unofficial-setup-help

[undone cape]

As said i have tried everything

Idk anymore tbh

I’ve even asked questions on Windows support discord for Windows related stuff. To see if i missed something

[warm burrow]

I’m hoping that someone on the dev team or someone with the dev kit may read this and be able to answer a question. In the patch notes for version 313.37 it says “prevented players from being able to level tames past the server-specific level clamp.” Nowhere in the server config settings or anywhere on the internet is this a defined variable. Obviously it exists. Can someone please give an ini line that can set the clamp as it is on official servers? Thanks.

[floral warren]

DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

[warm burrow]

What I’m referring to is the variable for clamp level itself. Or does making that true automatically set the clamp at the official levels?

[floral warren]

Default is 0 ie no clamp

[warm burrow]

I think we’re still not on the same page. “Server-specific level clamp” implies there is a variable where you can set the actual level of the clamp. Unless it’s hard coded on/off at level 450 and it’s not really server specific

[floral warren]

yes, which is the setting i sent

[warm burrow]

Have WHAT set to 449?

The variable that I’m looking for.

You following me now?

[lucid solstice]

It would be the DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp set to 449 I believe

[floral warren]

^

[floral warren]

^

[severe island]

DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp=449 (deposited points) -> cap of 450 for all creatures and 500 for x-/r-/dinopithecus/gen1/gen2

[severe island]

that's the variable/setting the patch note is talking about.

[warm burrow]

So it’s just poor wording in the patch notes then? “Server-specific” and the statement that official servers have it set to 449 implies that it can be set to something else. I apologize if I’m making that more complicated than it is.

[bleak ivy]

you can set it to any number lol

[severe island]

well, DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp is server-specific as a server setting. 449 is the official value, you can set it to whatever you want.

[floral warren]

literally every config is server specific

that's the idea of configs, you can config your server how you specifically want

I guess you could stretch the definition a little if you use the dynamic config file but thats it

[bleak ivy]

the cap is whatever number you set it to. with genesis and dinopithecus being +50 of that cap

[warm burrow]

Understood. Source of confusion is that config line existed since 255.0, so I thought it was something added in patch 313.37, not changed to both set the destroy level and prevent people from leveling it up in the first place

I apologize for my confusion

[severe island]

nah, 313.37 only made it impossible to level the creature up further

before that, you could've levelled the dino up and it'd be gone next restart

[warm burrow]

Yeah that’s exactly what I wanted to prevent

Didn’t realize they are one in the same

Thanks for the help.

[visual hedge]

idk if this is the right place to ask this but if im trying to do crossplay from steam Ark and Xbox ark how would i do that?

[echo pecan]

you can’t

[visual hedge]

oh really?

someone said it was crossplay

[echo pecan]

the only crossplay between Xbox and pc is the Microsoft store version

[visual hedge]

dang i bought it for steam and xbox not microsoft store

[echo pecan]

rip

[visual hedge]

wait if i own it on xbox cant i log into the microsoft store and download it on my pc from there?

[echo pecan]

if you log into the same Xbox account, yes

[visual hedge]

oh how would i do that, is there a way to put in my xbox account info because i put in my gmail but its still saying ark is full price

[echo pecan]

is that the email your Xbox account uses?

[visual hedge]

yes

[echo pecan]

no idea then

[visual hedge]

wait im a idiot we will see

[young minnow]

I apologise I am not fully versed on your situation what happened and what are you trying to do now?

[visual hedge]

trying to log into microsoft on my computer to download ark since i have it on the xbox

[bleak ivy]

if you log into the same xbox account you should have it
do you have it via gamepass?

try the xbox app btw. the Microsoft store sometimes has issues

[sage pewter]

Anyone got an issue where you're in one spot but when you relog, you end up in another spot altogether? Hard to explain. Happens a lot to me. For me, I'm playing normally but can't interact with anything, but when I relog, I end up in a whole different spot. I have my base on a cliff so when that bug happens, I end uup falling off the cliff sometimes and die

[mossy mulch]

is there any fibercraft IPs u guys know that dont have 10 players?

[undone cape]

@floral warren I've uninstalled ark, soon ill install it again and try. If there was ANY corrupted file or something like that, then it should be gone. Then i feel like that should work?! After i'll follow a video editing the game and gameusersettings, to see if im doing something wrong

Oh, and also when i edit the files, and save them. Do they need to be Read only or not?

[glad wind]

hello

[floral warren]

NOT read only because RO prevents editing

[undone cape]

yeye. but AFTER editing them

[floral warren]

Leave them editable

[undone cape]

Kay

I swear if this doesnt... then im fr fr clueless. then i have literally tried everything

[floral warren]

Try put a random new file in the folder and see how that goes

[undone cape]

i gotta downaload ark first, and try to see if it works

[rigid sky]

is there something like listPlayers that would also tell me if some player is waiting to join but doesn't have a survior yet? it works if joinnig with existing one, but if you connect first time, you don't appear in the list right away and if server is in slomo 0.0000000001 the page to setup survior doesn't even appear

[olive talon]

@nova pebble #735196277221883964

[nova pebble]

@olive talon thank you

[humble thicket]

How to make a server or like how do I play with friends

[floral warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dcWkSzGd4

[quartz nova]

Is it possible to have different settings on maps in a cluster? Ie one pvp server, one orp pvp server, one with uploads blocked, one with lower rates, etc?

[quartz nova]

Is there something similar for steam servers? Especially regarding plugins

[floral warren]

that is for steam servers?

[quartz nova]

Oh sorry I saw the epic games emblem on the preview

[floral warren]

i mean it literally uses SteamCMD and has the steam logo on the thumbnail lol

In fact i gather that even epic servers still use steam for hosting

Just the client has no mods

[bleak ivy]

yes, just a setting to change to epic or both.

[quartz nova]

Do you guys know about if it's possible to have wildly different settings on clustered maps?

[olive talon]

You can, it'll just be tricky for transferring characters/dinos/stacked items, so I'd recommend against the transfers.

[quartz nova]

Thanks

[bleak ivy]

as long as stacks and dino/player levels are the same it should be fine

@quartz nova

[quartz nova]

Cheers!

[floral warren]

Even levels are kinda flexible

[quartz nova]

I might block uplpads from lost island so manas can't be taken oit

Out*

[olive talon]

.......the comment was literally only if they were changed.

[bleak ivy]

I was saying that as long as those were the same its fine there are a lot more settings then just stacks and levels 🤷

[olive talon]

Obviously.

[shy swift]

I wanted to play ark:se with my friend. We both have free Epic Games Store version.

We wanted to play on non-dedicated server, but we cannot connect together.

How to setup non-dedicated server so we can play on it .

Thanks for help 🙂

[olive talon]

@outer widget #735196255483068497 for lfg.

[floral warren]

You're better off creating dedicated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dcWkSzGd4

[undone cape]

@floral warren Are u here?

[floral warren]

gimme a few min

[undone cape]

K

So Ark if fully fresh downloaded now. I havent made any changes to any file/folder. Shouldi open the game, edit setttings and enter a singleplayer and then quit Ark, to see if the settings stays? Or should i edit the Game.ini file and GameUserSettings.ini file, and then launch the game, and see if the changes have applied to ark.

[floral warren]

Edit some things in file first, then edit ingame, you can test both like that

[undone cape]

Okay, ill start with the file just adding taming speed

Bro what

After uninstalling the game, it rembered the changes i made before hand

huh

Should i just try and run it?

[floral warren]

Yeah why not

Sounds like it left the save data behind i guess

[undone cape]

Nope still the same

w8 ima try something

[undone cape]

Yess

Itss workinggg

Ty for ur help Ecli appreciate it!

[floral warren]

No problem, glad it's finally fixed!

[limber kayak]

We're running a small cluster. When we upload items to data the timer is 2 seconds and then it disappears. When we transfer maps all inventory is deleted. Game file settings look correct; upload is enabled and upload timer is set in seconds for all arguments. We had it at the default 84600 sec and we get the same result when increasing. We tried up to 12000000. Setting at zero, which should remove the timer completely, gave the same results, as well. Anyone know what might be happening?

[primal mango]

go to server advertisement channel, you can only see it if you have a role #role-assignment

[stark aspen]

Does anyone here have a list of passive generating dinos on Kraken's better dinos???

[olive talon]

Answered in #general.

[old pier]

How to remove the squares that are shown in place of letters and symbols?

[floral warren]

What host are you using?

[valid laurel]

Hi all... Just a questioni: how can i have a log of my game on official for put It on my server? Because I've Just buy one and I dont want to lose my two years of playing Ark 😅 Thanks in advance ~

[floral warren]

You can spawn things in with commands + recreate your character and thats it

[valid laurel]

I see

Thanks

[royal quail]

I'm curious has anyone figured out how to do a steam/epic/stadia cross play server and privately host it? Or am I just not being smart by trying to do it inside a docker container?

[limber kayak]

We're not using a service. Our own servers

[floral warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dcWkSzGd4

[floral warren]

Rules out hosting service bs at least. Do you use ASM/

[limber kayak]

Yea, I didn't build it out, but from what I can tell it's all setup correctyl

[floral warren]

it overrides manual ini edits unless you specifically disable it from doing so.

[limber kayak]

hmm, let me check on that. thank you. I'll reply if that's the issue

[unreal hearth]

hey i need help on fixes this message while trying to join an unofficial server

it said "you have been kicked by battleye. Reason client not responding"

[warm idol]

guys random question but how do i get a power Stone ? XD

i am so lost how to get it XD

[humble thicket]

"power stone"?

is that from a mod?

are you talking about artifacts?

or rock elementals?

or something else?

metal?

[quartz nova]

How to add a mod without it wiping all existing tribes and stuff on the map?

[floral warren]

if any mod is wiping data, it's a dodgy mod

or more likely, correlation rather than causation. like corruption or a bad shutdown at the same time you've added it

been adding and removing dozens of mods on a 4 years old savefile, not once has a mod wiped my data.

