Use Server Manager with your GTX Gaming Empyrion server: enable Telnet in dedicated.yaml, note the Telnet Details from the game panel, then connect from Server Manager on your computer.
Server Manager is a free community tool for Empyrion: Galactic Survival. It talks to your server over Telnet and shows server info, players, playfields and chat, and can save and shut down or restart the server with in-game messages.
Looking for the GTX Gaming game panel itself? Log in at https://gamepanel.gtxgaming.co.uk/. This guide covers Server Manager, a separate program you run on your own computer.
How to connect Server Manager to your GTX Gaming Empyrion server
- Stop the server.
- Download and install Server Manager on your computer.
- Go to Configuration Files and edit the
dedicated.yamlfile with the Configuration Editor option (Config Editor in the current panel), and enable Telnet. Save the file. - Press the Telnet Details button and take note of the details.
- Start the server, so Server Manager has something to connect to.
- Open Server Manager and connect to your server using the Telnet Details you got in the previous steps.
On the Steam download page, the author has marked Server Manager v1.7 as deprecated, so it is no longer updated. It also needs an up-to-date Java on your computer. Want an alternative? See Emp Admin Helper.
What you can do with Server Manager
- See server version, mode, game name, seed, uptime, FPS, players and playfields.
- Read and save the chat and logs.
- Save and restart or save and shut down the server, with a message sent to players in game.
- Send broadcast messages and use admin tools.
Before a restart, use a Save and Shutdown option so no world progress is lost: see How to save your world progress before a restart.
Server Manager questions
How do I connect Server Manager to my GTX Gaming Empyrion server?
Stop the server, enable Telnet in dedicated.yaml under Configuration Files and note the details from the Telnet Details button in the game panel. Start the server, open Server Manager on your computer and connect with those Telnet Details.
Where do I log in to the GTX Gaming game panel?
The game panel is at https://gamepanel.gtxgaming.co.uk/. Log in with your game panel username and password. Server Manager is a separate program on your computer that connects to your Empyrion server over Telnet.
Why can Server Manager not connect?
Check that Telnet is enabled in dedicated.yaml, that the server was restarted after the change and is running, and that you typed the Telnet Details exactly as the game panel shows them. Server Manager also needs Java installed on your computer.
Want your own Empyrion server? See Empyrion: Galactic Survival server hosting.
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