since most mods for palworld uses UE4SS and UE4SS only supports windows; using this docker setup will allow you to run the windows server under linux (using proton)
- (optional) make .env file and edit settings
cp env.sample .env
vi .env
...
- (optional) force build image
docker compose build
- start the server
docker compose up -d
- (optional) check docker log
docker compose logs -f
- shutdown server
docker compose down
The server installation will be under server/PalServer
Mods can be put in the mods folder (mods/LogicMods for blueprint mods and mods/LuaMods for lua mods)
There's automatic hourly backup of the server save, backups will be in backups, you can change the frequency in ./backups/crontab (it will be generated after the first run)
If you get the unexpected permission error, run sudo chmod -R 755 ./server