Add yourself as admin with DayZ Community Online Tools (COT): install the mod from Steam Workshop, join once to create your player file, then give yourself the Admin role in the File Manager.
Community Online Tools is a GUI admin mod for DayZ. Admins can teleport players, set player health, change the weather and spawn vehicles from an in-game menu. You can find it on the Community-Online-Tools Steam Workshop page.
How to add yourself as admin with DayZ Community Online Tools
- Stop your game server: press STOP in the game panel.
- Go to Steam Workshop.
- Install Community-Online-Tools.
- Start the server.
- Connect to the server with your game, so the mod creates your player file.
- Leave the server and stop the server.
- Go to File Manager ›
profiles›permissionsframework›players, edit your player file, change the role fromEveryonetoAdminand save. - Go to File Manager ›
profiles›permissionsframework›permissions, edit your player file, change all the ids from0to2and save. - Start the server and you're done.
Your player file ID can be found in the server's RPT log. Open the .RPT file from the profiles folder in the File Manager and look for your ID after you have joined.
The Community Online Tools Workshop page describes the player files in PermissionsFramework/Players as .json files named after your GUID/SteamID. If no file was created for you, follow the instructions on that page. In game, press Y to open the COT toolbar menu.
Always stop the server before you edit these files, or your changes can be overwritten when the server saves.
Community Online Tools questions
How do I add an admin with DayZ Community Online Tools?
Install Community-Online-Tools from Steam Workshop, start the server, join once, then stop it. In the File Manager, open profiles, permissionsframework, players, change the player's role from Everyone to Admin, then in permissions change the player's ids from 0 to 2. Save and start the server.
How do I open the COT admin menu in game?
Press Y to open the Community Online Tools toolbar menu. If nothing happens, check that your role is Admin and that you edited the files while the server was stopped.
Where do I find my player ID?
Your player file ID is in the server's RPT log in the profiles folder. Join the server once, then open the latest .RPT file in the File Manager.
Want your own DayZ server? GTX DayZ servers support Steam Workshop mods such as Community Online Tools with one-click installs: see DayZ server hosting.
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