How you want things to work, what you're going to use/feature, etc.

I already mentioned it but plan out your server before renting. It definitely helps to have a knowledgeable and active staff team, but to start it's gonna be on you to do all this. You have to pay the bills, manage the staff, manage the community, rules, addons, dev work, etc. Owning and managing a server means wearing a lot of hats.

You might not be able to test everything, but this way you have enough put together so you can hit the ground running when you do launch.

This way you can get everything in order before renting a server from your desired host and maximize the time spent actually managing and using the server. It's better for you to start there to get an idea of how programming works so you can fix any bugs along the way, add onto any addons you might decide to use or create your own if necessary.įrom there you might wish to set up a test server on your own machine to put things together and to check and see if things work. In the stickied post at the top of the sub I have a handful of resources for learning how to program. I highly recommend learning how things work and planning out exactly what you want to do before even considering starting a server.

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