ghosting
View full changelog.
----------, May 24, 2020

Version 11.9.0 (May 16, 2020)
  • Added optional server description
  • Reworked the Keep Online setting (None, Elevated, Aggressive)
  • Made Kill option available to starting servers (top menu)
  • Mcss will warn if it's running from the temp folder
  • Main window can now be resized from all sides
  • Mcss logs are now instantly written to disk
  • Fixed migration status not updating when finished
  • Fixed rogue PowerShell scripts not getting killed
  • Fixed main window bleeding into secondary monitors in fullscreen mode
  • Fixed main window ghosting during a minimized state
  • Fixed main window not appearing in the taskbar (on startup)
  • Fixed main window minimizing glitch
  • Fixed server action dropdown glitching
  • Fixed /fml command not getting accepted (forge)
  • Fixed incorrect displayed filename when dragging a file into the update tool
  • Temp Fix: Files in use are now skipped during backups
View full changelog.
----------, May 16, 2020

Version 11.8.4 (May 7, 2020)
  • Added a less aggressive Keep Online setting (MCSS input is ignored, including scheduler etc)
  • Made Kill option available to starting servers (top menu)
  • Fixed migration status not updating when finished
  • Fixed rogue PowerShell scripts not getting killed
  • Temp Fix: Files in use are now skipped during backups
View full changelog.
----------, May 7, 2020

Version 11.8.3 (May 1, 2020)
  • Fixed crash when viewing backups on the first of each month ;)
  • Fixed mcss options window size issue
  • Fixed EULA value saved with a capital letter
View full changelog.
----------, May 1, 2020

Version 11.8.2 (April 30, 2020)
  • Added option to change close preference
  • Increased visibility of selected server tab
  • Updated patreon list, special thanks to HawkSlayer
  • Removed the standalone MinimizeToSystemTray option (in favor of the close preference option)
  • Fixed Discord link
  • Fixed "No process is associated with this object." issues
  • Fixed main window resize artifacting when maximized
  • Fixed console not scrolling to end when window was minimized
  • Fixed window flickering when normalizing from a minimized state
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 30, 2020

Version 11.8.1 (April 25, 2020)
  • Added link to FAQ in the top Help menu
  • Added UTF-8 help details to the Console Text Encoding setting
  • Fixed crash when the clipboard is used by another program
  • Fixed broken 'Always skip this step' option in the update server window
  • Fixed Process.get_ProcessName() issue
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 25, 2020

Version 11.8.0 (April 23, 2020)
  • Added an option to change the way how online server are detected. Because older operating systems like Windows 7 and Windows Server 2012 don't support the new one (since 11.7.0)
  • Added dialog at mcss start to determine if you are affected by the above issue
  • Reduced overall memory usage
  • Mcss no longer needs a restart to apply some advanced/delicate settings
  • Updated toggle button UI
  • Updated patreon list
  • Updated dependencies
  • Removed option to resize "Purge Logs" Window
  • Removed option to resize "System Information" Window
  • Removed option to update mcss from the about window
  • Removed option to disable error logging
  • Fixed Server Properties editor keeping track of an incorrect form size history
  • Fixed number margin cut off high line counts
  • Fixed undraggable window titles
  • Fixed scrolling over a dropdown changes the value
  • Fixed event issue when migrating/creating or cloning a server
  • Fixed text editors having an extremely large initial horizontal scrollbar
  • Fixed exception when trying to update the server with the same jar
  • Fixed moderation options being accessible from the Toolbox menu (proxy servers)
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 23, 2020

Version 11.7.1 (April 17, 2020)
  • Fixed backup suspend when a backup is manually triggered
  • Fixed online status not always getting triggered
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 17, 2020

