unofficial-setup-help

[stuck creek]

try to take a shot with AMP

its not free but the license for 5 instances is very cheap

and its permanent

as i said i run proxmox as host and a debian AMP machine as guest, it works perfectly

[granite barn]

I'll take a look at it. Appreciate it

[stuck creek]

let me know how it goes

so can anyone tell me if tier 2 fjordur boss have the same stats as the island boss?

[lime matrix]

To answer your question yes you can rent a vps or you can run the database engine yourself on your own machine to facilitate sql connected plugins. You will just have to have the users you create assigned to the ip address they are connecting from, IE, your hosting provider.

Keep in mind that remote connections like that will induce latency if the connection between the two has high ping

So you will need to do some tuning to reduce lag as much as you can....

Yeah, saw that on the asm discord. Don't think anything will break it too badly. I haven't tested it yet under the win11 environment. Still running 10 until I decided to install a tpm module one day and wait on win11 to vet as an os

[limpid arch]

Are the Event's strictly colors now? -activeevent=Easter enable the colors, but none of the other goodies.

[humble thicket]

how can my friend join an unofficial server if he's on epic games, via using IP?

need help real quick

[heavy skiff]

do you need much to create a dedicated server for you and your friends? is it playing and hosting at the same time possible?

[humble thicket]

its an unofficial server

i dont own it, someone else. And i play in it

i join it via browser and it directly opens up my steam and then connect

[heavy skiff]

well I wasn't replying but rather asking my own question because I don't know much about this topic. but I don't think all servers support epic crossplay, don't know how to know which one has it tho

[olive talon]

If you can do it, dedicated is always the better option. You can follow this link if you'd like to know a bit more about hosting a Dedicated yourself on steam/epic. The wiki links to fandom are outdated, just replace them with the official wiki https://ark.wiki.gg.
https://youtu.be/o1dcWkSzGd4

[olive talon]

Have your friend do this-
Step 1: Join a single-player game of ARK.
Step 2: Click Tab to open the console.
Step 3: Obtain your server's connection information in the format of IP:PORT.
Step 3: Type: open IP:PORT and press enter.

[heavy skiff]

Thank you for the video. I have 16GB RAM so I think I will give it a try to play and host on same computer, hopefully my Ryzen 5 5600 can put up with that. I'll try to create it tomorrow, hopefully with no problems.

[olive talon]

If it helps, my little gaming laptop works. (I don't know it's specs though 😂)

[heavy skiff]

I have a laptop too which I could use but BSOD are kinda usual there so I don't really trust it :p

[mental pike]

@neon sandal wrong channel

[olive talon]

@sullen moon @neon sandal @stoic talon
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[stuck creek]

on fjordur megapithecus we can use gigas?

[echo pecan]

No

[timid wind]

i wqana seld a screenshot

why cant i

[fleet elm]

Can someone send me the wild list for ps4 unofficial

Wipe*

[olive talon]

There is not a set wipe list. It is up to every server owner.

[fleet elm]

Ohh okay thx

[olive talon]

This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[stuck creek]

is there a way to automatically push stone inside of gacha gavagers?

[humble thicket]

is there a way to make reaper queens not heal so fast? without messing with other dinos

[languid bear]

hey question is there a mod like this for non egg makers name (best eggs)

[olive talon]

Not without modifying all dinos.

[olive talon]

Not that I am aware of.

[languid bear]

k

[white smelt]

Hello guys, i am having major issues with trying to get my dedicated ark server working, is anyone around to help for a bit

[opal knot]

Use ASM it's easy..

[white smelt]

is it free

and it runs locally on my pc?

[opal knot]

yes... "Ark Server MAnager"

[white smelt]

kool kool

ill check it out, thanks. im using steam cmd rn, is it any different from that?

[native wave]

much easier to use ASM

[white smelt]

also, tbf, im having no trouble getting it running, just the getting others to connect, that is the issue

on their end, it's saying connection time out

[native wave]

you'll need to port forward with your router

ASM will tell you if the server is available

[white smelt]

that's the thing tho, i have done all the port forwarding, and inbound and outbound rules setup in my firewall

[opal knot]

yes, but need it to. Only instal or see forum in www. arkservermanager.freeforums.net/thread/5193/downloads

[humble thicket]

beat me to the Q

[white smelt]

i have got a server working on my pc in the past, but for some reason it aint workin any more. i think it's my router messing up, and not opening the ports properly, but my minecraft server port is opening just fine, so im really stumped

[native wave]

double check you've enabled the firewall rules on the router, I know I've done that before

[opal knot]

ASM already create rules in firewall, ports you need to open in your router

[white smelt]

ill delete the port forwarding in router, remake, check firewall, then see if it works. if that fails, ill download asm

[native wave]

ASM handles the local windows firewall rules but not the port forwarding on the router

[opal knot]

ASM is easy to because you see what you do, so is a visual application

[white smelt]

sounds great, ill def check it out

[native wave]

yeah it automates a lot of the management of the command line, which it runs in the background

[white smelt]

i cant post images, damn. i have to port forward 27015 and 7777, right? for the local ip of my machine on the router, both TCP and UDP.

i am able to join my server using localhost.

[opal knot]

yes

[white smelt]

after portforwarding, if i disable my firewall, and my antivirus, it should work my public ip right?

[opal knot]

disable is not good....better create rules

[white smelt]

cos i have 100% set up both inbound and outbound rules for both TCP and UDP, for both ips, but it still doesnt work last time i tried

imma try again after this port forward rule reset

[opal knot]

server start ok, but you can't find server is that?

[white smelt]

i can see server, but when i try join it using the public ip (or anyone else tries), it doesn't change screen, it says, "joining server [server name]" for a minute or two, then says "joining failed. Connection Timeout", which is a port issue i believe, and i think we all agree

it must be my firewall, that's the only thing it could be

[opal knot]

ok, you need query port, normal is 27015, than server port... normal is 7777 and peer port must be next port number, in this case is 7778

[humble thicket]

It's worth leaving your server up for a while and using something like BattleMetrics to see if it shows up.

[white smelt]

what is the peer port? ive never heard of that one being used

[white smelt]

all server details are apearing on the server menu, it's just joining is the issue

i've installed asm, should i remove all my firewalls settings?

holy crap this interface looks amazing

[opal knot]

you can remove it, because, in the first asm start, it create new rules

[white smelt]

in the first start? well it's already started, will i be able to see them in my firewall rules?

[opal knot]

first server start, not asm....

whem you click button "start"

[white smelt]

ah, i see, gotcha, ill remove my firewall rules now then

a "profile" is just a server right?

[opal knot]

ok, need go dinner...coming after

yes..

I 've send invite, if you need help after, tell me anything...

[white smelt]

i got it working thanks to @opal knot , it was my firewall, i think it was not working because i didnt allow the peer port 7778 through the firewall.

[harsh vigil]

What's this PAX Event is that for unofficial servers ? when is the Easter event going live 🤔

[limber kayak]

There is no more holiday events. They're doing long evo with colors. PAX colors are basically all the holiday colors together

[harsh vigil]

Thats not good 😦

[humble thicket]

should we add the PAX in our settings?

[limber kayak]

Is that an option? idk how that will work. They added the custom color code lines awhile back that I've been using

[gloomy trellis]

Yoooo. Are they ever going to fix the countdown timer?

or have they already I am just missing something?

[limber kayak]

I doubt they'll waste their time fixing much of anything at this point

[gloomy trellis]

but they fix the PAX event lol but not the very important countdown timer.

Like... keep the event fix the timer or do both 🙂 but I see what you are saying

[hard valve]

does anyone else have an issiue what there server wont

the server is saying online but doesnt actually start up

[humble thicket]

where can i find the code? on gportal i can go to basic settings and add any of the events but the pax didnt work

[limber kayak]

Google

[harsh vigil]

So I'm in the need of some help where do I put the PAX is it in -ActiveEvent=PAX or -ActiveEventColors=-ActiveEvent=Pax

[olive talon]

Should be in gameusersettings.ini

ActiveEvent=PAX

[harsh vigil]

Nice 1 thanks 👍

[charred plank]

hey

to add bunny dodo, must modify spawn point ?

[charred plank]

I try that for test on Island

ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesBeach_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="Bunnydodo",EntryWeight=0.050000,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Dodo_Character_BP_Bunny_C")),(AnEntryName="BunnyOvi",EntryWeight=0.020000,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Bunny_Oviraptor_Character_BP"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Dodo_Character_BP_Bunny_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.100000),(NPCClassString="Bunny_Oviraptor_Character_BP",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.050000)))
ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesJungle_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="BunnyDodo",EntryWeight=0.050000,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Dodo_Character_BP_Bunny_C")),(AnEntryName="BunnyOvi",EntryWeight=0.020000,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Bunny_Oviraptor_Character_BP"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Dodo_Character_BP_Bunny_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.100000),(NPCClassString="Bunny_Oviraptor_Character_BP",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.050000)))

Edit : not working

[harsh vigil]

I'm not going to start messing with dino spawns that would just add problems I think but could we no just activate last years Easter event would that work

[charred plank]

last year, I never activate it, and there was bunny dinos :)
This here, I activate it, and not have.

@ Moderation :
Can you accept create a thread named Eggcellent Adventure here ?
Where we can search, find, and share config with spawn modify for adding bunny...
thank in advance !

[olive talon]

Please send in discord suggestions to the moderation team by messaging Dodo Mail at the top of the members list.

[charred plank]

ty, done

[stuck creek]

what water mounts are immune to fjordur abyssal depths?

plesio tuso and mosa?

[civic solstice]

I enabled Pax event, restarted my unofficial server. Fired off 'allow mating' on a mutator. And now my Argies are gestating! They did not lay eggs. What did I do wrong?

[bleak ivy]

probably the mutator

[civic solstice]

the mutator was to make unbreedable species breedable

[olive talon]

Mutator does that too.

[civic solstice]

I've restarted the server. Now all the live birth animals are gestating, and all the egg layers are 'ready to mate in x hours'.

no eggs were laid, but I lost a breeding cycle

[olive talon]

Probably a bug with it tbh.

[willow venture]

I saw recently the ark devs added an option for console players to put in c instead of cheat, and that's a great thing, but they also mentioned something about putting h or something to do recently used commands, how does that work?

[olive talon]

Type p 14 in the admin console (if this does not work, use SetCheatPlayer True instead) and make sure your HUD is turned on (H for PC, Select for Xbox).

[willow venture]

I thought the prefix p was for preloaded commands?

[olive talon]

P 14 and SetCheatPlayer True are the same command.

[willow venture]

What does setcheatplayer do?

[olive talon]

Activates the cheat console basically.

[willow venture]

Oh lol

[olive talon]

Apparently just typing in the cheat does not always work, so

[willow venture]

I alr have that activated, im just curious how does the h prefix work lol

Like do I just put h and then a number

Or like what lol

[olive talon]

Honestly I do not know. I haven't used them.

Someone else likely has.

[echo pecan]

pretty much, it should be h 1 for the first command you used during your current session, h 2 for the second command you’ve used, etc. To see the full list of your recently used commands use the setcheat command and it’ll show you the full list when you hold the select button

[willow venture]

I've never used the setcheat command so I didn't know that's what it was lol, thank you so much this will save me so much painful typing lol

It goes off the screen :/ lol

These are all commands I used ages ago lol

[minor sundial]

Any advice on finding out whether someone intends to host a version of your current official map come August? Would it be possible to give some thier structures?

[eternal holly]

any recomendation of servers that have similar settings to the official ?

[indigo flame]

Only officials will close right ? Not the unofficials ?

[eager raven]

Correct

[uncut torrent]

Me and my friend need a cluster

[calm brook]

anyone know how to increase fps as a host on a non dedicated server

[stiff jasper]

I just got this problem today since I started playing on Lost Island.

