As the host and admin of a private server you have access to a massive amount of settings, sliders and variables to set your world up exactly as you'd like.
How to access Server Settings
- Select MULTI PLAY from the main menu
- From the server list menu, find and select your private server. You can do so by either:
- Selecting it from the LAST PLAYED, FAVORITES or INTERNET tabs
- Entering your server's unique IP into the Connect to IP field
- Searching for your server in the Search bar
- Hit CONNECT
- Once you've loaded in, hit ESC to open the Menu
- Open SERVER SETTINGS
Server Setting tab explanation
Below you'll find an overview of each section within the SERVER SETTINGS menu and an explanation of what the settings within each section allow you to tweak.
For a more in-depth explanation about what impact each individual setting has you can position your mouse over the relevant setting in-game and a tooltip will appear with additional info.
Tip | For most settings, you'll need to restart your server in order for the changes you've made to apply!
GENERAL
Basic settings for operating and managing your server; editing your server name, password, setting a welcome message for new players etc. You'll also find a few more specalised settings for adjusting the rates at which Fame is gained etc.
WORLD
Settings for adjusting elements of the game world contained in a number of sub-categories:
- NPC
- Customise the behavior, spawn rates and stats of NPC's (Drones, Puppets, Sentries etc)
- WEATHER
- Adjust the day/night cycle and the level of visibility at night
- MAP
- Set custom positioning and size for a custom playable map, limiting where players can and can't go
- CARGO DROP
- Customise the behavior of Cargo Drops
- HUNTING
- Customise Hunts and adjust the health of animals that can be hunted
- BUNKERS
- Customise the experience of exploring Abandoned Bunkers
RESPAWN
Settings for adjusting respawn rates/cooldowns, changing where players can/can't respawn and the threshold for permanent death.
VEHICLES
Settings for vehicles contained in a number of sub-categories:
- RESCOURCES
- Adjust the rates at which fuel is drained and batteries are drained/charged
- SPAWNING
- Adjust the spawn rates of vehicles - including how many can be active on your server at a time
- MISC
- Miscellaneous vehicle settings (adjusting how long vehicles have to be inactive before despawning etc)
DAMAGE
Settings for adjusting the damage values of players, NPCs (Puppets, Sentries, Dropships etc) and the decay rate for weapons, items and food.
FEATURES
Settings for adjusting gameplay elements contained in a number of sub-categories:
- BASE BUILDING
- Adjust base building and set limits on the total number of elements present per flag
- RAID PROTECTION
- Enable or disable raid protection - useful for PVP servers so players can't be raided whilst offline - and tweak how raid protection works on your server
- RESOURCES
- Adjust settings such as replenishment rate and sale price for resources (Water, Gasoline etc)
- ITEM SPAWNING
- Adjust the spawn rates of items, resources and materials
- FARMING
- Adjust harvest odds and respawn rates of produce from farming
- SKILLS
- Adjust the experience gain multiplier for skills
- QUESTS
- Control whether or not quests are enabled on your server and adjust how the quest system operates
- TURRETS
- Change what Turrets will/won't attack (Prisoners, Puppets etc)
- MISC
- Additional settings to tweak other features
CUSTOM ZONES
This interface will let you add custom regions onto the map. You can then set custom rules that will apply within those regions: such as disabling build mode and enabling/disabling types of damage.