To configure the server to automatically restart after a shutdown, locate the "StartServer32.bat", "StartServer64.bat", or "StartServer64_nosteam.bat" file. Open the batch file in an editor and replace the "pause" command at the end with:

call "%~f0"

Make sure to copy and paste it exactly as shown. This line will enable the server to automatically restart whenever it detects that it has gone offline.

Hope that helps.

Appears to work

IS this mode required when not playing muti or with friends?

same . does it work please ?

it works?? i actually need to do a auto restart system for a linux dedicated server

Hello yes it only shuts down the PZ application not the machine - would be kind of crazy if they gave mod developers access to do that lol

Hello Billy !
Thank you for the Mod
Do you confirm that your mod shudown the PZ application and not the server machine ?
Because when you say it shutdown the server, both could be understoof.
Thank you for your answer ;)

Mod id UpdatePlz180 = 3hour?
can i 3hour update use?

Feel free to mimic the delay feature to fix the data loss in your mod, or just point people to my mod if you'd rather wash your hands of maintenance. Thanks again for letting me base mine on your code!

I made my version, you can find it here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2844315442

I fixed the message sending to be compatible with chat mods (the message table was missing some function stubs), added sandbox options for the restart delay and how often to poll the workshop, as well as a new (also configurable) feature to add a delay between saving and quitting to avoid the data loss issue.

Yeah I found that already, was seeking permission since I'd have to upload a copy. xD

I assume that you're OK with it since you're pointing me at the bit of code. Turns out our current host doesn't support modifying the script to make it auto-restart, so we'll have to muddle through with manual restarts until they implement that.

Here you go: https://github.com/WilliamVenner/pz-updateplz/blob/master/mods/updateplz/media/lua/server/updateplz.lua#L129

Should be a way to configure the frequency of checks. For a large server, checking every minute is *quite excessive* and causes a lagspike since we run 325 mods at present. If you aren't interested in making this a thing would it be OK for me to spin off a copy (with credit and link given) that is tweaked for my scenario?

Hello, thanks for the mod!
Is it possible to make the mod save before shutting down the server?
Also is it possible to make the notification broadcast from /all so the discord bot announce it on discord? (or directly to discord)

@Apollo Awesome, I could easily integrate it into the current mod if you open a pull request on GitHub :D
@Mihalich Yes it does, not sure why it isn't showing for you if you're not seeing it.

As-per my previous comment I was hoping for a log message only option. I ended up just creating my own mod to do that using code from your mod. Hope that's ok. My mod workshop ID is 2820127528

@infanticide gaming
Listen, does the mod have a server restart notification in the game itself?
The thing is, I've seen this message a couple of times (in red letters on screen and in chat), but most of the time my server just goes on reboot, kicking everyone out.

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Could an option be added that just prints a message to log that the server needs to be restarted, without actually shutting down the server?

Hello. I am from the same server as Audie, Ravenrose. Recently out server hasn't been getting auto restart warnings. Any idea what may be causing this and how to fix it? Is it maybe a setting we accidentally turned off? It worked when we first added the mod.

We get it our server too. I generally tell everyone to log out before the update. Once everyone logs out from a chunk I believe it saves it. Could I possibly suggest another mod? An AFK check/kicker. On weekends we usually have several people...um.. pass out lol.. and wake up dead. Or people AFK'ing during our events taking up space. Currently theres only one mod and I don't believe it works.

I am going to directly ask the devs if they have a solution. As far as I can tell there is no other way to save the game. You can't even execute server commands (like quit) from a mod unfortunately.

We are also noticing items disappearing and progress being rolled back significantly after updates. Is there a way to fix this? We are currently using the 15 minutes warning version, and have a daemon to restart the server.

If the server has more active slots (64 slots), saving takes arround 2100ms and our players can see up to 10 min. items roll-back, when the server shutdown. So maybe there is some bug with the saving procedure...

Last 1 minute did not save like 2 hours progress, saving just player positions but saved items on containers are lost

Hello, what data is lost?

Is there a solution to data lost when rebooting the server on a workshop update?

You are correct I had a daemon not executing properly. It seems something else is causing my item duplication and partial resetting characters. But I don't think it is caused by this mod.

I don't know what you mean by pausing, you probably don't have a daemon that automatically restarts the server when it quits. Those assertions come from Steam and will print when you quit anyway, it's not caused by the mod.

Also please, what data was lost exactly?

I have made an experimental change to resolve the issue
It will wait 2 ticks before quitting

i had to remove the script aswell due to data loss, Its closing the process too fast from what i can tell

Could you elaborate on what exactly doesn't save properly?

As far as I can tell, the saving is not asynchronous or done in a different thread. When saving from Lua it should block the main thread until saving is complete (which is then when UpdatePLZ quits the game) so I am not sure what would cause that.

is this mod can auto restart server , will be the best mod , but still great work

Working flawlessly, thanks for the update!

Hey, If it works flawlesslyand keep doing so, chance of being the mod of the year.
Awesome job

Yeah it does display a few server messages (and counts down in reasonable intervals)

Does the new versions do a /servermsg stating that an update is found, server restarting. Or does it just shut down after the time period

Done, let me know if there are any issues

It is trivial to make, don't worry, I will make it soon

Thanks for this mod, if you could make a separate version that restarts regardless of people being in the server that would be great.

And to also do it whether players are in the server or not? My server host has a scheduled tasks feature to check, but gives absolutely no warning that it is restarting.

Is there anyway to have this mod or create something similar to operate like this:
Check for game/workshop mod updates, if theres an update, announce using servermsg "Update detected, server restarting in 15 minutes" and then again at 10, 5, 1, then restart?

Thanks, for those interested, here is my batch:
@echo off
:Restart
start "PZ" /wait "G:\Games\...\StartServer64.bat"
goto Restart

You can use a simple Batch script to achieve that, Google "windows batch restart after exit"

Can anyone using this mod can explain how to automatically restart a dedicated server on Windows 10?

Thank :)

Pterodactyl, TCAdmin, etc. I believe are capable of restarting the server automatically if it crashes/shuts down.

Hello, " so please make sure you are using a daemon that will automatically restart the server when it shuts itself down " do you have an example ?