Dedicated server created a new world and i can't seem to load the correct

[sand walrus]

Hi, Without any issues i have been running a dedicated server. Seems today with the patch something went wrong tho. The patch was installed on the dedicated server (via steam tool) and the batch file that i start just created a new server with the same invite ID. I can't seem to find a way to fix it. Please help!

[mossy kelp]

Hello!

Can you see your world folder in here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Windrose Dedicated Server\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\Default\RocksDB_v2_Backups\Worlds

?

[sand walrus]

both of them yes

and the 11C one is the correct one but i can't seem to load it

[mossy kelp]

can you try deleting everything from RocksDB folder and see if it helps?

Als please change serverdescription.json so it has the correct world ID

[mossy kelp]

(make backup jsut in case)

[sand walrus]

i got a copy of the whole R5 folder before i started messing with it myself

[mossy kelp]

and please send me screenshot of what's inside the 11C folder

[sand walrus]

so delete the 0.10.0 folder with all content?

or also the rocksDB one itself?

[mossy kelp]

just make RocksDB empty

[sand walrus]

ok looks like the correct world loaded now. It does seem my fog has reset

I think it actually works now as intended. thank you! I guess the json file was the one that i didnt try to edit before asking here. Thank you for the quick response!

[mossy kelp]

no problem! glad it helped sir!

[sand walrus]

do i just leave the rocksDB folder empty now?

[velvet plume]

having same issue, same process did not work

[mossy kelp]

yes, the v2 folders are teh working folders now

[sand walrus]

One thing seems to be different tho which was the cause for the error. I put the batch file in a scheduled task so in case it would crash go down or whatever it would restart. Now it seems it starts with a new world next to it and change the serverdescription.json as well

[sand walrus]

Is there a way to make the batch file not create a new world on starting it twice? I liked having a scheduled task to restart the world in case it went down since it would just not start 🙂

[mental smelt]

@sand walrus hey! May I please ask you to share your game logs? We need to reproduce this issue on our side.

Please share the "Saved" folder (packed in .zip) from your Dedicated Server's files

[sand walrus]

So it seems to happen when i run the batch file "StartserverForeground". I prefer to start it that way so i can use the window to see if people are online on it

[mental smelt]

When do you launch it manually (without using scheduler) does the dedicated server work as intended (i.e. loading the correct world) or not?

[sand walrus]

the first time yes. If i launch it again when its open it will create a second world with the same invite code

[sand walrus]

wait. for some reason it does not load the correct world even tho it was online (i had to stop it to make the zip file)

also it seems in the rocksDB_V2_backups it only seems to put the "other" worlds, not the 11C world

[mental smelt]

Also, did you manually delete anything from RocksDB_v2_Backups or not? Because I'm seeing only one world in the "Saved" folder, and if the server keeps generating new ones, there should be there, yet there's none

[sand walrus]

sorry, yes i did. Do you want me to start the batch file a few times and make a new zip?

[mental smelt]

Yes, please! So we have a few snapshots, including successful attemps when everything has loaded correctly, and then an unsuccessful one, and then .zip them up

[sand walrus]

I can't seem to get the correct one to load anymore. It just keeps creating a new world. I do manually edit the serverdescription.json file to put the correct world ID in it but it seems to create a new world and overwrite the json again

[mental smelt]

Looking at the logs, it seems that sometimes the system launches two dedicated server simultaneously, and this could lead to inconsistencies or issues. Maybe that's what scheduler is doing? May I please ask you to turn off the scheduler, reboot your PC / station and try to launch the game / server again (w/o scheduler) to check if the correct world is loaded?

[sand walrus]

i did turn the scheduler off. It seemed indeed that for some reason it triggered double before but it would never be an issue since it saw a world being online and just error out and kill the batch file

i will reboot and try

[mental smelt]

Also, please make sure that ServerDescription contains the correct WorldIslandID! By the looks of it and logs, it could get re-written back to the incorrect one

[mental smelt]

Tagging again just in case ^

[sand walrus]

I did that each time yes but it would still create a new one

[mental smelt]

Even after turning off the scheduler → rebooting → launching again?

