Getting Started with Your Satisfactory Server on LOW.MS

This guide walks you through the very first steps with a new Satisfactory dedicated server on LOW.MS — from finding your server in the panel through to inviting friends into your first session. If you have just placed your order, start here.

What you get with your LOW.MS server

Every Satisfactory server on LOW.MS comes pre-configured and ready to play:

• High-performance Ryzen CPUs with strong single-thread performance, which is what Satisfactory's largely single-threaded simulation actually wants.
• Generous RAM allocation with room to scale as your factory grows.
• Pre-tuned Game.ini defaults — LOW.MS ships some additional networking and timeout tuning out of the box to head off the most common Satisfactory multiplayer performance issues, so you should not need to touch the config to get a smooth experience.
• Automated backups — your factory progress is recoverable through the panel's Cloud Backup and Cloud Restore options.
• Instant provisioning — your server is typically online within a few minutes of ordering.
• Pre-configured ports — no manual port forwarding required.

For the current RAM tier and pricing on your plan, check the Satisfactory hosting page or your control panel.

Step 1: Find your server in the LOW.MS panel

After your server is provisioned, log in to the LOW.MS control panel and:

1. From the top navigation, click Service Management → Game Services.
2. Find your Satisfactory server in the list — you can search or filter the columns if you have more than one service.
3. In the Actions column on your server's row, click Manage. This opens the service overview page.
4. The overview page shows your Connection Info (IP and game port), SFTP Info, RCON Info, owner, server location, and live meters for Players, CPU, Memory, and Bandwidth, plus a STATUS field.
5. If the status shows Stopped, click the green START button below it. The first startup may take a minute or two while the server initialises its world files.

The left-hand Manage sidebar is where you spend most of your time once you have a server running — the most useful entries early on are Service Settings, Configuration Files, File Manager, Web Console, Log Viewer, Scheduled Tasks, Cloud Backup / Cloud Restore, and [NEW] SML Fiscit Mod Manager if you plan to run mods.

Step 2: Launch Satisfactory and open the Server Manager

To connect to your dedicated server, you will use the in-game Server Manager — not the "Join Game" menu, which does not work for dedicated servers.

1. Launch Satisfactory from Steam or the Epic Games Store.
2. From the main menu, click Server Manager.
3. The Server Manager is your central hub for adding, claiming, and managing dedicated servers.

Step 3: Add your server

In the Server Manager:

1. Click the Add Server button.
2. Enter the IP Address and Port from your LOW.MS panel's Connection Info field. The default game port is 7777, but check the panel for the exact port assigned to your server.
3. Click Confirm. The server should appear in your server list.

If the server does not appear or shows as unreachable, double-check that the status on the LOW.MS overview page reads Running and that you have copied the IP and port correctly.

Step 4: Claim your server

The first time you connect to a fresh server, you need to claim it. Claiming sets you up as the server administrator.

1. Select your server from the Server Manager list.
2. You will be prompted to name your server — choose something descriptive so your friends can identify it easily.
3. Set an Admin Password. This password controls who can access server settings and admin functions. Write it down somewhere safe — resetting a forgotten admin password requires deleting the server's settings file through the LOW.MS file manager, which is covered in the admin guide.
4. Optionally, set a Player Password if you want to restrict who can join. Leave this blank for an open server.
5. Click Claim Server to confirm.

You are now the server administrator and can manage all server settings through the in-game Server Manager.

Step 5: Create or upload a save

Once the server is claimed, you need to start a game session.

Starting a new game

1. In the Server Manager, go to the Status tab.
2. Click Create Game.
3. Select your preferred starting location and session name.
4. The server will generate a new world, which may take a moment.

Uploading an existing save

If you have a save file from single-player or co-op that you want to continue on the server:

1. Follow our guide on how to upload or download a save from your Satisfactory server for step-by-step instructions.
2. Need help finding your local save file first? See locate your Satisfactory save and upload it to LOW.MS.

Step 6: Connect and play

With a session running on the server:

1. In the Server Manager, select your server and click Join.
2. The game will load the current save and drop you into the world.
3. You are now playing on your dedicated server.

Since the server runs around the clock on LOW.MS infrastructure, your factory keeps running even when you are not connected. Other players can join and continue building while you are offline.

