Arma3 Server.cfg Explained

This article deals with the server.cfg, a configuration file which you can use to configure various server settings such as the difficulty level, how many votes are needed, and welcome messages. etc.


Server Options

passwordAdmin = "password";

This is to the Password to protect/login to admin access.

password = "ChangeME";

This is to set the Password to connect to the server, (empty will not set a password

hostname="My Server";

Server name that will be vsible in the game browser / steam

motd[]= {"Welcome to my server.", "HostedBy serverblend."};

You can have up to two lines welcome message. Comma is the 'new line' separator.

Server Behaviour

voteThreshold = 0.33;

Percentage of votes needed to confirm a vote. 33% in this example. so for ever 0.01 is 1% of total players

voteMissionPlayers = 3;

Start mission-voting when X numberOfPlayers connect. 3 players in this example.

verifySignatures = 1;

Players will require the exact same mod folder naming, order and amount as the server. 1 means active, 0 disabled.

maxdesync = 150;

Max desync value until server kick the user (since Arma 3 1.56+)

maxping= 200;

Max ping value until server kick the user (since Arma 3 1.56+)

maxpacketloss= 50;

Max packetloss value until server kick the user (since Arma 3 1.56+)

randomMissionOrder = true;

When enabled, the server random start / next selection with one of missions from mission rotation list. ( setting goes outside(before) Mission class {}; )


Arma server only

verifySignatures = 2;

Enables or disables the signature verification for addons.
The default is 2. Verification disabled = 0 use only level 2 (level 1 is deprecated and defaults to 2)

Updated on: 10/11/2021