48-Rule World Workshop & 7-Tier Clearance Routes · 6-Player Research Survival · Paranormal Research Survival / Base Building
Vanilla has no text console commands; admin actions go through the in-game GUI. god / noclip come from a UE4SS mod, and spawnitem / setxp / instantcraft do not exist at all
PowerSocketsOffAtNight defaults to True — sockets go dark at night. Closes the loop between generation, load and overnight drain: will you make it to dawn, and how many batteries short?
Turns the joint effect of FoodSpoilSpeedMultiplier and RefrigerationEffectivenessMultiplier into a relative shelf life; also covers sink refill rate and tainted water
7 clearance levels (Blue/Orange/Violet/Red/Yellow/Green/Black) but only 6 tool tiers — the numbers differ. Black Level 7 also uses the Gatekey (Tier 6); there is no Tier 7
Compare starting points, skill and XP bonuses across all 9 jobs. Defense Analyst carries Slow Learner — a nominal +75% is really only +40%
Skills cap at level 20 with 91,655 XP total, and level 19→20 alone costs 10,900. Combines the global multiplier, job bonus and Slow Learner into one real rate
Hunger, thirst, fatigue and continence each have their own multiplier. Convert to hours remaining and see what your expedition pack must prioritise
Your pack is capped by slots and weight; the real limit is the smaller one. Tells you whether to level Strength (+2 per level) or raise ItemStackSizeMultiplier
Folds 9 enemy-related settings into one 0–100 scale and breaks out each contribution, so you can see which single setting is pushing difficulty up
DeathPenalties has 6 tiers (0–5) deciding keep/drop/destroy; DurabilityLossOnDeathMultiplier decides gear durability loss — together they define how much dying hurts
Default 6, hard cap 24, but community testing shows frame drops past 16. Totals your supply run and grades the size risk
All 48 official world rules with official defaults and ranges. Output always carries the [SandboxSettings] header — without it the file is ignored
Vanilla has no text console commands; admin actions go through the in-game GUI. god / noclip come from a UE4SS mod, and spawnitem / setxp / instantcraft do not exist at all
Windows and Linux (Wine + xvfb) differ: Linux uses -QUERYPORT and usually needs -tcp to appear in the Steam list
Line-by-line: missing header, unknown keys, known typos (ApocalypticAbilties), type errors, out-of-range values and dependency conflicts
Generates [Moderators] and [BannedPlayers]. SteamID64 must be a 17-digit number — not a nickname or community URL
Three files, three concerns: which you must create yourself and which the server generates. Crossplay is set only via CrossplaySetting in GameUserSettings.ini
Both UDP 7777 and 27015 must be open — opening only one is the top cause of "direct connect works but the server is not listed". Commands for four platforms plus verification
Search by exact log text or by symptom. Signatures are verbatim fragments from real threads — paste them straight into your own log search
| Port | Protocol | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 7777 | UDP | Game port (-PORT) — nobody can connect without it |
| 27015 | UDP | Steam query port (-QueryPort) — without it direct connect works but the server is never listed |
SteamCMD appid 2857200
sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash steam
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y steamcmd lib32gcc-s1
sudo -u steam -i \
/usr/games/steamcmd +force_install_dir /opt/gameserver \
+login anonymous +app_update 2857200 validate +quitAbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/Server/Worlds/<WorldName>/SandboxSettings.iniAbioticFactor/Saved/SaveGames/Server/Admin.iniAbioticFactor/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.iniCRITICAL: the dedicated server never writes SandboxSettings.ini for you — if the file is missing it silently runs on built-in defaults, which is the root cause of "I changed settings and nothing happened". Create it yourself, edit only while the server is stopped (it overwrites the file on clean shutdown), and restart afterwards. The first line must be [SandboxSettings] or the whole file is ignored; the <WorldName> in the path must match -WorldSaveName. Dedicated-server AppID is 2857200 (separate from the game 427410, anonymous download). Launch args: -SteamServerName / -WorldSaveName / -MaxServerPlayers / -PORT / -QueryPort / -ServerPassword / -AdminPassword / -SandboxIniPath, plus -log -newconsole -useperfthreads -NoAsyncLoadingThread. Default is 6 players, hard cap 24, and community testing shows visible frame drops past 16. Vanilla has NO text console commands; admin actions go through the in-game GUI (ESC → Player Management → Admin). Admin SteamID64s go under [Moderators] in Admin.ini and bans under [BannedPlayers]. Crossplay is set only via CrossplaySetting in GameUserSettings.ini (PartialCrossplay / NoCrossplay / LocalOnly). Both UDP 7777 and 27015 must be open. Windows is the only officially supported platform; Linux needs Wine + xvfb and usually -tcp to appear in the Steam list.