Making your Vintage Story server private is easy with the whitelist system. Once enabled, only players whose usernames are added to the whitelist can join your server, giving you complete control over who has access.
Version 1.20+ Changes
As of version 1.20, Vintage Story servers are invite-only (whitelisted) by default and do not register themselves to the public servers list. If you want to make your server public, you can:
- Enable server advertising with
/serverconfig advertise on - Disable whitelist mode with
/serverconfig whitelistmode off
Adding Players to the Whitelist
- Access the GhostCap Panel and select your Vintage Story server.
- Navigate to
Console. - Type
/player playername whitelist on.
Removing Players from the Whitelist
- Access the GhostCap Panel and select your Vintage Story server.
- Navigate to
Console. - Type
/player playername whitelist off.