Game servers and Edit server
Every setting for your game servers: the Game servers list, and Edit server's Listing, Website chat and Discord tabs, from the Link XML and pictures to savegame access, restarts, emails and deleting a server.
On this page
- Before you start
- The Game servers list
- Edit server
- Saving
- Overview
- Listing tab
- Server Info
- Server Urls
- Specialties and Location
- Server Image
- Tracking Map Look
- Public Profile Settings
- Server Access and Savegame
- Email Notifications
- Link XML Alerts
- Delete Server
- Website chat tab
- Discord tab
- Troubleshooting
- "Your staff role can look at this server but not change it."
- I can't see the Discord tab
- I can't see the email cards
- "One of the channels or roles you picked isn't part of this server's Discord community."
- "The Link XML and web panel address must be public internet addresses"
- Savegame data never shows
- My short name didn't change
- Related
Once a server is added (see Add your game server), everything about it lives in two places in Manage Community: the Game servers list, and each server's Edit server page. This guide walks through both, setting by setting. The bot's Discord features each have their own guide too, linked from the Discord tab section.
Before you start#
- Make the server's community your active one (Manage Community › Switch). If you open a server from another community you run, the page switches for you.
- To open these pages your staff role needs Game servers set to View; to save or delete, Edit. Owners and the Discord server's managers can always do both. See Staff and roles.
- The Discord tab only shows for communities that are a Discord server, to people who manage it on Discord (Administrator or Manage Server).
- The Email Notifications and Link XML Alerts cards are only for the community's owner.
The Game servers list#
Open Game servers under Community in the dashboard sidebar.
Game Servers Used shows how many servers your supporter tier allows, like 1 / 3 used. See Game server limits.
Servers whose FarmLink setup isn't finished show the Get found on FarmLink checklist. Each step links to where you fill it in.
Each row has the server's badges, Rank, Title (click it for the server's page), Location, Players and Status. Click a column heading to sort by it.
The buttons on each row:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Map | Opens the server's live map in a new tab. |
| Pencil (Edit server) | Opens Edit server. |
| People | Opens the server's FarmLink settings: farm stats, claims and its Find a Farm listing. Amber while FarmLink setup isn't finished. See Farm stats and claims. |
Above the table, Add a server starts the add-a-server steps, and Game Player Block List (Premium) opens your list of game players the bot ignores. A server shown as Disabled is over your tier's limit, and the bot doesn't check it until your tier covers it.
The other cards on the page:
| Card | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Server list icons | What the badges mean: Featured (top active servers with high rankings), Trending (more players than usual), Verified (the community has Premium), New (added in the last 30 days) and Seasoned (around for over 6 months). |
| Need a server? | A link to rent a Farming Simulator 25 server, and Get support. |
| FSG Mod Assistant | Your servers' IDs in one line. Click Copy IDs and paste them into your mod collection's FSG Bot Server ID(s) setting in FSG Mod Assistant. |
Edit server#
The page title is the server's name. With two or more servers, a Servers row at the top lets you jump to another one (the open tab stays the same). The tab bar stays at the top as you scroll, with the server's name and an eye button that opens its page.
| Tab | What's on it |
|---|---|
| Listing | How the server shows on Farm Sim Game: name, links, pictures, savegame access, restarts, emails, delete. |
| Website chat | What the server posts in your community's website chat and the FSG app, and where. |
| Discord | What the bot posts in your Discord server. |
On a wide screen, On this page on the right lists the open tab's cards; click one to jump to it. On smaller screens it's the Jump to a section menu.
Saving#
The Listing and Discord tabs save together. Change something and a bar appears at the bottom: You have unsaved changes, with Reset and Save changes. Your browser warns you if you leave with unsaved changes. The Website chat tab has its own button, Save Website Chat Settings. Changes can take a few minutes to show on the website, in the chat and in Discord, and some only show after something happens on the server, like a player joining.
Overview#
The first card shows Server Status (online or offline) and the game, with View server page, FarmLink listing settings, Map and Get support.
- If the server is offline, Check if it's back online reads your Link XML now and marks the server online if the game answers.
- If FSG can't read your stats, you'll see We can't reach your server's Link XML. Update it in Server Urls.
