From 181936e3d46e19c6f8785112bcf481fc33d3b7f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devbeni <ballobeni08@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:22:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor seed handling in game start logic and improve packet
 sending reliability

---
 Main.cs                          |  1 -
 Packets/Packet.cs                |  2 +-
 ServerLobby/ServerLobbyScript.cs | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Main.cs b/Main.cs
index c566c74..86dd41c 100644
--- a/Main.cs
+++ b/Main.cs
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ namespace KCM
                 // Your code here
 
                 // Get the name of the last method that called OnPlayerPlacement
-                string callTree = "";
                 List<string> strings = new List<string>();
 
                 for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++)
diff --git a/Packets/Packet.cs b/Packets/Packet.cs
index 0fecfd6..4e2e0d8 100644
--- a/Packets/Packet.cs
+++ b/Packets/Packet.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace KCM.Packets
             {
                 if (KCServer.IsRunning && toClient != 0)
                 {
-                    KCServer.server.Send(PacketHandler.SerialisePacket(this), toClient, Riptide.MessageSendMode.Reliable);
+                    KCServer.server.Send(PacketHandler.SerialisePacket(this), toClient, true);
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/ServerLobby/ServerLobbyScript.cs b/ServerLobby/ServerLobbyScript.cs
index fa0bb84..dfd0565 100644
--- a/ServerLobby/ServerLobbyScript.cs
+++ b/ServerLobby/ServerLobbyScript.cs
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ namespace KCM
             Falle
         }
 
-        bool awake = false;
-
         public void Start()
         {
             Main.helper.Log("ServerLobby start called");
@@ -188,14 +186,30 @@ namespace KCM
                     StartGameButton.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>().text = "Start";
                     StartGameButton.onClick.AddListener(() =>
                     {
-                        if (World.inst.GetTextSeed() != WorldSeed.text)
+                        int definitiveSeed;
+                        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(WorldSeed.text))
                         {
-                            World.inst.seed = World.inst.SeedFromText(WorldSeed.text);
+                            World.inst.Generate();
+                            definitiveSeed = World.inst.seed;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            if (int.TryParse(WorldSeed.text, out int parsedSeed))
+                            {
+                                definitiveSeed = parsedSeed;
+                                World.inst.Generate(definitiveSeed);
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                Main.helper.LogWarning($"Invalid seed '{WorldSeed.text}' entered. Generating a random seed.");
+                                World.inst.Generate();
+                                definitiveSeed = World.inst.seed;
+                            }
                         }
 
                         new WorldSeed()
                         {
-                            Seed = World.inst.seed
+                            Seed = definitiveSeed
                         }.SendToAll(KCClient.client.Id);
 
                         new StartGame().SendToAll();