Ships At Sea: connect to and set up your server

Here's how to connect to your Ships At Sea server and adjust the most important settings.

Connecting

1. Open the server page in the client area and click Start.
2. Wait until the status shows “running”. You can follow the progress in the Console tab.
3. Launch Ships At Sea and find the server in the multiplayer menu by its name.

Important settings

In the Startup variables tab:

• Server name (SERVER_NAME) – name in the server list.
• Max. players (MAX_PLAYERS) – 1 to 16 players.
• Server description (SERVER_DESCRIPTION) – short description (optional).

Changes in the Startup variables tab take effect on the next restart.

Good to know

• We write these values into the server configuration on every start. Changes made directly in DedicatedServerSettings.ini are therefore lost on restart – please always use the startup variables.
• We assign the ports automatically – you don’t need to set anything.