How to Configure your Euro Truck Simulator 2 Server (ETS2 & ATS)

Configuration can be a great way to personalise, improve, or bring variety to your ETS2 or ATS server. 

Server owners can make changes to a range of settings including server's name, password, max number of AI, traffic, name tags and more!

Accessing your Server Settings

Your primary server settings can be accessed using the Config Files section of your server's control panel.

  1. Access your control panel.
  2. Navigate to Files > Config Files.
  3. Click Truck Simulator Server Settings.

Configuring your Server Settings

Once you have access to your server settings, you can make any required changes. The table below lists all of the available server settings. 

Setting Default Value Description
Automatic Steam Updates Enabled Controls if your server will update alongside Steam updates. 
Steam Beta N/A Controls if your server will boot any Steam betas.
Public Enabled Controls if the server is displaying on the public server list.
Server Name A Shockbyte Euro Truck Simulator 2 Server Assigns a name to your server, which allows it to be found with the in-game server list.
Server Description N/A Assigns a description to your Euro Truck Simulator 2 server.
Server Welcome Message N/A Sets the Welcome Message shown to players upon connecting to your convoy.
Max Players 8 Controls the maximum amount of players that can connect to your server at one time.
Server Token N/A Assigns a GSLT token to the server.
Server Password N/A Controls if there is a password set to connect to your server. This can be used to make your server private.
Max Vehicles Total 100 The total number of AI vehicles allowed at one time.
Max AI Vehicles Player 50 The maximum number of AI Vehicles spawned around one player.
Max AI Vehicles Player Spawn 50 The maximum number of vehicles spawned when a player first joins the convoy.
Player Damage Enabled Enable/disable player collisions.
Show Traffic Enabled Controls whether traffic is shown to players connected to your convoy.
Hide in Company Disabled Enable/disable collisions of players in the menu.
Hide in No Collision Zone Enabled Enable/disable the hiding of players in no collision zones.
Force Speed Limit Disabled Controls whether the speed limiter is forced for players connected to your convoy.
Force Server Mods Disabled Enable optional mods.
Collision at Service Stations Disabled Disables collision at service stations.
In Menu Ghosting Disabled Controls whether players become ghosts (disabled collision) when browsing the menu.
Name Tags Enabled Controls whether players can see the name tags of other players connected to your convoy.
Friends Only Disabled If enabled, only friends will be allowed to connect to your convoy.
Show Server Enabled Controls whether your convoy is listed on the public server list.
Moderator List 0 Steam IDs of all moderators of your convoy, separated by a comma.

If you would like any additional information or have any more questions about configuring your Euro Truck Simulator 2 (or American Truck Simulator) server, you can find our other articles here.

If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php

Mitchell Smith

Managing Director @ Shockbyte

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