Setting up your server.cfg to configure your Rust Server

This is essential if you want to use special characters in the server name or description. You can't use special characters in the Server Options but you can use the server.cfg which will override the Server Options.

Do NOT edit the serverauto.cfg this file will automatically reset back to default if edited!

Creating the server.cfg file

By default this file is not created and we'll need to create it, using the Physgun Panel this is very simple.

Go to the /home/container/server/rust/cfg directory
Click the New File button
Name the file server.cfg and paste your desired values into it
Click "Save File" and you're done!

You can now add all the server settings you wish to configure into this file, make sure to click "Save File" once you're done and then simply restart your server!

Setting up your Hostname and Description

The server hostname is the name that appears in the server list, while the description appears when you click on the server in the server list!

In your server.cfg file add the following lines:

This will be the name that appears on the server list and other various menus:
server.hostname "Physgun.com | Game hosting, perfected"

This will be the description that appears when you preview the server in the server list or other various menus:
server.description "Hey there! This is the Physgun rust server, check out these insane specs:\n Ryzen 9 7900X (OC)\n 64GB DDR5 @ 5200HMZ\n Bullet Proof DDoS Protection! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"

Your server should now look like this when you click on it in the server list!



Using \n will break a new line, basically if you press enter in your Notepad it will create a new line.

Note: there is currently a Rust bug with the server description, when you are in-game it will repeat itself twice. You can use \n\n\n\n\n\n\n at the end like we use in the example as a hack fix.

Adding Tags to your Rust Server

Tags are useful for adding a digestible amount of information to your server for players to search and find with ease! We recommend utilizing tags to their fullest for the benefit of your server.

To add tags to your server simply follow these simple steps:

Open your server.cfg file
Add the servers.tags option to your server.cfg file
You can now add tags to your server! Separate them using a comma ,

Example:
server.tags "monthly,pve,roleplay,builds"

Tag	Description	Group
monthly	Monthly Wipes	Wipe Schedule
biweekly	Biweekly Wipes	Wipe Schedule
weekly	Weekly Wipes	Wipe Schedule
vanilla	Server is Vanilla, no mods	Difficulty
hardcore	Server is hardcore difficulty	Difficulty
softcore	Server is softcore difficulty	Difficulty
pve	Server has/is PvE combat
roleplay	Server has roleplay aspects or is roleplay focused
creative	Server is on creative mode
minigame	Server has MiniGame modes or is a MiniGame Server
training	Server has/is training content
battlefield	Server has battlefield content or is battlefield focused
broyale	Server has Battle Royale content or is a Battle Royale server
builds	Server has building or is focused for building
NA	Server is in North America	Region
SA	Server is in South America	Region
EU	Server is in Europe	Region
WA	Server is in West Asia	Region
EA	Server is in East Asia	Region
OC	Server is in Oceania	Region
AF	Server is in Africa	Region

Only up to 4 tags will display on the server list
Do not use multiple tags in the same Group they won't work, for example you can't use weekly and monthly together because that would make no sense and the server list will only show one randomly!
Note: Some tags may be set by other options. For Example, server.pve will automatically apply the "PvE" tag.

Full list of server.cfg options

This is a full compiled list of the available server.cfg options for your Rust server!

