Cluster Configuration

Cluster.ini

The cluster.ini is the primary configuration file for cluster wide options. The server will look in <persistent_storage_root>/<conf_dir>/<cluster>/ for the existence of this file.

An example of the file

[GAMEPLAY]
game_mode = endless
max_players = 12
pvp = false
pause_when_empty = true

[NETWORK]
cluster_description = Silence Miranda
cluster_name = Mirandaville
cluster_intention = madness
cluster_password = password1234

[MISC]
console_enabled = true

[SHARD]
shard_enabled = true
master_port = 10889

Gameplay

Name	Default	Options	Description
game_mode	survival	endless, survival, wilderness	Sets the game mode: Reference
max_players	6	2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...	No functional limit
pvp	false	true, false	Enable/Disable player-vs-player
pause_when_empty	true	true, false	Wether the game will pause with no players online.

Network

Name	Default	Options	Description
cluster_description	empty	Anything	The description of your server seen when someone selects your server in the server browser.
cluster_name	None	Anything	The name of your server seen on the server browser.
cluster_intention	cooperative	cooperative, competitive, social, or madness	Basically deprecated
cluster_password	None	Anything	This sets the password people need to input to enter your server.

Misc

Name	Default	Options	Description
console_enabled	true	true, false	DST runs with an interactive console that you can send commands to locally on the server itself. This option enables or disables that.
max_snapshots	6	Any Integer	Maximum number of snapshots to retain.

Shard

Name	Default	Options	Description
shard_enabled	false	true, false	Enables sharding, aka multi world. If you want caves enabled you need this, and the cave shard enabled.
master_port	10888	Any integer	The port slave shards will connect to the master shard on.

Cluster Token

This file just contains a token that you generate from Klei's Website

The server will look for the token in <persistent_storage_root>/<conf_dir>/<cluster>/cluster_token.txt