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##Dedicated Server
We’re going to try releasing this manually through SteamCMD, it’ll save us time and you effort.

> Windows: Download steamCMD.zip and extract it.
> Linux: Download steamcmd linux.tar.gz and extract it.
> Run the following commands
> login anonymous
> force install dir ./tu/
> app update 439660 validate
> Close SteamCMD
> You’ll find a folder called “tu” in the same folder that has steamCMD in it.
> Windows: Copy tier0 *.dll, vstdlib *.dll, and steamclient*.dll files from the root folder into tu/Tower/Binaries/Win64
> Linux: Copy linux64/steamclient.so into tu/Tower/Binaries/Linux
> Windows: Run TowerServer.exe -log
> Linux: Run ./Tower/Binaries/Linux/TowerServer-Linux-Shipping -log
> Forward the following ports:

7777-7780 UDP
3478 UDP
4379-4380 UDP

When the game updates, run **`app update 439660 validate`** again in SteamCMD to get the latest version of the dedicated server.

If you get a certain error regarding the Steam gameserver API, this means that something isnt set up properly with your firewall / NAT.

The main caveat with the dedicated server is that you can not run it and join it on the same machine.

You can configure the server settings in Tower/Config/DefaultGame.ini in the **`[/Script/TowerNetworking.DedicatedServerOptions]`** section.

There is a `password` setting but that isnt implemented just yet.

Tower Unite Dedicated Server