What is a "Steam ID"? Just about everything that is on Steam's game launcher has a unique ID number associated with it, like the license plates on cars. Every game, every mod in the workshop, every community group, and every player account. Many games can use those Steam ID numbers for player accounts to quickly and easily identify players on your server. Those...
To assign yourself as admin in Eco, you'll need to create configuration file on the server called Users.eco. This file will not normally exist on a fresh install of the game Eco, but they do provide a "template" file that can be copied and altered. This template file contains all the .json code needed for the working config file you will need to create....
This guide will show you how to quickly find and join your Eco server. Find Your Server By Name Set Your Server Name We highly recommend that you change the default name for your new Eco server, in order to make it easier to find in the game listings. You can do that directly on the Nodecraft control panel, by going to...
Introduction With the latest Eco server 0.8.0.0 and higher (tested up to 0.8.0.3), you may find that your Eco server doesn't start the webserver up correctly, breaking a lot of essential in-game functionality. It turns out it's significantly more difficult to save the world without scientific data, laws, or a basic government (who would have known?). Without the global impact created from this UI,...
This guide will show you how to take your local Eco world and transfer it over to your Nodecraft hosted server. In just three steps, all of your buildings, land claims, and progress will be available for you, your friends, and your community to continue and prosper. Locate your World files On Steam, right click your Eco game and select Manage then Browse...
This guide will show you how to change the size of the world on your Eco server. This is done by changing values in a config file called WorldGenerator.eco, which is used by the game to create new worlds. Changing world size will require that a completely new world be created, and any progress on earlier worlds cannot be carried over to a new...
Mods for the game Eco are now hosted on the site Mod.io, which is a cross platform multi-game site for downloading and managing mod content. Prior to this, mods were hosted in multiple locations such as the Eco forums, and then moved to an unofficial 3rd party site called "Eco-mods" (which can still be found HERE ). Mod.io is now the officially recommended source...
This guide will cover how to ban players from your Eco server, and how to unban them. Banning Players There is an admin command for banning players. You must have admin privileges on the server to use any commands like this. We have a separate guide on how to make yourself an admin, which is located here: How to become admin in your...
