The max concurrent matches this host sustains per mode (use the Host Benchmark below to find them). Reported to the control plane, which counts each running match as 100 / max% of this host's capacity and fills lower-priority tiers only once this host nears its fill threshold. Blank = unset → falls back to the weighted budget.

Debug — off by default. Load-test how many concurrent sims this host sustains. Set a mirror count, then start a real game: the host spins up that many shadow matches running the full independent sim from your live input (output suppressed). Watch max tick vs the budget and CPU; back off when tick exceeds budget. Set 0 to disable. (Applies to the NEXT match started.)

Spin-up gap is host-wide (real allocations too, not just shadows): matches start at most one per gap instead of all at once, so a burst ramps rather than pinning the CPU and stalling every running match. Lower = faster starts, bigger CPU spike. 0 = unthrottled batch-start.

On: only the Steam accounts below can log in — everyone else gets the game's own Maintenance popup at login. The launcher shows MAINTENANCE instead of Play/Update (whitelisted players still see Play) and the Discord board says so. Players already signed in are not kicked — matches in progress finish. A whitelisted tester must use the patched client (a Valve-verified SteamID); a stock client's identity can't be trusted, so it never matches.

Which modes the matchmaking queue will actually serve. A request for a mode that's turned off routes back to the tutorial — the always-available fallback (it can't be disabled). Takes effect on the next match formed.

Bot-fill off (default) = standard matchmaking: a match forms only when the lobby is full of humans, however long that takes. On: once the longest-waiting party has waited the time below, the empty seats are filled with bots and the match forms. A ready-check party that does not accept in time is dropped whole; every other party goes straight back in the queue.

Lobby degradation (off by default): when the population is thin, let a match form with smaller teams after a wait — e.g. 4v4v4 normally, 3v3v3 after 3 minutes, 2v2v2 after 5. The empty seats stay empty (no bots). A party larger than the current team size keeps waiting for a fuller lobby (parties are never split). Independent of bot-fill: whichever fires first forms the match.

Crossroads (4-player co-op, never bot-filled): the queue forms the moment four humans are waiting; after the wait below the longest-waiting party may start with fewer (Endemic always needs a full party). A party is sent to one of the enabled maps that serves its difficulty. Only maps marked as matchmade in the catalog can be brought up.

Worker machines this control plane places matches on. Match-hosts self-register on startup and heartbeat their load; you can also pin one manually by IP/URL — e.g. http://192.168.0.51:8080. Allocation prefers online, least-loaded hosts (closest region once you run more than one).

Mint a per-host fleet token and give it to a match-host operator. They set it as their Fleet__Token (it doubles as that host's admin-panel token). Revoke to cut a host off instantly.

What every newly created account starts with on first login — funds, owned survivors, and starting weapons. Applies to the next account created; existing accounts are unchanged (edit those in Survivor Accounts below).

Quantities seeded into the account's inventory (bandages, grenades, injectors…). They show in the crib's Equipment screen; equip one there and it rides the matchmaking ticket into the match's consumable bar. Only consumables this server simulates actually do anything in-match — the rest are inventory-only.

The profile titles (text in a rarity colour under the player's name) and icons (small images) players own as inventory items and pick in the crib's profile window; other players see them in the party, on the scoreboard and in the hover bar. Author them here — the icon designer converts any image to the game client's TGA format in your browser — then Save (connected cribs are pushed the new table at once) and hand them out below. Ids below are the retail id space (what old accounts, DLC packs and the shop reference); new content is numbered from . Details: docs/crib/vanity.md.

The image carousel the crib shows after login — the one server-authored announcement surface the stock client has. Player groups are rules the server evaluates against each account; a slide goes to everyone or only to the groups you tick. Images must be 810×477 PNGs (the client drops any other size) and are cached by URL on every player's disk, so bump a slide's version whenever its image changes. Edits are local until you Save; the next login gets the saved config. Details: docs/crib/welcome-popup.md.

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Audience — none ticked = everyone

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Until (UTC)

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Notes (operator only)

as the client fetches it (810×477)

What every player's launcher shows and does — Data/launcher.json, served as /api/launcher. Versions decide the UPDATE prompt: launcher.version is the release players are moved to, launcher.min the oldest one still allowed to play, patch.version the client patch (DieAuth.dll) they must have — each must be a tag that exists on the launcher's GitHub releases, or the update fails cleanly. News is the Home headline (newest first), the tiles and the News screen; a body is Markdown (## headings, bullets, bold) and an image is 16:9. Bodies and images are stored by hash and fetched by a launcher once, ever. Edits are local until you Save.

What a finished match PAYS (blueprints, parts, consumables, keys, currency) and what a lockbox holds — Data/drop_table.json, in the client's own DropTable shapes. Boxes score a match's loot value (points); curves give each reward a value per loot tier (index = tier, 0 = unauthored) and an optional pity ladder; groups roll their rewards in order (Simulate below shows the resulting rates); cache boxes are the lockboxes. Edits are local until Save, which validates the whole document (a refused table writes nothing) and hot-reloads it for the next reward commit — no restart. A save rewrites the file as plain JSON (the hand-written comments in the shipped file do not survive it). Design + measured retail values: docs/plans/match-drops-design.md.