[quartz nova]

ah it was solo farm mod

[nimble idol]

What’s the difference between a plug-in and a mod?

[raven parcel]

Hey guys. Sorry if this comes off as advertising (feel free to delete if its not allowed)

But I own a hosting company and we are about to expand into ark and I am looking for suggestions on things an average ark server owner finds time consuming/tedious when running a server.

I am mainly looking for "easy config" suggestions which is a page we have on all our games that lets you run quick actions and access the most commonly tweaked server settings to get your server up and running if you are new to hosting.

Could you guys send me some of the most commonly tweaked settings such as Enabling crosshair for example or changing the mode from PVP to PVE. Feel free to DM me for an example of the pages I am talking about since I can't send images here. Thanks 😁

[floral warren]

Most breeding related settings (imprint quality- as opposed to imprint amount, because the settings are often mixed up and people accidentally superboost their dinos- and imprint decay- are exceptions), harvesting, taming, pve/pvp mode, always allowing structure pickup + pickup hold delay, speed levelling flyers, global stack size multiplier, decay timers off the top of my head

https://discordapp.com/channels/729837326120910915/758492840216756325/858000430248493076

tbh that's kinda 'settings i consider important to change' so that might be a good baseline too

A lot of them are in the form that you find them on the singleplayer UI (to make it accessible for console people) but hopefully it's not too hard to connect them to the actual line with https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration, but if you have any questions you're welcome to ping

Oh, and activeevent but the amount that that config actually works varies wildly depending on the event

[fresh dust]

Is it possible to download ark mods without the game?

[true flare]

Yup

[raven parcel]

Thanks a lot. Those are really useful. Mind if I DM you in the future if I am struggling to find/understand a specific setting?

[floral warren]

My DMs are off most of the time, but i'll respond to any pings

If they happen to be open, you're welcome to, but don't count on it

[merry thorn]

@floral warren can real deathworms be made to spawn on other maps? Xbox ark, no mods 🙂

And along with that, could alphas spawn?

[floral warren]

Depends on if they're loaded. Though xbox also has additional restrictions to PC (things like reapers can't even be spawned with full bp path) that im not as sure on, @severe island might know
But,
'if you can spawn it with classname only', yes
'if you can't spawn it with full bp', no
'if you can only spawn it with full bp', no

[merry thorn]

cheat summon Deathworm_Character_BP_C

^ this one, actually?

I use beacon for my edits. Was just thinking it would be cool to add them to the volcano on my pvp map. But on pve Scorched I have the alphas super resistant and damaging and include a nice loot pool as their drop.

[floral warren]

Yeah thats a normal worm

Doesn't matter what you use to write the ini, ini is ini

[merry thorn]

Time for experiments

[merry thorn]

ok, it spawns on fjordur with cheat summon Deathworm_Character_BP_C

ooouuu... spawns with cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/Deathworm/Deathworm_Character_BP.Deathworm_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35 too

time to edit the ini 🙂

alpha does not spawn with cheat summon MegaDeathworm_Character_BP_C

[sweet sun]

Can someone give me the code for custom drops the once I found didn't work unless I did it wrong

[olive talon]

@opaque island create a lfg in #735196277221883964 or have a search through #800537680784916501

[fresh dust]

Hey so sorry to interrupt, I wanted to ask. Ever since you taught me how to make a server manually (with SteamCMD) etc. I'm having a hard time myself when it comes to making my char an admin. I say enablecheats then the password, or admin then the command, but it never works. Is there a script I should use?

[floral warren]

You need to not have quotes around the password iirc

I know im always confused abt that

[glacial isle]

Anyone else’s servers continuously crashing after this latest patch

[floral warren]

Send crash message

I've heard that auction house when trying to set a dino auction crashes after the update but without your crash message it's hard to know if thats the issue

[glacial isle]

Once I get access to it, I will

[quartz nova]

Guys I have a player who due to some rollback weirdness is the personal owner of dinos/structures but the tribe he is in somehow doesn't have ownership of them, wat do?

[quartz nova]

nvm, solved that by having them disband their tribe

Next one: If Nitrado moved my server onto new hardware, and used the last full backup (not the 15 minute ones that have like tribe.gz.tar etc) is there any way to recover logs or something to recover dinos a player lost during the rollback?

[fleet hearth]

guys isn't it against CoC for someone to pay for an in game item even on an unofficail server?

like dono kits and stuff

[olive talon]

No, unofficial servers have their own rules as they are not part of the Official Network.

[merry thorn]

"This list is not exhaustive but represents clear guidelines for players to adhere to when playing on our Official Network. "

[fleet hearth]

ohh

[merry thorn]

That would literally end 95% of clusters

[floral warren]

technically being allowed doesn't make it any nicer to play on though

[merry thorn]

True. I prefer people just put toward run time and not want rewards.

Clusters aren't cheap to run.

[floral warren]

yeah it's a shame. shops feel.. bleh, but server can't run off nothing

[merry thorn]

I like player run shops. Using in game currency to trade for Dinos and gear.

[floral warren]

Ah yeah I do mean real money shops specifically here
Trading and bartering is fun

But i find currencies more boring in general

[merry thorn]

Yeah, I knew what you meant haha

I like seeing people barter for mutagen

[olive talon]

I've never enjoyed any unofficials with actual money.

[merry thorn]

Sadly, people come to unofficial and have no idea it costs money to run it. Like they think its paid for by wildcard or something.

[floral warren]

i played on a pvp server where you could buy dinos once. some spawns were disabled so only sources of eg organic poly was through buying the dinos..

[merry thorn]

'You mean you have to pay for the game AND the servers?'

[floral warren]

At least on steam the server software is free

you can even play on the same pc you're hosting from

but xbox doesn't have that luxury

[merry thorn]

That's nice

Yeah, God forbid you don't have every map

Or random joins and wants you to bump up the map for more ram then calls you a crap owner cause you won't

[bleak ivy]

xbox isn't as bad as playstation xbox can host on xbox or PC through the game and you get both at the same time. still need 2 devices tho.

[floral warren]

😐 yeah if they want a bigger map they can go and rent it themself lol

[merry thorn]

I gave them the price and the boost code. Said knock yourself out.

[fresh dust]

wdym by that

[floral warren]

if you did enablecheats "password" that wont work

[fresh dust]

so how do I do it

also I didnt do it with quotes

[stuck lichen]

Do we know if unofficial is vulnerable to what official* is going through right now?

[olive talon]

Yes, it is, unfortunately. They're working on the official patch and then owners of unofficials can update/rollback servers if needed.

[stuck lichen]

Thank you so much! That's what I needed to know, appreciate you

[merry thorn]

I just pinged my group and shut them down for the night

[stuck lichen]

Same, doing now 💜 Thank you for the super fast response!!!! xoxo

[merry thorn]

Like I said elsewhere... if my daughter's fjordhawks get wiped, she'll disown me.

[olive talon]

As stated in #announcements as well as the pinned messages in #general , Wildcard are working on a fix. Once they are done working on the official patch and have sent the update through certification, owners of unofficials can update and rollback servers if needed.

[stuck lichen]

Yep, thank you so much for that too -- I'll do some more back reading. I was uncertain if it would work the same for unofficial as I was just getting wind of the issue in the first place, so I'm glad I asked so we could stop the servers before anything else drastic was needed! Hope the night stays quiet for you! 😊 💜

[floral warren]

Have you been putting ‘cheat’ before the commands?

[humble thicket]

does someone plays on EPIC GAMES? 😄 there is still not patch update! 😄 I am unable to play on my favourite unofficial servers! 😄 bloody hell

[turbid obsidian]

Alright so I now have 32gb of ram & we cut down on mods yet there's still the texture not loading issue, I'm unsure of what to do from here, I've uninstalled & reinstalled nothing seems to work?

[undone cape]

I have a question! where are the files that sets up graphic settings, when starting up Ark

[scenic garden]

Is there a mod which allows me to edit the stats of certain gear?
So I personally hate having chances in games, where for example and ascendant chestpiece can absolutely suck and also be god-tier. I want to be able to basically make it a set value. An ascendant flak chestpiece will have this much armor and this much durability. Is this possible with mods?

[azure gulch]

for steam you have to add it to your startup parameters

[scenic garden]

It'd be great if I can have different possibilities/sets, so flak chestpiece 1 has this much stats and flak chestpiece 2 of the same rarity has different set stats (1 for example favors durability, while 2 favors armor)

[azure gulch]

www(dot)usebeacon(dot)app

highly customizable ini files. from loot crates to beaver dams. it may not be exactly what your after but ... it might be close.

[scenic garden]

I'm checking their website right now, this seems.. Interesting

[floral warren]

a) that's just ini, not specific to beacon
b) thats just changing drops (so nothing at all)

[azure gulch]

you can edit the qualities of loot through there

from drops

[floral warren]

yeah which is what's already ingame

and is already randomised ingame.

[azure gulch]

maybe I misunderstood what they were asking.

[floral warren]

they want a set value based on the tier

but afaik the tier just alters the chances of how its stats will roll

[olive talon]

Beacon app link is in the pins too (just for next time so you don't have to worry about the link)

[scenic garden]

I'll re-explain in a clearer way, sorry

[floral warren]

i can check in the kit what's accessible to mods

[azure gulch]

automod is a bully

[olive talon]

I know, that's why I added the pin

[scenic garden]

So imagine you have a primitive flak chestpiece, every primitive chestpiece you make will have the same exact armor and durability. This isn't the case with the other tiers (Journeyman, Mastercraft, Ascendent, etc). I wanna change that, I want every ascendant flask chestpiece to have the same amount of armor and durability so that they are all identical. hope that clears up what I meant

[floral warren]

primitive actually can have different values (ever gotten a phioma saddle in a drop?)

but yeah base crafted stuff always has the same value assuming no crafting skill

[scenic garden]

Yup

[floral warren]

ill check for you after im done testing some stuff (will also have to wait for adk to load)

dedi server doesn't like booting if adk is open at the same time 😐

[scenic garden]

Okay thanks. I'll try to search for any mods that allows this, Thanks again.

