Anyone have a recommendation on a good host for experimental branch? And any spec recommendations?
#dedicated-servers
cedar path
I'm looking at various hosting sites and there doesn't seem to be much information on their sites
cedar path
oh?
mental locust
I host for a few people
cedar path
I mean I would certainly appreciate it, it just seems super generous
lunar nymph
Quick question is their any way to load the last save automatically when you boot up a dedicated server?
I'm using AMP which I think is basically linux?
the only difference i've noticed is the save files arent where they are supposed to be
mental locust
@cedar path 🙂 I have a good server I definitely don't mind hosting for you
worn talon
Have the devs figured out dedicated servers on epic yet? Or how to get epic users access to the ones on steam? I'm a little bit out of the loop right now
quick mist
Have the devs figured out dedicated servers on epic yet? Or how to get epic user...
the server doesn't care what storefront a client was purchased from. it never has
worn talon
Yeah it does. It tells me I have to purchase it on the steam client. This was a known bug. I don't know if it's been resolved yet. I still can't access the dedicated servers on steam
mental locust
@quick mist so it seems people can't grab grass like it happens more often it sucks
It's getting on my nerves:(
@lunar nymph you on?
lunar nymph
@mental locust give me like 10 min, also why do I need to be on?
mental locust
@lunar nymph was going to ask something sorry
lunar nymph
ask away
mental locust
So the grass issue happened frequently ?
blazing halo
Quick question is their any way to load the last save automatically when you boo...
How do you mean? The DS does load the last-used save automatically, on startup.
shy orchid
why when my server is online I enter the ip and it does not work?
lunar nymph
How do you mean? The DS *does* load the last-used save automatically, on startup...
if i shut down my dedicated server and restart it no game is loaded, i have to fire up my client and load the last save manually
i would like my server to auto load the last save
lunar nymph
mine doesnt
blazing halo
Then either it's a bug, you never wait long enough for it to auto-save (it should then note down to load it next), or you have no permission to write to the config file.
lunar nymph
this was happening in my Update 5 server as well
i have it set to auto-save when someone logs out
also i have it pause when nobody is on
blazing halo
Then it by all means should load that auto-save.
blazing halo
why when my server is online I enter the ip and it does not work?
That depends. Is your server in your LAN?
shy orchid
That depends. Is your server in your LAN?
no hosting
blazing halo
Can you connect to any other Internet Satisfactory server?
shy orchid
I run another one that works to find out
blazing halo
this was happening in my Update 5 server as well
Make sure you have the necessary file permissions to save the game, and - most notably - the configuration file for the server (it's the file that is named ServerSettings and has a port number for the extension).
lunar nymph
i cant do anything with permissions
also why are you even bringing that up?
it saves the game just fine
blazing halo
Okay. Does it save the info on which session was used last, tho'?
lunar nymph
what is that
blazing halo
When you create a new world, you have to name it, right?
You can call that the "session name", the "world name", or the "save name", whatever.
lunar nymph
yea
blazing halo
This value is stored in ServerSettings.XXXXX (where XXXXX is the port number it's configured to, specifically the serverQueryPort param).
If that value is not stored, it won't know which world to load.
lunar nymph
ok i can probably find that
blazing halo
And if you don't have the correct permissions to save that file, it will not be stored.
blazing halo
I run another one that works to find out
And?
blazing halo
ok i can probably find that
It also stores the server's configuration (the options), the passwords, and the server name. So if you can't change any of that (or - not through the game), chances are you're not permitted to alter the file.
blazing halo
yes I can
Is this hosting a game hosting where you purchase a "Satisfactory server" specifically, or do you get a Linux/Windows box to play with?
shy orchid
shy orchid
Is this hosting a *game hosting* where you purchase a "Satisfactory server" spec...
vps
shy orchid
Are your ports reachable?
I don't have it
blazing halo
I don't understand?
shy orchid
I don't understand?
enough to ?
blazing halo
If you can't speak English, please use https://translate.google.com to translate.
shy orchid
what did you not understand?
blazing halo
Are the Satisfactory server ports reachable from the Internet? Can you test? Do you know how to?
shy orchid
Are the Satisfactory server ports reachable from the Internet? Can you test? Do ...
no i don't know how
I didn't understand that sorry
shy orchid
yes but currently sleeping
blazing halo
Then wait for him/her to wake up, and ask for help. :)
You seem to be somewhat out of your depth here.
shy orchid
yes that's why i'm asking for help🥲
blazing halo
Okay. Maybe someone else is willing to tech-support you through your VPS setup.
Good luck!
shy orchid
thank
lunar nymph
@blazing halo GameUserSettings.ini?
blazing halo
<@301559228693217282> GameUserSettings.ini?
?
lunar nymph
you asked me to find a settings file
blazing halo
Yes. Specifically, one called ServerSettings.XXXXX where the XXXXX is a port number you set up for the server.
For example, mine is ServerSettings.20000.
lunar nymph
hmm looks like settings that would be for a client not a server....
blazing halo
... if you don't believe me, keep looking then! Cheers. :D
blazing halo
It should be on the server, not your computer.
blazing halo
Windows or Linux?
lunar nymph
which means its in a protected area
so you are probably right it doesnt have permission to change it most likely
Linux
(AMP)
shy orchid
@blazing halo just a question, it may be because of firewalls
blazing halo
<@301559228693217282> just a question, it may be because of firewalls
Yes, that was my thinking.
shy orchid
very well thank you
blazing halo
Linux
Self-hosted, bought VPS, bought Satisfactory server?
I assume it's a bought something.
lunar nymph
self hosted
blazing halo
Hm.
And you can't find the server config file.
What's the username it's running as?
lunar nymph
Main OS is Ubuntu Dedicated 22.04
Program thats running it is AMP
so the user is probably AMP
blazing halo
You should be able to find the file under /home/{username}/.config/Epic/FactoryGame/Saved/SaveGames, I think.
(or wherever your home is, anyway)
lunar nymph
blazing halo
Is there a Saved/SaveGames folder somewhere in that?
lunar nymph
its empty
blazing halo
Does the server, on startup, have any saved games to choose from?
blazing halo
Then it's the wrong folder.
lunar nymph
ive noticed that
but there is nothing i can do about it
AMP puts stuff where it wants to
quick mist
this should find any saves but may find other files too: find ~ -type f -name '*.sav'
lunar nymph
this should find any saves but may find other files too: `find ~ -type f -name ...
ill try but i doubt itll find anything, im not 100% sure how AMP works but it looks like it creates virtualized instances for the servers you spin up
blazing halo
It has to keep its files somewhere.
lunar nymph
so searching on the host is fruitless
quick mist
if the savefiles are in the filesystem under your home directory they'll be there
quick mist
I particularly dislike things like AMP because they add pointless extra complexity and in some cases part people from their money for what a shell script could accomplish
lunar nymph
here is the root where the instance is installed
blazing halo
Well, according to AMP's support on CubeCoders, it should be in /home/amp/.config/Epic
lunar nymph
I particularly dislike things like AMP because they add pointless extra complexi...
it actually makes is pretty simple to start up and manage servers. ESPECIALLY from off site
blazing halo
Okay, this is me dragging out a canon to swat a fly.
find /home/amp/.config/Epic -type f -iname "ServerSettings.*"
quick mist
that'll find the server settings, not savefiles
blazing halo
That's what we're looking for.