bradley.enabled                      If set to false (0) it will disable the APC. Default is (1)
ai.think                             If set to False, bears and wolfs are only hostile on attack (True)
ai.move                              If set to False, animals will stop moving (recommended for performance boost) (True)
ai.sensetime                         It's no use to change this value (1)
ai.frametime                         no description (5)
ai.tickrate                          Changes the tickrate of animals (5)
antihack.enabled                     Enables / disables antihack (True)
antihack.admincheat                  Are admins allowed to use their admin cheat (True)
antihack.objectplacement             Use antihack to verify object placement by players (True)
antihack.modelstate                  Use antihack to verify model state sent by players (True)
antihack.userlevel                   0 = users, 1 = admins, 2 = developers (2)
antihack.enforcementlevel            What happens if player is above 'antihack.maxviolation' - 0 = no enforcement, 1 = kick, 2 = ban (1)
antihack.maxdesync                   Max allowed client desync, lower value = more false positives (1)
antihack.relaxationrate              The rate at which violation values go back down (0.1)
antihack.relaxationpause             The time before violation values go back down (10)
antihack.maxviolation                Violation value above this results in enforcement (100)
antihack.noclip_protection           0 = disabled, 1 = ray, 2 = sphere, 3 = curve (3)
antihack.noclip_reject               Whether or not to reject movement when noclip is detected (True)
antihack.noclip_penalty              Violation penalty to hand out when noclip is detected (0)
antihack.noclip_stepsize             Movement curve step size, lower value = less false positives (0.1)
antihack.noclip_maxsteps             Movement curve max steps, lower value = more false positives (5)
antihack.speedhack_protection        0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (1)
antihack.speedhack_reject            Whether or not to reject movement when speedhack is detected (False)
antihack.speedhack_penalty           Violation penalty to hand out when speedhack is detected (50)
antihack.speedhack_forgiveness       Speed threshold to assume speedhacking, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.speedhack_deltatime         Time interval to calculate speed in, lower value = more false positives (0.2)
antihack.speedhack_tickets           Required number of speeding tickets to trigger a violation (15)
antihack.speedhack_history           Speeding ticket history length (20)
antihack.flyhack_protection          0 = disabled, 1 = simple, 2 = advanced (2)
antihack.flyhack_reject              Whether or not to reject movement when flyhack is detected (False)
antihack.flyhack_penalty             Violation penalty to hand out when flyhack is detected (50)
antihack.flyhack_forgiveness         Distance threshold to assume flyhacking, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.projectile_protection       0 = disabled, 1 = speed, 2 = speed + entity, 3 = speed + entity + LOS (3)
antihack.projectile_penalty          Violation penalty to hand out when projectile hack is detected (0)
antihack.projectile_forgiveness      Projectile speed forgiveness in percent, lower value = more false positives (0.5)
antihack.projectile_padding          Projectile hit distance padding in meters, lower value = more false positives (5)
antihack.projectile_serverframes     Projectile server frames to include in delay, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.projectile_clientframes     Projectile client frames to include in delay, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.projectile_tickets          Required number of projectile line of sight tickets to trigger a violation (10)
antihack.melee_protection            0 = disabled, 1 = initiator, 2 = initiator + target, 3 = initiator + target + LOS (3)
antihack.melee_penalty               Violation penalty to hand out when melee hack is detected (0)
antihack.melee_forgiveness           Melee distance forgiveness in percent, lower value = more false positives (0.5)
antihack.melee_padding               Melee hit distance padding in meters, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.melee_serverframes          Melee server frames to include in delay, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.melee_clientframes          Melee client frames to include in delay, lower value = more false positives (2)
antihack.melee_tickets               Required number of melee line of sight tickets to trigger a violation (2)
antihack.eye_protection              0 = disabled, 1 = distance, 2 = distance + LOS (2)
antihack.eye_penalty                 violation penalty to hand out when eye hack is detected (0)
antihack.debuglevel                  0 = silent, 1 = print max violation, 2 = print every violation (1)
batching.colliders                   *EXPERIMENTAL* Rust batches colliders to get around the maximum collider limit. To improve server performance you can unbatch (batching.colliders 0) colliders until they reach 250k. (True)
batching.collider_vertices           no description (10000)
batching.collider_submeshes          no description (1)
batching.verbose                     no description (0)
chat.enabled                         Enable or disable chat displaying (True)
chat.serverlog                       Enable or disable chat logging (True)
construct.frameminutes               How many minutes before a placed frame gets destroyed (30)
craft.instant                        Enable or disable instant crafting (False)
debug.checktriggers                  Debug triggers (False)
decay.tick                           Larger amount increases the applied decay damage to entity. (600)
decay.scale                          1 = normal decay, 0,5 = 50%, 0 = turn decay off (1)
decay.debug                          Debugmode (False)
env.time                             Shows in-game time. If value declared, will change the server time (values: 0 - 24)
env.day                              Displays the day of the month. Pointless to change this value (12)
env.month                            Displays the month. Pointless to change this value (6)
env.year                             Displays the year. Pointless to change this value (2024)
fps.limit                            The maximum number of frames to render per second (256)
gc.interval                          Changes the interval between garbage collects. (-1)
heli.lifetimeminutes                 The amount of time the helicopter is allowed to stay in minutes. (15)
heli.guns                            Enables / disables the helicopters minigun. If set to 0, the helicopter will shoot rockets only. (1)
heli.bulletdamagescale               Changes the bullet damage of the helicopter. Higher value = more damage (1)
heli.bulletaccuracy                  Changes the accuracy of the bullets. Higher value = less accuracy (2)
net.visdebug                         Turns on debug display of network visibility (False)
physics.droppedmode                  The physics mode that dropped items and corpses should use. good, tempgood or fast. fast + tempgood might cause objects to fall through other objects. (good)
