Globals — Server Economy Settings Guide

Overview

globals.xml controls the server-wide economy and spawn settings. These variables are located in DB > globals.xml and govern everything from animal and zombie caps to loot respawn, cleanup, and food decay.

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Part 1 — AI & Spawn / Cleanup / Flags / Food

AI & Spawn Limits

• AnimalMaxCount — Max number of animals across the map
• ZombieMaxCount — Max number of infected across all zones
• ZoneSpawnDist — Distance required to trigger infected spawns

Cleanup Settings

• CleanupAvoidance — Distance a player must be from an item for it to despawn
• CleanupLifetimeDeadAnimal — Lifetime of dead animals
• CleanupLifetimeDeadInfected — Lifetime of dead zombies
• CleanupLifetimeDeadPlayer — Lifetime of dead players
• CleanupLifetimeDefault — Lifetime for dead entities without custom settings
• CleanupLifetimeRuined — Lifetime of ruined items
• CleanupLifetimeLimit — Max items deleted per cleanup cycle

Flag Settings

• FlagRefreshFrequency — How often item lifetime refreshes
• FlagRefreshMaxDuration — How long flags keep refreshing items

Food & World Settings

• FoodDecay — Enables/disables food decay (requires WorldWetTempUpdate = 1)
• WorldWetTempUpdate — Controls wetness & temperature system

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Part 2 — Loot Control / Damage / Respawn / Player Timers

Loot Control

• InitialSpawn — Amount of loot spawned on first start
• RestartSpawn — Loot respawned on server restart
• SpawnInitial — Number of attempts for initial item spawn
• LootSpawnAvoidance — Distance from players required for loot spawn
• LootProxyPlacement — Allows containers to receive loot

Loot Damage Settings

• LootDamageMin — Minimum damage on spawn
• LootDamageMax — Maximum damage on spawn

Set both to 0.0 to force all loot to spawn pristine.

Respawn Settings

• RespawnAttempt — Attempts per item respawn
• RespawnLimit — Max of one item type spawning at once
• RespawnTypes — Number of item types spawning at once

Player Timers

• TimeLogin — Login timer
• TimeLogout — Logout timer
• TimePenalty — Penalty for active session
• TimeHopping — Penalty for server hopping

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Item Condition Scale

| Condition | Value Range | |---|---| | Pristine | 0.00 – 0.29 | | Worn | 0.30 – 0.59 | | Damaged | 0.60 – 0.79 | | Badly Damaged | 0.80 – 0.99 | | Ruined | 1.00 |

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Example (globals.xml)

<var name="AnimalMaxCount" type="0" value="200"/>
<var name="ZombieMaxCount" type="0" value="1000"/>
<var name="ZoneSpawnDist" type="0" value="300"/>
<var name="InitialSpawn" type="0" value="100"/>
<var name="RestartSpawn" type="0" value="50"/>
<var name="LootDamageMin" type="1" value="0.0"/>
<var name="LootDamageMax" type="1" value="0.0"/>
<var name="RespawnAttempt" type="0" value="2"/>
<var name="RespawnLimit" type="0" value="10"/>
<var name="RespawnTypes" type="0" value="5"/>
<var name="TimeLogin" type="0" value="15"/>
<var name="TimeLogout" type="0" value="15"/>
<var name="TimeHopping" type="0" value="30"/>

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