dedicated-servers

[mighty wing]

alr

[dusty hazel]

u could setup it with Tailscail but if u don't even know how to forward a port Tailscale will be a pain for u

[mighty wing]

I mena like I kinda do now its just that I don;t wanna bother my dad to forward the port

Should I just get one of my friends that has portforwarding avalable to him to run the server insead?

[young geyser]

The server i bought online is running on linux*

[hidden forge]

and the client you are on?

[young geyser]

My client is windows

[mighty wing]

Ok so how do I get one of my friends to connect to my tailscale server?

[young geyser]

How can I set this parameters on a linux server?
FactoryServer.exe -Port=7777 -ReliablePort=8888 -log -unattended

[mighty wing]

nvm I got it working]

thanks

[hidden forge]

same paremeters, just use the .sh instead of .exe

[dusty hazel]

glad u could make it work with Tailscale 😄

[fathom solar]

hello - dumb question. Been running a dedi server a while now but want to start over again - how do i do this, delete steamcmd\satisfactorydedicatedserver\FactoryGame ?

[hidden forge]

just create a new save file in the server manager?

[nocturne crescent]

Like you want to start a new game

[fathom solar]

yes, completely new

lol realy, just a new save?

ok 😄

[nocturne crescent]

That's all you want lol nothing more required

This way you'll have your old blueprints too

[fathom solar]

are there known sync issues/bugs with 1.1 dedi server btw? i needed to exit the session and join it again to be able to dismantle stuff for example

[warm lichen]

So, anyone actually supporting the server?

[nocturne crescent]

You! if you dont want to support the server the p2p multiplayer is a good option. However once you get the server up and running you can leave it. If you're struggling with Ubuntu. I'd highly recommend that you install pterodactyl or AMP and that will make it super easy.

Dedicated servers aren't supported by the studio their support is giving us the ability to host our own applications

[deep turret]

worth noting for beginners :
one server software running => one served game live

[rustic cradle]

Is there anything special I need to do to get the dedicated server to go online for my external IP?

[deep turret]

yes

[rustic cradle]

I can't seem to connect to my server aside from using my internal IP. I've set up port forwarding for 7777

[nocturne crescent]

Inbound firewall rules. Unless its just you playing with the server in the same house.

[rustic cradle]

I created inbound firewall rules exempting port 7777 and the server .exe

[nocturne crescent]

do you have friends that are trying to connect?

[rustic cradle]

yes

I also can't seem to connect to myself using my external IP, but I should be able to

[deep turret]

you need to set it up for 7777 both TCP and UDP
and also 8888 TCP
and make sure it points to the machine your running the server on
and also open those ports on the server machine firewall

[rustic cradle]

ahh, 8888 TCP is news to me

[nocturne crescent]

Generally if 8888 is the only thing not forwarded they can still connnect but will get stuck at the loading screen.

[deep turret]

if you are hosting on windows, make sure to enable edge traversal option

easiest setup is using official wiki script

[rustic cradle]

ok

[rancid ether]

Official Satisfactory Wiki

This is the totally awesome community driven wiki for Satisfactory!! Come on in and check it out!
<3 @deep turret

[stuck spade]

Helly everyone, I'm having some issues hosting a dedicated satisfactory server. I'm hosting it through pterodactyl, installation with the egg went great but my friend can't even find the server and I can't really join it (I just stay stuck in the loading screen). I have already checked the patch notes of 1.1 and every reddit post I came across, so I know port 7777 has to be open on both TCP and UDP, and I also have port 8888 open for TCP. This is my current startup command
./Engine/Binaries/Linux/*-Linux-Shipping FactoryGame -multihome=0.0.0.0 -Port=7777 -ReliablePort=8888
On my ubuntu server I also used ufw to allow those ports to connect and verified it with my friend so I really don't know what is going wrong at the moment, I also added this to my engine.ini

PortRangeBegin=8888
PortRangeLength=1
ExternalPortRangeBegin=8888```

[mild thunder]

did you add the secondary port to the server via allocations?

[stuck spade]

Do you mean this?

[mild thunder]

yep

[stuck spade]

Then yeah xD

I'm currently manually reinstalling the server just in case the egg did something wrong

[mild thunder]

my startup command doesn't use the multihome argument

[rustic cradle]

okay, my friend is partially connected. she is encountering a bug that is preventing her from spawning, but her avatar appears and responds to input from her while she is connecting - any ideas?

[stuck spade]

I can try that, just saw it on a reddit post somewhere, at this point I'l try anything haha

[mild thunder]

stuck in loading screen usually means that the the secondary port that was added in 1.1 is not reachable on the server, the port defaults to 8888

[rustic cradle]

does it need both an external and internal rule? I set an internal but not external rule for 8888

[mild thunder]

if you had to port forward for the other port, then you will need to port forward the 8888

[rustic cradle]

I forwarded 8888 for TCP. Does it need both protocols?

[mild thunder]

i think its just TCP

[rustic cradle]

okay, thanks. I'll try that out

[nocturne crescent]

You dont have to block out 192.168.xxx. Those addresses are behind your firewall. we all have them.

[stuck spade]

Yeah I know, just a habit haha

[nocturne crescent]

There is a good amount of irony in being private and secure while punching holes in your firewall lmao

[steep bloom]

anyone else having desync issues with dedicated servers?

1.0 it was working great and now with 1.1 its constantly desyncing with me and my friends,
having to re-log or reboot server every 30 min is getting old

We even tried starting a nerw world from scratch and it has the issue

[nocturne crescent]

Have you monitored the servers cpu usage when this starts happening? Are you seeing the CPU maxxed out?

[steep bloom]

a few times yes

[nocturne crescent]

You may be experiencing the bug discussed here #dedicated-servers message

The only way around it as of now is change the ports the server uses.

[steep bloom]

so the standard ports are causing it?

[nocturne crescent]

The issue is how the server reacts when automated scans or players ping or connect to the server.

The current ports are hit frequently by automated scans. Changing them greatly reduces being hit by scans and causing the cpu usage to spike which leads to desync

[steep bloom]

so which port do I change?

7777 TCP
7777 UDP
8888 TCP

8888 TCP is new this patch

[nocturne crescent]

all of them

I have rules in my firewall that fix this issue so what ports work best could probably be best said by another user in here. I do have a seperate server that i changed the ports to 12400 replaces 7777 TCP/UDP and 16985 TCP - Replaces 8888.

the server has been runing for days now and is fine.

[steep bloom]

I am running with windows server 2020

[nocturne crescent]

Mine run in ubuntu server.

You should be able to change the ports with a start argument addition via starting the .exe via terminal

[steep bloom]

changing ports now

[nocturne crescent]

-Port=12400 -ReliablePort=16985

Running WS2020 you probably already know you'll want to edit your existing windows firewall rules and your router firewall rules to reflect the new ports.

[steep bloom]

doing that now

[nocturne crescent]

Nice hopefully it works well for you guys.

Regarding windows you may need this aswell, I cannot confim though. If it works for you now all you should have to do is swap out those ports. #dedicated-servers message

[steep bloom]

hmm never had to do that setting before but I'll keep it in mind

[nocturne crescent]

If it worked before i wouldn't mess with it.

[steep bloom]

@nocturne crescentwell thanks for all the help, about to test it now and see if it fixes it

[nocturne crescent]

No worries some of what i referenced was from some others users in here too!

[steep bloom]

well thanks the tehm too 🙂

[nocturne crescent]

If it works for you. You'll be a good windows server reference 🙂

[steep bloom]

server is running
Ryzen 9 7900X
64GB DDR5 Ram
1x M.2 drive for OS
4x M.2 Drives for different servers/ games

1GB fiber internet

this should be enough to run Satisfactory

[nocturne crescent]

You could run several on that lol

[steep bloom]

buit only one MC server lol

also 1GB fiber internet straight to it.

[nocturne crescent]

I fiber too and i love it.

[steep bloom]

well thanks again for the help i'll post again after I get some data.

[compact kettle]

Considering you have xfinity, the router you can log into using your web browser on the PC and try the default password which I think are :

admin
password

[wide forge]

Did you by chance figure this out, I am having the same issue. All ports are forwarded properly, and added to the startup command.

[rustic cradle]

It worked!

once I forwarded 8888 properly the issue was fixed

[wide forge]

Hwat

[rustic cradle]

you may need to do one other step I did in the meantime

[wide forge]

I am assuming tcp only?

[rustic cradle]

it's on the wiki

yep, TCP only

[wide forge]

Do you have a link by chance?

I set TCP only but no dice

I appreciate the quick reply btw, I just wanted to jump in for a few with a friend before I slept ;D

[rustic cradle]

this section of the wiki might be relevant

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Windows_3

try opening an administrator powershell

to allow edge traversal

with those scripts

[cosmic eagle]

lads im blowing my brain out trying to reverse proxy a dedicated server through nginx

all works up to the point where i want to connect through a public facing ip, im able to get in but after 30s it will kick me

[wide forge]

Thank you!

[compact kettle]

[rustic cradle]

no worries!

all-too-common issue I assume

[cosmic eagle]

what is wrong here 😢

[warm lichen]

Is this normal during startup:
LogOnline: Warning: OSS: TryLoadSubsystemAndSetDefault: LoadSubsystemModule([None]) failed
LogOnline: OSS: Created online subsystem instance for: NULL
LogOnline: OSS: TryLoadSubsystemAndSetDefault: Loaded subsystem for type [NULL]
L

[cosmic eagle]

no i dont think so

im only getting OSS: voice interface disabled by config.. ..

what i am getting is very repeated NotifyAcceptingConnection from my wireguard server

[compact kettle]

If you only knew.. I also had same issue, and whether or not anyone reads the patch notes or not, the dev team could have easily put in the loading screen :

"If are still here and hearing sounds, you didn't port forward 8888!! Fiscit property instructs all employees to read all manuals..."

Right on the loading screen so all users see it 🤣

[cosmic eagle]

btw i get tons of timestamp expireds from lognetplayermovement, online state for player: False, RegisterPlayerWithSession: Failed

LogNetPackageMap: Warning.. AbstractInstanceManager... Not Supported

UAkGameplayStatics::StopActor: Could not retrieve audo device

[edgy pasture]

It would be a funny way to actually help with connection troubles.

Simply hiding some real information among the jokes on the loading screen might save some pain.... but there are a lot of jokes.

[pine sphinx]

A player in my server is able to build foundations but they quickly disappear. I can see the foundations on my screen but he can't run through them.

The foundations appear correctly after he reconnects to the server but not on build. How can I fix this?

[sage isle]

Hi guys, is dedicated server still buggy?

[nocturne crescent]

Then when people ask, we can say did they not reading the loading screen? then be told they thought it was a joke...

