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Sandbox Settings Sync Fix

@Diakon, Thanks for the update! I do use Udderly UpToDate now that I've moved the server to Indifferent Broccoli. Would have worked under Ege Bilecen's discord bot :(

@Bkacj Flag Forge. Sadly, no I couldn't make a fix for Evelyn's Mod. There simply is no reliable way to save the game like that. BTW, the issue they described, with a roughe map_sand.bin file appearing, it's caused by Udderly UpToDate. Not this mod.

@Diakon I'm curious about running this mod on our large server but prior comments make me nervous. Did you get a chance to make that update, I saw the last patch was October 2023?

Good mod!

And by talk to her I mean fix it myself because she's busy trying to not starve, unlike me

@DinDin, the issue is, once you install enough mods into the game, when players log onto the server, they don't download up to date sandbox settings. This issue exists regardless of using UdderlyUpToDate, as far as I know. I could perhaps be wrong... Regardless, I'll talk to evelyn about fixing the UpToDate mod to not create the map_sand.bin file, if at all possible

I thought it was just general PZ flakiness, but I am having the exact same issue as DinDin. I often have to go back into the sandbox config and set the options again, especially after a restart. Seems like this is tied to that map_sand.bin file issue that's described.

Using this mod and Udderly Up To Date as well.

Guess I will delete map_sand.bin on server startup as well for now.

I have determined the cause.
When a mod uses the command "saveGame()", "map_sand.bin" is created, which is sent to clients instead of the real server settings

In my case, the mod using this command is "Udderly Up To Date".
The admin and RCON /save and /quit commands do not cause this issue.
Only "saveGame()" causes this.

Diakon has said here that "Evelyn asked me to make this mod to fix this exact issue... It worked perfectly for our server and many others"

But in Steam DMs, Diakon has told me that UdderlyEvelyn has a server startup file to delete "map_sand.bin", and recommended that I do the same.

If it "worked perfectly", then why is UdderlyEvelyn deleting "map_sand.bin"?

* This mod doesn't fix the issue.
* UdderlyEvelyn is fixing the issue by deleting "map_sand.bin".
* The issue was caused by UdderlyEvelyn's "Udderly Up To Date" in the first place.

So what is the purpose of this mod?

@HQ Not sure. DinDin doesn't use said mod and has the issue, so while possible, it's not the only cause

@Diakon do you think it's the server tweaker? not really a modding expert nor a beginner, but i just noticed that when i enabled the server tweaker mod the sandbox and files didn't match...

Or this might be irrelevant but dunno just thinking it might help...