dedicated-servers

[cinder wind]

I haven't used windows in 10 years

[clear frigate]

all explained on the page of the screen above

However, i am not sure if this is internal or an external tool is powering it, but the server has automatic restarts ? Sometimes during the day, i get messages directly in the game saying "server will restart in xx minutes"

it shows that a few times as the time goes down until it finally does so

30, 15, 10, 5, 2, then restart

[quick mist]

The server intrinsically restarts itself every 24 hours of uptime

[burnt ravine]

is it possible to start the server with a .bat file?

[fervent crow]

yes.

it should - a bat is just terminal commands

[burnt ravine]

where do i put it?

[quick mist]

the batch file? whereever you want to, but if it's not going to be in the same directory as the one the server comes with be sure to add cd commands to it to make sure the working directory is correct

[raw cove]

there is but i would need to close the server to check to see if there is an update then reopen it

[cinder wind]

Steamcmd can update while the server is running, then just restart after the update command finishes. That's how mine works and it's only offline for a couple of minutes while restarting.

[raw cove]

AH okay perfect i usually get errors when i try to update while its running

[quick mist]

That's honestly surprising. Knowing how Windows usually deals with file handles I'd have expected no end of problems.

[latent pier]

Is dedicaced servers still an experimental only Feature?

[quick mist]

the Dedicated Server is available for both the main release branch and Experimental now, but they are still in a state which ought to be considered somewhat experimental.

they're pretty stable but there are some oddball issues that pop up from time to time

[latent pier]

I already have a Server running, how do I choose if it runs on experimental branch or not?

[radiant turret]

who knows how to setup the dedicated servers because me and my friends cant figure it out

[dusky valley]

anyone else have an ATT Fiber router/modem? Had success setting up port forwarding?

[quick mist]

by default it will be on the Early Access branch; you have to go out of your way to get onto Experimental. Directions are on the Wiki.

[quick mist]

happy to help if the instructions on the Wiki are insufficient; just let us know where you get stymied

[latent pier]

Oh it's already Updated for that, thanks !

[quick mist]

yep, I updated the Wiki about 10 minutes after the update went live (:

[earnest willow]

With steamcmd, anyone get the same warning

oh wait does that mean just have the +force_.... before +login anon

[quick mist]

yep. it's just a warning, not an error; they might require that order in a later release for some reason. who knows why valve does anything it does anymore (:

[earnest willow]

🙃

bahaha tried to copy paste from log <_<

[naive zenith]

You still troubleshooting in here? Damn 😮

[earnest willow]

anybody else getting these error on experimental build steamcmd

[2021.11.24-02.43.12:364][  0]LogStreaming: Error: This will hitch streaming because it ends up searching the disk instead of finding the file in the pak file.
[2021.11.24-02.43.12:365][  0]LogStreaming: Error: Found 1 dependent packages...
[2021.11.24-02.43.12:366][  0]LogStreaming: Error:   /Game/FactoryGame/Schematics/ResourceSink/ResourceSink_ConveyorWallMount
[2021.11.24-02.43.12:367][  0]LogStreaming: Error: Couldn't find file for package /Game/FactoryGame/Schematics/ResourceSink/ResourceSink_DoorWalls_Metal requested by async loading code. NameToLoad: /Game/FactoryGame/Schematics/ResourceSink/ResourceSink_DoorWalls_Metal
[2021.11.24-02.43.12:367][  0]LogStreaming: Error: This will hitch streaming because it ends up searching the disk instead of finding the file in the pak file.
[2021.11.24-02.43.12:368][  0]LogStreaming: Error: Found 1 dependent packages...
[2021.11.24-02.43.12:368][  0]LogStreaming: Error:   /Game/FactoryGame/Schematics/ResourceSink/ResourceSink_Diagonal_Up_WallSet```

most warning errors i see are with "log", can these all be resolved on Win

[quick mist]

I see those log entries periodically but they don't seem to be affecting performance on my server. I don't think they're much to worry about, and are probably there as debug output to help CSS find places to nip and tuck when they get around to optimization

[unreal steppe]

Can confirm having the same exact "errors" on startup. Can be safely ignored!

[earnest willow]

👍

[safe delta]

same

[mortal hemlock]

Do dedicated Servers not have a Session ID?

[quick mist]

They do not

[mortal hemlock]

How do you join one?

[quick mist]

by putting the server's address into the Server Manager in the game client

[mortal hemlock]

Gotcha, thank you.

[quick mist]

certainly

[radiant turret]

where is the server address located?

[quick mist]

er, in the network interface of the host running the software, but I would suspect the question you are wanting to ask is "how do I determine my server's address?". Would that be a correct surmise?

[radiant turret]

yeah you guessed it

[quick mist]

If so: the easiest way to find a computer's public IP address is to in a web browser on that host, go to a site such as ipchicken dot com and it will display your public IP address in large, friendly, blue digits.

[fossil falcon]

Good evening, everyone. Has anyone run into an issue when they run FactoryServer.exe, it runs for a moment and then crashes?

[quick mist]

generally not unless there's already an instance of the server running.

the logs should help you determine why it might be dying

[fossil falcon]

It's not showing me any logs or anything. It never actually seems to start.

[quick mist]

well, let's start from the beginning (:

Windows or Linux server?

[fossil falcon]

Thanks for the help!

I'm currently running Windows.

[quick mist]

Are you acquiring the server from the GUI Steam client library, or via SteamCMD?

[fossil falcon]

I used SteamCMD.

[quick mist]

okay, perfect. What was the install directory you chose when you used SteamCMD to fetch the server?

[fossil falcon]

I just did everything on a folder on my desktop. I followed a video.

[mortal hemlock]

Trying to get a server running.

1. Am not behind CGNat
2. Opened Ports 7777, 15000, 15777 on my router and forwarded to my pc.
3. Rule in firewall created for the software itself.

Connecting from outside the network does not work and port checker shows port is closed.

[fossil falcon]

You know what, after playing with it, restarting and such, now it seems to start but it's running into an error, NAT Detection Failed, unable to resolve host.

[quick mist]

that is actually a warning and not a critical error that prevents the server from running. I have the same message in my server's log

[quick mist]

did you forward the ports on TCP, or UDP? (the correct answer should be UDP)

[mortal hemlock]

UDP

[fervent crow]

what OS?

[quick mist]

can you real quickly double-check the LAN IP address of the host running the server, and that the port forwarding settings are routing traffic to that internal IP?

[fossil falcon]

This is the error that I get.

[mortal hemlock]

I did.
Windows 10

There is also no ServerSettings.ini file in the ini file folder.

[quick mist]

those are innocuous warnings and can also be ignored

[mortal hemlock]

I also restart the server whenever I change something in my router.

[fossil falcon]

Okay, cool. Does it just take a really long time to load the server? Or does this mean that it's finished? Sorry, I know you're helping multiple people, I really appreciate your assistance.

[quick mist]

(they're basically complaining about not being able to start the Epic overlay)

[quick mist]

I think by the time you see those messages, you should be able to fire up the game client and connect to the server.

[quick mist]

that file is not written to disk until the server has successfully been started and gracefully shut down.

[cobalt shard]

interesting one. seems something's up with my client? worth reinstalling?

I uninstalled mod manager. server firewall is open to necessary ports.

same errors

[mortal hemlock]

That is odd, because I started the server, could connect locally and shut it down with the quit command in the console.

[quick mist]

did you actually instantiate a game world/session, or just start the server, claim it, and shut it down?

[mortal hemlock]

I logged into the world, could harvest some materials and shut it down

[fervent crow]

you have your server as a static IP on your modem? did you get a new external IP during a modem reboot or license expire?

[mortal hemlock]

I just now started the server. Modem did not restart in the last 15 minutes.

Setting up extra firewall rules to see if that fixes it.

All set up properly.

[quick mist]

looks good there

[quick mist]

and that looks good too

[mortal hemlock]

I can connect to other servers hosted on my pc too. Just tried.

That is, I can connect from outside my network, to within my network.

Now it's working. Odd

[raw cove]

Is there a way to check to see if anyone is connected to the server?

[quick mist]

must be sunspot season. glad it's working even if we do not know why

[mortal hemlock]

Probably some mix of needing to wait and firewall ports

[quick mist]

yes: either in the Server Manager, or if you are also in game, Esc -> Manage Session

[raw cove]

Sorry I’m meaning in steamcmd

[quick mist]

All SteamCMD is, is a command-line Steam client. The only connection it has to Satisfactory is that it can be used to download it. Once SF is downloaded, it's irrelevant (notwithstanding updating the software). Currently the only way to interact with the game server itself is via the game client by way of the Server Manager or, if you're in-game, the Session Manager.

[cobalt shard]

reinstall of my local client allowed me to connect

[charred atlas]

I have read and followed every step in the official dedicated server page. There is NO "WindowsServer" folder inside FactoryGame\Saved\Config, and no Game.ini (or any ini files). What world did I destroy to deserve this?

[cobalt shard]

You don't edit a config file, you manage everything from the game client.

