unofficial-setup-help

[distant hearth]

tbh anyone using 32 mods on asa is brave, suprised it actually works at all lolz

[wise kindle]

Cuz more than one structure mod can cause stuff like this. I've even seen mods from the same modder conflict lol.

[distant hearth]

even when ase was near end of life i dint like servers to run more than 20 mods

[oak raft]

I dm you lol it might be a mod conflict

[wise kindle]

I'm terrified at 20 lmao.

21 with the event. I white knuckle all my changes. I dont even have structure mods yet.

[distant hearth]

i used to look after a server for a streame rthat like mods, friend of a friend tpe thing, one time tried me get a server running with 45 mods , im just like nah, not doing it , goodluck

[wise kindle]

I had one with 30 on ASE Steam. Took me 20 minutes to log into. About 15 minutes to reboot the map, 15 down and 15-20 up.

Its insane how heavily it weights on your maps.

[distant hearth]

most ive used is like 23, would start the game, go make a cup coffee , drink it , still be waiting load in

[wise kindle]

Yeah its alot

Tho with 21 it takes about 3 minutes to go thru the screens and get fully loaded in. Thats not terrible.

I think its pretty good for a full Crossplay maps anyway. But I'm very afraid to add more and once the game stabilizes I'll feel better about it.

[distant hearth]

oh in asa only have bout 6 atm
cant be doing with the update hassle with a game this in new in development

[wise kindle]

Same. Thats why I'm not adding more till the game looks better. Its just too fragile.

[silver thistle]

sooooooo i can place stuff now ... how ever to get it to actually work i had to restore back up server is now running and i can place structures again how ever it rolled back like 2 days lol

[distant hearth]

well its a lot better than not playing so thats something , congrats on getting it gpoing

[wise kindle]

The 50 50 bug needs to go bye bye for one thing, then I'll feel better about it.

Tho tbf, it has been only a small issue lately. Just a couple things once in a while. Its getting better very slowly.

[silver thistle]

yeah only lost a few taims and maybe a metal run but not bif deal

[distant hearth]

yea i dunno how they cant fix that, they did in ase

[wise kindle]

I'm positive its a performance issue and there is no one fix for it. It needs to be remedied over time with each perf improvement.

[oak raft]

Anyone know what this command does PlayerCommand TheCommand[FString]

[wise kindle]

It helps if you get your player base to build a bit smaller and keep things clean. Big difference we are seeing after ppl have started doing this.

[autumn yarrow]

I am moving my dedicated server from one pc to another. Do I just transfer the savedarks folder to restore my server?

[distant hearth]

you can but also keep a copy of the two ini to paste over too or just move the whole ark folder, what ever is easier for you

[wise kindle]

Those are variables. You would need to add the command and the variable with the string.

The whole thing is a placeholder.

[autumn yarrow]

Thanks!

[oak raft]

Like I said, autistic, goldfish, would do better

[wise kindle]

Its actually not jibberish. You just need to know what you want to call, then fill in the blanks.

[oak raft]

Using cheat manager would it be possible to make it to were someone couldn’t use admin at all because I have tryed everything

[wise kindle]

I just ban them lol. Guess I'm old fashioned.

[oak raft]

Well I’m thinking one of my other admin uses something in chat manager and used the buddy as a test dummy

[wise kindle]

I dunno what that means but you can see every admin command in your server logs if you have the check box checked in Nitrado.

[oak raft]

No I don’t have that checked because I didn’t know it that put admin commands in chat

[wise kindle]

Not that one lol

[oak raft]

Admin command logging ?

[wise kindle]

General settings > Admin log > Server Game log [check this box]

it adds all admin commands to the shootergame.log

[oak raft]

Oh boy that’s going to be a lot to go through lmao

[wise kindle]

well if you are looking at a specific guy, then CRTL F and search for his name lol

Its a pretty standard log tbh. You just have to look for your info.

[oak raft]

You lost me with that one

[wise kindle]

CRTL F is how you use the Find function in Windows.

[distant hearth]

ctrl f is my best friend , hate scrolling through lines text finding stuff

[oak raft]

I’m on PlayStation tho so I don’t want to mess up the hard work or my server coder

[distant hearth]

oh yea doubt that works on ps lol

[wise kindle]

Oh so you arent doing this on pc? Nvm then lol. Explains the stack mods too.

[oak raft]

Yeah I’m a bork console plebe

[wise kindle]

No worries.

Tho your coder should be putting code in for your stacks. Shouldnt need a mod for that.

[oak raft]

Ctrl F works on Nitrado 🤣😂

[wise kindle]

I dont like messing with live files. I download and search and edit.

Nitrado is sensitive.

[oak raft]

Nah I don’t mess with that stuff my coder would get mad and he is a nice guy so lol he coded my server for free and I’m not trying to do all his work

[unborn jetty]

anyone else whos self hosted have an issue with people timing out after recent updates, have been trying to figure out whats changed for the past 3 days. Have been hosting my servers since ASA launched an now they wont work

[distant hearth]

server on latest version ? v34.xx
few people recently were using bad update batch file an it wasnt doing the update @unborn jetty

[unborn jetty]

its 34.72 atm i just updated them again about an hour ago as i just got home to resume trying to fix lol

[distant hearth]

ok thats fine then just the major version has to match

[unborn jetty]

its odd, did ports change or anything in the last updates, i have no problem joining my own servers just others

[distant hearth]

so some can connect then get dc, or no one can ?

the ports will be what ever you set them too in the batch file, presuming that is correct an using -port=xxxx

[unborn jetty]

no-one can anymore the ports and all that seem tobe correct, i checked using cmd

[distant hearth]

do you mind putting server names here can check on battle metrics if there showing up an what ip an ports there using

or you can check using that site

[unborn jetty]

sure, if you search nuke should be only ones listed theres 6 in total

[distant hearth]

nuke em all pvp

[unborn jetty]

correct

[distant hearth]

so i can see on battlemetrics there showing but the ip adress did change on them looks like . might be a port forwarding issue maybe?

also looks like there using generic ports 7777, then 7778 , 7779 etc

[zenith bronze]

How do I join my server after I've set it up?