[edgy pasture]

Seems too realistic

[compact kettle]

💯 now your talking 🤣 this is the way!

[edgy pasture]

“Connecting to port XXXX…” would be right at home on the ol’ respawn.bat echo list

[compact kettle]

you can't fix that, but maybe one day the Team who works on satisfactory multiplayer ~~features ~~ bugs, will one day! 💪

so just like I have to, I quit to main menu and just join the server back when it does happen.. I tend to get a good 30-50 min before those bugs start to hit..

[compact kettle]

I'm telling you, now your on my level trying to figure out a better way to get to lazy people in the world rather than expecting them to read the manual.. just like nobody reads ToS either.. 🤣

which there is no point to reading them anyway since you accept them, or can't use the services.. 🙄

[edgy pasture]

@sage isle @pine sphinx

A description of 90%+ of all questions on this channel since 1.1 was pushed to “stable”.

#dedicated-servers message

A poetic description of possible ways to improve the issues due to the (un)reliable messaging port:

#dedicated-servers message

[sage isle]

thank you for the response, but I'm too dumb to understand the second link you sent.
From what I understand, I just use different port instead of the 8888?

[edgy pasture]

Might help

[sage isle]

okay will try thanks

[compact kettle]

put that response in Ai and tell it to make you understand it. 🤣

[edgy pasture]

Carefully filtering traffic for only the IP’s of your clients will probably help more… and the ultimate overkill is to NOT forward ports in your router and just use VPN tunnels.

[sage isle]

okay I'll ask Ada

[edgy pasture]

stay effective

[hidden forge]

Did you add the "reuseport" argument to at least the UDP ports?

[fathom solar]

No one having any similar issues?

just had the same issues with a new game. Dismantled something, couldn't see it being removed. Had to exit and join the session again

also when joining the session for the first time, i'm not seeing my quick shortcuts - unless i scroll through them

[nocturne crescent]

#dedicated-servers message read down from there. Port change is likely what you need to do.

[deep turret]

vpns are forwarding everything to you
most of this setup equate drilling a tunnel in your basement instead
which you don't want either
computer security is not about working around a specific practice, but to be more consistent in what you do overall

[edgy pasture]

True philosophy.

The VPN workaround is not the most security-positive thing to do. It does, however, work.

[nocturne crescent]

I like your pronouns.

[sharp citrus]

do such things as public servers exist in satisfactory?

Like some where you can just join and have fun?

Ive had this question for a while now , lol

[deep turret]

it's all about community
everyone is free to make their own server public in a way
#1201555265942724758

[nocturne crescent]

No. Single player or LFG

[sharp citrus]

oh okay thank you

[cosmic eagle]

YES THANK YOU SO MUCH

I ADDED THAT TO THE 7777 UDC PORT TYSM

[tight mirage]

Hey, is there any sort of server egg for the pterodactyl panel? Thanks in advanced!
(pls ping me)

[thin spruce]

Not sure if you solved your problem, but I will not find back your message again once I catch up to all unread messages.
I removed the IP filter part, but that how I wrote mine, and it's working like a charm

First, move the block stream into NGINX conf file, at the end of the file, it will make it easier to create multiple game server in the future.

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

stream {
    include /etc/nginx/streams-enabled/*.conf;
}

/etc/nginx/streams-available/satisfactory.conf

log_format satsifactory_logs '[$time_local] $remote_addr:$server_port $protocol $status $bytes_sent $bytes_received $session_time';

server {
    #Server IP
    listen 10.20.30.40:7777;
    #Docker proxy pass
    proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:7777;

    access_log /path/to/your/logs/folder/satisfactory_access.log satsifactory_logs;
}

server {
    #Server IP
    listen 10.20.30.40:7777 udp;
    #Docker proxy pass
    proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:7777;

    access_log /path/to/your/logs/folder/satisfactory_access.log satsifactory_logs;
}

server {
    #Server IP
    listen 10.20.30.40:8888;
    #Docker proxy pass
    proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:8888;

    access_log /path/to/your/logs/folder/satisfactory_access.log satsifactory_logs;
}

Then just do ln -s /etc/nginx/streams-available/satisfactory.conf /etc/nginx/streams-enabled/ and reload/restart NGINX

[cosmic eagle]

Thank you, I managed to fix the issue before anyways by just implementing reuseport on the second 7777 port (UDP) anyways,

[thin spruce]

yeah, because you did not specify an IP for your listen arguments, so it's listening all IPs, thus making it a duplicate with 10.66.66.7
When you need a proxy pass on the same port, make sure to define IPs on both listen and proxy pass, you will not need the reuseport argument that way, and it's safer

[opaque cairn]

can i without going to a previous version of satisfactory - disable the need of the reliable port and make it how it was in 1.0?

[worldly chasm]

Hello. first post on this discord. but I figure id share my findings. I was experiencing the CPU climbing to 100% on all cores. I think I've fixed it and for 24 hours now its been stable. still going to monitor for a while. I use a custom built computer with opnsense and it seems its was a bit outdated. after that it started working normally. my dedicated server is also running on old hardware. Core i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz with 24gb of ram. so I thought it was that. but now its back to ruuning at 30-40% when people are logged in. and 2% when its paused. I dont have any log files of when the cpu was climbing.

[nocturne crescent]

Now add what you did to fix the issue :p. Also it's cool to see someone using an X58 platform still!

[worldly chasm]

after I added port 8888 I noticed the cpu climbing. tried a couple solutions ive found here (https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/67f4ff9d6b7c573196365303) nothing worked. so all I did was update my router. and its now fine. so idk who needs to hear this. but update your routers!

[hidden forge]

Its a known problem with the server not handling non-statisfactory traffic right and going into a crash loop

[nocturne crescent]

I also use opnsense and there is no reason updating opnsense should fix the issue. The bug is not a firewall or BSD issue. Especially since opnsense blocks everything incoming by default and if you port forward 8888 correctly you should still expect to see the issue. Now if you run the crowdsec plugin and updated that, that can greatly reduce the issue. Most routers can't run crowdsec though.

[worldly chasm]

that's what I was thinking. why would an opnsense update fix the problem with the port? but its the only thing I did. I went from Savvy Shark to Ultimate Unicorn. and its running way better. I'll keep an eye on it and expect it to happen again. I'll remember to grab my logs if it does.

[vast gazelle]

is hosthavoc a good company to start a server on?

[edgy pasture]

No

[nocturne crescent]

Most companies have a trial period/refund period, try a few out. Especially if you have an existing save with a lot of builds on it. Upload that and test the experience. The cheaper the server the slower the CPU is going to be.

[opaque cairn]

can i then do something to stop the CPU from rocketing to 100% usage after the server has been up for just 5 hours, and with that also fix the foundation desync

[edgy pasture]

#dedicated-servers message

[inner scroll]

To be honest, if you have a beefy system, its not hard at all to set up a server on your local machine.

Ran well, no problems on a KF12700 with 64gb ddr5, I upped my ram to 128gb ddr5 and run multiple servers now.

[vast gazelle]

lol don’t got that choom

[nocturne crescent]

Do you have $250 bucks and the desire to host many servers and other fun things such as network wide ad blocking?

[vast gazelle]

I smell scam

[compact kettle]

i have those issues, but It hasn't been that bad for me.. I have to quit to mainmenu and join the server again all the time maybe every 45 min or 1 hour though...

my generatl quick thoughts :
Are you playing on wifi?

How are the connections of the server/clients? are they stable? tried packetloss tests on your machine and the servers machine? there are sites that test this for you if you need.

I know it's a known issue, but it seems I can have long periods of time before I do get those issues and have to rejoin the server.. Maybe it's due to the great stability and connection of my clients/server??

[nocturne crescent]

Dude I'm all over in here.

It's not a scam it's called a mini PC lol also you would have to buy it for yourself. I'm not trying to sell you anything besides and extended warranty for your car. /S

[silver notch]

hello! sorry for the dumb question, i'm just a bit new to port forwarding, but when i open up the 8888 port, how would i go about adding it alongside the 7777 port for the server?

[nocturne crescent]

@silver notch Separate rules on your router. one for each port. If you're unsure on how to port forward. Physically go to your router find the manufacturer label and model number. Take a picture of the access information while you're there. then Google how to port forward "insert router model"

[silver notch]

nono, i understand port forwarding, both ports are open, i was just wondering if i now have to change which port is assigned to the server at all

that's where i'm a bit unfamiliar. just using two ports for one server

[nocturne crescent]

Most routers let you select the client device in the rule creation or edit area

[edgy pasture]

Yes, it should be no problem to have two rules pointing to the same lan IP.

[fleet wolf]

Greetings! Does anyone know what your actual saved game file is called on the dedicated server? I'm trying to locate it on my linux box and having trouble

[nocturne crescent]

.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved

[fleet wolf]

Brilliant thank you!

[nocturne crescent]

No worries remember blueprints are in the other folder and not contained in your save game!

[fleet wolf]

oh whoops where are those?

[deep turret]

note it's from the user home of satisfactory server running user
may be different than your current user

[fleet wolf]

I have like 9 directories where stuff is installed for some reason

[deep turret]

it's all in FactoryGame/Saved

[fleet wolf]

Oh you are right - I see the blueprints folder is full

[deep turret]

you should see sub folder named 'blueprints'

[fleet wolf]

so its all in one place

I guess these other folders are from previous installs or something

as long as I have you .... 🙂 Can I go back to the stable branch - from experimental - just by ommitting the command line option for experimental?

[deep turret]

yes you can, not by omitting

omitting = current/default

if you want to go non exp :
-beta public instead of -beta experimental

[fleet wolf]

ah ok great - I wasnt sure about the -beta public thing

[deep turret]

I recommend using these branch switching only once

and omitting when updating

that way you dont mix it up

[fleet wolf]

ok i may be doing something wrong - I use the -beta experimental when running the update.... then I just use ./FactoryServer.sh when launching the server.

do you need to tell FactoryServer.sh that you want to run experimental or public?

[deep turret]

no I meant you can omit -beta all together when updating
and you put -beta whatever manually when you are willing to switch branch

that way you dont mix it up when you want to update

[fleet wolf]

ah got it thank you

[deep turret]

same command for every branch (without -beta)

[fleet wolf]

so I just ran my update with -beta public.... now i just run FactoryServer.sh with no parameters and I'm good to go

[deep turret]

I mean, you can run with the same parameters

[fleet wolf]

I wasnt sure if FactoryServer.sh also accepted parameters

or if you even needed to pass it parameters...