Getting kicked now

[charred atlas]

I'm not finding that to be the case according to this page. ** Is it outdated?**
https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Configuration
"find the Game.ini file in your server's configuration directory (see above), and add this stanza to the top of the file"

[stiff chasm]

Do the servers keep factories running (producing materials) when everyone is offline?

[frosty gale]

That's a setting. You can decide if you want that or not.

[stiff chasm]

What's the default?

[quick mist]

the default is to pause the world when no one is online

[quick mist]

The configuration files are not written to disk until the server has successfully been started, a world entered, and the server gracefully shut down

[hushed wigeon]

We've been playing in the server for a couple hours before trying to increase the number of players. And yes, everything was saved properly and shutdown completely before trying to edit things.

[quick mist]

if shutting the server down gracefully does not cause the files to get written to disk, that is highly unusual, but you can still create the file and it will get read on startup

[charred atlas]

interesting. how to shut down gracefully? I've only been closing the cmd window. 😳

[quick mist]

the most sure way is to connect via the Server Manager and in the Console, issue the quit command

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#How_do_I_gracefully_shut_down_the_Dedicated_Server.3F

[hushed wigeon]

WE LOVE YOU! THANK YOU! IT WORKED!!! ♥️

[quick mist]

happy to have helped!

[charred atlas]

nailed it bro, thank you! Totally makes sense too. thx.

[quick mist]

anytime

[vale echo]

Have some Problems with Blender and Plutonium cells eevery 5 Minuten idle my mashines and i must restart

[zealous badge]

having issues with getting the server to run as a service on ubuntu host. Not sure if anyone can assist.

steam@satisfactory:~$ sudo systemctl start satisfactory.service
Job for satisfactory.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
See "systemctl status satisfactory.service" and "journalctl -xeu satisfactory.service" for details.
steam@satisfactory:~$ systemctl status satisfactory.service
● satisfactory.service - Satisfactory dedicated server
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/satisfactory.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (start-pre) since Wed 2021-11-24 05:58:51 UTC; 8s ago
Cntrl PID: 5047 (bash)
Tasks: 14 (limit: 9528)
Memory: 22.8M
CPU: 1.292s
CGroup: /system.slice/satisfactory.service
├─5047 bash /home/steam/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/steam/Satisf>
└─5051 /home/steam/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/linux32/steamcmd +force_install_dir /home/steam/Satisf>

Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: Redirecting stderr to '/home/steam/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update>
Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: [ 0%] Checking for available updates...
Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: [----] Verifying installation...
Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1637624355
Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: -- type 'quit' to exit --
Nov 24 05:58:52 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: Loading Steam API...OK
Nov 24 05:58:54 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...OK
Nov 24 05:58:54 satisfactory steamcmd[5051]: Waiting for client config...OK
lines 1-20/20 (END)

[rancid tangle]

LogOnline: Warning: OSS: EOSSDK-LogEOSP2P: NAT Detection failed, unable to resolve host
What if it writes to the console like this?

[solid forge]

it smells like Port forwarding

[rancid tangle]

And what to do about it?

[solid forge]

don't know how you are running i.e. server in your home network / cloud server? But generally look here --> https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers under Port forwarding and firewall

these ports have to be open on your server and need to be forwarded in your router

to quickly check if its your router you can always put your machine in a DMZ on the router for a few minutes and retest before figuring out how to specifically forwrad ports on your router

[devout thistle]

oh hey perfect, I have the same question

same error as the dude up there, NAT Detection failed

did the port forwarding both for my pc (following the wiki page) and my router (following my isp's instructions)

still the same thing

[solid forge]

don't forget DMZ is a test I would not leave my machine exposed to the internet permenantly

[keen vortex]

i'm going to here endorse wolveix's docker container, it worked flawlessly right out of the box, all i had to change from the default docker-compose.yml was the config path and user id and the instructions warn you that you have to do that.

https://github.com/wolveix/satisfactory-server

as a retired network engineer, let me also say that i absolutely hate the way home networking appliances have perverted the whole concept of a network dmz

[solid forge]

agree mate just an easy test if you havn't figured out how to port foreward on your router yet

[keen vortex]

that message is a generic unreal engine error

it indicates that unreal engine is unable to resolve the name of the STUN server it uses to do nat detection. check your DNS settings.

[abstract garnet]

Thank you Coffeestainers for the Linux dedicated server. Installation and configuration through the steamcmd and game menus was super easy.

[keen vortex]

by default unreal uses a Google server, but individual games may override the Epic default and add their own STUN server. dunno if coffee stain does htis.

my own server generates this message as well, but i don't care because our server is in-house only

[solid forge]

good to know .. Will have to check have mine with ZAP Hosting

[keen vortex]

if i were feeling sufficiently engaged, i could restart the server and monitor the network traffic, but that's a lot of effort

[solid forge]

haha ... 😄 know the feeling

[devout thistle]

very basic question

but how do other people connect to a server I set up?

assuming I managed to get it running properly

[keen vortex]

go to server manager, add the server, connect

it could not be easier

[devout thistle]

ah

so I just give them the address and it's voila?

[keen vortex]

yup

[devout thistle]

dankes

gonna go grab a friend to test

[keen vortex]

it took me less than 10 minutes to get a server up when U5 went live, essentially all of that on downloading. easily the easiest dedicated server deployment i've ever done for a game.

contrast, say, valheim, which took me hours to get to work

[frosty gale]

is nodecraft a good place to get a server

[weary rose]

i went with natrado cuz ive used them before

[hallow night]

Has valve said anything yet about epic users being about to access steam tools servers?

[slim spoke]

no

we have steamcmd for now

[hallow night]

isnt that hard for first timer like myself

[slim spoke]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers

[hallow night]

tools was advertised to be easy for first timer like myself
and CMD was hard with hoops to jump through

[slim spoke]

ya well steam is junk

[whole nacelle]

I loaded a save on the server, and a whole bunch of my foundations were gone

I know I built them, because it's a bridge, and I used that bridge to get somewhere, even brought a tractor with me

[slim spoke]

if they were a mod item they get removed from the save without mods

or u lost a save or something

[whole nacelle]

I've been playing on experimental for a month

That save was fully on the server, so no mods

I didn't lose the save, because everything I did after building the bridge is still there

Only the bridge isn't

[slim spoke]

then ur imagining things

[whole nacelle]

Yeah sure

Thx for the help

[slim spoke]

bridges dont just walk out of a save on their own

[whole nacelle]

I agree, but this one did

[slim spoke]

hahahahaha

yup im sure

[whole nacelle]

wanna jump on the server to see ?

[slim spoke]

the only thing that makes sense is save modified itself while u werent paying attention

guess u should love u saves more

[whole nacelle]

Ok i've got something

Let me just take a couple screenshots

[slim spoke]

pics of things missing means nothing to people

[whole nacelle]

the thing is scim shows the foundations

[slim spoke]

go to the discord and ask them about it

[whole nacelle]

why ?

Just go check out the screenshots I posted, and explain to me what's happening, sanctum

[slim spoke]

u got it all screwed up

[twilit agate]

I have one question. When I load a save to my server and connect to it then everything is normal. However, When I exited and reopened the game, I got disconnected (timed out) when trying to reconnect to the server. If I then load the save to the server then I don't get disconnected. Is this normal?

[whole nacelle]

Great, thx for the explanation, I'm all good now

[slim spoke]

good thing i was done b4 i told u pics meant nothing

[stuck drum]

is there a fairly simple way to determine the IP that the server created for itself?

i didn't manually set one (foolish i know)

[slim spoke]

use net tools for os

lol

or browser... whatismyip.com

[keen vortex]

the server doesn't create an IP, that's the OS's business

[stuck drum]

so it's just using my PC's ip address

oh

oh of course, derp

[slim spoke]

server is on that machine not another lol

[keen vortex]

yes, of whatever you are running the server on

[stuck drum]

do i need to move the save game file there before i first name the server etc?

[keen vortex]

it might be a different IP in very weird scenarios (like if you're running in a docker container and have made the docker virtual network visible on your physical network) but usually it'll just be whatever the host IP is

[stuck drum]

yeah for some reason my brain thought steamcmd would generate a virtual IP, but then i realised there's no backup software to do that

[slim spoke]

steamcmd just puts server on comp for u

server is standalone exe

[teal bluff]

Anyone's dedicated server having issues with pipe floor holes? Like the don't connect sometimes and then when they do, liquid isn't passing through them

[stuck drum]

i don't have a savedgames server folder yet

is that cause i haven't finished launching it?

[slim spoke]

they can be pain in the ass to use floor holes

[stuck drum]

oh, i just discovered through the UI you can do it instead of transferring files in explorer

[devout thistle]

server works

yeeeee

[stuck drum]

ooo, this is a slow load, lol i think running the server and the game on the same machine is a baaad idea

[devout thistle]

is it any simpler to get a separate server host like a cloud server or is that still tough

[slim spoke]

game only works a little better like that.. ur still doing the same pile of work on that computer

[stuck drum]

i mean, you can usually hire a VPS for pretty cheap

[whole nacelle]

Sanctum, update : Loaded the same save, on my single player, and foundations are there. The only place they aren't is on the server

[stuck drum]

a windows VPS is a bit more, so learn linux if you want cheaper

[keen vortex]

we have a dedicated home server machine, didn't cost that much since it only needs a total potato graphics card

[stuck drum]

screenshots or it didn't happen

[whole nacelle]

Not posting pics because apparently they're useless

[slim spoke]

point456 *update captain kirk doesnt give a shit

[whole nacelle]

Right, so I can't ask for help ?

