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Survivalist

Jun 23, 2023 @ 12:00pm

Dedicated Server Discussion, Troubleshooting, and Bug Reports

The following discussion is for troubleshooting, discussing, and reporting bugs related to the newly added 'Sons of the Forest' Dedicated server tool.

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Sylar

Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:03pm

I knew they were burst testing (lmao) for good reason.

TheMartian has Sons Of The Forest

Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:10pm

How do you run admin commands in game? I have my UID set properly and I am shown as owner in the listing. Just not sure what to open to run commands.

Last edited by TheMartian; Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:18pm

Kelnova204 has Sons Of The Forest

Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:13pm

Hey team, struggling a bit over here. SOTF Dedicated Server is installed, ports are open, and the CMD window gets to 'StartingOpeningCutScene' and stops there. We saw in previous comments to launch SOTF Dedicated Server tool before launching SOTF game from Steam, and have tried both the .exe and .bat from SOTF Dedicated Server directory. Once SOTF game is launched, we're unable to then start a multiplayer game under dedicated. Any ideas?

Last edited by Kelnova204; Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:14pm

Survivalist

Jun 23, 2023 @ 1:41pm

Originally posted by Kelnova204:
Hey team, struggling a bit over here. SOTF Dedicated Server is installed, ports are open, and the CMD window gets to 'StartingOpeningCutScene' and stops there. We saw in previous comments to launch SOTF Dedicated Server tool before launching SOTF game from Steam, and have tried both the .exe and .bat from SOTF Dedicated Server directory. Once SOTF game is launched, we're unable to then start a multiplayer game under dedicated. Any ideas?

The server should be running once you reach that cutscene log. The server is merely paused waiting for players to connect if you have not changed the IdleDayCycleSpeed in the config from 0. If players are not connected, this sets the time speed to a value between 0 (stopped) and 1 (regular speed).

JSF Geralt Of Rivia has Sons Of The Forest

Jun 23, 2023 @ 2:56pm

how do i put my saved game to my server. what file do i need to upload to it

Patrick Star has Sons Of The Forest

Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:07pm

Finally a dedicated server - that's great! Just wondering - the server is running freshly started, with no players, with 6 GB RAM in total. That sounds quite a lot to me. Is that a expected amount of RAM required?

Klawk

Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:33pm

Thanks for creating this! I'll be nice for just being able to pop online without waiting on others to be available.

Are there any minimum system requirements for hosting the dedicated server (RAM, CPU, etc.)? Just curious on what to allocate resource wise for best stability.

Last edited by Klawk; Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:35pm

Patrick Star has Sons Of The Forest

Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:37pm

Originally posted by Klawk:
Are there any minimum system requirements for hosting the dedicated server (RAM, CPU, etc.)? Just curious on what to allocate resource wise for best stability.

I've started and joined the server and been simply bumping resources until it stopped. The SOTF-server process was running with ~30% CPU (Xeon E5-2673 v4) with 4 vCPUs and 6.1 GB RAM.

So I guess the minimum RAM requirements would be 8 GB for the entire system - just barely for the SOTF server.

MattD7051

Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:49pm

What IP Address should replace the 0.0.0.0 in the dedicated server config? Should this be the systems private or public IP or something else?

Survivalist

Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:55pm

Originally posted by MattD7051:
What IP Address should replace the 0.0.0.0 in the dedicated server config? Should this be the systems private or public IP or something else?

Should be able to leave it as is. As long as the ports explained in the DS setup/Config guide are opened, it should work with the IP field left at default.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992700419&tscn=1687559029

Last edited by Survivalist; Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:57pm

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Patrick Star has Sons Of The Forest

Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:57pm

Originally posted by MattD7051:
What IP Address should replace the 0.0.0.0 in the dedicated server config? Should this be the systems private or public IP or something else?

That depends on your setup/system and on which interfaces/IPs you want have it listen on. If you have multiple interfaces/IPs, you might want to specify a specific IP. If listening on all interfaces is fine, leave it as it is.

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