unofficial-setup-help

[clear spruce]

But ya know...greed

[opal sky]

you wont get much cluster or anythign prices too high support sucks nitrado is trash

[hexed grail]

Do you really believe that it wildcard do you not remember the switch

[radiant shell]

because of nitrado there won't be, except for the ONE AND ONLY server who is partnered with nitrado, but that wouldn't count as an "unofocial server" experience

[leaden obsidian]

Anyone know why servers say full when there only half full??!

[opal sky]

,ore like semi-offical

[glossy kraken]

you can also get a nitrado license by creating a mod that gets 10k downloads, seems a bit easier than a 10k community

[tropic lotus]

Anyone know of a way to manually connect to a server? Steam://connect command doesn't work.

[radiant shell]

that server is basically small tribes with slightly better rates and same official pvp tryhards...

[snow mason]

sigh All I wanted to do is play ASA on my own server, my own configurations with my friends. I read somewhere that people are buying 2 copies of the game. 1 to play, the other to install onto a new steam account on their dedicated server box. That's crazy!

[lament briar]

It's much cheaper to make a cluster by buying the game several times, than it would be to pay nitrado monthly for a cluster (if clusters even exist for self hosted)

[tropic lotus]

Sometimes server shows up in server list for people and sometimes it doesnt.

[radiant shell]

LITERALLY, IMAGINe

[sullen heath]

you dont need 2 copys....

[opal sky]

they should after scortch comes out.
but i mean i should be able to run 2 servers on one machine but you cant

[remote kernel]

Well I just tried setting up my own asa dedicated server on a dedicated windows machine... WELL turns out you can't even run ASA server on one machine and the ASA game on another one;
"You are logged in on another computer already playing ARK:Survival Ascended Dedicated Server. Launching ARK:Survival Ascended here will disconnect the other session from Steam."

Just wtf

[ancient birch]

Has anyone found a fix for Primal Game Data Took 0.45 seconds then freezing?

[lament briar]

I'm not saying it's a good choice, they are all dogshit choices. But jesus Nitrado prices are so high that it'd be cheaper to buy the game multiple times lmao

[opal sky]

you also dont need 2 accounts just 1 to download and start then login kick the other out when on pc

[radiant shell]

They could've made a "priority" server lists, and servers hosted on nitrado would show firsts, and that you needed the IP to join the self hosted ones or scroll to the botton
and let people hosts their own garbage and promote themselves in one of the channels here, AS it has always been

[humble thicket]

Use Steamless 😉

[karmic gust]

You can, and you just need 1 copy on your steam account to do it. On the server just launch steam in offline mode before starting the server and now you can start ASA on your normal computer.

[tropic lotus]

set steam client to offline on your server, you'll be golden

[agile needle]

Anyone’s nitrado bullshit just keep crashing over an over the past two hours?

[snow mason]

Can somebody do me a favour, check if you can see a RageQuitters UK server in unofficial for me? It's running but I can't see it. My ports, etc are all setup from the ASE days.

[opal sky]

welcome to nitrado the trash company

[remote kernel]

but will the server then be publicly available?

[tropic lotus]

yes

[high marsh]

Do you know if experience multipliers, taming and more can still be configured on the Nitrado servers?

[radiant shell]

wym?

[opal sky]

but you can only run 1 per machine if im correct

[warm vault]

Anyone here can help me for my nitrado server ASA i want to change the settings in farming and stuff to x5 how is this possible in nitrado ?

[radiant shell]

yes, only one

[remote kernel]

good to know, lemme test that

[opal sky]

whitch is BS

[high marsh]

Me too! AND idk how

[raven notch]

So if I'm correct we cant self host ark servers for a community right? Or is that allowed?

[radiant shell]

no. it is not, thanks to the greedy goblins at nitrado

[opal sky]

just wait for the exclusive tebex deal to come so all donations to servers go through them

[obsidian sandal]

if i have to i'll just setup a VM with my steam account for island and then another VM with my wife's steam account for Ragnarok when it comes out and go around Nitrado's rules that way.

[hearty stirrup]

Does anyone know of a way to earn like $40 in a day

[radiant shell]

lmao

[celest halo]

you can, must be free though for them to play on it

[opal sky]

find a corner jump in first car that stops do what they say charge 50

[hearty stirrup]

I’m desperate man I am thinking of selling my quest 2 for like $150

[warm vault]

i literally made a ticket for my problem they just said i bought it so its my problem 😄

[obsidian sandal]

In your Nitrado Dashboard > Under Settings > Click Config Files > Change to gameusersettings.ini under [ServersSettings] > copy and paste/change numerical values as you need
XPMultiplier=5.0
TamingSpeedMultiplier=5.0
HarvestAmountMultiplier=5.0

[radiant shell]

do you have SS? Muaxn?

[torn vortex]

lmao

[opal sky]

nitrado service at its best

[hearty stirrup]

???

[raven notch]

Yes I mean just to have a big group play on it not a commercial business

[humble thicket]

matter of principle, compared to ark se self hosting. Shouldn't need to buy 10 copies of the game just to self-host multiple ASA maps.

[warm vault]

thanks i am going to try this 😄

[hearty stirrup]

I know it’s awful but I still want to buy the game

[celest halo]

from Nitardo's news section Self-Hosted Free Use Dedicated ASA Server (PC Steam Only) When you purchase ARK: Survival Ascended on Steam at launch, you can create one PC private server (“Steam server”) for free use, allowing you to invite friends or other community players to share experiences across the revamped ARK maps. they list community players

[rain patio]

You all know how to open it movement speed Are you together? Server nirado

[lament briar]

Yeah, that's the real problem at the end of the day. The whole buying multiple copies to not have to deal with Nitrado shouldn't even be a thing because you should be able to host servers.

And then, we don't know if server clusters are even going to be possible with self hosted.

[opal sky]

if they dont let us self host cluster we are doomed, but then with only 1 serve raloud to run its a pain

[humble thicket]

I agree but at the same time I am not rewarding bad behavior, it just perputates this cycle we are in. We already seen what Snail games does on official servers in Ark SE.

[hearty stirrup]

Nitrado wanted to maximize profits and yet I am desperate for the game

[celest halo]

and the way they have this writen Self-Hosted Free Use Dedicated ASA Server (PC Steam Only) i dont think it will allow crossplay when that comes out

[clear spruce]

It could even be suddenly revoked.

[hearty stirrup]

Then just play there other game until they figure there selves out

[opal sky]

at least you can still play ase and host server not a real big differance to game play just gfx

[humble thicket]

can't blame them, Snail owes them $1M in past due server hosting fees and gave them a $3M unsecured loan. I don't agree with their potential 7 year exclusivity or right to control private server license keys. I think once Nitrado is made whole by ASA sales (which they are currently taking 20% of gross revenue), they don't get exclusive rights anymore or at least not for 7 years....

[hearty stirrup]

Nitrado needs a reality check

[rain patio]

Brothers and sisters, please tell me how to Enable Movement Speed

[restive pebble]

They have a monopoly, they don't need to anything but cash the checks.

[opal sky]

its the same shitty practice tebex used with fiveM

[hearty stirrup]

Yet there making less from there decisions

[opal sky]

no they still make more because idle people enable them non has ball to just say no we wont buy hosting

[hollow ruin]

anyone know where mods get stored on a server? there is no mod folder on my singleplayer game so idk..

[humble thicket]

at least Snail/Wildcard was kind enough to release the game before Oct 31, or else Nitrado would have control over Ark SE private servers also

[bitter sable]

Any word on support for Linux servers?

[high marsh]

Anyone here know how in a nitrado server ASA how to change the settings in farming and stuff to x5 is this possible?

[earnest mountain]

Hiya, I am trying to get a dedicated server up inside a vm and I am running into some issues (never ran a server through a VM). I am running it through a windows 10 VM on my unraid server, and it doesn't show up in the list of ark servers. When running the server on a normal windows 10 machine I can get it to show up without any issues, but the VM hosted server just does not want to show up. I forwarded the ports 7777-7778 UDP, 8888 TCP, and 27015-27016 UDP (some ports are probably not needed but I was just trying out everything I saw on this channel) on both the firewall from VM and the isp router. Briding mode is on in unraid.

I might be missing something, or forgot something.. Is anyone willing to help me here/in DMs who knows more?

Edit: fixed it, anyone else running a VM for ark in unRAID running into issues feel free to dm me and I'll try to help :)

[lament briar]

At least the whole FiveM/Zap/Tebex thing wasn't as predatory as this one. I used to sell FiveM resources for a long time, while also working on open-source, and they didn't "like" us selling outside of Tebex, but they also didn't come after us.

[celest halo]

nope, there hasnt been any word on dedicated servers at all

[rain patio]

Hi I know

[hearty stirrup]

Not really because of you account for the back lash I can tell you asa doesn’t even have 10% of the player base and it’s declining with all the refunds

[rocky locust]

Can anyone help me out with what I need to add into gameusersettings to reduce mating interval and cuddle/imprint timer, and increase maturation and hatch speed please?

[opal sky]

im one that wont ever buy nitrado , so i am with you there
and true but they could if they wanted to

[hearty stirrup]

All nitrado is getting a reward for is most refunds of the year

[severe bough]

This Nitrado contract seems to be breaking the sherman trust act:
Sec. 2. Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof; shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

Report a complaint of breaking anti trust laws, easy way to get this monopoly destroyed

Sorry for copying your text @meager fox it'll just appear more if others saying it too

[bitter sable]

It seems like people are able to set up dedicated servers but only in windows. I only have Linux servers :/

[opal sky]

i just told my 200+ community we are going back to ASE cluster untill its reversed i suggest other bigger communitys do same

[obsidian sandal]

In your Nitrado Dashboard > Under Settings > Click Config Files > Change to gameusersettings.ini under [ServersSettings] > copy and paste/change numerical values as you need
XPMultiplier=5.0
TamingSpeedMultiplier=5.0
HarvestAmountMultiplier=5.0

[radiant shell]

I HOPE someone can make a case on this and actually win

[supple jackal]

How do you make prime meat stack without a mod?

[severe bough]

❤️

[humble thicket]

60K of people playing it right now (60k * $40 = $2.4M right there.) I am sure Nitrado has already been made whole already even after skimming 20% of gross revenue and steams cut.

[hearty stirrup]

90% refunding the game though

[opal sky]

find a layer who would take it on ill sign as a plantiff

[hollow harness]

Nitrado server not starting...?

[drowsy cairn]

free, but donations aren't allowed, also?

[hollow ruin]

i doubt the refunds even reach 10% lol

[celest halo]

i know but they havent said anything about even running it on windows, im one of the ones that shared the appid for the dedicated right after it was added to steam

[hearty stirrup]

If this continues ark 2 is gonna fail due to the back lash of asa

[hollow ruin]

you assume everyone has your negative outlook

[iron crane]

Nitrado is only getting 20% of the revenue tho.

[hearty stirrup]

Well from what I see yea

[high marsh]

@obsidian sandal tnks!

[celest halo]

that could be a gray area this is from the EULA The Application is intended and allowed for Personal Use only. Running the Application for Commercial Purposes is not allowed. Commercial Purposes includes any revenue generated by operation of the Application which exceeds Application operational costs or tipping. Lending the operation of the Application to anyone other than the owner of the Steam login to operate is not permitted. take it as you will, but i see it as can take money to cover cost of server only

[hearty stirrup]

I really hope the back lash blows over

[humble thicket]

Snail already has a lot of suits on their hands. Nitrado could be brought into the mix, if the plantiffs think they cant squeeze money from Snail.

[bitter sable]

They've said nothing so... its not necessarily a no yet? Would be nice to have an answer to know if I am wasting my time checking in or not :/

[slate mango]

what are the pvp unoffi servers sayin? is there alot?

[celest halo]

not a no or a yes yet, nothing from WC about dedicated servers has been said

[humble thicket]

idk. there was a ton of back lash with Ark SE in early access, when they released a DLC while still in early access. People just don't care are addicted. Not going to lie, I was and do want to enjoy ASA but I refuse to take more bs.

[radiant shell]

LMAOOOOOO no. there is not and there probably won't be, thanks to nitrado 🙂

[hearty stirrup]

Wait why hasn’t snail games been sued already there making false promises

[drowsy cairn]

donations would come under operational costs/tipping IMO, but that's assuming whoever wrote that has a brain, ty

[hearty stirrup]

But this isn’t ase it’s a modern title

[thorn obsidian]

If they weren't sued for their promise of making this game a free upgrade and then turning around and charging $40 for it, I highly doubt they'll get sued for this.

