# Steam Game Server Configuration {% hint style="success" %} #### Like what your seeing? 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We have tools that can convert this to a string or a string based IP to a uint see our [Utilities ](/old-kb/old-toolkit-for-steamworks/unity/api-extensions/utilities.md)for more information. ### IpAdress The string representation of the IP address ```csharp public string IpAddress {get; set; } ``` ### queryPort ```csharp ushort queryPort; ``` The query port used by Valve ### gamePort ```csharp ushort queryPort; ``` The query port used by Valve ### serverVersion ```csharp string serverVersion; ``` The server version to report to Steam Game Server ### serverId ```csharp CSteamID serverId; ``` The ID assigned to the Steam Game Server on initialization and logon. This is set by Steam and is what you would as an address to connect to this server ### usingGameServerAuthApi ```csharp bool usingGameServerAuthApi; ``` Should the auth API be used ### enableHeartbeats ```csharp bool enableHeartbeats; ``` Should we send heartbeats to SGS, if you do not do this then the Steam Game Server Browser will not be able to update ping and other bits of data. ### spectatorServerName ```csharp bool spectatorServerName; ``` The name of the server to display in the spectator list ### anonymousServerLogin ```csharp bool anonymousServerLogin; ``` {% hint style="success" %} Recommended (set this to true) {% endhint %} Should the interface logon anonymously ### gameServerToken ```csharp string gameServerToken; ``` if not logging on anonymously then it must have a token ### isPasswordProtected ```csharp bool isPasswordProtected; ``` Indicate to SGS that this server is password protected, its up to you to set that password and handle its use this only lets the browser know one is required. ### gameName ```csharp string gameName; ``` The name to display for the server in the SGS browser ### gameDescription ```csharp string gameDescription; ``` The description to display for the server in SGS browser ### gameDirectory ```csharp string gameDirectory; ``` the name of the folder in Steam content the game is running from. Usually the same as the game's name. ### isDedicated ```csharp bool isDedicated; ``` Indicate to SGS browser this server is dedicated ### maxPlayerCount ```csharp int maxPlayerCount; ``` Indicate to SGS what the max player count is ### botPlayerCount ```csharp int botPlayerCount; ``` Indicate to SGS what the bot player count is ### mapName ```csharp string mapName; ``` reports the map name to SGS ### gameData ```csharp string gameData; ``` Delimited string used for matchmaking filtering ### rulePairs ```csharp List rulePairs; ``` The set of rule pairs for the server ## Methods ### Get Gets the SteamGameServerConfiguraiton from the target. This can be used to read the configuration from files or to read the configuration applied to the current game. ```csharp public static SteamGameServerConfiguraiton Get(); public static bool Get(FileInfo configFile, out SteamGameServerConfiguration config); public static bool Get(string configFile, out SteamGameServerConfiguration config); public static bool Get(byte[] data, out SteamGameServerConfiguration config); ``` ### ToString Returns the JSON formated string of the configuraiton ```csharp public string ToString() ``` ### ToBytes Returns the byte\[] representing the configuraiton ```csharp public byte[] ToBytes() ``` ### SaveToDisk Saves the config to a file on the local disk ```csharp public bool SaveToDisk(string path) ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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