dedicated-servers

[strange musk]

I believe thats a dev fix issue and it wasn't updated or atleast wasn't mentioned in my recent patch notes

[buoyant dune]

ah okay well they are on vacation now but i hope they fix it soon... cant run server like this and have to keep my main pc running as host

[strange musk]

I think I saw somebody mention leaving and rejoining fixes it

[buoyant dune]

well it does temporarily but reappears after 10 mins

not a great fix

[strange musk]

I think I saw someone mention changing the port to a higher port to fix cpu usage issue

I believe @dusty hazel Did it but idk if iirc

[buoyant dune]

well thats a fix to one critical issue but other one needs fix

[dusty hazel]

yeah that fix high cpu usage but if it don't fix desynch nothing else can only dev fix

[edgy pasture]

I wasn’t getting desyncs with vpn tunnels. I haven’t played since the update… but reading the release notes, it didn’t sound like much progress was made on unbreaking multiplayer where the server is open to the internet.

[strange musk]

I have the traffic ip whitlisted and I havent noticed any desync issues yet

So maybe try whitelisting your friends ip instead of just having it open

Im running on docker compose on linux

[edgy pasture]

Just to help with general knowledge of the issue and known possible workarounds.

#dedicated-servers message

[south grail]

Has anyone done a reliable playit.gg tunnel setup for a dedicated server? I've set both the game port and reliable port to 45000 and 45001 respectively in AMP with my playit.gg setup using TCP+UDP +2 PORT. I can see it in server manager, but its infinitely in the loading screen.

[dusty hazel]

do u specify the new reliable port with argument on start ?

[south grail]

Good point, I may not have or would need to in addition to setting as such in AMP.

[dusty hazel]

yes that's the arg : -ReliablePort=xxxx

change xxxx for ur port

[south grail]

Got it, and that's the FactoryServer.sh that the argument goes into correct? Thank you for the information

[dusty hazel]

yes u can add this -ReliablePort=xxxx -log -unattended

[south grail]

Appreciate it, thank you

[buoyant dune]

we have dynamic ips here so they change every 24h but i will try to just test it out

[edgy pasture]

Tailscale makes the dynamic IP thing not a problem

If you don’t mind setting up vpn tunnels. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[buoyant dune]

well my friends dont want to setup vpns lol

[thin spruce]

Just use a reverse DNS, there are some free options out there.

Then resolve the reverse DNS on your remote server.

If you got no clues on how to do it, ask Chat GPT, he know such basic setup

[buoyant dune]

thats what im doing now.... its about the ips from my friends that i "only" need to allow

[thin spruce]

Also, regarding the port issues, as it was suggested to you, change it. Ports in the 8000 range are often related to websites and panels, thus scanned quite often by malicious third parties.

Ports in range 51000 are not used. Assign a 10 slot range per game and you will be fine (as some servers use multiple ports).

51010 ~ 51019 : Game server 01
51020 ~ 51029 : Game server 02
51030 ~ 51039 : Game server 03
etc...

[buoyant dune]

yea that only fixes the cpu usage, but the ghosting and async behaviour still occurs

[silver moss]

Yeah, there is currently no real workaround for that except for relogging
However, anyone who does experience the desyncing issue can best help by collecting logs

[buoyant dune]

yep

[thin spruce]

That one is on the devs side... Will have to wait the end of the holidays...

If it's just yoy two, then just have one of you host the game ob your locale machine and use steam to open the game on invitation.

I did just that with my friend, works fine.

[silver moss]

(please get the logs and send them to the devs)

[buoyant dune]

well thats what im doing now, we are 4 people since the ghosting is annoying for them and i cant run my main rig 24/7

[thin spruce]

When you sleep, you sleep, just turn your computer off and send your friends to sleep as well.

[buoyant dune]

different timezones, someones up at any time lol but yea

[thin spruce]

Just change your friends... x)

[buoyant dune]

if ficsit can give me new ones sure

[hidden forge]

you probably mean dyn(amic) dns, not reverse dns

DNS is Hostname to IP
RevDNS is IP to Hostname
DynDNS is regular updating the DNS record

[thin spruce]

Indeed, my bad... My own mixup

[edgy pasture]

oh no... you broke the dev ping rule. I hope you're ready for your flogging.

[silver moss]

I didn't ping them :D

[strange musk]

Can either use duckdns or set a DHCP reservation on his router website

[buoyant dune]

yea they are not tech savvy enough for that ^^" i have a dyndns for the server but they just join and play and tell me the annoying bug every ten minutes

[strange musk]

dhcp reservation on the router site is normally pretty simple

knocks on wood ive yet to see the desync issue with hosting in docker compose, port forwarded but remote ip is whitelisted

[hidden forge]

dhcp reservation are only for your private IPs, and these should be probably very stable in most cases
DynDNS for your public IP on the server side
and do check if your public IP actually changes. some ISP say they do but they actually dont't.

or use IPv6, these should be pretty stable too

[strange musk]

Oh shiii duhhh🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ guess I should wait until I finish waking up to send any advise 🤦‍♂️ my apologies

[hidden forge]

hm, i need to check if the IPv6 bug is still present..

[silver moss]

Does anyone have an educated guess why the desync happens?

[hidden forge]

missing/broken error handling on the secondary port

[whole meadow]

Folks who are having the desync issue (with foundations, schematics unlocks : HUB milestone, MAM ) , do you also experience higher CPU usage or is it normal ?

[small citrus]

I experienced high CPU usage. First i didn't know why but after searching up and down the web and discord, i managed to get a fix and know i don't have performances issues anymore :

• First change the default ports (7777 & 8888) to other values. Can be done via the -ReliablePort command line arg and the Port= config in the Engine.ini file. Try and put the two ports to a value in a different range (like 155XX) its less likely to be scanned as 8888 is often used in default configurations
• Increased the tickrate from 30 tps to 60 tps (i don't know why but it's better for me)
• Wrote a script to handle a save+restart every 4h (which seems to be the threshold to high CPU usage)

My tickrate and network config (Engine.ini file) :

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver]
MaxClientRate=120000     
MaxInternetClientRate=120000
NetServerMaxTickRate=60
LanServerMaxTickRate=60 

[/Script/SteamSockets.SteamSocketsNetDriver]
MaxClientRate=120000     
MaxInternetClientRate=120000
NetServerMaxTickRate=60
LanServerMaxTickRate=60 

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.EpicNetDriver]
MaxClientRate=120000     
MaxInternetClientRate=120000
NetServerMaxTickRate=60
LanServerMaxTickRate=60 

[silver moss]

But did you also have desync issues?

[small citrus]

Yeah i did, like full 5 seconds rollbacks ?

Blueprint that doesn't place ?

[silver moss]

And are those desync issues now gone after high CPU usage is gone?

[small citrus]

YEAHHHH finally

it never happened again since i did this

(still have to reboot the dedicated server every 4h because it starts lagging)

But know, even with 3 players, we never experience such rollbacks etc...

(i have a hostinger VPS that i manage myself)

For the desync issues, everyone confident in their server specs should increase the tickrate. Seems like the more the server can process in a second the less the desync is

I had a strange bug that is also gone now : the blueprints categories that shuffles everytime someone adds a new one.

[lofty pumice]

Hello everyone, did anyone try to put satisfactory server behind a reverse-proxy ? My server works correctly when accessing it directly, but I would prefer it behind the proxy for remote friends. Is it possible ? (I am using nginx with stream module, which works for other game servers with raw tcp/udp connections.) Also, is it possible to use my own cert through nginx, and not satisfactory server ?

[rotund ermine]

i understood correctly that the massive desync problems are a recent bug since the 1.1 update?

[dusty hazel]

yes can be cause by high cpu usage/ bad internet connection or just random

so look for the 2 first option in neither hits u then u can't do much more

[rotund ermine]

The server has 32 GB Ram (about 10 GB used) and 8 CPU cores (about 60% usage). and 250 Mbps down / 40 Mbps up.
so just Random i think?

[dusty hazel]

ethernet or wifi ?

60% seems high is there players online ?

[rotund ermine]

60% when 4 players are on the server

[dusty hazel]

and idle ?

[rotund ermine]

If no player is connected, it is around 15%

the 10 GB Ram also refers to when 4 players are connected. Around 7.5 GB are used in idle mode

[buoyant dune]

which docker image are you using? i might try that and see if its a difference with no ip whitelisting

[hidden forge]

Yes, rev proxy with nginx stream config is possible.
Beware the UDP config.
No, certificate should not be possible, otherwise the revproxy would have to handle the SSL termination

[rotund ermine]

Ethernet. The server runs on a Windows Server in a Hyper-V environment on quite powerful hardware

[silver moss]

Not the one you responded to, but I'm using wolveix's image without ip whitelisting and I have no desync issue

[buoyant dune]

oh oops, or wait i did get the right person me dumb (stupid mondays) thanks ill try it out ^^

[strange musk]

I use wolveix's

[buoyant dune]

alright thanks ill try it

[strange musk]

version: "3.8"

services:
  satisfactory:
    image: wolveix/satisfactory-server:latest
    container_name: satisfactory
    environment:
      PGID: 1000
      PUID: 1000
      MAXPLAYERS: 4
      UPDATE_ON_BOOT: "true"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
    ports:
      - "7777:7777/tcp"
      - "7777:7777/udp"
      - "8888:8888/tcp"
    restart: unless-stopped ```

[buoyant dune]

tyy ❤️

[strange musk]

[dusty hazel]

15% idl on a singe core or overall ?

[hexed ether]

Stis is probanly a silly question, but in the server manager screen ther is a console tab but when I'm connected to my self hosted (linux) dedicated srever (either as client or admin) it's blank, is that correct or do i need to do somthing aditional, and in that case whast and is it server side ore clientside?

[strange musk]

Doesn't have a text bar at the bottom of it?

[hexed ether]

give me a second

[silver moss]

15% still seems high to me, I'm idling at 2%

[dusty hazel]

yeah that should be the case but if it's 15% of a single core he is good if it's overall there is an issue

[silver moss]

Ah yeah that's true, I'm at around 40% single core

[hexed ether]

no text input line at all

oh jes it does my yeys decived me

ok it seams i can communicate with the server though the cosole time to hitt tthe docs thanks for the help

[small citrus]

The only commands available are :
stop
quit
server.SaveGame

Its so sad

Can't publish a message, can't reboot, can't list players

[grizzled quail]

Hi, I've just updated my server to 1.1.
I am able to connect but my friend keeps getting " could not connect to server, failed to connect to the server API"
The server is hosted using docker and I have both port 7777(tcp/udp) and port 8888(tcp) forwarded.
Any clue what I might be missing?

