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Vanilla

No plugins and no changed rates. Lists in the Community tab and appeals to players who want the real thing with a better admin than an official server.

Set up

Keep Framework set to vanilla on the Startup page. A 3500 map holds about 100 players comfortably; go to 4000 to 4500 for 150 or more.

Write your wipe schedule in the description, e.g. "Monthly wipe, first Thursday. BP wipe on force." Players filter by it.

The server tags (monthly, vanilla) set at checkout show in the browser. If you wipe weekly, change monthly to weekly in Additional Arguments on the Startup page.

Run it

  • Schedule a daily restart off-peak (Schedules page) so memory stays fresh.
  • Update and restart on the first Thursday of the month as soon as Facepunch releases; the server installs updates when it starts.
  • Team size limits work without plugins: run relationshipmanager.maxteamsize 3 in the console for a trio server.