The Isle Game.ini Generator

Playable classes

The four traps this handles for you

Classes repeat, one per line. AllowedClasses is written once per dinosaur. Joining them into a single comma-separated line parses as one invalid class and leaves a server nobody can spawn on. DisallowedAIClasses behaves the same way.

The password flag is separate from the password. ServerPassword holds the value, bServerPassword switches it on. Setting only the value leaves the server open, which is the most common reason a "private" Isle server is not private.

RCON password is not the join password. Every player who connects knows the join password. Reuse it for RconPassword and each of them can kick, ban, save and wipe. Use a different one, and never expose the RCON port publicly.

The map name is branch-specific. Evrima uses MapName=Gateway. Isla Spiro belongs to the separate spiro branch. Getting this wrong starts a server on a map you did not intend.

What this file does not control

Evrima reads its settings from Game.ini, not from the command line, with one exception that catches people out: the EOS credentials are launch arguments, and without them the server dies at boot with Unable to initialize EOS platform. If your server will not start, that is the first thing to check, before anything in this file. Game.ini also has to exist before first launch; the server will not create one for you.

Every one of those traps is something you only hit while hand-editing a config and restarting to find out. On a managed The Isle server the file is generated for you, the EOS launch arguments are already right, RCON is firewalled rather than merely password-protected, and patch day is a check rather than a scramble.

Full configuration guide · EOS startup failures · RCON command reference

Want this on a real server? Supercraft hosts The Isle →