[opal sky]

well hard to sue snail because mos there companys are in china

[hearty stirrup]

$60 for me

[celest halo]

or how much money you have to fight them, if they try to come after you for getting money and running the server

[opal sky]

host in russia or somehwere they have 0 duristriction

[humble thicket]

straight from their quarterly report :We are dependent on the future success of our ARK franchise, and we must continue to publish “hit” titles or sequels to such “hit” titles in order to compete successfully in our industry". "The ARK franchise contributed 87.1% of our net revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023"

If you don't fund them, Snail would have been forced to sell off Studio Wildcard and free them from their shackles

[lament briar]

Snail is in China, and you really won't get to them. Snail Games USA that bought out wildcard is just one of their subsidiaries, so you would be a long ways from the main company.

[bitter sable]

Even in the US unless you got lots of money good luck pursuing legal options

[ember belfry]

i have my settings on completly DEFAULT, and supply drops are giving journymen/ascendant gear. ive tried lowering the default values and the drops dont change, how do i fix this? getting ascendant gear from white drops is stupid

[crisp locust]

An word on players hosting unofficial dedicated servers? This Nitrado hosting fiasco is complete BS

[radiant shell]

dude get real, there is no way of looting hard underwater, leave it at that

[rain patio]

Brothers and sisters, please tell me how to Enable Movement Speed

[opal sky]

i think making it so comercial server hosting place cant directly advertise/auto setup ark servers would have been better , it would have made us all buy baremetal and setup our self , atm its way way to restrictive

[celest halo]

0 words on it officially

[lament briar]

But the main Snail company has money for lawyers so it would be a huge uphill battle unless you have plenty of disposable income.

[olive sleet]

Still can't Cluster them together so you can tranfer.

[ember belfry]

what? i want my server to be real.... not get ascendant shit from basic cupply drops

[opal sky]

we should be aloud to host and setup our self servers i think i prefer it that way even in minecraft and other online servers i run

[hollow ruin]

Has anyone found the mod content folder?? Where ar these damn things stored I see the mods in singleplayer but im trying to get them on my dedi

[humble thicket]

they didn't have any more money until ASA, that is why they had get an interest-free loan from Nitrado.

[thick kraken]

there is a guy in this chat who has been working on getting it to run on linux idk how much progress hes made recently but he was at it all day yesterday

[thorn obsidian]

You need to make a Game.ini file in the same folder as your GameUserSettings.ini and put this inside:
[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
bAllowSpeedLeveling=True

[obsidian sandal]

since we have no idea how cluster will work in ASA, no one can make that determination yet.

[radiant shell]

what you gon loot instead? cave loot without being able to get dinos inside cave?

[lament briar]

As far as I know, we don't have a confirmation whether clusters will be enabled on self hosted or not.

[celest halo]

probly in curseforge folder in your user profile folder

[lament briar]

Was that the main Snail, or Snail Games USA that was out of money.

[ember belfry]

i mean like white drops giving basics, thats/wood buildings, sleeping bags, spark power etc not 1100 dura flak bps

[radiant shell]

wait rlly? dayum

[ember belfry]

yea thats what im getting at

[obsidian sandal]

did you change any setting at all? such as loot drop quality ?

[radiant shell]

you could get a mod when someone releases it that allows you to alter the contents of drops

[opal sky]

and they really love buggy servers at start, because it forces people not to play offical but host there own making more money for nitrado

[hollow ruin]

drops quality is based on difficulty as well

[fast plover]

so if we dont pay it, it makes a point

[ember belfry]

default was at 1.5 and i dropped it to 0.5 to try and fix it but nothing changed

[remote kernel]

server crashes on start unfortunately...
Anything wrong with that:
start ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?listen?SessionName="Name"?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=20 -NoBattlEye

[opal sky]

that is it we have to stop paying for servers untill they give us what ase had

[radiant shell]

for me the best is :
White: Structures (metal at most, maybe some tek foundations or smthng)
Green: Kibbles and honey
Blue, Purple, Yellow and Red: Normal

[humble thicket]

both. the founder of Snail spent all his money on a failed EV car company called IndiEv. CFO is owed $15M (Founder's Wife) by the failed company.

[kindred ocean]

Anyone know how to change difficulty in Game.ini?

[lyric python]

How can I host my own server for me and my friends? Like on SE? I know several manager isn’t out yet

[radiant shell]

bro doesn't know 💀
do not tell him guys

[obsidian sandal]

change it to: start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?listen?SessionName=Name?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=20?" -NoBattlEye

[tropic lotus]

Yeah you have nothing after ?listen

[lyric python]

Bro? 😟

[humble thicket]

dev of ASM left. I told him

[merry root]

@lyric python there won't be ASM

[remote kernel]

nothing supposed to be there right?

[radiant shell]

Nitrado holds all the rights to unoffi servers, you cannot host a server from your PC and config it however you like bro.

[hollow ruin]

use search function before repeating questions

[tropic lotus]

Oh you’re right that part is fine sorry. Let me look again.

[lyric python]

What in the actual fuck

[remote kernel]

still crashing, don't think that makes a difference

[obsidian sandal]

well your format was completely wrong before.

[radiant shell]

Yeah imagine lauching a brand new Mod system for it to be played cross platform and then a greedy company to come in and capitalize in a service previously given away for free
FOR THE FIRST TIME, wildcard doesn't has the fault.

[remote kernel]

It's actually what some guy on reddit reported to be working. And this format works for ase, so...

[lyric python]

I’m rattled and shook what the fuck. So no private servers on own pc? No me and my friend playing Dino game unless through Nitrado??? Wtf???

[radiant shell]

you still can get a non dedicated, but you gotta be online and it's only one per steam account

[hollow ruin]

Wildcard gave them the rights

[restive pebble]

No self hosted clusters, and they are making self hosting single servers as painful as they can to try and get you to give up and use nitrido

[radiant shell]

I mean you also would at the verge of bankrupcy

[lyric python]

Wtf so no clusters either unless buying the game on new accounts?? And dedicated is line when I’m online only right??

[olive sleet]

Correct

[tropic lotus]

I can’t find anything wrong mate, check the stickied post on Reddit.

[lyric python]

Someone come and kick me in the head because this must be a fever dream

[radiant shell]

Nitrado are just greedy bastards, they could have made their servers show up first before self hosted, and you could still promote yourself in the official channels in this discord.

[wicked socket]

does anyone know the Discord for
[EU/DE] NoLimit - PvP - x25

[remote kernel]

In fact if I change the mapname to something that doesn't exist, the server boots up fine (into ShooterEntry however)

[lyric python]

They legit killed the fucking self hosting??? What the fuck?? How is the game gonna survive??

[restive pebble]

We don't know at this point if you can make a cluster if you buy multiple copies. it may work, but it could also be not part of the limited dedicated server we're allowed to run.

[olive sleet]

I refunded because of this. Maybe if there is enough stink they'll backtrack a little bit at least, but I'll just stay with the OG ARK for now

[tropic lotus]

No, you can be offline and run dedi. Check the thread on Reddit it tells you how to run offline.

[hollow ruin]

Has anyone gotten mods to work on their dedicated server??

[bitter sable]

I don't even care so much that they gave Noobtrado a monopoly on managed hosting services for Ark but why TF would they prevent us from running our own personal servers to use (not sell). I almost can't believe it.

[radiant shell]

I will.

[olive sleet]

You can't do that without buying the game twice now. Non-Dedicated is not the same as Dedicated.

[opal osprey]

the fact that it can't function the same way that ASE did is horrible and should not be the case

[restive pebble]

Please make sure it's respectful, and factual. If you sound like a nutter, they'll just delete it.

[lyric python]

I’m legit shook. I’m fucking shook. How is that possible? ARK was built by the community. What the hell. They killed it

[whole sierra]

It's in violation of the sherman antitrust act. Report them at this email

[e-mail]

[hearty stirrup]

Wait till nitrado starts banning people from the discord for talking about how there monopolizing

[restive pebble]

Yeah, the community servers is what made ASE to great.

[thorn obsidian]

They are banning people from their own discord for talking about it.

[green oriole]

^^

[bitter sable]

I'm sure the DOJ will be very concerned about our videogame XD

[hearty stirrup]

Lol

[whole sierra]

They will be as they will make money from it

[bitter sable]

I'll send an email what can it hurt

[kindred ocean]

I got a server running without second game license idk what you saying. It is possible but you need to do a lots of things

[hearty stirrup]

I am surprised no one has made a petition to make asa free

[humble thicket]

but can you get two servers running at once?

[whole sierra]

Exactly more reports = more visibility

[olive sleet]

The 'workaround' was to allow Steam to sign your account of the machine hosting the server. They fixed that, signing out the server machine pulls down the server, and you can't play the game when it is signed in.

[rustic drum]

No you cannot

[kindred ocean]

No thats true but you can do one server.

[bitter sable]

Yeah it's "possible" but not really in a way to run a reliable server. The biggest issue is that you can't use an anonymous login method with a GSLT token so you have to do a two factor auth step every time the server needs to restart.

[obsidian sandal]

The problem with this format is that at the end where you have MaxPlayers=20, you don't have the ? at the end. so it's not going to load properly without the ? at the end. Secondly, the quotation marks need to be at the beginning/end of the argument, but you simply have them around the server map name. Below is my .bat file and it works fine. Keep in mind that I have different port numbers than the default.

start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=SERVER NAME?MaxPlayers=70?listen?Port=7799?QueryPort=27056?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye -nosteam

[thorn obsidian]

Snail and Nitrado obviously don't care about the community. They just see us as easy money.

[radiant shell]

Maybe should have added "Ark Survival Ascended" to yours instead of only the names

[whole sierra]

Probably. Can always hop on my other email for revisions

[thick kraken]

any one figure out how to get mods on our dedicated servers?

[celest halo]

going to be another server update coming, they have a test uploaded an hour ago

[kindred ocean]

What does -nosteam ?

[obsidian sandal]

i added that, attempting to launch the server without doing the license check for steam.

[kindred ocean]

Is this fr working?

[obsidian sandal]

it doesn't bypass the steam check unfortunately, but it also doesn't affect the server from launching either, so i'm keeping it in my bat file for now.

[lyric python]

“Where were u when Ark was kill?

I was at home trying to start unofficial self host server when friend call

“Ark is kill”

“No”

“

[dreamy venture]

Server is offline, changing settings in the:
Game.ini / gameusersettings.ini
saving them but launching the server doesn't apply any of them it just reverts ?

Any ideas?

[olive sleet]

No

[cinder hare]

Anyone know why myself and everyone in my house can get on the server, but my friends somewhere else can not? (Its our dedicated server and our own equipment) We've opened the ports as necessary.

[scarlet lichen]

Same here

[dreamy venture]

It's driving me insane, it should be saving, not sure why its reverting 😠

gonna try fully closing steam maybe its somehow caching the server in the background :/

[earnest mountain]

The server I am hosting through my virtual machine is not discoverable in the server list. I checked ports & firewall and both seem to be fine (7777,7778,8888,27015). Also tested a simple minecraft server which does seem to port forward fine. Is there anything other than VC_redist and ofc steam/dedicated server I need to install? (it was a fresh vm)

[kindred ocean]

Do you know how to change difficulty?

[obsidian sandal]

Game.ini

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
MaxDifficulty=True

[kindred ocean]

Which difficulty level is then? 5 or which one?

[scarlet lichen]

My dedicated server is running with the steam offline method, starts up just fine without errors. "netstat -a -p UDP" shows the ports open, canyouseeme website shows ports open, but when I open ark from my gaming PC it just doesn't show up on server list

[obsidian sandal]

I presume it's 5 yeah.

[kindred ocean]

Which is the maximum dino level with that?

[obsidian sandal]

that should be 150

[kindred ocean]

Thanks 🙂

[cinder hare]

Anyone know why myself and everyone in my house can get on the server, but my friends somewhere else can not? (Its our dedicated server and our own equipment) We've opened the ports as necessary.

My friend can see the server on the list but cannot join

[supple jackal]

How was breeding changed in ascended?

[celest halo]

server list is prob still buggy, people running ones on nitardo have reported theres not showing in it also

[bitter sable]

I sent an email. Might get some traction posting this on the Ark subreddit as well. There was recently a lot of attention around ticketmaster's antitrust violations so hopefully this is something they are paying more attention to recently

[supple jackal]

Using our numbesr from evolved, stuff is becoming adults in seconds

[celest halo]

dedicated server might also be getting an update soon, they have been running a new test build for an hour now

[bitter sable]

pls pls pls linux server pls

[pine basin]

I guess this is the right place to ask so, It seems that I dont get a folder with the maps name in the Saved folder. Anyone that could help?😅

[celest halo]

tags that i can see still only say windows

[bitter sable]

reeeeeeee

[spice crown]

Support
Hi my server is a PVE server but somehow the players can acces other's forges.. I don't know which settings to turn this off... Despite the fact that nitrado hasn't provided the full adjustment options.. could you help? Nitrado suggested that I use the settings from a single player, should that be the case?

