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Discover how to efficiently manage and optimize your Over The Top: WWI game server with a clear overview of all features and options → Learn more now
10 November 20265 min read1 Views0 helpful
Introduction
You rented an Over The Top: WWI game server from us and want to know where to find each feature in ZapX? This guide takes you through your server's product management from start to finish—and shows you how much time the built-in automation and AI support can save you in your day-to-day administration.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The overview shows your server status, IP:port for one-click copying, and live CPU, RAM, disk, and network usage. You can also start, stop, or restart your server there.
Go to Configuration and select Startup parameters to set the server name, max. players, server password, admin password, and whitelist. ZapX writes these values to ServerInfo.ini or ServerConfiguration.ini each time the server starts, so changes made directly in the files will be overwritten.
They're in the config folder: ServerConfiguration.ini contains the game rules, and ServerInfo.ini contains the server identity. Open them under Configuration using Edit directly, or find them in the Files tab. Values that aren't set through the startup parameters are retained after restarts.
No. The Over The Top: WWI console is read-only. It shows your server's live output, but you can't enter commands there.
With the ZapX Pass, the ZapX AI Agent can read and analyze your console log, search and edit files, manage backups, show or reset your SFTP credentials, and suggest updates through chat. You'll be asked to confirm any action that changes your server beforehand.
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Navigation
Over The Top: WWI
Controls
Overview
The Overview is your cockpit: server status, IP:port for one-click copying, and live CPU, RAM, disk, and network usage—each resource tile has a direct "Upgrade" button in case you need more resources. This is where you start, stop, or restart your server.
Tip
If your server crashes unexpectedly, ZapX detects it automatically in the background and updates your overview for you—you don't need to reload the page manually to see the actual status.
Configuration
Manually searching through configuration files is a thing of the past: under Configuration, AI automatically scans your server files, identifies the relevant settings, and turns them into easy-to-understand, topic-based form fields—with an explanation for each parameter. Critical values are specially marked with a "Caution" notice so you don't accidentally take your server offline. If you prefer the classic approach, open the file in raw text view using Edit directly—both options are available in the same view.
For Over The Top: WWI, you'll find your server's basic settings here under Startup parameters: Server name (up to 40 characters), Max. players (the game allows 20 to 200), Server password (leave blank for an open server), Admin password (up to 20 characters), and Enable whitelist. Learn how the whitelist works in our guide Configure the whitelist.
All other settings are in two files in the config folder:
ServerConfiguration.ini contains the game rules, such as game mode, bots, class limits, friendly fire, weather, and voting. Find relevant guides here in the Help Center, such as Change the game mode or Configure bots.
ServerInfo.ini contains the server identity, such as the welcome message and region.
The server's lists are in the same folder: Whitelist.txt (admin list), Banlist.txt and TempBanlist.txt (bans), MapRotation.txt (map rotation), and BannedWords.txt (chat filter), which is created after the first start. You can edit them in the Files tab.
Important
When starting, ZapX writes the values from the startup parameters to these files: the server name, ports, IP address, player count, admin password, and server password in ServerInfo.ini, and the value of WhiteListIsEnabled in ServerConfiguration.ini. If you change these values directly in the file, they will be overwritten the next time the server starts. So always change them under Startup parameters. All other values in the files are retained.
After saving, ZapX will prompt you to restart the server so your changes take effect right away.
ZapX AI Agent
With the ZapX Pass, you have the ZapX AI Agent by your side—your personal on-demand server admin. Through chat, it can read and analyze your console log, search and edit files, manage backups, show or reset your SFTP credentials, and suggest updates. You'll be asked to confirm any action that changes your server beforehand—the AI Agent never acts on its own, so you always stay in full control.
Manage content
Files
The file manager under Files works like an FTP program right in your browser—you can upload files with drag and drop, edit them online, rename them, or delete them. You'll find your configuration files in the config folder. Your SFTP credentials for external programs such as FileZilla or WinSCP are in the same tab, along with one-click password rotation if you ever need to change them.
Databases
Under Databases, you can create up to 5 MariaDB databases per server, view credentials at a glance, open them directly in phpMyAdmin, or export the structure with one click. You can mark a database as primary—to delete it, you'll need to re-enter its name for security.
Conclusion
You now know all the areas of your Over The Top: WWI server management in ZapX—from AI-assisted configuration to automatic backups that have your back in the background. Next, connect to your server as described in our guide Connect to the server. If you have any other questions, our support team is available every day! 🙂
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The Console shows your server's live output in a real terminal. For Over The Top: WWI, the console is read-only, so you can't enter commands there. If your server starts struggling due to low memory, the console detects this automatically and displays a clear warning with a recommended action.
Warning
Can't resolve an error message or don't understand it? No worries! Just create a support chat in your ZapX customer account and describe your issue in as much detail as possible. We'll take a look as soon as we can and help you resolve it! :)
Backups
We automatically back up your server every day, so you always have a recent backup without having to remember to make one yourself. With the ZapX Pass, you get full control under Backups: create, restore, and download backups with one click. Each backup contains a complete version snapshot (game version, configuration), so you can return to that exact state whenever you need to. Restores include a live progress indicator, and the server is only stopped briefly. With ZapX Pass Pro, your backups can even run automatically on your own schedule.
Tip
With ZapX Pass Plus, you get 1, with Pro 3, and with Max 5 custom backup slots per server. See all the benefits of the ZapX Pass. There’s also an account-wide storage limit for all backups of your services combined, daily backups included: Plus 250 GB, Pro 500 GB, and Max 1,000 GB. If needed, you can add more backup storage on the ZapX Pass page.
Schedules
Under Schedules, you can automate recurring tasks: start, stop, or restart your server, create a backup (with ZapX Pass Pro and above), or run a custom command. Choose from convenient presets such as "Every hour" or "Daily at 04:00," or set up your own schedule using a custom cron expression.
Tip
Schedule automatic restarts for times when nobody is playing to avoid interrupting an ongoing battle.
Statistics
Under Statistics, you can keep an eye on your server's resource usage—select a time range from 1 hour to 30 days and view CPU, RAM, disk, and network traffic.
Activity
Activity keeps a complete log of what has happened on your server—from starts and restarts to configuration changes and every backup. This lets you see exactly when anything was changed. You can also find information about host system outages on our status page.
DDoS Manager
The DDoS Manager displays incoming traffic live in a graph and lists past attacks with their time, duration, and peak bandwidth. ZapX automatically learns which ports and services belong to your server and filters traffic accordingly—with a dedicated IP address, you can even customize the protection.
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