[hexed ether]

I must be an idiott but i cant ket the dedicated srever (latest version) to work as dual stack, it either accepts ipv4 connections or ipv6 connections but not both

s i test from the same client comuter is this the source of my issues

and i I gave googled and tried oaal the solusons i font including the --MultiHome option

[dusty hazel]

delete and remake ur 7777 TCP/UDP router rule

[shy fossil]

Any chance I could rope someone into creating a Satisfactory headless server page for tldr? https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/issues/17125

[grizzled quail]

That worked, thanks!

[dusty hazel]

have a good game !

[rotund ermine]

I just see the following section in the Experimental patch notes 1.0.1.6:

• Bulk data replication
  o This change requires you to open your current TCP Port (7777 by default) on top of the already open UDP port, you also need to port forward the same port as the game port (7777 UDP by default) +20000 TCP (27777 TCP by default

Do I also have to set up a forwarding for port 27777?

[hidden forge]

That was temporary while in 1.1 experimental
It is now port 8888

[tribal lantern]

any fix for dedic servers being buggy with placing foundations etc?

linux ^

[dusty hazel]

desynch issue can be a lot of thing some are not fixable rn can u check ur cpu usage ?

[tribal lantern]

eeeehhhhhh

that's not good

and that's a first xd

[dusty hazel]

^^

so quick fix change ur reliable port for a random high one if u can like 45897 and reboot

[tribal lantern]

where do i do that 😅

[dusty hazel]

are u self hosting or u paid an host ?

[tribal lantern]

self hosted so access to everything

[dusty hazel]

open a new port on ur router TCP rule and add this argument on ur starting setup : -ReliablePort=xxxx where the xxxx are ur new port

[tribal lantern]

only tcp? not tcp and udp?

[dusty hazel]

Reliable port is only

TCP

basic port 7777 TCP/UDP u can keep it 7777 there is no issues but the reliable port by default 8888 is only TCP and cause high cpu usage

[dusty hazel]

nice u can delete the 8888 rule now

and add the starting argument too

[tribal lantern]

do i change those arguments here?

[tribal lantern]

or when i run ./FactoryServer.sh?

[dusty hazel]

FactoryGame -ReliablePort=43589 "$@"

at the end

[dusty hazel]

no let 7777

[tribal lantern]

there we go xd

[dusty hazel]

^^

[tribal lantern]

so now that whole foundation beams issue should be fixed?

[dusty hazel]

might be yeah

look cpu usage now

[tribal lantern]

i surely hope so

[tribal lantern]

around 20

[dusty hazel]

dnschecker.org/port-scanner.php

if u wanna try open this and put ur pub ip and ur new reliable port scan it 4 times and look cpu usage again

[tribal lantern]

what does it do

[dusty hazel]

it scan ur ip to see if hte port is opened or not

[tribal lantern]

lol 8888 timed out

[dusty hazel]

yeah u delete the rule put ur new port

[tribal lantern]

oh lol yeah

usage is around 50 now

[dusty hazel]

scan again xD

[tribal lantern]

90

[dusty hazel]

see that's what was happening with the port on 8888 some random online scanner scanned ur ip with this port and cpu usage skyrocket and never decrease so now it's less likely u gonna get scanned

now ur good to reboot ur server once again

[tribal lantern]

so how did this not happen before 1.1? port 7777 didnt do this

and how does the usage not go down again?

[dusty hazel]

7777 is the base port for https and api with 1.1 a new port is needed the 8888 but the server handle poorly extra connection and is flooded by junk data

[tribal lantern]

ahh okay

well thank you so much!!

[dusty hazel]

no problems keep me in touch if that settle ur desynch issue

[tribal lantern]

i will. might just have to regularly restart the server

should i restart the entire server, the vm or the satis server in the vm?

[dusty hazel]

only server

the satisfactory server

[tribal lantern]

alright. and do u know anything abt the dismantle crates despawning when ur inv is full?

[dusty hazel]

they all get gathered in a already placed crate on the map look for it

[tribal lantern]

oh what i see it now yeah

strange

[dusty hazel]

it's a new option u can deactivate it in the settings

[tribal lantern]

30% cpu and fake holograms

back to the glitches of not being able to place foundations

[dusty hazel]

are u playing solo on the server ?

[radiant magnet]

i have port 7777 TCP and UDP and 8888 TPC open in version 1.1.1.1 and shared my public ipv4 and my frind cant find my dedicated serv help T-T

(i can join the serv with my personal ipv4)

[tribal lantern]

yes

[tribal lantern]

did he use ur public ip with port 7777?

[radiant magnet]

yes

[tribal lantern]

what r u hosting onm

windows or linux

[radiant magnet]

windown

[tribal lantern]

did u open ur firewall?

[radiant magnet]

yes

i open 7777 both and 8888 TCP

[dense nymph]

Hi, I'm thinking about playing on a third-party hosted server so that my friend and I can play together and independently. Does anyone have experience with third-party providers? And are there any known issues when using a dedicated server?

[tribal lantern]

and what ip did u use to join?

[hidden forge]

Did you configure your router to forward the ports?

[radiant magnet]

public ip

[tribal lantern]

hosting it urself is cheaper

[radiant magnet]

?

[tribal lantern]

ohh buddy. open your router settings

and forward those ports there too

[radiant magnet]

ok

[rotund ermine]

Do you have GCNAT? e.g. Starlink or cable operators like to use it from time to time

[whole meadow]

could you share of logs of both server and client of this specific session?

[tribal lantern]

uhhh where can i find those xd

[dusty hazel]

what u can do if u play solo is not exposing the server on internet and make it stay local

[tribal lantern]

it's for 3 people...

that's why im running it

[tribal lantern]

this?

[whole meadow]

%LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\Logs for game client.
For the server its installation directory and FactoryGame/Saved/Logs

[whole meadow]

Yeah they are logged in .log files , so having the full log will be helpful.

[tribal lantern]

can i send the log files in dm?

[dusty hazel]

Do u have any infos for the Reliableport causing high cpu usage after port scan ? if it gonna be fixed or else

[tribal lantern]

and can we expect a patch soon? or after summer break

[grizzled condor]

Would you be able to post the script for saving every 4 hours? i am interested in this as well. i think its a good idea.

[whole meadow]

sure

[whole meadow]

Yes we will address the issue and deploy a fix as soon as possible, Ideally without any regressions.

[dusty hazel]

nice !

[whole meadow]

Yeah, it's not that we have not looked into it at all. We did try some fixes internally and it had some regression (which is quite normal) and we felt its not safe to deploy it to stable version of the game.

[dusty hazel]

yeah until then we found some workaround by changing the port for a high one (less likely to get scanned) or vpn tunnel or whitelisting

[whole meadow]

Do you guys know if there is a way to force this situation? Instead of waiting for the CPU usage to increase overtime?

[tribal lantern]

not sure if it'll work dnschecker.org/port-scanner.php and scan the 8888 a couple times so cpu usage spikes

might work

actually let me go try this

[flint lion]

wth is happening?

[tribal lantern]

every first boot it also shows me it has trouble connecting to the api

[dusty hazel]

yes just scan the port

[tribal lantern]

doesnt make the foundation and beam issue appear

[dusty hazel]

that just a player from ur server he is disconnected and theres is somes bugs where the gamertag doesn't dispaly

[flint lion]

it logged me on new account

[dusty hazel]

over and over or only this one time ?

[flint lion]

over and over

totally new player

[whole meadow]

Are you playing on steam with an epic account linked?

[flint lion]

yeah

[whole meadow]

its alternating between offline id, steam id and epic id

[flint lion]

the tag i dont care

i want back mine person xD

[dusty hazel]

Before/after 4 port scan on my reliable port

[tribal lantern]

it says this, server is offline, back to this in a looop until it starts sometimes

[dusty hazel]

that happen when u try to log faster than the server is booting

[tribal lantern]

oh lol

running ./FactoryServer -NoUDP doesn't recreate the issue either

[whole meadow]

try loading an earlier version of the save on to the server and join to see if you re-possess the same character

[desert notch]

Bringing this up again cause I didn't get a response when I asked recently. Anybody else having issues with BP's on dedicated servers?

I have a road blueprint that is pretty much bringing down my entire IB server when I place it sometimes

I don't have the issue when I place it on a singleplayer session tho

Basically it seems to be corrupting my save and making it where the save just infinitely loads without letting me in. It seems to also tank the entire dedicated server too sometimes requiring a full wipe

When I loaded the offending save in a single player session, it seems that the blueprint I placed is in a weird state where it is simultaneously a blueprint and not a blueprint and can't be disassembled in BP mode

[small citrus]

Hey 👋 im still working on it im trying to use the server api to change the restart interval every 3h and have the restarting message in game so players don’t be disconnected out of the blue

As soon as I can I will gladly Share it

[grizzled condor]

Yes this is a good idea. I've noticed the same. It seems after 4 hour or so the CPU usage goes up.
Thanks for that!

[silver moss]

I'm sending nc -z <ip> <messaging_port> every 30 seconds.
From the CPU charts, it looks like each incoming TCP handshake (SYN/SYN-ACK) triggers a noticeable CPU load. The usage seems to scale linearly with each connection

[tribal lantern]

@whole meadow i accidentally went afk on the server for about 3 hours and now that im back the glitch has appeared again. i feel like it's an underlying issue somewhere like a "memory leak" where it just piles up over time

[dusty hazel]

yeah reliable port endure poorly those data and can't decrease it's usage afterward expect witha reboot

[silver moss]

Yep! Just wanted to give Kekw some context since they asked how to reproduce this

[cloud tapir]

hello people, is there anys erver provider like aternos which hosts servers for free?

[toxic cairn]

anyone have or had an issue on a dedicated server where all players keep logging back in to being respawned at the hub with no items

[cloud tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/i-saw-w-gus-fring-gus-gustavo-deleted-gif-25440636

erm.

[toxic cairn]

a quick google search found something called axent host, now iv never used them and cant vouch for it but give it a look

[cloud tapir]

oh the thing banned it cuz it was a link prolly. tysm

[toxic cairn]

yeah it was a link

[cloud tapir]

yea dont try it out

it sucks

u have to get credits which is tiresome for only 1 hour of uptime

[desert notch]

It happens all the time to us

The server thinks you're a new player for some reason. You gotta go find where you last logged off and kill your old player

Sometimes reloading an older save helps too but you lose progress

[cloud tapir]

i downloaded the satisfactory dedicted server thing on steam

is that not enough to hiost my own server

[toxic cairn]

kind of frustrating, i recall hosting a dedicated server back on 1.0 and this was not a issue

[cloud tapir]

using the steam thing?

or steam cmd?

one of myf irends started hosting a dedicated server and he can enter the game but i cant. can someone explain how ot fix this

[tribal lantern]

port forwarding most likely

[cloud tapir]

he says he set up port forwarding

is there anything I need to do?

