Getting Started – How to Access Your Sven Co-op Server and Control Panel


Have you purchased your Sven Co-op server at GGServers? Here’s how to get started!

GGServers offers full access to your game server control panel, where users can manage everything that happens on the server.

This article will show the first steps for joining your server and using the game panel to manage it.

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# ✔️ How Do I Find My Game Panel, Server Name, and Game Mode✔️

To access your game panel, you need to follow the next steps:

1. Log in to your billing account [here](https://ggservers.com/billing/index.php/login).

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2. Click on your customer’s profile button, then on `Email History`.


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3. Click on the first option, `Your Game Server Details`, and you’ll see your server information and the game panel credentials as well.

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4. Note your game panel credentials and server connection details, then go [here](https://amp.ggservers.com) to log in. You can find the game panel link in the welcome email as well.


|| ⚠ **NOTE **⚠: Your server connection details will be used to join your server [further in the guide](#1-how-do-i-join-my-garrys-mod-server).

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5. Use the credentials from the last step and login.


Now, you’ve just logged in to your server game panel, where you can see and manage your server.

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6. After logging in, you will be able to find all your instances (game servers). Click on the `Sven Co-op` instance to see the connection details or to start or stop it. You can also click on `Manage` to customize and make changes to your server . A new menu will pop up where you can select between multiple options, such as `Console` to see the server logs or `File Manager` to access your server files.



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7. Before you start playing, you will have to click on the `Manage` button mentioned in the last step, then on the `Update` button.


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# How Do I Join My Sven Co-op Server

You can connect to your server in-game or by adding the server to Steam.

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## Join In-Game

To connect to your server, you will have to use the server connection details (IP and port) that you noted [in step four](#1-how-do-i-find-my-game-panel-server-name-and-game-mode), as shown below:

1. Start Sven Co-op.

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2. Open the console using the tilde key ( `~` ).

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3. Type `connect IP:PORT` and replace `IP:PORT` with your actual server connection details, then click on `Submit`.


Now, you’ve just connected to your Sven Co-op server!

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## Steam

To manually add your server to Steam, you will have to use the server connection details (IP and port) that you noted [in step four](#1-how-do-i-find-my-amp-panel-server-name-and-game-mode), as shown below:

1. Open your Steam client and click on `View`, then on ` Game Servers`.


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2. Click on `Favorites`.


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3. Click on the `+` button and put your server connection details (`IP:port`) there in the address box. Then click on `OK`.



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4. Now select the server you added and click on `Connect`.


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| If you find any issues, contact us on live chat or via the [ticket system](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/).
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# ❕ Useful Links ❕

– [How to Join Your ARK Game Server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-join-your-ark-game-server-9pepfi/)
– [How To Open a Support Ticket](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/)
– [How to Reset Your Billing Area password](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-reset-your-billing-area-password-1ik6zm5/)