[sand walrus]

after turning the scheduler off (i did this last night around 11 pm CET) and launching again. I did not reboot yet. I just did and gonig to try again now

[sand walrus]

After a reboot it created again a new world

[mental smelt]

Gotcha, may I please ask you to share the Saved folder again after all these steps? 😅

[sand walrus]

Sure thing! (in case i'm slow it will come in a few mins, at work as well today so doing it over remote desktop to home)

[mental smelt]

Thank you!

For now, the steps that seem to make it work are the following:

1. Delete all files from:
   Saved/SaveProfiles/Default

2. Create a RocksDB folder there

3. Copy the files from:

Saved/SaveProfiles/Default_Backups/20260505_210005

4. Paste them into the newly created RocksDB folder

5. Set the correct WorldIslandID inside ServerDescription.json:
   11C17A0BF63649DEE88E2FFE7ED617CD

Save everything, reboot / relaunch as usual

[sand walrus]

Unfortunately it seems it just created a new world agian. Shouldn't i have made a V2 folder tho?

[mental smelt]

Hmmm.

Is it possible to see the new "Save" folder after these steps? Please share if that's OK

[mental smelt]

I see that RocksDB contains some files that it normally shouldn't 🤔 Did you transfer files correctly?

1. Clean the old save files completely (still keep backups!)

2. Copy everything from
   Saved/SaveProfiles/Default_Backups/20260505_210005

Paste them into
SaveProfiles\Default\RocksDB as is

So in the end you got:
SaveProfiles\Default\RocksDB\0.10.0\Worlds\11C17A0BF63649DEE88E2FFE7ED617CD

3. Change the WolrdIslandID in ServerDescription.json to 11C17A0BF63649DEE88E2FFE7ED617CD

4. Reboot the PC, then try to launch again

[sand walrus]

i made wa backup yesterday when messing about with it so that all is safe. Going to try again

[sand walrus]

Still another world. It seems also the game removes the world folder from the rocksDB\0.10.0\world\

[velvet plume]

Same exact thing is happening on my server

[sand walrus]

i have 3 more hours to troublehsoot so hopefully we will find a way 🙂

then its dentist time 😄

[sick dust]

Hi, @sand walrus

Once again, we need your save folder 😀

[sand walrus]

the save5 is that

[mental smelt]

After closer investigation, here's what we found:

• The logs show that you had several instances of the dedicated server running at the same time. They were interfering with each other and corrupting the saves.
• The game tried to load the saves and detected that the RocksDB database was corrupted.
• In the dedicated server settings, inside ServerDescription.json, the property AutoLoadLatestBackupIfHasBroken is set to true. This means that if the dedicated server cannot find a valid save, it deletes everything and generates a new world.
• The RocksDB corruption also affected the saves stored in the old backups under the SaveProfilesID_Backups folder. We found a valid world save there: 20260505_140006.

We started the dedicated server using that backup, and everything works correctly now.

The only thing you need to do is properly place the _Latest world ZIP file back in, after first deleting everything from:
Windrose Dedicated Server\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\Default

The path should look like this:
Windrose Dedicated Server\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\Default\RocksDB_v2_Backups\Worlds\11C17A0BF63649DEE88E2FFE7ED617CD\11C17A0BF63649DEE88E2FFE7ED617CD_0.10.0_Latest.zip

There should be nothing else inside the Default folder.

The ServerDescription.json configuration must also contain:
11C17A0BF63649DEE88E2FFE7ED617CD

Try this and let us know how it goes.

[sand walrus]

Just to double check. Should i put the zipfile back that i find myself in one of the saveprofiles>default>rocksbd_v2_backups>world>11c... ? The one i see now has a date modified may 5th 22:01. Is that the correct zip?

nvm! i just noticed the zip you inclusded 😄

[sand walrus]

Awesome thank you! The world is back online again 😄

i do notice that the folder saved>saveProfiles>default_backups> not gets updated anymore. Is that since the last patch and its now backuped in another location?

[sick dust]

Yep, this folder was a temporary solution. Now backups/autosaves are stored in RocksDB_v2_Backups

Sounds like the ticket is solved, right?

[sand walrus]

I will stop the world, reboot once more and restart it to double check. Give me a few minutes please