Version 11.7.0 (April 15, 2020)
  • Changed the way how servers detect their online status.
  • Mcss no longer reads the console for server statuses
  • Added 'update restart reminder' to the main window when updated
  • Removed obsolete --nojline startup property (new servers)
  • Removed stopping status detection from console-based stops
  • Fixed backup suspend option for Proxy and Vanilla servers
  • Fixed missing proxy server port in the UI
  • Fixed console input suggestion history
  • Fixed disappearing backups in progress when switching servers
  • Fixed saved backups not running after closing mcss
  • Fixed mcss console announcements not remaining in the console
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 15, 2020

Version 11.6.0 (April 11, 2020)
  • Added backups
  • Added option to schedule backups
  • Reverted default console encoding to 'System Default'
  • You are actually reading this? Awesome, have a great day!
  • Config Editor now also displays txt files
  • Dropped support for legacy tasks (pre-11.1.0, if you used mcss after this, tasks will already have been converted)
  • Fixed incorrect starting delay for Timed Tasks
  • Fixed crash on server start/restart
  • Fixed crash on opening non existing plugin folder on Vanilla servers
  • Fixed missing "Turn the server off if you wish to edit these settings" on the edit server window
  • Fixed saving issues when editing commands in scheduled tasks
  • Fixed not updating the server jar name when migrating a server
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 11, 2020

Version 11.5.1 (March 15, 2020)
  • Added 'Edit server' to the server menu strip
  • Fixed proxy servers online/offline console coloring
  • Fixed server status not returning to offline after getting an incorrect java path error
  • Fixed 'Local Java Path override' requiring a mcss restart
  • Fixed unable to read latest server log when server is running
View full changelog.
----------, Mar 15, 2020

Version 11.5.0 (March 14, 2020)
  • New Config Editor (preview)
  • New way of getting the server's process name (more reliable for multi-server setups)
  • Added a console restart shortcut/command
  • Added option to rebuild corrupt performance counters for you.
  • Added CLI option to rebuild performance counters at startup '--rebuild-perfcounters'
  • Added CLI option to update the 'ProcessNameFormat' registry setting to value 2 '--set-processname-format'
  • Added option to restart all servers
  • Added Server Group Actions - you can start, stop, restart, kill and send commands to multiple servers at once.
  • Added option to Kill all Java processes (Quick Option)
  • Reworked Quick Options menu layout
  • Executing a Quick Option now need to be confirmed by the user
  • Stopping all servers (Quick Option) is now by default 'forced' (online servers are stopped, starting and restarting servers are killed)
  • Updated dependencies
  • Fixed status issues when running multiple servers
  • Fixed text editors showing weird symbols when certain key combinations are used
  • Fixed non-dialog windows not releasing focus when switching to main window
View full changelog.
----------, Mar 14, 2020

Version 11.4.1 (January 27, 2020)
  • Improved player join/leave detection
  • Fixed crash when a player logged out (under certain conditions)
View full changelog.
----------, Jan 27, 2020

Version 11.4.0 (January 26, 2020)
  • Added a selected indicator on server tiles
  • Added option to change server types directly
  • Added option to set a Java path on server level, overriding the global/system path
  • Added CLI option to start mcss without splashscreen '--no-splash'
  • Added support for 1.15 builds (the nogui startup parameter now added by default)
  • Updated 'Edit server' window UI
  • The server no longer needs to be restarted to apply scheduler changes
  • Changing the global Java variable/path no longer requires a restart
  • Renamed setting globalJavaVariablePath to globalJavaPathOverride
  • Moved System Info to the 'Help' menu strip
  • Improved cpu & memory utilization
  • Server tabs are no longer hidden on servers page
  • Server tiles on the servers page are now ordered according to the server tabs
  • Changed default ConsoleTextEncoding to UTF8
  • An exception's stack trace is now included in the mcss logs
  • The save button on the edit server window will now close the window
  • Fixed player list ghosting issue (special thanks to Léonito2003)
  • Fixed crash when changing an existing task to a commands task
  • Fixed log file reporting wrong OS Version
  • Fixed wrong url in create server window (server type help)
  • Fixed 'Open in the browser' link in changelog window
  • Removed server description
  • Removed integrated installer
  • Removed 'Create Server' shortcut from server tabs
View full changelog.
----------, Jan 26, 2020

