v1.0.24

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v1.0.24

Overview

This release focuses on reliable server lifecycle management, clearer guidance for beginners, importing and maintaining existing servers, broader data-driven configuration support, secure add-on management, and first-class Minecraft Java and Bedrock control.

Core reliability fixes

• Prevented automatic and manual restarts from launching a second server while verified launcher, console, child, or worker processes are still running.
• Added persistent multi-process identity tracking using PID, executable path, start time, process role, and ownership checks.
• Improved rebind, watchdog, shutdown, and restart behavior for both single-process and multi-process game servers.
• Fixed launcher-based Minecraft servers changing from Starting to Stopped while their Java server process was still running.
• Fixed dashboard shutdown so Synix closes its optional background agent instead of leaving a ghost Synix process.
• Fixed updater package selection, version parsing, package-header checks, and the in-app update workflow.
• Fixed published-build and MSI packaging problems that could produce incomplete or stale release files.

User assistance and management

• Added Server Readiness Center, Live Process Details, First-Start Assistant, Plain-English Error Window, Connection Information, Automatic Safety Checklist, Beginner and Advanced modes, and Setup Completion Percentage.
• Added an Import Existing Server wizard that registers an existing installation without moving, reinstalling, or overwriting it.
• Added an optional Synix background agent for scheduled monitoring at Windows sign-in.
• Added player-aware Smart Maintenance, Player Management Center, and a searchable Game Support Catalog with full game-detail pages.
• Added Game Support Catalog filters for A-Z, Z-A, 0-9, other names, compatibility, configuration support, player details, crossplay, server program, and verification status.
• Expanded Synix Help with beginner-friendly setup, recovery, configuration, process, Minecraft, and add-on guidance.

Configuration and game support

• Added multi-file selection to the Configuration Editor while preserving each file's original structure.
• Expanded generated-configuration collection to discover supported configuration files created by game servers.
• Added or expanded configuration support for Conan Exiles, 7 Days to Die, Soulmask, Abiotic Factor, American Truck Simulator, Angels Fall First, Action: Source, Minecraft Java, and Minecraft Bedrock.
• Updated game support metadata so the catalog can explain configuration, player-query, crossplay, program, and known limitation status.

Minecraft control

• Added separate Minecraft Java and Bedrock setup paths with edition-aware ports, configuration, importing, launching, icons, and server information.
• Added automatic Java version and loader discovery for Vanilla, Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge, including NeoForge support for compatible Minecraft 1.21 and newer releases.
• Added installation of Microsoft's official Bedrock Dedicated Server package.
• Added a verified Fabric-generated Java server.properties template and a dedicated Bedrock configuration template. Synix applies saved names, ports, maximum players, worlds, seeds, RCON, and supported local-management settings.
• Added a Minecraft Server Console that works with hidden server windows through a direct local command channel, Minecraft's localhost-only management protocol when available, or optional local RCON.
• Added beginner-friendly quick commands for announcements, player lists, moderation, operator and allowlist management, world time, weather, saving, help, and clean shutdown.
• Added Minecraft player-name management through the local management protocol or local RCON when the selected Java server supports it.
• Kept Minecraft-specific behavior isolated so other game-server launch, query, configuration, and shutdown workflows remain unchanged.

Mod & Plugin Manager

• Added a data-driven add-on system based on game/framework profiles instead of a hard-coded database of individual mods.
• Added support for Rust Oxide/uMod files, Minecraft mod and plugin folders, 7 Days to Die mod packages, ARK: Survival Evolved Steam Workshop IDs, and ARK: Survival Ascended provider mod IDs.
• Added installed add-on discovery, safe local imports, provider ID editing, SHA-256 records, rollback information, and add-on removal.
• Added structural package checks, safe ZIP extraction rules, source-capability warnings, Microsoft Defender review, and clear handling for confirmed threats versus inconclusive scans.
• Added external catalog choices for supported games while keeping downloads in the user's browser instead of requiring catalog APIs.
• Cleaned up the manager layout and kept dashboard-only grid tooltips out of unrelated grids.

Safety

Synix continues to avoid guessing unsupported game paths, does not store individual mod listings, preserves existing configuration files, records reversible add-on changes, keeps Minecraft's automatic management endpoint restricted to the local computer, and blocks packages that fail structural checks or receive a confirmed antivirus detection.

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v1.0.24 — Core Reliability and Readiness

Bugs fixed

• Fixed the updater button opening GitHub instead of loading the verified update details and installation window.
• Fixed update detection when a GitHub tag is malformed but the release name contains the correct three-part version.
• Fixed the updater selecting or validating the wrong package type. Synix now matches the update to the installed edition and verifies the expected Windows package header.
• Fixed automatic and manual restarts starting a second server copy before the original server had completely shut down.
• Fixed temporary gaps between launcher and child processes being treated as a completed shutdown.
• Fixed shutdown handling for games that use more than one process.
• Fixed stale single-PID monitoring so rebind, status checks, watchdog recovery, and shutdown use the complete tracked process group.
• Fixed restart safety so Synix refuses to launch another copy when any verified server process remains alive after shutdown.