(besides, the saves should be right next to it, anyway)
lunar nymph
quick mist
well there you go, that's the path to your settings file
blazing halo
And more importantly, it exists, and where I expected it to.
blazing halo
Yes, and your saves are inside the server directory there.
blazing halo
No, it's a binary file.
quick mist
please tell me you're not running a game server (much less an experimental one) as root.
blazing halo
He's not. Look at the owner.
quick mist
it says amp owns the file, not that that user is running the server
blazing halo
You could just su amp you know.
lunar nymph
quick mist
ah
the correct response to that would have been sudo su - amp
you want to be the amp user, not root unless you have a really good reason to be root
quick mist
you're in dedicated's home directory
lunar nymph
cant even list its own home directory
quick mist
the files are in amp's home directory
lunar nymph
ahh
blazing halo
Yeah, you need to cd ~
lunar nymph
i see my bad
quick mist
cat, or concatenate, is used to join files together or to display their contents to the terminal
blazing halo
It'll look like this, more or less.
It'll essentially be
StrProperty{name of your server}mAutoLoadSessionName
StrProperty
{the name of the save}mAdminPassword
blazing halo
So it should be loading the save named "Orion Enterprises".
quick mist
handy tip: if your shell gets all wonky after cating a binary file and nothing looks right, you can sometimes recover it with stty sane
blazing halo
Is that why what?
lunar nymph
it wont load
blazing halo
Why wouldn't it load an autosave?
lunar nymph
its trying to load a save called Orion Enterprises right?
blazing halo
Yeah?
lunar nymph
well the save is called Orion Enterprises_autosave_0
blazing halo
It further determines which save from that session it should load. I'm not sure how it determines that, didn't look into it.
blazing halo
I think it looks at mod times,
or some timestamps stored in the saves themselves, I don't know.
It should load the latest it finds, for that session.
lunar nymph
well it loads nothing until i tell it
lunar nymph
blazing halo
This is just started?
lunar nymph
no this is after i loaded the last autosave manually
blazing halo
And after starting?
blazing halo
Yeah. Go ahead.
blazing halo
Well, for it to load an auto-save, I think it first needs to save it.
The default interval is, IIRC, 10 minutes?
So if you never let it run for that 10 minutes, it never saved it itself.
lunar nymph
like i said i have it autosave whenever someone logs out
lunar nymph
wait is it because it only had the ONE save?
blazing halo
Then I really have no clue.
blazing halo
No, if there's just one file,
it should just load that file.
I mean, it's essentially auto-election. ;P
Select 1 of 1... ;P
lunar nymph
because now it has 2 saves, because ive loaded and logged twice
lunar nymph
ill delete autosave 1 to see what happens
might be an edge case bug
nope it loaded just fine
hmm
blazing halo
Well, it should have saved when you logged off, so it should have had a save file to load, and it did have an entry for it in the server settings file...
quick mist
sunspots, I say
lunar nymph
Gremlins
blazing halo
I honestly think it didn't save for whatever reason, and it didn't have that entry in the settings file,
and that's why it didn't auto-load.
blazing halo
You can set up a new game on your local PC, upload it to the server,
lunar nymph
which was a few min ago
blazing halo
have it load, log in, then quit, then shut it down.
lunar nymph
it created the game just fine though
blazing halo
Remember that it needs a hot second to save. Empty should be < 1s, but with stuff in it... depends entirely on the CPU.
lunar nymph
uhh
its broken
i shut down the AMP instance and restarted it
now it just says offline
the console said it accepted a connection from my LAN IP though
blazing halo
And this is why you learn to host your own stuff by hand.
lunar nymph
i used to
blazing halo
Having tools like AMP is all fine and dandy, but when the abstraction breaks, you've no bloody clue what went wrong.
lunar nymph
i moved to amp so it can be remote managed
btw it might not be AMP
i restarted my client and its fine
and it loaded the save fine
blazing halo
Also, tail -f the log if you can't see it. I think AMP only reports on the fact that the executable started running, and not what the actual server state is.
I doubt it'll tell you it crashed, either - not unless you have some log facility with it, like systemd does.
lunar nymph
hmm
im trying to remember if my friends crashed the last server
i feel like they did
or rather they tried to melt it 🤣
blazing halo
... that's the point of having friends, right?
You building shit for them, them trying to burn it down to the ground...
... good times.
blazing halo
Yeah, that is a popular pastime in Satisfactory. :D
lunar nymph
i would double to quadrupole the total power capacity
like EVERY DAY
blazing halo
Putting nuclear together is a massive pain, too. Try to set it up anywhere other than the uranium cave behind the waterfall, and you'll have a bad time of it.
shy orchid
it was a firewall problem you just have to add the sf ports
blazing halo
it was a firewall problem you just have to add the sf ports
Glad that it was worked out!
lunar nymph
we tried 1 nuke plant as a test, but had some water issues so we abandoned it
actually that reminds me of 1 more dedi server question
lunar nymph
i read in a patch note they made it so you only need to forward 1 port instead of 3, but when i tried it nobody could connect unless i had all 3 forwarded
lunar nymph
I actually got fooled into *using* plutonium fuel. :D
oh god
the rads
all the rads
blazing halo
ALL of the rads, yes.
I ended up using the hoverthing to go down as far as I could go before getting hurt,
and built a small level there to put a storage crate down. :D
Just dumped it there.
lunar nymph
I ended up using the hover*thing* to go down as far as I could go before getting...
im soo glad we have more equipment slots in update 6
blazing halo
We do?
Well, damn.
Can't wait for it to upgrade to stable, then.
I mean, you can increase hand slots however much you want (don't know if there's a limit), but the damn utility slot...
blazing halo
Which probably still means I can't use the hoverthing with the RAD suit...
lunar nymph
you can use a gas filter with a jetpack i know that for sure
blazing halo
In u6?
blazing halo
Okay, it's something.
I don't descend into irradiated madness all that often, anyway.
But my Chernobyl did live up to its name.
:D
lunar nymph
you should be able to do the blade runners and haz suit no problem
thats a big help imo
blazing halo
When I set out to build Ignalina, I chose a much better (but, unfortunately, much more remote) spot.
blazing halo
OH, BACK
lunar nymph
does jet and hoverpacks?
zinc moon
I used legs, jet pack and haz suit today
lunar nymph
that means has and hover!
blazing halo
Ah, it's a hoverpack. Cool.
lunar nymph
hover thingy is close enough lol
blazing halo
Waiting on DS mod support.
blazing halo
look ma no hands!
There's a way to switch to it?
lunar nymph
map is T1 now?
lunar nymph
There's a way to switch to it?
H
blazing halo
Cool! :D Finally.
Also, yeah - it seems that map is much more useful now.
Or, less of a pain to use, anyway.
I've seen screenshots where the map shows resource locations.
Like, constantly, not just on-scan.
I mean, it made no sense to me, but it did add a bit of a mechanic.
Still, won't miss it.
I wonder if they're going to patch that hole in the waterfall. I sincerely hope they don't.
loud minnow
with 5 people right now they say is working fine on update 6 the only bug so far the main bug is the biomass bug but they found a way to work around
lunar nymph
what bug is the biomass bug?
blazing halo
The work-around is to drag your ass to coal power ASAP. :D
blazing halo
what bug is the biomass bug?
There's a bug that prevents players from picking up grass/wood/flowers.
Obviously, this nixes early game in the bud.
loud minnow
they said that they just gather what was around the base and have made it this far so
loud minnow
yeah reloading the save will fix it
they been playing for like 5 hours now with no server crashes etc
lunar nymph
ive loaded it like 4 times just now testing though...
blazing halo
It apparently works for a while, and nobody really knows how to fix it (for some, reloading the save doesn't?). At any rate, just make foliage runs until grass is bursting out of your ass while it works.
lunar nymph
they been playing for like 5 hours now with no server crashes etc
dont say that
thats when the server nukes itself
loud minnow
lol
lunar nymph
@blazing halo also you never answered my second question about ports
blazing halo
Do remind me?
blazing halo
Ah, the router thing.
Yeah, the game has some internal router tech that allows it to route all traffic through one port.
It's enabled by default, unless you use --multihome which disables it.
I'm not sure how it works, and I don't much care either.
blazing halo
By finding --multihome={some IP} on the command line. ;P
Still, if you can forward all three ports, why bother with the automatic router?
I distrust automatic anything, it tends to fail when I need it most.
main star
The paradox is that means the distrust itself is automatic
🤔
I'm assuming the spawn item commands are still nonfunctional?
Haven't found anyone saying they work yet, wasn't sure if the experimental patch included it
blazing halo
I think they won't be included.
main star
rip
blazing halo
Specifically because they come standard,
so if they're not there, they were removed.
On purpose.
main star
was looking to see if that could be used as a circumvention of the not being able to pickup leaves issue
blazing halo
No, but you can load it up to SP
main star
Not that it's a big deal to go wandering off with a chainsaw for a bit
blazing halo
and use something like WeMod, or a save editor,
cunning field
okay so when my lagspikes happening i notice this on cpu performance monitor
blazing halo
to duplicate whatever foliage you do have.
cunning field
interesting
main star
Yeah that's probably what I might do as a stopgap
If for some reason I can't get bast biofuel reasonably fast
blazing halo
okay so when my lagspikes happening i notice this on cpu performance monitor
Can you see specific cores, though?
Because that looks like a combined graph.
blazing halo
Remember that the game still heavily relies on single-core speed.
There are many procedures that don't lend themselves very well to multithreading,
and they have to be done on one thread.
Which means, if they hit the CPU performance ceiling, the server will get stuck for a moment.
The only way to "fix" that is to get a CPU with faster single-core performance.
It doesn't remove the ceiling, it just moves it up.
The most common example of that is saving the game. It'll grow progressively worse with structures built.
And there is an upper ceiling to this, too. Once those delays cross 30 seconds, you'll start to see connection timeouts.
(there is a way to increase the timeout, but I don't know if it needs to go into both the server and client? haven't tried)
lunar nymph
By finding `--multihome={some IP}` on the command line. ;P
and where is this command line?
blazing halo
Wherever you put it last. ;P
I dunno? Ask AMP devs. Or just ps ax | grep -i satis or something.
lunar nymph
lol
i found the answer in probably the most roundabout way possible
htop
so yes multihome is on
blazing halo
AFAIK it doesn't need a ?listen.
lunar nymph
no problem for me i just wanted to know why
blazing halo
It won't hurt, but it does nothing if memory serves, and is probably a holdover from ARK, Conan, DnL or some other server setup.
It also doesn't need -log (on by default on the DS), nor -unattended (on by default on the DS).
Again, holdovers.
Or possibly Cargo Cult Server Deployment.
('cargo cult' means ritualistic including of something "because it worked before", in the hopes that it'll work again - regardless of it (not) having a place, or a purpose; it shows ignorance of the process, and willingness to follow superstition in a field that is highly technical; it's the technical embodiment of "it shouldn't hurt though")
lunar nymph
thats a big thing with Minecraft server Java Arguments actually
blazing halo
It does sort of make me think of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
but then, I probably wouldn't know about a whole bunch of stuff if I didn't do things just because I can...
cunning field
looks like smth like this maybe
blazing halo
looks like smth like this maybe
No, but you can tell Task Manager to show you individual cores.
Try right-clicking on the big graph and selecting "Change graph to -> Logical processors".
cunning field
oh god
i tottally forgot
..>
yeah cpu3 looks overwhelmed during the spike, and the other performance lowered
sorry im kinda stupid, just woke up >..>
blazing halo
Yeah, that one overworked thread is the server's main thread, most likely. :D
subtle sundial
is that windows 7?
blazing halo
So you're probably hitting your CPU's single-core performance ceiling.
subtle sundial
ah
cunning field
should i overclock?
blazing halo
I don't know. Nobody can really answer that for you. ;P
cunning field
allright
blazing halo
You can start with upgrading your cooling, if it's not at its best.
cunning field
so i might clean it
blazing halo
:D
Like, seriously, RIP. :D
I doubt you can do much, to be honest. Laptop CPUs tend to be underpowered, mostly in an effort to limit their power consumption.
For future reference, "because it's running on a laptop" is a valid first hint as to why something is being slow, wonky, or laggy. :D
(though if you open with that, the number of people willing to assist you will drop sharply - because it's a damn laptop, there's little that can be done ;P)
lunar nymph
so i might clean it
what are the specs of the machine running the server?
cunning field
what are the specs of the machine running the server?
lunar nymph
I doubt you can do much, to be honest. Laptop CPUs tend to be underpowered, most...
i tend to agree, but i bought a Lenovo Legion 5 with an AMD Ryzen 4800H and it legit matches or slightly outperforms my desktop i7-8700k.
Which was Delidded, liquid metaled, and OC'd to 5GHz all core
lunar nymph
says turbo MAX is 3.5GHz, also thats like 6 generations old now
cunning field
i know but i'm not very rich
lunar nymph
for OC'ing, dont
laptops usually have tight power and thermal constraints
you are way more likely to just start thermal throttling
blazing halo
i tend to agree, but i bought a Lenovo Legion 5 with an AMD Ryzen 4800H and it l...
Except, that's a fairly recent development. :)
blazing halo
Ah, and - what he said. Don't OC, laptops aren't good for that in any way. What tends to help towards OC, tends to run very contrary to saving power, and laptops are all about saving power.
cunning field
but im saving money for new pc
so my gf gets my current
and we gonna use my current gf's pc as a server
hopefully this happens this year december
lunar nymph
can you get the specs on it?
cunning field
wich one?
blazing halo
and we gonna use my current gf's pc as a server
If you could get your hands on a proper server, that would probably help. You might get a deal on one somewhere. They tend to be geared towards CPU performance and low power consumption.
lunar nymph
I was running my servers on a Ryzen 3600 with 64GB of ECC RAM, but ive been having crashing issues with the ESXi hypervisor.
So just to keep them running i moved them to my old gaming rig, an i7-4790k @4.5GHz with 16GB RAM
lunar nymph
you know which gen Ryzen?
cunning field
or 3000 i dont remember and i cant becuase i have to shower and go work rn >..>
2000
lunar nymph
honestly the first 2 gens are kinda crap
cunning field
2600 iirc
lunar nymph
ahh
lunar nymph
are you running at 3200MHz on the RAM? because i had a friend with a 2700x and the he couldnt run more than 2933
memory controllers in the first 2 gens suck
also going from a 2600 to 3600 would probably net you 15% IPC boost
5600 would be another 10% or so?
cunning field
what?
lunar nymph
now this is just passmark
not the be all and end all, but look at the Single Thread Rating
lunar nymph
ping me and we can continue
tropic leaf
So I'm the guy on Reddit that hosts server for free. Currently I'm hosting 18 instances concurrently in the same VM. After updating the instances I'm hosting to update 6... Lets just say they optimized the game just a bit. Here's the crux of my problem: the game instances are consuming memory faster than it can be allocated. this sums up the issue pretty good:
tropic leaf
so i guess the only way to win the memory allocation game is to not play it at all and hard allocate 180GB: (edited)
lunar nymph
i can confirm this
blazing halo
(all I have on that is some reports where the game eats up over 100 GB of RAM when the server has it)
lunar nymph
U5 is was using around 5.5-6GB of ram, U6 is using 7.5-8GB
blazing halo
so i guess the only way to win the memory allocation game is to not play it at a...
If you have the RAM leak issue, your best approach would be to just wait until they fix it, or go back to stable/u5.
lunar nymph
both servers were fresh too
tropic leaf
most of the instance's i'm hosting were sitting at like 5-7GB per instance. Now they are all 8-10GB
lunar nymph
If you have the RAM leak issue, your best approach would be to just wait until t...
i dont think ive seen it climb
but the server is paused because noone is on it
blazing halo
most of the instance's i'm hosting were sitting at like 5-7GB per instance. Now ...
Yes, u6 does use more RAM. Don't know if it's an optimisation thing, or an "it's doing more now" thing.
lunar nymph
also i keep BSOD'ing my PC trying to play it....
tropic leaf
just to be clear, that first screenshot is when all 18 instances try to fire up at the same time.
lunar nymph
Yes, u6 does use more RAM. Don't know if it's an optimisation thing, or an "it's...
yea, we would probably need a dev to chime in if its intentional or not
blazing halo
If you want to push u6, you'll probably need to cut back on the instances.
(or, increase RAM allotment)
Do note that, as we've been informed, u6 uses a new saving scheme, so you will need to go back to the backups if you wish to switch back to u5.
tropic leaf
Well I've got another host that I am going to add at some point which has 40 cores and 256GB of ram, so that should allow to host another 20 or so instances. But I feel like i also need to break up the instances from a single monolithic VM and have several VMs that host 4-5 instances
blazing halo
I think the monolithic approach lets you host more of them, due to them sharing the shareable objects.
(and thanks to the "nooks" that you'll get due to usage flux)
tropic leaf
monolithic approach mostly saves on diskspace from the install base, but i think smaller VM's would reduce the ram allocation load on fire up, which would allow more efficient use of the available ram.
as far as disk space goes, I've got like 2TB of flash on the SAN still available so I'm not too worried about that.
blazing halo
Well, you're the expert. :-)
lunar nymph
i feel like satisfactory wants more than 2 cores per instance though
tropic leaf
eh, with 18 instances, I'm sitting at ~70% usage on 32 cores:
the threadding work they did a couple hotfixes back really helped with multi core usage
alpine relic
configured swap for my instance, performance downgrade hasn't happened yet.
the doubled ram usage is just a bug imo
lunar nymph
eh, with 18 instances, I'm sitting at ~70% usage on 32 cores:
a 2690 has 20 threads, you dual socket board and allocated 32 threads to the VM?
tropic leaf
here's the usage stats of each instance: (usernames censored for privacy)
lunar nymph
you can just run the exe over and over again in windows?
and how does the port forwarding work? wouldnt you need to change all 3 ports for every instance?
tropic leaf
a 2690 has 20 threads, you dual socket board and allocated 32 threads to the VM?
yes, it's a Dell R620 box running 2x 2690v2 and 16x16GB DDR3-12800
tropic leaf
you can just run the exe over and over again in windows?
yes, each instances get's run under it's own credential, port settings are applied in the startup commands of the instance.
lunar nymph
not sure what you mean by credentials
tropic leaf
and how does the port forwarding work? wouldnt you need to change all 3 ports fo...
my powershell script that I wrote which allocates a new instance keeps track of the used ports and assigns the next available port in line. THen I just have portforward rules in my firewall that allow the traffic through and rewrite the destination address
lunar nymph
do you just have a range open on the firewall then?
tropic leaf
not sure what you mean by credentials
Every process in windows runs under a credential. if you launch notepad on your machine, that PID runs under the credential of you user on the computer.
lunar nymph
so each instance needs its own user then?
tropic leaf
not sure what you mean by credentials
I have another VM that is hosting AD and I have different users objects in AD. then each instance is called with the context of the associated credential and is authenticated against the AD controller.
tropic leaf
so each instance needs its own user then?
Yes, and I blacked out that info in the screenshot as I used the discord names for my AD objects
AD = Active directory
lunar nymph
Ive heard of Active Directory
but dont really know what it means
all i know is it seems to be very common with Windows Server setups
tropic leaf
In super simple terms, Active Directory is basically a database of objects that describe a network of computers and servers.
lunar nymph
uhh
i feel like i almost understand what you said
it sounds like then, in order for anything to happen on this network it needs to talk to the AD server first
like a router
but with everything
like net locations, users, ... i cant think of anything else
printer server?
fervent mountain
Anyone knows if the latest patch fixed the picking up materials bug?
I'm not at home so i can't test it 🤔
tropic leaf
It can be queried using ldap:// to return objects and Active Directory is primarily used for Windows operating systems management.
lunar nymph
are you talking about the foliage bug?
fervent mountain
are you talking about the foliage bug?
yes
lunar nymph
i updated my server about 2 hours ago and its still there
fervent mountain
i updated my server about 2 hours ago and its still there
hmm, i guess we'll have to wait longer 🤔
lunar nymph
It can be queried using ldap:// to return objects and Active Directory is primar...
sorry i know you're trying but i dont really get it, my server setup is pretty small time and im pretty much 100% self taught
also when i started getting more serious with servers i went more into Linux, because i got tired of windows wanting to reboot every 3 days
tropic leaf
sorry i know you're trying but i dont really get it, my server setup is pretty s...
