dedicated-servers

[feral dawn]

runs off

[primal lion]

anyone have a nice batch file that has the commands to detect when the server is down, and to restart it?

[quick mist]

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

[versed merlin]

Sunning it as a service. that will let windows/linux runn it in the background and then restart it in case of a crash.

[primal lion]

Thank you

[versed merlin]

Sunning? sheesh.

[primal lion]

you all recommend NSSM

[versed merlin]

serves me right for trying to type with three cats vying for lap space

[versed merlin]

I run linux, so I recommend systemd

[feral dawn]

NSSM ❤️

The Non Sucking Service Manager

or something like that

[scarlet bear]

hello

yes

[feral dawn]

no no,hell is fine

[scarlet bear]

it is me and I has a question

[versed merlin]

7ahaba!

[quick mist]

welp, it finally happened, one of my train stations "jammed"

[feral dawn]

WE ALL SAW WHAT U DID

😄

[scarlet bear]

it can be both

[feral dawn]

Well that's that then, delete ur save and start again 😛 haha

[feral dawn]

Hello Me, ask away.

[scarlet bear]

okay so I have the epic games version of Satisfactory, but I would like to host a private server with my own hardware

how do ?

[quick mist]

the other players in my server might be displeased with that. I'm instead going to download the save, raze the station, reupload and rebuild

[feral dawn]

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

[versed merlin]

please try again in complete specific sentences.

[quick mist]

absolutely doable. Directions are on the Wiki page that AlienX just linked you to

[scarlet bear]

never

[versed merlin]

LOL

[feral dawn]

didnt u have to rebuild it in single player to fix it also?

[quick mist]

I'm Sciencing!

[scarlet bear]

ah I only got down to the bottom of the system requirements

[warm peak]

Thanks CubGeek, Actually your right. Makes no ends as they get em sorted pretty quick.... And the whole game is experimental.

[primal lion]

where is the config. ini

[versed merlin]

so you didn’t read the infomation on the wiki page? you just stopped and came here. 😦 boo. Why do we bother creating the wiki, guys?!

[scarlet bear]

good quesiton

[quick mist]

play nice. at least this person started on the Wiki (:

[scarlet bear]

now that I have read the wiki page I am losing faith in my abiltiy to read

[quick mist]

enjoy the small victories

[versed merlin]

Touché

[topaz delta]

i need some help setting up a server for more than 4 people
i went to the satisfactory wiki and we put in all the lines of code in the places it told us to and we still cant get a fifth person to join

[primal lion]

do i just hop in game on my main machine, then try to connect to it?

[feral dawn]

yeah, connect to "127.0.0.1" if your hosting it on your own PC though 🙂

[primal lion]

im not hosting on the same machine that is playing

[versed merlin]

the ini files are located in different locations on linux and windows. more inf here:

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

[versed merlin]

AHH, yeah, try to connect first, see if its running and reachable

[versed merlin]

you’re not what?

[scarlet bear]

wait so I install it with steamCMD even though I have the epic version?

[feral dawn]

Hosting it on his own PC @versed merlin

[versed merlin]

yes

[feral dawn]

Yes

[scarlet bear]

okay

[quick mist]

Yes. The server files don't care what store the client was purchased from

[scarlet bear]

UwU

[quick mist]

(and no, you do not need to buy it again on Steam, though I imagine CSS would appreciate the money (: )

[versed merlin]

you do not need a steam account to install via steamCMD, and the dedicated server doesnt care where you got the game files from

[versed merlin]

ahhh. gotcha. 👍

[feral dawn]

i have just finished placing over 18,000 foundation pieces.

so that's fun

[primal lion]

I am officially hosting

nice!!!

[quick mist]

That's quite the area.

[primal lion]

Do i need to do anything with the ini? I assume no?

[versed merlin]

but…. why?

[quick mist]

generally not; most settings are managed in the Server Manager

[feral dawn]

placing a rail network around the map

[versed merlin]

there are a few edge cases where you may need, but they are rare

[primal lion]

This has to be the SLICKEST implementation of server management i have ever seen

[versed merlin]

do they have a name for what’s wrong with you? i’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce

[feral dawn]

I think it's called the "Kibitz Syndrome"

[quick mist]

"ferroequinophilia"

is there already a posting on the QA site for "uploading saves to dedicated servers is cool, but what about downloading them?"

[primal lion]

So, offhand, if i configure a new server, does the first login have to come from my IP in order to claim it?

[feral dawn]

Na, just the first person to add it to the server manager can claim it

doesnt matter where you connect from

[primal lion]

Maybe they should add a PW on the INI as a second security measure

[quick mist]

There is a password; it's just that the first to connect gets to set it

[versed merlin]

who else is going to know the ip address of yoursever and login before you do?

[quick mist]

I will add a note explaining that the preferred process is to set up the server, claim it, and then open the forwarded ports.

[primal lion]

If i have to wipe and rebuild my server

existing players might know the IP

These dont get reported to the public steam server lists?

[quick mist]

If someone else claims the server, you can nuke the settings file (docs on Wiki) and reset the password.

They do not

[feral dawn]

no no, they are not connected to Steam in any way

[primal lion]

ahhh

[versed merlin]

true. but these are not published in the server lists

[primal lion]

so my server doesnt get broadcast anywhere. good to know

[feral dawn]

other than to CSS, no.

[primal lion]

CSS?

[quick mist]

correct; it's on you to give your address to your friends.

[quick mist]

the only data sent to CSS is crash reports (and apparently even that didn't work until recently).

[primal lion]

got you, and i trust people im playing with. Just dont want bots to snipe it out or w/e

[feral dawn]

not true, every time u build a belt or a building, telementry gets sent 😛

[versed merlin]

Coffee Stain Studios…. the game developer

[quick mist]

I find that highly doubtful

[primal lion]

ohhhh lol

I was like Cascading Style Sheets?

[quick mist]

:snrk:

[primal lion]

im silly

[versed merlin]

lol!

[flat forum]

There is, I made it

[harsh agate]

does anybody mind helping me get a server setup with 5 players?

[feral dawn]

api.stathat.com is the end point

[harsh agate]

everything is set up, we just cant figure out how to get more than 4 players in

[feral dawn]

block it in your DNS, and watch the CURL errors happen in the servers console whenever u build something

[versed merlin]

wiki

[harsh agate]

@versed merlin we edited our files to match exactly what the wiki says, but the server still isnt letting more than 4 players in

[versed merlin]

restarted the server, to ensure the ini changes are put into effect?

[harsh agate]

yeah

[quick mist]

did you do it in this order?

• stop server
• edit file
• start server

[harsh agate]

yeah, set it to read only too

[primal lion]

is there a quick auto update / run batch on the wiki

(havent implemented my service yet)

[quick mist]

The same command used to install the server is used to update it

[primal lion]

I will just add the run command with log to it then

should work right?

[quick mist]

if you are saying what I think you're saying, the short answer is 'yes'

[primal lion]

I want to batch, update program through CMD, then run server after update or no update needed check

[quick mist]

then yes, that should work

[primal lion]

cool

[keen vortex]

i am perplexed at how many people are having trouble with those directions, they are very straightforward

[primal lion]

Well, there was a syntax error

[harsh agate]

any ideas?

[primal lion]

that wont work

do the ingame netquality command

[quick mist]

other than that it's not been saved, that appears correct.

[harsh agate]

yeah, i've tried it multiple ways. it seems not be working still

[primal lion]

in your server console do

FG.NetworkQuality 3

[quick mist]

Look at this entity, already a pro (:

[primal lion]

haha

[versed merlin]

k. timer’s going off. time to go to kitchen and finish dinner then serve. ciao, y’all.

[feral dawn]

o/

[primal lion]

force_install_dir J:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit
echo server update / check complete

FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended
echo server is running

pause ```

will that work

[old parrot]

Guys, anyone with this problem? I believe it's something related to the game.

[quick mist]

it will not

[feral dawn]

no, you're not calling steamcmd.exe

[old parrot]

I dont have connection problems with the host :/

[primal lion]

steamcmd +force_install_dir J:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit
echo server update / check complete

FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended
echo server is running

pause```

[feral dawn]

ye, should work with a .bat extension.

[quick mist]

it may be related to port forwarding not being set up. I get a timeout also when testing that address

[old parrot]

Well... sometimes it works

[grave sable]

does anyone have a server set up?