[floral warren]

because a lot of stuff is locked to C++, likely gear stat value rolling is too. but there might be values that mods can edit

[scenic garden]

Also why are there like 50 discontinued stack mods???

[floral warren]

Because people want to be able to choose their own stack sizes, and ini to do exactly that didnt exist at the time

stack mods are all but obsolete now unless you're willing to trade compatibility, cleanliness and choice for not having a very high weight stat if you want 10,000 stone to weigh nothing

[scenic garden]

Oh

[floral warren]

literally all they do that stack ini can't is change the weight for specific items
but is that really worth bugs, lower compatibility (used to not be able to tame astrodelphis with stack mod element), and losing all your items if you decide you don't like it one day? (servers couldnt remove their stack mods to make astrodelphis tameable)

[scenic garden]

Now that you mention it, my friends said they had to rebuild all their ss crafting stations for it work with the stacks mod

[floral warren]

seen several people say they can't craft sparkpowder or anything with wood too
Tell them to try removing the stack mod and voila it works

[scenic garden]

Okay cool, so beacon allows me to set a limit to each of the 8 stats for items in the game. This might help me later on

[floral warren]

vanilla ini* does

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

beacon does not magically make the game do stuff, it just writes ini lines

[scenic garden]

It does but in a more user friendly way i guess

[floral warren]

im being nitpicky, it just annoys me to no end when people credit ark config sytems to beacon

[olive talon]

I just like beacon for the auto creating lines and the user friendly stuff, personally

[scenic garden]

Well that is wrong to do, I agree. But I think beacon should be considered a way for people to edit ini files comfortably without being overwhelmed by strings of code most people don't really understand

[floral warren]

I get why people like it, even if I dislike (most) of it myself

What really annoys me is people who genuinely think that these config changes are 100%, completely a beacon thing. like as though you're stuck on official rates without beacon. or beacon makes it possible to remove spawns, etc

hence why it's nitpickiness on my behalf. the phrasing matters

[primal mango]

I haven't used beacon myself but how much of the final result does it show?

like does it show how the final ini text file will look

[olive talon]

It's never been a beacon only thing, but it does make it easier for newer people or just ones (like me) that are forgetful about lines of code.

[olive talon]

Yeah it does.

[primal mango]

I always prefer writing it out myself, though I can understand the appeal with generators

[floral warren]

yeah that's not what i was talking about

[olive talon]

Oh ignore me then, sorry. I misread/misunderstood.

[floral warren]

that comes down to personal preference although i do have an essay on the many reasons i dislike it, all i was pointing out here is my annoyance specifically with this

No one wants to write drops by hand, not even me, I get that

[primal mango]

though I generally advise against beacon since it makes it harder for people who know ini but don't use beacon to troubleshoot

[scenic garden]

Well yeah, beacon is just a tool to make ini files easier to edit for newer players. But they should understand that stuff you can do with beacon can be done exactly the same without it

[floral warren]

But drops being editable is not beacon magic that only exists because of beacon, it exists because Ark has configs for us that beacon just happens to generate

[primal mango]

let's face it, editing ini for drops is a pain regardless of what you use

[floral warren]

it's not a mod or a plugin, it doesn't add code to the game. just spits out a text file in the format ark reads for the INI it is set up tor ead

[floral warren]

Yep this ^

[floral warren]

yeah a lot of times the issue with code has been 'beacon did a weird' and no ones going to pick that up unless they're actually aware of what beacon's spitting out should look like

like crafting costs for modded items ending up under mod headers in GUS....

[scenic garden]

Well I'll use beacon to try and get what I want since it just makes it easier for me, personally.

[olive talon]

I usually copy the file and place it myself instead of having beacon add it, since I do know where most goes (and gportal ftp doesn't work anyway)

[floral warren]

i like being able to ctrl+f to the option i want and knowing what the game is actually reading, but it's preference

[primal mango]

I just like knowing how to write the code by hand, it's satisfying to be able to do it

[scenic garden]

It all comes down to preference, As long as the result is the same it doesn't matter how you do it (Before someone tells me a weird example to prove me wrong, I mean this only applies to editing ini files for ark)

[primal mango]

time to get a weird example from beacon to prove you wrong

[floral warren]

some code is complex and daunting that i definitely understand wanting a UI to write it for you. things like 'literally just change 'false' to 'true' though, i feel like is good for people to know how to do

the other thing is tedious tasks like whitelisting all engrams or writing player levels, i get that too

[scenic garden]

Yeah, I'm just gonna be blunt, I'm just too lazy to go through the trouble of of opening files and editing and checking and all that when I can have it much easier. I'm not against people who do it themselves and I actually support it. Just too lazy for it :)

[floral warren]

That's kinda what you do with direct editing too except instead of 'open file' it's 'open program' tbh

[primal mango]

yeah I was gonna ask

isn't it about as much effort opening beacon anyway

with simpler things like adding crafting recipes or changing a true to a false at least

[floral warren]

i find files easier to navigate since i can ctrl f to whatever im looking for- but i generally know exactly what im looking for, and that only comes with too much time spent editing ini lol

[scenic garden]

I think we could go back and forth in this and we'll never get to a real answer lol

[floral warren]

Even crafting recipies I get tbh

[primal mango]

it's mainly spawns that get complicated for me, with the format

[floral warren]

it's not nearly as.. complex as spawns, but it's more codey than 'change one number'

[primal mango]

drops I've never tried, though I wanted too
just way too lazy

[floral warren]

dont go that way

that way lies insanity

even i won't touch drops by hand'

[primal mango]

hence why I questioned this, because I find it hard to believe anyone would be even lazier than me

[floral warren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/800537389582778379/937859039826681856/unknown.png

fuck drops lol

..and if something goes wrong with it (and there are a few errors in it).. i dont know how to fix it. :|

[primal mango]

that's when a code reader/beacon can come in handy

I do use datapack generators in mc even for simpler shit, to check for errors sometimes

though I normally hate doing that

but when it doesn't work for the 5th time, you just can't look for the missing comma by yourself

[floral warren]

Well yeah drops are the only thing i'd use it for

but when there's an error i don't know how to fix it.

cuz ive gotten a ui to spit out 'something' instead of learning how to do it myself

and that's pretty frustrating. i don't know what my game is doing (wrong).

[fiery sentinel]

My unofficial hosted server has reapers that sometime show up invisible. Based on reports it seems tied to when they burrow as a tamed basilisk also did it when it came up from the ground. Anyone else have this issue and/or a fix? Thanks.

[floral warren]

issue is downright ancient and i've never seen a fix. you can see them under the mesh with K and that's the closest i know of. Potentially charge shows their particles but i dont remember

[prisma nacelle]

Is there a way yet to reset breeding timers?

[unkempt cypress]

so whats the deal with this character exploit? is it being fixed

my tribe got screwed on our dedi so just waiting for the patch and server roll back

[bleak ivy]

pin in #general if you mean that issue.

[unkempt cypress]

the 'xbox folks you will have an update very soon' 24 hours ago?

[bleak ivy]

that was just a few minutes ago...

[unkempt cypress]

ah okay nvm ahah

[torn hornet]

I can't find any server on xbox/pc. Did u guys manage to get on?

[fathom echo]

@zealous aurora Are unofficial servers okay to be online or advised to remain offline? Are they safe currently or should stay offline for precaution until Friday?

[low scroll]

I’m pretty sure it’s for the best if big unofficial servers stay down till Friday

[lucid solstice]

I haven't heard anything saying unofficials arent safe, but I would probably advise to use your best judgment. If you feel your server is at risk then taking it down until the patch is implemented would not be a bad idea

[low scroll]

Now that you mention it I also haven’t seen anything about spoofing on unofficial servers

[west quail]

@low scroll its bad on unoffical

[low scroll]

Damn Alr I never really heard about it on unofficial

[unkempt cypress]

every big tribe on our cluster has been spoofed

[somber cypress]

You can do it on unoffi

[olive talon]

@drowsy junco #800537627752398899 .

[young minnow]

How could you

I was so close

[olive talon]

[hardy totem]

Hi everyone. I am running my own server for the family by my server pc crached and need to use another pc. How do I copy or move my server over to the "new" pc?

[severe island]

copy the server folder, or download it again and copy the ShooterGame/Saved folder (which has save files + configs) over. re-do port forwarding and such.
(cc: @floral warren you're prolly gonna be clearer long-term)

that is, assuming you're running a dedicated server, i.e. standalone without the client.

if you're running it within the game, copy the Saved folder from your game install onto the new pc.

[hardy totem]

Just to be clear.... you say I should copy the "Servers" folder and paste that into the "new" ASM Servers Folder?

[raven parcel]

oof did my message get deleted by a bot?

[olive talon]

Yes, the fandom link is not the official wiki, so it gets automatically removed.

[raven parcel]

I see thanks

Time to retype it 😢 lol

[olive talon]

https://ark.wiki.gg

[raven parcel]

Cheers

[olive talon]

The official^

[raven parcel]

Is there an easy way to see what settings an ark server has? I wanna mess around with setting stuff up in the files and I wanna see if they have applied but I can't seem to figure that bit out

[calm fable]

does anyone know a PvE cluster with the stacking mod and not too high changes to taming exp and all those things

[floral warren]

Taming speed is the easiest to check. Set to 100 and see if you can tame a para with one azulberry

[raven parcel]

is there no way to check other settings though without actually going ingame and comparing the difference manually?

[floral warren]

Well if it's set in the INI, then it either works, or it's not been set correctly

[raven parcel]

But there is no way to see if it hasn't been set correctly without testing ingame?

[floral warren]

Nope

[raven parcel]

RIP

[floral warren]

What did you have in mind?