[tribal lantern]

add the server with his public ip and port 7777

[cloud tapir]

i did but it says offline

[tribal lantern]

is that friend running the server 24/7?

[cloud tapir]

no he is runnign it now

im in vc with him

he said he set up port forwarding

bruh

he put the gamemode on singeplayer

[hidden forge]

thats not dedicated server?

[cloud tapir]

wdym

when he opens the server on server manager and clicks create game he can choose the gamemode

[hidden forge]

..huh, been a while since i crated the world xD
continue on then

[cloud tapir]

his laptop exploded

[reef creek]

hey friends, is there any up to date reliable knowledge base outside of forums on successfully updating a dedicated server? after the latest patch, everything seems to have been borked.

[hidden forge]

see pins

[reef creek]

ah thx

[cloud tapir]

ok after this how do other people start the server?

for the windows gui method

[midnight gust]

I'm trying to setup a dedicated server but whenever I press manage session and attempt to change it to IP steam or anything it basically freezes my laptop

[hidden forge]

you need access to the host server

[cloud tapir]

no i mean how do i start it mb

mistype

i mean using this thing

[hidden forge]

just start via steam, or if you need the account to start the client, start the exe directly

[midnight gust]

oh now the game just crashes

[cloud tapir]

ok i mean after the console opens and stope yapping, i juts put my public ip

[midnight gust]

whats this for????

[cloud tapir]

to make a dedicated server

[hidden forge]

if the console is running, the server is running. add the IP in server manager manage it from there

[cloud tapir]

the ip being my public ip address?

[hidden forge]

depends on where the server is in relation to your client
same LAN? use the private/internal IP
on a different network? use public IP

[grizzled condor]

has anyone been able to shut off logging on the dedicated server completely?

[cloud tapir]

ok how di get my private ip?

[hidden forge]

same machine or different?

[cloud tapir]

same

[hidden forge]

just use 127.0.0.1 then

[cloud tapir]

okay

lemme try..

oh my god it worked

thank you so much

nvm its not working

5k ping

[hidden forge]

normal during world creation

[untold thistle]

Microwave ahh server

[cloud tapir]

i started with so many items for some reason?

and power poles and items i never had

[hidden forge]

yes, you start a world as if you checked "skip tutorial"

[cloud tapir]

ok so it would be better to do tutorial fully in singeplayer

before starting this

[hidden forge]

or create a world with tutorial enabled, quit it asap, then upload the world to the server

[cloud tapir]

idk how to upload stuff anyways

can u try joining it? my friend just dissapeared

i just wanna make sure it works

[hidden forge]

server manager > world > upload save

[cloud tapir]

oh nvm that would be easy

ok i cand o thast

do that

[hidden forge]

if you want others to be able to join there is quite some more to do

[cloud tapir]

oh thats not enough?

i need to set up the steam cmd stuff?

[hidden forge]

nope. but you need to configure your firewall and/or your router for external access

[cloud tapir]

for the 7777 port?

i can do that i saw a video.. one sec

[hidden forge]

7777 UDP & TCP as well as 8888 TCP by default

[cloud tapir]

ok ill do those one sec..

in inbound or outbound rules??

[hidden forge]

inbound

[cloud tapir]

dont

done

now others can see it?

[hidden forge]

is that windows firewall?

[cloud tapir]

yes.

not it keeps saying failekd to connect to server api

no longer working

nvm it worked

skdklfs

[hidden forge]

then you need to set up port forwarding on your router too

[cloud tapir]

when i load a save it keeps makign the server offline

dmljslf

[cloud tapir]

how do ia ccess my router 😭

[hidden forge]

depends in your router

one way is to type "ipconfig" into cmd, copy the gateway IP and try to connect to it useing a browser

[cloud tapir]

its ipv6 tho

nvm i gotit

[midnight gust]

I set up portforwading
everything
still doesnt work
i change settings in manage session to IP
and the game just freezes right there

and then my network card goes down

i love linux 😭

[compact kettle]

Linux the better windows aye

[strange musk]

Yeahhhh plenty of people are hosting a DS on linux including me

[strange musk]

R u using steamcmd? Docker?

[midnight gust]

Steamcmd everything worked out in the end I fixed it

Now I'm just look for performance optimization

[strange musk]

What was jt

[rotund ermine]

Can you say that the current desync problems works better under docker than under windows with steamcmd?

[strange musk]

Do you have the port still set to the default 8888?

I think its kind of been discovered seems like desync is normally an affect from cpu usage spiking due to port being scanned

[rotund ermine]

Port 7777 and 8888. Sorry, did I miss the solution? There has been quite a lot written here the last 2 days

[small citrus]

Yeah the first thing to do is change those default ports

It did better for me and im not the only one

The second thing is the 3-4h uptime threshold at which time it starts lag spikes => need to restart the server

[strange musk]

I THINK only needed to change port 8888

[small citrus]

7777 is also used in lots of default configs

[strange musk]

Yea but I thought somebody said 8888 was the reason for the spike

[small citrus]

Sure it is yeah

Couldn't be worse lol

[strange musk]

Yea, believe i saw a few people saying they only changed 8888 and it fixed the issue and they still use 7777

[rotund ermine]

Do I specify the new port via a start parameter, or can this also be entered in an ini file?

[hidden forge]

Both. See #patch-notes message

[grizzled condor]

@dusty hazel Was the one who answered that. His solution is to set -ReliablePort=(some random high # port)
And it works very well. I did this with mine and have had almost no issues since.

[strange musk]

Thats who I thought it was but wasn't sure and didnt want to ping him

[dusty hazel]

if anyone need any information feel free to ask

[grizzled condor]

Ping away!! He's online now 😂

[strange musk]

Hey @dusty hazel I hope you have a wonderful day and im greatly appreciative of your discovery and assistance 🤝

[dusty hazel]

Thanks i appreciate that !

[grizzled condor]

I second that.

[rotund ermine]

i have now changed the port to 8088. i am currently in the office, but will test it briefly this evening

[dusty hazel]

that not good either it gonna get scanned change for a one in the 45000

[silver moss]

Yeah, you should change it to one of the ephemeral ports which starts at 49152

[dusty hazel]

any port under 10000 range is likely to get scan

[rotund ermine]

ok i changed it to a port beyond 60.000. but the port range (512) must only be released if e.g. a 2nd server instance is executed?

In addition, the server is restarted every 3 hours.

[next crag]

hey so I've noticed that I keep getting dropped from the server when using my hover pack, I'm wondering if this is a common issue and if anyone knows a fix.

[granite sorrel]

I run a dedicated server where one player seems to have issues seeing foundations that are built, could it be related to the reliable messaging? And what can I as a server and them as the client change to fix it? This is one player out of 5 that has this issue consistently, even when online by themselves

[edgy pasture]

You could try vpn tunnels.
It works for me, and it has worked for others.

I use Tailscale, but Radmin VPN, Logmein Hamachi, Wireguard, or any other way of setting up a VPN would work.

To effectively fix it, you probably have to NOT forward the messaging port to the internet, and connect all of the clients to the server via VPN.

It’s a heavy-handed fix… but it might work.

Other than that, I guess wait for the devs to come back from vacation and then wait for them to fix their game’s networking problem

[granite sorrel]

Yep, that probably isn't the way I want to go. I'm hoping for a solution like recommendations on something to change the reliablilty port to, and whether or not any changes need to happen on the clients end when I do that, and if I have to open new port on the router

[edgy pasture]

You can try something in the 50000 range… and no change on the client side is needed.
Might help. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

And yes, you do have to open that port to the internet… unless you make a vpn tunnel.

[compact kettle]

I'm not well researched on the exact details of it, but there is the network quality setting in game. But something tells me it will not fix what you want, but worth having that client set his to low..

[granite sorrel]

Low? Not Ultra?

[compact kettle]

Well that's what I mean, I dont have the manual or details on what it specifically does .. but to me, I'm used to low meaning dont send much data or the client has a connection that needs less updates etc

[granite sorrel]

Interesting, worth a try. I'm going to try changing the reliability port tonight, but this is something I can mention to the user that they can try in the meantime

[compact kettle]

I would for example set to ultra on mine because I have a 1 gigabit fiber connection etc..

It wouldn't make sense to set "network quality" to low on a 1 gig fiber connection, so that's the way I am thinking how that setting works

[granite sorrel]

I'll report back after the user tries it and let you know

[midnight gust]

how to satisfactory delete server

i forgot the password for authentication

and it isnt working at all now

[mild thunder]

find your ServerSettings.7777.sav file and delete it, change 7777 to your port number for your server. that has the password hashed in it and will reset your server to defaults.

[rotund ermine]

For feedback: As soon as I change port 8888, I can no longer access the server. The server is listed and I can join, but the loading screen then loads indefinitely. I have tried various ports, always with the same result. If I switch back to port 8888, it works again immediately (the port forwarding has of course been adjusted in the router/firewall)

[hidden forge]

locally hosted or remote?

[silver moss]

Are you using docker? If you are, the exposed and internal ports need to be the same

[dusty hazel]

if ur using docker u need to add a line in the environment part to let know the reliable port changed it is like this -SERVERMESSAGINGPORT=xxxx

[granite sorrel]

Hey guys,

I used this string:
[/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]
PortRangeBegin=8888
PortRangeLength=512
ExternalPortRangeBegin=-1

in my engine.ini file, changed the PortRangeBegin to something above 50k, and then also opened my router TCP port - gave it a range length of 10. Now the game shows up in the server list, but loads forever. What did I miss?

[dusty hazel]

PortRangeBegin=8888

Change that value

sry caps

[granite sorrel]

changed it to something above 50k

put the same rate in my TCP port forwarding to my server computer

[dusty hazel]

yeah so change the line i wrote

oh ok

u already changed

[granite sorrel]

tyessir

[dusty hazel]

windows or linux ?

[granite sorrel]

windows

[dusty hazel]

make a .bat with starting argument

and put -ReliablePort=xxxx

[granite sorrel]

ah, that's what I'm missing, thank you

That did the trick! Thank you 😄

[dusty hazel]

Nice 😄

[rotund ermine]

Windows Server 2022

[hidden forge]

Same network as the client?

[rotund ermine]

yes and no. I connect directly to the public IP via the Internet as well as via a VPN tunnel with a redicted gateway. All traffic is routed through the VPN tunnel and is therefore effectively part of the internal network.
But the problem is the same with both.
I also measured something with tcpdump directly on the firewall (I have a hardware firewall from Securepoint) and with Wireshark on the server. Traffic is already running on port 7777 at the firewall, but no traffic is running on the port I configured as an alternative to 8888 (neither rejected nor allowed. Simply nothing). Only when I reconfigured it to port 8888 did the traffic run normally again and it was possible to join.