[quick mist]

many of us, yes

[feral dawn]

yea

[grave sable]

may i join one?

[quick mist]

I just got five timeouts in a row testing that address, so either the host is down or there is a network issue

[primal lion]

do i need to use steamcmd or steamcmd.exe in that bat

[feral dawn]

#looking-for-group-old

[quick mist]

if it's a .bat or .cmd file, either will work.

[primal lion]

cool

[feral dawn]

Anyone know off the top of their head what the item limit is in a world?

without modifications.

[quick mist]

provided it's being run from the same directory that steamcmd.exe is actually in

[old parrot]

Hmm, sad ;-;

[primal lion]

cool

it works

[old parrot]

console log

[quick mist]

that might be on the wiki but not in the pages about the Dedicated Server itself

[primal lion]

ohh i see a problem, those two programs are in different directories.

[quick mist]

this is what the cd command is for

[primal lion]

got ya

[quick mist]

@echo off
C:
cd C:\Path\To\Where\You\Installed\SteamCMD\
steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir J:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit
echo server update / check complete
J:
cd \GameServers\SatisfactorySErver
FactoryServer.exe -log -unattended

pause

(naturally, if SteamCMD was installed on a drive other than C, you will need to adjust lines two and three)

[primal lion]

Looks like the batch is functioning as intended! Thank you for the help!

now i heard not to run SF servers for over 24 hours, is that still the case

[keen vortex]

the server automagically restarts after 24 hours

[primal lion]

No automation required?

Or do i need to restart it manually

[feral dawn]

automatically yeah

[primal lion]

I love technology

[quick mist]

it'll even make in-game announcements letting players know it's about to happen

[feral dawn]

Mine has never worked 😄

lol

countdown timer happens, it gets to 0

error appears in the console that it could not Travel, and keeps going 😄

[shut hedge]

So it looks like on a 5950x cpu it is possible to run a server of 4 people at only 25% cpu usage of one core.
That means this sucker can hold a lot of servers then?

[primal lion]

Fresh servers, or end game servers of 4 ppl (big difference in computational power required)

[shut hedge]

Got a near-midgame loaded with 4 people running. Idles at 20% but seems to spike up to 35% at times.

[primal lion]

i would say 2 servers are safe on that box

but meh

[shut hedge]

per core

[primal lion]

ah, you mush have a good hypervisor

i need to set up all that ish on my server machine. its just a second computer at this point

[shut hedge]

using pterodactyl. we loaded up a demo last night and we got it running on about 40% of one core max.

[primal lion]

My machine could be a decent "server array" box, but as of now i just use remote desktop to manage it lol

[shut hedge]

To be fair I did that for ages for my personal community servers. Gmod, l4d2, MC and so on. But now I had to do it right since others wanted a piece.

[primal lion]

i mean, with good hardware you could be a small scale PaaS business

but, no advertising here - read the pin

[shut hedge]

yeah

I am just trying to still figure what drags these more tho

[primal lion]

I think it was Conveyor ticks

but they apparantly overhauled it

[shut hedge]

I still gotta find a real good end game or a good group of people to hop on one.

[primal lion]

I have been waiting for vehicle automation improvements to start a new major world
The last world was ALL conveyors, and ran poorly

Looks like the time is right to start pushing these servers for ... science

[shut hedge]

I mean like if I could get my hands on let's game it out's save, or get someone who can really dump the time to push these.
I really wanna know just what the limit of ram they can eat would be, but also seeing how much it can leverage an additional core.

[primal lion]

i wonder if he is part of this discord

try sending him an email, i would be curious

https://www.youtube.com/c/LetsGameItOut/about

[shut hedge]

Ya know what, I think I will just for the crap of it.
I'm more just curious for ram at least from a hosting perspective. If a host has an unmetered tier that lets a session just eat what it wants then it can't be reasonable if it'll eat 30+gb. I highly doubt it can, but I don't have a good way to know.

[primal lion]

I bet the devs would love to see those results too

[shut hedge]

I have a machine ready with 10c on a 5950x and 120gb ram free, so I wanna see just how far it can go.

[primal lion]

The thing is, i think the bandwitdh would cause major bogging before your PC resources could be used up. Just my theory

[vale arch]

Anyone has tried rental servers yet like g-portal etc ? wondering how well those run

[shut hedge]

I mean gbit should be fine to handle it all for a while I would think, but knowing the networking is on a separate process / core as the main thread it would be interesting to see if I can get the second thread up to 20% or more.

[primal lion]

Nah, i always host my own unless devs are goobers about it

[bleak fjord]

I self host as I don't want to paid for a server

[shut hedge]

There are some out, but it only just launched a bit ago. So the ones I've seen seem to be a bit jank. Could always get a VPS and run it there, but that can be costly. But there are hosts popping up. From what I've seen it can be VERY stable when done right.

If you have the hardware to do so and the ability to open ports I recommend that over anything, the SteamCMD is easy to set up, and you can even get a autostart/restart script going via a .bat file.

[vale arch]

Yeah, got mail from g-portal that they offer servers for satisfactory now, i have used theyr servers before for conan that was fine. Currently not sure if should try it for satisfactory yet or no xD

currently got only one rig so self hosting is no go

[shut hedge]

I wasn't able to see if g-portal uses pterodactyl or their own custom panel, but hosts that use pterodactyl as a panel should already be set and stable. Granted some other hosts may have gotten it down already, but the few that I've seen myself are jank. Just haven't tried that one yet.

I expect all hosts will probably have to make changes as this gets more fleshed out, adding the API later on and such, and as more optimizations arise. So it's all a WIP for everyone so far.

[vale arch]

Mhm, probably wiser to wait a month or few before use rental servers

[shut hedge]

Yeah.

Also I need to get on tonight with a few friends on a dedi as last night we has a lot of issues with the power switches on machines. They'd be in the on position for one client and off for another, sometimes the machine was actually on and sometimes of. A strange case of Shrodinger's switch.

[harsh agate]

shoutout to @worthy forge , huge help to fix our server and he's an absolute gent

[worthy forge]

too ... much ... praise ... can't handle that

[feral dawn]

so, i have just started to try to get trains to work in my dedi server world...

i wish i didnt lol

[quick mist]

why?

[zealous cairn]

Noooooooooooo

I can't train horn anymore hahahha

[quick mist]

sure you can

just not on autopilot

[zealous cairn]

awwwwww

[feral dawn]

Only just got the train network running

just lots of issues Ghoti, rail connected to eachother but not

working atm tho, even if i had the train stuck in docking

[nova cliff]

Anyone here have issues with Conveyor Belt Floor Holes on their dedicated servers?

I'm having the same problem as this person: https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/619d7b11831c85205236104f

[wide atlas]

I have a server running from when it was still experimental and was wondering how to switch it to early access version

[kindred violet]

It should just be the early access version.

[wide atlas]

ok so if I update it it should switch over?

[opaque forge]

does anyone know any good dedis with nice people on it

[kindred violet]

Yup. You actually have to explicitly tell steamcmd to even install the experimental branch with -beta experimental

[wide atlas]

I am using steam cmd becuase you can't see it unless you own it and didn't want to buy another copy. Ok well I updated it the other day after it should have been early access and still connected with experimental client

[kindred violet]

At one point both experimental and EA pointed at the same build.

[quick mist]

https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#I_was_running_a_Dedicated_Server_on_Experimental.3B_now_that_Update_5_is_on_Early_Access.2C_how_do_I_switch.3F

[wide atlas]

oh maybe that was it I'll try now I wanted to ask before I did just in case I needed to do something besides shutting it down

I have that open which is why I am here. 🙂

[zealous cairn]

I notice you can't blow up rocks anymore either.....

[kindred violet]

Update the server to the latest build with steamcmd of course.

[wide atlas]

yes

[zealous cairn]

the ones that have the 'blow me up' texture

[quick mist]

All you need to do is let the server update and it will roll into Early Access
seems clear enough to me (:

currently both Experimental and EA are on exactly the same build, so either client will currently connect to either type of server

don't rely on this to continue to be the case though of course (:

[wide atlas]

I figured that but I just got almost to second space elevator and didn't want any issues. Thank you for the confirmation of what I was thinking

oh ok

[quick mist]

you should be fine going forward to keep updating as normal and use the EA client unless you go out of your way to switch your server explicitly onto Experimental

[wide atlas]

ok thank you

[quick mist]

you're welcome (:

[neon coyote]

I experienced an issue where I crashed and logged back into my server before it realized that I timed out

now I have a duplicated player in my game

is this a known problem, is there a fix?

