Windrose Dedicated Server — TrueNAS SCALE Deployment Guide

A fully working configuration for running the Windrose Dedicated Server (Windows build) inside a TrueNAS SCALE container using Wine + DXVK, with persistent saves, explicit world selection, and fixed hostname resolution for ICE/P2P networking.



This README documents the exact setup currently running in production.



Table of Contents

Overview



Directory Layout



Environment Variables



Hostname Resolution (ICE/P2P Fix)



DXVK Behavior



Server Launch Command



Entrypoint Behavior Summary



Networking Requirements



Troubleshooting



Future Enhancements



Overview

This deployment runs:



Windrose Dedicated Server (Windows build)



Inside a TrueNAS SCALE App container



Using Wine + DXVK



With persistent world saves



With explicit WORLD\_ID selection



With hostname resolution fixes for ICE/P2P



With non‑fatal DXVK installation fallback



With stable LAN/WAN connectivity



This configuration is confirmed working as of:



May 10, 2026



Directory Layout

Persistent Storage

Mounted into the container:



Code

/data/Saved

Windrose stores all world data here:



Code

/data/Saved/SaveProfiles/Default/RocksDB/0.10.0/Worlds/<WORLD\_ID>/

Game Installation Directory

Code

/server

/server/R5

This is where SteamCMD installs the Windrose server files.



Environment Variables

Set these in the TrueNAS SCALE App → Environment Variables.



Required

Variable	Description

WORLD\_ID	Folder name of the world to load. Example: 352359B474804C2A4D83D84AADC7579D





Optional

Variable	Default	Description

WINEPREFIX	/data/wine/wineprefix	Wine prefix location

SAVED\_DIR	/data/Saved	Persistent save directory





Hostname Resolution (ICE/P2P Fix)

Windrose internally tries to resolve the hostname:



Code

windrose

Your deployment requires:



Code

windrose.theminisip.ca

Both must resolve to the LAN IP of the TrueNAS host:



Code

192.168.3.41

The entrypoint injects this automatically:



bash

192.168.3.41 windrose windrose.theminisip.ca

This prevents ICE errors such as:



Code

Cannot resolve addresses for host windrose.

Error on getting local ICE candidates

P2pClient is broken

DXVK Behavior

DXVK is required even in headless mode.



Your container includes:



Code

/opt/dxvk/x32/\*.dll

/opt/dxvk/x64/\*.dll

The entrypoint:



Runs setup-dxvk.sh if present



Falls back to manual DLL copy



Logs exit codes



Never crashes if DXVK is missing or incomplete



This ensures Wine initializes correctly.



Server Launch Command

The server is launched with:



bash

wine WindroseServer-Win64-Shipping.exe \\

&#x20; -log \\

&#x20; -unattended \\

&#x20; -nosteam \\

&#x20; -savedir "Saved" \\

&#x20; -saveprofile Default \\

&#x20; -world "$WORLD\_ID"

Notes:



"Saved" resolves to /server/R5/Saved



World data still loads from /data/Saved via RocksDB



\-nosteam avoids Steam API issues



\-unattended prevents UI prompts



Entrypoint Behavior Summary

The entrypoint:



Initializes Wine prefix



Installs DXVK (non‑fatal)



Injects hostname resolution



Validates WORLD\_ID



Launches the server



This is the exact working version currently deployed.



Networking Requirements

LAN

Works out of the box.



WAN

Forward these ports:



Port	Protocol	Purpose

7777	UDP	Game traffic

15000	UDP	ICE / P2P

27015	UDP	Query port





Ensure Cloudflare DNS for:



Code

windrose.theminisip.ca

points to your public IP.



Troubleshooting

ICE Errors

If you see:



Code

Cannot resolve addresses for host windrose

Check:



/etc/hosts mapping



DNS for windrose.theminisip.ca



Correct WORLD\_ID



World Not Loading

Ensure:



Code

/data/Saved/SaveProfiles/Default/RocksDB/0.10.0/Worlds/<WORLD\_ID>/

exists.



DXVK Errors

Non‑fatal — server will still run.