Because it doesn't just pop up in the unofficial tab.

[distant hearth]

ase or asa? self hosted via stm cmd? nitrado ?

[zenith bronze]

Oh, yes. ASA, sorry. I forgot to specify.

Self-hosted by I believe Steam CMD, it's run on a linux server using docker.

Says the server is up, yadda yadda, I port forwarded the ports on my router for 7777 to go to the right pc, except I don't see my server name in the list on ASA and I don't believe there's a way to use ip's to join ASA.

[unborn jetty]

i think you might be correct i just opened DUC an my host name expired, just recreated it hopfully that is fixed

[distant hearth]

ok im not at all familiar with doing it like that, make sure port 7777udp is forwarded , unles you start it with a sepcific port using -port=xxxx
also make sure when searching for it to use the tick box for player only servers an change the filter at the top to all, instead of pve or pvp

[distant hearth]

fingers crossed, prob wanna check your batch files too id bet there using the outdated ones with stuff that aint needed or is just wrong like the port command changed from ?port=xxxx to -port=xxxx

[zenith bronze]

Yup. I got the server name inputted correctly, got it on "The Island; All; Players; Day; Ping; Build; W/Mods" and I hae all of the boxes checked except "Hide Full"

No specific ports. Still 7777.

[distant hearth]

ok also make sure paswoord on or off , if u have set , search an hit enter , if all good it shud show

[unborn jetty]

i removed the ports from my batch files as it will auto assign it when its not there only one i have set is rcon for that

[zenith bronze]

"Show Password-Protected" is checked and yes I do have a password.

[wise kindle]

I think you might need the “player servers” box checked too

[zenith bronze]

However, it doesn't show. So, not all good?

[zenith bronze]

Yup, I have that checkaroo'd.

I'd show an image but I kinda can't.

[distant hearth]

search for it on battlemetrics website, if its up an running fine and port forwarded it will show up on there

[zenith bronze]

Hm. Let me try that.

[wise kindle]

Is that the name?

[distant hearth]

also check in the server window its running latest version 34.xx and the bottom shows status tickingloop

[zenith bronze]

I don't see it on BattleMetrics.

[distant hearth]

its not working properly then for what ever reason

[zenith bronze]

I am 95% sure I have the name as "PickleTiger" because that's 1. What I set it to. And 2. What is says when it starts up. "PickleTiger" has successfully started.

[distant hearth]

yea when it starts u see the name in the server window

[zenith bronze]

It very would could be a port forwarding issue.

[wise kindle]

Seriously tho, whats the name of the map again? The bit in the “”?

[zenith bronze]

What?

[wise kindle]

The name of the server

[zenith bronze]

Uh... "PickleTiger?"

The name of the map should be the "The_Island WP" or whatever ASA has.

[wise kindle]

Ah ok. Was confused cuz of the bit in “” above.

[zenith bronze]

Ah, my apologies.

[distant hearth]

i presume its running in some sort windows virtual machine through the linux docker ? if so u need to allow it through the firewall of windows and the linux version . then also through your router

[wise kindle]

Im just like dear god thats not what you search is it lol

[zenith bronze]

Hm... that very well could be it. I am sort of new to docker, but not entirely. I will go FAFO. Thank you. :)

[wise kindle]

Ill shutup now lol.

[distant hearth]

ive never tried tunning one with a ? in the name but shud be fine if its wrapped in quotaion marks "pickletiger?" will quick test now to confirm

[zenith bronze]

Oh no no. That was me being grammatically correct, sorry.

It's name is just this:

PickleTiger

I just added the ? because I was asking a question, again my bad. :(

[distant hearth]

all good im curious now if i can have a ? mark in the server name lmao

[zenith bronze]

Good question. I've never seen special characters I don't think.

Huh, you must be able to. I just searched "?" in the tab and I found 5 servers with "?" in the name.

[distant hearth]

let you know in about 10 mins if it shows up on battlemetrics lol

[zenith bronze]

Alrighty.

[distant hearth]

i can imagine that causing some issues , prob try showing about 100 of em lmao

[unborn jetty]

uhm it appears my server is still not working? lol can someone confirm the timed out when trying to connect 174.93.5.181:7782

[distant hearth]

cant use special charachters still boots fine but it just ignores them in server name

[distant hearth]

1 sec will try

[unborn jetty]

thanks

[distant hearth]

yea just get timed out

[unborn jetty]

weird says its up on battlemetics, something blocking the incoming connections

[distant hearth]

yep

im not to good at networking stuff so not much help im afraid . can try adding each server instance when its running to the inbound exception rule in firewall , or speciffically open ports 7777-7783 , or how ever many ure running, as it defaults one to 7777 then auto uses 7778 for then next 7779 etc .
prob have do same in what ever between you and the internet, router,switches, etc etc and any third party antivirus u might be using

[meager fox]

does anyone know what it means when your heartblocked

[zenith bronze]

That sounds like a firewall issue.

Do you have an antivirus? Try disabling it for the meantime.

