

The main reason that SteamCMD is used is to manually install and update servers on Steam, which is exactly what players will need for creating their own Rust server. Using SteamCMD can be extremely complicated for those who don't know quite a bit about computers or didn't grow up in the age when command-lines were the standard way to navigate computers. This is essentially a an alternate version of Steam that uses a command-line rather than the standard interface that players are used to. The player is going to have to download and install the SteamCMD program.

Rust: Downloading and Logging In To SteamCMDįrom here things are going to start getting just a little bit tricky. Just follow these instructions and the server should be up in no time at all. As long as they can run Rust at high settings and have a decent amount of RAM to spare then they shouldn't have too many issues. Either way, the player will need at the bare minimum 4 GB of RAM to devote to hosting the server, so if the player doesn't have that much to spare this won't work.įor the sake of simplification, this guide will assume that the player is choosing to just use a single PC.

If the player just barely hits the minimum specs they will want to consider using another computer. The only thing about the single PC method is that running a server and the game simultaneously can be very hard on the system. The upside to running the server and playing the game on the same PC is that obviously, the player won't have to worry about having two separate PCs taking space in their home. Before players try to set up a server they will first want to decide if they are going to try and run the server through the PC they plan to play the game on or if they would rather run it through another PC.
