How To Connect To Your Server Using Empyrion Admin Helper

In this article, we'll be reviewing the process of connecting the well known "Empyrion Admin Helper" utility to your 1G hosted Empyrion server.
First we will need to install Emp Admin Helper on the Server, then install the client software and connect them.

Installing Emp Admin Helper (Server Side):

Log in to your Game Control Panel.

Click on [Mod Manager] in the Navigation Bar.

Expand the "Tools" group and click [Install] on Emp Admin Helper and wait for it to finish.

Next click [Configuration Files] in the Navigation Bar.

Locate the Start.bat file and open the [Config Editor] for this file.

Check the box labeled "Enable Emp Admin Helper:".

Click [Save & Exit].

Start your server.

Installing And Connecting Emp Admin Helper (Client Side):

Download EAH Lite from the Emp Admin Helper website.

Extract the contents of the ZIP somewhere on your PC and start the EMPAdminHelper.exe program.

Upon startup, it will ask for a few details. Enter the following:

Where is this tool running? Choose On my local PC while the Empryion-server is running somewhere else.
Server: Your server's IP Address. Do not add the port
Overwrite Telnet IP: Leave blank.
FTP Port: Your server's FTP port found in the FTP section of your panel. It would be the four numbers after the IP. For instance 192.168.0.1:8825. 8825 would be the port.
FTP User: Your game panel username.
FTP Directory: Your server's connection info and port. You must replace the colon [:] with an underscore [_] and you must include a slash [/] at the beginning. Example; 192.168.0.1:30000 would instead be /192.168.0.1_30000
Click the FTP Password icon and input your game panel password and click ok.
Click on "Refresh from FTP". You should receive a pop-up that states "The FTP Download seems to be successful". If you do not receive this, please review all the above information again.
Click OK.

Click "Ok".

On the next screen, set up the settings as wanted and click on Ok.

Restart the tool.

Once restarted Click the functions tab on the left and then click on config and then Tool. In this section change the dedicated.yaml filename to Settings.yaml

Check the "Use Dedicated.cmd box and input EmpyrionDedicated_NoGraphics.cmd in the field if needed and then click OK.

You should now be connected. If not, navigate to the main window and click on the power button icon to connect.

Video Tutorial Demonstration:

Updated on: 30/06/2022