[haughty badger]

This worked like a charm. Created the txt file, uploaded it to my webserver and used the url from that for the ini entry and was good to go after that.
Thank you!

[meager fox]

who knows how to adjust players level stats

[distant hearth]

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

[meager fox]

thx

[plucky hollow]

Bruh still no unofficial??? Really?!

[native wave]

sounds like you're extra eager to lose your character to the transfer system

I'd just wait for them to get it right on official before wanting it on unofficials

[plucky hollow]

No, just doesn’t let me join my friends unofficial server

[native wave]

connection timeout?

and is it a dedicated server or non-dedicated?

[plucky hollow]

I put in the password, and it does the thing where u got the password wrong except the password is right and it doesn’t come up with a wrong password message

[plucky hollow]

Non dedicated or smt

[native wave]

are they also on playstation?

[distant hearth]

that will be a non dedicated glorified single player session with p2p networking, both on the same system ?

[plucky hollow]

Yes

Both on PS5

[distant hearth]

have them remove the password an try again its glitchy as all hell far as i know

[native wave]

yeah remove that barrier, at least temporarily, to see if you can connect without it

[plucky hollow]

Ok I’ll let u guys know after I try

Well yeah that doesn’t work, does same thing

[distant hearth]

failing that its prob a network/ port forward issue, im no good at that stuff so will bow out , past my nap time anyway

[plucky hollow]

No idea what the heck the problem is

[native wave]

something is stopping the game from connecting. Could be a port forward issue, could be a routing over the internet issue. Have you ever connected to a server of their's before? (for any game)

[lilac palm]

Has anyone got transfers working, or is this not released for unofficial self hosted servers yet?
Have two servers started and I can see the other server in the transmitter but fails to transfer (doesn't create a cluster folder/data in the folder specified etc)
I have got the startup params set as:
-NoTransferFromFiltering
-clusterid=1234
-ClusterDirOverride="H:\ARK\ASA"

[river phoenix]

well the update should come today

[gleaming ocean]

Anyone know the Love Bug Heart spawn command?

[gleaming ocean]

or the dino candy? It's not ValentinesDinoCandy

[plucky hollow]

yes i have, had no problem playing ark till the update last week

[humble thicket]

Is someone familiar with g portal setups for ps4. I created a world on g Portal and started to play it and it was hella laggy. Even singleplayer is more fluent lol. Maybe i choosed some settings wrong thats why i need help

[merry stream]

yo anyone use solo farm mod that i can pm a question about

[heavy mountain]

I have an issue with the "auto save" feature in single player. I've got all the latest updates, I play the game, log out, come back, and it may save, or it may not save, most often not. After 2 hours of game plage or whatever a night, that's a LOT of work that hast to be redone because the save feature is spotty at best. I have no idea how long I Have to play to get this feature to kick in. but I'm tired of having to replay everytime, or nearly everytime I log back in to single player.

put a damn save button or option in the game if you have to, so that when I log out ,I can AT LEAST select that and know (hopefully) that it will save.

[humble thicket]

I had the same issue multiple times i just used the admin command „saveworld“ multiple times not just once. Like 3-4 times before logging off

Worked quite ok

[heavy mountain]

thanks

[humble thicket]

Tell me if it works for you then when you log off and in again next time

[tidal arrow]

does anyone know how to give someone my ip and port so they can join my server if so dm me i need help trying to make a server for my friends and me through steam cmd

[celest halo]

Write it down on a peace of paper and mail it to them

[tidal arrow]

nah idk what ip/port to give them can we call and u show me what ip and port to give them

[celest halo]

whats my ip in Google will show what your IP is, port is 7777 if you didn't change it In the start script

[tidal arrow]

okay can i dm u the stuff and see if u can go in my server?

[celest halo]

nope, not at a place where i have the game installed

[tidal arrow]

oh k

[jaunty vortex]

have you forwarded the port on the router? you’re on your own with that though, there are too many different types and ways to do it. unless by chance someone here has the exact same make and model.

[tidal arrow]

i have already done that

about 1 week ago my friend joined me now he using the same ip/port and its not working

[tidal arrow]

any ideas?

[jaunty vortex]

checking your port forwarding was my idea. that, firewall and making sure the server is actually running were my only thoughts.

oh and change the port if the server is on the same PC you play the game on, they will clash over the port numbers.

[heavy mountain]

I will

[civic smelt]

did you get this to work?

[distant hearth]

it wont work yet for asa , they havent released the info on how to do it or have it switched off ,
supposed to be this week we get the info

[civic smelt]

oh so we cant use transfers then.

[distant hearth]

not in the traditional sense no not yet

[civic smelt]

guess its back to woolys. Was kinda hoping it wasnt the case

[celest halo]

transfers are broken, last announcement has them being off on officals also

[dusky radish]

can the giant raft killing whale be turned off ? Just trying to cruise on my private server.

[distant hearth]

yes , you will need to add these lines to the game.ini in the server under the correct header then do a dinowipe after
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] this is the header, shud be in your game.ini already

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Alpha_Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

[wise kindle]

Or just nerf their damage to 0. That works too.

[distant hearth]

didnt think of that tbh doh , prob good to keep them in if people want to do tek cave

DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="Alpha_Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",Multiplier=0)

DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",Multiplier=0)

i think that wud do it ?

[wise kindle]

I'm glad you have that offhand, Id have to look up how I did it like 3 years ago lol.

[distant hearth]

i had beacon open so just couple clicks

[wise kindle]

I think thats right.

[hearty crag]

Does anyone know when the transfer to unofficial servers will be available?

[dusky radish]

thanks yall!

