dedicated-server

[opal python]

the only thing im left confused about is when I double click on worlds_local in filezilla it doesnt open anything so im not sure where to drag these files into

[final current]

Been a while since I've used Filezilla, but the screenshots show the dir contents being displayed in the pane below.

[opal python]

do I drop the files into here?

[final current]

Yep, you do. It looks like your server started up with a world called "World" at some point. Once you edit Shockbyte's properties file for the game to point to your world, it should ignore that old one.

I would make sure 192.168.1.10 is still the IP of that specific machine on your LAN as it could have changed. If it's right, I'd doublecheck for competing dedicated server processes, e.g. sudo ps -Af | grep -i val
And when you add your WAN IP to your favorites tab and it doesn't show up, do you mean you get the question mark status icon or the entry doesn't get added at all?

[jagged temple]

Thanks for your reply. I've double and tripple checked this and it is indeed correct, as are the port forwards. Other players can access it and the only server or port forwards I have is for this server. The IP is also fixed by my router, it cannot change.
It does show up but no information about it loads and if you try and connect to it times out after a few seconds.

[crude dagger]

I'm running a valheim server on a ARM linux box using box86.
The Server seems to start up just fine, and I can see the little server message in my valheim client (the 0/10 users thing).

However my player can never connect, and there doesn't seem to be any indication on the server side that a connection was attepted.
It seems to bind to 2457 just fine (I can see it in netstat -ntlup) but it doesn't seem to be binding to 2456 at all.

Can't see any errors in the server log.

Firewall and iptables disabled, ports opened up in the Oracle Cloud interface.

Anyone have any experience with this?

[final current]

The wrong player count and server version showing for the LAN IP could be cached. If you recently disabled crossplay or made it non-public, the server's Steam A2S port gets disabled and the game will not be able to retrieve newer stats for the server. In this case, the game client may eventually replace the bad cached stats with the question mark status symbol.

[final current]

Are you using the -crossplay option?

[crude dagger]

I've tried with it on, and with it off

[jagged temple]

Okay, that makes sense. However the version displayed has never been ran on that machine or in my client. 🤷🏻‍♂️
Is there anyway of invalidating the cache? I am not using -crossplay and never have, if your question was to me. The only thing we have changed is the public option.

[crude dagger]

the -crossplay does generate a join code that seems to be correctly "read", and contains the correct IP for my server, it just never connects

ooh ooh, I think I got it. I did a previous attempt at running the server through docker, it might have been stealing the port

fingers crossed

[opal python]

just wanna say thankyou @final current for the help. Servers up and working well now (need to test if my friend who is on xbox can join but im sure that will work)

[final current]

That's an interesting mystery then re the version number. I would take a look at what version is reported in the server log at the beginning. You can also temporarily enable -public 1 and query the A2S port (2457) for the exact stats being reported yourself. e.g. if you have Node.js installed:

npm install -g gamedig
gamedig --type valve 192.168.1.10:2457

[crude dagger]

do I need to wait for it to load all the locations before I can try to get into the server? It takes like 10 minutes on the world I'm trying to migrate in

[jagged temple]

It's the same version I'm running, the latest. I used https://geekstrom.de/valheim/check/ and got:

Hosting Valheim g=0.217.46,n=23,m=0=110,1=75,10=95,9=15,3=200,30=1_8:2_7:3_0:4_3:5_0 on Linux
Currently 1/10 players in world 'redacted'

It's also whats in the server logs and the only version that server has ever ran.

I'm simply baffled by the server list right now

[jagged temple]

alu@Zeus:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32$ gamedig --type valheim 192.168.1.10:2457 | jq
{
"name": "redacted",
"map": "redacted",
"password": true,
"raw": {
"protocol": 17,
"folder": "valheim",
"game": "",
"appId": 892970,
"numbots": 0,
"listentype": "d",
"environment": "l",
"secure": 0,
"version": "1.0.0.0",
"steamid": "redacted",
"tags": [
"g=0.217.46",
"n=23",
"m=0\=110\",
"1\=75\",
"10\=95\",
"9\=15\",
"3\=200\",
"30\=1_8:2_7:3_0:4_3:5_0"
],
"players": []
},
"maxplayers": 64,
"numplayers": 0,
"players": [],
"bots": [],
"queryPort": 2457,
"connect": "192.168.1.10:2456",
"ping": 48
}

[crude dagger]

um, okay, it's even weirder, I got through once, the map loaded (I was in the right spot) but none of the buildings had loaded and it immidiately had the little "disconnected" symbol

Is the Oracle Free Tier just not up-to-task for this?

doesn't appear to be even breaking a sweat

[versed smelt]

Yeah, if you have an existing file, in the right place, you can set that world name (exactly) and if should load that world. If that is not behaving as you expect, put a completely new and unique world name in the bat file and start it and see where it shows up on the file system to make sure you are putting the world file sin the right place

[final current]

If this is a burstable CPU instance, that could be detrimental. Unity has the tendency to want to take CPU credits at awkward times (all the time).

[crude dagger]

Its just a regular VM to my knowledge

[final current]

Alright. Did you see this discussion? https://github.com/ptitSeb/box64/issues/1182

[leaden fable]

Hi! I need some help. I have a Nitrado Server and I want to change the world modifiers that you can change in a local world (as the difficulty, the portal usage or the drop amount), but Nitrado has no options for that. I tried to download to my local, change the modifiers and reupload it to Nitrado, but It doesn't work (i did It with FTP and copying the .fwl). I also asked in Nitrado help service, but i have no response. Any one knows how yo do it? Is there any video about?

[proven niche]

There are F5 console commands you can use for that. You can find them on the Valheim Wiki. 🙂

[leaden fable]

They work when you are in the server?

I mean you can change anytime whatever you want meanwhile you are playing at the server?

[proven niche]

Yes. But occasionally they bug out and you can't remove them for some reason. So consider them carefully before putting in the commands.

[leaden fable]

Thx. I'll try it know ^^

[opal python]

@final current sorry but we've ran into an issue
my buddy who is on xbox isnt able to join the server
its showing this for him when he tries to join the server adress

[leaden fable]

@proven niche you need to be admin if you want to change that options in the console 😥

[crude dagger]

trying with those new settings now

[opal python]

says this when trying to connect

[final current]

Are you using -crossplay? I've not tried with Xbox, but it may not be able to use direct connection if Xbox doesn't present a Steam Player ID, in which case you'll have to use crossplay.

[opal python]

How do I check that?

[proven niche]

Yep, you need to be admin. I just assumed you were admin when you said 'my server'. My bad, sorry. 🤦‍♂️

[final current]

That will be up to your provider. I suspect it's an option in that properties file they use. If not, they might have a way to supply custom command-line arguments to the server. In that case, it's the -crossplay argument.

They hinted at it in a blog post https://blog.shockbyte.com/the-ultimate-valheim-progression-guide/#valheim-crossplay who knows if they actually implemented it tho 😄 May need to hit up their support if you can't find an obvious option

[crude dagger]

I don't want to Jinx it just yet, but an empty test world finally loaded and was stable long enough for me to log in and interact, so the BOX64_ flags seems to have been the secret! Now to load up the actual world I want to use...

[leaden fable]

@proven niche I did It! I found were i need to change my status to admin in Nitrado Server... Thank you so much for the Intel and the quickly attention 😍

[opal python]

watched a ton of videos and still havent been able to fix it D: hoping we didnt spend £40 on a server we cant even play toghether😂

[final current]

Definitely file a ticket with them inquiring on configuring crossplay or custom command line options
(and if it were me, I'd use that same ticket to request a refund if they can't support it for your use case)

[opal python]

Thankyou I'll do that👍hopefully it gets fixed

[opal python]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-annoyed-bad-vibes-throw-it-whats-going-on-gif-16325118

[final current]

Sorry 😦

[opal python]

ive asked for a refund so hopefully that works
I asked the AI chat bot if it supports crossplay and it said yes but I shouldve checked elsewhere 🤦‍♂️ I just need to find a server host that supports crossplay 100%

[final current]

Give them that screenshot, lol. They may be talking about ARK's CrossPlay instead heh

[opal python]

https://tenor.com/view/mike-smith-trailer-park-boys-bubbles-glasses-blink-gif-4011183380204339784

[marble wigeon]

What's the best server provider and don't say gportal.

[knotty oracle]

OK, we won't.

[proven niche]

Ha! I was just going to say that! 😄

[marble wigeon]

Well the world modifiers refuse to work on there so. /shrug

[hearty locust]

We could provide you with a server if you'd like to test it out. You can edit world modifiers on our servers.

[marble wigeon]

No East coast servers sadly

[neon cargo]

Is it currently possible to make a dedicated server with the ashlands update running on the server? I made one with my friend and it is saying that I have a newer version than the server.

[hearty locust]

Not at the moment, but we do have east coast customers with minimum latency. You're more than welcome to try it for yourself prior to any commitment.

[marble wigeon]

yes you can you need to set your game to the beta test version on steam

[warped badge]

Long shot but, I rent a server and there's no headless bat file to mod, so anyone has any idea where to edit those settings when there's no headless file? I want to change the drop/loot settings

[radiant dove]

Every time I try to start my ashenlands dedicated server the cmd line starts to load the world and then auto closes out. Any ideas? It seems to be this way for any new world I create but works fine for older worlds. Both my Valheim and Valheim Dedicated Server are on the public test branch versions

[umbral canopy]

I think I set up the stuff right but it isn't going past line "memorysetup-tem-allocator-size-gfx=26244". It has been stuck on that one and it doesn't move. Does that have anything to do with how I set up the stuff on the .bat file?

[warped badge]

As a server admin, can I run a command on the server to double the drop/gather rates, and if so, what command? I tried "setkey ResourceRate 300" but nothing seems to change

[knotty oracle]

Use the modifiers in your batch file.

[warped badge]

There is none, its on a server and they removed the headless batch file, the one thats there has very little lines and none is for the droprate

[knotty oracle]

Well no, you'd have to add it.

[winged gale]

Hello, please help me 🙏
My server is stuck in Hammer Mode + yes, im trying to put it back to normal yes, but everytime i restart it comes back in hammer mode yes,

[winged gale]

Seems its all my Extra settings (modifiers)
Hosting company doesent work topday

[bitter pine]

Hi. Hope this is the place to ask for guidance on server trouble.... I have a Valheim server in my home network running on LinuxGSM. It's a while ago my friends and I logged on to play, maybe 6-12 months. Now when we log on, the game map progress is lost and we are dropped at the initial spot. How do I start the adventure of finding out what needs to be done to restore game map progress? Last time this happened, I think I had to move or update the game world files or something. This time I don't know where to begin and any guidance will be whole heartedly welcomed 🙏

[fading root]

Alright so I updated my valheim server after it being offline for quite a while. But when it updates it updates to the ptb instead of the stable channel. I do not have my bat file setup to run a ptb server anyone got any ideas where else I might look.

[proven niche]

Steam Client > Library > Right click on game icon > Properties > Betas

[fading root]

Mine is run though steamcmd a d not the GUI.

I have a batch file that starts it and runs from that.

This is what my batch file looks like
echo off
cls
C:\Games\Servers\steamCMD\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir C:\Games\Servers\ValheimServer\ +login anonymous +app_update 896660 validate +quit

valheim_server -nographics -batchmode -name "GG" -port 27854 -world "V" -password "" -public 1 -crossplay
exit

[proven niche]

Try using: +app_update 896660 -beta none

[fading root]

Nope unfortunately that didn't work

[final current]

You want -beta public

[proven niche]

Thanks, Justin. 🙂

[fading root]

Yep thanks this seems to have fixed the issue

[final current]

sorry :/ Which host? On the command line, it's -preset Normal, or as a member of the server admin list on the console it's either setworldpreset Default or setworldpreset Normal. Note that any of those can overwrite other modifier keys you may have set. Also the console versions will be overwritten by command line flags on the next server [re]start.

[winged gale]

Its a norwegian one, im admin tho if i can console fix it thats better yea

I want everything to be normal besides

• NO raids
• Casual death penalty

https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/16us3ql/how_to_world_modifiers_in_game_works_on_dedicated/

[winged gale]

Is there a command i can do on myself, where enemies dont care about me ?

[final current]

With the Server Devcommands mod installed in your game client, you can use some of the basic local dev/testing modes and commands. For example, in console-activated debugmode, going into fly mode (by pressing Z on latin keyboard layouts), most enemies will ignore you. You could alternatively just use "god" console command to be invincible to them.

[final current]

Any particular messages in the server log that might give a hint as to the cause? Do you have enough free disk space? Any virus scanner that could be interfering?

[onyx fox]

I tried reading and following past comments, but I think I screwed something up because my bat keeps crashing. Any suggestions?

[timid rose]

any idea why i have lags near my friend? but when he leaves the lags stop?

he is from romania we are playing on eu-west

we are all from pland

[final current]

Are you seeing any log output before the crash?

[onyx fox]

Sorry, I am new to hosting a server. The window crashes immediately. I realized one issue was the location of my Valheim Dedicated, however fixing that did not fix the issue.

Is there some place where logs are produced?

[final current]

see the descriptions of chunk master on this page: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Why_does_the_server_lag_happen%3F
one of you either doesn't have enough CPU capacity or network capacity

[timid rose]

any way i can fix that>

[final current]

If your console app is dissapearing, consider using the -logFile argument. You can find more details in the Valheim Dedicated Server Manual.pdf file that ships with the server depot.

[timid rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS2svB0ZaxA
I found this tt, but I have my server on google cloud

[final current]

On the CPU side, for each player, closing unused apps, switching the OS to a less energy efficient and more performance-optimized modes. If a laptop is used, ensure it is plugged in to power. Consider downgrading graphics modes. And finally, sometimes purchasing better hardware is the only option left.

On the network side, make sure neither player is on Wi-fi, try disabling any traffic shaping or QoS enabled on routers, disabling any Internet security software suites that might be acting as a transparent proxy, VPN, or anonymizing MITM. Stop any network-saturation activities like bittorrent or streaming any videos outward higher than 720p. If you don't have any Xbox players and the server operator is well-versed in networking, consider dropping the -crossplay option and using direct networking to the server ports instead.

[timid rose]

its dedicated google cloud server

its not on a computer

[final current]

With the exception of the -crossplay dropping advice, all of what I have above is for the game/clients and not the server.

The server doesn't do much

[timid rose]

so the cause is people having worse pc and connection?

[copper pewter]

hey guys , im having issues with my dicatied server , 2 friends can connect no issues , one friend trys to connect and has connections issues , nothing wrong on his end internetwise , seems to be down -crossplay , if i remove server doesnt boot , if i change to -crossplay 0 he still has connection issues, my ports are forward 2456-2458, we tested this on my other friends server , if he has -crossplay on if makes one of the friends have connections issues , if he changes it to -public 1 it all works , if i use -public 1 server doesnt load

[final current]

Most commonly, yes. It could be you or it could be your friend, or both.

[copper pewter]

sames my server just wont load unless i have -crossplay in some form

[timid rose]

@final current im playing on wi-fi 5ghz

[final current]

To disable crossplay, you must completely remove the -crossplay argument. There's no special 0 value treatment as far as I know. When crossplay is disabled and the server isn't public, players will stop seeing version information or player counts in the status icon for the server entry. This doesn't mean there's an issue, though.