[raven parcel]

Well I mainly wanted to test what settings could go in Game.ini, what could go in gameserversettings and what could go in both

so I was hoping there would be a page in ark or some website that I can use to see if those settings have applied

then I would be able to figure out the best file to put them in

[floral warren]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

Settings go in one or the other

There's only a couple that don't have their config file listed, @severe island do you have data on them?

Formatting is generally very simple at least.
X value goes in EITHER GUS or Game. Must be under the correct header with no empty lines. In GUS, header is [serversettings]. Game is [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]. Mod configs go under the mod header in GUS. Vanilla configs targeting mod items/dinos (eg NPCReplacements on a mod dino) still go in the proper file for if it was targeting something vanilla. Can't have double entries for normal configs. Some configs are repeatable so long as they're not targeting the same 'thing' ie multiple ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer are fine unless two are trying to add to the same container

[severe island]

i'm very much not in context

[floral warren]

They want to know what option goes in what file, and a couple of the configs listed on wiki don't have the file listed

like there's a bunch in the 'genesis' section instead of Game/GUS

[severe island]

meet the concept of subsections

[proper violet]

I have a question. I have a server and a singleplayer where I use the same character. I recently put all my dino's in the obelisk so I can have them both on my singlepayer and server. If I load in a backup for my server do the dino's stay in the obelisk?

[severe island]

i can't see a standalone genesis section, it lives under Game.ini.

[floral warren]

the distinction is not clear

Comparing Forjdur to Game.ini the header text is slightly bolder, but you can't really compare that easily scrolling a long list. indenting the table would make it clearer.

Honestly even this looks like a subsection with the different colours, more than genesis does

[prisma nacelle]

Running the island and high level dinos seem almost non existent most times, is there a way to tweak the config to increase higher level spawns more often?

[floral warren]

only be rewriting all spawns with ini

[prisma nacelle]

but how would you tweak levels to be higher?

[floral warren]

https://pastebin.com/RudtnrZU

use that

[prisma nacelle]

ooh wow

is this usable in its current form as-is?

[floral warren]

Yeah just cut off the top bit and copy into game.ini

[prisma nacelle]

right wow...ok, I gotta check this out.. it still keeps the level ranges the same tho right, max 150, lvls by 5s, etc?

just boosts higher levels? this is great if so

[floral warren]

best to host on your own pc if you don't want it running constantly or intend to have a large playerbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dcWkSzGd4

you can skip the bit about clustering

[prisma nacelle]

leave it running...get ASM and use it to build your server..easiest way imo

ark server manager, its a gui method of install/config

probably good enough, for a small server

not sure what the requirements are, but its not huge

is that google cloud?

or is that a game hoster

problem with hosting companies is that you will not be getting your own resources, you will be sharing with tons of everyone else, oversubscribed

so lagging isnt uncommon due to that

[celest halo]

Ark is laggy now and then on it's own

[prisma nacelle]

I assume he means more than typical

[celest halo]

My server is in my home lan and I still have lag now and then

[prisma nacelle]

but not having dedicated resources will absolutely make it worse

you can get dedicated resources, but you will pay for them too.

ive thought about hosting servers for people for a price on my home server...but meh..seems like work

[celest halo]

Sounds like to much work, running a cluster for myself is enough work lol

[prisma nacelle]

IKR

I'm going to attempt to dockerize the server in a windows docker

this weekend

[celest halo]

I run mine in linux

[prisma nacelle]

anyone ever attempted it? I would use linux, but I need arkapi.. ark isnt the same without arkapi

dont get hooked on arkapi

[celest halo]

And have a Ansible script for shutting down the hole cluster, updating it and restarting

[prisma nacelle]

LOL thats great...

I'm an ansible guy too

I love it...

I was thinking all the different ways I could dockerize this and use ansible

[celest halo]

I made a python bot that reads the log file and pulls info from the steam query port to show things in discord

So never looked to see what arkapi offered

[prisma nacelle]

yah thats nice, i plan for all that as my coding skills increase..

im fairly new, im a server/network guy but I'm trying to make my mark in devops

[celest halo]

Most of the code I used was from the valheim bot I made that also reads log file and uses a2s (steam query port)

[prisma nacelle]

I just finished fully re-writing my ansible playbook, and dockerizing it to fully automate upgrades of the devices I manage..its sooo nice..took months of upgrades down to a couple weeks

[celest halo]

My ark one uses rcon to get the logs and do some other things

[mint rampart]

Is there any way to change the refining speed or yield? Any files I can alter at all or are mods the only choice here?

[celest halo]

Valheim don't have rcon so had to read log from disk with that ine

[prisma nacelle]

yah thats sweet

good stuff, and ideas ive bene playing with exactly..taking log data, insert it into mysql db for reference, etc..

[celest halo]

Nice I have a script for updating my VMs and an other box that has no VMs on it

Yup I have MySQL db as back end

[prisma nacelle]

arkapi allows you to write C++ code that hooks directly into the game process via an API layer that sits on top of the game daemon..but it requires windows bloat to function

so you can literally write code for stuff directly into the game memory

[celest halo]

Stores server info, and players play time in the servers and how many times they died lmao

[prisma nacelle]

for me, the most important part is cross-cluster chat integration.. I have 8 maps, and all the chats are integrated and accessible through discord

[celest halo]

I don't know C++

[prisma nacelle]

so you can chat into the game

me neither..but theres tons of plugins free and pay

[celest halo]

My bot can see the chats but does nothing with them

And with rcon I could make it send chats to the server but it don't lol

[prisma nacelle]

yah, and theres a long history of multiple people attempting cross chat bots using rcon, but its unrelianble and flaky

so now the one most popular Kal's cross chat works great and almost entirely relies on sql for its data

yah, so like i said..the earlier versions of cross chats tried to use rcon, but it wasnt reliable, likely still idnt

isnt..

if it works, cool..but often times it flakes out and doesnt work as expected

[celest halo]

I have 5 maps right now but it's a private server with 7 users and we all on the same map 98% of the time

[prisma nacelle]

so the new approach is to pull the data straigt from game hooks and push to sql, then have the bots pull from there rather than rcon

so far as I know, Kal's Cross Chat is the only good working solution..and man, it works great..

as long as you dont have 20 users, then you gotta pay LOL

per physical machine..and i have 8..soo

[celest halo]

We normally all in a discord chat when we play so we don't use the game chat often, one of the reasons my bot does nothing with it when it does see some

[prisma nacelle]

right..

I have two 25x speed type servers, and a full cluster of 5x storyline arks for content..so its what ever people feel like in the moment

[celest halo]

Mine all run on the same physical machine technically, each map is in its own vm

[prisma nacelle]

ive done that, tons of OS overheard tho if you got a lot of maps

whichis why i want to try docker

[celest halo]

On windows yes

[prisma nacelle]

virtualization without all the extra OS overhead

[celest halo]

On Linux not as much

[prisma nacelle]

right

but, arkapi=(

what types of modules are you using with ansible for your automation? just local system type calls? or you doing anything cool outside of that?

[celest halo]

I use Ubuntu server VMs running on a ESXi host for them

System stuff, just started using Ansible like a month ago

[prisma nacelle]

I do almost entirely F5 automation right now, so I do a mix of modules and URL calls

ahh yeah ok, ive been using it just over a year now..but im a novice coder...

[celest halo]

Biggest script I have is one that installs ark in a new vm

[prisma nacelle]

yah, id hope to do all that in docker directly

im very curious how ark works inside of docker, if I can get it working at all..super excited to try.. im late to the party, but docker is revolutionary

[celest halo]

I run something's in docker, never made my own docker image though

[prisma nacelle]

its pretty easy..there are bunch of how-to labs out there to get your hands dirty

[celest halo]

Thought about making the ark bot into a docker, but I'm always playing with the code for it so a docker image would not work well right now

[prisma nacelle]

youd be surprised

[celest halo]

Right now I just stop and start it for new code, as a docker I would have to remake the image first then redeploy it

[prisma nacelle]

if you use somthing like a repo manager, you can build the docker right alongside the code, then testing is just a matter of rebuilding the docker and running..but generally you'll want to get your code working first, then dockerize..

right

[celest halo]

I change things almost every day on the bot 🤣🤣🤣

[prisma nacelle]

I took my playbooks for work , dockerzied them, in such a way that now anyone an fire off a job from a web console and no matter what server my playbook is on, it runs...the server doesnt even need ansible..just need docker..

its like a little self contained ansible application...

soo beautiful

[celest halo]

Right now slowly converting it over to the new discord API and changing the commands over to slash commands

[prisma nacelle]

yah youre way ahead of me, doing cool stuff that im only dreaming up right now and likely will never follow through with LOL

but since I started in devops, ive been branching out and I want to apply some of that to my servers for learning purposes

[celest halo]

My box that runs it right now has discord py 1.., test box to update the bot has discord py 2.. loaded so had to change things to even get it to run

[prisma nacelle]

its great that youd say youre using ansible, and thats exactly the route i want to go ..hah

[celest halo]

I don't work in the it feild at all so it's all been fun learning

[prisma nacelle]

yeah thats pretty amazing that youre making use of ansible without an IT background

its easy...but easy for those already initiated imo

[celest halo]

I have a dell poweredge R720 at home that has the ark cluster and a few VMs for just playing with things lol

[prisma nacelle]

I once had a full kubernetes cluster built out..multiple nodes, everything..

but then once it was all running i was like well...i dont have anything to run on it..so but it was cool

[celest halo]

I did too and deleted it, didn't not like how much resources it was using

[prisma nacelle]

just for learning..hehe

[celest halo]

I had it to play with it lmao

[prisma nacelle]

yah its amazing stuff... youre cutting edge without being cutting edge LOL

[celest halo]

Now I just use portainer with docker and can run a lot more docker containers for less resources then the K3s cluster i had

[prisma nacelle]

I do it cuz if I don't I'll be obsolete one day..these kids are coming up in the world with skills I'm just now starting to wrap my brain around..

almost 50, been doing this 30 years, and feeling obsolete...sad..