[bitter sable]

Where do you find the information about this?

[abstract glade]

Any idea what could be wrong with my command line here? Using the dedicated server tool. Server seems to start up fine, though quicker than I expect, but it doesn't show up in the steam server list or ingame.start C:\ASAServer\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?listen?SessionName=TestServer?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10?" -NoBattlEye

[celest halo]

watching steamdb and looking at branch update times steamdb.info/app/2430930/depots/

[peak sapphire]

Gameusersettings: ForceAllStructureLocking=True

[celest halo]

Supported Systems Windows has not changed yet there either

[spice crown]

Thank you

[karmic gust]

anyone know where to put modfiles when running non nitrado server?

[celest halo]

past few updates to "public" where after these hit about 3 hours ago for update time unoff_beta 12555497 1 hour ago npc_beta 12555469 1 hour ago qa_staging 12555453 1 hour ago

[undone swan]

same issue server starts up very fast 20 seconds but after that nothing

[glacial creek]

is it a brandnew server/install?

[harsh forge]

Remove the trailing ? from your MaxPlayers

[next zinc]

sm1 know if u can have more than 180m for the tethering distance ?

[abstract glade]

That doesn't change anything. I actually added the trailing ? after trying without with no success.

[bitter sable]

Nope, you're SOL.

[jolly sentinel]

How do we change tame rates, gather rates, xp, etc?

[cinder hare]

Its bugged right now but no more than that apparently. at least in non dedicated. In a dedicated server we dont have tethering

[humble bone]

Is there a way to disable wild baby dino spawns?

[cinder hare]

I didnt see it in the files for dedicated server, no. But these are just based off the non dedicated files, that are copied and pasted into the server

[undone swan]

yes it is log ends with full startup :20.00 seconds . numbers of cores and then wp runtime hlod can you confrim if it should be more than that also thanks for assisting

[humble bone]

Yeah I haven't been able to find it either 🥲 Thanks.

[river tinsel]

Same issue here, the server doesn't show up in game

[cinder hare]

No probs!

[cinder hare]

Make sure it isnt set on private match

[river tinsel]

Private match?

[obsidian sandal]

how long do you wait? once i get to that point on my dedicated server it usually takes a few minutes and multiple clicks of the "refresh" button for it to show up

[cinder hare]

Are you talking about non dedicated?

[pine basin]

Anyone knows why the startup stops here? It writes everything down real quick and then nothing more happens. Ive waited around 40 mins and nothing happens

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 346110
[2023.10.27-17.10.43:605][ 0]LogMemory: Platform Memory Stats for WindowsServer
[2023.10.27-17.10.43:605][ 0]LogMemory: Process Physical Memory: 68.44 MB used, 68.44 MB peak
[2023.10.27-17.10.43:605][ 0]LogMemory: Process Virtual Memory: 54.95 MB used, 55.08 MB peak
[2023.10.27-17.10.43:605][ 0]LogMemory: Physical Memory: 13679.55 MB used, 16109.12 MB total
[2023.10.27-17.10.43:605][ 0]LogMemory: Virtual Memory: 4512.24 MB used, 134217728.00 MB total
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:225][ 0]New Save Format enabled
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:225][ 0]ARK Version: 358.17
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:225][ 0]PID: 46312
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:409][ 0]SteamSocketsOpenSource: gethostname failed ()
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:409][ 0]gethostbyname failed ()
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:413][ 0]Commandline:
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:414][ 0]Full Startup: 4.18 seconds (BP compile: 0.00 seconds)
[2023.10.27-17.10.44:414][ 0]Number of cores 12
This is my command line:
start ShooterGameServer.exe "Valguero_P?SessionName=Klau Valguero?MaxPlayers=3?OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0?DifficultyOffset=1.0?AltSaveDirectoryName=Valguero_P?QueryPort=27015?Port=7777?listen" -NoBattlEye -noundermeshkilling

[cinder hare]

Your port and query port are mixed

[undone swan]

ive waited prob up tp 30 min

[cinder hare]

not sure if it matters but it needs to be port then query port

[obsidian sandal]

are you completely positive your ports are open in the router? firewall disabled?

[timid rover]

Hoping someone puts out a good tutorial video soon on private hosting

[quasi obsidian]

guys sorry to ask but im doing ark survival evolved ark addition mod and i would like to know if they spawn on the map or if i can only spawn the dino with commands

[glacial creek]

ok,, i had an error on both updates lastnight and ya server would insta shut down aswell.. thats why i asked.. mine was corrupt chars, the saves were fine, the chars had to go.

[pine basin]

Those ports were used in a tut so ive copy pasted what he wrote, but what does eventualy to be changed? The port or quary port?

[stable notch]

yo stop the nitrado madness, theres a petition on change.org to bring back real unofficial servers, not this "only 10k+ communities" joke

[lapis vessel]

@pine basin I get 2 lines more than that, but then it stops and sits there forever. (Current test at the bottom it says Green Status light and then Ticking Loop, at 28:45 and counting)
wp.Runtime.HLOD = "1"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPAWNER WARNING: NPCZoneManagerBlueprint_Water_418 with SpawnEntries /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Spawners/DinoSpawnEntries_DeepWater.DinoSpawnEntries_DeepWater_C has spawned only 12, < 70 pct of Desired NPC Spawned over start-up time @ 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000!

[cinder hare]

Port=7775?QueryPort=27030?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye

It needs to be written like that. So just switch them. Port first and then query port

[hollow ruin]

they spawn on the map now.. its been fixed.

[pine basin]

ill try that thanks!

[undone swan]

yup server side firewall disabled and on mikrotik ports for udp and tcp from 7770-7900 and 27015-27090 hosted plenty of ase servers with same settings so not sure why its not working now

[pale thunder]

They share spawn containers with other creatures, meaning they spawn wherever those containers are. You can read on the steam page where that would be. They should spawn on pretty much every map.

[cinder hare]

No problem, hopefully it works for you! Thats how we have it, and were good :3

[rain patio]

start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?listen?SessionName=TestServer?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10?" -NoBattlEye -Noundermeshkilling

Redirecting stderr to 'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\ASA\logs\stderr.txt'
Logging directory: 'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\ASA/logs'
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
[ 0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1698262904
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...OK

Steam>

It doesn't work

[past marlin]

I believe most of them do spawn. There is one that is have a spawning issue; Deinosuchus. You could check out the discord for the modder. They provide good updates.

[obsidian sandal]

do you have the bat file in the same folder as the ArkAscendedServer.exe file @rain patio

[rain patio]

yes I have

[tardy pine]

Is the -Noundermeshkilling switch a thing?

[pine basin]

hmmm... looks like it didnt work...

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 346110
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:241][ 0]LogMemory: Platform Memory Stats for WindowsServer
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:241][ 0]LogMemory: Process Physical Memory: 68.51 MB used, 68.51 MB peak
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:241][ 0]LogMemory: Process Virtual Memory: 54.93 MB used, 55.06 MB peak
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:241][ 0]LogMemory: Physical Memory: 13276.63 MB used, 16109.12 MB total
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:241][ 0]LogMemory: Virtual Memory: 4507.45 MB used, 134217728.00 MB total
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:770][ 0]New Save Format enabled
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:770][ 0]ARK Version: 358.17
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:770][ 0]PID: 22128
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:887][ 0]SteamSocketsOpenSource: gethostname failed ()
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:887][ 0]gethostbyname failed ()
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:894][ 0]Commandline:
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:894][ 0]Full Startup: 3.09 seconds (BP compile: 0.00 seconds)
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:894][ 0]Number of cores 12

[pseudo glen]

Dose the dedicated server files only have windows files rn cause thats all I see.

[tardy pine]

yes

[pseudo glen]

dang guess I just have to wait to get my server running

[cinder hare]

Are you sure those ports are opened?

[pine basin]

how do i check that😅

[cinder hare]

go to portchecker in google

[quasi obsidian]

thx cuz im on lost island and i never saw any of them but i can spawn them with commands

[pine basin]

and write down the two ports?

[cinder hare]

Yeah you'll have to enter the ports in the website, and it'll tell you if their closed or open

[pine basin]

Their closed🙈 What do I do now

[cinder hare]

Ah thats why then, well either you need to open the ports yourself through your router, or you may need to call your ISP. Tell them what your doing and that you need those ports opened.

[rain patio]

@obsidian sandal Do you have a solution?

[hollow ruin]

Has anyone been able to add ark additions to their dedicated server?

[serene shore]

Any one else get this crash when starting up. CrashReportClient]
bHideLogFilesOption=false
bIsAllowedToCloseWithoutSending=true
CrashConfigPurgeDays=2

I can get it to start the console for a few

[obsidian sandal]

you could try deleting your .bat file and recreating it, in case there was an issue with a random invalid character somewhere.

[pine basin]

Is there a YT video on how I can do it by myself? Or could you slide into my DMs and try to axplain it to me?🙈

[karmic gust]

any news on how to start a non nitrado server with mods?

[cinder hare]

Depends if you have an ISP provided router or your own. By the sounds of it you probably just have what the ISP gave you. In that case, it's not something I recommend people do unless you know what your doing. You could youtube how to open ports. But its a little more complicated than that.

[celest halo]

i be more concerned on why this failed ```

[2023.10.27-17.44.21:887][ 0]SteamSocketsOpenSource: gethostname failed ()
[2023.10.27-17.44.21:887][ 0]gethostbyname failed ()

[pine basin]

The tut guy said that it shouldnt bother me

[umbral wolf]

i played in on unoficial server and he disappers

[abstract glade]

Do firewall ports need to be open for a dedicated server in order to see it in LAN?

[pine basin]

Yeah I think Ive got one from ISP.. well... So i need to contact them and tell them to open up those two ports?

[umbral wolf]

how i can join him back

[hollow ruin]

its extremely easy to port forward

[torpid spear]

Has anyone gotten this error in the console?
“!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPAWNER FAILURE: NPCZoneManagerBlueprint_Land_C_299 had 20 spawn failures in a row @ 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, DISABLING!”

[cinder hare]

Yes just tell them that.

[hollow ruin]

find your router model and look up a guide for port forwarding. they are all very similiar

[pine basin]

Thank you! Ill try and contact them!

[cinder hare]

True, but someone people still have a harder time, and if you do the wrong thing in your router it can mess stuff up. not to mention some ISPs wont allow you to change that

[celest halo]

and lookup default username/password for your router most are still using default if you havent changed it

[exotic pewter]

Patch tonight for fps ?

[hollow ruin]

You can also reset a router to factory and as long as you are within the right section you shouldnt be able to break anything anyways. If you have spectrum they manage the new routers through their app and its very streamlined. Google is your friend for port forwarding. find your router model

[quasi obsidian]

do i have to put a command to make all dino from ark addition spawn in whole map ??? (im on lost island ark survival evolved)

[celest halo]

that patch was 7 hours ago

[lapis vessel]

That's where my server seems to get stuck

[humble thicket]

hey idk where to ask this but do yall know if the nitrado servers u can buy for ur friends are stable?

[celest halo]

i have specturm but only have there modem dont have there router

[hollow ruin]

so you have your own router? find the model look it up. a basic guide is really all you need all routers use the same verbage in the menus

[karmic gust]

anyone found out how to start a non nitrado server with mods?

[celest halo]

i know how to set mine up it was Klaudyna that dont

[neat girder]

Are the Ark servers going to have this RAM consumption? Here it is reaching 30g of RAM in use, only 1 server.

[hollow ruin]

ive been asking that for 2 days now lol.. apparently not a single soul has

[lapis vessel]

@torpid spear actually, my message is slightly different
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPAWNER WARNING: NPCZoneManagerBlueprint_Water_418 with SpawnEntries /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Spawners/DinoSpawnEntries_DeepWater.DinoSpawnEntries_DeepWater_C has spawned only 12, < 70 pct of Desired NPC Spawned over start-up time @ 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000!

[karmic gust]

i mean my server is running but it doesn't start with mods even if they are in the activemods list in gameusersetting, but i don't know where the hell i shall put the modfiles so the server finds these

[hollow ruin]

Yes that is my problem, I cant even find the mod content folder for singleplayer.. so if we find that it should be similiar...

[unborn cedar]

I got also:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPAWNER FAILURE: NPCZoneManagerBlueprint_Land_C_165 had 20 spawn failures in a row @ 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, DISABLING!

