Getting started
Learn how to control and set up your game servers.
Game server IDPlease include the game server ID when you contact support about a game server or service. It's located in the top-right corner on the game server settings page.
Controls
You can control (start, stop, update etc) your game servers from multiple sections. This makes it really easy to update all game servers on a particular machine, for example.
Game server settings
Control (start, shutdown, restart & update) the individual game server via the game server settings pages.
Perform manual index
Manually index all players and groups on this game server. This can be useful when you added a new game server.
Clone game server
Copies most of the settings to a new game server. After cloning the game server isn't installed on the machine yet. To do so, scroll down to the "Your old game servers" section on the Cluster overview and hit Install for the cloned game server.
Cluster overview
Control one or multiple game servers via any cluster overview page.
Machine settings
Control one or multiple game servers via the Game servers & services page for the selected DediConnect machine.
Settings
The game server settings page gives quick access to most settings, a performance summary, recent activity, console output and more.
Server names (website, Discord etc.)
Server list name
This is the name that will show up on the in-game server list.
Website name
Setting the website name will make the game server appear on the Community website.
You can also upload an image to use as the game server block background, on the Community website.
Leave the website name field empty to hide the game server on the Community website.
Cluster chat name
Determines how the game server name is presented on cluster chat messages.
Discord name
This is the name that the Discord Bot will show when it posts information about this game server.
Leave the Discord name field empty to hide the game server on Discord.
General
Config template
Activate a different Config template on the game server.
Tasks can automatically change the Config template for a game server.
Blueprint alert
When the game server and Config template use different blueprints (versions) an alert icon may appear.
It is not required to use identical blueprints (versions), but it may cause issues when the blueprints (versions) have too many differences.
Map
Change the map to one of the preset options or enter a custom map by changing the map to Custom map (on the popup), which will bring up a field where you can add the custom map name.
Tasks can automatically change the map / seed for a game server.
Cluster
Switching the game server to a different cluster is only possible when the game server is shutdown.
Slots
You can change the slot limit to anything that is supported by the game.
Some games may experience issues when the number is too high.
In-game admin password
GameServerApp automatically assigns a unique in-game admin password for every game server.
This eliminates the need to include in-game passwords on Config templates, reducing the chance that admins can get access to passwords they should not have access too.
Automation
Automation settings can be configured per game server or for all game servers collectively through Config template settings. Using a Config template can be useful when using the same automation settings for all game servers.
When the settings are managed via a Config template it will show the Inherited label.
Update on start
This will update a game server when it's starting up. This is mainly useful for testing servers.
We do not recommend using this for normal game servers as it increases startup times and doesn't add any benefits, unless you disabled auto-updates.
Auto-update
Configure whether the game server should automatically update and how long the countdown timer should run before updating.
Auto-restart
Automatically restarts the game server at configured hours. This can help improve performance.
For more advanced restarting schedules you can set up a scheduled Task.
Recent activity
See the recent activity for the game server.
Console
See the console output and send commands or chat to the game server.
Command responses are captured and displayed on the console window.
Statistics
Learn how the online player count affects the game server's performance, and avoid hick ups from becoming problems.
Monitor game server performance on various levels:
- In-game FPS (Frames Per Second)
- Memory usage
- Online players
Access control
Every game will have different access control settings, but generally there are a few things present:
Whitelist
All whitelist players for the game server will show up on the Access tab, under GSA Whitelist. You can clear the whitelist from here if needed.
Twitch sub access
Give Twitch subs access to exclusive game servers. This process works completely automatically and requires no human interaction from the streamer.
This feature requires having the GameServerApp.com Integration mod installed on the game server.
Logs
Game server logs are directly accessible via the game server settings page, under the Logs tab.
You can also access all (older) logs via FTP.
The Docker container console logs and STEAM install + updates logs are also accessible on the logs page (when applicable).
Activity
See what happened with the game server. Any errors, user & system actions are logged on the Activity page.
Connect / FTP info
Find information like FTP, game ports, IP's and any game server related connection info on the Connect tab, under game server settings.
Unlock FTP
In some occasions, where the game server changed or created new files, can you run into issues where you can't download a file via FTP due to permission issues. In those cases you can use Unlock FTP to fix the permissions issue.
Danger zone
As the name implies: things you can do here are dangerous and can cause data loss!
Change game
Install a different game on the game servers. Make sure to update your Config template and related settings, like the map.
Not all games supported every Operating System (OS). See the list of supported games per OS.
While changing the game, it's also possible to select a specific blueprint.
GameServerApp will reinstall the game server with the selected game and blueprint, when the game was changed.
Change blueprint
In order to change the blueprint, the game server must be shutdown.
After changing the blueprint you may need to delete the container or even reinstall the game server. This ensures all changes are properly applied.
Re-install
Before re-install a backup is created that stores the save files and info about installed mods and plugins.
This process will remove all files from the disk and reinstall from previously downloaded game files.
Wipe
Wiping the game server will remove all save files from the game server. When you start the game server again it will launch with a fresh world.
Make sure to also delete the dashboard data / stats to remove any old character info from the dashboard.
Relocate
Re-install the game server at a different location on the current machine.
Migrate / Move to another machine
Move a game server to another DediConnect machine, fully automated. This requires Syncthing being installed on both machines.
Custom ports
While the warnings on the Custom ports block are pretty clear are there occasions where game servers may need to use custom ports.
When using Custom ports you may cause issues with conflicting ports. GSA does not check for conflicting ports, so make sure you do.
Docker container settings
Change how the Docker container behaves. Configure CPU & memory limits, add mounts and set other custom Docker parameters.
Delete container
This will delete the container, which generally won't cause any issues to existing game servers. A new container is automatically created when the game server is started again.
Deleting the container may change the HWID and/or delete files that are stored outside folders created by GSA. Backup important files manually when unsure.
Delete dashboard data / stats
This process will remove all in-game data from the dashboard database, like characters, groups, chat etc. This action is irreversible.
Select a date in the future to remove all data for the game server.
Delete game server
This will delete all game server file, the Docker container for the game server and release the IP + ports combination.
While it will create a pre-delete backup, it might not back up manual changes. Make sure to manually back up anything that was added/changed without using the GSA dashboard.
