Minecraft plugin FakaHedaMinequery

🔌 About FakaHedaMinequery

FakaHedaMinequery is a host-provided Minecraft plugin (used on servers hosted by FakaHeda) that starts a small UDP/TCP query server so external tools or server lists can request live server information. Server logs from hosted instances show the plugin starting a dedicated "FakaHedaMinequery" server process.

🎯 Purpose

The plugin's core purpose is to expose basic server status data to external systems: the game port, number of players online, configured maximum players, and an enumerateable player list. This enables remote server lists, monitoring tools, or control panels to display live server state without direct console access.

⚙️ Features

• Starts a separate query service process reported in server logs.
• Responds to simple text query requests with fields such as server port, player count, max players, and player list.
• Supports a JSON-style query response (QUERY_JSON) in implementations following the Minequery pattern.
• Uses a configurable listening port (Minequery-style plugins use a minequery-port entry in server properties).

🧩 Who It Is For

• Game-hosting providers and control panels that need a lightweight query endpoint for many customer servers.
• Server administrators who need an external, low-overhead status endpoint for server lists or monitoring.

🏗️ Example Use Cases

• A hosting control panel polls the query endpoint to update displayed player counts for hosted servers.
• A community server list queries the plugin to show server population and current player names.

⚙️ Installation

📥 Setup

• Obtain the plugin JAR from the provider or repository that distributes the FakaHeda-specific build.
• Place the JAR into the server plugins/ directory for a Bukkit-compatible server.
• Restart the server and confirm the plugin started by checking the server console for a "Starting FakaHedaMinequery" message.

📦 Dependencies

• No public dependencies are confirmed for the FakaHeda-specific plugin build.

🧠 Technical Notes

• Behavior and configuration mirror the original Minequery-style query plugin (historically a Bukkit plugin) which exposes QUERY and QUERY_JSON responses and uses minequery-port for the listening port.
• Minecraft later introduced a built-in query protocol; host-provided variants are still used by some hosting providers to integrate with their control panels and custom tooling.
• Confirm plugin presence and exact configuration with the hosting provider if you use a managed server.

🤝 When This Plugin Is Useful

If you run servers behind a hosting provider or need a simple external endpoint to report live server status to lists or monitoring tools, a Minequery-style plugin such as FakaHedaMinequery provides the minimal network interface to retrieve port, player counts, and player lists without needing direct console access.