[obsidian sandal]

i just ignore that message, the server runs fine so i don't worry about it

[hollow ruin]

this message is displayed on mine as well.. i wouldnt worry about it. just looks like an overspawn of fish thats being aborted

[spring vault]

Hey, does anyone know how are we supposed to make mods for Ark ASA? Ive been trying to figure it out, but I can't find any info on this. Pls ty

[karmic gust]

that's in steampath\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ShooterGame\Mods

[hollow ruin]

well i guess the first attempt is to copy that folder to the win64 of the server and test

[quasi obsidian]

do i have to put a command to make all dino from ark addition spawn in whole map ??? (im on lost island ark survival evolved)

[mystic wasp]

Is anyone else not able to join their Nitrado server?

[karmic gust]

doing that right now

[hollow ruin]

IF you added the mod after already starting your map then yes.. you will need to use the command destroywilddinos in order to wipe everything off the map and start spawning new stuff.. otherwise no they spawn where they intend to spawn

[mystic wasp]

Mine times out everytime 😕 I have the updated additions mods

[coral solar]

@honest raptor Whats your server called?

[graceful rover]

Food is going down insanely fast on my unofficial server, any tips?

[mellow elk]

Tryna find a decent server to join, want like max 5x rates with pvp pref ORP and like 4 man tribes ideally as only a duo playing

[fading oasis]

@proven prawn do you think we could get some documentation of ASA dedicated server configs?

[bold flint]

it seems putting game.ini doesnt actually effect my servers settings. does anybody know why this could be?

[white lintel]

Anyone managed to connect to a server running on their own network? Previously it used to appear in LAN for me, so never an issue, though option isn't available on ASA

[keen meteor]

you cant add mods on nitradio servers only single player

[mystic wasp]

? I have them added lol

[hollow ruin]

They are exactly the same as ASE

[fading oasis]

Oh... Whoops. Guess I did something wrong then

[timid rover]

@proven prawn i second this

[fast plover]

Nooblets new video talks about it

[junior vector]

I forget, in vanilla ASE, were you able to craft with materials from an inventory you were currently looking in?

[mellow elk]

is there a working server browser for servers? cuz currently tryna find one is impossible

[earnest mountain]

I can see that the port 27036 is open in canyouseeme, but it's not showing up in the server list, anyone knows a reason why?

[nimble talon]

Only if you had SS or s+ I think

[obsidian sandal]

the 77xx port number is the one that controls if it shows up in the server browser, make sure that is open too

[jovial sierra]

Im a bit confused, I added a Game.ini to my shootergame/saved/config/windowsserver folder but none of the values are being read. Anyone have any idea?

[earnest mountain]

Alright, 7777 is indeed closed. It is forwarded on UDP though, anything else I need to do?

[obsidian sandal]

open the port and it should work.

[earnest mountain]

I added both 7777 and 7778 to port forward list in UDP and firewall, netstat shows it in the list in UDP but it doesn't want to actually open

Does it need TCP too?

[spiral palm]

From what I understand TCP and UDP need to be opened

[junior trout]

Oh god, how much RAM this ASA Server uses? WTF
Is normal to reach more than 16GB+?

The VMs costs for a cluster will be insane, better buy Nitrado lol

[celest halo]

from nitardo ARK: Survival Ascended game servers requires a lot of memory (14-16 GB)

[hollow ruin]

is your server password protected. dont forget to check the box at the bottom of the browser. also viewing servers within steams game servers manager wont exist as ASA isnt added yet. these two things stumped me for awhile lol

[earnest mountain]

opened both, didn't seem to work. Tested it real quick with an empty minecraft server just to check whether they are opening correctly and that works fine

[bold flint]

anybody know why my game.ini isnt being read by my dedicated server?

[obsidian sandal]

i don't think it needs tpc, just udp. maybe powrcycle the modem

[celest halo]

nope but have seen reports of it not being read on nitardo also

[earnest mountain]

Yeah I know, figured that out too yesterday :P

[bold flint]

its not a nitrado server

[earnest mountain]

Alright, I'll try that

[viral viper]

Hello just wanna pop back in here to say fuck nitrado

[bitter sable]

fuck nitrado, all my homies hate nitrado

[viral viper]

Got my own non nitrado server launching today for my 6k community discord join my discord through my bio 👍 we fighting these clown with their exclusivity bs

[junior vector]

Did I mess something up with my server, or is there a lot of floating rocks and foliage?

[gloomy belfry]

Alright so where are we with configs and inis do we have more options yet bout to go on the nitrado site just sat down

[celest halo]

i seen a report this morning in genral on floating rocks with cords on where it was on the map

[earnest mountain]

Sadly that did not work. Just to be sure, I should be able to just start the server through steam right with it defaulting to ports 7777, 8888,27015 and/or 27036

[junior vector]

I'm running in to them every 20 or 30 seconds.. and floating trees.. lol

[celest halo]

lol

anti-gravity mode lmao

[obsidian sandal]

does your bat file specifically list out the 7777 and 27015 ports ?

[vestal cloud]

floating rocks are from low foliage settings

[gleaming kite]

bs it use more than 20GB on Windows server

[earnest mountain]

No, I am just starting the server through steam at the moment, would you have a start command to specify them?

[muted gulch]

did you end up figuring this out?

[celest halo]

well the info is from Nitardo so what you expect lmao

[gloomy belfry]

Wait you can do servers on steam now? WELL I'LL BE

[graceful rover]

is there a collision setting for nitrado server so i can place gates normally in a cave entrance? if yes where can i find it?

[celest halo]

have been for over24 hours now, its a pain to setup and get working right though

[gloomy belfry]

Bro sick I'm bout to sit here and set up now I have a nitrado server running but 26 cap is balls.

[celest halo]

and windows only no linux support

[rain widget]

if i have 40x maturation speed what imprint settins do i need to get full imprints

[obsidian sandal]

make a text file in the same folder as where ArkAscendedServer.exe is located and copy this into the text file and then save as a .bat file

start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=SERVER NAME?MaxPlayers=70?listen?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye -nosteam

[junior vector]

I'm on medium, not low. EDIT: And now I'm on high and seeing the same stuff

[gloomy belfry]

Just aswell I can use my streaming rig to server host.

[bold flint]

do you by any chance know how to make my private server read my game.ini? i put in \ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer and it just not reading.

[graceful rover]

is there a collision setting for nitrado server so i can place gates normally in a cave entrance? if yes where can i find it??

[celest halo]

nope

[earnest mountain]

Alright, thanks! I'll try it out :)

[celest halo]

appid 2430930 must be logged into steam with account that owns the game to download it, must have steam open (offline mode if you going to use same account on other pc to play game) to start the server

[junior vector]

why are links not allowed, and where does it say that in #rules ?

[earnest mountain]

Still nothing :( 7777 shows nothing on canyouseeme and it's not showing in the list of servers

[dire plover]

This cant be true. All the same issues from ASE with new graphics. How low can a company go? Is anybody listening to the community? I cant believe this. I never was so disappointed in my life. I wish all ARK-Fans the strength to stay hopefull. I cant do this anymore. Even "The Front" was running better on release day. And it was their first game. I hope WC and Nitrado enjoy the money they earned the last 2 days. See you all in a stable game.

[celest halo]

@gloomy belfry alot of reports of people can connect from there own lan, but people from internet cant. alot of people having problems getting it to show in game. does fully work for some, so we not sure why it dont for others

[obsidian sandal]

if it's still showing as closed. maybe contact your ISP with assistance with opening up a port? some routers are a pain to get working properly.

[earnest mountain]

The weird thing is, I did get it to work fine on a different gaming PC to test it out (and the port should be opened correctly because minecraft servers are able to use it without problem)

[jaunty salmon]

Ahem 🍷 🥄
Fuck Nitrado.

[vestal cloud]

welp all i can say is: self hosted server works fine for me (server on miniPC) and im sitting in Poland while friend plays from Denmark, no issues so far

[clear bronze]

Is this using the weird server file license thing?

[earnest mountain]

The windows virtual machine is just not in the mood I guess :/

[vestal cloud]

using steam offline mode thing ;p

[earnest mountain]

I can try using a different port I suppose, maybe 7777 is just used for something in the vm

[restive pebble]

wait till you try to setup a cluster and find out you can only run 1 server per copy of the game you own.

[vestal cloud]

i wont be runing a cluster, i know i cant for one, and im only playing with one or two friends

what mods? theres like 5 mods that give new dinos atm and thats all

[humble thicket]

2 questons, is this a nitrado server that you bought to play with ur friends? second, if so is it stable?

[obsidian sandal]

are you guys excited? Automated Ark is almost ready for release on ASA? My favorite mod of all time 🙂

[clear bronze]

I wonder how dedicated servers will work on the win10 version of ark

Because you can game share and stuff pretty easily

[vestal cloud]

not nitrado, self-hosted, no issues so far, we're playing a few hours, no lag, no crashes

[junior vector]

I'm surprised there's no mods besides the 7 from Garugal. I wonder if the modkit is very different from ASE's?

[humble thicket]

how did u self host it?

[lapis surge]

i believe they said modkit comes out this weekend

[placid heart]

U can only self host one server per steam account that has a copy of the game

[vestal cloud]

it was said plenty of times here, there are even tutorials online

[obsidian sandal]

dev kit was released last night

[lapis surge]

ah ok

[crude narwhal]

Please tell me what is your server startup parameter?
I'm starting a server. but it still doesn't show up.
How did you set the port and IP?
For your server.
Thanks in advance

start "island" /normal "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended Dedicated Server\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe" TheIsland_WP?listen?Port=26771?QueryPort=26770?MaxPlayers=70

I tried to set these parameters
what am I doing wrong.
What default ports do servers use?

[heavy trellis]

Self-hosted server, got some people that can see it in the server list and join fine and two people that can't see it in the server list at all. Anyone seen similar?

[obsidian sandal]

omg that is the worst bat file ever

[frail anchor]

On a dedi server, what is the proper way to shut it down so that it saves, etc. ?

[undone swan]

cant see my own server just tested an ase server and works fine asa nothing dont undertand

[junior vector]

are they checking to make sure they have "show password servers" checked?

[crude narwhal]

Please tell me how to do it

[heavy trellis]

Yeah, got them to send me a screenshot

[junior vector]

Not sure then. Maybe they can add the server through Steam -> View -> Game Servers?

[heavy trellis]

Yeah tried that too.

[vestal cloud]

are you using custom ports? maybe they have ports blocked?

[white lintel]

Looks like you can run multiple instances from BAT file

[undone swan]

the strange part is i can see traffic on the port foward when hosting ase server but when hosting asa no traffic whatsoever

[tropic quarry]

Has nitrado added the ability to change tame multipliers yet?

[white lintel]

Anyone connected to their own server on same LAN?

[obsidian sandal]

Create a text file in the same folder that ArkAscendedServer.exe is at and copy/paste this into the text file:

start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=SERVER NAME?MaxPlayers=70?listen?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye -nosteam

Make sure to then do "save as", check the file type to "all files" and save the file as a .bat file.
make sure you port forward port 7777 and 27015 in your router. if you don't know how to do this, google your router model and port forward and it should walk you through.
Once all of that is done, you should be able to double click your BAT file and run the server.

[heavy trellis]

Yep, and had external connections fine. Just can't figure out why these two players in particular can't join.

[white ermine]

i don't even think the port is listening

[white lintel]

I've got external players joining, it's me that can't

[vestal cloud]

you cant, the exe checks if another instance is running, if it is it shuts down

[crude narwhal]

Thanks a lot

[next stag]

Anyone know how to increase Raw Mutton and Cooked Mutton (lambchop) stack sizes in game ini for Ark Asended? Ark ASE ini command not working? was able to increase berries and crops wit ASE ini command, just not the meat

[heavy trellis]

I've joined myself by using my phone's 4g connection just to verify external connections worked, it was fine.

[white lintel]

I've had two instances running, though can't fully confirm they're both running as can't connect to my own, they certainly lok like they are

[obsidian sandal]

If external clients can can connect just fine, but you cannot, then I recommend disabling your firewall. I had this same issue on my ASE server. As soon as I disabled the firewall, the problem went away

[white garnet]

canyouseeme wont see the game port, only query port. just fyi

[karmic gust]

are you using the mods?

[vestal cloud]

no mods, i can live without few extra dinos

[karmic gust]

no luck. made the folder like in sp and it still not activate any mods (yes they are listed in gameusersetting)

[heavy trellis]

Would anyone be willing to do a quick test to see if they can see the server listed in Unofficial?

"RevArk"

[undone swan]

dont see it

[tender kettle]

anyone have a good ini setting for breeding and mature? thanks!

[earnest mountain]

RevArk is visible

[heavy trellis]

How strange.. one person sees it, one person doesn't

[obsidian sandal]

server list is flaky, sometimes it takes multiple refreshes for a server to be seen

[earnest mountain]

I am testing it now from a different pc (which I had working before) and both ports don't show as open in canyouseeme for some reason, but it does seem to work fine

[undone swan]

yeah im so frustrated with this i normally have no issues hosting servers but i just cant win with this

[obsidian sandal]

i have mating interval at 0.10x and mature speed at 10x

[crisp grove]

someone know how to join my friend game ?

