How to Move Your Tower Unite Condo to a Dedicated Server

Q: Where does Tower Unite export condos to?

To Tower Unite/Workshop/Condo Exports/ inside the game's install folder, as a .map file, when you use Saves, then Export Condo on the condo scoreboard.

Q: What should the condo file be called on the dedicated server?

The same as the condo map, in a folder of the same name: Tower/Condos/CCondo/CCondo.map for the standard Condo. Use CondoFile in TowerServer.ini to load another name from that folder.

Q: Why does my dedicated condo say FAILED TO LOAD CONDO DATA?

The folder or .map name does not match the condo map being loaded. Fix the names, including capital letters, and restart.

To move your Tower Unite condo to a dedicated server, export it in game from the condo scoreboard under Saves, then Export Condo, which writes a .map file to your Tower Unite/Workshop/Condo Exports/ folder. Upload that file to the server as Tower/Condos/<map>/<map>.map, for example Tower/Condos/C_Condo/C_Condo.map, where both names match the condo map the server loads. Restart, and the dedicated condo opens with your build. If the log says FAILED TO LOAD CONDO DATA, a folder or file name does not match the map.

What you can move

Moves	Does not move
Everything placed in the condo: furniture, decorations, lights, canvases, Condo I/O setups	Your personal inventory (guests always bring their own)
The condo's layout on that map	Your build on a different condo map, unless you export that one too
Workshop items placed in the condo, as long as players have them	Workshop collision, which PixelTail notes does not work on dedicated condos yet

One export is one condo on one map. If you have builds on several condo maps, export and upload each one into its own folder.

Step 1: Export the condo from the game

Load into your condo in Tower Unite.
Open the condo scoreboard.
Go to Saves, then Export Condo.

The game writes the condo as a .map file into:

...\steamapps\common\Tower Unite\Workshop\Condo Exports\

(the Workshop folder inside your Tower Unite install). The official guide also mentions a manual route: take a CondoData file from your Steam Cloud folder for Tower Unite and rename it to end in .map. The export button is simpler and less error prone.

A built up Tower Unite condo ready to move

Step 2: Work out the target name

The dedicated condo loads condo data from a folder named after its map, and by default a file with the same name:

Condo map	Map file name	Upload your export as
Condo	`C_Condo`	`Tower/Condos/C_Condo/C_Condo.map`
House	`C_House`	`Tower/Condos/C_House/C_House.map`
Smooth Dirt	`C_SmoothDirt`	`Tower/Condos/C_SmoothDirt/C_SmoothDirt.map`
Suite	`C_lobbyOne`	`Tower/Condos/C_lobbyOne/C_lobbyOne.map`
Resort	`C_Lobby1`	`Tower/Condos/C_Lobby1/C_Lobby1.map`
Smooth Autumn	`C_SmoothAutumn`	`Tower/Condos/C_SmoothAutumn/C_SmoothAutumn.map`
Underwater	`C_Underwater`	`Tower/Condos/C_Underwater/C_Underwater.map`
Highrise	`C_Highrise`	`Tower/Condos/C_Highrise/C_Highrise.map`
Art Studio	`C_Studio`	`Tower/Condos/C_Studio/C_Studio.map`
Theatre	`C_Theatre`	`Tower/Condos/C_Theatre/C_Theatre.map`
Courtyard	`C_Courtyard`	`Tower/Condos/C_Courtyard/C_Courtyard.map`
Ice Moon	`C_IcePlanet`	`Tower/Condos/C_IcePlanet/C_IcePlanet.map`

Use the row for the condo map your build was made on. A build exported from Highrise only makes sense loaded into Highrise.

Names are case sensitive on Linux servers. c_condo.map is not C_Condo.map, and C_lobbyOne really has a lower case l.

Step 3: Upload it

Stop the server. If it is running when you upload, it can autosave its own copy over yours.
Back up the server's existing Tower/Condos folder, in case you want the old condo back.
Create the folder if it is missing, for example Tower/Condos/C_Condo/.
Upload your export and rename it to C_Condo.map (or the name from the table), replacing any file already there.

Step 4: Point the server at the right map

The server must load the same map the file is for. On the command line that is the first argument:

./Tower/Binaries/Linux/TowerServer-Linux-Shipping /Game/Maps/C_Studio -log -Port=7777 -QueryPort=27016 -nosteamclient

On Windows, pick the map in TowerServerGUI.exe, which also has a condo importer that does steps 3 and 4 for you.

A decorated Tower Unite condo

Step 5: Keep your file name (optional)

If you would rather keep the export's own name, set CondoFile in TowerServer.ini under [DedicatedCondoOptions], without the extension:

[DedicatedCondoOptions]
CondoAutoSave=True
CondoBackupsEnabled=True
CondoFile=MyAwesomeCondo

The file still has to sit in that map's folder. On Smooth Dirt, that loads Tower/Condos/C_SmoothDirt/MyAwesomeCondo.map. This is handy for keeping several versions of a build side by side and switching between them.

Step 6: Start and check

Start the server and watch the log. If the condo loads, join and walk through it. Leave CondoAutoSave=True on so changes made on the server are kept, and CondoBackupsEnabled=True so every save makes a backup you can roll back to.

When it goes wrong

Symptom	Cause	Fix
`FAILED TO LOAD CONDO DATA` in the log	Folder or file name does not match the map	Check the table above, including capitals
Condo loads empty, no error	Server loaded a different map than the file is for	Match the map argument or panel setting to the folder
Your upload vanished after a restart	Uploaded while the server was running and it saved over it	Stop first, upload, then start
Workshop items missing for guests	Guests do not have those Workshop items	They subscribe to the items, or replace them with stock items
Guests walk through Workshop items	Workshop collision does not work on dedicated condos yet	Place blocking volumes around them

Moving it to GamezServers

On a GamezServers Tower Unite server, stop the server in the panel, upload your .map into Tower/Condos/<map>/ with the file manager or SFTP, and choose the same condo map with the Game Map setting. Take a one click backup before you replace anything. Turn Auto Save on so the server keeps every change your guests make, and the condo stays open without your PC. For the server setup itself, see how to host a Tower Unite dedicated condo. If it does not appear on the condo list afterwards, see Tower Unite dedicated condo not showing on the condo list.

FAQ

Where does Tower Unite export condos to?

To Tower Unite/Workshop/Condo Exports/ inside the game's install folder, as a .map file, when you use Saves, then Export Condo on the condo scoreboard.

What should the condo file be called on the dedicated server?

The same as the condo map, in a folder of the same name: Tower/Condos/C_Condo/C_Condo.map for the standard Condo. Use CondoFile in TowerServer.ini to load another name from that folder.

Why does my dedicated condo say FAILED TO LOAD CONDO DATA?

The folder or .map name does not match the condo map being loaded. Fix the names, including capital letters, and restart.

Does moving my condo move my inventory?

No. Only the condo and what is placed in it moves. Every guest, you included, uses their own inventory on a dedicated condo.