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)
- build the docker image
./docker/build-docker-image.sh
- (optional) make .env file and edit settings
cp env.sample .env
vi .env
...
- 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
, this is where you can go install mods
there's automatic hourly backup of the server save, backups will be in server/backups
, you can change the frequency in ./server/crontab