Version 11.3.0 (December 9, 2019)
  • Renamed 'Timed' task to 'Fixed Time'
  • Removed need for McssCommunicator plugin & mods (auto removed from your servers)
  • Removed 'Reinstall Plugins/Mods' option from diagnostics options
  • Removed 'Internal statistics server URL' option
  • Fixed crash on server clone
  • Fixed issue when toggling between server settings
View full changelog.
----------, Dec 9, 2019

Version 11.2.4 (November 25, 2019)
  • Fixed crash when Windows cancels download tasks
  • Fixed crash when creating/loading servers with certain mcss settings
  • Fixed crash when entering a non existent username (server moderation)
View full changelog.
----------, Nov 25, 2019

Version 11.2.3 (November 21, 2019)
  • Fixed InvalidOperationException that resulted in a crash (proxy & forge servers)
View full changelog.
----------, Nov 21, 2019

Version 11.2.2 (November 18, 2019)
  • Improved how servers are created, migrated, cloned, deleted and updated
  • Updated documentation links (new docs)
  • Fixed migrating a BungeeCord server (showed missing server.properties message)
  • Fixed proxies having server.properties files
  • Fixed issue migrating/creating a server
  • Fixed server tabs not resizing
  • Fixed typo in create servers window
View full changelog.
----------, Nov 18, 2019

Version 11.2.1 (November 14, 2019)
  • Memory optimizations
  • Fixed Dashboard graphs spikes
  • Fixed color in the side navigationbar
View full changelog.
----------, Nov 14, 2019

Version 11.2.0 (November 12, 2019)
  • UI Tweaks
  • Improved UI drawing
  • Reduced memory usage
  • Improved how servers are loaded/unloaded
  • Renamed 'File > Settings' to 'File > Options'
  • Fixed cancel button on installer not working
  • Fixed issue with Clone Server option being visible when no servers exist
  • Fixed missing starting status when Keep Online was enabled
View full changelog.
----------, Nov 12, 2019

Version 11.1.1 (October 26, 2019)
  • Fixed issue when clicking "Open /mods in File Explorer" from a forge server (servers page)
  • Fixed issue when opening mcss for the first time
View full changelog.
----------, Oct 26, 2019

Version 11.1.0 (October 26, 2019)
  • Added Keep Online setting, if the server crashed or is stopped it will automatically restart. (off by default, see Servers > Keep Online)
  • Added time based scheduler tasks
  • Added option to disable player heads downloads (off by default)
  • Added option to use player helm heads (on by default)
  • Added option to query player heads by username (off by default)
  • Player head images are now stored under '/resources/cache/playerheads' instead of '/resources/cache/playerheads/avatar'
  • Player heads are now provided by cravatar.eu instead of crafatar.com
  • Renamed Avatar to Player Head
  • Improved BungeeCord console/log reader warning detection
  • Enums in the config file are now stored by name and no longer the id (ex. server type 0 becomes CraftBukkit)
  • When creating a server or scheduled task, double clicking a type will auto navigate to the next page
  • Simplified server update steps
  • Filtered out ">" console lines on proxy servers
  • Added mcmirror.io to the list of server mirrors
  • Moved Toolbox to its own menu strip
  • Increased minimum size of the main window
  • Fixed MCSSCommunicator plugin getting installed on proxy servers
  • Fixed crash when deleting a server
  • Fixed server tab order issue
  • Fixed access to player list when viewing proxy server
View full changelog.
----------, Oct 26, 2019

Version 11.0.0 (October 7, 2019)
  • Added 30 second delay before checking for updates
  • Full backend API rework with proper IPv6 support
  • Option to enable IPv6 (disabled by default)
  • Semantic versioning

  • Fixed Avatar OutOfMemoryException
  • Fixed InvalidCastException when opening /mods folder on the servers page for forge & proxy servers

