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...
What is an "RCON" tool? Rust has no console by default, so there's no normal way to issue commands to the server from inside the game, or from the Nodecraft control panel. To issue commands to the server, you will need to use what is called an "RCON" tool, which stands for "remote console". Without the RCON tool, the server is a black box,...
This guide will show you the different methods you can use to quickly find and join your Rust server. Direct Connect Command By far the quickest and easiest method, you can connect to your server directly by issuing a command in the in-game Console. To open the Console, press the F1 key from the Rust Main Menu. A text bar will appear...
This article will show you how to install and setup the Whitelist uMod plugin if you want to have a private Rust server. Install uMod You will need to install the uMod plugin framework on your Rust server. Here at Nodecraft, we have added that as a choice in our One Click Installer for you. Select uMod in the One Click Installer, and...
This article will show you how you can become an admin on your Rust server hosted with us here at Nodecraft. This will grant that player powers to issue commands in-game, such as banning, muting, kicking players, and more. You can check out this wiki for a list of the various commands you will be able to do: https://rust.fandom.com/wiki/Server_Commands Install and Setup an RCON...
Many of the special features added by plugins in the game Rust will not automatically work for players or groups, unless special "permissions" are given to use them. You do this by connecting to the server with an RCON tool, and giving special commands to the server, which are used by an entire permissions system that is built into the uMod/Oxide plugin framework. When...
This article will show you the basic process for installing plugin to an uMod (Previously known as Oxide) Rust Server. uMod is the name of the same group that produced Oxide in the past for the game Rust, but the uMod framework is now available for other games as well. Visit their website for more information: https://umod.org/ The process shown here should work for...
A server description is text that will appear when potential players click on a Rust server in the in-game listings. You can use this text to describe your server and attract new players. It's common to list information like: Any special server settings. Plugins running on the server, like increased gather rates. Rules for players, like the size of teams (solos, duos, trios,...
