How to make your own dedicated server in V Rising

V Rising, a gothic survival crafting game from Stunlock Studios, is in Early Access on Steam, but is already garnering plenty of critical acclaim.

In the game, players begin as a newly awakened vampire who must regain their former power and glory after humanity rose up against them. To do so, they must build a castle to call home, grow in power by feeding on creatures and humans, and fight bosses to develop their skills.

V Rising currently supports both co-op and PvP online gameplay, and players can also host private games if they wish.

It also allows players to host a dedicated server via Steam either on their hardware or via a server rental service.

Hosting your own dedicated server for V Rising

When you start in V Rising, players can make multiple choices through the game’s menus. This typically means that players choose their preferred server to participate between PvE and PvP.

However, there is another option, which allows players to choose between two different options for dedicated server hosting. They can choose between hosting a dedicated server on a player’s own hardware or renting a server via G Portal.

If players have the right hardware and a solid internet connection, hosting personally is a cheaper option in the long run.

Steps to host a dedicated server on your hardware

1. Create a folder for your server. This can be named anything, but it would not hurt to name it after something V Rising-related or dedicated server-related.
2. Download SteamCMD, which is a program that helps players host their server.
3. Extract the SteamCMD zip file to a folder where you can easily find it.
4. Create a file called FetchServerFiles.bat and place the code “@echo off start “” steamcmd.exe + login USER PASS + force_install_dir “C: VRisingServer” + app_update 1829350 valider + quit“into the file with a text editor before saving your changes. In the area of ​​the code that reads” C: VRisingSever “, be sure to use the name of your dedicated server directory that you created in step 1.
5. Run the .bat file to download the required server files.
6. To physically start the folder, create another .bat file called StartServer.bat. Insert the code “start “” VRisingServer.exe log“into it, and then run the file. It will take a few minutes for the batch file to load.
7. Players should have their server active at this time and will also have files including ServerHostSettings.json and ServerGameSettings.json. Players can modify these files to fine-tune their server settings. For more details on doing so, players can go to Stunlock Studios’ Github page for V Rising.

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To join your newly created server, go into the game and select the Play Online Server button. Players can also use Direct Connect if they have made their dedicated server password protected.