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Nova-Life server

Managed from: GamePanel. 5 answers, updated 14 November 2026.

Essentials 2

How do I connect to my Nova-Life server?

Your server appears in the Nova-Life server list, as "Hosted by HelloServ" until you rename it. A private server is joined with the "Join IP" button, using the address and port shown at the top of the GamePanel console.

  1. Start the server and wait for the "Server launched" line in the console (less than a minute).

  2. In Nova-Life, look for your server's name in the server list (to change it, see the next question).

  3. Private server ("Public server" set to 0): "Join IP" button, then the server address and port.

Common errors

  • "Unable to start a Nova-Life server" in the console: the folder set in "Server folder name" does not exist in Servers. Set the original name back (MaVille by default) and restart.
Backups, subdomain, SFTP and ports

These topics are common to all games: see the GamePanel guide. For SFTP, follow the step-by-step FileZilla guide.

  1. Help center home, GamePanel guide (all games).

Guides 3

How do I change the name in the list, the number of players or make the server private?

"Max players" and "Public server" are set in GamePanelServer Options and apply at the next start. The name shown in the list is changed in server.json, line serverListName.

  1. Stop the server.

  2. GamePanelServer Options: "Max players", and "Public server" (1 = in the game's list, 0 = join by IP only).

  3. For the name: GamePanelFiles, Servers/MaVille/Config/server.json (the folder has your city's name), change serverListName and save.

  4. The city rules are in Config/roleplay.json in the same folder: starting money (startBank), characters per account, plots and rentals per character, fuel price.

  5. Start the server.

Common errors

  • "Name in the server list" changed in the options, with no effect: this setting is only read at installation. Change the name in server.json.
  • serverPort, queryPort, serverSlot and isPublicServer edited by hand in server.json: the panel writes them again on every start.
How do I install a plugin?

Nova-Life plugins are .dll files. With the server stopped, upload them to your city's Plugins folder (Servers/MaVille/Plugins by default), then start it.

  1. Get the plugin from its author: you need the .dll file. If it comes as a .zip, unzip it on your computer.

  2. Stop the server.

  3. Upload the .dll to Servers/<your city>/Plugins with GamePanelFiles or over SFTP, along with any settings files the author provides.

  4. Start the server. To remove a plugin, delete its .dll and restart.

Common errors

  • The server no longer starts after adding plugins: remove them, then put them back one at a time to find the one that blocks it.
How do I schedule automatic restarts on my Nova-Life server?

A scheduled task restarts the server at a set time. With "Auto update" set to 1 (the default), each restart also installs the latest version of the game.

In the GamePanel

your serverSystemScheduled TasksOpen

  1. GamePanelSystemSchedulesCreate, choose Empty task, Continue, then the name, frequency and time, and Create the task.

  2. On the task page, Create a task: Send power action, Restart the server, offset 0.

  3. Trigger runs the task right away to try it, restart included.

Common errors

  • Pick a time when nobody plays: connected players are disconnected during the restart.

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