Foundry Dedicated Server.md

Foundry Dedicated Server

Install steam, wine and dedicated server

Needed packages

as root user

apt update
apt upgrade -y
apt install -y software-properties-common 
dpkg --add-architecture i386
add-apt-repository multiverse
apt update
# Need to accept lizence
apt install -y steamcmd
# Prepare wine
mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/$(lsb_release -is | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')/dists/$(lsb_release -cs)/winehq-$(lsb_release -cs).sources
apt update
apt install -y --install-recommends winehq-staging
apt install -y cabextract winbind screen xvfb x11vnc

User to work with

useradd -m steam -s /bin/bash
echo 'export PATH="/usr/games/:$PATH"' >> /home/steam/.bashrc

if you have only 4G Memory add a swapfile

fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

Install Foundry Dedicated Server

su -l steam

steamcmd +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +force_install_dir '/home/steam/Foundry-Server' +login anonymous +app_update 2915550 validate +quit

Initial config

For Config option see also: Dedicated Foundry Server

Avalible Config options

Available Options:

• server_world_name
  • Sets the server world name. This is the folder where the save files will be stored.
  • Example: server_world_name=MyFancyFactory
• server_password
  • Sets the server password.
  • Example: server_password=only_friends
• pause_server_when_empty
  • Will the server pause when nobody is connected.
  • Example: pause_server_when_empty=true
• autosave_interval
  • Sets the autosave frequency in seconds.
  • Example: autosave_interval=300
• server_is_public
  • Sets whether the server is listed on the Steam server browser.
  • Example: server_is_public=true
• server_port
  • Sets the network port used by the game. Default is 3724.
  • Example: server_port=3724
• server_query_port
  • Sets the network port used by the Steam server browser to query information about the game. This is only used if the server is set to public. Default is 27015.
  • Example: server_query_port=27015
• mapseed
  • Sets the map seed used to generate the world.
  • Example: mapseed=42938743982
• server_persistent_data_override_folder
  • Sets the absolute folder where things like logs and save files will be stored. This is mostly used by server providers so that they can run multiple dedicated servers on a single machine.
  • Example: server_persistent_data_override_folder=C:\Server01
• server_name
  • This is the name of the server listed in the Steam server browser.
  • Example: server_name=HappyPlace
• server_max_players
  • This sets the max amount of players on a server.
  • Example: server_max_players=32

/home/steam/Foundry-Server/App.cfg

server_password=game4all
pause_server_when_empty=true
autosave_interval=120
server_is_public=true
server_world_name=Die Welt ist nie Genug
server_name=Die Welt ist nie Genug
server_max_players=32

First Start

Prepare

You need a vnc viewer client on your computer e.g. Tiny VNC Viewer (Windows) or Remote Desktop on MacOS

Start Dedicated Server in Background

# if you are current root 
su -l steam
# start Server in background
xvfb-run wine /home/steam/Foundry-Server/FoundryDedicatedServer.exe &
# Wait some seconds
sleep 10
x11vnc -display :99 -forever

On your local computer open a vnc connection to the ip address of the server.

After some time there will be a dialog to confirm download files

Wait until in the terminal the server says Foundry server is VAC Secure.

Now close the vnc connection, and cancel with Ctl-C the x11vnc

to stop the server:

sudo pkill xvfb-run
# best to restart the server.... The shutdown process is not really stable

DONE

Upload save games

The save games are stored in the wine drive_c

/home/steam/.wine/drive_c/users/steam/AppData/LocalLow/Channel 3 Entertainment/FoundryDedicatedServer/save/SERVER_WORLD_NAME_WITHOUT_SPACES

Start Foundry Server on boot with systemd

Save follow file in /etc/systemd/system/foundry.service

[Unit]
Description=Foundry Server
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=steam
Group=steam
WorkingDirectory=/home/steam/Foundry-Server
ExecStartPre=/usr/games/steamcmd +@sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows +force_install_dir '/home/steam/Foundry-Server' +login anonymous +app_update 2915550 +quit
ExecStart=/usr/bin/xvfb-run wine /home/steam/Foundry-Server/FoundryDedicatedServer.exe
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

To enable and start the service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable foundry.service
sudo systemctl start foundry.service