Hytale
Bridging a Hytale Forum and Discord Without Making a Mess
Bridging a XenForo forum and Discord: threads routed to channels, Discord replies posted under the user's own forum account, loop markers.
Gameserver
Dedicated game server guides for Linux: Minecraft, Hytale, Valheim, Palworld, Rust and more, with systemd, backups and tuning.
Hytale
Hytale Server Files Explained: Where Your World Actually Lives
What each file and folder in a Hytale server directory does, where the world really lives (universe/, not world/), and what belongs in your backup.
Minecraft
PaperMC Download API v3: Why Your "latest" One-Liner Returns 404
The old api.papermc.io v2 "latest" URL returns 404. How to download Paper and Velocity from the fill v3 API with curl, jq and a SHA-256 check.
Hytale
How Much RAM Does a Hytale Server Need? The Formula I Actually Use
About 1 GB per player, 4 GB floor, view distance that scales with the square, 2–4 GB for the OS. The formula behind my Hytale RAM calculator.
Hytale
Running a Hytale Server in Docker With a Web Panel (and Ditching My systemd Unit)
Move a Hytale server from a bare systemd unit into Docker behind a web panel — container layout, UDP ports, console access, and keeping systemd as a fallback.
Gameserver
Discord Alerts From Your Server Logs — A 100-Line Bot That Beats a Monitoring Stack
Tail a game server log, match crash and freeze patterns, ping a Discord webhook. Includes the noise-control rules that stop it becoming a channel nobody reads.
Gameserver
Monitoring a Game Server Over WireGuard — Prometheus Without Exposing a Single Port
Scrape node_exporter across a WireGuard tunnel so no metrics port is public — plus the pps/bps alert that tells you a DDoS from a player spike.
Gameserver
Counter-Strike 2 Dedicated Server on Linux
Install a CS2 dedicated server on Ubuntu/Debian with SteamCMD, get a GSLT, set the right ports and cvars, add Metamod/CounterStrikeSharp, and run it under systemd.
Hytale
Hytale Server Backups and Auto-Restart with systemd
Keep a Hytale dedicated server alive — clean nightly world backups with tar + restic, a scheduled daily restart via systemd timer, and crash recovery.
Gameserver
Factorio Headless Server on Linux
Set up a Factorio headless dedicated server on Ubuntu/Debian — download the official tarball, server-settings.json, port 34197 UDP, mods, RCON and a systemd unit.
Gameserver
Rust Dedicated Server on Linux
Install a Rust dedicated server on Ubuntu/Debian with SteamCMD, set the server.* cvars, open the right ports, add Oxide/uMod plugins, and run it under systemd.
Gameserver
7 Days to Die Dedicated Server on Linux
Install and run a 7 Days to Die dedicated server on Ubuntu/Debian with SteamCMD, serverconfig.xml, ufw ports, EAC notes and a systemd unit.