Here you’ll learn how to connect to your OpenTTD server and change the most important settings.
Connecting
- Start the server on the server page with Start.
- Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console.
- In the game, open “Multiplayer”, add a server with the address from the server page and join.
- The address (IP:Port) is shown at the top of your server page.
Important settings
You change these values in the Startup variables tab. Changes take effect on the next restart.
- Server name (
srv_name) – the name in the server list. - Show in server list (
srv_advertise) –trueorfalse, whether the server appears in the public list.
All other settings (e.g. map size and game rules) can be found in the file openttd.cfg in the Files tab. Stop the server before editing the file.
Good to know
- The server and the game should use the same OpenTTD version.