How to Host Your Own Aloft Dedicated Server

Follow these steps to create you own dedicated Aloft server.

Hosting a Server (Rental Service Providers)

You can alternatively host a server at a Game Server Hosting Provider.

https://www.survivalservers.com/services/game_servers/aloft/

$6.25 for 4 slots / mo
$9.50 for 8 slots / mo

Server Requirements

Server Requirements

• Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, 2020, 2024 & 64-Bit
  
• Quad Core processor (requires up to 2 full cores)
  
• Up to 4GB memory (currently uses around 2GB memory minimum)
  
• 12GB disk space (install folder)
  
• A copy of the Aloft game from Steam

The Guide

Source: https://aloft.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_Server_how-to

1. Step 1: Locate the Server Files
   
   1. Right-click on "Aloft" in Steam and select Properties.
      
   2. Go to the Local Files tab and click Browse.
      
   3. Find the following scripts in the game directory:
      [ul]
      
   4. AloftServerNoGuiCreate.ps1: Used for creating a new world.
      
   5. AloftServerNoGuiLoad.ps1: Used for loading an existing world.[/ul]
   
   
2. Step 2: Create a New World
   
   1. Open the script AloftServerNoGuiCreate.ps1 in a text editor.
      
   2. Find the line starting with

      $processInfo.Arguments

      and modify it as follows:
      MAPNAME: Desired name of your map (avoid spaces).
      500: Number of islands (adjust as needed).
      0 or 1: Game mode (0 for Survival, 1 for Creative).
      
   3. Example configuration:
      

      -batchmode -nographics -server create#MyWorld#300#0# log#ERROR#
      

   4. Save the changes and close the text editor.
      
   5. Right-click the script and select Run with PowerShell. This will create your world.
   
   
3. Step 3: Set Up Your Dedicated Server
   
   1. Open the script AloftServerNoGuiLoad.ps1 in a text editor.
      
   2. Find the line starting with

      $processInfo.Arguments

      and modify the following parameters:
      MAPNAME: Name of your map.
      servername#YourServerName#: Desired server name.
      isvisible#true#: Make the server public (true) or private (false).
      playercount#8#: Maximum number of players.
      
   3. Save the changes and close the text editor.
      
   4. Run the script with PowerShell to start your server.
   
   
4. Step 4: Port Forwarding
   
   1. Add incoming rules to your Windows Firewall for the following ports:
      [ul]
      
   2. Game port: 15636
      
   3. Steam query port: 15637[/ul]
      
   4. Add port forwarding rules to your router. Visit http://PortForward.com/ for detailed instructions.
   
   
5. Step 5: Verify and Start Playing!
   Your Aloft server should now be set up and ready for players to join!

Configuring your server

Most of the configuration is done on the launch line but you can however access Admin and change some settings while the game server is live from in-game.

How to Join a Server

How to Join a Server in Aloft

1. Step 1: Navigate to Multiplayer
   From the main menu, select the Multiplayer option to access the multiplayer mode.
   
   
   
2. Step 2: Host or Join a World
   You will be presented with two options:
   
   1. Host a World: Create your own server for friends to join.
      
   2. Join Game: Enter a server hosted by someone else.
   
   
   
3. Step 3: Join a World
   To join a world, follow these steps:
   
   1. Select a server from the list displayed.
      
   2. Enter the server's friend code (if required) in the provided field.
      
   3. Set your preferred Server Region using the dropdown menu.
      
   4. Adjust game settings (e.g., Lobby, Survival, Creative) as needed.
      
   5. Click the Join Game button to connect.
   
   

With these steps, you’ll be able to join a multiplayer game in Aloft seamlessly. Enjoy your adventure!

Conclusion

More options and steps coming soon as they are made available

[Caennanu [NWB]]

Anyone know if there are Pterodactyl Eggs for this yet? if so. where?

[Seppy Beppy]

how do you set your self to be admin in the server? i saw admin -1 and admin -2 in the aloftservernoguidload file

[Wendigo]

@Joew

While I feel you bro, and I do, keep in mind it's EA now, so they could of ment later down the line for that outcome. Either way we don't know yet if that will wind up being honored or not in the future. Not a reason to forgo buying the game. Still a fun relaxed ride with friends.

[Wendigo]

@Tempus Thales,
You are 100% correct. It's a contract.
Just like SCUM had a 3 Year contract with GPortal forcing everyone to rent a server
Which was valid until it recently expired. So now we're waiting for 1.0 to drop which then will release actual SDK for people to host from home. Assuming they stick to their promise on that.

With this game, Aloft however, the devs have refused to properly communicate anything about this so there is no telling how long we will have to wait until it hopefully delivers a proper SDK. And hope beyond hope that it won't be a crappy version like the one Soulmask went with. If you have to use POWERSHELL to interact with and moderate a server, that's NOT a SDK.

[Tempus Thales]

thanks for putting up the guide regardless.

[Tempus Thales]

This smells to me like they have some deal with these host providers to delay an actual server code so people are forced to have to rent from these hosts, or have to run this poor excuse of a server.

This is what I suspected would happen. I really wish the developers came out clean and laid out their plan for providing dedicated server support like that published not once but several times on the discussion groups.

This is pretty lame.

[Korvyr]

Not sure why having an anonymous server depot is a big deal, especially when the server files are also the game files. Just log in with your steam account on steamcmd and cache your creds.

[Joew]

So they are liars. There r a topic from the developer of the game he/she says it will come on the game:
https://prnt.sc/R4XCUlb5vPVw

Now aren't released?
Well, SCAM. I do not trust anymore.
Thanks for save me buying this.

[HumanGenome]

Don't believe so. For whatever reason they aren't releasing an anonymous sever depot.. hoping they changed their mind soon on this.

[Joew]

I don't have steam installed on my dedicated server. So a question is, which files i need to copy to my dedicated server to run the dedicated server? Thanks!!!!!