Anything I found on it related to using the use all cores launch command, editing the configuration files and making sure your view distance was on epic.

[calm brook]

yh i think it is

[pseudo goblet]

Hey I haven't been around Ina while. Did they take the bunny dodos out?

[olive talon]

Without a mod or ini config, the event dinos haven't been spawning.

[pseudo goblet]

I had sit here 45 min trying to get them to spawn in with gmsummon , spawndino.... thanks for the info.

[humble thicket]

Can the weight for the skiff be raised in the ini files?

[bleak ivy]

fairly sure it can't.

[humble thicket]

ok ill see if i can find it, thank you

[humble thicket]

I did this for all my maps but its only working on 1, and yes i did a wild dino wipe for them all and i placed it in the same spot for them all, any idea where it should be on gportal?

[royal prawn]

ActiveEvent settings go under the [ServerSettings] header

[humble thicket]

Thats what i thought, ill try moving it up directly under the header then, thank you

[humble thicket]

This didnt work 😔

[azure gulch]

You do a dino wipe after ?

[humble thicket]

Yeah, on all of them, it only worked on rag which is crazy cause i have 2 rag maps and the other one it didn't even work on

[azure gulch]

Ehhh smol chance that active event current might work

[fresh rune]

Wsp

[vestal dagger]

Will the other easter stuff like the bunny dodo show on unofficial servers now?

[olive talon]

Without a mod or ini config, the event dinos haven't been spawning.

[stuck creek]

is beta fjordur dragon doable with level 300+ rex?

my fat bloodline of high stats rexes isnt ready yet but i need the engrams of dragon

[quaint hearth]

how do i play with my friend on ark on our own server?

[stuck creek]

open ports

[quaint hearth]

whats that

can you be more clear

[stuck creek]

if you wanna host a server and let your friend join you need to port forward the application in your router

[quaint hearth]

explain in simpler terms 💀

[stuck creek]

you need steam to communicate with your server so your friend can see it in the list and join

how are you hosting your game? main menu Host or you have a dedicated server?

[quaint hearth]

oh nah we got epic games

not steam

and for the dedicated server or what not i dont understand this stuff, we just got the game and wanna play

i searched on yt found some hard programs nd stuff so abort that

[stuck creek]

ah, unfortunately atm i dont know how epic games works for this

[quaint hearth]

cant host something in-game for him to join?

[stuck creek]

on paper yes, for steam, but idont know whats for epic

looking for a public empty server is not an option for you?

[quaint hearth]

i mean its an option we can do if we dont find a way to make our own alone

[sacred arrow]

Nitrado. Go to their website. You pay monthly to run your own private server. Can change any and all settings you want. Then once it's all set up, it'll pop up on the lists when you hit 'join' from the main menu. It's 100% the easiest way to do it. And they have an app so you can edit your server settings and stuff from your phone if need be.

[chilly kayak]

Guys im from Official servers, but im trying to strt all over in Unofficial, maybe there is any Unofficial server that my husband and i can join? Also, it must to be pay to play there?

[ruby abyss]

hey im wonderhing how server hostings works with ark if anyone can help? i have a server i own at my home that im looking to setup an ark server on.

im wondering if the steamcmd dedicated server version can have crossplay enabled? and if so does that allow xbox players to be able to join? or do i need to set up the dedicated windows server through the game?

i see nitrado and other service providers have xbox pc crossplay servers, im wondering how to do that on my own hardware.

i have a linux server set up running ark with linuxgsm with crossplay added to the .ini file but ppl on xbox cant find the servers still, its up on pc.

the 2 lines i added to the gameusersettings.ini were:

Crossplay=True
AllowRemoteCrossplay=True```

[wide glade]

Does anyone have a server I could be admin in Ive been playing ark since 2016 and I’ve always wanted to try it but I can’t start my own because I don’t have a pc

[azure gulch]

You can rent one through nitrado

[azure gulch]

Steam/epic and win10/Xbox are different builds of the game. They have different clients and servers that will currently as they stand never be able to crossplay outside what's stated above.

[fathom glen]

So question. Any unofficial server owner know how to add spowning of rock drakes and there nests back to crystal isles? Im using g-portal.

[azure gulch]

Check out beacon. Makes doing that easy

[ruby abyss]

hmm alright that sucks, odd that nitrado can do it lol they must have some deal then allowing them to run the win10 version on their linux servers

[azure gulch]

Nah. Nitrado can't either. The crossplay option is what allows Xbox and win10 to play together or steam and epic. With that turned off it'll be just Xbox. Just win10, or just steam and just epic.

[ruby abyss]

nitrado host xbox server yes? they are doing so on linux servers

[azure gulch]

They do host Xbox servers yes

Idk if they are hosted on Linux servers or not

That however doesn't have any bearing on crossplay

[ruby abyss]

well they are using linux lol every game server they run is on linux, thats fine i understand what you mean about the crossplay being win10 and xbox exclusive.

but im wondering how nitrado is using the win10 version of the dedicated server on their hardware. if they have an exclusive deal or if i can do the same.

[azure gulch]

A win10/Xbox server can be hosted on Linux. I'm not super familler with Linux but there's been people here in the past talk about setting them up. I believe there's modules or whatever Linux uses that your gonna need to add probably to pull the windows system32. Overall I don't know that it'll increase stability or performance. But there's probably guides somewhere out there

[ruby abyss]

hmm alright ive tried finding guides however everything i find is about the steamcmd server not wind10 version, ill keep looking into it tho.

thanks for your help 🙂

[azure gulch]

Might end up basically shelling the whole windows os.

But again. It's not my cup of tea.

[ruby abyss]

i mean i can spin up a windows vm if i need to, is the only way to run the win10 version on windows OS to do the dedicated server in the games menu (using the xbox app on pc)?

[azure gulch]

Yea. Only way I'm aware of launching the server for win10/Xbox is using the in game menu through the client. Idk if steam has a seperate exe for the server but win10 doesn't that I'm aware of. If you can launch the client you should be able to host.

Barring network setup

[ruby abyss]

hmmm wondering how RCON and stuff like that is handled than.. lol i take it its not

[azure gulch]

That, is above my pay grade

[ruby abyss]

dyou know if i need to forward ports for the win10 version ?

[azure gulch]

Yes

Uhhh I wanna say 7777 and 7778. I think query is the 8

But I think this can be defined in the setup

[ruby abyss]

ok sweet thanks again for all the help 🙂

[azure gulch]

Gl on it!

[stuck leaf]

for hosting a server, how do i set a hard dino cap to 450/500 like official servers

[young minnow]

Game.ini
DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp=500

[stuck leaf]

and that will keep normal tames at 450?

[young minnow]

Back when I was using on all my severs 3 months ago, yes. However things might of changed. So if you have a spare server or something I say give it a quick test

All I can assure you of, is that is the setting you are after.

[stuck leaf]

ok, thank you

[eternal mantle]

Hi, is this the right place to ask about game.ini help? Building a server and have some confusion atm

For example: I want to add ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer= to the game.ini with a creature I'm trying to spawn, but Im not sure which header it should go under. I have it under [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] at the moment, but Im not sure if this is correct. I've also added bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling=True under this heading but can't seem to level my Argentavis's flight speed still

[quaint hearth]

can i make a non dedicated server with mods?

[royal prawn]

Game.ini should really only have one header - what's the other header you're seeing?

[eternal mantle]

[/Script/Engine.GameMode]
[/Script/UnrealEd.ProjectPackagingSettings]
[/Script/EngineSettings.GeneralProjectSettings]
then [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]

Tho I use Pterodactyl as a server host. Maybe the Egg did some weird shit

[royal prawn]

Ah, I've only seen the last one in a Game.ini file, but I've never seen a Pterodactyl ini file.

[royal prawn]

The header you mentioned here is the correct one

[eternal mantle]

Thanks, guess its time for some Sinomacrops huntin'! Thats what I added to Fjordur lol. Because backpack jetpack dooder

[royal prawn]

Are you stopping the server before making changes to the files, then rebooting afterwards?

[eternal mantle]

Yea, and I did a dinowipe

[royal prawn]

Okay, the flyer speed leveling should be working, not sure why it isn't. I can confirm your custom spawn code is in the right file/location, but idk if it will work without seeing all of it and being at my PC to run it through Beacon

[eternal mantle]

Oh, I figured out the flyer thing. I misspelt it in the ini
So its working now, but thank you

[humble thicket]

Anyone know why this isn't working? I placed it under the [ServerSettings] header and did the dino wipes but it's only working for 1 map, i have 2 rag maps cause its most popular but the code only works for 1, it wont work for the other rag nor my other maps, i use Gportal, is there something else i need to do?

ActiveEvent=PAX

[lime matrix]

See #800537518843756544 #800537627752398899 For the unofficial server network communities

[hallow lagoon]

Can someone help me with server

I'm hosting 2 server on local networ
But I can't seem to get to work together

[turbid coral]

Are you using a server hosting website/app?

[hallow lagoon]

No

Local

[turbid coral]

Yeah then idk how it would work

[hallow lagoon]

My pc

Not the 1 I play on

[humble thicket]

Found the issue, had to change EventColorsChanceOverride from 0 to 1

[stuck creek]

does s+ have something that crafts element dust into element for me?

[plucky wren]

Did anyone else's unofficial server just shit the bed? I'm hosting on my own dedicated box, and just got a game crash client side. Now I can't even see the server running on the dedicated. Server application doesn't appear to even be running on the port (nmap -p 7777 server.ip)

Looks like there was a server update just now (357.11 -> 357.12)

[stuck creek]

this wasnt just now, but its been a couple of days

(and its not mandatory)

[plucky wren]

Turns out it was a mod update. Would be really nice to know that instead of not even having my server show in the available servers list :^)

[stuck creek]

unfortunately its how ark manages these things, however it should not happen what you described

you would just get a mod version missmatch in return

[plucky wren]

Its more difficult to join the server to get an error message when it doesn't appear in the server list :^)

[stuck creek]

thats why i said its weird and shouldnt happen

[rotund lodge]

I want to make it so certain quality of life engrams are available to be learned on my Island server. Namely things like Maewing saddle, Incubator, etc. What command syntax would this look like, and under what config file would it be placed?

As a note this is a hosted server and I'm not wanting to use mods. I have attempted to use Beacon but it seems the config the app provides also disables other key settings in my server.

[limber kayak]

go to the gg wiki and search engram entries for more details, but it would look like this
EngramEntryAutoUnlocks=(EngramClassName="<index>",LevelToAutoUnlock=<value>)

[rotund lodge]

Thanks Keith. 👍

[limber kayak]

np, and btw on my server we just spawn bps for people. in dododex theres an admin command page that shows all the spawn codes and there's just a checbox for a bp instead of the item. We give certain bps to everyone because we don't have Gen 2 on our cluster but we want manequins, nets and incubators etc. Depends on your pop if thats viable

[rotund lodge]

That was the original plan, but I wanted to make it as hands off as possible so in the event I'm not available players wouldn't have to wait.

[limber kayak]

Fair enough, totally understand

[civic solstice]

Help please. i just beat the boss on hard for Scorched earth, now it says 'download survivor'. What do I do and where is all my stuff?

my aremor is gone, and all my battle critters are gone, and their ascendant saddles are gone

I don't understand this

[lethal raven]

Send pic

[civic solstice]

send pic? Naked and respawing with my character, but all but one dino are gone

[lucid solstice]

Your dinos should be at the ob where you started the fight. Your armor should have been put in one of their inventories

[woven sentinel]

I play on Xbox and cant set my keys on the keyboard. I hate the standart Settings and i also would appreciate not havying to play with controller. So maybe the could add this little feature too...

