Here's how to add yourself, or another player, as an admin on your Barotrauma server.

Adding Players As Admins

Before starting, you'll need the in-game username and Steam ID of every player you want to add. Change the STEAM_0 at the start to STEAM_1, for example STEAM_0:1:73037963 becomes STEAM_1:1:73037963.

Caution

Stop your server before editing this file. Barotrauma rewrites clientpermissions.xml when it shuts down, so any edits made while the server is running will be overwritten.

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Log in to Bropanel and Stop your server.
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In the sidebar, go to Files and open Data/clientpermissions.xml.

Add a <Client> entry for each player, setting name to their username and accountid to their STEAM_1 ID. Add or remove <command> lines to control which console commands they can run, for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ClientPermissions>
  <Client name="Pedrotski" accountid="STEAM_1:1:73037963" permissions="All">
    <command name="kick" />
    <command name="ban" />
    <command name="godmode" />
  </Client>
  <Client name="HurpTurp" accountid="STEAM_1:0:12345678" permissions="ConsoleCommands">
    <command name="startgame" />
    <command name="endgame" />
    <command name="say" />
  </Client>
  ...
</ClientPermissions>

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Save the file and Start your server.

Note

The <command> lines are only read if the player has the ConsoleCommands permission, which permissions="All" includes. If you're writing your own permission list, make sure ConsoleCommands is part of it.

A SteamID64 like 76561198106341655 won't work. Barotrauma reads it as an Epic ID and adds EPIC_ in front.

Barotrauma Permissions List

The permissions attribute takes a comma-separated list of the values below, or All to grant every one of them.

Permission	Description
`All`	Grants every permission listed below.
`ManageRound`	Start and end rounds.
`Kick`	Kick players from the server.
`Ban`	Ban players from the server.
`Unban`	Lift bans on players.
`SelectSub`	Choose the submarine and respawn shuttle.
`SelectMode`	Choose the game mode.
`ManageCampaign`	Manage the campaign, including the store and submarine upgrades.
`ConsoleCommands`	Use the console commands granted by the `<command>` lines.
`ServerLog`	View the server log.
`ManageSettings`	Change the server settings from in-game.
`ManagePermissions`	Grant and revoke other players' permissions.
`KarmaImmunity`	Ignore the karma system.
`ManageMoney`	Spend the crew's money.
`SellInventoryItems`	Sell items held in character inventories.
`SellSubItems`	Sell items belonging to the submarine.
`ManageMap`	Choose the campaign's next destination.
`ManageHires`	Hire and fire crew members.
`ManageBotTalents`	Choose the talents that bots unlock.
`SpamImmunity`	Bypass the chat spam filter.

Tip

Instead of listing permissions yourself, you can replace the permissions attribute with the built-in preset like preset="Admin" or preset="Moderator" from Data/permissionpresets.xml. You can also create your own custom presets by editing Data/permissionpresets_player.xml.

Barotrauma Admin Commands

These are every console command you can grant with a <command> line. Most of them need cheats to be enabled with enablecheats first.

