How to install and host a No One Survived server

The developer Cat Play Studio released dedicated server software for the early access version of No One Survived early on. With this software, players can set off on their own mul­ti­play­er ad­ven­tures. Equipped with the right hosting setup, you can quickly install and set up the server via SteamCMD.

What are the re­quire­ments for a No One Survived server?

Similar to a Dayz server or a Sons of the Forest server, you can also host a No One Survived server on your own PC. However, there are several reasons why it’s better to go with a pro­fes­sion­al web hosting provider. For one, a self-hosted server will only run when your device is turned on. With a hosting provider, you can make the game world available around the clock. Secondly, data centers have high-per­for­mance broadband con­nec­tions that are superior to ordinary household con­nec­tions.

The specific re­quire­ments of the No One Survived server depend on your playing habits. One crucial factor, however, is the number of players who will be active on the server at the same time. Below, you’ll find the minimum re­quire­ments for a simple server with up to four players:

• Computing power (CPU): min 3 GHz
• Memory (RAM): min 4 GB
• Hard drive space: min 10 GB

The re­quire­ments of the un­der­ly­ing server operating system also need to be con­sid­ered. The No One Survived server software is currently designed for Windows Server. If you’re using Windows Server 2022, the re­quire­ments are as follows:

Which IONOS server should I use for a No One Survived server?

IONOS offers every­thing you need in a reliable hosting partner. When looking for a suitable hardware plan for your No One Survived server, you can choose from three different models, which each come with different plans:

• Cloud server: A cloud server from IONOS is the perfect way to get into game server hosting. You rent vir­tu­al­ized hardware resources that can be scaled flexibly and billed by the minute.
• VPS (vServer): IONOS vServers are also based on vir­tu­al­ized hardware (shared host systems and can be rented at a fixed monthly price.
• Dedicated server: Get dedicated en­ter­prise hardware with state-of-the-art proces­sors and per-minute billing when you rent a dedicated server from IONOS. If you choose the “Con­fig­urable Hardware” option, you can adjust the per­for­mance at any time.

3 No One Survived server scenarios and suitable IONOS plans

Below you will find three different scenarios for hosting a No One Survived server and a suitable IONOS plan for each one. You can use these examples to help you decide which server is best suited for your gaming needs.

Step-by-step in­struc­tions for setting up a No One Survived server

Below we have sum­ma­rized the most important steps for setting up a No One Survived server with an IONOS (Cloud Server, vServer, Dedicated Server) server plan. The operating system used here is Windows Server 2022.

Step 1: Connect to the hosting server

In order to install No One Survived dedicated server software on the rented hardware, an active remote desktop con­nec­tion to the server is required. This is easy to do in your IONOS customer account:

1. Log in to your IONOS customer account.
2. Click on Server & Cloud.
3. Select your IONOS server.
4. Click on the server and scroll to the login data. Download the file for theRemote Desktop con­nec­tion by pressing the download button.

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Execute the down­loaded .rdp file by double-clicking on it and then confirm the con­nec­tion setup in the first dialog via Connect. Log in to the server with your in­di­vid­ual login data (User and Initial Password).

Step 2: Install SteamCMD

The most con­ve­nient way to obtain the server ap­pli­ca­tion for hosting your own No One Survived server is via SteamCMD. The command line client offers you the pos­si­bil­i­ty to connect to the Steam servers and download the files.

Download the handy tool by clicking on the following download link. Then unzip the ZIP file and save the steamcmd.exe in a new directory named C:\SteamCMD. Once you run the in­stal­la­tion file, SteamCMD will au­to­mat­i­cal­ly be installed in this directory and run directly.

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Step 3: Download and install the No One Survived server

Using the command line tool, you can now connect to the public Steam servers to download the No One Survived server files. First, create a suitable in­stal­la­tion directory for the server files, such as C:\no-one-survived-server:

force_install_dir C:\no-one-survived-server

The next step is to log in anony­mous­ly to the public Steam servers:

login anonymous

After logging in, you can download and install the No One Survived dedicated server ap­pli­ca­tion by entering the app ID 2329680:

app_update 2329680 validate

After the in­stal­la­tion has been completed, use the command quit to log off from the servers and SteamCMD.

Step 4: Install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime

In order to run the ap­pli­ca­tion, you also need to install a current version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime. You can find the ap­pro­pri­ate in­stal­la­tion files in the Microsoft Help Center. Be sure to choose the version that cor­re­sponds to the ar­chi­tec­ture of the server hardware you are renting. For example, if you have a 64-bit system, choose the download file vc_redist.x64.exe.

Restart your server after in­stalling the runtime en­vi­ron­ment.

Step 5: Open server ports

To enable client con­nec­tions to your server and make the server available later via the server listing, you need to enable certain TCP/UDP ports in the server’s firewall settings. The rec­om­mend­ed ports for the No One Survived server are TCP/UDP 7777 (game port) and TCP/UDP 27015 (query port). For IONOS servers, you can do this directly in the customer account:

1. Go to the Servers & Cloud section again.
2. Select the server that the No One Survived server software is installed on.
3. In the left side menu, open the Network section and then select the Firewall Policies menu item.
4. Create the rules for TCP/UDP ports 7777 and 27015 under Inbound. If you select TCP/UDP directly in the Protocol field, you’ll only need to create one rule for each of them.

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Step 5: Configure the No One Survived server

In the con­fig­u­ra­tion file Game.ini, you can define the basic settings for your No One Survived server. You can find the file under the path .\WRSH\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\Game.ini in the server directory that was created.

The con­fig­u­ra­tion file is divided into the following two cat­e­gories:

• GameSettings: Here you can specify the basic game prop­er­ties. Are the zombie attacks activated and if so, on which day should these enemies start to appear on the screen? How many days should a game year have and is PvP allowed?
• ServerSetting: Under this category, you can define all important server prop­er­ties like the name, an optional password and the maximum number of players.

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Step 6: Start the server

Once you have opened the ports and saved your settings, you can start your No One Survived server. All you have to do is run NoOneSurvivedServerStart.exe. The server ap­pli­ca­tion will then start au­to­mat­i­cal­ly in a new CMD window. The ini­tial­iza­tion of the game world will take a little bit of time. If ServerCreate is displayed, it means the server start was suc­cess­ful.

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Step 7: Connect to your newly created No One Survived server

Once the server is up and running, you can share your IP address or server name (and password, if set up) with your fellow players. Using this in­for­ma­tion, you and others can now search for your No One Survived server and connect to the game world by carrying out the following steps:

1. Start the No One Survived game as you normally would.
2. Click on the Mul­ti­play­er menu item.
3. Press Private server and restart the game.
4. Navigate to the item Private server via Mul­ti­play­er once more and you will get to the menu with the same name.
5. Use the search function to look for your server. It’s not possible to search for the server using part of the name so make sure to use the full name that you defined in Game.ini.
6. Click on the search result with the name of your server and then press Join in.

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After suc­cess­ful­ly logging in to the server, you can start the dedicated mul­ti­play­er adventure on your newly created No One Survived server!

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