Wait wrong person

[keen vortex]

i literally have a nvidia gt218 in that machine, and it does just fine

[whole nacelle]

Three screenshots available on #screenshots

Great, I ask for help, and people just tell me to f off. Just great

[slim spoke]

noone told u to f off

[stuck drum]

that is fucking weird

[slim spoke]

just cause u shove pics at someone and bla bla bla bla ... doesnt mean that person cares

[whole nacelle]

You're supposed to help, not care

[whole nacelle]

Yeah, I know

[sacred pulsar]

so with dedicated servers i dont have to leave my pc on for days at a time anymore cuz it will just keep running on its own?

[whole nacelle]

Depends where your server is

[keen vortex]

by default the server pauses when nobody is logged in

[whole nacelle]

But if it's on a separate machine, then yes

[keen vortex]

also, who turns off a computer?

[slim spoke]

@whole nacelle i dont work for u or coffeestain so screw that shit

ur dilusional when u start telling people that shit here

[keen vortex]

@whole nacelle your screenshots still show the 'experimental' blaze, so you're not running U5 anyway

[whole nacelle]

Ok, I just assumed you wanted to help, since you were the first one to answer. You could have just told me you didn't want to help, instead of insulting me

[whole nacelle]

I'm running on the experimental branch, both have U5

[rose valley]

Alright lads, I'm going to have to politely ask you to let this go.

[whole nacelle]

and server doesn't work on U4 anyways

[devout thistle]

got redirected here

[stiff dirge]

question, I've downloaded dedicated servers, and when I attempt to add a server, it's asking for both a port and address, I'm quite a bit confused on how to set that up. so what address is the game looking for in regards to server?

[devout thistle]

do trains work properly now that we have dedicated servers?

used to play with a friend and that was a major concern of his cos I was the host and only I could touch the trains in any way lol

[keen vortex]

15777 is the default port, you only need to change it if you changed it when you set up the server

[devout thistle]

if you're not on the same network, use the public ip address of the machine hosting

[keen vortex]

the address is the IP address (or host name) of the machie on which the server lives. must be reachable from the client.

[stiff dirge]

ah, so I'd put my computer's IP address if I'm running the server from my own computer, just to make sure I'm not misunderstanding?

[keen vortex]

i can think of scenarios in which that is incorrect, but i doubt many people set up game servers over point-to-point VPNs. 🙂

[slim spoke]

bogdan hahah ya

[devout thistle]

pls spare me I'm just a normal dude tryin to play a vidya gaem

🙏

[ivory vector]

yeah - the guests/clients can drive the trains as well as the "host" - that used to cause us trouble too

[devout thistle]

nice

[keen vortex]

if you're running on the same computer, use either its (internal) IP address or just localhost (127.0.0.1)

[devout thistle]

thanks

[ivory vector]

there was an issue i found where it would make the game disconnect if you were in a vehicle while moving but i'm not sure if they fixed it or whether my server changes made a difference, either way it's been good for a week or two now

[keen vortex]

note that it's probably not "better" to run a dedicated server on the same computer as a client than it is just to host normally

[frail tree]

I just use reflective NAT when I'm at home.

[keen vortex]

that makes me twitch because it forces a round trip through the NAT device, plus i cut my teeth on PIXes, and PIXes absolutely refused to route a packet out the same interface it came in, there was absolutely no way to make them do that.

[frail tree]

My router does it just fine, still 2-3ms

[stiff dirge]

Thank you, and I'm mainly doing this to do a learn by doing kind of thing

[keen vortex]

i use split DNS for things like that

[rose valley]

There is actually some benefit to running a server on the same computer as the one you're playing on: Boosting framerate.

You basically move the heavylifting to another process and your game is basically just a glorified renderer of the game state at that point.

[keen vortex]

i've had some interesting issues with taking damage "late" on the dedicated server. pioneer continues to take damage after the combat is over, sometimes for two or three seconds.

[keen vortex]

mostly depends on how many cores and how much memory the host has

[frail tree]

Didn't experience anything like that

[rose valley]

It does but in some setups is would make a big difference. Worth trying at least once imo.

[keen vortex]

i haven't seen it happen often enough or consistently enough to characterize it more usefully.

[slim spoke]

dedi separates the workload of server from the game cpu time

so game can sort of work how it is meant to

[keen vortex]

i also haven't been paying attention to load figures while playing dedicated, which i suppose i should do

[frail tree]

Oh, I did notice that mobs appear like 30 seconds after I reached their location.

But the actual combat feels normal

[keen vortex]

that i haven't seen, but i have seen some odd spawn delay behaviors rarely

both me and my wife (who is playing on the same server) have had situations where we've killed a thing and even in some cases harvested its drops, then died from damage from nothing we can identify

some of those might have been there being some other hostile that we didn't see, but i also had one where i ended combat with 3 bars health and saw it drop twice after combat was over, and then it stopped and i survived

also, once my wife died, but then undied and continued on without having to respawn (?)

i'm guessing these are server/client desyncs, but i can't explain them

[echo meteor]

how to start dedicated server

[slim spoke]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers

[echo meteor]

thanks

[slim spoke]

np its the title of room

[keen vortex]

i should instrument the container, maybe even keep top running on a secondary monitor

[quick mist]

pleased to report that I'm seeing much better distribution of cycles to the various threads after about a half day up uptime:

sure most of the threads are often idle but they're spinning up a lot more now and racking up cycle time more evenly than before

[keen vortex]

i'm not seeing all that much distribution, PoolThread 0, TaskGraphHP 10, and ServerQuery have the lion's share of the CPU time

well, ok TaskGraphHP 11 is about half of 10, 12 is about half of 11, and 13 is about half of 12, which itself suggests something to me about the scheduling....

0 is about the same as 16, and 1-9 have essentially no CPU time

[quasi kettle]

are there known bugs around trains stuck docking?

[slim spoke]

check the bug site for updated reports

[hallow night]

is there any thing that changed for CMD set up for Public build

[slim spoke]

thought they fixed that

u might have to redo train or platform/station though

dedi is same to install

[quasi kettle]

hmmm brand new station. weird

[timid slate]

Which of these would be best for the server to run on? Intel Xeon Gold 6254 processors, Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 processors or Intel Xeon E-2288G processors

[slim spoke]

til they splitter server officially

[hallow night]

First time setting up a server is a head ache!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[white dirge]

first is hard always

[fickle gorge]

reading so many exclamation marks gives also headaches...

[hallow night]

im taking a break when i got to port forwarding

everything upto that was explained well

i was watching MMD's video on it

[fleet silo]

Quick question.. How do I import/export gamefiles from server?? I just copy and paste the savefile from/to the server's folder?

[slim spoke]

port forwarding is simple .. router manuals have like 5-6 simple steps for it

or google ur brand/model port fowarding

[hallow night]

mhmm

i also got fuck in the asss i think cause when i open windows defender it say my AVG anti virus controls it

[slim spoke]

hahahahah

av software ... how cute

[fleet silo]

hahaha

[hallow night]

:/

mannn cmon

xD

[static elk]

did you really have to use 456 exclamation marks

[hallow night]

LOL

[timid slate]

What are these settings in the engine.ini for?

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver]
MaxClientRate=300000
MaxInternetClientRate=300000

[/Script/SocketSubsystemEpic.EpicNetDriver]
MaxClientRate=300000
MaxInternetClientRate=300000

[slim spoke]

if u dont know then dont touch

or just net search and read up on the engine info

you can help or really screw things up messing with that stuff

[timid slate]

That is totally...... unhelpful

[frosty gale]

Try changing FG.NetworkQuality and see if they are modified, perhaps?

That's my only guess, as they're network related

[timid slate]

Yeah that has an effect. Already assumed they might be connected. Trying to get my G-Portal server performance up.

Doesn't want to work with me currently... and their support is basiaclly "game needs optimization, we can't help other people have higher tickrate on their mediocre servers and we have sucky performance"

[slim spoke]

helps to know what ur messing with when ur screwing with teh engine settings of how it works

but hey u do u .. have fun

[timid slate]

Then ask what I am trying to do instead.....

[rose valley]

Or they could like... provide some better hardware?

Sure we might have some optimization to do but that sounds like a cop out to me.

If they ask for money, then you should get what you're buying.

[timid slate]

Yeah agreed

Will try poking them some more to see if I can get more out of them. Otherwise might look into going somehwere else... Just don't have the time to upkeep a server myself 😭

[rose valley]

It's really not that bad once you've set it up.