[hidden forge]

how did you change the port?
did you choose a port above 65535?
can you check with netstat if they are actually opened?
-# securepoint? nice, we use those at work :)

[rotund ermine]

I changed the port once in the Engine.ini
(your entry
PortRangeBegin=<I inserted the port here>
PortRangeLength=512
ExternalPortRangeBegin=-1
added), and also entered the parameter
“-ReliablePort=<I inserted the port here>”
in the batch file that starts the game.
With netstat on the Windows server, no connections via the port are visible. Only now the 8888
Yea, we use firewalls at work too 🙂

Oh, darn. I just noticed that I forgot to add the entry “[/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]” to engine.ini. I'll add it later and test it when I get home.

[hidden forge]

even if you missed the line for the .ini, the parameter should be enough 🤔
maybe ther is still some kind of firewall inbetween?

[rotund ermine]

Windows Firewall is disabled

In addition to the firewall, there is a standard router that establishes the Internet connection and is used as a telephone system for “emergency telephones.” However, this router has an exposed host port forwarding that points to the firewall.

So there is no double NAT or anything like that.

[weak shuttle]

Hi, if you're running two dedicated server instances on the same computer. Do you need to modify the 8888 port?

[silver moss]

Yes, you need to modify the 8888 port. If you're also exposing that port to the internet, it's highly recommended to also change the port to something else (something in the 50000 range) to prevent high cpu usage and reduce desync issues
Only one process can bind to a ip:port per protocol

[weak shuttle]

And you modify with the "PortRangeBegin=8888" ?

[silver moss]

Yes, or with a cli argument

#patch-notes message

[lofty pumice]

Hello, I have an issue using a reverse proxy (nginx) with the game server. If I bypass the rev proxy, the game and server seem to work fine, but when I try to connect through the proxy, I have incessant rollbacks, and duplicate players when reconnecting.
My nginx config is quite simple, I use the stream module to forward 7777 udp and tcp, as well as 8888 tcp. Nothing is open to the internet.
What am I missing ?

[hidden forge]

can you post your stream config?
duplicate players might happen if the client switches between epic, steam and offline ID

[lofty pumice]

Yes, here is what's in my stream block :
server {
listen 7777;
resolver 10.89.5.1 valid=30s;
set $satisfactory satisfactory:7777;
proxy_pass $satisfactory;
}

server {
listen 7777 udp;
resolver 10.89.5.1 valid=30s;
set $satisfactory satisfactory:7777;
proxy_pass $satisfactory;
}

server {
listen 8888;
resolver 10.89.5.1 valid=30s;
set $satisfactory satisfactory:8888;
proxy_pass $satisfactory;
}

[hidden forge]

add "reuseport" to udp
listen 7777 udp reuseport;

[lofty pumice]

Thank you , I will try this. Why is this needed though ?

[hidden forge]

because UDP is a stateless protocol and nginx then handles it correctly

The udp parameter configures a listening socket for working with datagrams (1.9.13). In order to handle packets from the same address and port in the same session, the reuseport parameter should also be specified.
nginx.org/en/docs/stream/ngx_stream_core_module.html

[fluid cypress]

Call for Help – Dedicated Server Issue (Linux)

Any Linux bros running a dedicated server?
I’ve got everything up and running, but when I try to connect, it gets stuck on the loading screen for 15+ minutes and never lets me join.

My question:
Do you think my computer can actually handle hosting a dedicated server?

Specs:
• Intel i7-6700K
• 32GB DDR4 RAM
• M.2 SSD

Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated!

[lofty pumice]

thank you very much !

[hidden forge]

Something is blocking the new secondary port

[fluid cypress]

I can see when using “top” my FactorySatisfactory is taking up 73% when I try to join and sitting on the leading screen.

What do you mean the new secondary port btw?

[finite lance]

does anyone have experience with g-portal servers getting stuck on respawning sequence?

[hidden forge]

As of 1.1 satisfactory needs three ports. By default:
7777 UDP
7777 TCP
8888 TCP
Infinite loading screen is a symptom of 8888/TCP not working right.

Also the high CPU usage is because of a bug with the new port not handling "trash" traffic well

[fluid cypress]

Ohhhhh is it no longer 15000 and 15777?

[hidden forge]

That's pre 1.0

[fluid cypress]

Copy copy thank you so much for the info.

[silver moss]

How are you running it?

[fluid cypress]

What you mean? How am I running it on Linux or my computer?

I’ll gladly tell you what I did to deploy to my Linux machine. Just send me a DM so we don’t clog up the chat…..

[silver moss]

Yes, did you use docker?
Knowing that will help troubleshooting your issue

Oh sorry, I didn't see that your issue was already resolved 😄

[fluid cypress]

Would love to see something like this implemented. Cause I can set my Linux server to restart every 3-4 hrs to avoid issues but it’ll just drop the player without warning.

[small citrus]

I will share it as soon as I did it

Don’t worry about it

[rotund ermine]

i am currently logged in as admin on the server and therefore also in the game. can i log out somehow in order to log in as a normal player?

[small citrus]

But im more happy to play The game than coding on my free Time 😂😂

[small citrus]

I think if you remove the server in the server manager you will be prompt for admin logs again

Just cancel and you are good to go as non-admin I think

[hidden forge]

difference between "admin" and normal player is just the access to the server settings. ingame there is none

[rotund ermine]

Are you sure? When I was initially logged in as an admin and the others as normal users, they researched something from Tier 1 (I think it was foundations), the research was still displayed as not completed for me. I couldn't build it either and a relog didn't help either. only when I logged in as a normal player could I build it and the completed research was also displayed for me there

[hidden forge]

..tbf never tested it but there should be no difference

[fluid cypress]

So avoiding issues with 8888 port changing the ReliabilityPort to 43589 can help with cpu usage?

[hidden forge]

putting it in the ephemeral port range reduces the chance for random scans to hit it, thus reducing the times the bug gets triggered
no true fix, but a valid mitigation

[fluid cypress]

Interesting

[small citrus]

Agreed on the term « Mitigation »

[languid oasis]

anyone have a server that i can join?

[hidden forge]

-> #1201555265942724758

[languid oasis]

thx

[patent patio]

Hello, I got a problems when i join a dedicated server.
i got the problem that from the recent update. the loading times takes a really long time.
in single player it is short like always. however to connect with a dedecated server it takes a long time to load.
i can hear the noices in the background like my Xeno-basher. however the screen is still on the loading screen.
also i have already redownloaded the game from steam.
Anything i can try to do to fix this?

[hidden forge]

yeah, check the setup for port 8888/tcp, or add it if not set up yet
see #patch-notes message

[dusty hazel]

That mean the server haven't open the 8888 TCP port

[patent patio]

aha okay. do i need to open that port on server or client side?

[young epoch]

Were there any notes about why they decided to add 8888?

I was doing maintenance today and I noticed the server now needs a new port exposed, so that should be good to go, but I was wondering why

[dusty hazel]

Server side

[patent patio]

okay. thank you

[dusty hazel]

On the official wiki

[hidden forge]

#patch-notes message

[rotund ermine]

Is there any way to find out more about this? I'm getting desperate because I can't change port 8888.

[hidden forge]

can you start the server with the -ReliablePort=XXXXargument and then check which ports are listening on the server?

[dusty hazel]

why can't u ?

[rotund ermine]

i did not define a new port in the engine.ini, but added the new parameter in the batch. the command to start the server is now “.\FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended -ReliablePort=XXXX”. the traffic still runs via port 8888. if i enter the port directly in the engine.ini, nobody can join anymore. then there is the problem with the infinite loading screen

[dusty hazel]

then ur router rule might be bad

[rotund ermine]

port forwarding is correct. Internet -> Server -> Port XXXX -> DNAT

[dusty hazel]

have u checked if the port is opened witn nmap or dnschecker ?

is it opened to the right ip ?

dnschecker.org/port-scanner.php?

try on this website

look if they are timed out or open

[hidden forge]

i repeat, please start the server with the argument and then check if it is actually listening on this port
run netstat -abin an elevated cmd/powershell window
or better Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort XXXX in powershell

[rotund ermine]

the test runs normally. tcpdump on the firewall also recognizes the traffic and forwards it correctly

[rotund ermine]

sorry i just missed it. no port 8888 is bound. e.g. to be seen here

the port can also be seen in the netstat list as shown below

[hidden forge]

so the port does not get passed
can you try with reliableport infront og log and unattended?

[rotund ermine]

Unfortunately I can't make it today. I'll test it tomorrow morning and then give you feedback. if it's really because of that, then I'll cry 😄

[hidden forge]

so, tried .\FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended -ReliablePort=9999 myself and it worked. either your choice of port is to blame or something else interferes

[fluid cypress]

Do custom port flags live in GNU Nano FactoryServer.sh it doesnt have a port in it
"#!/bin/sh
UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME=$(echo "$0" | xargs readlink -f)
UE_PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME")
chmod +x "$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping"
"$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping" FactoryGame "$@""

[hidden forge]

you pass them to the .sh, not edit them into it
if you need to edit them in, do it into the engine.ini

[fluid cypress]

Ahhhhhh that makes sense

will someothing like this work in Engine.ini?
[/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]
PortRangeBegin=43589
PortRangeLength=1
ExternalPortRangeBegin=43589

[hidden forge]

it should yes

[formal sable]

in my dedicated server I can see that someone else is in there with the player count (it shows 2) but I have no idea who it is

[fluid cypress]

hmmmm so I am still getting the same error with infinite loading screen on respawn sequence.bat screen and high cpu usage. I updated everything, ports are open for both 8888 and 43589 as a trade off for reliableport. 7777 is open for TCP/UDP. I guess I need to collect my server logs for someone to help me, I am stumped :*(

[dusty hazel]

we can get on a call and we can see together if u need

[fluid cypress]

That would be amazing

I appreacite any help you guys can gracy me with

[dusty hazel]

my english isn't perfect but that should do

sent u a dm

[fluid cypress]

@dusty hazel Helped me get the server up and running :). Thanks man, now time to reengage to figure out how to get my friends to join on the interenet outside of my internal network.....

[formal sable]

I don't understand how I managed to do that emoji (not intentional) ...

[dusty hazel]

dw i didn't saw anything ^^

[dusty hazel]

the script for updating worked btw ?

[formal sable]

I think so...

[dusty hazel]

xD

[fluid cypress]

So I got it all working for my friend accessing the server, apparently there was port forwarding in two different places on my router. Now my friend gets the infinite loading screen when he joins but I load in fine. Wonder what that is about….