Like it's just sitting like a disconnected player

[snow ice]

you can remove it using SCIM (interactive map)

[quick mist]

or, even easier, beat it senseless and it'll eventually die. then recover your stuff

[neon coyote]

it's invincible

[quick mist]

it is, I assure you, not

it take a beating but will succomb

[neon coyote]

ok I killed it and it didn't drop anything

[quick mist]

then its inventory was empty

[hard lintel]

what is the default auto save interval for dedicated server?

[obtuse cobalt]

Is there a way to transfer a save to a server? I have a save ive been playing with my cousin and now that v5 is out i would like to properly host it as a server

i suspect i may just be able to copy the save to the server but wanted to ask before doing anything in case it causes problems

[quick mist]

300 seconds

[quick mist]

yep, the Server Manager will let you upload a save from your computer to the server

[obtuse cobalt]

Awesome

[desert maple]

Anyone seeing artefacts on vertical conveyors when playing on a dedicated server? Or items disappearing or getting stuck on conveyors? Is there a fix or does anyone know what causes it? Or is it simply the current state?

(Version is the latest experimental)

[nova cliff]

conveyor lifts and lift holes are kinda janky on dedicated servers IMO

[kindred violet]

We have this ticks stat now. What should that be around if the server is performing nominally?

[nova cliff]

30 from what I've heard

[slim spoke]

pinned messages

[eager condor]

Anyone seen an interesting bug where if you have 2 mergers on a line going to a constructor, one line pauses for x amount of seconds before merging?

[hushed gate]

You can send Questions, Feedback, Suggestions, and Bug Reports at https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ - <3 @slim spoke

Nov 26, 2021, 7:26 AM

[slim spoke]

check the bug reporting place

[eager condor]

Ye but I have a feeling its due to my tps dipping 😂

But I will do

[slim spoke]

its known and repeated

[eager condor]

Haha fair

[polar umbra]

I just wanna say, 8 people on our server today for several hours and not a single hiccup. Half of those are on the same LAN. Great job team! 🙂

This LAN party will be going on for about a week, so hopefully it's smooth sailing the whole time.

[quick mist]

Here's a new one: Smart Splitters are throwing things into the Overflow port even when there's room on an Any or Any Undefined port.

Vexing as I just saw that a shipload of Computers went into the Sink rather than stroage as a result of this

[slim spoke]

hahahaha

[quick mist]

and I'd wager alclad sheets too

on the upside the train I was troubleshooting to find this is reaching a top speed of 185km/h (:

[slim spoke]

oh ya lol

i didnt feel like cleaning my game comp so i threw out server and both versions of the game haha

play something that works and is more exciting like lawn mowing simulator

lol

[quick mist]

seems.. rash. but you do you

[slim spoke]

nothing to do right now

also no game no server no memory .... i can take a break and just laugh at people

[languid quail]

how are vehicles in general so far in dedicated

[quick mist]

mostly good though trains can be slightly cantankerous

[languid quail]

trains in MP is usually solved by having host build them but in dedi there is no host player* so whats the fix if they go jank

[quick mist]

sometimes cutting the power and reconnecting it works, but if thy really go off the rails (hah) you can download the save, load it in singleplayer, rebuild the station, and re-upload to the server

pain but I only had to do it once

[carmine jay]

i noticed that too, like they was acting like normal splitters. :/

[quick mist]

that would have been better actually

at least I'd have gotten some of the several trainloads of stuff into my storage facility

but mine were directing everything into Overflow

[slim spoke]

lol thats crazy

[feral dawn]

I've had a simalar issue too, usually managed to fix it by setting the splitter left to right in order.

"reasons"

[supple night]

Hey guys, my dedicated server (running on windows VM in proxmox) just crashed for a second time during the night.. Anyone who can tell me what's causing the problem based on this log?

[hushed gate]

You can send Questions, Feedback, Suggestions, and Bug Reports at https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/ - <3 @slim spoke

Nov 26, 2021, 12:01 PM

[odd fractal]

i've tried to update my server with steamcmd +force_install_dir ./SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/ +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit and the validation process was successful ... but i'm getting this message if i try to connect to the server ... what i'm doing wrong?

[slim spoke]

didnt seem to update it .. maybe steamcmd needs an update?

[odd fractal]

i was thinking that steam updates itself in the same process ... how i update steamcmd exclusive? ... btw: i tried update process again with no success ... but her you can see the CLI output ...

[full vector]

steamcmd just updates itself when you run it

[rose valley]

It does, Hogan. Did you restart the server after the update?

Also did you pass +force_install_dir and update/install in the same directory as the one you are running from?

[slim spoke]

maybe his server was running during update?

[rose valley]

Those are the most usual causes for these mismatches.

[odd fractal]

steamcmd +force_install_dir ./SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/ +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit

no .. server was turned off during update

[odd fractal]

yes ... i have only one directory with the game

and i start it from that directory with ./SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/FactoryServer.sh

my update process: stop server >>> run update >>> start server

[rose valley]

You start it explicitly or is it set up as a service?

[odd fractal]

no service at this moment

[rose valley]

And if you run ps -ux, no server processes are running? I'm running you through the process again just because I have no other ideas.

[full vector]

Relative pathes always give me the ickys because it depends on the environment you run it in, and especially when you are not very experienced easily a problem you create for yourself 🤷

[rose valley]

I'd pay extra attention to this aspect too.

[odd fractal]

i stopped the server now and run the command

i will try a fresh install and report the result back later here

[olive palm]

Okey so since the dedicated server out of beta is I'm getting an error which is unable to detection host,
Does someone know how i can slove that ?

[rose valley]

dedicated server out of beta
Have I missed something?

But to answer you question, that is a warning that you can ignore. Can you connect to the server?

[woeful citrus]

im with rowdy

i cant connect

its kinda strange i updated but i cant connect

[slim spoke]

lol ok

whats the error

[woeful citrus]

its strange i have none

or im not looking right

[odd fractal]

this exactly was the issue ... changed my path from relative ./SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/ to absolute /home/games/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer/ ... and it worked ... thank you all 🤘

[rose valley]

How are you actually trying to connect?

[lilac juniper]

BUG? I have noticed I can roll through the items in hand but nothing appears.

[woeful citrus]

by ip not forwarded or somthing @rose valley

when i startdup the server it just stops with this

[slim spoke]

thats normal.. those are just warnings

[woeful citrus]

iknow but i explect more

[slim spoke]

its unattended

[woeful citrus]

like loading terain and stuff

as before

[rose valley]

Have you clicked on the console window before it stopped moving? Try clicking on it again (to select text) then pressing enter.

[hasty girder]

You have to go ingame

The Sever is idle until it is claimed

[woeful citrus]

i fixed it

reinstalled experimental and it worked

[plush iris]

Try to open build menu and close it, fixes it for me.
Seems like the game thinks you're still in some menu or something.

[woeful citrus]

uhm ok game kick me and not letting me join

[tame turret]

Does the dedicated server count as experimental or early access?

[slim spoke]

it will be ea

for exp u change the cmd line

[tame turret]

Ah. Is there a way to load the server with mods?

[slim spoke]

no

[tame turret]

Dang.

[hushed gate]

Ask for mods over at the [official modding discord](#welcome message). - <3 @slim spoke

Nov 26, 2021, 2:02 PM

[woeful citrus]

does anyone know how to fix this?

[slim spoke]

verify files.. retry, restart, reload

[woeful citrus]

i cry stil not workming

[slim spoke]

restart server

[rose valley]

also..a time out could also suggest a failure to port forward of open ports accordingly.

When do you get this timeout?

[woeful citrus]

when trying to join the server

i joined once

then stayed on it for like 10 min

and then got kicked

and couldnt join after it

[rose valley]

It sounds like the server process might be suspended. Does it seem alive if you look in the task manager? Is the console window producing any output?

[slim spoke]

is the server alive in server manager in client

[rose valley]

Are you running the server on the same computer as the one connecting from?

[woeful citrus]

no

[rose valley]

Is it in the same network?

[woeful citrus]

give me sec on that

nope

[rose valley]

Have you set up port forwarding then? It might be that the server picked up a port other than 7777.

