Saving and loading the game

You can save your game and load an existing game by using rcon.
If you're not sure how to use rcon, then please check out this knowledge base article: https://www.elitegameservers.net/controlpanel/knowledgebase/106/How-to-administrate-the-server.html

Loading a save game
Use rcon to execute the following commands:

  • Type ls to list the files of the current directory, a number will be beside each one, which represents <number> below.
  • Type cd <number> to go to that directory.
  • Type load <number> to load that file.

Saving a game
You can save the game by using the rcon command:
save

The command should be followed by a filename for the save file or a number.

 

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