[dusty hazel]

come again i can maybe help

[fluid cypress]

@dusty hazel In with the save for linking up with my friends. PSA for others that are trying to setup a dedicated-server on Ubuntu. "nano ~/steam/satisfactory/FactoryServer.sh" and paste the settings I have below to fix your friends joining. You are of course more than welcome to change the reliable port.

#!/bin/sh
UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME=$(echo "$0" | xargs readlink -f)
UE_PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME")
chmod +x "$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping"
"$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping" FactoryGame -multihome=192.168.50.100 -Log -unattended -ReliablePort=43589 "$@"

[thin jolt]

does anyone uses proxmox?

[weak shuttle]

I'm trying to figure out how to run two factory instances on my internal network (nothing on the outside yet). The issue is the 8888 TCP port as both servers listen to that port. I have tried to edit the Engine.ini file with a range of 8889 instead on the second server instance, added as seen below, not sure if it is correct.

[/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]
PortRangeBegin=8889
PortRangeLength=512
ExternalPortRangeBegin=-1
ReliablePort=8889

I've turned off the host firewall just to get less uncertainties. As I'm connecting from the client locally the router shouldn't need to be configured either. I still don't get it to work. When both are running, the second one get stuck in the infinite loading screen when I try to log in. I have also tried Start parameters on the service directly, but that doesn't change anything. What am I missing/doing wrong?

[hidden forge]

The secondary port should by default choose the next free port after the default. So if 8888 is taken it should use 8889.
Can you check if it actually binds to 8889?

[weak shuttle]

It doesn't

[hidden forge]

Can you try with parameter instead of INI?

[weak shuttle]

I have tried it, I get the same result. I've tried to force the change, but no luck

[hidden forge]

Also, do you try to run the same binary or do you have a second installation?

[weak shuttle]

Second installation

[pine tapir]

So, me and my friend have started playing again the past few days, I noticed that my UNRAID server was pulling..... like 150 extra watts than normal, it's Satisfactory's Docker Container, I added the 8888 port when we started playing again but..... This is a very power hungry server, if there anytihng i can do to keep the Docker from exploding like that? before we decided to wipe the saves we had and start over it was legit not pulling anything over what it did for almost a year running in the background.

looking around, it looks to be a known issue?

[small citrus]

I finished my script @grizzled condor ! I will try it today, if the executions goes well, i will share it 🙂

Btw i'm asking if its okay to share a python script in here ? <@&387163995947270144> (sorry for ping 🥲 )

(I'm not sure, but i can make a link to download it so if you want it too, send DM)

The script contacts the dedicated server api and checks first for connection, then checks the time of the scheduled restart, if it has been done already, it increases the value by 3 hours so the server will restart in another 3 hours. I put the script in crontab to execute every hour oclock !

Strong adavantge of this method : The player is prompted 1h/30m/10m/1min before restart 😍

[grizzled condor]

That's awesome! Let me know how it goes.

You can DM it to me if that works 🙂 thank you!

[small citrus]

For now, not much to say, next restart scheduled at 2pm, i'll see then. Maybe i'll wait 2-3 execs ans give you feedback 🙂

[grizzled condor]

Sounds great!

[placid breach]

is there any specific dedicated server tutorials out there?

dont want to do anything wrong lol

[hidden forge]

See pins

[placid breach]

yep just saw

tq anyways

[small citrus]

I found this on the web (i lied i made this lol) :
https://github.com/ronanly56/satisfactory_dedicated_server_utils
Might be usefull for you guys 🙂
It works just fine on my server

@grizzled condor 😉

[grizzled condor]

Awesome! Thank you

[small citrus]

You're welcome !

[fast sable]

Change your Reliableport to 45000 or something else other than 8888. Fixed my high CPU usage

[buoyant dune]

i left it running on 55555 for like 12h and it went up to 50% cpu usage (not too bad and it was manageable) gonna try to get ronanly's script running to restart it every few hours

[fast sable]

Weird mine restarts every 24hours and its basically sitting idle unless someone is playing on the server

[buoyant dune]

well no one played on it the 12h and it went up ( i dont have auto pause on tho)

[fast sable]

The server returns to idle once they leave, I do have auto pause turned on

[buoyant dune]

well that might explain the difference

[fast sable]

Yeah

[small citrus]

no - Autopause corrupted my save once

One month not playing, got back and had the permanent loading screen bug

Never went trought, had to restart a new game 🥲

[fast sable]

That sucks

[buoyant dune]

like was it off or on?

[small citrus]

Always on w trains/trucks etc

[buoyant dune]

well im not gonna leave it running a whole month lol

and i do backups every now and then

[fast sable]

I've been manually backing up my whole server every few days so hopefully doesn't happen but if it does I'll have a recent backup

[small citrus]

Nice 👌

Good idea 🤣

You'll need to do it automaticaly no ?

[fast sable]

Yeah haha I have everything in a single folder on the desktop on a VM so it doesn't take much effort to drag and drop it to my NAS

[small citrus]

Yeah but you will forget it for a while and of course, that's when you'll need it 🥲 been trought this at work

[fast sable]

Yeah that would suck, idk how to automate that though

[small citrus]

I'll script it soon

My next task 🤣

(at least for save file)

[buoyant dune]

if i have trouble installing ur restart script can i dm u?

[small citrus]

Id rather not cause you need to know what you are doing 🤣 but yes

[weak shuttle]

how did you change the 8888 port?

[buoyant dune]

well its just an "if" haha i will try later

[fast sable]

Make a .bat file with FactoryServer.exe -Port=7777 -ReliablePort=45000 -log -unattended

[fast sable]

I've been working on a few simple .bat scripts ( for myself ) but could post them if people want them. The names are pretty self explanatory of what they do

[grand kestrel]

Your on windows, why not use a manager that does all this for you xD

[fast sable]

What manager? Didn't know they existed

[grand kestrel]

Im currently using Haruhost for satisfactory, is a very simple one but seen others out there with more options

[fast sable]

Oh i've seen that before, honestly using .bat scripts are easier lol

[grand kestrel]

Naa, buttons are so much easier xD

I just get lazy too lol

[fast sable]

All I gotta do now is just click one of the bat scripts and it does the rest now lol

[grand kestrel]

Yeah now you got them made, but for someone that dont, installing a manager is much easier and quicker

[fast sable]

For sure

[dusty hazel]

Hey maybe changing the reliable port would lower ur watt consumption if u need help to do so with docker i can assist u

[young epoch]

So, I am running the server out of docker and after updating yesterday I had this weird thing happen where it looks like activity spiked without any players. Has anyone had this happen before?

[fast sable]

Most likely it's due to the reliable port being 8888. Need to change it to something else like 45000 or some random high port

[young epoch]

logs and compose

[2025.07.24-16.34.43:242][219]LogReliableMessaging: Error: Received an invalid message type. Disconnecting.

[2025.07.24-16.34.43:272][219]LogReliableMessaging: Incoming TCP connection broken before it could be established.

[2025.07.24-16.34.43:347][222]LogReliableMessaging: Error: Received an invalid message type. Disconnecting.

[2025.07.24-16.34.43:373][222]LogReliableMessaging: Incoming TCP connection broken before it could be established.

[2025.07.24-16.34.44:261][249]LogReliableMessaging: Error: Received an invalid message type. Disconnecting.

Definitely the boy

Is this the environment variable I should change?
SERVERMESSAGINGPORT 8888

[young epoch]

Nice, that worked great

[visual ether]

I've had an issue recently with my friend joining a dedicated server. I'm able to connect to it just fine, but when they try to connect, it loads them into the server, but they are stuck on the loading screen. Their avatar is online in the world, they just can't fully load into the game. Does anyone know why this might be happening? We took a break so it might be a 1.1 issue I just don't know about.

And if this belongs in questions and help, I'll move it there

[river panther]

Same issue here

[young epoch]

Based on what I'd been reading, it sounds like your friend is not able to connect to port 8888. I think since they're remote, you'd want to make sure you also have a port forwarding rule set up on your gateway to make sure that 7777 -> to server, and also 8888 -> to server

[grizzled condor]

That's what it was for me. Unfortunately the documentsation on that port even being used is next to nothing unless you read update notes on here

[wicked knot]

it's a recent change, and chatGPT will give more weight to the 5 years previous info, which is all wrong now

[young epoch]

Swapping out SERVERMESSAGINGPORT for 45500 dropped my CPU consumption to near-nothing and my temps by 30C 🎉

Thank you @fast sable

[fast sable]

Thats good! Credit should go to @dusty hazel, he helped me figure it out a few days ago

[patent patio]

Hello, i got an update from the server owner
he is unable to open port 8888 is there any other options we can try to fix this?

[fast sable]

Why are they unable to open the port? You need to port forward if you want the server to be accessible from the outside of your network. Also change the Reliable port from 8888 to somthing else. Scroll up a bit people are asking almost daily about high cpu usage and the fix is to change the Reliable port.

[patent patio]

it is a dedicated server rented from a diffrent company. the only things that i know are that the joining port ends with 25555

[dusty hazel]

then they jsut have to open a random port and start the server with argument with -ReliablePort=xxxxx

[patent patio]

What to put on XXXX?

[dusty hazel]

the port they opened

[patent patio]

So would that be 8888

[dusty hazel]

u said they can't open 8888 so they have to open a port they can like 35420 and put -ReliablePort=35420

[patent patio]

aha okay thank you for that little extra information 🙂

[patent patio]

Where does he need to add that command?

in a file or in the console?

[hidden forge]

console when you run the .sh or .sexe

[small citrus]

You can also add it in The engine.ini file but you need special header

[patent patio]

do you know how to write that? including the header?

[dusty hazel]

PortRangeBegin=xxxx
PortRangeLength=1
ExternalPortRangeBegin=xxxx```

[small citrus]

Cant send an official wiki link here so I dm’ed you

[patent patio]

thank you 🙂

[small citrus]

And you can add Port and ReliablePort options right below What @dusty hazel Sent

And to everyone who missed it, increasing tickrate from 30 to 60 also helped with performance

[dusty hazel]

or if it's windows server just make a .bat file with this FactoryGame.exe -ReliablePort=xxxx -log -unattended

[patent patio]

What port lenght is adviced? just 1?

[hidden forge]

depends on how many servers you want to host on the same machine

if the inital port is blocked it tries the next PortRangeLength ports until it finds a free one. if not it'll give up

[patent patio]

what are some ports we can try?

[dusty hazel]

any

just put 45240

[patent patio]

pffff what is the range? from 1024-49151? or is the range: any

[hidden forge]

official free port range is 1025 - 65535. recommended is 49152 - 65535

[dusty hazel]

if u put 1 it only gonna look if the port 45240 is open and stop if u put 512 it will look for for 512 port after 45240

[patent patio]

so a bigger PortRangeLength would in this case be handy to find an open port?