[distant hearth]

nothing new yet :/ keep an eye on #announcements or #patch-notes

[serene lily]

hey lads, been trying to get a server setup to allow building in valguero's button cave for the last 6ish hours, tried everything in the book but still can't build in that area, any ideas? I know it's possible because i've seen people build in there before but no idea what the server setting is for it.

[signal harbor]

Have you looked in your GameUserSettings.ini?

[serene lily]

yes, many times, i've enabled cave building and all

the funny part is if i boot into the map on my game through host\local I can build just fine, it's just when you use the map in a server does it become a problem (with ASM)

[signal harbor]

I am looking at mine... I have: AllowCaveBuildingPvE=True (But I am in ASA also)

Pretty sure you have a different ini for the server.... Have you tried copying the single player file and pasting it into the server ini? Maybe something like that.

[serene lily]

yes, i have infact tried that

also tried importing the entire map incase they were different for any reason at all

I'm aware it's different ini files for my game and the server, just making the point that i did it with the same settings and it works in singleplayer but not on an actual server

AllowCaveBuildingPvE=True line: 255 in my GameUserSettings.ini for the server

[distant hearth]

try adding this one too if you dont have it
EnableExtraStructurePreventionVolumes=False

[serene lily]

retrying it as well, thanks for the help

[distant hearth]

also double check you dont have duplicate lines

[serene lily]

still "Can't place Structure here.", unfortunate

[distant hearth]

this one in game ini can help too
bDisableStructurePlacementCollision=true

[signal harbor]

And you are changing the ini in the windows server file folder? strange

there is an ini in the map file also

[distant hearth]

you need to stop the server , wait till its fully stopped, make the ini chamges , save it , then restart server

[serene lily]

yes, that's what i've been doing, i fully close ASM even

[wise kindle]

Game.ini
bUseSingleplayerSettings=false

yes?

Sorry I saw what looked like maybe stuff was copied over from single player. Make sure this isnt enabled. It does weird things.

[serene lily]

Yes I disabled that as well

[wise kindle]

Dumb question but, what are you trying to place? Foundation?

Sorry to ask but need to check that box.

[serene lily]

Yes, Foundation

[wise kindle]

Which cave is it?

[serene lily]

button cave, AKA "The Lost Temple"

[wise kindle]

oh ok button is a brat

can you build in other caves?

[serene lily]

yes

[wise kindle]

yep, its that cave. It needs a different setting but I dont remember what that is.

Do you have both of these set?

bIgnoreStructuresPreventionVolumes=True
bGenesisUseStructuresPreventionVolumes=False

[serene lily]

yeah nobody does it seems lol, i looked through every comment that has ever been posted and there was only 1 source by someone named "john" and that man deleted his post

[wise kindle]

(No i didnt scroll up)

Those are the game.ini btw

[hexed crown]

does anyone know why the DynamicConfigURL line is being reset to http:?
http://localhost:5000/ISL -> http:

[wise kindle]

I'm reading up on this and it looks like the new updates have prevented alot of the building in that cave, even with the correct settings. You may be sol there.

[serene lily]

that's super lame if that's the case

trying again with what you just suggested, appreciate the help

[distant hearth]

it'll be this one , bIgnoreStructuresPreventionVolumes=True
needed in game.ini

also again double check you dont have duplicates, its easy to miss one if dont use search

[serene lily]

that worked on god you're the best

[wise kindle]

Well thats good. At least it worked that time lol.

[serene lily]

i have been struggling with this for HOURS i tried everything but i suppose not that one 🤣

[wise kindle]

That cave in particular likes to completely ignore normal cave settings, which makes zero sense. But anyway, awesome.

[serene lily]

imma have to go post everywhere the solution 🤣

[wise kindle]

Make sure ppl have both those settings along with the gus one too.

GUS.ini
EnableExtraStructurePreventionVolumes=false

Game.ini
bIgnoreStructuresPreventionVolumes=True
bGenesisUseStructuresPreventionVolumes=False

[serene lily]

Oo ty

[granite karma]

hey does anyone know how to run the redownload all mods on restart command on a nitrado server i dont think i can figure it out

[wise kindle]

you have to log into your map, go into admin mode and then run the command like its an admin command.

Then restart your map

[distant hearth]

not sure if it works on a nitrado server but might be able run
cheat doexit
to make it restart

[granite karma]

i tried that maybe it worked and it just didnt fix anything lol, ever since that update i cant get all my mods to work together a lot of them refuse to let me place stuff

[wise kindle]

I believe its ability to actually work even when used properly is questionable.

[distant hearth]

considering how you fix that issue, im not convinced the command they gave actually does anything on nitrado servers

[wise kindle]

This could be accurate tbh.

When I need to reinstall mods I do it manually.

Stop map, wait 5 minutes after it turns red.
remove the mod
SAVE
readd the mod
SAVE
Restart map

Seems to make it reinstall it as needed.

[granite karma]

im going to make a backup but ill try that thanks

[granite karma]

yeah i had to romove the rr medeivel decor mod or however you spell it and it fixed everything, sad to lose it but oh well

[limpid glen]

Anyone been able to find the deco box’s from the mods they added to official I cannot find them anywhere not in engrams or crafting not even in gcm people in my server Be asking and we can only find the skin so currently the gun box and some of the crazy cosmetics just can’t be used. Also the glass wall yeah just doesn’t even show up

[winter bane]

Anyone knows if Unofficial transfer works?