[slim spoke]

ya just setup a update cmd in the restart process

so u can just exit from server manager to update

only thing that might be bad is if server manager doesnt play nice cause of version mismatch... im not saying it does that .. it might though and if so hopefully they can fix that soon

[timid slate]

Yeah, problem is mostly getting the server up and running. To start I don't have the hardware to set it up here so would need to rent one. And haven't found anything that is costwise interesting, so if anyone knows a good place for that

[slim spoke]

im not sure who is good enough now a days

i would see who though has best comment/reviews for ur region of net though

cause it sucks if u get best company and servers but its routing is bleh

[rose valley]

Go by the specs. If you're happy with the price and they seem somewhat reputable then I don't see how you can go wrong with any VPS (or dedicated server) provider. I'd just pick something geographically close.

[timid slate]

Yeah agreed, will drive the price from current 10eur to about 50eur though >.<

[rose valley]

I'm pretty sure that would be overkill.

We will look into making server setup easier so people can actually feel better about making this choice.

[copper lily]

its pretty hefty to run mid/late game so im not surprised

im on a 5600x and i still dip into the 20s

[slim spoke]

docker or something that is like 1 touch unpack would be so nice if its possible

[timid slate]

Cheapest I can find this quick is 30eur for the first 3 months, 60eur after. And that is for

4 dedicated vCPU's
8 GB RAM
200 GB NVMe
10 TB pooled traffi

[rose valley]

it will come, sooner or later. It won't solve the problem of NAT (port forwarding) though which is where most people are choking.

[slim spoke]

i dont know what the fancy thing is now.. used to just rar pack a server package

[rose valley]

Is anyone running the server with decent performance on a VPS? Those tend to be cheaper.

[timid slate]

Above IS a VPS 😦

[rose valley]

holy shit those are dedicated server prices.

[slim spoke]

ya bogdan ..but it will help alot still and save alot of time/effort for people .. but not rushing ya's we know it takes time to get it all in place and setup

we appreciate all the work and effort

[woeful citrus]

does anyone has problems with updating experimental server after 5.0 release?

i can update, i can connect

but cant join server

[slim spoke]

whats happening?

[copper lily]

mines running off a docker

[slim spoke]

yes but im sayin one official from them that can be posted for all to grab on wiki

[copper lily]

i use wolfiex

works great

[slim spoke]

but like i said not tryin to rush or be a pain ..

i can setup my server just fine i have no problems

[timid slate]

Hmm, think I will take the following steps:

1. See if G-Portal can do anything for me
2. If not, contact Nitrado about their performance and possibly switch to them
3. Look further into renting my own server.

[copper lily]

i will say

my old contrabo server had decent performance for the price

i dont know bout satisfactory on it

but i used it for other things pretty well

i moved over to a dedi i rent for the community I run

on OVH

so i just use a bit of CPU time for satisfactory 😆

[timid slate]

Hmm they have a traffic limit, but other then that they are super cheap

I just found one cheaper here in NL that is still 3 times as expensive as them 😮

[copper lily]

oh in EU i'd look at hetzner

[rose valley]

Just for reference I'm running my server on an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, in early late game (no alu yet) and it seems to quite consistently stay at 30 tps. that is, with only one player connected though.

[fluid prawn]

Any way to change or force the server tickrate with a launch param?

[slim spoke]

wiki page should have all that information -- dedicated server page

[copper lily]

yeah once you get to tier 7 or so it starts chugging a bit even on a 5600x

im at 22 avg

with multiple trains

pretty par for the course though, feels nice and smooth

[rose valley]

I am at tier 7 just net far into it. But 22 tps is really not that bad.

[copper lily]

not at all

it feels nice and smooth

[timid slate]

When I am far away from my main factories the tps is a stable 14, which is not unplayable, but does cause some annoying lag issues

[rose valley]

I'd start to worry if it goes below 10 tps a lot.

[copper lily]

im starting my mega factory this weekend

we'll see how that goes 😄

had to setup all the train routes and the dropoff hubs

[timid slate]

Near my main location, which is not a mega factory mind you, it' consistently <10

[fluid prawn]

None about the tickrate sadly

I've seen servers at 80, while mine is capped at 30

[slim spoke]

that is on the wiki

[rose valley]

Check the pins.

[slim spoke]

someone added that before i dont know where though.. but ya bogdan knows

[timid slate]

That response!!!! "If this were a hardware problem, there would be a lot more players. But in this case it's you. Therefore, we assume that the problem is caused by the game." 😭

[slim spoke]

tell them jsut cause 1 person calls u an idiot doesnt mean ur really smart .. refund my money

[timid slate]

Meh, server expires tommorow. Won't extend that obviously

[slim spoke]

ahhh hehe ya

thats nuts for support .. think they would be like let us look into the engine stuff and see what we can do

even if its bs its better way

[pure abyss]

Does anyone know which paid server hosts are using the actual dedicated server feature?
I know they were all using pseudo servers where they ran the game client and had a "player" in the game before

[shell cedar]

The exprimental and early access branches are now the same? Would it work to move the savegame and switch my dedicated server to early access and continue it there?

[pure abyss]

I'd prefer to use the actual dedicated server feature because it has options like whether to pause the game when there's no players online.
I usually use Creeperhost, Nitrado, etc. for other games

[slim spoke]

dedi already setup will be ea servers

unless u changed hte install line for incoming beta exp changes

[timid slate]

Nitrado has real dedicated servers nowadays. I just sent them a ticket in hoped to get an idea what their performance is.

Avoid G-Portal!

[long sable]

I'm personally using a GAME-2 variant from SoYouStart, haven't encountered any issues so far.

[umbral egret]

hey guys.. i just set up a server.. can anyone try if they can join?

[slim spoke]

dm me info

[hallow night]

this is my routers UI
what port should i use, and what do i put for destination IP

[slim spoke]

Bogdan .. in server manager for ADD IP could the mask be defaulted to off so we can see what we type please please 🙂

[silver dagger]

i kinda liked the default mask

[serene berry]

how to join dedicated server ?

[rose valley]

It's supposed to be like that for people that stream. Default on the more secure state.

[rare dirge]

Does anyone know when the official standalone image for docker comes out, as mentioned bij Jace at 2:50 in the state of dedicated servers video?

[rose valley]

soon ™️

or, when it's ready

[slim spoke]

ahhh ok that makes sense .. but still makes me sad lol

sucks for us cause streamers arent smart i get it

hehe

[timid slate]

So just started a new game on the server, and set tickrate on max 120 because testing. And I am averaging 120 tickrate.

And on the old save with 0 people connected it's like this:

[rose valley]

There's a lot of factory there that explains the slow down.

[timid slate]

Well, I don't THINK there is a lot :/ Unless someone created a big factory somewhere I have not seen...

Okay... looking at the interactive map... Seems like more has been build then I thought 😮

So, what has more impact on the tickrate, one overclocked building, or 2.5 normal?

[rose valley]

I may be mistaken since that's not my area of expertise but I think 2.5 normal will have a higher impact.

[timid slate]

Yeah looking at ImKibitz let's play I also suspect that.

SO I guess for future development -> ingredients that use the least buildings possible and overclock where possible

[hallow night]

GOD DAMN MY BRAIN IS HURTING AGAIN
setting up a server is BS

ahhhhhhhhhhh
NAT Dectection failed, unable to resolve host
what does this mean and how to i fix

[slim spoke]

its a warning keep going

[hallow night]

how? it just stops

[slim spoke]

at what?

running server ends at 2 warnings

then u load game and go in server manager and add it to check

[slim spoke]

ok notice it says WARNING

those are just a warning not an actual error where stuff stops

[hallow night]

okay

[slim spoke]

just so u know for future

[hallow night]

ty

[slim spoke]

and that looks like its working

so to server manager u should go

[hallow night]

Server appears to be offline

[slim spoke]

is it same computer or on lan or net

[hallow night]

same PC

[slim spoke]

use localhost or 127.0.0.1

one or other might not work for u

depending on security settings on ur stuff

[timid slate]

So, shot myself to the otherside of the map.... Truck drives properly now 🥳

[hallow night]

you're a god

[wary bluff]

Hi there, short question - where can I find my Logfiles of the Server under Debian if its running as a systemd-Service - I didn't find a hint in the Wiki (or I totally missed it)

[timid slate]

Well almost properly

[wary bluff]

or does the "linux implicit uses -log to window" mean, no Files

[slim spoke]

try the install folder for server or where the saves go .. in a folder outside the saves

[wary bluff]

nope, unfortunately not

the Saves-path is /home/satisfactory/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved in my case, there I can only find the Savegames

[slim spoke]

wiki page for dedicaed servers should have the info

[wary bluff]

nope, it has not - there's only the Info about the Start-parameter "-log" which forces the Server to show the Logs in Terminal - which is implicit in linux - but no Logfiles-Path or Logs

[hallow night]

how do i get my friend to join?

[slim spoke]

give them internet ip for the server

and make sure ports are forwarded and open

[hallow night]

where to i get the internet ip for server

[wary bluff]

AHH.. found them !! -> /home/satisfactory/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryGame/Saved/Logs

Android 3.0 - how do you connect to your Server ?

[hallow night]

localhost

[vale dagger]

who still has problems with the trains. these jerks when driving .... the server is not even under half load ...