[deep turret]

running the server is unlinked from updating

when you run, it runs whatever install you got there
if you asked steam to switch branch, the install as a whole should be that branch

[fleet wolf]

this is what I was wondering

[deep turret]

FactoryServer.sh is not aware of updates nor branch

[fleet wolf]

I wasnt sure if your had multiple branches on the system and you had to tell the main bash script which one you wanted to use

got it - makes sense

Appreciate all the help

[deep turret]

steam have multiple branch, the install is only updated to what you told steam to select

[fleet wolf]

I figured I would go back to stable branch since experimental seems to be close to the same right now

[deep turret]

yes good time to switch back

public got match to exp

so satisfactory game wise, it's the same

so you can switch back with no change to the game

and then be safe from further exp

[fleet wolf]

super

I've been using noveau drivers this whole time so I'm interested to see if nvidia proprietary drivers run better

[deep turret]

for the server it should have no impact at all

[fleet wolf]

unrelated to server so I probably shouldnt share that here

yeah sorry i was talking about my client now

which is also linux

[deep turret]

as for nouveau vs proprietary, it all depends on what hardware you have

I know nvidia card that are shit whatever the driver you choose to throw at it

[fleet wolf]

I need to get me a good linux video card I guess

[deep turret]

even on windows lol

(old card)

[nocturne crescent]

Especially the 5000 series. I'd say their newest drivers are worse than over a decade

[deep turret]

anything post 10series should be good either proprietary or nouveau

[deep turret]

but at least support can improve in following months

here I have 2007 card

[nocturne crescent]

In theory.

[deep turret]

no luck

it's in the "well isnt it great for ocean floor fish ?" territory

[fleet wolf]

ARe all the radeon cards good for linux?

[deep turret]

ok sorry too far

[nocturne crescent]

That think is a champ 2007! What generation is that 8000 or the GTX200 series?

[deep turret]

#off-topic-tech lets go there

[fleet wolf]

will do

[deep turret]

not even gtx, its a bad card, barely supported

[compact kettle]

Is the only way to specify a specific application inside windows firewall as i dont think thats on the router right? You can only specify the ip in the router but not specific application or etc right?

[nocturne crescent]

You're correct. General rule in the firewall and application specific filtering on windows.

[compact kettle]

I wonder why I haven't had any high cpu % with my open ports.. maybe I have it only open to satisfactory, and the router is have is fairly new and maybe handles those scans well or.. who knows..

[hollow crown]

What's the status of this bug in the "reliable" port btw? 😜
Last I checked the devs said they are aware

[compact kettle]

Something tells me that's the update 🤣

[outer vault]

If I'm hosting a server with like 8 people at max on at once, how much ram should I have on the server?

[warped salmon]

Guys, has anyone run a ded server using VPS and wiregard for tunneling? - beleive it or not my router doesnt support port forwarding so this is the route were going.

[lunar skiff]

The more RAM, the better. You can start with 8GB at first, but you may start to experience issues once your builds start to get larger. Test it and find out.

[obsidian egret]

I've been reading the messages on here, and scouring the internet, for about 3 hours. I can't find an answer that works for me. I am using Windows and a SteamCMD server. It is not Experimental. So basically it's as vanilla as you can get. I have tried everything I can to change the ports the game runs on. I have tried so many combinations of command lines, and even tried to edit the Engine.ini file, but nothing changes the ports from the default 7777 & 8888. I thought all I had to do was basically put this in a .bat file (which does load the server, just doesn't change the ports) "<......>FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended -port-44155 -reliableport-44156" I have tried it with and without the "log" and "unattended" arguments. Please steer me to the promised land.

[mild thunder]

have you tried a = between the port and port number so -port=44155 for instance

[nocturne crescent]

You don't need to port forward if the VPS is hosting the server. It's only if you're hosting the server from within your network and you want friends to be able to access the server on your network.

[warped salmon]

Yea, That's the point. anyways ive got way too much time into making it work and I'm spinning, Gettting the API token error.

[nocturne crescent]

@warped salmon Did you create the firewall rules on the VPS OS?

You also shouldn't need to tunnel to the VPS since it should be open to connect via wan ip.

Otherwise you may need to add the allowed IPs on the WG server interface.

[compact kettle]

macie is right, make sure -

-Port**=44155 -ReliablePort=**44156

[obsidian egret]

I've rewritten that .bat file so many times. Haha I'm almost positive I had the equals signs originally, but that is a cut and paste from the current one, so it's definitely messed up right now. Stupid of me. I will have to check it out in a bit. Thanks.

[nocturne crescent]

This is likely the issue of the argument is wrong the game will ignore it and move on with the standard values

[mild thunder]

yeah if you have just a - in there it takes the default value

[compact kettle]

the exact way it was told to me @obsidian egret

-Port=7777 -ReliablePort=8888 -log -unattened

[warped salmon]

I think all that's square, why would it not be broadcasting ports like 15777, it's like the game isn't starting.

[mild thunder]

are you using the in game server manager to connect to it?

[warped salmon]

Yes. Which i at least could get to give me the api token error, I've been grasping at straws and messed that up though now I can't even see the server from satisfactory.

[nocturne crescent]

The game went away from port 15777 did you manually change it back?

[warped salmon]

Added it manually, it should just be the 7777 and 8888s right?

@nocturne crescent for clarification, we're hosting the game on a private local server. Routing all traffic through the VPS, then tunneling thru wiregard. It was sooo close. Chat gpt has been sending me down rabbitholes making it worse.

[nocturne crescent]

@warped salmon Ohhh reverse proxy

Are you using pangolin?

[warped salmon]

@nocturne crescent No

[nocturne crescent]

@warped salmon I'd say drop wire guard and only use the reverse proxy. Then connect using the reverse proxy wan address and port. With wire guard you could also skip the proxy and just use the VPN to access the server.

Pangolin is kind of the easy way to do what you're trying to do as it combines traefik and wireguard into one application.

[warped salmon]

@nocturne crescent thanks for your help on this. Can I DM you and add my buddy to the chat that can help?

[nocturne crescent]

Sure I'm about to eat a late dinner but I'll be around.

[neat robin]

Does my dedicated server need to own Satisfactory?

Or can it use the same steam account

[nocturne crescent]

Neither. It just exists. You need to own the game to play it either singleplayer, multiplayer or via dedicated server. Good question tho. I hate when companies make you buy a copy of the game to host a server. Farming sim was that way. Not sure if it still is.

[neat robin]

I had to switch back to my main steam account to install the dedicated server tools, since they didn't showed up for the second steam account which will run the server later

[nocturne crescent]

server doesnt need a steam account lol

[neat robin]

It doesn't? I'm used to that by an other game

[nocturne crescent]

You can download it via steam or epic or just used steam CMD and configure it manually.

[tiny relic]

Hey, are there any more documented console commands other than the few avaliable on the wiki?

[nocturne crescent]

@tiny relic like cheats or server arguments?

[graceful flicker]

Still no word/fix on the Port 8888 100% CPU usage bug?

[nocturne crescent]

no but changing the port to a different and higher port pretty much fixes it.

[graceful flicker]

If you ping that port however, does it still have the bug, or are we relying on the obscurity of it to have no one ping it externally.

[nocturne crescent]

hard to say tbh

[graceful flicker]

Let me test.

[nocturne crescent]

here is VPS server usage after i changed settings and rebooted last Friday no issue. Been in use and played on the whole time 4 days and 15 hours of uptime no issues.

[graceful flicker]

Can confirm that the bug still exists on a different/higher port.

In which case we're just relying on it being an obscure port to not receive any unexpected traffic.

[nocturne crescent]

but most people say the usage increases and does not fall until a reboot.

[graceful flicker]

The bug is caused by how Satisfactory handles traffic to port 8888 that's unexpected.

If someone pings your IP on 8888 and it's port forwarded correctly, it'll cause the high CPU bug.

Moving it from 8888 to something doesn't change the fact it doesn't deal with the traffic incorrectly. It just means it's less likely for someone to ping that specific port as it's not a common port to be used.

Within 2 minutes of pinging it on a different port.

[nocturne crescent]

Right but most people only care becuase usage spikes to 100% causes desync and lagging and they have to reboot.

[graceful flicker]

I don't understand what point you're trying to make sorry.

It can still happen on a changed port if someone does an NMAP of that IP and it stumbles across the new port that you're using.

[nocturne crescent]

likewise, Most people are seeing 100% usage not 3 cores at 100%

[graceful flicker]

It overflows to the other cores/threads.

[nocturne crescent]

Does it remain?

[graceful flicker]

Of course it does, until a re-boot. The underlying error handling issue is exactly the same whether port 8888 or port 9 billion.

[nocturne crescent]

And my point is im not seeing that after changing the ports...

You're having that issue. I am not.

[graceful flicker]

... Are you listening to what I'm saying?

Ping yourself from an external WAN IP on that port

[nocturne crescent]

Serious question?

[graceful flicker]

You'll have the error

Any of the usual port-foward check websites will work fine

[nocturne crescent]

AND ILL HAVE TO REBOOT TO FIX IT RIGHT?

[graceful flicker]

Of course.

[nocturne crescent]

i wont.

[graceful flicker]

You will 🙂

[nocturne crescent]

then why do have i have 4 days uptime through pings, scans and players using the server and have no issue?

[graceful flicker]

I'm sorry it's not a question or a suggestion it's afactual statement.

[nocturne crescent]

You saw my uptime.

[graceful flicker]

Sorry if you don't understand the underlying cause and why your statement is ridiculous I can't really do much to help you here, I've explained it a few times now in a few different ways.

I was just checking in to see if they've fixed the error handling and they clearly haven't.

[nocturne crescent]

and i said no, but changing the ports helps not experience the issue..

To which I provided a screenshot of a server that has experienced the triggers that normally cause the bug on the standard ports.

[graceful flicker]

It wasn't a question or a suggestion, it was a statement. Take a look into the underlying cause here and you'll understand quite quickly why it's not a fix, rather, just makes the issue more unlikely to occur. It absolutely will happen if you ping your IP on that port. The issue still exists, it's just less likely to occur because you're not using a port that's known to be most commonly open.

once again, not a fix. Just making it more obscure and hoping that no one tries to send traffic there. If they do, you'll still have the same issue, as I've proven just above.

[nocturne crescent]

Your sever made it through 1 ping and had to be rebooted. mine has made it through thousands and did not. My suggestions to you was to change the ports to avoid the issue and you played the 5 D's of dodgeball with logic.

I dont know what your angle is here but go off.

[graceful flicker]

It's clear that you're not equipped to either understand this issue or offer feedback on a resolution. By all means deviate from your lane, but don't expect those that are actually in the know not to put you back in it x.

[nocturne crescent]

More condecending responses...

Nice.

[graceful flicker]

Look I apologize for being rude.

I came here to ask if the underlying cause was fixed, not for a 'workaround' that's still susceptible to the same issue. In you providing your response I was trying to teach you that it is in fact not a fix, rather, it just makes it more unlikely for you to run into the issue (through obscurity).

