How To Upload An Existing Vintage Story Save To Your Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of uploading a custom world file to your Vintage Story server. These steps are for both single-player and existing multiplayer world transfers.

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Finding Your Save Files

1. Open Vintage Story.
2. Click Single-player > Open Saves Folder.
3. Create a copy of the save you wish to upload.

• DirectoryAppData

  • DirectoryRoaming

    • DirectoryVintagstoryData

      • DirectoryVintageStory

        • DirectorySaves

          • serene kingdom story.vcdbs Example save file.

Uploading & Enabling Your World

After following the steps above, here’s how to upload and then enable a world on your Vintage Story server.

Uploading Your World

1. Log in to the Game Host Bros Game Panel and Stop your Vintage Story server.
2. Go to Management > File Manager.
3. Navigate to data/Saves/ and delete any existing files.
4. Upload your .vcdbs save file.

Once uploaded, your server files should look like this:

• Directorydata

  • DirectorySaves

    • serene kingdom story.vcdbs Example save file.

Enabling Your World

1. Log in to the Game Host Bros Game Panel and Stop your Vintage Story server.
2. Go to Management > File Manager and enter the data folder.
3. Open serverconfig.json.
4. Edit SaveFileLocation to match the name of your uploaded save file.
5. Save your changes and then start your server.

serverconfig.json

         "WorldConfig": {
       "Seed": null,
       "SaveFileLocation": "./data/Saves/serene kingdom story.vcdbs",