[wary bluff]

Uh.. Oh.. ok... so, the Server is running on your Local PC - then you can use some page like "whatsmyip.org"

this will show your internet-IP of your Router - but you have to forward the Ports in your Router to your PC

[hallow night]

so i would have to set up a static lease

[wary bluff]

this depends on your Router - some Models can handle this with the internal HostName, but yes, statical Lease would be more Secure and the good way to do that

secure in terms of "will work everytime"

[hallow night]

do i give them my static IP now or my IPv6?

[fleet silo]

there is a bug that if i dismantle something, after removal, the orange hightlight stays

[slim spoke]

one on the net that goes to server that u forwarded ports for

they are a friend so just give them 1 and if not then the other

shot that is desyncing

server/game/net isnt keeping up

[livid spruce]

Does nitrado dedi servers only work on expiramental for now?

[slim spoke]

goto their support and ask them

but dedis as they are now are ea servers

[wary bluff]

next Question - what Value the Average TickRate should have ?

[slim spoke]

30

pinned messages

[wary bluff]

Uh.. yea.. missed the pinned messages.. thanks for the hint !

[hallow night]

goes he join via
join game
or
server manager

[wary bluff]

because mine is somwhere around 7 to 12

@hallow night ServerManager and Add Server

[hallow night]

ty

[timid slate]

What Tier are you in game?

[silver dagger]

okey so i got one question hoping someone can help me out. I'm was trying to start the server first time and i get it stuck on this in the linux terminal

[2021.11.24-12.04.09:856][ 1]LogOnline: Warning: OSS: EOSSDK-LogEOSP2P: NAT Detection failed, unable to resolve host
[2021.11.24-12.04.10:325][ 15]LogOnline: Warning: OSS: EOSSDK-LogEOSAnalytics: EOS SDK Analytics disabled for route [1].
[2021.11.24-12.04.10:692][ 26]LogOnline: Warning: OSS: EOSSDK-LogEOSEcom: Purchase flow is disabled due to overlay setup failure (EOS_NotConfigured).

is this a port forwarding problem? or am i looking somewhere else to fix this?

[wary bluff]

last Tier (8)

[slim spoke]

those are just warnings and normal

LogOnline: Warning

[timid slate]

Then it just might be "normal". I get the same at that Tier

[wary bluff]

Ok, fine

[silver dagger]

okey so it should be live then?

[slim spoke]

but u might have defender or something blocking some of hte game's net access

should be

[wary bluff]

then I need more CPU-Power 🙂

[hallow night]

he couldnt join via IPv6 nor static lease

[timid slate]

Now, I still think it should be possible to have it higher, but G-Portal is not really helpful with their support.

[silver dagger]

okey thanks!! imma try connecting next

[limpid rover]

I'm having the same log lines as @silver dagger, server doesnt appear online though?

[slim spoke]

lol

[limpid rover]

oh, I needed to restart my game client apparently

[frosty gale]

No. For example, my dedicated server is setup on a container managed via à Proxmox 7 server. Before I've this messages too, but with this args, it works perfectly (I used a LinuxGSM setup) :

startparameters="FactoryGame -ServerQueryPort=${queryport} -BeaconPort=${beaconport} -Port=${port} -log -unattended -multihome=0.0.0.0

With this last argument, -multihome=0.0.0.0, your server force to use IPv4 and disable IPv6. For me and my friends, the connection can be established after that 😉

[brisk cloak]

Have i understood right that if i don't add beta pranch into server launch. The old Experimental pranch will default to public pranch. So i don't neet to change enythign on my server and when next update hits my server is at public pranch?

[slim spoke]

binds to all adapters

without adding beta exp to cmdline ur using ea server

[brisk cloak]

Nice, Ty @slim spoke

[silver dagger]

@frosty gale thanks! ill try that if it doesn't work! for now i seem to be able to connect!

@slim spoke and @frosty gale thanks for the clarification!

[slim spoke]

cheers hope ya'll have fun

[silver dagger]

ill do my best 😉

[tall oasis]

anyone else have the bug where they can't press V to open train automation?

annoying the hell out of me, and so far only happened in dedis

logging back onto the server fixes it though

sometimes multiple times

pain

and it usually stops working after like 30 minutes anyways

[slim spoke]

sounds like u have comp issues

when u have issue try using P 2 times

[timid slate]

Is a known issue (at least, it has been an issue for a while)

[slim spoke]

check bug site

[dire stump]

hey all, I tried googling around and searching this channel but couldn't find anything. Does anyone know if there is a way to automatically load the newest save file when starting the server for an existing world? Currently after we turn on the server the admin has to go and load the latest save before others can join

[slim spoke]

check the wiki page for udpated info

[dire stump]

yeah, I did. I saw this bit, but that's for manually loading a save https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Loading_a_save_file

[slim spoke]

the wiki has the stuff we can do

[hidden grove]

Is it possible to run different saves on a third party hosted server?

[slim spoke]

yes

put the saves on the server and use the command to load them

[hidden grove]

I dont have any saves to put on there, was curious if I used the create game option while a game is currently running, if it would wipe the previous one.

[slim spoke]

no

[hidden grove]

okay, cool. thanks

[timid slate]

That currently is the only option.

[dire stump]

ahh dang, appreciate the help

[whole prairie]

I can't get the train loaded with more than 2 fluid containers. The 3rd and 4th platforms are not loaded on the train. Have already reset the station and also the train, but unfortunately nothing helps. Can it be that not more than 2 liquid containers work on a train?

[tame solar]

are the icons on the freight platform cranes lit?

[whole prairie]

No, platform 3 and 4 are "dark". But why is platform 1 and 2 working correctly. Is there something I must do additionally?

[timid slate]

Have you tried rebuilding platform 2?

I have had the same issue earlier and what worked for me was to rebuild the last working platform, seems there is an issue with stuff connecting in dedi that affects everything that can be connected, conveyors, pipelines, tracks you name it, it has issues.

[tame solar]

if they aren't lit they aren't built properly

rebuild them

lit means powered and operational

[whole prairie]

II tried but it is not working :-(. If I rebuild the whole station it only lits plattform 1 and 2. If I replace the 2nd it stays also dark.

[tame solar]

could try downloading the save and building the station in singleplayer

[whole prairie]

ok I will try

[safe path]

Hello, can somebody help us? Our Server has pretty good Hardware, but the Server is still running really porly. Machines and Storage containers sometimes dont accept Items from Belts and running around is getting worse and worse because you keep bugging back.

[frosty gale]

I've the same problem sometimes. During Experimental, it seems to be a graphical bug of Satisfactory client, probably an incorrect refresh of items. I fix this by remove and re-add belts. It works like a charm (normally )

[acoustic python]

dedi server?

[peak bloom]

Any news on when we get DS to Epic?

[safe path]

yeah

[safe path]

The problem occurs all the time, sometimes items go in instantly, sometimes every single items waits 5 seconds on the bell before going into a splitter, merger, a machine or a storage box

[acoustic python]

what is the hardware?

let's just double check that and not gloss over it 😄

and is the server doing anything else other than hosting the gameserver?

[whole prairie]

@timid slate @tame solar I have build it locally and uploaded to the dedicated server. Now it is working. Thanks for your help and hope they will fix it soon

[safe path]

We got a Linux V-Server with 6 Cores of a Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 (6) @ 1.999GHz

• 16GbB of RAM
  No the Server isn't doing anything else right now.
  If you look up the "taskmanager" you can see that only one core is maxed out

[whole prairie]

We are having the same issue on windows. Splitter, merger and containers sometimes waiting 5 seconds before an item from the belt is processed.

It was working fine at the beginning but the more that is built, the slower it gets.

[silver yacht]

Hello, anyone here tried Zap Hosting for Satisfactory?

im having some problems

[dull bronze]

Question:

Friend is running a dedicated server. Others seem to be able to connect to it just fine. When I attempt to do so, I can see his server, I can see that I'm not authenticated, and then when I attempt to authenticate, I type in the password and then get... nothing.

[frigid rock]

soooo, i just got teleported over the skybox... is this a thing with dedicated servers or?

[frosty gale]

OK. Have u a huge factory(ies) on your map? It can be simples lags. Sometimes, in my main factory, located at Dunes biome, belts and these items are not display, or like you, have some lag to go in splitters, mergers, machines too.

[frigid rock]

i literally just climbed to the top of the hub while the cargo drone wasn´t there

[safe path]

It#S not just that they dont get displayed, they literally wont go into the machine even when they are one the belt right before it
+the machine is empty

[frosty gale]

Strange bug 🤔

[frigid rock]

seems to be a desync, drone is there now and i didn´t have a timer to begin with

just respawned and got my items back

[whole prairie]

Unfortunately it is not possible to make my fabric efficient with these outages. I hope they can fit it

[frigid rock]

you shouldn´t need to put in a password to connect to the server

the first tab should just have connect in the lower left corner

the other tabs are only for the server admin and thus require a password

[karmic sable]

anyone else had an issue where a friends connection timed out to the dedicated server even though the world was created, and the ports were forwarded?

[terse stag]

I am having the same problem

[alpine dawn]

some good news at my house, I was able to get a replacement hard drive for my server over night and replaced the dead drive yesterday and as of this morning the RAID successfully rebuilt #winning

[alpine dawn]

has it worked previously or is this the first time you are setting it up

[native frost]

hi fellas! im trying to set up a DS but i cant set the ip (Steam)

[alpine dawn]

cant set the IP where?

the bind address?

