EpochServer.ini Guide

[vbawol 3684]

 

EpochServer.ini Guide

• [EpochServer]
  • BattlEyePath This is the path to the battleye folder which is needed for the AntiHack
  • InstanceID Current server instance for the database
• [Redis]
  • IP Redis server ip/hostname [default: 127.0.0.1]
  • Port Redis server port 0-65535 [default: 6379]
  • DB Database index [default: 0]
  • Password Password [default: <no password>]
• [steamAPI]
  • Key Steam Web API key (can be requested here: http://steamcommunity.com/dev/apikey), if no key is given the SteamAPI is disabled [default: <no key>]
  • VACBanned Players with a vac ban will be banned by writing the ban in bans.txt [default: 0, 0 means disabled and 1 means enabled]
  • VACMinimumNumberOfBans Players with the given minimun of vac bans will be banned, same as VACBanned [default: 0, 0 means disabled]
  • VACMaximumDaysSinceLastBan Players will be banned until the VAC ban will reach the maximum, same as VACBanned [default: 0, 0 means disabled]

 

[Darth_Rogue 635]

Enabling the Steam API and VAC bans yields an auto ban when trying to use the admin tools. What's the best way around this other than to disable the Steam API?

[ALANDRO 0]

I rent a server and i have obtain a ApiKey on Steam, after added the key to my EpochServer.ini:

AGAIN   SteamAPI initialization failed. Steam features wont's be accessible!    

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My questions is:

-What is the utility of steamAPI  ?

-Why my key not work ?