Prerequisites

You need to have Java 1.6 SDK or higher installed. If you do not have the Java SDK installed you can download it here.

Install and Run Firebase

1. Download Firebase from here.

2. Unzip the zip file to any folder. The folder you unzip to will be referred to as the install folder or FBHOME. If you have unzipped the file successfully you should have something like below in the installation folder:

Starting Firebase should now be a simple matter of running the 'start.bat' script if you are on Windows or 'start.sh' if you are on Linux. If the server was able to start successfully you will see 'Server started[date]' and the Firebase version in the console.

The 'Name: Client MServer' part will tell you which network interface and port the server is listening to. '0.0.0.0' means all network interfaces. Default port is 4123.

Try a tutorial

TBD

And that's it!

You now have a working server and a have started to build your very own game. From this point you can try some other tutorials, visit the forums, check out the Wiki or just start to play around with the game itself!

Thank you for trying Firebase and good luck! =)