[tender kettle]

what line items did you use same is original ark?

[obsidian sandal]

yes copied from ark ASE

[scarlet lichen]

25.15 is the most up to date dedicated server version correct? anybody know if there is another update happening soon?

[heavy trellis]

Correct

[obsidian sandal]

yes 25.15 is the current one. when a new one comes out you will see it in #patch-notes

[white ermine]

So it looks like people are figuring out how to get the port to listen -- what's the breakthrough there? My server still doesn't even show that its active on the Port that I choose, whether that be the default 7777 or 7801 or 7805

[obsidian sandal]

the trick is getting the router to properly open the port. once you get that done, you should be good to go.

[white ermine]

that's not the issue, I run netstat and it doesn't even show the port listening for traffic. It's allocated, but it doesn't seem to actually listen for anything

buuuut maybe that's a red herring...

[earnest mountain]

Is it possible that my server machine is just too weak to open it and is not showing any crash report or something? It's a windows 10 VM with CPU passed through (Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1230 v5) with 24 gigs of ram (can give it more)

[wise vigil]

im trying to host my own server but any external machine cant join (they see the server, but gets a time-out) I use a VPN server witch I connect to with openVPN. ASE servers on the same server do work. does anyone has any idea what I need to do? (UDP ports are opened in the VPS) pleaassee help me, much appreciated!!

[obsidian sandal]

once I opened the port, and used that port in my BAT file, i never had any issues. the real issue was getting the port to open in the router because it's an AT&T fiber router and their port forwarding is dog sh|t

[bold flint]

@obsidian sandal do you by any chance know why my private dedicated server isnt reading my game.ini?

[white ermine]

interesting, thanks

[undone swan]

same its so strange like i said ase i can see the traffic and my mikrotik router when i host an asa no traffic at all

[obsidian sandal]

i would start by asking what is in your game.ini

[old rover]

@white lintel still having problems seeing/ connecting to your own servers ?

[heavy trellis]

Game.ini isn't in use, change things in GameUserSettings.ini

[obsidian sandal]

Is your Game.ini in the same folder as GameUserSettings.ini? What exactly do you have in the game.ini? What setting(s) are you trying to change?

[white ermine]

yeah. I'm seeing exactly that. I looked all up and down Windows to see where the issue is, no dice. I'd be hesitant to turn off my firewall, but i guess anything's worth a shot to see what else i'm missing

[obsidian sandal]

game.ini DEFINITELY is in use. you have to create one and put certain things in there to change certain things.

[river rivet]

When you ran netstat did you run netstat -n --udp --listen since Ark uses UDP?

[slate ravine]

would really have to turn it off. you could put the pc in question in the DMZ and leave it on

[next inlet]

Dedicated server. 3x PvPvE. Server Name: Survival for all

[undone swan]

fire wall on my server is fully off no differences

[river tinsel]

Same here

[obsidian sandal]

Let's say you want to have weight to up by 25 points per stat level instead of 10, you need Game.ini for that. Let's say you want to enable player movement speed increases. You need Game.ini for that too.

[slate ravine]

have you verfied the traffic is making it past your router

[graceful jay]

Where do you guys buy your servers at? Do you buy them pre built or do you think custom made would be better? Any advice?

[white ermine]

no, netstat -aon

[bold flint]

It is in the same folder as GameUserSettings.ini and all im looking to change is difficulty, harvest multipliers, and player movement speed and flyer speed

[lament briar]

If you are renting a server, nitrado is the only way. No other options. Actually Buying, someone else would have to answer that, and you can ignore me (I'm pretty sure you were talking about buying but didn't realize til after I sent message)

[slate ravine]

for a server in your house? depends on your pc knowledge. and what kind you want

[obsidian sandal]

ok so harvest multiplyer is in gameusersettings.ini. i can give you the code for the other 2 though. One moment.

[slate ravine]

I built mine but then again I have built every pc I have owned aside from laptops.

[bold flint]

i changed the simple stuff like harvest things in a non-dedicated and copied and pasted the game.ini from there to the server folder but it wasnt reading it. ty for help

[white ermine]

yeah, that surely didn't make a difference but you told me that already lol

[obsidian sandal]

In Game.ini put this code for player/flyer speed increase:

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
bAllowSpeedLeveling=True
bAllowFlyerSpeedLeveling=True

[cinder hare]

Yup had the same problem. You might need to allow another port for the port forwarding ranges. Especially UDP for raw socket connection

[white ermine]

that isn't the issue though. There is no traffic even on the port the server is on

[heavy trellis]

Mind if I DM you?

[slate ravine]

no traffic at your router?

[stone barn]

Quick question I was playing for about 5 hours yesterday I got kicked from the server I was playing on and have now spent around 7 hours sitting at my pc trying to get back into it or a different server
Has anyone else had this issue (evwrytime I go to load into the server it kicks me back to the menu)

[next stag]

Did they rename mutton and cooked mutton in ASA? cannot increase stack size via game.ini

[hybrid loom]

Join Bobasaurs Ark 10x

[bold flint]

do you mind if i dm you for more questions?

[old hamlet]

youre trying to launch valguer

[undone swan]

yeah we seem to have a simmlar issue if i host an ase server i can see the traffic pass on the fowarded ports but if i shutdown the ese sever and start an asa server on the same ports no traffic

[obsidian sandal]

sure but you have to request friend as my dm's are off

[slate ravine]

that is really wierd

[graceful jay]

yeah at my house. Currently I have about 8 old pcs that I converted into "servers" but I wanted to get a real rig. Maybe several of them idk yet but as far as how hardware works I am decent at. The problem is deciding what is best to buy is where I am having issues

[runic grotto]

How do I give myself admin? i type enable cheats [pass] and it isnt working

[white ermine]

yup, exactly this

[wise vigil]

enablecheats <adminpw>

[thorn obsidian]

no space in enablecheats

[slate ravine]

well real server hardware is $$$$$$ what do you want to use your server for?, storage, plex, running games, etc.

[hollow ruin]

Yeah idk.. i guess we wait. mod developers got to know

[runic grotto]

yeah thats what i meant but it isnt working because when i try to do a dino wipe the command isnt found

[restive pebble]

Personally I would steer away from server grade equipment. You get a lot less umph for your money.

[graceful jay]

hosting game servers like minecraft over something. Was going to do ASA aswell but thats out the window now. Basically I just want a server with the a lot of ram

[slate ravine]

I personally jsut run a NAS, and a spare PC that I RDP into. most of the stuff runs on the NAS but I run game servers on the spare PC

[maiden sonnet]

Can you host your own ASA server atm? or no

[lament briar]

Yes, just 1

[cinder hare]

go ahead 🙂

[thorn obsidian]

Do you have ServerAdminPassword=password under your [ServerSettings] in GameUsersettings.ini? People sometimes put ServerAdminPassword= in the wrong spot

[thick kraken]

any updates on mods?

[slate ravine]

for server I would focus on processor and ram. you don't really need crap for a video card in it

[maiden sonnet]

Linux support? or windows only

[slate ravine]

Ryzen threadrippers ar e great for servers but $$$

[thick kraken]

windows only

[restive pebble]

windows only for now.

[lament briar]

Windows only atm I'm pretty sure

[graceful jay]

noted. Ill check them out

[vocal meadow]

anyone have any ini configs for boosted rates they could share with me?

[thick kraken]

ive got dual xeon 2687w V4 in my server no issues so far

[white garnet]

you can get an older threadripper for pretty cheap thatll be perfectly fine for a game server

[slate ravine]

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX Processor there you go 🙂 low low price of $5,499

[lament briar]

You can use cheaper ones than that for a gameserver can't you

[graceful jay]

yeaaa i was looking to spend maybe 5k a server not just for one processor xD

[slate ravine]

yeah that one is kind of overkill 😛

[restive pebble]

Don't go for a threadripper. you want good single threaded performance

[pine basin]

yeah ik

[thorn obsidian]

This. Heck, I'm running it on a Ryzen 7 2700x along with a bunch of ASE servers and other game servers. Depending on your needs you don't necessarily need a threadripper

[maiden sonnet]

don't go buying a threadripper, terrible advice

[runic grotto]

yeah its in the right spot, do i have to make a custom password and not use the default in order for it to work?

[slate ravine]

I forget what proc is in my server but you could probably get by with a 13900, a boatload of ram, and a nvme or three

[lament briar]

Is ASA even multithreaded?

[thorn obsidian]

Not sure about that, worth a try though

[slate ravine]

for storage and crap I would just do a NAS though

[robust sapphire]

Is there a way to fix all the small floating rocks showing up everywhere?

[white garnet]

lol im using a xeon cpu e5-1607 thats like 12 years old and it works just fine 😛 just slapped a ssd in an old dell rig i stole from work

[slate ravine]

nvme > ssd

[white ermine]

nah, that's a map bug
placement by Wildcard would fix that

[lament briar]

Most dedi servers that I've used were just single threaded, so single core performance was better than having a bunch of cores and threads. Idk if ASA utilizes multithreading though.

[white ermine]

correction: nvme >>>>>>>>>>>> ssd

[crude narwhal]

Please tell me
What could be, I wrote a batch file as you said.
start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=Arkglobal?MaxPlayers=70?listen?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye -nosteam

My ports are forwarded.
I run ASE servers
Well, the server does not appear in the server search and you cannot connect to it.
Thank you in advance

[ripe spire]

nvme is a type of SSD .. I think you want to say nvme > sata 😛

[thorn obsidian]

Also just to be sure, are you typing "admincheat" before your commands? I used to be able to just type "cheat" but it doesn't work anymore unless I type the whole thing now for some reason.

[white ermine]

yeah that lol
but I've got to say I practically refer to NVMe as its own type of drive since the difference as that clear

[slate ravine]

NVMe or Non-Volatile Memory Host Express, on the other hand, is the logical interface specification that is used to access a computer’s non-volatile storage media at high speeds. NVMe is primarily seen on PCIe-based SSDs that are built in the M.2 size. Those are the stick drives that are a few inches long and around an inch wide

[robust sapphire]

Idk, when I load in it looks fine but like the top layer of the ground disappears and only those rock textures stay floating. Tried bunch of different settings but it keeps happening, think something like that always happened on ase

[slate ravine]

so NVME goes in the m.2 slot as opposed to sata connector on the board. most SSD connec to the sata ports.

[cobalt idol]

How to self host a server? any tutorial link / name. the one i tried didn't worked.

[runic grotto]

so for example, admincheat destroywilddinos?

[thorn obsidian]

correct

[lament briar]

There was one guide but I don't remember who said it, it's in this channel

[ripe spire]

M.2 is a form factor. Early m.2 drives were also sata

[slate ravine]

some commands need cheat some need admincheat

[runic grotto]

i thought it was just DestroyWildDinos and no prefix 😢

[rain widget]

anyone know why my dinos wont breed?

[graceful jay]

Would you recommend just using something like the m.2 for the main OS (In my case proxmox) then have all the other storage on my system made for the vms (my game servers)

[slate ravine]

I use a 990 pro for my OS and games. you can get them dirt cheap now.

[lament briar]

@white garnet can you link your guide again it won't let me, for now you can search "dirty guide" at the top and it'll show up by Volkove @cobalt idol

[eager oyster]

Wildcard the best developer, but there is a very big sadness - nitrado is killing the community, sorry cry from the heart

[graceful jay]

gotcha

[ripe spire]

with current SSD prices .. no .. everything on SSD aside from maybe a HDD for backups.

[earnest mountain]

Has anyone gotten a server to work in a windows VM on a linux server?

[slate ravine]

you can get 4TB NVME now

[white ermine]

there's a few methods on Reddit if you feel like taking a dip in the deep end of the internet today

[obsidian sandal]

It is showing up for me.

[obsidian tree]

So there isnt a linux server rn?

[earnest mountain]

Or could anyone check whether TurtlesAscended shows up for them, maybe I just can't see it..

[white ermine]

correct, there is not

[lone dust]

do we know when cryo pods ect will introduced into the game and non native dinos ect

[brave prism]

Can anyone confirm or deny that privately hosted unofficial servers are being shut down by Nitrado at all? I'm seeing a few videos from streamers popping up about it.

[quick wolf]

Is there a guide for how to host a server on your own pc? I can run the file on steam but don’t know what else to do I think I port forwarded correctly

[obsidian sandal]

probably when extinction is released.

[crude narwhal]

Do you see my server?

[lone dust]

ty for that makes sense

[slate ravine]

or when modders add it 🙂

[cinder hare]

Mine isnt, i wouldnt believe that.

