Left 4 Dead 2
How to Join a Left 4 Dead 2 Dedicated Server
How joining a Left 4 Dead 2 dedicated server really works: direct connect, favourites, forcing a lobby onto your server, the greyed-out invite…
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News & Guides
Practical guides to setting up, managing and troubleshooting game servers. Find the right guide for your game.
Arma Reforger
How to Improve Arma Reforger Server Performance and Reduce Lag
Read your server's -logStats line, work out whether the simulation or the network is the bottleneck, and fix the few settings that really…
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Path of Titans
Path of Titans Server Settings Explained
What the main Path of Titans server settings in Game.ini actually do, the defaults and trade-offs, and why a setting silently does nothing:…
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The Isle
How to Set Up and Use RCON on a The Isle Evrima Server
How to enable RCON on a The Isle Evrima server, which tools connect to Evrima's own protocol, every useful command, and what to…
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Hytale
How to Improve Hytale Server Performance and Reduce Lag
Find out whether your Hytale lag comes from the host, the world or a mod, measure it with the server's own commands, and…
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Minecraft
How to Add Mods to a Minecraft Server
Mods, plugins, modpacks and loaders explained, then the safe way to add mods to a Minecraft Java server: matching versions, which files go…
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Conan Exiles
How to Change the Map on a Conan Exiles Server
How map choice works on Conan Exiles Enhanced: Exiled Lands and Isle of Siptah regions, excluding Siptah in Engine.ini, old Siptah saves, Legacy…
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Abiotic Factor
How to Join an Abiotic Factor Server and Play With Friends
Join an Abiotic Factor server through the browser, by IP and game port, with a Lobby Code or a Steam invite, and fix…
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Don't Starve Together
How to Back Up and Transfer a Don’t Starve Together World
Back up a Don't Starve Together world properly, roll back a bad day and move it to a rented server or another host…
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The Isle
How to Update a The Isle Server and Fix Version Mismatch
Put your The Isle server on the evrima branch, update it on a panel or with SteamCMD, check the installed build and fix…
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Team Fortress 2
How to Set Up a Team Fortress 2 Dedicated Server
The full beginner path from SteamCMD to a joinable TF2 server: 32-bit or 64-bit, the GSLT for App ID 440, server.cfg, ports, sv_pure…
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Terraria
How to Install Mods on a Terraria Server
Move a Terraria server from vanilla to tModLoader, build a mod pack the server can install, keep every player on the same version…
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