RIZZASTERWorld File Backups
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A few weeks ago, one of the game's clients experienced a server crash that resulted in data loss for the entire game world. The game was stuck on day 345 with 17 players. Fortunately, backups of the world files had not been done in quite some time. The last backup was made over a year ago. This caused issues as the client was not able to restore the world from the backup.
The client experienced the crash after making several large changes to the game, including adding new biomes and overhauling the game's economy. The client thought it would be a good idea to make the changes without saving the world first. This led to the data loss when the client experienced the server crash.
We have changed our backup schedule to make it more regular. The new schedule will have the world backed up every two days. We will also be testing our backup system more frequently. The new backup system includes automated backups of all important data and can be restored easily from a previous backup if something goes wrong.