[rough trench]

Guys, what's the opinion of yours of making unofficial servers ressembling a fully functioning oficial cluster with rates and etc. (for officialsbeing closed in summer)

[stuck creek]

you can't just replace official server clusters with unofficial

just make a vanilla server 1x and that's equal to official, cluster it with every map and you are done

[azure gulch]

Be the content you want to see

[heavy sedge]

no you can't replace it but at least @rough trench is trying to make a place for players to move to in the end its all about community when it comes to ark doesn't matter if it is pve or pvp

[mellow heart]

Hello, im in need of help. I've already port forwarded but the server is still not popping up ( not being port forwarded). Will anybody be willing to guide me on how to set up a server?

[stuck creek]

i know, and i just told him how to do it

[stuck creek]

what ports did you open and also what OS you are using to host it

[mellow heart]

The ports that i opened are 7777, 27015, 7778, and im using Windows 11

[stuck creek]

UDP?

[mellow heart]

I port forwarded all of them with TCP and UDP

[stuck creek]

make them udp only

also are you using a server manager? like amp or ASM?

[mellow heart]

Yes, i am using ASM

[stuck creek]

change the ports to udp only and make sure the application has firewall access

[mellow heart]

Okay, I'll let you know how it goes

[stuck creek]

does it works?

[mellow heart]

I'm testing it out right now, sorry for the long wait, got a bit lost 😅

[stuck creek]

let me know if you need more help

[mellow heart]

Hello, I did the things that you instructed me to do, but for some reason it still says thay the port is still closed

[stuck creek]

you will never see the port open when they are in udp

are you sure that your router is correctly forwarding the ports?

[azure gulch]

You use your internal IP to connect, while others use your external, if that's helpful

[stuck creek]

nope

[azure gulch]

Nope? Not sure what you mean by that

As ... What I stated is in fact true. Lol

[stuck creek]

you don't need to use any IP, if the server works properly you need to use the steam query

and steam query will let you use your local IP if the server is running locally in automatic.

[azure gulch]

Even the steam query is a port, with an IP. For example 192.168.0.1:7777

Without an IP you won't be able to do much.

In the event your hosting it yourself when you add the steam query, and server port, they are associated to your internal IP for yourself assigned by your router, while others will use your external IP assigned by your isp

No matter how you do it yeah, your gonna need to use an IP.

[stuck creek]

you don't need any IP, again.

[azure gulch]

....

Okie dokie

I mean if your single player sure. You don't need an IP lol

[stuck creek]

if you are using the IP to connect to your local server there is a problem, unless it's meant to not be shown in the server list

[azure gulch]

Which... Is what he said. He can't see it

[stuck creek]

but the IP is not a solution because connecting with the IP is not gonna magically show you the server in the list

[azure gulch]

Even then. Idk how your going to find your server without adding the IP. I digress though.

If your connecting to your own server make sure your using your internal IP, while others use your external.

[stuck creek]

the problem is obviously something else that we are trying to find out

he is using ASM, I've given by default he selected the correct network the server has to respond to

(or maybe he didn't)

[azure gulch]

If you use the correct ip and port for query it will show up. I've helped quite a few people set theirs up. This is how we do it. Not trying to argue though.

That's just... How it is.

[stuck creek]

yeah but without using the steam connect command. of course it works if it's everything configured correctly

[alpine wigeon]

yo i just joined the server and maybe this question is asked all the time but the game crashes when i try to load my non dedicated server, i saw a solution is to open the files and delete the save folder, but doesn't that just delete the entire world you played on? if so, is there another solution?

[azure gulch]

Post first 5 lines of crash into #bobs-with-probs

[stuck creek]

do u guys know if KBD tropeos speed increases also jet speed?

[granite barn]

Honestly something seems off with the server files. I've hosted ark servers for years without issues. This time I'm always getting failed to query for invite, booted up a satisfactory server and set the ports to the same ports I use for ark and was able to connect without any issues.

[quartz hemlock]

yo so i setup a host non dedicated server for me and my friends to play ark together, however, 4 people joined and one of them quit. after that someone else wanted to join but it wouldnt allow him to join because i believe that the 4 person limit was met. i have deleted the profile data in the 'savedarkslocal' files folder but still he couldnt join. ive looked up how to fix this online but no help anyone know what i could do???!!!???!!!

[humble thicket]

How can i raise the giga and carcha spawns to spawn more?

[limber kayak]

I'm not sure you can. afaik most maps have a max number that can be on the map at any given time. There might be mods for that, but you look like you're on PS so

[stuck creek]

probably the mod SimpleSpawner

[wind nymph]

Hey, not sure if anyone can help with this. I went to activate the Easter Evo event on our unofficial server but it doesn't seem to be working.

I have activated events in the past and have not had an issue so I'm a tad confused if anyone else is experiencing this or can steer me in the right direction to fix it. I use Nitrado and have it enabled as current official event, restarted the server and did a dino wipe. Previously we had the Fear Evolved event on, and all the dinos spawning are all still orange and black for the most part. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

[humble thicket]

The dodos haven't been spawning unless you code them in, actually i dont think any of it has been working, ive started using ActiveEvent=PAX under [ServerSettings] and changing EventColorsChanceOverride from 0 to 1 to get the colors

[wind nymph]

Im not talking about the dodos, just the colors themselves arent appearing.
I could try that but I just put on the old easter event for the colors if thats the only thing its good for anyway

Not sure why they decided to shave down the events for the last year

so dumb

[humble thicket]

yeah it hasnt worked for me in while, since last easter i think, if anything they should just let us activate them whenever we want since they getting rid of official anyway but the pax works for colors, ive added that yesterday and its been working

[wind nymph]

thats good to know, so far the old easter event selection brought back the colors. but i was really looking forward to the chibi eggs again this year

[mellow heart]

Hello again, sorry for the late response, ive read your replies. It doesn't seem to pop up, will you be willing to guide me on how to set a server up? Maybe im missing something..

@stuck creek @azure gulch

[stuck creek]

i can

[mellow heart]

Great! Please begin explaining whenever you want to. 😀

[stuck creek]

DM me whats your whole server and router configuration

[royal epoch]

yes im trying to add turret manager basically /fill but nothing happends i had to get arkcon to try the command you have to be in a group when i do this command in rcon it reads this

[18:14:24] Group does not exist```

how would i make a group if it doesnt exist tho?

[azure gulch]

Probably be a good question for whoever made and manages it

[royal epoch]

i did but no response for days

[azure gulch]

Might make sure it's still supported, and current.

As the mod maker is the one who handles all the behind the scenes programming and setup, if they don't document that on the steam workshop page, asking them is gonna be the only way to figure it out.

Might double check the workshop page and see if it explains it

[azure gulch]

Are you sure this is a ark mod?

A quick Google search says supported games: Rust

This one

Turret Manager

WhiteThunder
Automatic turret fill up, auth for self/friends, and more

[royal epoch]

no this is ark

mod for ark

[azure gulch]

Not seeing it. What's the name again? Or rather the mod ID number. Or anything that'd help lol

[west wraith]

anyone know if nitrado has setting that prevents pin locks on vaults cause i cant get them to work or even give me the option though tribe settings are correct

[azure gulch]

Your wanting to prevent pins on vaults ? Sorry the wording confuses me a bit

[young minnow]

Do you have this in your gameusersettings.ini ? ForceAllStructureLocking=True

[fossil igloo]

Is your server set to pve? Does it also have orp on?

[west wraith]

its pvp

but not sure if she has orp on or not

[olive talon]

@west wraith

[west wraith]

i dont know i have to ask the owner

im asking now should it be false if she does

[mighty plank]

Anyone got tips on how to increase giga/carchar spawns on Fjordur? I’ve tried Nitrados spawn weight override and also configuring the game.ini but no luck

[young minnow]

has to be true

[young minnow]

If you are just editing those 2, then I recommend the beacon application on PC to do that but that feature in beacon is behind a $15 paywall.

you can always increase the dino count, it will mean more of every creature but it is an easier way than messing with spawn settings

[olive talon]

@wary kiln
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[olive talon]

@stuck creek please use #bobs-with-probs for general ingame help. This channel is for server setup help.

[final karma]

Hello. I'm trying to set up a server for me and my friend to play with some mods.

I have an extensive knowledge with server configs, been doing it in SP for a while. I have extensively remade spawn entries and level experience and lots of other things, but there's one thing I just can't get it to work...

I'm trying to use -ActiveEventColors=custom but can't get it to work properly. I used it as a launch option on the server launch command line, and used ?EventColorsChanceOverride=1.0 to make sure every creature spawns with my color set, for testing purposes.

?EventColorsChanceOverride=1.0 seems to work, but it seems to be loading the Eggcelent adventure color set instead of my custom. From what I get, the custom colors have to be put on a "dynamicconfig.ini" and use the -UseDynamicConfig line for it to work, and define a ?customdynamicconfigurl="address" for that file, but that dynamic config file doesn't seem to be working (even rates are not being affected by it).

My dynamicconfig.ini includes the line DynamicColorset=Red,Magenta,DeepPink,Lavender for the color set.

My launch line is start ShooterGameServer.exe "TheIsland?listen?SessionName=PM_Test_Server?ServerAdminPassword=<password>?MaxPlayers=24?customdynamicconfigurl="<server_config_folder>\dynamicconfig.ini"?EventColorsChanceOverride=1.0" -UseBattlEye -culture=en -UseDynamicConfig -ActiveEventColors=custom

Is there anything I'm doing wrong?

[stuck creek]

is there a performance/resource difference in hosting a server on linux rather than windows?

[abstract raven]

Hey Guys and Gals!

Having an issue with hiding an Engram from a mod!
Was hoping someone could contact me who has knowledge on how
to do this 🙂 A DM would be great or a ping on here 🙂 Any help would
be amazing! thank you!

[molten fog]

Can u not use -activeevent=vday anymore? I've wiped all wild dinos several times and no colors

[olive talon]

ActiveEvent=Vday

Under gameusersettings.ini

[molten fog]

Ok I'm not sure where that's at lol I used to just type it at the bottom of the general tab in properties.

[olive talon]

Only use Vday then.

[molten fog]

I've looked up some videos and tried putting Vday, activeevent=vday. And ActiveEvent=Vday in the general tab, in my gameusersettings, in game under advanced settings and thru admin commands and I'm not getting anything to work. Idk if it's possible anymore

[lucid solstice]

Not really

[azure gulch]

Die hard Linux users will say it's more stable.

But like... Ark and stable don't belong in the same sentence

[azure gulch]

Ye. Event assets were removed. You may try event current or event pax

Either way. They stole our dodo bunnies. They were removed from the game on console to my understanding

[royal prawn]

The new custom color settings don't work, never have. Maybe someday 🤞

[stuck creek]

you don't have anything more stable than Linux however that wasn't the question

i asked because I have read the wiki, by quoting the text, says on windows with no connected clients, uses 2.3gb of ram, the same situation on Linux uses 3.2, hence my question.

i run everything on proxmox, I literally don't care about windows, but I can switch anytime.

[lucid solstice]

I don't think there is a significant difference, but I haven't done any actual testing on it. So I can't give a yes or no.

[bleak horizon]

I'm currently trying to figure what rewards to put in for when you complete boss fight

Any suggestions?

[olive talon]

@humble thicket (redirect from #building-discussions) , you have to manually add any mod configurations.

[humble thicket]

what does that mean?

[olive talon]

The game itself does not have the mod files pre-added, is the easiest way to say it. You will have to copy and paste them into your gameusersettings.ini.

Which mod did you choose?

You don't have to share the link, just the name.

[humble thicket]

k

[humble thicket]

Structures Plus (S+)

sorry i posted the link, mb

[olive talon]

Okay, so first, have you found your gameusersettings.ini?

