dedicated-servers

[unreal crystal]

docker started as an LXC though; i literally just read that on their site. 😝

[tender thicket]

Oh yeah i have no idea, u tell me

I just acted on what I read ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[unreal crystal]

alpine docker is an even smaller footprint than docker's footprint

running on like 1vcpu and 512mb of RAM. it don't need much

[tender thicket]

interesting

[vagrant ravine]

I noticed in the game settings ini there is a line that says Version=5 I assume that refers to UE5 engine and that is correct?

[tender thicket]

probably

[dusky wedge]

LXC makes use of some of the same kernel features that docker does. Nesting those to do “docker in lxc” or “docker in docker” can be difficult

[tender thicket]

maybe the wiki would know?

[tender thicket]

Right, so that is the argument supporting my/proxmox devs' point right?

That they conflict over certain features

Just making sure I read that right

[dusky wedge]

That’s correct

[tender thicket]

Cool good to know, thanks :D

[unreal crystal]

huh. both scripts default to lxcs so i just assumed they knew best. nothing screamed "needs a VM" like haos's USB passthrough n such. don't LXCs have like... transparent access to the kernel?

[tender thicket]

I do have pterodactyl in docker though so its interesting that that works

[unreal crystal]

or w/e you wanna call "not a problem in this scenario" access

[dusky wedge]

It’s quite possible things have improved, I remember reading the same advice when I ran proxmox years ago. Docker, at the time, made some assumptions about what it could control that might not hold inside LXC

[tender thicket]

Interesting

[unreal crystal]

it's just a recommendation:

 If you want to run application containers, for example, Docker images, it is recommended that you run them inside a Proxmox QEMU VM. This will give you all the advantages of application containerization, while also providing the benefits that VMs offer, such as strong isolation from the host and the ability to live-migrate, which otherwise isn’t possible with containers.

keyctl=<boolean> (default = 0)

For unprivileged containers only: Allow the use of the keyctl() system call. This is required to use docker inside a container. By default unprivileged containers will see this system call as non-existent. This is mostly a workaround for systemd-networkd, as it will treat it as a fatal error when some keyctl() operations are denied by the kernel due to lacking permissions. Essentially, you can choose between running systemd-networkd or docker.

from proxmox's LXC wiki

[tender thicket]

there u have it

[sturdy gust]

Docker on host is goated though 😄

[unreal crystal]

i still can't think of a single application to add to my homestack by this point. i setup docker like "whoo finally the stuff i been reticent to add".

and then i have it all covered through other means. like mealie vs tandoorie; etc.

[tender thicket]

r u trolling or demented

i cant tell

[sturdy gust]

🤣

[dusky wedge]

Plenty of room for both

[tender thicket]

fair

[sturdy gust]

There's just no issue with it 😄 I'll let you know if that ever changes, but I've deployed that configuration on 10s of hosts

[tender thicket]

but dont you lose the whole point of proxmox?

Like migration and stuff?

[unreal crystal]

i mean; that's just running WSL on windows so you can use docker

[tender thicket]

and management of servers

[sturdy gust]

Que

I'm personally using Proxmox more than anything as a wrapper for libvirt, that's it

[tender thicket]

ok thats fair

[sturdy gust]

If I need VMs, Proxmox it is. Otherwise, I'll just use Docker 😄

[unreal crystal]

if docker's so good why can't i access shell easily

😭

[dusky wedge]

Skill issue

[tender thicket]

skill diff ig ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sturdy gust]

docker exec -it your_container /bin/bash

🙂

[tender thicket]

do u even need /bin/, shouldnt that already be in the path?

[unreal crystal]

gross; next you're gonna tell me to open 15 terminals instead of tabbing between LXCs

[sturdy gust]

Git gud

[sturdy gust]

Huh, yeah you're probably right lol

Old habits die hard

[tender thicket]

fair

[dusky wedge]

Half the containers I used to run didn’t have bash and just sh

[sturdy gust]

That's true

More often than not 😄

[tender thicket]

sh should die in a fire

doesnt even have tab autocomplete

its 2024

[unreal crystal]

https://youtu.be/QQ8WVMy96pY

straight vibing on holding music hours

[tender thicket]

we arent peasants

[sturdy gust]

Skill issue

;*

[unreal crystal]

are you even a server admin if you're not balling out to hold music

[tender thicket]

a worse qol isnt a skill issue wolve

know ur worth

dont settle for less

[dusky wedge]

Or just run shit natively and have any shell you want 😎

[unreal crystal]

okay i'm ready to admit: the real reason i hate docker is because i don't need more network bs in my way.

LXCs are actual end points. dockers are docker networks n hell.

[sturdy gust]

Skill issue

You don't know networking pain until you have to setup a site-to-site VPN with Docker on one end, on AWS infra, for a government body, with a tight deadline

[tender thicket]

pfft

[dusky wedge]

I’ve actually done that one lol

[tender thicket]

i set up cloudflare tunneling

git gud wolve

[unreal crystal]

pfffft i was the guy calling you every 10 minutes asking why you suck at your job and why it's not fixed yet

😄

[tender thicket]

get this amateur shit outta my face

(/s if that wasnt obv)

[dusky wedge]

B&

[sturdy gust]

No way!

Suuuuuucks lol

Having daily meetings at 03:00 AM due to timezones is suuuuper fun

[tender thicket]

yuck

[sturdy gust]

God I don't miss that project

[unreal crystal]

ngl i do miss the positional authority. 😄 just calling up bases and microsoft and be like "make bebes" enjoy this conference call

[sturdy gust]

🤣

[quasi kettle]

This would almost immediately become job seeking. F that.

[tender thicket]

Oh new pin, was the dedi page on the wiki given a once over?

[dusky wedge]

New pin who dis

[sturdy gust]

For 2 months

[sturdy gust]

Yeah, I asked mods earlier to remove the irrelevant pins, and add one pointing to the new wiki

Most info on there that I skimmed through looked good

[unreal crystal]

at least your job totally adjusted your hours and understood that you were on call at 3am every night. 🦐

[sturdy gust]

That is true

Can't really complain there

[unreal crystal]

and back then you had options like 4am walmart all to yourself

[sturdy gust]

The frustrating thing was more that the calls were pointless. It was just two teams of engineers sitting on a call going "Did that work" "Nope" "Hmmm"

Me usually being the one asking 🤣

[dusky wedge]

Sounds very familiar

[sturdy gust]

Waste of time

[dusky wedge]

Minus the Tz difference

[sturdy gust]

I'll leave out the other country given that it was a government project, but yeah I think it was a 8 hour difference one way, and a 6 hour difference the other way (with me being slap bang in the middle)

[unreal crystal]

Smfh xfinity taking an axe to my internet today

[sturdy gust]

😭

[unreal crystal]

Rip round two

I enjoyed my forty minutes of modern society

[dusky wedge]

Skill issue, just become your own isp

[sturdy gust]

True

[tender thicket]

skill diff go live in ur isps interconnect

-5ms ping

[dusky wedge]

It’s Comcast, it’s probably not any better there

[tender thicket]

lol

i got xfi this mth and theyve been pretty good tbf

[unreal crystal]

I like the part where you need a phone app to port forward

[tender thicket]

only got 2wks of sample time tho

[tender thicket]

they have a web portal as well but yeah thats wank

I just turned the router to bridge mode and plugged my own one in

[unreal crystal]

Nope lmao, tells you to use the app

[tender thicket]

yeah i remember that now

I never even bothered with it

[unreal crystal]

I'm running opnsense with pihole now, but so bad n dumb

[tender thicket]

i run adguard home on my server

it works pretty well

[unreal crystal]

They only have a single multigig port too which is highly problematic

[sturdy gust]

Same!

It's the only thing I have running as an LXC container

[tender thicket]

yeah I considered at one pt scrapping the router and using my minipc for it (2 nics) but i couldnt be bothered with the setup

also i need wireless for my phone and wouldnt know how to do that

tbh i havent looked into it much

so could be easy

[unreal crystal]

I needed the 10gig.... I still need to 10 gig my client PC though

[tender thicket]

Yeah i only need gig so I could work around it

ur usecase is clearly different

[unreal crystal]

Once you get a NAS you need 10gb lmao

1gb isn't even HDDs max speed, let alone nvme n such

[dusky wedge]

It has more brrr per second

[tender thicket]

Was considering a nas but instead just swapped out the boot m.2 for a 4tb one

thatll be enough space for me

im not a data hoarder

[unreal crystal]

Its not about data hoarding, its about having the data

XD you don't get bluray quality streaming

[tender thicket]

Yeah I dont really have anything to store on my system

[dusky wedge]

I have a ten gig lan from when I ran k8s and ceph needed it to be passable

[tender thicket]

Once i get my arr stack running thatll be another thing but I dont plan on storing downloaded media long-term

im more of a 1 and done type of guy

watch it then delete it prob

[unreal crystal]

I'm more of a big cinema experience kinda person so errything from interstellar to musicals et all. Once you have the home theater you enjoy the home theater

[tender thicket]

yup thats fair

[unreal crystal]

Like I could watch the 4k Hans zimmer concert on repeat

[tender thicket]

lil bit different when u live in a < 500sqft apt 😅

[unreal crystal]

That is an experience, live in prague

[unreal crystal]

You can still enjoy all the benefits of a home theater, look into bass transducers

They just transduce sound like the miley cyrus toothbrushes. No neighbor disturbing kabooms

[sturdy gust]

You mean I shouldn't have a 100TB local media array?

