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not a general issue

please get us a Log.txt.0 file of a game session
and what OS are you using?
are you using the new Beta Launcher ?

I'm using El Capitan and the log is below:

please just delete that log insert and drag and drop the whole file into the posting ... do not copy paste the content

It's happen to me with 100% chance each time I use the starter.exe (old launcher) for launch "dedicated server" and then open another starter.exe for launching the game. While in game all my settings and keyboard shortcut are reset. So it's both settings.cfg and keyboard.cfg which are impacted. I'll bring the log next time I'll launch my private MP.

That's to be expected, as both the server process and the client do write the config files, even if nothing has changed. Whoever goes last, wins.
As a workaround, have two installations, one for the server, one for the client.

As a suggestion for a possible solution, the server should keep its settings in the respective world directories; that would also allow several universes with different settings. Ideally that should include the blueprints and custom config xml files as well.

In T1689#65957, @Valck wrote:

That's to be expected, as both the server process and the client do write the config files, even if nothing has changed. Whoever goes last, wins.
As a workaround, have two installations, one for the server, one for the client.
As a suggestion for a possible solution, the server should keep its settings in the respective world directories; that would also allow several universes with different settings. Ideally that should include the blueprints and custom config xml files as well.

Don't think it was expected since it never occured before in versions pre 0.198~.
I could launch 2 time the same starter without any config problems.

Actually I work around by launching the "Dedicated server" (==> reset all configs), so copy-paste back-up .cfg in files again and start "Start play" phase. It solve the problem without have 2 installations for the same server. But it still annoying to have to do that now while it wasn't required before.

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@Sethroph .. your logfile is from a server start. so i do assume its the same effect as Croquelune described, where the dedicated server start wipes the settings.cfg back to default. i too cant remember that that was ever the case.