New Server? Here's what to do.

[William Hall 0]

FIRST STARTUP
When I initially created my server, it wouldn't boot. Simply contact support if this issue persists. In my case, the server needed to run an update for first time startup, which wasn't possible from the admin control panel even using the dropdown menus that allow you to update the server when booting. Support didn't take too long to answer- you should be able to get it taken care of inside an hour.

 

HOW TO UPDATE CONFIG FILES
The web portal for SurvivalServers.com is very barebones, so you're going to have to rely upon FTP to perform all of your server operations as a server admin. FTP = File Transfer Protocol, so basically you just need a program like FileZilla that allows you to log into your server via the FTP info in your server control panel so you can move files onto your PC, edit then, and then copy them back to the server, overwriting their values.

You can download FileZilla here: https://filezilla-project.org/

Once you have that installed, open it up and copy the Host IP address, pre-generated username/password, and Port number listed in your admin control panel under "FTP Details" into FileZilla (near the top of the GUI) and click QuickConnect. Once you do that, the right hand side of FileZilla will show your server's files, and the left hand side will show your PC's files. You'll probably want to create a directory on your PC just for holding your revised eco files.

In the server (right hand side) open the folder that says "Config" and copy over whatever files you want to edit by double-clicking them. All the info you need on what's in these config files can be found here on the wiki: https://wiki.play.eco/en/Server_Configuration#Editing_config_files_.28advanced.29

Having copied the files over to your PC, you can edit them with any text editor, even notepad (I recommend getting Atom or Notepad++)
https://atom.io/
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

Open the files you want to change, edit the values, and save. To push the new version of the files to the server, double click them on the PC side (left) in FileZilla and they'll be copied over to whatever folder you have open on the server side (meaning you want to keep the Config folder open when you do this so it copies into the right folder). You'll be prompted on whether you want to overwrite the files or whatever. Overwrite them, and then restart your server. 

 

SOME NOTES ABOUT EDITING CONFIG FILES

WorldGenerator.eco

• Make sure that if you edit the world size that if you edit the world size your world is a multiple of 4. The server won't start otherwise. EXAMPLE:

  "Dimensions": {
    "x": 152,
    "y": 152
  },

 

STARTING OVER, GENERATE A NEW WORLD

1. Delete all the files in Storage/Backup on your server side to prevent the server defaulting to a backup file
2. (Optional) Delete all the files in the Logs folder on your server so you have a clean slate for all your logs
3. Edit your parameters in World.eco and other config files

 

TROUBLESHOOTING SERVER PROBLEMS

If your server ever doesn't start, make sure you look at the most recent file in Logs and read the bottom few lines in the text files. It'll typically give you useful information such as pointing out where you might have put in an invalid value in a config file or something.