Listing tab#
Server Info#
| Setting | What it does | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Server Name | The name players see on Farm Sim Game, in the app and from the bot. | Up to 255 characters. Required. |
| Server Short Name | Used in the server's Server/ address and the bot's /server commands. Checked as you type. | Up to 50 letters, numbers and dashes, starting with a letter. If it's taken or not valid, your old short name is kept. |
| Description | What your server is about. BBCode works. Shown under About this server on its page. | — |
Server Urls#
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Game Version | Farming Simulator 25, Farming Simulator 22 or Farming Simulator 19. |
| Link XML | Your server's stats feed. Log in to your dedicated server website › Settings › copy the http link under Link XML. Required, and checked as you type. See Find your Link XML. |
| Mods Download Link | Where players get your mods. A button on your server page. |
| Discord Invite Link | Use an invite that never expires. |
| Website URL | Your own website. |
Every link is up to 255 characters. The Link XML must be a public address, the same one you'd open in your browser from home.
Specialties and Location#
- Specialties: tick any of Farming, Logging, Mining, Roleplay, Realistic, Silage, Grain, Seasons, Hard Mode, Easy Mode, Community Farm, Crossplay, PC, Console, Mods and Vintage. Players filter the server list by them.
- Server Location: Country (type to search), State and City (up to 50 characters each).
Server Image#
| Setting | What it does | File |
|---|---|---|
| Server Image | The big picture on server cards and at the top of your server page. | JPG, PNG or GIF under 5 MB. Suggested size 724 × 400; it's scaled to fit. |
| Server Icon | A small square picture, like a Discord server icon: the server's avatar on its posts in your website chat, and next to its name on its page. Without one, the server's initials show. | JPG, PNG or GIF under 5 MB, cropped to 256 × 256. |
Tracking Map Look#
Bronze or higher. How the pictures of player routes and equipment look, in Discord and in your website chat. Start from a preset (FSG Classic, Night drive, Speed heat, Blueprint, Breadcrumbs or Paper map) and change anything you like. The preview on the right draws a made-up route with your choices; save the page to use them.
| Group | Settings |
|---|---|
| Frame and map | Frame (Dark, Black, Light), Accent colour, Map (As it is, Darker, Muted colours, Black and white, Night), Map corners (Rounded, Square), Show the uptime in the top corner. |
| Route | Line (Solid, Dashed, Dotted), Width (Hairline to Extra thick), Colours (Fade from start to end, One colour, By speed, On foot or in a vehicle) with the colours for that choice, See-through (Solid to 50%), Outline the route, Smooth curves between positions, Arrows showing which way they went, A dot at every recorded position. |
| Markers | Mark where they started and its colour, Last seen marker colour, Marker size (Small, Normal, Large), Player name next to the last seen marker. |
Switch on Use this look on the website too to use it for the route map on your server's Players page and the live map as well. More in Player tracking.
Public Profile Settings#
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show Mods List | Show the server's mods on its page (Active mods) and the number of mods. | Disabled |
| Password | Only fill this in if you want everyone to see your server's password. It shows on the server page and can show in the bot's stats embed. | Empty |
Server Access and Savegame#
Premium. With your dedicated server's web login, FSG can read your savegame (prices, contracts, farms, the used lot and more) and, with Gold, start, stop and restart the server.
On your dedicated server website, go to Settings › Manage Web Users › Add User and create a user with full access.
Server Url (the address of your dedicated server website; it must be a public address), Admin Username and Admin Password.
Click Test Server Login. The boxes show Login Status (Success, Failed or Missing) and Server Status.
Set Savegame Scan to Enabled and save. Last Savegame Update shows when FSG last read the save. If it still says "Server Has Not Updated Yet" after 30 minutes, check the settings again.
You share this login at your own risk. Use a web user made only for Farm Sim Game.
Also on this card:
| Setting | What it does | Who gets it |
|---|---|---|
| Restart Times | Restart the server at set times each day: up to 6 times in 24-hour format, US Central time, separated by commas (like 04:00, 16:00). Leave it empty to turn it off. Skipped while the server is offline or in Maintenance Mode. | Gold or higher |
| Warning | Warn players 5, 10 (default), 15 or 30 minutes, or 1 hour before, or No warning. Players also get a 5-minute countdown in the game. | Gold or higher |
| Farm Stats Public | Show each farm's stats on your server page. Needs the savegame scan working. | Premium |
The login needs game admin rights for restarts and power controls. A restart while the server is saving can damage the savegame, so pick quiet times. See Scheduled restarts. For a website community, the card also explains the Game Server Power Manager: it works from the server page once the login above works (Gold or higher), and posts its progress in your website chat.
Email Notifications#
Owner only. Other staff don't see this card or the addresses in it.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Send Daily Digest Email | A daily email after 4:00 AM US Central: status, uptime, active players, new ratings and comments, and profile views. |
| Send Digest To | One or more email addresses, separated by commas. |
Link XML Alerts#
Owner only. Notify Me If The Link XML Becomes Unreachable is on by default and alerts you once per outage. Also Email is where the email goes (your account's email to start with; clear it to stop the email). Where the alert posts is set on the Website chat and Discord tabs. More in How Link XML Alerts work.
