ServUO on Ubuntu (Proxmox) – Empty world, account not persisting, general setup questions

[geppe]

ServUO Version

Publish 57

Ultima Expansion

None

Hi everyone,
I’m setting up my first ServUO shard on a Linux environment and I’d like some guidance to make sure I’m not missing something fundamental.

Issues​

1. Accounts are not persisting​

Every time I restart the server, I get:

“This server has no accounts. Do you want to create the owner account now?”

It seems like the account is not being saved at all.
Things I checked:

• Saves/ folder exists
• I waited a bit before shutdown
• I’m running the server via:

mono ./ServUO.exe -release

Questions:

• Do I need to manually trigger a save?
• Is there something specific on Linux/Mono that prevents account saving?
• Could this be a permissions issue?

2. World is empty (no NPCs / monsters)​

Cities are completely empty, no NPC and no monsters

Questions:

• Do I need to manually generate or spawn the world?
• Is there a command I should run (e.g. Respawn / WorldGen / Decorate)?
• Does ServUO require XMLSpawner or a spawn pack by default?

3. General setup doubts​

Since this is my first Linux setup:
Is using make + mono ServUO.exe the correct workflow on Ubuntu?

• Are there known issues with Mono and server console (I had crashes before fixing libz)?
• Any recommended baseline steps after a fresh install (world gen, doors, spawns, etc.)?

Any guidance or best practices would be really appreciated!
Thanks a lot!

 

[Wilson]

[save
[createworld
[helpinfo

 

[geppe]

Thanks @Wilson, [save looks working, but not for [createworld and [helpinfo, nothing is generated, i've also tried to reboot but nothing changes

 

[Wilson]

What server are you using [createworld and [helpinfo are valid commands, one spawns the world and the other is a gump with all commands and details!!

 

[Twistedsoul85]

Sorry to necro a thread.

I'm having the problem with no NPC's but 3 that spawned near my character and there's nothing else living in the world with no doors. I know you said the [createworld is what you need to do but that does literally nothing, and I am assuming you mean in the ServUO command window thing. Does nothing. All the other commands work with or without the [.

[createworld
09:11:03
09:11:03 Commands:
09:11:03 crash - Forces an exception to be thrown.
09:11:03 save - Performs a forced save.
09:11:03 shutdown - Performs a forced save then shuts down the server.
09:11:03 shutdown nosave - Shuts down the server without saving.
09:11:03 restart - Sends a message to players informing them that the server is
09:11:03 restarting, performs a forced save, then shuts down and
09:11:03 restarts the server.
09:11:03 restart nosave - Restarts the server without saving.
09:11:03 online - Shows a list of every person online:
09:11:03 Account, Char Name, IP.
09:11:03 bc <message> - Type this command and your message after it.
09:11:03 It will then be sent to all players.
09:11:03 sc <message> - Type this command and your message after it.
09:11:03 It will then be sent to all staff.
09:11:03 hear - Copies all local speech to this console:
09:11:03 Char Name (Region name): Speech.
09:11:03 ban <name> - Kicks and bans the users account.
09:11:03 kick <name> - Kicks the user.
09:11:03 pages - Enter page mode to handle help requests.
09:11:03 help|? - Shows this list.
09:11:03

EDIT:
NVM. Figured it out. You have to log into the game on the Admin account and [createworld. Got it.