View full changelog.
----------, Oct 7, 2019

Version 10.4.0.0 (September 30, 2019)
  • Added logging mechanism
  • Added option to disable logging
  • Added option to force save logs
  • Added option to order server tabs manually (you can drag them around)
  • Added option to display online player count in the server tab (off by default, hidden when 0)
  • Added "Launch Task Manager" shortcut under the Workspace menu
  • Added Scheduler, you can run different tasks at a certain interval after a server has been started (ServerStop, ServerRestart, ServerKill, CustomCommands)
  • Added missing "[Beta support]" label to the forge instance ("create new server" window)
  • Improved Framework 4.7.2 dependency detection
  • Accidental forward slashes are now stripped from console commands
  • Fixed players avatars not showing up
  • Fixed numberic-only textboxes bug
  • Fixed say command falsely triggering server related events
  • Fixed "Servers are still running" window not being centered properly
  • Fixed Custom window sizes not being saved
View full changelog.
----------, Sep 30, 2019

Version 10.3.2.0 (September 5, 2019)
  • Fixed fatal server check that results in a crash
View full changelog.
----------, Sep 5, 2019

Version 10.3.1.0 (September 4, 2019)
  • Fixed broken custom java path
View full changelog.
----------, Sep 4, 2019

Version 10.3.0.0 (September 4, 2019)
  • Improved textbox/dropdown control drawing when resizing
  • Reduced memory and cpu usage when drawing textbox/dropdown controls
  • Added a caching system for player uuids and usernames (less dependent on the mcss backend api)
  • Added an option to clear player cache
  • Added to the Toolbox: Whitelist editor
  • Added to the Toolbox: Ops editor
  • Added to the Toolbox: Banned players editor
  • Added to the Toolbox: Banned ips editor
  • Other stability tweaks
  • Renamed 'Trash Logs' to 'Purge Logs'
  • Fixed broken cancel button on 'edit instance'
  • Fixed Waterfall server start/stop detection
  • Fixed outdated server.properties difficulty & gamemode values
  • Fixed toolbox window sizes not getting saved
  • Fixed crash when stopping forge servers
  • Fixed missing async string downloads operations
  • Fixed uptime not showing 'Offline' after stopping the server
View full changelog.
----------, Sep 4, 2019

Version 10.2.0.0 (August 12, 2019)
  • Vanilla & Forge are now fully supported
  • Added to the Toolbox: Clone Server
  • Improved console memory usage after setting a max kept size (changeable)
  • You can now start the server from the console by typing: start
  • Added option to change console text encoding (ASCII, BigEndianUnicode, System Default, Unicode, UTF7, UTF8, UTF32)
  • MCSS now has a menu strip (server actions like start, stop & restart can be found there (under servers menu))
  • Added "Saved Commands" option where you can add custom commands for later use (under servers menu)
  • Added option to control how many lines of console are kept in memory and displayed (default at 250)
  • Updated Create/Migrate Server UI
  • Renamed network to proxy
  • Updated proxy icon
  • Added TacoSpigot 'abandoned warning'
  • Fixed proxy server stop status issue after a restart
  • Fixed default java startup path issue when migrated a server
  • Fixed that you could create servers in subfolders
  • Fixed issue with ping console check
  • Removed 'WorkspaceOpenServersFolder' (setting no longer needed)
  • Removed 'EnableKillServerOption' (setting no longer needed)
View full changelog.
----------, Aug 12, 2019

Version 10.1.0.1 (July 27, 2019)
  • Fixed Waterfall server stop detection
View full changelog.
----------, Jul 27, 2019

Version 10.1.0.0 (July 23, 2019)
  • All code now targets .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.6.1 previously)
  • Accepting the TOS now happens when setting up mcss for the first time.
  • Drastically improved console text processing
  • Console syntax coloring is no longer 'pre-colored' in advance
  • Improved network servers stopping detection
  • Mcss now uses port 25560 for internal server communication (can be changed if needed)
  • The about page has been moved to its own window
  • The server delete confirmation has been moved to its own window
  • Clicking on the version in the main window now reveals the changelog for the current build
  • Updated the new mcss logo
  • Renamed the word 'Instance' to 'Server'
  • Dashboard server details panel enhancements
  • Dashboard server details panel is no longer hidden for Network Servers
  • EnableDiagnosticOptions setting will always be disabled by default (removed persistency)
  • Added option to open the /servers folder when clicking on 'Workspace' (off by default)
  • Added option to hide duplicate console lines (off by default)
  • Added kill server option (hidden by default)

