Change Map, Restart and Shutdown

Map changes, restarts and shutdowns run after a countdown. Players are warned at set intervals, and the action can be cancelled at any time.

Commands

Command	Description	Permission
/map <map> [delay]	Change map (default delay 10s)	servercore.map
/maps	List available maps and aliases	servercore.map
/restart [delay] [reason]	Restart (default delay 60s)	servercore.restart
/shutdown [delay] [reason]	Shut down (default delay 60s)	servercore.shutdown
/cancel	Cancel the scheduled action	servercore.cancel
/status	Shows the scheduled action and time left	servercore.players

/map Arena
/map /Game/Maps/Desert?game=TDM 30
/restart 5m Applying update
/shutdown 120 Maintenance
/cancel

A plain number delay is seconds. Durations like 5m also work. Only one action can be scheduled at a time, and a new one replaces the old.

Countdown warnings

Players are warned when the time left passes each value in Countdown Warnings (default 600, 300, 120, 60, 30, 15, 10, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 seconds). The texts are configurable:

Setting	Default
Restart Warning Message	Server restarting in {Time}. {Reason}
Shutdown Warning Message	Server shutting down in {Time}. {Reason}
Map Change Warning Message	Changing map to {Map} in {Time}.

Warnings are sent as Banner announcements, and as Warning in the last 10 seconds.

Maps

/map accepts:

• An alias from Map Aliases, e.g. arena → /Game/Maps/Arena
• A short map name, e.g. Arena, searched in Map Search Paths (default /Game)
• A full path, e.g. /Game/Maps/Arena
• Any of these followed by travel options, e.g. Arena?game=TDM

note

For a packaged server, make sure your maps are cooked: add them to Project Settings → Packaging → List of maps to include in a packaged build.

Restart modes

Unreal can't restart its own process, so Restart Mode decides what a restart does:

Mode	What happens	Use when
Exit Process (default)	Saves, kicks everyone and exits with Restart Exit Code	Your server runs under a supervisor that starts it again: systemd, Docker (restart: always), Windows services, a hosting panel
Reload Map	Reloads the current map, the process keeps running	You have no supervisor, or only want a fresh map state

Example systemd unit:

/etc/systemd/system/mygame.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/mygame/MyGameServer.sh -log
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

Shutdown

Saves all data, kicks every player with the Shutdown Kick Message and exits the process.

info

In the editor, exiting the process is skipped and a warning is logged instead, so your editor doesn't close.

Blueprint

Node	Description
Change Map (Caller, Map, Delay Seconds)
Restart Server (Caller, Delay Seconds, Reason)
Shutdown Server (Caller, Delay Seconds, Reason)
Cancel Pending Action (Caller)
Get Pending Action → Action	Type, target, reason, remaining seconds
Get Available Maps	Full package names
Resolve Map (Map) → Travel URL

Event: On Pending Action Changed (Action). Use it to show a countdown in a server UI.