Don't Start Together dedicated server setup

dst-dedicated-server.md

Don't Starve Together Dedicated Server

Requirements

• Server token from Klei needs work

Getting a server token

• Visit Klei's Games page
  • link your Steam account with them, if you haven't already
• Click on the Game Servers button to view all the servers associated with your account.
• To create a new server:
  • type the name of the new server in the "Cluster Name" field.
  • click the "Add New Server" button
  • once the page reloads, click the "Configure Server" button

Installing DST using SteamCMD

• Set the installation directory

  force_install_dir /home/dst/server_dst
  

• Log into Steam

  Steam> login anonymous
  

• Install Don't Starve Together

  Steam> app_update 343050 validate
  

• Wrap things up

  Steam> quit
  

Startup Scripts

Init script

This script should be called once before all of the shards are launched.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# start-init.sh

DST_PREFIX="${DST_PREFIX:=$HOME/Steam}"
DST_APP_ID="${DST_APP_ID:=343050}"

steamcmd \
  +force_install_dir "$DST_PREFIX" \
  +login anonymous \
  +app_update $DST_APP_ID validate \
  +quit

Start the main shard

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ~/start-main.sh

DST_PREFIX="${DST_PREFIX:=$HOME/Steam}"
DST_BIN="$DST_PREFIX/bin64"
CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:=Cluster_1}"

(
  cd $DST_BIN
  ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer_x64 \
    -console \
    -cluster "$CLUSTER_NAME" \
    -shard Master
)

Start the Caves shard

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ~/start-caves.sh

DST_PREFIX="${DST_PREFIX:=$HOME/Steam}"
DST_BIN="$DST_PREFIX/bin64"
CLUSTER_NAME="${CLUSTER_NAME:=Cluster_1}"

(
  cd $DST_BIN
  ./dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer_x64 \
    -console \
    -cluster "$CLUSTER_NAME" \
    -shard Caves
)

Tmuxinator Project

# /home/dst/.tmuxinator/dst-server.yml

name: dst-server
root: ~/

on_project_start: ~/start-init.sh

windows:
  - editor:
      layout: even-horizontal
      panes:
        - ~/start-main.sh
        - ~/start-caves.sh

Cluster configuration

Server configuration

Table	Key	Type	Description
ACCOUNT	encode_user_path	boolean	if enabled, normalizes the paths to user data for all clients.