[nocturne crescent]

I was trying to teach you that it is in fact not a fix, rather, it just makes it more unlikely for you to run into the issue (through obscurity).

I love learning and i know some great teachers and mentors none of them speak to people the way you do.

[graceful flicker]

I can't say I've often had to deal with people that behaved as obtuse as you did either to be fair 😉

What's your understanding of what causes this issue?

[nocturne crescent]

That's your opinion to hold. I appreciate you owning it. I do not care to engage further. You clearly feel the same way. So lets skip to the finish. Best of luck to you.

[graceful flicker]

I hope things get better for you xx.

And here's to getting the bug actually fixed!!!

[edgy pasture]

So... I think there's a dev stream in 6 hours. I'll probably stay up for it just to make sure this port thing is mentioned in the chat and ask once again for some sort of communication on known issues. I am not extremely optimistic... because I think the communication between the devs and the community has somewhat declined as of late. But it's worth a try anyway.

[nocturne crescent]

Dang! What time zone are you in cheese or do you live on a graveyard schedule?

[edgy pasture]

Currently AEST.

[graceful flicker]

Do you happen to know where that stream is going to go live? That's about midnight for me but would be worth while staying for and joining in the chat, if it means more of a chance of it coming to light.

[edgy pasture]

They usually do it on twitch.

https://www.twitch.tv/coffeestainstudiosdevs/schedule

Yep... midnight for me too.

[edgy pasture]

Just in case this helps the next person who decides to ask about infinite loading screen, the CPU lockup, or lightweight buildable/progression milestone desyncs:
#dedicated-servers message

[graceful flicker]

The poem is lovely.

[edgy pasture]

I do love a good metaphor

learning about one thing while thinking about another thing.... that's good stuff

[tiny relic]

server arguments, for example when launching through steam GUI, I don't want the console window to launch with it

[lyric shard]

Do any of yall run a server on a vm?

[hollow vortex]

yes

[lyric shard]

what specs for the vm would you recommend?

I have 16 GB for ram, 128GB storage, and about 12GHZ for cpu budget with 2C4T

running it on esxi, vm is ubuntu server

[hollow vortex]

I am using windows machine, but two cores are enough for two players at the time.

[lyric shard]

ah okay, and if I want to have more players, like 4 or 6 even?

[hollow vortex]

You have to try 🙂 but now there are problems with desync caused by increased CPU usage. I recommed to wait with it untill next update. I hope there will be more info about it in the tiwtch today.

[lyric shard]

because 1.1 just came out?

makes sense

[lyric shard]

I'm now installing the server, can I transfer over an already made save? And how do I add mods to the server

[edgy pasture]

Yes, you can. Move your save from wherever they were before.

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

Don’t forget the blueprints too if you want them

Idk on the mods.
I haven’t done that on satisfactory yet.

Maybe someday I will… but not today

[lyric shard]

the mods are not really of importance, rather just some QOL ones like instant workbench and craftable alian artifacts

is the config folder a hidden folder? Cannot view it with winscp, but can with putty

it is, had to toggle "Hidden files" in preferences > panels

[lyric shard]

I now read on the wiki that there are only patches up until 1.0: https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Save_Files. Is that why you mentioned these problems?

[edgy pasture]

There are definitely more patches after 1.0.
https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Patch_1.1.1.1

summary of the aforementioned problems: #dedicated-servers message

[lyric shard]

Isn't this talking about the normal game, not the server?

[edgy pasture]

They get patched at the same time

effectively

[nocturne crescent]

I don't know if such a command exists. The wiki is missing some things but not many. However you can run the game as a service

https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers/Running_as_a_Service

[tiny relic]

alrighty thanks

[edgy pasture]

darn... looks like no dev stream. Oh well.

#dev-streams message doesn't fill me with hope that we'll be seeing a real fix for the (un)reliable port soon.

We know they are working on a fix... just have no idea when to expect it.

The summary again… for good measure:

#dedicated-servers message

[lyric shard]

I restarted the server via an alias and the server seemed to be starting normal. Then I went in game and couldn't connect to the server. Fine, ill just restart the server. Now that the server is restarted and I connected to it, it seemed to have reset.

What I did to make the alias was making the /home/usr accesable for all users by chmod 777, but other than that I didnt do anything (I think). Did I mess something up?

not that I did much on the server, but it is kinda weird

[dusty hazel]

have u already restart the server prior to the "alias reboot" ?

[lyric shard]

no

I could not connect to the server before I made the alias

I had to crtl + c

[dusty hazel]

then the issue isn't the alias but the path u put for ur saves

[lyric shard]

I uploaded the save using the ingame server manager

[dusty hazel]

yeah so it worked while there is no restart but once u restart the server is looking for the save but wo'nt find it

cause the path isn't good

[lyric shard]

how can I fix that?

[dusty hazel]

if u put ur save in /home/satisfactory/save but if u say to the server it's in /home/satisfactory/server for example he can't get it

u must change the path in ur setup

[lyric shard]

ah okay, i'll have a look, thanks!

where do I tell the server to look for the saves?

[dusty hazel]

do u use docker ?

[lyric shard]

no, ubuntu vm

[dusty hazel]

yeah

but

[lyric shard]

ah

[dusty hazel]

how is the server done ?

[lyric shard]

esxi

no docker

just an ubuntu vm, running on esxi

[dusty hazel]

yeah i get it but how does the satisfactory server runs ?

how do u start it ?

[lyric shard]

installed straight onto the vm

starting with an alias

[dusty hazel]

with steamcmd ?

[lyric shard]

yeah

no

bash FactoryServer.sh

[dusty hazel]

make sure to have this in ur ServerSettings.ini

SessionName=UrSessionName

and look for the save path on ur system maybe something like that

~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/server

[lyric shard]

the saves path looks like that

[lyric shard]

the only ServerSettings file I can find is the ServerSettings.port.sav

[dusty hazel]

mmh maybe the server is running with another user and try to look in this user instead of root ?

or vice versa

[lyric shard]

I tried the search function of winscp in the /home directory, but nothing came up

only the one that I mentioned above

it searched in both users on the system

[dusty hazel]

i mean for the saves maybe the server looks for it in root but the saves are under another user

[lyric shard]

But I still need to find the file where it says where the game looks for the save. But the game should place it in the right place when I upload the save in the ingame server manager no?

[dusty hazel]

i digged a bit but u won't have to put a path for the save the server know where to find it i do believe ur server is "missplaced" in the wrong user or directory

[lyric shard]

it is the steam user home directory like the guide tells you to install into

I just cd into that home directory from my main user

[dusty hazel]

then maybe the issue is u did ctrl c instead of quit

[lyric shard]

that might be actually it then

I wouldnt be surprised tbh

[misty shoal]

hi all, please tell me im not the only one experiencing HIgh CPU usage after a few hours?
witch the 1.0 version i had like 0-ish problems, now, ... after lets say approx 2hours i see the CPU usage rising insanely and since this morning it was running at 99%
wich also results in certain thing not being "executed" on the server like for example trees not "dissapearing" after they have been chopped etc

[dusty hazel]

if u have an ubuntu vm try to use docker with the wolveix image to make ur server

[dusty hazel]

the reliable port get scan and there is an issue where once scanned the cpu usage won't decrease

so what u can do is either change the port for a high random one like 35850 it will greatly decrease the port scanning or u can setup firewall to only allow ur friends ip

[misty shoal]

ok thx.. will try that 🙂

[dusty hazel]

i'm gonna show u the before/after port scan on my server

that is before

[dusty hazel]

and after 4 port scan

and it won't decrease unless ur reboot

[misty shoal]

jeezus.... 14 to 400 in just 4scans? ^^

[dusty hazel]

exactly ^^

[dusty hazel]

and it stop to 400% cause i only put 4 cores

[misty shoal]

well i've changed the port to another like you mentioned...
it's also running on a 4cores machine so.. going to monitor a bit while playing and see what it does 🙂

currently running at 6% with me on it

[dusty hazel]

this "fix" works until ur port get scanned again but with a high random it's less likely

[dusty hazel]

u can try to port scan it if u wanna try

u can do so on dnschecker

dnschecker -> online port checker

[misty shoal]

damn 😒 just did a direct scan on the port.. instantly from 6% to 100%

[dusty hazel]

^^

so just reboot and u should be fine for a time

[misty shoal]

yeah ^^ thx for the support mate 😉

[misty shoal]

hmm seems "stable" enough for now... but euhmm.. is it "normal" that the trees and grass doesn't dissapear after cutting? like it would in a single player session?

the logs are outputting this:

[2025.06.24-16.15.50:645][348]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.51:180][364]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.51:380][370]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.51:548][375]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.51:948][387]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.52:817][413]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.53:987][448]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.54:388][460]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.54:588][466]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.54:755][471]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.54:956][477]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.55:123][482]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.55:490][493]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed
[2025.06.24-16.15.55:724][500]LogGame: Error: Server_PickUpFoliage: RemoveFoliageInstanceByData failed

[violet sinew]

There's a known issue with CPU at 100%, with foundations not placing properly, with foliage not being cut properly, and with milestone button breaking after use. I was trying to find the links i found earlier but i cant. I was so happy to find it too, literally joined to see if it was a me thing 😄

ah, here

Question guys if i may, im struggling to get my server patched.

I run this command:
steamcmd.exe force_install_dir "C:\Program Files (x86)\Satisfactory" +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit

I get this:

and then i get this:

Any idea please?

The commands from the wiki link (cant post, got botted) just dont work

[silent comet]

Hey everyone, I have the same issue as MrBob above, even when updating the server to the experimental branch. Would appreciate any ideas 🙂

[lyric shard]

It says something about permission denied. What can I do to fix this? Add the steam user to sudoers?

[wary rain]

Add ths steam user to sudoers?

Noooooooooooooooo...

sudo chown -R steam:steam /home/steam/

sudo chmod 744 /home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini

sudo chmod 744 /home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameSettings.ini

sudo chmod 744 /home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Engine.ini

[lyric shard]

thanks!

[lyric shard]

There is no "GameSettigns.ini". Do I use Game.ini?

[wary rain]

GameUserSettings.ini

my bad typing

[lyric shard]

I did that one

[lyric shard]

happens to the best of us

I gave the /home/steam user directory the chmod 777 so I can cd into it with my main user. Do I change it back?

[wary rain]

Yes, 777 is full access

home direcotry root (/home/steam) should be 750

[lyric shard]

I'll change it then

[compact kettle]

I forwarded 7777 8888 and I have not had 100% cpu usage.. is your iP filled with terrible port scans from sites you visited ?? 🤣

[lyric shard]

heh?

[lyric shard]

I only see 2.09%?

