Server difficulty setting

[lortex87]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the game and having some issues with setting up the difficulty on my dedicated server. I tried searching, but didn't come up with any answers.

In my dedicated.yaml the settings show the correct values. However the settings aren't being manifested in the game.

The settings look like this

GameConfig:
.......
DiffEscapePodContent: Easy
DiffAmountOfOre: Rich
DiffNumberOfDeposits: Plenty
DiffDroneBaseAttack: Hard
DiffDronePresence: High
DiffEnemySpawnRate: Normal
DiffAttackStrength: Medium
DiffConstrCraftTime: Faster
DiffBpProdTime: Faster

I'm using nitrado, but I can't seem to find their forums. Since it's the official server in hoping someone here might be able to help me out. Did I modify the wrong file, I have tried restarting the server as well.

[piddlefoot]

Did you copy and paste using notepad++ ?

Or it might not show us the right format thus we then cant tell if the synax has been broken.

Did you add or delete any spaces ?
You cant delete a single space or it will fail.

Did you remove # and ONE space from start of each line ? And nothing more not even another space ?

[Phelbore]

Post it surrounded in [code][/code] tags so we can see whitespace.

[lortex87]

I haven't added to, or removed anything from the file actually. During the initial setup of the server, nitrado asked me to indicate the desired difficulties, and when I double checked the dedicated.yaml it showed up exactly as I thought it should. Here is the file copied from the file directly to here

ServerConfig:
    Srv_Port: 21000
    Srv_Name: 'Reisender Paradise'
    MaxAllowedSizeClass: 6
    AllowedBlueprints: All
    Tel_Port: 21004
    Srv_MaxPlayers: 10
    SaveDirectory: Saves
    Srv_Password: sonofsk1
    Srv_StopPeriod: 24
    Tel_Pwd: gONlDR
GameConfig:
    GameName: NewGame_0
    Mode: Survival
    Seed: 2309115
    DecayTime: 2
    WipeTime: 0
    ProtectTime: 48
    MaxStructures: 200
    AntiGriefDistance: 30
    AntiGriefZone: PvE
    AntiGriefOresDistance: 30
    AntiGriefOresZone: PvE
    EnableTrading: GlobalVirtual
    DiffEscapePodContent: Easy
    DiffAmountOfOre: Rich
    DiffNumberOfDeposits: Plenty
    DiffDroneBaseAttack: Hard
    DiffDronePresence: High
    DiffEnemySpawnRate: Normal
    DiffAttackStrength: Medium
    DiffConstrCraftTime: Faster
    DiffBpProdTime: Faster

There are no #'s present in the file, and I open it using the web interface nitrado offers. I tried comparing it to my singleplayer dedicated.yaml located on my system, but they look nothing alike.

[Phelbore]

That looks right. And you set these before ever starting your server?

[lortex87]

Originally posted by feanor_269:

That looks right. And you set these before ever starting your server?

Yes, through some drop down menus. I have restarted my server a couple of times now. I have also renamed the save folder to something other than what is named in the config file, so that the server kicks out a new game on start. Not sure if that's the correct way to start a new game on servers, but this is my first time working with a server company like this.

[Phelbore]

No clue then, starting a new game should make those take effect.

[lortex87]

Thanks for the help feanor, is the method I described above the correct way to start a new game on a server? By just renaming the save folder?

[Phelbore]

I'm not sure about "correct" on nitrado, but it'll work.

[ziggrrauglurr]

Starting the server from scratch might be needed for most of these.; I.e. deleting the save file. If the server starts without issues (check the log file) then the YAML formatting is fine. If it ever gives you problems use Notepad++, it has a format checker, you can even download plugins to fix spaces and formatting.

[lortex87]

Thanks for the help everyone, I managed to get it fixed. Instead of starting a new game by renaming the old save game, I renamed the game name in the dedicated.yaml. Not sure why it worked while the other method did not. I am happy nonetheless.

[FatherJim]

@lortex87 I am running into the same issue. Tell me, did you have to delete the old game files before changing the game name in the yaml file took affect?

[lortex87]

@macdocr No, to get the settings to take effect I just:

1. Changed the GameName to something else
2. Restart the server
3. It should automatically create a new game with a new save (with your correct settings)
4. That's it.

Not necessary, but you can delete old saves to keep the directory clean, or you can keep them and actually go back to them at some point. Hope this helped.