How to Add a Savegame to Your Necesse Server

A Necesse world is a single .zip file named after the world – for example My_World.zip. You upload this file to your server and then enter its name in the dashboard.

Tip

Create a backup of your current server world before uploading, in case you want to switch back later.

Find your local world

1. Open the savegame folder
   Press Windows key + R, enter the following path and confirm with Enter:

   %appdata%\Necesse\saves\worlds

2. Select the world file
   Every world is stored as its own .zip file in this folder. Pick the file of the world you want to transfer.

   Note

   Do not extract the file. Necesse expects the world as a packed archive.

Upload the world

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. While the server is running it writes to the world file itself.

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

3. Open the directory
   Change into the following directory:

   /saves/worlds/

   Note

   If the folder does not exist yet, start the server once so the folder structure is created. Stop it again before uploading the file. If the existing worlds of your server are located directly in /saves/, use that existing folder instead of /saves/worlds/.

4. Upload the world file
   Upload your .zip file into this directory. If a file with the same name already exists, rename your uploaded file or download the existing one first.

5. Enter the world name in the dashboard
   Open the dashboard, go to the settings and enter the name of your world file in the Save Name field – without the .zip extension (e.g. My_World for My_World.zip).

6. Start the server
   Save the settings and start your server. Your uploaded world is now loaded on startup.

Mind upper and lower case

Your server runs on Linux and is case sensitive. My_World and my_world are two different worlds. If the name you entered does not match the file name exactly, the server creates a new, empty world under that name instead.

Caution

The world name is passed as a startup parameter. Only set it in the dashboard – a different entry in /cfg/server.cfg has no effect.

Adjust world settings

The settings of a world (file worldSettings.cfg) are located inside the .zip file. To change them, download the file, extract it, edit worldSettings.cfg and pack the contents back into a .zip archive with the same name and the same structure.

Tip

The name your server currently loads is shown in the dashboard in the Save Name field. If you name your uploaded file exactly the same way, you do not have to change anything there – but make sure to back up the previous world file first.