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Testing in the Editor

You don't need to package a server to try Server Core.

  1. In the Play dropdown set Net Mode to Play As Listen Server.
  2. Set Number of Players to 2 or more.
  3. Press Play.

The first window is the host. With Listen Server Host Is Owner enabled (default), the host has every permission. The other windows are normal players you can kick, ban and mute.

note
  • Kicking or banning the host itself is not possible, it is the server.
  • Restart and Shutdown in Exit Process mode do not close the editor. They log a warning instead.
  • Without an online subsystem, player ids look like Session_256 and only last for the current session. Use the Steam or EOS online subsystem to test persistent bans.

Testing as a dedicated server​

Select Play As Client in the Net Mode dropdown. The editor starts a dedicated server in the background and connects the clients to it. Type server commands in the editor console with sc, they run on the server world.