[final current]

Alright, that should be alright if you're in the same room as the access point. 5GHz is not very good with walls, so consider using a lower frequency band if you're in another room from the access point. Ultimately, wired networking will be better for gaming, but it's understandable if it's not physically possible.

[timid rose]

can It cause desync tho for others?

[final current]

With Valheim, definitely.

[onyx fox]

Okay, I will try that. Thank you

[final current]

All of that looks fine so far.

[copper pewter]

its just stays like that

doesnt go any further

thats ith -crossplay removed

or -public 1

[wild portal]

On our server that is 100% vanilla some of our swamp creatures are bugged and not takikg any damagw. Is there a fix for this?

[final current]

I would recommending having the players restart their games. Chances are the player who is chunk-master for that chunk is bugged.

[final current]

and you can't connect when it's in this state?

[wild portal]

Its showing hit points but the health bar doesnt go down and they dont die.

We restarted the the server. Some animals and creatures take damage but there was a couple that wouldn't.

[final current]

Right, my recommendation still stands. These kinds of problems are more likely with the game clients and not the server.

[wild portal]

Ok thanks. There was 2 of us fighting the same skeletons and a blob that wouldnt take helth damage.

[copper pewter]

no failed to connect

[final current]

Any messages further up that could indicate a problem in that log? And have you tried connecting with your loopback or LAN IP now that you have crossplay disabled? Sometimes routers and ISPs don't like a round-trip to your own external IP.

[copper pewter]

ok just tried my local ip for it

and it connected me

so atm i am on, but how can my friends join my local wont work for them right?

[final current]

Correct, they will need to use your external IP address. Time to double-check your port forwarding. Make sure the LAN IP hasn't changed from when you set up the port forwarding rules and make sure they forward UDP traffic (TCP-only forwarding will not work).

Also make sure you don't have any local firewall software that would be blocking the port from Internet access.

[copper pewter]

ok willl check port forwarding and restart router

thats what i have set

[final current]

Looks good, assuming that's still your local IP

[copper pewter]

yea

[final current]

You can try your external IP in https://geekstrom.de/valheim/check/ for a 3rd-party assessment

[copper pewter]

comes up no on that

il open 2457

to be sure

[final current]

2456 is most important. 2457 is important if your server is set to public. Make sure you don't have specific firewall entries (both on router and local computer) that can be blocking the ports. I'm also assuming you're supplying your external IPv4 address. IPv6 will not do.

Also make sure your external IP address hasn't changed since you last checked.

[copper pewter]

will do

[final current]

And if all of the fails to yield anything useful, you might have to check if your ISP blocks certain inbound port ranges or is using CGNAT.

[copper pewter]

yea no improvement so far

will look into that

im with bt

so doesnt look like they use cgnat

[timid rose]

@final current can modifying server’s send/receive limit fix the problems?

my wifi seems very stable and fast

[final current]

In theory. Modifying the game assemblies would be one of the very last possible things I would want to try, though. Have you disabled crossplay on the server? If you're quite sure your own hardware and networking is good, it might be time to focus on the other players' setup.

[timid rose]

i didnt eneable it

everyone is on pc

what can i do

ban my friends because they have bad pc or internet? xD

i know that one friend has like 10 year old cpu

[final current]

hehe 😄 I wish I had more advice for you, perhaps others might chime in with ideas. If their hardware lags behind, that could end up being the ultimate culprit. Certainly have them run through some of the things we talked about here. They should close any browsers they have open at the very least.

If you are the first player to enter a new area, you are more likely to be the chunk-master for the area. They could still have some lag, but your own interfacing with creatures will be good in this case.

[timid rose]

can i do anything about instances ?

why is this game so fucked xD

[final current]

In areas you commonly visit, like around your buildings, sure, you can destroy some of the world objects like rocks and trees or remove unnecessary structures. There is no gaurantee it will make a huge impact.

[copper pewter]

fuck me

[timid rose]

is 1000 too much?

[copper pewter]

its working

thank you so much justin arthur been at that all god damn day

must have been some kind of port blocking him

[final current]

Glad you got it working. Any idea what change finally fixed it?

[final current]

1000 sounds like a small number for a base building area. It's not something I commonly keep track of though.

[timid rose]

server restarts can fix lags?

[final current]

In rare cases. Unless you or the other player are seeing the network issues status icon on the top left, lag is more likely coming from player legs.

[timid rose]

we never saw this icon

why this game must be so complicated

[timid rose]

@final current

what do u think about this https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/1570

[final current]

If you've exhausted other options, this looks interesting. I've never used it

[onyx fox]

Here is the log file and a copy of my current .bat file.

[cosmic umbra]

i just transferred my world to a vps and everything's normal, except for some reason a bunch of built objects are inexplicably almost entirely broken, and all but two boars are dead. any clue what could've happened?

of note is that before i loaded this world up, i tried manually changing the files to edit the name of the world, causing the ground to generate anew (and far below where it was before), but for objects to be the same. the objects that are at 0 health seem to be the ones that ended up broken from that calamity, and the boars that survived are the same two boars that didn't die as well. is there some sort of cache that the server might've read when i deleted those files and replaced them with fresh good ones?

i just deleted the world files and replaced them yet again, and the stuff i repaired with the hammer stayed repaired somehow, with the rest of it all broken of course

[cosmic umbra]

i deleted the world files, generated a new world, saved the world, deleted the new world, and reloaded the world that i actually want to transfer. it's identical; the broken stuff is still broken, and the stuff that i repaired is repaired. i'm unbelievably confused.

[topaz heron]

Was there a fresh linux server released in the public-test beta? I've successfully used the following command to install public-test before, but when I launch the server I am getting Valheim l-0.217.46 (network version 23) in the console output, rather than the expected 0.218.12. I am also unable to connect with my windows public-test install, as I get an incompatible version notice.

/home/${USER}/.local/share/Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/${USER}/PublicTest -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups +login anonymous +app_update 896660 validate +exit

[final current]

And you're sure you're running the executable found in the ~/PublicTest folder?

[final current]

Well, the failure happens pretty quickly, with GameServer.Init() failed. Unfortunately not much to go on. You might want to make sure nothing else is using those ports (for example, a previously-launched instance of the dedicated server).

[topaz heron]

Yes, very sure.

Have you successfully downloaded 0.218.12 to a linux box? What was your command line for steamcmd?

Ahhhhh.... Digging around in the Steam Depots data, it appears that the public-test branch (https://steamdb.info/app/896660/depots/?branch=public-test) that the linux dedicated server hasn't been updated in the last 19 days. That is a pretty strong indicator that there isn't a linux release of the 0.218.12 server: https://steamdb.info/depot/896661/

[final current]

Guess you're right, sorry 🙂 Simplest explanation is easiest. or is it…

[proven niche]

I have a linux server running the PTB 218 release without any problem.

[topaz heron]

What was your command line to download it?

[proven niche]

I used the Steam GUI. I'm not using SteamCMD at all. I looked at SteamCMD a long time ago and decided it added an extra layer of complexity that I didn't need.

[final current]

@topaz heron you were close. -beta and -betapassword are arguments to +app_update specifically. They should go after the app ID in there.

I was able to use your command with those reordered and get to 2.218… on a Debian bookworm VM.

[thorn dove]

how do i remove the killed troll key for individual players on my server?
ive tried removekeyplayer playername killedtroll
doesnt work. cant get it to work for me either

i wish i could just turn the troll raid off.

[final current]

Have you enabled player-based raids?

[thorn dove]

yes

[topaz heron]

Thank you!

[final current]

Sorry, I don't know of a way to set a player's keys via the server. There may be such a mod out there. setkeyplayer and removekeyplayer both only take the key name, and are for your own character's local file. You may be able to use it from a local world with the same character. Alternatively, if a player is in the server's admin list, they can run the command from the server context if their game client has the Server Devcommands mod.

[onyx fox]

I will try restarting my PC but the issue only happens with the public test. I could get a normal server to work no problem

[tight bough]

I haven't played since before Mistlands, but is there a way to prevent players from logging into a dedicated server with materials they've added to their inventory from another server/single player? I want to prevent a few people I know and want to play with from pulling over high-level material en-masse from other saves.

[proven niche]

The only way to do that is with a mod. You can ask about it in the #mods-issues channel, if you want. 🙂

[copper pewter]

only ones i hadnt opened where port 2457

[lusty egret]

hi ! is ashlands public test available if i make a g portal server guys ? 🙂

[sharp mantle]

sometimes we see the server lagging a bit and sometimes we do not. It doesn't seem to be a server resource problem (at all)

are their any known situations where this happens or reasons why it happens?

also confirmed it's not "player" related, as we play with 0.5ms ping

server runs super chill 0.4~0.6 avg cpu consumption on an i7 8core, with 4 players, 32gb, on nvme

multiple instances... ? ojects on the ground...? constriction...? number of mobs... ?

[cosmic umbra]

any ideas here?

[lusty jetty]

Hi everyone, good night, i have an issue connecting to the server after reverting from public test, as i show in prints the server and client is in the same version, but when i try to connect say the server is using a old version. Anyone have an idea? ty

[jovial hedge]

@final current do you have a more detailed explanation of how you did it because I'm quite new on setting up a server for Debian especially on the ptb

[winter viper]

How do you delete these

[feral grove]

been searching this channel for information on how to steamCmd a Ashlands server. Found scattered info... I have the base dedicated server i ran last year, how do I update it to use "yesimadebackups" branch? Thanks in advance 😉

my current update bat: bat :start C:\steamcmd\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir "C:\ValheimModdedServer\steamapps\common\Valheim dedicated server" +login anonymous +app_update 896660 -beta none validate +quit pause

[wide cipher]

@modest hound don't use # so much.
Discord thinks you're trying to markup text

[final current]

Thank you! I had wondered why the server put me in timeout, and would stayed awake at night wondering 😄

[wide cipher]

😄

[final current]

if you're well-versed in containers, you might find one of the community images to be quicker.

Otherwise, the basics are:

1. Install Steam or SteamCMD (the latter if this is a headless server).
2. Use Steam or SteamCMD to download the Valheim Dedicated Server package (no login required)
3. Pick places to store the dynamic server data (like the world DB+metadata) and logs.
4. Decide how you want to manage the server lifecycle (e.g. systemd, supervisord, etc.), optionally wrapped with BepInEx for mods.
5. Networking (port forwarding, IP reservations, dynamic DNS, etc)

My exact steps from the above validation discussion, run as a super user:

echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/non-free.list
dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt update
apt install steamcmd libpulse0
/usr/games/steamcmd +force_install_dir /opt/valheim -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups +login anonymous +app_update 896660 validate +exit

Then ran with /opt/valheim/start_server.sh. This only covers those first couple steps in the basics list. libpulse0 from the steps above is used by Valheim's embedded libparty.so if you enable crossplay.

[final current]

Shut down your server (with Ctrl+C or sending SIGINT), make backups of your world metadata+DB (like the password hints), then replace the -beta none in your command with -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups. It should replace your install dir's contents with the Public Test Branch.

When you no longer wish to participate in the testing process, switch back to the main public branch by removing the password and using -beta public. This will help avoid surprises a year or so later.

[final current]

Not sure what I'm seeing here, which probably means it's a better question for #valheim-public-test

[feral grove]

Thanks 😉

[winter viper]

Na its fine it was just too many hoes for me to handle 😂

[final current]

Ohhhhhh, gotcha 😛

[final current]

Any luck? I don't have a good guess off-hand unless your dedicated server installation dir ended up with a mix of assets from both versions.

[plucky oxide]

I'm extremely new to all of this, those anyone know how to update latest server for a dedicated server?

[lusty jetty]

when reverting i had some issues, was only possible after delete steamcmd and download again, i delete all folders on server, and client, and created a fresh installation, at leastis what i think xD

[lusty jetty]

add this in steamcmd command -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups

[plucky oxide]

Thank you I'll give that a try right now.

[plucky oxide]

how do I go back to my original version (since I can't get to my dedicated server with the BPT)

[proven niche]

I think it's -beta default_old - Previous Stable no password.

[plucky oxide]

Thank you ❤️

[final current]

It's -beta public (without a password) for the latest stable release.

[gritty wind]

A noticeable impact to gameplay starts at around 8k-10k instances. 1k is almost nothing.

[whole breach]

Hello is there a document detailing what exactly all the world modifiers are and what they change? I know the manual pinned here lists some of them but is there a list of all of them?

[knotty oracle]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/World_Modifiers

[clear raven]

Hey everyone, I'm setting up a private server for my friends and I to play together on xbox via Nitrado (I've used them before and haven't really had any issues).

So far I have been able to successfully setup a non dedicated session that has the Ashlands content on xbox and play it with my friends. I have also successfully got a dedicated server running that several friends played on using pc and / or Xbox.

I'm curious if anyone has had any success getting the Ashlands expansion working on a nitrado server? I'm thinking the only way this is possible is to setup a local server via pc with the Ashlands public beta version, then copying the world over via ftp. I'm wondering if this public beta that's available on pc differs from the Xbox insider hub public test in a way that would prevent Xbox clients from accessing said server.

Any tips / help welcome! I'm learning as I go.

[round sleet]

Everyone playing the new content will need to have the PTB release installed, not just on the server. Your strategy of uploading an updated world will not work, as the current mainline release cannot load worlds that have been updated to the new PTB format. So you will need to get Nitrado to run the PTB version to access the content that way. That all said... it will almost certainly be easier for you to just wait a few weeks. There are still bugs in the Ashlands content that are being fixed, and you will have the full intended experience when it's fully released Soon( ™️ )

[clear raven]

Perfect thanks dude, follow up to this: if I'm playing a server without ashlands content, will I be able to integrate the expansion into an active server or will I have to start from scratch?

[round sleet]

As long as the group doesn't explore down to the Ashlands as it currently is, it should update fine. Same with the Deep North... just stay away from the most northern and southern parts of the map and you shouldn't have any issues when the update finally happens.

[clear raven]

Thanks for the timely help! 👍

!Related: Due to using the Xbox insider hub to get access to the test, my local game was updated to the new version that includes ashlands. I'm now trying to access a world that does not have that version. I have gone to the hub and "unsubscribed" from the public test. I also uninstalled and reinstalled Valheim. A friend who has not gone through the process of updating to the public test can access the server just fine but myself and others that did the update are unable to join. Anyone else experience this or known what may be causing this?

[round sleet]

Any worlds that have been updated will stay updated, so if you're talking locally it will cause issues. That's why the beta access tells you to make sure to make backups. By not accessing the server, is it telling you a specific message?

[clear raven]

Couldn't resolve join code. The nitrado server just has a vanilla version of Valheim running. Locally I updated to public test but have since uninstalled the whole game from my Xbox and re-installed. It still doesn't work.

[round sleet]

Restart the server again, make it regenerate the code. The join code is handled by Microsoft, that's not an issue with Valheim I don't believe.

[clear raven]

I believe I've tried this already but will definitely try again

[lucid marsh]

Would having a dedicated server for a solo be worth it? My base is slowly becoming very laggy along with all the mods i have, so would setting up a dedi improve fps? I’ve seen some resources that it might not because a lot of math happens on the client, but i just wanted to ask

[raw leaf]

Whos looking to team up

[knotty oracle]

#1024264966712340510 has you covered.

