Hey there, this is a problem I had just a few days before 0.17. Hoping for 0.17 to fix it, I didn't mention it earlier, but I was disappointed.
I bought another copy of Avorion, set up a LAN server, and was happy for quite a while.
Suddenly, I think it was after a windows update, the server didn't show up in the LAN list anymore. What I found was this here, which works. But I think it's not expected behaviour ...
Here's my server.ini:
[Game]
Seed=N41Tl4gxGb
Difficulty=1
InfiniteResources=false
CollisionDamage=0
SafePlayerInput=false
PlayerToPlayerDamage=true
LogoutInvincibility=false
LogoutInvincibilityDelay=30
DevMode=false
BigWreckageDespawnTime=1800
SmallWreckageDespawnTime=900
LootDiminishingFactor=0.00499999989
ResourceDropChance=0.400000006
TurretDropChanceFromTurret=0.0250000004
TurretDropChanceFromCraft=0.25
TurretDropChanceFromBlock=0.00499999989
SystemDropChanceFromCraft=0.200000003
SystemDropChanceFromBlock=0.00499999989
ColorDropChanceFromCraft=0.0500000007
ColorDropChanceFromBlock=0.00249999994
MaximumFightersPerSectorAndPlayer=-1
MaximumBlocksPerCraft=-1
MaximumVolumePerShip=-1
MaximumVolumePerStation=-1
MaximumPlayerShips=-1
MaximumPlayerStations=-1
sameStartSector=true
startUpScript=data/scripts/server/server.lua
startSectorScript=startsector
[system]
saveInterval=600
sectorUpdateTimeLimit=300
emptySectorUpdateInterval=1
workerThreads=3
generatorThreads=2
scriptBackgroundThreads=2
aliveSectorsPerPlayer=500
weakUpdate=true
profiling=false
sendCrashReports=true
[Networking]
port=27000
broadcastInterval=5
isPublic=true
isListed=false
isAuthenticated=true
sendStatsToAdmins=true
useSteam=true
rconIp=
rconPassword=
rconPort=27015
[Administration]
maxPlayers=10
name=L3wtrunner's Server
description=LAN intended only!
password=
pausable=true
accessListMode=Blacklist
What I found out is that everytime I change the values of "pausable" and "isPublic" to false, it is reset to true after I started the (non-dedicated) server.
hope someone got a good idea 'bout this...