[celest halo]

I did it because I have the hardware to do it lmao, kind of a did it because I could thing lmao

[prisma nacelle]

sure

I did it because my boss said "Figure out what Kubernetes is, and how its different from openshift"

[celest halo]

I'm an estimator for a HVAC/ plumbing company, don't need them skills for work 🤣🤣

[prisma nacelle]

turns out, theyre the same thing, just with orchistration and a hefty price tag

[celest halo]

Yeah Kubernetes to me is not much different then a docker swarm

[prisma nacelle]

thats all it is

distributed dockers managed automagically based on sets of rules

give it a process, tell it to run it x number of times, with x amount of failure allowances, and scale up as needed, etc...otherwise, youre exactly right..its just docker..

[celest halo]

I don't even use docker swarm, my VMs are on the same box so they all go down if the box needs a reboot anyway

[prisma nacelle]

oh, is docker swarm a thing?

I thought you jsut termed it ..haha

[celest halo]

Only thing I have 2 of running on 2 different boxes is my bind DNS server for my lan

[prisma nacelle]

I run my dockers for my network in Unraid

amazing software platform if you havent seen it

[celest halo]

Yeah it is, and can control it in portainer

I have a freenaz box

Well truenas now lol

[prisma nacelle]

Unraid has virtualization built in...and its not raid...hence the name Unraid..haha

its a disk pooling technique designed by a storage engineer designed for average use without the weird raid rules...

got 10 drives of varying sizes? no problem...now its one big filesystem with a bunch of shares

[celest halo]

The newest version of truenas has Kubernetes built in, I'm still on the version before that

[prisma nacelle]

I have a mix of 6, 8 and 12 tb drives in the same array with parity, its great...plus vms and docker interface...

[celest halo]

Freenas uses a zfs file system for doing the pools

[prisma nacelle]

it still needs the drives to be the same size tho right

[celest halo]

I have 8 2tb dives in mine with a 2 disk parity

[prisma nacelle]

asuming its still doing raid

[celest halo]

Yes and no

If disk is larger it will only use the size of the smallest disk in the pool

[prisma nacelle]

right

thats typical of raid...wasting all that space

unraid is a whole new method, avoiding that altogether..

its not raid, but its raid-like...

[celest halo]

Yeah I made the box years ago and still have space left so never changed it

And the poweredge server I have also has 8 2tb drives in it

The poweredge is hardware raid though

[prisma nacelle]

he added hardware passthrough too, so i actually run my gaming PC as unraid underneith, then my gaming PC is a VM with its own usb ports, video card, and nmve drive passed to the VM with physical access to the hardware...

[celest halo]

Nice

[prisma nacelle]

then the NAS portion of the system is all local to my gaming pc

then i got all my bit torrents, media request portals, web sites, everything running in dockers ...all of it..100% dockers..

[celest halo]

Think I can do hardware pass through with ESXi that the server is running l, never looked it to it though as it just runs Linux VMs and has no dedicated GPU

[merry thorn]

i used to wear dockers to work

[prisma nacelle]

me too

back when I had a work

[merry thorn]

yeah

[prisma nacelle]

ESXi supposedly does it, a coworker of mine got it working for his kids....he has a game streaming server he built

[merry thorn]

now i run ark cluster for xbox and trouble shoot yarn, signs, xmas decorations, and heavy equipment websites

[prisma nacelle]

oh, i still have a work, they just made me go home and do it instead

[merry thorn]

this is better, imo

than the office rat race

[prisma nacelle]

if i could make money off ark cluster id rather do that

but all it does is cost me money..LOL

[merry thorn]

oh, i only do that for the game. don't care about making anything on that.

as long as it mostly covers itself, i'm good

[prisma nacelle]

oh ok

[merry thorn]

if you're running xbox cluster, watch for those nitrado sales on runtime

just bank any financials you get from people to help with costs and buy all your time at 20 or 25% off

[prisma nacelle]

oh no, i run my own stuff

[prisma nacelle]

so I imported th configs, but Im seeing a bunch of errors like
Warning: Unknown property in NPCSpawnLimit: "Direwolf_Character_BP_C","Direwolf_Character_BP_C","Direwolf_Character_BP_C","Direwolf_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=1.000000),(NPCClassString="Stag_Character_BP_C","Stag_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=1.0000

Did I miss something?

copy/paste fail?

[floral warren]

means the syntax in the original file is wrong

Can try and fix it if you know how spawn INI should be formatted

[prisma nacelle]

oh, so this is just an example? I thought this was a working config

but yah, i figured it was syntax and likely pasted poorly..

[floral warren]

It's supposed to be working but i guess its not error free

[prisma nacelle]

I see

[floral warren]

not mine, i just dont know any other source of it

[prisma nacelle]

Do you have these errors?

[floral warren]

don't use it, i use a mod

[prisma nacelle]

Ok, cool.

[floral warren]

and you probably don't want to re-write literal hundreds of spawn entries

[prisma nacelle]

thanks for all the help!

[floral warren]

Yeah your best option is just to go through and try and patch any of the errors

[prisma nacelle]

I don't but if its a simple syntax issue it might be able to run a batch job of some kind to fix it

right, thats what I was going to do next, look at the specific errors

[merry thorn]

imo, beacon is really great for that kind of thing

[prisma nacelle]

yah, ive been toying with it , but even then you still need to touch everything by hand individually

[floral warren]

this was made with beacon im pretty sure

so not really a solution

[merry thorn]

oh

i do my entire cluster with beacon and it does exactly what i want

[prisma nacelle]

i think i can pull this into beacon as is, ill check it out

[merry thorn]

beacon's support discord is pretty great too

[prisma nacelle]

Did you pay for it?

I notice a lot of features require pro

[merry thorn]

yeah, it's like $15

but a lot of features are free. i just don't know the list. i needed it when i was dumped into owning a cluster 🙂

had like 0 prep time, 0 knowledge

[prisma nacelle]

oh yah i see $15 not too bad for the ability to template

even if its a pain in the ass to do all the work myself by hand, still better than trying to write the code

[prisma nacelle]

ok, so I think I see whats happened...extra () or duplicate lines or something..I imported this config into ASM and I can see where it has a field for the dino object, and some of them are right but others are like 5-6 repeating entries, you can tell its malformed

shouldb e able to go through here and just select the correct ones and save

erm..naw i dont think it imported correctly..

cuz bad syntax..

sucky

[floral warren]

some spawns do have multiple dinos in one entry if thats what you mean

[prisma nacelle]

right , but some are duplicated in error

NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Stego_Character_BP_C","Stego_Character_BP_C"),

my guess is, in this instance there should be only one here..

the entries that got imported correctly only have one

but if there are multiples, they should be in different containers , or at least in their own config statement..not duplicated like this

looks like I can use ASM to fix it though..

[floral warren]

no, that's not an error

that's multiple dinos in one entry

thats how you make multiple dinos spawn at once.

[prisma nacelle]

but thats the same dino twice

[floral warren]

yes

ie two stegos

like allos spawn in threes

[prisma nacelle]

oh....hmm well that seems to be the part of the line ASM complains about...

fixed some and comparing errors now

[prisma nacelle]

figured it out.. ASM wants to manage the dino spawns using some sort of built in templating system...if you try to import your own spawn container configs outside of ASM, and ASM is set to manage spawns it will misinterpret your predefined settings and boot the server with all kinds of syntax errors..

If you want to import your own spawn overrides and you use ASM, it appears you must first disable ASM managment of spawn overrides

I expected ASM to read in the configs and just understand them...but it looks like ASM uses its own templating process that likely must follow its own template

I did that and all the errors went away..matches with how ASM seemed to mis-read the game.ini details

[floral warren]

Good to know, thanks for updating me

Might save someone in the future with that issue some grief

[prisma nacelle]

yeah, for real..i havent fully tested it yet, but I will once its booted and will let you know

but so far looks right

[prisma nacelle]

omg wow, thanks..big difference so far on my first wild wipe..much nicer spread of levels im seeing on the transmitter now.

got something to slightly boost beacons and drops? the defaults suck, and all the replacements im finding are waay too OP..

[floral warren]

On the transmitter?

[prisma nacelle]

yah

[floral warren]

er, are you on steam?

[prisma nacelle]

yah

i think my icon is wrong

[floral warren]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2182894352&searchtext=custom+dino+levels

[floral warren]

yeah you have the xbox role lol

[floral warren]

mods are the good solution

[prisma nacelle]

does this mod replace the dinos or otherwise mod them?

[floral warren]

Nope

[prisma nacelle]

I tend to shy away from any mod dealing with dinos or spawns

[floral warren]

works on vanilla and mod dinos alike, can be removed as you see fit, etc

[prisma nacelle]

bad experiences

[floral warren]

Like what?

There are definitely some dodgy dino mods out there (and spawns, ahem simple spawners..)

[prisma nacelle]

meh i dunno off hjand, it was long ago and I just decided a long time ago dino mods just arent worth it

[floral warren]

But there's a selection of high quality ones that will actually make some pretty damn difficult edits specifically to avoid remapping the dinos

[prisma nacelle]

was enough bad experiences to decide spawns and whatnot only via config

[floral warren]

a bunch that remap eg griffins just to make them breedable.. yuck

meanwhile, Dino Fixes makes them breedable while the dino remains vanilla

[floral warren]

Yeah that's respectable. im a spawn modder, but i still reckon config is better lmao

[prisma nacelle]

but im going back a long time here..its an old policy of mine, very well may be outdated

[floral warren]

Honestly, it depends a lot on the specific mod

Some things have changed in modding making things that used to be.. bad, more lightly editable

A great example is wild coloursets. Used to be, you needed either a mod first in load order, or a mod that remapped every fucking dino to have more colours

[prisma nacelle]

sure, a lot has changed in just the few years that Iquit and came back...did you know you can enable flier points in config now? amazing!