[versed smelt]

It wouldn't help lag if it's caused by high instance count

[rugged trail]

hi guys, i'm tryin for the first time to create my server with the dedicated app, and import a save to play with my friend, and i modified the start head less server file's name / world / passeword, but now when i launch the server's app, it finaly close up after tryin to download (i suppose) evrything, i saw in the cmd that he didn't success to download map i import (it's a map i created yesterday on the public test version), if someone got soluce to my issue, thanks u a lot :p

[frozen zephyr]

You set server to use PTB? A world made on PTB will not load on older versions

[onyx fox]

When I attempt to connect to the server, now it is saying my version is incompatible. I know my client is updated to Valheim [public-test], so I am not sure what I have done wrong now.

[proven niche]

Is your server also on the PTB? Does the incompatible version message window give any information as to what the actual versions are?

[onyx fox]

No, unfortunately it is does not. This is all it says when I try to connect to my Dedicated Server.

[proven niche]

I don't have any experience with SteamCMD but it looks like your server isn't loading the PTB version in spite of your start up command. You could check that by reverting your game to the current release version and see if it agrees with the server version then.

[frozen zephyr]

your bat file is messed up for starters

dir path needs to be after +force_install_dir

dir path has spaces in it and is not in ""

[onyx fox]

Sorry, I am new to doing this

[onyx fox]

What is dir path? If you mean directory path to the server, then it is after +force_install_dir

S:\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir +login anonymous "S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim dedicated server" +app_update 896660 validate -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups +exit

I also added the quotes. Is that correct?

[frozen zephyr]

S:\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir "S:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim dedicated server" +login anonymous +app_update 896660 validate -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups +exit

[frozen zephyr]

you have it after the +login

[onyx fox]

Now it is crashing when I start it

[frozen zephyr]

not sure what is causing [Steamworks.NET] GameServer.Init() failed. or 05/01/2024 11:03:00: The WorldGenerator instance was null 05/01/2024 11:03:00: Builder started NullReferenceException: The WorldGenerator instance was null at Heightmap.Generate () [0x0001a] in <7eac174134e34f35836d089a912f31f4>:0 at Heightmap.Regenerate () [0x00007] in <7eac174134e34f35836d089a912f31f4>:0 at Heightmap.OnEnable () [0x00029] in <7eac174134e34f35836d089a912f31f4>:0

[onyx fox]

Ya, it is only caused when I go to the Public-Test

I can launch a normal server just fine

[frozen zephyr]

this log file also has both of them errors also and never looks like server never fully loads

[onyx fox]

I am at a loss... I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling everything. Launched a non public-test just fine, was able to get in just fine. It seems like whenever I try to go to the public-test, it crashes... I played around with the .bat file to see if that would fix anything, and as you pointed out, broke it again. As soon as I fixed it, it crashes again 😦

[frozen zephyr]

you use -crossplay for the non public-test one

[onyx fox]

What's that? Like crossplay with consoles? I can delete that from the .bat Our gaming group is PC only

[frozen zephyr]

if pc/steam only you can remove -crossplay from the bat

[onyx fox]

Ya I just read that in the manual... I will give it a go. Thank you

[onyx fox]

I uninstalled and reinstalled everything. One thing I noticed was when it crashed, valheim server exe was still running in the background. So I killed that task in the manager. However, now I have an issue where every time I run the server, it wipes the .bat file and puts in the default... Not sure what's going on now.

[frozen zephyr]

make a copy of the bat and run it from that. the validate part of the steamcmd makes it check the files againts ones on steam so its probly replacing it thinking something is wrong with it because they dont match after you edited it

[final forge]

Afternoon all, do player based raids work on dedicated servers?

[raven carbon]

I tried to find the answer in the guides, not sure if this is just a me thing. On windows it used to list a server you would create with the .fwl and .db extensions, now it shows items as: _forestMask _heightTex and _mapTex... which of these do I now copy over to use as .db and .fwl? My assumption would be height and map

[knotty oracle]

Neither, those are not your world files.

[round sleet]

Those are new-ish cache files for the map, to make loading the world and map faster. They are not necessary for moving a world, they will be regenerated if needed.

[raven carbon]

I premake my world on windows, then transfer it to my linux hosting machine, so Ive needed these world files from this folder in the past ty for help

[round sleet]

Yes. Those aren't needed for the server, they are client-only.

[raven carbon]

thanks again, i realize what step i missed, appreciate it

[sour edge]

is this normal to see when firing up a dedicated server for the first time?

[round sleet]

Yes, that's the output of the world gen. It's placing all the various POIs in the world based on the rules.

[wind nebula]

I have a server on nitrado (not sure if it was a good choice) but I cant find it or even join to it, I've tried joining through server IP and it tells me that that its incompatible version though it is all updated. I have looked up probably every guide with videos from YouTube and reddit forums but cant find a solution that works. I'm not amazing with software so its kind of difficult on what is what, if anyone could help that would be great thankyou

[proven niche]

Have you tried re-verifying your game files using your Steam Client library?

[wind nebula]

I have indeed, no luck unfortunately

[proven niche]

Is it possible that your Nitrado server is using the PTB version of the server?

[wind nebula]

I’m not sure? what’s ptb? lol

[proven niche]

Public Test Branch, it's the currently active beta test version.

[wind nebula]

oh right, I’m not sure i don’t think so any idea where I can see that?

[proven niche]

I'm not familiar with Nitrado but it would be on one of their menus, if it was available at all.

And are you or the server using any mods that you know of?

[wind nebula]

Hmmm, it has an add on page for valheim plus as sort of like a base mod. I’ve tried entering the server with it un-installed still ran into the same problem 😦

[proven niche]

I would remove that mod, in case it's not working right. And you'll probably have to put in a support ticket with Nitrado, if you haven't already done so. I think you've already done everything you can do, unfortunately.

[wind nebula]

okay and i shall keep trying, thankyou for suggesting solutions 🙂

[proven niche]

You're very welcome. And don't be afraid to re-start the server a couple of times. I'm sure you've already done that. 🙂

[hot mirage]

Trying to set up a dedicated server from where I was playing peer to peer with friends. How can i use that worlds save data? i set up the dedicated using the right world name but its almost as if it used a different seed

[proven niche]

You'll need to copy the world's two files (.db and .fwl) from the peer to peer PC over to the server PC. Just using the same name is not enough.

[hot mirage]

i'm using the same pc from the peer to peer; just setting up a dedicated so while i'm at work they can still join

do i need to move the world files to a different fold in the PC?

[proven niche]

No you shouldn't have to move the world files in that case. You can force the server's world location folder in the server's start up .bat file using the -savedir "...path\folder" to make sure it's pointed at the right location for the world files.

[hot mirage]

okay i'll try that. thanks

[proven niche]

If your world files are stored in the cloud you may have to move them to local storage. I'm not sure if the cloud storage might be a problem or not.

[hot mirage]

thats actually what i just did i had a local copy but the dedicated overrode it so i backed up the one from yesterday and replaced the files and that worked. Thanks!

[tender oyster]

anyone know of a guide to install mods on a dedicated server?

[acoustic wyvern]

Using a host?

[tender oyster]

i am running the server on my home comp

the same one that i use to play the game

[acoustic wyvern]

Have you installed BepInEx yet?

[tender oyster]

No

What is it?

[acoustic wyvern]

https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/p/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/ it's the framework that loads mods for Unity games like Valheim. It's necessary to install mods and there's an installation guide there.

[tender oyster]

And this is for dedicated servers?

[acoustic wyvern]

Yes if you want to mod the server you need to install that first.

[tender oyster]

Running on windows10

[acoustic wyvern]

BepInEx injects itself into a game when launched, creating a framework that other mods and plugins can hook into.

The basic process is to install one mod at a time. You do that by stopping the server instance/game, copying the mod file(s) to the proper BepInEx directory, then starting the server which installs the mod and generates a config file for it. Make sure to stop the instance before each mod installation. You'll get the hang of it through trial and error when you get that far.

[tender oyster]

Thank you so much!

Were doing a mostly vanilla playyhrough, since its our first time playing valheim, but the farming was so tedious, that we collectively decided we needed a QoL mod for it

[acoustic wyvern]

Some mods will have dependencies listed. They are prerequisite plugins or patchers you need first for the mod to work. Be on the lookout. 👀

[celest hare]

Hello guys, im looking to rent a dedicated server for me and my buddies to play on. the question i have is, if i go ahead now and start renting it, will it update to ashlands update upon release? Or will i need to delete and re-make? thank you!

[opal saddle]

Generally we don't give tips on 3rd party servers (read the channel description). But all sensibly set up servers should update, but you really need to ask the service provider. There is no way to know how they've done their setup.

If I were to rent a 3rd party server, my requirements would be to have an SSH connection or some other way to manage it's files to let me tinker/mod to my hearts content in addition to a web UI (or whatever they provide to make settings). But I self host my servers, it just suits my use case best. I have no experience with rented ones.

[sour edge]

i just loaded my server up and it looks like i lost my whole house and everything in it. like it reset the land and everything. Why would that happen?

[proven niche]

Usually, that's caused by the server didn't get properly loaded up. What did you do, exactly?

[sour edge]

I think i accidently clicked the server option when loading into it. Its a dedicated server running on my pc, but i dont think i need to have that checked for ppl in my local network to play do i?

[proven niche]

Are all of your worlds in local storage or are some in the cloud storage?

[sour edge]

the dedicated server show a Disk instead of a cloud

reading through the server cmd it looks like i keep getting an error and its restarting :/

[proven niche]

The world in the cloud might be different than the same world in local storage. See if you have another world of the same name.

[sour edge]

Naw my worlds have very different names

and I only have two worlds

[proven niche]

Did you look in Manage Saves on the World tab there?

[worn loom]

@wide cipher make @proven niche a helper already

[knotty oracle]

I second this. And MaCarBre too.

[proven niche]

I vote for @upper salmon! He's got a much steeper hill to climb with those Xbox and gamepass users and he never loses his patience! That guy is a treasure! I dunno how he does it...

[sour edge]

So, 3 of us got kicked out of the server. I closed the server and restarted in and now its a brand new map... What am i doing wrong here?

[proven niche]

Where is the server? At a hosting company site? At your house? Someone else's house? How long has the server been up without being restarted? Is it hosted on Linux or Windows?

[sour edge]

My home PC is running the server

hosted on windows, it has been running since yesterday

[proven niche]

Is this the in-game server you start up after you start the game? Or a dedicated server just happens to run on the same PC as your game?

[sour edge]

dedicated server using the steam tool, running on the same pc that is running the game

We were playing for the last 4 hours, and all got disconnected, then when we went to Join Server, it was a brand new map

[proven niche]

Are you using any mods on the server?

[sour edge]

zero mods

The server has the same name it did when we first joined it but its not the same world

[proven niche]

The server would create a brand new world, if it couldn't load the regular world for some reason. If it's running on your game PC then it's probably using the same worlds folder as your solo game does. Are you saving your worlds in the cloud or locally?

[crimson rock]

Excuse me, please give me some wisdom on my own server in Valheim.
I've been having fun with my little Valheim world for years with two friends.
However, my friends put up with my activities when I'm not playing.
I'm sorry, but I wanted to build a server, but I don't have any basic SE knowledge.
I have a Syonology NAS DS920+, so I was hoping that if I started a Valheim server with Docker, my friends would be able to play it anytime like Minecraft.
I've been struggling for the past few days, but today I was finally able to access the server.
However, after a few minutes of connecting, I am always returned to the title screen.
At that time, you will see the USB and computer icons you see for the first time in the upper left.
What is this icon?
Why am I being kicked out of the game?

[sour edge]

This is what the server looks like, not sure that helps

and this is my worlds screen, we were playing on Jormundandr

[proven niche]

The disc symbol on the right end of the server's line there means it's stored locally. Have you tried using that world in your solo game? What happens if you do?

[sour edge]

When I load it solo it load in the brand new map

[proven niche]

Try going to the last backup copy in the Manage Saves window and see how old the last one was?

[sour edge]

Will do. Thank you. Very frustrating so far.... i dont think hosting the dedicated server on my end is working out very well 😦

[proven niche]

Make sure your PC has enough disc space for the server to save the world properly. Can you think of anything that might have caused the world to become corrupted? Usually, that's mod related but you said you guys aren't using mods. Could one of the other players have mods and maybe did something accidently?

[sour edge]

Disc space shouldnt be an issue, internet can be.... spotty

OK. Baby Steps, I got the world to load in solo

[proven niche]

@crimson rock Your server appears to be having communication problems. The link between the server and player is timing out and disconnecting. Could your Firewall be blocking traffic? Or maybe a VPN?

[sour edge]

no VPN issue, and I have allowed access to the ports through my firewall

lol taht was for the other question, my bad

[proven niche]

I'd recommend making an archive copy of your world's two files (.db and .fwl) and put it out on your desktop or somewhere safe.

[sour edge]

does closing the server from steam, and restarting it cause any issues?

[proven niche]

As long as you're closing the server 'gracefully' and not pulling the rug out from under it. It doesn't hurt to do a Save before shutting it down.

[sour edge]

hmmm is the server having trouble locating the world?

[proven niche]

Yes! Well spotted! You need to find out why it can't find the world files down that path it's complaining about. 😄

[sour edge]

❤️

small victories

Looks like its looking for specifically "Jormundandr.db" but the back ups all have different file names

there is no simple ".db"

[full seal]

Make a backup of the .old file and then remove the .old from it and try again to load the server

[proven niche]

That could be due to an interrupted save at the server. Go to Manage Saves and restore the newest backup copy. It shouldn't cause you to lose too much progress if it's recent.

I think Evil Landshark's idea would probably work as well. 🙂

[full seal]

Different ways of doing the same thing pretty much hahaha

[proven niche]

If you're using -crossplay on the server, then an internet interuption at your house could have caused all the players to time out and disconnect. Then, when you restarted the server it might not have made a good save. You have to be gentle with the server shutdowns and give it time to do a proper save first. I learned that lesson a while back myself. 🙂

[sour edge]

I will def be more cautious in the future

[crimson rock]

wonderful! thank you!
I left my VPN on!
When I turned it off, it no longer disconnected.

[proven niche]

Awesome! Glad you got that sorted. 😄

[zinc heath]

IDK where to ask this, so perhaps here since i'm running a dedicated server. My friend within the last week is no longer able to maintain a stable connection to my server. When he joins, the communication between his client and my server are very chatty over UDP. Then after about 1-3 minutes, his client gets the disconnect icon and continues to (attemp to) send data to my server. But after about 30 seconds from when the icon kicks on, his client sends a "A application closed connection" packet to my server, and then my server immediately responds.

Because of the fact my server always responds to this event, I'm not convinced this is a classic case of "UDP packets arn't guaranteed to make it" due to the high level of consistency and reproducability--even after restarting computers, routers, reinstalling game, allowing valheim into windows defender firewall, etc... you name it...

My other friends don't appear to experience this problem. Just one of them.

I havn't monitored packets on my network yet to see if my server is attempting to send packets as well. But again, the fact my server sends that last packet after receiving a client disconnect packet from my friend + the initial chattiness kinda tells me there may be something more at play here.

[proven niche]

So, the friend's disconnects began to occur just this past week? Before that he could play normally? And, it's only the one friend who has this problem?

That seems to indicate the problem is on his end or with the comm link (route) between him and the server.

