How to let Teeworlds 0.7 players join your DDNet server

Your DDNet server accepts players on the DDNet client and on the older Teeworlds 0.7 client at the same time. You do not have to switch anything on: the server makes a 0.7 copy of every map by itself, and 0.7 players join by your server's address.

What the server does for 0.7 players

A Teeworlds 0.7 client needs its own copy of each map. While your server runs, it makes one for every .map file in data/maps and keeps it in data/maps7 under Files.

• At each start it makes the copy of the start map first, so 0.7 players can join from the first minute.
• It then copies every other map, and looks again every 20 seconds for maps you uploaded since.
• The Console says [PlayNHost] Made 0.7 copies of and the number of maps.
• On the Maps page, a map with its copy has the badge 0.7.

After a start, the Console also shows register/7/ipv4: successfully registered: the server announced its 0.7 side too. 0.7 players join by address, as below.

How 0.7 players join

1. They open Teeworlds 0.7 and press F1 to open its console.
2. They type connect followed by the address from the Address row of the Play with friends card on your Overview page, and press Enter.
3. If the server has a password, they type it when the game asks.

Players on the DDNet client join as usual: How to join your DDNet server. DDNet is free, so 0.7 players can also move to the DDNet client for every feature.

If 0.7 players cannot join

A map that has no 0.7 copy turns 0.7 support off for the rest of that run, as soon as the server loads it. This happens when you switch to a map in the first half minute after uploading it, with the Console or the Change Map task, or when players vote for a new map in the first minute after a start, before its copy is made. The Maps page waits for the 0.7 badge before it shows its switch and vote buttons, so it never does this.

To fix it:

1. Open Maps in the left menu and check that every map you use has the 0.7 badge. A new upload gets it within about half a minute while the server runs.
2. Restart the server. See How to start, stop, restart and force-stop your server.

A map the server cannot copy for 0.7 never gets the 0.7 badge. When the server loads it, as the start map or after a vote, 0.7 support goes off until the next restart. If 0.7 players matter to you, choose another start map, or delete that map.

Good to know

• A map uploaded while the server is stopped gets its copy at the next start.
• Deleting a map on the Maps page also deletes its 0.7 copy.
• More about maps: How to upload and manage maps on your DDNet server.