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The Isle: Connecting to and setting up your server

How to connect to your The Isle server and set the name, player count, password and RCON.

Here you'll learn how to connect to your The Isle 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. Search for your server name in the in-game server browser, or connect directly using the address (IP:Port) at the top of your server page.

Important settings

  • Server name (SERVER_NAME) – the name in the server browser.
  • Player count (PLAYER_COUNT) – maximum number of players.
  • Server password enabled (SERVER_PASSWORD_ENABLED) and Server password (SERVER_PASSWORD) – turn password protection on or off and set the password.
  • RCON (RCON) – enable remote control (off by default).
  • Humans (HUMANS) and Dynamic weather (DYNAMIC_WEATHER) – game options on/off.

You'll find further settings in the Files tab in TheIsle/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini.

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

Good to know

  • The RCON password (RCON_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. It is only used once you enable RCON.
  • On first start, the server downloads the game files. This can take a few minutes – please don't interrupt it.
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