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PalKnobs

A Windows desktop app for editing a Palworld dedicated server’s PalWorldSettings.ini — 120 settings with real labels, plain-English descriptions, and proper controls, instead of one 4,000-character line of INI.

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PalKnobs desktop app showing the World settings screen with category filters and labelled fields for server name, description, and passwords

About

Palworld's dedicated server stores every world setting in a single line of PalWorldSettings.ini — one OptionSettings=(...) blob, a few thousand characters wide, no line breaks, no comments. Want to double the capture rate? Find CaptureRateAdd somewhere in that wall of text, don't fat-finger a comma, and hope the server still boots. I ran a server for friends and did this exactly once before deciding I'd rather build an app than ever scroll sideways again.

PalKnobs is that app. Install it, point it at your INI, and get all 120 settings as toggles, sliders, and inputs — grouped into 13 categories, each with a description of what the setting actually does in game.

How it works An Express API parses and serializes the OptionSettings=(...) blob and a React UI renders it. In the desktop build, Electron boots that same API in-process, so there's no server to run and nothing to configure — it's one .exe. The parser quotes text and password FStrings correctly and refuses to write a malformed file, which matters a lot when the alternative is a server that won't start.

Features

  • 120 settings across Server, Difficulty & Rates, Pals, PvP, Guilds, Voice Chat, and more
  • Search and category filters, plus a live count of unsaved changes
  • Plain-English descriptions of each setting's gameplay effect — not just the raw key name
  • Browse to any PalWorldSettings.ini; your choice is remembered
  • Reload from file to pick up edits made elsewhere, Discard to back out
  • Update banner when a newer GitHub release ships
  • Environment overrides (PALSERVER_ROOT, PALSERVER_SETTINGS_PATH) for non-default Steam libraries

The honest caveats It's Windows-only, because that's where PalServer actually lives. It isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen will give you the "Windows protected your PC" speech on first run — More info, then Run anyway. And it edits the file; it doesn't restart your server for you. That part's still on you.

PalKnobs is unofficial and fan-made — not affiliated with or endorsed by Pocketpair, Inc.

License MIT. Grab the installer from the Releases page, or build it from source if you'd rather.

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