[floral warren]

But WC added an event dispatcher that allows a LOAD of values, including colourset, to be changed without all that mess

[prisma nacelle]

I didn't, but you can..lol

yah thats nice

[floral warren]

👍 Finally, classic fliers can fizzle out and stop causing messes for everyone.

[prisma nacelle]

tell me about it

I need to remove it from my servers since I realized its built in now

[floral warren]

the amount of times someone has said 'i have a lot of X wyvern' and i can just jump to 'remove classic flyers' is sad

[prisma nacelle]

it really threw me for a loop when i discovered that you actually have to enable structure pick ups for S+ pickng up to work

that was wild

[floral warren]

It's definitely an.. interesting choice having it off by default

[prisma nacelle]

yah, someone just informed me recently the 80,000 ice wyverns are due to classic fliers

and i was like SEE..DINOS MODS

[floral warren]

even with mods that remap for speed flying there's better options tbh

[prisma nacelle]

was pretty funny, cuz dino mods are against my rules

[floral warren]

Yeah CF is one bad apple that spoils.. well, honestly there's still a lot of bad apples but there are a few gems

[prisma nacelle]

yah, i used to use speed saddles

but thats not a thing

[floral warren]

Any dino mod by Myrmecoleon or Kraken will be high quality asf

[prisma nacelle]

someone told me to look at potion tables

[floral warren]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2328391092&searchtext=dino+fixes

^Perfect example of what a high quality dino mod can do

[prisma nacelle]

ok cool

ill look into this..esp if youre vouching

[floral warren]

Check out the extensive list of features- fully customisable- and not one dino remapped. None of em. Remove the mod? Everything remains intact

[prisma nacelle]

LOL..- Permanent vanilla liopleurodon (must be enabled via ini)

[floral warren]

..but comparing it to most of the 'breedable x' mods, there's an absolute ocean of 'quick and easy' remaps that are valid reason to be cautious

[prisma nacelle]

I just tamed my first one yesterday...didnt notice a difference tho

Diplodocus
Neutral towards players/tames instead of "aggroing" and pushing them off cliffs without being provoked.

i like that

[floral warren]

Yeah diplos just get fucking annoying when they wander into your breeding area and bump EVERYTHING out of your neat origination>.>

[prisma nacelle]

yah

tell me about it...very annoying

surprised it doesnt enable breeding of wyverns

that seems to be pretty popular

[floral warren]

They’re breedable in vanilla

[prisma nacelle]

oooh right, i heard theychanged that

forgot

[floral warren]

Cf wyverns, however, are not

[prisma nacelle]

right..i found that out

do you know if I remove CF will the existing fliers disappear?

tamed?

are there any downsides to removing it once its been used for awhile?

I only have it on two of my 8 servers..

[floral warren]

Sorry my internet’s playing up, I’ll be dropping in and out a bit

[floral warren]

You'll only have issue with ones that are in the Obelisk or Cryopods

[floral warren]

there'll be less wild wyverns to choose from /j

[prisma nacelle]

KIK

LOL..thats funny

[floral warren]

As far as spawns go, I guess it's a similar but more subtle situation. Like with dino mods, some modders have been putting in the effort to work out more advanced ways to 'do spawns better'. Though in the case of spawns it's less about 'this is a lazy way to do X that's sub-optimal' (except using random replacements when they are not necessary), and more a case of.. the modder needs to know what spawns are and arent safe to do

great example is my current hell

the fucking Surface of aberration. Used to be, anything would overspawn to shit if you added to it. So mods started using random replacements to spawn dinos on it, but these have slight issues with compat, don't stack, and are generally less controlled

[prisma nacelle]

right, im fairly new to coding myself..differnet kind of coding, but I am totally going back and fixing my "wrong" ways

constantly lol

[floral warren]

so some modders started trying to find a better way to make the Surface workable. And they did, and it was great.
..and then wildcard broke it, and i've spent weeks losing my shit over the ugliest hacks and most absurdly specific required conditions to get it to WORK NICELY.

[prisma nacelle]

finding new and better ways to work around dumb problems

what about arkapi? are there any opportunities with that to "fix" it?

[floral warren]

Less 'dumb problems' and more 'better ways that require more effort'

[floral warren]

Plugins cut singleplayer out

[prisma nacelle]

oh..do people do single player?

[floral warren]

So most mods stick to mods alone

a hell of a lot of people

[prisma nacelle]

oh

[floral warren]

i have 6,000 hours in sp lmao

i know people with 8k

[prisma nacelle]

I did single player until I realized there were unofficial servers..then i made my server..been working on that config ever since

then i found arkapi

[floral warren]

I play private dedi if im looking to play MP, but servers feel janky to me

the rubberbanding, disconnecting, hitreg and delays on everything drive me absolutely insane

Since im perfectly happy playing alone most of the time, SP is the obvious choice for me

[prisma nacelle]

I never have those issues

but I host my server at home

to me,ark should be a living world..going even if im not

[floral warren]

Hitreg is something i see a lot of people bothered by, the rest not so much. Maybe it's something you only notice if you're used to it not being there

[prisma nacelle]

singleplayer would pause when I logged out

er, closed it

[floral warren]

That's what rates boosting is for, and I like shit not starving/getting Diplo'd off a cliff while im not there to handle it

[prisma nacelle]

LOL..

[floral warren]

Here's an example of the jitter (it's even visible in the devkit). Top is SP, bottom is dedi

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/758492840216756325/951001369999982662/SP.mp4
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/758492840216756325/951001402858151946/Dedicated.mp4

it's awful ingame when i'm being jittered around by trees 5 metres away from me 😐

[hardy totem]

Hi everyone. I am running my own server for the family but my server pc crached and need to use another pc. How do I copy or move my server over to the "new" pc?

[floral warren]

copy paste files into it, set up networking again

[hardy totem]

We tried and it does not work

[floral warren]

Describe what 'does not work' means.

[hardy totem]

We copied the files over and when you run ASM, none of my previous tabs (servers) where there?

[floral warren]

does it work if you launch it from the bat file?

[gusty tree]

anyone else having trouble on unoffical servers non of them will pop up for me to join

[jagged coral]

Is it bad I only play on boosted servers

[merry thorn]

Did you just update your ark?

[untold talon]

notrado has to update their end

usually takes like 20 mins

[gusty tree]

not to my knowledge no

[gusty tree]

right ok

[merry thorn]

More like 2 to 8 hours @gusty tree @untold talon . Been doing this dance for a few years now. Wildcard drops patch. People update. Patch goes to nitrado. Nitrado checks things out. Nitrado schedules updates. They aren't sitting there waiting for a patch.

[gusty tree]

ah crap

[merry thorn]

Sometimes it faster, but I haven't even gotten a ping from nitrado about my servers and it's been out for over an hour.

Just trying to set a more realistic expectation for you. Go do something else instead of waiting for ark updates to unofficial.

[gusty tree]

i appreciate that

[deft rover]

Are all unofficial servers down rn?

[echo pecan]

unofficial servers have not yet received the latest patch

[deft rover]

Ok. So now unofficial server is playable rn

[austere echo]

Does anyone know if dedicated severs are being effected by the roll back? I run a dedicated server on our pc but play via xbox. Just curious what to expect when I’m able to check it out after windows update.

[echo pecan]

dedicated servers should be unaffected

[austere echo]

Thank you very much :). I’m assuming we won’t be able to access the server until windows update is released though correct? Since the Xbox and windows versions will be different until both have been updated.

[merry thorn]

Why would they be rolled back?

You manage that. Roll back if you need to. Don't if you don't.

[olive talon]

Unofficial/dedicated servers control their own rollbacks.

[merry thorn]

But yeah, until you get the update on everything, they won't match

[austere echo]

Sorry. I’m new to the whole thing so I just wasn’t sure if what they were doing would effect the game as a whole or just official servers. We couldn’t log on our dedicated server because it says the clients don’t match which I’m assuming was because of the updates.

[merry thorn]

You're good. I'd love to try running a dedicated some day. Just have garbage internet.

[south bolt]

Will my unofficial server owner be notified of this option? Or are you talking on a larger scale with third party hosting sites?

[olive talon]

Unofficials are able to rollback servers whenever they want. If they do not need to then there is no point.

[south bolt]

Thank you! I was able to play earlier, so maybe we got lucky.

[austere echo]

We didn’t want to go through nitrado or anything like that when we had a perfectly good PC sitting upstairs hahaha. I wouldn’t say my internet is the best, especially since the PC is using wifi from across the house but the server runs pretty great minus a few lag spikes here and there but it’s usually just around gryphons which I’m pretty sure are just lag machines in general haha

[olive talon]

It's specifically for the Microsoft versions of the game, so if you're on steam and the server was on steam, you would not be affected either way.

[south bolt]

I’m on Xbox

[olive talon]

You may have just gotten lucky then yep

[merry thorn]

My internet is my phone hotspot. 4g, 1 bar. 🤐

Fun times for me

[austere echo]

RIP 🙏🙏🙏

[merry thorn]

But I can run a nitrado cluster with it, so I'm mostly good

Go to Wendy's for ark updates and all

[austere echo]

That’s good at least! I played DayZ from a hotel once for like a week cuz work lmao

[fallen drum]

Hey guys, can someone help me creating a server...i'm new and i don't know how

[olive talon]

In case you did not see, https://youtu.be/o1dcWkSzGd4

Or just ask what exactly you need to know and others can help.

[fallen drum]

the video is too old i have half of the things that he have

[olive talon]

Video works great for everyone else it's been recommended to. What are you needing help with then?