Yes, it contains information about all sorts of things. think of it as a general database that holds all the things regarding computers and servers:
lunar nymph
my personal challenge to myself is uptime and availability, and thats hard to achieve when Win10 wants to reboot all the time
tropic leaf
pretty sure there is a linux equivalent.... OpenLDAP (had to google it)
lunar nymph
Yes, it contains information about all sorts of things. think of it as a general...
it seems inefficient
especially if that ever went down nothing on your network would work
tropic leaf
especially if that ever went down nothing on your network would work
you are correct, if you only have a single AD controller and it goes down then it's not a good time. That's why you usually have two or more AD controllers for high availability. I personally run 3 AD controllers for my main network, and for my subnetworks, like the factory hosting domain, i run two domain controllers.
All of those controllers are spread out on different hosts, so if a single physical server goes down, then the others can still service the environment.
lunar nymph
im aware thats common for VM setups
especially ESXi
where you can have a "pool" of resources over several physical machines and if one goes down it can run stuff on the other machines
my setup is so small ive never been able to try anything like failover
tropic leaf
ESXI doesn't really handle it that way, but sorta
lunar nymph
though i REALLY wish i would have had it for my main router about 2 months ago
when i updated my pfSense router to 2.6.0 and lost all internet access
tropic leaf
I know you can setup mutliple pfSense instances that can do high availability, but I've never done it.
lunar nymph
i think its only an option for the paid version
even if the free version can do it i would have no idea how
tropic leaf
I can't post links but here's the docs page on it:
lunar nymph
my version of that is have a physical second server with similar but cheaper hardware and if the main one breaks switch the wires
blazing halo
my personal challenge to myself is uptime and availability, and thats hard to ac...
That can actually be configured with some policies.
(and, I think, a summary execution of the Scheduler...)
lunar nymph
i managed to break WUpdate on one of my machines
blazing halo
You might want to do a patch/reboot every once in a while after that, though...
tropic leaf
depending on what you have for a switch, you could put your ISP feed into on the switch and have the switch VLAN tag it to somthing like 4000, and then feed that into a trunk to each server and have the VMs connect that interface on the same VLAN tag.
lunar nymph
depending on what you have for a switch, you could put your ISP feed into on the...
the only word i understood was switch
and VM (technically not a word but whatever)
blazing halo
112 days baby
74 for me, right now
tropic leaf
my version of that is have a physical second server with similar but cheaper har...
I just rebooted all my hosts for updates about a week ago, otherwise I could give you uptime screenshots of almost 9 months on the main storage node host.
blazing halo
Though I really should do an update/reboot cycle, it's been piling up.
Speaking of... I should run updates.
lunar nymph
i think my record is a Unifi AP that was up for 150 or 180 days
lunar nymph
depending on what you have for a switch, you could put your ISP feed into on the...
my switch is a Ubiquti Unifi US-24-G1
you guys see the CPU in that uptime shot? 😛
tropic leaf
lunar nymph
@tropic leaf
my ESXi record
unfortunately soon after that it started crashing for no apparent reason every 3 days to a month
my storage box uptime record
tropic leaf
got me beat there, my networking equipment is on a different UPS than my server stuffs and I had to replace it about 3 months ago, so that's when all the switches got a reboot, then the next weekend I updated the APs, then I updated the two small switches a feww weekends later.
lunar nymph
the only reason it was that high was because i had the unifi controller running on pfSense, when pfSense broke from the update i rolled back
and for some reason the controller WILL NOT reinstall
so i ignored it
tropic leaf
just run the controller in it's own VM
lunar nymph
just run the controller in it's own VM
my VM box was crashing on a weekly basis
tropic leaf
i've got mine running in a ubuntu server ,
lunar nymph
so making new VM's was out of the question
when i moved my game servers to a bare metal server from my VM box i installed the UniFi controller on Ubuntu Server on the bare metal sever
i practically tore my hair out trying to figure out why ESXi was crashing
sometimes it would seriously only last 3 days then pink screen
tropic leaf
well when you decide it's time to replace your infrastructure, come find me. I'll behappy to help you find a cost effective solution for you homelab needs, maybe you'll even grow it to a home datacenter like me.
but for now, I gotta do the "be a responsible adult thing" and go stare at the insides of my eyelids for a few hours.
lunar nymph
for me cost effective is $150 in old server hardware from 10 years ago off eBay
most of my servers are in old SuperMicro server chassis from the last decade
maiden elbow
Hi Can i use mods on dedicated server?
atomic patio
not yet @maiden elbow
ripe robin
Hello guys, I am hosting a server through nitrado. But the "Pause the game when nobody is online" button always turns itself on after sometime? Does anybody know why? I would like our factory to make materials over night. There are no other admins besides me. Andybody got any expirience with this?
idle jay
Does anyone have a video guide to how to set-up a dedicated server in Epic Games?
frosty gale
Anyone else have the chain saw working on everything but now you cant "use" on buildings and leaves
solid iron
@frosty gale I finally managed to 'fix' use related problems (i.e folliage and containers) by reinstalling everything and loading a save I created locally then sent to the dedi
Took several tries though, doesn't seem to work everytime. Something in the dedi server startup is fooked
Or just server startup, as I don't think it's dedi-related
rare bridge
hmm, i guess we'll have to wait longer 🤔
There is an easy workaround for the foliage bug, the one real problem I'm still having is the empty player crates that bug out your interact button
fervent mountain
There is an easy workaround for the foliage bug, the one real problem I'm still ...
What's the workaround? I tried importing a single player save and didn't fix it
stoic wadi
What's the workaround? I tried importing a single player save and didn't fix it
loading the latest autosave from server manager
fervent mountain
loading the latest autosave from server manager
Tried that aswell
Nothing
It's a brand new server that i started from scratch
solid iron
Did you try uploading a locally started save ?
Then loading that from the server menu ?
fervent mountain
Then loading that from the server menu ?
Yes
At the end i just gave up, i'll wait for a fix 🙂
rare bridge
What's the workaround? I tried importing a single player save and didn't fix it
When you start up your server, I join it once to see if the foliage bug is there, if so you can load your last save from the in-game server management menu. After loading and rejoining there seems to be a 1/3 chance of the bug being fixed, otherwise try again 😄
fervent mountain
When you start up your server, I join it once to see if the foliage bug is there...
Oh i didn't know i had to try multiple times 🤔
rare bridge
Yes, it’s a groovy bug :p
stoic wadi
also it works for a few minutes until it bugs out again after reloading the save, wasn't permanent for me
solid iron
Yeah ~
I had to try three or four different times
Don't restart the serv once it works :p
fervent mountain
Oh, i'll definitely wait then, don't really want to restart the server multiple times a day lol
rare bridge
Ye the problem with the foliage seems to be when the server loads the save
solid iron
ye
rare bridge
Oh, i'll definitely wait then, don't really want to restart the server multiple ...
As long as you don’t reload, even when there is no one playing, the bug will stay away when you go on the world
But does anyone still have trouble with the player crates? The patch-notes said they had a fix for it, but I’m still having to relog when trying to get rid of these empty crates
lone gust
Started a new fresh game on dedicated server 0.6.0.1 on rocky desert and got the bug going on and on, but then I changed the starting location in a new game on northern forest and got no issues so far
Currently updating to 0.6.0.2…
desert walrus
Hello guys, I am hosting a server through nitrado. But the "Pause the game when ...