[native frost]

it says 0.0.0.0:15777

[alpine dawn]

ok?

[native frost]

in the console

[alpine dawn]

thats all IPs on the machine

[versed merlin]

That means it’s bound to ALL IPs on that machine

so, unless you NEED to bind it to a specific IP, if you have multiple NICs in the machine, should be fine

If you DO need to bind it to a specific IP address for a specific NIC, there’s info on how to do that in the Wiki

it’s a command-line argument

[alpine dawn]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers

[native frost]

allrighty 😄
and can a friend of mine join the server if he is on epic?

[alpine dawn]

yes

[versed merlin]

Yes. Servers are client agnostic

[native frost]

POGGERS-moment

[naive hinge]

any epic support for dedicated yet?

[alpine dawn]

they work with the epic client now

[versed merlin]

Just make sure you have forwarded your ports. 😄

[naive hinge]

nice

[alpine dawn]

or are you asking if you can get the server via epic

[slim spoke]

!wikisearch dedicated servers

[hushed gate]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Search?query=dedicated servers

[naive hinge]

server via epic

[alpine dawn]

you can only get the server via steam/steamcmd

[slim spoke]

that has how to install servers

[versed merlin]

Currently the servers are ONLY available via Steam

or SteamCMD

[naive hinge]

grumble

[slim spoke]

use steamcmd

[versed merlin]

You don’t need a steam account to install from SteamCMD

[slim spoke]

the info in in the wiki page above

[alpine dawn]

yeah its fine, you dont need a steam account

[naive hinge]

I have a steam account ust I bought into Satisfactory the first day it hit Epic so kinda where I been lol

[versed merlin]

okay… and?

[alpine dawn]

the server works with epic clients

[fleet silo]

is a known bug that I cant open the vehicle menu?

[slim spoke]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers

[naive hinge]

hmm ok

[slim spoke]

go there

steamcmd is just host for the dedi files

u dont login into it... its anonymous

[alpine dawn]

if it didnt work with epic clients I woudlnt be able to use it haha

[naive hinge]

gotcha

[versed merlin]

“Game clients from both the Epic and Steam game stores can connect and play on dedicated servers regardless of where the Dedicated Server was downloaded.”. literally the third sentence from the wiki page Summary section.

[native frost]

cheers guys 😄

[alpine dawn]

I havent seen this specifically but I havent had vehicles in a few patches

so...

maybe

[fleet silo]

its frustrating.. the vehicles are basically useless

[slim spoke]

check the bug site

[alpine dawn]

windows or linux server?

[versed merlin]

Check the QA site, and if there isn’t a report of the issue yet, please submit one so the devs can get it looked at

[fleet silo]

Ok

[slim spoke]

if there isnt reports then its probably ur game

verify files or reboot

redo truck

[alpine dawn]

I still remember back in the early days of non-dedi multiplayer having all the trucks my wife and I had disappear like Thanos snapped his finger

that was fun

XD

load up the map and start walking around and be like

[versed merlin]

This is obviously some definition of the word “fun” with which I was previously unfamiliar with…. 👀

[lilac juniper]

I have a dedicated server that works fine if I turn off the Windows firewall.
I have 15777, 15000 & 7777 UDP forwarded and there are no other rules that conflict.
Any ideas?

[fleet silo]

it worked

lol

[alpine dawn]

you need to open those ports in the windows firewall @lilac juniper there is a powershell command to run on the wiki

port forwarding on your router wont help if the ports are blocked on the windows firewall

[lilac juniper]

OK, I'll give it a try. I did see that. Thanks

[dull bronze]

Ok. So something is obviously up with my ability to connect to this server. I've had multiple friends try and they're all able to connect without an issue.

I just get a "could not connect to server" warning when I try. The server is based here in my home city, and a friend over 2k miles away connected without an issue.

So it's not the server; that feels like a me thing.

[versed merlin]

I would tend to agree.

[pseudo yew]

Do you host it locally?

[versed merlin]

(non sarcastically)

[versed merlin]

He says it’s based in his home city, so I would guess not?

[slim spoke]

defender or some software is blocking your game

[dull bronze]

^ It's not my server. It's a friend's on a completely different network.

[alpine dawn]

sounds like ISP/firewall of some sort

[dull bronze]

Yeh; I'll check firewall and see if I can give it a pass.

[feral dawn]

o/ fellow server type people

[alpine dawn]

something must be filtering your traffic outbound which is unusual but not unheard of

[versed merlin]

or a bad route to the server.

[alpine dawn]

or bad routes

yeah

[lilac juniper]

Powershell command seemed to work for me.

[pseudo yew]

Know it sounds dumb but assume he's tried to verify he's files?

[versed merlin]

Never dumb to start with basics. 👍

[alpine dawn]

@dull bronze do you know if single player works ok?

[dull bronze]

I'm on epic. Single player works fine.

[alpine dawn]

gotcha

[pseudo yew]

Honestly it's just my go to it's crazy amount it just makes stuff work

[alpine dawn]

I mean it never hurts to reverify files

usually its pretty quick

[terse stag]

So its looking like I am connecting to the server. However I am unable to connect to the game itself?

[dull bronze]

I don't even have a connect button.

[slim spoke]

ur screen seems to be wrong shape

[tame solar]

doesn't this mean you need to enter a client password?

[slim spoke]

ya

[alpine dawn]

click authenticate

[terse stag]

My firewall is turned off, i've restarted the router. What is preventing me from connecting to dedicated servers?

[feral dawn]

@terse stag are u hosting this server urself, or via a hosting company?

[terse stag]

hosting company

[feral dawn]

what's the name of the company?

[terse stag]

zap-hosting

[feral dawn]

ah okay not the company i thought it would be

anyways

[terse stag]

other people can connect no problem to the server

[feral dawn]

ah sorry i missed that part, i see.

can you ping the IP address at all?

[slim spoke]

your end is probably blocking the game exe

defender or windows firewall or av or something

[terse stag]

its all off

[feral dawn]

try pinging the server, see if u can even do that.

[terse stag]

how would I go about doing that?

[feral dawn]

WIN+R > cmd > ping IP

so if ur ip was 1.2.3.4, u would do ping 1.2.3.4

also feel free to share the IP with me via a PM, so i can check that it even does ping 😄

okay so it does ping.

so it should for you tooooo

[terse stag]

I can connect

[kindred venture]

any servers to join?

[terse stag]

I just dont join the game. conenction always drop out

[feral dawn]

#looking-for-group-old @kindred venture

ah, okay

is it a new save, or a large factory save?

[karmic sable]

@kindred venture yeah can you see if you can join mine we are trying to determine if it is my friend having an issue or if it is the server

[kindred venture]

sure

whats the info

[karmic sable]

I dm'd you

[severe badge]

anyone notice that RAM use has changed since the most recent release? I'm seeing the server's memory use constantly growing over time, which is not the case previously.

[feral dawn]

plz ensure u put the info in a PM, as it's agains the rules to share IP's in public channels. rather u not get in trouble 🙂

[terse stag]

Connection always times out

[feral dawn]

also @terse stag have u set FG.NetworkQuality 3 in the servers console?

assuming u can connect to the server via thet server manager at least ^

[terse stag]

setting it now

im playing telephone rofl

[feral dawn]

also ensure Ultra is set on ur client too

[slim spoke]

tell someone to move the hub away from all the other stuff

[feral dawn]

^ this can help too on large factories

[terse stag]

its a new save

[weak dome]

I have tried and failed to get the network connection to hook up to any computer but my own... what's a good place to rent server space that won't break the bank?

[terse stag]

was that at me?

[feral dawn]

ye

[terse stag]

u read my mind

[feral dawn]

haha

[terse stag]

same error

[feral dawn]

did u wanna try connecting to my server, to see if that works...

[terse stag]

sure

dm me

[feral dawn]

that will at least say if it's a problem ur end, or something else.

[alpine dawn]

lol oops forgot to start my server last night after booting the server

was going to check that mem situation @severe badge mentioned

but kinda hard to do that if its not running

[severe badge]

I mean, that would be a pretty serious bug if it was STILL using memory while not running...

we'll just say that you were checking for that condition 😉

[alpine dawn]

well I was replacing a drive last night and I dont have the dedi start automatically because it and another game server I have installed used some of the same ports so I just start them manually when I want them

but yeah completely forgot to start it

[mossy radish]

I'm on a 4th gen I7, 32GB of RAM (Satisfactory only ever uses 4GB - is there a way to give it more?) and seem to have pretty steady 30

I'd be curious to see what happens when another players joins

[alpine dawn]

right after firing it up and nobody connected

[severe badge]

BTW, to explain the flat part starting at 4:00 in my graph, at 4:00AM the server stops for a full backup, and then starts again.

[severe badge]

According to my recent experience, it seems to take more all for itself!

[mossy radish]

are those stats IRIX mode or non-IRIX mode? Curious whether it's consuming 4% total or 4% of a core.

