Advanced Proxy Systems

Advanced Proxy Systems

VelocityNavigator works well as a simple lobby balancer, but larger networks often need a little more. The features below are optional, so you can enable only the ones that solve a problem for your network.

Player features

Feature	What it does	Guide
Parties	Keeps friends together when the leader changes server	Party System
Capacity queue	Gives players a place in line when every lobby is full	Capacity Queue
Java and Bedrock selectors	Lets players choose a lobby through an inventory, form, or chat	Java and Bedrock Selectors
Language packs	Changes built-in messages and menu text	Language Packs
Player affinity	Prefers a player's recent healthy lobby	Player Affinity

Network and operations features

Feature	What it does	Guide
Redis	Shares routing health and affinity between Velocity proxies	Redis and Multi-Proxy
Server management	Safely adds or removes Velocity servers from the admin command	Server Management
Backend states	Routes only to backends in an allowed gameplay state	Backend Lifecycle States
Health and circuit breakers	Avoids failed backends and brings them back after recovery	Health Checks and Circuit Breakers
HTML dashboard	Shows a live browser view of routing and server health	HTML Dashboard
Storage	Explains what is saved locally and what Redis shares	Storage and Databases

What Redis does not share

Party membership and queue positions stay on the Velocity proxy where they were created. On a network with several proxies, keep party members on the same proxy and use load-balancer affinity for players waiting in a queue.

After enabling any of these systems, run:

/vn config validate

The command reports invalid ports, command conflicts, missing holding servers, and other common configuration mistakes.