[obsidian sandal]

yes.

[obsidian tree]

Are they going to release a linux server?

[white ermine]

FWIW i can see it going both ways, where they are because they want to continue funnelling us to them, or where they aren't for a false propaganda campaign against Nitrado

[lament briar]

@cobalt idol

[urban quail]

In my single player i have flyer speed leveling checked and its not on in game.

how do i fix this

[native wave]

they're thrown up a bunch of hurdles to self-host servers...making it very difficult to host more than one

[vestal cloud]

whats the best settings for lvl 300 wild dinos? DifficultyOffset=0.2 and OverrideOfficicialDifficulty=10?

[worn vine]

@solar tree meet me on island bizzaatch

[crude narwhal]

why can’t I see my own server, what could be the reason?

[obsidian sandal]

disable the firewall on the machine running the server

[brave prism]

Kinda hard to not believe when popular streamers in the ARK space are claiming they are. Especially with the amount of crap that has come from Wildcard/Nitrado in the past.

[thorn obsidian]

I've been hearing this too, confirmation would be nice so I don't end up wasting my time lol

[cinder hare]

You need the steam client on your server box (some people need to run as admin). You can either install ASA Server using the Steam client or use SteamCMD with this command (If you dont know steamcmd just use the steam client.)

steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir c:(Where you want it installed) +login (Your Username) (Your Password) +app_update 2430930 validate +exit

Remove the () and enter your information.

Once you get the server installed, have the steam client running logged in to your account that has ASA and set it to offline mode. (Click steam at the top left and click go offline)

Create a .bat file with this code and put it into the same folder as the ArkAscendedServer.exe.

start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=(Name you want your server)?AltSaveDirectoryName=(Save file name, do not put an actual directory here no spaces.)?listen?ServerPassword=(server password)?Port=7775?QueryPort=27030?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye

Remove the () and add your information

Run it once to get your default server files and wait a few minutes. Close the server program after.

Open the game on your PC and create a non-dedicated game using the settings you would like to have on your server. Once you start the non-dedicated server it creates the ini files you can use to change settings on your server. Copy the gameusersettings.ini and game.ini file from \ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\Windows on your PC and put it into the folder on your server \ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer.

Run the server program again and it should start with your custom settings. Make sure your ports are forwarded (I cannot help you with this you need to know how or figure it out yourself) and then join the server and play!

This is what worked for me, I do not take responsibility for anything if it doesn't work. If you need more help ask in the channel and hopefully someone can help you.

originally Volkove's

I am able to run my server fine, you can use the same account that you have the game.

[white ermine]

but also you shouldn't take a stranger's word on the internet without a grain of salt, so

[cinder hare]

Not sure how they would be able to do that.

[verbal stratus]

Anyone able to increase dino lvls in single player? Ive tried
[ServerSettings]
DifficultyOffset=1
OverrideOfficialDifficulty=10
but it does nothing

[restive pebble]

It's complicated. Nitrido owns sole rights to host dedicated servers. They are currently allowing people who own the game to privately host 1 limited dedicated server. Being able to host clusters seems out, and nitrido can revoke our ability to self host whenever they feel like it.

Nitrido having a monopoly is a horrible thing. Yes, we can currently host a server but that is revokable andnot being able to host a cluster is a deal breaker for me.

[lament briar]

Hey, anyone that is able to host multiple servers (aka have the hardware to do so, not necessarily the need or ability thanks to the eula) I want to ask you something

[native wave]

and you're supposed to do that for clusters?

[obsidian sandal]

do you have MaxDifficulty=True in Game.ini?

[cinder hare]

No this is for just setting up 1 server. I havent been able to figure out how to do clusters, nor has anyone else that I know of.

[brave prism]

Well, with sole rights to servers, they absolutely can. But with server hosting software being released. I am also wondering why they wouldn't let private hosted ones be a thing.

[verbal stratus]

Its currently false

[native wave]

that's where we are going to be in a few months....so it is necessary to address it now

[brave prism]

Obviously, but also worth questioning things and not just sitting here believing everything Wildcard or Nitrado say either. Especially with one of them having a monopoly.

[obsidian sandal]

well then...

[cinder hare]

Their servers.. not ours. I host my server on my own dedicated equipment at home. Maybe they are doing it for other server owners because their trying to host elsewhere. Which technically they shouldnt be able too.

I would ask for specifics. Ive been running my since yesterday and have been fine.

[thorn obsidian]

What difficulty do I put to make it so wild dinos are 150 max?

[white ermine]

yeah, you've kinda got to make your opinion based on the information you have. that's all you really can do
I wouldn't say that they are, but I won't say that they aren't either

[echo fossil]

Anyone wanna join my non-dedicated later? I promise the game is still fun 🥹 friend code: 324992657

[obsidian sandal]

5

[thorn obsidian]

Thanks!

[cinder hare]

Dont have to have a 2nd account

[obsidian sandal]

you can host a server with just the original purchase of the game.

[past crane]

Do you know if anyone has tried using VMs or something like sandboxie to run the server and client on the same computer?

[brave prism]

This could also be part of the problem, I'm not entirely sure about what's going on fully but trying to do some digging and seeing if I can get some solid answers.

[lament briar]

You should be able to run it on the same pc with a vm

[cinder hare]

I havent tried as of yet, but that was my theory. That you could technically use a VMware but I dont know how that would work with port forwarding etc or the fact that its tied to a steam account..shrugs

[obsidian sandal]

I have a server that is currently running a dedicated server and I play the game from my PC and have not 1 time had to re-sign into steam while both are going at the same time.

[native wave]

I run a 9 map ASE cluster on my server downstairs using Pterodactyl. I want to do that with ASA too eventually.

[ripe spire]

might be able to get it working in a steamcmd Docker container

[cinder hare]

No you dont. I run it off my steam account. You turn it offline, run the server and you can log in as your account on your PC while the dedi server is on the actual server equipment

[cinder hare]

Yeah might be people trying to cheat around on the system. I can confirm that I run unofficial on my own equipment and have been quite fine :3 Just so you and others have peace of mind

[lament briar]

Your only option at the current moment is to buy 9 copies of the game, or pay Nitrado $270/mo or more. And we don't know if we will even be able to setup clusters on self hosted dedicated

[obsidian sandal]

sorry but you are simply wrong. I have booted up the server and rebooted it multiple times to change and tweak settings. I did not have to sign back in EVER.

[heavy trellis]

Same ^^ just put steam into offline mode

[cinder hare]

No it doesnt. I have restart and i havent had to resign in. It doesnt kick you off at all. Both my pc and server box account (which is the same) are both staying logged in.

[native wave]

Bingo

[brave prism]

Thanks, this has been very helpful to know. Appreciate you taking the time to respond.

[native wave]

it's throwing up uncessary roadblocks to get people to just say screw it and pay nitrado for subpar service

[cinder hare]

Ok my dude.. you've got 3 people who have experience that it doesn't. Im not going to argue.

[restive pebble]

If you look at the steamDB page for the dedicated server, you'll see Nitrido has their own version that is slightly behind the public one. We do not get the same exact code that they do.

[lament briar]

Hey, can you add me so that I can send you a dm that you may be interested in

[sinful chasm]

how to dinowipe on asa the destroywilddinos comand isnt working for me

[topaz basin]

Anyone having problems with server crash nonstop?

[obsidian sandal]

fly around and kill every dino with a slingshot

[past crane]

Also I’m not well versed in this, but would it be feasible to use a steam emulator like goldberg to run multiple dedicated servers on a single computer?

[cinder hare]

No problem! 🙂 I don't mind helping at all.

[native wave]

cant friend request, you have them blocked

[lament briar]

Fixed, yours were off too lol

[scarlet lichen]

dumb question but i'mma ask cuz I need to know just for sure. on my spare PC i'm running ark dedicated server from steam. I don't need the ASA game installed as well on the server right? just the dedicated server?

[wild mantle]

You can run server/client on the same computer without doing anything special; I have been testing locally simply launching both from steam

[white ermine]

correct

[slate forge]

anyone have any stuttering issues with the latest patch?

[cinder hare]

The problem is, is that a dedicated server takes up about an average of 15gb of memory, at least for me. If you dont have a good computer your going to have issues

[restive pebble]

That's what swap space is for ;-)

[past crane]

I’ve heard people say that same thing on reddit, but I’ve also heard people that that’s a bug. Ig we’ll have to wait and see if it’s actually a bug or if it’s them walking back their policy

[white ermine]

obligatory "it's been an hour, has anyone gotten past the port issue?" comment

[cinder hare]

Well for people whom don't know workarounds and just simply want a one and done :3

[torpid talon]

For anyone wondering what the exclusivity contract is and what it entitles here is the full one( starts on page 11): https:// contracts.justia.com/companies/snail-inc-15295/contract/1246866/
Anything else at this point is speculation. The most worrying part is that Nitrado has the possibility to revoke self hosting alltogether

[wild mantle]

I think they are referencing running more than one server per account; shouldn’t be any issue if you only have one server running

[still pine]

Have we actually seen any console footage yet? I’m wondering with everyone having performance problems etc etc if it just looks like ASE 😂

[restive pebble]

Yup, I'm concerned about a rug pull in a few months.

[white ermine]

shit, i haven't heard that term since 2020

[proud grotto]

Just saw @vital canopy put out a statement about Nitrado shutting down the ability to self host servers, is this still true or has WC saw how terrible of an idea this is and decided to put and end to that monopoly and future lawsuit?

[torpid talon]

Remember though community has the power to overturn these things. Lets wait on official news and act on that.

[wild mantle]

Where’s this statement?

[nimble talon]

That's the biggest problem, they can freakin' see what we're talking about, they KNOW what our concerns are, and they have been extremely silent

[cinder hare]

I would take everything with a grain of salt. I've seen so much crap fueled stuff and people spewing stuff they have no idea about.

[lament briar]

You can self host 1 server, but not more than 1 on your account that bought ark, according to the EULA for the dedicated server. That's the main factual evidence. Most of the stuff about clusters is speculation because we don't know yet.

[verbal fable]

i really think they will just not talk about it at all hoping that it will die down

[white ermine]

then again, they were extremely silent for the last 2 months as the release date was approaching fast

[vital canopy]

It's all ogre for ASA.

[still pine]

I mean if you watched the video @vital canopy did a fantastic job breaking it all down and showing all the factual evidence… so based on that yeah.

[past crane]

Ah ok, a steam emulator might be the only viable workaround I can think of for that then

[vital canopy]

I doubt Nitrado will fix this sh*t show. And even if they did, it's too late for myself and others 🙂

[torpid talon]

fivem has a similar contract w/ zap hosting, the thing is there is no limit on hosting for VPS/Baremetal and this should be the case here too. We shouldn't be limited to host as much servers as we'd like as long as they are not made for Selling servers.

[restive pebble]

It's not correct but it's still bad. The reality is nitrido controls who can host a dedicated server. they are currently allowing us to host 1 server if we own a copy of the game. This removes the possibility of self hosting clusters. They also can revoke the ability for us to self host even that 1 dedicated server if they want to. 6 months from now they could decide we are no longer allowed to and we have to pay them.

[white ermine]

I wonder if an internet warrior would be able to determine how many people have bought nitrado servers thus far...

[wild mantle]

Are you trying to run it without owning it or something? I’m not sure what you would need an emulator for

[restive pebble]

7 years i think

[lament briar]

Yeah, FiveM just disallowed other hosts from selling pre-installed servers. You had to have a VPS with root access and then it was fine.

[heavy trellis]

@cinder hare Sent you a DM

[vital canopy]

I think it was 7, but it could have been 3

[fast plover]

Wym by a rug pull?

[white ermine]

turn all our servers off and force us to use Nitrado

[torpid talon]

Yes, imo this is the correct way to do an exclusivity contract. They way it currently looks like, we are basicly f*ked, and what is more, Nitrado has the legal power to pull self hosting alltogether which is the most worrying part

[brave cloud]

Seven year exclusivity deal, from what I remember.

[still pine]

Oh I totally agree. They have made a deal with the devil and I think the financial implications to revert it would be way too great. Shame, because if we all followed your lead and stopped the sales then we could tip the tables… but because most aren’t affected they won’t make the stand against sadly. Could be wrong but…

[lament briar]

And the main factual evidence is the Steam EULA for ASA Dedicated Server that states 1 map per account. Most of everything else is speculation.

[past crane]

I mean for hosting clusters which need multiple server instances. I’m not really trying anything right now bc there’s no need for clusters yet, but I’m kinda brainstorming for when more maps come out

[restive pebble]

they revoke our ability to self host and force us to use them only.

[wild mantle]

Ah, yeah I’m not even worrying about that yet lol

[quick wolf]

They basically doubled it’s absurd

[restive pebble]

it would cost me $2400/year to do what i did with ASE

[torpid talon]

Its not only the prices, they don't have servers close to everyone.

