How to join your Squad server

Squad players join from the game’s server browser. You don’t type an address: you search for the server’s name.

Join from the server browser

1. Open Squad and choose Server Browser.
2. If the server isn’t licensed, open Custom Servers.
3. Type part of the server’s name in the search box.
4. Pick it and press Join.

Turn on Show in the server browser in the server’s settings, or nobody can find it. It writes ShouldAdvertise in Server.cfg.

The queue

When the server is full, players wait in a queue. Queue size sets how many can wait at once (PublicQueueLimit, 25 by default). Each player then has 90 seconds to finish joining before their spot goes to the next one.

Reserved slots for your members

Reserved slots keeps some places for your community. Give your members the reserve permission in Admins.cfg and they skip the queue. Licensed servers have rules on how reserved slots may be used, so check Offworld’s policy first.

Seeding a new server

A Squad server fills fastest when it already has players. Communities “seed” a server: a few players stay on a small layer until enough people join for a full match. Seeding layers are in the layer list like any other.

Tags help players find you

Under Settings, Server browser tags writes Tags in Server.cfg. Use Offworld’s tags, separated by spaces, such as language_en playstyle_relaxed mode_aas. Players filter the browser by them.

Can’t connect?

• The server isn’t listed. Check that it’s running in Console and that Show in the server browser is on. A new server can take a few minutes to appear.
• Joining times out. Restart the server once. If it keeps happening, see common errors.
• Mods don’t match. Players need every Workshop mod the server runs. Subscribing on Steam gets them.