(capital I in top changes between them)

[mossy radish]

Been running my server for 10 days, didn't know about this one. Can I put it in an INI so it persists between restarts?

[alpine dawn]

IRIX on

[lime elm]

Ok ppl.. what the hell is going on. This server has been laggy from day one but today the lag is friggin INSANE

[alpine dawn]

debian top seems to default to IRIX mode on

[severe badge]

Cool, we'll see what happens in 30m-60m

[mossy radish]

Statts from my i7 4790k/32GB/SSD

I'm at tier 8/9? I think but my factory isn't very big yet

[lime elm]

I keep rubber banding, trains wont move right, I cant change items in my hand without having to wait 10 years

[versed merlin]

Check the pinned messages. there’s info about it

[mossy radish]

nice ty

[severe badge]

What's the tick rate of the server? you can check from the server management menu from inside the game

[slim spoke]

@lime elm restart the server and client and lower your settings in game.. server/game/net isnt keeping up

[severe badge]

Which settings might have an effect? I'd be surprised if it were the graphical ones

[frosty gale]

Does anyone have the problemn, that adding a freight terminal doesn't do anything when trying to load?

two are being loaded but not the 3rd one I've added

[feral dawn]

If you shove it in your servers console, it'll save as long as you shutdown the server gracefully to your gameusersettings.ini :)

[mossy radish]

Graceful shutdown = issuing stop/restart command from service manager thing (I'm on ubuntu and it installed it as a systemd service)

?

[versed merlin]

yes. from the Server Manager menu > Console tab

in-game

(client)

[severe badge]

both that and what CubGeek mentioned should be graceful enough

[feral dawn]

You should see the gameusersettings.ini update with the new value inside mFloatValues or something like that.

[mossy radish]

K cool. I've used Linux since kernel 2.0.30 so I'm fairly technical and yet I don't see wtf CubGEek is talking about, I see no restart command in the Server Manager

[feral dawn]

Go to server manager, click your server.

Go to console (last tab)

[versed merlin]

Issuing a systemctl stop satisfactory command won’t necessarily shutdown the server software gracefully.

[feral dawn]

Type quit in

[mossy radish]

OOOOOO

OK I get it, ty

[feral dawn]

This

[lime elm]

bugger all, 10 ish. ive tried setting it to 30 or 60 manualy with no change.

[mossy radish]

Yeah that was precisely what I was concerned about

[severe badge]

oh shit, really? My bad

[mossy radish]

It looks like it shuts it down gracefully but having some knowledge about those things - some of them just wait 30seconds for things to cleanup then killall <processname>

[versed merlin]

Open your satisfactory game client. Then go to Server manager and select your server, then go to the console tab. then enter the quit command in THAT console window

[lime elm]

the server, its net and my pc and net are more than powerful and fast enough it should keep up fine

[quick mist]

SIGTERM which sysstemd should use with the example unit file does do a graceful shutdown

[feral dawn]

The Linux server software seems to gracefully shutdown via a sigterm now I think.

[mossy radish]

I was missing the part about "quit" in the console window

Thank you!

[versed merlin]

Ahhhh. that’s a nice change. TIL.

[quick mist]

it has since about the second or third patch IIRC

[feral dawn]

Only on Linux however as far as I know bud.

[mossy radish]

Ok cool. I always Save before I restart so worst case I manually load my manual save

[quick mist]

it was just confusing because graceful shutdowns still threw segfaults for a while

[versed merlin]

and that’s all we really care about, right?

[severe badge]

that's setting the MAX tick rate.

[feral dawn]

Haha, docker ftw.

[quick mist]

Docker is honestly overkill for something like this

[mossy radish]

DopeGhoti: I think it is and it isn't. It's a great turnkey solution for a lot of folks

[quick mist]

and adds needless complexity when the person setting it up doesn't know basic NAT

[mossy radish]

I used the linuxgsm thing for valheim

[feral dawn]

Yeah, but I use pter.

[mossy radish]

OK that's true - re needless complexity

[eager condor]

stares at my 3 Docker containers of satisfactory servers

[slim spoke]

@lime elm then inis or something must be messed up ... cause its not working how it should so it cant keep up and rubberbands

[mossy radish]

@eager condor you should really automate the production of those ... (hah)

[eager condor]

I have :D

[quick mist]

mutters in Ansible

[versed merlin]

for efficiency. MAKE FICSIT PROUD OF YOU! DO IT

[mossy radish]

LOL I debated spinning up an Openstack all-in-one single node cluster for my local game servers

[eager condor]

Pterodactyl ftw. Created the eggs for it 😄

[slim spoke]

yay dope in the house

i can stop thinking now

[mossy radish]

Then decided "That's unnecessary"

[versed merlin]

ooooo…. lookit all the nerd epeen being flung about.

😄

[quick mist]

actually..

[feral dawn]

This, I love pterodactyl, it's not the most streamlined thing to setup, but it's good.

[eager condor]

Yussss

[slim spoke]

dont u actually me mister

or miss

lol im done thinking

[quick mist]

I wonder if there is a Ansible modules for steamcmd? I know there is one for systemd, and then I could write up a "deploy me a server" Ansible playbook

[slim spoke]

ohhhh nice thought

[mossy radish]

DopeGhoti: Oh I'm sure there are. You can always use the shell stuff, too. To me, the concern is less about getting the dedicated sever installed/running and more all the port forwarding/etc required to get it accessible.

I'd bet that's where most folks stumble

Stuff like LinuxGSM makes the other half of it nearly idiot proof

[quick mist]

NAT is probably the 70th percentile of the issues we address here, true

[slim spoke]

big issue is everyone using diff stuff and half the time they dont say they are

[severe badge]

Thoughts on linuxgsm vs pterodactyl? I'm using linuxgsm, and have found it helpful so far

[eager condor]

I haven't used Linuxgsm but pterodactyl is nice and simple

[mossy radish]

I explain NAT as "It's like floor holes for Pipes/Conveyors. You're putting a hole in that passes through a wall."

Haven't used pterodactyl but from the sonds of it, it and linuxgsm seem roughly equal effort-wise

[quick mist]

I just wish I could wave a magic want and make everyone who says some form of "it doesn't work" with no further elaboration get bopped on the nose with a spoon

[mossy radish]

lol

[slim spoke]

router is bouncer .. it should only allow in who u put on the list 😛

[mossy radish]

I don't want to hurt them, I just want to get their attention and for them to remember

[eager condor]

Pterodactyl is much easier now it hit v1 as the install scripts are official. 0.7 was hella rough

[eager condor]

Wrong, router is Gandalf 😂

[quick mist]

hence the spoonbop and not a paddlin'. That's for repeated infractions.

[eager condor]

Or is thay just me haha

[slim spoke]

sorry i dont qualify for that level of nerd

[mossy radish]

I noted how LinuxGSM makes extensive use of git. I thought that was a cool idea bc 1) releasing new versions becomes a matter of git tag - that's cool and 2) SUPER flexible

[quick mist]

git is gud.

[severe badge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThTwl1HrFi4
Computer says noooooo

[quick mist]

:snrk:

[versed merlin]

hehe! I go with all “Babylon 5” names for my network devices and machines (router is ‘Jumpgate’, media/homebridge server is ‘DockingBay’, etc)

[eager condor]

Yaaaaas

My computers are named light-fury and night-fury

[mossy radish]

I work for a subsidiary of one of the larger mobile phone vendors worldwide (top 5, probably top 3) - we make networking gizmos - and you'd be amazed how often we get reports like that with email signatures saying CCIE/etc.

[quick mist]

I used to name my computers and devices creatively like that.. then I started naming by function or attribute, but I stopped bothering when I noticed I had hosts around my house called speedy, nolongerspeedy, formerlynolongerspeedy, and barelyspeedyenoughtobeafileserver

[mossy radish]

lol

[eager condor]

Haha I love it

[quick mist]

I still want to stab ICANN in the face for allowing registrars to start selling .lan as a top level domain though; I was using that internally and liked it

[eager condor]

Yeahhhhh, that confuses me as I know stuff like pi-hole append .lan onto stuff by default if set as the dns server

[mossy radish]

I always used .local and .tld

[severe badge]

NONONO never use .local

[mossy radish]

Fix'd: Yeah I stopped doing that a few years back

[eager condor]

Mmmmm exchange with .local is weeks from hell

[slim spoke]

.gloryhole

[mossy radish]

Oh yeah the whole reason I opened discord was to search "tick rate" and see what the implications were

[feral dawn]

i just use .home, because im boring lol

[severe badge]

.local is what mDNS (bonjour, zeroconf) use

[eager condor]

I joined the server to see if I can lend a hand on server specs for people got sucked into this convo so more than one of us got side tracked haha

[mossy radish]

My tick rate is 30 so I think I'm good

I thought it was in 20s yesterday when we had >1 player

[feral dawn]

ye 30 is max, by default

[versed merlin]

ONE OF US. DRINK THE KOOL-AID…. DRINK IT!!!

[feral dawn]

each player connected quite dramatically hits the tickrate.

