V Rising server settings, explained

The survival-crafter V Rising has a plethora of options for players to choose from in customizing their gameplay, and server admins share in this bounty. When looking at the options available in creating your own server, however, many of the options are frankly vague and ambiguous in scope.

This guide focuses on explaining settings found within both files that customize the gameplay experience: ServerHostSettings, and ServerGameSettings. We’ll focus less on in-game customization, as many of the options are conjoined with helpful tooltips, but it should be noted that the settings found within the folders have similar options to the in-game private server section.

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Server settings in V Rising

V Rising ServerHostSettings file

The ServerHostSettings deals with the minutiae of how V Rising presents your server to the public (or private group). From the server name to password, this file should be the first visited to ensure that your server is published and operating as expected.

The default location of the file in Windows can be found in :

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Settings

This information can be examined more in-depth at the GitHub wiki for the V Rising server.

Field Name	Information
Name	This determines the name of the server when viewed by users in the server browser.
Description	This field is the second thing players will see, if it’s filled out. Use to describe the server experience.
Port	UDP play port.
QueryPort	Query port for Steam functionality.
MaxConnectedUsers	The maximum number of users you’ll allow in-game at a time.
MaxConnectedAdmins	The maximum number of connected admins allowed at once, even if the server is full.
ServerFPS	The FPS the server runs – does not directly correlate to player FPS
SaveName	The name of the saved file on the server host
Password	If desired, filling this field will password protect the server so only certain players can join
Secure	An unexplained value, defaults to True. Plausible inclusion of anticheat.
ListOnMasterServer	Whether you want your server to be listed publicly — if not, players will need to direct-connect to the server address/port.
AutoSaveCount	How many autosaves to keep before deleting the oldest one. Helpful for rollbacks.
AutoSaveInterval	How often an autosave is conducted on the server.
GameSettingsPreset	Select a preset found at /VRisingServer_data/StreamingAssets/GameSettingPresets, and copy the name exactly if you want to use pre-configured parameters.
AdminOnlyDebugEvents	Only admins have access to debugs.
DisableDebugEvents	Completely remove debugging from the server — not recommended.
Rcon	Remote connection access for admins.
– Enabled	True or False boolean.
– Port	Open port for remote server connection.
– Password	If Rcon is enabled, there must be a password, else anyone can altar the server.

While this file is the most important, it’s simultaneously the most boring. The other file is where admins get to determine the operational parameters of their server — i.e. the fun stuff.

V Rising ServerGameSettings file

This file is the true meat and potatoes of setting up the gameplay for admins. For many, firing it up with a default or prefab game setting will be enough — for those who want to finetune their V Rising experience for their players, this is the section to dig into. From whether PvP is allowed, to how generous you are with loot, this file should at least be a known variable for admins.

The default location of the file in Windows can be found in :

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Settings

We’ll go over some of the most important variables located within this file, as there are almost 100 variables, and many won’t need tweaking.

Name	Information
GameModeType	String, will accept either ‘PvP’ or ‘PvE’
RelicSpawnType	String, either accepts ‘Unique’ or ‘Plentiful’. If unique, only so many can spawn, and rival players will need to steal them for their powers once the max is up. On plentiful, everyone has a chance for their own.
AllWayspointsUnlocked	Allows all waypoints to be traveled to without players needing to visit them first.
InventoryStacksModifier	Increases stack size, not inventory space. At 2, it’s effectively doubled, allowing players to carry 1,000 stone in a single stack.
DropTableModifier_General	General loot table modifier, increasing to 2 will double loot gained from killing NPC enemies.
DropTableModifier_Missions	As General, but this effects mission drop rate.
MaterialYieldModifier_General	How much materials players can harvest from a single node, such as lumber, stone, copper, etc.
BloodDrainModifier	How quickly players will work through their blood orb on the center of the screen. A Value lower than 1 slows the drain, while higher than one increases the drain.
DurabilityDrainModifier	How quickly armor and weapons will lose durability out in the field.
GarlicAreaStrengthModifier	How potent the garlic debuff is for players.
HolyAreaStrengthModifier	Determines the potency of Holy damage and debuff.
SilverStrengthModifier	Determines severity of silver debuff and damage.
SunDamageModifier	This value determines how hard the sun hits players, but not how long they need to be in the sun to begin taking damage. That rate is handled by equipment (sun resistance).
DismantleResourceModifier	How many resources are offered back to the player upon dismantling something.

There are three distinct tables at the bottom of the vanilla ServerGameSettings — one handles game time, one deals with player stats, and the final handles equipment effectiveness.

How to change V Rising day time

V Rising offers a far longer day than night, as indicated in the upper-right of the UI. Blue numbers indicate evening, while yellow numbers indicate sunlight. By altering this field, admins can determine how long players have to effectively hunt outdoors, while also tweaking blood moon occurrence.

GameTimeModifiers	Information
DayDurationInSeconds	How long a 24-cycle takes, in seconds. The in-game options has preselected four values: 600, 1080, 2160, and 3600. It appears safe, however, to place unique values (divisible by 24) within the json file.
DayStartHour	At what hour of the day the night turns to day.
DayStartMinute	A granular accoutrement to prior field.
DayEndHour	At what hour the day turns back into night.
DayEndMinute	A granular accoutrement to prior field.
BloodMoonFrequency_Min	This field, and the one below it, create a range of days that can go before a Blood Moon procs. After a Blood Moon, the minimum number of days must pass (but not more than the maximum) before another one could proc.
BloodMoonFrequency_Max	As above.
BloodMoonBuff	Determines the strength of the Blood Moon, which can drastically increase the powers offered by devouring NPC blood.

The next table is called ‘VampireStatModifiers’, and it changes the strength of your players. It’s important to note that, if this is set too high, it could trivialize the game. If too low, progress can become outright impossible. For special events, however, it can help spice up a server.

VampireStatModifiers	Information – All values default as 1 except ReviveCancelDelay
MaxHealthModifier	Whole-number percentage which effects health amount.
MaxEnergyModifier	This value determines the amount of energy players have.
PhysicalPowerModifier	This value determines how hard a vampire can hit — controlling melee/weapon damage.
SpellPowerModifier	This determines the damage output of spells.
ResourcePowerModifier	Effects the damage output to resource nodes.
SiegePowerModifier	Determines damage output of siege machinery — setting this value lower can prolong sieges
DamageReceivedModifier	Mitigates damage received by set amount. Setting this value to 0.8 means your players will take 20% less damage than default.

The final table worth exploring determines how equipment ultimately affects players in terms of bonuses received. Whether you’re looking at offering greater benefits for using proper tools on resource nodes (axes on trees, for example) or you want to let your players move faster, this is the table for that.

EquipmentStatModifiers	Information
MaxEnergyModifier	Energy increase modifier dependent upon equipped slots.
MaxHealthModifier	Health increase modifier dependent upon equipped slots.
ResourceYieldModifier	Increase to resource harvesting when using the appropriate tool for the node.
PhysicalPowerModifier	Increase in physical damage output based on equipment.
SpellPowerModifier	Increase in spell damage output based on equipment.
SiegePowerModifier	Increase in siege damage output based on equipment.
MovementSpeedModifier	Increase in movement based on equipment.

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