To give a player a role on a Vintage Story server hosted on PlayNHost, type /player PlayerName role rolename in the Console while the server is Online, for example /player Alex role sumod for a survival moderator. The role decides what the player may do. New players get the role suplayer (survival player) unless you change the default.
How do I give a player a role?
- Open your server in the panel and click the Console tab. The badge must say Online.
- Type
/player PlayerName role rolename, with the player's exact name and a role code from the table below. - Press Enter. The Console shows the game's answer.
To see a player's current role, type /player PlayerName role without a role code.
You can also type these commands in the in-game chat once you are admin: How to become admin on your Vintage Story server.
Which roles does Vintage Story have?
These are the nine roles of a default Vintage Story server, as the official server configuration guide describes them:
| Role code | Name | What the player can do |
|---|---|---|
suvisitor | Survival Visitor | Visit and chat, but not use, place or break anything. |
crvisitor | Creative Visitor | Visit, chat and fly, but not use, place or break anything. |
limitedsuplayer | Limited Survival Player | Build only in areas they are allowed to, manage player groups, chat. |
limitedcrplayer | Limited Creative Player | As above, plus fly and set their own game mode. |
suplayer | Survival Player | Build in unprotected areas, manage player groups, chat. The default for new players. |
crplayer | Creative Player | Build in all areas, fly and set their own game mode. |
sumod | Survival Moderator | Build everywhere, kick and ban players. |
crmod | Creative Moderator | As a survival moderator, plus fly and set game modes. |
admin | Admin | Every privilege, including giving other players admin. |
How do I change the role new players get?
The role new players get is the DefaultRoleCode line in serverconfig.json, set to suplayer on a new server. It is not in the panel's serverconfig.json card, and the official dedicated server guide says there is no command to set it, so change it in Files:
- Stop the server on the Console tab and wait for the badge to say Offline.
- Click the Files tab, open the
datafolder and clickserverconfig.json. - Find the line that starts with
"DefaultRoleCode": "suplayer"and replacesuplayerwith another role code, for examplesuvisitorso new players can only look around until you promote them. - Save the file and start the server.
To change the role of a player who has already joined, use /player PlayerName role rolename; the guide says this works while they are online or offline, with no restart. For editing files in the panel, see How to upload, edit and manage your server files.
Is a role the same as panel access?
No. A role is what a player may do inside the game. Panel access, under Team & Roles in the left menu, decides who may start the server, open the Console or edit files: How to invite friends and give them access. Anyone who can use the Console can run every game command, so only give Console access to people you trust.
