Beornvig

As a followup to this old post, since we are still struggling with this, what should we do on a dedicated host if the server and clients have mismatched mods, and the server needs to come down to pick up the update(s)? We cannot connect with a client / admin to do a /save and /close in this case. We still have the previous use case of Gportal rebooting our hosting instance ungracefully. Both of these use cases result in zombies spawning inside previously cleared buildings (we have zombie respawn and redistribution set to off). Is there any action we can take in game, such as boarding up / closing up buildings so the Directory can't find a plausible path to spawn zeds in them? Or is this just an issue of the game spawning in zombies regardless of what we do to try and prevent it (in game). It does seem like sealing up buildings does, to some extent, reduce zombie spawning on ungraceful shutdowns, but maybe this is just the passage of time in-game. Thanks for any input!

Ok I understand and that makes sense, I will do that! And thank you very much for the prompt response, you guys (and your game) are the best!

Gportal admins reviewed this and said that there is no script used for restarting the server. So I assume it just restarts the virtual server outright, without doing any specific closing out of the game. Is there some setting in the server settings that can control what happens if this occurs? Or is there a script they should be running to restart the game, or adding to their control panel? Is the game not designed to run in a dedicated host environment like this?

Gportal responded and advises that they give you access to all the game files via FTP, what file do I need to edit, and is there a guide somewhere as to how this file should look? Thanks in advance, love the game!

Thanks for your reply. What file is this, and can this be edited in dedicated hosts like Gportal? I am comfortable editing whatever config file is necessary to edit, but I just set my gportal host to have a daily restart, or else I use their management tools to restart it manually for mod updates.

Using a hosted, dedicated server, with Zombie respawning and redistibution disabled, Z's spawn inside our base and all buildings every time the server restarts. Our server restarts daily on an automated basis. We host with Gportal. I believe a fix was to be loaded with 41.73 for this, we still have it every server reboot, only inside buildings. No respawns in outdoor areas.