[fallen drum]

yes... I don't have the ark dedicated server when i extract the file

[placid field]

can someone help me, my loading screen always gets stuck on the same step and wont load

[floral warren]

How long have you left I

And what’s your modlist look like

[placid field]

play as dino 2

[floral warren]

Not any more than most maps no mods. Standard 8 for hibernation 16 for prevented

[floral warren]

And how long have you left it to load for

[placid field]

imam dm u a screenshot

[floral warren]

Being frozen one one screen is just loading.

[placid field]

66 minutes

straight

[floral warren]

Ah, yeah that’s fucked

[placid field]

ik

[floral warren]

Is it a fresh savefile?

Does it work without PAD?

[placid field]

whats pad

[floral warren]

16 at minimum

Overhauls are huge

[floral warren]

Play as dino

[placid field]

idk

before it used to work even with tons of mods

[floral warren]

Is there an existing save or is it a new one

[placid field]

new one

[floral warren]

See if you can load with no mods

[placid field]

ok

imma try after i finish this mission

[floral warren]

If you can, check pins to fully reinstall PAD

If you can’t load even without mods, verify files

[placid field]

wdym verify files

[floral warren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/827080530188435467/927589060086738954/validating-files.webm

[placid field]

o will try

done

[floral warren]

Game and GameUserSettings

[void minnow]

can i increase the number of max players from 4 to 6 in a non dedicated server?

[echo pecan]

Not that I’m aware of

[void minnow]

is there a free server hosting to increase the player number?

and can i take my old progression in the current server i have and use it in that free server?

[severe island]

you can try hosting a dedicated server on your own computer if your ISP allows it and your computer can handle it. there's no free hosting services otherwise since hardware resources cost money.

[void minnow]

my computer can but what do i click to make a server?

[severe island]

am not good at explaining stuff like this, perhaps https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_server_setup will help, if not someone else will surely chime in.

[glossy lichen]

are unoficial pc servers down rn

for windows

[echo pecan]

windows will have to wait for the patch to come out to join any servers, no eta yet but it’s expected to come out today

[glossy lichen]

😭

[floral warren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dcWkSzGd4
YouTube

[mint magnet]

can some1 @ me when they bring the update for win10 out

[glossy lichen]

same

when is that happening

[mint magnet]

idk

[floral warren]

depends on map and dino count

dino count 2 will be around that for most maps

li, ci- you're looking at 120k

[mint magnet]

@glossy lichen update out on win10

[glossy lichen]

tysm

[merry thorn]

But on li, 60% are stegos

[floral warren]

on ci, 60% are coels

[merry thorn]

Oh yeah haha

That too

That pond by the aztec ruins... dear lord the coel

[prisma nacelle]

Can I use this setting to boost the speed of imprinted fliers by default?
"Per-Level stat multipliers (Affinity)" ..or does this only apply to skill ups on imprinted dinos

I want to increase flier speeds when imprinted, without actually altering speed skill ups

[austere echo]

Quick question. If I have a dedicated server set up on my PC (windows edition) that’s running 24/7. Is there any way my friends can join without me having to go to the server interface and personally sending them an invite? Like if I have the account it’s linked to showing online can people just join off of that?

[prisma nacelle]

they should be able to find it on teh server browser, or sometimes i like to use ark-servers dot net to pull the URL for my servers to give ou

once they find it they can favorite the server to save it

[bleak ivy]

@gritty forum use the server ad channels. This channel is for discussion about unofficial (or single player) server setup including mods and other relevant topics.

[fresh dust]

Currently having issues, my server works whenever I don't have mods, but whenever I have THESE mods.

Activemods=731604991,741203089,761535755,821530042,880871931,889745138,1251632107,1295978823,1404697612,1428596566,1522327484,1609138312,1754846792,1814953878,1837445660,1984936918,2147192126,2302876995,2357644511,2723396734,2795947433,2840651426

Also it gives me "Message type 9806 wasn't declared, but we registered job CClientJobEnableOrDisableDownloads to handle it?" do I need to be concerned by this?

[merry thorn]

I mean, process of elimination. Take all but one out, reboot. If all is good, add another. At some point, the conflict/error will be evident.

[fresh dust]

What about Message type 9806 wasn't declared, but we registered job CClientJobEnableOrDisableDownloads to handle it?

[merry thorn]

No clue bro. Never seen that.

[fresh dust]

Also it takes 10-15 mins to start the server 😅

taking one at a time sounds reclusive

[floral warren]

go by halves

[merry thorn]

Yeah, I've never played with mods, but I've heard the stories

[floral warren]

Load half the list, if it crashes, it's in that half of the list

[fresh dust]

It doesn't crash

it just doesn't show the session is found

[floral warren]

Good quality mods are generally fine

[merry thorn]

Can they not conflict though?

[floral warren]

so a version mismatch potentially. check pins, reinstall any recently updated mods on both server and client

[floral warren]

Unless you're using overhauls, rarely enough to cause crashing issues

[fresh dust]

Shouldn't the client not matter? in the sense my game?

since I'd be getting the mods the server has

[floral warren]

If server has.. say.. 'tyrannosaurus_character_bp_c' in a mod and the client doesn't, you'll run into issues

[fresh dust]

the client is my game right?

[floral warren]

Yep

[fresh dust]

since you say that, could this be the issue--

TekChance=5.000000
SpawnTek=True
BoneChance=5.000000
SpawnBone=True
FeatherChance=5.000000
SpawnFeather=True
CustomChance=5.000000
SpawnCustom=True
AlphaChance=1.000000
SpawnAlpha=True
ReplaceSpawn:Dodoreaper_Character_BP_Skeletal_C=True
ReplaceSpawn:Skrill_Character_BP_C=True
ReplaceSpawn:Dodoreaper_Character_BP_C=True```

[floral warren]

the server knows Tyrannosaurus exists, it's gunna spawn it etc. client doesn't know what the fuck a tyrannosaurus is, what it should look like etc, and dies

[fresh dust]

Well the problem is, when I go to lan, it just doesn't show.

[floral warren]

So, modders have an option to 'Reset mod GUID' which makes it so that clients cant join servers unless the mod version matches the server's

[fresh dust]

I go to servers, it says the server is on, but when I go in game, it doesn't show. So I cannot confirm whether or not it's the mods fault.

[floral warren]

There's a 50/50 chance it shows and doesnt let you join, or doesnt show at all, when there's a mismatch

It's not the mods fault so much as 'something just needs to be updated'

[fresh dust]

so do I need to give my server the client mods?

My question is, do I have to delete them and copy and paste them again?

[floral warren]

You need to be up to date on both server and client

[fresh dust]

Or can I copy and paste them and they can overwrite the existing ones

[floral warren]

however you do that with your hosting method. in my case, it's 'delete mod X on server, re-subscribe to mod on client, open client, move client files onto server'

[fresh dust]

I'm trying to reinstall battleye, it won't let me cause I told the popup to not show again.

but I dont think that should affect anything when I have battleye disabled

[floral warren]

If you try join a BE-enabled server without BE it just yells at you to install BE iirc

[fresh dust]

the problem is, these 22 mods have so many gbs, Can't I just copy and paste the files so they can override new ones?

ahh ic

[floral warren]

No, just whatever mods are running on the server, need to be updated on both client and server

[floral warren]

might be deleted files sticking around though so safer to delete whichever mod updated and put the fresh client install on it

[fresh dust]

my question is do I have to do this EVERY time a mod updates?

[floral warren]

Unless you have something else set up to update it? Yes, you need to make the server update the mod (not all mods, only the one that updated)

[fresh dust]

should I download the ones that have been recently updated

cause ive set this up about a week ago

and some of them haven't updated since May

[floral warren]

Yes, you only need to update mods that have updated

[fresh dust]

Also I keep having this message pop up in my server “Message Type 9806 wasn’t declared, but we registered job CClientJobEnableOrDisableDownloads”

Should I be concerned or

[floral warren]

I've not seen anything like it, not specific what's causing it either. maybe @severe island would know

[olive talon]

@limpid frost #735196267373920286

[limpid frost]

sorry

[dapper igloo]

(Xbox) I've known servers with owls to hand out what they call speedy flyers or speedy owls to players? Anyone know how the speedy owls were made speedier than the rest?

[young minnow]

probs by increasing their max imprint. The higher the imprint the faster the owl

[dapper igloo]

Is it safe to go over 100% that way?
I have imprint configed to 1 shot 100>

[quasi wadi]

I really need help about limiting Arkomatic Fabricator and Chemistry i tried plugin but it didnt work well

[young minnow]

What they probs did was use the admin command to force the higher imprint

[quasi wadi]

{
"General": {
"IgnoreAdmin": false,
"MaxAmount": 5000,
"NotificationDisplayTime": 15,
"NotificationScale": 1.3
},
"Structures": {
"Blueprint'/Game/Mods/ARKomatic/Structures/ARKomaticChemistryBench/PrimalItemStructure_ARKomaticChemistryBench.PrimalItemStructure_ARKomaticChemistryBench'": {
"Name": "Arkomatic Chemistry Bench",
"Count": 2

[young minnow]

it is ok to go over 100 but for some creatures not ideal

[quasi wadi]

whats wrong with this

[willow dock]

I'm looking for a casual ark player to play PVE with add me (I wont be talking but you can if you wish)

[fast frigate]

I am trying to raise the respawn rate of my server does anyone know how to do this

[ruby monolith]

how the hell can my friend join my lobby through epic games

[stoic knoll]

u cant play modded ark in epic games ark how i know

[tribal geode]

I mean epic games players can still play unofficial just not modde

[cold brook]

Hi all, does anyone know if different levels of Gen2 mission buffs stack? eg gamma, beta, alpha maewing poach? We have quite low breeding cooldown on our cluster and we're having an eggpocalypse whenever multiple levels of the maewing mission are completed

[merry thorn]

Use world buff scaling if it's a problem.

I don't think those stack but if you have low cooldowns and don't use scaling, cooldown drops to near 0

[steep oak]

Have a question for anyone in here. Those that have a pve cluster and a pvp map do you allow players to transfer items to the pvp map from the pve? Just trying to get some ideas.