[humble thicket]

yes

thankfully, i have modded other games before like scrap mechanic, so i know a little bit of what to do

[olive talon]

Good. Scroll all the way to the bottom of your gameusersettings.ini, and press enter once or twice to make a line for the mod ini. This next message that I send will have the complete config to remove floor requirements, just copy and paste it exactly how I share it.

[StructuresPlus]
NoFoundationsRequired=True
RemoveFloorRequirementFromStructurePlacement=True

You can dm me a screenshot if you need to, to make sure it is correct.

[humble thicket]

discord wont let me send the image, idk why :I

in dms anyway

[olive talon]

Your dms may be off. I cannot dm you.

[humble thicket]

ah

okay, let me try again

[olive talon]

Yep that's correct.

[humble thicket]

okay

now what?

set the true to false?

[olive talon]

Nope, leave it alone. Save and exit, go back to playing

[humble thicket]

okay, tysm for your help

[olive talon]

You do have to use the S+ items for it to work

Make sure you replace your current structures with the s+ versions

[humble thicket]

okay

[cedar lake]

Are we allowed to ask for server recommendations in here? I've got thousands of hours into Ark official PvP but I'd like to relax and do some chill PvE community and stream til Ark 1.5 drops. Never tried Primal Fear so that might be cool but dunno how to find the most populated servers for it.

[olive talon]

@cedar lake
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[devout turret]

server has just been updated to latest patch and now all the builds with S+ have gone, anyone have a solution? next step will be roll back save file

[vapid kelp]

ayo guys hwats the best settings for optimized fun/casual singleplayer experience? By fun i mean like not very grindy, pretty casual

[lucid solstice]

Losing all s+ structures isn't due to a server update. That is due to either the mod not loading or having been removed. If you have a previous save that would be the way to fix it. But double check that s+ is turned on

[devout turret]

sorted it now, hosting company changed the cluster file config and so the file directory was changed so just messed things up so install back up to new cluster but things are still messing up traveling to new map, its 2 servers on a cluster 1st main server(fjordur) is fine second server(Gen2) is fine to go on but transfer from ser2 to ser1 is fine but going back to ser2 it timesout/crashes and character is gone

[woeful bluff]

Ok I would like to add in custom missions. Anyone have some information on how to do it

[proud steppe]

Can I post here to get some help after starting a server and getting this error message
waiting for rcon connection...
dial tcp 127.0.0.1:27020: connect: connection refused

[fluid cypress]

Greetings. I have ventured into the deep end to set up a Linux dedicated server on my CentOS 7 box, and having a few difficulties.

The current blocker is I am not able to get the server to show up in the Unofficial server list. The server appears to start, but it fails to show up in the list. I have double-checked my firewall port settings on my server with the settings on the command line. I've also looked at netstat -p to see if ShooterGameServer has any open listens, but the only things I see are a couple unix DGRAM sockets, not tcp or udp ones.
I do have multiple IP addresses, and this is a colo server, so no other firewalling or port-forwarding or anything else. I have tried with and without "MultiHome=x.x.x.x" (with the primary public IP address) on the command line.

Just to be sure, this is all the server spits out on the console at startup:
Shutdown handler: initalize. Using binned. 4.5.1-0+UE4 7038 3077 404 10 [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed. Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 346110

Does this look correct? I have read that the Steam error line is spurious and can be ignored, but if it is necessary to fix, is there some doc online about how to go about it?
Also, here's my invocation:

/home/arkserver/arkserver/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer ScorchedEarth_P?listen?SessionName=IconiaScorched?MultiHome=x.x.x.x?MaxPlayers=15?QueryPort=27015?RCONPort=27020?Port=7777?ServerPassword=xxx -NoBattlEye -server -log

Also, my firewall-cmd --list-all in case someone can see something I missed:
public (active) target: default icmp-block-inversion: no interfaces: eth0 sources: services: dhcpv6-client dns http https ssh ports: 27015/udp 7777/udp 27020/udp 7778/udp 27020/tcp 27015/tcp 27016/tcp 27016/udp 7777/tcp 7778/tcp protocols: masquerade: no forward-ports: source-ports: icmp-blocks: rich rules:

Thank you in advance for any advice! 🙂

[azure gulch]

The ark server list only loads so many servers before it delimits. With addition it basically randomly pulls the servers in no specific order when it populated it.

It is fairly normal for it to not show. For steam it's more ideal to manually add it as a favorite in the steam client

[fluid cypress]

Ahh.. even with the search bar limiting the list, eh? OK. Also, I shut down the server with Ctrl-C (sigint). It seems to shut things down okay, but there's always an "Aborted (core dumped)" message before it exits. Is that "normal"?

[azure gulch]

Is it generating a core dump or just saying core dump. Seemingly it is normal as that's how it closes, however if it actually generates anything in the dump that is not normal

[fluid cypress]

I'm not seeing any in the working directory. Probably should check to make sure dumps are enabled, though.

This is in the messages log:
abrt-hook-ccpp: Process 4216 (ShooterGameServer) of user 1000 killed by SIGABRT - dumping core abrt-server: Executable '/home/arkserver/arkserver/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer' doesn't belong to any package and ProcessUnpackaged is set to 'no' abrt-server: 'post-create' on '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-04-12-20:38:28-4216' exited with 1 abrt-server: Deleting problem directory '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2023-04-12-20:38:28-4216'

and it looks like /etc/security/limits.conf has the core line commented out, which is typically default behavior on CentOS.

[azure gulch]

As long as it's on server close and not startup/during I think your good

Are you using mods

[fluid cypress]

nods I think so, too. I added the server as a Steam Favorite and it shows up in the list in the ARK game client, so I think comms are good to go. Going to test it in the game, but I had one more question I'd like to ask, if I may.

I am migrating a non-dedicated game world in-progress, and the various documentation sources about it are a bit obtuse about where to put the .ark, .arkprofile files. This server currently seems to have created a new map, and put the .ark files in the ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArks folder. One site said to put the migrated world save files in a subfolder under that named "SavedArksXXXXX" where XXXXX is the "game server ID". The folder it was in for the local non-dedicated state was "ScorchedEarth_PSavedArksLocal". Any translation to that? 🙂

Using 5 mods.

I've downloaded them via steamcmd and copied the folders over, using the *.mod files from the Local version.

[azure gulch]

Eh. That I can't say for sure. With console I can't get ftp so I've never seen the backend architecture.

I wanna say they go into the saved arks folder though. Player data. Gameusersettings, map and .Bak I think are all together

I'd imagine there's a way in the server setup to define which map file to pull

[fluid cypress]

Yeah. I think the only issue is there may be name conflicts if a number of maps / worlds are created. I think there may be something like that to specify a subdir inside of SavedArks. There should be.

I know that I have to rename the LocalPlayer.arkprofile to the Steam64ID.arkprofile of the player that hosted the map.

I am presuming the profile data for the other players who joined is kept in the .ark file, since there are no other .arkprofile files for them in the original savegame dir.

Oh, and for one of the mods, Structures+, I think it's now included in the base game install, since there's no mod folder for it. I still can download it via steamcmd, but I'd have to generate a .mod file for it, since there's not one in the Mods dir on the game client.

Getting closer, anyway. Thank you for the feedback and advice, Al! 🙂

[azure gulch]

Good luck on it. Most people can't even get it to launch so your doing better than... Most

[fluid cypress]

That's... comforting. 😛

Yeah, I think the biggest problem is the plethora of outdated doc all over the 'net. Sorting through what works vs what doesn't, and most of it isn't properly dated, so you can't figure out its providence.

[mellow heart]

Hello, im having an issue, and im wondering if anybody knows how to fix it and is willing to help me. I am currently hosting a Cluster Server, which are Ragnarok and Crystal Isle. The issue is, when players travels/teleports to another map, ij this case; Ragnarok to Crystal isle, everytime we click Join with survivors > Spawn with survivor, it brings us straight to the Create a new Survivor menu. And, in the Upload Survivor menu, our characters arent there.

[granite barn]

Does anyone know how to use an alternate GameUserSettings.ini file so that you can link it to a file that won't get overwritten?

[granite barn]

@mellow heart how is your cluster set up?

[stuck leaf]

I believe that means the servers aren't clustered right

[stuck leaf]

Is the game overwriting it, or do you mean you're not wanting too?

[azure gulch]

Ye. Just copy it, and rename the old one. Ezpz

[olive talon]

@versed sail
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[humble thicket]

is it possible for pc and ps5 to join the same game

[limber kayak]

no

[fluid cypress]

Greetings, all. I think I've just about gotten our non-dedicated moved over to a Linux dedicated server, but it appears our Structures+ structures are missing. I downloaded the mod from the steam workshop and added the 731604991.mod file to the Mods folder, and we can see the craftable items from it, but none of the in-world placed structures+ buildings/objects are in the world anymore.

Is there something else that needs to be done to enable the S+ mod for them to be loaded from the saved game? Or is there another file that contains them elsewhere in the directory tree? The ActiveMods list contains the ID.

About the only thing I've thought of is that there's some difference between how it is installed on the Linux dedicated server versus the regular game client.

..because it is now "integrated".

[limber kayak]

I saw a few other ppl say similar things yesterday after the patch. It might need an update, ro you might need to unsub and resub to get the updated version

[fluid cypress]

Second issue is when one of the previous remote players on the non-dedicated server logs in, they don't log into their character, but are sent to character creation. I imagine that's because there's no .arkprofiles for them for the dedicated server, and their profile data is stored in the .ark file instead on non-dedicated.

[stuck creek]

does activating an event modify the multipliers of customs config already?

for instance i have xp harvest x5 and taming x10, will an Easter event make it x3 or x6 like official servers?

[fluid cypress]

Hmm.. both clients and server are showing v357.12

[limber kayak]

No, only colors

[stuck creek]

great, ty

[limber kayak]

I mean the S+ mod itself

and the current version is .13 for servers and clients so that could be your issue

[fluid cypress]

One last minor issue is that it seems to be removing the ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems lines in the GUS.ini file under the ../TestGameMode_C section.

Yeah, I saw that in the release notes page, but wasn't sure if it has rolled out live yet. Small correction.. clients say they are on .9, and there are no updates via Steam at the moment. The server is on .12.

[limber kayak]

Odd, I got the patch locally and for our cluster yesterday. The client does say 357.9 on the launch screen, but the servers are .13. I don't use S+ though so can't confirm I'm having the same issues

[fluid cypress]

nods Thank you for the heads-up on it. We may be dealing with versioning issues and broken mods. It appears that S+ is broken on current revisions since 4/11.

Just a bad time to do a hairy server transfer, I guess. 😛

[limber kayak]

np, good luck getting it running

[stuck creek]

speaking of events

does tamed event dinos persists after its gone?

[limber kayak]

You can leave them on, but they can cause some odd bugs. WC added an ini coding to activate custom colors without having an event technically active to avoid the issues it causes.

[stuck creek]

would you please show me that

[limber kayak]

Just add ActiveEventColors=[event name] to the ini under server settings

You can find the event names on the wiki. Ex: FearEvolved, Easter, etc

It sometimes take a few server restarts and/or dino wipes to activate properly for me

Like everything Ark, it can be a little buggy

[stuck creek]

some events have a name and some others dont, like the latest easter event, the keyword is just "Easter"?

[limber kayak]

Actually I think this one is technically PAX, but again, they should all be on the wiki page for the specific event

[stuck creek]

i am reading at the wiki, I would just assume that "Easter" will be for any eggxcelent and Easter Evo event. because some have a key, some doesn't

[fluid cypress]

Hmm. something else interesting I noticed is that when I download mods via steamcmd on Linux, it puts them in the workshop content folder, but the structure underneath each %ID% folder has LinuxNoEditor and WindowsNoEditor folders, whereas on the game client, it's just the files inside of the WindowsNoEditor folder. I wonder if I need to move the content of the LinuxNoEditor folder for each down one level in the directory tree to match the windows mod directory structure.

