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Hi, The following error / bug is on a server that has been running the same map for a few months now (since 41.71 stable was released), with no mods. Today, I run "quit" to stop the server, in order to make a proper full backup of it. Without changing anything at all, when I start the server back up, it gets stuck initializing, completely stuck on a endless loop. 2022-08-09 13:20:05,075 |chat| INFO : Faction chat '#####' created 2022-08-09 13:20:05,141 |Log| INFO : loading 19471 zones from map_zone.bin 2022-08-09 13:20:05,460 |Log| INFO : Max #ZONES on one chunk is 19 2022-08-09 13:20:06,303 |Log| INFO : InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan 2022-08-09 13:20:06,303 |Log| INFO : InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan 2022-08-09 13:20:06,303 |Log| INFO : InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan 2022-08-09 13:20:06,303 |Log| INFO : InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan 2022-08-09 13:20:06,303 |Log| INFO : InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan 2022-08-09 13:20:06,303 |Log| INFO : InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan The error "InventoryItem.loadItem() data length not matching, resetting buffer position to '1136780'. itemtype: Base.LightBulbCyan" will keep spamming, at around 3 thousand entries a second and will never stop. I waited for 15 mins, which shows that its clearly stuck in some sort of code bug which causes a infinite loop. Being more specific, the server printed 4.3 Million log entries with this error only in 20 mins. Will test this on 41.73 or might even just give up on the map, but thought of reporting. EDIT: Confirmed, issue persists on 41.73...

Welcome to Tokerzoid a newly created PvE server with added mods. We started as a small private server and have since decided to open the server up in the hopes of growing the player base. The main goal of our server is to just have fun and do what we do best kill zombies. You will find some of our server details below the rest of which can be found on our discord over @ https://discord.gg/mU9ArGdhAY

It would be great if we could have access to some ChatServer functions in our server-side lua script to send messages to client chats - sendServerAlertMessageToServerChat - sendMessageToServerChat - sendMessageToAdminChat

10 år har gått sedan pandemin bröt ut i Knox Country. Det som en gång var en lugn del mitt i östra USA är inte längre sig likt. Naturen har tagit över världen men de döda lever kvar. Har du vad som krävs för att överleva? * 16 Slots (för tillfället). * PVP är alltid igång men tänk efter innan ni agerar fientligt. För att inte skada varandra så skapa factions (måste överlevt 24h innan det är möjligt). I factions får ni själva välja PVP on eller off. * 10 år in på apokalypsen, så mindre loot, färre generatorer och sämre skick på allt. * Mer larm på hus och bilar. * Bilar är i riktigt dåligt skick och majoriteten behövs repareras. * Varmt klimat så bär inte för mycket kläder. * 2x XP. * Snabbare läsning. * Tungt moddad server. * Skill Recovery Journal - Skriv över era skills och spara dem till nästa karaktär (Finns att crafta, tryck "B" för craftmeny). * Zombies: - Zombies är aktiva dagtid, på kvällen blir ALLA långsamma. - Zombies syn är nersatt medan hörsel är normal. - Smitta sprids bara via bett. - Långsamma: 30% / HP: 100% - Snabba: 60% / HP: 90% - Sprinters: 10% / HP: 70% (OBS: Dessa kan ändras för balansering) Joina servern: 1. Gå med i min discord https://discord.com/invite/ZKE4c8XJYJ 2. Gå till kanalen "Project Zomboid" 3. Reagera på inlägget i "join-server" Nu har ni tillgång till all serverinfo

Suggestion to make it a bit easier for server mods to handle some of the situation. Most of it is doable in a hacky way but having those in the core engine would just make it cleaner and more efficient for us. EVENTS: OnServerPlayerConnected (playerObj, isNewPlayer) When the player officially connected to the server, passing a parameter to inform if it's a brand new player. Use cases: Show a message, an existing player has connected. Show a message, a new player has connected. Do something every time a player join. Do something one-time only when a new player joined for the first time. ___________________________________________ OnServerPlayerDisconnected (playerObj, reason) When the player has left the server, passing a parameter to inform the reason of leaving. (Logged Out, Kicked, Banned, Unknown/Crash) Use cases: Show a message, a player has left and why. Do something special when a player disconnect based on the reason. ___________________________________________ OnServerPlayerSpawned (playerObj, isNewCharacter) Similar to OnServerPlayerConnected but also trigger after re-spawning a new character (after death). Use cases: Do something every time a player spawn. Do something when a player spawn with a new character. ___________________________________________ OnServerPlayerDied (playerObj, reason) Trigger when a player has died, potentially add the cause of the death. Use cases: Show a message, when a player died and why. Do something every time a player died.

