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How to set up your DDNet server: key settings

DDNet (DDraceNetwork)Updated Oct 23, 20265 min read

Most of what you change on a DDNet server is on one page: the Settings tab, Game Settings. Change a value, click outside the field (the panel saves it), then restart the server.

Open Game Settings

  1. Open your server in the panel and click the Settings tab.
  2. Click Game Settings in the Server Settings card.
The Game Settings page of a DDNet server
  1. Change a value and click outside the field, or press Enter. The panel says Saved. The server must restart before these take effect.
  2. Click Restart now, or restart the server later. See How to start, stop, restart and force-stop your server.

The settings

SettingWhat it doesRules and default
Game Versionlatest installs the newest DDNet release and moves to each new one at the next start. A release number such as 20.1.1 stays on it; nightly is the nightly build.Default latest. A number or nightly needs a reinstall: ask support. See the update guide.
Server nameThe name in the server browser.Up to 64 characters, no double quotes or backslashes.
Server passwordPlayers need it to join. Empty: open server.Up to 64 characters, no double quotes or backslashes.
Server mapThe map the server starts on, by its name without .map.Any map in data/maps. Default Tutorial.
Public server listipv4 lists the server in the DDNet browser; 0 keeps it off the list.Default ipv4.
Max PlayersYour server's player slots.Read only here. Change it with Edit slots on Overview.
RCON PasswordThe admin password for the remote console in the game (F2).Up to 32 characters. Every server gets its own.
Moderator RCON PasswordModerators log in with it: they can kick and ban.Empty turns moderator logins off.
Helper RCON PasswordHelpers log in with it: the fewest commands.Empty turns helper logins off.
Cheats (test commands)DDNet's test commands for admins; the server then shows as TestDDraceNetwork.Off by default.

One guide per setting

Everything else DDNet can do

DDNet has many more settings. They go in your own files under Files, which the panel never overwrites:

Where else to look

  • Maps in the left menu: the start map, uploads, map votes and the public-server preset. See How to upload and manage maps on your DDNet server.
  • data/autoexec_server.cfg is listed under Config files on the same page. The panel writes the name, password, map, listing, player limit, RCON passwords and cheats into it at every start, so change those on Game Settings, not in that file.

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