[merry thorn]

when i had pve with a pvpve event map, i did. i have now a 12 map pve and an unclustered pvp map. it's just not fair to have new pvp bobs join a map with pve players with their 2 year long bred lines.

i will say, when they were linked, i frequently had issues with pve players accidentally going there and cryosicking their dinos then freaking out when they realized they were in a war zone

[radiant wraith]

Yes. Shop points light pets/ noglin (no ferox) and character but that’s it

[steep oak]

Lol I can see that happening. Thank you for the input.

[wet river]

It’s dead !!! All my Dino’s I just threw out DIED!!

[merry thorn]

i will say we had some really great pvpve battles at times. nothing like those op tames and gear.

[steep oak]

We’ve got a few who want to do it and we tried a admin builds the bases and players destroy for loot but it’s a lot of work to do. So was just curious of some ideas others have done.

[humble thicket]

how can me and my friend start a server just us 2 becuase it dont seem to work when we try

[prisma nacelle]

I'm trying to migrate one of my servers to a new physical machine, I have it all configured up and everything but I keep getting
FPlatformMisc::RequestExit(1)
in the logs and immediate close..in the past I've had this issue when I didn't have an interface selected, but that's not it this time. Any ideas of the most common issues that cause this error?

[tribal geode]

is there any way possible to make the dinos on the story maps have more higher levels? like more in average, not just to have them able to be able to spawn at level 150, I want them to spawn higher levels more than lower levels

[prisma nacelle]

I just did this myself

let me see if i can find the link

[floral warren]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2182894352&searchtext=custom+dino+levels

[tribal geode]

Ah perfect thank you

[prisma nacelle]

Still struggling with this error,
FPlatformMisc::RequestExit(1)

at start. all my other servers are migrating fine..just this one refuses to start and I have no clues as to where to start

im migrating all my servers , and so far all worked except this one..skipped it for now, cuz ive spent most of the day on it

It feels almost like the map isnt loading..

but i've verified files, and make sure the right map is being called

I noticed that when I load up my game I do see a server with what looks like no map running..

[tribal geode]

am I supposed to add the new ini for the mod?

[prisma nacelle]

What are the requirements to allow cross play? And is it something that is generally done on PVE servers?

oh wow, im reading no mods...that's terrible.

[thorn lion]

Hi guys, could someone help me, I can't play with my wife, neither by creating a non-dedicated server, nor by the ark server manager, =X Both by epic

[fresh dust]

Hello, I’m having a bit of trouble. I made my server manually through SteamCMD. The current ver is 349.27, though the latest is 349.28 I’ve been trying to find methods to update.

I’ve used app_update 376030 validate, so far nothing has changed. Anything else I can do?

[severe island]

last update for unofficials was released 3 days ago, therefore you're on the latest one available.

officials get sometimes newer patches for exploits, and are often still being improved upon.

[buoyant knoll]

hey how do i get epic games ark to host friends to play with me

[azure gulch]

u host or they host

[buoyant knoll]

either or doesnt matter just trying to get it to work

[clear nymph]

I came to ask the same question

My friend paid to host a server on a third party website and we are using all the information we can find online to get connected to the server and it won't work

Joining a single player game and doing open "IP:PORT" isn't working and the server won't show up in the server list

[azure gulch]

host needs to have a moderate to open nat, and no firewall basically. if dmz setting is available try turning that on

[azure gulch]

whose your host
what platform

[clear nymph]

shockbyte

and we're on epic

[azure gulch]

not familler with that host

[azure gulch]

Step 1: Open the Steam client.
Step 2: At the top left, click on View.
Step 3: Click on Servers and head over to the Favorites tab.
Step 4: Click Add Server to Favorites.
Step 5: Copy and paste your server's query information in the format of IP:PORT.

[buoyant knoll]

steam is not the same as epic

[azure gulch]

I'm on Xbox so I'm way off base. you might be more help

[bleak ivy]

fairly sure this is how you connect via IP on epic. try with and without quotes. password goes afterwards

[floral warren]

Yeah you need ini. Look at discussions page

[hybrid oriole]

guys

how do i join someone, when i try to join my friend it sas connection timeout

[hardy totem]

Hi everyone. When I launch my asm I get an "Oops! Asm has suffered from an internal error and must shut down." error. How do I fix this?

My ASM folder is on my desktop. Should I just move it to my C Drive?

[lament parrot]

when i breed two dinos and their kid is an adult then how does work the adoption thing down in the baby?

[humble thicket]

assuming you used mutator?

not every dino has a baby stage, and when you use a modded item to force them to breed it just comes out as an adult

[austere rune]

I'm trying to set up an ARK server for the first time and am coming across a weird problem and don't know how to find more info... Has anyone seen this before? Basically when I run ShooterGameServer.exe with ShooterGameServer.exe "TheIsland?listen?SessionName=MixTest?Port=1000?QueryPort=1002?RCONEnabled=True?RCONPort=1003?RCONPassword=testing" -UseBattlEye, the server starts an immediately exits. I don't get any log files, the console isn't visible for more than a fraction of a second, and the server process doesn't run. Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot this?

[solemn sinew]

Are you trying to use ARK to run a dedicated server?

[austere rune]

Trying to run an Ark dedicated server on Windows, yes

[austere rune]

Ah I was missing the VC++ 2013 dependency. Installing that fixed it for me.

[rocky canopy]

all of my friends and i Downloaded epic games ark survival evolved. Why won't it let them join my non dedicated???

[terse nacelle]

any one wana play on playstation dm me

[floral warren]

nondedi is unreliable as fuck on steam and even worse on epic

[sweet sun]

Anywhere I can rent a Xbox ark server other then nitrado?

[bleak ivy]

no

nitrado or host your own on a second device.

[dapper igloo]

Anyone know the AutoEngramUnlock for Campfire. I tried EngramEntryAutoUnlocks EngramEntry_Campfire_C
and I've also tried
OverideNamedEngramEntries.
I even did the last one with with the cooking pot trying to make both unlock with 0 engram points. They won't unlock.

[floral warren]

EngramEntryAutoUnlocks EngramEntry_Campfire_C is that exactly what you put in the ini?

[dapper igloo]

No. I put the full EngramEntryAutoUnlock. A copy of all the others that are exactly the same except for the EngramEntry itself. All the others work but I don't even see the campfire engram in game.

Btw, It's on Win10 & Nitrado for Xbox that I'm having the issue.

[opal dagger]

Hey I was playing on the DNA DINO pve fjurdor server and it disappeared today...anyone know anything?

[olive talon]

You would have to ask the server owners. They could have taken the server down, restarted it, stopped hosting it, changed the name, anything. This channel is for setup help.

[young minnow]

want to share the exact coding you use. might be a slight error causing the problem

[dapper igloo]

I've changed it out a few times. I'm about to shut the server down and try again.

Well sho**. The two I was most recently using was typed (EngraClassName=....

Still wondering why Campfire wasn't showing in the IG Engram list. That mistake should have brought it back to base, not kept it hidden.

The cooking pot was at base, but the campfire had remained hidden. Could the 6 hidden engrams dealing with the original mek and it's weaponry be the cause?

[austere rune]

is it possible to run ARK dedicated server for windows headless / process only (no ui)?

[dapper igloo]

Still not working. Cooking pot still needs 9 engrams and the campfire isn't showing up at all.

[broken condor]

I remember playing on a server where tree platforms could attach to foundations. Is that a setting or mod,?

[dapper igloo]

Probably a mod. I believe cliff platforms can attach to buildings (or at least map castles) but the only special thing tree platforms can do is be spawned in the air as a floating platform.

[dapper igloo]

I have double and triple checked the new trial. I have changed the unlock to be 2 & 8 (their base numbers) instead of 0 and went back to EngramEntryAutoUnlock. If it works ... I'll find out when I wake up. I'm way too tired.

[solemn sinew]

Get ASM ( Ark Server Manager ) it gives you so many more options, its complicated but it'll work way better

[austere rune]

I'm using it but that had nothing to do with my problem. I was missing the Visual C++ 2013 dependency.

[solemn sinew]

Yeah but ARK's in-built server management aint great

[prisma nacelle]

Maybe someone can help me understand something..a few days ago I migrated all my maps to one big honkin server and it was running around 60-70% memory usage at that time which isnt too bad.. Then today I shut it all down to replace some hardware and fire it back up and fully booted up servers im only using around 20% RAM? Genesis 2 was using around 12gb and now it looks like its using less than 2? Is this normal behavior? Can I expect this to be normal, or will it balloon back up ?

[celest halo]

Not sure if it's normal have not watched mine much, but my Fjordur VM is using around 6.6gb, Aberration (just set it up Friday and only one player has spent about an hour on it) is using 491mb

VMs are running Ubuntu server 22.04

[jagged coral]

Anyone know a good pve server

[prisma nacelle]

The whole vm or just the map

[celest halo]

Whole vm

[prisma nacelle]

I have all mine on one baremetal windows server

So I'm just talking map processes

Seems like they're all way less RAM than when I first set them up on there

[celest halo]

My baremetal box is running ESXi only thing running on the Linux VM is the map. Not sure on ram usage for just the map though

[prisma nacelle]

They locked esxi down, and made it not run on my server anymore

Jerks

Gotta use an old version

I feel better just using Windows server anyway with the hp service pack for all it's special hardware.. Data center server

[celest halo]

Ouch, I got version 7 update 3 running in my box

But it probably the last version that will run on it

I'm using the Dell ESXi image, so hopefully they won't lock it down and make it not run anymore

[prisma nacelle]

they lock out certain CPUs after some period of time, and my server is kinda old.

its still beasty, but older

[celest halo]

Mine is kind of old also it's a poweredge R720 with E5-2670 CPUs

[proven arch]

can someone help me when i tried to join my own nitrado ark server it crashes with new world or something can someone help me?