How to host a server on the staging branch

[pivot]

I know how to host one on the normal one but on the staging one I dont
Any help?

[Wolfdrache]

You don't this is for them it is for beta testing the new patches and DLC lol

[Bansku]

no its supposed to be also public stagging servers so people can actually test new features

[Bansku]

it would be good to finaly have staging server cuz weekly updates re the way

[DarkReacher]

Changing to a different branch
If you want to download the staging branch of Rust that receives the most recent updates, modify the app_update command as follows:

app_update 258550 -beta staging
If you want to download the prerelease branch of Rust that receives the future/work-in-progress updates, modify the app_update command as follows:

app_update 258550 -beta prerelease

I copied this from here: https://www.rustafied.com/how-to-host-your-own-rust-server/

I have not yet found a hosting service that supports staging but if you host off of your PC than this should work :)

[FurryJack]

Originally posted by DarkReacher:

Changing to a different branch
If you want to download the staging branch of Rust that receives the most recent updates, modify the app_update command as follows:

app_update 258550 -beta staging
If you want to download the prerelease branch of Rust that receives the future/work-in-progress updates, modify the app_update command as follows:

app_update 258550 -beta prerelease

I copied this from here: https://www.rustafied.com/how-to-host-your-own-rust-server/

I have not yet found a hosting service that supports staging but if you host off of your PC than this should work :)

Where do you put the "app_update 258550 -beta staging" on a server?

[Martin]

Originally posted by DNAJackie:

Where do you put the "app_update 258550 -beta staging" on a server?

while in the steamcmd prompt, after logging in as anonymous, set the install location:

login anonymous
force_install_dir "c:\rustserver\" (or wherever you want)
app_update 258550 -beta staging
quit

I run it on linux, so "force_install_dir /path/to/install"

Hope that helps [DNA]Jackie