Then restart.
A: The server may be running but not fully ready to accept connections. Watch for "StartGame done" in logs before attempting connections. 7 days to die server stuck initializing exclusive
In 90% of cases, killing orphaned processes (Step 1) and deleting the Temp folder (Step 3) will restore your server within 5 minutes. For the remaining 10%, corruption in the Region files forces a chunk reset, but that is better than a permanently dead server. Then restart
Now go forth and survive the apocalypse – your server is ready. In 90% of cases, killing orphaned processes (Step
: If you are running the server and the game on the same PC, your CPU and RAM may be bottlenecked, causing the initialization to hang indefinitely.
If there's no NAT router between your users and the server or if port forwarding is correctly set up, dedicated servers should disable SteamNetworking: