FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

Hi,
Recently I created my first dedicated server, and I was wondering if there is a way to save the map against crashes, power loss, etc? Any help is appreciated!
P.S. I'm running Ubunt Server 16.04

log your err plz

on linux try check permissions flags path where you map save
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Laser0073 wrote:Hi,
Recently I created my first dedicated server, and I was wondering if there is a way to save the map against crashes, power loss, etc? Any help is appreciated!
P.S. I'm running Ubunt Server 16.04

Just back up the world directory like anything else. A cron-based rolling set of tar files would work. There are countless backup solutions out there. If something goes wrong, restore the working files.

Thanks for your replies, however I will backup the worlds on a daily basis. I was wondering how I could automatically save the world while the server was active, like every 5-10 minuites.

Laser0073 wrote:Thanks for your replies, however I will backup the worlds on a daily basis. I was wondering how I could automatically save the world while the server was active, like every 5-10 minuites.

A cron-based backup can do that too -- just set it to go off every five minutes. The server doesn't have to shut down -- there's nothing magic about it. It's just using a standard database system to save data. You're going to lose some data any time you roll back, but you're not likely to have a corrupt database at any point.

Are you under the impression that the server doesn't save until you shut down?

Hmm, this is interesting! So, minetest saves the world even while you're playing. Is there a way to change the frequency of the saves from minetest.conf? A bit off topic, what causes word corruption?