Crap

[tender thicket]

u do u bro

I just aint got much to store

[sturdy gust]

Yeah, that's fair

[tender thicket]

believe u me, id love to have a full rack setup n all with a load of storage n whatnot

but im in an apt that doesnt have a fullsize elevator

or ac

[ruby meadow]

Any dedicated help discord servers. 👀

[tender thicket]

fighting for my life out here

[unreal crystal]

can you not fit a full size ATX in a closet? fractal design 7 can fit like 30 HDDs

[tender thicket]

I could yeah but again I dont really need it

[unreal crystal]

go to microcenter and add the 12700k bundle for $300; profit

[tender thicket]

nor can I necessarily afford it

college things 😅

[sturdy gust]

That's what this is, we're just shooting the shit 😄

[unreal crystal]

this is the dedicated server chats yes

[tender thicket]

we r just shooting the shit for now, ask any questions u got

[unreal crystal]

my htop > your htop

[tender thicket]

nerd

[grim mica]

I got a whole rack in the garage.. built a standalone room with its own AC. Plenty of storage on my main 'server' and then I have essentially my old build (9900k) that I use for gaming dedicated stuff

[tender thicket]

wow nice

i wish

[ruby meadow]

Well yeah there is no VC's though for me to visually show people things either to explain, or be helped.

[unreal crystal]

i'm still technically raid 5 or w/e. a couple of 22TB + w/e i had lying around; i think a 6tb

[tender thicket]

u can share screenshots

[unreal crystal]

whats the issue

[sturdy gust]

My local array is 6 x 18TB HDDs (80TB usable after RAID):

root@petaluma:~# df -h /mnt/big_data/
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
big_data         79T   47T   33T  59% /mnt/big_data

[tender thicket]

ask the question, youd be surprised how far we can get u

[ruby meadow]

I have a issue with my coal powerplant, not sure why it's not running correctly. It'd much prefer to visually walk through someone

[sturdy gust]

Oh, this is the wrong channel then 😄

[ruby meadow]

The plants seem to not be gettiing water correctly, although I've made great strides to get water to them via using elevation and pumping methodology they /should/ be getting water to run.

[tender thicket]

oh yeah thats an ingame problem, this is specifically for ppl trying to spin up servers

[ruby meadow]

Yeah,.

[grim mica]

Very nice, I use RAID-6 on an HP DL380 G8 with 3x 4TB (os and scratch) and 9x 14TB

[tender thicket]

try #satisfactory ?

[south marten]

can anyone help me setup a satisfactory server on my home server my friends can join?

[unreal crystal]

lots of dedicated ppl in #1038092680493801533

[grim mica]

Do you have a dedicated running that is joinable?

[unreal crystal]

make a forum post n they'll come

[tender thicket]

Look at pinned msgs to get one set up

[ruby meadow]

I have a open server that is joinable.

[south marten]

perfect im blind lol

[grim mica]

If you want to DM me the IP I can hop on a take a look, I do have to hop on a conference call shortly however

[ruby meadow]

Not dedicated, but I'd rather not crowd the dedicated server channel with this to keep things OCD organized.

[tender thicket]

nah ur far from the first to miss it

cant necessarily blame u

[south marten]

lol

[grim mica]

Otherwise, what the others have said create a thread in the #1038092680493801533 channel and one of the folks that regular there will likely help you with the water troubles

[unreal crystal]

where is CSS located? WA?

[ruby meadow]

I'll go ahead and send you a DM

[tender thicket]

sweden right?

or finland

a nordic country iirc

[unreal crystal]

yea Swedish okay. Gotta adjust my expectations for hotfix bingo

[grim mica]

They are indeed in Sweden

[unreal crystal]

wait Swedes whatchu doing

[tender thicket]

id hope they get a patch out before the end of the wk

but also patch friday isnt always a great thing

so

[grim mica]

If they are going to patch something, will likely be out around 8AM PST
Snutt said they are focusing on crashes at the moment, so we might not see anything for dedicated unless they lump some stuff in, dont know until we know I guess

[tender thicket]

mhm

[unreal crystal]

i consider blueprints part of crashes; so i'm hopeful

i'm like half the crash reports alone from last week xd

[tender thicket]

Yeah hopefully they are high on the prio

lmfao

[shadow mesa]

Is there some bugs about Doggo in multiplayer right now?

[tender thicket]

not that has been mentioned, why? Whats happening?

[unreal crystal]

i don't even know how to befriend them yet; so i can't say i've had any; or seen any in this chat

[tender thicket]

feed them berries

[unreal crystal]

i tried; i think i had beryl nuts and just gave up and moved on with life lmao. i never have em when i needed em

[tender thicket]

yeah it has to be berries nyts doesnt work

[shadow mesa]

I've tammed 5 doggo and my friend 2,
I've only seem the one from my friend as always and never the other one from the past two days 🤔

[tender thicket]

which seem to be the rarest

[unreal crystal]

maybe they got lost roleplaying Balto

[tender thicket]

oh there might be ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dusky wedge]

Live on the edge, 5 pm Friday deploy to prod

[tender thicket]

get that ot weekend pay

moneybags

[dusky wedge]

Big brain strat there

[deep mortar]

What did I miss

Anything fun?

[tender thicket]

not particularly

we were just shooting the shit

[craggy sandal]

?

Hi, I want to retrieve the server status using HTTPS.
I'm not sure if I'm using it correctly.

import requests
url = "https:// to my server ip:port/api"
session = requests.Session()
session.verify = False
payload = {
    "function": "ServerGameState",
    "data": {}
}
response = session.post(url, json=payload)
print(response.json())

[sturdy gust]

You need to call /api/v1

[feral rock]

Anyone know where saves are stored for dedicated server. Cant find it in Factory Game/Saved

There is no Saved Game

[quick mist]

https://github.com/dopeghoti/SF-Tools/blob/main/REST_API_Examples/HealthCheck.py

[near magnet]

AppData\Local\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\server\

[feral rock]

Currently using Linux to host

[shadow mesa]

I was looking for the same yesterday, the wiki does not seem up to date for Linux host

[craggy sandal]

Oh thank you~

[feral rock]

I have looked in every folder and just nothing

[craggy sandal]

thank you~

[near magnet]

find / -name *.sav ?

[feral rock]

Found mine by doing cd ~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames whilst in your user folder

[feral rock]

TY

[shadow mesa]

Ohhhhh tanks you!

[cold shale]

Why isnt saved games showing up in my server file menu?

[feral rock]

Its in your .config folder. Its a hidden folder.

Should be in your main file directory

[cold shale]

wow thank you so much i was looking through thinking i was stupid or something

thanks alot man!

[feral rock]

Been trying to figure that out for like a week

[quick mist]

hidden files or directories often trip of Linux newbies at first; don't beat yourselves up about it (:

(the same idiom is why the . and .. directories don't show up by default despite being there)

[deep mortar]

But..but.. shooting stuff is fun!

[deep mortar]

hyperventilates it's him!

[ancient grail]

Hi, im not sure if this is answered yet, but when I leave my local server, the server goes directly offline. The option of automatic pause of the server when there is no player inside is disabled. Any idea? It does it whenever I go out, whether or not there are people inside.

[tender thicket]

are u running the server on the same hardware that ur playing the game on?

[ancient grail]

yep

[tender thicket]

yeah its a known problem

hopefully itll get patched soon

[ancient grail]

okay, tyvm

[sturdy gust]

👋 😄

[deep mortar]

SQUEEEEEEEEE

Yeah, but seriously. First docker container I ever installed.

Sent me down one hell of a rabbit hole

[sturdy gust]

Hahahaha, yeah I bet!

[deep mortar]

I've learned a ton. So, thanks! 🙂

[quick mist]

Yay for learning!

I approve

[sturdy gust]

Glad to hear it!

[deep mortar]

indeed! Now I have a RPI running my network controller and a Samba server, and a second x86 machine for my gaming server and... faster... samba server

I'm also slowly mucking my way through making my own containers

[sturdy gust]

That's awesome man, I'm so glad to hear it! If you ever hit any roadblocks, do feel free to reach out 😄 I know what it's like to hit your head against a brick wall for hours and hours 🤣

[quick mist]

We all do

part of the life, I guess

[deep mortar]

Thank you very much!!!!

So, I was writing a YML file for a web server I was trying to make and it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out how to make the volume exist outside of the container so i could update the webpage real time and not rebuild the container every time

[sturdy gust]

😄

Sounds about right!

[deep mortar]

The best part was realizing I'd figured it out 2 hours earlier but didn't know I had to also flag the webserver to not store the page in memory in perpetuity

That's what I get for trying to learn Flask

[spark osprey]

my friend cant seem to join my dedicated server

i port forwarded TCP + UDP for 7777

he gets this error

i can join my server just fine on my second pc

[deep mortar]

Is the server by any chance crashing when that error pops up?

Because I was trying to help someoen else earlier and got that when his server went poof

[chrome pumice]

That's weird. A default timeout is 30 but that is at 20.

[deep mortar]

@spark osprey is the IP Address shown in the error, the right one?

[spark osprey]

yes it is the correct ip

[frosty gale]

is he joining with server manager

[quick mist]

that times out for me as well

[spark osprey]

he was trying to join through joingame

[frosty gale]

well then

[quick mist]

that will never work

[quick mist]

you only connect to game servers through the server manager

[fierce valve]

Yes, though I don't see many people talking about it yet.

