Mods & Dedicated Servers

ok weird one im tearing my hair out... my a dinosaur survival game server on a home server works locally, but my friends server list shows nothing. I forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on teh host when I checked the network: Any ideas before I give up…

Patch day hit, all my players updated their clients, and now nobody can join my a survival game server. They get 'outdated server'. When I run SteamCMD on a Docker container, it shows this: The server is stuck on teh old build. My community is waiting in…

i set up a a dinosaur survival game dedicated server on a Linux box sooo my friends could play anytime. it runs, i can join it from my PC on LAN, but nobody outside can see it. i forwarded UDP 2456 2458 on teh router. at one point the server box even showed…

guys pls help patch day hit, all my players updated their clients, and now nobody can join my a zombie sandbox server. They get failed to update app state. When i run SteamCMD on Debian, it shows this: The server is stuck on teh old build. My community is…

ok weird one hey, looking for advice on running a game server on Linux properly. right now its started from a terminal session that I leave open, which feels fraglie. i want it to start on boot, restart if it crashes, and get backed up daily. im comfortable…

not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i spent the whole weekend building teh perfect a post apocalyptic RPG setup with 60 mods. started it up, and it crashes when entering one city: no useful error message, just straight to desktop 😤 i sorted with teh mod…

guys pls help our group of a community of 30 keeps arguing about this. One side wants to rent a server, the other side says a refurbished office PC is good enough for a block buildnig sandbox. Id love input from ppl whove done both. Wed mostly play evenings…

guys pls help my a zombie sandbox server has been rock solid for months 🙏 Then the latest patch arrived and it died. SteamCMD output: Clients say disk write failure. Id love to fix this without wiping the world save. most important to me is keeping the…

ugh. i spent the whole weekend building the perfect a medieval sandbox setup with a big overhaul list 😅 Started it up, and it crashes when loading a save: no useful error message, just straight to desktop. I sorted with teh mod managers auto sort but…

guys pls help discussion on the grey area of modding in games with online components. things like UI tweaks, texture packs, or performance mods that don't give an advantage. anti cheat systems typically cant tell…

Long time player, first time going heavy on mods. about 150 mods in a space exploration RPG, carefully installed, and now it crashes right after the intro: I read about load order and masters, but I'm overwhelmed :/ Where should I start? Im using a mod…

im literally losing my mind here im tearing my hair out... my a dinosaur survival game server on a Linux box works locally, but my friends server list shows nothing. I forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on teh host when I checked the network: Any ideas…

long time lurker first post lol I'm tearing my hair out. My a survival crafting game server on my old desktop works locally, but my friends' server list shows nothing. I forwarded UDP 27015 and still got this on the host when I checked teh network: any ideas…

ugh. long time player, first time going heavy on mods 🤦 200+ plugins in a medieval sandbox, carefully installed, and now it crashes on teh main menu: i read about load order and masters, but Im overwhelmed. Where should i start? Im using a mod manager, not…

i spent the whole weekend building the perfect a farming sim setup with 60 mods... started it up, and it crashes on teh main menu: no useful error message, just straight to desktop 😭 i sorted with the mod manager's auto sort but nothing changed, i'm close…

im literally losing my mind here everything was fine until i added one more mod. now a post apocalyptic RPG crashes when entering one city: removing that mod didnt fix it, which makes no sense to me. I have about 150 mods running. whats teh proper…

I spent teh whole weekend building the pefrect a farming sim setup with just 12 mods. Started it up, and it crashes on the main menu: no useful error message, just straight to desktop... i sorted with teh mod managers auto sort but nothing changed, im close…

my a survival game server has been rock solid for months... then teh latest patch arrived and it died. steamCMD output: Clients say version mismatch. Id love to fix this without wiping the world save. Most important to me is keeping teh world save intact. If…

I spent the whole weekend building the perfect a classic open world RPG setup with about 150 mods. Started it up, and it crashes on the main menu: No useful error message, just straight to desktop... i sorted with the mod manager's auto sort but nothing…

ive rented srevers for a block building sandbox before and it worked fine, but Im tempted to self host on a NAS for a small clan. is it worth teh effort, or will i spend more time fixing things than playing? id love to hear both success stories and horror…

patch day hit, all my players updated their clients, and now nobody can join my a space colony sim server 😭 they get outdated server... when I run SteamCMD on Windows Server, it shows this: the server is stuck on the old build... my community is waiting in…

not gonna lie this is driving me nuts ive rented servers for a block building sandbox before and it worked fine, but Im tempted to self host on an old gaming PC for a community of 30.. 🔥 is it worth the effort, or will i spend more time fixing things than…

so annoyed rn i'm tearing my hair out. My a survival crafting game server on my old desktop works locally, but my friends' server list shows nothing. i forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on the host when i checekd teh network: Any ideas before i give up…

ugh. first time hosting a a co op shotoer server. Everything installed fine on a home server, ports forwarded (UDP 7777), but online checkers say the port is closed. Then teh network status shoewd this: is there anything I might have overlooked? renting a…

i set up a a block building sandbox dedicated server on my old desktop sooo my friends could play anytime. It runs, i can join it from my PC on LAN, but nobody outside can see it. i forwarded UDP 7777 on the router. At one point the server box even showed…