Barotrauma: Become an admin on your own server

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(Details may vary with products from different providers but the main concepts remain the same)

Cloud-Gameserver

Introduction

The assignment of administrator permissions allows you simple and comprehensive administration with full control of your server. As an administrator, you have the option of using all available options and functions provided by the game directly in the game. All the steps you need to take to assign administrator permissions for your server will be described below.

Configuration

Adding an admin is done via the Clientpermissions.xml Config, which you can find in the interface under Configs.

A new client entry must be added to the Config to add a new player. The syntax for this looks like this:

<Client
    name="<player name>"
    steamid="<steamid>"
    permissions="<permission(s)>">
    <command
      name="<commandname>" />
  </Client>

The client entry contains the variables Name, SteamID, Permissions, and Command. Those must be modified. The name can be set as desired. It only serves as a placeholder for an overview. Afterwards the SteamID64 of your Steam Account must be defined.

You can find it by accessing your Steam profile and then right-clicking anywhere on the profile. There you can copy the Steam URL of the profile.

Afterwards, the URL must be typed in one of the following websites:

• https://steamrep.com/
• https://steamidfinder.com/
• https://steamid.io/

This will provide you the general account information as well as the Steam ID. In this case the Steam ID 64 is necessary. The Steam ID must then be added to the client entry under SteamID. The result of this looks like this:

<Client
    name="Name"
    steamid="123456789"
    permissions="<permission(s)>">
    <command
      name="<commandname>" />
  </Client>

By now you are already admin, but no specific rights have been added to your account yet. You can add them by adding the permissions and commands that can be used. This can be done for example like this:

...
    permissions="<permission(s)>"> ---> permissions="ServerLog, ConsoleCommands">
...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ClientPermissions> 
<Client
    name="Name"
    steamid="123456789"
    permissions="ServerLog, ConsoleCommands">
    <command
      name="heal" />
    <command
      name="spawn" />
  </Client>
</ClientPermissions>

In this example the admin has been given access to the server logs, console, heal and spawn command. In the following you will find an overview of the permissions you can set.

Permissions

Permissions	Description
ManageRound	Can start/end rounds.
Kick	Can kick other players.
Ban	Can ban other players.
Unban	Can remove bans from other players.
SelectSub	Can choose the submarine.
SelectMode	Can choose the game mode.
ManageCampaign	Can select the destination, mission and purchase supplies from the Campaign store.
ConsoleCommands	Can use console commands - note that you also need to give permissions for individual console commands.
ServerLog	Can read server logs.
ManageSettings	Can change server settings.
ManagePermissions	Can change the permissions of other clients.
KarmaImmunity	Is made immune to the karma system's negative effects, doesn't lose karma.
All	Grants all permissions.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully configured the administrator permissions. For further questions or assistance, please don't hesitate to contact our support team, which is available daily to assist you! 🙂