Which ID do I need to make someone an admin in Silica?

You need the player's Steam64 ID, a 17-digit number that starts with 7656. Your server skips other entries and displays a warning in the Console.

Silica: Become an Admin

Learn how to grant and revoke admin privileges for yourself and your fellow players on your Silica game server → Find out more

10 November 20262 min read1 Views0 helpful

Introduction

As an admin, you have full control of your Silica game server and can use all the admin features provided by the game. In this guide, we'll show you how to grant admin privileges to yourself and your fellow players, and how to revoke them.

Find your Steam64 ID

Silica grants admin privileges using a player's Steam64 ID. This is a 17-digit number that starts with 7656. You can find it, for example, in your Steam profile address (steamcommunity.com/profiles/[STEAM64-ID]), as long as you haven't set a custom profile URL. If you have a custom profile URL, services such as steamid.io can show you the Steam64 ID associated with your profile.

Add admins

In your game server dashboard, open the Configuration tab.
Under Startup Parameters, enter the player's Steam64 ID in the Admin Steamids field.
To add multiple admins, separate their IDs with commas, for example [STEAM64-ID-1],[STEAM64-ID-2].
Save your changes. ZapX will prompt you to restart the server. The players you added will receive admin privileges after the restart.

When your server starts, it adds each valid Steam64 ID as an admin with full privileges to the Silica/ServerSettings.xml file, in the form of the line <AdminPlayers ID="[STEAM64-ID]" Name="Admin" RootAccess="true" />. If an entry isn't a valid Steam64 ID, the server skips it and displays a warning in the Console.

Remove admins

Important

Your server only adds admins from the Admin Steamids field; it never removes them. If you only delete a Steam64 ID from the startup parameters, the player will remain an admin.

To revoke a player's admin privileges:

Delete their Steam64 ID from the Admin Steamids field and save your changes.
In the Files tab, open the Silica/ServerSettings.xml file.
Delete the <AdminPlayers … /> line containing their Steam64 ID and save the file.
Restart your server.

Admins that you add directly to ServerSettings.xml remain admins after every restart.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you've successfully set up admin privileges. For instructions on setting the game mode and map, see our guide to Server Configuration. If you have any other questions or need help, our support team is available every day! 🙂

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

In your game server dashboard, open the Configuration tab and enter the player's Steam64 ID in the Admin Steamids field under Startup Parameters. Save your changes and restart the server to grant the player admin privileges.

Enter all the Steam64 IDs in the Admin Steamids field, separated by commas. Then save your changes and restart the server.

Your server only adds admins from the startup parameters; it never removes them. Also delete the AdminPlayers line with the player's Steam64 ID from Silica/ServerSettings.xml, then restart the server.

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Silica: Become an Admin

Introduction

Find your Steam64 ID

Add admins

Remove admins

Conclusion

Frequently asked questions

Silica

Find your Steam64 ID

Add admins

Remove admins

Conclusion

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