[woeful citrus]

you should portforward 3 ports right with udp

15777 15000 7777

[rose valley]

Try 15000 to 15010 and 7777 to 7787 instead. For troubleshooting. Maybe your port 7777 was already taken. It looks like port 15000 works since you get to the point where you can try to join a game. It's port 7777 that gives us this trouble.

[slim spoke]

It looks like port 15000 works ... should be 15777

[rose valley]

if 15000 works then 15777 works too since the former depends on the later.

[slim spoke]

u can connect and beacon not work

then u get booted .. so not his issue but it happens

[rose valley]

15777 is query socket and it also refers the game to the beacon socket (15000). The game wouldn't know what the beacon socket is if the query socket did not work. The relation between the beacon socket and the game socket is the same.

[slim spoke]

he wasnt there long since there was no info at the bottom for client

also i guess since u told u him at the start to range that port

[rose valley]

A patch will hit experimental soon, which will change the port configuration a little. You'd only need to forward 15777 and the other ones would be routed through that. You can also try that, if all else fails, once it lands (soonish I hear).

[slim spoke]

that u typoed by accident

that way u mentioned all 3 ports

[rose valley]

You are right, I was a little incoherent, he does not need to touch that port. Only 7777 should be ranged, to test this hypothesis.

[slim spoke]

i usually tell people to range the port to test so i an idea what you were thinking

[woeful citrus]

i do it both anyway if it not works i will change 15000 back

[slim spoke]

ya thats fine

[woeful citrus]

dammed i have to change firewall to

[slim spoke]

not for much but if ur router is setup right the ms firewall is pointless

[woeful citrus]

letys give it a try

joining now

whelp

[slim spoke]

restart server

[rose valley]

We're still there. Something blocks traffic on port 7777.

[woeful citrus]

first thing i did

[rose valley]

Try to also add -Port 7778 to the server startup args.

[slim spoke]

did u in server manager tell it to use port 7777?

just a thought maybe he isnt sending to the right port

[rose valley]

Also, do you see anything on the server logs when you try to connect?

[slim spoke]

that should been 15777

[rose valley]

The port that you specify via the server manager is the query socket and that one is connection-less.

[slim spoke]

ive seen others mistakenly put wrong port there

[rose valley]

So this must be the game port. His beacon connection works well. It's when he joins the game that he times out. At least that's what seems to be going on.

[woeful citrus]

hey can i send you the logs private @rose valley

[rose valley]

no need. Just tell me if any logs are produced on the server when you try to connect.

[woeful citrus]

there are

[rose valley]

Can you show us those (strip ip addresses).

[rose valley]

Nothing comes through on the game port. (default 7777)

Try running the server with the -Game 7778 parameter (or try any port, as long as you have it forwarded)

[woeful citrus]

dubble checking

give me sec i found something

redid portforward with tcp and dcp

now im looking

[slim spoke]

ports should be set to UDP

tcp wont help at all .. just lets something take the port on u

[quick geyser]

Yep, using TCP won't get you anywhere

[woeful citrus]

well i know wher to look for now

think im gonna redo all my portforwarding tomorrow

[rose valley]

Or you can try the experimental patch landing soon 😁 Yours is a perfect use case for that.

[pseudo yew]

So single port server is coming soon then? 👀

[rose valley]

On experimental for now. And there's a chance it will never make it to EA. Depends on how well it works.

[woeful citrus]

Hahaha i will see it soon (psst how soon is soon )

Is jace or snoot giving us a new beautiful video tonight for us😉

[rose valley]

soon ™️ Keep an eye on #patch-notes

[versed merlin]

[slim spoke]

thanx for the update

[languid quail]

has anyone tried lgsm for running dedi?

[woeful citrus]

Well thnx for now @rose valley

[somber wagon]

can someone help me check if my dedicated server is reachable from outside?
locally it works
But I'm using Early Access Build

[languid quail]

dm me

if you still need

[flat forum]

you can just connect with your public ip

[somber wagon]

it shows as offline, when I try the public IP

[flat forum]

then it probably needs to be port forwareded

[somber wagon]

I added the port forwarding. But it looks like its not working

[slim spoke]

dm me info

[feral dawn]

Most home routers do not do NAT Reflection, so connecting to your WAN IP from the LAN often doesnt work. damn ISP's making things confusing 😄

[calm apex]

heey guys me and a friend renting a server true nitrado every thing works fine but now where starting too place some lights and where starting too get major lagg spike's from the light's while we just placed a couple is this a know issue atm ?

[slim spoke]

Thanx bodgan and crew 🙂

[sour yoke]

Grade A 10 Plus on only needing one port to forward

[somber wagon]

starting a Dedicated Server through steam GUI is supposed to open a terminal, to see the logs?
That is not happening (Linux - Early access Build)

[rose valley]

We've made a few changes on experimental:

• Only the query port needs to be forwarded or open now, and is freely reroutable

This change is truly experimental in that there is no guarantee it will be carried over to early access. It all depends on how well it works. So we can use all the feedback on this! We're mostly worried about excessive CPU usage and/or lag, especially on servers with a lot of traffic. It would also be useful to test it with some large, end-game factories.

[flat forum]

ah, I see I have been spoiled by my isp not pulling these shenanigans

[crystal eagle]

I’m trying to update my server with the usual batch file but it does not work!! Has something changed?

steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +app_update 1690800 +quit

[tough falcon]

how to force update for server in g-portal?

anyone know?

[solemn laurel]

is there a quick way to migrate dedicated server from experimental to early access?

[meager summit]

normally in the base game, you cant really go backwards

id assume its probably true with a dedi to some degree

[solemn laurel]

the server hasn't been touched for about 2 weeks

so it should be behind early access

[meager summit]

ah fair enoughs, then maybe, but i am unqualified :D

[rose valley]

It's actually a little ahead now.

[reef gull]

Nice job, Bogdan!

[rose valley]

Also, if you are installing the server according to the wiki instructions, it's going go to be early access, unless explicitly installing experimental, following the steps also on the wiki.

( -beta experimental ) being the key.

[meager summit]

hows it going bogdan? still mad work on the dedis?

[slim spoke]

now we need ea dedi server room lol

[solemn laurel]

server was installed a while back...

[rose valley]

it has slowed down a little, to a more normal pace. now that we're mostly done with the really nasty bugs. So now I get to make some improvements ❤️

[meager summit]

if a dedi was installed before EA, if you update it, will it force to the EA branch of it without the tag?

[feral dawn]

Yes

[rose valley]

If you installed it before EA, it will roll to EA on the next update.

[meager summit]

i think that was more or less what Morgyn was asking

[solemn laurel]

aha perfect

[spring oasis]

do you still need to setup a server when renting one or does it do everything for you?

[solemn laurel]

it's automagic then

[spring oasis]

plug and play basicly ?

[meager summit]

that would depend on the provider i would think

[meager summit]

uwu

were dedis added to epic yet? if so where do i find it since its not in the library?

[slim spoke]

nope

[meager summit]

dont need them, was just wondering tbf

[slim spoke]

steamcmd and steam

thats in the works though so soon™️

surprise answer i know

[feral dawn]

hmm

as soon as i join the server on the new single port

the server crashes

sadface

[haughty veldt]

server just updated to the new version. whilest the game itself doesnt have a patch yet

making it impossible to join the server atm

[haughty veldt]

huh

[feral dawn]

I am on epic tho, maybe it's a bit faster than Steams CDN

[crystal eagle]

Im the other way round

[haughty veldt]

but i dont have that patch

guess i gotta wait

[crystal eagle]

game is on 174005 the server does not update the steamcmd says its already updated\

[feral dawn]

https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/61a115f2831c852052361fe8

for the devs

[solemn laurel]

Migration happened seamlessly ;D

Well done ;D

[reef gull]

Nice you were able to get that down to just one port being opened, especially since 7777 is used in other games and could cause NAT Redirection issues.

[meager summit]

[crystal eagle]

Guys please help am I doing something wrong?

[rose valley]

Technically the game still uses that port. But the server can now route traffic to that port through it's query port (15777).

[pure cloak]

Server/game mismatch

[feral dawn]

or crash when trying :sadface:

[pure cloak]

I'm both on experimental

[meager summit]

have you added the experimental tag bogdan mentioned?

[pure cloak]

Server says it's up to date though

[crystal eagle]

where?