[eager condor]

Let me get chugging haha

[quick mist]

.internal is (one of) the official IETF/IANA backed private-local-use TLD

[ornate osprey]

I have a couple public domains so I use local.domain for my internal stuffs... makes life easy because then I reflect any public things to be x.domain and then x.local.domain is for inside the network

[severe badge]

I don't see why not to register an actual domain, and then use split-DNS

[eager condor]

How do you check the tick rate? As I use the forbidden contabo servers for servers between my friends and I so I assume it won't be great haha

[quick mist]

effort.

[quick mist]

see pins

[eager condor]

..... I should of known better haha

[quick mist]

should have (:

[severe badge]

that is some primo pedantry

[quick mist]

words have meanings, okay (: That's why many system admins are pedants. specificity is important in our line of work

[eager condor]

Just like the phrase "it will be fiiiiine"

[severe badge]

Oh I know, and agree. That's why I found it tasty

[south basalt]

Hi, is it possible to mod servers ? 🙂

[quick mist]

theoretically, but there is no official support as of yet

and I have not heard of any modders announcing releases of mods for dedicated servers yet

[south basalt]

Okay thanks 🙂

[quick mist]

o/

[quasi kettle]

please for the love of god make train docking cancelable 🙂

[quick mist]

Speaking of docking, I'd love to be able to recouple/recouple train cars, but that's a topic for another channel so I'll stop typing about it now

[severe badge]

https://questions.satisfactorygame.com

muahaha, now you know what it feels like! 😋

[quick mist]

at least I knew I was digressing (:

[alpine shuttle]

i have a sever running on my pterodactyl panel
i have the ports 7777 15000 & 15777 open witch port can people connect to when thay add the server

i opend the ports in the router
i opend the ports in the panel
fixed firewall
localy i can connect when i try to use the external ip it fails to connect

what did i miss

(ports in and out are the same & only run 1 game so no crossover)

[quick mist]

so to clarify: others can connect but you cannot?

[alpine shuttle]

i can connect

[mossy radish]

I swore someone just posted a link about how to update max tick rate in INI and despite repeated searches I can't find the blasted thing

[alpine shuttle]

but others cant

[quick mist]

pins.

[mossy radish]

pinS plural I always forget that

Thank you

[quick mist]

start working through these troubleshooting steps, one by one. https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Configuration_issues

[mossy radish]

I might update that server doc with a link to that

not sure how editable that wiki is

[quick mist]

I plan to add it to the config files wiki page soon. but you're welcome to beat me to it; you just need to register for a free account and anyone can help!

[mossy radish]

Right on, I dig that community spirit

[timid slate]

Lol, server tickrate just randomly dropped by 10 while noone is on the server -_-

[mossy radish]

I'd guess the tick rate is heavily influenced by IO and the like

[silent sequoia]

rip someone said it was patched or something yeasterday but its still not working i cant unload the stuff 😦

[timid slate]

There were no saves happening

[mossy radish]

Just random dip into 10-land?

How long did it stay?

[timid slate]

Fun fact though! Currently you can join a Experimental server with Early access

[mossy radish]

oh yeah cuz they're the same version hahah

[timid slate]

Not into 10 land, dropped from 38 to 26 and stayed there

[alpine shuttle]

the Q & A is for running it on windows or linux i am running it in pterodactyl

[mossy radish]

Oh dipped by 10

You have the max set >30?

[timid slate]

120 but G-Portal s*cks and wont help me see if we can improve it so I am switcing as soon as nitrado is up. Going to see if they are better and if not look into selfhosting

[mossy radish]

I almost went with a provider but the Satisfactory ded servers being immature as they are, I Wanted a little more control

and I have 1GB symmetric at my house

[timid slate]

Or maybe I will put on some baby doll eyes to work, maybe they have an unused server laying around

[mossy radish]

Having someone else worry about backups/security/etc is worth the $ in most cases

[alpine shuttle]

internet connection ?

[mossy radish]

Yeah

[alpine shuttle]

me 2 🙂

[mossy radish]

Question!

ConfiguredInternetSpeed=300000
ConfiguredLanSpeed=340000

My client is on the same switch as my dedicated server

but my friends are across the interweb

[timid slate]

I have no option to run a server at home sadly, so will have to rent regardless. But at least having access to the software can be useful if needed.

First I'll check out Nitrado, have good experiences with them in the past

[mossy radish]

1. How does Satisfactory know which to use? "If the connected client is in the same subnet as the interface we're listening on?"
2. I think I want them as close as possible to prevent weirdness

[woeful jacinth]

for dedicated servers whats max players?

[versed merlin]

4

[severe badge]

#dedicated-servers message
Don't modify the bandwidth numbers in the .ini they'll get overwritten

[orchid egret]

is there any plans for optimization to reduce lag? , does anyone have tips to avoid lag ?

[versed merlin]

If you want to change that, see the wiki

[mossy radish]

Should a person expect to see different values reflected in the .INI files?

"Different values" I expected the FG.NetworkQuality one to change, should I expect those others to change with it when I change Netquality?

[quick mist]

those get overridden with NetworkQuality

it takes priority and when set, the other values are ignored

[versed merlin]

Yes, because the UE has values for LAN play and INET play different. It’s part of the engine itself. A holdover from the early days of cable modems and such.

[mossy radish]

Oooooo yeah

[versed merlin]

Likely with your personal connection, speed so high, you won’t notice a massive difference.

[mossy radish]

K cool. Thank you for answering my qs. I try not to ask obvious qs but appreciate your patience when I do.

[versed merlin]

but, when I was running a UT99/2003/2004 server out of my apartment on my cable modem or sDSL, I absolutely NEEDED those different speed settings 😄

[mossy radish]

Yeah I could see things being wonky if I have microsecond ping timnes to the servers while other clients have millisecond times

[versed merlin]

Yep. Possibly less so with Satis, since you’re not worrying about hit-scan weapons or capturing the flag or controlling the points, but I would not be surprised if it may cause some issues with conveyors and vehicles and such with different client speeds

[mossy radish]

Nov 24 11:51:16 gameserver UE4Server-Linux-Shipping[161279]: LogStreaming: Error: Couldn't find file for package /Game/FactoryGame/Schematics/ResourceSink/ResourceSink_DoorWalls_Metal requested by async loading code. NameTo>

What's up with that?

there'

s a few weird entries here

[placid sand]

Evening all, With dedicated servers, is there a seprate server setup for the Epic version so mods can be used

[versed merlin]

I see stuff like that all the time, but haven’t found a cause, personally, and also haven’t seen, personally, that it’s been causing problems.

[versed merlin]

no.

[versed merlin]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers

the dedicated servers are ONLY available at this time from the Steam or SteamCMD option.

read the Summary section.

[placid sand]

so my guess is no mods will work with a headless steam version?

[versed merlin]

No mods in the dedicated servers, regardless of source.

[unreal relic]

If i am adding the Server the game is showing "Server name pending". Someone know how to fix it?

[versed merlin]

you have to connect to the server through the in-game server manager menu, then set it up with game name, session name, admin password, etc.

[placid sand]

ok cheers for clearing that up.

[timid slate]

Not yet. But as far as I know that is just because no mods work for U5 yet, has nothing to do with it being a server

[versed merlin]

As stated in the wiki, you don’t need a Steam account to install via the SteamCMD, so you can still install the DediServer package and run it, then connect via your Epic version of the game client. The server software itself is gamestore agnostic and doesn’t care where you got your client from.

[timid slate]

Even the patchnotes seem to suggest that mods are not impossible for servers:
"Made FGAbstractServerWidget public for modders"

[versed merlin]

Correct. It’ll likely be possible. The UE is designed to be moddable. Just Satisfactory hasn’t had dedicated servers prior, so the modding community is behind on making something that works only Server-Side.

[hasty girder]

Imagine Plugins like in Minecraft

With /day and shit

[mossy radish]

I doubled my tick rate (had to remove the write permission from the ini file to get it to stick) - gonna see how it works out

[versed merlin]

Keep in mind that making ini files read-only can screw up updates and such that may need to update the files.

[hasty girder]

Does the game run 2x the speed when you double the tick rate?

[unreal relic]

Yeah i know but when i type in the ip it shows that the server is offline but he is not

[mossy radish]

Yeah I've been geeking for a while - I wrote a script to do/undo it and wrapped it into my update process

[versed merlin]

1. “he”? Servers are non-binary. :D. They prefer “it”, as their pronouns. 😉

2. is the server on your local network, or is it on a remote server?

[reef lily]

so im not as experienced with it so what would be the advantages of using a linux server over a windows server? less OS overhead?

[versed merlin]

it’s cooler.

😄

shush, Dope

I see you typin

[reef lily]

dope a linux head i assume

[silent sequoia]

if you aint experienced try mess around with it if you cant get it working just use a windows server 🙂

[unreal relic]

Oh sry i am no native speaker xD. I am hosting at nitrado

[quick mist]

less OS overhead and the fact that the OS is built for running servers, so you don't have the extra steps of "wait, now I have this extra window open; what do I do with it?"

[silent sequoia]

sudo service DopeGhoti stop

[quick mist]

nadrojis not in the sudoers file.   This incident will be reported.

[silent sequoia]

lmao

su root