World/map generation problem

[troilus]

Hi all, how to set the generation_seed that game always generate new seed map after restart a game on dedicated server?
Or any other ways to achieve that?

[Eddi]

uhm, isn't that the default behaviour?

[Taschi]

uhm, isn't that the default behaviour?

Yes, it is, and if my code analysis from https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/issues/9433 is correct, there isn't even a way to provide a fixed seed through the configuration file, only through the -G and -g command line switches.

So, if OP's server keeps creating identical maps, the most likely culprit is a customized launcher script which contains the -G command line switch.

[troilus]

uhm, isn't that the default behaviour?

Yes, it is, and if my code analysis from https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD/issues/9433 is correct, there isn't even a way to provide a fixed seed through the configuration file, only through the -G and -g command line switches.

So, if OP's server keeps creating identical maps, the most likely culprit is a customized launcher script which contains the -G command line switch.

Thanks! But I really don't know why seed doesn't change after I reatart the game by type "Exit" and "openttd -D" on the server. It's a linux server.
Steps:
1.openttd -d start a game
2.getseed and seed is 0001
3.exit to end server
4.openttd -d start a game
5.getseed and seed is 0001

6.Edit openttd.cfg and change the seed to 0002
7.openttd -d start a game
8.getseed and seed is 0002
9.exit to end server
10.openttd -d start a game
11.getseed and seed is 0002
13.check openttd.cfg and seed is 0002

14.Delete generation_seed = 0002 line in openttd.cfg
15.openttd -d start a game
16.getseed and seed is 0003
17.check openttd.cfg and new line in [network] "generation_seed = 0003"

[Taschi]

What version are you on?

[troilus]

What version are you on?

12.1

[Chuggers]

I was having the same problem on my server that I had to reset after a given year with "reset_game_year", I got around the problem by using the "on_dedicated.scr" script with the single command "newgame". You just put the script file in /openttd/scripts/

Using "restart" or exiting and restarting the dedicated server will use whatever the last seed was, and that seed is put in the config as far as I know. The "newgame" command works the same as generating a world in single player, and chooses a random seed.

I hope this helps, I'm not 100% sure my explanation is super accurate but this is the solution that fixed this issue for me.

[troilus]

I was having the same problem on my server that I had to reset after a given year with "reset_game_year", I got around the problem by using the "on_dedicated.scr" script with the single command "newgame". You just put the script file in /openttd/scripts/

Using "restart" or exiting and restarting the dedicated server will use whatever the last seed was, and that seed is put in the config as far as I know. The "newgame" command works the same as generating a world in single player, and chooses a random seed.

I hope this helps, I'm not 100% sure my explanation is super accurate but this is the solution that fixed this issue for me.

Thanks! I'll try that.