Hi everyone!
I set up a private server, hosted by Gportal, a couple of weeks ago.
I used to have a private server in the past, and I remembered having a parameter to deactivate the decay timer for player bases on the Gportal interface. However, I can’t find it anymore. Did this parameter change? is it still anywhere?
Thanks in advance for the answers!
LingMei
I don’t know about a GPortal option, but there is an option in the main game settings to turn off building decay - would that work for you?
Go into your “Basic Settings” and hit the magnifying glass - search for “Abandonment” - switch the “DisableBuildingAbandonment” on as per below screenshot.
Best way though is changing the settings in-game as Dan suggested above. Sometimes the G-Portal web interface server settings are a bit quirky and your changes don’t “stick.” Even G-Portal staff have told me “Don’t use our web interface to change server settings, change them in-game - they tend to work better.”
Let me know if any other queries! Been using G-Portal for years. (Now there’ll be a bunch of people saying “G-Portal” sux! Just watch)
Thanks for the answer, but unfortunately this would only works in solo offline game mode I suppose: it has to be deactivated server-side to work, not client-side. 
Edit: I finally found it.
It was in the section where the admin can allow or forbid players from a specific continent to join the private server. Why this parameter is in this section is beyond me. Also there isn’t “Decay” or “Timer” in the name of the parameter, which made it hard to find by keyword search, of course. 
(“DisableBuildingAbandonment” is the name of the parameter).
Problem solved!
It is actually better to do it in-game, it will change it server side.
Ha thanks @KamikazeHamster !!!
I just missed your message by a minute or two while posting my last reply… 
