Karma is a Barotrauma server setting intended to discourage players from engaging in griefing behaviour. It punishes those who harm others, gradually escalating the severity of the punishments.
There are several in-game events that directly affect Karma, by either raising it or lowering it.
| Negative Actions | Positive Actions |
|---|---|
| Spamming | Harming Monsters |
| Disconnecting many wires | Healing teammates |
| Breaking Hulls | Fixing Hulls |
| Breaking Machinery | Fixing Machines |
| Overheating the Reactor | Steering the submarine |
| Harming Teammates | Extinguishing Fires |
Configuring Karma Using the Server Lobby
An administrator can enable, and configure the Karma system while in the server lobby.
- Join the game as an admin.
- Click Settings.
- Click Anti-Griefing.
- Click the Use Karma checkbox and then select a Karma Mode.
- To make further modifications to the system, choose
Customfrom the dropdown menu and implement any necessary changes.
- Click Close.
Configuring Karma Using Config Files
You can enable, and configure the Karma system through the serversettings.xml file, found in your servers files.
- Access your control panel, and Stop your server.
- Navigate to your server files via FTP, we recommend using Filezilla.
- In the root directory, edit Serversettings.xml with a text editor, such as Notepad++.
- To enable the Karma system, locate KarmaEnabled and set this to
True.
- To make the Karma system less forgiving towards players, simply find the KarmaPreset option and set it to
strict.
- Save this file and upload the changes back to the FTP.
- Start your server.
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