[meager summit]

#dedicated-servers message

[rose valley]

Yes pay attention to the wiki page. That where you can find the steps for switching branch to experimental.

[meager summit]

i imagine not everyone is aware dedis are now on the EA/EX rollouts now

[ember rover]

-beta experimental

[pure cloak]

gonna try

[crystal eagle]

I'm experimental all the time

[meager summit]

missed a ltter there ;)

frick you xD

[crystal eagle]

thanks

where does that go?

[meager summit]

check the wiki lol

[ember rover]

in your .sh / .bat

[rose valley]

Check the wiki.

[meager summit]

wikid

[feral dawn]

I shall download EA until the dedi server crash gets fixed in EX.

[meager summit]

its alright bohgdan, the message i linked and your new one said to check the wiki :D

we did everything we could!

[rose valley]

crash?

[meager summit]

ima just leave that broken as i broke it twice

[pure cloak]

I added it to both the start .bat and update.bat

It's installing the update now

[feral dawn]

check questions site, already posted it bud

[meager summit]

this one bogdan

[rose valley]

Bummer. Let's see if others have a better time.

[feral dawn]

I am running in Docker, perhaps it works outside of it.

time shall tell!

[spring salmon]

Hey Guys I've got a question is there something wrong with our dedicated server or why are items stuttering on the conveyor belt? and sometimes teleporting? several restarts were already made

[pure cloak]

will let you know when server is up to date, shouldn't be too long now

[feral dawn]

@spring salmon known issue.

[spring salmon]

ah okay thx

[feral dawn]

i believe the teleporting items, or belts not displaying their items does not actually affect belt throughput.

[rose valley]

The crash has an obvious fix but we won't patch again this week.

[feral dawn]

@pure cloak u windows or linux bud?

[rose valley]

The patching process is a long and windy road.

[pure cloak]

Windows, stand alone server

[feral dawn]

cool, is good to test something different.

[pure cloak]

I have a .bat which just grabs the latest version and installs it. once it's done I boot my server

nothing too difficult (after setting up for 4 days)

[feral dawn]

i guess ur bat has the -beta tag on it?

[molten depot]

hey guys i dont have a update on steam does it just take a while?

[pure cloak]

since 5 minutes ago

[hollow pond]

Did they put an update out for experimental, but not an update for experimental servers? I have a mismatch with no request

[feral dawn]

Steam is being slow probs, give it time

Epic seems to have updated, at least for me.

[slim spoke]

your server is updated for exp i would guess

[pure cloak]

I had that the other way round haha

[hollow pond]

Game is up to date, but server not. Weird.

[meager summit]

to anyone with a non-updated server, make sure to check the wiki for the setup for the EX branch of the dedis

[crystal eagle]

@rose valley I updated the batch file the server seems to be updating 👍

[slim spoke]

look at the pic again

[feral dawn]

are you asking steamcmd to download -beta experimental?

[pure cloak]

I found my server, it's currently loading. (which will take the usual 8 minutes)

[meager summit]

might be worth adding a pin here bogdan about clarity of the beta/EX version and to check the wiki for setup

[hollow pond]

I use a server provider, so not sure on the -commands. Will contact their support

[slim spoke]

Patch Notes: Early Access (EXPERIMENTAL) - v0.5.1.2 - Build 174005

[feral dawn]

ah fair, yeah you'll have to ask them to download the experimental branch of the game buddy

[pure cloak]

oh wow, not 8 minutes. I'm in! server works. Thanks for helping with the -beta experimental

[feral dawn]

Good to know it works on Windows at least.

[hollow pond]

Do you think I can use my current save on server (was experimental) with the now early access client?

[feral dawn]

Yeah you should be good.

[meager summit]

make backups just incase ;p

[hollow pond]

Will do, will try now. Thanks!

[feral dawn]

for what it's worth, i just updated to exp and downgraded back to ea. and the save still loads as intended.

[hollow pond]

👍

[meager summit]

one of the updates might stop that from working, downgrading is usually a no no in satis world

[ember rover]

@rose valley Is there a way to clean stop the dedicated server from an outside process? I would like to create a little script/program that stops the server gracefully, and than copies/back-ups the save game + server. Otherwise I'll just create a script that backups the savegames while the server is running.

[slim spoke]

dont just come in and ping the devs

[meager summit]

taskkill lel

[devout idol]

I have the same thing, my Ded Server still at old version even after restarting my docker

[slim spoke]

keep reading above

[meager summit]

check the wiki for the EX branch setup :'D

dedi now has an EA and EX branch

[devout idol]

going through above msgs now

[hollow pond]

Ok, swapped to EA version and didn´t touch server. Can play no issues now. Was only on EXP for the servers, so all good. Thanks for the help!

[molten depot]

can i move a save from a ex server to ea server without losing anything?

[slim spoke]

back up the save and give it a try in ea client

[hollow pond]

I just had the same. Just use the EA client to play on and leave the server as is.

[slim spoke]

if it shows up in load then its fine

if it doesnt show then it is exp for now

[shut saffron]

that thing happens not only on dedics but on normals too, and not even experimental, EA also has this bug // and it doesn't affect the belt, and it seems to be only for some players not for everyone // and it only happens on multiplayer, and from what I had seen only when you aren't the host

[devout idol]

I get tons of warping on my belts, especially around bends and segments

[versed zephyr]

Quick question, can 2 worlds be hosted on the same server, or does that require 2 server instances?

[rose valley]

Only from the server console at the moment.

[feral dawn]

I believe you'll need two processes

[versed zephyr]

What if not running both worlds at the same time though?

[calm saffron]

Well, you could create multiple sessions, but you could only have running at once, and it's a bit of a hassle to switch between them.

[ornate osprey]

So right now I'd like to have the people that use my server be able to restart it using console commands... however if there is a server mismatch due to an update, they are not able to do so because even the console tab says 'server mismatch' and won't let them run anything. Is there a workaround for this so they can run remote console commands from Server Manager even if there is a server mismatch?

[fringe fossil]

anyone else's server doesnt update rn?

[feral dawn]

did u ask it to download the experimental build, as per the wiki's instructions? https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers

[slim spoke]

check the wiki for how to do experimental server

[calm saffron]

Nope. They'd need access to the machine to restart via the command line or something.

[fringe fossil]

should be enabled worked about a week now just today it doesnt seem to update

[calm saffron]

Well, someone could probably write a CLI utility that does it, but that would be a lot more pain that it's worth.

[feral dawn]

please provide your steamcmd command @fringe fossil

[slim spoke]

you have to change the cmd line for exp

early access server didnt update

[fringe fossil]

I have it running in a docker container I can send you the link to the github

[slim spoke]

READ THE WIKI

[feral dawn]

if the docker container has not updated the parameters for steamcmd's invocation, then you wont be able to use exp build

please see this for more info

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

[fringe fossil]

thx alot

[jade roost]

People using the docker image by wolveix and having issues with version mismatch: I created a pull request fixing the issue: https://github.com/wolveix/satisfactory-server/pull/93 make sure to set STEAMBETA to true in your docker-compose or command line parameters

[fringe fossil]

sry I'm very very new to this how exactly can I set this in the command line?

[devout idol]

yea my docker doesn't look to have a setting to pass custom steamcmd parameters to. Just game parameters

[fringe fossil]

stop being technical you confuse an idiot like me

[blazing matrix]

Sorry, if it was already answered, but perhaps you can direct me the solution. I just updated the server and the client. Both experimental. However, the server appears not to be up to date.

Is there a way to downgrade the client?

[oblique owl]

Switch the game to the default version

[fringe fossil]

so 173879 is experimental branch?

i mean not experimental branch

[ember rover]

Switch the game to Early Access in stead of Experimental. Experimental is currently ahead. See the wiki for switching your server to experimental.

[blazing matrix]

For some reason switching version appeared to work. Thanks.

[spiral root]

Experimental is running ahead now - The server has two branches also early access / experimental so you need to be playing on the matching version for the server.

[fringe fossil]

173879 is early acces now?

[slim spoke]

Patch Notes: Early Access (EXPERIMENTAL) - v0.5.1.2 - Build 174005

[spiral root]

Yes.

[fringe fossil]

alright thx alot

[carmine jay]

new experimental update and here I just wish for the trains to be fixed.

[spiral root]

What is wrong with trains?

Seem to be working fine for me.

[carmine jay]

station names are bugged on dedi, only some of the cars get loaded or unloaded.

