Palworld Dedicated Server

[shihabbb]

I want to create a Palworld dedicated server for myself and my friends. Below is my 2nd PC spec that I'll use to create the server. I'll use a separate PC to play the game (to reduce stress). I have 2 questions.

 

1. How do I transfer the existing Palworld server to this new machine?

2. How do I set up this machine, so I can turn it on and control it even when I'm not home? In case the server times out and I have to restart something.

• CPU
  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
• Motherboard
  MSI B450M Pro-VDH Max
• RAM
  G.Skill Ripjaws V (16GBx2) 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
• Case
  Revenger Bullet Mini Tower Micro ATX
• Storage
  HP EX900 M.2 500GB PCIe NVMe SSD
• PSU
  Revenger 350Watt Value Power Supply
• Display(s)
  Samsung SyncMaster S19B150 (19", 60Hz)
• Cooling
  AMD Stock Cooler

[DoctorNick]

28 minutes ago, shihabbb said:

I want to create a Palworld dedicated server for myself and my friends. Below is my 2nd PC spec that I'll use to create the server. I'll use a separate PC to play the game (to reduce stress). I have 2 questions.

 

1. How do I transfer the existing Palworld server to this new machine?

2. How do I set up this machine, so I can turn it on and control it even when I'm not home? In case the server times out and I have to restart something.

• CPU
  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
• Motherboard
  MSI B450M Pro-VDH Max
• RAM
  G.Skill Ripjaws V (16GBx2) 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
• Case
  Revenger Bullet Mini Tower Micro ATX
• Storage
  HP EX900 M.2 500GB PCIe NVMe SSD
• PSU
  Revenger 350Watt Value Power Supply
• Display(s)
  Samsung SyncMaster S19B150 (19", 60Hz)
• Cooling
  AMD Stock Cooler

https://tech.palworldgame.com/dedicated-server-guide

[Dedayog]

54 minutes ago, shihabbb said:

I want to create a Palworld dedicated server for myself and my friends. Below is my 2nd PC spec that I'll use to create the server. I'll use a separate PC to play the game (to reduce stress). I have 2 questions.

 

1. How do I transfer the existing Palworld server to this new machine?

2. How do I set up this machine, so I can turn it on and control it even when I'm not home? In case the server times out and I have to restart something.

• CPU
  AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
• Motherboard
  MSI B450M Pro-VDH Max
• RAM
  G.Skill Ripjaws V (16GBx2) 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
• Case
  Revenger Bullet Mini Tower Micro ATX
• Storage
  HP EX900 M.2 500GB PCIe NVMe SSD
• PSU
  Revenger 350Watt Value Power Supply
• Display(s)
  Samsung SyncMaster S19B150 (19", 60Hz)
• Cooling
  AMD Stock Cooler

Since @DoctorNick got you for the guide...

 

For starting, etc.  I use a Wifi outlet to control the power for the machine, so I can turn it on, off, restart remotely.  Then once it's up, you can remote in if you need to do anything.

 

But if you set the box to Boot on Power, and then Palworld to boot with Windows... should be easy sailing.

[shihabbb]

16 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Since @DoctorNick got you for the guide...

 

For starting, etc.  I use a Wifi outlet to control the power for the machine, so I can turn it on, off, restart remotely.  Then once it's up, you can remote in if you need to do anything.

 

But if you set the box to Boot on Power, and then Palworld to boot with Windows... should be easy sailing.

Hey, @Dedayog would you be kind enough to guide me on how I can turn my PC on remotely?

[AngryBeaver]

On 2/8/2024 at 8:21 AM, Dedayog said:

Since @DoctorNick got you for the guide...

 

For starting, etc.  I use a Wifi outlet to control the power for the machine, so I can turn it on, off, restart remotely.  Then once it's up, you can remote in if you need to do anything.

 

But if you set the box to Boot on Power, and then Palworld to boot with Windows... should be easy sailing.

No no no. A hard shutdown like that is not advised unless you don't care about losing data in your game.

Honestly if you want to do it in the most secure way and have a router that supports it... I would first setup DDNS (to resolve your IP as a hostname and keep it up to date), then setup a VPN with the encryption method you choose (can be a lot of options or just one depending on your router), and last I would go on the computer you want to control and enable "magic packet."

After you have done that you can use any phone/laptop to connect to your home vpn and access the server VIA RDP. If the server is offline for some reason then you can sent a "magic packet" to wake/start it up.

There is also the option to skip the VPN, but I would honestly not recommend it since you would be poking a hole in your home network and hoping you hardened that server enough that it doesn't get breached. 

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, AngryBeaver said:

No no no. A hard shutdown like that is not advised unless you don't care about losing data in your game.

Honestly if you want to do it in the most secure way and have a router that supports it... I would first setup DDNS (to resolve your IP as a hostname and keep it up to date), then setup a VPN with the encryption method you choose (can be a lot of options or just one depending on your router), and last I would go on the computer you want to control and enable "magic packet."

After you have done that you can use any phone/laptop to connect to your home vpn and access the server VIA RDP. If the server is offline for some reason then you can sent a "magic packet" to wake/start it up.

There is also the option to skip the VPN, but I would honestly not recommend it since you would be poking a hole in your home network and hoping you hardened that server enough that it doesn't get breached. 

Well honestly, coupled with a remote access setup, the hard off/on is a resort some of have to use for servers that become unresponsive.

 

I'm not saying use it for your every day, but when push comes to shove....  It';s not like all of us don't hard shut down once in a while.  The entire world knows the 5 second rule

 

 

[AngryBeaver]

15 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Well honestly, coupled with a remote access setup, the hard off/on is a resort some of have to use for servers that become unresponsive.

 

I'm not saying use it for your every day, but when push comes to shove....  It';s not like all of us don't hard shut down once in a while.  The entire world knows the 5 second rule

 

 

I can say for certain I haven't needed to hard shutdown a server in many years. I've had times where RDP wasn't responsive, but even then powershell/cmd network commands worked for shutting down/restarting the machine. If this is a common occurrence you would be better off running the game inside a VM so you can keep control on the host OS for that type of thing.

[shihabbb]

thanks a lot for the help guys!