Overview

This is the Chroma RGB Mod server for RUST. This allows a RUST client to control Chroma RGB lighting on Windows. The server runs a mod and a client app (on Windows) handles displaying the lighting.

You can find the Chroma RGB Mod client for RUST here.

Guide

Server Setup

SteamCMD

• Setup SteamCMD

Windows

• Download SteamCMD

• Unpack to C:\steamcmd

• Run steamcmd on the command-line to setup.

cd C:\steamcmd
steamcmd

SteamCMD Login Anonymous

To download most game servers, you can login anonymously.

login anonymous

RUST

• Setup the RUST Dedicated Server

• Log in with a Steam account or anonymously: login username or login anonymous

• Use a valid install folder (use the fullpath): force_install_dir C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server

• Run: app_update 258550 validate to download the public branch of rust dedicated server

• Exit steamcmd with exit

Run the RUST - Dedicated Server

• Extract Oxide.Rust.zip to C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server

• Launch the RUST dedicated server:

cd "C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server\"
RustDedicated.exe -batchmode +server.ip 0.0.0.0 +server.port 28015 +server.tickrate 10 +server.hostname "RUST Chroma Mod" +server.identity "dev_rust_chroma_mod" +server.seed 793197 +server.maxplayers 50 +server.worldsize 3000 +server.saveinterval 600 +rcon.ip 0.0.0.0 +rcon.port 28016 +rcon.password "Your_Rcon_Password" -logfile "logfilename.log"

• Exit the dedicated server with Control + C

Create the Chroma RGB Mod

• Getting Started with uMod

• Universal Events

• RUST Events

Setup

• Copy RustChromaMod.js to C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server\oxide\plugins

• Copy RustChromaMod.cs to C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server\oxide\plugins

• Copy Chroma Animations from Animations to C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server\oxide\plugins\Animations

• Disable sandbox: Create an empty text file C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server\RustDedicated_Data\Managed\oxide.disable-sandbox

• Relaunch the dedicated RUST server

Admin

• Get your 64-bit Steam id or look it up - steamidconverter.com

• Create a text file at C:\steamcmd\steamapps\rust_server\server\dev_rust_chroma_mod\cfg\users.cfg

• Add the admin entry:

ownerid "64_bit_steam_id" "optional_user_name" "optional_reason"

Run RUST - Game Client

• On the main menu open the console with F1

• Connect to the dedicated server (method 1):

Note: Localhost didn't want to connect in the case you try to run a dedicated server and client on the same machine, that didn't work.

connect <SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>:28015

• Connect to the local server (method 2):

client.connect <SERVER_IP_ADDRESS>:28015

Razer Chroma RGB

• In order to see Chroma RGB events, Install Synapse and the Chroma Connect module

• Open the browser on the server mod page default port 5000. http://SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:5000

• Be aware that you may have to update firewall rules to allow HTTP traffic on your selected port

• Select the player username to see Chroma RGB events for that player

• Clicking the player username will highlight in a different style

• Pay no attention to the look of the thing, the web UI hasn't been skinned. Instead look at your surronding hardware and/or your stream overlays!

• Even better, if you are streaming, send your Chroma RGB events to your viewers

Chroma Events

• Idle animation - show hotkeys when no other events are happening

• Blink White - player jump/swim

• Duck sprite - player duck

• Top down scrolling bars - player sprint

• Attack animation - when player hits something

• Sliding cyan bars - switch active items

• Blink Red - can't afford to place!

• Gray/Cyan - player connect

• Dark green/dark red - player death

Support

Contact Tim Graupmann#0611 on Discord for support.