[fallow moon]

Unofficial transfers is coming July

[winter bane]

wait WHAT This is a troll message or 😛

[fallow moon]

Nobody knows when they will release them for unofficial as they don’t keep us informed

[winter bane]

Well, I see my other server but cant xfer :\

[gaunt berry]

Hi I was wondering Is it me or ark s really laggy I got a 20 slot server usually I get 20 ping now it's over 60 and I really can't play. Is there a fix or just need to wait for a fix.

[finite inlet]

No news on unofficial transfers

Please @ me if there is

[gray rapids]

No and they told it comes this week. Week soon ends and nothing mentioned in community crunch

[old wolf]

Shocker, week later and still no unofficial transfers.

[cursive plinth]

Anybody else having trouble with unofficial servers for the PlayStation is not being able to log in says connection with internet or lost connection with host

[gritty minnow]

custom cosmetics doesnt work in unoficial?

[old wolf]

Sure they do, people use them on my cluster, they have to download the mods client side.

[gritty minnow]

I have it downloaded, it works for me on localhost, but on the unofficial server that I play, it doesn't let me put the skin

[gritty minnow]

Did you add any configuration to your servers?

[old wolf]

Nope, they just installed the mods, and it shows for them, but no one else.

[lunar cloud]

Looks like the -clusterID flag is now available for unofficial
Wondering if there are any other files involved like ASE and if the exe's have to be able to share the filesystem or if it can cluster two different physical machines

[tardy pine]

Curious if the file system access is required or if they set up a relay service. Crossplay might require a relay

[lunar cloud]

yeah like if i have a server in EU (lets say azure) and a server in US (aws) if i could cluster them just with the cluster id

[heavy mountain]

well, I've tried it a couple of times now, saveworld does not work on my xbox

I must be spelling it wrong

[tardy pine]

Exactly. If you can then generate a GUID lol. Sure would be cool to do that without unreliable third party filesync services

[feral ibex]

hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[upbeat nest]

With the new unofficial transfers going live, where and how do you set it up for cluster

Hi S0k0

[feral ibex]

question please. i owned ASE servers and to cluster it was on the nitrado as a setting and u just selected it etc. how do we cluster these now?

hi rg ❤️ figured wed get more accomplished if i joined too lol

[tardy pine]

Probably not open in the nitrado UI yet

[feral ibex]

ok so just have to wait for nitrado to update?

[tardy pine]

Do you have access to the raw commandline?

[north nova]

how can i whitelist players on my server? so they no longer have to enter the password to join server

[feral ibex]

where would that be

its my server so i have full access to my nitrado yessir

[tardy pine]

No idea, I self host and have never seen the nitrado UI.

[feral ibex]

ok thankyou

[tardy pine]

Google says they don't give you access to the launch parameters, all you can do is wait for them to update

[feral ibex]

its ok probably just early to the party here 🙂

[tardy pine]

Likely so

[feral ibex]

got very excited members ready for our maps to link lol. thankyou for your help

[tardy pine]

No problem!

[waxen robin]

so it says -clusterID= in the launch line, do i make this like a super secretive number or something so that other people dont cluster into my server? or is that not an issue?

[lunar cloud]

i would personally just generate a guid string or some base64 string thats like 60 characters long and treat it as a password

[meager fox]

setting up instant levels, im having troubles with it showing 104 available levels, i can get to lv 105 but only 15 available lv is showing

idk if that made any sense but i would appreciate if someone give me a hand\

[plain python]

where is the command line to even put the cluster id in on nitrado for asa doubt it just goes into the GUS.ini

[native stag]

i doubt nitrado is ready

[plain python]

figured as much

[meager fox]

setting up instant levels, im having troubles with it showing 104 available levels, i can get to lv 105 but only 15 available lv is showing
idk if that made any sense but i would appreciate if someone give me a hand

[wise kindle]

Its not available yet. And tbh there are so many issues, might be best to just wait on that.

[north nova]

anyone know who i whitelist players on nitrado the nitrado guide i find does not match up with the website at all where it sends me is just not there

[bronze burrow]

do you need to setup a cluster save directory?

[unkempt kiln]

How do you set up the cluster?

[bronze burrow]

i added -clusterid=yourid to the command start line

[unkempt kiln]

So yourid is the cluster name? And we putting it in game.ini?

[bronze burrow]

i know you used to have to setup a cluster save dir, but wasnt mentioned in the patch notes

no i thought it goes in start parameters like -active event

[unkempt kiln]

Ok

[wise kindle]

If you are Nitrado, its like not enabled yet. Theres a separate tab for clustering. Need to wait a bit for them to update their site.

[unkempt kiln]

That's what I thought

[waxen robin]

i put clusterid into command line, and it did nothing lol

the other servers dont pop up in the transmitter

[unkempt kiln]

Where did you put it?

[bronze burrow]

i got it show up, can upload and download dinos. but get unable to uppload character

[waxen robin]

i put it at the front of launch peramiters

i dont host with nitrado.

[bronze burrow]

actually uploaded dino poofed

[wise kindle]

Did you download the update yet? I havent looked for it.

[waxen robin]

i did

[bronze burrow]

yes

[unkempt kiln]

I always thought there was a tab with nitrado, and the cluster I'd was a long set of numbers and letters

[bronze burrow]

im pretty sure we will have to create a save directory

[wise kindle]

Im def not enabling it right away tho. There seems to be a 50 50 chance of character loss. Im not gonna run out in front of that bus lol.

[unkempt kiln]

Oof 5050 that's high

[bronze burrow]

i'll roll the dice. been stuck on the island way too long

[wise kindle]

Its not there yet, you have to wait for Nitrados site to update.

