Server on Windows

Download

On the release page, download two files: Node-Server-1.12.0-windows-x64.zip and Node-Server-1.12.0-windows-x64.zip.sha256.

To check that the archive arrived whole, run this in PowerShell in your downloads folder:

$zip = "Node-Server-1.12.0-windows-x64.zip"
(Get-FileHash $zip).Hash.ToLower()
(Get-Content "$zip.sha256").Split(" ")[0]

The two lines must be the same. If they aren’t, download the archive again.

Unpack and start

Unpack the archive into a folder of its own, such as C:\NodeMP, and double-click Node-Server.exe. The same from PowerShell:

cd C:\NodeMP
.\Node-Server.exe

The server’s window is also its console: it shows the log and the chat, and takes commands (Console, kicks and bans). Keep it open while you need the server. Closing it stops the server cleanly first.

What’s in the folder:

What	Why
Node-Server.exe	The server.
tools/	The client-script obfuscator and the Lua 5.1 it runs on. Nothing to set up on Windows.
modules/	The database module for plugins.
examples/	Ready-made example resources (Resources).
cacert.pem	Root certificates for machines that have none. Keep it.

Open the port

Open PowerShell as administrator and allow incoming connections on the server’s port:

$port = 30814
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "NodeMP TCP" -Direction Inbound `
  -Protocol TCP -LocalPort $port -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "NodeMP UDP" -Direction Inbound `
  -Protocol UDP -LocalPort $port -Action Allow

If the computer is behind a router, forward the same port to it, TCP and UDP. Test from outside: a connection from your own network says nothing about the router.

Start with Windows

To have the server come back after a reboot, create a task in Task Scheduler:

1. Action → Create Task.
2. On General, choose Run whether user is logged on or not.
3. On Triggers, add a trigger At startup.
4. On Actions, add Start a program: program C:\NodeMP\Node-Server.exe, start in C:\NodeMP.

The start folder matters: the server looks for server.toml, resources/ and content/ there. A server started this way has no window, and so no console.

Next

• Name, map and slots.
• Get listed.
• Updating the server.