[limber kayak]

Yea, it's the same. They just update the older version to include any colors they added from the past

[limber kayak]

My cluster doesn't use mods so I unfortunately can't comment on that one

[fluid cypress]

Yeah, I don't know if the server is smart enough to look past that on its own, or if it is expecting something completely different. I would expect it to crash and burn horribly if it didn't, though. Or maybe just not load mod content.

[stuck creek]

are you using amp?

[fluid cypress]

Nope. just manually at this point. I haven't verified the "recentness" of any server management tools. Some haven't been updated in a looonnnggg time.

Like ARK-Mods-Update, for example

I don't mind doing things manually, or writing my own scripts to do things. The problem is the lack of regularly updated documentation on these things from a valid source. I think every server hosting service has an ARK page, and each one is of different vintage with different instructions, which most don't work anymore, or have original errors.

I've been able to piece together enough to get it running thus far, but still have a little ways to go.

and, again, I am very appreciative of everyone's advice and suggestions here. 🙂

I should just make a symlink named the mod id to the LinuxNoEditor dir in the mod folder, so I don't need to copy anything over after updates.

[granite barn]

@stuck leaf When the game updates I don't want it to overwrite it.

[granite barn]

Tamed dinos do keep their colors after the event is complete

[stuck creek]

make sense

[granite barn]

Does anyone know why a server using dynamic config is not updating dynamically? it's been 3 hours and it's still running the same dynamic config settings as before

[stuck leaf]

the game shouldn't overwrite it, but if it is, you should be able to make the ini file readonly so ark cant change it, but you gotta make it wire again if you wanna edit

[granite barn]

yeah; suppose changing the owner and changing to read only for the arkserver user should work, I remember updating ark servers used to overwrite custom configs, but that could be fixed by now 😄

[haughty path]

anyone know how to add api to a non dedicated server? i know it can be done but seems to be a big secret

[olive talon]

@sharp comet
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel. Please read them before posting.

[spare linden]

Anyone else noticed gigas and carcharos not spawning on fjordur anymore after the last patch? They were before but it’s been a few days without any on my server (i’ve tried destroying all wild dinos as well). Since the patch i only enabled server transfers and made item’s stack sizes x2, so i doubt it’s any of those setting i touched

[sharp comet]

sorry

I didn't know

[stuck creek]

they spawn for me, even 2 at time

i often find 2 in the volcano and 2 in the north spawn over the green obelisk

[loud marsh]

Hello everyone
Someone know how to boost Phoenix fireball and spindles minigun? I want boost it in my unofficial server ps4
Ty for any answer 👍

I can only boost damage from normal attack but I didn't see any forum talk about how to increase damage for special attack

[loud marsh]

@olive talon

[olive talon]

Not sure about that one. Sorry. Someone else may know. Just wait.

[loud marsh]

@olive talon tysm

Do u know if is it possible Advertise my server there? @olive talon

[olive talon]

You'll need to grab the Playstation role in #role-assignment to access the server advertising channels. Make sure you read #bulletin-board-rules before you post your server advertisement.

[loud marsh]

Oh ok ty for ur time and answer 👌👍I appreciate it@olive talon

[olive talon]

You're welcome. Have a lovely day.

[loud marsh]

U 2 😀

[stuck creek]

if you can't, you can't with vanilla. I would say you need to find a mod that allows you to do it, try Kraken better Dinos maybe?

[loud marsh]

@stuck creek did u know where I can find this mod and if is compatible with ps4 servers

[nova lotus]

nope, ps4 doesnt have mods.

steam only

[elfin pulsar]

ASA will allow for mods

[loud marsh]

Sorry?

[elfin pulsar]

ark 1.5

Ark Survival Ascended, ASA

[loud marsh]

So I don't have any chance to use mod in ps4 server right?

[elfin pulsar]

not unless you know how to hack the console and program it in yourself

[loud marsh]

@elfin pulsar I use g portal

[elfin pulsar]

in general no, ark 1 has no mod support for anything but steam

[loud marsh]

Ok tysm

👍

[copper inlet]

I cranked the baby maturation speed to 250 so that argies only take a few minutes to grow up. How should I configure the cuddle interval and stuff so that I can fully imprint before it grows up?

[lucid solstice]

Cuddle interval is an inverse to the maturation, so 1/250 or slightly less

[spare linden]

Weird, we all have been looking for them in all 3 their spots and around but nothing

[olive talon]

@polar cipher
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[polar cipher]

tnx

[humble thicket]

how can u make ur world have always day

[stuck creek]

anyone knows how to setup an ark cluster with AMP running on the same machine?

[granite barn]

amp is the windows ark manager right?

[zenith willow]

Somehow I have a feeling @stuck creek may hold some answers to this, In regards to ARK ( The Island ) :
Is it possible to create a dedicated server and import the game session from a non-dedicated server ?
If anyone has any info on that, and better yet; how ?
Appreciated...

[stuck creek]

im not on windows but linux

[granite barn]

You would copy the save files from your non dedicated to the dedicated save file location. Not sure on the naming template off the top of my head, but say you were to use ?AltSaveDirectoryName=MySaveFolder and then place your non dedicated save into the MySaveFolder in the Saved Folder it would boot up your non dedicated

[stuck creek]

yes it is possible

[granite barn]

Apparently my link in my config blocked that. one sec while I redo that and redact my dynamic url lol

[stuck creek]

the saved location are in the /ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArks, however you might want to imporhe wholed Saved folder to your new server

[granite barn]

@stuck creek I use LGSM, but if you have access to the startup command at all you should be able to decipher this for cluster setups.
startparameters="${defaultmap}?AltSaveDirectoryName=${altsavedirectoryname}?listen?MultiHome=${ip}?MaxPlayers=${maxplayers}?QueryPort=${queryport}?RCONPort=${rconport}?Port=${port}?customdynamicconfigurl="redacted" -UseDynamicConfig -clusterid=EXCArk -ClusterDirOverride=/home/arkserver/Cluster -automanagedmods -crossplay -PublicIPForEpic=${ip}"

If ya need clarification at all let me know

[stuck creek]

im getting through it, my concern was the DirOverride, as AMP can manage multiple instances, i didnt understand how the shared folder would works for all of them, now i am testing something and see if it works

[granite barn]

Ah Yeah; If you just do a Cluster Dir Override you should be able to specify into it's own folder

side note. was able to get my servers running haha

[stuck creek]

uh, the second instance doesnt start

[fluid cypress]

Does -automanagedmods work? All it ever does for me is crash on startup when that's on the command line.

Also, circling back to a previous question, if you had a non-dedicated world, with several people playing on it, is there any way for them to take over their survivors after migrating it to dedicated? Seems like the only player who has access to their profile is the hosting player after the move. This sorta makes sense, as there is only the one LocalPlayer.arkprofile file in the save dir, which gets renamed to their <Steam64ID>.arkprofile. My guess is that it's not possible to extract the other survivors without some sophisticated binary hackery on the .ark save file.

[bleak horizon]

Hey guys any advice my cluster keeps saying to players can't retrieve address even though I've restarted it etc

[rugged crystal]

I started a server from Nitrado, and it worked well in the start. Then my friend started getting timed out every 15 minute, i tried everything to fix it,, but nothing worked. Could someone help me?

[native wave]

sounds like your friend has a connection issue with the nitrado server. Last I checked nitrado had an option where you needed the server located. So if it's just you and your friend, find the best location for both of you. Nothing will solve it being in a bad location for them other than moving the location of the server

[royal stag]

My players are also receiving this issue. Glad to see it isn't just us.. Wonder what's going on

Had all the players clear their cache, reset consoles etc but Could Not Retrieve Address Remains. Hoping to try a reboot later but just saw someone on reddit as well say that didn't help either. Sigh

[bleak horizon]

Found out its not on our end apparently its on nitrados side not sure if your using them?

[royal stag]

Yep we sure are. I figured it was either Wildcard or Nitrado that messed it up honestly! Since we just had that minor server update roll out on Xbox. Is Nitrado working on a fix atm?

[olive talon]

Nitrado discord-
https://discord.gg/nitrado

[zenith willow]

Any chance you could elaborate ?

[stuck creek]

i explained it in the message after it

for what i can find out myself, every save that ark generates is in /ShooterGame/Saved

move the /Saved/* to the new server and you should be done

[zenith willow]

Ah ok, no need to rename anything ?

And it would work to convert a non-dedicated server to a dedicated ?

[stuck creek]

it should yeah

[zenith willow]

Thanks, much appreciated

[stuck creek]

make the new server first and login with a character so is 100% working

shut down, import the save, start it again and double check

[zenith willow]

Ok

Seems like there is an issue for my running the dedicated server in Linux, the non-shared works fine

[stuck creek]

thats why u need to run it before importing the save

[zenith willow]

errrr, the non-dedicated

right, it fails during start

the dedicated that is

Anyhow, will try it again later, but in windows

How would you do the import ?

from within the game or with the game shutdown and copying the files ?

[stuck creek]

you need to get a basic dedicated server running before import

[zenith willow]

Right

Was just curious as to how, once the basic dedicated server is running

[stuck creek]

go to your non dedicated server directory and copy /shootergame/saved

[zenith willow]

in my case the files are in /home/woc/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArksLocal

[stuck creek]

what kind of files are in the saved arks local folder?

[zenith willow]

files such as TheIslank.ark

[stuck creek]

ok

[zenith willow]

errr TheIsland.ark

[stuck creek]

that folder will be renamed to SavedArks, remove the local word once you move it to the new server

but again, u have to start a basic dedicated first

[zenith willow]

ok... so just copy /home/woc/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArksLocal/* to /home/woc/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/ARK/ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArks/*
And keeping the original would serve as a backup ?

[stuck creek]

if you want to yeah, until the first new save is made on the new server

[zenith willow]

Right

Thanks, appreciated

[stuck creek]

np

so here i am the top tier genious of today

i spent the whole day making my second server cluster on aberration, then i went to test it uploading my character and i realized i dont have the dlc downloaded 💀

[icy depot]

@placid dome Here.

So uhhhh how do I join?

[placid dome]

You play on pc right?

[icy depot]

Ye.

[placid dome]

Are you okay with a couple mods? We're on the Island, planning to defeat bosses and play through all the maps! Trying to make a couple of chill friends to play with along the way, hopefully lol

[icy depot]

Ark Mods or Server Mods?

Or like ingame personal mods for ur server?

[placid dome]

They're server wide mods that give all players extras

[stuck creek]

is he new

[icy depot]

I'll play with anyone. I am a patient grinder and the best dino I've gotten is over a level 200 fire wyvern.

I suck at the game and never defeated a boss before but I think I'd be decent help.

[icy depot]

Wdym Extras?

[placid dome]

Sounds great to me! Mind if I dm you?

[icy depot]

I do not mind at all!

Afk rq, taking out the trash rq

Back!

@placid dome Sorry for the ping just had to remind ya that I'm back lolol.

[tender nest]

So I had 200 gigs of space and I checked four maps in the DLC tab for download. It failed for some reason so I unchecked them and tried to redo it, now I have 30 gigs left.

Those maps are still occupying my reserved storage and they're not even installed so how do you fix that?

Usually they get cleared when you check/uncheck the map in DLCs and hit resume.

[stuck creek]

steam downloading folder

[quasi haven]

qucik question, the servers will shut down in august right?. does this include unofficial servers?

[stable spruce]

No. Official only.

[true dust]

Are the unofficial servers down at the moment? I keep getting could not retrieve address message.

[echo pecan]

quite a few unofficial servers are having that issue, yes

[true dust]

@echo pecan thanks for the response... it would happen when I was breeding dinos.

