[Server Hosting] Setting up the server - salutesh/DayZ-Expansion-Scripts GitHub Wiki

Downloading the mods you need/want

mods infographic

The Essentials

"All in One"

Individuals

Install the mods where your server is installed (as shown in the first picture).

Inside each mods you should find a "key" folder with a bikey for each mods (if the key already exist this is fine). Copy all this keys and paste them inside your keys folder (Also in your root directory of your server)

If you do not know where to get the mods. Open your dayz launcher, right click on the desired mod, and choose "Open folder". A pop up will ask you if you know what you are doing, say yes and now windows explorer should open. You should see all the downloaded mods you have on your computer. All you have to do is to copy paste the mods you want in your server root directory as you can see with the first picture down below :)

Server root

Now you need to add the mods to your mod list. You maybe have a panel to load a mod in your server. But if this is not the case, you will probably need to edit a command line. Something similar to this:

"-mod=@CF;@Dabs Framework;@DayZ-Expansion-Bundle;@DayZ-Expansion-Licensed"

Make sure they all have the same name in this command line than in your server directory root. If a mod folder is named Community-Online-Tools, the command line will need to have the same name.

If a mod has spaces in it's name (for example @Dabs Framework), you can remove the space in the mod name (folder name and in the command line) if your server provider doesn't support mods with spaces.

start.bat

If you are creating a local server (on your computer or on a local machine without omega manager for example) and don't know how or where to add this lines do the following.

Create a txt file and paste inside the file this config lines :

@echo off
start DayZServer_x64.exe -config=serverDZ.cfg -port=2302 "-mod=@CF;@Dabs Framework;@DayZ-Expansion-Bundle;@DayZ-Expansion-Licensed" -profiles=ServerProfile -netlog

And save as MyName.bat !

Now all you have to do is to execute this bat file to launch your server 😃

Make sure your bat file is inside your server folder as shown with the picture above !

Mission files

Download the latest files at https://github.com/ExpansionModTeam/DayZ-Expansion-Missions.

Follow the instructions in the README_TUTORIAL.txt to import the content you need into your mission

This template include:

  • xml files for the items, vehicles, weapons and more (types.xml)
  • mapping/traders for servers using the Expansion Market mod (optional)

Server config

After starting your server with the DayZ Expansion mod for the first time, the server will generate the ExpansionMod folder in your profile folder (sometimes also named "sc" or "config"), in this folder, all the DayZ Expansion related settings will be stored. If you want to toggle any part of DayZ Expansion go into the settings folder and open the file you want to modify. If you want to learn more about the server settings click here.

How to find what is wrong ?

In your server root directory you should have a folder with at least one of this names (sc, profile, server profile, instance_xxxx, profile, config). This folder should have some folders with the name of some of the mods you are using (trader, expansionmod, communityonlinetool, vpp, dayzeditor, permissionframework, and many other mods) but also many files with time and dates in their names.

First, look for a crash log. It should be a text file with the name crash_timedate.log open this file and try to see if this error is already documented down below !

If you don't see any crash logs, look for "dayzserver_timedate_timedate.rpt" (not mdmp). Open it, if this file is really small (only a couple of lines). It might be a issue with your mod loading list. Probably a typo !

Troubleshooting

Bad type 'StringLocaliser'

Make sure you have the correct mods and up to date ! (in this case, it can't find CF)

Function 'Exec_CreateNotification' is marked as override

You are missing CF. The server is not detecting the mod, probably a typo somewhere !

!!! String CORRUPTED - FIX OnStoreLoad() !!! (or) scripted varibales corrupted

Your "storage_x" (x being a number) is using the vanilla storage format. Wipe this folder to use the CF storage format. This will wipe all player progression however.

Infinite loading screen, server frozen

Check your logs and look for a error. If you can find a error talking about a json error with a setting file. It usualy mean this file is broken (missing line for example). Revert your changes or fix the mistake manualy or with a json validator.

If you can't find any errors in the logs try the following :

  • Delete the folder "ExpansionMod" (in your "server profile" aka "config" aka "sc")
  • Make sure you are loading a Expansion mission

Please note: Some users thought their server was frozen while in fact it was the "!!! String CORRUPTED - FIX OnStoreLoad() !!!" issue.

Server not powerful enough

Some server providers are not powerful enough to run the expansion custom mapping and building interiors. You can disable this two features in your server profile (in your "server profile" aka "config" aka "sc") => expansionmod => settings => GeneralSettings.json and change this two settings from 1 to 0 if it's enabled.

ExpansionMod, Missions folder empty

If your server profile (aka "config" aka "sc") => expansionmod => missions is empty, delete the "MissionSettings.json" from the settings folder

The server can't find the mission (mpmission/dayzoffline.mapname)

In this case, make sure the server is trying to open a mission with the correct name. A missing letter can change everything !

BattlEye initialization failed

The battlEye dll is missing from the battlEye folder of your server profile (also known as "config" or "sc"). A copy paste of this missing dll should do the job in most cases.