DayZ custom servers: your questions answered
DayZ modding and server basics
What are DayZ custom servers?
DayZ custom servers are servers that you or a community run with their own settings, mods and loot tables instead of the default setup. Their economy lives in XML files such as types.xml, and their general settings live in serverDZ.cfg.
How do I spawn an item from types.xml?
Spawning an item is a matter of its types.xml entry: add or edit it and give it a nominal and a min above 0, plus a lifetime and a category. The economy then decides where and when it appears, so restart your server and test. Start with 1 item before you change many.
What is Enforce Script?
Enforce Script is the C-like language used to write DayZ mods. Scripts live in .c files inside modules such as 3_Game, 4_World and 5_Mission, and a config.cpp declares them. Workbench from DayZ Tools can edit and debug them.
How do I add custom loot to DayZ modded servers?
Custom loot is a matter of XML entries: add the new item's entry to types.xml and, if it should appear in special places, to files such as cfgspawnabletypes.xml. Each mod's key must also be on the server. Check the XML for typos before every restart, and test on a copy.
Using Coderoute
Is coderzway.com the official Coderoute website?
Yes. This is the official Coderoute website, and the installer here is the original build. You can compare its SHA-256 checksum with the published manifest. For help, use the Send feedback button inside the app, which is the support channel.
Does the code Coderoute writes always work?
No. Generated Enforce Script or XML can contain mistakes. Review each diff, test the result in DayZ Tools or on a test copy of your server, and keep a backup of your mission folder. Coderoute shows what it did; you decide what stays.
Can Coderoute test my server files on a local server?
Yes, on a machine you own. Coderoute can run your server launch script through Shell, read the RPT log and report errors. It never touches servers you do not own, and in Ask first mode it waits for your OK before each command.
Which approval mode should I use?
Ask first is the safest start, because it pauses before every action that changes something. Auto-run acts immediately, which suits small tasks you have repeated many times. Plan only lists the steps and changes nothing, so it is good for reviewing a big task.
Models, privacy and download
Which AI models can I connect?
Three kinds: a cloud AI provider through a standard API endpoint, a model running locally on your PC, or the built-in model. A local model keeps all text on your machine. The Test button shows the response time and the context window.
Does Coderoute send my files anywhere?
No, not by itself. Coderoute runs locally with no telemetry, and prompts go only to the model endpoint you choose. With a local model, nothing leaves your PC. Secrets in tool output are redacted before they reach the model.
How big is the download?
The setup program is about 34 MB, and the portable single .exe is about 25 MB. Both need 64-bit Windows 10 or 11. The installer is not code-signed yet, so compare the SHA-256 checksum with the manifest before you run it.
