Families are the backbone of RustyConnector. They can be thought of as "server collections." MCLoaders always have a "theme" and therefore they always belong to a family.

The hard part about setting up a RustyConnector Network is deciding how to setup your families. If you can master that, you've mastered RustyConnector.

Let's dive in!

How do they work?

You configure your families in families.yml, from there RustyConnector will create a custom config for your family in the families folder. This config will allow you to make further edits to your family! If you remove a family from families.yml that family will no longer be registered on RustyConnector and MCLoaders will no longer be able to register to it. When you setup your families you must define a family as your root-family. This is the family that players will automatically load into when they log onto your network.

What's with all the clouds?

Families can be complex, we use Clouds to help us describe certain behaviors of families. When reading family docs, keep a look out for info tabs with a ☁️ emoji.

Different families are optimized for different usecases. Follow one of the links below to read up on them all!