Within 5 days of its launch, 7 million copies were sold, and more than 2 million people were online at the same time, setting a record for the second place in the history of the Steam platform...... "Phantom Beast Palu" became the first explosive game at the beginning of 2024.
The reason for this is that this open-world survival and building game offers players a rich gaming experience while allowing online play. However, due to the explosion of the game, the official server will be more or less unstable, delayed, and crashed. In this case, building a dedicated server is the most secure and smooth solution. Here is a detailed introduction to the online server construction tutorial, so that you can fire full power and have more fun!
Step 1: Purchase an ECS
If you want to connect with your friends quickly, a stable and low-latency cloud server is the key, and we recommend HUAWEI CLOUD's ECS or HECS L instances.
Purchase server: https://activity.huaweicloud.com/discount_area_v5/index.html
Recently, HUAWEI CLOUD has also held a special promotion, you can choose the recommended game connection server with the following configurations:
It is recommended to choose 4C16G5M bandwidth, which can meet the needs of 32 people, and if the number of people is small, you can also choose a lower specification.
Select Windows Server 2019/2022 as operating system
The default system disk is 60 GB
Add UDP 8211 to the inbound rule of the security group rule
It's very simple, just do it step by step, and if you can't do it, you can consult your HUAWEI CLOUD account manager.
Step 2: Log in to the HUAWEI CLOUD server
Use "windows+R" to enter mstsc in the dialog box, click "OK",
Enter the remote connection server interface, enter the IP address of the server (which can be viewed in the console), and click "Connect".
Click on "More Options" and choose to use a different account:
Enter the username "Administrator", enter the password (set when creating the server), and click Login.
Step 3: Install the directX runtime service
The next step is to install the necessary components to play the game, starting with the DirectX Runtime.
Create a folder under the windows C drive named DX
Visit https://www.microsoft.com/zh-cn/download/details.aspx?id=35
Download the dxwebsetup .exe directory in C:\DX
Run DXWyveSetup to install:
Step 4: Install the Microsoft visual C++ runtime service
Next, you have to install VC++ Runtime, and after downloading, you can just do the next step, it's very simple.
Create a folder under the windows C drive named VC
Visit https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
The download VC_redist.x64.exe directory is C:\VC
Run VC_redist.x64.exe to install
Step 5: Install the steam CMD service
Create a folder named steamcmd under the C drive of the cloud server
Visit https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Windows
Download the zip directory as C:\steamcmd
Unzip the zip file and run the exe to install it yourself.
Step 6: Install the palworld server
Enter login anonymous in steamcmd.exe to log in to the steam server anonymously,
After entering app_update 2394010 validate, press enter to download the server of this game.
Once the installation is complete, enter quit to close the cmd.
步骤7：运行palworld sever
Open this computer and run PalSever .exe in C:\steamcmd\steamapps\common\PalServer
步骤8：连接palworld sever
Next, you can call your friends to go online together!Open Steam and launch the palworld client, select "Join Multiplayer (Dedicated Server)", enter the cloud server IP: 8211 at the bottom, and click "Contact".
IP example: 127.0.0.1:8211
Isn't it very simple? I think you have already got the method of building an online server, and with your own server, you and your friends can enjoy a more free and refreshing game fun in the world of Palu. Xiaobian bought the 4C16G5M bandwidth version of HUAWEI CLOUD ECS, which is enough for more than 30 people to use online.
And recently, there are special discounts for Huawei cloud servers, and the specifications that Xiaobian bought only cost less than 300 yuan for three months. If you don't have so many friends, you can also choose to configure lower specifications. If you want to get online, get started!