What has changed when the problem arose? He install a new VPN? Did he get a Windows update that reset some of his security settings? Did something change with his network environment? Is he now on Wifi with a new laptop instead of ethernet on his old desktop PC?

So many possibilities. Most of which point to his end. Overwhich you may or may not be getting the full story. He may be accidently leaving out information about change(s) at his place. At least, that's the next place to look for the cause.

[zinc heath]

The only thing that I'm aware of was the valheim update. He doesn't use VPN. He's on wifi now, but is going to try an eithernet connection. (though, i found out tonight his nic may be broken due to age)

[proven niche]

Is anyone, including the server, using mods?

[zinc heath]

nope. we're all vanilla

[proven niche]

Ask him to re-verify his game files, if he hasn't already done so.

I should have asked before but I forgot, sorry. Does your server use -crossplay?

[zinc heath]

He's already gone through at least two uninstall and reinstalls, but there could be some caches left around somewhere. yeah i know this is a real head scratcher. part of me thinks spectrum internet is messing with him. because this is just way too consistent.

It's a default docker container from unraid. I can double check this, but i never explicitly supplied that param myself

[proven niche]

And, your friend can use traceroute to analyze the comm link between him and the server. It might show up a problem there.

Does your server have a Join Code?

[zinc heath]

he's able to play other games on my server, but not recently. I offered to have him try VRising, but he had to hop off. I just turned off my server. I can turn it back on and grab one.

[proven niche]

If the server has a Join Code, then -crossplay is enabled. That means that all comm links don't go directly to the server but instead everyone connects directly to the MS playfab lobby.

[zinc heath]

in that case, i woudln't be seeing my server's IP address + valheim port in the pcap file, right?

[proven niche]

I don't know about pcap. But when you join the game on the server, -crossplay will give you a Join Code above the game menu for a minute or so.

[zinc heath]

lets find out.. my server is botting up. it takes a while with all the BIOS checks

[proven niche]

If there is no Join Code, and thus no -crossplay, you can do a traceroute from your PC to your friends WAN address and see if there's anything wonkers in there.

[zinc heath]

one second. trying to get into the container at the moment to find the launch script

[proven niche]

I run 3 valheim servers on a headless Linux host and I'm SO glad I decided to not use containers or SteamCMD. 😄

[zinc heath]

yeah... there's at least two different start scripts i see, and IDK which one is being called because my password is certainly not "secret"

anyway, i joined the server. I don't see anything about a join code

[proven niche]

Ok, then it's not using -crossplay. That's good. Consider the traceroute between you and your friends WAN address.

[zinc heath]

darn. i don't have that. i only have his local in the pcap i had him make from wireshark

guess i can try it tomorrow. but i have a feeling it'll be just fine

[proven niche]

Think about any trouble shooting questions you want to discuss with him, too. The problem really does seem to be on his end.

[zinc heath]

i know... and it's driving me mad!

i came on here hoping this was something others have encountered too

[proven niche]

It may very well turn out to be. There's just not enough data to draw any specific conclusions yet.

[zinc heath]

here we go! I found the cli cmd:

${SERVER_DIR}/valheim_server.x86_64 -name "${SRV_NAME}" -port ${GAME_PORT} -world "${WORLD_NAME}" -password "${SRV_PWD}" -public ${PUBLIC} ${GAME_PARAMS} > /dev/null

so confirmed no -crossplay

[proven niche]

Excellent! Ummm.... unless it's part of the ${GAME_PARAMS} variable. But you already answered that -crossplay question when you joined the server and it didn't give you the Join Code on your game screen. 🤦‍♂️

[zinc heath]

firoot@b26e5b177838:/opt/scripts# env | grep  GAME_PARAMS
GAME_PARAMS=

[proven niche]

Yep, that's pretty conclusive. I can tell you've been around Linux a lot longer than I have. Cool! 👍

[zinc heath]

you've been helpful. its always good to talk these things out. at least i know i'm not the only one that finds this too weird

[proven niche]

Thanks, I appreciate that. A second viewpoint never hurts. 🙂

[zinc heath]

i think an interesting test would be for me to open up a port on my machine, and have a script from his end randomly sending crap via UDP to/from my server. if it falls apart there, then it's 100% a spectrum problem

[proven niche]

LOL Let's call that 'Plan B'. And just go with the traceroute thing first. 😄

[proven niche]

If you get this resolved tomorrow with your friend, please let me know. It'll be rattling around in my brain until then...

[zinc heath]

will do. i should call it a night as well

[worthy imp]

Hello, I think this question has already been asked but I updated the Valheim dedicated server with steamcmd and I used the map from the live server and not from the test server, are the Ashlands updates are present or do you have to recreate a map from scratch? Thanks in advance

[knotty oracle]

Ashlands is still in testing.

[worthy imp]

Ok so when i install the dedicated server with steamcmd (+app_update 896660 -beta public-test -betapassword yesimadebackups) and i launch the server with the same .bat, i can join the server with the last version but idk if the new biome are on the map :/

[knotty oracle]

If you had unexplored Ashlands in the map it'll update.

[worthy imp]

Ok thanks for your answer 🙂

[naive mesa]

i cant create a server in public testing idk why

[zinc heath]

apropos to my discussions last night. Do valheim servers have anti-cheat? it looks like from searches online that that's a moddable thing, and not baked into the server. Then one other thing I can think of--as it could be related to anti-cheat or otherwise, but could my friends toon be corrupted on my server's save file in some way? And when the server recognizes some mismatch, just stops all communication with my friend until his client sends the "i'm going to disconnect" packets?

the server is on a 6.1 kernel, and the docker container overlays ontop of a XFS filesystem. So I wouldn't be surprised if there was some corruption. I'll need to check dmesg for any alerts if there was actual FS corruption, but I don't think there is. Could just be data-related

[proven niche]

The anti-cheat mod would need to be added to the server and all the player's games. There's nothing like it on the vanilla server or game.

The game characters are used and stored strictly on the game client. Unless the ServerCharacters mod is used on the server. Again, nothing saved on the server for characters in vanilla server.

I think any server corruption would show up for all players equally. Not just the one friend. 🙂

[zinc heath]

just to be sure. (and i'll confirm with the server guide.pdf) but can the server repair the world save file? or is that a function of the steam client on the server?

[proven niche]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'repair' the world save file. I don't think the server or client can do that at all. As far as I know, if a world file becomes corrupted, it's done for and you need to go to a backup. Although, it does depend on what corrupted the world. Some things can be fixed, actually. Usually with a mod of one sort or another. Hardly ever in vanilla game.

[zinc heath]

yeah. just trying to rule out the recent update. oh well. i have some ideas to think about.

[proven niche]

Good luck with it! I have a feeling you'll figure it out sooner or later. 🙂

[zinc heath]

networking is hard--who knew

[zinc heath]

oof: #valheim-help message
@slender gorge i'm trying to get to the bottom of this myself let us know what you find in your player logs

to add @slender gorge if you're fine with installing Wireshark and adding a ip.addr filter to it to your friends IP address for the game, it'd be helpful to know if you're also in a situation where youre chatty with the server, and then disconnected after 30 seconds of you just sending out packets. i'm curious if it's the exact same issue my friend is in

[humble yacht]

how to give other player admin permission?

[proven niche]

They have to be added to the server's adminlist file. It's in the same folder as the server's worlds_local folder. 🙂

[humble yacht]

me and my friend are using r2modman and he has the serverdevcommands installed

[humble yacht]

thanks, do i have to reopen the server to have it working?

[proven niche]

Yes. The server only reads the adminlist file when it starts up.

[sour edge]

After much trail and tribulation, it would seem that I am unable to host my own dedicated server.

Does anyone know of a free or inexpensive third party server hosting that I could play on with my sons?

[full seal]

I used to use G-Portal with no issues. At the time (2 years ago) I think it was pretty well the cheapest option

[soft ridge]

We have a dedicated server, but my PC friend gets a disconnect every 5 seconds. What can this be? I’m on Xbox

He gets a disconnect immediately. I have tried this with a server I rented from net4players, and with a virtual machine in the cloud.

No package loss on his side, all other games work, no firewall

We also have this issue when he created a world and I join via joincode on Xbox, in this case I get the disconnect

[proven niche]

It sounds like the comm problem may be on your friends side, since you have no problem connecting to the net4players server. And, if that's the case, he should be the one in here asking for help. You may not have the same information about his circumstances that he does and that makes it harder to identify the problem and fix it.

[soft ridge]

Thanks. Well yes but he’s not so technically knowledgeable. I suppose I will tell him to reach out. Thx

[proven niche]

You're a good friend to him. I hope you guys can get it straightened out. 🙂

[compact slate]

what is the correct syntax for savedir and logFile paths? i have the following but it gave an error

-savedir "../%USERPROFILE%/ValheimWorlds"
-logFile "../%USERPROFILE%/ValheimWorlds/logs/log.txt"

folders and file do exist & are writeable

i see the full path it generated is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\C:\Users\***\ValheimWorlds\worlds_local

i tried ~/Valheim... and hardcoding profile with ../../../../../Users/***/Valhei... too but both crashed cmd

[zinc heath]

okay. so the issue here is the ../ if %USERPROFILES% resolves to an absolute path, you're basically telling this to resove to a absolute path twice

[compact slate]

i noticed that, can it be put directly in the users folder though? If not then I'll just use default paths (isnt that in appdata already?)

nvm, -savedir "%USERPROFILE%/ValheimWorlds" crashes the cmd too

[zinc heath]

is valheimworlds under C:\Users\***\?

[compact slate]

yeah, c:\Users\d11z\ValheimWorlds

[zinc heath]

can you paste exactly what you're typing + error message you're getting? is it a permission problem? as in the game isn't allowed to write to that folder?

[compact slate]

sorry, windows

latest attempt was -savedir "%USERPROFILE%/ValheimWorlds" -logFile "%USERPROFILE%/ValheimWorlds/logs/log.txt"

logs give a few dozen errors starting with: memorysetup-bucket-allocator-

looks like the script converts / to \ from the log, but i switched it to \ in the start_headless_server.bat file

Tried %AppData%\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds_local and still get the memory-setup error 🤷🏼

fwiw this is why i had the double absolute path, from the game's pdf manual:

[zinc heath]

idk. you really should give us the errors.

[compact slate]

"Starting server PRESS CTRL-C to exit"
[UnityMemory] Configuration Parameters - Can be set up in boot.config
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-granularity=16"
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-bucket-count=8"
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-block-size=4194304"
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-block-count=1"
    "memorysetup-main-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-thread-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-gfx-main-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-gfx-thread-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-cache-allocator-block-size=4194304"
    "memorysetup-typetree-allocator-block-size=2097152"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-granularity=16"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-bucket-count=8"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-block-size=4194304"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-block-count=1"
    "memorysetup-profiler-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-profiler-editor-allocator-block-size=1048576"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-main=4194304"
    "memorysetup-job-temp-allocator-block-size=2097152"
    "memorysetup-job-temp-allocator-block-size-background=1048576"
    "memorysetup-job-temp-allocator-reduction-small-platforms=262144"
    "memorysetup-allocator-temp-initial-block-size-main=262144"
    "memorysetup-allocator-temp-initial-block-size-worker=262144"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-background-worker=32768"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-job-worker=262144"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-preload-manager=262144"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-nav-mesh-worker=65536"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-audio-worker=65536"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-cloud-worker=32768"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-gfx=262144"```

almost all path attempts gave this before crashing

[zinc heath]

dubm question, but why would boot.config be in a save dir?

[compact slate]

boot.config is still in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Valheim dedicated server\valheim_server_Data

i dont get errors with any new path attempts. gimme a sec and i can try the original path again

[zinc heath]

@proven niche I got the player log from my buddy. So things we tried tonight:

• verfied steam files
• version is 0.217.46
• created new character
• remove server from list & readd
  But that's not what's interesting. What's interesting is this:

05/03/2024 20:24:20: ZRpc timeout detected
05/03/2024 20:24:20: Closing socket [some file descriptor]
05/03/2024 20:24:20:   send queue size:0
05/03/2024 20:24:21: Got status changed msg k_ESteamNetworkingConnectionState_None
05/03/2024 20:24:21: Disposing socket
05/03/2024 20:24:21: Last socket, unregistering callback
05/03/2024 20:24:21: ZSteamSocket  UnregisterGlobalCallbacks, existing sockets:0
05/03/2024 20:24:21: Disposing socket
05/03/2024 20:24:21: Last socket, unregistering callback
05/03/2024 20:24:21: ZSteamSocket  UnregisterGlobalCallbacks, existing sockets:0
05/03/2024 20:24:21: Lost connection to server:ErrorDisconnected
Am I Host? False

seems like this is fairly common problem post patch updates heh

[proven niche]

It appears to be a time-out error. Most likely due to a comm link problem. These are often caused by a Firewall blocking the traffic or a VPN on the player PC or a home router not forwarding the traffic properly, although since you're using -crossplay, you don't need to worry about the port forwarding. There are other causes like ISP blocking ports or using CGNAT on the player's internet. There's a few other similar problems related like that, too. All leading to the player's game not communicating through to the server as it needs to. A Windows security setting at the player PC could also block his Valheim game.

Is your friend able to log into Steam without any problem? Or is he using the gamepass version on his PC?

[zinc heath]

yeah. i was just watching my characxter run around his in the game. we also did a trace route both ways. i can get to him, he can get to me no problem

it's just at some point zgrpc just does not work

i also tried CPU affinity pinning on my container to make sure the server is getting dedicated CPU's

[proven niche]

Is your friend able to get to any other Valheim servers?

[zinc heath]

are any available?

because he is able to connect, run around, muddle with inventory in boxes. it's just after some point within 1-5 minutes he disconnects

[proven niche]

You would have to find one in the #1024264966712340510 channel to join. And whether he's using PC gamepass or not would make a difference.

[zinc heath]

not gamepass. all steam

[proven niche]

IIRC you already said he couldn't join the net4players hosted server, right?

[zinc heath]

someone else said that, i think

[proven niche]

Oh, sorry.

Well, I guess his PC could be blocking the specific port traffic, too. Can you switch the server's ports to something else and try that?

[zinc heath]

its not because of the pcap file. packets are going to to router

[proven niche]

I don't know what else to suggest. Maybe someone else in here can suggest something. Sorry.

[zinc heath]

okay, we tried a different server. seemed okay. went back to mine. disconnect

[humble yacht]

do i add their ingame name? or steam ID or steam user name

it says "players ID", or do i have to get their valheim ID from some files...idk

[main bear]

hello if someone know about this please help me, I try my local world and upload to my server and work fine. But when I want use my world which is save on cloud before and my server cant run at all and always stopped like that.

ps : im already download locally, change name, login and walk around when saved on local, still no hope

[torn bramble]

Hello, did someone here succesfully hosted a server on an arm64 linux machine? Because i have this free tier at Oracle cloud but i can't find any good guide.
Thanks

[surreal atlas]

You may need to use qemu with x86 translation if arm server is not present

[brittle merlin]

Anyone get a deticated server running on a steam deck?

