Unmodded game using [DS] instance hosted locally or on 3rd party provider. When joining the game, player sees most torches in off state, while other players continue to see torches in their current state (on or off - depending on recent in-game activity/manual toggling). Logging out of the server and logging back into the instance causes most torches to be set in off-state again for that player. This re-log action does not affect the state of the torches for other players remaining on the server/instance during the single player re-log event.

As a workaround, introducing the mod, "Automated Torches" (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1668780689), allows the torches to automatically turn on when the sun goes down and turn off when the sun rises, with respect to locality on the planet. Additionally, this allows the Medieval Master to change the sun position when someone joins the server at "night" to set the sun, then restore the sun to it's nighttime position. This action effectively turns on all the torches for the player who recently joined. This action also affects all players already in the instance.