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Nightingale: Connecting to and setting up your server

How to connect to your Nightingale server and find the automatically generated admin password.

Here you'll learn how to connect to your Nightingale server and change the most important settings.

Connecting

  1. Start the server on the server page with Start.
  2. Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console tab.
  3. In the game, connect via the multiplayer menu or direct connect using the address (IP:Port) at the top of your server page.
  4. Enter the connection password if you have set one.

Important settings

  • Connection password (CONNECTION_PASSWORD) – optional password for joining.
  • Admin password (ADMIN_PASSWORD) – anyone who enters it in the game can kick and ban players.
  • Max. players (MAX_PLAYERS) – more than 6 players are not officially supported by the game.
  • Difficulty (DIFFICULTY) – starting difficulty: easy, medium, hard or extreme.

Changes to the Startup variables take effect on the next restart.

Good to know

  • The admin password (ADMIN_PASSWORD) is generated automatically by the portal during setup. It is shown once at the top of the server page – please make a note of it. You can change it in the Startup variables tab.
  • On first start, the server downloads the game files. This can take a few minutes – please don't interrupt it.
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