[vagrant fossil]

I have a Server Running on Linux remote. I can see it in the Steamserver Browser i cannot connect tho all i get in my server logs is
May 04 09:34:55 start_valheim_server.sh[633617]: 05/04/2024 09:34:55: Server 'OspuzeWorld' begin PlayFab create and join network for server
May 04 09:35:25 start_valheim_server.sh[633617]: 05/04/2024 09:35:25: PlayFab reconnect server 'OspuzeWorld'
May 04 09:35:25 start_valheim_server.sh[633617]: 05/04/2024 09:35:25: Server 'OspuzeWorld' begin PlayFab create and join network for server

[proven niche]

Add the Steam64 ID (the one with 17 numeric digits). You can see it in the game's F2 information window when you're both in the game. You just need to add the numeric part to adminlist. 🙂

[proven niche]

If you don't need to support Xbox users, remove the -crossplay option from the server's start up file.

[proven niche]

I think the important information in your server log appears before the section you showed here. Are either your server or your game using the PTB branch of the game for Ashlands? And are you using any mods for the server or your game?

[swift stag]

Is there a way i can reduce skill loss on death in my dedicated server with the console? I type setkey and theres no output

[proven niche]

There don't appear to be any setkey console commands that would reduce skill loss on death.

[swift stag]

SkillReductionRate

[proven niche]

Yes, I see that now. Try setkey SkillReductionRate 50 to cut the skill loss by half.

[swift stag]

No Output

[proven niche]

When you type in devcommands what's the response to that?

[swift stag]

That it's set to TRUE

[proven niche]

Try listkeys it should tell you whether the SkillReductionRate key has worked.

[swift stag]

No Output

[proven niche]

I think your console settings have been adjusted to not show some of the message type options. Like "Fatal, Error, Warning, Message, Info, Debug, All", You can change those options in the BepInEx.cfg config file.

[swift stag]

Well... idk. Still not working

[proven niche]

You could try deleting the server's and your game's .cfg config files for BepInEx and for ServerDevcommands and run the game and restart the server to let them reinstall their default configs.

[round fable]

having issues getting my dedicated to list in community servers, -public is set to 1 and ports are forwarded.. can anyone find "big game hunters" in the list?

[limpid dirge]

Anyone else getting crazy desync on a dedicated when multiple players are in the same area?
Server is a 9900k, 64gb, nvme ssd and 1g fiber internet, even on LAN I get crazy desync with other WAN based players in the same region and even another client on the LAN as well
I saw there is some sort of chunk-master system where a player takes control of an area, any way to disable that and have the server always be the master?
Extremely difficult to do anything at all in Ashlands when all the creatures are teleporting all over and block/parry timings are constantly changing

[candid spire]

I have myself and 3 others listed on the server admin list.. but when i try save on our dedicated server, it tells me i'm not an admin, how can i fix this?

[candid spire]

nvm

[lethal pilot]

Any new dedicated servers out there?

[knotty oracle]

Probably plenty in #1024264966712340510

[proven niche]

If you don't need to support Xbox or gamepass players, remove the -crossplay option and make sure the server's ports are forwarded in it's router. There is no way to disable the chunk master system. Was this happening before playing on ashlands or just since you joined the PTB?

[limpid dirge]

Crossplay option is disabled, cannot seem to join the server via IP with it on - so turned that off awhile ago. Not sure if its PTB specific as my previous playthrough was solo for combat (wife enjoys building/base management vs exploring/fighting) on dedicated. Ports are definitely forwarded (I host other dedicated servers on the same machine from time to time) properly as others can connect - just the desync problems. I did find a networking-related mod and a reddit post from someone that hosts another dedicated that improved it significantly - will test this out tonight

[versed smelt]

Sometimes it takes days. If it's not cross play have people join through IP. That is what I did

[main bear]

thanks for reply, how I can see server log ? any command to do that ? Im not using ptb branch, and not using any mods.

[proven niche]

There is a player.log file next to your worlds_local folder. You may only see the Player part, if your File Manager hides file extentions.

[abstract socket]

When restoring a backup file from gportal, should I have the server offline when I do that?

[subtle bronze]

Need help. I'm using a Nodecraft server. Turned on setkey nobuildcost for a bit while building a base I really didn't want to farm black marble for, but when I was done I deleted the startup argument for it and restarted, yet it's still active. How do I disable it?

[proven niche]

You don't need to shut down the server to take a backup but, if you did, the backup world might be 20 minutes or so newer. Not a big deal.

[proven niche]

Try using the "setworldpreset default" command.

[proven niche]

You can add the -logfile " ...path\filename" option to the server's startup file. You won't see the log entries going by but they will be stored in the file instead. Each time the server is started it rewrites the logfile.

[pure prawn]

hi im running lgsm server

and want to add skillgainrate modifier

it doesnt give me that modifier and much more too

can i add it anyway?

thats sensible ty

[proven niche]

I'm not familiar with LGSM so make a backup before you try anything. I think it's giving you examples of how to set modifiers not an inclusive list. Try your modifier in the same way you'd do one of the ones in it's list.

[proven niche]

[surreal mural]

heya is 4gb really enough to hold up to 10 people?

at the same time

[proven niche]

Probably not. 🤷‍♂️

[strong jackal]

Hey all! So, i run a couple game servers, but never opened a Valheim server. I did open one for me and some close friends to play and learn about the game. Its hosted on my dedicated machine. But im still kind lost about what kind server config i can change and admin powers. Theres anywhere that i can learn that?

Im also interested in learn how to do whitelist, add plugins/mods and stuff like that, if i really want to add some.

My dedicated machine is windows, just to be clear

[proven niche]

Be sure to review the .pdf manual that comes with the server tool's download. By default there is no admin on a server at all unless you add them, including yourself, in the server's adminlist file. It's alongside** the server's worlds_local folde**r.

To have a white list you'll need to use mods. More information on that can be found in the #mods-issues channel here.

And, if you don't need to support Xbox users, you should remove the -crossplay option in the server's startup .bat file.

[opal saddle]

For a basic whitelist (as I understand it) all you need it to edit the permittedlist.txt. But it's all in the documentation PDF also in the pinned message on this channel. You don't need a mod 🙂

[strong jackal]

I just opened the pdf file, did not notice that before to be honest lol.

[strong jackal]

I was about to ask that, cause i read that line saying about this file

Another question, i want to make it easier to find and manage the data from the world file. If i want to use -savedir [path], should i include the path since the C: tiill the designated folder, correct?

[proven niche]

Yes, the permitted list works fine. Just keep in mind that adding even one ID to the permitted list, automatically bans everyone else. There is no grey area there.

[opal saddle]

LGSM doesn't do that much special, you just need to give the parameters to it a s you'd do on a regular (manually ran) dedicated server.

But the documentation doesn't list how to set the modifier you want from command line. The wiki states that it should be possible: https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/World_Modifiers - but doesn't state how / with what parameters (for a dedicated server).

I did a quick search and seems there are other people with the same problem 😆 . Some users make the world on a regular user, save, and export the world to their dedicated server. That's certainly not optimal.

If you find out how to set modifiers (other than those already mentioned in the .pdf and in the lgsm comments) please tell us. I'd be interested, too, as I'll start a new server once Ashlands hits the main branch

[strong jackal]

Copy that, so if i add/remove one or more steamids there, do i have to restart the server to make the file effect?

[proven niche]

Yes.

[opal saddle]

I believe Valheim does not have any kind of reload mechanism. So yes, a restart is needed

[strong jackal]

Copy that

[strong jackal]

Just want to clarify this before i proceed with my changes

And thank you guys for the assistance!

[proven niche]

Yes, enclose the -savedir "path in quotes"

[opal saddle]

I'm not sure what you are asking here... but I'd assume it is -savedir DRIVELETTER:\path\to\whereever\you\waaaant , not sure what else to put there?

[strong jackal]

Perfect!

[opal saddle]

(Also, I don't use Windows. You could probably use relative paths on Windows or Linux, the only difference is ... there are no drive letters in *nix, and it's / instead of \ 🙂 )

[strong jackal]

Thank you all for the help!

Will apply my changes and see what happens!

[proven niche]

Just remember that if you leave the default -crossplay in the server's start up .bat, then you can't connect to it unless you use the server's WAN address and port or the Join Code it creates at the end of it's log file. And, if you do remove the -crossplay then the server's internal address and ports need to be forwarded in your home router. And then you can connect to it from your LAN with the server's internal address.

[strong jackal]

The server is already open to "public", thats the same process i have with my other servers. I have Ark, Rust and Palworld servers with a decent pop. The Valheim now is for a group of friends and who knows to the public in the future lol

[proven niche]

That's good. Just remember that with -crossplay, everyone has to connect to the MS playfab lobby first. Including the server itself and all the players. It adds an extra layer of complexity to the comm traffic between server and players. That's the price you pay to be able to support Xbox or PC gamepass players.

[strong jackal]

Gotcha, everyone here is on steam. I dont think ill support Xbox or PC GamePass, never done on any of my servers anyways. It changes a lot stuff and give me way more work to get stuff done anyways lol

[pure prawn]

Yea sure, its piece of cake actually, you should navigate yourself in vhserver file with “cd” command.
cd lgsm
cd config-lgsm
cd vhserver
Then there is common.cfg file that contains our server properties.
Hit “vi common.cfg” command and get in there. If it ask for read only or edit? Hit edit this time and enter. There is information part about modifiers, then in command line you should use like “ -modifiers combat hard -setkey skillgainrate 150 -setkey nomap” and so.
Thats all cheers. Press ctrl+c for get in spectate and shift+ . for : and write exit , qa! Or qa in line.

[opal saddle]

I know hot to do it. The documentation lists as valid keys the following: nobuildcost, playerevents, passivemobs,
nomap. Can you confirm that the other keys also work (as in, take effect)?

[pure prawn]

Yes all of them works. E.g however “skillgainrate” doesnt show in the document it still works.

Document has lack of knowledge

[floral solstice]

Hi, I am playing the new ashlands preview update with friends but want to make that game 24/7 without running it on my pc, I learned about dedicated server and wanted to know if it was possible to use that software to run the ashlands update at the current time

[proven niche]

Yes, it is. The Valheim Server Tool is the dedicated server and it chooses beta versions the same way your Valheim game does on Steam.

[floral solstice]

I only need to go into the beta setting right?

[feral grove]

someone should pin this! #dedicated-server message

[unreal sapphire]

what happens if I (the host) join the world in the normal menu while the dedicated server is open? will i just join the server?

[fervent swan]

Theres probably a minimal amount (if any), but are there any server-side mods I could add to my server so I am the only one that would need to download it?

Such as no rain damage 😉

[proven niche]

The guys in the #mods-discussion channel would have more info about that.

[fervent swan]

I've already asked there, I was just wondering if anyone here had any

[worn loom]

There are some but limited, I had to make my own for my community where the goal is to never have players need to install mods

https://thunderstore.io/c/valheim/?q=&ordering=last-updated&section=mods&included_categories=29&excluded_categories=30

[silent sierra]

Who's dedicated server platform do u recommend for valheim public test?

[young gate]

I've use cmd for any dedicated server for years on windows and linux

[glad scaffold]

Hello all. I'm running a dedicated server via aws/lightsail/docker and was wondering if anyone knew what env var I needed to set the version number in order to run the beta? Currently out of sync and getting an "incompatible version" error message.

[glad scaffold]

I've figured it out, using

• USE_PUBLIC_BETA=1
  in the docker-composer.yml file is the solution for anyone who runs into this :~)

[proven niche]

Good information. Thanks for sharing it here. 🙂

[neon cargo]

Could anyone help me? I dont know how to change my version to a previous version to join a server.

[proven niche]

If you're a Steam user, it's in the games beta options.

[verbal delta]

okay, everyone is probably sick of people asking this, but how do i get the ashlands PTB to run on my dedicated server, specifically on a remote hosting service? i cant use the commmand line to edit files as i do not have access to the pc.

thanks

[proven niche]

How to change the version of your hosted server depends entirely on how your hosting company has set it up for you. They may have an option in one of their menus for that. Or they may do it for you if you put in a ticket with them. And they may not even be willing to allow it at all. So, it all depends. 🤷‍♂️

[verbal delta]

yeah, they advertised the servers as been ready to go for the ashlands but it seems they would rather ignore me and my ticket requests. there are options for enabling the PTB but they do not work

are these configured correctly? if they are im just going to give up for today

[proven niche]

That seems to be correct, as far as I know. But, again, it depends on how they set up their servers.

[verbal delta]

alright, thanks for taking a look'

[strong jackal]

Hey guys, is there a way to increase player limit on the server? I host my own server, its not on steam dedicated.

[knotty oracle]

No.

[opal saddle]

Maybe with mods, ask in #mods-discussion

[strong jackal]

Thanks

[boreal forge]

hey, so im running my own dedicated server and understand doing daily restarts in task scheduler. I however dont understand how to make it save before closing the cmd window. i know cntrl+c, but since its headless it wont do it. I was hoping for a workaround like save 1 min before shutdown then it wont matter. How would i make the game save via control pannel (not in the game).

[opal saddle]

I'm surprised task scheduler does not close it properly or give it the correct signal. Try to see if there are settings in the task scheduler to achieve what you want. I don't use Windows so I wouldn't know, but a quick search came up with this: https://superuser.com/questions/959364/on-windows-how-can-i-gracefully-ask-a-running-program-to-terminate

FWIW you don't need daily restarts, but I suppose it would not hurt.

(in Linux, SIGTERM works, and I suppose taskkill does the equivalent on Windows)

[boreal forge]

honestly its not a daily restart i plan to shut the server down at 2am and open it at 8

but its really just a complicated daily restart lol

[opal saddle]

Ah, makes sense to not run it all the time. Anyways, it's a valid thing to do regardless, one needs to be able to close the server automatically

[boreal forge]

ill try taskkill

[opal saddle]

Check out if there are any settings in scheduler, it's much cleaner that way. I suppose it is giving it a KILL signal (or equivalent) instead of SIGTERM, since it doesn't save.

[boreal forge]

heres all the possible settings i might have missed it, but ive looked here at least 20 times today lol

[opal saddle]

Just in case some Linux user is reading this: Oops seems like the proper signal is SIGINT on Linux (in case someone is reading this). SIGTERM could work, haven't tested.

[boreal forge]

i tried sigterm on windows and it gave errors lol

[opal saddle]

What errors? Perhaps it's the wrong signal for graceful exit after all. See:

https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/lpl2kp/comment/gp5sxo9/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

(honestly, seems like Linux is much better for running server tasks. However if already running Windows then why not...)

Seems like there is something called Valheim server warden out there. Never tried it, and it's a third party software.

[boreal forge]

ill give it a go when i get home im headed out the door. appreciate the help

[opal saddle]

nb

Seems like here are some generic solutions for sending signals on Windows: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/813086/can-i-send-a-ctrl-c-sigint-to-an-application-on-windows

Gaaah this is so much simpler on Linux; on Windows seems like this will involve downloading some binary application made by some hacker, or alternatively running a little bit of Python or something (I'd much more recommend the latter albeit being a little bit paranoid). Honestly, if you have even a little bit of rudimentary programming skills and can copy+paste, it's quite easy to do, but still, way much complicated than it should or could be...

EDIT: some of the downloadable alternatives are open sourced, and probably somewhat widely used, so someone has bound to have red their source. And even if they hadn't their source is quite short.

[frozen zephyr]

kill -2 is what I use, I believe -2 is SIGINT

[full seal]

@boreal forge TASKKILL /IM valheim_server.exe is what I use in a batch file for my automated shutdown and it seems to do a graceful shutdown. If you include the /F argument, that will force close it without saving.

