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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
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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
Guides
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
Game Updates · FiveM
FiveM ESX Core 1.16.0 Released for Server Hosts
FiveM ESX Core 1.16.0 adds an official NUI slot inventory, dedicated esx_whitelist system, and critical duplicate pickup fixes for server administrators.
· 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
Guides
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
Game Updates · Zombie Panic! Source
Zombie Panic! Source v3.3 Released for Server Hosts
The zombie panic! source 3.3 halloween update adds VPK support, scraps the custom directory, and starts migrating to the TF2 SDK for server hosts.
· 4 min read
Guides
A systemd unit for a game server that restarts correctly
Fifteen lines that replace a screen session and a cron job, and the four of them that decide whether a crash loop is survivable.
· 5 min read
Guides · Minecraft
The Minecraft server list ping, end to end
Five packets decide your MOTD, your icon and your player count on every listing. Three common mysteries, solved by reading them.
· 3 min read