Allow root/parent folder for heightmap folder

[braceyourself07]

What feature do you want to see added?

In config.yml there is Paths.heightmap: "heightmap" indicating a folder that contains png images of heightmaps. You can utilize these files to make a height brush with the command:

//brush height file://cliff.png

And FAWE will respond with the confirmation "Equipped brush height"

I run multiple servers and would like to only have one heightmap repository. So I would like to be able to put this in config.yml:

Paths.heightmap: "/heightmap"

(I have a folder called "heightmap" that is mounted in each server's root folder, all pointing to the same directory). But it will not recognize it.

I understand that it is likely set up this way for safety, but for running several building servers it would be a lot more effective if I could have all of the servers read from the same parent folder.

Are there any alternatives?

I'm going to experiment with symlinked folders in the /plugins/FastAsyncWorldEdit folder to point to a folder outside of the server root. But it would be convenient to just have the ability to do it in config.yml

Anything else?

No response

[dordsor21]

does it not work if you do ../../../heightmaps or something?

[braceyourself07]

You know I didn't even think to try that. Using /schematics worked, so I assumed it would work with heightmap. I'll give it a go and report back.

[braceyourself07]

It still produces the same error:

[dordsor21]

Do you allow symbolic links in worldedit-config?

[braceyourself07]

I don't see a setting to allow symbolic links in worldedit-config. Our individual servers are each on their own container (using pterodactyl) and we have any shared folders mounted. Looking in the server container I don't see any symlinks, so I don't know if that's the method it's using to mount that folder. But using /schematics in worldedit-config.yml does work and all the servers point to a common schematic folder.

[dordsor21]

I'm assuming it's that it's a symbolic link meaning it's not working. Is it a hard or soft link?