[dusty hazel]

irrelevant if u only have one server

[patent patio]

yeah it is indeed just one server

[dusty hazel]

then let it as 1

[hidden forge]

hm, i guess if you go into the ephermal port range a 1 might just run into problems. leave it at 512 i guess

[patent patio]

oh he sais that he can only request a port and that the hosting server then gives us a port.

[hidden forge]

then use whatever port the hoster assigns, it should be free in that case

[patent patio]

okay we will try

[dusty hazel]

U need to open port 8888 TCP i don't know if someone already told u

[dusty hazel]

Same as i just wrote

[visual ether]

I think someone did, I'll test it out later and come back if the issue remains.

Does it need to be specifically TCP, or can I set it to both?

[dusty hazel]

TCP

i don't know if both would cause some conflicts

[grizzled condor]

I did this the other day and it did help! Also I turned off logging altogether and noticed a slight change

[small citrus]

I'd add : if ayou know your server can take it. And if you are not sure, maybe don't do it 🤣

[grizzled condor]

I'm using my own box but its a VM with 12 cores and 32G ram.

[small citrus]

mine is a vps 16GO ram not sure about which vCPU but its fine 🤣

[grizzled condor]

The only difference I saw at 60 was a slight increase in CPU usage

[small citrus]

Yeah slight increase but i do see a lot more constistency. No more crazy spikes since

(before the 4h uptime threshold lol)

[grizzled condor]

Have you found a solution to the desync issue?

Running into invisible railings and all that?

[small citrus]

Changing ports from default, increasing tickrate to 60 and setup restarts every 3h definitly fixed it (ficsed'it lol)

no more desync, no more lag spikes

definitely my best experience on satisfactory dedicated servers so far

Dev should look into it after vacations

[grizzled condor]

OK I'll have to implement that code you wrote earlier.

[small citrus]

Yeah definitely

I did manual restarts everytime i joined before writing the script, it helped so now with the script it's even better

[small citrus]

hummmm i don't remember those type if desyncs

[grizzled condor]

Mainly its when youre building something and other players can't see it unless they log off and back on

Doesn't happen a ton but it does happen

[small citrus]

it was always rollbacks or buildables that were placed and disapeared but i never collided w them

didn't see it

maybe i'm lucky

[grizzled condor]

Probably 😆

[small citrus]

Or maybe poor connection from your friend or long distances between both of you

[patent patio]

I have wrote this in the Engine.ini file

[/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]
PortRangeBegin=25512
PortRangeLength=512
ExternalPortRangeBegin=25512
stil not working

however i also get this eroor message:
[2025.07.24-19.56.12:892][749]LogGame: Error: RegisterPlayerWithSession: Failed- UniqueId.IsValid(): true, IsV2(): true, IsOnline: false

[dusty hazel]

is the port opened ?

[restive orchid]

I'm using Dathost.net and they're really good. They've been trying to help any way they can, but are also unsure what to do about desync until devs push something out. They did say that if I figure something out to let em know and they'll do what they can from their end.

[patent patio]

Curent open ports are: 25555, 3669, 25525, 25526 and 25512 but still safe result

[dusty hazel]

ask them to change the reliable port for something high like in the 50000

[dusty hazel]

then make the server start with this FactoryGame.exe -ReliablePort=xxxx -log -unattended

if it's windows ofc

[patent patio]

its linux

[dusty hazel]

then do a .sh script

[restive orchid]

I believe it's Linux. I'll send screenshots of what it looks like once I'm home. They mentioned I'd put reliableport in the engine ini since I do have access to the file manager

[dusty hazel]

UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME=$(echo "$0"|xargs readlink -f)
UE_PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME")
chmod +x "$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping"
"$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping" FactoryGame -ReliablePort=xxxx "$@"```

[dusty hazel]

ask them to change the port and change it in the ini too or start the server with the script i put

[patent patio]

i am new to linux.... so can you please give some more information on where to write it?

[restive orchid]

Which script? Also is that stuff I should do within the file manager? Because if it can all be done within the file manager I should be able to even do it myself

[dusty hazel]

u can't open a new port urself so they have to make the first change

[dusty hazel]

in the server folder

[patent patio]

and then make a new file <name>.sh?

[dusty hazel]

yes u do like

nano start_server.sh

[patent patio]

any recomentions on where to place it?

[dusty hazel]

put the thing i gave u and then start it with

./start_server

in the server folder

should be like /user/satisfactory

[restive orchid]

Ohh okay gotcha. Which script were you talking about also? If you could possibly outline all that needs to be done that'd be awesome so I can just forward it all to them

[dusty hazel]

UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME=$(echo "$0"|xargs readlink -f)
UE_PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME")
chmod +x "$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping"
"$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping" FactoryGame -ReliablePort=xxxx "$@"```

With changing the xxxx for the port

u go to server folder

do

nano start_server.sh

paste the script

do chmod +x start_server.sh

then start it with

./start_server.sh

[patent patio]

maybe a stupid question but how to do the chmod +x start_server.sh?

do i need to write that in the console or in a diffrent file?

[dusty hazel]

copy the line and press enter

[patent patio]

where /genq

[dusty hazel]

?

maybe u only have a console and can't make new files idk

[patent patio]

when i write both in the console i get nothing back.

[dusty hazel]

yeah then u can't add files

[patent patio]

oh already made the file in filemanager

So now i made the file. i can start the server?

[dusty hazel]

try with ./start_server.sh

[patent patio]

When i write that in the console i get no response (no message)

[dusty hazel]

so the console only show and can't accept commands

on the panel u should have something like setup or idk

[patent patio]

i think it can't recieve anycomment when it is offline

[dusty hazel]

yes it's the server console not the machine console

[patent patio]

if i need to acses the machine console. then i have no clue how to do that.

[dusty hazel]

look for a starting line or setup on ur panel

[patent patio]

i think that that would be Engine.ini

it has a headerwith [core.System] (i hope it use the right name)

[dusty hazel]

not in the files but on ur panel i assume ur paying a host right ?

[patent patio]

mhm

or better said in practus he paying a host

[restive orchid]

and this is for linux? and these steps would all be after the port that is to become the reliable port is opened?

[patent patio]

although i have found a file with startup flags (-port=12183 -serverqueryport =12839 -Beaconport = 6438) and server name,

do i need to add the new port there with a spific name?

[dusty hazel]

yes

[dusty hazel]

yes theses startup flag should be changed -serverqueryport =12839 -Beaciboirt = 6438 are no longer used

and -ReliablePort=xxxx must be added

[patent patio]

is there a way to add notes? /genq

like // in C++ and C#

[dusty hazel]

i think only ur host can changed this

[hidden forge]

in a .sh you can comment with #

[restive orchid]

also just for reference, this is what the file manager looks like

[patent patio]

I don't think that i can remove the -port as that is the port we fill in satisfactory in manage server to join the server

[dusty hazel]

u don't need to remove -port only -serverqueryport =12839 -Beaciboirt = 6438

[patent patio]

oh oops read it wrong

my bad

[restive orchid]

ty so much for the help btw!

[patent patio]

still not working

so i am going to bed. good night everyone and thank you for your help 🙂

[dusty hazel]

i think only ur host can change the start flags

[patent patio]

Who knows. Tommarow is another day to try xD

[main rain]

Nitrado Server Issues - Help Needed

Hey everyone,

I'm having some issues with my Nitrado server, and I could really use some help. The main problems I'm facing are:

Team Update Issues - There's a problem with achievements in the team update. It seems like they aren’t syncing properly or there’s an error when trying to update them.

Server Unreachable - The server is not accessible at the moment. I’ve tried restarting it, but it’s still not working.

The server version is: 2709063168.

Has anyone else faced similar problems? Any ideas on what might be causing this, or how to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

[undone belfry]

Dedicated server Issue

If i start the server it opens the console but nothing more, i cannot connect to it and i get these errors how can i fix them
[2025.07.24-21.19.40:367][ 0]LogOnlineSchema: Error: Invalid schema category lobby: Service descriptor id lobby not found.
LogOnlineServices: Error: [FLobbiesCommon::Initialize] Failed to initialize schema registry
[2025.07.24-21.19.40:367][ 0]LogOnlineSchema: Error: Invalid schema category lobbymember: Service descriptor id lobbymember not found.
LogOnlineIntegration: Error: Failed to get connectivity interface for 'NULL' online backend
[2025.07.24-21.19.40:367][ 0]LogOnlineServices: Error: [FLobbiesCommon::Initialize] Failed to initialize schema registry
[2025.07.24-21.19.40:367][ 0]LogOnlineIntegration: Error: Failed to get connectivity interface for 'NULL' online backend

[strange musk]

R u using steamcmd

[strange musk]

Does it show idle or anything for the status on server manager?

[feral rock]

Anyone experiencing increasing cpu usage over time? Tends to lag the server and requires a restart.

[strange musk]

Need to change port 8888 to something higher in the 50k+ range

[timid moth]

When i connect over my ddns the game stops syncing foundations and other buldables correctly and they just appear as floating blueprints

[feral rock]

Wym? Like change port 8888 to like 50483 or

[strange musk]

#dedicated-servers message

[dusty hazel]

yeah change the reliable port and u gonna notice the change

[feral rock]

Will do thanks!

[dusty hazel]

do a bat file or bash script to pass the arguments

[feral rock]

I am using pterodactyl, here is my start up command.

./Engine/Binaries/Linux/*-Linux-Shipping FactoryGame ?listen -Port=8888 -ServerQueryPort=15777 -BeaconPort=15000 -multihome=0.0.0.0 $(if false; then echo "-DisableSeasonalEvents"; fi)

What should I change?

[dusty hazel]

./Engine/Binaries/Linux/*-Linux-Shipping FactoryGame ?listen -Port=8888 -ReliablePort=xxxxx -multihome=0.0.0.0 $(if false; then echo "-DisableSeasonalEvents"; fi)

change xxxx for ur port

-ServerQueryPort=15777 -BeaconPort=15000

are not longer use

d

[feral rock]

Ok, thank you again

[feral rock]

This can be anything?

What would users enter when they add my server to their server manager

As per the port

[dusty hazel]

yeah but don't forget to open it on ur router as well

the same as usual

changing the reliable port doesn't affect the normal port

[feral rock]

Oh, kinda what I was thinking.

[dusty hazel]

default is 7777 i see u put 8888 in ur start up command

[grizzled condor]

I think multihome is also not needed. I had issues if I used multihome. Since v1.1 I remember reading something about it not being needed

[dusty hazel]

mutlihome is uselful if u have multiple server running on the same machine but yeah here it's not needed but not harmful

[visual ether]

Should I change this to a +50k port to avoid future problems with CPU usage?

