V Rising Server Backups, RCON and Updates

What the autosave is not

Default saves:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Saves

or Saves under -persistentDataPath. AutoSaveInterval is in seconds. AutoSaveCount caps how many files stay. AutoSaveSmartKeep is a comma-separated list of minutes:newest:oldest. It spreads restore points over time, then AutoSaveCount still deletes the overflow. An empty string turns that sorting off.

That covers a recent crash on the same machine. Copy the Saves folder somewhere else before a patch, a preset change or an import. Open the archive. Keep more than the newest one.

adminlist.txt in Settings is not a backup. It is the admin SteamID list, and it can be edited without a restart. In game, with the console enabled, use adminauth. Bans go in banlist.txt.

RCON: the block, the port, the commands

In ServerHostSettings.json:

"Rcon": {
  "Enabled": true,
  "Password": "a-real-password",
  "Port": 25575
}

A password is required. The example port is TCP 25575, and you can change it. BindAddress can pin RCON to a different interface than the game. Documented overrides include VR_RCON_ENABLED, -rconEnabled, -enableRcon, -disableRcon, VR_RCON_PORT and -rconPassword.

Expose that TCP port only to addresses that administer the server. A password that landed in a chat or a repository has to be replaced.

Commands Stunlock lists for this version:

The client they name as known to work is mcrcon. The feature is still limited. It is not a cheat console.

Update without losing your start script

Announce it, run shutdown over RCON or stop the window, and wait until the process is gone. Archive Saves and Settings. Run the SteamCMD script that calls app_update 1829350 while the server is offline. The instructions say to copy start_server_example.bat and edit the copy. The original can be replaced on update.

Start with nobody connected. Check the version and a castle you know, then open the server. If the world does not load, do not keep restarting. Restore the archive and match the binary to the save.

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