How to set up your own Path of Titans server

If you want your own ad­ven­tures with in­di­vid­ual settings and mods for new dinosaurs and maps, then hosting your own server is the way to go. If you have access to the right hardware, you can install the server files via Alderon’s handy in-house command line tool.

If you want to host your own Path of Titans (PoT) server, it is rec­om­mend­ed that you rent external hardware from a hosting provider to do this. You can also run the server ap­pli­ca­tion on your own device if you want, but this is not optimal for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the Path of Titans server is only online when your computer is running, and you have the ap­pli­ca­tion open. The other reason is that the broadband con­nec­tion on most home networks isn’t enough to guarantee smooth and stable gameplay.

The specific hardware re­quire­ments depend heavily on how many players you want to play the MMO with and how many mods you want to use. It is also worth keeping in mind the re­quire­ments of the OS you are using. The following data is a rough guide:

• Processor (CPU): 2-4 players: min. 3 GHz (2 cores); 4+ players: min. 3.6 GHz (4 cores)
• RAM: 2-4 players: min. 4 gigabytes; 4+ players: min. 6 gigabytes
• Hard disk space: min. 30 gigabytes

Server hosting can be found in the portfolio of many different providers. As a rule, there are not only several per­for­mance plans, but also different types of servers. At IONOS, you have the choice between the following three variants:

• vServer: With a vServer from IONOS you get access to fully vir­tu­al­ized hardware resources. You pay a fixed monthly price for this.
• Cloud Server: The IONOS Cloud Servers are also based on fully vir­tu­al­ized server resources. However, billing here is on a per-minute basis.
• Dedicated Server: A Dedicated Server from IONOS offers you dedicated and exclusive en­ter­prise hardware.

With both vServers and Cloud Servers, you only rent vir­tu­al­ized server power. However, this has no influence on avail­abil­i­ty and per­for­mance, with an IONOS guarantee of 99.9 percent for all customers of both models. The biggest dif­fer­ence between the two models is the billing method. With a vServer, you pay the agreed fixed costs at the end of the month; with a cloud server, you are only billed for the service that you have actually used.

The dedicated server model offers an al­ter­na­tive that relies entirely on dedicated hardware. However, the par­tic­u­lar­ly powerful setups also have their price.

The right IONOS server model and plan depends on the way you want to shape your mul­ti­play­er ex­pe­ri­ence in Path of Titans. Two decisive factors are the number of players as well as how ac­ces­si­ble your PoT server should be. We have sum­ma­rized three possible scenarios below and assigned the ap­pro­pri­ate IONOS packages to them.

Once you have decided on a server, you can start setting up your PoT server. In the following in­struc­tions we show the in­di­vid­ual steps as an example for IONOS customers (vServer, Cloud Server, Dedicated). Windows Server is used as the operating system and the server ap­pli­ca­tion is installed via Alderon Games Cmd, the command line client of Alderon Game.

Once you connect to the server, you can download the command line tool Alderon Games Cmd from it. Click on the Download link to get it.

Create a directory for the Path of Titans server and copy the down­loaded .exe-file into this folder.

Using the generated codes, you can now download and install the PoT server ap­pli­ca­tion. To do this, create a new file named update.bat in the first step and open it (right-click -> “Edit”).

Then copy the following lines into the file, spec­i­fy­ing the pre­vi­ous­ly copied token and GUID and the desired in­stal­la­tion directory (between the quotes):

Save the file and then run it by double-clicking on it. Now the server ap­pli­ca­tion is installed via the command prompt.

In order for the server to be ac­ces­si­ble to you and your fellow players, you need to release port 7777, which has already been marked in the update.bat. You can customize the firewall settings for your server at IONOS in the Cloud Panel:

1. After logging in, go to the “Server & Cloud” category.
2. Select the server.
3. In the left side menu, click “Network” and “Firewall Policies” one by one.
4. Add a new rule for TCP port 7777 under “Incoming” and save it by clicking “Add Rule”.

Path of Titans offers you numerous options for con­fig­ur­ing your own server. All settings have to be done in the game.ini file, which is not included in the download of the server software. To create the con­fig­u­ra­tion file, an initial start of the server is required. To do this, run the PathOfTi­tansServ­er-Win64-Shipping.exe file (located at: .\PathOfTi­tans\Binaries\Win64).

Terminate the server by closing the process if necessary via task manager. Af­ter­wards, you should find the con­fig­u­ra­tion file in the newly generated .\Saved\Config\Win­dowsServ­er\ folder. Open the file and insert the following header first:

Then you can insert pa­ra­me­ters such as the server name or the desired password. One line must be used per parameter in the game.ini file. A detailed list of the available con­fig­u­ra­tion options is provided in the GitHub entry “Server Con­fig­u­ra­tions Options”. The page also provides an example startup con­fig­u­ra­tion for you to use as a guide.

Now open the command prompt and change to the directory of the server startup file with the following command (the directory name that comes first must be adjusted ac­cord­ing­ly):

In the directory, execute the following command to start your “Path of Titans” server. You also need to replace the place­hold­er with the codes you created in step 3 in the ap­pro­pri­ate places: