Dedicated Server HowTo (Work in Progress)

[Pinna]

Do you have black-/whitelist disabled in your config?

[MatthiasB]

I used the sample_config server.cfg
So actual there are no parameters for black or whitlist included.

Have i to disable the lists? How can i do this?

[Pinna]

"//" : "--- Black list ---"
"//" : "Anyone in this list will not be allowed into the server."
"//" : "You can use array or map/object. If object, the keys are ignored, but you can used the strings as comments with name or reason for being in the list."
"//" : "Also instead of listing the ids directly in the config you can list the file names to load those lists from, and combine the two in any order."


blackList : [ "blacklist.cfg" ]


"//" : "--- White list ---"
"//" : "If this is not empty only whitelisted members will be allowed into the server."
"//" : "Usually you don't want to have this set at all and use passwords instead, but if you prefer to control server access by whitelisting instead, keep this in and enter the right IDs."
"//" : "Using the whitelist effectively deactivates the blacklist, as anyone whitelisted will be allowed regardless of the blacklist's contents."
"//" : "You can use array or map/object. If object, the keys are ignored, but you can used the strings as comments with name or reason for being in the list."


whiteList : { 'Whitelist' : "whitelist.cfg", "Stouie" : 76561197994111033 }

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[apophis]

I used the sample_config server.cfg
So actual there are no parameters for black or whitlist included.

Have i to disable the lists? How can i do this?

Yes. In the sample server.cfg black and whitelists are disabled by default.
Can you post the server output?

First i have to say nice HowTo apo!

Maybe it could be helpful, if you complete each setting with the default and if it makes sense your suggested value. (Like a best practice guide )

On it's way

[MatthiasB]

Ok, it seems i get it working.

I added a blacklist with a random number, but i think that was not the problem.

The main problem should be starting the dedicated server over steam.
So i started DedicatedServerCmd.exe directly in the explorer.

And voila, i can create a session.

Thanks you guys for your help.

[apophis]

Ok, it seems i get it working.

I added a blacklist with a random number, but i think that was not the problem.

The main problem should be starting the dedicated server over steam.
So i started DedicatedServerCmd.exe directly in the explorer.

And voila, i can create a session.

Thanks you guys for your help.

Yes. starting directly via steam does not work atm. Should be in my howto, but I will see to make it more visible
But interesting that your server was in the serverlist.

[Script]

Hi Guys like you can keep a session open 24/7 without being present all the time?
Whenever all users leave the server becomes idle.

[apophis]

Hi Guys like you can keep a session open 24/7 without being present all the time?
Whenever all users leave the server becomes idle.

Like I wrote. At the moment the dedicated server is not a standalone server. So someone has to create a lobby.
It is not possible at the moment that the session stays open if nobody is connected.

This feature will come later, the dedicated server is still in work (but the DS is working great with the features it has now )

[philmcphil]

Hi everyone,

sorry for my bad english......I try to unserstand how to set a DS .....But few mistake i´ve done for sure .Can someone tell me what i put wrong in the file below:

name : "ACSGT TEST"
secure : true
password : "123456" ok
maxPlayerCount : 64 ok
bindIP : "" Is that the IP adress of our server???
steamPort : 8766 TCP or UDP
hostPort : 27015 TCP or UDP ?
queryPort : 27016 TCP or UDP?
sleepWaiting : 250
sleepActive : 10


Here i´m lost. What is that for? And what should i do with this parameters?
enableHttpApi : false ?
httpApiLogLevel : "warning" ?
httpApiInterface : "127.0.0.1" ?
httpApiPort : 9000 I suppose i need to open it in UDP and TCP?

In advance thanks for the support

[apophis]

Hi everyone,

sorry for my bad english......I try to unserstand how to set a DS .....But few mistake i´ve done for sure .Can someone tell me what i put wrong in the file below:

name : "ACSGT TEST"
secure : true
password : "123456" ok
maxPlayerCount : 64 ok
bindIP : "" Is that the IP adress of our server???
steamPort : 8766 TCP or UDP
hostPort : 27015 TCP or UDP ?
queryPort : 27016 TCP or UDP?
sleepWaiting : 250
sleepActive : 10


Here i´m lost. What is that for? And what should i do with this parameters?
enableHttpApi : false ?
httpApiLogLevel : "warning" ?
httpApiInterface : "127.0.0.1" ?
httpApiPort : 9000 I suppose i need to open it in UDP and TCP?

In advance thanks for the support

The bind-IP is the IP of one network interface of your server. if you leave it empty all network interfaces will be used. You can leave it as it is or enter your server IP

The ports should all be TCP. (but I need to check this again)

YOu don't need the HTTP api, so you can ignore the last 4 settings.
With the HTTP api you can read information from server (connected people, position of them, logs ...) and send things to the server (kick, ban people ...).
Will write something about that the next days .