  • Fixed window not showing up on top when launching from systray
  • Fixed creating the wrong server plugin/mod folder when creating a new server
  • Fixed Server Tile UI not updating on server edit

  • Removed need for TOS file
  • Removed need for mcss_server_info.json file
  • Removed unused server config settings
  • Removed server startup messages (server outdated, etc)
  • Removed system tray minimize messages
  • Removed Startup Report
  • Removed update page (integrated elsewhere)
  • Removed donation page
  • Removed plugins counter on the dashboard (will make a comeback soon)

  • Dropped support for Windows Vista & Windows Server 2008 SP2 (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 is still supported)
View full changelog.
----------, Jul 23, 2019

Version 10.0.4.8 (April 2, 2018)
  • Added minor improvements to the update system including a checksum check
  • .NET Framework 4.5 is now properly enforced
  • Re-added single instance restrictions
  • Removed the 5 minute delay before checking for an update
  • Fixed missing version number on update page
  • Fixed app crash when checking for updates with no internet connection
View full changelog.
----------, Apr 2, 2018

Version 10.0.4.7 (March 8, 2018)
  • Added server startup notifications for the console (currently only warns if the server is outdated)
  • Added option to disable server startup notifications
  • Added crash handler incase mcss crashes ;(
  • Server tabs are now hidden on windows that are not impacted by it
  • Removed single instance restrictions
  • Fixed player list not getting cleared after stopping a server
  • Other minor fixes and improvements
View full changelog.
----------, Mar 8, 2018

Version 10.0.4.6 (February 20, 2018)
  • Preparing for multi-language support (not functional yet)
  • Fixed language independent performance counters (Failed to set performance counters. Error code: 0x001)

View full changelog.
----------, Feb 20, 2018

Version 10.0.4.5 (February 13, 2018)
  • Fixed player chart label remaining at 0 players
  • Fixed player list ghosting
  • Fixed dashboard statistics fade out causing problems
  • Fixed language independent performance counters (Failed to set performance counters. Error code: 0x001)
  • Fixed app crash when a server crashed on server startup

View full changelog.
----------, Feb 13, 2018

Version 10.0.4.4 (January 30, 2018)
  • Merged "Check for updates" and "Auto update mcss" into "Keep mcss up-to-date"
  • Numerous GUI enhancements and changes
  • Updated dependencies
  • Reordered some program settings
  • Stopped generating the empty \backups folder
  • Removed "Show updates notifications" option
  • Removed "Enable Updates" setting for instances
  • Removed the need for the MCSSConnector and MCSSNetworkConnector plugin
  • Fixed server tabs not updating their size after changing the server name
  • Fixed dashboard picking up memory stats from the minecraft process after stopping the server
  • Fixed arrangement of these settings: "Automatically start on system startup" and "Start in the background" (swapped)
  • Fixed default size of main form
  • Fixed unhanded DirectoryNotFound exception in the Migration tool
View full changelog.
----------, Jan 31, 2018

Version 10.0.4.3 (January 6, 2018)
  • You can now open the plugins folder and startup report from the dashboard (see bottom tiles)
  • Updated copyright notice
  • Fixed network dashboard not properly resetting the cpu usage
  • Fixed dashboard showing incorrect plugin count
  • Removed Crash Detection for now (unreliable, needs to be rewritten)
View full changelog.
----------, Jan 6, 2018

Version 10.0.4.2 (December 30, 2017)
  • Added server crash notifications (can be disabled, see program settings)
  • Added crash recovery setting (off by default, see program settings)
  • Added setting to limit the amount of recovery attempts
  • Server crashes are now logged to /resources/server_crash_logs.json