[fringe fossil]

also for some reason containers just pop into existence

[spiral root]

containers pop into existence?

[slim spoke]

lol

[fringe fossil]

yeah on unloading platforms even

at least on the EA branch

[spiral root]

Oh I have seen that happen but don't find it affects the train efficency just a visual glitch

[fringe fossil]

yeah its visual but it has collision as well

[carmine jay]

I can't even get one station to load a fluid car and sometimes a item container will spawn in it's place.

[fringe fossil]

despite that visual glitch trains seem to be working fine for me

[mossy radish]

Yeah whatever happened in the update has broken things. I casn't stay connected to my server anymore and half the time attempt to connect results in timeout. Whatever they "fixed" with excessive client probing seems to have gone backwards.

[fringe fossil]

also another thing: yesterday my game crashed and now there are two version of me in the world. One that has my stuff and sits in a corner of my factory and another one that I can play. Is there any way to fix this even just kicking the clone of myself?

[carmine jay]

kill the clone

[fringe fossil]

doesnt work for some reason

also I'm afraid that it will strike back 🙂

[carmine jay]

it takes a lot of hits.

[fringe fossil]

looked a bit creepy while the server didnt recognize me leaving

[carmine jay]

and is docile. like a brainless robot.

[vapid hazel]

Any networking wizzes around here? Friends can see my IP's. I setup port forwarding on my router and opened the ports on the windows firewall. I can see the game internally but they get an offline message. I ran the Powershell commands and the ports look open on the PC. Not sure where to go next

[fringe fossil]

which ports did you open?

[vapid hazel]

7777

15000

15777

didn't open them, port forwaded them

[fringe fossil]

yeah thats what I meant

[carmine jay]

also note, they are udp ports. not your typical tcp port.

[fringe fossil]

yeah thats important too

[vapid hazel]

i did both UPD and TCP

[fringe fossil]

you have to put only UDP

for some reason thats important

[rose valley]

It's not. TCP is just not needed. As long as UDP is there, it should work (unless your router is highly opinionated that is).

[vapid hazel]

is it UDP for all or do some require TCP

[slim spoke]

udp

[fringe fossil]

putting both didnt work for me

[rose valley]

Can't tell for sure without seeing exactly what's going on but my money would be on something else being wrong.

[fringe fossil]

just my personal experience but it confused me too

[vapid hazel]

is port 7777 just that single port or I saw a range somewhere between 7777-7827

[barren jolt]

how to fix train load/unload problem, i cant make it work

[fringe fossil]

for me its just 7777 15000 and 15777 all UDP

[void valve]

does someone else have a difference between Game Version (174005) and Server Version (173879) with newest experimental build? I have updated both 5 minutes ago

[fringe fossil]

your server is running early access version and you are running experimental probably

[void valve]

no, it was running fine since 500+ hours

[carmine jay]

*was

[fringe fossil]

yeah I think it changed today

[mossy radish]

If I switched my server to experiemntal branch in Linux, how do I get it to revert back? I clobbered the whole directory it isntalls to and reinstalled from steam expecting that to change it but it didn't

Is it telling me that because it's loading a save with the newer version? I backed up first

[void valve]

yes, Game Version updated today, but it seems there is no Server update yet. 🤔

[slim spoke]

exp updated

[mossy radish]

I know that, thank you, that's not what I'm asking

[slim spoke]

english server

[north dragon]

Why have I lost about 10 hours of departure from my server if I have only closed it and they are autosaved when I exit and I have left before closing it for the version?

[slim spoke]

dedi u have to change cmd line for beta experimental to update teh server

[fringe fossil]

yeah thats what Im trying to say you either have to enable STEAMBETA = TRUE or you just play with EA

[waxen spear]

can i downgrade the server?

[slim spoke]

if u installed without beta switch its ea server

[versed merlin]

downgrade from what to what? from exp to ea? sure. reinstall without the beta switch.

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin ok thx

[void valve]

Okay, thanks. I will give it a try. Is it because Dedicated Server is now available in EA? Maybe that's the reason why it works well before

[fringe fossil]

so from what I'm understanding U5 was pushed to EA branch and had the same version as EX branch yesterday but EX got a new update today and the server is running on EA branch now thats why you have to put in STEAMBETA = TRUE if you want to continue on EX

[mossy radish]

Correct

[void valve]

Okay, thanks

[mossy radish]

I would advise against doing so

At least for this release. Eek.

[carmine jay]

seems risky to say the least.

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin so if i want to play in ea one a server i need to reinstall it without the beta switch?

[versed merlin]

play in is not the same as running a server.

[vapid hazel]

is there anyway to test if the ports are open and being forwaded without the game. Just went back through my config and everything looks right. Server runs fine internally but is showing immediately offline to external friends

[versed merlin]

do you want to run a server, or play on a server?

[mossy radish]

Reos: have one of your friends nmap your IP with those ports

[waxen spear]

both

[vapid hazel]

@mossy radish what does that command look like?

[mossy radish]

nmap <ip-address> and I don't remember how to specify UDP ports off the top of my head

[versed merlin]

If you want to run an EA server, you need to use the install command without the beta switch. if you want to run an Exp server, you’ll need to use the beta switch when you install.

[idle flower]

@quick mist ever thought about porting your sfcheck.py to nodejs?

[versed merlin]

to play on an EA server, you must have the EA game client installed. to play on an Exp server, you must have the Exp game client installed.

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin ok we give it a try thx u

[versed merlin]

good luck

[mossy radish]

I'd think no. One of the reasons for choosing Python for something like that is 1) good chance every dependency is baked into the base Python install 2) opening UDP sockets in Python is cake and 3) DG doesn't seem like a masochist but I also don't know them super well.

[carmine jay]

nmap -sU 123.123.113.123 -p 15777

[mossy radish]

There ya go - add the other ports in there, too, though, bc I have a feeling one of them isn't configured right

[idle flower]

doesn't node have UDP socket capability built into it using dgram?

[mossy radish]

Hm - I suppose it does, I just looked at that.

Also most ubuntu systems have python installed by default

Installing node requires the whole stack of node things

[versed merlin]

and then maintaining it as node dependencies jump.

[idle flower]

true

[mossy radish]

I think we would get similar answers for "Why didn't you write it in C#" or "Whyd idn't you write it in Java"

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin its dont work

[devout idol]

Tried this and I only get this error after clicking join

[idle flower]

I'm calling the sfcheck.py from node and parsing the output to my web panel, works completely fine that way for me

[versed merlin]

that’s not very descriptive. I could say “My car doesn’t work” and it’s not very helpful.

But if I say “My car didn’t start when I turned the key, but the engine battery light came on and began flashing” would be useful.

[reef gull]

Is that the script that DopeGhoti wrote?

[idle flower]

Yes

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin yes sry my english is not so good

[versed merlin]

It’s fine. your english is l ikely better than my second language 😄

Just be sure to be descriptive

[vapid hazel]

@devout idol get that same error driving me crazy

connecting to a hosting provider

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin we reinstall the server without the line to update

[versed merlin]

Are you attempting to install an EA server or an Exp server?

And are you on WIndows, or Linux?

[north dragon]

I have lost the progress of 2 days :'v

[slim spoke]

@devout idol Please refrain from pinging the Coffeestainer roles - they are working. This includes replies in Discord as this results in a ping.

[versed merlin]

And HOW are you trying to install it: Steam? Steam CMD?

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin but the server dont show up in the serverlist of the ea only in the ex

[ocean compass]

any one else have a Version Mismatch issue with experimental atm, the client updated but the server says it's already upto date, but is a version behind (client 174005 server 173879)

[slim spoke]

update server on experimental branch

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin linux

[north dragon]

execute steamcmd

[slim spoke]

wiki has instructions on dedicated server page

[north dragon]

login anonymous

[reef gull]

You can turn off the ping for replies. I do it to Ben all the time.

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin steam cmd

[north dragon]

app_update 1690800 -beta experimental

[ocean compass]

oh new argument

[vapid hazel]

anyone having good success with a third party hosting provider for dedicated servers? giving up on people being able to see my machine from the outside

[slim spoke]

darthporisius except he pinged uzu for a common nothing

[versed merlin]

Slow down, keyboard warrior, and use more than
one
line
per
comment. String your words together 🙂

[reef gull]

Sanctum, I'm not arguing with that. I am just saying you CAN turn it off. XD

[slim spoke]

should tell him that lol

[versed merlin]

OKay, and are you have installed SteamCMD on the server machine?

