Running into trouble with your Arma Reforger server? Here's how to fix the most common problems in the control panel. First, open your server at panel.chicagoservers.co and check the Troubleshoot tab: it checks your server, reads its console, and says what to do about what it finds.
1. The server doesn't start or keeps crashing
- Check the console: open the Console tab and look at the last lines before it stopped.
- Check config.json: if you edited it on the Configs tab (Server config, Text), a missing comma or bracket stops the server. Undo your change, or check the file with a JSON validator.
- Check your mods: open the Mods tab. It shows what the server said about mods at its last start (What the server said about mods), mods the Workshop doesn't have, and dependencies that are missing (click Add the missing ones). To find a bad mod, remove mods and add them back a few at a time.
2. Players can't connect
- Ports: they're opened for you. Each server has its own, listed on the Startup tab under Network. Players join with the address at the top of your server's page.
- Versions: players and the server need the same Arma Reforger version. After a game update, click Update now on your server's page, and have players update their game.
- Console players: they can only join with Crossplay (Xbox and PlayStation) on, and only if every required mod is available for their console. See How to make your ARMA Reforger Crossplay Enabled.
3. Mods don't work
- Add and remove mods on the Mods tab, not by editing config.json: the tab adds every mod a mod needs. Mod IDs are the 16-character codes from the Workshop, for example
59727DAE364DEADB. - A mod pinned to an old version can break after a game update. Click Version next to it and clear the box to use the latest.
- Restart the server after changing mods: it downloads them as it starts.
- Mods missing after moving from the old panel: open the Mods tab. It finds your old mods list and the mods already on your server, and offers Bring them over or Add them to the list. See How to Add Mods to Your Arma Reforger Server.
See How to Add Mods to Your Arma Reforger Server.
4. The server doesn't show in the server list
- Check that Show in server browser is on, on the Startup tab, then restart.
- The panel sets the server-list (A2S) settings in config.json for you at every start: you don't need to add or remove anything there.
- Search for your server's exact name, or join with its address.
5. Players stuck on the loading screen
- The first join downloads every required mod, which can take a while with big mods.
- Make sure the server's mods are up to date and that nothing is pinned to an old version.
- If one player is stuck, have them delete those mods in the game's Workshop menu and join again.
Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.