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Squad server guides
Everything you need to run a Squad server with friends: setting it up, getting everyone in, configs, mods, backups and fixes for common errors. Written by the Wilderack Crew and checked against Offworld Industries’s own documentation.
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Squad's license rules out running it commercially, Offworld Industries names the hosting companies it trusts, and its licensing rules don't accept servers in virtual machines. Squad opens on Wilderack once Offworld makes us a hosting partner. These guides are ready for the day Squad opens on Wilderack.
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The same seven guides for every game, in the order most people need them.
- Getting started
How to make a Squad dedicated server
What a Squad dedicated server needs, how it will work on Wilderack, how to make yourself admin, and why licensed and unlicensed servers differ.
- How to connect
How to join your Squad server
Find your Squad server in the server browser, under Custom Servers or the main list, use the queue and reserved slots, and fix it when it won't show.
- Config reference
Squad server config reference
Where a Squad server's config files live, what the main Server.cfg settings do, how layer rotation works, and how admins and bans are set up.
- Mods and plugins
How to add mods to a Squad server
How Squad mods work on a dedicated server, how to add Steam Workshop mods, set their load order in ModsConfig.cfg and add modded layers to your rotation.
- Backups and your world
Squad server backups and moving a server
What a Squad server backup holds, how backups will work on Wilderack, and how to move your Server.cfg, admins, bans and rotations from another host.
- Performance tips
Squad server requirements and performance
How much RAM and CPU a Squad server needs for 50 or 100 players, what server tick rate means, and how to keep a full match smooth.
- Common errors
Squad server errors and how to fix them
Fixes for common Squad server errors, like a server missing from the browser, admin commands that don't work, mods that won't load and players who can't join.
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