Help! Trying to disable ichthyornis through config

[Olly]

I've seen several posts showing the config line to add to the game.ini to disable the cursed ichthyornis. I run a rented server through nitrado, and can either download and edit, or edit the game.ini through the website, but no matter what I try to add, when the server restarts, the line is deleted. Anyone have any ideas? I've tried:
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ichthyornis_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="Dodo_Character_BP_C")

and:
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ichthyornis_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

The first line looks like it's trying to replace the ichthy spawns with dodo spawns and the second line looks like it's just trying to replace with an empty spawn. Neither will stick. I have no idea why. I even tried to download, edit, and set the file to read only, but it was a no-go.

[bossbill1]

the code you want is ....
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ichthyornis_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")
paste it in the game ini on the nitrado website and click save at the bottom right hand corner of the page. Make sure the server has been stopped before you paste in the code. Restart the server and when you get back in the game you need to do a wild dino wipe to clear the already spawned ichtys on the server.

[guig]

you also have to wype wild dinos when rebooting your server, since the setting will prevent further spawn but not kill those already existing.

[🦊 Hermit]

Don't forget that the Game.ini config file needs this as a header at the top of the file too -

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]

If that line isn't there it'll just ignore anything written in it and wipe the file. Nitrado's systems may not add that in automatically, you may have to add it manually.

[Olly]

Thanks for your responses, but I'm afraid I know all that. The game.ini header is there by default with a bunch of other lines under it, so that's not an issue. I know about the dino wipe, but that won't work until I can get the Nitrado server to keep the config line. I know how to edit the file and save it, with the server off, of course. I'm kind of thinking the server won't allow any config lines that aren't part of their built in configurator from the website. I have over 3000 hours of running my own dedicated server from an extra computer in my home and I run that without the devil birds, no problems. It has to be on Nitrado's end, I'm guessing. Anybody have any experience with this, on a rented server?

[Kisston]

I have seen configs being wiped/reset before. The way i got around it was using an ftp program to edit the game.ini file without using the server's UI. There should be info on nitrado for ftp purposes, an ip and password specifically. Ive not used nitrado myself so i'm not sure if that is on the main page or if you have to click a link to view the ftp info.

[Olly]

Ok, I solved this. Thanks to you guys who took the time to read and respond to this. Sorry to waste your time. For anyone reading in the future that might have the same issue, I fixed it by enabling "Expert Mode" from the Nitrado settings. I chose to ignore this option before because it gives a warning that "most" settings will be erased. I didn't want to play that game and most everything I needed I could access through the general settings. Anyway, Expert Mode allows you to directly add lines to both .ini config files. You might think you can already do this through the file browser, I mean, it sure looks like it works the same, but any lines you add that aren't part of the in browser general settings will just be erased on server start, for some reason that probably makes sense to somebody. To add lines outside of what you can edit through the general settings you'll need to do it through the expert settings, at least using Nitrado. Again, thanks to anyone who responded.