Dedicated Server Guide

Requirements

• Linux or Windows system, either physical or virtualised,
  • must NOT be being used to run a Stationeers client (the game will not permit this).
• ~16GB RAM (Tested and confirmed on Linux). 8GB or less and the server won't load.

Getting the server files

SteamCmd on Windows and Linux
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

This is a command line tool

steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 600760 validate +quit

Dedicated Server Commands

String parameters can take space with double quotes.

parameter	value	etc
-batchmode		Dedicated server runs without UI and start to listen port.
-nographics		When running in batch mode, do not initialize graphics device at all.
-logfile	"path"	If no output_log.txt use this parameter. Check examples below for syntax
-autostart		Dedicated server start to listen port without player input. It's always enabled on Linux dedicated server
-autosaveinterval	integer	Save world in every interval.
-creator	int64	Set creator's steam id as gamedata and key-value. This is for future integration of server instancing.
-worldname	string	Save game data automatically to existing file.
-worldtype	string	Worldtype(Moon, Mars, Europa2, Mimas, Vulcan2, Space, Loulan) Will overwrite actual map on server browser if you use rocket to travel beween maps etc
-loadworld	string	Load world from saved file. If loadworld is enabled, worldname command is ignored.
-gameport	integer	UDP port for game. Avoid to set 27015-27020. It's steam's local server query ports.
-updateport	integer	UDP port for steam query
-servername	string	Server title. (Depreciated: commandline only uses the first word, use servername in default.ini instead)
-basedirectory	string	Absolute base directory for custom profile Ex) -basedirectory C:\Profile\Player1 Config Path : default.ini C:\Profile\Player1\ Save Path : C:\Profile\Player1\saves\[worldname]
-password	string	set server password
-maxplayer	integer	set maxplayer of dedicated server
-clearallinterval	integer	set the interval to run clearall command. Default and minimum value is 60 seconds.
-bindip	string	Bind specific IP address on dedicated server when it has multiple IP addresses.
-modpath	string	Absolute base directory for mods (be sure to use \ or / depending on system and end with one as well)

batchmode, nographics and logfile are Unity3D commands.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/CommandLineArguments.html

Examples

Dedicated server starts new Mars world. Autosave every 5 mins to Mars1.

rocketstation_DedicatedServer.exe -batchmode -nographics -autostart -autosaveinterval=300 -worldtype=Mars -worldname=Mars1 -basedirectory="C:\Server\User1"

Load Mothership file. Autosave every 5 mins.

rocketstation_DedicatedServer.exe -batchmode -nographics -autostart  -gameport=27200 -updateport=27016 -autosaveinterval=300 -loadworld=Mothership

Load . Autosave every 5 mins. C:\Profile\Player1\saves\Mothership C:\Profile\Player1\saves\map1

rocketstation_DedicatedServer.exe -batchmode -nographics -autostart -autosaveinterval=300 -gameport=27200 -updateport=27016 -loadwo
rld=Mothership -worldname=map1 -basedirectory="C:\Profile\Player1"

Example -logfile syntax -logFile "C:\Server_Path\rocketstation_DedicatedServer_Data\output_log.txt"

Example -loadworld="myworld" directory structure. Note: BaseDirectory is by default in SteamApps/common/Stationeers Dedicated Server/<Contents of BaseDirectory> if installed with SteamCMD

Linux:
-loadworld="myworld" will look for a folder named "myworld" in the saves directory like this:
BaseDirectory/saves/myworld/

Windows:
-loadworld="myworld" will look for a folder named "myworld" in the saves directory like this:
BaseDirectory\saves\myworld\

Details:
In the world directory named "myworld", there must be a few files:

• world.bin
• world.xml
• world_meta.xml

Note: The names of these files do not correspond to your custom world name. These will always be called world.bin etc..
The server will automatically generate these upon first start. If you are importing another world, make sure these are in place in the correct directory for the server to load them.
There is also one more file that will be created:

• worldsettings.xml

Configuration from default.ini

default.ini will be created once you start it up for the first time. Command parameters override default.ini

---

 [SERVER]
 SERVERNAME=My First Stationeers Server
 GAMEPORT=27500
 UPDATERPORT=27015
 PASSWORD=
 ADMINPASSWORD=
 MAPNAME=Moon
 DESCRIPTION=Stationeers
 MAXPLAYER=10
 [RCON]
 RCONPASSWORD=stationeers

---

MAPNAME is always ignored

Configuration from setting.xml

Undocumented feature

Note: as of version 0.2.2840, setting the starting conditions on a dedicated server will allways Default to the first key found in startingconditions.xml. Could probably be a bug.