[spark osprey]

this is what it told him when using server manager

[quick mist]

that scans. Again, your server address is timing out for my checker too on UDP, which means there's a problem with those connections getting to your server

[spark osprey]

hm

idk what else to do. i opened UDP and TCP 7777

[dusky wedge]

If it’s not seeing the server and can’t pull the name, the UDP isn’t getting through

[knotty vortex]

Honestly starting to sound like a Satisfactory issue not a individual issue with all the conversation im seeing with this.

[tender thicket]

sometimes its a problem with the router itself

if u select "both" as the protocol it doesnt acc forward both

u need to make separate rules for tcp and udp

[knotty vortex]

I also did that, still showing up as Server Name Pending Offline on my end.

[tender thicket]

can u access https:// ip:port on ur browser?

Show us what u see

[knotty vortex]

Timed out.

[tender thicket]

so its a port problem

[spark osprey]

on my gaming pc or my PC thats running server>?

[fierce valve]

Do either of you experience foliage issues on your servers? @knotty vortex

[tender thicket]

the one that isnt the server

the one that has to access remotely

[knotty vortex]

Dunno, cant get a server to show.
Same Network.
Used IPV4 on Host Computer.
Openned two seperate lines for UDP/TCP

[fierce valve]

What about you @tender thicket

[tender thicket]

You should see something like this

[tender thicket]

not particularly no

nothing ive noticed

[knotty vortex]

Ill try to set up the server with the Public IP instead of Local

[tender thicket]

are u local to the machine?

like is it on ur network?

[knotty vortex]

Connected by Wi-Fi

Yes.

[tender thicket]

ok if u cant connect by the local IP then its a problem with ur server

[quick mist]

^

[knotty vortex]

Welp, time to turn it off and back on again

[quick mist]

you running on Windows? Always good to try that anyhow if so (:

[spark osprey]

my server i can connect to. its my buddy that cant

[knotty vortex]

Yep. upstairs computer is able to connect to the server just fine. Just cant get this computer to see it.

[quick mist]

that sounds like a problem on your LAN then

and if there's a problem on your LAN it's liekly to affect a WAN connection traversing into your LAN

[knotty vortex]

We can connect just fine when he just hosts a typical game outisde of a dedicated server

[dusky wedge]

Is the other machine connected via Ethernet or wireless?

The one that can connect

[quick mist]

p2p connections work completely differently so that's understandable

[tender thicket]

yeah its just a problem with ur dedicated server

[knotty vortex]

Both Wireless

[knotty vortex]

Right. p2p. Forgot about that one

[spark osprey]

both my machines are connected via ethernet. i can connect via my gaming pc to server, but my buddy cant. port 7777 is open for TCP and UDP. restarting my network now and updating windows

[tender thicket]

get ur buddy to go to https:// ip:port on their browser and show what they get

itll be an error if they can access, the type matters

no space in the address btw

[calm mist]

evening all, is there a way to specify the server reboot time on wolveix Docker Build?

[quick mist]

specify that in the Server Manager; the "interval" is not an interval; it's what time the server's self-housekeeping restart happens

[tender thicket]

its in UTC btw

oops didnt mean to direct respond

[calm mist]

Is that GMT/UTC time then???

[tender thicket]

Yeah

[calm mist]

Mine always tries to restart @ 8 pm EST

[tender thicket]

Which is 0 UTC

bc ur EDT rn

[calm mist]

TY

[tender thicket]

not EST

[tender thicket]

continue thru that

[calm mist]

Anyone got an idea when mods will be here?

[tender thicket]

but that means that they can get to the server

[tender thicket]

no idea

[quick mist]

fun fact: at those warnings rather than having to 'click through' you can type thisisunsafe and it will send you through

[quick mist]

the moderators are always here, lurking, watching, waiting.

👀

[tender thicket]

at work i have to do that, they remove the continue button

re. thisisunsafe

[knotty vortex]

On host computer. Got the error message at ip:port. Handler not found

[tender thicket]

thats what u wanna c

yup thats right

that means that ur computers can access tcp on the port

so its a udp problem

or something else

[spark osprey]

lol

so how do i fix it

[tender thicket]

its different per router

[spark osprey]

i opened 7777 on udp

[tender thicket]

remove and readd?

idk man its different per router

[quick mist]

did you also open UDP/7777 on the windows firewall, not just forward it on the router?

[spark osprey]

yes

i think removing the ports via my router and windows firewall and re adding fixed it

[knotty vortex]

Nvm

[knotty vortex]

For port forwarding, I'm adding the hosts IPV4 correct?

[quick mist]

typically, yes

[knotty vortex]

Host computer can access IP PORT, client computer cannot

[prime junco]

Browsed to get info about Dedicated servers still keep crashing, have they mentioned that they will release a patch for this?

[quick mist]

is there some specific behavior you have observed that can reliably cause a crash? because "they keep crashing" is not a common complaint that I have seen

I think my server has crashed once since the hotfix patch

[frosty gale]

gotta get around to asking the local fiber provider about a business plan

[prime junco]

can play for about 5 to 10 minutes and then the server will crash and restart. We reached out to the Server Host, they recommended restoring to a previous save. We tried that and it still will crash after being on the server. The server will continue to run and produce with no one on it. But as soon as we get in and start doing anything, after about 5 to 10 minutes the server will crash and restart.

[frosty gale]

sounds like a them problem

[quick mist]

that sounds like you need to get a refund from that server host and find a competent one

or become one yourself

[prime junco]

we were looking into that as an option. Just had seen on here that there were some chatter about server crashing issues. So not sure if it was a Satisfactory issue or the server host issue. Will continue to look into either a better server host or work on setting up a local server ourselvers. Thanks for the input, much appreciated.

[quick mist]

sure thing. if you need help setting up a server yourself locally or on e. g. a VPS, we'll be around (:

[frosty gale]

how worth it are vps;s really

[quick mist]

to my mind: quite a bit. much cheaper than a dedicated remote managed server and more versatile.

some people pay $20 a month for hosting a specific game server; that much can get you a VPS you can host five servers or whatever else you wnat to on

[frosty gale]

but like if I want 6-8 pretty decent x86 cores, no data cap, 32g of ram, and gigabit internet that probably wont come cheap

and like a bunch of storage

[quick mist]

Fast, Cheap, Good. You may select at most two

[frosty gale]

yea

[quick mist]

this is true anywhere

[frosty gale]

fast and good

I wouldnt even know what provider to pick

[quick mist]

I have been using Linode for years and they've been fantastic

[frosty gale]

what node type

[quick mist]

I'd have to look at what the options are called; they've changed the labeling a dozen times since I started being one of their clients

[frosty gale]

yea these prices are indeed a bit whacko

unfortunately I can do at home what they would charge me for half the price monthly

[quick mist]

you could do quite a lot with what they currently call a "Linode 4GB" instance, and expand it later if you need more capacity.

[frosty gale]

I think the answer is to just make a big down payment on some good hardware and buy fiber gigabit

[quick mist]

arguably it's not "unfortunate" your home situation is conducive to self-hosting; most of people don't have five nines of internet and power provider uptime (:

[frosty gale]

itll come out to like 100$ a month while I still own all my data and have no transfer limits

[frosty gale]

me

I guess

I think this year we hit a new record of power being out for 5 minutes

[quick mist]

like I said, you're fortunate; if you have excellent infrastructure at home I'd absolutely recommend setting up your own personal datacenter in your home

[cloud idol]

What server provider? I have host havoc which I've used for space engineers for 3 years there great with good memory options. Never had an issue since I started my satisfactory server last week

[frosty gale]

and we have 300 amp service lol

[knotty vortex]

Huh. IP Adress Reservation being needed to set up port forwarding?

[frosty gale]

not that I could ever exceed a normal panel I dont think

[frosty gale]

well you cant port forward to a specific device if that device doesnt always have the same ip

[knotty vortex]

Just did NAT Forwarding and added UDP and TCP seperately

[frosty gale]

did it work

[knotty vortex]

Nah, Host can still connect and IP:port just fine, my computer cannot.

Even did App firewall allow and Netwrok port allow on sepereate in and out for btoh TCP and UDP

[tender thicket]

yeah so theres a problem somewhere between ur pc and the public network

[shadow mesa]

Did you place something in your world ?

[knotty vortex]

Hmm. Could it be a Windows thing?

Allow Sharing with printer and other devices is turned off.

[sour mauve]

seems my server crashes when i place a blueprint and try to dismantle part of it; is this is a known issue?

[tender thicket]

dont use blueprints theyre horrendously buggy

[shadow mesa]

We had 3 crash in a row after placing our first fuel fluid machine/pipeline,
I hope we didnt corrup the save 🙏🏻

[knotty vortex]

Also, my roommate uses Avast, ew.

[topaz dew]

How do I change what machine is considered admin for my server?

[quick mist]

it's not about the machine, it's about the password you use to connect to the Server Manager

use the admin password? you're an admin. Use the player password? you're not

[topaz dew]

I see, thank you!

[quick mist]

sure!

[shadow mesa]

À save file from a dedicated server can be played in Solo?

[quick mist]

yes, you can use the Server Manager to upload or download saves to and from the server

[shadow mesa]

From this I still can host the game for my friend to join?

