How to Add an Admin to Your Longvinter Server

Admins on a Longvinter server are defined through the configuration file Game.ini. What you enter is the player's EOS Account ID – a 32-character string of digits and letters.

Important

Even though the key is called AdminSteamID, it expects the EOS Account ID and not the SteamID64. If you enter a 17-digit SteamID64 there, the player will not get admin rights.

Find the EOS Account ID

1. Start Longvinter
   Launch Longvinter on your PC.

2. Open the settings
   Open Options in the main menu.

3. Read the ID
   Switch to the General tab and scroll down. Your EOS Account ID is listed there – copy it.

Tip

Every player can look up their own EOS Account ID this way and send it to you. Without that ID you cannot make anyone an admin. If you already are an admin, you can also copy a player's EOS ID in game by right-clicking that player.

Add the admin

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

   Warning

   Never edit Game.ini while the server is running. The server saves roughly every ten minutes and overwrites your changes in the process.

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

3. Open Game.ini
   Open the following file. If it does not exist yet, create it:

   /Longvinter/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini

4. Enter the EOS Account ID
   Add the ID to the key AdminSteamID in the section [/Game/Blueprints/Server/GM_Longvinter.GM_Longvinter_C]:

   [/Game/Blueprints/Server/GM_Longvinter.GM_Longvinter_C]
   AdminSteamID=00023652dd9b4673be20d4f83ab42c5b

5. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server. Admin rights are only read on server start.

Add multiple admins

Multiple admins go into the same line, separated by exactly one space:

[/Game/Blueprints/Server/GM_Longvinter.GM_Longvinter_C]
AdminSteamID=00023652dd9b4673be20d4f83ab42c5b 00023329455d4d6a972e875d39ebf20a

Warning

Do not separate the IDs with commas and do not spread them over several lines. Both will result in none of the listed players getting admin rights.

Note

The key belongs into the section [/Game/Blueprints/Server/GM_Longvinter.GM_Longvinter_C]. It has no effect in the second section of the file, [/Game/Blueprints/Server/GI_AdvancedSessions.GI_AdvancedSessions_C].

Open the admin panel in the game

1. Join the server
   Connect to your server – see Join Server.

2. Open the menu
   Press ESC in the game.

3. Open the admin panel
   Click on Admin panel in the top left. The entry only appears if your EOS Account ID is stored correctly.

Note

If the Admin panel is not shown, check the ID for typos, verify the section in Game.ini and restart the server.

Tip

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