The server is mostly a stripped down client as such it inherits certain features

XML Attribute	Parameter Case Sensitive	Details
<RespawnCondition>	Easy, Normal, Stationeer	Or a custom key from a mod. Seems to be used as spawn conditions instead for new players
<StartingConditions>	Default, Minimal, Vulcan, Venus, BareBones	Or a custom key from a mod. Server ignores this, define custom worldtype
<ResearchPoolKey>	ResearchOff, ResearchOn	Or a custom key from a mod. Server ignores this
<SunOrbitPeriod>	default=1	Multiplier on the time it takes for the sun to orbit, default is 20 minutes, 10 minute day 10 night.
Undocumented
<UseCustomWorkThreadsCount>false</UseCustomWorkThreadsCount>	true, false
<MinWorkerThreads>	number	default=8
<MinCompletionPortThreads>	number	default=8
<MaxWorkerThreads>100</MaxWorkerThreads>	number	default=100
<MaxCompletionPortThreads>50</MaxCompletionPortThreads>	number	default=50
<CoroutineTimeBudget>1</CoroutineTimeBudget>	number	default=1

Example Setting.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SettingData xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RespawnCondition>Stationeer</RespawnCondition>
<StartingConditions>Mimimal</StartingConditions>
<ResearchPoolKey>ResearchOff</ResearchPoolKey>
<SunOrbitPeriod>1</SunOrbitPeriod>
</SettingData>

Savegames

Configuration from worldsettings.xml

Undocumented feature

The server is mostly a stripped down client as such it inherits certain features

XML Attribute	Parameter	Details
<GameMode>	Creative, Survival
<HungerRate>	default=0.25	Multiplier on the amount of hunger generated per game tick.
<StartingCondition>	N/A	Can only be defined in custom world before generation

Configuration from world.xml

XML Attribute	Parameter	Details
<ResearchKey>	ResearchOff, ResearchOn	Or a custom key from a mod.
<RespawnCondition>	Easy, Normal, Stationeer	Or a custom key from a mod. Seems to be used as spawn conditions instead for new players

Server Administrator

In Game Admin

ADMINPASSWORD parameter must be added to default.ini and set a password. This is different from the RCON password.

All commands are typed in the chat (enter) by default, starting with /login

Browser Based RCON

You can send commands on web browser, but this feature is currently broken. Login works, but all other commands are disabled.

Link : http://[dedicated server address]:[GamePort]

Command Lists

Command	Parameter	Details
login	password	RCONPASSWORD is defined in default.ini. Default rcon password is stationeers.
save	worldname	Save world to basedirectory When basedirectory is "C:\Profile\Player1", >> save "Moon 2" Save world to "C:\Profile\Player1\Moon 2" >> save Moon Save world to "C:\Profile\Player1\Moon"
shutdown	[-m message] [-t timeout in seconds]	Shutdown dedicated server. If you run this command without any parameters, dedicated server will shutdown immediately. Countdown starts from 10 seconds. >> shutdown -m "Server will shutdown in 30 seconds" -t 30
notice	message	Notice to all players. >> notice "Welcome to Stationeers!"
status		Display game state and player lists.
ban	steamId timeout	Ban player for specific time. Timeout is double in hour. 0.5 is 30 minutes. 0 is infinite. >> ban 76561198299941358 0.5
unban	steamId	Remove player from the ban lists.
kick	steamId	Kick player from the current server.
clearall		Delete disconnected players
hungerRate	hunger rate	Set hunger rate of server. 0 to disable hunger, higher numbers to make hunger drop more quickly.

Game client displays messages in the system message window at this moment.

Modding on Servers

Undocumented feature
Mods are supported on Dedicated servers, however it requires additional manual configuration - Necessitating direct file access and editing on the dedicated server. To install mods, you'll need to manually obtain the mod data first - Either from the Steam Workshop, or built yourself. Upload/Store the mods in a specific folder on the server - You will also likely want to edit default.ini on the server to point to a particular server folder rather then the default directory, defined below. Then manually add ModConfig.xml in the root directory of the server executible files, and manually edit the file to add each individual mod.

modconfig.xml

Place a modconfig.xml in the serverfiles root (next to executable). Filename case is significant on Linux.