I made a batch file with that command and then used Task Scheduler to run that on the schedule that I decided on.

[fallen flax]

thex are tuto for install self host server on windows with valheim plus ?

[scenic mesa]

Hi, I just installed the new public test realm on my root server, was struggling to manually install all the dependencies but now I got it to a point where it doesn't show me any errors during startup.

However, I can't connect to the server using the root server's IP and it doesn't ask me for a password even though I set one. (I have the PTR on my PC aswell)

The master server shows unlisted, but in the config it's listed.
Also the IP shows 0.0.0.0
I used the server's true IP in "display IP" but it doesn't let me connect still.
Can anyone help out? I'm desperate right now.

[opal saddle]

Where did you get that output? Are you using LinuxGSM?

Post the exact command line you start vhserver (minus the password unless you don't mind sharing it)

Whatever made that output can not determine your public IP, so something is wrong - probably with your network setup. Could be many things based on this information...

Password needs to be long enough, so that could be one thing (AFAIK the server executable does not give any sensible error message if the password is too short, it just fails). Don't remember the limit, but try something like 8 characters, it should accept that.

[scenic mesa]

fun fact: I had a typo in my IP. It works now

[opal saddle]

That output sure looks like it's from LinuxGSM. It should display the command line further below, you can find it also from a process listing.

Another thing: depending on your HW, initializing a new world might be really slow. Git it a (literal) few minutes. If it has not settled in 5 minutes, then something is off. Of course the server process should be running all the time and you should be able to look at the console 🙂

(vhserver c)

[scenic mesa]

I am using linux GSM. hardware is fast so it shouldn't take long for the world to create. But having the wrong IP is definetely a factor lol. How do I list it on the master server though?

[opal saddle]

You don't, the list is populated automatically, but of course requires your routing (port forwarding etc.) is working.

I assume the server is behind some (IPv4) NAT and does not directly have a public IP?

If you are playing from the same subnet, you could try ocnnect directly with the local IP

You should have a line "Internet IP" below "Server IP", but I don't remember how LiunxGSM figures that out, it migh be some dependency (a computer does not typically "know" it's public IP)

So the fact you are missing it does not necessarily mean something is wrong

[scenic mesa]

it's a dedicated server I rent so it should be public IP

[fallen flax]

server work better with linux or windows ?

[scenic mesa]

the config I set up doesn't seem to work. I have

worldmodifiers="-modifier raids none -modifier resources muchmore -modifier combat hard -modifier deathPenalty casual"

in my config at vhserver/lgsm/config-lgsm/vhserver/common.cfg
and I still drop all my non equipped items on death. Is there a syntax error perhaps?
I also tried pasting all the data from the common.cfg into the vhserver.cfg

[scenic mesa]

do I need a difficulty preset for modifiers to work?

resource modifier seems to work, I get 2 flint for picking up one

[opal saddle]

@scenic mesa so you got the server working? I haven't taken a look into modifiers. From a quick glance it looks like they should work

[scenic mesa]

yeah server works, I had a typo in my IP...don't ask

seems to be fine even with the IP 0.0.0.0 and non listed I can join via IP

and it's not supposed to be a public server anyway so I guess it's fine

[opal saddle]

There's no difference, the server is the same on both and it should work equally well on both.

However, on Linux it is much more easier to manage server-like stuff in the long term. However ( 😅 I like howevers ) - if you are not familiar with Linux, you might not want to learn it just for a Valheim server. However, it's a nice skill to have overall.

[boreal forge]

Thank you I was struggling over here lmao

[scenic mesa]

I'm trying to get the admin list generated, currently I have
-savedir /home/vhserver/serverfiles/
written in my start-server.sh, but the list files are not being generated upon restart and they're nowhere to be found.
I'm running the server through linuxgsm. Do I need to edit another file?

[pine swallow]

Hola a todos!
Should we start the server with the latest release of Mistlands or with Ashlands (Public Test)?
We want to move to the stable branch as soon as possible, so what do you guys suggest?

[storm forum]

Hello all, I have been running a little dedicated linux server at my house for my friends and I, but recently they haven't been able to connect. I can connect from my house. Crossplay is enabled, and I installed the server using lgsm. So far I have downloaded the world and clean installed the whole thing, to no avail. The Allfather no longer looks down upon us, what can I do?

[storm forum]

personally I would recommend sticking with the latest official release. It won't be long at all before ashlands is out of beta and swapping between beta and release can be a pain

[final current]

How did you first connect? IP or join code? And how are they connecting? If your IP changed, you might need to have them connect via your most recent join code.

[storm forum]

Join code. I gave them a new join code and it worked! for some reason. I wish I knew what happened, but a clean install and a new join code seems to have worked

I used to have a port forwarded but then crossplay happened and it was no longer necessary

[final current]

Alright. Not sure what might have happened, but their Recent entries created for this new join code hopefully will persist across your next restarts.

[opal saddle]

If none of them use consoles, doing it without crossplay might work better. I've red there are some random hiccups with playfab.

[torn cloak]

how to update valheim in steam? i dont know

[frozen zephyr]

The same way you installed it, and last update was a month ago

[frozen breach]

Can anyone help me with Valhost mod support? I am just trying to install ServerDecommands. I have checked it on valhost website, and downloaded it and its dependancies on r2modman. But when trying to join my dedicated server with them it will not let me join.

[proven niche]

I see you've already posted this to the #mods-issues channel. We'll discuss it there.

[wooden mountain]

how do I load a backup save on a server from a backup file - when running on Headless Linux

Is it as simple as deleting the main world, and renaming the backup save files to the main world original saved names?

[proven niche]

That should work. Make sure you keep both files together for the world's file pair.

[wooden mountain]

Okay yep sounds good!

[pure prawn]

hello i have a google cloud server has lgsm valheim server. i gave myself admin role and tryed to use listkeys command and it doesnt show me anything

[green gazelle]

Ok so I have problem I hope someone can help me with. I cannot create a character. Whenever I do, it just disappears. When I log into one my old characters, I'll play for a while on a server then log off. When I log back onto the server, I roll back and start at the starting area as if I did not even play. This is what I have done to try and fix it. I have validated my game files, I have uninstalled the game completely using revo uninstaller. So there were no traces of valheim left after the uninstall. I reinstalled the game. I am not using any mods. I am not sure what else I can do. Please help. I would like to play with my friends.

[boreal forge]

Try validating game files first as it sounds like a local file or the cloud is messing up for you. Let’s assume it’s local for now.

[proven niche]

I don't think you can tame necks in the vanilla game.

Are you playing on the test PTB server?

I don't know how that could happen in the release version of the game without mods. Sorry.

Can you go back to a recent backup copy of the world?

You would need to restore a recent copy of your world file pair. Not your game. Then, also go to Steam client and reverify the game files.

I don't know any Russian so I think we are having translation problems. Maybe someone else in here who understands Russian can help you. Sorry.

But it does look like you're playing on the public test beta version and may be running into bugs there. If so, you should report them in the #valheim-public-test channel. I think that's the right channel. I'm not sure.

Yet your screenshot says "Valheim Ashlands". But I'm easily confused. So that's probably it.

[knotty oracle]

This is still the beta...

I've now watched the entire video and I still can't see where you've tamed a Neck.

[proven niche]

There was a tamed neck running around during the troll raid in his first video along with 20 or so 2* wolves (scroll back a good bit) and it showed a roof tile (floor tile being used as a roof??) that later had almost no health.

But he's not using any mods and isn't on the PTB. So the only thing left to do is to delete everything, resinstall the game, and restore the world from a recent backup and pray that the current solar storm doesn't strike harder in the east than it will here in the west.

These are, indeed, interesting times we live in!

[knotty oracle]

Given the wolves weren't attacking either, that's just passive mode.

[proven niche]

Your answer wasn't rude and your text wasn't useless. Just confusing.

[proven niche]

Those trolls didn't look too passive to me.

And as I said, it's time to go with Plan B which is " So the only thing left to do is to delete everything, reinstall the game, and restore the world from a recent backup and pray..." The prayers are optional but highly recommended.

[knotty oracle]

You're not annoying anyone, don't worry about that. Sometimes bugs are just tricky to figure out.

[proven niche]

You are not annoying! A little confusing perhaps but indeed who among us can justly cast blame for that? (Don't forget to add the prayers to your evening vespers!)

I wouldn't worry too much about it. And this channel is much more interesting then that other one, anyway. Mostly... 🙂

Personally, I wouldn't go back there again even if I was allowed.

[strong jackal]

Hey guys, theres a way to increase the gathering rate of the server? I run my own server on my dedicated machine, not on steam. Thanks.

[proven niche]

Yes, there are two ways you can increase the resource rate on your server. By console command or by adding an option to your server's start up file.

The command from the console would be setkey ResourceRate 200 to double the resource rate or setkey ResourceRate 300 to triple it.

And as an option to add to the server's startup file's exec line ** -modifier Resources more** or -modifier Resources muchmore if that isn't enough. You'd need to restart the server if you add the option in the start up file.

This website shows all the -modifiers and setkey commands:
https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/World_Modifiers 🙂

[strong jackal]

Thank you very much, just wanted to increase a little bit!

[proven niche]

Then you can use the setkey ResourceRate 150 to get 1.5 times the normal rate.

[cunning oar]

Are there instructions for setting up Valheim Ashlands dedicated server for the public test?

[proven niche]

The instructions would vary depending on how you setup the server. Is the server remotely hosted by a hosting company? Or on a seperate pc on your LAN? Or on your game PC? If it's on your LAN did you use SteamCMD or LinuxGSM? But basically, you select the beta version from Steam one way or another. Then restart the server.

[cunning oar]

The setup is a headless linux server on my LAN using SteamCMD.

[proven niche]

I don't use SteamCMD myself but I believe there's an option in there like -beta none which you would need to change to ** -beta public-test -password yesimadebackups**. And, then restart the server.

But I'm not certain of that. You can do a search here for "public" and see what comes up there. There are older posts in the history here dealing with exactly your question.

Or you can just wait for someone more knowledgeable to come along and help you. Although, it gets pretty slow around here this time of night.

[zinc crest]

Hello, I have a personal server I run on my own system and just recently the server just won't save anymore. I keep getting this error message and I am at a loss, not sure how to go about fixing this

[proven niche]

You need to change the permissions for that folder and it's files that it's complaining about. Also, make sure there's enough free space on your disk, too.

[zinc crest]

I'll try that now but I was sure I gave it administrator rights.

[zinc crest]

... Okay so no Idea what I jsut did but it finally worked wow

[proven niche]

Also, keep in mind that any world that you load with the Ashlands version won't be compatible any more with the older current release. So make a back up of your world just in case you decide to go back.

[zinc crest]

Okay so it saves on initial request, but after the error comes right back after setting the administrator rights and such

[proven niche]

Are you on the same login ID the whole time?

[zinc crest]

Yes

[proven niche]

And your world saves are all local?

[zinc crest]

Yes sir its all on my own machine

[proven niche]

It looks like something with the Windows OS. If not different userIDs maybe some security setting?

[zinc crest]

What I ended up doing now is sharing the files where the local saves are with everyone on the computer (even though it's just my profile with admin rights) and So far was able to save it twice

[proven niche]

I've been tangled up in Windows file permissions more than once. So not surprising... 🙂

[zinc crest]

Really though lol well so far so good saved it for a 3rd time with no errors or issues at all.. Will just leave it on and check on it later. Thank you for the helpp 🙂

[proven niche]

[cunning musk]

Hey @proven niche, you gonna host again? I miss my island.

[proven niche]

Hi, Marplot. Good to hear from you again. No one has been interested in the server for months now so probably not. But thanks for asking. 🙂

[crystal sonnet]

just because of that i've got myself 3 dedi's running on ubuntu , and all services dockerized, aint messing with windows anymore :p

[proven niche]

Awesome! And for anyone scared of having to "learn Linux", try Linux Mint Cinnamon edition. Almost no learning curve and just does everything easily right out of the box. 🫶

[crystal sonnet]

indeed.. currently fumbling around with Mint on my "learning" device :p

[proven niche]

[cunning oar]

I kinda like terminal tinkering ubuntu/debian.

[proven niche]

Aye. Ubuntu has been the hands down leader of the Linux pack now for so many years I hate to count. Not the friendliest but the most fun for sure. 🧐

[cunning oar]

Installing Valheim servers on linux was a great learning experience. Valheim runs on linux like glass. Much better than running Windows vms.

I'm trying to install Valheim Ashlands test server while keeping current Valheim dedicateds intact.

[proven niche]

Shouldn't be a problem. Just give them their own worlds as there's no going back once your world has gone PTB (you can use a copy of your old world, if you want).

[cunning oar]

And I want the non-ashland dedicated servers to stay current as family still play on them.

[proven niche]

The only complicaton I see with that would be that you yourself would need to switch versions back and forth for whichever version you want to visit.

But you might be able to work around that with a 2nd directory and a new character for one of your game versions. Maybe... 🤷‍♂️

[cunning oar]

Yep, working that angle now "...Steam2" kinda idea. Will let you know.

[cunning musk]

It might be an interesting experiment to run it as an open community server and see what it becomes organically.

[proud crag]

before I dive too deeply into it, has anyone managed to get uptime kuma to monitor your valheim server using your steam api key? Mine is failing, and I don't want to spend hours on this if it just isn't possible and I haven't realized that yet

[zinc heath]

@proven niche just reporting in here. So apparently Cloudflare warp fixes the networking problem for my buddy.

[proven niche]

Thanks for that info, @zinc heath I never would have thought of that. Most VPNs create problems for Valheim, not solve them. And I know Warp isn't 'exactly' a VPN but it does sort of act like one in many ways. I'm really amazed that it's free. 🙂

[zinc heath]

yup! i was talking with a buddy yesterday. we suspected a combination of routing & interface settings. warp was a low hanging fruit because it sets up a virtual interface with its own settings, and CF handles the routing

[proven niche]

Is your friend using Warp with crossplay on his game? I have a hunch those two might not work well together. 🥸

[zinc heath]

sure, but my server doens't do the cross play. sofar everything is fine. i havn't tested the cross play stuff with him

[proven niche]

I could very well be wrong about that. It's just a hunch. 🙂

[thorn dove]

Hello. I have player based raids on and I have a player who's getting oozer and blobs a foul smell from the swamp which is only suppose to happen once you kill bonemass.

Any idea why he would be getting those if he hasn't even come into contact with iron. He's mined chitin that's it. IVE liked bonemass

I know we got the forest is moving when we picked up copper before killing eikthyr

[proven niche]

No idea. But, if you're admin on the server, you can do listkeys to see if any keys need to be reset or removed. I havn't had a lot of success with that myself but it's free and easy and won't hurt even if it doesn't help. Hmmm... Free and easy and only mostly helpful... Just like me! 😄

[thorn dove]

The problem is I can see world keys and my player keys. If they are player based, I'm not even sure if there's going to be any works keys listed. But I'll look.

[jolly hawk]

The dedicated server isnt reading my admintext file

[proven niche]

Are you sure it's in the right place and filled out correctly? If you DM me a copy I'll take a look at it for you. You know it needs to go along side your worlds_local folder, right?

