How to change your server name and message of the day
Changing your server name and Message Of The Day can be confusing at times. In this guide, we'll show you how to do this by editing your configuration file!
Useful Links
- FileZilla FTP Client Guide
- How To Generate A New Space Engineers World
- How To Upload A Single Player World To Your Space Engineers Server (Coming Soon)
- TCAdmin User Panel
Before We Get Started
Space Engineers uses two configuration files, one for the dedicated server client, and one which is read by the client, which reflects changes on your server. The one which is read by the dedicated server client is in charge of setting the parameters which are used to generate a new save, this file is SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg. Then, once the world is generated, a new file will be made under WORLD/Saves/World Name/Sandbox.sbc. Sandbox.sbc is the file that controls changes you experience in-game including Administrator rights and Mods.
From there, make sure you log into your TCAdmin user panel with the information we provided you with in your verification email. Next, go to configuration files. From there you'll see both configuration files, one for your SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg and one for your Sandbox.sbc file.
The file we will be editing in this guide is the SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg file.
Note: If your server is running on Torch, your Sandbox.sbc file can be found in the instance/saves/yourWorldName folder. The rest of the guide will stay the same
Modifying Your SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg to change the server name
Before we start to edit your file, make sure you stop your server. So we can be sure nothing will break whilst we edit.
Now, from TCAdmin's home panel, navigate to the configuration files. Then find your SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg and click on "Text editor". You will now see a file that contains your server settings. We want to scroll down until you find the
<ServerName>
tag. To change the server name, you want to edit the text which is between the <ServerName> and the </ServerName> tags.
Modifying Your SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg to change the server MOTD
To change the server MOTD, from TCAdmin's home panel, navigate to the configuration files. Then find your SpaceEngineers-Dedicated.cfg and click on "Text editor". You will now see a file that contains your server settings. We want to scroll down until you find the
<MessageOfTheDay />
tag. To change the message of the day, a bit more editing is required. Let's get started. You'll want to change
<MessageOfTheDay />
to
<MessageOfTheDay>Your message of the day here</MessageOfTheDay>
so that the tag is now enabled. So now that this is done, we can put in our message of the day by editing the text between the <MessageOfTheDay> and the </MessageOfTheDay> tag.
Finalizing the change
Now that your new settings have been configured. Press the "save" button, and navigate to your panel's home. From there, start your server. And everything should now be ready for you to enjoy!