Sons Of The Forest Servers now available!

You can now order your server for Sons of the Forest (SOTF). The guide will take you through what you can configure on your server.

Currently there are 3 configuration files:

• ownerswhitelist.txt
  • This allows you to become an admin on the server
• dedicatedserver.cfg
  • All settings related to the server itself
• SonsGameSettings
  • This is specific game settings itself

Becoming an admin of your SOTF Server

• Navigate to your control panel and find the SOTF server
• Click on 'Configuration Files'
• Click 'Text Editor' next to ownerswhitelist.txt
  • You will need to know your SteamID
  • To find your SteamID, you can either navigate to this page https://store.steampowered.com/account/ or directly in Steam click on your name on the top right, then Account Details.
• Enter your SteamID on bottom of the configuration file for example:
  7987654321987
• You can also add comments in the file by adding a # so you can put names to peoples IDs.

dedicatedserver.cfg - settings
This file is written in JSON format so you will need to be somewhat careful on what you change as this may stop the server from booting if incorrect.

If you example you wanted to change the SaveInternal of the server, you would modify this line:
"SaveInterval": 600,
to
"SaveInterval": 300,

This would set the save internal to every 5 minutes instead of every 10.

Option	Description	Accepted Values
ServerName	Name of the server visible in the server list, and in the Steam contacts.	any string
Password	Adds a password to make your server “private”. Upon connection, this password will be requested before the client can proceed.	any string up to 40 characters long
SaveSlot	When creating a new save, this number will be the id of the save.	integer greater or equal to 1
GameMode	Sets the difficulty game mode when creating a new save. This parameter is ignored if loading a save (save mode set to “continue” with a save that exists on the slot). If the game mode is set to “custom”, then the custom game mode settings will be read from CustomGameModeSettings option, described later.	normal, hard, hardsurvival, peaceful, custom
SaveInterval	How often the game server automatically saves the game to SaveSlot, in seconds.	integer
IdleDayCycleSpeed	A multiplier to how quickly the time passes compared to normal gameplay when the server is considered idle (no player connected).	floating point value between 0 and 1, strictly greater than 0
GameSettings	A key value map of all game settings you can use to tweak your game (in any mode). All parameters will be listed in a later paragraph along with their possible values. If the value is null, or empty, default settings will be used.	See below
CustomGameModeSettings	A key value map of all settings available to customize your game in custom mode. All parameters are listed later in this guide along with their possible values. If the value is null, or empty, default settings will be used. This parameter is ignored if the game mode is not “custom” or if loading a save (save mode set to “continue” with a save that exists on the slot), whether is it “custom” or not.	See below

You may have noticed that we haven't included everything in here, this is because the options not shown are mainly for us, you won't need to modfiy these.

Game Settings
Currently there are two extra settings you can set here.

"GameSettings": {
    "Gameplay.TreeRegrowth": true,
    "Structure.Damage": true
  },

When modifying this ensure you keep the brackets and quotes and comma's for every new line you add.

Option	Description	Accepted Values
Gameplay.TreeRegrowth	Enable automatic tree regrowth, triggered when sleeping.	true, false
Structure.Damage	Allow buildings to be damaged.	true, false

More to follow when we learn more of the settings available.

Custom Game Mode Settings

These are extra settings, which are only listened to if the game mode is set to custom (see first table above)

The current default is:

"CustomGameModeSettings": {
    "GameSetting.Vail.EnemySpawn": true,
    "GameSetting.Vail.EnemyHealth": "Normal",
    "GameSetting.Vail.EnemyDamage": "Normal",
    "GameSetting.Vail.EnemyArmour": "Normal",
    "GameSetting.Vail.EnemyAggression": "Normal",
    "GameSetting.Vail.AnimalSpawnRate": "Normal",
    "GameSetting.Environment.StartingSeason": "Summer",
    "GameSetting.Environment.SeasonLength": "Default",
    "GameSetting.Environment.DayLength": "Default",
    "GameSetting.Environment.PrecipitationFrequency": "Default",
    "GameSetting.Survival.ConsumableEffects": "Normal",
    "GameSetting.Survival.PlayerStatsDamage": "Off",
    "GameSetting.Survival.ColdPenalties": "Off",
    "GameSetting.Survival.ReducedFoodInContainers": false,
    "GameSetting.Survival.SingleUseContainers": false,
  },

Option	Description	Accepted Values
GameSetting.Vail.EnemySpawn	Enable enemies spawning.	true, false
GameSetting.Vail.EnemyHealth	Adjust enemy starting health.	low, normal, high
GameSetting.Vail.EnemyDamage	Adjust damage enemies can do.	low, normal, high
GameSetting.Vail.EnemyArmour	Adjust enemies armor strength.	low, normal, high
GameSetting.Vail.EnemyAggression	Adjust enemy aggression level.	low, normal, high
GameSetting.Vail.AnimalSpawnRate	Adjust animal spawn rate.	low, normal, high
GameSetting.Environment.StartingSeason	Set environmental starting season.	spring, summer, autumn, winter
Structure.Damage	Allow buildings to be damaged.	true, false
GameSetting.Environment.SeasonLength	Adjust season length.	short, default, long, realistic
GameSetting.Environment.DayLength	Adjust day length.	short, default, long, realistic
GameSetting.Environment.PrecipitationFrequency	Adjust the frequency of rain and snow.	low, default, high
GameSetting.Survival.ConsumableEffects	Enable damage taken when low hydration and low fullness.	normal, hard
GameSetting.Survival.PlayerStatsDamage	Enable damage from each bad or rotten food and drink.	off, normal, hard
GameSetting.Survival.ColdPenalties	Adjusts the severity that cold will affect health and stamina regeneration.	off, normal, hard
GameSetting.Survival.ReducedFoodInContainers	Reduces the amount of food found in containers.	true, false
GameSetting.Survival.SingleUseContainers	Containers can only be opened once.	true, false