PalWorldSettings.ini and rates

Where the settings file is, why editing it needs the server stopped, and the values that make a friends server fun.

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Settings live in Pal/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/PalWorldSettings.ini. It is one long line of OptionSettings=(Key=Value,Key=Value,...). Stop the server, edit, start.

If the file is empty or missing, copy the template from DefaultPalWorldSettings.ini in the server root.

Values people change

KeyDefaultFriends server
DifficultyNoneNormal
ExpRate12-3
PalCaptureRate11.5-2
PalSpawnNumRate11.5
CollectionDropRate12
WorkSpeedRate11.5
DeathPenaltyAllItem or None
bEnablePlayerToPlayerDamageFalseyour choice
BaseCampMaxNum128as needed
BaseCampWorkerMaxNum1520
PalEggDefaultHatchingTime7210
bIsMultiplay / CoopPlayerMaxNum-leave
ServerPlayerMaxNum32matches MAX_PLAYERS

ServerName, ServerPassword, AdminPassword and PublicPort in this file are overwritten by the Startup variables on every start, so change those in the panel, not here.

Kowalski

Ask "Set exp rate to 3 and egg hatching time to 10 hours" and it edits the line for you, which beats scrolling through it.