[lament briar]

I spent time as the project manager for ESX on FiveM and it's bandaided code. I was deep in the FiveM drama lol, we fought with Zap a lot.

[verbal fable]

monopoly in a nutshell...

[torpid talon]

#FreeASADedicatedServers

[quick wolf]

Yeh

[white ermine]

2400/year vs what you did for likely damn near free... yeah what a sham.

[half ginkgo]

I finally got a server hosted on my computer and havnt paid a dime thank god

[restive pebble]

and I have solar so it's not like i'm paying for electricity.

[still pine]

I put a suggestion to Nitrado months ago, in fact more than once they should offer a cluster deal for all maps at a discount. Still think that should be a thing!

[nimble talon]

Yea, hope it burns them down lol

[lament briar]

I doubt they would change anything unless they are about to go under.

[nimble talon]

That's exactly the problem. The biggest hosts already get their shit for free anyway, so they could care less

[verbal fable]

honestly doubt to many big ark streamers will speak out. it would strain their relationship with WC and they mostly arent affected by it...

[lament briar]

It's mainly just going to the unofficial hosts that would speak out, the players would just find a server

[white ermine]

lol it's because they aren't paying for the servers that they play on

[still pine]

And it would be Nitrado going under… who bailed Snail/WC with the mills…

[junior trout]

Just fix the RAM usage, wtf 😂

Nitrado monopoly will ruin over the time, for sure, even more so with the release of Scorthed Earth 🫰

[lucid jungle]

🤷‍♂️ Report them.

[torpid talon]

#FreeASADedicatedServers

[lament briar]

I don't think that Nitrado would go under, they have too many other games and people that don't know or don't care about the ARK drama. But I could be wrong.

[undone swan]

something intersting happening i got a log for incoming account with an id and an ip address so someone joined my server but i cant see it lol

[proud grotto]

Im pursuing legal action instead of complaining any further and recommend everyone here to do the same. Just know WC, you’ve turned one of your most loyal fans who believed in you into not a hater, but your enemy.

[verbal fable]

exactly.

[white ermine]

Interesting, did you change anything?

also, do you have a VPN you might be able to use to test your own access?

[still pine]

No not at all, they make BANK from Minecraft and loads of other games too, so deffo not. But that’s the issue, it would only be if they felt it that it could happen I think. Like Snail/WC are boned by the contract so they can’t do anything anyway

[lament briar]

Snail made the deal with Nitrado, so WC didn't have a choice either way. Not that they didn't know about it. And now it's out of their hands, Nitrado has the power.

[undone swan]

i installed DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)

[white ermine]

you know what dammit you might be onto something

[proud grotto]

Well, the money WC was hoping to make on this cash grab with all of their hush hush marketing nonsense is about to be pulled right back from them.

[lament briar]

Even if WC wanted out of it now, they can't get out they gave all of the power to Nitrado

[still pine]

This^^

[proud grotto]

It’s considered hush hush in the legal world.

[still pine]

The problem is the game would have been dead in the water completely had they not sold their souls to Nitrado. So it was a damned if they do damned if they don’t

[lament briar]

Yeah without Nitrado there wouldn't be a game. And now Nitrado has full control

[crude narwhal]

Hi all
Tell me please
I don't see my own servers.
I tried it on my computer and on a separate one.
Could it be that it is impossible to launch and log into the server from one account?
Thank you in advance

[still pine]

Shame they had to use Nitrado. They are pure corporate aholes… surely MS would have invested for some GP action or something. I mean anyone else lol, even Sony ffs 😂

[proud grotto]

Dummies could have easily partnered with all of the hosts and shut down nitrado. It has the worst ping, performance, reliability, customer service, and pricing out of all of the available options. Sell to all instead of one.

[lament briar]

Mixed messages, some people say it works, some people says it doesn't.

[vestal cloud]

its possible, im running a server on one PC and playing on another using the same account

[lament briar]

Yeah, it's unfortunate that it turned out this way

[still pine]

Yeah you’re so right! That would have been much better and would have forced each server provider to provide the best service possible! Now Nitrado don’t have to give a shite as there is no competition at all…

[bleak ivy]

as long as the server is running, just join via IP. LAN has always had issues with ark.

[crude narwhal]

I do the same myself. Well, I don’t see my server.
although other people see

[lament briar]

Did you try to add the server with your local IP:port also if it's on your own network via Steam Server List. Idk if that works in this game.

[vestal cloud]

i can normally see my server on the unofficial server list

[shadow hare]

Rather have a dead game than broken / empty promises

[undone swan]

same here

[still pine]

Yeah it’s true. Either way the community damage has been huge.

[shadow hare]

Yeah we've been running like 30ish SE servers for almost 2 years. We are now looking at exiting the franchise all together. Not exactly thrilled with the prospest of ASA or A2 now.

[lament briar]

That's fair

[still pine]

Yeah it’s so sad. There are so many loyal players/fans who are so hurt they are turning away. Really sad

[primal orchid]

ASA

[lament briar]

Necro do you have dms open at all

[shadow hare]

If you dm me i can accept / reject it

[urban musk]

There is no legal action to be had.

[shadow hare]

Correct but I don't have to actively support the franchise anymore.

[urban musk]

Some people think they can sue them lol.

[scarlet lichen]

I initially was having problems with missing .dll files when the server was starting up. I installed the vc_redist.x64.exe / vc_redist.x86.exe / for Visual Studio 2015. Is there anything else I might need for my server to work? again, all the initial dll errors are gone after installing these 2x exe's above...just brainstorming for other possible fixes...

[humble thicket]

Also no longer even getting Asa due to Nitrado exclusivity it’s bs and outrageous totally taking advantage of the consumer it’s just wrong and disgusting I’ve had several Nitrado servers before all this I have terminated them as well I’m done

[urban musk]

the only people they are taking advantage of with the rights thing are cluster owners.

[thorn obsidian]

Won't the Nitrado exclusivity go away once they make enough money back from sales, since they owe Nitrado money?

[urban musk]

lets be real the upset is because the servers will cost alot more so there is less money to be made

[bleak ivy]

its 3 years I think

[honest fulcrum]

No it's because we have been lied to completely.

[crude narwhal]

Hi all
Please tell me why I can’t see my own server. Others are supportive and may come.
The server is running from one account on another computer

[shadow hare]

I own the machines we host on so no. not really.

[honest fulcrum]

It's because our choice of server providers have been limited.

[urban musk]

if you had to pay nitrado for each server it cuts into profits...

[lament briar]

Have you tried to add the server with localip:port in Steam Server List to see if it would show? I want to know if that works or not, so that I can stop suggesting it if it doesn't work

[crude narwhal]

Yes. everything works and the server computer is on a different router and in a different location. and other people can come in

[honest fulcrum]

It's because it's a fucking monopoly and gives no options to others. Forcing smaller groups that just wanna play with their friends to pay an exorbitant amount of money for shit service

[crude narwhal]

the server is located in a different place, on a different computer with a separate IP and router.

[shadow hare]

If I had to pay nitrado for a server I don't host on their equipment I just wouldn't. I would play something else. The broken promise is the statement that private server owners for self hosted dedi servers would be able to host their own servers on their own equipment in the same capacity as SE. This would be false.

[urban musk]

nitrado views that as hurting their bottom line...

[echo fossil]

Are unofficial servers having the same issues as official? Or I should say to the same extent? I’d like to joint someone’s if it’s working and they need tribe members 🙏

[shadow hare]

Precisely why I'm choosing to say screw both nitrado and snail games. They can keep it.

[arctic wing]

have nitrado made any announcements on there lack of server settings atm?

[honest fulcrum]

Nitrado can go shove it up their ass. Their subpar service doesn't deserve exclusivity

[lament briar]

Just to tell you guys the difference in price.

Problem: You want to host a 9 server cluster all with max 70 players

Solution 1: Spend $360 on 9 copies of the game. And have 9 separate machines/VMs (This is subject to whether we are even allowed to cluster self hosted or not)

Solution 2: Pay Nitrado $720/mo (currently a 70 slot server was said to be $80/mo)

[rugged dock]

was there a server update today as well? or is server still 25.11?

[shadow hare]

This does fail to mention you'll need either 9 seperate machines or 9 VM's

[urban musk]

if nitrado was smart they would just sell a license to host your own servers...

[honest fulcrum]

That would be acceptable

[quasi pilot]

That is if the copies can be set to the same cluster

[lament briar]

Updated for you

[undone swan]

doesnt appear to work for me

[urban musk]

technically you just need 9 unique ip

[shadow hare]

Nice. Lol. Well played sir.

[celest halo]

from #patch-notes v25.15 server and .16 client - 10/27/2023 - Minor version for servers and clients

[shadow hare]

No the current server model requires steam to be active on the box and a license for asa attached to that account

[lament briar]

Updated for you too lol

[obsidian sandal]

25.15

[scarlet lichen]

25.15

[urban musk]

so put proxmox on a server and run the 9 instances. Yes you still need the license but its doable...

[fallow crescent]

yeah thanks for being a BETA tester, im still gonna keep trying to game

[white garnet]

Anyone having connectivity issues, forward 1 port higher than the ones you set as well, so if you have port 7777 set forward 7778 as well. Same for query port if you have 27030 then forward 27031 as well.

[native wave]

9 copies of the game, 9 windows licenses

[quasi pilot]

And technically there is the third option to get 10k followers / members on your DC f.e. to then get a license. Which for what I know no unofficial server has, maybe the crazy big ones but that'll only go up to 5 servers in total at best

[lament briar]

There is that option, but that is definitely not viable for most people that just want to host a server for them and their friends

[undone swan]

i have a range fowarded 7770-7900 still doesnt work for but still not a bad sugestion for others

[shadow hare]

Sadly didn't even play. Just set it up so my people could play. Wrote powershell to auto update etc because I didn't want to write the WinGSM code yet. We pulled it down an hour ago.

[lament briar]

Thanks for letting me know

[shadow hare]

Some people have also reported it wants to set to port 8888

[urban musk]

the people just looking to play with friends are def getting bent over...but there is no doubt they saw the kinda cash clusters were generating that they didnt see any of of...

[worldly ember]

Are there any servers running the modded map?

[undone swan]

i have 7770-7900 and 27015-27090 the strange part is it works perfectly fine for ase server but asa no go

[fallow crescent]

Which Ports Does Ark: Survival Ascended Require
The specific incoming ports for Ark: Survival Ascended are as follows:

Ark: Survival Ascended - Steam
TCP: 27015, 27036
UDP: 27015, 27031-27036
Ark: Survival Ascended - Playstation 5
TCP: 3478-3480
UDP: 3074, 3478-3479
Ark: Survival Ascended - Xbox Series X
TCP: 3074
UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500

[shadow hare]

If you have ASE dedi running along side ASA you'll have issue.

[undone swan]

i do have it fowarded just have tried using that port yet will try it now

[loud sphinx]

ASA doesn't even bind port 27015

[fallow crescent]

a quick google search got me this far in 3 secs

[obsidian sandal]

depends if you know what you are doing or not. I have a 12 map ASE cluster running and I have an ASA map going as well. All from the same server.

[undone swan]

no nut running the same time tested with ase can see traffic on fowarded ports the shut down and use same ports on asa zero traffic

[quasi pilot]

Yeah that's true, this is just bs
Why can't they just keep things as they were. It was so much better.
Imo they had one chance to reclaim their Reputation and they more than screwed it up with this.

[shadow hare]

You can set the port at command line with normal ASE commands

[loud sphinx]

my server (without port config) binds 7777/udp and 8888/tcp

[inner adder]

I really wanna host an ASA server with some buddies but I don’t know what issues I might run into due to Nitrado. Can anyone respond or DM me if they know anything?

[shrewd depot]

I or anyone who has played on my server has yet to be able to find it through the Steam server browser. We all have to use the browser in ark to access.

[loud sphinx]

is there even a steam server feature for ASA?

[inner adder]

Yes

[lament briar]

Unsure, that guy says yes

[fallow crescent]

rent the exclusive server for your friends as an investment to nitrado'

[native wave]

1 ASA map is fine, now run the same 12 map ASA cluster when the maps come out

[inner adder]

I ain’t never using Nitrado again bruh😭

[frail knot]

wonder when mods will start popping up

[crude narwhal]

I fixed the problem that I did not see my own server.
I was exhibiting graphics.
Reset the game client settings to default. and saw the server

[honest fulcrum]

Fuck nitrado

[inner adder]

Is it just limited to only being able to host 1 map on a dedicated server?