[compact kettle]

Ardanos, didn't you ping/check/portscan my friends server? and it's not at 100%

[dusty hazel]

nope expect me i won't port scan anyone

[golden vault]

Howdy all! So my buddy and I have been playing Satisfactory pretty much since the game entered Early Access, and I started hosting a Dedicated Server pretty much since that was available. We started a new game in 1.0 and were having a grand ole time, and took a little break and are just now trying to get back in with 1.1. Lo and behold we couldn't connect! Well I see that where as previously I needed to forward port 7777 both TCP and UDP, I now also need port 8888 TCP. No problemo! I added that to my windows server firewall and to my network firewall. Now I can join locally, but my buddy can not join remotely. I also can not join remotely when I test that. My network firewall is working, otherwise all of my other hosted games wouldn't be working, and I'm fairly confidant I added port 8888 TCP correctly. Any ideas from the community here? I am very stumped

[nocturne crescent]

Is edge traversal enabled?

[warm swallow]

Anyone have som knowledge doing NAT with Mikrotik RouterOS?

[restive cradle]

which file do I have to delete to reset the dedicated server to the state as if I just downloaded it? i want to reset the saves

[rare bridge]

try removing the saves on path
/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/server

[restive cradle]

doesnt seem to help, ive reinstalled the server but still some stuff in my inventory and progress is kept

[hidden forge]

If you want a fresh game, just start a new save file?
Otherwise delete everything and actually start fresh

[restive cradle]

ive tried deleting everything, reinstalling the server and it still is there

[hidden forge]

Iirc that is the inital inventory when you choose "skip tutorial" in a new save file.

[restive cradle]

Oh so then I'm just stupid, thanks

[hidden forge]

I'm not 100% sure and can't check rn. Start a single player game with "skip tutorial" and compare?

A fresh game created on the server will always start in this state for now. If you want to play the tutorial you need to start a single player save and upload it to the server

[restive cradle]

yyep ur right

thanks i appriciate you

[violet sinew]

hey guys, can i bump this please? I havent been able to figure it out. The command says the game is fully installed but i still get wrong version. Im trying to avoid have to do a complete wipe of the installation and start from scratch, but im starting to think down that road

well, tried it, and it says fully installed and its still an empty folder. I guess that explains that the installation is looking in the wrong place

think i got it working.. its now "downloading"

its working 🙂

[violet sinew]

Not sure if you got yours working yet, i just did. I ended up rewriting the command and comparing to what i had before, it was a user error 😄
I think (but cant confirm) i was using "force_install_dir" and not "+force_install_dir" - it just wasnt installing in the right location. Not sure if you got the same thing

[silent comet]

Mine was different, updated SteamCMD and added -beta public tag to the command, that got it working.

[oak halo]

Hope we get an update about the 100% CPU load soon 🙏

Its been kinda frustrating having to turn the server off

[acoustic python]

any particular differences to installing the server from SteamCMD vs the Epic equivalent?

[golden vault]

is edge traversal a server setting that I missed?

[potent creek]

hey everyone! So today I wanted to update my server to 1.1, however, my port ranges are 27000-27099, I am using wolveix's satisfactory server and updated, but I am not able to get past the loading screen
here's my config:

services:
  satisfactory-server:
    stdin_open: true
    tty: true
    container_name: 'satisfactory-server'
    hostname: 'satisfactory-server'
    image: 'wolveix/satisfactory-server:v1.8.1'
    ports:
      - '27077:27077/tcp'
      - '27077:27077/udp'
      - '27078:27078/tcp'
    volumes:
      - './config:/config'
    environment:
      - MAXPLAYERS=10
      - PGID=1000
      - PUID=1000
      - STEAMBETA=false
      - SERVERGAMEPORT=27077
      - SERVERMESSAGINGPORT=27078
    restart: unless-stopped
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 12G
        reservations:
          memory: 4G```

turnsout this image wouldn't let me update correctly, and I did the config all over again

[dusty hazel]

  satisfactory:
    image: wolveix/satisfactory-server:latest
    container_name: satisfactory_ds
    ports:
      - "xxxxx:xxxxx/udp"
      - "xxxxx:xxxxx/tcp"
      - "xxxxx:xxxxx/tcp"
    volumes:
      - "/home/noc/satisfactory-data:/config"
    environment:
      - SERVER_NAME=xxxx
      - SERVER_PASSWORD=xxxxx
      - MAX_PLAYERS=4
      - SERVERMESSAGINGPORT=xxxxx
    restart: unless-stopped

    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 6G
        reservations:
          memory: 4G```

mine look like this and updated just fine

i obviously replaced ports pw and name by xxxx

[dusty hazel]

have u opened ur ports on the router ?

[scenic jolt]

Does anyone have a solution for getting the "Failed to Connect to server API" message when setting up a dedicated server? I've gotten past this point before, but I can't for the life of me remember how I did it

[dusty hazel]

mmm that must be the 7777 port have u opened it tcp/udp on ur router ?

[scenic jolt]

I think I have? I've gone through and port forwarded 7777, 15000, and 15777.

[dusty hazel]

150000 15777 are no longer used but check if the 7777 port is opened on both protocl

and there is a new port that must be opened tcp 8888

[scenic jolt]

Okay, I've opened port 8888. I'm still getting the same message

[dusty hazel]

come dm we gonna dig into that

[ripe steppe]

You have to open both ports incoming and outgoing

one direction only isnt enough

[scenic jolt]

How do you mean?

[ripe steppe]

Are you using windows as base o rlinux ?

[scenic jolt]

Windows

[ripe steppe]

in windows you need to open both ports in the windows firewall in the incoming ruleset as well as in the outgoing ruleset

otherwise data packets may exit from the server but dont come to it from outside

[scenic jolt]

So, I got past that, but now I keep getting a pop-up that says "Connection to the server has been lost" about every four seconds

[nocturne crescent]

It's a windows server/windows advanced firewall setting

[golden vault]

Gotcha. Don't think I've ever set that option before for any game but I will take a look and report back later. Thanks!

[rancid light]

Hello, does epic game's dedicated server require any port forwarding on the router?

If it doesn't how do I set it up?

[dusty hazel]

U have to open 7777 TCP/UDP and 8888 TCP

[rancid light]

Sadly I'm on CGNAT. Won't be able to
Is there any alternative? Or am I doomed?

[dusty hazel]

Tailscale*

[rancid light]

Is it possible to make a tailscale network and invite friends on it without them being able to access the other devices I already setup on my tailscale netowrk?

[dusty hazel]

make a new one i believe they will no be connected to the last one

i don't really know how to do if u already setup one

ask google if u can setup 2 tailscale network

[rancid light]

I will look into it, thank you

One active connection per device, and I'll have to make another account

Oh but I can absolutely run the server on a VM

And set the network there

[dusty hazel]

u must still open ports on router with a vm

[hidden forge]

depends, if you and you friend have IPv6 there is a good change your IPv6 is not CGNATed

[dusty hazel]

but u can install tailscale on the vm

[rancid light]

Yes that's what I meant

I'll use tailscale on my VM so that I can have both of my tailscale networks running simultaneously

[fickle abyss]

guys i havent played since the 1.1 was released, ive updated a dedicated server , i created a new game, i go to launch it and it just keeps loading ,what am I missing?

[dusty hazel]

U must open the 8888 TCP Port on ur router

[fickle abyss]

server isnt running on my PC

port is opened on the server for 8888 too

[dusty hazel]

on what does it runs ?

[fickle abyss]

a 3rd party service

[dusty hazel]

Can u put arguments on lauch ?

launch

[fickle abyss]

i dont think so

[dusty hazel]

what 3rd party do u use ?

[fickle abyss]

eu game host

it wasa working on 1.0

[dusty hazel]

maybe u have to tell them there is new rules on satisfactory servers that they must add

[fickle abyss]

i have and they have changed it which i can now see the server, how long does a first time run usually take ?

i think before it was only like 2 mins

[dusty hazel]

wdym first time run ?

[fickle abyss]

creating a game

a new game

[dusty hazel]

once the server is running u should be able to connect in less than 10 seconds

[fickle abyss]

thats what i thought too

server is there , game is running 40 minutes but getting into it im just stuck on the loading screen

[dusty hazel]

gimme the ip in private

[hidden forge]

if you are stuck in the leading screen but can hear the game in the background, something is not working with the new port added in 1.1, default 8888/TCP

[golden vault]

Okay I tried enabling that setting and it had no effect. Still can't connect remotely.

[potent creek]

Obviously yes, since I mentioned the ranges

[reef depot]

I seem to be infinitely loading on my first connect to a fresh server

console is spammed w/ this

[hidden forge]

Did you create/load a save?

[reef depot]

tried both

same error when importing a save or creating a fresh one

[rare bridge]

I'm having an issue with my dedicated server where every 20 - 30 minutes or so my client seems to desync with the server, not showing me newly placed foundations and not removing foundations when I trie to, a quick relog fixes thisn showing that the server did place or remove them, but my client didn't seem to get that update, I'm getting this quite often, is there a reason for this and a potential fix? Thanks 🙂

[graceful flicker]

I and plenty of others seems to be having the same issue as well at the moment. It came with the 1.1 patch. From everything I've been reading, no surefire fix.

[rare bridge]

Alright, thanks for the response. At least I know it isn't something I'm doing wrong at the moment 😄

[astral mirage]

There's a problem.
I have a dedicated Satisfactory server installed, which was working fine on the experimental branch before the 1.0 release (!).

Now I've switched both the server and client to the main branch. Mods are disabled (!).

The server starts up and loads the game (I've tried both an old save and a completely new game from scratch). The client connects (I can manage the server without issues), but the game never actually starts.
The client just keeps showing the orange loading messages for 5... 10 minutes... and nothing else happens.

[rare bridge]

You need to forward a new port:
8888/TCP

This is now used for the initial handshake or something

[astral mirage]

Damn! exactly 🙂

Thanks, I'll try

[dusty hazel]

if u can't get past the loading screen it means ur port is not forwarded all the way through so either on a fw or u did it wrong on the router

[astral mirage]

YEAAH!!!! Works THANKS THANKS THANKS!!!!!

[rare bridge]

YOU ARE WELCOME!!! 😄

[restive cradle]

can i somehow find out steamid of a offline player on my server?

[hidden forge]

Why?

[restive cradle]

need to find out who is they

[sacred verge]

Anyone having trouble joining servers?

I gave my friend my public and ipv4 but nothing worked

[dusty hazel]

what's the issue ?

infinite login screen ?

