Install ATS Dedicated Server

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Current ATS Server Version

1.51

For anyone looking to run a personal American Truck Simulator Dedicated Server on Linux or Windows

Prerequisites

See SCS Modding Dedicated Server Docs for official Documentation on how to set Moderators and such
Important, You will need to generate a Server Logon Token here: Steam Game Server Management, Game Ownership is required.. The Game's AppID is: 270880
For Enabling the console in American Truck Simulator follow these steps Game MUST be closed,
Head to C:\users\"user"\Documents\American Truck Simulator and open config.cfg in notepad and change both uset g_console "0" & uset g_developer "0" to 1 and save the file
Launch American Truck Simulator and go to drive mode, Once in drive mode.. Open the console with ~ (Next to the 1 key) and type export_server_packages, These will be used later

Instructions (for Linux)

Install SteamCMD by following the steps from here: SteamCMD Install Instructions
Type force_install_dir /home/"user"/ATS (just an example, You can set it to where ever you like) replace "user" with your user account name
Type login anonymous to login to the public steam account
Type app_update 2239530 validate to tell SteamCMD to download and validate the game server files
Type exit to exit SteamCMD
Copy the server_packages file(s) to /home/user/.local/share/American Truck Simulator, You may need to create the folder if it does not exist already
Open server_config.sii in nano or your preferred text editor, Set your server details here, reference the link from Step 1 and paste the token from Step 2 in the Prerequisites section
Navigate to the path where you installed it so /home/user/ATS/bin/linux_x64 and run the ./server_launch.sh
Have fun trucking on your server

Server Updates

For Game Updates, Follow Steps 3 to 5 in the Instructions (for Linux) section

Dedicated ETS2 Server

The Game's AppID is: 227300