[north dragon]

sorry :v

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin yes

[reef gull]

@devout idol, heads up, you can turn off the ping for replies. I do it to Ben all the time.

[versed merlin]

by rapid-fire typing like that, your postings get mixed up in the midst of others and makes it difficult at times to try and follow what you’re needing. :). also, using the “REPLY” function definitely helps!

[versed merlin]

Okay. You’ve installed the EA server from the command line listed at

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

that will install the EA server. Then, each of the game clients who wants to connect will need to have the EA client installed, NOT the Experimental beta version.

[versed merlin]

Then the first person who connects to the server will then set the game name/session name, admin password, game password, etc.

[earnest willow]

anybody have issue with resources not being displayed properly on belts after loading save

[versed merlin]

They will need to ADD the server in the server manager window, in the game client.

[somber wave]

version mismach on experimental branch.. why?

[slim spoke]

update game/server

#patch-notes

[somber wave]

we did update... both.. its not matching anymore

steam branch is behind

[slim spoke]

exp updated

[calm saffron]

If I was going to write a CLI utility these days, I'd probably do it in Go or Rust (or maybe Java, if I felt masochistic enough to pull GraalVM in) - not having to worry at all about whether the user has X installed (and the right version of X!) is wonderful.

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin yes we try this and it dosent work

[slim spoke]

u can argue cli stuff in offtopic

[somber wave]

• Local build: 7776781
• Remote build: 7776781
  is that the latest experimental server build?

[slim spoke]

#patch-notes

the cmd line for dedi if it has -beta experimental it gets exp server

if not then its ea

[somber wave]

hmm.. ok ill try thx

[calm saffron]

Irritatingly, #patch-notes does not match up to that version number. It's v0.5.1.2 - Build 174005, which isn't what you see with Steam, I believe.

[waxen spear]

@versed merlin we try this "steamcmd +force_install_dir ~/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit" but it innstall the ex server

[slim spoke]

thats ea server cmd

@waxen spear

[waxen spear]

@slim spoke yes we want to install an ea server to play with the ea but it dont work

[slim spoke]

what happened

[versed merlin]

Scroll up. he’s laid it out in detail previously.

[slim spoke]

nm

[versed merlin]

SUpposedly it does not install the EA server.

[waxen spear]

in set the ea version of the server it install the ex version

[crisp galleon]

Hi, does anyone have the problem that the server doesn't update automatically after a new build?

[oblique owl]

You forgot the most important part of that Patch Notes: Early Access (EXPERIMENTAL) - v0.5.1.2 - Build 174005

The patch is for the Experimental version only

[slim spoke]

sleipson you must be getting it confused

[versed merlin]

You need to run the same command you used to install the server software to install and validate it.

[calm saffron]

Yeah, but that's my point - people see that, but then see a version number like 7776781 on their server, which is presumably the Steam version, and doesn't match up?

[oblique owl]

That's the steam backend build ID

[crisp galleon]

I'm still using the same command and the server auto update is on 1

[oblique owl]

The Build Number of the Dedicated Server is 173879

[spiral root]

^^ for EA

Its 174005 for Experimental

[oblique owl]

Yep

[slim spoke]

play on EA

[spiral root]

So your game is running on Experimental but your server is on Early Access

Either update your version of your server to Experimental - or play on Early Access

[slim spoke]

literally they just covered that

[waxen spear]

so we want to play ea on a ea server the server is running on linus but we only get the ex server version

[spiral root]

Sleipson when you install the server on "Linux" what version is it installing?

[waxen spear]

@spiral root 174005

[spiral root]

Have you tried removing the server and reinstalling fresh?

[waxen spear]

yes

[crisp galleon]

thanks, this working! Thank you

[waxen spear]

and we dont use the update line

[spiral root]

The update line is fine as long as you don't pass the -branch experimental or -beta experimental arguments it should be on public branch

[quick mist]

in other news, so long as you don't ask for pepperoni on your cheese pies they don't add pepperoni (:

[spiral root]

PMSL

Wow I wish I knew this sooner Dope

Does it work for not getting anchovies too?

[mossy radish]

@waxen spear I had to remove my .steam directory

[waxen spear]

we use this "steamcmd +force_install_dir ~/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 validate +quit" to install the early access server but instead of installing the early access server it installs the experimental build everytime. we had delete the folder and run the command again

[mossy radish]

I removed the directory it installed to but then it just installed the beta again

I think it had it cached

[waxen spear]

@mossy radish ok we give it a try

[slate spear]

i have the same problem but im so confused rn

[waxen spear]

we get this massage if we want to play on a ea server

[devout idol]

So on my unraid docker the answer was this. Problem is I'm still getting the timed out connection error after clicking join. So both branches no longer working

[spiral root]

@waxen spear This is because the server isn't on EA branch - it can't be because there is no version 174005 on EA branch yet.

There must be a cache or something else remembering that you WERE on experimental at some point you need to remove the user delete all files and install fresh.

[waxen spear]

@spiral root ok we found a save file maybe this is the problem

[spiral root]

Weird, I can't think why a save file would have any affect as server version is whatever version is installed.

[waxen spear]

@spiral root i dont know

[spiral root]

Wierdness.

[waxen spear]

@spiral root my frind have a server some whre in düsseldorf ^^ and we play on it befor on ex and now we want to play on ea version and we reinstall the server a lot of time now my be this was the issues

[fleet silo]

Hi guys.. I'm trying to do this #satisfactory-experimental message but the train says "Next stop unreachable"

this is the setup on the station

[quick mist]

This isn't really germane to dedicated servers specifically, I would suggest #old-questions-and-help

[fleet silo]

already talked there

they told me to ask here if someone know what can be the issue

[zinc moon]

lol but it's not

[quick mist]

I won't get into it here beyond this because it's off-topic, but:

What works for me for setting up bypass branches is to put a Path signal just before the split on both sides, and a Block on the one-way rail just before the merge. Screenshot available on request privately

[spiral root]

That is up to date if your on EA - Newest Patch was Experimental Only

[slate spear]

maybe we just need to wait a little while to get updated on the server side as well? (on exp)

[zinc moon]

on exp

[spiral root]

Server set to Experimental also?

[quick mist]

The update came right through for me:

$ python3 sfcheck.py $myserver
        Response Time   61.50msec
        Server Status:  Live
        Server Version  174005

[fast ocean]

I can't get the update either

[spiral root]

Are you updating with the -beta experimental flags?

[zinc moon]

is that new? maybe something I missed

[slate spear]

i did

[spiral root]

Server used to be Experimental ONLY - then since it was launched to EA they have been on same version - if you haven't changed anything then server will default to EA now

[fast ocean]

yes I am

[waxen spear]

we try a new fresh ea server but it still dont work now we play normal hosting game ^^

[zinc moon]

@spiral root oh ok. thanks

[spiral root]

Was it Ptyeradactile you use?

[fast ocean]

where does this flag go?

[quick mist]

No, I don't use any containers. I use systemd.

[spiral root]

On your update script

[fast ocean]

start "Check Updates" /D C:\steamcmd /wait steamcmd +force_install_dir C:\SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +login anonymous +app_update -beta experimental 1690800 validate +quit

it doesn't work

hold on I think I see what I did

[quick mist]

is your steamcmd binary literally in the root directory of your C drive? I am illiterate first thing in the morning apparently.

[fast ocean]

no but I have it in the path

it's not that it executes the steamcmd

just won't update

[slim spoke]

i was going to say should the app id be after the app_update

[quick mist]

it should indeed

see the wiki for example invocations of steamcmd

[fast ocean]

yeah I saw that

[devout idol]

Server only crashing on me now with this update sadly
[2021.11.26-19.27.36:985][697]LogGameState: Match State Changed from WaitingToStart to InProgress
[2021.11.26-19.27.36:985][697]LogNet: Join succeeded: djvj
[2021.11.26-19.27.37:242][698]LogCore: Error: appError called: Assertion failed: Alpha >= 0.0f && Alpha <= 1.0f [File:Runtime/Core/Public/Math/InterpCurve.h] [Line: 336]
CommonUnixCrashHandler: Signal=11
[2021.11.26-19.27.37:295][698]LogCore: === Critical error: ===
Unhandled Exception: SIGSEGV: invalid attempt to write memory at address 0x0000000000000003
[2021.11.26-19.27.37:296][698]LogCore: Assertion failed: Alpha >= 0.0f && Alpha <= 1.0f [File:Runtime/Core/Public/Math/InterpCurve.h] [Line: 336]

[slim spoke]

steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir C:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +quit

[fast ocean]

start "Check Updates" /D C:\steamcmd /wait steamcmd +force_install_dir C:\SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +quit

like that worked for me

[slim spoke]

yw please drive thru

hahaha 🙂

[zinc moon]

can I get fries with that?