Added

• Added a Server Readiness Center button for the server selected on the dashboard.
• Added selected-server checks for required files, runtimes, configuration health, ports, Windows Firewall executable rules, disk space, process tracking, and recent logs.
• Added plain-language Ready, Review, and Blocked readiness results.
• Added safe repair actions, Check Again, and Copy Report controls to the readiness window.
• Added persistent multi-process identity tracking using PID, executable path, process start time, process role, and server ownership.
• Added automatic discovery of launcher, console, child, replacement, and worker processes.
• Added a beginner-friendly Server Readiness Center guide in Synix Help.
• Updated the application version to 1.0.24.

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v1.0.24 — Publishing, UI, and Beginner Guidance

Bugs fixed

• Fixed published Synix builds crashing before the main window opened. Folder publishing now creates a complete .NET 10 win-x64 self-contained single-file application.
• Fixed the MSI publisher reusing an older installer after the Synix executable changed. SynixSetup.msi is rebuilt from the current published application.
• Fixed incomplete publish settings being allowed to create a broken installer or release package. Publishing now stops with a clear explanation when required release settings are missing.
• Fixed the Server Info CPU card showing the PID twice and formatting it with a comma. PID remains under Server Status while the CPU card describes its refresh interval.
• Fixed Troubleshooter and Server Readiness Center separators drawing through wrapped text after scrolling.
• Fixed closing the dashboard leaving an optional Synix background agent running as a ghost process.
• Fixed configuration-editor startup failures and improved handling for games that create more than one configuration file.
• Improved plain-language handling for start, restart, configuration, missing-file, port-conflict, permission, network, security-review, and surviving-process errors.

Added

• Added Live Process Details for every verified process belonging to the selected server.
• Added a First-Start Assistant covering setup, connection information, backups, recovery, and troubleshooting.
• Added a Plain-English Error Window with a simple explanation, a next action, and optional technical details.
• Added Configuration Support Status for full, guided, launch-setting, and basic support levels.
• Added a Connection Information window with home-network and internet addresses.
• Added an Automatic Safety Checklist before server startup.
• Added Beginner and Advanced modes to Server Setup.
• Added a live Setup Completion Percentage.
• Expanded Synix Help for the new setup, monitoring, safety, connection, recovery, and configuration workflows.

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v1.0.24 — Server Assistance Features

Import Existing Server

• Added a guided wizard that selects an existing server folder, identifies supported games from their executable paths, and registers the server without moving, reinstalling, or overwriting it.
• Lets the user confirm the Synix server name, game port, and query port before registration.

Synix Background Agent

• Added an optional hidden Synix background mode that starts at Windows sign-in and keeps scheduled monitoring available without the dashboard.
• Explicitly closing Synix signals the agent to stop so it does not remain as a ghost process.

Smart Maintenance

• Added player-aware scheduled maintenance with a configurable maximum delay.
• Can wait for connected players, create the normal safety backup, shut down the complete verified process group, and restart through the established recovery workflow.

Player Management Center

• Added named-player details from supported local query protocols, including score and connected time.
• Clearly explains when a game or server does not provide the required player challenge.
• Administrative player actions remain disabled until a game has a verified administration protocol.

Game Support Catalog

• Added a searchable catalog with readable game names and a dedicated View Details action.
• Shows compatibility, configuration support, named-player support, crossplay, server program, last-supported status, and known limitations without relying on dashboard tooltips.

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v1.0.24 — Configuration and Game Definition Updates

Configuration workflow

• Expanded Collect Generated Game Configurations so it can discover supported files created beneath a server's generated configuration folders instead of collecting only one predeclared path.
• Keeps live server files unchanged while copying collected files into the Synix Generated Configurations workspace.
• Added Configuration Editor file selection for games that use multiple configuration files.
• Preserves comments, sections, key order, quoting, spacing, and the original format while changing supported values.
• Keeps backup, restore, structured view, raw preview, and Synix-value checks tied to the file currently selected by the user.

Game updates

• Fixed the 7 Days to Die startup command so settings are not duplicated between launch arguments and serverconfig.xml.
• Updated supported 7 Days to Die world names and safe world-size handling.
• Added full Conan Exiles templates for Engine.ini, Game.ini, and ServerSettings.ini.
• Added game-generated configuration support for Soulmask and Abiotic Factor.
• Added configuration definitions for American Truck Simulator and Angels Fall First.
• Expanded the Action: Source server template and support metadata.
• Updated the Game Support Catalog data so each changed game accurately describes its current configuration and player-detail capabilities.

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v1.0.24 — Mod & Plugin Manager

Dynamic add-on support

• Added Mod & Plugin Manager under the selected server's options.
• Uses data profiles for games, frameworks, providers, install areas, file types, arguments, and configuration-backed IDs. Synix does not need a database containing every individual mod.
• External profile files can extend future game/framework support without rebuilding the manager UI.
• Added initial profiles for Rust Oxide/uMod, Minecraft mods and plugins, ARK: Survival Evolved Steam Workshop IDs, and ARK: Survival Ascended provider IDs.
• Discovers add-ons already present in supported folders and records Synix-managed installations separately.
• Supports ordered provider IDs, framework requirements, local file or ZIP imports, removal, and restoration of files replaced by Synix.

