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Installing a Conan Exiles Dedicated Server
This article will guide you through the installation and configuration of a Conan Exiles Dedicated Server. Conan Exiles
The Conan Exiles Dedicated Server is not available for Linux but, it does work under Wine.
Installing the Conan Exiles server and keeping it updated, requires that you use the Steam updater (SteamCMD).
Preparing your Server
Install multilib packages. From AlienBOB's instructions, as root:
cd ~ lftp -c 'open http://slackware.com/~alien/multilib/ ; mirror -c -e 14.2' cd 14.2 upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z upgradepkg --install-new slackware64-compat32/*-compat32/*.t?z reboot
Install 64bit Wine. Install Wine from Slackbuilds.org:
STRONG SUGGESTION: Run the server as user 'steam':
adduser steam
A Steam user account is not required as the server is installed and updated with an anonymous connection.
You will now continue as the user “steam”:
su - steam
- Download and extract the archive containing “
steamcmd
” binary.
mkdir Downloads cd Downloads wget http://media.steampowered.com/client/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz mkdir -p ~/steamcmd tar -C ~/steamcmd -xvf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
Do not extract the contents of the updater tool to the regular Steam Client folder!
- Launch SteamCMD for the first time:
cd ~/steamcmd ./steamcmd.sh
The program will automatically update and enter you in to a Steam> prompt. Type “help
” for more information. You can “exit
”.
- Download and install the Conan Exiles Dedicated (Sandbox) Server:
./steamcmd.sh +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/steam/Conan_Exiles/ +app_update 443030 validate +quit
This will have populated the “~steam/Conan_Exiles/
” directory with the dedicated server.
Starting the Game Server
The SteamCMD utility will have installed the CEDS windows binaries in the subdirectory you specified with the “force_install_dir
” parameter, in our example case, that directory is “/home/steam/Conan_Exiles
”.
You can start the Conan Exiles game server directly in X-WINDOWS using the following commands:
cd ~/Conan_Exiles wine ConanSandboxServer.exe -log
-OR-
You can forego the use of X-Windows and run it directly from a command line with the following commands:
cd ~/Conan_Exiles Xvfb :2 -screen 0 640x480x24 & DISPLAY=:2 wine ConanSandboxServer.exe -log
To customize your server, edit the Engine.ini and ServerSettings.ini found in ~/Conan_Exiles/ConanSandbox/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/ . There's plenty of documentation online about how to configure these files but at minimum, you probably want to set:
ServerName= AdminPassword= serverRegion= MaxNudity=
Because this is a game server, you do not want to be forced to keep a terminal opened all the time while the server is running. Therefore it is much more convenient to run the server in a “screen
” session.
Stoping the Game Server
To stop the game server, all you have to do is CTRL-C in the console/window in which you are running it.
Update the game server files
You can either manually update the game files or set up a cron job and automate the process. To manually update, stop the server (CTRL-C) and run this:
cd ~/steamcmd; ./steamcmd.sh +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/steam/Conan_Exiles/ +app_update 443030 validate +quit
…then restart the server.
It is good practice to let the Steam components update themselves. You can use a cron job to run an update once a day or at whatever interval you like..
Enjoy the game!
Known Issues/Troubleshooting
As of this writing, the following are known issues-
- Engine.ini parameters ServerPort, Port, and QueryPort do not work. You can not run two (or more) instances of CEDS on one machine and have the additional servers show on the Official Server List. When you start additional servers on the same machine the port automatically increments (7777–>7778–>7779).
- Module Pickup+ does not work.
Troubleshooting-
- If you start the server with the “-log” option, the server logs are found in INSTALL_DIR/ConanSandbox/Saved/Logs/ (in our instructions it would be /home/steam/Conan_Exiles/ConanSandbox/Saved/Logs/).
- If you're running mods and the server starts but you cannot connect to it and are getting the “Mods don't match” error but, your mod DO match, the problem is that a mod is failing to load. Check the logs and see which one is failing (usually indicated by a “__ unloaded from precache” entry).