I haven't ever used nitrado, but maybe that's a question for them?
zinc granite
oh good.. came to make sure I wasn't the only one having issues and needing to restart my server constantly.
I can't login to my server at all now. Uconnection error every time
gusty void
Mine bounced several times after 0.6.0.2, but eventually levelled out and has been running without a bounce for 16 hours.
Can I just say that the dev team did a great job keeping the network overhead low on the DS? I've been watching my resources and when we have 4 folks on our server in completely different parts of the world, doing their stuff, I haven't noticed the network throughput go over 600kbps.
novel echo
With how many people can you play on a dedicated server ?
night crystal
With how many people can you play on a dedicated server ?
solid iron
Emphasis on theoretically
night crystal
practically up to how much the hardware can handle
loud minnow
i have 6 players playing on update 6 right now and they say it runs great of course there is bugs but they are finding ways around it lol
mental locust
Good morning
quick mist
to be determined. but I have tomorrow off so it's a good start
novel echo
I've updated the dedi server but still getting a version mismatch.. any ideas ?
quick mist
Looks like the dedicated server is still on the Early Access branch rather than Experimental
novel echo
Is there a way to change that or do i just create a new server ?
lone gust
Clean new install…?
inner saddle
validate install with experimantal branch, it will download the correct missing package, then you can launch (tested yesterday with linuxgsm)
novel echo
validate install with experimantal branch, it will download the correct missing ...
Can you explain me in short on how to do that ? Cuz i can't get it to the right version
quick mist
see the link I just posted for specific directions
be sure the server is not running at the time you are trying to switch branches
novel echo
Yea but steamCMD doesn't accept this command
.\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir C:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +login anonymous +app_update 1690800 -beta public validate +quit
firstly
if you're trying to switch to the experimental branch, you're giving the wrong argument to -beta
secondly, please be specific when you say 'doesn't accept'
what do you mean? what happens?
inner saddle
Yea but steamCMD doesn't accept this command
```
.\steamcmd.exe +force_install_...
linuxgsm use other thing the launch the server, if you are using steamcmd you must use -beta experimental instead of -beta public for update 6
quick mist
look specifically at this section: https://satisfactory.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_servers#Experimental_branch_selection
you do need to properly specify the path to steamcmd or be in the directory in which it is installed for that exact command to work.
candid bane
Does anyone know if there's a work around for dedicated biomass issue? Essentially at the start it was fine but since we logged out and back on all the vegetation is back and we can not cut it down or any for that matter so we cant make biomass.
loud minnow
reload latest autosave
quick mist
Does anyone know if there's a work around for dedicated biomass issue? Essential...
the best current workaround is 'try restarting'
loud minnow
or that
quick mist
but the real fix is "wait for a patch to fix the issue for good"
inner saddle
and try to avoid empty user container
candid bane
I done that it did nothing, I figured the patch is gonna be the way but figured if someone knew a quick work around
inner saddle
i've just loaded my save in calculator to remove empty container you can't remove in game
then reload the save in the server
quick mist
reloading a prior save or restarting sometimes fixes it for a while but it will recur. sometimes it recurs instantly and you have to do it a few times until it's playable again
loud minnow
some people say a couple of reload to restart get it work sort of it will still kind of bug out further you go away from the base but you can use a chainsaw for those that's how people in my server got around it
inner saddle
but yes it is really annoying
quick mist
It is definitely that
novel echo
I need to say... im pretty new to this 😂
quick mist
you're already in steamcmd when attempting to do that
if you're running it interactively like that just remove steamcmd from the start of the command
inner saddle
easy way on windows is using powershellgsm from patrick 😄
loud minnow
take away the .exe and should work
quick mist
look more closely ChrisB (:
novel echo
Like this ?
quick mist
ah, also remove the leading +
loud minnow
ohhh i see
inner saddle
you are inside the steamcmd, you must launch it outside
quick mist
I don't usually run it interactively; I point scripts at it
novel echo
And is it supposed to do something now cuz nothing happens...
inner saddle
men go download the script to manage it
quick mist
then once it's done, quit
novel echo
Now it started to update 😄
inner saddle
really easy way to do it
quick mist
@inner saddle the easy easy way is to correctly invoke steamcmd rather than introducing a script that calls a script that calls steamcmd :p
inner saddle
<@158169628412084224> the easy easy way is to correctly invoke steamcmd rather ...
no i mean a full script to manage server
quick mist
Rube Goldberg machines are neat but are hard to learn from
it's better to do it by hand so that you know what scripts like that do so that you can fix them when they break IMO
loud minnow
Now it started to update 😄
why not just make a notepad file with this steamcmd +login anonymous +force_install_dir C:\GameServers\SatisfactoryServer +app_update 1690800 -beta experimental validate +quit and put this inside the SteamCMD folder as a .bat and just click it and it will do the same thing you did
inner saddle
it's better to do it by hand so that you know what scripts like that _do_ so tha...
if the script break, it because you modify it xD if it work it aint broke 😄
quick mist
you say that, but it wasn't that long ago that for instance steamcmd changed the order in which you had to login and set the install directory
and if the script happened to use the 'wrong order' it'd be broken now
quick mist
Yes, good for you, that's good
inner saddle
i understand the position to start from the begining
quick mist
but issues like that are why we try not to suggest custom scripts and server managers and containers.
inner saddle
to understand how steamcmd work, then go step by step
quick mist
"Give a freezing man a match and he'll be warm for three seconds. Set a freezing man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Or something.
inner saddle
heuuu normally it about fishing no ? not putting man on fire 😅
quick mist
I thought there was something about fish in there, yeah. 🤷♂️
inner saddle
give a man a fish, he can eat for one day, teach a man to fish, he can eat for is entire life
then he said, bro i don't like fish go f***
😉
carmine finch
so how do the dedicated servers work, I don't see a list or anything
granite crystal
inner saddle
so you need to install python ... great no thx
solid iron
Nah you don't need anything fancy
Just check the wiki for dedicated server
There's everything there
You only need steamcmd
novel echo
Thanks for the help @quick mist it's working now 🙂 there is still 1 little thing but i'll try to find it out myself how to fix it 😄
quick mist
if you end up needing to ask, we'll be here
quick mist
so how do the dedicated servers work, I don't see a list or anything
because the game is meant for small groups of players, there's not really any sort of 'server browser' as such. If you're looking for a server to play on, see #looking-for-group-old
novel echo
Yea the thing is.. its taking the server name and session name from my previous server which was early acces branch, but when i try to change the server name and session name in game it keeps replacing it with the old name
solid iron
Are you hosting on linux or windows ? I would imagine you need to clean the dedicated server save folder
quick mist
@novel echo If you use the Save Manager to create a new session and give it a new name, it should start using that once the first autosave kicks in. If that doesn't work, check the Wiki for directions on resetting the password- that also clears out the default session name
novel echo
<@155793767540981761> If you use the Save Manager to create a new session and gi...
Ah thx 😄
novel echo
<@155793767540981761> If you use the Save Manager to create a new session and gi...