[undone swan]

i have the full range fowaraded so from 7770 up untill 7900

[fallow crescent]

yeah fk the people that sponsored the game, i hate people that help too lmaoooo

[native wave]

1 instance of the server per install of steam running alongside

[honest fulcrum]

It's a money grab. That's all.

[lament briar]

1 server. You can play whatever map when they are available, but you can only have 1 server instance.

[inner adder]

That’s fucked up man

[undone swan]

that is very strange will try this aswel

[shadow hare]

That depends. So far there is a huge refund rate and a very negative review rating on the game plus the dev kit is stupid large and the video requirements for it are worse than the game. So who knows.

[inner adder]

And I assume if I wanted 2 instances it would have to be 2 separate machines and accounts?

[elder fox]

Nitrado has snail games by the nuts and snail games has WC by the nuts and they are enjoying it

[frail knot]

well I love it so far but I got a good pc

[lament briar]

At the moment yeah, or maybe VM would work too. That 2nd account has to also own the game.

[fallow crescent]

yeah i woudnt know the price for a server host farm and the price it costs to keep the electricity running and maintenance, idk why anyone would charge a price for it

[naive panther]

40,044 A:SE players on Steam right now, all on unofficial... So sad that they killed A:SA the day they launched it...

[inner adder]

This might just be me being stupid as hell but if I’m correct, I can run the actual game on my main pc, and then the dedicated server on my server pc?

[lament briar]

Yes

[inner adder]

Alright thanks, just wanted to make sure of that

[restive pebble]

For as long as Nintrido allows it. And just 1 server, no clusters

[shadow hare]

THis requires some finessing but yeah.

[lament briar]

Some people have said it doesn't work for them, while others have it working that way

[hexed frost]

wildcard is so cool am i right guys all of their games perform so well

[inner adder]

Wildcard is awesome, Nitrado is the shittest company I’ve ever fucking seen

[cosmic fractal]

anyone aswell cant like join server when u get to where u make character game crashes

[loud sphinx]

Does the Multihome parameter do anything for any of you?

[lament briar]

I really think that it's probably just server issues, rather than intended behavior. I think it's intended for you to host and play on the same account for sure.

[fallow crescent]

yeah i dont like sponsors either, i hate how they give people money to let their services run for free, loading up credit

[undone swan]

this actually worked WOW !!!! @white ermine try this

[lament briar]

Okay so the fix for not seeing your server is to just reset the client, wtf is that lol

[inner adder]

Yeah it fucking sucks. And they have every other server hoster grabbed by the nuts

[shadow hare]

Yeah it's clearly listed in the documentation....Oh wait.

[inner adder]

I mean it’s Ark, you know

[sullen heath]

Yeah, the official Servers are running SOOO good 😄 😄 while every self hosted Server runs 1000 times better

[lament briar]

Ah, I haven't read it since my home pc is on a mobile hotspot so I can't host servers, I just try to help where I can lol (I realized it was satire too late lmfao)

[lavish wigeon]

@Ced this unoffical having to buy asa multiple times to host servers things is absolute bullshit fix it !

[shadow hare]

This was satire. It doens't exist.

[celest halo]

when you find it to read it let us know lmao

[lament briar]

I just laughed lol, that blew past me

[raven mirage]

It seems like a lot of the officials are having serious issues. The ones that arent down are super unstable.

[fallow crescent]

i mean they even gave you the option to be a big boy and have 10000 followers so you can feel like a winner and enjoy the hell from server maintenace lol but im just some idiot

[zenith rover]

guess i glad i dont use official or Nitrado servers. love my own single hosted server. has been super stable 🙂

[shadow hare]

Yeah I'm like 9k short. I'll pass.

[lavish wigeon]

sure but the bigger problem lies in the fact that the company nitrado is making more money from the servers and wildcard is making mor because in order to host multiple servers u must have multiple copies of the game its bullshit

[sullen heath]

delusional

[fallow crescent]

yes im trying to level with the idiocracy

[lament briar]

I don't even know 10,000 people

Partnered probably means they just give you the servers or a discount, but who knows

[native wave]

partnered is their partner program....they just give them servers if you have a good sized following

[lament briar]

When I was partnered with Iceline, they just gave me servers to use

[lavish wigeon]

well unofficial server owners cant even hopst a cluster without having to buy 4 games like wtf thats bs

[raven mirage]

basically twitch streams are the only ones who can apply to the program its stupid. Otherwise if you want a like 50 slots for your community and want all the main maps Nitrado will screw you for like 500 a month. So basically every single unofficial will have to be monetized and porbably in some really bad ways

[native wave]

so all those ark streamers and youtubers already partnered were already set

[humble thicket]

It means the Nitrado exclusivity made it ark descended

[fallow crescent]

some are not others

[shadow hare]

This assumes that clustering will be an option open to dedi server owners at all.

[sullen heath]

thats a lot cheaper then going nitrado ^^

[raven mirage]

and idk about yall but im inclined not to so much as touch any server associated with large content creators.

[lavish wigeon]

no because then they have to use nitrado to host them

[lament briar]

You can host your own server for one time $40, or $80/mo to Nitrado for 70 slots lol

[lavish wigeon]

because they can use there own machines to do it

[fallow crescent]

unfortunatly for us, nitrado sponsored the game, so they need money back on their investment, ASE is a great game

[urban musk]

you can technically buy the 10k followers on discord lmao

[lament briar]

Yup, way better options than paying for nitrado server out there.

[restive pebble]

Our dedicated server is different than the one that nitrido gets access to. (steamDB)

[lavish wigeon]

but having to buy the game multiple times to do that is insane

[shadow hare]

Or plan B. Not at all.

[fallow crescent]

ASE still has these awesome features from this reskinned game, you can still enjoy the game in its core beauty with its primitive non corp ways

[lament briar]

That is a good plan too, by far the most money saved

[lavish wigeon]

we should not be forced to pay more money to host a server like why would u buy the game multiple times the game dont even work correctly at least if it worked i could kinda see it but it dont

[graceful jay]

So if I am hearing everyone right, if I purchase 9 copies of the game at around $380 wouldn't that technically be a jank way of purchasing a "server license" similar to how you would pay like $800 for a windows server. If this works it essentially would be a one time purchase correct?

[lavish wigeon]

im hearing tax write off

[fallow crescent]

ohh ohh someone is thinking

[lament briar]

If you purchase 9 copies, you can host 9 servers yes. But keep in mind, we don't know if we'll even be able to cluster on our version of the dedicated server.

[shadow hare]

That can be revoked at anytime. If I had to guess about a month after ASA gets stable or just before the release of scorched earth ASE will be pulled from steam / epic and support discontinued.

[bleak ivy]

fairly sure you don't need to do that. you can set steam to offline or just ignore the steam sign out as it doesn't close the server

[graceful jay]

hmmm

[fallow crescent]

just like every other game

[lament briar]

Hey, that's the first mod I've seen here lol

[celest halo]

would need multiple copys of the game to run multiple servers, EULA says one instance of the server

[quick jungle]

is dedis going down like official? kinda giving up slowly

[lament briar]

I think unofficials are running way better

[fallow crescent]

primitive ARK isnt for the newbies

[pallid tendon]

Anyone have any luck getting a dedicated up? If so, how much RAM did you allocate?

[quick jungle]

the way the servers drop every 10mins and roll back is annoying to say the least...

[bleak ivy]

multiple servers yeah meant for one, you don't need to rebuy it for your main and alt.

[high night]

Anyone else getting the "spawner failure" errors?

[quick jungle]

anyone on a no wipe need members?

[celest halo]

yeah that you dont just have to play the offline online game when doing updates and that

[lament briar]

Hey Pum, you probably don't know, but have you heard anything about whether we will be able to cluster on our own servers if we buy multiple copies of the game?

[pallid tendon]

I did download through Steam, gave it 16Gb of RAM and like 64Gb of storage on WinServer22 and its chugging....

[tepid python]

Anyone Know what happened to NA-PVP-SmallTribes-01 on Unofficial?

[lavish wigeon]

its just not viable for unoffical servers to have to buy copies of the game

like u cant expect a server owner of a cluster to do that peeps cant do it

[honest fulcrum]

Message me if you need one

[fallow crescent]

yeah idk tbh i would say play ASE it keeps the core values without corp involment

[earnest mountain]

anyone know if AllowFlyerCarryPvE=True works for this?

[shadow hare]

It should

[lament briar]

It should work

[earnest mountain]

I put it in the files but it doesn't seem to be working. buddy said cant pickup a dodo with argy

[pallid tendon]

After thinking about it for awhile, i decided that ill probably buy 4 copies so I can do a cluster or ill ask personal friends to allow me to use their steam creds to host servers

[lavish wigeon]

officals on ase was dead and the only thing that had any pop was unoffical and now they killed it lol

[lament briar]

You can't use other people's steam creds to host servers

[ruby pewter]

Why don't we all form a mob and go harrass nitrado staff in their discord. If we call them greedy and boycott their company we win. In game

[pallid tendon]

Why?

[shadow hare]

From everything I've seen clustering isn't built into the personal dedi server model. I could be wrong. I didn't test that feature extesively.

[lavish wigeon]

and there officals cant stay up longer than 2 mins

[lament briar]

Against the EULA, it has to be your account that you own the game on.

[fallow crescent]

yeah the server farm is taking a hit lol

[loud sphinx]

is there any way to have asa connect to an ip instead of using the server list?

[pallid tendon]

Thats cool... ;P

[ruby pewter]

Why pay nitrado when you can just buy multiple copies of ark and host as many of your own servers

[pallid tendon]

Exactly

[nocturne latch]

Does anyone know how uploading mods to Ark Asa will work?

[lavish wigeon]

should not have to buy multiple copies of the game to host my wn cluster

[ruby pewter]

Support wildcard fuck nitrado win/win

[slate ravine]

hiya Sob3k fancy meeting you here

[pallid tendon]

Sah brother

[lament briar]

The only information that we don't know set in stone is whether we will be able to cluster or not, but the EULA specifies PC Steam Only. So the outlook doesn't look good for cross-platform, or clustering

[shadow hare]

Supporting snail supports nitrado. I'll pass.

[nimble talon]

Nitrado specified that we will not be able to, whether that changes or not, honestly, doesn';t matter at this point

[restive pebble]

We also don't know if/when Nitrido will rug pull the ability to host our own either

[slate ravine]

well technically you can cluster with just steam. that just sounds like it won't let you do cross platform.

[earnest mountain]

Yea I added AllowFlyerCarryPvE=True to the config settings and it doesn't work.

[native wave]

PC is a platform, not an OS....so why don't we have linux binaries?

[lavish wigeon]

and once again alot of the bigger unoffical servers was cross plat

[slate ravine]

have a feeling running multiple coppies on the same computer even with different steam logins will be a pita or impossible

[nimble talon]

Probably because you can't DRM the linux version, would be my guess, like the Windows version is.

[lament briar]

Nitrado specified no clustering? Or no cross play

[pallid tendon]

@shadow hare why do I know your name??

[shadow hare]

I'm fairly certain you can also add that in at runtime. Tried it there?

[native wave]

bingo

[lavish wigeon]

clustering

[nimble talon]

Both It's on their "Exclusivity" press release

[shadow hare]

Cause I have you as a friend on steam?

[earnest mountain]

im not super knowledgeable when it comes to this. and they changed the web interface some so i'm not even sure what you're talking about when you say runtime

[lament briar]

Okay, good to know I am going to look that press release up.

[lavish wigeon]

^this

[ruby pewter]

Someone will find a workaround and wildcard will have to deal with it and have a stain on their brand(they have many). Or they can allow it themselves and be good with the community. There's always a hard way or an easy way. Shill money to shutdown self hosted or allow it.

[nimble talon]

I mean, technically there already is one, but unlikely we can discuss it here lol

[pallid tendon]

Different name on steam or nah?

[slate ravine]

at this point they probably don't really care about their brand. people will either play it or wont

[tough summit]

or pay $40 for a copy of the game for each map lmao

[ruby pewter]

[lament briar]

It does not specify on the press release that you cannot have a server cluster on the self hosted. It only says that you can apply for a partnership if you are a server owner or cluster owner with 10k followers.

[pallid tendon]

You own Addicted, I used to play with yall

[limpid olive]

someone has breeding settings for asa private server for casual? 🙂

[slate ravine]

it is only 32 for 26 slots but if you have more than that you are kinda screwed on cost.

[earnest mountain]

thats what donations are for

[tough summit]

you can run it on the same pc there is a workaround already (github website) /SubstituteR/UnlimitedAsa

[nimble talon]

That's not the point.

[lavish wigeon]

right but alot of these unoffical clusters dont have that

[native wave]

I've done the host a cluster on nitrado thing....very expensive to do that. Why I now self-host

[slate ravine]

yeah it kind of runs like crap right now. hopefully they will get it optomized better