---

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ModConfig xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Mods>
    <unsignedLong>1</unsignedLong>
    <unsignedLong>1001</unsignedLong>
    <unsignedLong>1002</unsignedLong>
  </Mods>
  <DisabledMods>
  </DisabledMods>
  <LocalMods>
    <LocalMod>
      <folder>YourFirstModFolderHere</folder>
      <modID>1001</modID>
    </LocalMod>
    <LocalMod>
      <folder>YourSecondModFolderHere</folder>
      <modID>1002</modID>
    </LocalMod>
  </LocalMods>
</ModConfig>

---

Assign a number to each entry you want to add.
Numbers seem to default to 4 digits for mods when generated by the client,
so try and keep the same structure in the server to prevent complications.
1 is core file and always need to be enabled

Storing Mods

WIN: C:\Users\USERNAME_HERE\Documents\My Games\Stationeers\mods\
LIN: /home/USERNAME_HERE/My Games/Stationeers/mods/
OSX: /Users/USERNAME_HERE/My Games/Stationeers/mods/

\Modname or workshopid\About\

(file containing description about mod and thumbnail)

\Modname or workshopid\GameData\

(files you want to append to the core gamedata)

It's recommended to only put entries in the mod files you want to add or replace,
do not try and replace the whole file for compatibility issues and errors.

There are some examples of how to make your own mods in:

\Steam\steamapps\common\Stationeers\rocketstation_Data\StreamingAssets\

Look for ExampleMod.zip and AttributesExampleMod.zip .

Linux Server with LinuxGSM

You could run a Linux Dedicated Server on these Distros:

• Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 LTS
• Debian 8
• CentOS 7

Installation on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server

It's possible to download the iso-file for installation from here:
https://ubuntu.com/download/server

This should not be a tutorial on how to set up a VM and install Ubuntu. There are many of them already out there.
First it's necessary to install all the dependencies for LinuxGSM:

   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386; sudo apt update; sudo apt install mailutils postfix curl wget file tar bzip2 gzip unzip bsdmainutils python util-linux ca-certificates binutils bc jq tmux lib32gcc1 libstdc++6 lib32stdc++6 steamcmd zlib1g

To not having the server running with root privileges, it is recommended to set up a new user for the game server.
To create a new user in linux use:

   adduser stserver

For security best practice, ensure you set a strong password!

After installing the dependencies and creating a user, switch to that user and do the following steps:

   su - stserver

Download linuxgsm.sh with wget.

  wget -O linuxgsm.sh https://linuxgsm.sh 

Make the script executable.

  chmod +x linuxgsm.sh

Setup the Stationeers Server instance.

  bash linuxgsm.sh stserver

Run the installer following the on-screen instructions.

  ./stserver install

The script now downloads the server binaries and default configuration.

Start and Stop the Server

To start the server use this command.

  ./stserver start

In Default the server will start a Moon map. To join the server use the local IP with the Port 27500.
To join the server from a different location, it's necessary to forward the port 27500/tcp and 27015/udp to the local server.
If it's not possible to connect make sure the Ubuntu Firewall is off or configured to let these ports open. To check this run this as root user.

  ufw status

To disable it use:

  ufw disable

To see the details use:

  ./stserver details

To stop the server use:

  ./stserver stop

This command shows all attributes

  ./stserver help

To show the live console of the server use:

  ./stserver console

To exit the console pres CTRL+b and then "d"

Edit configuration

The Configuration is stored under the folder lgsm/config-lgsm/stserver. There are three files:

• _default.cfg (contains the whole configuration with the default values Do not edit this file)
• common.cfg (the settings for this server)
• stserver.cfg (the settings for this instance)

If there is only one instance/server running and there will not be any other server it doesn't matter if you change the settings in common.cfg or stserver.cfg. If you planing to run more than one server or instance on the same VM you have to consider if the setting should apply server wide (all instances), or just for a specific Stationeers instance.

Example: Change map to Mars

Use your favorite text editor (ex. vi or nano) and open the _default.cfg (remember not to do any changes here) search for the setting you want to change and copy the text. In our example it is this:

  worldtype="Moon"
  worldname="moon_save"

Now open the file you want to configure. If you want any instance to run a Mars map use common.cfg or if only one instance should run this map use stserver.cfg (or stserver-2.cfg for the next instance). Paste the text at the end of the file and change "Moon" to "Mars"

  worldtype="Mars"
  worldname="mars_save"

Now restart your server with ./stserver restart
Make sure you also change the worldname (this is the folder where the savegame is). If the savegame-file is for a different world than the config is set to, the server will not start.