I've fixed the Session name but not the server name.. can it be somewhere in the files ?
quick mist
I think the Server name is locked in when you first claim ownership of the server. That's another thing you can reset by deleting the Settings file
novel echo
Any idea where that file is located ?
solid iron
Yep, it's in the ServerSettings.15777 file next to the saves
quick mist
^
solid iron
Check the "Loading a save file" section
All paths are in there, for all OS
The Settings file should be right next to the server folder mentioned there
quick mist
🍻 anytime! That's why we're here!
well that and getting the latest deets on the patches as they come out (:
solid iron
🙃
devout dune
hey
has anybody found a surreal amount of lag when entering a tier 8 dedicated server?
like you're stuck for like a minute
quick mist
That was pretty common in U5 late-game servers as well
devout dune
yeah it's basically a save that started in U5 exp
and has carried onto U5 stable, then U6 exp
solid iron
Waow
devout dune
but when I play it in coop with a friend the initial lag disappears
solid iron
Dedication
quick mist
I imagine it has something to do with getting the client up to date with all the parts flying around when it first connects
devout dune
Dedication
kinda, my dude spent a lot of time on it
solid iron
Did it survive the terrain changes ?
devout dune
still we stopped some time after U5 stable
devout dune
Did it survive the terrain changes ?
looks like it! haven't seen the new terrain still but I don't think we've built there
solid iron
Neat
solid iron
:p
Nah but for me, 0 speed * whatver is still 0
My ability to pick up foliage is ephemeral at best :p
blazing halo
In case anyone wants it, it's essentially reference start/stop loop. But it works.
f2::
randomvar = c
Loop
{
if randomvar = b
{
break
}
Send, e
Sleep 50
}
return
f3::randomvar=b ; to trigger breaking of loop // press f2 to spam again
Is there new terrain in u6? I thought they wouldn't until later.
solid iron
Errr, unless I missed something at the end of u5, the coast is very different
quick mist
yep, the swamp was completely redone
acoustic gulch
Oof still no plant fix in the notes
quick mist
much like the forest was redone in U5
solid iron
It's gorgeous
quick mist
and the desert in U4
solid iron
Some parts of the desert were improved too, no?
blazing halo
Hm, okay.
quick mist
I'm sure they do some nips and tucks throughout the entire map for every update in addition to the focused redesign and foliage passes
solid iron
ye
blazing halo
That's for sure. I'd expect them to do bug fixing (floating geometry, mostly) at the least.
loud minnow
yeah foliage is still broken for me lol maybe next update.....
solid iron
I've had good results by downloading my save, booting it up locally, saving, uploading it back, then loading it from the server menu
Not 100% of the times
But close enough
loud minnow
same i just been reloading latest autosave and fix it everytime
but still bug if you get far away it bugs out but if you use a chainsaw it works
solid iron
Mkay
quick mist
yeah, but having to do that and get my friends to re-join after getting kicked every 5 minutes isn't worth it
solid iron
I can't say I've had distance related problems
quick mist
we'll probably test this patch but if it's not proper-fixed we're back to waiting
solid iron
Oh, yeah, no, absolutely
Wanna try to connect to my serv to check if it's a configuration / host problem ?
Or I have spare resources to host more servs if needed
quick mist
not in a position where I can fire up the game client right now unfortunately
loud minnow
yeah, but having to do that and get my friends to re-join after getting kicked e...
well my guys just found a way around it they are already pass biomasss lol they played for like 8 hour yesterdays without any crashes some disconnects but the main thing was the biomass bug but they found a way around it by using chainsaws etc
quick mist
chatting on one keyboard, doing actual work on the other
solid iron
This is not da way
quick mist
That is a way (:
solid iron
😄
quartz kayak
Is anyone else having problems with pipes no longer working in U6? I can't seem to get flow from them anymore.
quick mist
..I almost just told everyone in this chat that my cow-orker's script had been peer-reviewed. Then I caught myself, said it in the right place, and am laughing enough at myself that I'm typing this sentence.
quartz kayak
I have a pipe pump that's showing 70m / min flow rate and 3.5m lift, yet the pipe segment directly above it is empty and nothing is flowing.
solid iron
Have you tried just replacing the section?
quartz kayak
Yep. Every time I do, it just gets worse.
solid iron
Hm :/
I've had a similar problem where one tiny section stopped letting fluid through
Just had to replace it
quartz kayak
It's like any new pipes I place just don't accept flow of any kind.
I get a server error too... interesting.
"Warning: Build_PipelineMK2_C_askdfjkd::UnregisterInteractingPlayer
solid iron
Hmm
I mean ~ Reloading the latest save from the server menu seems to fix stuff
Maybe try that ?
quartz kayak
I also keep getting a lot of errors about my char_player not being registered..
solid iron
Cuz if replacing doesn't work I'm not sure what else we can reasonably try :p
I don't
That may mean smth
quartz kayak
And now, while playing and walking around, I got kicked for being idle. lol sigh...
solid iron
That sounds like connectivity problems but yeah
Apart from restarting and such not sure what we can do
quartz kayak
The dedicated server is on the same machine I'm playing on heh
quartz kayak
Seems like dedicated servers in U6 just flat out don't work yet.
quartz kayak
Running windows dedicated server?
quartz kayak
I've had nothing BUT problems. :/
solid iron
Never tried hosting anything on a windows server for myself, only for work
But I imagine it should be very similar
loud minnow
Running windows dedicated server?
im running on windows fine beside the known bugs
that was during last night but it works is just buggy and you need at least 8GB for the server to start up but after that it runs fine for me
solid iron
CPU usage is a bit worse than u5 too
quartz kayak
Yeah, it "runs" fine but the bugs are crazy. It's mostly unplayable. I've got 128gb of ram on this machine so it has plenty of room to breathe.
cursive zenith
Looks like foliage pickup issues are worse after this update lol
cursive zenith
Yeah previously a few restarts got it to work in dedicated, now it just doesn't work lol
loud minnow
for me reloading the save works but i dont restart the server
solid iron
Yeah
loud minnow
just load it from in-game manager
solid iron
Restarting makes it bugged again
loud minnow
yup
loud minnow
Yeah, it "runs" fine but the bugs are crazy. It's mostly unplayable. I've got 12...
then i could be more of a network issue then
quartz kayak
hosting on the same machine I'm playing on. Worked fine for 500+ hours of gameplay before U6. It's all good. This version just isn't ready yet. such is life.
loud minnow
ohhh yeah i dont host on the same machine i play
solid iron
Might as well keep the game running :p
alpine relic
Any confirmation on the ram usage problem? Is it a bug or intended?
loud minnow
probably intended
solid iron
Both, probably, as in 1) more stuff in the game 2) first few builds of an experimental branch
I would imagine performances will stabilize later
loud minnow
they should just increase to 8Gb ram is super cheap anyways
at least on the documentation
ornate mauve
Hi guys how buggy is the multiplayer right now?
loud minnow
i have an ark server map that its start up is 12GB of ram lol
solid iron
Very variable
loud minnow
Hi guys how buggy is the multiplayer right now?
if you like to mess around with bugs and finding a way to work around it is fun..... lol
ornate mauve
i was going to start again but was wondering if it is better to wait till full release i like bugs so i guess gonna play 'normal' multiplayer thank you both
quartz kayak
Can you change the server password somehow? When I try to get to the console of the dedicated server, it won't load after typing in the password. It's 100% the right password, completely verified, but it won't "authenticate". That might be causing all of my bugs.
