Configure a DayZ Server

Accessing DayZ Server Configuration Files

To modify your DayZ server’s configuration file, you need to log in to your Nitrado Web Interface.

1. Click on “Settings” and then select “Config Files” from the left-hand side menu.
   

   

2. Select the serverDZ.cfg file. You can now start modifying its parameters.
   

   

3. When you finish with your changes, remember to save the settings and then restart your server to apply them.

Note: you do not have to edit the file for every change. The settings people adjust most, including the server name, password, whitelist, voice chat and the admin logs, are also form fields in Settings > General.

Please keep in mind: Our support team does not assist with custom configurations and can only guarantee proper server functionality with vanilla settings. If you encounter issues with custom settings, you may need to revert to default or troubleshoot yourself.

Understanding serverDZ.cfg Parameters

Below is a list of the parameters in your serverDZ.cfg file and what each one does. Most lines in the file carry a short comment explaining themselves, so the file is easier to read than its length suggests.

hostname = "nitrado.net gameserver";

Sets the server name players see in the game’s server browser.

password = "";

Sets a password players need to join your server. Leave it empty for an open server.

passwordAdmin = "";

Sets the password you use to identify yourself as an admin in game. To log in, type #login your-admin-password in the in-game chat.

enableWhitelist = 0;

Turns the whitelist on. Set it to 1 to allow only the player IDs listed in whitelist.txt.

maxPlayers = 10;

Sets the player limit. It matches the slot count on your plan, so raising it above the number of slots you rent will not add capacity.

verifySignatures = 2;

Verifies .pbos against .bisign files. Only 2 is supported.

forceSameBuild = 1;

Allows connections only from clients running the same .exe revision as the server. Valid values are 0 and 1.

disableVoN = 0;

Turns in-game voice chat off. Valid values are 0 and 1.

vonCodecQuality = 7;

Sets the quality of the voice codec on a scale of 1 to 30.

disable3rdPerson=0;

Toggles the third person view for players. Valid values are 0 and 1.

disableCrosshair=0;

Toggles the crosshair. Valid values are 0 and 1.

disablePersonalLight = 1;

Disables the personal light that every client carries.

lightingConfig = 0;

Controls how dark the nights are. The matching control is the Night-Lighting dropdown in Settings > General.

serverTime="SystemTime";

Sets the starting in-game time. "SystemTime" uses the local time of the machine. You can also pin it to a fixed moment in "YYYY/MM/DD/HH/MM" format, for example "2015/4/8/17/23".

serverTimeAcceleration=12;

Multiplies in-game time on a scale of 0 to 24. At 24, a full in-game day passes in one hour.

serverNightTimeAcceleration=1;

Multiplies night time on a scale of 0.1 to 64, applied on top of the serverTimeAcceleration value.

serverTimePersistent=0;

Saves the current server time to storage. With it on, the next server start picks up where the last one left off. Valid values are 0 and 1.

loginQueueConcurrentPlayers=5;

Sets how many players the server processes at once during login. It exists to stop a performance drop when a lot of people connect at the same time.

loginQueueMaxPlayers=500;

Sets how many players can wait in the login queue.

instanceId = 1;

Identifies your server instance and the storage folder holding its persistence files.

storeHouseStateDisabled = false;

Turns off house and door persistence. It takes true or false, and it is there for cases where persistence causes problems.

storageAutoFix = 1;

Checks the persistence files for corruption and replaces corrupted ones with empty files. Valid values are 0 and 1.

steamport = 11105; and steamqueryport = 11101;

Nitrado sets both values. steamqueryport matches the Query Port shown on your Dashboard. Leave them as they are.

adminLogPlayerHitsOnly = 0;

Logs only damage done by players. At 0 the server logs all hits, including animals and infected.

adminLogPlacement = 0;

Logs placement actions, such as traps and tents.

adminLogBuildActions = 0;

Logs build actions such as build, dismantle and destroy.

adminLogPlayerList = 0;

Logs a player list with positions every 5 minutes.

class Missions { class DayZ { template="dayzOffline.chernarusplus"; }; };

Chooses the map your server runs. dayzOffline.chernarusplus is the vanilla mission and dayzOffline.enoch is the DLC mission. You can also pick the map from the Mission dropdown in Settings > General.

Further down the file sit the damage, respawn and mod switches. Each one has a toggle in Settings > General, which is the safer place to change them:

disableBaseDamage

Disables damage and destruction of fences and watchtowers.

disableContainerDamage

Disables damage and destruction of tents, barrels, wooden crates and sea chests.

disableRespawnDialog

Spawns players with a random character or the character from the main menu, instead of showing them the choice.

disableRespawnInUnconsciousness

Removes the Respawn button from the pause menu while a player is unconscious.

enableCfgGameplayFile

Switches on the cfggameplay.json config file. Turning it on overwrites disableBaseDamage, disableContainerDamage, disableRespawnDialog, disablePersonalLight and lightingConfig, so set those inside cfggameplay.json once it is active.

filePatching

Controls unpacked data. With file patching off, only PBOs load. Some mods and custom content need it on.

Pro Tip: turn on Show internal names (like in the configuration file) at the top of Settings > General. The panel then prints each setting’s config name beside it, so you can match the form to the file at a glance.

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