Become an admin at Staxel

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What can an admin do at Staxel?

Administrators set the rules and basic principles on a game server and can change them individually if necessary. Administrators can enter special commands via the console, ban players from the server or activate certain game advantages.

Become an admin via rights.config

A simple option is to add or edit the rights.config file.

1. connect to your Staxel gameserver via FTP
2. search for the directory Staxel.launcher\gamedata\LocalContent\
3. create the file rights.config and open it with an editor
4. add the following content to the file
   1. User name of the admin must be replaced by your user name

{
  "byRight" : { },
  "byName" : {
    "Username of the admin" : ["all"]
  },
  "byUid" : { }
}

5. save the changes in the file and restart the server

Name multiple administrators via rights.config

If several users are to be given Admin status, proceed as follows:

1. follow steps 1 to 3 above.
2. add the following content to the file
   1. User name of the admin must be replaced by the corresponding user name

{
  "byName": {
    "Username of the first admin": [ "all"],
    "Username of the second admin": [ "all"]
  }
}

3. save the changes in the file and restart the server