Nightingale
Want to lock your Realm with a password, change the starting difficulty, or set up admin access? All of the main Nightingale options can be changed right from your MintServers Game Panel, with no file editing needed. This guide walks through every setting in the Game Settings tab.
Step 1: Open The Game Settings Tab
Step 2: Choose Your Settings
Here is what each option does:
Password
This is the join password. Players must enter it in the Join a Game menu before they can connect. By default a Nightingale server has no password, which means anyone who has your IP address and port can join. Setting one is recommended so that only the players you invite can get in.
Admin Password
If an admin password is set, players who know it can authenticate in-game to kick and ban other players. It is also required to use the cheat and debug menu when Cheats Mode is enabled. Only share it with people you trust. See our Become Admin guide for Nightingale for the full walkthrough.
These are two different passwords. The Password lets people join your server, and the Admin Password unlocks admin tools once they are in. Do not give the Admin Password to regular players.
Difficulty
Choose the starting difficulty from easy, medium, hard or extreme. This only applies to the very first map the server creates. If a player joins with an existing character that brings its own realms, those realms are used as they are and this setting is not applied to them.
Max Players
Sets the maximum number of players. Nightingale supports up to six players by default. Going higher than six is unsupported by the game developers and may cause unintended behaviour, so we recommend keeping it at six or below.
Cheats Mode
Turn this on to allow the cheat and debug menu and commands on your server. Players still need to enter the Admin Password in-game to use them, and they also need to launch their own game with the -EnableCheats launch option. Our Become Admin guide for Nightingale explains both steps.
Auto Update Server
When this is turned on, your server automatically keeps its game files up to date so it stays compatible with the latest version of Nightingale.
Step 3: Save And Restart
Any time you change the Password or Admin Password, let your players know. Anyone who tries to join with the old password will be turned away.
Troubleshooting
My changes did not applyMake sure you saved in the Game Settings tab and then restarted the server.
Players cannot join after a password changeThey need to enter the new Password in the Join a Game menu. See our Join Server guide for Nightingale.
Difficulty did not change my existing worldDifficulty only sets the very first map. Realms that already exist keep their current settings.
Cheats or admin tools are not workingCheats Mode must be on for the server, the server must have been restarted, and each admin needs
-EnableCheats in their own game launch options.That covers everything in the Game Settings tab.
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