Hello it's me yet again, Some mods require to save files or data into files that are kept into memory. The ability to save that data when ever the server is going to shutdown would be a blessing. Suggestion Adding a server event named 'OnServerShuttingDown' that allow server mods to do a finalization work when the server is shutting down. Result Saving files and data when the server is shutting down.

Looking for a Project Zomboid server? Give Tombstone a try, It's a Hardcore Survival Server where there is no loot respawn and the zombies wont respawn also it's a PvPvE Server. All you have to do is join through our Discord. Tombstone is hardcore player friendly and new player friendly, Login Details are on the Discord Discord Link Below https://discord.gg/8fdxqdqBAd This is our Server Mod Collection check it out https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2677869300 Server Details Loot: Abundant Zombie Population: Extreme Vehicle Spawn: High Server Slots: 8

Domain name resolution has been brought up in the past, but I am going to bring it up again. Players can save the domain name in their favorites, but they get the "server is not responding" message giving them a false red flag. Of course, they can join just fine assuming the server is up & running. The main benefit of this is server branding. For obvious reasons this is huge. However, there are the benefits of readability for players and, of course, server owners that have dynamic IP addresses. From what I understand, other Steam games can use domain names in their server browsers, but by what means? I have not done the research. I could see vulgar domain names being used, but that could be addressed in the same manner server names are moderated. I assume they are most likely moderated via automated blacklist. Please consider domain resolution for the server browser favorites list. It currently gives the wrong indication to players joining a given server. Something as useful as this would not be requested very often, but then that is due to the small minority of players that admin/own servers.

Hi guys im starting my own server and i have a question, is there a form to change the Public ip? i mean what i need to know is how or where the server read the public ip and how can i change it. I'm using a vpn for multinox server, i want to start the server with the general VPN ip

Hey, im using a dedicated server that uses a couple of map mods (~60). I'd like to use some more maps but the problem is that there is a size limit on the amount of memory the map mods need which leads to a java.nio.BufferOverflowException. I think it is between 2 and 4 GB but i cannot confirm. As im not willing (nor allowed) to decompile the Java code and change it for myself I want to suggest it in this forum. Please increase the ByteBuffer used in zombie.network.GameServer.receiveRequestData() to allow the usage of more map mods. Since I'd say that this is not a bug I'm posting it here in the suggestion forum and not in the bug forum. Thanks!

A military operation shrouded in mystery and subsequent nuclear annihilation left civilization in shambles. You are one of the few remaining survivors, trying to rebuild in the ruins of Knox County. Upon emerging to the now post-apocalyptic Hell that is Knox, you start to notice strange phenomena- anomalies that, despite your best efforts, are impossible to rationalize. Something in this place is horribly wrong, and the worst part? It is beyond our comprehension. With everything in ruins, your best bet is following the promise of safe haven in the form of a radio broadcast, leading you to the Rosewood Police Department. Dead of Night is a player-driven roleplay experience focused on interaction with others and collective storytelling, ran by a team of fellow roleplayers. The focus is on the players and their characters' stories, with events to help push narrative forward. We aim to provide a challenging and rewarding experience where YOU influence the world around you. Gather your fellow survivors and fortify your base, for when the sun sets, undead hordes will grow ferocious. Featuring a large list of mods focused on providing realism and customization. Server details -Whitelist enabled. -PvP is allowed as long as it enriches the narrative and all parties agree to it. -Night sprinters. Stay close to your friends. -Extremely rare loot settings. -Multi-hit enabled. Not that it'll help much with Sprinters. -Default infection settings. -A dedicated event team, major story events as well as small interactions to make the world feel alive. -Streamlined applications system. -Unexplainable horrors. We shall see you in the Dead of Night. Our discord server

First of all, I apologize if I hit the wrong branch/thread. I haven't found more suitable place for my question so far, however I still feel like Im doing it wrong. Please bear with me as its my second post. Here it is: Running server on AWS EC2 (Linux, Ubuntu). I've made a service as adviced in web, to actually start the process in background and to have a control over start/stop/restart, but still can't find any info on how would I kinda put the process on foreground and use the pz server CLI to actually invoke commands like servermsg and etc. Trying to solve few things, like server restart cron job with server messaging, making scripts for events, etc. I'm not new to coding, however not really experienced with Java. I would appreciate any help with it.

I know this was and is already discussed in other threads in sections like bug reporting etc. but here I would like to "officially" request a setting to be able to disable this feature. Aside from being totally broken in its current state it overall doesn't make much sense on my private server. I see the value though on public servers and encourage you to fix it and make it work please, but on my own private-friendsonly-server cheating is not an issue at all. On my server I should be the one who makes the rules and not the game, even if I'd accept cheating that is.