[covert venture]

@true dust our servers went down at 2 am est and didnt show online until 5 am, been unreachable since

[raw mulch]

need people to play with 6k hrs but just started playing again after 1 yr break

[rain drum]

So I need help with setting up a single player world for me and my sister to play split screen

Spent the past 20 minutes writing out what I think i really needed and it comes out to be about 300 words

I'll try to post in parts, if anyone wants to help. I'll also try to edit it down

Okay I managed to shorten it. So here it is

Difficulty. A satisfying experience that's not too harsh. It's only going to be me and my sister playing and she is not into super difficult stuff, dying maybe 2 or 3 times in a fight is fine, but more than that and she will start to dislike because it would be too hard for her.

Taming. Most preferable would be around a few minutes to tame.

Breeding. More than taming speed but less than raising speed

Raising. More than taming and breeding speed.

Xp. Just need a good multipler that's allows us to gain experience at a good rate.

Resources. a good multipler that allows us to get resources at a good rate.

tames. My sister does not want her favorite dino to die. (Me also) so I just need our Dino's to have a edge against wild ones and have survivability.

I apologise if I asked anything unreasonable or something that defeats the spirit of the game.

I just want to make it fun for both me and my sister

[humble thicket]

Can pc players play wit PlayStation?

[true dust]

@covert venture I've been trying to join my server since around 7:30-8 ct.

[covert venture]

Might be nitrado sided

Just waiting to see if wildcard provide a fix

[true dust]

Same here

[granite barn]

I would say Nitrado sided. self hosted myself and have no issues connecting.

I believe there was an update this morning, so if Nitrado didn't update that could be the issue y'all are facin

[olive talon]

@granite barn @covert venture @true dust

(sorry for the pings, but I figured best to let you all know)

[granite barn]

ah; xbox side issue. my bad.

[olive talon]

From the Nitrado discord, if anyone needs to join it to keep up-
https://discord.gg/nitrado

[covert venture]

Perfect thank you so much :)

[true dust]

Thanks as well for the info

[tall kayak]

Anyone who plays mobile give me a message

[young minnow]

no

[late frost]

If the servers fix lemme know cause I can’t join the nitrado server the bots down

[last viper]

Yes same, it's not letting me join 😔

[wooden saffron]

Same lol

[azure gulch]

@late frost @last viper @wooden saffron

We've tested the update, it seems to let you in on the 2nd try after 30 seconds or so after getting the error. So, not a fix, but slight improvement. We're pushing the update to all servers right now.

[late frost]

Yea waiting on update

[magic glade]

Hi Everyone, I just started my Ark servers and is it okay if I put an invite link here to help grow my community and in discord and game servers, or is there a channel that I could do that?

I don't want to break any rules here

[raw glade]

@magic glade

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Please select a platform role in #role-assignment to unlock channels for patch notes, unofficial server ads, recruitment and LFG for your specific platform.

[magic glade]

thnx

[wooden saffron]

Tysm for the update

[dark coral]

@everyone Just Started A pve na east modded server looking for steady people to play on it with steam only dm me

[azure gulch]

Pinging everyone here dosent work. Which would be good for you since there's like 30k people here and they'd all be yelling at you.

Check the recruitment channels below

[dark coral]

my bad

[vale junco]

Great minds of unofficial, is the best way to prevent tamed dino breeding to make the mating speed very, very slow? I am yet to find a setting like "PreventDinoMating=True"

[azure gulch]

That or possible set the mating interval multiplier to 0. Haven't tried that but...( Z x 0 = 0) in normal math. Ark math be different tho

[humble thicket]

i have doubt for S+ plus i have fear with mod s+ seems breaks ark, someone told me: Some things work great, while others like smithytable s+ will crash your game every time. how i know some things work as well and others s+ make ark crash?

[wise moon]

S+ works fine for me

[humble thicket]

hmm i will put the mod

[raw glade]

@swift storm

To Access Platform Specific Channels:

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[humble thicket]

What Balanced Rates for ark survival evolved singleplayer and also if singleplayer is enabled in advanced configuration?

[young minnow]

If you enable the singleplayer option, your rates will be adjusted accordingly. Keep in mind that if you change your rates, they will be multiplied by the single setting.

For example, if you set your xp to 2x and enable single player settings, your xp rate will become 4x.

[humble thicket]

Thanks for the tip

[olive talon]

@swift plaza
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[azure gulch]

They said today the whole team will be working on it.

Probably not what people hoped to hear, but that is the latest

The actual update other than "today well all be in the office working on it" is

Hi all, continuing transparency here:
With the stop gap patch we're seeing the impact of the error dramatically reduced.

Here's what we know:
- The "Could not retrieve address" error is still occurring. We are not considering the issue resolved what so ever.
- Attempting to connect to an Ark XB server multiple times in a row over roughly a minute period, should allow you in (due to the nature of the stop gap patch)
- Our team and our partners are going to monitor the situation over the remainder of the weekend.
- The stop gap patch does not (and wasn't designed to) address the root cause, 
- The root cause is still being investigated with a more permanent solution to come as quickly as possible, however we do not, sadly, have any ETA for this yet.
- We'll likely have more info for you on Monday evening/night UTC, however please take that with a pinch of salt.

[leaden parrot]

Hello I am having a issue with my dedicated server hosted on my machine everytime I have to server restart either automatically with ASM or manually the server age resets back to day 0 till someone logs on and goes to day 1.

[azure gulch]

Whose your host

[leaden parrot]

I am hosting on my machine with Ark Server Manager

[azure gulch]

Make sure that you have your save directory setup your save frequency setup and if all of this fails make sure that you manually save before closing the game in addition whenever you start your server it can take a couple minutes up to like 15 for it to actually load the correct day if it says Day zero never join

[humble thicket]

How can i raid gen 2 space tubes?

And how can i get my lines up the fastest

[dry rain]

Hi i play with mod and i want change a .ini in my files games did you know how i can do that ?

[azure gulch]

Just add or edit the changes to the game ini

[dry rain]

ok ty

[azure gulch]

Or gameusersettings ini

[gusty harbor]

I have a weird problem that maybe one of you has seen before...
I'm running a PVP server with mods. If I unlock an S+ Storage Box it says unlocked forever. If I unlock a locked mod structure, it relocks on next server reboot (which is daily). This affects most mod structures (other than S+). Also, all lockable structures (including S+) are locked by default. I want to find a way to unlock these structures either by default or permanently one at a time.

I might be using a wrong setting or misunderstanding something about the game defaults. Has anyone else seen this and/or fixed it?

[azure gulch]

EngramEntryAutoUnlocks=(EngramClassName="EngramEntry_AdobeWallWithDoor_C",LevelToAutoUnlock=15)

Or whatever.

For s plus it may have a ini specifically for all the s structures. Check the mod page for additional setup details or contact the maker

[neon wagon]

where to upload image?

[smoky thunder]

Anyone else getting the unable to retrieve address error when joining

[raw glade]

@exotic tangle

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[olive talon]

@dark coral
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel. Server advertisements are only available in the advertising channels.

[tough leaf]

yeah thats what i came here for i cant join the server im trying to play on did you find a solution?

[smoky thunder]

It’s a nitrado issue🙃

[tough leaf]

of course it is... thanks

[lost bison]

It's been an issue all weekend. Like has already been said, it's a Nitrado issue.

[smoky thunder]

neat buckaroo

[near dome]

we must fight nitrodo

we must rise up

[hollow quail]

ETA for when servers are back yet?

[humble thicket]

Nope

[hollow quail]

Getting stupid now 😑

[merry thorn]

They were mostly fine all day

[hollow quail]

Only happens on my nights off work 💀😂

[humble thicket]

So I’m on a pve server, with rexes that have 500k health, and 15k melee. Should 10 rexes be able to take on overseer, rockwell(aberration), and gen 2 Rockwell? I know they should be fine on island and gen, but mainly have no clue about aberration. Yes I know you don’t need any tames for Rockwell, but I don’t feel like cheesing it with shotguns

[hollow quail]

👀you could take them all with half those stats 💀😂

[limber kayak]

Unless your server changes something, you can't even use rexes on Abb

[humble thicket]

That’s what I thought, but never don’t the fights before. I played pvp servers and never nearly got to the tech stage

[hollow quail]

But ye forgien Dino's need to be allowed

[magic flicker]

anyone having a problem getting into the unofficial servers? It keeps telling me "could not retrieve address" What do i do?

[humble thicket]

Good to know. So reapers or would rock drakes. Really what Dino’s are the best to take

[hollow quail]

Nitrado messed up big time

[magic flicker]

huh?

[hollow quail]

It's been like it for hours

[magic flicker]

sooo whats gonna happen

[humble thicket]

Look in announcements

[hollow quail]

Every single server is affected and noone knows

[magic flicker]

ugh geez

thats no fun.. I just spent all day on this server and decides to kick me out an hour ago

[limber kayak]

reapers drakes and megalosaurus are all good. Spinos could work too but are a bit too big to attack rockwell efficiently

[magic flicker]

Im on pc is everyone experiencing this problem>

[humble thicket]

Ok, and I’ve been going around killing alpha creatures to get xp for newly grown Dino’s. I’ve seen people hatch and kill baby megalosaurus for dino xp, what goes into this strat?

[mystic cedar]

Yep I am on xbox

[humble thicket]

Is It like killing a giga, but they don’t want to waste the baby on xp? Why megalosaurus, when other creatures could be used

[limber kayak]

Prob cause there's no gigas on Abb and they're the next best xp wise. idk if spinos or megalos give better xp. That's my best guess

[humble thicket]

I mean, what determines what xp a creature gives? For example if I have extra tek Rex’s, would those give decent xp for my grown tek Rex’s? I ask because I would have to tame megalosaurus/ get a bunch of breeders, but I already have the Rex’s for the fight. So if I have like 20 Rex eggs, would those be better to use to level the boss Rex’s

Also I have drakes for abb fight, so I could get extra rockdrake eggs aswell

[limber kayak]

Ah I see. W determines the xp from a given creature. idk what goes into their though process. But you can find xp charts on the wiki that breaks it down

[limber kayak]

If you're gonna use dinos for Abb I suggest drakes for any riders going in and megalos to put on the Rockwell platform. Take out tentacles with shotguns on the drakes and whistel the megalos on Rockwell during dmg phases

You can use a rider on a reaper for crowd control as well if you want

[humble thicket]

I’ll prob just to a field test and see which Rex gets more level from the baby. Thanks for the tips

[queen pecan]

hey, idk if anyone would know. But are they shutting down unofficial servers as well?

[humble thicket]

Just official

[queen pecan]

oh okay, thats what I thought too

ty

[magic flicker]

wait wh

wha

so no one knows when they come back up?

[humble thicket]

#announcements

[rain drum]

Is there any breeding settings calculator to help set up a sp world?

Asking because the sp world is for me and my sister and usually we only have around half a hour to a hour to play games occasionally

[young minnow]

Probs best bet would be the beacon application on computer. Just keep in mind since you are on SP you won't be able to have the best setup since SP does not have access to all the settings. Namely the imprint amount setting.

[young minnow]

If you tell me what you are after, I got a spare 10 mins so I could help out

[humble thicket]

is there no #official-discussion ? lol

is it because it's going away?

[quiet ermine]

most likely

[humble thicket]

so sad

[gilded copper]

Hello. I'm new here and hoping to find some good ripe brains to pick. Been so busy between family, work, and now a little tribe vs tribe drama on my server, i haven't been able to get the time to sit and think and could use some help brainstorming. I need some help figuring out level rewards for the different roles, A Dragon's Quest that turns a knight into a Dragon Rider, and a few other small things here and there.

[young minnow]

never had one. At least not in the 2 years ive been a mod

As to why there has not been one. No idea, I am not in charge of such decisions

[magic flicker]

ugh

i feel like we get back on for a while

we wont*

[faint axle]

8 hrs later still no (fix)

[humble thicket]

Why the brackets?