  • Fixed wrong cursor being displayed on the form resize control
  • Fixed server statistics displayed on other dashboards
  • Fixed form issue when manually editing the server.properties file
View full changelog.
----------, Dec 30, 2017

Version 10.0.4.1 (December 23, 2017)

*******************************************************************
Critical Patch - UPDATE PRODUCTION SERVERS ASAP
*******************************************************************
  • Fixed application crash on server status & console traffic change
View full changelog.
----------, Dec 23, 2017

Version 10.0.4.0 (December 22, 2017)
  • New form look with resizing and Windows Aero capabilities
  • Major "under the hood" code changes/optimizations
  • Reduced/optimized memory usage
  • Toolbox window sizes are now also remembered
  • The server tab is now visible from every page
  • Improved support for touch devices
  • 'Load console from previous sessions' is now on by default
  • Replaced TPS by CPU usage
  • Added CPU usage to network based servers (BungeeCord/Waterfall)
  • Added "Dynamic graph scaling" setting
  • Added starting/stopping status
  • Added starting/stopping visuals to the server tabs + tooltips
  • Updated changelog window GUI
  • Removed option to hide the changelog after an update
  • Removed custom /restart command (will be re-added in a later stage)
  • Removed the iconic landing page :´(
  • Fixed threading issue
  • Fixed player list being buggy
  • Fixed issue with saving the wrong jar filename in de startup line after creating/migrating a server
  • Fixed program settings page scroll issue
  • Fixed program settings dropdown scroll issue
  • Fixed dashboard charts not fading out properly
  • Fixed potential server tab navigation issue
Please make sure you also have the lastest MCSSNetworkConnector and MCSSConnector plugin version 3.0.0.0

View full changelog.
----------, Dec 22, 2017

Version 10.0.3.7 (November 5, 2017)
  • Remember, remember the fifth of November.

  • Added option to change the server tabs ordering
  • Increased size of the console window
  • Improved UI feedback after updating
  • Changed the notifications of the 'updates button'

  • Fixed server version not showing after updating
  • Fixed other small issues
View full changelog.
----------, Nov 5, 2017

Version 10.0.3.6 (October 28, 2017)
  • Performance improvements / code optimizations
  • Added option to migrate servers
  • Added option to hide "Running in the background" reminders
  • Added 'Migrate Server' shortcut to the Toolbox
  • Added 'Create Server' shortcut to the Toolbox
  • For performance reasons the console will now only hold 500 lines. To view the full console, you can still open the latest.log file in the server's log folder.

  • Fixed console loading issues when "Load console from previous sessions" was enabled
  • Fixed issue with server port not saving when editing it through the 'Edit instance' window
  • Fixed issue with closing mcss while a server had just been shutdown
  • Fixed server tab not showing when landing page was disabled
View full changelog.
----------, Oct 28, 2017

Version 10.0.3.5 (October 23, 2017)
  • Added option to edit server.properties file manually
  • Reorganized server settings page
  • Replaced all checkboxes with the new look
  • Removed "announce-player-achievements" setting (no longer supported)

  • Fixed white border when a server navigation tab lost focus
  • Fixed mcss update panel showing the wrong available latest version
  • Fixed discard/save box not staying on top on bukkit based servers
  • Fixed instance name on the edit window, "You are editing settings for server 'My Paper Server'"
View full changelog.
----------, Oct 23, 2017

Version 10.0.3.4 (October 20, 2017)
  • Merged mcss related components on the update page
  • Added option to restart mcss after updating
  • Added discard/save buttons to the server settings page
  • Added 'create server' button to the top server navigation
  • Added option to use a custom java path/variable
  • Added option to hide IP address from the interface

  • The top server navigation is now also shown if you only have 1 server
  • "Switch to console on each server start" setting has been replaced by "Switch to console after starting the server"
  • By default "Switch to console after starting the server" is now enabled. (uses the value from the old setting)
  • Reorganized program settings page