[unkempt kiln]

Whelp two more weeks won't hurt

[wise kindle]

Its ok if its a private map, but Im not gonna temp my pop with this kinda nightmare yet.

[spring cairn]

Has anyone got the new v34.83 patch applied to a Nitrado server?

Done two restarts now and it hasn't updated. Perhaps a mod incompatibility preventing upgrade?

[dusty jay]

not me

[meager fox]

setting up instant levels, im having troubles with it showing 104 available levels, i can get to lv 105 but only 15 available lv is showing
idk if that made any sense but i would appreciate if someone give me a hand

[plain python]

@meager fox you have to hae 205 levels in place to get to 105

everything after 105 requires acention

[meager fox]

i have 105 set up my problem is when you level up it only says 15 available levels but yet i can still level up to 105

[plain python]

then i mean shouldnt be an issue probably just a bug with ark, does it say 0 available levels when you get to 105

[meager fox]

i wish i can send a pic lol

[plain python]

mesage me

[waxen robin]

so how do i make this transfer stuff work

i created a number, added it to both servers, nothing

[verbal bison]

Has Nitrado updated servers already for transfers?

[rocky heron]

If u put that code in the setting u can enable transferring but a list doesn’t show up still I have 3 island that I tested it with

[bronze burrow]

i have the servers able to see each other, can now upload and download same map. i can transfer to other map but character doesnt follow

[rocky heron]

How’d u get em to see each other

[bronze burrow]

-clusterid=123 in start command in bat file

[rocky heron]

Ah okay I’ll try n move it I had it in game user ini

[bronze burrow]

i dont know how its storring the data, id assume i have to setup another save folder

[deft pilot]

For the custom cosmetics if you are playing on a unofficial server do the custom cosmetics need to be downloaded on the server or on your console (I ask because they said and I quote "Best of all, they can be used on any server without the need for the servers to download a mod."

[bronze burrow]

so it creates its own save directory for the cluster, but they dont seem to share

[wise kindle]

When they rolled out transfers on official they didn’t even work for the first 4 hours. Im betting the system isnt fully in place yet.

[bronze burrow]

hold my beer

got it working

[dusty jay]

how?

i tried multiple times

[bronze burrow]

-clusterid=eg123 in start bat or similar
create another directory on your server (i just made one at c:\clustersave)
-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

tested uploads and downloads and transfers within my cluster all fine

[wise kindle]

Be ready to copy paste this to every self hoster that asks how to cluster for the next 3 days lmao.

[bronze burrow]

one step ahead lol

[dusty jay]

doesnt it make a clustersave directory already?

[wise kindle]

This is gonna confuse the hell outta the Nitrado ppl when they ask 🍿

[bronze burrow]

it does yes, but using windowsgsm the folders werent common. so i made a common one

[dusty jay]

kk solid

i use windows gsm too

[bronze burrow]

let me know if you get stuck

[dusty jay]

im rebooting my two servers im testing with

[celest halo]

hopefully -notransferfromfiltering still works also

[dusty jay]

can confirm.. it works

[bronze burrow]

yes it does

[wise kindle]

Did it keep you in your tribe?

Seems there is a big issue with that atm.

[bronze burrow]

i didnt look, ill test now

[wise kindle]

Also, seems that if your account can transfer once, you likely wont see any issues moving forward. But if you transfer and lose a character, you will repeatedly lose them over and over again. So its picking and choosing accounts. Id LOVE to find a correlation as to what accounts cant transfer compared to ones that can.

[bronze burrow]

Nope, new tribe on server i hadnt played on. same tribe when transferring back

[wise kindle]

Check it after daily restart

[bronze burrow]

ive been back and foward about 5 times now between island and isaluna to build a base, no issues

[livid flax]

has anyone figured out how to do it for nitrado hosted servers yet?

[bronze burrow]

ill do a restart to test now

[wise kindle]

Their page needs to update. Need to wait.

[distant hearth]

cant believe it took them a bloody week to switch the cluster id on , had a feeling they were stalling

[bronze burrow]

yes, but its the old system. got all old info off the wiki

[waxen robin]

the accounts dont transfer on my server lol

ive tried it 3 times, each time it tries to force you to make a new account because it isnt relocating the files

[bronze burrow]

-clusterid=eg123 in start bat or similar
create another directory on your server (i just made one at c:\clustersave)
-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

[wise kindle]

The option isnt there on the page yet. Im wouldnt trust it to work without it.

[bronze burrow]

you need to make a common cluster folder

[waxen robin]

im putting this in gameserversettings?

[wise kindle]

Most ppl on Nitrado dunno how to do that and may not have access. Best for them to wait.

[waxen robin]

wait this is in launch settings too?

[bronze burrow]

start.bat or start command. are you using cmd or gsm?

[distant hearth]

nitrado wont be able do it yet, they dont have access to launch commands

[waxen robin]

gsm

[wise kindle]

Thats wut i keep sayin lol

[bronze burrow]

so add it to the edit config

[distant hearth]

nitrado will need to update there ui and i swear they been stalling for w.e reason

[wise kindle]

Nitrado peeps gotta wait a fat min lol

[waxen robin]

add -clusterdiroverride=c:\ASA\servers\ Basically, where all the servers are?

[distant hearth]

likely there support is just gonna get overwhelmed by lost char recovery lol

[bronze burrow]

screw paying nitrado. i just bought a nuc and run it off that

[wise kindle]

They aren’t looking forward to this lol

[wise kindle]

Isnt that fun?

Its not i actually hate hardware. I kid.

[bronze burrow]

i'd put it in the servers directory.
i just made a folder in my c:\ as to make the path short and im lazy

[waxen robin]

in each server?

