Vintage Story 1.23 Moat & Masonry Update for Dedicated Server
The Vintage Story 1.23 update, titled "Moat & Masonry," fundamentally changes the Late-Stone and Early-Bronze age defenses. For dedicated server communities, this update introduces heavy structural physics that can affect server performance during siege events. This guide covers the essential 1.23 features and server optimization tips.
๐ฐ Drawbridge Mechanics
A new multi-block functional structure. On a dedicated server, ensure your "Mechanical Power" network is balanced to handle the lifting logic across chunk boundaries.
๐ง Moat Fluid Physics
1.23 overhauled how water fills trenches. Large scale moat building triggers real-time fluid flow calculations on the server CPU.
New Features in 1.23
1. Structural Stability for Masonry
Unlike previous versions where stone blocks were mostly static, 1.23 introduces Compression Stress. High-rise stone castles now require internal scaffolding or the server might trigger a "Collapse Event" if the foundation voxels are damaged by drifters.
2. The "Seraph's Siphon"
A new tool for managing water levels. Administrators can use this to clean up "Glitched" water blocks that often occur during large-scale terraforming projects on high-latency servers.
3. Masonry Kilns
The new dedicated Kiln block replaces the primitive pit kiln for late-game brick production. This reduces the number of "Active Fire" entities on the server, significantly improving performance for populated towns.
Admin Tip: 1.23 save files contain new metadata for structural stress. Before updating your server, perform a full backup. If you see "Voxel Stress Timeout" in your logs, consider increasing the maxPhysicsThreads in your serverconfig.json.
Server Hardware Considerations
With the added stress of fluid physics and structural calculations, 1.23 benefits from higher clock speeds. We recommend at least 4.0GHz+ single-core boost for servers hosting more than 10 active builders.
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