Verified Servers - Ruleset & Prerequisites

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What is the Verified Servers Program?

Community members can now apply to have their server marked as a "Verified Server"! All verified servers will get a blue checkmark next to the server name in the list. The "Verified Server" checkmark is used to mark servers that we, Boxelware, recommend as great to play on. We want to highlight servers of passionate community members and reward those who are doing an amazing job running their own dedicated servers.

Since the verified server checkmark is a quality seal, a verified server must follow certain guidelines (see below). This gives verified servers better visibility and increased server traffic. Additionally, we will provide a direct connection for verified server owners to us to provide high priority support!

Server Requirements:

• The server must be continuously reachable
  • Static IP address is a must
  • The server must ensure a high uptime, preferably through anti-hang / auto-restart scripts
  • No password and must be public
• The server must be able to provide good performance to allow smooth running of Avorion
  • A minimum of 16GM RAM available to the game (after OS and other usage)
  • A minimum of 4 real CPU cores (not threads)
• The server must be actively played on
• The server must be moderated
• The server main admin must be reachable by us via email or discord
• The server’s main language must be either English or German
• The motd must contain a disclaimer that Boxelware recommends the server but does not run/administrate it itself
• The server must have been running for at least one month 
  • In case it’s a new server, the admin must provide proof for expertise of running a similar, actively played-on server that’s been online for at least one month

Server Behavior Rules:

• No homophobia, racism, sexism, discrimination or harassment of any kind
• No stations or unattended ships in 0:0
• Use of bugs, hacks or exploits is not allowed
• We expect the above rules to be enforced by the administrators

Please include the following in your application:

• A description of how the above requirements will be met & rules will be enforced
  • E.g. considering moderators, auto-restart scripts, backups, etc.
• A concept with a short description of the server 
  • Will it be a role-playing server? PvP, PvE? Regular wipes? Will it have special rules or be classic vanilla?
• A list of mods used on the server
  • To keep things simple and easily-accessible, only workshop mods will be allowed on verified servers
• The server.ini file
• Specs of the machine the server is running on
• A log file that shows at least a single start of the server
• The stats .csv files of your current (or previous servers, in case it’s a new server)

By sending us your application you acknowledge and accept the following:

To ensure good performance, we will be doing regular checks on the verified servers. We will sometimes request the stats .csv files, logs and/or the server.ini without prior notice. In case of recurring or severe rule violations the blue checkmark will be removed from the server.

Over the next few months we’ll add a monitoring feature for verified servers where servers report their stats to us, so that we can react quickly in case of performance or other issues. This monitoring feature must be turned on for verified servers. 

The verified server program is a voluntary endorsement by Boxelware and we reserve the right to remove the checkmark at any time, such as if the endorsement of a particular server would have negative impacts on Boxelware, its employees or community members.

You can send your applications to server@boxelware.de!

We are looking forward to your applications!