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Learn why schedules can’t send messages in Deadlock and how to send recurring announcements to your players using RCON.
Automated server messages are a simple but effective way to communicate important information directly to your players in-game. You can use them to display server rules, announce events, or remind players about your Discord.
Deadlock works a little differently from many other games: your server’s console in ZapX is read-only and doesn’t accept commands. That means you can’t use a ZapX schedule to send messages. Here are some alternatives.
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Under Schedules, you can automatically start, stop, or restart your server, or create a backup (with ZapX Pass Pro and above). ZapX doesn’t offer schedules that run console commands for Deadlock because the console doesn’t support command input.
The server.cfg file won’t help here either: your server only runs it once each time it starts. That makes it unsuitable for recurring messages on a fixed schedule.
You can send commands to your running server using RCON (remote console). To do this, you’ll need an RCON program on your own computer that supports the Source RCON protocol. Enter these details in the program:
IP:Port from your server’s Overview. Deadlock uses the same port for RCON and the game.rcon_password.txt file under the Files tab.If you change your RCON password, restart your server for the change to take effect.
In Source 2 games, you can usually send a chat message to all players with this command:
say [dein Nachrichtentext]
Replace [dein Nachrichtentext] with the message you want your players to see.
Many RCON programs can send commands repeatedly on a schedule. For example, you can automate messages to:
This type of program runs on your own computer and only sends messages while it’s running and connected to your server.
Only share your RCON password with people and programs you trust. RCON gives full control over your server.
In Deadlock, you can send messages to your players using RCON. To send recurring announcements, use an RCON program that sends commands on a schedule. For an overview of all the sections of your server in ZapX, see our Dashboard Overview guide.
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