Server generator options

[Seth0067]

Can't seem to get a server up with a worldgen variant type (chisel, tallbuildings, realistic etc)

I added the string you mentionedin the description: generator-options={"profile":"nodamage"}

When the server ruins, the server properties file is regenerated with an extra character: generator-options={"profile"\:"nodamage"}

I'm assuming this may be the problem... ?

[McJty]

What extra character? I don't see a difference?

[Seth0067]

The character is an "(backslash)" betwen the "profile" and the ":"

I typed this in the message interface above, but when i update the comment, the character dissappears.

[Seth0067]

here's a screen of the server.properties file so you can see the output. was trying to use the chisel profile for world gen.

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[McJty]

Ok that's strange. I know people have managed to do this so not sure what's wrong. That should work...

[Flabort]

It may have to do with keyboard layout and/or OS. Like, for example, Enter is keycode 13, but some OS/keyboard combinations interpret that as "Linebreak, Carriage return", where as others just do "Carriage return" (which notepad doesn't know what to do with when it reads a file that was made in an OS where Enter just does the one character and not both; this results in the file just being on one continuous line when read by Windows Notepad).

It could be that Seth's ":" key has a hidden character associated with it, which the parser doesn't know how to handle and replaces with a "/"?

[Seth0067]

I thought of the key/hidden character thing too, but when i cut and paste the value from the game description, run the server, and then open the server/properties file, the backslash character is still generated within the file.

[Seth0067]

Anyway - after more monkeying around with this in the AM, I created a new profile and mashed up a bunch of different parameters i'd been using from all of the current profiles and had the server pull this new one. I think its pulling correctly, but the server properties file still carries that backslash.

[Seth0067]

Updated to say that the server world created seems correct in terms of buildings and explosions, but I designated the worldStyle as "chisel" but I am not seeing chisel buildings generated (smooth concrete for highway, concrete block buildings, etc)

I've included a paste for the new "udk" config I made.

udk.cfg

[McJty]

I'll check it out

[APolarBaer]

any clue as to why yet cause im getting this too on two different computers

edit it changed it to generator-settings={profile\:ancient} but works anyways

[jkirkpatrick]

My custom profile that I created (mashup of chisel + tall buildings) is not working for me due to the insertion of the slash before the colon in the generator-settings when the server starts; the generated lost-city uses the default profile instead.

modpack Direwolf20-1.12.2 v1.2.0

Seems to be related to #37

My server.properties (after the server starts): generator-settings={"profile"\:"mycustomprofile"}

The profile_mycustomprofile.cfg is a copy of profile_chisel.cfg with some edits.

And the added profile in general.cfg:

    S:profiles <
        default
        nodamage
        rarecities
        onlycities
        tallbuildings
        safe
        ancient
        wasteland
        chisel
        atlantis
        realistic
        mycustomprofile
     >

[McJty]

What is your server.properties BEFORE the server starts? What are you putting there?

[McJty]

Also can you show me profile_mycustomprofile.cfg?

[jkirkpatrick]

Yes, I also have lostcities logging/debug enabled if you want it - see general.cfg below. I didn't see anything in the logs related server.properties or generator-settings (ctrl+f, did not read the whole log file) but let me know if you think it would help. Server is running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, java 1.8.0_151.

Before (not running): server.properties generator-settings={"profile":"mycustomprofile"}

After (world load complete): server.properties generator-settings={"profile"\:"mycustomprofile"}

config/lostcities/profile_mycustomprofile.cfg: https://gist.github.com/jkirkpatrick/1a13cff3db293f06bba2859de19d1a0a

Workaround (custom profile works as expected): server.properties generator-settings= config/lostcities/general.cfg S:dimensionProfile=mycustomprofile

config/lostcities/general.cfg: https://gist.github.com/jkirkpatrick/d5cf56cfef06b57548ee92a36adc2bc6

[SpartanSamuel]

I'm having the same issue with the \ character introducing itself into my server.properties file. I have not created a custom profile. I've also not been able to get level-type={"lostcities_bop"} to function correctly either.

[SpartanSamuel]

Got the server to function properly. I'm not sure if this will fix others as well but fingers crossed it works for y'all. The field in server.properties named 'level-type' is case sensitive, so when I put in lostcities_bop as lowercase it never generated the proper world. All caps worked. I also didn't have to put in the {" "} around the LOSTCITIES_BOP.

The ' \ ' still appears in my generator-settings but it seems to work just fine after testing a few of the different profiles.

EDIT: Was just reading through the server.properties wiki entry here and for level-name it states, "Characters such as ' (apostrophe) may need to be escaped by adding a backslash before them." It sounds like that's what happening to our generator-settings field. The colon is a special character and so the game puts a backslash in front of it.

[pant4321]

Currently having the smae problem. I'll have the generation setting set to generator-options={"profile":"lostcities_bop"} but after I run my server it becomes generator-options={"profile" \ :"lostcities_bop"} (there aren't any spaces between the \ and the " : ) Nothing in BOP or lost cities is generated in the world

[SpartanSamuel]

Read my most recent comment. It's my solution to the issue and I hope it works for you as well.

[pant4321]

I did try your solution but it didn't work or I messed it up. Edit: I tried SpartanSamuel's solution again and it worked. I don't know what I changed but thank you anyways!

[ubergarm]

Thanks for documenting your solution, @SpartanSamuel ! To get Lost Cities to generate on a new world on forge server I had to do the following:

1. Install Biomes O Plenty (didn't work without it)
2. Add these two lines to my server.properties file:

   generator-settings={"profile"\:"chisel"}
   level-type=LOSTCITIES_BOP

It would crash complaining about no biomes o plenty even if I used level type of LOSTCITIES

Anyway, works good now! Ship it!

[AVIMIR]

Fortunately, this branch hasn't been closed yet. I came here for a solution. Tried "this and that". These worked for me (the version is 1.12.2 forge):

generator-settings={"profile"\:"chisel"}
level-type=LOSTCITIES

@ubergarm, "BOP" means "Biomes O plenty". So it is redundant unless you have it.

Thanks everyone here. Your posts are very helpful!