Or just wait until I experience that problem before I change it?

[grizzled condor]

Just change it.

[visual ether]

Is there a file path to change it, or do I need to do it from the server manager in game?

[lost garnet]

Hey guys, Im having real issues while place foundations in my dedicated server. Does anyone else has any hints about this?

Seems to be like a desync bug, the foundations are basically blue when I place and does not have physics at all

Server hosted in a linux VPS custom, 12gb ram

[dusty hazel]

Hey can u check cpu usage ?

[dusty hazel]

Hello are u self hosting or paying one ?

[lost garnet]

I'll spent some time tracking that. But what exactly do I look for? Cpu peaks? And how can I fix if that is the case?

[visual ether]

Self hosting

[dusty hazel]

cpu peaks and staying high until reboot quick fix is to change the reliable port for a high random one like in the 47000

[dusty hazel]

Windows or linux ?

[visual ether]

Windows

[dusty hazel]

open a new port on ur router something in the 45000 range TCP rule and make a .bat where the FactoryServer.exe is and put this inside ```FactoryGame.exe -ReliablePort=xxxx -log -unattended

with the xxxx being ur new ports

[rotund ermine]

Is the whole dedicated problem actually marked as a bug so that we can hope for a patch?

[dusty hazel]

don't think so

[small citrus]

There is a high number of forums pages on q&a i think they know about those problems. But i think no fix is coming soon

Priority was on QOL rn and major bug fixes

Dedicated server had love for 1.0 i think we might have to wait a little more

[vital swift]

i'm trying to make a dedicated server but nothing works for me, can someone send me a good toturial on how to do it or explain to me?

[small citrus]

Check the pinned messages 😉

[timid moth]

I have a dedicated server running on the latest Version. I play with my friend. I have no issues while connected over the local IP but when i connect over my public IP and play a couple minutes it seems to have issues synchronizing with a few things happening ingame.
I never get the milestones when they are done. Sometimes foundations are not shown and trees do not disappear visually after i cut them. But the server recognizes the action (I can bug through the trees after i cut them or bug around in the air where the foundation should be.)
A reconnect fixes things.

How do I troubleshoot this?

[sleek lance]

i had to call in the big guns lol but i just finally got mine running haven't had a chance to experiment with it yet was needi9ng to learn that first

[final totem]

whats the best server hoster because the nitrado servers are laggy

[grizzled condor]

Check ram and CPU usage. Look at your network connection and internet as a possibility it isn't running great. Change to nonstandard ports for the game server and all of it other associated ports.

[sleek lance]

i use ping players for my non self hosted

and they are only 20 for 3 months 6 platyers never had an issue avg 40ms ping

[timid moth]

1. I dont think its the CPU/RAM, utilisation seems fine and i already tried on my Desktop with a ryzen 9 5900x with the same result
2. Btop says the server is uploading like 300-900 kbit/s which my internet should handle fine. Is there another way i can test this?
3. I could try changing the ports later but how would that help? (just courious)
   Thanks for the help btw

[grizzled condor]

The standard ReliableMessaging port that the server uses (8888) gets hit a lot by bots that port scan IPs and when your gets hit your CPU usage will spike and most often stay high. Changing to a nonstandard port like 63000 or something will make this a lot less likely.

I run the game server on high port numbers and I shut off logging since I don't need it really. Also restarting the server every few hours helps.

https://github.com/ronanly56/satisfactory_dedicated_server_utils/tree/main

[patent patio]

when i look in the logs i get this message:

[2025.07.25-15.40.48:847][ 0]LogReliableMessaging: Server streaming socket bound to port 0
[2025.07.25-15.40.48:847][ 0]LogReliableMessaging: No port remapping specified. Clients will attempt to connect to the bound port as is.

how to change the streaming socket bound port? anything i missed from yesterday

[visual ether]

should this run the Factoryserver.exe file or will I have to launch it separately?

Also, will I need to run it every time I try to start up the server?

[fast sable]

How do you shut off logging?

[grizzled condor]

Paste in your engine.INI

[Core.System]
+Suppress=Scriptwarning
+Suppress=Error
+Suppress=Scriptlog
+Suppress=Warning

[Core.Log]
LogPluginManager=all off
LogOnlineIdentity=all off
LogOnlineSession=all off
LogMemory=all off
LogPakFile=all off
LogTemp=all off
LogLinker=all off
LogOnline=all off
LogOnlineGame=all off
LogAnalytics=all off
LogConfig=all off
LogInteractiveProcess=all off
LogInput=all off
LogOnlineEntitlement=all off
LogOnlineEvents=all off
LogOnlineFriend=all off
LogOnlinePresence=all off
LogOnlineTitleFile=all off
LogOnlineUser=all off
Global=off

[midnight idol]

Currently getting stuck on this loading screen. I run my dedicated server on a separate machine. Should I restart the server and try again or is there a bigger issue?

[midnight idol]

not frozen, but infinite loading

[mild thunder]

When stuck on loading screen, usually represents that your unable to reach the secondary port that defaults to 8888, was a new port that was added in 1.1

[midnight idol]

hmmm ok. Does that have to be setup in the router/network firewall settings?

Similar to how 7777 is setup?

[mild thunder]

yep

if you scroll up a bit you can read the effects of what happens when that secondary port is available publicly, short version gets scanned and cpu usage can go sky high causing issues. so if publicly available a reduction in scans can be done by making that port a high port number

[stoic storm]

I don't know with who I should contact to find out what the crypto policy is at Satisfactory? Are Play 2 Earn servers allowed?
Unfortunately I can't find any information regarding this topic.

[midnight idol]

That worked like a charm! Thanks! For the secondary port, should I have set it up differently than 7777 to save cpu usage?

[mild thunder]

is the server available on the internet or just locally for you?

[timid moth]

Sounds reasonable, can you tell me how to change this port or where i find the documentation?

[hidden forge]

#patch-notes message

[midnight idol]

internet

[mild thunder]

then you will probably will want to use the -ReliablePort=8888 startup flag and change it to a high port number to reduce risk of scanning

[midnight idol]

got it!

[midnight idol]

I've been reading through the previous messages and I am not the most savvy with adjusting the ports. I understand that I have to use the startup flag but how do i enable that?

[wicked knot]

You tag that onto the end of the line of script that starts the server

[midnight idol]

So I just double click the .exe file and it launches everything

[wicked knot]

Make a shortcut to the exe, and add arguments in the property sheet for it

In the "target" box

[grizzled condor]

The documentation is limited. But just like the other options you can just use -ReliablePort=45186

[midnight idol]

something like this?

[grizzled condor]

I use Linux but yea that seems right. Just need to open that port on your router if you are fwding it to the internet

[midnight idol]

cool, i have it setup on my router, will using 50000 cause any issues? should I make it a more random number?

[wicked knot]

if it still gets the high CPU hits, may want to randomise it

Clients still use the 7777 to connect, the server lets them know the other port

[midnight idol]

ok got it. Hopefully last set of questions. Do I need to remove the 8888 port forwarding rules on my firewall and router? Do I need to add the rules to my firewall for the 50k port?

[wicked knot]

removing 8888 is probably not a bad idea. Close any holes not in use. The new hole needs a new rule

[midnight idol]

awesome, gonna let it rip and see what happens

alright, I was able to load in. SO far so good, I will keep an eye on cpu usage on the server machine. Thanks all for the help!

[visual ether]

is this how I change the port number the dedicated server uses?

[dusty hazel]

yes

[final totem]

hi guys does anýbody know the best network quality settings for a modded server

[visual ether]

3 things,

1. Should the bat file run the exe or do I still need to run it myself?
2. Do I need to run the bat every time I start up the server?
3. Should the bat say "FactoryServer" instead of "FactoryGame" because that's what the exe file is called?

[dusty hazel]

Change FactoryGame for FactoryServer

Put the .bat in the same folder as FactoryServer.exe

Instead of launching it via .exe simply run the .bat

The .bat will run the exe with the argument u put inside it is like pressing the .exe and addind some options

[proven pecan]

Can use the Same variable in Docker to change the Port ?

[rotund ermine]

Is there anything I need to bear in mind when creating blueprints on a dedicated server? I want to save a blueprint, but it doesn't appear in the blueprint book after saving. Only the new category I created appears.

[strange musk]

#dedicated-servers message

[young epoch]

Circling back to this, the issue still reoccurs, just much less frequently, so it's less likely to stack. I'm still seeing long periods where my CPU usage will jump up into the teens for hours at a time, but it's staying well under 20%. Wouldn't really concern me much if the server itself wasn't a mini-PC I keep in a cabinet.

Also, I can connect to the server just fine but I can't join the game, so I am guessing I'm still missing proper config.

    environment:
      - MAXPLAYERS=4
      - PGID=1000
      - PUID=1000
      - ROOTLESS=false
      - STEAMBETA=false
      - DISABLESEASONALEVENTS=false
      - SERVERMESSAGINGPORT=45500 # Arbitrarily large port number to avoid chatter taking up CPU usage
    mem_reservation: 4G  
    mem_limit: 20G       
    ports:
      - "7777:7777/udp"
      - "7777:7777/tcp"
      - "8888:45500/tcp"

[dusty hazel]

The last Line

U put 8888:45500

It must be 45500:45000

[dusty hazel]

Variable for docker has to be in Environments and is

-SERVERMESSAGINGPORT=xxxx

[young epoch]

I thought that since the compose file is host_port:container_port that I'd want to expose my host's 8888 to the container's 45500?

[dusty hazel]

U ask the server to look for 45500 with the variable SERVERMESSAGINGPORT
If u tell him 8888:45000 afterward he will not understand

And open completly 45500 on ur router

Thats why u still see spikes too

The exposed port is still 8888 on ur router

[young epoch]

Okay, this makes sense, so it's going from:

router -> gateway -> server -> container
8888 8888 8888 45500

[dusty hazel]

yeah so open it on ur router to make

router -> gateway -> server -> container
45500 45500 45500 45500

and spikes will dissapear

don't forget to change this line

• "8888:45500/tcp"
  to
• "45500:45500/tcp"

with -

[young epoch]

I see, is there some sort of configuration info that passes across 7777? I thought the game would still try to connect over port 8888, but it makes sense that if it connects and passes config info (eg, "reliablemessaging is on port 45500") then the game would never be able to properly connect

[dusty hazel]

mmh not sure if i understand the question but the client only needs 7777 as base port then the server pass the reliable port without the client needing it

[young epoch]

Okay okay, so the server passes the reliable port to the client, and then the client tries to connect to that, but because I am passing 45500 to the client but exposing 8888, I'm getting hung up

That makes sense

[dusty hazel]

yup

[hidden forge]

Yeah, the server tells the client on which port the reliable connection is handled. So it must know the external port.
If you do some kind of remapping I between you can tell it with the ExternalReliablePort parameter.

