How to Change Satisfactory Session Settings on a Dedicated Server

To change Satisfactory session settings on a dedicated server, open Server Manager in the game, sign in with the admin password, and use the Server Settings tab for Auto Pause, autosaves and the passwords. To turn on Creative Mode (formerly Advanced Game Settings) for an existing factory, go to Manage Saves, tick Enable Creative Mode under Load Game, and load the save. That cannot be undone and disables achievements for that save, and the change only sticks once the server saves.

What you can change on an existing save

Setting	Existing save?	Where
Server name, player password	Yes	Server Manager, Server Settings
Admin password	Yes, while you know the old one	Server Manager, Server Settings
Auto Pause, autosave on disconnect, autosave interval	Yes	Server Manager, Server Settings
Auto-Load Session Name	Yes	Server Manager, Server Settings
Turning Creative Mode on	Yes, once	Manage Saves, Load Game
Creative Mode options (No Power, flight, unlocks)	Yes, after it is on	In game, from the pause menu
Turning Creative Mode off	Never	It is permanent for that save
Player limit	Yes	`Game.ini`, with the server stopped
Starting location	New game	Picked in Create Game

A Satisfactory factory, the kind of save you protect before turning on Creative Mode

What goes where

What	Stored in	File
Server name, admin and player passwords, Auto Pause, autosave settings, which session loads	The server's settings save	`ServerSettings.<port>.sav` in the save folder
Your factory, and whether Creative Mode is on	The session save	`<session>_autosave_0.sav` and other `.sav` files
Player limit	Config file	`FactoryGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini`
Autosaves kept, timeouts	Config file	`Engine.ini` in the same folder

On Linux the save folder is ~/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames/server/, and on Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\FactoryGame\Saved\SaveGames\server\. Server Manager settings are not in any file you edit by hand.

Step 1: Back up first

Open Manage Saves and download your latest save, or run server.SaveGame BeforeChanges in the Server Manager Console to make a named save. This matters most before Creative Mode, because there is no way to turn it off again on that save. A copy made before the switch is the only way back to a normal save with achievements.

Step 2: Change server settings in Server Manager

Open Satisfactory and click Server Manager on the main menu.
Select your server and sign in with the admin password.
Open Server Settings and change what you need: Auto Pause, Auto-Save on Player Disconnect, the autosave interval, the player password, the server name.
Click Apply.

These take effect straight away, with no restart. Set Auto-Load Session Name to your factory's session so the right world loads after every restart.

Step 3: Turn on Creative Mode for an existing save

In Server Manager, open Manage Saves.
Select the save you want.
Tick Enable Creative Mode below Load Game and accept the warning.
Click Load Game.

Once it loads, players open the creative options from the pause menu in game. The Satisfactory wiki splits them in two:

Applies to	Options
Only the player who sets it	No Build Cost, Flight Mode, God Mode, Give Items, keep inventory options
Everyone on the server	No Power, No Fuel, No Unlock Cost, unlock all tiers, MAM research or AWESOME Shop items, disable arachnids, set starting tier or game phase

Once it is on, every player on the server can open these options, not just the admin. Agree with your group who changes the shared ones.

Step 4: Save with it on

This is the trap. Creative Mode and its options are stored in the session save, not in the server's settings. If the server restarts before it saves, it loads the last save from before the change, and your options are gone.

After turning Creative Mode on or changing a shared option, save straight away from the Console:

server.SaveGame MyFactory_creative

Then set Auto-Load Session Name to the session that holds that save, so a restart loads the creative version and not an older autosave.

Changing the admin password

Sign in, open Server Settings, and set a new admin password. You need the current one to do it. If nobody knows it any more, the only way is to stop the server and delete ServerSettings.<port>.sav, which resets the name, passwords and server settings but leaves your factory saves alone. The full steps are in how to reset a Satisfactory server admin password.

Common problems

Creative options vanished after a restart: the server loaded a save from before you changed them. Save with server.SaveGame right after a change, and check Auto-Load Session Name.
The Enable Creative Mode box is missing: that save already has Creative Mode on.
Achievements stopped: Creative Mode is on for this save. Load the copy from before you turned it on.
The server loads the wrong factory after a restart: Auto-Load Session Name points at another session.
Player limit went back to 4: you edited Game.ini while the server was running, and it wrote its own copy on shutdown. Stop, edit, start.

Changing settings on GamezServers

On a GamezServers Satisfactory server, the server is claimed with the Admin password from your panel on first start, and on every start after that the panel signs in with it to set the server name and, when filled in, the Join password. So if you change the admin password in Server Manager, put the same one in the panel, or the name and join password are left as they are. The player limit and autosaves kept come from the panel too. Creative Mode, Auto Pause and the rest you set in Server Manager as normal, after a one click Backup. More on each option in Satisfactory dedicated server settings.

FAQ

Can I turn on Creative Mode on an existing Satisfactory save?

Yes. In Server Manager, open Manage Saves, tick Enable Creative Mode below Load Game, and load the save. It cannot be turned off again on that save.

Does Creative Mode disable achievements in Satisfactory?

Yes, permanently for that save. Keep a copy from before you turn it on if achievements matter to you.

Who can use Creative Mode on a dedicated server?

The admin turns it on, and then every player on the server can open the options. Some, like flight, only affect yourself, and others, like No Power, affect everyone.

Why did my Satisfactory settings reset after a restart?

Creative options are stored in the save, so a restart loads an older save if nobody saved after the change. Run server.SaveGame right after changing them.