How to Create a Backup of Your Solace Crafting Server

Regular backups of your Solace Crafting server protect you from data loss — whether due to a failed update, an accidentally overwritten world folder or a wrongly entered world name.

When should you create a backup?

• Before updating the server version
• Before major changes to the servercfg.dat
• Before uploading a different world
• Before switching the world via the worldSaveToUse value
• At regular intervals so you always have a safe state to return to

Create a backup

You can find the exact process for creating, managing and restoring a backup in the general guide: Create Backup.

Tip

Lock important backups (e.g. before major changes) so they cannot be overwritten by automatic backups. Also download especially important backups to your PC in case your backup limit is reached.

Note

If you only want to save the world itself, you can also download the world folder separately: Download savegame.

Caution

Stop your server before creating or restoring a backup. Solace Crafting saves automatically while running — a backup taken during operation can contain an incomplete save.

Important

If you set worldSaveToUse to a name for which no world folder exists, the server creates a new world on startup. Your previous progress is not deleted, but it is no longer loaded. A recent backup is the quickest way back in such a case.

Info

Automatic backups as well as restarts can be requested free of charge via a support ticket. The "Scheduled Tasks" feature is currently in development and will be released this year.