[bronze burrow]

no just one common one not in any actual server dirr

[distant hearth]

https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/87419-guide-cluster-setup/

the cluster process is the same as this guide , just the start line will look differnt as its for ase ^^^^^^^

[bronze burrow]

yep, i just used the wiki to get the commands correct

[bronze burrow]

did you get it working?

[waxen robin]

i just made the folder and added it, starting servers up now

thanks for the help!, i run saltyzombies Ark section, been quite the challenge swapping over to ASA

[wise kindle]

@olive talon could we possibly get this pinned for a bit?

[bronze burrow]

NP mate, happy i helped

[bronze burrow]

tested it, no issues

[wise kindle]

Nice! Hopefully that works the same for everyone.

[spare scarab]

Has wild card said anything about fps recently???

[wise kindle]

No but i been hitting 160 when its normally at 30. So i feel you lol. I blame the event.

[humble thicket]

Hi, I use the pterodactyl panel, I find my cluster, but when I transfer the character cannot download.
I think the problem is that I haven't configured
-clusterdiroverride= I have no idea what to put on it or even where I should create it.
Thank you for your answers

[distant hearth]

im not familiar with using linux but you just need to make a directory/folder for the servers in the cluster to share ,

add -ClusterDirOverride="xxxxxxxxxx" to each server start command/batch file
where xxxxxx points to the directory you made earlier to share files from each server on the cluster that is set using -clusterid=xxxxxx

[humble thicket]

I have to create it on the pterodactyl?, because in shootergame I already have a cluster file with the id that I chose which is created or I have to create it directly on the dedicated server that I rent?

[distant hearth]

that i don't know as im not familiar with pteodactyl or what it does ,other than it runs on linux
but the shared file used will need to be on the actual server itself i would think

[bronze burrow]

-clusterid=eg123 in start bat or similar
create another directory on your server (i just made one at c:\clustersave)
-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

[humble thicket]

Thank you, I will look into the subject, they helped me configure the dedicated under Linux, I don't really know how to do it, but it gives me a guide to follow

[peak sapphire]

For those who rent servers, a notice from Nitrado:

Important Announcement for Cross Ark Players!
The Cross Ark feature is now possible with the latest patch.
The implementation will be thoroughly tested by us initially to ensure it functions smoothly and provides an optimal player experience. Therefore, this feature is expected to be available in the upcoming week.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we carefully review this new functionality.

[frigid vine]

Hrello. Did someone already find out the Official Override URL for cosmetics Whitelist on Official Servers?

They allowed since today some new cosmetics (see Last Community Crunch)

[carmine ibex]

can someon help with cross ark plz

[dapper notch]

Hi guys Ilooking for a tribe and server

In pc

[distant hearth]

try looking in #1110949794907684965

[distant hearth]

will need more info than that , if its a nitrado server , you have to wait for them to sort it out

[carmine ibex]

ok nitrado not ready then

[humble thicket]

Can you help me configure a folder in my Linux terminal, I use the "mkdir clusterark" command but I don't think it's good or the path I'm setting is not the right one, maybe a little tell me what to do?

[ancient pond]

Are private servers cross platform between PC and Xbox?

[distant hearth]

for asa yes, if there set to allow it

[vital linden]

Unofficial servers can be cross-platform between PC, XBox, and PlayStation. There is a filter in the server list to look for them. And if you check the Player Servers box, it filters out the Nitrado servers.

[ancient pond]

Thank ya

[jaunty vortex]

I'm hosting a private, dedicated ASA server with PC, Xbox and PS5 players, if that answers your question?

[ancient pond]

Sure

[rugged tendon]

How do I cluster? They didn't exactly explain it.

[distant hearth]

nitrado server?

[rugged tendon]

Yes

[distant hearth]

you cant yet, have to wait for nitrado to enable it

[rugged tendon]

Thankyou

[vital linden]

Player Servers (a.k.a. dedicated servers) can just add the -clusterid parameter in the commandline. Nitrado servers can't do anything with cluster until Nitrado gives the okay, and they said they would test it for a week first.

[rugged tendon]

Thankyou

[distant hearth]

Notice to all Nitrado users !!!

Clustering servers is not available for them yet , will have to wait for them to implement it !!!

[weak root]

Only -clusterid ???

[vital linden]

No, you would populate it. For example, "-clusterid=Snowflake21" without the quotes. Do that on all the game servers you want in that cluster and then you can travel between them.

[weak root]

Yeah yeah ok

[raven wigeon]

hya, do we need to add the preventdownload and upload comands on gameusersettings like on ase???

coz its not doing anything

[distant hearth]

if you want to change any settings yes , other wise i believe the server just defaults to allowing it

[raven wigeon]

NoTributeDownloads=True ... is this needed?

[distant hearth]

that line will block any transfers from taking place

[raven wigeon]

testing now

[weak root]

look your GUS the line is on it

[raven wigeon]

yep works fine

thx

[slate bridge]

do we put this in the game ini files ?

[finite inlet]

So how can I make it so players can transfer between my cluster but not bring items from there own games 🙂 if anybody is kind enough to @ me with some help

[distant hearth]

once you have a cluser id setup they wont be able to
can also use -notransferfromfiltering

[valid dagger]

The cluster is really working?
In my servers is only available to upload item/character but not able to download.🤔
All the config es ok.