[faint axle]

Dk

[faint axle]

And I’m bored af

@proven prawn can u please bring the servers up please I’m begging

[tender skiff]

fr

[naive panther]

@stark warren @proven prawn will you release some kind of roadmap / worksheet for unofficial servers that want to host A:SA? We have been hosting A:SE since 2015 and of course also want to provide an A:SA cluster but there are so many unknowns yet. Will it be released via Steam again? Will the server configs be the same or similar? How will it work with paid mods, does every client need to pay? Will you release the dedicated server a liitle earlier so we can set up clusters?

If you could release some kind of FAQ / roadmap / worksheet for us it would be really awesome. We gave our heart, our money and our time to this game, please help us to continue with that 😄

[amber hatch]

Any one tried getting on ?

Is it still error coding?

[eternal comet]

not yet up

[faint axle]

Yep

[rich vault]

Any idea on when it’s gonna come up? This is going on nearly a week +

[summer trail]

Please bring the servers back online

[summer trail]

Server is back Yeah

[past stone]

and servers are back off

[wary hawk]

can someone help me with a steam/epic ark issue

[olive talon]

Answered in #general and #ark-survival-ascended.

[limber pond]

Wyvern eggs aren't acually dropping when I breed them. Any way fix this glitch. I've already tried cryo and uncryo

[abstract raven]

Anyone watching this chan?

[fiery dew]

Are servers up?

[south wave]

No, this is the official discord and we vibe here.

[humble thicket]

So i have a friend that uses Nitrado and in Gportal we have to go to Basic settings and change EventColorChanceOverride from 0 to 1 for the ActiveEvent=PAX but he says they dont have basic settings so would he need to put EventColorChanceOverride in advanced settings manually and if so is there a specific place, ive looked in my codes and its not even there but it's in basic settings and worked.

[azure gulch]

There's a tabbed section that has options for engram overrides and dino level stats. Not the general tab one of the other ones. I don't currently have a server so I can't see to be exact

At the bottom of that section is a blank text box that says like put things that typically go into game.ini here

You put it there.

[rain drum]

What are good xp and resource multipliers a single player world with a time starved person?

[echo tundra]

anyone know of a mod or plugin that can track PVP stats for players / tames killed AND also structures (e.g. turrets, foundations, walls etc.)? We have the Shop Rewards plugin but it only tracks players / dinos

[azure gulch]

The ones that feel good to you

[humble thicket]

Hello so question when you all look for a server what do you look for in it

[lean hemlock]

Is there a way to clamp player/dino stats on a private server? I thought I played a server that claimed they did that but I never got to the limit to confirm.

[stone latch]

Is there anyone with knowledge about ConsoleVariables.ini, GameUserSettings.ini , Engine.ini ? I'm wondering if some lines in the different files (I customized them to give my potato as much fps as possible) can conflict each other. If I compare my game with my friends' game, I have a lot more and stronger lighting reflections (which doesn't really help my FPS).

[neat girder]

My impression or ark is causing more crash after last update?

[humble thicket]

you looked the mods see last update on date.

[gusty harbor]

Does anyone know if there is a way to modify the levels that loot drops require? I'd like players at levels lower than normal to be able to access loot drops. I'd even be fine with removing the requirement for level on loot drops altogether. Any ideas?

[humble solstice]

i believe in the in ark setting in the advanced settings there should be something about it

not completley 100% tho

[humble thicket]

if not you could always let them lvl up faster

[olive talon]

There is no way to edit the level requirements. Those are hard coded into the game.

[abstract raven]

Looking to run another server, however not really wanting one of the maps already out. What is a good mod map with little to no issues?

[cerulean hamlet]

is non dedicated servers 3 players only? the fourth player always cant join and it says timeout

[gusty harbor]

Thank you.

[scenic hornet]

Hey uhh I have difficulty offset set to 1 and override official difficulty set to 5 on my Ark server but things still barely spawn beyond level 30. And yes I've done multiple dino wipes and server restarts.

[native wave]

are you sure you are modifying that value in the correct file? should be in GameUserSettings.ini under the saved config

this is what I have mine set to and max dino level for normal dinos is 150
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0
DifficultyOffset=1.000000
(copied directly from my config)

/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/<linux or windows server>/GameUserSettings.ini

[scenic hornet]

Can I DM you a screenshot?

[native wave]

yeah you'll have to accept my friend requet

[azure gulch]

Are you on the island or Ragnarok ?

[gilded copper]

Have you done it in both your expert settings AND general settings? That same problem messed me up too

[stone latch]

Is there anyone with knowledge about ConsoleVariables.ini, GameUserSettings.ini , Engine.ini ? I'm wondering if some lines in the different files (I customized them to give my potato as much fps as possible) can conflict each other. If I compare my game with my friends' game, I have a lot more and stronger lighting reflections (which doesn't really help my FPS).

What if I put this on 0: r.Shadow.MaxResolution=2

[lean hemlock]

Are there any ways or mods to increase dino aggression so it's not so peaceful when doing pve? Primal Fear is a bit feature bloated for what I'm after. I was looking for something simple and light if there's something for that.

[humble thicket]

where find good local base singleplayer on island?

[elfin pulsar]

the small beaver pond in the north is popular. Herbivore Island is a pretty nice and safe place

[humble thicket]

hmm the small beaver pond in the north has coords for this?

but not make beaver stop spawn?

[elfin pulsar]

roughly 20,70

there are other beaver spawns though

i tend to prefer building in the south of the map, the north side has several giga/carcha spawns

the hidden lake is a fair bit away from most of them, but still kinda close

[humble thicket]

thanks you kris 😄

[lucid solstice]

Decrease shadows, sky quality, ground clutter and view distance

[coral comet]

Svartalfheim is an interesting map. Just added it to my servers I play on, been having a lot of fun. Naturally no flyers.

[serene ibex]

How do i change the amout of element a generator need to work? Do i have to put the nober up or down (g portal) i wanna have less element waste

[agile trellis]

good evening who would have a site or a discord or have all the coding for a pvp server thank you

[spare linden]

Does anyone already have a “ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems” code for adding a chance to get tek items/engrams from drops (either all or just red, i can change that), it would save me loads of time by not having to write it all!🙏

[azure gulch]

Use beacon

[humble thicket]

This is mod?

[azure gulch]

Computer application

www usebeacon app

[humble thicket]

Good to know thanks

[azure gulch]

For sure

[spare linden]

Thanks, used an example there and changed a few things (items, quantity, quality etc…) but copy/pasted the form

[indigo flame]

I've read this today: The servers of Ark: Survival Evolved will be shut down on August 31. Gamers who still want to play Ark: Survival Evolved with friends can run a player hosted session to do so.
Does this mean our unofficial servers are gonna close as well?

[azure gulch]

Idk about the exact date since they haven't said. However if it goes as planned no, unofficial servers will become the only way to play ark 1, so they won't close down

[olive talon]

@humble thicket
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[hearty field]

Did they get rid of crystal isles on mag farms

[bleak horizon]

Anyone know the spawn comand to spawn random chibis?

[humble thicket]

is normal the Carcharodontosaurus appears on the island?

i flying around mountain on the island

[young minnow]

They spawn same spots as gigas

[humble thicket]

got it thanks i found one Carcharodontosaurus 😄

[sick arch]

hey i’m new to this game and me and my friends want to fine a nice PvE server to learn and enjoy the game can anyone help us find one that isn’t full of structures ?

[lone nimbus]

So, what is everyone's top 10 things they look for in a server they join?
What makes you enjoy it and stay?
Xbox/ wind 10 and Steam players!
Looking to make one, see what is the most common thing

[azure grotto]

hey guys, some friends and I are starting a new ark server, what are the best housing/deocration mods out there?

[south wave]

Eco’s are pretty good, Nekatus also release his viking decor mod

For plain ol’ building S+ or CKFR

[azure grotto]

I heard ECO got bullied and wasnt making/updating mods any more?

[devout turret]

im using Eco on my server with S+ seems to run fine

[azure grotto]

awesome thankyou

[devout turret]

so it Structures Plus (S+) with eco's RP Decor and eco's Garden Decor

loads of other ones too but not tried them yet

[thorny iron]

Would there be ppl up for a one last run of ark all maps if i were to get a server

[solemn lava]

Any1 know an admin command that allow me to give all explorer notes to another player?

[echo pecan]

don’t think that exists unfortunately

[vestal ember]

Can anybody help me to figure out why my server is not showing in the game even tho it says it’s online it just won’t show up

[olive talon]

Have you added the server ip address to your steam favorites list?

[vestal ember]

Yah still just says server not responding but the server is fully up so I’m lost on this

[olive talon]

Go ingame and see if your favorites pull it up

Depending on your host, you may need to contact them or just give it time.

[vestal ember]

I’ll try it but I’ve not seen my server show up at all since I got it yesterday

[olive talon]

Did you add the full ip:port and make sure it's correct?

[vestal ember]

Yah added all them numbers exact

I don’t know why steam won’t see it tho

[olive talon]

You made sure to purchase a steam server right? I don't know if buying a PS server would make it weird.

[vestal ember]

I got a pc server off of Nitrado says pc and everything even had the steam options on the website and stuff

[olive talon]

Okay I'm just checking lol you may need to contact Nitrado if you don't want to wait longer

[vestal ember]

Guess I’m gonna have to and they may not even reply to me 😂

[olive talon]

They should, you can join their discord and try there

[azure gulch]

Plains Castle on fjordor

[olive talon]

@humble thicket #pvp-discussion or #pve-discussion.

@final adder
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[final adder]

Oh 😭

Tyyy

[cold orchid]

Hey, anyone tried ark supreme mod ? tryna figure out whats the best dino in Alpha tier xD

[humble thicket]

Anyone else having issues with Genesis 1 mission ‘ice fishin’? Won’t let me sit on the chairs

[weary prawn]

@humble thicket it's been broken. It wont be getting fixed as it's been broken for years.

#consolebitessometimes

[slate cosmos]

Either thylac , therizi or rex imo

[cold orchid]

oh thought so, ive tamed a therizino

its pretty good but i heard its not any where better than the Rex, cant find a Rex thats near of the max level anyways lol

[hearty field]

Does anyone play on mag farms

[pure granite]

Is there a mod that adds unlimited food to titans? like literally just that and nothing else?

[olive talon]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1639458270

This is the closest you'll likely get

[olive talon]

@elder zealot #bobs-with-probs, this channel is for server setup help.

[opal hill]

anyone here play the supreme mod

[olive talon]

@faint sand
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[faint sand]

I'm trying to discuss a type of unnoficial server.

[olive talon]

You're looking for a server, so you would use the #735196255483068497 channel to lfg or look in #800537518843756544. Thank you.

[azure gulch]

There's a whole channel below with thousands

[next hedge]

What are the Difficulty Offset and the Override Official Difficulty values for each world type of server in PVE-Official?? I would like to match what official has with my own cluster of servers and I know they slightly vary from each world so that is like why I am asking hey??

[lapis quest]

Not many people talking about this, but if any server admin is using some of the HG mods, prepare to get fked

The guy just turned a bunch of his mods offline without any warnings or announcements

[humble thicket]

Hulk did this with Extinction back when WC added the custom item stack ini settings. Lost everything because i updated my server and the mod was removed from the workshop, so ASM removed it.

Havent played on that server since.

Pretty lame to do it without warning imho. I havent touched a single mod of his since

[lapis quest]

Man, i'm so pissed about this

We have a 4 year+ no wipe cluster going on here

More than 40 maps using those stack mods

[humble thicket]

Wonder if theres a way to just load up the mod even though its no longer on the workshop.