[quick mist]

that would be peer-to-peer, not a dedicated server, but yes; it works just like any other save

[shadow mesa]

I'm reading the log file to see the error on the next crash,
This would be the Plan B if the server still crash :/

[shadow mesa]

Yess I understand the difference 👌

Also on the latest crash like 30mins ago, when my serveur restarted I had a server update from the SteamCMD

There somewhere I can read the commit/changelog of this?

[quick mist]

it was probably an update for steam itself, I don't thing there was an update to Satisfactory in the past several days

(I don't believe Valve publishes minor changelogs for Steam)

[lusty halo]

I restarted my server after adding more resources and now it wont start. The only error I am getting is Loading Steam API...IPC function call IClientUtils::GetSteamRealm took too long: 49 msec I am running the server as a service on Ubuntu

[quick mist]

just for troubleshooting, try stopping the service and starting the server manually, see if anything else shows up?

[lusty halo]

Trying that now it is taking a while. A few things have flashed past the screen in yellow but i have not been able to read them

It seems to have stopped after Processed 60 localized package path(s) for 2 prioritized culture(s) in 0.000278 seconds but the server is still not online

it is progressing now

[jagged ocean]

apologies as im sure this has been asked many times above:

hosting server on a machine on the same network. internal ip 10.0.0.155

bat file:
FactoryServer.exe -multihome=10.0.0.155 -ServerQueryPort=15777 -Port=7777 -BeaconPort=15000 -log -unattended -NOSTEAM

what IP/Port do I use to connect in-game?

[quick mist]

firstly: your command is out of date

[grim mica]

Those are old commands.. take out multihome, serverqueryport, port and beaconport

[quick mist]

ServerQueryPOrt and BeaconPort are no longer used

MultiHome is no longer used but may come back in a future patch

[grim mica]

Only need '-log -unattended' - I doubt nosteam does anything with DS anyway

[jagged ocean]

roger that. done.

[quick mist]

to set the port you use -Port=7777 for example (7777 is the default port for both TCP and UDP)

TCP/7777 was not used prior to 1.0 so you may need to add it to your router or firewall rules if you had a server before 1.0

[jagged ocean]

I have it fwd already, TCP/UDP

it = 7777

[quick mist]

super

then you should be good to go

[jagged ocean]

adding a server in-game, use localIP of 10.0.0.155 or external? and Port 7777 I assume.

[grim mica]

If you are inside, use inside

[jagged ocean]

local just gives me "server name pending" which is why i ask

[grim mica]

Unless you have a NAT loopback, using external usually wont work

[quick mist]

if you're on the same LAN as the server, yeah use the 10. address

[jagged ocean]

From log:

LogServer: Display: Server API listening on '0.0.0.0:7777' (Standalone)

[grim mica]

Check local (assuming Windows) firewall if not able to connect internally

Thats okay, 0.0.0.0 = 'anything'

[quick mist]

0.0.0.0 means it's binding to all network interfaces

[jagged ocean]

alright. i'll check firewall again. i had 7777 in there but will double check. thanks, all

[quick mist]

o/

[jagged ocean]

I assume I don't need a save file to initialize and connect?

[quick mist]

you do not, no; the server will create one

[jagged ocean]

hmm still nada. firewall has a rule. port is fwd'd.

[quick mist]

Both ports?

TCP/7777 and UDP/7777?

[jagged ocean]

7777, 15777, 15000

yep TCP/UDP

[quick mist]

then when you first connect in the Server Manager it should tell you it's ready to be claimed and ask you for an Admin password

[deep turret]

not 15777 15000 please

[quick mist]

if that isn't working then one of the two ports is not making it to the server and I'd ask you do double-check

[jagged ocean]

I believe I had those from pre-1.0

[quick mist]

if you had them pre-1.0 you may not have had TCP/7777 on the firewall

[deep turret]

but it was not udp + TCP

[quick mist]

that appears to be a screenshot from a phone, which is fine, but are those your router port forwarding rules or the firewall rules on the host running the server?

[jagged ocean]

router. i config through a phone app (which is horrible but the only way my ISP allows)

[quick mist]

okay. and the firewall on the host running the server, have you double-checked that?

[lusty halo]

Server started successfully manually

[quick mist]

sounds like it took longer than normal, so if it's doing the same as a service you may need to adjust the service manager timeout settings

[lusty halo]

what is the best way to do that?

[jagged ocean]

I have this for TCP as well

[grim mica]

Is there anything is the server log/console when you try to add it in server manager?

[jagged ocean]

LogServerManager: Verbose: Server API connection not available for '10.0.0.155' as the Server is currently in the Offline State

(external IP) + Port is showing as offline in Steam Server Manager as well.

[night spruce]

10.0.0.xxx are private IPs

[jagged ocean]

yeah. i have a few servers added via 24.XX.XX.XX : PORT in Steam Server Manager that at least show status when running

[night spruce]

try doing it with your public IP

[jagged ocean]

uninstalling all and trying again. does this work through SteamCMD anymore or no?

[quick mist]

yep, SteamCMD is how I maintain my instance of the server

[jagged ocean]

Perhaps I'll give that a go if this doesnt work. So far nothing. Deleted all Satisfactory server rules in Inbound/Outbound and starting again

Fresh install of Server via Steam to no success

Swapped server from Ethernet to Wifi didnt fix anything

Regardless of Port Forwarding I should be able to connect internally, yes?

[patent cedar]

Assuming you are on the same subnet, which is usually the case. Not on guest wifi on your pc or something are you?

[jagged ocean]

nah both machines on the same ethernet

driving me nuts

for Inbound Firewall: Local Port = 7777, Remote Port = Any?

for Outbound Firewall: Local Port = Any, Remote Port = 7777?

[desert thorn]

encryption

Why is it when I connect to the server, play then disconnect and go back to main menu, the server then goes offline. It is running (cmd) on the windows server, but it never "wakes up" in Server Manager. I have to ctrl C the server then restart it and join.

[quick mist]

known issue with runnign the server and client on the same host. Presumably a patch is being worked on

[desert thorn]

Server is dedicated server on same LAN, but not my client. Maybe similar bug due to being same LAN?

[snow lion]

Heyo!

Server: Ubuntu 22.04 running over SteamCMD

I am trying to follow this article, since when I lose my SSH connection it kills the login to my user therefore kills the server which is not what I want.
https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers/Running_as_a_Service
I have created my systemd file, however when I start my service after doing daemon-reload and enable and then start, it doesn't start and then crashes with Exit Code 203,

[Unit]
Description=Satisfactory dedicated server
Wants=network-online.target
After=syslog.target network.target nss-lookup.target network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStartPre=/usr/games/steamcmd +force_install_dir "/home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer" +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit
ExecStart=/home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryServer.sh
User=your_user
Group=your_user
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=60
KillSignal=SIGINT
WorkingDirectory=/home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[jagged ocean]

ah okay so this might not be a "me" problem?

Or was that for Mendien?

[quick mist]

it looks like systemd is stopping at the Steam update and not proceeding to actually start the server itself

[quick mist]

t'was

not sure about your problem if you've double-checked the firewall and forwarding settings

[snow lion]

Sorry, not sure what the fix is here, are you saying its steams end that is breaking at the update?

[quick mist]

let me dig up my systemd config file..

[snow lion]

That would be much appreciated! I've read through the KB but I feel like I'm missing something in my config?

[quick mist]

(yes I know I should remove -multihome)

[snow lion]

Question, did you have any issues installing SteamCMD with your root user? Or is ghoti your user for steamcmd?

[quick mist]

I never run anything as root that I don't have to becuase one should not do so

I believe SteamCMD will indeed put the brakes on if it sees itself as root

[snow lion]

Thought so, I figured your user was root but that makes sense.

What's that Environment variable for thats the only thing I appear to be missing

[quick mist]

If you're on a system without 32-bit libraries that will help SteamCMD find its 64-bit library

[snow lion]

Imagine that wouldn't crash my service, and I should have 32 bit libraries. Interesting... I'll see if I can find anything similar digging through old messages

Just to confirm my paths are right as well

[quick mist]

that looks consistent to me

[snow lion]

If you were to say uninstall SteamCMD and completely start over on Ubuntu Server and say burn it all to hell would you know the proper way of doing so?

[opaque drift]

i have a dedicated server with 5 people everything has been going fine we are about 100 hours in and now server is crashing constantly getting "EXCEPTION_ACESS_VIOLATION reading address". we cant play for more than 5 minutes

no idea what is happening

server logs dont provide anything useful

the save game works fine in locally hosted multiplayer

[jagged ocean]

I reinstalled via SteamCMD and completely disabled Windows Firewall and I can now connect to server. Thanks, all

[steel osprey]

could be a RAM error

[opaque drift]

I swapped the ram already

I just tested it with a fresh game save. Seems to run fine. Now testing it with an old 500 hour update 8 save.

[deep mortar]

The sticks could be fine and the issue could be the slot?

[opaque drift]

i just confirmed everything is working fine with my old 500 hour save with 5 people logged in. seems like there is an issue with new save. but it runs fine when locally hosted

[plain obsidian]

getting this on world saves anyone know how to fix the timeout is already capped idk what to do its my friends dedicated server Idk how to fix it or if its even on my end

[brave wing]

I have this exact same problem and cant find any solution anywhere. Server is dedicated and not run on the same client, is on the same LAN. Tried some workarounds to connect to my external IP as a client and not an administrator, the server still goes offline when I leave

[patent cedar]

@opaque drift Does it crash when other people than you are on the dedi or instantly?

