While official instruction on setting up a dedicated killing floor 2 server can be found here below is a much easier way that makes life simpler.
How to join your own dedicated server killing floor.
Hosting a dedicated server.
How to start your own dedicated server.
For all of our games your server ip is located in the same.
Find your server s ip address.
Not to mention the steamcmd link is out dated installation.
Note on the end of the post you ll find common issues with servers and how to fix them.
Currently there is not a live dedicated server beta branch.
Just follow steps one by one and have fun.
Listen or dedicated what im looking to do is host a serever and play on it too.
Find and install the killing floor 2.
Kf 2 did everything fine.
Not enought server s to play with your friends.
When i try to play dedicated it exits the game and repeats the same messages over and over.
Except for hosting games.
Using the killing floor sdk the community can create custom maps for admins to host on their servers.
App update 215350 beta branch name where branch name is the current beta branch.
These maps can be automatically downloaded by users joining your server with a few easy steps as follows.
Use the batch file downloaded with the server or create your own.
Once the control panel says server online and is green you will be able to join your server.
I m here to explain how to create a dedicated server for kf 2.
If tripwire is currently running a beta update of the dedicated server files.
You can do this by clicking the start button at the top of the control panel.
Instead run the following.
2 go to your system folder and create a bat file with the following code.
Use the batch file downloaded with the server or create your own.
1 download a custom map and place it in the maps folder.
Once your killing floor 2 instance is deployed go ahead and start your server.
Ok so im trying to host my own kf server but i have no idea which to choose.
Instead follow these instructions from the kf2 wiki.
To launch a server with default settings on survival biotics lab use the following batch script.
On your steam client hover over your library and select tools.
Start binaries win64 kfserver kf bioticslab for linux dedicated servers the included bat file will not work as it is for the windows distribution.
Since it s not always easy to find an empty server for you and your friends or if you want to be able to tweak the settings of a server just the way you want it tripwire still advises you not to use the dedicated server tool through steam.