[sacred verge]

When he enters it it says server offline
but the swerer is running fine for me

[dusty hazel]

gimme the ip in private

[hidden forge]

can you friend access https://<YOUR-IP>:<GAME-PORT> in the browser?
if he can, your UDP setup is not correct, if not your TCP setup (and maybe UDP) is wrong

[dusty hazel]

we sort it out he was using a vpn that blocked the connection

[hidden forge]

weird vpn, but ok

[dusty hazel]

yeah setup was good once he turned off vpn the connection was ok

[void pebble]

Hey all, hopefully this isnt a question that has been asked a thousand times but looked around a bit and couldnt seem to find the solution - Im currently running using the docker image, and trying to connect/claim my server using my ddnsIP:7777 . When I add the server it just shows as offline, which reading other issues seems like its an issue with UDP? Logs show Error accepting expected connection [0] SE_NO_ERROR

[dusty hazel]

can u send ur docker compse.yml ?

[void pebble]

services:
  satisfactory-server:
    container_name: 'satisfactory-server'
    hostname: 'satisfactory-server'
    image: 'wolveix/satisfactory-server:latest'
    ports:
      - '7777:7777/tcp'
      - '7777:7777/udp'
      - '8888:8888/tcp'
    volumes:
      - '/mnt/c/Users/ikely/Desktopish/satisfactory-server:/config'
    environment:
      - MAXPLAYERS=4
      - PGID=1000
      - PUID=1000
      - STEAMBETA=false
    restart: unless-stopped
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          memory: 4G
        reservations:
          memory: 4G

[dusty hazel]

do u have ufw setup or something like this ?

[void pebble]

no, running this on windows unfortunately - I did add the New-NetFirewallRule rules from powershell as well. Also, im able to connect via the browser if thats helpful
(mostly following : https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Configuration_Files)

[dusty hazel]

gimme the ip in private

[hidden forge]

Is the server in the same network as the client?
if yes, is the ddns for your external or the servers internal ip?
If for eternal, try with internal ip, access to your external IP might be blocked from internal network

[cunning glade]

I keep getting this, I have directx installed as ive ran ark servers on this dedi, installing it does nothing, can someone help ?

all required ports are open

probably even too many tbh

im losing my mind for past 2h with this 😄

tried fresh installing server too

[sterile crag]

so, I'm at the end of phase 3 and things are getting pretty bad performace wise. Autosaves are taking upwards of 3 seconds to pass through, inventories take a while to load when initially opening storages, etc. The only big factory I have is a turbofuel factory, and even then Im only running 960 turbofuel per minute. Is there any way to improve the inconsistent tick rate?

I'm still hitting an average 60 fps so its a server issue

[compact kettle]

Probably not going to fix directx specifically, but might as well run all the usual windows scan commands like :

1. Open administrative command prompt and type or copy (not the numbers!) and paste:
2. sfc /scannow
   3)** dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth**
3. dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
4. sfc /scannow
5. chkdsk /scan

[cunning glade]

yikes i ran the ones u already deleted

lol

im trying

[compact kettle]

oh its fine, i was just making it better to read /easy to see (fixing spacing and adding steps etc..) I didn't delete anything new, just fixing it to make it in steps

[compact kettle]

after that, I'm thinking maybe the game thinks dirextx 12 for Windows Home/Pro.. I wonder if Directx is slightly different for Windows server edition.. but I doubt it..

[compact kettle]

is this from DxDiag?

[compact kettle]

that's mine

[cunning glade]

yup

[cunning glade]

your seems newer

but i ran the june 2010 one

and it aint doing anything

[compact kettle]

hmm..

[compact kettle]

nice

how about the Dism commands?

[compact kettle]

I can't read it right this second, but could be some small info in some of these links etc.. (ofcourse I spelled directx wrong 🤣🤣)

[cunning glade]

they just say

to install

end user one

[cunning glade]

could u show me ur command line?

incase thats wrong

[compact kettle]

the search command i used?

[cunning glade]

no for the server

[compact kettle]

I use epicgames and press launch 🤣🤣 I can show you the server window but I don't think it will show anything

[cunning glade]

do you need to own game to start the server?

🤔

[compact kettle]

definitely not

[cunning glade]

ok installing

[compact kettle]

dedicated server is completely separate from the game as far as i know

[cunning glade]

NVM lol

[compact kettle]

what on earth man!

[compact kettle]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/error-0xc000007b-when-opening-epic-games-launcher/f07bd5ae-cc71-4f61-926f-0f92c5489f45

[compact kettle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw5GGehHeaE

I think this is ridiculous to have to do that, but that seems to be one solution..

[cunning glade]

i did the cab

and it odnt work

😄

[compact kettle]

Sounds like you should try installing :

ht tps://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net48

put the https back together there..

@cunning glade

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/0xc000007b-on-game-applications/bfe3375c-9d8f-4690-84ad-7cdb511cf99c?messageId=4480a039-88da-46ff-82f9-c851ad69f785

go through that HyPerZ.. see if anything helps

but after that, if nothing still works, it sounds like Windows Server 2022 is stupid to use..🤣

But Good luck my fellow Fiscit worker..

[cunning glade]

trying now

[compact kettle]

well that's good, windows detected it actually had something! 🙌

[cunning glade]

jesus thiso is painful

[compact kettle]

I know.. Windows 2022, or something you were doing maybe to change files/permissions? but yeah, Windows strikes again right..⛓️

also Windows breaks itself with updates every tuesday and all messed up drivers and updates.. I mean we live in such a great Ai technology era in 2025..

[cunning glade]

i didint change any file permissions

i use this dedi for my test server ot test my mods / plugins on

thats about it 😄

[compact kettle]

It can't even handle installing directx and launching epicgames.. I'm seeing a good reason why I won't ever install windows server 2022 🤣 🤣

Anyway hopefully you'll magically get it to work by completely doing the most manual
B.S. file copy/paste work and dealing with windows idiotic features and architecture.

Do let me know if you get it working

God Speed HyPerZ 💪

[cunning glade]

Im going to sleep

3h wasted

[tropic zenith]

Im trying to join my dedicated server on a pC that is on my home network.. and Im stuck on a infinite loading screen "Initializing respawn_sequence bla bla bla" solved

though I can press buttons and hear the game interact/ play sounds solved

[nocturne crescent]

If it's on your home network connect with the servers LAN IP.

[tropic zenith]

Nah i got it now, There was some other trouble, spoiler alert my friend was connecting the wrong way

[nocturne crescent]

Be sure to edit your requests if they're solved 🙂

[nocturne crescent]

Gotta love that. "Might not download directx". It has to be in the mood.

[compact kettle]

I mean windows every Tuesday right..

[mystic mist]

Hello I just got the game today and set up a dedicated server on an old pc I have. The server is working but when I connect to it I end up stuck on the loading screen. Is the loading meant to take a long time or is something wrong?

[hidden forge]

If you can hear the game in the background already it means something is blocking the secondary 8888/tcp port

[mystic mist]

I just followed a youtube tutorial
in the video the dude allowed ports 22 and 7777
so I should also allow 8888 too?

[surreal smelt]

yes

[hidden forge]

Yes. It new with 1.1 so the tutorial is just outdated

[mystic mist]

ah ok

also what's the purpose of port 22? I understand that 7777 is for the game.

He kinda explained it in the video but I don't really understand
just trying to increase my understanding

[hidden forge]

SSH

[mystic mist]

I can join now but I've also run into another problem
The game will run smoothly for about a minute and then the frames will just drop

my gpu will be at around 70% util and then it jumps to 100%

[compact kettle]

dont allow port 22.. wtf even is that? what idiot told you to open port 22? 🤣

[mystic mist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zbgzSgy5XM
I just followed this video

[graceful flicker]

Close Port 22. You do not want this open to WAN under any circumstances. If you want to be able to access it on your home network when you're out and about, install Tailscale. It is also not necessary for Satisfactory.

[compact kettle]

that guy was showing how he setup his server and apparently wanted to do it, but that was specific for him and his setup. You probably just want to play the game with your friends and assuming your friends are not living in your house using the same exact wifi/connected all your computers together, so therefore will need to 'port forward' only 7777 and 8888 etc

[mint frost]

hello,
how can i test the server from outside?

[compact kettle]

join your phones hotspot and try to connect maybe?

[mystic mist]

ah I see
ty

[ashen phoenix]

Hello!
When i try to join my server i just have infinity loadingscreen but if i press buttons i can shoot and sop

[compact kettle]

#dedicated-servers message

[compact kettle]

You probably didn't forward port 8888 Tcp

[ashen phoenix]

i dont use 8888 port for the server, or does it force it?

[cunning glade]

welp

im back at this

got it up, now its stuck at this part 😄

nvm just had to connct via 15002 port

[dusty hazel]

U Connect with 7777 on the game but the 8888 tcp port must be opened for the server to works

[hidden forge]

8888 is the default for the second port. If you want to change it pass the "-Reliableport=XXXX" argument

[snow axle]

Hey guys my friend is trying to set up a dedicated server for me on linux ubuntu system but he cant directly forward the 8888 port so he directed the 8888 port to the 7778 port does this still cause the loading problem ?

[ashen phoenix]

okay thanks now it works still had the 8 update setup

[snow axle]

I am just using the 1.1 version

[gaunt sundial]

Question for folks... I've got a dedicated server running on a server in my house, which has been working fine for a while. Updated it to 1.1 today after not using it for a few months, and while I was able to connect and change the settings and world etc. I can't join the game - it just sits on the loading screen indefinitely... any ideas?

Logs from the server:

[dusty hazel]

if the reliable port is changed for something else the server must know it like Xeet said put the argument -ReliablePort=urnewport

[dusty hazel]

same thing u must forward port 8888 TCP

[gaunt sundial]

Bearing in mind I'm connecting via LAN, I presume you mean changing the default port in game?

Oh nvm... I just don't have port 8888 open on the server

[dusty hazel]

Yeah u must open both 7777 TCP/UDP and 8888 TCP

[gaunt sundial]

Instant fix... #derp

[dusty hazel]

Nice have a good game !

[gaunt sundial]

Cheers for the help bud 🙂

[snow axle]

Does it have to be in the .sh and if so is there a specific place it needs to be in or doesn't it matter ?

[dusty hazel]

Doesnt matter

FactoryServer.exe -Port=7777 -ReliablePort=8888 -log -unattended like this but with .sh

[mint frost]

is this smth i need to worry about?
LogSocketsSSL: Warning: Failed to initialize SSL state for Socket HttpRequest

[dusty hazel]

no

[mint frost]

and my friend to conect to my serve it needs to add my external ip with the port, right?

[dusty hazel]

ur public ip yes

[dusty hazel]

don't forget to open both ports 7777 TCP/UDP et 8888 TCP

[mint frost]

and also i have 2 routers. i need to have both of them port forwarding?