[grim mica]

Does not happen only when its client/server on the same machine, I have the issue as well and I run it on a separate dedicated machine. I have also tried it on a different machine on my LAN and have the same issue. Specifically the UDP listener is getting dropped but the TCP stays up, nothing in the logs show out of the ordinary.

See: https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/66e08561772a987f4a8a9d67
The first poster was incorrect (or experiencing another issue) as the thread continues with others having issues on separate dedicated machines as well. (JTGaming, spazerman, mikster5000)

[snow lion]

Hahah I've figured it out!

In my systemd file the default install for SteamCMD is /usr/games/steamcmd.sh

however my steamcmd installed to home/steam/Steam/steamcmd.sh for some reason, once I made this change I was able to restart the service successfully. Thanks for the assist I was able to figure this out from you helping out Hyper this morning with a similar issue!

this is what was causing my status 203 crash!

[opaque drift]

seems like it runs fine with just me in the server. waiting 10 min for an autosave to be sure.

[patent cedar]

It might be bad character data for someone; could try deleting it from satisfactory calc. If they cause the crash instantly you may have to keep track of anything important they had.

It's usually when they place some from from the times I've seen

[opaque drift]

it made it to autosave then crashed with just me in it. ugh

[patent cedar]

Logs didn't mention anything else around the fault?

[opaque drift]

that makes sense to me but the server/save runs fine when i host local multiplayer on my gaming rig with all 5 of us in the server, so i dont think its character data.

[patent cedar]

Yeah it's likely not

[opaque drift]

no just the exception acess violation

going to try capping the conveyor belt fps per this

https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/66e4e38f772a987f4a8afbfa

[patent cedar]

A fair bit changed with 1.0. I'm not even sure what happens with the new features on old saves.

[opaque drift]

it seems like its being worked on by the devs. ive spent too much time troubleshooting. we will just have to play in local multiplayer for now.

thanks for your help

[patent cedar]

Have fun

[past venture]

log out of my d.server driving a tractor, now it is under the terrain! any thoughts on how to solve this?

[dusky wedge]

Glad you were able to figure it out. For future reference, the 203/exec exit code means systemd wasn’t able to execute the thing you asked it to. As in “this isn’t an executable”, not as in “this crashed”. In my experience, commonly when the path is wrong, but can be caused by permissions and SELinux too.

[patent cedar]

Edit the save in satisfactory calc. Could move the death box if it is under and or just delete your problem.

[fierce valve]

Any news on the Foliage issues?

[radiant berry]

is the foliage issue, where they respawn and can't be cut down?

[vestal jacinth]

Do you guys toggle off the auto pause?

[faint island]

i have auto pause off on the server i host

[cedar moss]

Is there new EU dedicated server

[twin trellis]

My dedicated server on a windows machine appears to go offline after about an hour of no one joining and needs to be manually restarted to bring it back online. Any potential fixes?

[kindred ore]

are u starting it with a .bat file ?

[twin trellis]

Yes

[kindred ore]

got -unattended ? in the bat file if so idk then

[twin trellis]

I sure do

if no one can think of something obvious ill put it down to a hardware fault and start over

[kindred ore]

u can check the logs if u have -log in the .bat

[naive atlas]

Same issue 😦

[frosty gale]

How the hell does this works

[twin trellis]

Which part are you not understanding?

[frosty gale]

The part after I launch the addon

[twin trellis]

you following a guide or just freeballing it?

[frosty gale]

Launch and see what happens style

Like black window open

And yeah

[twin trellis]

right, i would strongly suggest 1 of the many youtube vids that explain it all in great detail

there is a good one in pinned and on the wiki

[frosty gale]

So its not just launch and go ? :<

[twin trellis]

i mean, thats what p2p is for

[frosty gale]

But what's the use for dedicated serv

[twin trellis]

to have a server running without an instance of satisfactory

[frosty gale]

Hmmmmmm

So you mean currently

My friends have to wait me

To join

The game

[twin trellis]

Yea, like you launch the game and then they join you

a dedicated server can run as long as the machine its on stays on

[frosty gale]

Ohhh I see

And ain't there like

Online host

Like in minecraft

[twin trellis]

yea you can pay to have a server hosted for you

[frosty gale]

Ohhh nice to know

[radiant berry]

Is there some kind of clientside save data for a server?

i have an issue that's specific to me and doesn't reset on a relog

[red linden]

is there a video to help guide someone to make dedecated servers

[uneven gulch]

hey my friend just made a dedicated server and the problem is i can't join the server, it tells me the server is offline

[abstract garnet]

@red linden what's up?

also sup, did he forward ports to it?

[near magnet]

Your friend needs an public IP address and also perform port forwarding on the router (7777 udp\tcp)

[uneven gulch]

yeah we did that, still not working

[wary bane]

anyone wanna work on a open-source discord bot for satisfactory servers?

we could make it useful for admins and players on the server since the new API dropped

or if anyone is aware of such a project please send it to me, many thanks

[uneven gulch]

yeah he did

[abstract garnet]

is that firewall or port-forward?

[uneven gulch]

yeah its on the firewall..

[wary bane]

That's what I wanted to ask as well, im pretty sure that's the firewall...

[uneven gulch]

tbh we got no idea what were doing

were just following a yt tt

[wary bane]

Port forwarding is done though his router interface, usually available at 192.168.0.1

with the default login admin admin

[uneven gulch]

and how do we exactly do that?

[wary bane]

I sent you a dm

[abstract garnet]

from the router web interface

[fathom jacinth]

What hardware and what hoster are you currently using? Because mine is running on an AMD Epyc, which has lower single core performance as i was told, but on online benchmarks, its not looking to bad. From what i can see, i could get also other servers with an Ryzen 5 3600, or similar, but would like what you use with good performance?

[near magnet]

If the forwarding is configured correctly, the last option is to check the firewall of yourself and your friend. To diagnose the problem, try pinging to the external ip of your friend to see if he responds accurately. Or restart the server, because there is a problem with it, if a player leaves the game, then kicks all the others and the server is no longer available on the network.

[abstract garnet]

@uneven gulch the problem is, that your friend's private network does not have public ip addresses. Only the router has one, and it keeps tabs of outgoing connections. On incoming connection, it does not know to which address to forward it unless told specifically to forward port this and that to some address. That is port-forward.

[brave sorrel]

must blueprints be shared in a server? can i turn that off?

[wary bane]

Done 😄

[crimson shell]

Hi. I have problem remove server restart in game. I have own restart on gportal, but in game there is another restart server interval. I set it to 00:00 and yet i got server restart and timer was back to 24:00. Anyone know how fix it please?

[red linden]

how do you stop the server from turning off after theres no players on?

[sturdy gust]

The label in-game is misleading, it's the time the server will automatically restart. It cannot be disabled, it is a requirement for the game to work as expected

[sturdy gust]

Through the in-game server manager's auto pause option. Disable it

[red linden]

I did when I left game it somehow reenabled

yeah whenever i leave the server it shuts down

[fleet pier]

any reason my network quality for my dedicated server wont stay at ultra?

[crimson shell]

Yeah i find some answers. So i must set it by my time zone which is UTC+1.

[unreal crystal]

which epyc do you have? not all epycs are the same; there's the ones with 256+ cores... and ones with 8 cores.

i was looking at the CPU core list and noticed there are EPYC specs that do have solid single core performance.... because they're rebranded gaming chips. but they're also 128 core+ monsters

all depends on the model

i didn't realize there were fast epycs so would've been good to know before planting that in your head xd

[fathom jacinth]

Sadly i cant really figure out what epyc exactly it is, because cpuinfo on the system just gives me AMD EPYC but without any exact numbering. The server im using only has 4 dedicated cores, so i maybe will contact hetzner and ask them for the exact model. Or worst case switch to a server using a ryzen 5 3600 or rzyen 7 3700x

[unreal crystal]

like an AMD EPYC 4564P is way different than say a Genoa 9654

[fathom jacinth]

Thats true

[unreal crystal]

one has clock speeds of 5.7 GHZ; the other... 3.5ghz

so yea. i'd look into renting either a full CPU box if you can swing it and have use for it (all da game servers n more). that way you know you're the one pounding the CPU when you need it

otherwise look into making sure you're on a fast shared CPU; not a large shared CPU

passmark's got a list of what CPUs to look out for for single core performance.

something with like a minimum 3k score; so 5600x/12600k+

[fathom jacinth]

I think the epyc has a rather bad single performance the server is currently running on, it clocks in at 2,4GHz, the exact model i still dont know though

[unreal crystal]

this is all totally overkill for just satisfactory; i only recommend the bare metal box once you have more than 1 game server and/or dedicated friends all trying to play and/or you want the nerd project

[fathom jacinth]

there are also some other game server running on the server, so ill take a look at hetzners other offerings such as their auctions

[unreal crystal]

look at their ax52;

if i'm reading that right; that's not a bad price

entire box for 80 euro????

[fathom jacinth]

yeah 70 euros for a ryzen 7 7700 and 64gigs of ram

Not too bad

[unreal crystal]

whattttttttttttttttttttttttttt i'm actually insanely jealous

i pay like $130 for a 5900x; and they just have 7950x3ds for that monthly

😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

[fathom jacinth]

f, where are you from?