Me and my friends are thinking about starting an mp server and a big question that came up on my side was how we will prevent loot cycling. For those that don't know, loot cycling is when people throw all the stuff from containers on the ground and leave it there. Many people doing this over and over again will greatly hurt server performance in the long run (we want the world to be persistent). Now what I thought off was to add items that are usually dumped to the ground (books, tools, trash items) to the removal list (thats a setting the game provides) so that the game will automatically delete those after some time. The problem with that approach is that this will also remove player based items in bases and thus limit the ability of players to decorate their base with items. Does anybody know a mod or some other way to effectively counter loot cycling like a server plugin or setting etc.? We will, of course, also make a rule that disallows loot cycling and would, if we decide to add items to the removal list, tell people about which items specifically on our discord. But you know how people are sometimes... Some will not follow it because they don't care and it's hard to catch them in the moment they do this so we really need a solution for that problem.

Hi all, is this an intended behaviour? After renaming a server, players can no longer access their old characters. Host still has option to "delete player" and "delete world" etc. Anyone know how I can get those characters back? I thought of changing the name back but an experience I read elsewhere suggests that might make things worse.

Welcome to The Damned! A new fresh server project, which will launch soon. This server aims to create a modded PVP experience with slight RP aspects. More than 60+ mods are included but at first sight, things will feel familiar to players who are used to vanilla and have little mod experience. Furthermore, the server uses a custom-made modpack to prevent constant mod updates which cause server downtimes and players not being able to join. Safehouses are enabled, but PVP is always on, and depending on the situation KOS is allowed (read the rules in our discord). Core features: ● PvP is always on ● KOS is permitted in many situations ● 60+ mods which allow for more fun gameplay, but are not overwhelming for vanilla players ● Custome-made modpack to reduce server downtimes ● Greatly organised Discord with active admins who are willing to help ● Safehouses and factions are enabled ● Read 4x times faster ● Map uncovered from start If you would like to play on our server, join our discord: https://discord.gg/bTveDh4gF8 We are welcoming both experienced and new players as The Damned is built to provide a fun enviornment for everyone who likes PvP!

Server Italiano di Safarigames 24/24 - 7/7 - Mods Preparati a partecipare a eventi e a sopravvivere in questo server moddato . Safehouse e fazioni ,prendi possesso di un punto strategico ,insieme ai tuoi amici, e difendilo a costo della tua vita . Unisciti al server Discord di Safarigames : https://discord.gg/zxABE8CYnU e cerca nella sezione corretta ,per trovare come connettersi e rimanere aggiornato sugli eventi

Can not increase the slots over 32, but saw a server with more than 32 slots. How can this be done?

Greetings to all lovers of survival. I want to invite you to a new server - Project Darkwood. Here you can find: - Reworked zombies - Various new mechanics and events - Your own story, due to which the server changes - Balanced respawn (The weapon is extremely rare and you have to fight for it) And much more. Come in, you won't regret it! IP: 157.90.212.182:8796 Discord channel: https://discord.gg/gAc7VEPMEy

The two different (but apparently mutual exclusive?) settings * WaterShut/ElecShut * WaterShutModifier/ElecShutModifier should work together. "Modifier" should be a modifier and no hard value. That way we could set them way more flexible for our servers. WaterShut (somewhat random range) + Modifier (fixed minimum value). e.g. ElecShut = 2 (0-30 days), ElecShutModifier = 10 --> 10-30 days

Hi there, Can someone from the dev team provide some clarifications on the meaning for the Zombies statistics? The server has wild performance differences and does so crazy Swings in zombie population. For example, just a few minutes ago, went from normal stable 4k zombies to 13k out of no where, tanking the server responsiveness hard. Most of them marked as "Unauthorized" for a few minutes later, to switch them to "Reusable". Would be great if some explanation on what each statistic here means. (the more technical the better btw) Lastly, the FPS section. I understand that in terms of "Main" fps, it's the server tick rate, where the target is 10. What about networking? What does it represent and what is considered to be healthy values? I've seen a big variation here, from having 150 fps on Networking, to be as low as 10 or less. Thank you.

I host a fairly large and active unmodded Project Zomboid server. I really need a way to “whisper” players from server console. It’s unprofessional to announce warnings server-wide when someone is being naughty. Perhaps you could add optional flags to the /servermsg command much like the /banuser command. /servermsg <Message "String"> [-p "String"] [-s] [-b] [-n] <> Required [] Optional Options: [(-p | -player) "Player Name"] - Direct this message to a certain player, otherwise all players. [(-s | -say)] - Create temporary message over player entities. [(-b | -broadcast)] - Create a temporary message in the center of the screen. [(-n | -nolog)] - Do not send message to player(s) chat window/log. Not only could this aid in improving the server image but could also be used for certain owner-made events.

