Joining

• The server and every player need the same ShipConfig version (Getting Started has where to install it). Otherwise the join is refused and the connection screen says which version to get.
• A player without ShipConfig on a server that has it is disconnected about 20 seconds after joining.

Lock Configuration

Lock Configuration ([General], default on) is read on the server only.

• On: the server's values apply to every player while connected; their own values return when they leave. Edits to the server's file reach players without rejoining.
• Admins (in the server's adminlist.txt) can change the server's values from their own game, for everyone.
• Off: every player uses their own file, so ships handle, take damage and cost differently depending on whose game controls them. Leave it on unless every player has the same file.

Other mods

• Modded ships built on the game's own ship parts get the full set of settings.
• Mods that change the same values (ship health, sail force, drag, damage, build cost) conflict. Use one mod per value.
• Only ships are changed; carts and building pieces are left alone.
• Configuration managers can edit the settings in game; while the server's values apply and you are not an admin, they show them read-only.

The charter command

Type it in the game's console (F5); no cheats needed. It covers every MilkyTeam mod that syncs its settings.