Command	Description
`ambientlight`	Sets the ambient light color of the level.
`autoitemplacerdebug`	Toggles debug info for the automatic item placer.
`autorestart`	Turns automatic restarts between rounds on or off.
`autorestartinterval`	Sets the number of seconds between automatic restarts.
`autorestarttimer`	Sets the current auto-restart countdown in seconds.
`ballastflora`	Spawns a ballast flora in the submarine's ballast.
`ban`	Bans a player by name.
`banaddress`	Bans a player by IP address.
`banid`	Bans a player by their client ID.
`botcount`	Sets the number of bots in the crew.
`botspawnmode`	Sets the bot spawn mode to Normal or Fill.
`calculatehashes`	Recalculates the hashes of the selected content packages.
`campaigndestination`	Sets the campaign's next destination.
`campaigninfo`	Prints information about the current campaign.
`clientlist`	Lists every connected client along with their client ID.
`control`	Takes control of the specified character.
`debugai`	Toggles AI debug drawing.
`debugdraw`	Toggles the debug overlay.
`debugdrawlocalization`	Highlights text that hasn't been localized.
`debugdrawlos`	Toggles line-of-sight debug drawing.
`debugevent`	Prints debug information about a specific event.
`debugjobassignment`	Toggles debug logging for job assignment.
`debugwiring`	Toggles wiring debug mode, letting you rewire anything.
`despawnnow`	Immediately despawns the characters of disconnected players.
`devmode`	Toggles developer mode.
`difficulty`	Sets the difficulty of the current level.
`disablecrewai`	Disables the AI of the crew's bots.
`disableenemyai`	Disables the AI of monsters.
`dumpids`	Prints a list of entity IDs to the console.
`dumptofile`	Writes the console output to a text file.
`enablecheats`	Enables cheat commands. Needed before most other commands work.
`enablecrewai`	Re-enables the AI of the crew's bots.
`enableenemyai`	Re-enables the AI of monsters.
`endgame`	Ends the current round.
`entitydata`	Prints network data about the targeted entity.
`eventmanager`	Turns the random event manager on or off.
`exit`	Shuts the server down.
`explosion`	Creates an explosion at the cursor position.
`findentityids`	Prints the IDs of every entity matching a name.
`fire`	Starts a fire at the cursor position.
`fixhulls`	Repairs all walls and hull damage.
`fixitems`	Repairs every item and structure.
`followsub`	Toggles whether the camera follows the submarine.
`freecamera`	Detaches the camera from your character.
`freeze`	Freezes your character in place.
`gamemode`	Sets the game mode for the next round.
`give`	Gives an item to a character's inventory.
`giveaffliction`	Applies an affliction to a character.
`givecommandperm`	Grants a player permission to use specific console commands.
`giveexperience`	Gives experience points to a character.
`giveperm`	Grants a permission to a player.
`giverank`	Assigns a permission preset to a player.
`givetalent`	Unlocks a talent for a character.
`godmode`	Toggles god mode on your character.
`godmode_mainsub`	Makes the main submarine invulnerable.
`growthdelay`	Sets the growth delay of ballast flora.
`heal`	Heals the specified character.
`healme`	Heals your own character.
`help`	Lists the available commands, or shows help for one of them.
`hidemonsters`	Hides every monster in the level.
`itemassemblies`	Lists the loaded item assemblies.
`items`	Lists every item in the game.
`kick`	Kicks a player by name.
`kickid`	Kicks a player by their client ID.
`kill`	Kills the specified character.
`killall`	Kills every character in the level.
`killdisconnectedtimer`	Sets how long a disconnected player's character survives.
`killmonsters`	Kills every monster in the level.
`lighting`	Toggles dynamic lighting.
`listcoroutines`	Lists the coroutines that are currently running.
`listlocations`	Lists the locations on the campaign map.
`listsuitabletreatments`	Lists suitable treatments for a character's afflictions.
`listtasks`	Lists the tasks that are currently running.
`lock`	Locks the camera in place.
`lockx`	Locks the camera's horizontal movement.
`locky`	Locks the camera's vertical movement.
`los`	Toggles line of sight.
`loslightingfreecam`	Toggles line of sight, lighting and free camera at once.
`maxupgrades`	Sets the maximum campaign upgrade level.
`mission`	Sets the mission type for the next round.
`money`	Adds money to the campaign bank.
`monstersignoreplayer`	Makes monsters ignore a specific player.
`monstersignoresub`	Makes monsters ignore the submarine.
`monstersrestoretargets`	Restores monsters' normal targeting.
`monstertargetingrestrictions`	Lists the monster targeting restrictions currently in place.
`msg`	Sends a message that appears on every player's screen.
`mute`	Mutes a player's voice chat.
`netstats`	Toggles the networking statistics overlay.
`oxygen`	Refills the oxygen in every hull.
`power`	Adds power to the submarine's grid.
`ragdoll`	Ragdolls the specified character.
`randomizeseed`	Toggles level seed randomization between rounds.
`readycheck`	Starts a ready check.
`resetkarma`	Resets a player's karma to the default value.
`respawnnow`	Triggers a respawn immediately.
`restart`	Restarts the current round.
`revive`	Revives a dead character.
`revokecommandperm`	Removes a player's permission to use specific console commands.
`revokeperm`	Removes a permission from a player.
`say`	Sends a chat message as the server.
`seed`	Sets the level seed for the next round.
`sendchatmessage`	Sends a chat message as any player.
`servermsg`	Sets the server's message of the day.
`servername`	Changes the server's name.
`setcampaignmetadata`	Sets a campaign metadata value.
`setclientcharacter`	Assigns a character to a specific player.
`setdifficulty`	Sets the difficulty of the current level.
`setkarma`	Sets a player's karma value.
`setlocationreputation`	Sets your reputation with the current location.
`setmaxplayers`	Sets the maximum player count.
`setpassword`	Sets the server password.
`setreputation`	Sets your reputation with a faction.
`setsalary`	Sets a player's campaign salary.
`setskill`	Sets a character's skill level.
`showkarma`	Shows every player's karma values.
`showmoney`	Shows the campaign's current funds.
`showmonsters`	Reveals monsters hidden with `hidemonsters`.
`showperm`	Shows a player's current permissions.
`showreputation`	Shows your reputation with every faction.
`showseed`	Prints the current level seed.
`shuttle`	Toggles the respawn shuttle.
`simulatedduplicateschance`	Simulates duplicate network packets for testing.
`simulatedlatency`	Simulates network latency for testing.
`simulatedloss`	Simulates packet loss for testing.
`skipeventcooldown`	Skips the cooldown before the next random event.
`spawn`	Spawns a character at the given position.
`spawnitem`	Spawns an item at the given position.
`spawnnpc`	Spawns an NPC at the given position.
`startgame`	Starts a new round.
`startitems`	Sets the item set the crew starts a campaign with.
`startwhenclientsready`	Toggles starting the round once enough players are ready.
`sub`	Selects the submarine for the next round.
`tags`	Lists the tags of the targeted entity.
`teleportcharacter`	Teleports a character to the cursor position.
`teleportsub`	Teleports the submarine to the cursor position or a location.
`toggleaitargets`	Toggles AI target debug drawing.
`togglecampaignteleport`	Lets you teleport around the campaign map by clicking.
`togglecharacternames`	Toggles character name tags.
`togglehud`	Toggles the entire HUD.
`toggleitemhighlights`	Toggles item highlight outlines.
`togglekarma`	Turns the karma system on or off.
`togglekarmatestmode`	Logs karma changes without actually punishing players.
`toggleupperhud`	Toggles the top bar of the HUD.
`togglevoicechatfilters`	Toggles the radio and muffling filters on voice chat.
`traitorlist`	Lists the current traitors and their objectives.
`triggerevent`	Triggers a specific random event.
`triggertraitorevent`	Triggers a specific traitor event.
`unban`	Unbans a player by name.
`unbanaddress`	Unbans an IP address.
`unlockmission`	Unlocks a mission in the campaign.
`unlocktalents`	Unlocks talents for a character.
`unmute`	Unmutes a player's voice chat.
`verboselogging`	Toggles detailed server logging.
`water`	Lets you flood or drain hulls with the cursor.

How To Add Admins To Your Barotrauma Server

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Barotrauma Permissions List

Barotrauma Admin Commands

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