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Yes, and yes.   Here's a quick-and-dirty one-liner you can run in your server folder from the terminal that should get the job done.  Or you can copy & paste it into a bash shell script so that you can just use that to run the command whenever you need.

In the terminal:

rm -rf curseLog failureLog foodLog lifeLog *.db curseSave.txt eveRadius.txt log.txt mapDummyRecall.txt recentPlacements.txt

As a bash script, IE:  /server/wipeServer.sh

#!/bin/sh -e

rm -rf curseLog failureLog foodLog lifeLog *.db curseSave.txt eveRadius.txt log.txt mapDummyRecall.txt recentPlacements.txt

For rm, the -r flag means recursively remove folder contents and -f is to force.  For bash, the -e flag means to halt on any errors in the script.

Based on some commit message searches, these are the "official" biome names Jason used:

1. Woodland Meadow
2. Marsh
3. Plains
4. Rocky
5. Polar
6. Desert
7. Jungle

Jason pushed out an update to fix some things and it inadvertently broke the networking in Windows clients.  For non-steam users, I also noticed that the auto-updater doesn't seem to work for updating the broken v166 clients to the fixed v167.  You can tell which version of the client that you currently have by reading the `binary.txt` file in your game folder.

If this is the case, simply re-install the game from scratch and let it fully update to v167.  Things should be fine after that.  Hope this helps!

The game is designed to run in a 16:9 letterbox at a 1280x720 scaled resolution, so I don't think there's anything wrong with your particular setup or that it's all that much different than anyone else.  It will even attempt to draw "black bars" across the top and bottom to create this letterbox on a 4:3 aspect ratio, as you might also see in some screenshots.

There are ways to force the game to disobey this 16:9 ratio, but then some funky things start to happen.  Like your clicks might not register exactly where you expect them, plus the overall game looks a bit funky.

First, kudos to Jason for being an amazingly benevolent daddy developer!  Not only has he completely opened the source, but does not actively block unofficial client connections to official servers and is very receptive of the feedback from our ever-demanding community.

It was probably my second or third day before I went seeking for a native way to increase the FOV and came across Drakulon's post and Joriom's mod.  As a new player, I was already overwhelmed with the game's learning curve but the bigger challenge, for me, was trying to constantly learn new areas at the same time.  I found that my limited FOV greatly hindered my ability to put together a mental image of an area, so I became unnaturally dependent on homemarkers and spent "years" just trying to learn or recognize a location.  Once I removed this barrier by using a FOV mod, I quickly became more productive and had much more enjoyable lives learning the game instead of getting constantly lost or starving to death because I ran the wrong direction.

After a client update last month and a temporary lull in updates by Joriom, I was, again, struggling to play the game and it became more frustrating than enjoyable.  However, having a coding background and a passion for learning new things, I was compelled to follow his guides and compile my own version instead of having to pester him.  This is what is now known as the "Awbz" or "OneLife+" mod that has been mentioned recently.

All that being said, I understand and completely respect Jason having a certain vision for the game.  This is the primary reason that I've never really "advertised" my modified client anywhere and had only shared it with friends who had similar complaints and no longer had Joriom's mod as a solution.  This lead to it being streamed on Twitch, then later spotlighted on YouTube, so I opted to make everything publicly visible and available on Github once the growth in demand became painfully obvious.  After all, the whole spirit of the game is supposed to be about improving your situation and leaving something behind to assist future generations...right?!

Another key thing I'd noticed was that once people started using a zoomed-out client, most wouldn't play (or stream) the game at all again after a client update until one of the two FOV mods were available!  That was a pretty eye-opening and "meta" moment for me, as I now felt some added responsibility to help keep part of the community/game alive.  While some (off-topic) features of my modded client may be considered "controversial" or seem contrary to Jason's creative direction for the game, they were added due to personal observations and solicited feedback from the Twitch OHOL community about various "pain points."

I can't wholly speak to the possible number of zoomed vs. overall clients, but here's some data that shows the download statistics for my "mostly unadvertised" Github releases: https://api.github.com/repos/Awbz/OneLife/releases

Like most others, I would love for an improved FOV to exist in some fashion within the client.  A method I'd previously envisioned could have the default view stay as-is for babies & geriatrics, but gradually increase the FOV up to 2x scale as an adult before scaling back down to 1x in your dotage.  Although, given his recent comments on the subject, I'm also inclined to drop support for FOV switching in my mod to better honor Jason's wishes.  I haven't done so, yet, as I'm legitimately worried that it may add to the already-alarming attrition factor...at least until someone else decides to fill this collectively perceived community need.