  • Updated dropdown control UI
  • Updated top server navigation UI
  • Removed scroll mechanic in dropdown boxes
  • Other UI improvements

  • Fixed online detection of waterfall servers
  • Fixed bug with bungee/water config resulting in failed server starts
  • Fixed position of the changelog window
  • Fixed "Open changelog after update" setting showing all the time
  • Fixed issue with startup report detecting the first line of the console as a warning
  • Fixed issue when server tabs didn't change on click
View full changelog.
----------, Oct 20, 2017

Version 10.0.3.3 (October 6, 2017)
  • Added a balloontip message when closing mcss to tray
  • Added a balloontip message when mcss is outdated
  • When the 'resources\mcss_config.json' file is missing, a setup screen will appear (first-time-use detection)

  • Fixed issue when player avatar couldn't be fetched
We've also surpassed 5k downloads for MCSS v10! Thanks Everyone!

View full changelog.
----------, Oct 6, 2017

Version 10.0.3.2 (October 4, 2017)
  • Merged the action and status buttons (less confusing this way)
  • The servers tabs now have a small triangle instead of a fine line (server status)
  • Fixed UI formatting when the server description was empty
  • Fixed spiked statistics chart issue
  • Fixed issue with online/offline button
  • Fixed error while starting the server
  • Fixed console loading issue when rapidly switching between forms
  • Fixed icons issue with BungeeCord/Waterfall on the update page

View full changelog.
----------, Oct 4, 2017

Version 10.0.3.1 (September 30, 2017)
  • Added option to start MCSS on startup in the background
  • Reorganized Toolbox

  • Removed /reload shortcut
  • Dropped support for /reload (break it, fix it yourself policy)

  • Fixed "resource-pack" formatting issue upon loading
  • Fixed issues with TOS screen & server setup
  • Fixed issue when closing MCSS from the tray icon while servers were running
  • Fixed issue with creating a second instance

View full changelog.


MCSSConnector Version 2.0.1.0
  • Added '/mcss restart' command, ops in-game can use this to restart the server
  • Added support for more (future) custom commands
  • Other bugfixes

View full changelog.
----------, Sep 30, 2017

Version 10.0.3.0 (September 12, 2017)
  • The server list has now tiles instead of the horizontal bars. Each tile has statistics and more quick access options
  • By default mcss now minimizes to the system tray instead of closing, you can disable this in the settings
  • By default "Switch to console on each server start" is set to false
  • When exiting out of mcss while servers are running, it will now tell you which ones are running
  • Running multiple instances of mcss at the same time is no longer supported
  • The total jar count is no longer shown on the dashboard, only the total amount of active plugins
  • The statistics charts now shows tooltips of previous values
  • The statistics charts now shows the current value

  • Fixed dashboard statistics disappearing while the server is shutting down
  • Fixed dashboard uptime start/reset glitch
  • Fixed settings not saving properly when switching between servers
  • Fixed console from being edited
  • Fixed toolbox form flickering
  • Fixed small UI glitches

View full changelog.
----------, Sep 12, 2017

Version 10.0.2.2 (August 23, 2017)
  • Improved console color formating and UI
  • Added option to pause automatic console scrolling
  • Added 'View in browser' option in changelog window
  • Servers with a duplicate GUID are now safely ignored

  • Fixed issues with the named pipe (plugin <> mcss)
  • Fixed changelog form shadow
  • Fixed issue with server.properties containing empty lines
  • Removed server.properties text styling overwriting
View full changelog.
----------, Aug 23, 2017

Version 10.0.2.1 (July 23, 2017)
  • 'After update changelogs' now opens in a small window (instead of the browser tab)
  • Fixed: BungeeCord and Waterfall console processing
  • Fixed: Playerlist issue while running in offline Mode
  • Other UI improvements
View full changelog .
----------, Jul 23, 2017

Version 10.0.2.0 (July 12, 2017)
  • Added BungeeCord and Waterfall support
  • Improved server shutdown detection
  • Removed unused config settings

View full changelog .
----------, Jul 12, 2017

Version 10.0.1.2 (July 7, 2017)
  • 'Load console from previous sessions' setting is now turned off by default
  • The console will now show command line releated problems (incase the server can't be started)
  • Current console is now stored in the memory instead of loading it from the log file
View full changelog .