physics.sendeffects                  Send effects to clients when physics objects collide (True)
physics.bouncethreshold              no description (2)
physics.sleepthreshold               no description (0.005)
physics.solveriterationcount         The default solver iteration count permitted for any rigid bodies (default 7). Must be positive (3)
physics.steps                        The amount of physics steps per second (16)
pool.skins                           no description (False)
sentry.targetall                     Target everyone regardless of authorization (False)
sentry.hostileduration               How long until something is considered hostile after it attacked (120)
server.ip                            Sets the IP of the server. Should be stated in the startup parameters
server.port                          Sets the IP of the server. Should be stated in the startup parameters
server.maxplayers                    Changes the maximum amount of player slots.
server.hostname                      Sets the Servername. example: server.hostname "My Rust Server"
server.identity                      Changes path to your server data. (my_server_identity)
server.level                         Sets the map of the server (Procedural Map) values: Barren, Craggy Island, Hapis, Savas Island
server.seed                          Sets the the map generation seed.
server.salt                          Prints the server.salt
server.worldsize                     Changes the map size (3000). values: 1000 - 6000. 3000 equals 9km². (3000m^2)
server.saveinterval                  Interval between the server saves the map. (300)
server.secure                        Enables / disables Valve Anti Cheat security. (True)
server.tickrate                      Changes the server tickrate. Going higher than 30 is not recommended. (30)
server.entityrate                    Tickrate. Recommended to leave it at 16. (16)
server.cycletime                     no description (500)
server.official                      Only whitelisted server by Facepunch can use this command (False)
server.globalchat                    If set to false, only people within voice range can read each others messages. (True)
server.stability                     If set to false, building blocks will have 100% stability no matter how high you build. (True)
server.radiation                     Disables / enables server radioation (True)
server.itemdespawn                   Time until an item despawn (180)
server.pve                           Enables / disables PvE mode (False)
server.description                   Command used to write a server description. Make \n to make a new line
server.headerimage                   Sets the serverbanner - picture must be 500x256
server.logoimage                     Sets the servers logo image - Image is shown in the server browser and rust+ app
server.url                           Sets the server 'Webpage'
server.branch                        no description ()
server.eac                           Enables / disables Easy Anti Cheat (1)
server.queriespersecond              no description (2000)
server.ipqueriespermin               no description (30)
server.meleedamage                   Changes the melee damage in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.arrowdamage                   Changes the arrow damage in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.bulletdamage                  Changes the bullet damage in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.bleedingdamage                Changes the bleeding damage in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.meleearmor                    Changes the scale of protection against melee damage from clothing and armor in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.arrowarmor                    Changes the scale of protection against arrow damage from clothing and armor in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.bulletarmor                   Changes the scale of protection against bullet damage from clothing and armor in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.bleedingarmor                 Changes the scale of protection against bleeding damage from clothing and armor in percent - 1 = 100, 0.5 = 50%, 0 = 0% (1)
server.updatebatch                   How many entity updates should we send per loop. Setting this > 1000 might cause lag when a player first joins your server. (128)
server.planttick                     Plants tick every x seconds. This is how many seconds between ticks. (60)
server.planttickscale                Setting this to 2 will make plants grow, fruit and die two times faster than normal. (1)
server.respawnresetrange             Distance from sleeping bag to reset other sleeping bags/beds. (50)
server.maxunack                      Max amount of unacknowledged messages before we assume we're congested (4)
server.maxflood                      Max amount of ticks to receive per second before we assume a client is flooding us (1000)
server.netcache                      Use network caching (True)
server.netcachesize                  Informational, the size of the network cache (in bytes) (2214666)
server.savecachesize                 Informational, the size of the save cache (in bytes) (2264944)
server.combatlogsize                 The size of the combat log (100)
server.idlekick                      Number of minutes until idle players are kicked (30)
server.idlekickmode                  0 = no idle kick, 1 = kick if server full, 2 = always kick (1)
server.idlekickadmins                1 = admins can get idle kicked (0)
server.maxreceivetime                no description (20)
server.compression                   no description (False)
server.netlog                        no description (False)
spawn.min_rate                       no description (0,2)
spawn.max_rate                       no description (2)
spawn.min_density                    no description (0,2)
spawn.max_density                    no description (2)
stability.verbose                    no description (0)
stability.strikes                    no description (10)
stability.collapse                   no description (0.05)
stability.accuracy                   no description (0.001)
time.fixeddelta                      Fixed delta time in seconds (0.0625)
time.maxdelta                        The minimum amount of times to tick per frame (0.33)
vis.damage                           Turns on debug display of damages (False)
vis.attack                           Turns on debug display of attacks (False)
vis.protection                       Turns on debug display of protection (False)
vis.weakspots                        Turns on debug display of weakspots (False)
vis.triggers                         Show trigger entries (False)
vis.hitboxes                         Turns on debug display of hitboxes (False)
vis.lineofsight                      Turns on debug display of line of sight checks (False)
xmas.enabled                         no description (True)
xmas.spawnrange                      no description (50)
xmas.giftsperplayer                  no description (2)

Updated on: 29/11/2023