Starting your server for the first time

After you successfully configurated your server, you can use the example gamemode that is delivered with the archive to get a first taste of your new server. Gamemodes and plugins are .jar-Files which contain the compiled bytecode, assets and a gamemode.yml or plugin.yml.

Example Gamemode LVDM

There should be an example-lvdm-*.jar file in your shoebill/gamemodes folder. If not, or the packed one is making you problems, you can download the newest version of the example here: Jenkins.

Setting up resources.yml

Open the resources.yml file in your shoebill folder and make sure the string for the gamemode section matches the filename of the gamemode. Make sure that you don’t add the .jar extension because Shoebill does this for you already. Also make sure that you have offlineMode disabled because it might be possible that the server needs to download some new artifacts that are needed to run your gamemode.

Starting your Server

Now start your server and your gamemode should start. It might take some time to check and download the newest artifacts from the internet, but when you see a message like this: Load gamemode: Ventura's DM~MG you should be ready to launch SA:MP. Add your local server like usual to your SA:MP’s favorite list (127.0.0.1) and join.