Change your Squad server name

The server name is the ServerName line in Server.cfg. Change it in the Config Editor, save, and restart the server.

In the ArthOS panel

1. Open your server and go to Config Editor.
2. In the group Server list, find Server name. The help text says: “The name in the server browser.”
3. Type the new name in the Server name field (box 1) and choose Save. The editor says “Saved changes apply after a restart.”
4. Restart the server. The game reads Server.cfg when it starts, so players see the new name after the restart.

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Rules for the name

• Do not use “Official”. Offworld forbids it in a licensed server’s name, because players mistake the server for one run by Offworld. Keep it out of the name even on an unlicensed server.
• Special characters. If a special character shows as ???? in the server browser, Squad’s wiki suggests this fix: type the character in a word processor, copy it, and paste it into the name. In the file it looks like ServerName="Test Server Λ".

By hand

1. Open Files and open SquadGame/ServerConfig/Server.cfg.
2. Change the line ServerName="Squad Dedicated Server" to your name, in quotes.
3. Save and restart.

Do not edit a line the panel writes at each start. ServerName is not one of them, so a file edit stays.

If it does not work

• The old name still shows. Restart the server. The name changes at the next start, not at once.
• Players cannot find the server by the new name. Search the Custom tab if the server has no licence. See connect to a Squad server.

More about the game: Squad servers.

Sources: squad.fandom.com: Server Configuration, squad.fandom.com: Server licensing

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