[slim spoke]

no soup 4 u

[slate spear]

switched to ea for now that works fine.

[slim spoke]

i fixed it installing EXP instead of EA

[spiral root]

Did you work out what was causing it for you?

[lyric remnant]

@waxen spear i had the same problem. I deleted steamCMD folder and installed it again. only after that i get an EA sever

[slim spoke]

i deleted steamcmd and server then put new steamcmd and used ea cmdline to install

[spiral root]

Yeah obviously some weird cache issue it seems

[sturdy canyon]

Hello all is everyone having the same issues on this last update as i am? LOL

[slim spoke]

does steamcmd have a flush or something?

what issues?

[spiral root]

Your tongue changed blue?

Nope just me?

[slim spoke]

we arent mind readers

[spiral root]

Oh Sorry which issue is that?

[quick mist]

PSA:

If SteamCMD is not 'forgetting' that you were on Experimental and you want to explicitly force it onto the EA branch, use -beta public

[sturdy canyon]

I running a dedicated on Ubuntu server and its not updating after well updating

[north dragon]

It does not start the satisfactory.service that it puts in the wiki if I put the -beta experimental, why can that be?

[quick mist]

can you be more specific? My server is also on Ubuntu and it updated with zero issues

[spiral root]

You are probably on the EA branch @sturdy canyon

The latest Patch was for Experimental

[sturdy canyon]

Im useing StemCMD to update

[spiral root]

Unless you have explicitly passed the -beta experimental flag to your update it will put you on public which is EA

[sturdy canyon]

steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir ~/game/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +app_update 1690800 validate +quit

[spiral root]

That is going to install public which is early access

[sturdy canyon]

thats what i want

[quick mist]

no no no, public is not experimental; it's EA

[slim spoke]

just delete ur steamcmd and put new steamcmd folder in then run that installer cmd to a fresh folder

[spiral root]

Sorry typo

[slim spoke]

it will install the Early access version of dedicated server

[north dragon]

steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir ~/game/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +qui

[spiral root]

!!! NOTICE !!!

The Server used to be Experimental Only, Since Update 5 there are now two versions - the standard server is on Early Access. If you wish to run your server on Experimental then you need to pass -beta experimental in your update command.

[quick mist]

doesn't notice.

[slim spoke]

huh? where is my lighter

[spiral root]

Issue is this is first patch that there is two different versions and people are not realising that the server they used to have which was experimental only is now running on EA.

[mossy radish]

I see pretty significant drops in tick rate. Is that normal?

[rose valley]

I can't really tell why there are so many people that were on experimental. That is op in.

[spiral root]

Because the server WAS experimental only

[rose valley]

What CPU are you running on? It might be expected. Read the experimental thread thing.

[mossy radish]

Because the dedicated server was only on the experimental branch until yesterday I think

[slim spoke]

some reason if u install exp server then try installing EA server it just installs the exp server still

[rose valley]

It was on the public branch actually from the beginning.

[spiral root]

So it wasn't an opt in previously it was the default

[slim spoke]

i had to delete steamcmd and use a new folder to install ea server

[rose valley]

And only has an experimental branch since a few days ago.

[spiral root]

Yeah but the public branch only worked with Experimental build is what we mean

[rose valley]

It was experimental but was distributed through the public branch.

[mossy radish]

4th gen Intel i7

[rose valley]

Whereas now it looks like people were using -beta experimental deliberately.

[spiral root]

This is why people are now confused why there server that was only working with experimental isn't staying up to day with experimental anymore, not realising they needed to pass -beta experimental now.

[slim spoke]

bogdan ... i installed exp today then i deleted the server folder and ran the ea server install and it installed exp version like others were saying is happening

[rose valley]

So they are still running the game on experimental?

[spiral root]

I added those flags when it was announced that there would be two versions.

[sturdy canyon]

Right on looks like it working now

[slim spoke]

i had that til i replaced my steamcmd then ea install worked

[rose valley]

So that's where the steam memory thing is coming from.

That's rather annoying.

[slim spoke]

yup

[rose valley]

Join in on the thread and maybe give a little more details (what kind of a drop, etc).

[mossy radish]

Oh - absolutely! Is said thread here ? I'm happy to help and gather stats however I can.

[toxic ore]

is there known error with the experimental server version from the last update? our server run into error messages all 10 minutes. we installed the server new but didnt helped

[slim spoke]

what errors

[lime elm]

Guys, im I having a stroke or have the location of the save games on linux moved?!!?

[slim spoke]

nope

[lime elm]

cus the fold is GONE

but the server is up and running

home/amp/.config/epic is missing now for me :\

[quick mist]

are you sure? Because the .config directory, being a hidden directory, does not show up by default.

[lime elm]

ive always been able to see it, ive been in that folder a load of times but now its just gone

let me login as an amp user on ftp and see if thats why for some reason, Im logged in as root rn so i should be able to see it

nope still not there... wtf

Error: Directory /home/amp/.config/Epic: no such file or directory
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

[small field]

anyone else having time out issues after the latest update??

[toxic ore]

[2021.11.26-20.03.38:887][340]LogGame: Buildable registered player change. BUILDABLE buildable = Build_WorkBench_C_2147384226 -> Player player = Char_Player_C_2147428790 : IsAwake isAwake = ture

there is a wrong "true" 🙂

[opal vapor]

start "Check Updates" /D C:\steamcmd /wait steamcmd +force_install_dir C:\SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +quit

for this

[quick mist]

there are also flases too; this is known @toxic ore

[opal vapor]

where do I enter the code

my thing is that the server will not update with restart or stop. where I can enter the code to ask server to update

[quick mist]

presuming you have steamcmd installed in the same location as the person who pasted that command: on and command or powershell prompt

[opal vapor]

I rent the server from nitrado. not quite sure where is the steamcmd

[slim spoke]

u should contact their support section

[karmic sable]

anyone know how to change a server over to the experimental version? as of right now the server is only good for the base game client number

[lime elm]

It has moved?! The saves are now here for some reason. "/home/amp/.ampdata/instances/NagasServerofLag/.virtualhome/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/server"

must be amp doing something odd :\

at least I found them.. few

[slim spoke]

amp used virtual addy

[quick mist]

see the Wiki

[small field]

welp my server console is being spammed with

[2021.11.26-20.10.43:822][476]LogNet: NotifyAcceptingConnection: Server OnlineBeaconHost_2147457294 accept
[2021.11.26-20.10.43:823][476]LogNet: NotifyAcceptingConnection accepted from: [::1]:48023

• no one can connect to it ....

[storm glen]

uhmmm this error when using experimentalt dedi server?

masked over the ip

[karmic sable]

@quick mist I am not seeing anything on the wiki except the normal game ID

[lime elm]

it is there

you need to add a line

1 sec

Experimental Branch Selection
To download the Experimental branch of the Dedicated Server, add -beta experimental to the end of your SteamCMD invocation. See the following example commands for Linux and Windows respectively:

[small field]

yep think the lasted update has broken exp dedicated servers

[lime elm]

For Linux:

steamcmd +force_install_dir ~/SatisfactoryDedicatedServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +quit

For Windows:

steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir C:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +quit

[slim spoke]

exp server work

[karmic sable]

thx

[quick mist]

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

[small field]

well im now unable to connect to 2 different EXP servers since todays update

[storm glen]

anyone know how to fix the UNetConnection::Teck: Connection TIMES OUT. error?

[small field]

restarted the server?

[storm glen]

yes... like 10 times...

[robust solar]

we had the same multiple times

[storm glen]

@robust solar do we know about a fix for it?

[slim spoke]

maybe ur side is messed up

[robust solar]

can you stop talking like we are too dumb to run update and run a server via steamcmd?

[slim spoke]

not talking to u

[robust solar]

maybe you didnt run into the issue which is fine but others do