[unreal crystal]

US hosting with OVH

[fathom jacinth]

oh yeah, then german servers are not too good :D

too far away

[unreal crystal]

heck they still ask $115 for a brand new 5900x so i don't feel too bad

maybe i should shop hosts for a new box 😭

[round flame]

Running on AWS good value but server is hardly working and average tick rate is 30 sure there some configuration I need to figure out but wiki is a bit unclear 😕

[unreal crystal]

what the actual heck lmao. the cheapest 7950x here on server hunter is 200 a month vs $130 equivalent.

😡 now i'mma be mad if you don't get it lmao

[fathom jacinth]

I need to look, dont really want to spend more than 50 euros per month

[red linden]

anyone know how to stop your server from shutting down when you leave the server

[worthy saddle]

does it shut down completely or just pause the world/save?

[regal marsh]

yep, I got that one and I love it 😄

[red linden]

shut down completely

[dusty vortex]

there is a sub thread in this channel with folks that have been having the same problem, there is no fix yet, but users are trying to research and comment
i have pinged you in the thread so you should more easy find it. 🫡

[worthy saddle]

I don't have an issue, you pinged the wrong person

[dusty vortex]

just noticed my error 😖 - thanks you

[south rampart]

Hello,
can I somehow turn off respawning mobs in config?

[dusty vortex]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Creatures#Respawning
kill the animal then build something near to it.
otherwise no way to disable.
note thats not specific to dedicated server, thats just normal game mechanics
there are many articles online with a very quick google you will find many examples,

[south rampart]

On our dedicated server we build conveyor going to our factory and hogs and bees still spawning near it

it's kinda annoying to kill bees every hour

[dusty vortex]

its not related to dedicated servers, its a normal game mechanic, the solution is to build things in its place.

[south rampart]

Okay, thanks!

[stuck drum]

heya, how well do vehicles go on servers now? they used to be abit shit

like trucks and stuff

[turbid idol]

anyone have problems with a server not registering that you have the manual upload research node researche? I don't see no button to access it

oops missed the space where it's supposed to be
-# actually i just realized that the arrow didn't appear even when i researched the node above it (which is the one that unlocks the Depot)

[tired bridge]

Hello guys. I have a problem with my rented dedicated server. Im the owner and playing with some friends. But when i leave the servers it goes offline and needs to be restarted. This happend 100% of the time. Can i fix this? Or is it a bug atm?

[turbid idol]

No there should be a toggle option to keep it constantly on ....under the server manger or the next tab to the right

-# Take that with a pitch of salt cause i myself ain't the owner of the server i'm playing on

[tired bridge]

That's not the problem :/ i have it so the servers dont stop. But the server dies when i leave it.

On the rented saite it's running. But on the server manages ingame it's offline.

site*

[turbid idol]

huh...

well i'm lost unfortunately, sorry

[tired bridge]

I have been reading about this also on reddit. Happens to others to when owner plays on it. The only fix i see is that the account that claimed the server can't play on it them self. Hope someone has a fix for this. Dont wanna restart the server all the time.

[latent raven]

I cant unlock HUB-Upgrade 3. Nothing happens in the client. I already reloaded the level. This error shows up in the log:

[2024.09.19-12.11.32:024][595]LogGame: Warning: GiveAccessToSchematic() tried to unlock a schematicClass 'BlueprintGeneratedClass /Game/FactoryGame/Schematics/Tutorial/Schematic_Tutorial2.Schematic_Tutorial2_C' that was already unlocked.

I had created a complety new game in single player and then uploaded it to the server.

[dusty vortex]

known issue..
https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1283191576641798144
no fix yet, does not impact everyone, only some folks.

[icy wing]

maybe try uploading the save to the satisfactory calculator, check if you can unlock whatever youre trying to unlock there using its save editor functions?

[latent raven]

Yeah I wanted to start from zero with the dedicated server. Appararently thats not possible. When uploading a safegame from singleplayer, it unlocks everything in stage 0 😭

[icy wing]

aaaa 😢

start from zero in singleplayer 😄 then upload to dedi once youre out of stage 0

[latent raven]

Yeah, now I know. Still a bug, that it shows non working buttons in the game.

[spring chasm]

My dedicated server keeps disconnecting people like every 10minutes or so, any fix or workaround I'm missing?

[burnt saffron]

any reason why the dc ?

anything in the logs ?

[spring chasm]

No didn't see anything

Just dcs them an occasionally the server resets itself

[burnt saffron]

i can play normally, and my friends no matter who joins my server or not, also can make multiple servers and work fine

[tired bridge]

Yeah it looks like this doesnt happend to everyone. But it sure does happen to some. I have reinstalled the server but til no go. The only fix is that i claim the server with some other acount thats not gonna be on the server. Thats a fix atm.

I used my gf account and claim it. Now it doesnt stop. Server still dies if she connects and leave, but she's not playing on it. so this fixed it's for now until we get a update.

[latent raven]

But you do actually play on the same machine, as your dedicated server?

[tired ether]

Do mods work on dedicated servers yet? Would I need to install them to the server, clients, or both?

[burnt saffron]

no i dont, i have separate hardware where the servers are hosted, in my truenas scale

[burnt saffron]

from what i could see in 1.0 server blueprints are automatically transfer to your own pc from the server, i am guessing same goes for the mods if server has any

[tired ether]

Ok. I did some more research but it’s confusing because I see some messages about certain mods working for 1.0 but in the modding discord they just seem to say “no modding yet”. Guess I’ll continue vanilla for now. I just wanted my custom signs back 😭

[latent raven]

Enable pause when last player leaves.

[marble violet]

I got a fun one, every time my dedicated server restarts, it crashes on launch with this fatal error: Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000210

Had otherwise been working fine for 200 hours

[versed ivy]

Hey guys, are there any workarounds for server crashes when a player leaves the server and when the server automatically restarts and does not come back?

[chrome pumice]

Nope

[chrome pumice]

I think that's a ram issue but I would submit at ticket to the devs to confirm.

[dusty vortex]

no fix yet, but the topic is being discussed in a sub thread here - https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1283191576641798144

[versed ivy]

Thank you. The other instance I noticed a problem is when the automatic restart occurs, the server seems to not come back and I have to restart it manually.

[open moth]

Just for the sake of making it known, I am also experiencing the server crash upon exit - but only for me when I quit as the host, my friend can join and leave as he likes without issue.

[marble violet]

I have 64gb of ram on the server this is running on haha, it's worked for like 200 hours and no changes. Idk what ram issue would be new?

[random mulch]

For setting up the DS the wiki has theports as 15777, 15000 and 7777. I understand we only need 7777 now.
Do I set all of those to 7777 like this: -ServerQueryPort=7777 -BeaconPort=7777 -Port=7777 or just have the last one

[dusty vortex]

which wiki? (i suspect an old wiki thats not maintained anymore)
you checked the one in the channel description? (it is the best wiki to use as it is maintained)

[random mulch]

Thanks. Nope. Hadn't looked there.

[placid night]

Are there any remote monitoring apps for dedicated server?

I just wanna know if a grid trips

[dusty vortex]

so while there are a ouple of github codes been shared for some basic monitoring... the RestAPI does not appear to expose informaiton like power tripping or such.

you can see what information is available here - https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers/HTTPS_API

[burnt owl]

I know the wiki says no ARM support but I'm wondering if anybody managed to get it working? Wondering if it's worth setting up a server on my Oracle Cloud VPS?

[dusty vortex]

if i recall correctly someone got it to start, but would crash when join or was it building something, so it did not really work

which is no surprise given its not supported.
the server requires specific CPU extensions to work, extensions that are only in newer x86/x64 cpu's and are not available with ARM and are not emulated in X86/x64 emulators.

[burnt owl]

Ah damn thanks for the info. Any ideas of other free hosts that would work for Satisfactory?

[dusty vortex]

there might be, but not that im aware of (i host mine own my own dedicated hardware (spare machine) so ive never looked for hosts).

[ancient bison]

So I've tried this with my oracle ampre instance, you won't get much luck

I could get it to spin up a server, but creating a world would crash the game

Honestly, you can get a host for £9 a month that runs satisfactory fine, and you can use for other games and services as well

[devout arrow]

Hi Pioneers, Is it possible to change the restart hour of the server? It restarts at 00:00 and I would prefer it to be like 4:00 or so.

[placid night]

I was also wondering this

Always end up playing through midnight so it's a bit annoying

[chrome pumice]

Ram stick failing would be my guess.

[chrome pumice]

The restart interval in the server manager settings is a clock not an interval. So 24 hours = midnight and 12 hours = noon.

[wispy citrus]

what is recommened for ram + cpu cores for a server with a save with 3 people?

[restive sun]

what does tick rate do when increased?

[placid night]

Oh! I was thinking this was an interval, very helpful, thanks

[stoic stream]

any dedicated server patch yet?

[devout arrow]

where can I find this setting?

[chrome pumice]

In the server manager settings.

[little wigeon]

Anyone here had issues with nginx streaming for dedicated servers? Keep being DC’d due to failed Acks and not sure why

[dusty vortex]

Mostly increase your electricity bill.
Cause more CPU consumption but very little in player noticeable difference

[restive sun]

i dont pay it anyways :)

[dusty vortex]

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Requirements

[dusty vortex]

At the cost of extra CPU consumption you might get slightly better ping times.
In world the difference is negligible

I set my server to 60ticks, but honestly I don't notice any difference at all in game.

