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s&box server

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

Essentials 2

How do I connect to my s&box server?

Your server appears in the s&box server list, under the name set in GamePanelServer Options. It is ready when the console shows "Server started!".

  1. Start the server. The first start downloads the game and the map: allow about a minute, around twenty seconds afterwards.

  2. Wait for "Server started!" then "Public IP is", followed by your server's address and port.

  3. In s&box, look for your server's name in the server list.

  4. The name and the number of slots are changed in GamePanelServer Options, "Server name" and "Max players", then restart.

Common errors

  • A command typed in the console gets no answer: the s&box server does not read its console. Everything is set in the server options.
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 2

How do I change the game or the map?

Put the game's ident in "Game" and the map's ident in "Map", in GamePanelServer Options, then restart. The ident is in the address of the sbox.game page: sbox.game/facepunch/sandbox gives facepunch.sandbox.

  1. On sbox.game, open the page of the multiplayer game you want and note its address: the organisation, then the name, separated by a slash.

  2. Replace the slash with a dot: that is the ident (facepunch.sandbox). Same for a map (facepunch.construct).

  3. Stop the server, then GamePanelServer Options: "Game" and "Map". Leave "Map" empty for the game's default map.

  4. Start: the server downloads the game and the map, then the console shows "Server started!".

Common errors

  • "Package … wasn't found!" in the console, and the server does not start: the ident is wrong or the game was removed from sbox.game. Fix "Game" or "Map", then restart.
How do I schedule automatic restarts on my s&box server?

A scheduled task restarts the server at a set time. Each restart also installs the latest version of the server and of the chosen 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.

Troubleshooting 1

My players can no longer connect after a game update

The server must run the same version as your players' game. Restart it: with "Auto update" set to 1 (the default), it installs the latest version before starting.

  1. Restart the server from the GamePanel.

  2. The server version is shown on the first line of the console: "Welcome to the s&box Dedicated server", followed by the version number.

Common errors

  • "Auto update" set to 0: the server keeps its version. Set it back to 1 and restart.

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