gaming-and-emulation

Gaming and Emulation

Minecraft Modpack Servers

Host modded Minecraft servers using CurseForge or Modrinth modpacks.

Setup (Docker Recommended)

docker run -d \
  -v /data/minecraft:/data \
  -e TYPE=CURSEFORGE \
  -e CF_SERVER_MOD=/data/modpack.zip \
  -p 25565:25565 \
  --name mc-server \
  itzg/minecraft-server

Modrinth

docker run -d \
  -v /data/minecraft:/data \
  -e TYPE=MODRINTH \
  -e MODRINTH_PROJECT=modpack-slug \
  -p 25565:25565 \
  itzg/minecraft-server

Management

docker exec mc-server mc-server console        # Attach to console
docker exec mc-server mc-server backup         # Trigger backup
docker exec mc-server mc-server stop           # Graceful stop

Server Properties

Edit /data/server.properties for:

• difficulty=hard
• max-players=20
• white-list=true

Backups

Mount a backup volume and use mc-server backup or configure cron inside the container.

Pokemon Player (Headless Emulation)

Play Pokemon (and other Game Boy / GBA games) via a headless emulator with RAM state reading.

Setup

# Install emulator + Python bindings
pip install pyboy

Basic Script

from pyboy import PyBoy

pyboy = PyBoy("pokemon-red.gb")
pyboy.set_emulation_speed(0)  # Unlimited speed for training

while pyboy.tick():
    # Read RAM state
    player_x = pyboy.memory[0xD362]
    player_y = pyboy.memory[0xD361]
    
    # Decide action based on state
    if player_x < target_x:
        pyboy.button_press("right")
    else:
        pyboy.button_release("right")

RAM Map

Common Pokemon Red/Blue addresses:

• 0xD163 — Party count
• 0xD16B — First Pokemon species
• 0xD18C — First Pokemon HP
• 0xD35D — Current map ID

Use Cases

• Automated grinding / training
• Speedrun routing via state analysis
• AI agent training (reinforcement learning)

Pitfalls

• Save states are emulator-specific; don't mix across versions
• RAM addresses differ between Pokemon versions (Red vs Blue vs Yellow)
• PyBoy requires a display for some features; use headless=True on servers