I usually have to open ports on my modem, for hosting something.

You need to open your ports, here what you need:

7777 UDP
27015 UDP
8080 TCP
20560 UDP

Open all ports for UPD AND TCP, and you should be fine.

I have 30 mb of download and 3 mb of UPLOAD. Everyone get's 60-70 of ping. If is "international" player, gets 120-140 ping.

Download steamCMD.exe

Steam CMD

(You need it to download the "dedicated server" files for kf 2, you'll use it only to download the server files once. You will then only need steamCMD to UPDATE the server, if kf 2 recieve any updates. Keep that in mind.)

Step 1

Execute steam cmd.
This step will trigger automatic update, and will download the cmd files to current folder.

( do not open on desktop, if you want to keep on desktop just create a folder and put it inside. You dont want 40 files on your desktop.)

After update is done, exit the program and go to next step.

Step 2:

• Open it again, and type:
  
• Login anonymous
  
• Wait for steam connection. Once connected, go for next step.

Step 3: ( OPTIONAL)

*If you don't want to choose the folder and let it inside steam.cmd folder, just skip this step.*

Type this command line: "force_install_dir " plus the directory you want the kf 2 server to be downloaded to. For exemple: force_install_dir c:\KF2Server\

The program will "lock on" the directory.

Step 4:

Type this command line: "app_update 232130" to DOWNLOAD the KF 2 Server files.
Once download is finished, close the CMD. You won't need it again until they update the game.

IMPORTANT

To update your kf 2 server to currently patch, just type:

force_install_dir *your kf 2 server directory* ( if you don't choose the path, just skip directly for the command_line for update) and app_update 232130 validate

The cmd will verify the files and download the update when finished.

Step 1:

Now, you downloaded all the files you need. You'll just config the server. Nothing more.

Execute your server first time, for default configurations appears.
just go for your kf2server folder and execute: KF2Server.bat

(I really recommend to create an shortcut to your desktop, for easy access.)

Congrats, your server is running. I'll teach you to config the server right now.

*Firstly close KF2server.bat window to edit the server files on next step.

Step 2:

(You will ONLY need this if you CAN'T access the webadmin.
Webadmin is much better.)

Go to KF 2 Server folder, and go to>KFGame>Config
And open PCServer-KFGame.ini

You'll reach the games config, i'll put here the lines and what it does.

• GameDifficulty: change the difficulty of the game. 0=normal, 1=hard, 2=suicidal and 3= HoE.
  
• ServerName: Set the Server name
  
• GamePassword: Set the password to join the server
  
• GameLength: Set the number of waves. 0=4 waves, 1=7 waves, 2=10 waves.

You just need your IPV4.

• Go to WINDOWS cmd and type ipconfig
  
• Copy your IPV4 and go to your browser.
  
• Now, just add :8080 on the end of it and try to acess.
  
• Should look like this : http://192.168.25.22:8080/

LOGIN: admin
PASSWORD: 123

A: STEAM UID line is not appearing on server note.

B: First of all, this represent your server ID on STEAM servers. So, this will appear everytime when the server is working and sending info to steam. Try Close the game before running the server, Open your ports or make an exception for KF servers on firewall or anti-virus.

A: My server is not showing up on the server browser

B: Try to open DMZ

• To config DMZ, you'll need to find out your IP adress.( the local one)
  
• Go to CMD, type : ipconfig
  
• Copy the IPV4 Adress into DMZ.
  
• Save and restart the modem.

A: Can't access Webadmin.

B: Try to enable Webadmin

• Go to your server files
  
• Open KFWeb.ini
  
• Look for the [IpDrv.WebServer] section
  
• Set bEnabled=true
  
• That should enable webadmin

A: My server is not showing up on the server browser.

B: Probably Bad DMZ configuration or port fowarding.


A: KF 2 server won't download on steamCMD.

B: Try to put it on another disk or folder. Execute on ADMIN mode.

If you did everything right, and the server is still not working probely.
You should check your firewall and anti-virus programs, make sure nothing is blocking the server.

List of awesome server tools and Mutators

KF2 Server Tool:

What is this?

With this tool you can easily install and configure your Killing Floor 2 dedicated server. You can easily install or update maps and mods from workshop or a custom redirect, perform server maintenance (updates and verify server integrity), start the server with custom mutators and also have diferent profiles with different settings.

KF2ServerTool [github.com]

Magicked Administrator:

What is this?

Magicked Administrator is a Killing Floor 2 dedicated server tool for tracking player stats, and issuing server commands via the in-game chat. It is interfaced via a in-game chatbot.

Magicked Administrator [github.com]

Classic Scoreboard:

What is this?

This scoreboard replaces the one in-game. It adds more information like how much cash the players have, what exact level they are and the exact amount of health they have.

Classic Scoreboard

Server Extension (RPG) Mod:

What is this?

This mod replaces current perk system in KF2 with a serverside perk progression with RPG elements, which let you buy individual stats and traits.

RPG Mod

that's all you need to setup a basic server.

Every time you want to host, open the kf2server.bat and have fun. Remember to update the server everytime the game recieve a patch, and saying the obvious, do not close the KF2server.bat when you are hosting! THANKS CPT obvious.

You're done here!

P.S Just ask me anything, ill try to help you with any problems you may have