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