Step 7: Invite friends

Sharing your server with friends is straightforward:

1. Give your friends the Server IP and Port from the LOW.MS panel's Connection Info field.
2. They open Server Manager in Satisfactory, click Add Server, and enter the IP and port.
3. If you set a Player Password, share that with them as well.
4. They click Join and load into your shared world.

For more detail on multiplayer configuration and connection troubleshooting, see the multiplayer setup and connection guide.

Essential settings to configure early

Once your server is running, two settings are worth touching from the in-game Server Manager before everyone piles in:

• Server Name — make it memorable so it is easy to find in your server list.
• Network Quality — set this to Ultra on both the server and every connecting player's client. The default "Low" causes rubber-banding and desync regardless of internet speed, and is the single biggest source of "the host is bad" complaints. Fix it once and the most common multiplayer issue goes away. The common issues guide covers why.

For the full settings reference, see the server settings guide.

What lives in the LOW.MS panel sidebar

Once you have clicked Manage on your server, the left-hand sidebar gives you tools beyond what the in-game Server Manager provides. The most useful entries:

• Service Settings — service-level configuration (server name slot in panel, account-level options).
• Configuration Files — direct edit access to Game.ini, Engine.ini and other config files. LOW.MS ships some additional Game.ini tuning by default to head off perf issues — leave it alone unless you have a specific reason and know what you are doing.
• Commandline Manager — adjust the server's command-line launch parameters.
• File Manager — browse and edit server files directly, manage saves, upload files.
• Log Viewer — read the full server log with scrollback (useful for troubleshooting boot issues, mod loads, and crashes).
• Steam Update — verify and update the underlying Satisfactory binaries.
• Web Console — live console access from your browser; same surface as the in-game console.
• Scheduled Tasks — set up automatic restarts. The in-game Server Manager does not include a scheduled-restart feature, so this is the right place to set up a daily restart for stability.
• Current Activity & Stats — historic CPU/memory/bandwidth charts for spotting trends over time. Live values are also on the service overview page.
• Switch to/Update Latest Experimental and Switch to/Update Latest Release — switch your server between the experimental and live Satisfactory branches (or pull the latest build of whichever branch you are on). Use Latest Release for normal play; Latest Experimental if your group is on the experimental branch.
• Cloud Backup and Cloud Restore — trigger and restore from off-server backups. Backups land in a LOW.MS_Backups_v2 folder you can also reach through the file manager.
• Backup Manager — review and download existing backups.
• [NEW] SML Fiscit Mod Manager — one-click mod installation pulling directly from ficsit.app, including SML version management. See the mods guide.
• Switching Saves — move between saved sessions on the server.
• Performance/Object issues and Knowledgebase & Guides — quick links to LOW.MS support content.

Troubleshooting first-time issues

Server shows as "Stopped" or "Offline" in Server Manager

• Verify the status field on the LOW.MS service overview reads Running. If it does not, click START.
• Double-check the IP address and port from the panel's Connection Info field — make sure there are no extra spaces.
• Wait a minute after starting the server before trying to connect, as it needs time to fully initialise.

Stuck on loading screen when joining

• Ensure your game client has Network Quality set to Ultra in your game settings.
• Wait two or three minutes — large saves take real time to transfer to a new client on first connect.
• If it persists, try restarting the server from the panel.

Admin password forgotten

On Satisfactory 1.0+ the admin password, server name, and player password are stored in a ServerSettings.<PORT>.sav file (where <PORT> is your server's game port, e.g. ServerSettings.7777.sav), located in FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/ next to your world saves. To reset a lost admin password:

1. Open File Manager in the LOW.MS sidebar and navigate to FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/.
2. Delete the ServerSettings.<PORT>.sav file that matches your server's port.
3. Restart the server from the panel.
4. The next time you connect via Server Manager, the server will appear unclaimed — reclaim it and set a new admin password.

Note that deleting this file also resets the server name, player password, auto-load session name, and server certificate. Your save files are not affected.

General issues

For more in-depth troubleshooting, see common issues and fixes for Satisfactory dedicated servers.

Next steps

Now that your server is up and running, the related guides cover the rest of the workflow:

• Satisfactory server performance tuning and optimization — keeping things smooth as your factory grows.
• Setting up mods on a Satisfactory dedicated server — installing mods via the panel's SML Fiscit Mod Manager.
• Managing your Satisfactory dedicated server — admin commands and tools — admin authentication, console commands, player management, and scheduled restarts.