Games Import
Game and mod settings can be moved between GameAP installations and taken from other control panels. This capability appeared in GameAP 4.1.
All of this lives on the Administration → Games page.
GameAP’s Own Format
The GameAP format carries the game in full: the game itself, all of its mods, variables, run commands, and RCON commands.
Export
On the Administration → Games page, select a game and click Export. The panel will
serve a <game-code>.gameap.yaml file.
Via the API:
GET /api/games/{code}/export
Import
Administration → Games → Import GameAP YAML, upload the file and click Import.
Via the API:
POST /api/games/import/gameap
The import creates the game if it does not exist yet and updates the existing one if a game with that code is already present. Mods are imported together with the game — after the upload the panel reports how many were imported.
The format version is given at the top of the file:
schema_version: "1.0"
The panel will not accept a file with a different format version. This field is also worth checking when a transfer fails.
Importing from Other Panels
Importing templates is supported from:
Administration → Games → Import Pelican Egg, upload the egg file in JSON or YAML format.
Via the API:
POST /api/games/import/pelican-egg
Both panels share the same egg format, so Pterodactyl and Pelican files are uploaded the same way.
Upgrading Games from the GameAP Catalog
The panel ships with a catalog of ready-made game and mod settings. To pull changes from it, click Upgrade Games on the Administration → Games page.
Via the API:
POST /api/games/upgrade
Your changes may be overwritten. The upgrade brings game and mod settings to the catalog state. If you have edited run commands or variables of the standard games, save them before upgrading — for example, by exporting the game to a file.
A mod is not updated if the panel finds several mods with the same name for the game — such cases are skipped to avoid overwriting the wrong one.
The catalog addresses are set with the GAMES_CDN_URLS variable; they are tried in order until
one responds. See the config.env Reference.
Pelican and Pterodactyl Features
Working with imported Pelican Eggs and Pterodactyl Eggs is only possible with Docker and Podman process managers.
You need to configure GameAP Daemon to work with one of these process managers. To do this, when adding a new node, select the desired process manager in the “Advanced Settings” section.