Delete Server#
Delete Dedicated Server removes the server from Farm Sim Game, with its player tracking and every setting on the page. Type the two codes shown in the window into the Confirm Delete Code boxes and click Delete Dedicated Server Profile. This can't be undone.
Website chat tab#
Every game server gets its own feed channel in your community chat. This tab chooses which of the server's notifications post in your website chat (and the FSG app), and in which channel. It doesn't change anything in Discord.
For each notification:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Channel | Don't post, or a channel of your chat. The server's own feed channel is marked. With a Supporter tier you can also pick + Create a new channel…. |
| Notify | Nobody, Followers of your community page or This server's staff (everyone who has opened this server's settings). They get a notice and an email, at most 6 an hour for each notification. |
| Message Format | Your own wording, up to 200 characters, with placeholders like {server}, {player}, {playtime}, {on} and {max}. Needs a supporter tier. |
| Post Interval (Hours) / Post At | How often Top 25 and activity posts go out (1 to 24 hours), and the hour for daily farm stats. |
The notifications are in the same groups as the Discord tab:
| Group | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Game server notifications | Online, offline, player joins, player alerts, player leaves, players online (in the feed channel's topic), overall playtime (Silver+), mod changes. |
| Premium features | Player and equipment tracking, Top 25, activity, admin joins and leaves, advanced offline notifications. |
| Premium features - extended | Scheduled restarts (Gold+), Power Manager (Gold+, website communities only), daily farm stats (Silver+), new players, playtime milestones (Silver+). |
| Auto embed | A live status card pinned in the channel (Bronze+). |
| More alerts | Mod updates, farmland sales, farm task activity and farming sessions, plus (Premium) best prices, great demand, contracts, the used equipment lot, server progress, weather warnings and the weekly recap, and farm alerts (Silver+). |
| Link XML alerts | Also post the Link XML alert in the chat. Staff always get the notice and email. |
A notification your tier doesn't include shows Disabled - This is a premium feature. A new server's feed channel starts with online, offline, joins, leaves, admin joins and leaves, mod changes, farming sessions, the player count and power messages turned on (where your tier allows them). Press Save Website Chat Settings.
Joins, leaves and online or offline post as soon as FSG sees them; farm and savegame alerts, new players, milestones and stats are checked every 5 minutes. See Community chat, roles and server feeds.
Discord tab#
What the bot posts in your Discord server for this game server. Each card has its own guide:
| Card | What's in it | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Discord Settings | Online, offline, join and leave messages, player alerts, the players online and overall playtime channel names, mod change messages. | Server online and offline alerts, Player alerts, Live displays |
| Premium Features | Player and equipment tracking, Top 25 and activity posts, admin joins and leaves, advanced offline notifications. | Player tracking, Auto posts |
| Discord Power Manager, Farm Stats and Roles | The power manager channel (Gold+), daily farm stats (Silver+), new player IDs and playtime roles (Silver+). | Power manager, Auto posts, Playtime roles |
| Auto Embed Settings | A stats embed the bot keeps up to date (Bronze+). | Live displays |
| More Discord Alerts | Mod updates, prices, contracts, the used lot, progress, weather, farmland, farm jobs and tasks, sessions and the weekly recap. | More Discord alerts |
| Link XML Alerts in Discord | Post To Channel and Ping Role for the Link XML alert. Without a channel it uses the offline notification channel. | Server online and offline alerts |
Set your dedicated server's Web API Interval [sec] to 60 so the bot sees changes quickly.
Without the Discord tab, the card explains why: the community has no Discord server, or only the Discord server's admins set what the bot posts there.
Troubleshooting#
"Your staff role can look at this server but not change it."#
Your role has Game servers set to View. Ask the owner to change it on Staff & roles.
I can't see the Discord tab#
It's only for communities that are a Discord server, and only for people who manage that server on Discord. Website staff get the Listing and Website chat tabs.
I can't see the email cards#
They're only for the community's owner.
"One of the channels or roles you picked isn't part of this server's Discord community."#
Reload the page and pick the channel again. If it's missing, run /setup in Discord and choose
Update Channels and Roles for Website.
"The Link XML and web panel address must be public internet addresses"#
Use the address you see in your browser on your game server's website, not localhost, 0.0.0.0 or
a home network address like 192.168.x.x.
Savegame data never shows#
Click Test Server Login. If Login Status says Failed, make the web user again with full access and check the Server Url. Then set Savegame Scan to Enabled, save and wait up to 30 minutes.
My short name didn't change#
It was taken or not valid, so your old one was kept. It must start with a letter and use only letters, numbers and dashes.