How to play StoneBlock 4 with friends
There are five ways to play FTB StoneBlock 4 with other people, and they go from free to a monthly bill. On every one of them each team digs out a base of its own. The difference is who keeps the server running and whether your base is still there next year.
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Every option, compared
| Question | PrivateChunks | Open to LAN | A server on your own PC | Rent a server | A public StoneBlock 4 server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per month, for four of you | €19.99 on the group plan | free | free, plus power | from €20 | free, with a shop |
| Friends in other places | yes | can't join | yes | yes | yes |
| Playable when the host is away | yes | no | only if the PC stays on | yes | yes |
| Who fixes it when it breaks | we do | you | you | you | the owner |
| Who else is on it | up to 20 members per world | whoever's in the room | whoever you invite | whoever you invite | lots of strangers |
| Admin access | none | full | full | full | none |
| Your base after a year | still there | on your disk | on your disk | there, if you kept paying | usually wiped |
The options, one by one
Playing StoneBlock 4 together
You arrive in a lobby where nothing can be broken. The portal there builds a base for your team and takes you to it, and every team's base is separate from the others.
To share one base, one of you goes through the portal first. Then they invite the others while those are still in the lobby: /ftbteams party invite and the name. Somebody who has already been through the portal has to leave their own party before they can be invited.
Joining a team sets your home to its base. Leaving one empties your inventory, so put your things in a chest at the base first.
Which one to pick
Two of you in the same house, for a weekend: Open to LAN. It costs nothing and takes a minute.
A group with its own rules, and somebody who enjoys running servers: rent one. You get every setting and the bill that comes with it.
You want to play with lots of people and pay nothing: a public server, as long as you're fine with starting again at the next wipe.
You want to play, not run anything, and keep the base: that's what we built. The FTB StoneBlock 4 world is one of three on one subscription. The join page shows the price and the four steps before you pay anything.
Coming as a group: one of you pays €19.99 a month and up to five of you play, which is €4.00 each for five and less than a rented server. The others join with a link, and the group page has the rules.
About the prices
The rented server is €20 a month because that's the floor we found for a machine that runs a modpack without stuttering, and big packs cost more. The four of you in the table pay that between you; on our group plan the same four pay €19.99 between them, for all three worlds. We don't name hosting companies: their prices change faster than this page does.
Questions
Can I play StoneBlock 4 with friends for free?
Yes. Open to LAN works if you're on the same network, and a server on your own PC works for friends anywhere. Both stop when the host's computer does.
Does StoneBlock 4 work in multiplayer?
Yes, it's built for it. FTB StoneBlock 4 gives every team its own base through the lobby portal, and friends share one by joining the same party before they go through.
How do we share one base in StoneBlock 4?
One of you goes through the lobby portal first and invites the rest with /ftbteams party invite while they're still in the lobby. Anyone who already went through has to leave their own party before the invite works.
How much memory does a StoneBlock 4 server need?
Ours starts at 1 GB and may use up to 3 GB, with a few people on it. More players and more machines need more. That's for the server alone: everybody's game needs at least 8 GB on their own PC, and if the server runs on the same PC as a game, the two add up.
Do my friends need the same version of StoneBlock 4?
Yes, the exact one the server runs. The server compares mod lists when you connect, so a newer or older version gets turned away. Ours is FTB StoneBlock 4 1.0.1.
Can Bedrock players join a StoneBlock 4 server?
No. StoneBlock 4 runs on NeoForge, which is Minecraft: Java Edition only.
Is PrivateChunks a hosting company?
No. You can't rent a server from us or run your own pack here. It's three modded worlds, each its own server, that members play together, and one subscription opens all of them. About has who runs it.
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