[sleek lance]

ih ad this happen ended up having to port forward 777 888 steams and 15777 as well as 15000

after that every thing ran smooth

[midnight idol]

Sheesh. After setting up a 50000+ port everything has seemed fine

[sleek lance]

yeah the ports were a dick for me to get through

[dusty hazel]

u don't need 15777 15000 anymore

they were used before update 8

[sleek lance]

im not sure which one worked i opend all at the same time then checked so yeah lmao

[sleek lance]

thank you for the knolage it is aprrciated

[dusty hazel]

no problems u only need 7777 and 8888 from now

[young epoch]

Got it, got it. I assumed that they wouldn't exchange config info, so I assumed the client would always talk to reliablemessaging at 8888

[patent patio]

Anyone that may know where this could come from.? "Command Line: -Port=25555 -ReliablePort=0 -ServerQueryPort=0 -BeaconPort=0 -log -unattended" i see this in the start up log from the server.

[dusty hazel]

-ReliablePort=0 -ServerQueryPort=0 -BeaconPort=0
why are these 0 ? btw thoses
-ServerQueryPort=0 -BeaconPort=0
aren't needed anymore

either the .bat u start the server with

or launching argument in the exe properties

[patent patio]

i dont know eather xD

second hurdle.... i don't see any .bat or .exe file. i only see .sh & .so & .log & .debug & .ini files

[dusty hazel]

look inside the .sh

.bat and .exe are for windows

[patent patio]

okay

was there also something with a [/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]? or am i looking the wrong file?

[/Script/ReliableMessaging.ReliableMessagingTCPFactory]
PortRangeBegin=25525
PortRangeLength=512

[dusty hazel]

that should be in Engine.ini but there is some lines missing

what does ur .sh looks like ?

[patent patio]

got this one

#!/bin/sh
UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME=$(echo "$0" | xargs readlink -BeaconPort=3669 -ServerQueryPort=25512 -f)
UE_PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME")
chmod +x "$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping"
"$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping" FactoryGame "$@"

But no clue if it readirects to that

[dusty hazel]

UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME=$(readlink -f "$0")
UE_PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$UE_TRUE_SCRIPT_NAME")
chmod +x "$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping"
"$UE_PROJECT_ROOT/Engine/Binaries/Linux/FactoryServer-Linux-Shipping" FactoryGame -log -unattended -ReliablePort=25525 "$@"

use this one

[patent patio]

can you please give some more information on where to use it? like create a new file, replace somethings or add it.

[dusty hazel]

put it at the root of ur server folder do

nano server_start.sh

copy paste what i gave u

do

chmod +x server_start.sh

then when u wanna start ur server u do

./server_start.sh

[patent patio]

I created a file.
i copy and pasted everything in it.
and gave it a name

[dusty hazel]

as i wrote ?

with the .sh everything ?

[patent patio]

yeah i coppied it. just don't really know where to put the
chmod +x server_start.sh
/server_start.sh

we use a host provider.
and we got startup flag so maybe there

[dusty hazel]

chmod +x server_start.sh is a command to make the file executable

./server_start.sh with the. don't forget it is to execute it and so start the server

what is written is startup flag ? can u screen it ?

[patent patio]

i have added the startupcommands

[dusty hazel]

can u put FactoryServer -log -unattended -ReliablePort=25525 instead of "/server_start.sh"

[smoky crystal]

does anyone know why in 'game servers' i can add the server, authenticate, and create game / session, but after 5-10 seconds it says the server appears to be offline

[dusty hazel]

look if the save folder is well configured maybe the server tries to save it somewhere wrong and makes it crashes

[smoky crystal]

huge advice i will check ty

[patent patio]

does it need to have the " or not?

[dusty hazel]

try without it start ur server the normal way and check if it works

[patent patio]

without the " it doesn't even start and with the " it doesn't work

[dusty hazel]

can u gimme the ip real quick pls

gonna run some tests

in private*

[patent patio]

? how do you mean that? its on a host server

[dusty hazel]

i know give me the ip u use to connect in game

[patent patio]

oh

[sage isle]

Is the CPU usage bug and building bug for multiplayer fixed yet?

[dusty hazel]

there is workaround but no fixes for now

[timid moth]

Hey i want to connect to my server through wireguard, pinging the mashine works and my mc server works too. Is there something that i need to add to my config? (running on linux)

[quaint hound]

I am currently trying to update the server, does your download also get stuck at a specific Progress

[grizzled condor]

Is wireguard and the game server on the same machine? Do you allow your wireguard subnet to connected to your local network or only go out to the internet? What are you firewall policies doing? Are you trying to connect from inside or outside of your network the server(s) are located on?

[timid moth]

Wireguard and the server are on the same mashine
im connecting from outside of my homenetwork
i have iptables bridge the wg interface to a network bridge

the mc server is on the same mashine as well btw

[grizzled condor]

Minecraft? What does that have to do with it.

There is nothing special you need to do. If you're able to connect other things through the VPN then it should be working. Can you connect to it while you're home? As in not though the vpn

[charred atlas]

Where are server settings saved on the client side? Shouldn't that be in GameUserSettings.ini? After I Add a server (from my client system), I look in GameUserSettings.ini and it's not in there. Where else to look?

[wicked knot]

The server settings themselves are stored in the install directory of the server machine.
As admin, you should have a serversetting.port.sav in with your local saves

but that cant be read or edited in notepad at least

[charred atlas]

I'm not looking for settings on the server, but the client. Each player on their own client enters the server IP when they "Add Server", and I am wondering where that is stored on their client (because each players client will remember these settings, its clearly stored)

[timid moth]

because the mc server is also running on the same server and is working perfectly fine through the VPN

[timid moth]

yes i can connect to the server when im home and i can also through all other services on the server when im using the vpn

its only satisfactory that isnt working

[grizzled condor]

Are you using the multihome argument in the startup command?

[charred atlas]

Anyone experiencing a total client freeze when connecting to a dedicated server? (other clients connect fine, server config is fine, no errors in server log)

[timid moth]

no, what does this do?

[grizzled condor]

Good. You don't need it

Is the IP subnet of your other game server the same as the subnet of the SF server?

So. You connect to VPN and MC server is 192.168.1.15 and your SF server is 192.168.1.18

[timid moth]

nope exactly the same ip and everything

thats why im confused

[grizzled condor]

OK so same IP just different ports. So you're not virtualizing

[timid moth]

nope plain debian

[grizzled condor]

Is the firewall on?

On your server I mean.

[timid moth]

no i already turned it off for testing

[grizzled condor]

What port are you running the SF server on?

[timid moth]

standart ports but i already tried changing it

[grizzled condor]

Ok. When you join your MC server does it say that you are joining as a client from 127.0.0.1?

[timid moth]

no it gives me the IP of the wireguard client

i mean the internal wireguard ip

[lost garnet]

Even after change the port to 47082 my vps still is with 100% of cpu usage. Does anyone have any other idea?

Im using linux so I've changed my exec line e my service config file to:
ExecStart=/home/steam/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryServer.sh -ReliablePort=47082 -log -unattended

I've usually runs many game servers with this vps config and they use 50% of the cpu in the peak. Does this FactoryServer really use that much cpu?? I dont think I need to upgrade my vps to run that, seems to be a intern service problem for the server

Minecraft, vintagestory, project zomboid, palworld...

[grizzled condor]

When you're on Linux the "-unattended" is by default.

Sf uses a lot of CPU yes. A VPS unless your really paying for it is not advised.

[lost garnet]

Im paying for my vps. And usually I dont get it any problems with the cpu in this vps (6 cores btw, but apparently the problem seems to be the real power per core, right?)

I've even run like 3 multiple valheim servers at the same time on that

[lost garnet]

What is advised?

[grizzled condor]

Using your own computer or having a separate computer you use as a server

VPSs to have multicore multigig ram and storage get expensive quickly

[lost garnet]

Damn, but Im really paying for that vps, it's not possible that this game server cannot run with a recently created save. Are you sure that is not any other problem?

[grizzled condor]

Just as an example. Im using a virtual server at home with 16 cores and 32GB of ram. When I start it up without players its using 4.2GB of ram. Once players join the CPU usage goes up quite a bit. Usage spread across all core highest being around 45% and lowest around 5% and everything in between.

[lost garnet]

Wow. It's really heavy so. I've tried nitrado here just to test it with recommended plan for satisfactory and Im still gotting those problems to play. Cant place items, foundations and things like that

I think I will need to host on my own PC really... Or pay a lot of money for a 24-7 host or buy a private server

[proud stag]

hey so iv got a buddy trying to join the server i play on, and for the life of me we cant figure out why the server info that worked for me, doesnt work for them, so my question is, when you add a server IP/port does that save locally like on game files such as a text file where i could find it and copy paste it to them?

any help on this would be greatly appreciated

[grizzled condor]

Start with your own PC. I used nitrado also and it wasn't good.

I didn't have a ton of problems just was noticeably slow lag wise.

[grizzled condor]

How did you join? By IP or hostname?

If he can't join then its a him problem. There should be no reason unless its your server hosted inside yournetwork

[lost garnet]

I have an old pc doing nothing in my room. I think it's time to convert this guy in my private server.

[grizzled condor]

Might as well. What are it's specs?

[lost garnet]

I5 9400f
16 gb de ram

[grizzled condor]

Yea should be plenty.

[lost garnet]

I hope it can handles the sf server

What linux distro do you recommend to those private servers?

Any suggestions?

[grizzled condor]

I like Ubuntu just because its just easy to spin up and install steam/sf.

[lost garnet]

Btw, I have CubeCoders AMP license. It's really time to make a private server and use that panel

[grizzled condor]

Debian is great too but requires more setup.

[lost garnet]

Good to know, ty!

[grizzled condor]

Literally installed and updated within minutes.

But really any linux distro will work virtually the same.

[fathom solar]

have the dedi server sync issues been resolved lately? Or should i still be using the vpn tunnel

[light zephyr]

could use your VPS as a proxy/tunnel to your home network. All public traffic just see's your VPS. but your VPS can route the game traffic via a VPN/Tunnel like wireguard to your home network where you have the actual server running. Only port you'd need to expose to the outside on your router would be the port used for the VPN/Tunnel.

[ancient owl]

Can anyone help me with my dedicated server? I'm using the Epic Games Dedicated Server tool, it was working fine a few months ago, after not playing for awhile I have been trying to go back in after booting the server up again but it keeps getting stuck on a loading screen once the game has loaded, I can hear things happening and working.

[placid breach]

how do my friends join my dedi server?