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Sandbox Settings Sync Fix

My issue appears to be exactly the same issue that UdderlyEvelyn described here: https://theindiestone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/65537-4178-dedicated-mp-sandbox-setting-synchronization-issues/

They also mention map_sand.bin - but talk about the *client* deleting the file.
I have found that deleting the file on the *server* causes the server file to be re-created and all clients download the updated file.

I don't understand what you mean by "How so?"

In the multiplayer server where I am an admin, the Sandbox Settings shown in-game do not always match the settings in servertest_SandboxVars.lua - they often get stuck on a cached version.
When saving the Sandbox Settings, servertest_SandboxVars.lua is then overwritten with whatever values were shown, but after rebooting the server, the Sandbox Settings shown in-game revert to the old version again, no matter what changes were made.

Deleting map_sand.bin on the server results in the Sandbox Settings shown in game updating correctly to show the settings in servertest_SandboxVars.lua

As you have suggested, this issue is most likely caused by a mod doing something weird.

I was hoping that installing your mod would fix the issue. It does not.

@DinDin How so? Unless Zomboid devs secretly did update the game to break something... Or some different mod overwrites the settings in a weird way. So long it's installed on both server and client.

I installed this mod, but the Sandbox settings still get "stuck" sometimes.

My solution is to regularly delete map_sand.bin

It's rather irrelevant. It runs while the game is, so put it wherever your heart desires

Hello, what is the loading order, does it go at the beginning of all the mods or at the end?

No worries! Thank you for updating.

@Alkanshel I'm glad You've brought this up! It was caused by the last update, I forgot to clear a helper variable. I've pushed a fix now.

@Diakon so I noticed this only happened when I made a change in-game on an admin account. Once I was able to paste the command to revert back to player privileges the errors stopped.

Weird. It should only spit this out once per update. Unless it somehow gets into a loop... I'm gonna need a bit more info, like the collection of mods you run