Dedicated server not pausing when no players are online

[SOAKES95]

I'm playing with 6 friends and last night i kept the server up so everyone could play. This morning we woke up to everything being destroyed. Does anyone know of a way to pause the server when no players are online?

[DJ Gershwin]

That's why it's a dedicated server though, it's always on. I mean you could just shut it down when not in use?

[SOAKES95]

Originally posted by DJ Gershwin:

That's why it's a dedicated server though, it's always on. I mean you could just shut it down when not in use?

I get you, the issue is that would mean everyone would have to wait until I’m home to turn on the server. and some people are in different time zones.

[Orthrus Dragon]

That's literally any dedicated server I have ever played, in any game 0.o

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by Orthrus The Dragon:

That's literally any dedicated server I have ever played, in any game 0.o

Farming Simulator dedicated servers have a option to pause the game when no one is online so your crops don't wither and die if no one in online.

It can be done, it is a simple checkmark on a setting if the devs want to inlude the option.

[KellyR]

Originally posted by Orthrus The Dragon:

That's literally any dedicated server I have ever played, in any game 0.o

Minecraft, Conan Exiles, etc will pause the world execution when no one is logged on to the dedicated server. Source: Have run dedicated servers for both for very long periods of time.

Edit: Since someone is absolutely going to come back with "I've played Conan and it doesn't do that!", it does, but it's an option the person running the server can choose to turn on or off. As for why anyone would use it, well, it's for small friend-group servers. If you're running a public server then yeah, you don't need it, but if you have a small server with just you and a few select friends, but you don't want them to have to wait for you to be around to start up the server, you turn this option on.

Exactly what the OP wants, basically.

[CatGPT4.0]

Support，the server tools should pause when no player online, in default!!

[Hunter Bidens Pipe]

+1

[Simpie Senpai]

Originally posted by DJ Gershwin:

That's why it's a dedicated server though, it's always on. I mean you could just shut it down when not in use?

What he's most likely talking about is that it's hard running, and has a major memory leak issue. It just starts eating RAM like crazy and sucking CPU power. It also prevents your screens from turning off and a few other things.

This is not normal stuff.

[Simpie Senpai]

Originally posted by Orthrus The Dragon:

That's literally any dedicated server I have ever played, in any game 0.o

Yeah, they use 30+ gigs of ram?

[Hotel Wi-Fi]

Adding to this discussion to help bump this issue. I agree with OP and @KellyR

Originally posted by KellyR:

Minecraft, Conan Exiles, etc will pause the world execution when no one is logged on to the dedicated server. Source: Have run dedicated servers for both for very long periods of time.

A dedicated server that continues to process AI and stats for entities while no players are online would defeat the convenience inherently brought forth by it being dedicated. Since someone would have to physically startup the server when people wanted to play, it would make no sense to host a server on dedicated hardware instead of your personal gaming rig.

Now, if the devs can add this feature as an option settings in the .ini file, it would open up the possibilities of more community servers to operate, and make it easier for players to play the game.

This seems like a really fun game for the price, and I would hate for such a silly issue to prevent people from playing.

[N0ma13]

Yeah some games stay running some auto pause.
Games with long timers for growth and a decay timer or creature aging etc tend to not pause, cause, well, things happen at night too..
Not sure why it wouldn't autopause in palworld though. There's not enough of a growth/decay mechanic and there's no aging.

[Sylver Dragon]

Ya was a bit surprised when we logged in to the dedicated server and it seemed that the Pals had gone on a deforestation spree in the lumberyard. Great for having all the wood we could ever want. It's going to be more of an issue in the long term.

I was expecting this to operate more like Valheim with a dedicated server in that the world pauses when the last person logs out. Not a deal breaker by any means, but was a bit surprising the first time I ran into it.

[CoffeeCatRailway]

It would be nice to have an option to disable time passing (except for incubators?) when there aren't any players online

Like what @Sylver Dragon said, it's nice to come back to lots of resources but will be a problem in the long term so maybe a way to set filters on storage

[Shigutso]

I guess the main issue is Pals getting stuck or not eating and starving/getting ill because the pathfinding is not perfect yet. An option to automatically pause the server when nobody is online would be a great workaround.

[ItsGameOn]

They need to added an option to pause the server when no players are not on it.