[wispy citrus]

Does not say how much cores

I'm using a hosting

[restive sun]

would upping it help with the issue of splitters sometimes being slow?

[dusty vortex]

Don't know, sorry.

Try it and see, share your results here 👍

[dusty vortex]

It's primarily limited to the speed of a single core, with some side tasks that run on some other cores.
Go for 4 and you should be good to cover most cases.

[devout arrow]

I am using SteamCMD. Is this server manager something in game? I didn't see that option. Do I need to enable advanced settings on the save or something?

[dusty vortex]

In the game. Click about your find it.

[chrome pumice]

Yes the in-game server manager settings.

[devout arrow]

Thanks, I will look for it.

Do I need to enable Advanced Settings on the save or it's unrelated?

[chrome pumice]

No

[marble violet]

We figured it out - apparently error 210 is caused by beams of light overlapping on DX12. You can manually go into SCIM Save editor and delete the lights, saving it and replacing the world in the dedicated server, but seemingly once this happens a single time, every new save it does effects it.

And this was true in our case, I tested it, killed the floodlights in save editor and it launched again correctly. Once I saved and reloaded it, killed it again.

[random mulch]

I've got the server going on Ubuntu running under Proxmox (found an old PC at the office). Woohoo.
Anyway, I uploaded my saved game without an issue, but it had no blue prints. So, I created a new blueprint, so it would create the directory. Eventually found where it keeps them in case anyone is looking:
~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/blueprints/[saved game name]

[dense coyote]

Anyon else seen crashes? I have had 2 crashes recently

running the latest docker container

[tranquil yoke]

im kinda dumn and dont know how to setup the dedicated server through epic can anyone help?

[regal marsh]

none at all, 153 hours server time, windows dedi
friend had some client crashes (rare), I never had one yet
(building trains now)

[dense coyote]

I have 3 people who play on mine and we didn't have any issues until recently

but the factory is getting larger

all of my old logs are gone 😦

I guess I will just ahve to catch it when it happens next time

[mortal swallow]

ive been crashing every like hour or so, mostly when messing with blueprints

[dense coyote]

Now that you mention it I was using blueprints both times

[random mulch]

If you're installing in windows you can add the dedicated server to your library and install from the Epic Games Launcher. However, there seems to be a bug that the server will stop listening if you're playing the game on the same host.

[tranquil yoke]

i have it installed i just dont know how to set it up

[mortal swallow]

where would we post the bug report?

blueprints + dedicated server = big crash time

[rapid spindle]

Satisfactory forums: questions.satisfactorygame.com

[little wigeon]

Bumping in case anyone has insight 🙏🏻

[random mulch]

In the Game, go to ServerManager. It'll set up on first connection

[rapid spindle]

1. install server
2. open port 7777 tcp and udp on the firewall of the device running the server
3. on your router, port forward incoming internet traffic on port 7777 tcp and udp to the device running the server

This is way too much to explain, so you'll have to break it down and read how to do each part on your own.

[thorn crag]

I'm currently in trouble because of this

[stoic stream]

patch? did they fix the dedicated server issues?

[rapid spindle]

https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/66ec5f68772a987f4a8ba730

Just a quick fix for crashes from convery belts / lifts

[dusty vortex]

Check the wiki in the channel description 👍

[dusty vortex]

For what issue?? Best to check the patch notes channel for details and if it applies to you.

[mortal swallow]

#dedicated-servers message

this

[dusty vortex]

This
https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/557603412565426196

[honest burrow]

Any way to download a save file for Satisfactory Calculator from a friends dedi that I dont have access to? Is the game caching a copy local somewhere?

[dusty vortex]

No local cache, ask your friend for the save file, if they are owner then there options they can use to download it then share with you.

[violet mango]

i just updated my game but i cant join my server, apparently there is no server update

[dusky wedge]

Alas, it doesn't appear this patch fixes the cursed belt/BP we've got.

[sour parcel]

Good News, If you looking at web management for your server, The PHP API class is 99% done. If you take a look, let me know if you have any issues or ideas.
Examples will come soon.
https://github.com/oarko/SF-ToolsPHP

[fathom jacinth]

When dedicated server update?

[dusky wedge]

It's currently available

[split relic]

do i just update it thru steam cmd?

app_update correct?

[abstract ingot]

how long does it usually take for the server to update?

I have mine hosted at gPortal and the server just kicked us out to install the update - like 20 min ago

[burnt saffron]

docker version isnt updated to the latest satisfactory server?

[dusky wedge]

The (most common) docker container version is independent of the game server's version. The game files are stored outside the container and are updated whenever you restart the container.

[candid crystal]

I don't know if this is related to dedicated server or right place to ask, but when playing with 2 others on our dedicated server I crashed.
When I restarted the game and logged in it was as if my character and everything on it was deleted. I respawned in the hub as a fresh player.
Anyone knows if there's any way to restore my char? We have restarted server, still same.

[burnt saffron]

thank you

restarting docker container

[dusky wedge]

Well-known issue, unfortunately. Can happen if you re-join before your previous instance has timed out. You can find your previous body and kill it to get the inventory back

[chrome pumice]

You connecting before the server lost you old connection so it gave you a new body. You need to go find you old body and kill it to get your stuff back.

[fathom jacinth]

steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit this should be the update command for a linux machine right? Just doing that in the dir the server is hosted?

[tired bridge]

Enable pause doesnt work. It's on by default. So i turn it off to check if it fixed the problem. But no luck there. The server crash only happens when i "owner" leave. I have tested it with all my friends and the server never die when they leave. But if i leave the server goes down asap.

[chrome pumice]

As long as you used the default location when you installed it yes.

[chrome pumice]

It's a known issue.

[candid crystal]

@dusky wedge @chrome pumice Thanks so much, that worked. We didn't notice the body before since I was high in the air with hoverpack when it happened.

[tired bridge]

Yeah i know. But im trying to figure out why it only happens to someone and not everyone 🙂

[fathom jacinth]

is there a way to specify the directory? Its inside /usr/games/satisfactory, when downloading it seems to do something, but then the server is still on the same version

[dusky wedge]

add +force_install_dir /path/to/gamefiles

where /path/to/gamefiles should be replaced with what it says on the tin

[fathom jacinth]

Ryzen 7 Pro 8700GE or Ryzen 7 3700x or Intel Core i5-13500 for a dedicated server? all costing rougly the same to rent

[shadow mesa]

FG.NetworkQuality x Sets the network configuration for the game server.
3 is equivalent to the "Ultra" setting in the game client.
Is this settings game changer or not worth it? we all have fiber speed
UI say this will reduce the TPS or the server, also how I can see TPS server ?

[cold niche]

Hello folks,
since the 2 Gig update we have had serious performance problems. You have to click on something 2-3 times before it is selected or removed. Time delay sometimes 3-4 seconds.

[olive token]

how do i update my server on ubuntu?

[fathom jacinth]

steamcmd +force_install_dir <path_to_the_game> +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit

[olive token]

alright, thank you!

[dusky wedge]

Can’t comment on the effect of network quality, but in the server manager, you can see the “Tick Rate” as part of the info displayed about the server status

[strong silo]

are there any docs on every setting u can set with the .ini files?

[acoustic basalt]

my friend made a dedicated server they can join but when i try it says can't connect to server api anyone a solution to this problem

[dusky wedge]

If the server shows up but gives an error about not being able to connect to the server API, that’s almost certainly TCP port 7777 (assuming the default) isn’t open.

With 1.0, the dedicated server requires both UDP and TCP port 7777 open and forwarded

[acoustic basalt]

two other friend joined but the problem happened to only me

[inner halo]

Hey everyone! Are there any dedicated server hosting providers which are recommended by the community?

[honest crest]

I have the error and NMAP showing tcp port open and udp port open | filtered

[edgy karma]

I just redeployed my dedicated server and apparently there was a new update but epic games launcher does not see any update.
Now in game i get the message that there is a version mismatch..

game version 367101
server version 366202

[honest crest]

Is this a problem

[2024.09.19-18.35.41:576][132]LogSocketsSSL: Warning: Failed to initialize SSL state for Socket HttpRequest
[2024.09.19-18.35.41:576][132]LogHttpListener: Error: Error accepting expected connection [29] SE_ENOTCONN

or can I happliy ignore it?

[abstract ingot]

came here to ask the same - also just saw it in the log, but server is running and I'm connected

[edgy karma]

I also saw that in my logs

[slim salmon]

I observe this when server is idling with no players. Seems to be normal.

[dusty vortex]

its an indication that your IP address and ports are being scanned.
the request is not expected by the server, and is just a socket test.
this could be due to legitimate security companies scanning the internet, as much as it could be 'hackers' looking for open ports and vulnerabilities in a system

the trick is to ensure you have good internet security (firewalls setup) to not allow traffic from these.
(so you need to setup a white list of allowed IP's that you do want to allow to connect and block all other traffic)

[edgy karma]

Apparently it was the other way around, redeployed again and now its working

[chrome pumice]

No

[tender thicket]

A patch an hour ago? 👀

[abstract ingot]

is there a way to tell the dedi to not auto update immediately?

My server is hosted at gPortal, running on a Windows Server 2022 (which is wild for me) and it just kicked us out and installed the update out of nowhere - took like 30 min to come back online

now I don't know who to blame - did gPortal just push that or did the server see the update and install it?

