project zomboid public server creatd

roles/zomboid/tasks/main.yml

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
       - /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Denver:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     ports:
+      # Steam query ports (8766/8767) required for public server-list visibility; harmless when private
+      - "8766-8767:8766-8767/udp"
       - "16261-16276:16261-16276/udp"
       - "27015:27015/tcp"
     network:
@@ -69,5 +71,5 @@
       PUBLIC: "{{ zomboid_public }}"
       MEMORY: "{{ zomboid_memory }}"
       SERVERPRESET: "{{ zomboid_preset }}"
-      FORCEUPDATE: "true"
+      FORCEUPDATE: "{{ zomboid_force_update }}"
       LANG: "en_US.UTF-8"

roles/zomboid/templates/zomboid.ini.j2

@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ MaxPlayers={{ zomboid_max_players }}
 PVP={{ zomboid_pvp | lower }}
 PauseEmpty={{ zomboid_pause_empty | lower }}
 RCONPassword={{ zomboid_rcon_password }}
-RCONPort=27015
+RCONPort=27015
+# Steam networking follows the visibility mode: public servers use the Steam
+# backend (browser listing + relay), private ones fall back to plain UDP direct-connect.
+UseSteamNetworking={{ 'true' if zomboid_public|lower == 'true' else 'false' }}