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<div style="text-align: center;">To get started with configuring your server, access the Citadel Servers Game Control Panel here
  
<div style="text-align: center;">This Article will help you through the first stages of setting, configuring and ultimately playing on your server.<br /><br /><br />To get started with configuring your server, access the Citadel Servers Game Control Panel <a href="http://www.gamecp.citadelservers.com">here</a></div>
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Maintaining your server and Keeping up to date
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maintaining your server and Keeping up to date</span></div>
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To make sure your server is up to date, stop your server and click on "Steam Update" to ensure you have the latest version of the game server,.
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<div style="text-align: center;">To make sure your server is up to date, stop your server and click on "Steam Update" to ensure you have the latest version of the game server,.</div>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Configuration files</span></div>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;">Open the Configuration Files section in the Game Panel then click Configuration Editor on <strong>server.cfg</strong></div>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Note:</strong> Make sure your server is stopped or changes will not be set.</div>
 
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<table class="wikitable" border="1" align="center">
 
<tbody>
 
<tr>
 
<th>Core Settings</th>
 
<th>Description</th>
 
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<tr>
 
<td>Server Hostname</td>
 
<td>The name your server will be displayed as in the server browser. </td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>Server Password</td>
 
<td>If you would like the server to be passworded, fill in the password you'd like. Otherwise leave it blank and no password be enabled on the server.</td>
 
</tr>
 
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<td>Admin Password</td>
 
<td>In-game type #login &lt;AdminPassword&gt; to login as Admin with this password</td>
 
</tr>
 
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<td>MOTD</td>
 
<td>These messages will be sent to a player when they join your server.</td>
 
</tr>
 
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<td>Enable VoIP</td>
 
<td>Default is Ticked, this allows or disallows voice chat on the server.</td>
 
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<tr>
 
<td>VoIP Quality</td>
 
<td>Better quality requires better internet, with bad internet you will hear voice chat as laggy and glitchy.</td>
 
</tr>
 
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<td>Enable Battleye</td>
 
<td>Just keep this checked. It stops people with Admin Mods from joining your server.</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>Server Mission</td>
 
<td>Your server mission.</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>MOTD Interval</td>
 
<td>The number of seconds between each message.</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tbody>
 
</table>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Note:</strong> Once you have setup your configuration, click Save in the top left to save the server.cfg</div>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;">For added customisation you may want to check out these Knowledgebase Articles:</div>
 
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<ul>
 
<li><a href="http://uhostpro.com/pro/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&amp;id=6">How to add a mission and set it up.</a></li>
 
<li><a href="http://www.citadelservers.com/client/knowledgebase/91/Arma-3-Rcon-Tools.html">How to use RCon Admin Tools.</a></li>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
 
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Installing Mods</span></div>
 
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<ul>
 
<li><a href="https://www.citadelservers.com/client/knowledgebase/87/Adding-mods-to-your-Arma-3-Server.html">How to add a mod and set it up</a></li>
 
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<li><a href="http://www.citadelservers.com/client/knowledgebase/92/Arma-3-Wasteland-Mod-Installation.html">How to setup A3 Wasteland.</a></li>
 
<li> </li>
 
<li><a href="http://www.citadelservers.com/client/knowledgebase/93/Arma-3-Epoch-Mod-Installation.html">How to setup Arma3 Epoch.</a></li>
 
<li><a href="http://uhostpro.com/pro/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&amp;id=8"> </a></li>
 
</ul>
 
<br /><br /><br />Be sure to check out <a href="http://uhostpro.com/pro/knowledgebase.php?action=displaycat&amp;catid=4">BattlEye Extended Controls (BEC) Knowledgebase Articles</a> as this is used with your Arma 3 Server!</div>
 
  
[[Category:Arma 3]] [[Category:Arma 3 Game Server Help Articles ]]
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== '''Core Configuration files''' ==
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Open the Configuration Files section in the Game Panel then click Configuration Editor on server.cfg
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Note: Make sure your server is stopped or changes will not be set.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
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! General, Voice and Voting options !! Descriptions
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| Hostname || Name of the server displayed in the public server list - Replace the text between the "" to change the name displayed
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| Password  || Password for your server - Replace the text between the "" to change the server password
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| PasswordAdmin || Password to login as admin. Open the chat and type: #login password - Replace the text between the "" to change the server admin password
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| Persistent || If set to 1, missions will continue to run after all players have disconnected; required if you want to use the -autoInit startup parameter
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| DisableVoN  || If set to 1, voice chat will be disabled
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| VonCodecQuality || Supports range 1-30; 1-10 is 8kHz (narrowband), 11-20 is 16kHz (wideband), 21-30 is 32kHz (ultrawideband); higher = better sound quality, more bandwidth consumption
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| VoteMissionPlayers || Minimum number of players required before displaying the mission selection screen, if you have not already selected a mission in this config
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| VoteThreshold  || Percentage (0.00 to 1.00) of players needed to vote something into effect, for example an admin or a new mission. Set to 9999 to disable voting.
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| AllowedVoteCmds[] || Voting commands allowed to players
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== '''Security Options''' ==
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
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! Configuration !! Security
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| BattlEye|| If set to 1, BattlEye Anti-Cheat will be enabled on the server (default: 1, recommended: 1)
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| VerifySignatures  || If set to 2, players with unknown or unsigned mods won't be allowed join (default: 0, recommended: 2)
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| KickDuplicate || If set to 1, players with an ID that is identical to another player will be kicked (recommended: 1)
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Note: Once you have setup your configuration, click Save in the top left to save the server.cfg
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[[Category:Arma 3]]  
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[[Category:Arma 3 Game Server Help Articles]]

Latest revision as of 03:12, 25 July 2019

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Rent your own ArmA 3 game server! citadelservers.com

To get started with configuring your server, access the Citadel Servers Game Control Panel here

Maintaining your server and Keeping up to date

To make sure your server is up to date, stop your server and click on "Steam Update" to ensure you have the latest version of the game server,.


Core Configuration files

Open the Configuration Files section in the Game Panel then click Configuration Editor on server.cfg

Note: Make sure your server is stopped or changes will not be set.

General, Voice and Voting options Descriptions
Hostname Name of the server displayed in the public server list - Replace the text between the "" to change the name displayed
Password Password for your server - Replace the text between the "" to change the server password
PasswordAdmin Password to login as admin. Open the chat and type: #login password - Replace the text between the "" to change the server admin password
Persistent If set to 1, missions will continue to run after all players have disconnected; required if you want to use the -autoInit startup parameter
DisableVoN If set to 1, voice chat will be disabled
VonCodecQuality Supports range 1-30; 1-10 is 8kHz (narrowband), 11-20 is 16kHz (wideband), 21-30 is 32kHz (ultrawideband); higher = better sound quality, more bandwidth consumption
VoteMissionPlayers Minimum number of players required before displaying the mission selection screen, if you have not already selected a mission in this config
VoteThreshold Percentage (0.00 to 1.00) of players needed to vote something into effect, for example an admin or a new mission. Set to 9999 to disable voting.
AllowedVoteCmds[] Voting commands allowed to players

Security Options

Configuration Security
BattlEye If set to 1, BattlEye Anti-Cheat will be enabled on the server (default: 1, recommended: 1)
VerifySignatures If set to 2, players with unknown or unsigned mods won't be allowed join (default: 0, recommended: 2)
KickDuplicate If set to 1, players with an ID that is identical to another player will be kicked (recommended: 1)


Note: Once you have setup your configuration, click Save in the top left to save the server.cfg

Arma3config.png