No shop at spawn workaround

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    Problem:

    No matter how many time I reset universe when trying to host multiplayer on my LAN I ended up without a shop at the spawn point. It was recommended to me to increase the shop probability, which I bumped up to 0.3. Even then, there were no shops within detectable range of initial spawn with several reset universe attempts.

    Facts I've learned through trial and error:

    1. The server uses the same universe for single player and hosting multiplayer.
    2. You are guaranteed to have a shop at spawn if it's a single player universe.

    Workaround:

    • Switch to single player
    • Reset Universe
    • Launch game
    • Verify that a shop appears (worked the first time twice in a row for me)
    • Exit game.
    • Launch dedicated server
    • Switch to multiplayer
    • Launch game
    • Play!
     
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    I have a seperate install where I try dev builds, I loaded up a new build today and the shop that was previously there was not anymore, a quick universe reset and I got a new shop.