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title: How to Configure Your Necesse Server
description: Configure your basic and advanced settings for your Necesse server easily without leaving your server control panel.
source: "https://nodecraft.com/support/games/necesse/how-to-configure-your-necesse-server"
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published: "2025-10-17T20:22:20.022Z"
updated: "2025-10-17T20:22:19.988Z"
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# How to Configure Your Necesse Server

Configure your basic and advanced settings for your Necesse server easily without leaving your server control panel.

Customizing your Necesse server is simple with Nodecraft. We will show you how to easily edit these through our server control panel and how to dive deeper by editing the files directly in our file manager. Either way, you never need to leave your Nodecraft server control panel.

## Nodecraft Server Control Panel

At Nodecraft, we offer a server control panel that allows you to easily change settings without navigating through server files. Click on **Game Settings** on the left side, then use the tabs near the top to access different options. Just make sure to stop your server before making any changes.

### Basic Settings

The Basic Settings tab of the panel is pretty simple. Here you can set your server password, MOTD, and max players. Be sure to hit the **Submit **button after any changes to save.  
![Game server settings interface with options for "Basic" and "World." Includes fields for MOTD, password, max players, and "Submit" button highlighted.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1909x1083/ac50295c76/necesse-basic-nodecraft.png/m/1000x0/smart)

### World Settings

The World Settings tab of the panel has some more advanced settings like cooldowns, Max Settlements Per Player, and Pause When Empty, which pauses all server activity when no players are online. Set these up to your liking and hit the **Submit **button to save your changes.  
![Screenshot of a server settings page for a game, showing options for world settings, including pause, unload levels, and submit button highlighted.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1168x1034/c3928ff63b/necesse-world-nodecraft-settings.png/m/1000x0/smart)

## Editing the File Directly

You can also directly edit the file that manages all of these settings, if you prefer, through the **File Manager** in the server control panel.

1. Go to **Server Files.**
2. Navigate to the `/data/cfg` folder.
3. Select the file and click the **Edit** button. The main file you will need is `server.cfg`
4. Make any changes you wish, and remember to **Save Changes** when you are finished.  
  ![A server management interface showing a file manager on the left and code editor with highlighted text on the right.](https://cms-a.nodecraft.com/f/133932/1916x1080/fc8bf7751a/necesse-file-manager.png/m/1000x0/smart)

## Conclusion

You don't need to be a technical expert to configure your own game server when you use Nodecraft's server control panel. Once you have everything setup, turn your server online with the button in the top right, and dive into new adventures in Necesse! See our article [How to Join Your Necesse Server](/support/games/necesse/how-to-join-your-necesse-server) to get started.