Adjusting the temporal storm settings on a Vintage Story server allows administrators to customize the game's difficulty and pacing to match their community's playstyle. By tweaking these parameters, hosts can reduce the frequency or intensity of storms for a more relaxed, building-focused experience, or ramp them up to create a brutal, hardcore survival challenge. Ultimately, altering these settings gives server owners precise control over how often players must retreat underground to survive the game's terrifying cosmic events.
How to Change the Temporal Storm Settings on a Vintage Story Server (Console)
1. Log in to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.
2. Go to the Console tab.
3. Run the desired command.
| Command | Description |
worldconfig temporalStorms <off|veryrare|rare|sometimes|often|veryoften> |
Changes how often temporal storms appear. Default: sometimes
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worldconfig tempstormDurationMul <0.25|0.5|0.75|1|1.25|1.5|2> |
Input a multiplier value for the duration of temporal storms. Default: 1
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worldconfig temporalStormSleeping <0|1> |
Enter the 0 value to disable sleeping through temporal storms.Default: 1
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worldconfigcreate double tempStormFrequencyMul <value> |
Creates a multiplier for the frequency of temporal storms. |
4. Stop the server. The server must be reset to apply the changes.
5. Start the server.
How to Change the Temporal Storm Settings on a Vintage Story Server (New World)
1. Log in to the BisectHosting Starbase panel.
2. Stop the server.
3. Select the Config Files tab and choose Server Config.
4. Under "WorldConfiguration", edit the desired settings.
| Setting | Description |
| temporalStorms |
Edits the frequency of temporal storms.
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| tempstormDurationMul |
Changes the duration of temporal storms.
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| temporalStormSleeping |
Sets whether players can sleep through storms.
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Note: The
tempStormFrequencyMulcommand can only be created in the Console tab.
5. Next to "SaveFileLocation":, enter a new .vcdbs name.
6. Press the Save button.