How to Set Up Automatic Restarts with In-Game Messages and Discord Notifications on Your DayZ Server
Keeping your DayZ server on a regular restart schedule helps maintain performance and stability, especially on heavily modded servers.
This guide explains how to configure automatic scheduled restarts with customizable in-game and Discord warning messages. The restart task provides a 30-minute warning period, locks the server before restarting, kicks connected players shortly before the restart to help prevent item duplication issues, creates a backup, and then restarts the server automatically.
Guide Navigation
- Important Tips
- Discord Notifications
- How to Create the Restart Task
- How to Configure Restart Messages and Options
Important Tips
Important Tips
- You can change the server lock time and player kick time from the Service Settings button.
- You can customize the in-game and Discord warning messages from the Service Settings button.
Discord Notifications
You can also send Discord notifications for automatic server restarts, allowing your community to receive restart warnings and status updates directly in your Discord server.
Follow the guide below to configure Discord notifications before enabling them for this scheduled task:
How to Create the Restart Task
In this example, we will configure the server to restart every 4 hours, which is recommended for most modded DayZ servers to help keep the server smooth and reduce performance issues.
- Go to the Scheduled Tasks button.
- Select the Backup and Restart with Messages task.
- Click New.
- Fill in the task details as shown in the example below.
- This example restarts the server every 4 hours starting at 8:00 AM.
- Save the scheduled task.
How to Configure Restart Messages and Options
You can adjust the restart behaviour to fit your server needs, including when the server is locked, when players are kicked, and which warning messages are sent in-game and to Discord.
- Go to the Service Settings button.
- Change the restart options and messages as desired.
- Click Execute to save your changes.
Final Thoughts
Automatic restarts with warning messages help keep your DayZ server stable while giving players enough notice before the restart happens. The backup and restart task also helps protect your server data before each scheduled restart.
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