Could rollback and load it with the mod enabled if thats possible

[olive talon]

Yeah I just had to let my friend know we'd have to find a new stack mod or switch to vanilla stacks too unfortunately

[lapis quest]

One of our adms is making a stack mod at this moment

That can replace the damage Hulk did

[humble thicket]

IDK how servers handle mods that get removed from steam Workshop, if the files are there you could try to load it.

[lapis quest]

We did not turned the servers off yet, so people that has the mod files installed can log in

[olive talon]

The mods are open-source, you could probably do something with them, but I have no idea what

[lapis quest]

People playing from Geforce now cannot log untill we find a fix

[humble thicket]

Problem is, with stack mods, theyre all unique items separate from vanilla. Dont even know how you'd go about converting it, if you even could.

[lapis quest]

Yeah, he makes a bp for every godam item in the game

[humble thicket]

Thats just how stackmods work IIRC. Primary reason why i switched to the ini (no weight reduction does suck tho)

[lapis quest]

Yeah, people get used to it

[native wave]

I use ark customizer

[neat girder]

is anyone else having problems with battleyea?

[tiny tapir]

i just got hit like a truck my 3 clusters... 30+ maps are using that mod

2 no wipe clusters

so yeah... kinda wondering what my options are right now... ouff

[lapis quest]

Have a modder that knows how to remap stuff using the open source code and make a mod from scratch

[tiny tapir]

or wipe and use a diffrent stacking mod.. ouff my players wont be happy....

[lapis quest]

Thats not a option over here lol

[ripe arch]

Could always do it the old fashion way with beacon.

[dull oasis]

does anyone know what racer plat saddle cap is?

[sharp gust]

Hello! Are you a gaming enthusiast with a passion for the Ark game? We're currently searching for candidates who are willing to serve as admins for a new Ark server.

We're looking for individuals who have a strong sense of loyalty and dedication to the game, as well as the ability to follow orders and communicate effectively. You will be responsible for managing the server, ensuring that it functions smoothly, and providing excellent support to our players.

If you think you have what it takes to be part of our team, we'd be thrilled to hear from you. Please send us your resume and a brief cover letter outlining your qualifications and experience.

Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you soon!
DM ME!

[lucid solstice]

Is it a paid position?

[wintry crater]

Aye guys I have a question

So many of us have been playing in 1 of this modded server but the server’s subscription has already come to the end and while playing the server, admin made it so that we have to donate him money to be able to buy cheaper Modded characters from the shop so thus we donated it BUT he didn’t inform how long more the server is going to be up for and didn’t give a fair warning to those who are about to donate 3-5 days before the server ends

I also asked him if I could get the gameusersettings as people have already donated their money, you can’t just cut them off like that, reason why I asked for the gameusersettings is because I am willing to pay for the server renting to let everyone else continue playing and enjoying the mod with the same settings but he isn’t responding

Is this technically counted as a fraud? Just a question

[olive talon]

Unfortunately there's probably nothing you can do. Unofficial server owners can do as they please and aren't required to keep servers going, nor are you required to donate or pay them.

[wintry crater]

Alright ;-;

Atleast 4 people donated close to the ending of the server and the admin didn’t bothered to inform them and took the money and ended the server. The people in the server’s discord right now is trying to get the gameusersettings from the admins but they are not bothered to reply

[lucid solstice]

Next time, don't donate I guess

[wintry crater]

Yeah ;-;

[sharp gust]

It can be, it's not out of the question, you interested? DM me let's talk business

[fleet vigil]

Any way to enable the old easter event on private servers? Got the colors with activeevent=Easter but even spawning in bunny dodos and getting bunny eggs, I can't place them down.

[azure gulch]

Is this for console ?

[lapis quest]

Bad news: the hg mod guy is asking for money even for the open source files.
Good news: a lot of people that got acess to the files made some mod copiesto repair the damage caused by turning the hg stack mods offline

[lapis quest]

The 'normal' events wont work anymore, we just get coloured dinos from now

[azure gulch]

Stack sizes can be set in game without mods these days so... A paid stack mod is luls

[lapis quest]

It does, but doesnt let you work on weights

[azure gulch]

Weights ?

[lapis quest]

You can make stacks via .ini, cannot reduce weight of stuff

[azure gulch]

You can increase the weight players can carry. Which would essentially be the same

[lapis quest]

The mods were always free, but instead asking for help or some kind of donations, the dude just turned the mods offline from the workshop

And now he's asking for money to even release the open source stuff so people can make new mods or re-cook

[azure gulch]

Eh. I just mean to say gl to him, or whoever, considering you can do that without a mod.

Even beacon has stack options for free.

Bad move on their part

[olive talon]

Stacks yes, not custom weights for item stacks

[azure gulch]

Just increase player weight gain per level stats

[languid shoal]

is there a way for the tribe log to show real date instead of ingame dates ?

[azure gulch]

If you have a dedicated server there will be a logs file

Maybe in non dedicated too. But I've not done that so I can't say

[olive talon]

We know that, it isn't the same lol

[olive talon]

Nope

[azure gulch]

It's... Basically the same. And if someone tried to charge me for a basic ass stack mod, is what I'd do

[languid shoal]

ive seen servers do it

[olive talon]

I've never seen it, someone else may have more knowledge but afaik, without an api/plugin, there isn't a way. There is not an ini file either afaik.

[azure gulch]

There's a discord bot that I think does... Something like that. But I think it's premium. Idk any way for in game tho

[olive talon]

We can find a different mod, just not everyone likes boosting up the weight. There were better ways to go about that, personally speaking, but I don't know the full situation other than servers getting messy because the mods are being removed. All of them, not just the stack mods.

[azure gulch]

Time for a new batch of mod makers !

[lapis quest]

Our local modder just released a new version on the 10000k - 90% hg adding g1/g2 stuff also

[tired vessel]

My cluster is hit by the HG rug-pull. Players are getting mod mismatches and I'm hesitant to try to reboot my nodes in fear that they'll come up without the stacker mod and I'm not sure what that will do with item stacks.

The mod info says that if the mod is removed, all stacks created with it are deleted. Anyone know if this is true, and if so anyone know of a workaround?

Thanks for those who re-hosted the mod! I'm running 2500-90% (mod ID768023924) which hasn't be rehosted 😦

[spiral hedge]

Yes. A friend just reached out to me about this. Her players lost pretty much all their resources.

[lapis quest]

I think no one made a 2500 50% yet

[tired vessel]

I'll reach out to some of the folks who have uploaded other version. I have an archive of it that I'm happy to pass along

[charred moth]

does anyone know if i can make a dedicated ark server on my alt on my ps5 then join it with my mates on my main?

[humble thicket]

If the stack mod is missing, the resources get deleted since they are using custom BPs.

So definitely keep the server on until you can get a replacement mod running :3

[tired vessel]

I filled out all the workshop paperwork so I can upload a backup of it. Waiting on approvals. fun times

[humble thicket]

Some improvements for this for ASA would be nice. People shouldnt have their cluster/server ruined because a mod gets removed from WS

[lapis quest]

People made new mods using the leaked open source before the guy locked them behind 100 dollars

Most servers are running just fine again using those new stacking mods

[prisma knoll]

anyone know of a mod that restores the old kibble system?

[tired vessel]

'leaked open source' or just repackaged the mod? No one has reposted on for the 2500+90 version that my servers were using. Can anyone point me to this leak?

[lapis quest]

I believe no one got this yet

He quickly took them down and started selling the open source codes

Ive seen the 10k, 5k and 1k so far being re-uploaded

People on his discord are trying to contact him trying to get hg build and some other stuff but its been 2 days without a single answer

He even took down private paid mods that some servers paid him to make, this makes 0 sense

[tired vessel]

The mod readme says that you can move to a larger stacked version of the mode (ie from 2500 to 5000) without losing things -- instead old stacks will remain 2500 and new ones will stack at 5000. Anyone verify if this is true? If so, I'm tempted to try out one of the 5000 rehosted versions

referring to this:

This mod is ONLY compatible with: HG Stacking mods, not compatible with any other stacking mods!
Note:
- If you change the mod to a smaller, the stack size will be reduced
- If you change the mod to a larger, only new stack will be increased

[lapis quest]

It works

We were using two mods in different clusters over here

A 10k stack and a 5k stack

Now both clusters are running with a 10k that out modder made

[tired vessel]

nice. was the 5k stack able to be removed safely once the 10k mod was in place? My players will get a mismatch until I remove the 2.5k version

[lapis quest]

Well, from a few players so far we had only one guy that got all his resources wiped from s+ dedicated storages

No one else lost anything

[tired vessel]

haha 50/50 shot it was s+ that ate it -- i know that feeling all to well 🤣 I'll give it a shot on one of the lesser-used maps to test. Thanks again!

[lapis quest]

Make sure to backup everything before testing

Also, if you come to install a new mod, tell your players to delete the old files from hg mods that got shutdown

The files have the same names, bps, etc.

[final karma]

Does anyone know which DinoDropInventoryComponent megalania uses?

[floral sigil]

i have servers with the HG stack mod 1000/50 what mod can i install so i dont loose all resources? if that can be done?

[lapis quest]

mod id: 2966960058

[floral sigil]

@lapis quest sorry to be a pain do i just add that mod and delete the old one? i do have a small server i can test on thanks for any help

[lapis quest]

Pretty much, just replace everything

[floral sigil]

cool thanks so much for your help 🙂

[lapis quest]

Do a backup first to make sure nothing goes wrong

[floral sigil]

yeah i have a back up before the mod disaapeared

[lapis quest]

The eternal guy didnt changed anything from the 1000-90, basically the same mod re-cooked

All the file/folder names are the same

[floral sigil]

he's amazing saving the day for probably most unofficial servers

[lapis quest]

A lot of modders are uploading new stacking mods

I think just the 2500 is missing so far

I just feel bad for people using Hg build and Icc on some servers

Those still gone since yesterday

[floral sigil]

yeah i was lucky and only used the stack mod

[lapis quest]

Same here, i oppened a Omega map on december, almost installed hg build for it

If i had it installed i would be wiping the server today

@tired vesselCheck your dm, important stuff

[noble coral]

When is the next update

[prisma knoll]

need old kibble system mod

[gritty cosmos]

Am i only one who thinks that Ark should make film that have like creatures inside it?

[olive talon]

#ark-animated-series

[formal musk]

Hey I need help

Anyone know the best base and settings for olypums and primal fear

[olive talon]

@little wigeon
This channel is for discussions about unofficial (or single player) server setups including mods and other relevant topics. You can find recruitment and server advertising channels under the #bulletin-board-rules channel.

[little wigeon]

Oh so sorry, thank you

[wintry crater]

Hey, are there any server admins here that could help me with some of my game ini settings because I’m stuck rn, I want my level that Dino level that I spawned in at lvl 900 to have 510 extra levels to pump in but when I try to do it, it stops at level 988 and it says it’s max level already

It’s my first time configuring ark settings so I’m still trying to figure out aswell, spent a day trying to figure this out ^ and yet still came to no conclusion

[lost slate]

can someone help me with an error?

[pure granite]

Is there a mod so wild dinos can damage any structure type or sometihng simillar?

[azure gulch]

Posting the first 5 lines or so should be fine

[azure gulch]

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=5,ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=20,ExperiencePointsForLevel[2]=40,ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=

For each additional level

[golden nymph]

Hey, I want to lower the amount of element given by the mini bosses on Fjordur. I can't seem to find the component name to use in the .ini files. does anyone have them for Beyla, Steinbjorn, and Hati and Skoll? example: (SupplyCrateClassString="DinoDropInventoryComponent_BossDragon_Easy_C"

[granite barn]

Does anyone know how to get a players ue4id within rcon? I can get the steam64id, but that's not what I'm after =/

[lapis quest]

You want the ingame playerid?

[granite barn]

@lapis quest Correct; using rcon only. No showmyadminmanager

[lapis quest]

GetTribeIdOfPlayer should do the job