How should I start my server

Begins at: https://discord.com/channels/1324612673056407626/1340523957148848138/1352717277577089105

im trying to find the .jar of the server but I cant find it in the root directory of the server

nevermind just googled it

so should I put the start.bat in the root folder?

the website says that the jar should be in the root directory, but mine is in versions\1.21.4\server-1.21.4.jar, is this correct?

perhaps I’m an old fart and my knowledge is outdated, but I’ve always kept the jar inside the root directory (right next to all the files in your above screenshot)

am I supposed to make the jar? I dont think its you because the website says it should be next to all the files as well

if you built the jar yourself and that’s why it’s in the versions folder, that makes sense. you can copy it to the root where it belongs

I didnt build the server, because I used feather but I didnt realise I could move the jar around, ill move it to the root now

I’m not familiar with feather but what type of jar were you looking to use? (Paper, Fabric, Vanilla, etc.)

fabric

right now my files look like this

double clicking start.bat doesnt do anything

Instead of using that jar, just to make sure you’re using the proper Fabric jar, grab it from here:

https://fabricmc.net/use/server/

the jar will end up something along the lines of this:

fabric-server-mc.1.21.4-loader.0.16.10-launcher.1.0.1.jar

downloading it now 👍

and your start.bat needs to use that jar (make sure it’s using that instead of the other jar)

ok

I made a new start.bat on the website and moved it to the root but it still does nothing

these are the files

very likely the right java version needs to be in your PATH environment variable

(but it currently isn’t)

alternatively, just replace the “java” in the very beginning of the start.bat file with the actual path to your java

I just done that and nothinig changed