RCON, REST_API and Backup /Update / Reboot scripts

[Hackenhead]

Is RCON still mandatory to enable for having functionality on the Backup / Update / Reboot Cron jobs? Does REST_API handle the same support?

RCON is deprecated and Palworld officially recommends using REST_API instead.

https://docs.palworldgame.com/api/rcon/

I am asking because I had crash related to RCON ASCII-characters bug (chinese multibyte characters). After that I switched to REST_API, which seems to work fine.

I have webhook notifications on to discord, and after changing I am only getting a notification from the backup-job automatically. If I manually restart the server, all the notifications / jobs display as usual.

I Would highly appreciate some clarity about this on the project page or on this thread.

[thijsvanloef]

I was aware that RCON was being deprecated, however did not have the time to replace RCON everywhere as that will introduce quite some breaking changes. Will start working on it soon.