How to Add an Admin to Your CryoFall Server

Admins are called operators in CryoFall. What you enter is not a SteamID64 but the in-game name of the player – written exactly as it is shown in the bottom right corner of the main menu.

Important

The operator commands in the game only work once you already are an operator. That means you cannot grant yourself the first operator rank from inside the game – use the console in the dashboard or the configuration file of your server for that.

Find your name

1. Start CryoFall
   Launch CryoFall and stay in the main menu.

2. Read your name
   Your account name is displayed in the bottom right corner of the main menu. Use exactly that spelling, including upper and lower case.

Add an operator via the console

This is the quickest way and works while the server is running.

1. Open the console
   Open the console of your server via the dashboard.

2. Enter the command
   Enter the command without a leading slash and confirm with Enter:

   opAdd YourName

   Caution

   opAdd only knows players who have already joined your server at least once. If your server is brand new, connect to it once first – or add yourself directly in the configuration file.

3. Check the result
   The following command lists all registered operators:

   opList

Add an operator via the configuration file

Alternatively you can add operators directly to the server configuration.

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. The lists are read on server start.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open the configuration
   Open the following file:

   /Data/SettingsServer.xml

4. Enter the names
   Add the names inside the <server> section, separated by commas:

   <server_operators_list>YourName,SecondName</server_operators_list>

5. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.

Add more operators in the game

Once you are an operator yourself you can grant further rights directly in the game.

1. Open the console
   Press the ~ key in the game to open the console.

2. Enter the command
   In the game every command starts with /:

   /opAdd PlayerName

   Tip

   The console auto-completes commands with the Tab key, so you do not have to memorise every command.

Moderators

Moderators can manage players – kick, ban and mute them – but do not have full operator access.

<server_moderators_list>Name1,Name2</server_moderators_list>

Note

Operators have moderator rights automatically. There is no need to add them to the moderator list as well.

Command overview

Command	Description
/opAdd <playerName>	Promote a player to operator
/opList	List all operators
/opRemove <playerName>	Revoke operator rights
/moderatorAdd <playerName>	Promote a player to moderator
/moderatorList	List all moderators
/moderatorRemove <playerName>	Revoke moderator rights

Long form of the commands

Every one of these commands also has a written-out variant, for example /admin.operator.add instead of /opAdd. Both do the same thing.

What operators can do on top

As an operator you can open the in-game menu (Esc key) and use the Edit button to adjust things like the description, the welcome message and the game rates of your server without editing any files.

Settings managed by the dashboard

Server name, description, server list, maximum players, autosave interval and the number of saved states are written from the dashboard into SettingsServer.xml on every start. If you change these values in the file or in the game they are lost on the next start – only change them in the dashboard.

Tip

To learn how to remove players from your server as an operator or moderator, see Kick & Ban Players.