⚡ Tutorial: Optimize your Hytale server's RAM

📋 Why optimize?

The MaxViewRadius parameter defines the chunk display distance around each player. The higher this value, the more RAM the server consumes.

Reducing this value allows you to:

• Decrease RAM consumption
• Improve server performance
• Reduce lag for players
• Support more simultaneous players

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📝 Steps to follow

Step 1: Access the configuration file

Go to your Hytale server folder and open the config.json file with a text editor (Notepad, VS Code, Notepad++, etc.).

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Step 2: Locate the MaxViewRadius parameter

In the file, locate the following line (line 7):

"MaxViewRadius": 32,

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Step 3: Reduce the value

Replace 32 with 16:

Before:

"MaxViewRadius": 32,

After:

"MaxViewRadius": 16,

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Step 4: Save and restart

1. Save the file (Ctrl + S)
2. Restart your Hytale server

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✅ Result

Your server will consume less RAM and perform better.

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📊 Recommended values table

Available RAM	Recommended MaxViewRadius
2 GB	8
4 GB	12
8 GB	16
16 GB+	24 - 32

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⚠️ Things to know

• A value too low (< 8) can affect players' experience
• The value 16 offers a good performance/quality compromise
• Test different values based on your configuration

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📄 Example of optimized config.json

{
  "Version": 3,
  "ServerName": "Hytale Server",
  "MOTD": "",
  "Password": "",
  "MaxPlayers": 100,
  "MaxViewRadius": 16,
  "LocalCompressionEnabled": false,
  "Defaults": {
    "World": "default",
    "GameMode": "Adventure"
  },
  "ConnectionTimeouts": {
    "JoinTimeouts": {}
  },
  "RateLimit": {},
  "Modules": {},
  "LogLevels": {},
  "Mods": {},
  "DisplayTmpTagsInStrings": false,
  "PlayerStorage": {
    "Type": "Hytale"
  }
}