Runtime Layout

The public server runtime is the developer-server package produced by tools/package-developer-server.ps1 (a built example lives at dist/Varion-Server-Developer-MVP/). It is intentionally smaller than the engine source tree and carries only what is needed to run a JavaScript server plus the developer kit.

Runtime Root

varion-server.exe
server.toml
start-varion-server.ps1
README.md
build-info.json
host/
resources/
developer/

Required Directories

Path	Purpose
host/	Node host (varion-host.cjs) for js resources
resources/	Server/client resources; the package ships a starter my-gamemode
developer/	Developer kit: SDK, docs, templates and tools (not needed by the server at runtime)
developer/sdk/Varion.Server/	Server JavaScript package (@varion/server)
developer/sdk/Varion.Client/	Client JavaScript package (@varion/client) with native typings
developer/sdk/templates/	Resource templates (js-full-resource)
developer/tools/	resource scaffolding
developer/docs/	Curated docs subset (js, scripting, configuration; plus en/)

Required Files

File	Purpose
varion-server.exe	Dedicated server executable
server.toml	Main server configuration
host/varion-host.cjs	Node host, started for js resources
start-varion-server.ps1	Launch helper
build-info.json	Package/build metadata (protocol, gtaBuild, engineCommit, serverSha256)
README.md	Runtime package instructions

modules/ And data/

• modules/ is not shipped in the package. modulesDir defaults to modules; create that directory and drop native C-ABI modules into it to have the loader pick them up (they are loaded last, after the subsystems and the network).
• data/ is not shipped either. The server creates runtime paths under data/ on demand — for example data/masterlist-token.txt and data/server-license.txt.

What Is Not In The Runtime

The package does not include:

• engine source trees: src/, client/, server/src/, deps/ and build folders
• top-level tools/, docs-public/, docs-site/
• top-level sdk/ and include/ C/C++ headers (the SDK ships as JavaScript packages under developer/sdk/)
• version.json, .gitignore, cache/

Source Backing

This page is derived from tools/package-developer-server.ps1 and the built dist/Varion-Server-Developer-MVP/.