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KOVA Admin Tools documentation

How to install the mod and use every part of it: roles, bans, jail, Game Master control, announcements, chat commands and settings. Written for owners who run their own server and edit the settings file by hand. If you host with KOVA, the panel does the file work for you.

Start here

  1. 1Add the mod to the serverPut KOVA - Admin Tools in the server's mod list and start the server once. It creates its own folder and settings file.
  2. 2Make yourself the ownerPut your player ID in the owner role, or sign in with the server admin password the first time.
  3. 3Press F11The tools open in game. Pick a page on the left, select a player, press a button.

Set up

Get the mod on the server and give your staff access.

InstallAdd the mod, start the server once, make yourself the owner.Getting aroundOpen the tools, sign in, and find your way around the pages.Using a controllerEvery page and button on a gamepad, for console and couch players.Roles and permissionsWho can do what, and who can act on whom.

Day to day

The things staff do on a busy evening.

Players and bansWarn, kick, ban, jail, look a player up, keep notes.Game MasterHand it out, take it back, block it, stop it in an emergency.Messages and announcementsWelcome line, server information, broadcasts, scheduled messages.Server toolsHeal, teleport, time of day, safe zones, ranks, cleanup, performance.Chat commandsEverything from the chat box, with examples.

Reference

Every setting, every file, and what to do when something is wrong.

SettingsEvery key in the settings file, with its default and limits.Files and recordsWhat the mod writes, how it recovers, the activity record, the panel link.TroubleshootingCommon problems, what to check, what to send to support.

Stuck?

Start with Troubleshooting. If that does not settle it, ask on the KOVA Discord or write to support@kova.host, and say which version you run.

DiscordTroubleshooting