Dedicated to Solo

[Bloodbath]

I'm currently on a dedicated server but it's dying off so i was looking to move my data to a private game so i could play it solo. Does anybody know how to do this? I copied a lot of the world files over and that has worked (Other than the map being wiped so you can't see anything - structures are still there) But the character is not moving over.
All the guides i find are to go from local to server

[rick.vanopdorp]

You should be able to do it by doing the exact reverse I think. So all the files those guides say to move from your computer to the server have to be moved from the server to your computer. So basically follow those guides in reverse.

[Bloodbath]

Doesn't seem to copy the character still :(

[Geldric™]

There's a bunch of detailed information here: https://github.com/xNul/palworld-host-save-fix

The issue of "solo -> server" is that the server assigned GUID will never match the GUID assigned by your PC (solo). So the tools allow one to reset the GUID in your local save to match the newly assigned server GUID.

Extrapolating that process;
1: You would need to copy your Dedicated server files to your PC.
2: Start a new game and create your character
3: Exit the game
4: Now perform the edit but in a backwards process. Take your newly created GUID and edit your server save file. Now replace the local save file(s) with your edited server files.

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Mind you I moved my personal dedicated server files from my new PC to my old gaming PC. While using some server editing tools I noticed the section to copy what I'm now presuming is the GUID, with a "from" and "to" slot.

My process was not 100% as I lost my "discovered" map but not the waypoints. I had to fly around uncovering the map which allowed me to use the already discovered waypoints.

[Docteh]

How many files are you copying? like, a bunch or just two?

Personally I saw the guides for converting solo to dedicated and it sounded hard so I run the dedicated server on my PC. Who cares if I'm the only one on it?

[Bloodbath]

Originally posted by Docteh:

How many files are you copying? like, a bunch or just two?

Personally I saw the guides for converting solo to dedicated and it sounded hard so I run the dedicated server on my PC. Who cares if I'm the only one on it?

I was copying everything over at first, then trying to make a fresh one and copy parts etc.
The reason i wanted to move it is because i don't have a solo dedicated set up, it's a paid for one on gportal

[Geldric™]

Yeah, copying files directly, as you found out won't work. The local save structure is not the same as the server one and the GUID's will never match forcing you to create a new character.

There are also 2 files not present on the server.
1: LocalMeta.sav <- no idea what is stored
2: WorldOption.sav <- this stores your game world settings which can be changed on every launch of your solo game.

Which is why I suggested you create a new world to create those extra files.