How to Install Mods on Your Satisfactory Game Server Using Satisfactory Mod Manager

Satisfactory Mod Manager (SMM) can install mods straight onto your server over SFTP. It also installs the mod loader and each mod's dependencies for you, so you don't have to download files by hand.

What you need

• Satisfactory Mod Manager (version 3 or later), from ficsit.app.
• Your server's SFTP login: in the control panel, open your server's Files tab and click SFTP. It shows the host, port, username and folder; the password is your control panel password.

Step 1: Install Satisfactory Mod Manager

Download the latest version from the Satisfactory Mod Manager website and install it on your computer.

Step 2: Add your server to SMM

1. Open SMM. In the left panel, under Other, choose Manage Servers.
2. Add a server with the SFTP type and enter:
   • Host and Port: as shown in the SFTP box in the control panel.
   • Username: as shown in the SFTP box (your control panel username).
   • Password: your control panel password.
   • Path: your server's folder, as shown under Folder in the SFTP box. It's the folder that holds FactoryServer.sh.
3. Save. Your server now appears in SMM's game version list, and you can manage its mods like a game on your PC.

Step 3: Install mods

1. In the control panel, click Stop on your server's page. A running server keeps its mod files in use.
2. In SMM, choose your server, then find the mods you want. Only install mods that support dedicated servers (SMM's compatible filter helps).
3. Click Install. SMM installs the mods and what they need onto your server.
4. In the control panel, click Start.

Step 4: Set up players

Every player needs the same mods, in the same versions, as the server, or they can't join. The easiest way is to use one SMM profile for your server and your game, then export it and share it with your players.

Tips and troubleshooting

• After a game update: mods may stop working until their authors update them. Update them in SMM, with the server stopped.
• Mod settings: SMM can't change mod settings on the server. Set them up in your game, then copy the config files to the server on the Files tab.
• Can't join: test without mods first, then add them back a few at a time.
• To install mods by hand instead, see How to install mods onto your Satisfactory server. To bring a modded save over, see How to Upload an Existing World to Your Satisfactory Server.

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