No game listed in steam server list

[AxelBremer]

Hi!

Thanks for making this! When I run the container and wait for the server to be downloaded etc. it does show up in the steam server list but it doesn't list what game it is and in Valheim I don't see the server at all.

Would you maybe know how to fix this?

[lloesche]

Hi @AxelBremer,

the only networking related issue I've run into thus far where the server would start up and give a log message "Connected" with no indication of any errors but then not show up in-game was when the three UDP ports 2456-2458 were not publicly accessible from the Internet.

[anpross]

hi, noticed the same thing, however some of us where able to see the server and the others then joined via the steam buddy list to those. i was suspecting an issue with the central server list🤷‍♂️ - and also thanks!

[anpross]

did a quick search - maybe that helps: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/lcn1i6/rented_servers_being_a_nightmare_to_find/

[kparkov]

This is server discovery related and probably out of scope for this repo. I am using it with a rented server without problems. Well, actually, it shows up in the game server list, but I can't add it as a favorite server in Steam. 🤷‍♂️

Thank you for this excellent initiative, @lloesche.

[lloesche]

I just did some more testing. So it seems that only when the server is properly configured (NAT/Firewall wise) it'll show up in the Steam server browser as well as in-game. Since you can see the server in Steam server browser I'm assuming everything is configured correctly on your end.

When I misconfigure my firewall settings it will start up with no error message but won't show either in-game or in Steam server browser.

However I'm seeing what you observed. In Steam server browser the GAME column will be empty. That said If you filter by Game Valheim all the servers listed have an empty GAME column.

I was still able to favorite the Server there and connect to it. Although going the Steam server browser route I had to enter the server password twice. Once in Steam and then again in-game.

I'll update the README.

[lloesche]

Ok so adding the server manually does work using <ip>:2457, but instead of ADD THIS ADDRESS TO FAVOURITES one needs to first press the FIND GAMES AT THIS ADDRESS button and then below the games list use ADD SELECTED GAME SERVER TO FAVOURITES.

[kparkov]

Yes @lloesche, found that out as well. I now have the server in favourites. 🤩

[lloesche]

@kparkov after some more testing I found that the favorites list is a bit flaky. Sometimes it'll show the bookmarked server entry but not show any games running on it. I had the best success by pressing Refresh and then immediately double click the server to connect to it. Then it'll usually work fine.

[kparkov]

@lloesche seems like there are some alpha kinks to iron out for the good people at Iron gate.

[kparkov]

Just an observation on my end: while I see more describing that flaky behaviour you are talking about @lloesche, I haven't myself. It is pretty stable - when it shows up, it does not disappear again.

[lloesche]

Updated the README with information on how to find and connect to the server.
https://github.com/lloesche/valheim-server-docker#finding-your-server

[lloesche]

@AxelBremer if you follow the steps in https://github.com/lloesche/valheim-server-docker#steam-server-favorites--lan-play
are you able to find and connect to your server? I just tested it on my local Windows machine running Docker Desktop in WSL2 and was able to find the game at 127.0.0.1:2457 and connect to the server.

[AxelBremer]

I'll check in a bit, I'm supposed to be working atm haha