Hosting a Dedicated Condo

This guide will cover how to start hosting your own Dedicated Condo.

This guide is for advanced users. We made the process as easy as possible, but you will have to have knowledge on forwarding ports to host a Dedicated Condo.

Dedicated Condos are supported on both Windows and Linux.

Windows

First, download the Tower Unite Dedicated tool on Steam. If you own Tower Unite, you will see this in your Steam library automatically. Tower Unite Dedicated is also available for free via steamcmd.exe.

Once downloaded, right click on it and click on Manage > Browse Local Files

To run a server you can either:

• Use our Launcher (TowerUniteServerGUI.exe)
• Or run the included StartTowerCondo.bat batch file.

Windows Launcher/GUI

We've made a helpful launcher for Windows users, called TowerUniteServerGUI.exe. This GUI is the easiest way to get your Dedicated Condo up and running without having to edit/create various files by hand.

This launcher handles creating the needed configurations files, along with an condo data importer.

Windows Batch File

For advanced users, the StartTowerCondo.bat is:

TowerServer.exe /Game/Maps/C_Condo -log -Port=7777 -nosteamclient -QueryPort=27016

Linux

Note: For the official SteamCMD guide, see the Valve Developer wiki entry.

SteamCMD

• Download SteamCMD and extract it. steamcmd_linux.tar.gz | Linux dependencies
• Start steamcmd: ./steamcmd.sh
• Run the following commands

login anonymous
force_install_dir ./towerunite/
app_update 439660 validate

• Close SteamCMD You'll find a folder called "towerunite" in the same folder that has steamCMD in it. Copy linux64/steamclient.so into towerunite/Tower/Binaries/Linux
• Forward the required ports (see Ports To Forward)
• Generate login tokens (see Login Tokens)
• Create TowerServer.ini (see Configuration)
• Run the server executable ./Tower/Binaries/Linux/TowerServer-Linux-Shipping -log

Updating

When the game updates, run the following command in SteamCMD to get the latest version of the dedicated server.

app_update 439660 validate

Ports to Forward

You will need to open these ports:

Login Tokens

Steam Login Token & Tower Login tokens are required! They create a static Steam ID for your Dedicated Condo, so that players can favorite & trust canvases.

To register a game server account and get a Steam Login Token, complete the form in the following link with 394690 as the App ID: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers

And to connect to the Tower Unite condo list, you must get a Tower Login Token from:

You must provide a Steam Login Token to get the Tower Login Token.

Once you have both tokens, place the Login Tokens into your TowerServer.ini file.

Configuration

You can adjust various settings for your dedicated condo, including setting your own server title, max players, etc. This is done through the TowerServer.ini file.

If this file does not exist, you will have to create one or use the Windows launcher.

Note: If you use the TowerUniteServerGUI program, the TowerServer.ini will be automatically generated for you.

Example TowerServer.ini

[/script/towernetworking.dedicatedserveroptions]
ServerTitle=My Dedicated Condo
MaxPlayers=32
SteamLoginToken=00000000000000000000000000000000
TowerLoginToken=00000000000000000000000000000000

[Administration]
AdminSteamID=00000000000000000

[DedicatedCondoOptions]
CondoAutoSave=False
CondoBackupsEnabled=False
#CondoFile=

Settings:

Adding Admins to Your Dedicated Condo

You will need to add your own Steam ID to the admin list in the TowerServer.ini. Once you have admin, you can assign per-player permissions within the condo server.

Example:

[Administration]
AdminSteamID=00000000000000000

You can add as many Steam IDs as you'd like, but be aware that they will have full admin access, including the ability to ban or kick players or edit the save data.

Ban List

All player bans are stored in Tower\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\TowerBans.ini or Tower\Saved\Config\LinuxServer\TowerBans.ini

Dedicated Condos also connect to PixelTail's own moderation API.

Loading Condo Data

To load your Condo data, you must first export your condo data from Tower Unite into the .map format.

Exporting From Condo In-game

• Using the Export feature in the Condo scoreboard under Saves > Export Condo.

  This will export the condo to a .map format in your Tower Unite/Workshop/Condo Exports/ folder.

• or you can manually rename a CondoData file in your Steam Cloud folder to include the .map extension

Importing To Dedicated Condo

You will then need to copy the .map file into the Dedicated Condo's Condos/ folder.

Using the Launcher

The launcher (Windows only) comes with an Import Condo feature, which will copy your exported condo file into the correct folder for the dedicated condo server automatically.

Linux/Manually Copying

If you want to do it manually, you must create a folder for each Condo (i.e. Condos/C_Condo/) inside server's root folder.

The .map must be named the same as the condo map you will be loading (i.e. C_Condo.map or C_Studio.map).

The full path should look like:

Condos/C_Condo/C_Condo.map

or

Condos/C_Studio/C_Studio.map

Condo Maps

This is the list of Condo maps your dedicated condo can use.

Advanced Configuration

The following parameters can be passed into the server executable on startup.

Overriding game server port

-Port=7778

Overriding Steam master server port

QueryPort=27016

Binding to a specific server IP address

-MULTIHOME=public-ip-here

e.g. -MULTIHOME=8.8.8.8

Running the server on the same machine as the game client

-nosteamclient

Custom TowerServer.ini file, useful for multiple servers on one machine

-TowerServerINI=CustomTowerServer.ini

Depending on which platform you're using, the file will be loaded from a specific directory.