[dusty hazel]

open on the router ur server is using

[mint frost]

thanks a lot

[dusty hazel]

if u have any trouble mp me

[mint frost]

sure, thank you ❤️

[hidden forge]

This
@snow axle
The server tells the client on which port number the reliable port is so the server MUST know what port it should use
Either pass the reliableport argument to change the entire port or pass the externalreliableport argument if the remapping is done elsewhere

[mint frost]

I did make the port forward but when i run nmap both ports appear to be closed.. and for the external IP is the same

[dusty hazel]

gimme ip in private

[unique mica]

I cant make a post in looking for group rn But i have a server i would like people to play with if your interested DM me fresh server.

[regal hazel]

Hello, is it possible to change port 8888 to another port?

[wicked knot]

#patch-notes message

[regal hazel]

We agree that only these 3 ports are needed, right?
7777 TCP Server traffic, HTTPS API
7777 UDP Game traffic, Lightweight Query API
8888 TCP Server traffic, HTTPS API

[wicked knot]

Well, those are the default port addresses, but you can make them any open port on the server

And the patch notes at that link tell you specifically how to change both <port> and <reliableport>

there is a current working theory that high CPU load may be from stray traffic on one or both of the ports used. That makes using alternative ports a decent idea at least

[dusty hazel]

that's normal cpu usage server uptime 2 days

and that's after 4 port scan

[wicked knot]

kewl story bro

[rancid light]

Hello, I just got timed out from my self hosted server, and when I logged back in it created a new player and I lost everything... does anyone know why?

[nocturne crescent]

Turn on PVP and kill the idle character reclaim your inventory. This has happened to me 3 times since the game launched in EA and I have no idea what causes it

[mint frost]

i solved it :)))

also where are the config files? i dont find the anywhere

[mystic mist]

do I need to forward ports 7777 and 8888 on my router so my friends can join my dedicated server?

[wicked lark]

always a smart move - I would bind the 'server' to a specific IP - makes life way easier.

[mystic mist]

how do I bind my pc(server) to a specific IP?

[wicked lark]

It'll be on your router

And every router is going to look different - like mine:

[compact kettle]

Pin this someone.. Mods etc.. 🤣

[compact kettle]

know anything about that above 'mismatch'?

Picture above is is no players connected as you can see the Netowrk 0 Mpbs (server has been on weeks with default port forwards. (windows epic games dedicated server)

+- between 4-33% Factoryserver

• I've never once seen 100% cpu usage and the server has been on 2-3 weeks with default ports open

I'm starting to think it's router or firewall settings on how it handles things? maybe?? totally wild guess though..

[mystic mist]

for whatever reason I can't reserve the IP for my pc(server)
I've tested it and I can do it for other devices on the network
no idea why I can't do it for this specific device

[untold marsh]

ehm i am hosting a satisfactory server on pterodactyl but i cant somehow use any admin commands when i am ingame any ide why? i am trying to fly and stuff but nothing happens

[modest oriole]

can anyone help me and my friend. he has a server running on a 2nd computer and when we played this game before it worked fine. now with the update i get stuck on the loading screen but can hear everything going on around me. any solutions for this? ive uninstalled and reinstalled the game and even verified game files and nothing is working

[mild thunder]

Getting stuck on loading screen is usually from not being able to access the new port that was added in 1.1, it defaults to 8888, you can scroll up a little bit and see more information on it.

[modest oriole]

okay so if we already have a server up and it works for him on the 7777 port he should just delete that port and change it to 8888

[mild thunder]

no, you need both

being local to the server, he probably can access 8888 without going through his router, so he can get on successfully

initial connection is done through 7777, and after joining the game, it uses both 7777 and 8888

[modest oriole]

he says he has both ports in there open but still not letting me join and if i put in the ip with the 8888 port it doesnt show up

[mild thunder]

guessing windows server?

[modest oriole]

yes

[mild thunder]

on the windows server try checking the firewall rule for Edge Traversal and telling to allow it. I don't run on windows, but i have heard somepeople mention it

[nocturne crescent]

Got to open ports on the firewall and server firewall then allow edge traversal

[modest oriole]

i dont think that worked

still stuck on the Respawn_Sequence.bat...

[compact kettle]

show the forward if you can :

your firewall has those open?

[modest oriole]

yes

he doesnt have a 7778 but he has a 7777 in tcp and udp

[compact kettle]

you added server like so?

[modest oriole]

yes

the server shows up after i put in the ip

[compact kettle]

then its 8888 tcp

[modest oriole]

just gets stuck on that load screen but i can hear everything going on

[compact kettle]

yep 8888 tcp, EXACTLY as I had as well

want me to try to join and see if it blocks mine out too? (you can Pm me if you want me to try to join and see I get stuck in the loading screen.. which definitely means your 8888 isn't open)

[modest oriole]

one sec......

well thanks for the help my friend is just a little retarted

[compact kettle]

the old classic'

USER error

as I did as well..

[modest oriole]

he forgot to add the service to the firewall itself

after i asked if he did twice

[untold marsh]

ehm one question can other people see Advanced Game Settings if the person are not an admin and just playing as a client

[nocturne crescent]

invite him in here for shame #dedicated-servers message

Really tho, Thats pretty funny. Poor grapes tryin to help you and your buddy was just sandbaggin him.

[trail locust]

is there a way to ...refresh? a game that's a bit cleaner than exiting to the title menu? things don't seem to update sometimes, a hub milestone doesn't become completed, a building remains as a hologram in half-existence, etc

or even just fix those issues

(is this the right channel?)

[flat anvil]

Newbie here: Installed the server via windows with the epic games and I constantly keep getting disconnected in the server manger. Ive attached the log. My only guess is the ssl cert is cause it. I've also set firewall rules for 7777, 8888, 15777, and 15000. UDP and TCP. Any help would be appreciated.

[frail light]

As long as you’re on latest version of game + server you don’t need either of those last two ports

[flat anvil]

Good to know thank you. Just saw it pop up in some install documents figured it cant hurt.

[compact kettle]

I've only found going to main menu and spamming spacebar to hurry it up past the logo screens and load back in, is all I found as the solution so far..

[compact kettle]

now where did you get 15777, and 15000 from?

[flat anvil]

Honestly don’t remember lol.

[compact kettle]

ok, just needed more proof that nobody reads patch notes (including myself) and they need to put it on the title screen on when you click "server manager" or on the Loading screen itself and say "hey morons who don't read manuals/patch notes.. we decided to use port 8888 TCP now, and we know you didn't read the patch notes so here it is now as you sit here for 15 minutes lisetning to the pretty sounds of the game but not loading in.." 🤣

[compact kettle]

anyway, as you may have seen in here by now, you need 8888 tcp port open

[nocturne crescent]

15777 is the old port from way back when.

[atomic rover]

hey guys

I am trying to switch the port of my server but I cant seem to locate the .ini file in my linux server

[uneven cipher]

Bold of you to assume everyone is a guy or that girls cant help (im bored dont take this seriously)

[atomic rover]

says theres no directory even though I did a default installation

Found it

please dis regard my message

[atomic rover]

So now the issue is that I cant actually find where to put the command to change my port

[placid bolt]

Hello, I can't connect to my Satisfactory server (Not authenticated). Ports 8888 and 7777 are open, the ufw is configured on the ports but I have nothing in the game. Any ideas?

[fathom solar]

man this bug/sync issue is getting worse. I have to exit and rejoin the game session every 10 minutes or so.
I did the workaround that someone else posted by using a different port but itt doesn't seem to workr. (firewall is off on dedi, clients are connecting to the 'custom' port), am i missing an additional step?

(i didn't do any port forwarding and such, i presume it's not required because clients are able to connect?)

these are the arguments:
FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended -Port=12400 -ReliablePort=16985

clients are connecting to 12400, what's the reliableport?

[nocturne crescent]

reliable port is what the game uses to sync buildables. if its not open you'll get stuck in the loading screen

"-port" is the game port which people should be using 12400. Which they are otherwise they couldn't connect.

[nocturne crescent]

I see PFsense, Is NAT Reflection enabled?

[placid bolt]

Yes, NAT is enabled

[remote bobcat]

Hello guys is it free to setup a server in satisfactory? And how does the server work? Like minecraft server? Where we can play a world even though the world owner ain't present?

[hidden forge]

yes to all

[remote bobcat]

Are you referring to my question? Or nah? If yes then thanks man!!

[compact kettle]

Since I experience that desync issue less often (although it does seem quite random whether its 10 min or 45 min or more, but I think/feel like I experience it less) I wonder if I experience it less due to my 1gig fiber internet.
Is your upload connection speed 50-200+ Mbps or more etc?

[shadow herald]

hi, can someone teach me how to setup a headless server on linux?

[hidden forge]

Linux server in general? -> #off-topic-tech
Satisfactory server -> see the links in the server description/pins for a general guide

[shadow herald]

i did. but im stuck here. i've installed steamcmd and ran it as anonymus. then when i input this code, it doesnt work

it say command not found

[rancid light]

Hello, I don't understand why my server keeps timing out. We are 3 players and it has 16GB RAM and 4 CPU cores. How is that possible?

It is a self hosted server on a VM btw

[frail light]

Type quit in the steamcmd shell and run that command in bash (or whatever your default shell is)

[shadow herald]

i got that to work. btw, how do i start the server on a custom port?

do i edit the FactoryServer.sh and add in -port= ? or ./FactoryServer.sh -port= ?

[frail light]

The second one. Keep in mind you have to use both 7777 (tcp+udp) and 8888 (tcp) in order to get it to work. Specifying -Port will only change 7777. If you need to change 8888, then do -ReliablePort.

In game you only need to specify the first port

[shadow herald]

so since i use custom port, i should do ./FactoryServer -ReliablePort= ?

[frail light]

I would also reccomend making a new shell script called like start.sh that has that command so you don’t have to type it every time

[frail light]

Explain your situation and why you want a custom port

[shadow herald]

exactly what im thinking too XD

[shadow herald]

i just feel safer XD

[frail light]

Okay in that scenario then you don’t really need to change reliable port then. You really only need to change it if 8888 is taken or you’re using something like playit.gg.

So the command would be ./(command) -Port=(your custom port)

[shadow herald]

ah ok

[frail light]

Keep in mind that in game this is the port you would specify

[shadow herald]

yeah. IP:Port

[frail light]

Make sure to add it from server manager and not join game

[shadow herald]

ok, thanks!

[dusty hazel]

nothing to worry if u want it to not appear u must resize ur root with this
sudo xfs_growfs /

[shadow herald]

btw, whats wrong here? i cant start the server. it gave me that when im trying to start it

[rare bridge]

are you starting the server with root privileges or something?
Seems like it doesn't like that 🤔

[shadow herald]

well, i did sudo -s early on so i dont have to keep typing in sudo. So i should just use sudo ./FactoryServer?

[dusty hazel]

give the properties of the files to ur user then launch the server with that user

[frail light]

Did you make a steam user while installing steamcmd?