Security and recovery

• Calculates and records SHA-256 for the exact package approved by the user.
• Blocks unsafe archive paths, symbolic links, Windows-reserved names, disguised libraries, prohibited script/program types, oversized packages, duplicate destinations, and unsafe extraction paths.
• Reviews readable source plugins for capabilities such as process launching, native calls, registry access, file deletion, networking, and runtime code loading.
• Runs Microsoft Defender when available. Confirmed detections are blocked; an unavailable or inconclusive scan is clearly shown as a warning instead of being mislabeled as a confirmed threat.
• Requires the server to be stopped and Synix to use standard Windows permissions before local package installation.
• Stages imports before changing the server folder and records rollback information for safe removal.

UI cleanup

• Added simple and detailed inventory views, framework detection, install-area selection, an automatic safety checklist, security status, catalog and folder shortcuts, and plain-language explanations.
• Fixed dashboard-only server-detail tooltips appearing in unrelated grids.
• Fixed clipped checklist and selected-add-on text, separated selection details into their own card, and corrected the Mod & Plugin Manager heading.

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v1.0.24 — Latest Fixes and Support Updates

Bugs fixed

• Fixed scheduled automatic restarts incorrectly reporting the server's own game port as occupied. Synix now stops and verifies the complete server process group before checking ports and starting it again.
• Fixed new and imported servers being allowed to reuse another server's query port. Every saved server now requires its own game and query ports, whether it is running or stopped.
• Fixed the new-server form so it automatically selects unused default ports when another installed server already has the game's defaults.
• Fixed the First-Start Assistant showing Install and Start for a server that was already installed. The action now correctly reads Start Server.
• Fixed Visual Studio's WinForms designer failing to open several Synix windows because generated designer code contained unsupported icon fallback expressions.
• Fixed the Mod & Plugin Manager catalog menu styling and a shutdown crash caused by the catalog menu's lifetime.
• Fixed the Server Options label displaying Mod_Plugin Manager instead of Mod & Plugin Manager.
• Fixed local add-on import security checks so Synix reliably detects an elevated launch and prevents add-on code from inheriting administrator permissions.

Added and updated

• Added managed 7 Days to Die mod-package support using the game's built-in Mods folder.
• 7 Days to Die imports require a complete ZIP package with ModInfo.xml, preserve the package's directory structure, and safely wrap loose root files when needed.
• Added multiple external catalog choices for 7 Days to Die: Nexus Mods and The Fun Pimps. Synix opens the selected catalog for the user and does not require an API or download files from those sites.
• Added one shared Synix menu style so dashboard and add-on catalog menus use the same spacing, colors, borders, and selection appearance.
• Updated duplicate-port guidance in setup, importing, Help, and Troubleshooter so shared query ports are treated as a blocking configuration problem.
• Updated EOS capability handling. Games using Epic Online Services now show N/A instead of a false player count and hide unsupported Player Management and LAN/WAN connection-test actions.
• A2S games retain player counts and named-player management, while Minecraft retains its supported player count without showing an unsupported named-player window.

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v1.0.24 — Minecraft Control and Catalog Filtering

Bugs fixed

• Fixed Minecraft servers changing from Starting to Stopped when Start.bat finished but the Java server process continued running.
• Fixed Minecraft process tracking so Synix follows the verified launcher, Java child process, replacement process, and Bedrock executable instead of relying on one temporary PID.
• Fixed hidden Minecraft server windows preventing local console control. Synix can now retain a private command channel and fall back to supported local management or RCON.
• Fixed Minecraft shutdown and restart handling so the native stop command is used when an authenticated local command channel is available.
• Fixed Minecraft edition handling across setup, importing, launching, status, icons, configuration, connection information, and player management.

Added and updated

• Added a Minecraft Server Console with prepared quick commands for announcements, player lists, moderation, operator and allowlist management, time, weather, saving, help, and clean shutdown.
• Added separate Minecraft Java and Minecraft Bedrock setup choices.
• Added automatic Java and loader selection for Vanilla, Fabric, Forge, and compatible NeoForge 1.21+ versions.
• Added installation and importing for Microsoft's official Bedrock Dedicated Server.
• Added a verified Fabric-generated Java configuration template and a dedicated Bedrock template that apply the values saved in Synix.
• Added Java player-name support through Minecraft's localhost-only management protocol or optional local RCON when available.
• Added Game Support Catalog filters for A-Z, Z-A, 0-9, other names, compatibility, configuration support, player details, crossplay, server program, and verification status.
• Added Clear Filters and kept search, sorting, filters, and the game count synchronized.
• Kept all Minecraft-specific control paths separate from non-Minecraft server behavior.