Adding code to Game.ini (to raise levels)

As title says. I add in the code manually to the .ini file, and upload it via FileZilla, and will even check the File Browser on the WebInterface, and the changes I've added to the .ini are in there. With the server off during this whole process, I wait 10+ minutes, and start up the server. I'll check the File Browser on the WebInterface, and the coding I added to raise the levels are completely gone from the .ini file.

I even tried to change the Game.ini file to "read" only in FileZilla, but the permission is denied on doing that. What am I missing here? It's important to note I am not in expert mode, im utilizing the WebInterface for alteration of my settings/multipliers, etc.

Quote from Rondeau04

you should be able to just copy them into the ini file. If the ftp isn't working

Copying it in to the .ini file (I assume you mean via the File Browser in the Web Interface) results in the same thing, where at server start it removes the new code.

I am not doing it in expert mode.

Basically, im doing as follows:

Shut the server down.

Download the Game.ini file utilizing the File Browser (In the Web Interface)

Adding in the code on to the freshly downloaded Game.ini file via Notepad.

Utilizing FileZilla to upload the edited Game.ini file back on to the Nitrado server.

Checking the File Browser (in the Web Interface) to see if the changes are on the Game.ini (they are).

Waiting approx 10 minutes before starting the server.

Start The Server

Check the File Browser (in the Web Interface) to see the contents of the Game.ini (they revert and the fresh code is no longer there.)

Awesome, thanks for all that. Does the shutdown file generate in the same folder as the Game.ini?

Also, there's a restart.log in the root folder, but I waited over 20 minutes after shutting the server down and never was there a file of any sort generated named shutdown.

Ok. Yeah, I saw that file generated (nearly immediately). Did the changes, still reverts it. Submitted a ticket because this is frustrating at this point. Thanks again for help!

So, I am not sure what to make of this because I believe you when you guys tell me this is possible, but Support is telling me otherwise. :

"Thank you for your support request.



If you don't use Expert Mode and try to make changes to the configuration files, they will be overwritten.



You must enable Expert Mode to make custom edits to the configuration files."

Right, I understand that you cannot use Expert and Config WebUI at the same time. I am not using Expert mode, and have used the WebUI exclusively. But what I was trying to do (as I was understanding it) was making edits manually to the file itself and uploading it via FTP to customize the files.

And what they're telling me is that custom edits to any configuration files that are then uploaded, have to be done while in Expert mode otherwise they'll be overwritten ...? Maybe there's a miscommunication somewhere or I explained it poorly to them. I don't know.