Hytale development notes, tooling, community projects and news.
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Move a Hytale server from a bare systemd unit into Docker behind a web panel — container layout, UDP ports, console access, and keeping systemd as a fallback.
Keep a Hytale dedicated server alive — clean nightly world backups with tar + restic, a scheduled daily restart via systemd timer, and crash recovery.
Install, update and debug Hytale server mods the right way. Where to get them, jar vs zip, dependencies, version compatibility, early plugins and the 5 most common reasons a mod wont load.
Opinionated step-by-step guide to installing a Hytale dedicated server on Linux — Java 25, OAuth auth, UDP 5520, systemd done right, JVM tuning, backups, updates and the mistakes I see every week.