[jolly hawk]

I think so but I used a tool to get it to work, so all good

[proven niche]

Excellent! 🙂

[candid spire]

I have a dedicaed server setup, but we are getting a lot of lag and before we wasnt, does anyone know what i can do to stop this lag?

[runic oxide]

What's the best way to play with friends? I would like to own a 24/7 server, is it expensive? Why does the game not have that option?

[knotty oracle]

Have what option? The dedicated server tool let's you set up a 24/7 server and you can use your own machine for it.

[runic oxide]

For real?

Well I need my pc to be active at all times though

I can't turn it off

Can I use mods on it?

[opal saddle]

Sure, you can mod servers

All games need someone to host the servers. Games which are hosted by the developer / publisher, are mmo's, subsricption based or have some form of monetizing from the player activity on the servers. Valheim does not fall into that category, as does a whole lot of other games. So, yes, "for real", and there's nothing special in that.

[opal saddle]

AFAIK the raids and progression is server-wide. That's by design, this is supposed to be a co-op game

If you want to progress at your own pace, you should play on your own server, at the moment at least. I suspect it is not going to change.

Hmm turns out I got out-dated information. Mayby there's an official documentation somewhere (in the wiki?), but: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/162gvp7/player_based_raids_questions/

But seems like it's a feature which will easily seem to break by user actions by accident, and a bit clunky. Of course it's possible you've found some bug.

[thick mango]

is there a way to put the ptr on a gportal server?

[opal saddle]

Also, https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Events

An important question regarding:

We've got a server where the option was initially turned off, then turned on.
When did you do this? I'd assume that switching it mid-play is not well defined or might just "copy" the world based status to all players.

Anyways, I'd try the tips in the reddit post.

[opal saddle]

You should ask gportal (see the channel description)

[inland hare]

Hello, i want to set up a dedicated server in such a way that vanilla players can join in no problem but if modded players want to join they will be flagged by the azumatt anticheat. Any ideas on how i can make this?

[main fractal]

Has someone created version 0.218.14 of the server?

[cunning yoke]

scroll down to the "player based events" table. It's supposed to look at the item progression of individual players, that's what that setting is for

[main fractal]

Can tell me what is the command to download 0.218.14PTB with steamcmd?

i did use "app_update 896660 validate -date public test "
but version still 0.217.46 , not 0.218.14

[cunning yoke]

ah, i think I've found my problem. somehow the admin didn't toggle the setting correctly

[lament ledge]

created a valheim dedicated server following the support guide https://valheim.com/support/a-guide-to-dedicated-servers/. started it once then added the flag -modifier raids none to the server startup command, however, i still get raids. am i misunderstanding something or is the feature not working as intended?

[stable raven]

So question, I had a dedicated server and then cancelled the sub because everyone stopped playing until ashlands was on the horizon. With it now being almost here(hopefully) I got the backups from the server provider and I'm trying to just access the server personally but everytime I drag the previous backups over to the folder, it doesn't populate in the game. Am I doing something wrong?

[proven niche]

Try "-beta public-test -password yesimadebackups" and lose the quotes.

[proven niche]

When moving a world from one place to another, you need to copy/paste both world files (the .db and the .fwl files). You must keep the pair of files together to have the world properly copied.

[stable raven]

It's not so much the world copying, because I can access the world, but since I switched it to dedicated server, it saved separately. So I just need to load in those backups but it doesn't show those backups.

[proven niche]

I'm not entirely clear on exactly what you did. Or exactly what your issue is. But if you copied the world's file pair to the server's folder where it keeps it worlds, then the server will use the files that you copied in when you give it the right name in it's start up file.

[stable raven]

It's fine, its not an issue on the world file or anything. It's the save file from the dedicated server.

[young gate]

are you tring to load the save from the game or a home dedicated server?

if you put the save in the right folder ,on the game it will show in the list ... if it's a dedicated server then you must put the server name in the .bat or what ever you start the server with

[stable raven]

Let me try to explain again…

I had a dedicated server through a provider. I closed the server down when my friends stopped playing so I don’t keep paying. I reached out to them for the backup files and they sent them to me. When I downloaded them, i opened my saved worlds folder where the back ups are already. I then start the game up, and the files that i just moved in aren’t there.

[proven niche]

You should move them to your "worlds_local" folder.

[young gate]

that has something to do with steam cloud .. it has done it to me

i always make a back up of the backup

but then again i dont backup my server to steam for this reason

[lucid plume]

Anyone else having an issue when they upload their dedicated server and the world just gets flooded with water and land masses pop up into the sky

[proven niche]

That sounds like your world's two files (.db and .fwl) have become mixed up and your server isn't getting a proper pair. They need to be kept together and both need to be placed on the server together.

[warm ermine]

if I were to install no weather damage as a mod would anyone else have to run bepinex?

[proven niche]

The guys in the #mods-discussion channel might know the answer to that.

[cobalt vortex]

Question, I have an optiplex that I use for a dedicated MC server and it's always been stellar. For anyone who would know are MC servers and Valheim servers relatively similar in their hardware requirements for server hosting?

i5-4590t and 16gb ram are the specs for the server hosting pc

[pastel lion]

Hey, guys!

I've encountered an issue while setting up a dedicated server
Just configed the start_headless_server .bat file, and for some reason there appears a bunch of GPU errors in the console on server startup, and then it immediately closes
GPU drivers are fresh, the game itself also works completely fine
Does anyone knows why it may happen?

[proven niche]

When you say "a bunch of GPU errors" do you mean the shader info msgs?

[pastel lion]

Yep, exactly

Looks like that VDS just can't recognize the GPU device

[proven niche]

That's normal. You can ignore them.

[pastel lion]

Oh, ok, thanks!
At first I thought that it's the reason why server is not running, will continue research then

[proven niche]

You can add a log file to the server by adding this option in it's start file: -logfile "...path\logfilename" the quotes around the path and file name are needed. Then, restart the server and check it's log for errors.

Also, make sure you give it a password of at least 5 chars and not including the world name.

[pastel lion]

Thank you, that was super helpful!
Probably the issue appears cause VDS can't access the worlds folder
Just tried to change the path to it in the bat file, but it still refers to the old one for some reason

[proven niche]

You used -savedir "...\path\folder" ?

[pastel lion]

Yep

[proven niche]

And the permissions for the folder are ok?

[pastel lion]

Should be

[proven niche]

Check the server log for an error when it tries to load the world.

[pastel lion]

Previous one may have issues with access cause my username folder's name isn't in English

[pastel lion]

Yeah, there're several "The WorldGenerator instance was null" msgs popping out

[proven niche]

Try just using ASCII characters and then re-install the server, if you have to.

[pastel lion]

Will try it
Thanks a lot!!!

[proven niche]

🙏 🙂

[vivid root]

hey! what does it mean "spawn is not valid in the current context"? I'm admin on my current dedicated server and im trying to spawn something in. please let me know!

[proven niche]

You need to have ServerDevcommands installed on your game as well as have your Steam64ID added to the server's adminlist file. Then, type in "devcommands" to get access to the dev commands.

[vivid root]

server devcommands is the mod right? sorry how do i install that? i have it pulled up right now, i run my server through Apex Hosting

[proven niche]

I don't know about Apex Hosting at all. Some providers make it a simple menu option while others forbid it entirely. And there's all kinds of possibilities in between. You need to explore their menus and server descriptions and maybe put in a support ticket with them.

[vivid root]

do you know if it matters which one i choose?

[proven niche]

Choose Valheim (BepInEx) it should lead you to installing mods such as ServerDevcommands.

BepInEx is a mod loader and is needed to install any mods.

[proven niche]

IIRC, it may not matter whether you have ServerDevcommands or BepInEx installed on the server as long as you have it on your game. And, of course, also have your Steam64ID put in the server's adminlist file.

[vivid root]

so i added the mod onto my server, and now it's not letting me join...do i start panicking?

[proven niche]

No, you can just remove BepInEx and the mod from the server with their menu's 'Valheim Standard' button. But put the mod on your game and your ID in the server's admin list. Make sure the server is restarted whenever you make a change like these.

[vivid root]

okay lemme try some more things

[proven niche]

Your Steam64 ID is the one with the 'Steam_nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn' the 17 numbers is all you need there in the server's adminlist file. It shows up in the F2 window when you're in the game.

[vivid root]

it is still not working T-T

[proven niche]

The server or your spawn command?

[vivid root]

the server]

ive downloaded everything onto the server, into my game, steam64id
and its still not letting me in

[proven niche]

Lets start at the beginning. Is the server up and running? Are you able to Join the server's world? If not, what it the error msg that you get?

[vivid root]

okay so right now if i try to join the server, it just leads to "failed to connect"

[proven niche]

Ok. Two things... First, go to the geekstrom.de/valheim/check website and give it the server's IP address to see if the server is up and running. Second, delete the server from your game's Favorites list and re-add it with it's IP address.

[vivid root]

okie dokie one second

[vivid root]

but...it says my server is online

[proven niche]

...it?

[vivid root]

SORRY the hosting site lol

[proven niche]

Ok, make sure you've set the 'Valheim Standard' option in their menu and then stop the server with their menu command and restart it again. Give it 3 or 4 long minutes to come back up.

[vivid root]

If i want to use the mods because i am not a quitter, do i set it to bepinex?

[proven niche]

No.

[vivid root]

okay

be back in five minutes to let it rest a little

[proven niche]

Good.

[vivid root]

turning it on right now

[vivid root]

still not working </3

[proven niche]

You've done everything right. It appears to be tangled up somehow anyway. Check it again in a few more minutes and then, if the website still says it's not up, put in a ticket with the hosting company.

[vivid root]

okay!

do you think if i back it up to a previous version of the world it would work?

[proven niche]

You can try certainly. But it's not likely. Unless somehow you've gone back and forth to and from the PTB version.

[vivid root]

at this point i dont care about the mods i just want to go back to grinding!

[verbal geode]

I'm getting this exact problem in the error log. Haven't found a solution yet, I even tried uninstalling valheim and valheim dedicated server, deleting the game and data folders, then reinstalling. No luck.
My folder paths are using only ASCII characters, english characters.
My user has "Full Control" permissions to all the folders/subfolders

[proven niche]

Where is your server? If it's at your home, did you install it with or without SteamCMD?

[verbal geode]

My server's at home. I installed without SteamCMD. I installed Valheim Dedicated Server and Valheim directly through steam, and am adjusting the .bat files in there

[proven niche]

Can you use your File Manager to access the server's world files ok?

[verbal geode]

Yeah I downloaded them locally and they are sitting in ...\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim\worlds_local

both the .db and .fwl

[proven niche]

And you and the server are both using the current release version 0.217.46 ?

Have you set a log file option for the server? Have you gone to the geekstrom.de/valheim/check website to make sure the server is or isn't running?

Did this server ever work ok?

[verbal geode]

My valheim installation is 0.217.46, I'm trying to check the dedicated server version
Yes I've set a log file option for the server.
My server is not up, it crashes about 20 seconds after starting the server.
Yes this server worked before. I hosted a dedicated server on this same PC about 1 year ago with no issues

[proven niche]

Can you post your start.bat file here. Or DM it to me, if you'd rather.

[proven niche]

It looks fine to me. I don't use -batchmode anymore but I doubt that's the problem.

[verbal geode]

Yeah I've never encountered this "The WorldGenerator instance was null" error before, and I've hosted 3 dedicated valheim servers before. Very strange

anyways, I'll keep digging. Thanks for the info thus far

[proven niche]

There are some reports of this same error lately. No one seems to have a specific solution for it. Some have reported success by deleting and reinstalling the server. Others have said it solved itself after a period of time.

Can you log into Steam ok on the server's PC to try that as a test?

I'm thinking that if Steam is having problems with it's back end maybe that could cause it.

[verbal geode]

Yes, the server is a tower PC. I can log into steam there

Interestingly I also did a fresh download of "Valheim" and "Valheim Dedicated Server" on my gaming laptop. The laptop gets the exact same error

[proven niche]

One thing both computers have in common is your Steam ID. Don't know if that's significant. They both share a WAN IP address, too. Has your server's internal IP changed? I don't know if port forwarding makes any diffenence here at all...

Is the Windows host a VM ?

[verbal geode]

The IPv4 address changed since I moved locations in the past year.
The windows host is not a VM, it's running directly on the PC

[proven niche]

Did you update the router's port forwarding? Although, I doubt that's the problem.

I'm pretty much out of ideas. Maybe change the server's port and try that?

You could try using a world name that doesn't exist and see if it can create that from scratch.

I'm off to bed now. Sorry. Good luck with it!!

[verbal geode]

Thank you. I've written down the suggestions you made. I'll give those a try tomorrow!

[pastel lion]

Can you send the log here please? In my case there was an issue with reaching the world's folder, and null instance msg was an aftermath of it

[worn loom]

is ur password longer than 6?

theres different reasons to the msg, but if the set pw is invalid then this message will occur

[night sorrel]

Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right channel to ask for help? But, does anyone have experience with running a dedicated Valheim server on oracle cloud arm instance?
Since the Valheim Unity 2022 Update (PATCH 0.217.28) my server gets disconnected after 3-4minutes. When I try to reconnect, I receive the "Failed to connect" message.
This (similar) issue was described at a reddit post : https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/17siqf5/dedicated_server_disconnect_and_failed_to_connect/?share_id=MEYXLW2xRqIDsfVD0_qHH&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1
Here they made the comment that is was,according to the Valheim discord, an Box 64/ 86 issue. But alas no further details/ solutions provided. So I was hoping someone here on the official Valheim discord would be able to provide me with a bit more information? 😅
Thanks in advance.

[worn loom]

start the server with >> log.txt at ending, then start the server and play until it happens

when it has, upload the log.txt file here

[barren pebble]

Hi all, I'm new here, I'm looking for a short guide on option/parameters/settings for a dedicated server (other than Valheim_Dedicated_Server_Manual.pdf) thanks 😉

[finite ruin]

anyone interested in this domain valheimserver.com ?

[lyric veldt]

Morning!

As a server admin, is there a command that you can use to target a specific player and reset their known items? I had a mod go bad, and in the process my players have a crafting menu flooded with bad recipes. Thanks in advance for the help!

[proven niche]

I think the best you can do is have the players restore their characters from a recent backup before the mod went bad. They can do that with their game start up menu option for Manage Saves and select a Character there.

[lyric veldt]

Thank you for the help!

[proven niche]

You're very welcome. Sorry there wasn't a better option for you.

[sharp basalt]

Since today, the dedicated server (on linux, no docker) won't start.. it just says:

...
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-audio-worker=65536"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-cloud-worker=32768"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-gfx=262144"
There is no data folder
Memory Statistics:
[ALLOC_TEMP_TLS] TLS Allocator
  StackAllocators : 
...

has anything changed recently? I haven't moved any folders, everything used to work fine.

there is a folder valheim_server_Data with the data files and worlds_local with the worlds (always has been...)

[vestal lance]

anyone know if the setkey for fire hazard is just -setkey firehazard ?

[knotty oracle]

Why not ask in the PTB channel?

[proven niche]

The text you posted doesn't show anything significant. You can add a log file to the server by adding this option in it's start file: -logfile "...path\logfilename" the quotes around the path and file name are needed.

Then, restart the server and check it's log for errors. Also, make sure you give it a password of at least 5 chars and not including the world name. 🙂

[astral plover]

So I want to download dedicated server and make it local save, but I am not the admin

help is needed

[proven niche]

You'll have to get it from the server owner.