Version 10.0.1.1 (July 4, 2017)
  • Fixed: 'Check for update' server setting
  • Fixed: 'Autostart when MC Server Soft is launched' setting
  • Fixed: Issue with the server settings saving button
  • Fixed: Server details not updating when changing server
View full changelog .
----------, Jul 7, 2017

Version 10.0.1.0 (July 1, 2017)
  • Introduced the 'Toolbox', an extremely handy set of tools (more tools will be added along the way).
  • Added to the Toolbox: Config Reader
  • Added to the Toolbox: Log Reader
  • Added to the Toolbox: Log Trasher
  • Added to the Toolbox: Startup Report

  • Removed SizeAll cursor when moving the form
  • Fixed: Server tab pages was being showed on the landing page when 2 ore more instances were created

View full changelog.
----------, Jul 1, 2017

Finally after 15 months, I'm proud to present MC Server Soft 10. Enjoy!

Version 10.0.0.0 (June 28, 2017)
  • Recoded project from VB.NET to C#
  • Now supports multiple server instances! (handy for testing and running multiple servers on the same machine) Supporting: CraftBukkit, Spigot, PaperSpigot and TacoSpigot
  • Config files are now stored in the json format
  • More robust update-checking system with caching capability
  • Improved responsiveness of the UI.
  • Improved performance: better multi-thread support
  • Improved support for higher DPI displays (up to 200% scaling)
  • Improved visual feedback on almost every control
  • Improved console traffic and syntax coloring
  • Statistics are processed faster and more intelligent
  • Added suggestions for the console input based on your previous entered commands
  • When there is an update available you will no longer be redirected to the update page automatically. Instead the update button will notify you.
  • When exiting out of MCSS, a proper warning will be shown when there are still servers running.
  • New textbox GUI
  • Migrated the 'Advanced Settings' to the main server settings
  • The program settings and info page are now accessible from the icons/links in the bottom left corner
  • Added the following to the program settings: 'Show updates notifications', 'Open changelog after restart', 'Show diagnostic tools'
  • Removed the following from the program settings: 'Start on windows', 'minimize to tray' and 'start to tray'
  • Settings from the server.properties file that aren't shown in the GUI will keep their original value, including comments and blank lines.
  • The 'server-ip' setting has been removed from the GUI (too many people don't know how to properly use it)
  • Added the 'max-tick-time', 'network-compression-threshold', 'max-world-size' and 'prevent-proxy-connections' to the server settings
  • Updated 'resource-pack-hash' to 'resource-pack-sha1' server setting
  • Renamed 'Max Players' to 'Player Limit'
  • Fixed: Textbox stretching glitch
  • Fixed: Syntax coloring not being displayed properly
  • Fixed: You couldn't drag the program when holding down the mouse above the logo
  • Fixed: Never displaying the 'Settings Origin' when loading the backup/snapshot window
  • Fixed: When the 'Logs Origin was checked, it didn't copy .log.gz files
  • ...
View full changelog .
----------, Jun 28, 2017

  • The “Status & Action drop-down”, will now close properly when toggling between them
  • Fixed “Status drop-down” from showing the same options
  • Improved throughput/handling console traffic
  • The “Enable color syntax” setting has been removed, it’s now an included feature
  • Added “Switch to console on server start” setting
  • ...
View full changelog .
----------, Mar 12, 2016

  • MCSS is now fully portable!
  • Moved from XML to a custom made config system
  • Added support to create multiple server instances (will roll out in a later update)
  • Improved performance:
    • Config is now loaded at startup and saved at shutdown;
    • No more intermediate reads and writes to the disk (It’s all kept in the memory);
  • ...
View full changelog .
----------, Mar 6, 2016

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