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...
Firstly, you will need to install an RCON program on your PC. We recommend RustAdmin for its ease of use. We have an entire guide on how to install and set this up, which can be found in the "related articles" section at the bottom of this article. After the RCON is Installed and Setup Enable the Web RCON setting and...
This article will show you how to install and setup a whitelist Umod/Oxide plugin if you want to have a private Rust server. Install Umod/Oxide, if you have not already You will of course, need to install the Umod/Oxide plugin framework on your Rust server. Here at Nodecraft, we have added that as a choice in our One-Click installer for you. After...
This guide will show you how to quickly find and join your Rust server, instead of waiting for your server to appear in the in-game listings in the title screen. One of the quickest methods is to simply add your Rust server as a "favorite" server in Steam. Start up Steam game client In the upper left corner of steam, click on the...
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 plugins (or mods as they are sometimes called) to an uMod/Oxide modded 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. The process shown here should work for the large majority...
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,...