I can't even manage the saves.
solid iron
remove the ServerSettings.15777 file that's next to the server's save folder
You'll be able to re-claim the serv
You probs need to restart the serv, haven't tried without restarting though
quartz kayak
There's a "ServerSettings.ini" file but not a .15777 file
I assume that's windows vs. nix
meager phoenix
Anyone here familliar with Gportal ?
loud minnow
There's a "ServerSettings.ini" file but not a .15777 file
is in the APPDATA folder save location
granite crystal
so you need to install python ... great no thx
no need just use compiled exe
loud minnow
remove the ServerSettings.15777 file that's next to the server's save folder
it looks like that
solid iron
Won't ?
quartz kayak
It shows the saves in the list, but they aren't clickable.
solid iron
Check that the SessionName is the same as the save's SessionName
In the ServerSettings
You can grab the save's SessionName by showing it in the Load menu ingame if you have the save locally
Or is it a new world anyway?
honest sinew
is there anything i can do to increase performance? i have a 64gb server, 24c/48t xeon that i use to host game
blazing halo
is there anything i can do to increase performance? i have a 64gb server, 24c/48...
Higher single-core performance would do it.
loud minnow
is there anything i can do to increase performance? i have a 64gb server, 24c/48...
yeah those xeon are high core count but very low single core performance depends on the gen of coruse... and also depends on the gen of the ram DDR3 64gb is not the same DDR4 64Gb etc... i run a 3950X and 64gb of 3466mhz ram kit and get great performance for any hosting really... is mainly IPC and how much ram you have that is important for server hosting...
lunar nymph
Looks like foliage pickup issues are worse after this update lol
i just updated and i can pick up foliage just fine
novel echo
Anyone else having issues not being able picking up leaves ?
granite crystal
i have
novel echo
Well rip power then 😄
lunar nymph
i updated an hour ago and can pick up foliage
but im not brave enough to shut down the server to test if it sticks lol
novel echo
I just updated the server and still nothing...
lunar nymph
the other fix is reload the save from the server menu
that might work
some people have to do it multiple times
the other solution is make a beeline to coal power lol
novel echo
Yea i just started a new save so coal is not so close yet xD
lunar nymph
i dont know if the chainsaw works even with the bug
old stratus
never used to
long junco
picking leaves and chainsawing either both work or none do
from my playthrough, starting from scratch, reloading the server has a chance to allow picking of leaves and chainsaw use
if it doesn't work, shutting the server and restarting it may fix the issue for a unspecified amount of time
I'd avoid performing any factory actions until you've got a lot of biomass ready imo
it seems like something causes the problem during normal gameplay, but I haven't figured out what does yet
quick mist
neither, I reckon, has CSS, which is why it's not yet been patched
long junco
yeah, makes sense
similar to the player crate issue locking the E button
easy to replicate but has an adverse reaction on all players on the session AND the session itself until it's restarted
I just went on a chainsaw mission, filled up on a tonne of biomass and then beelined to coal
just testing out the sound bug after the update, hopefully it's gone
frail burrow
Just saw the patch notes..can my 6gb server run the game now? Did they fix that yet?
solid iron
Same ram and cpu usage for me
loud minnow
Just saw the patch notes..can my 6gb server run the game now? Did they fix that ...
you might have to upgrade that server to at least 12gb or more in the future
frail burrow
There is 3 of us..
Also I don't know why my bare metal server isn't recognizing the ram sticks..
loud minnow
i had 5 people playing last night and ram usage was still around 8GB but just to start up the map is around 8GB of free ram space you need
long junco
8BG is recommended
it's gonna struggle with experimental
previous experimental build was roughly 5.6gig
current experimental is 7.9gig for me
loud minnow
same
long junco
you'll benefit greatly having at least 8
old stratus
mine used 8 by itself, nevermind the rest of the host
settled down to about 400mb in the end
loud minnow
yeah after a while in idle with no one playing it does go down
but that might be just a windows behavior
solid iron
Nah same for my debian
When no one is connected it's not using any ram
But 1 player is 8gigs
loud minnow
yeah i had 6 players and it was still around 8.1GB
honest sinew
anyone running on dedicated server update 6 have nitrogen extractors working?
long junco
acoustic gulch
aw slug LoD still hasnt been fixed
wind dove
Anyone had an issue where using the customizer from your Q menu will essentially halt everything about your acharacter (can't move, can't interact with things can't bring up any menus, etc)
Playing on a dedicated server and it is not the server (other people are still active)
long junco
Yes Mongor, just had it twice
stick a bug on questions.satisfactory and I'll upvote it
rustic pawn
so i went to 12gig and it's not above 8
since your ram upgrade, are you still having issues with the bush looting?
loud minnow
bush looting is something else
rustic pawn
ok thanks 😦
loud minnow
for that the mostly reloading the latest save will fix it
but not fully fix because far away from spawn you need to use a chainsaw
pretty interesting that even with 4 player connected ram usage is still pretty low after a while that its been running for a while
acoustic gulch
with plants being bugged, how are we supposed to progress?
loud minnow
you play singleplayer lol
but the people on my server made it to coal as fast as they could but they manage with chainsaws and collecting what's around the base
acoustic gulch
all the plants I have checked so far, near the desert biome start, are bugged
loud minnow
yeah you have to reload the latest autosave using the in-game server manager and it should help some
void birch
yo
what is the name of the server process? i ran it, the window disappeared but the server is still running
i cant find factoryserver.exe ue5server, none of that
solid iron
FactoryGame?
honest sinew
with plants being bugged, how are we supposed to progress?
rebooting server fixes it for a bit.
rare bridge
with plants being bugged, how are we supposed to progress?
And if it doesn't work, try again, it doesn't work every time, I'm guessing there is about a 1/5 chance of the reload fixing the plants for the duration of that game (as long as you don't load a save again)
mental locust
@rare bridge what's the issue?
rare bridge
<@450001631652610059> what's the issue?
I answered to someone's problem
rare bridge
Are you running multiple worlds at the same time? Is it for multiple people?
mental locust
Yes and yes
rare bridge
Nice
mental locust
a few experimental
marble sierra
we've managed to get leaves... when you go away from the spawn
maybe somewhat of a spawn protection?
is there any config about that?
mental locust
No
low verge
It's funny, last night only one of the two of us could gather at a time... and only NEAR spawn. Today, i can't gather at all. About to go for a run far, far away to see if I can gather away from spawn.
mental locust
@low verge restart server
low verge
@mental locust I did... didn't help.
low verge
Pterodactyl?
mental locust
Same
No issues reported by my users recently
@low verge you have root access or is it ran by a service
low verge
Buddy of mine hosts it on Azure.