Guides · FiveM
txAdmin as a supervisor, not a control panel
The web console is the smallest part of what it does. Which features earn their place, and the one that can delete months of work.
· 4 min read
Game Server Guides
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385 resultsGuides · Rust
Rust server configuration and the wipe calendar
The only major game where the calendar is part of the config. Map wipes against blueprint wipes, and the decay setting that decides week two.
· 4 min read
Guides
Docker memory limits and the OOM killer
The limit is enforced by killing, the log says nothing, and the evidence is outside the container. Why heap must sit under the wall.
· 4 min read
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Log rotation, and the disk that fills at the worst moment
The most common way a long-running server dies has nothing to do with the game. Four things that grow without limit, and ten minutes that stop them.
· 3 min read
Guides
Firewall rules for game servers: UDP is not TCP
Six rules, and the two that decide whether you are invisible to listings or wide open on RCON. Plus the conntrack table nobody expects.
· 5 min read
Guides
What the Pterodactyl panel hides
The CPU limit is not cores and the memory limit is a wall, not a budget. Two misread numbers, and the crash that leaves no log.
· 4 min read
Guides · Garry's Mod
Garry's Mod workshop: what the server mounts, what the client gets
Two separate questions, and most missing-texture problems come from answering one while believing you answered the other.
· 3 min read
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SRV records, and what resolvers actually do
Priority, weight, port, target. The trailing dot that eats hours, the second record everyone forgets, and the TTL step before a move.
· 5 min read
Guides · FiveM
Why a FiveM resource refuses to start
Six errors, each pointing at one line of fxmanifest.lua. Read the manifest and the console stops being a mystery.
· 3 min read
Guides · FiveM
The FiveM server.cfg, line by line
It is a list of console commands, not a config file. What each line does, the two keys that must never be committed, and the order problem.
· 3 min read
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SourceMod admins and immunity, done properly
Flags are capabilities, not ranks, and z is not the top of the ladder. How to hand out admin without handing over the server.
· 3 min read
Guides · Minecraft
When a Minecraft proxy is the wrong answer
Velocity and BungeeCord solve one problem and bring three. The honest threshold for needing a proxy, and what it never fixes.
· 3 min read