Hi all, I've been running a Project Zomboid server for the last couple weeks with a fairly high active player base (way over the official server limit) and I've been optimizing the server and fixing issues. However, some issues don't really make a lot of sense to me being a server and was just wondering if the devs or anyone could provide some guidance. I'm getting very frequently the following server log entries: [20-01-22 07:47:34.236] LOG : General , 1642664854236> 967 526 980> Item -> Radio item = Radio.CDplayer. [20-01-22 07:47:34.237] LOG : General , 1642664854237> 967 526 980> Warning: Radio worldsprite not valid, sprite = . [20-01-22 07:47:34.237] LOG : General , 1642664854237> 967 526 980> Moveable.load -> Radio item = Radio.CDplayer. And when I say frequent, I'm talking about several times a minute. Any guidance on how to fix this? Thanks.

Note: This was copy and pasted from my reddit post I made on the same subreddit. Sorry if this seems rushed or unformatted. Hello all. I did make a previous post about this issue a few weeks back when MP was a week old or so. Unfortunately, it didn't really make that big of a splash, and I thought it needed an update anyway. As a server owner, I have come across several details and features that make staffing in PZ more difficult than it should be. Don't get me wrong, some of the features, like being able to tweak server and sandbox settings on the fly (With a fairly easy to navigate UI) is a wet dream. However, there are many flaws that could make staffing on PZ less of a chore; Section 1: Logs One of my biggest concerns about Multiplayer is the log system. While it may have done the job when multiplayer first released, the game has had so many new features that the log files feel barren and almost useless when trying to figure out griefing and rule breaking; Think a staff member is giving themselves items? The server doesn't log them unless it's done through chat commands, which is almost never, since an Item List GUI is far easier to access. Someone stole someone else's vehicle while they were offline? Nothing about entering and leaving cars, only if they damaged or repaired a part. Someone burned down a PoI? Nothing for thrown Molotov's or pipe bombs. You can check if someone changed a tile to a burnt version, but it's difficult to see. On top of that, you can only access the logs if you have access to the server files, which is something I am not wanting to give lower-ranked staff. We already have features like looking in the in-game database and reading text files through the debugger, add that in for the current sessions logs. Given, I could send them the files of said logs, but you have to remember that it would just be easier to access in-game. Section 2: Access Levels On the topic of Staff, the lowest access level, an observer, can still do PLENTY of things that I would not like them to be doing, such as giving themselves items and the ability to change the sandbox settings, and yet, they cannot change their own stats? "Hire staff members you trust" is not only incredibly dull, but ignorant. I could hire a friend I've known for years, and they could still change a sandbox setting because they think it's unfair. And guess what? I wouldn't be none-the-wiser because of the logging system. Section 3: Loot Respawn Unless you are playing on a private server between you and friends, loot respawn is a REQUIREMENT for multiplayer servers, both for newcomers and veterans. However, the loot respawn feels dated, not multiplayer friendly, and is very exploitable. To have respawn on a fixed hourly countdown timer is terrible. Too low of a value, and there are unrealistic amounts of supplies, especially for rare items like military gear, and is boring for veteran players. Too high of a value, and looting becomes tedious for new players. On top of that, some players will always try to farm and grab the most expensive and rare loot the moment they know loot has respawned. Even having a time frame instead of a fixed value would greatly benefit servers. Section 4: Server Listing This one is less of a requirement, but more of a feature I'd love in PZ. When I click on the "Public Servers" on Project Zomboid, I am greeted with row and row of the same font with the same coloured text with the same headers and the same text format and layout. It's boring, it doesn't make your server stand out, and all the "big" servers feel the same as private ones. What would be great is if we could completely customise our descriptions and titles with text formatting and new colours. Hell, even a 128x128 PNG of the server logo would be good enough. But why should I, a regular player with no interest of opening my own server, care about any of this? Because server owners and staff want you to have fun. The last thing server staff want is someone to dislike their server because the giga-mart they've been trying to get to, death after death, has been looted for its food, only for them to die again because they couldn't find a weapon. Players who joined 3 minutes ago should have the same experience as someone who joined 4 months ago when they first started, and have a fair experience doing so. Anyway, if you've made it this far from my rambling, please discuss and share your opinions below. If you suggest something that I think could contribute this thread, I'll add it in. Thank you for your time.