[tender thicket]

Oh it's literally for a singular issue

[dusty vortex]

in the wiki - https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers/Configuration_files#Server_Settings_File

[final raptor]

is this new patch working for people dedicated server wise? I'm running Docker, updated mine, can no longer connect despite restarting both the DS and client numerous times

[tender thicket]

If u got kicked off the server I think that's on gportal

[final raptor]

also, insane amounts of log spam from satisfactory-server | [2024.09.19-18.48.38:164][909]LogCircuit: Warning: Tick, circuit '0' has 952 reachable components but only 939 listed. Re-adding reached components.

[mortal rivet]

Hello everyone , how can i update the server ?

[strong silo]

ye i saw that, but there are only a few things listed

[tender thicket]

How did u install it

[dusty vortex]

thats all the official documentation says, im not aware of anything more complete

[mortal rivet]

Steam cmd

[honest crest]

did nmap myself ^^

Does anyone have a clue why I can talk with the tcp endpoint via the browser. But the server is listed in Satisfactory Server Manager as offline?

[slim salmon]

yes. honestly I think it's a "gportal" issues. Without "blaming" them.
It's probably by design and right to be so.
To answer your literal question. Yes. I "host it myself" and have to trigger server updates manually.

[vocal bloom]

do dedicated servers work?

[slim salmon]

yes no maybe. can you limit scope of question? :3

[abstract ingot]

I think so too

thought there could be some nice option to prevent this

I'll ask them to provide this in their web interface

[mortal rivet]

Help , the update file doesnt work

[slim salmon]

basically how I update too. what did not work. what is the error you observe?

[chrome pumice]

Is this the same think you ran to install it?

[mortal rivet]

Yes

[chrome pumice]

Did it update then? Some times when an update it pushed out it takes a bit for the server side to be available everywhere.

[mortal rivet]

I dont think it updated tbh

the version is the same as before

[wanton hamlet]

do all players currently wanting to join the server need to do steam cmd

[final raptor]

it did not update, the current version is 367101

[mortal rivet]

Yes like my game , but the scrypy executed

[chrome pumice]

If it doesn't show downloading update when you ran that command then it didn't update.

[mortal rivet]

idk , once its done the cmd shuts down

[chrome pumice]

Yeah that's how it works. Runs the update then quits.

[unreal crystal]

did the patch fix blueprints

[mortal rivet]

I ran an other server and it work wtf lol

[autumn eagle]

which issues did the game have with the blueprint ?

[mortal rivet]

But thanks for your help

[unreal crystal]

they don't work/they're bad/they break and crash the entire server when clearing the manager.

😄 iunno if that's part of their belt problem or not

[autumn eagle]

really ?? wowww.. cause i'm going to use them now so...i was afraid lol

[green panther]

how do i update server via steamcmd*

[mortal rivet]

The update didnt work on my server hahahaha

[autumn eagle]

we all agree that the "new" dedicated servers that snutt talked about in few videos ago are not out yet ? if i remember correctly he talked about having a UI and other things..

[red linden]

whats the command to update the server

[dusty vortex]

ya what? it does indeed have a new console.

[slim salmon]

yes. I saw this like a week ago. You can change the install dir.
Basically steamcmd did not recognise the update unless you told them to 'reinstall'

[autumn eagle]

really ??

[torn eagle]

How do I upload blueprints to the dedicated server? in linux

[red linden]

what's the command to update your server?

[green panther]

i think figured it out

login anonymous

app_update 1690800

[dusty vortex]

really

[autumn eagle]

omagad

i'm still like this...

[slim salmon]

repeating the same question <1 minute won't help you much.
something like this #dedicated-servers message>
how did you install the server ? it's basically the same command.

[dusty vortex]

'-NewConsole'

[red linden]

will the save stay?

[autumn eagle]

no wayyyy just this ? thanks i'm trying now

[slim salmon]

unless you did something super funny, yes.

[torn eagle]

??

[chrome pumice]

The save area does not get touched.

[torn eagle]

???

in linux ubuntu 22.04

[chrome pumice]

Don't you just walk up to the blueprint machine and load it?

[autumn eagle]

ok you also have the "old" console being launched at the same time than the new one ?

[slim salmon]

yes. also kinda flodding aren't we.
For me it seems ~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/blueprints/$world_name contains the sbpcfg and sbp-files. never tried but wild guess. Drope your files there.

[dusty vortex]

correct, but some stuff is directed into the new console.

[autumn eagle]

so nice thank you so much

[red linden]

can I put blueprints on my server?

[dusky wedge]

If the server shows as offline, then your client can’t reach the UDP endpoint of the server. The server API is served over TCP

[honest crest]

Thanks for the info, I will debug it more tom.

[wanton hamlet]

how to find my servers ip

[chrome pumice]

IP of the machine hosting it.

[wanton hamlet]

how do i find mine lmao

[fierce valve]

Yes @radiant berry

[raw frigate]

Is there a way to trigger an auto save in the server terminal or only in game with the server manager console?

[lyric fox]

anyone figure out how to get drop pods to open with power on a ded server yet?

[radiant berry]

I noticed in my case it was only my client

[lyric fox]

apparently it works on multiplayer if you're the host but since there's no host player...

[radiant berry]

The other players didn't have this problem, stuff i destructed got removed

[fierce valve]

Its multiple clients on the server. Its still an issue with the dedicated server, in my opinion

Its also impossible to remove.

[dusty vortex]

https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/557603412565426196
'dedit starting on t2' - its per design, but being considered to start earlier on dedicated.

[radiant berry]

So for me. Everything respawned. Stuff destroyed days ago

[chrome pumice]

Depends on what is you are hosting on.

[fierce valve]

The host might not see it. But still a Client/Server communication issue that needs to be fixed

[radiant berry]

But the other players see me destroy stuff

[wanton hamlet]

what do

[chrome pumice]

Works fine for me.

[radiant berry]

I'm the only one afflicted

[fierce valve]

"Foliage not destroyable after Server Restart" Questions and help, if you can upvote.

[chrome pumice]

Update your game.

[fierce valve]

Differs for everyone but on our server its multiple clients

[lyric fox]

not working for us... weird.

[toxic anchor]

Will everyone get the start intro of the game when playing on a rented dedicated server?

[dusty vortex]

no (i also answered this question only 12 posts up)

[toxic anchor]

Oh, that's sad

[radiant berry]

Thats also why i asked, is there some kind of local cache to delete to fix it?

[fierce valve]

Idk, I am asking too.

[wanton hamlet]

dont see anything

anyway to make it ignore the mismatch?

[chrome pumice]

No

[chrome pumice]

Try restarting steam.

[slim salmon]

Hello,
Version mismatch issues. I feel i just jumped through both hoops today:

In case your game is more recent:
Observe:
Game Version 367101
Server Version 366202

-> update your server (steamcmd, otherwise tell us how you installed the game).
If it won't update set a different install_dir (basically reinstall the server). Yes. Your save games and blueprints should be fine in most cases.

If your server is more recent:
Observe:
Game Version 366202
Server Version 367101

-> This affects you as the players. With steam I could force an update via right click the game in your library list -> properties -> Installed Files -> Verify Integrity of game files

[sour parcel]

are you self hosting the server, or is this a service?

windows or linux?

[wanton hamlet]

self hosting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28qffd4l86g

followed this

[green panther]

i had the same problem, my issue was that for the directory i was entering, i assumed it knew its current directory

[slim salmon]

@wanton hamlet my last wall of text. try setting a different install dir.

[green panther]

didnt work when i typed satisfactory/ but it worked when i typed /home/henrys/satisfactory/

[wanton hamlet]

i never typed satisfactory/

oh u mean like that

yeah i did it still did nothing

[wanton hamlet]

wdym

[gray token]

Your server has been updated but your game client has not - go in to steam and force your game client to update by right clicking on satisfactory -> properties -> installed files -> verify integrity of game files

[chrome pumice]

Did you fully restart you steam big potato?

[wanton hamlet]

yes

what is the current version?

[chrome pumice]

Look at your screenshot. The server version is the new version.

[green panther]

damn i missed that

[slim salmon]

this is from the youtube link you posted. you see the install dir C:\GameServer\SatisfactoryServer part?
Make this like ``install dir C:\GameServer\SatisfactoryServer_version2`
Apply the context. (I think in the video he saves it into a file so you have to edit this file. hm :> )
Basically you reinstall the game (just the server should not take long). Forcing the update.

[unreal crystal]

:KokoPrayKomaCafe: i am not 10000% convinced; this isn't my most complex blueprint yet; but it would seem that they're working much better now

[raw frigate]

Anyone else's server crashing after update?

[opal condor]

if you find any other solution keep me updated. ive tried making a new install_dir and doing the normal update process to no avail

[unreal crystal]

made 4+ manufacturers with full belt spaghetti and saved the blueprint and cleared it; no errors

[chrome pumice]

Maybe all the blueprint issues where just belt issues.

[raw frigate]

I attached a conveyor lift through a wall and every time I touched it the server crashed

[unreal crystal]

😭 i even deleted the BP no problem; it is gorgeous

[vapid cedar]

how do I update the dedicated server hosted at Godlike?

[slim salmon]

you say your server stays on a lower version. even with a new install dir?
I feel that's something only time would heal. when steam's CDN decides to roll out the updates for your "region" too?
(talking bout "will be fixed next day" or so)