A complete, Linux-first guide to setting up an AssettoServer freeroam server: the config files, enabling AI traffic, the CSP requirement, and plugins.
Palworld “lag” is really three different problems — the server memory leak, CPU-bound Pal simulation, your network, and PC-side shader stutter no host can fix. Here’s the honest split and the real fix for each in 1.0.
A Palworld dedicated server holds up to 32 players — but sizing it is really about world activity, not headcount. Here’s how player slots, RAM and save storage fit together in 1.0, and why every Connect plan includes all 32 slots.
A complete, annotated reference for the Assetto Corsa server_cfg.ini file — every [SERVER], session, weather and assist setting explained, with the common myths corrected.
Self-hosting a Palworld server is fine for 2–3 friends on a spare PC. Past that, electricity, an exposed home IP and the hours of admin usually beat managed hosting. The honest maths.
Most Palworld mods are client-only and do nothing server-side. Here’s the honest 1.0 picture: client-side vs server-side mods, why every server-side mod path is Windows-only, the "mods are not allowed on this server" fix, crossplay, and why mods break on updates.
If your Palworld server settings keep resetting, it’s one of six things — editing while the server runs, the wrong file, a broken line, an overriding difficulty, a leftover WorldOption.sav, or permissions. Here’s each with the fix.
Get Xbox, PS5, Game Pass and Steam players onto one Palworld dedicated server — including the -publiclobby flag most guides skip, the two UDP ports, and why your server isn’t showing up.
Move a co-op or single-player Palworld world onto a dedicated server the right way — including the host-GUID remap that stops you loading in as a level-1 stranger, and the save file that quietly overrides your settings.
Copy-paste PalWorldSettings.ini presets for casual, balanced, hardcore and PvP servers — real key names and defaults, plus the reasons your edits sometimes don’t stick.
The complete, current guide to running a Palworld 1.0 dedicated server — requirements, ports, PalWorldSettings.ini, crossplay, save migration and the memory leak, with real numbers and copy-paste config.
Palworld’s server memory leak survived the 1.0 update. The symptoms, the two mitigations that genuinely work — scheduled restarts and the invader setting — and what doesn’t.