Steam/ gameserver help

[Zachary barnes]

so I have an old dell optiplex as a home server, I have a game server running on it and I have it set to restart daily at 03:00 when no body should be on, but when I wake up I always have to login to the computer, open steam, and then launch the game, I’ve tracked like 3 application files to launch the command prompt for the server, but none of them show up in the server list.

 

 

so the question is how can I have my computer restart, and then have the server open and launch with zero human intervention at 03:00, aside from bugs and glitches

[Dr. Will0hlep]

What is the OS?

 

If Windows: press windows key + r and then type "shell:startup".

This will open file explorer at a file called "startup". Add shortcuts to the things you want to run here.

[Eigenvektor]

What game? Does it have something like a dedicated server component you could install?

 

Ideally you want something that runs as a background service and doesn't need a signed-in user or Steam

[Zachary barnes]

32 minutes ago, Dr. Will0hlep said:

What is the OS?

 

If Windows: press windows key + r and then type "shell:startup".

This will open file explorer at a file called "startup". Add shortcuts to the things you want to run here.

I tried doing that, I tried creating an event, the problem isn’t launching the a location it will launch but it won’t register the server with the game to connect

[Zachary barnes]

29 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

What game? Does it have something like a dedicated server component you could install?

 

Ideally you want something that runs as a background service and doesn't need a signed-in user or Steam

Pal world

it does, which is what’s downloaded,

works great, no problems, except having to wake up in the Morning and manual restart the server, I’ve watched videos, I’ve tried putting it in the start up folder, I’ve tried creating an event to force it on wake up, and the problem is that it loads but something isn’t loading to broadcast the server to my Xbox, when the computer restarts, where if I start the server off steam, no problems, loads just fine, even though steam also starts with computer,

[Eigenvektor]

1 minute ago, Zachary barnes said:

Pal world

Personally, I'd look into setting up a dedicated server using Linux as the OS. Then start it using systemctl. If a regular restart is really necessary, "RuntimeMaxSec" should do the trick.

 

https://docs.palworldgame.com/getting-started/deploy-dedicated-server/

[Zachary barnes]

2 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

Personally, I'd look into setting up a dedicated server using Linux as the OS. Then start it using systemctl. If a regular restart is really necessary, "RuntimeMaxSec" should do the trick.

 

https://docs.palworldgame.com/getting-started/deploy-dedicated-server/

Is it necessary? It’s runs my home assistant, it is my home NAS, and runs a plex server, I just figured it’d need to be restarted regularly

[Eigenvektor]

5 minutes ago, Zachary barnes said:

Is it necessary? It’s runs my home assistant, it is my home NAS, and runs a plex server, I just figured it’d need to be restarted regularly

Periodic restarts is generally the exact opposite of what you want to have to do with a server

 

I wouldn't do it unless there's an actual issue and there's no other fix. E.g. if you can no longer connect to the Pal World server if it's been running for a certain amount of time, my first attempt would be periodically restarting that particular service, rather than the whole machine. Only if that doesn't help would I consider doing full server restarts