Dedicated Server Issue - turns off when no one is online

[DohItAgain]

I've set up the proper port forward (26900-26905) and allowed it to use Steam Networking in the XML.

The server seems to work fine, I had multiple friends off, and even had them playing overnight while I slept (leaving the PC on that was hosting the dedicated server)

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The problem is, the second the server becomes empty, it disappears from the Public Server List and no one can join anymore until I personally join it again.

[SylenThunder]

Sounds like a server setting issue. Need more information.

Also note that the correct ports are TCP: 26900 and UDP: 26900-26903.

SteamNetworking should only be enabled if you do not have proper port forwarding. It will add latency to every players connection as they will be forwarded via Steam servers instead of connected directly. Read the details in the config file on the settings.

[DohItAgain]

So far latency hasn't been an issue, just the server vanishing when no one is online.
Here's the server settings, but that is good to know.

They are set as TCP 26900/ 26900-26903 as UDP forwarding in my router.

 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ServerSettings>
	<!-- GENERAL SERVER SETTINGS -->

	<!-- Server representation -->
	<property name="ServerName"						value="Doh Server"/>		<!-- Whatever you want the name of the server to be. -->
	<property name="ServerDescription"				value="Watch me die!"/>	<!-- Whatever you want the server description to be, will be shown in the server browser. -->
	<property name="ServerWebsiteURL"				value=""/>					<!-- Website URL for the server, will be shown in the serverbrowser as a clickable link -->
	<property name="ServerPassword"					value="******"/>					<!-- Password to gain entry to the server -->
	<property name="ServerLoginConfirmationText"	value="" />					<!-- If set the user will see the message during joining the server and has to confirm it before continuing. For more complex changes to this window you can change the "serverjoinrulesdialog" window in XUi -->

	<!-- Networking -->
	<property name="ServerPort"						value="26900"/>				<!-- Port you want the server to listen on. Keep it in the ranges 26900 to 26905 or 27015 to 27020 if you want PCs on the same LAN to find it as a LAN server. -->
	<property name="ServerVisibility"				value="2"/>					<!-- Visibility of this server: 2 = public, 1 = only shown to friends, 0 = not listed. As you are never friend of a dedicated server setting this to "1" will only work when the first player connects manually by IP. -->
	<property name="ServerDisabledNetworkProtocols"	value=""/>	<!-- Networking protocols that should not be used. Separated by comma. Possible values: LiteNetLib, SteamNetworking. Dedicated servers should disable SteamNetworking if there is no NAT router in between your users and the server or when port-forwarding is set up correctly -->
	<property name="ServerMaxWorldTransferSpeedKiBs" value="512"/>				<!-- Maximum (!) speed in kiB/s the world is transferred at to a client on first connect if it does not have the world yet. Maximum is about 1300 kiB/s, even if you set a higher value. -->

	<!-- Slots -->
	<property name="ServerMaxPlayerCount"			value="8"/>					<!-- Maximum Concurrent Players -->
	<property name="ServerReservedSlots"			value="0"/>					<!-- Out of the MaxPlayerCount this many slots can only be used by players with a specific permission level -->
	<property name="ServerReservedSlotsPermission"	value="100"/>				<!-- Required permission level to use reserved slots above -->
	<property name="ServerAdminSlots"				value="0"/>					<!-- This many admins can still join even if the server has reached MaxPlayerCount -->
	<property name="ServerAdminSlotsPermission"		value="0"/>					<!-- Required permission level to use the admin slots above -->

	<!-- Admin interfaces -->
	<property name="ControlPanelEnabled"			value="false"/>				<!-- Enable/Disable the web control panel -->
	<property name="ControlPanelPort"				value="8080"/>				<!-- Port of the control panel webpage -->
	<property name="ControlPanelPassword"			value="CHANGEME"/>			<!-- Password to gain entry to the control panel -->

	<property name="TelnetEnabled"					value="true"/>				<!-- Enable/Disable the telnet -->
	<property name="TelnetPort"						value="8081"/>				<!-- Port of the telnet server -->
	<property name="TelnetPassword"					value=""/>					<!-- Password to gain entry to telnet interface. If no password is set the server will only listen on the local loopback interface -->
	<property name="TelnetFailedLoginLimit"			value="10"/>				<!-- After this many wrong passwords from a single remote client the client will be blocked from connecting to the Telnet interface -->
	<property name="TelnetFailedLoginsBlocktime"	value="10"/>				<!-- How long will the block persist (in seconds) -->

	<property name="TerminalWindowEnabled"			value="true"/>				<!-- Show a terminal window for log output / command input (Windows only) -->

	<!-- Folder and file locations -->
	<property name="AdminFileName"					value="serveradmin.xml"/>	<!-- Server admin file name. Path relative to the SaveGameFolder -->
	<!-- <property name="UserDataFolder"				value="absolute path" /> -->	<!-- Use this to override where the server stores all generated data, including RWG generated worlds. Do not forget to uncomment the entry! -->
	<!-- <property name="SaveGameFolder"				value="absolute path" /> -->	<!-- Use this to only override the save game path. Do not forget to uncomment the entry! -->

	<!-- Other technical settings -->
	<property name="EACEnabled"						value="true"/>				<!-- Enables/Disables EasyAntiCheat -->
	<property name="HideCommandExecutionLog"		value="0"/>					<!-- Hide logging of command execution. 0 = show everything, 1 = hide only from Telnet/ControlPanel, 2 = also hide from remote game clients, 3 = hide everything -->
	<property name="MaxUncoveredMapChunksPerPlayer"	value="131072"/>			<!-- Override how many chunks can be uncovered on the ingame map by each player. Resulting max map file size limit per player is (x * 512 Bytes), uncovered area is (x * 256 m²). Default 131072 means max 32 km² can be uncovered at any time -->
	<property name="PersistentPlayerProfiles"		value="false" />			<!-- If disabled a player can join with any selected profile. If true they will join with the last profile they joined with -->