Server Configuration for Return to Moria

In this guide, I will show the easy configuration editor and also the text file itself.

Configuration Editor

Server Password

• If a password is specified, players will need to enter a password to join the server.
• Case-sensitive.

World Type

• World generation parameters, only for newly created worlds.
• Valid types:
  • Campaign
  • Sandbox

World Seed

• Seed for world generation
• Valid Types:
  • random - will randomly pick you a random seed
  • "integers" - lets you pick the seed. e.g: 123456

Diffculty Preset

• Specify world difficulty
• Valid Types:
  • Story: Ideal for players who want to experience the story without much danger.
  • Solo: Ideal for a single dwarf.
  • Normal: Ideal for a small company of dwarves.
  • Hard: Ideal for a large company of dwarves.
  • Custom: Use customizations for each category of difficulty.

Console

• Open the console window so you can type commands.
• Valid Options:
  • true or false

Server Performance/FPS

• Frames per second to tick the server.
• Recommended to leave this at 60 but you can lower it to 30 if you have a weaker CPU.

Text Editor (inline editing)

The developers have added a lot of comments to help with these:

Optional Password

[Main]
; If a password is specified, players will need to enter a password to join the server.
; Case-sensitive.
OptionalPassword=

World Name

[World]
; Name of the saved world to load. If it doesn't exist, create it
; with the properties defined in the [World.Create] section.
Name="Dedicated Server World"

World generation settings

[World.Create]
; World generation parameters, only for newly created worlds.

; Type of world to create:
;  * campaign
;  * sandbox
Type=campaign

; Seed for world generation:
;  * random - Generates a random seed.
;  * <integer> - Use the given number.
Seed=random

; Specify world difficulty:
;  * story: Ideal for players who want to experience the story without much danger.
;  * solo: Ideal for a single dwarf.
;  * normal: Ideal for a small company of dwarves.
;  * hard: Ideal for a large company of dwarves.
;  * custom: Use customizations for each category of difficulty.
Difficulty.Preset=normal

; Custom difficulty properties, used only if the "Difficulty.Preset" property is set to custom.
; Acceptable values are verylow, low, default, high and veryhigh.
; The base enemy damage and hit points.
Difficulty.Custom.CombatDifficulty=default
; How often enemies attack and how many will attack at once.
Difficulty.Custom.EnemyAggression=high
; The strength of various buffs, speed a dwarf succumbs to despair and
; the decay rates of stamina, energy and hunger.
Difficulty.Custom.SurvivalDifficulty=default
; Volume of ore that drops from each vein.
Difficulty.Custom.MiningDrops=default
; The drop rates of rewards for defeating orcs and enemies.
Difficulty.Custom.WorldDrops=default
; How often noisy actions will trigger a horde of orcs.
Difficulty.Custom.HordeFrequency=default
; How often orcs will target and attack a dwarf base.
Difficulty.Custom.SiegeFrequency=default
; How often orc and enemy groups spawn.
Difficulty.Custom.PatrolFrequency=default

Server connection settings

[Host]

; Local IP address to bind on the server.
; Normally leave this empty.
; Possible values:
; * Empty value for default (bind all adapters.)
; * <IPv4> or <IPv6> ... manually specify the IP address.
ListenAddress=

; Port bound by the server for incoming connections.
; You must allow TCP and UDP traffic on your firewall and may need to set up port forwarding.
; Possible values:
;  * -1 ... use the default engine port (7777)
;  * <integer> ... manually specify the port.
ListenPort=7777

; Host reported to clients. Clients will try to connect it when joining a hosted session.
; Normally set this to "auto".
; If this machine and all of your friends are playing on a LAN
; set this to "local" to avoid having to set up port forwarding.
; If there is an issue with automatic detection, you can specify your server's IP address directly.
; Possible values:
;  * auto ... detect public IP address. For public servers or servers behind NAT, proxy,
;             or in a container with properly configured port mapping or port forwarding.
;  * local ... automatically detect local IP address. For LAN games and servers with a public IP address.
;  * <IPv4> or <IPv6> ... manually specify the IP address clients should connect to.
AdvertiseAddress=auto

; Port reported to clients. Clients will try to connect it when joining a hosted session.
; Normally leave this at -1.
; Possible values:
;  * -1 ... use the ListenPort. To be used when connecting directly or via port forwarding.
;  * <integer> ... manually specify the port. To be used when the server
;                  listen port is mapped to a different, exposed port. This is rare.
AdvertisePort=-1

; If you fail to host on launch, the maximum number of seconds to retry.
InitialConnectionRetryTime=60

; If your hosted session drops, the maximum number of seconds to try to rehost.
AfterDisconnectionRetryTime=600

Server console settings

[Console]
; Open the console window so you can type commands. (true or false)
Enabled=true

Server Performance

[Performance]
; Frames per second to tick the server.
; Typically leave this at 60. Higher values are unlikely to improve a dedicated server.
; If your server uses too much CPU, you might try 30 fps instead.
ServerFPS=60