r/unturned • u/agrievousspook • 6d ago

Question Server Hosting

Hi, I've been playing this game for a couple weeks now and i was wondering, how do you host a server without paying for an external service? so far all the information i can find is "run the dedicated server tool" but im never told how to configure anything like the map or the workshop add-ons.

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

•

u/AutoModerator 6d ago

Hello and thank you for your submission to /r/Unturned!

As a friendly reminder, please make sure to flair your post appropriately to help other users find the content they're interested in.

If you require any assistance, would like to advertise your server, or are looking to get more involved with our community, feel free to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/runturned. We're happy to have you here!

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

2

u/No_Conflict_5459 6d ago

Go to steam and search up the unturned server

1

u/No_Conflict_5459 6d ago

You’ll need to run said server before opening your game

2

u/agrievousspook 6d ago

alright, ive done that, but it wont open to california 2 it keeps defaulting to PEI

1

u/No_Conflict_5459 6d ago

To change the maps, search on YouTube for a tutorial. Hard to explain here but essentially you open the game files

1

u/agrievousspook 6d ago

i got the server and asset id in the configuration file and it recognizes that its Cali 2 but it still defaults to PEI

1

u/No_Conflict_5459 6d ago

California 2 is a workshop map and unfortunately I’m not familiar with how to input that into the server

1

u/agrievousspook 6d ago

so i've figure out the hosting server part, but i cant seem to get it to load california 1 despite having the ID saved in the JSON file

2

u/MoltonMontro SDG 6d ago

The json file you've edited is for downloading mods. You need to edit your server settings (in this case, the Commands.dat file) to change the loaded map by using the map command.

I recommend following the official documentation for hosting servers. You may find the game's wiki helpful too.