If so you should run the game as that user

Without sudo

If not just run the game as non-superuser (root), and run without sudo

[shadow herald]

i got it running. but when i try to join. i seem to be stuck here.

[dusty hazel]

that's 8888 port it's not opened correctly then

[inner scroll]

we just removed 8888 from the forward and it fixed the issue...then relaunch

[dusty hazel]

either the port is not opened well or u put a custom port and didn't specify it at launch

[shadow herald]

ahhh, so i need to open the port for 8888 too?

[dusty hazel]

u must open 7777 TCP/UDP and 8888 TCP

[shadow herald]

ok im in. thanks guys

this is the first i know a game server need 2 port opened XD

[dusty hazel]

7777 TCP Server traffic, HTTPS API
7777 UDP Game traffic, Lightweight Query API
8888 TCP Server traffic, HTTPS API

[frail light]

At least it’s not a sunlight server where you need like 10 ports opened lmao

[hidden forge]

8888 is not https (afaik)

[dusty hazel]

i got that on the wiki not my creation

[rare bridge]

Observation about the CPU pinned issue:
When a bot from the web hits the server on port 8888 (commonly used port) it seems to cause the CPU issue on my side to occur.
After putting a whitelist on the firewall to only let through me and my friends it seems to not occur anymore.
This might be weird luck though so not sure if it actually helps. Maybe someone knows more about it here?

[nocturne crescent]

What do your firewall logs show when you try to connect to the server?

You be able to see the client wan IP being allowed or denied into the firewall.

[dusty hazel]

Yup look before after port scan

[dusty hazel]

i believe the issue is known by devs and should be fix maybe

[nocturne crescent]

This is what I do and I have zero issues. It's like 3 seconds to add a source IP to the rules.

[rare bridge]

oh wow nice!
So this is the full on cause then?
Good to know thanks for confirming 😄

[dusty hazel]

yep firewall is a good counter mesure

[frail light]

I’ve allocated 8 cpu cores to my server with 100%+ usage and both ports are nonstandard, so it’s def a weird issue.

[dusty hazel]

if it get it once the cpu usage never decrease unless u reboot so non standart port are less likely to get scanned

[frail light]

I’m also using playit.gg so I wonder if that has to do with anything

[inner scroll]

I just don't use 8888 (at least, I don't forward it) and I don't have any problems

[hidden forge]

Just tested, no, port 8888 is not http(s)
Would be weird top because its pure for game traffic

[dusty hazel]

i think the wiki writter just did copy past and didn't changed it

[fringe birch]

So

Im trying to roll back the server to an edited save, I put in blue prints

But it keeps telling me failed to connect to server api

Its not working for him either

[nocturne crescent]

When you say roll back the server did you just use the server manager to load another save game? Or did you do more than that?

[slender hound]

LFG private server im 19 know how to play ill play any map

feel free to Dm me

[dusty hazel]

Wrong channel buddy https://discord.com/channels/370472939054956546/1201555265942724758

[slender hound]

nah im looking for a server

with a group that plays yk

[slender hound]

.

[nocturne crescent]

You need to post that you wanna play on a server in the LFG channel. This channel is for configuration and support of the servers you're looking to play on.

[slender hound]

ah i see alright thank you but it wont let me put anything in lfg says i dont have perm

[compact kettle]

Sudo is a command for Linux only right? I am on windows and running the server through epicgames, perhaps I should try to verify the server files a couple of times through epicgames, or I need to look how to edit in windows servers through epicgames 🤷

[compact kettle]

Literally could say that on the loading screen.. or 2000 more same questions coming here, and steam, and all other forums regarding dedicated servers because of..

[dusty hazel]

sudo in only for linux yes

[dusty hazel]

at least in the logs idk

[placid bolt]

I don't see anything in the logs or in the packet capture.

[nocturne crescent]

under status>System logs>firewall. You'll see the last 50 events if you're on default settings. So while watching the logs you'll want to perform another connection attempt. You should see the client appear in the logs

[placid bolt]

I can't find anything. I'm making new connections from my PC and I'm testing with nmap and I get nothing at all in the logs.

[nocturne crescent]

Are you connecting to the server via LAN or WAN IP?

[placid bolt]

WAN

it makes me feel a little better that I haven't forgotten something 😅

[placid bolt]

Ah I have an answer with packet capture

[nocturne crescent]

When you created the port forward rule did you tick the create associated firewall rule?

[placid bolt]

Yes

[nocturne crescent]

make sure the allow rule is above the deny all within fiewwall rule list. The firewall processes rules in order of appearance. So if block all incoming comes before the inbound allow rule to the server, it will be blocked. Because the block rule was processed before the allow rule.

[placid bolt]

Normally, that's fine, isn't it?

[nocturne crescent]

What vlan is your server and pc on, same?

[placid bolt]

I don't have a vlan. It's an OVH server. I have other games on the VM like Minecraft and there's no problem.

[nocturne crescent]

You have multiple subnets listed in your rules .100x and .200.x

192.168.100.X and 192.168.200.x are their devices on both subnets?

[placid bolt]

Yes, but it's not vlan. I have a DMZ and a LAN.

192.168.200.X (DMZ)
192.168.100.X (LAN)

[nocturne crescent]

Server and pc are on the LAN right? or is the server a hosted/VPS

[placid bolt]

No the server is at OVH, my pc try to go from the ip wan of the server. I have a Windows machine to manage the remote server

[nocturne crescent]

It seems like the VPS firewall is not allowing inbound connectivity.

[placid bolt]

It's a dedicated server and I have an ip failover which is managed by pfsense.

[nocturne crescent]

I use cellular based failover as my backup. Works great. Super cool to see that being used more nowadays.

[woven harbor]

anyone else having trouble with dedicated servers where some people occasionally lose all ability to build and interact??

[nocturne crescent]

Yes. #dedicated-servers message

[untold marsh]

what is the official egg for pterodactyl so i can use like blueprints etc because now so cant i see it from the egg i have now

[pulsar cove]

Wait can you do satisfactory servers via pterodactyl?

[dusty hazel]

Yeah

[pulsar cove]

Thata awesome

[acoustic gulch]

I lost all progress in our dedicated server, everyone else seems fine

The mam is reset for me, and I can only build the hub

[shadow herald]

how do i make the server to always be running even when no one is online?

me and my friends went off yesterday at around 100 iron. Came back online hours later and the iron is still 100 smth. clearly the server stopped working when no one is online. anyone know how to change that?

nvm, i found the setting. i just need to turn off auto pause

btw, where do i find the save file?

[hard sage]

hello, maybe a bit off topic for this channel but i dont know where else to ask it. Is it possible to share a save file back and forth with my friends? so we dont have to setup a server...

[shadow herald]

is the dedicated server for this game still have a lot of issues? my friends are experiencing tier unlock progression not syncing well. Keybinds sometimes dont work. they need to rejoin to fix it and its only a one time fix. Then at times one of them cant join the server and just get stuck in the loading screen.

[fathom solar]

yes

[frail light]

There might be an old player of yours, you have to go find it and kill it to get it’s stuff

Idk if there’s a way to regain MAM progress

[brazen oyster]

How can I make it multiplayer? There isnt any option anywhere to make a multiplayer game in the new game section so wtf do i do?

[frail light]

Oh it’s super confusing. It says single player, but anyone with the server creds should be able to join

Provided it’s under 4 players

There’s a way to increase that number but I haven’t looked into it

[nocturne crescent]

Look into Google drive and sharing then research how to symlink.

[quiet egret]

hello there, was curious if anyone would know how to set up a public server through AMP CubeCoders? I am able to start up the server and join it myself, but when I share the login with others, they are unable to join.

[dusty hazel]

i bet the ip in the AMP is set to "localhost"

[quiet egret]

from what i am seeing, the connection info is my ip address followed by 7777 as the port

[dusty hazel]

gimme a screen from the amp

[hidden forge]

Which IP do you give your friend, you PCs IP or your external IP?

[dusty hazel]

yeah so that's ur pc ip

[nocturne crescent]

google whats my ip then send them the number that pops up.

[dusty hazel]

as Xeet said u need to give ur external ip tu ur friends

[keen pilot]

Hi! I'm having the issue with dedicated server reaching 100% CPU usage when external unwanted connections bombard the server. Is the most reliable fix for now to change the -ReliablePort to something else?

[hidden forge]

And did you configure port forwarding/firewall for external access?

[dusty hazel]

u can do that and put a firewall to only accept ur friends ip

[dusty hazel]

As it say not listening i don't think so

[quiet egret]

that's probably what i am having issues with

[dusty hazel]

U need to forward both 7777 TCP/UDP and 8888 TCP and give ur friends the good ip

[keen pilot]

Doesnt that require access to the primary router? The current issue is that im renting a rootserver from abroad and from my understanding i would need to add the IP's from the router itself. Current os is windows.

[dusty hazel]

u have access to the machine ?

[keen pilot]

Yes, i guess thats possible from the firewall settings also?

[dusty hazel]

yup with this in powershell as admin

either open powershell as admin and make the rule

or add with the graphic interface of the windows firewall

[keen pilot]

Oh im dumb, thanks! 😄

[dusty hazel]

no probs 😄

[quiet egret]

ok, i think i got it ported through correctly

[dusty hazel]

gimme the public ip in private i can check for u if u want

[keen pilot]

Hmm, what if one of the players doesnt have a static ip?

[dusty hazel]

like cgnat ?

[nocturne crescent]

most dynamic IP's dont change very often. My IP is not static and it only changes like 3x a year

[keen pilot]

Oh, then it shouldnt be a big issue.

[hidden forge]

Depends on the ISP

[keen pilot]

Need to ask if they know about the change cycle.

[dusty hazel]

if u really need another solution u can use Tailscale

[hidden forge]

Or any other VPN

[keen pilot]

I'll keep that in mind if everything else fails xd . Thanks for the tips, much appreciated!

[tropic zenith]

I god damn nearly had a anneuyrsm just now. context; I started a dedi server for my friend and I, I log in today, to find my game doesn't recognize the server I have in my list as a "Existing Server", my heart.. sank. I tried to dig through my files to make sure I had the autosaves, and I did! so i then moved them over from my host pc to my main so i could upload em. After some hassle of actually trying to connect to the damn thing, i finally got in and the world seems safe

we had been playing for 2-5 days already, we're in phase 2 for context

[frail light]

playit.gg is another option designed for gaming. setting it up w satisfactory is kind of archaic tho

I should make a writeup on how to do it

[keen pilot]

Can you DM me the powershell command? It got deleted i think.

[dusty hazel]

New-NetFirewallRule ` -DisplayName "Allow Satisfactory TCP 7777 from Friend" ` -Direction Inbound ` -Protocol TCP ` -LocalPort 7777 ` -RemoteAddress urfriendsip ` -Action Allow