[astral plover]

THe issue is I do not know if he downloaded right files and where do I put these files. I have two files with extension db and fwl, is that correct?

[proven niche]

Yes, those two files must be kept together. Put them into your worlds_local folder.

[astral plover]

Can I change the name?

[sharp basalt]

Thanks, I'll try that tomorrow 🙂

[proven niche]

No, leave the **world's name ** and the files names the same and you can make the server name anything you like.

[proven niche]

Good luck with it! 🙂

[astral plover]

Not sure what this means, but I can see it in game now as "dedicated", I assume it's safe to move it to cloud?

[proven niche]

No. Dedicated is not good. In your start file, you need to have the -world option the same as the name of the two files. And then the -name option can be any name for the server that you want. Both need to be in quotes. Also, make sure you have a -password of at least 5 characters and the password can't be the same as the world name.

[astral plover]

Honestly I have no idea what this means. Sorry

I have copied db and fwl files to world folder, and it appeared in game as dedicated. I have googled some and it seems that name cannot be changed without https://geekstrom.de/valheim/fwl/ . From what you have said I am not sure what start file means, where the -name option is and why do I need password.

What I want to do is save world files and maybe play a bit since dedicated server rent is ending and no one else is playing anyway. Might as well leave it as dedicated in case we come back to it.

[knotty oracle]

All servers need a password, so you can't omit that step.

[astral plover]

Yes, but this would not be a server, it would be a local save, most of my worlds I can enter without password?

Unless I make it server so someone else can join

[knotty oracle]

I'm confused, are you or are you not making a server? (if not, this might not be the channel to ask)

[astral plover]

I've had a dedicated server, now I want to make it local and play it alone

[knotty oracle]

Then just move the world files into your local worlds folder and just join the world from in the game.

[steel bluff]

Random question but is there any way to remove or to lower the spawn protection on my dedicated server?

[astral plover]

Yes, currently I see option in game with name "dedicated", my question was can I change the name and since I dont see it in world list is it safe to click move to cloud now?

[smoky tusk]

going to buy a dedicated server for ashlands update. whats everyones favorite dedicated host?

[sharp basalt]

@proven niche thanks, the problem was that the binary was not in the same directory as the data.. some previous update broke that 😕 works again now, thanks for the help!

[steel bluff]

Anyone know this?

[feral temple]

Is Nitrado a legit service? Looking to start a dedicated server on Xbox

[verbal geode]

@proven niche @pastel lion @worn loom Thanks for the help. Last night the "The WorldGenerator instance was null" error on my dedicated server appeared to either have resolved itself, or it was because the the status of the Steam account on the server was set to Invisible. As soon as I changed it from Invisible to Online it started working on both of my servers, and they use the same Steam ID. Either that or it was coincidence and the issue resolved with time.

Strange part is that if I change it back to invisible it still works. But it had been in Invisible status for around 2 months I think

[proven niche]

I think there was a Steam update at about the same time you got this error. It may be that your Steam account got whacked somehow by that update and then it cleared itself when you did the change in your Steam account. 🧐

In any event, I'm really glad it's working fine now.

[proven niche]

I don't understand what you're asking for here. Do you want more protection from mobs? Do you want the existing protection removed? Are you talking about mob raids or just the regular mobs wandering around in the world as usual? Please clarify. 🙂

[proven niche]

@feral temple and @smoky tusk You guys need to look for hosting company reviews on line. Some are better for one thing, others are better for different reasons. So it's personal to you. Check their prices, locations, levels of support and a history of user satisfaction. There's no one best hosting company.

[empty oak]

does making a dedicated server reqiure me to spend money?

[proven niche]

No. Not at all. Unless you decide to pay a company to do it for you. Many dedicated servers are made for free by players at their own homes. 🙂

[empty oak]

ok perfect thanks for the help Jaga

[proven niche]

[empty oak]

Im gonna assume you've done this before. Im having trouble following the manual do you know of a good vid

[proven niche]

I do know that there's a couple good videos on how to set up a Valheim dedicated server but it's been quite a while since I watched them and now I can't remember which ones I liked.

For me, it depends on how the guy in the video comes across for you. Is he easy to understand? Does he present each step of the process clearly? The good ones do stand out when you go through the videos that come up in your Youtube search.

[empty oak]

ok I think I found a good video. I was getting a little impatient bc it was too complicated. Thanks again Jaga

[proven niche]

You're very welcome. And hang in there, it gets a lot easier after you've spent a little time with it. 😄

[vivid root]

@proven niche i wanted to update you! uh what ended up happening is that something fucked up in the system and we had to completely transfer ips everything it was so confusing
but we ended up to a back-up from like two days ago LOL
safe to say i will not be trying to install anything else for now

[proven niche]

Sorry you had to go through all that. I know it's frustrating and annoying. Glad you got it sorted, though.

[fallen vector]

Is it possible to host a dedicated ptb server? I’ve hosted a regular server but I can’t find a tutorial on how to host a dedicated ptb server anywhere

[proven niche]

Basically, it's just a matter of using your Steam client to go to the server tool's properties and choose the beta. Just like you would do to change to the PTB version for your game. Don't plan on using many mods on the server as the PTB isn't really ready for them.

However, if you're using SteamCMD to install the server, I won't be of much help as I'm not really familiar with that. Others in here may be, though. And I know you can also change that to the PTB version as well. And you can do a search in this channel for "-beta public-test" for some discussion on how to do it with SteamCMD.

[fallen vector]

Thank you I will give this a shot!

[sharp basalt]

How would I install mods on a headless (cli) dedicated linux server?

[lusty rivet]

in the simplest of cases, manually download and install the bepinex framework and the mods. description of the bepinex pack for valheim on the usual mod sites also has a linux server install guide

so either sftp or wget the files

get insights on modding in #mods-discussion

[gilded lintel]

Copy pasted this from the #valheim-help channel and hopefully you guys can help out - I was hoping someone could help me out with updating a server for the Ashlands ? we last played on the server during mistlands and I was wondering if theres anything I have to do to make it ready/ updated for the ashlands ? thanks a ton !

[lusty rivet]

im at work so i cant really commit. what kind of server are we talking? linux, window, docker? if the server is installed per steamcmd, something along the lines of steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 896660 +quit would work, possibly with +force_install_dir <path/to/serverdir> if you installed in a nondefault location

[opal saddle]

Yes, depends totally on your setup. If it's a 3rd party server, ask them to update, if it hasn't updated automatically, unless you get a full-blown access to it to DIY (note, we can not give support for 3rd party servers here).

[gilded lintel]

Its the steam windows server, and I totally forgot about it, I just updated the server and it works, excited for the ashlands and thank you for the help!

[balmy turret]

my world settings are being ignored (locally changed, uploaded, result = unchanged) - what is wrong?

[opal saddle]

What did you exactly do? I.e. which files did you copy, and to where?

A suggestion: A while back it was determined (tested) you can change all modifiers from command line (even those not listed in the manual). You might want to do that instead. It's less hacky and the intended way.

[balmy turret]

I changed the fwl file (using ingame GUI for world modifiers) and overwrote the fwl on the server with the new one, restarted.
by the way I am trying to change setkey / setworldmodifier as an admin after devcommands to no avail. do I have to restart to see the console initiated changes?

after

[opal saddle]

Yes, you always need to restart after changes. Actaully, you need to stop the server before you copy any files from outside! It will override any changes as it will always save when you stop the server.

Look at the server manual (pdf in pinned messages). All settings set at command line will override any changes you may have done via the GUI.

[balmy turret]

Oh I see, I typed invalid values for Combat. sorry and thanks!

[opal saddle]

Oh I also misred your message... AFAIK on a dedicated server you can not use any cheats, but the admin commands should work? And this should include flags world modifiers? I'm not sure (I haven't changed any flags....).

Main thing you got it working 😉

[knotty oracle]

They're not using cheats?

[balmy turret]

Is there a complete name / value listing?

[opal saddle]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/World_Modifiers

[balmy turret]

I stopped the server before changing fwl file.
by the way, the wiki does not reflect the console values (just the GUI labels). from the logs:
Remote admin '..' executed command 'setworldmodifier Combat Normal' remotely.
Console: Error executing command: Invalid input, possible valid values are: Default, None, Less, MuchLess, More, MuchMore, Casual, VeryEasy, Easy, Hard, VeryHard, Hardcore, Most

[opal saddle]

The pdf is a bit lacking in examples, but a while back a user was able to use -setkey (or was it -modifier 🤔 ) for keys/modifiers not listed in the pdf. I think the pdf file should be updated to reflect all options it can accept.

[balmy turret]

or maybe the console errors contain typos, idk

[opal saddle]

The wiki is reflecting the GUI. It seems that the command line takes different values. Look at the pinned pdf for correct values (why they those to have discrepancies between the command line and GUI... don't ask me 🙂 )

Also, the error message is listing the valid values (which is handy!). As you can see, "Normal" is not a valid input (probably Normal (in GUI) = 'Default' from command line;

Also, probably "None" means don't set, use whatever is in the worldfile if the modifier has been saved previously? I'm guessing here a bit, but these options may exist to make scripting easier.....

[ruby viper]

Hi! Anyone who can guide me in hosting dedicated server in Microsoft Azure? Got free credits and wanted to make one.

[fierce sandal]

Hi, I can't seem to enter in a GPortal server, it might be related to whitelist; upon entering the password, I get "banned" message. I did put myself in the whitelist, like Steam_(myProfileName), is this format correct? edit: fixed, its not the profile name the has to be input, is steam ID, which can be found in the Steam's account details. It would be Steam_(numbers)

[knotty galleon]

its somehow possible to have more than 10 players on dedicated (dathost) server?

[knotty oracle]

Not without mods, no. Not that you'll get much of a game experience with much more than that.

[steep mountain]

Hello, I Need Little Help, I Can't Connet To My Server Due To Incompatible Server, Any Suggestion To Fix This Thing? I Already Updated The Latest Version From Steam On My Dedicated Server.

[frozen zephyr]

The server version in that screenshot is old

[wet rose]

Hello all, I'm currently hosting a server on ptr for my friends. Do I need to do anything special to move that server to live? If I remember correctly from mistlands, I just update and restart the server on live version?

[proven niche]

Yes, update the server and restart it.

[wet rose]

Thank you!

[steep mountain]

Yes I Know, That's Why I'm Confused. I Already Update It But Somehow On My Server Log It still On Version 0.217. Is There Any Correct Way To Update Server Version?

[frozen zephyr]

It's same command you used to install it

If you used force install dir when you installed it you need to use that again or it will just install a new copy to default location

[smoky ibex]

for some reason when I try and start my dedicated server this morning it goes through a bunch of stuff then just automatically closes the window

I tried adding -logfile so I could see the output but that seems to break it

[frozen zephyr]

With -logfile option it won't show anything in the console window

And that option needs path and file name

[smoky ibex]

ah, yeah I added the path and filename

okay I'll try that again

can I upload the txt file here?

the last thing I see is a bunch of like [ALLOC_TYPETREE] stuff

[proven niche]

That's normal. The actual log info goes to the log file you set up.

[smoky ibex]

yeah that's the last set of stuff in the log file

[proven niche]

You can verify the server's status here: geekstrom.de/valheim/check

[smoky ibex]

i mean I know it's not working, the cmd window closes itself, the process stops

[steel bluff]

The spawn build protection. The message that says "A mystical force prevents you from building here"

[frozen zephyr]

You have to look for something before that, and if your getting that the server is doing a shutdown, don't think that stuff shows in a crash

[weary estuary]

My apologies if this has been asked before, i tried searching and reading upwards but couldnt find the answer.
If we started a new world on a dedicated server (unraid docker) just for the PTB, Is it recommended to switch everything over to the live version and off the PTB now that ashlands is released? And, do i just remove the beta flags from the Game_ID variable?

[swift girder]

I have a vhserver on ubuntu, when I did the ashlands update it will start up, but then stop. Was there something I'm missing?

[proven niche]

You would need a mod for that. Check in the #mods-issues channel.

[fair lagoon]

So just to be clear. If I have a Windows box, running a dedicated server through steam, I should be able to update and then switch to a new .bat file to start up a new world for Ashlands, correct?

[proven niche]

You'll want the server to be on the current released version. So, yes, remove the beta flags.

[proven niche]

Check the server's log file for errors. If your server doesn't have a log file, give it one with the -logfile "...path/filename" start up option.

[gilded lintel]

Do i need to run the dedicated server on my pc that i play on to update it or can i do it on a seperate pc that is running on

[proven niche]

Do it on the server's PC. You may need to login to Steam there.

[gilded lintel]

Could i just carry the file over to my gaming pc update it like that as well

[weary estuary]

Removed the flags, set my game to none for betas and everything looks good! Thanks for the help 🙂

[proven niche]

That would work as long as you get all the right dedicated server's files in the right place (delete or archive the old ones).

[ripe anvil]

Hey I’m on Xbox and I have a dedicated server and it’s saying my game is outdated I have reinstalled the game and there is no update

[muted oyster]

I think Xbox updates aren't ready yet. You're still stuck with the most recent mistlands update.

[ripe anvil]

How long u think

[dull vigil]

Hi all, The last two days I've had issues disconnecting from a rented dedicated server. Multiple others are able to join and play, but it's just computers in my household unable to join. I can play for 2-3 minutes, but then get disconnected. This was happening before today's update. I've tried all the normal troubleshooting, but am unable to figure it out. Please let me know if you've found solutions or might know what else to try. Thanks!
Some information from console in case that helps!

[pure prawn]

hello, my server is on public beta. ashland officaly released and i want to quit from beta. What will happen if i remove beta key from server properties? my world save will be reset????

[knotty oracle]

No, your world should work fine in the live version.

[jolly hawk]

@Jaga I had no idea Ashlands would be coming out so soon. We still have the dedicated server in the regular early access branch. In order to update the server but keep the world and progress, what do I have to do?

[proven niche]

If you downloaded the server tool and installed it that way, just set the Beta choice in the tools properties to None. If you used SteamCMD, then just do whatever Stolenvw told you. 🙂

[vernal radish]

Good afternoon. And how to prescribe a modifier for ignite to the server? In the PDF file I didn't find information for this.

[smoky ibex]

is there a good FAQ/list of stuff you can do on a dedicated server to help prevent a built up place from getting laggy?

[knotty oracle]

Have less stuff in general and be sparing with the use of lights.

[candid halo]

Hi all, today my dedicated_server.bat stopped working. I reinstalled everything and it seems that my world somehow is broken. The command line tool freezes as pic related. It's kinda weird because the world runs normally when launched from game normally

[frozen zephyr]

That looks like a fully started non crossplay server to me

[proven niche]

You can check the server status at geekstrom.de/valheim/check

[candid halo]

usually it shows me join code somewher

but I cant find the join code anywhere in the console

hmm... i enabled crossplay and now it seems fine

[frozen zephyr]

Join code is a crossplay only thing, non crossplay servers don't have a join code

[candid halo]

okay, thx

[hot wasp]

Hey, running dedicated steam, others can join my game but I cant, not even local.
If i disable crossplay I can join, but other user cant, all steam.. wuut?

[frozen zephyr]

With crossplay you have to use your public IP or join code to join it, can't use lan ip