MineCaptcha

Vanilla compatible captcha test for minecraft java servers designed to help prevent automated bots from joining your server

[!NOTE]
This is NOT a bulletproof solution for preventing bots from joining your server

INFO

This mod currently offers 2 different types of captchas that server owners can choose from
TEXT:
This mode has the player enter a simple string of displayed minecraft text
IMAGE:
This mode has the player enter numbers from a series of images presented to them, while this mode is more secure it also requires a bit more setup, see below for instructions

Image mode setup

1. Run the server with this mod to generate the config file
2. Edit the config file for this mod minecaptcha.cfg setting method to IMAGE
3. Execute the mod as a java program to generate the resource pack and number image mappings

java -jar minecaptcha-x.x.x.jar

1. Setup resourcepack.zip to be distributed as or combined with your server resource pack
2. Copy captchaimage.json into the config folder for your server
   It is a good idea to re generate this resource pack and json file with some regularity
   note: when the resource pack is change it is REQUIRED to also change captchaimage.json.