hide-my-seed

Minecraft PE Resource Pack for hiding your seed on dedicated servers

Server Prep

1. It is always in your best interest to backup your world(s) before any updates!
2. Once you have created a backup, stop your server.

Download zip

1. Go to Actions
   1. Find the most recent run called Package MCPACK HideMySeed
2. Download the Artifact HideMySeed
   1. Click on HideMySeed under the artifact section to download.
   2. Unzip
      1. You will see 2 files.
         • This ReadME
         • HideMySeed.mcpack

Install on your local machine

1. Install the HideMySeed.mcpack resource.
   1. Double click HideMySeed.mcpack to install.
   2. Once Minecraft Launcher has signified the install is successful proceed.
2. On your local machine

   1. Create a temp world, it will make it easier to give it a unique name for a later step. Make sure to activate HideMySeed with this temp world.

   2. Open the temp world momentarily then save and exit. This is to generate some files to transfer later.

   3. Migrate to your minecraft world saves, generally in

      Modify USERNAME with your path or possibly different install location.

      C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds
      

      1. Select the world you just created, if you're unsure which one you can open the levelname.txt file to see if it's the one you uniquely named earlier.
      2. Keep this folder path handy, you will need it for transfering some files/folders.

Install on Dedicated Server

1. From your local copy folder

   C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds\WORLD_HASH\resource_packs\HideMySeed
   

   into

   /home/minecraft-pe/server/worlds/WORLD_NAME/resource_packs/HideMySeed
   

   Modify USERNAME and WORLD_HASH and WORLD_NAME with your path or possibly different install location.

Verify Download

Your file structure should now look like this inside your /home/minecraft-pe/server/worlds/WORLD_NAME/resource_packs directory:

resource_packs
└── hide-my-seed
    |   manifest.json
    |   pack_icon.png
    └── ui
        └── settings_sections
                world_section.json
└── Other Resource Packs...

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Final Setup

1. If you do not have world_resource_packs.json or world_resource_pack_history.json file in your /home/minecraft-pe/server/worlds/WORLD_NAME directory then:
   1. Move those 2 files from Local: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds\WORLD_HASH to Dedicated: /home/minecraft-pe/server/worlds/WORLD_NAME
2. If you already have world_resource_packs.json or world_resource_pack_history.json file in your /home/minecraft-pe/server/worlds/WORLD_NAME directory then:
   1. copy the contents in each file and add it to their respective files.

Verify Files

Your file structure should now look like this inside your /home/minecraft-pe/server/worlds/WORLD_NAME directory:

WORLD_NAME
|   world_resource_pack_history.json
|   world_resource_packs.json
└───resource_packs
    └── hide-my-seed
        |   LICENSE
        |   manifest.json
        |   pack_icon.png
        |   README.md
        └── ui
            └── settings_sections
                world_section.json

Final Steps

1. Start your server back up
2. Play your minecraft server
3. Go to settings in game and under Game settings you should no longer see your world seed.
4. Congrats you did it!