Help with creating multiple servers on the same machine

[ArcticFox_7]

I tried to create multiple servers on the same machine but I'm still lost as to how to create multiple servers. I started by following the guide they have on the wiki http://dont-starve-g...dicated_Servers but I feel as though I am doing something wrong. I started by copying the command -conf_dir <new directory name> and placing that in the steam don't starve together launchers options to create a directory with its own save folder, settings file etc.. then pasted it where the other directory is. I am still having trouble with, how to do this so if anyone has a solution to my situation please do share.

[Badditude]

DST Multi level server (Cave testing)
This is without using SteamCMD
Steps

(1) Generate Server Token with a new world:
Host a new world, open console, type this:
TheNet:GenerateServerToken()

This will generate new token text file in DST folder (\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogether)

(2) Create a new dedicated server setting directory (assuming you dont already have a ded. server folder)
Create a new folder in the Klei folder given above and name it DST_server
Put the server_token.txt file in here.

(3) Copy the settings.ini from the original DoNotStarveTogether folder to this new folder
add this section into the settings. ini here:
[shard]
shard_enable = true
is_master = true
master_port = 11200
cluster_key = secretkeysaresecret

(3) Create a new folder again in the Klei directory, this time name it DST_Cave
create a new .lua file here (new notepad file, change extension to .lua)
with this on it:
return {
override_enabled = true,
preset="DST_CAVE",
}

(4) copy the settings.ini from the DST_server folder to this caves folder
Now open this file and change the shard section to look like this:

[shard]
shard_enable = true
is_master = false
master_ip = 127.0.0.1
master_port = 11200
shard_name = caves
cluster_key = secretkeysaresecret

also add this to the network section here to look like this:
server_port = 11001
steam_authentication_port = 12348
steam_master_server_port = 12349

Also make sure that in both the INI files, the game modes remain the same.

(5) Go to the bin directory where the DST dedicated server is installed
(commonly C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Don't Starve Together Dedicated Server\bin)

Create a new bat file here named DST_MasterServer (new notepad file, change extension to .bat after editing)
add these lines to the .bat file then save and close:

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Don't Starve Together Dedicated Server\bin

dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer -conf_dir DST_server

Copy this bat file and create a new .bat named DST_Cave and add this content in it:

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Don't Starve Together Dedicated Server\bin

dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer -conf_dir DST_cave

(6) Run the DST_MasterServer.bat, wait a minute and check if there's no token warning.
If not then run the DST_Cave.bat. If successful both servers running together will communicate to each other.
The DST_Master is the Main/master server while the cave server is the slave.
If successful you will see something like this in the cave server cmd: [SHARD] Registering in lobby as a slave server....

(7) Start the game, browse and join your server. You may have to regenerate your world using
c_regenerateworld()
or c_spawn('cave_entrance') if you want to preserve existing world.

Again, this is not guaranteed to work but in my case it did.
Thanks for reading!

[ArcticFox_7]

Will this work for if I want a more than one regular server and not a beta server.

[Badditude]

Sure

[ArcticFox_7]

How should I do it slightly differently to make it work for non beta

[Badditude]

Caves will only work on the Beta branch for now, You will have to opt out of the beta branch if you want to run the stable build of DST.

[ArcticFox_7]

What do I change in your steps to make what I want work on the stable build of DST and not the beta branch.

[Badditude]

Opt back to the stable build of DST from game properties in steam.
You can have any number of dedicated servers running, you just need a proper server token for it to start. Try step (1) to generate a new world token. Then follow step (2) and create another directory for a regular server you wanna create.
You dont need to go through steps (3-4) if you want to pursure beta branch for caves.
Step (5) leave out the DST_Cave.bat part.
By step (6-7) You would now have a single .bat file if you dint follow the cave instructions in other steps, so run it and have a new server ready to play.

The steps above basically, allow you to have two servers - A Master for overworld and a slave server for the cave and then both communicate to each other using a shard and a cluster key.
Since you dont need caves, just ignore those steps.

[Atomic Alien Finger Blaster™]

The cluster_token.txt is no longer being created in my DoNotStaveTogether folder after I deleted it on accident.

[Snowhusky5]

Originally posted by Atomic Alien Finger Blaster™:

The cluster_token.txt is no longer being created in my DoNotStaveTogether folder after I deleted it on accident.

why would you post this in a months old thread?

[Atomic Alien Finger Blaster™]

Originally posted by Snowhusky5:

Originally posted by Atomic Alien Finger Blaster™:

The cluster_token.txt is no longer being created in my DoNotStaveTogether folder after I deleted it on accident.

why would you post this in a months old thread?

Because there's no new threads?

[Badditude]

This method is not obsolete since you can create caves directly from the game menus now.

[Retrolicious]

Originally posted by Atomic Alien Finger Blaster™:

The cluster_token.txt is no longer being created in my DoNotStaveTogether folder after I deleted it on accident.

Dat terrible necro.
The game got a huge update and pretty much all guides from winter 2015 are outdated.
Make a NEW thread if you got current problems ...
Also the dedicated wiki guide is outdated, because they integrated caves now officially into the main branch !