Our 7 Days to Die Server Guides

There is regular server guides being released every week. Below are the previous topics that have been covered and are on our Discord server so any subscribers.

Date Topic Overview
19th Nov 24 Removing Quests This week I show you how remove quests from the players quest log.
12th Nov 24 Spawning in a POI This week I show you how spawn a POI into a live server without having to reset your map.
5th Nov 24 Resetting a POI This week I show you how to reset a POI manually whenever you it.
29th Oct 24 Player chat colours This week I show you how to setup chat colours for your players in game.
22nd Oct 24 Global Ban List This week I take you through how to setup notifcation of player joining your server who have been banned elsewhere. Also how to auto kick them if you desire to give you some protection from bad players.
15th Oct 24 Spawn Points This takes you through how to note coordinates for spawn points and how to set them so that players spawn new into the world exactly where you want them in your map.
8th Oct 24 Jail This takes you through how to setup a jail area. Then how to place a player into jail as and when needed.
1st Oct 24 Lost Drones Drone are a server admins pain in the o. In this article I talked through wyas to recover the drone and if all else fails how to reset the drone data so a player can deploy a new one.
24th Sept 24 PvPvE Server Configuration In this I walk you through the setup of configuring a multi killing mode configuration on your server using CPM. How to set it up. The command syntax and the importance of notification.
17th Sept 24 Server Max Allowed View Distance In this article I talk about the biggest server and client impacting matric. How it works so you can understand the impact. Tweaking this value could save you money from wasting server resources.
10th Sept 24 High Ping In this acticle I explain what ping is and what affects it. I then cover high ping and how to manage it to prevent server issues.
3rd Sep 24 SERVERADMIN.XML In this document I cover the location of the file; explain the permissions levels, how to add user with specific permissions. I also explain the difference between whitelist and blacklist and how to add users to them. I then walk through setting permissions for commands with a use case having different moderator levels. We briefly touch on api tokens and then give the code needed in order to allow player to view the map in you enabled it in the serverconfig.xml. Then finally I give you a complete list of all server commands, a description of what they do an example and a suggested permission level to assign.
27th Aug 24 SERVERCONFIG.XML This is Part 2 of a two part series. This covers the gameplay setup and configuration and explains the options and importance of correct settings.
20th Aug 24 SERVERCONFIG.XML This is Part 1 of a two part series. This covers the server setup and configuration and explains the options and importance of correct settings.
13th Aug 24 Reboots This weeks server topic I cover the importance of server reboots and how to handle them. Along with a free script to restart the process.
6th Aug 24 Backups This weeks tech topic we are covering server backups why you need them what to back up and how to do it with.