[distant hearth]

if you have the servers running from seperate folders you will need to create a shared folder/directory for them an use
-clusterdiroverride="D:\arkcluster" (where it points to the location you make the folder/directory)

[gray crown]

Hello, I have an issue with the cluster. I can see my maps in the cluster, but when I transfer, I can't respawn; it stays grayed out. Do you have a solution? However, the files are transferring correctly from folder to folder in the cluster, but they're not importing into my file. Is this normal?

the island -> Svarta

[distant hearth]

look in game user ini ,
check for the correct config ,
if you have any of these set true it will block it

NoTributeDownloads=True
PreventDownloadDinos=true
PreventDownloadItems=true
PreventDownloadSurvivors=true

[gray crown]

PreventDownloadDinos=false
PreventDownloadItems=false
PreventDownloadSurvivors=false
PreventOfflinePvP=true
PreventOfflinePvPInterval=2
PreventSpawnAnimations=true
PreventTribeAlliances=false
PreventUploadDinos=false
PreventUploadItems=false
PreventUploadSurvivors=fals

NoTributeDownloads=false

all true ?

[distant hearth]

they shud be false , to allow upload/downlaod

[gray crown]

all in false :/

[merry root]

On both maps?

[gray crown]

yes

[distant hearth]

also check the post i made just above your first one, if you are running the servers out of differnt folders for each one

[gray crown]

i test ! 🙂

one second 😄

[hearty crag]

Do you know guys how to transfer all the data from the unofficial server to a single game on Playstation?

[distant hearth]

almost certain you cant , as you dont have file access on playstation

[hearty crag]

That’s really sad

[gray crown]

I can transfer from The Island to Svarta, but from Svarta to The Island, I remain in Downloading... when I click on respawn, is that normal?

[distant hearth]

no, did you add the clusterdiroverride to island and svarta too, check the ini commands in island server to

[twilit knot]

it seems that .playerprofile get destroyed on transfert ...... i see the file in cluster directory then i can spawn on map but the file is missing and i have to create a new character if i quit....

[dusky jungle]

Not managing to transfer a Char from one server to another. Can't download the char...

[untold turtle]

Non cluster related issue, but last night I transferred the SSDs from the computer they were in to a newer tower. The server starts up fine, my husband and I can get into it but everyone else is getting timeout errors. Would I need to redo the port forwarding or is this something else?

[distant hearth]

you wud need to allow through firewall yes if its a differnt windows install

[untold turtle]

I'm pretty sure it's the same install but I'll check the firewall since this tower needed armoury crate maybe it reenabled something

[twilit knot]

you said that it's in a new tower so check port forwarding too

[untold turtle]

Ok I'll check both. Just wasn't sure about the port forwarding cuz that was on the router I thought.

[twilit knot]

in your router you may have defined a static ip for the first computer and forwarding port to it, if you changed computer you have to update you ip/port setup

[untold turtle]

Oh gotchya. I looked at the firewall and it has the server allowed through so I'll look at the portforwarding next. Thank you.

[distant hearth]

if you have the servers running from seperate folders , you will need to make a folder an point them both to it using -clusterdiroverride="D:\arkcluster" (where it points to the location you make the folder/directory)

[twilit knot]

that's already pointing to the same directory, i can travel but the profile file is lost so if i disconnect it ask me to create a new char....

[distant hearth]

if understand right , you cant travel as it doesnt let you download on the other map ? check your gameusersetting ini , make sure no the filters there blocking download

[untold turtle]

it's showing two instances of the server in my firewall but it does seem like it's running off the old IP in the port forwarding so i'll change that first

[twilit knot]

i can travel upload and download work, but as the .profile is destroyed as soon as i disconnect the character is lost

[agile monolith]

hi im trying to play a non dedicated server with my brother, we live in the same house, and he tries to join via session list and he gets connection timeout. anyone know what to do. (we both play epic games) im new to ark btw

im hosting the sever btw

[distant hearth]

what do you mean by disconnect ? close the game or close the server?

[twilit knot]

close the game

[lilac obsidian]

ANYONE have a bug where mod file size not showing and can’t join server or download mod ? 😄

[distant hearth]

thats a weird one, its like the server isnt saving the data after you transfer or something like that . i presume you tested it doesnt delete if you make a char on there an then close game with out transfer

[twilit knot]

everything else is working

[untold turtle]

Needed to change the port forwarding address @twilit knot @distant hearth you guys are the best 🙂 kanan good luck with the transfers I personally am waiting to mess with all that

[distant hearth]

yea im at a loss with your issue tbh , as a last resort maybe try changing the folder/directory your storing the cluster data , doubt thats gonna help though

[hollow crypt]

with -clusterID=[clustername] what is cluster name?

[distant hearth]

what ever you want it to be , doesnt really matter aslong as its unique

[hollow crypt]

ok

and i put it on all servers under game user settings

[distant hearth]

no

its a server startup launch command ,
you on nitrado ?

[hollow crypt]

ya

[distant hearth]

you have to wait for them to implement crossark in there ui .
think someone else said about a week

[hollow crypt]

ffs im really hating nitrado right now

[distant hearth]

**Nitrado server owners **

Important Announcement for Cross Ark Players!
The Cross Ark feature is now possible with the latest patch.
The implementation will be thoroughly tested by us initially to ensure it functions smoothly and provides an optimal player experience. Therefore, this feature is expected to be available in the upcoming week.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we carefully review this new functionality.

[deft stone]

do someone have play with the server transfer? do someone know if the ClusterDirOverride is working?

[twilit knot]

okay so it's weird i can transfert only once after every transfert lead to .profile destruction.....

[deft stone]

the .profile destruction make sens in a way, it remove you from the server that way. The .profile must be transfert into the clusterdir

[frail ferry]

where is the server transfer option on nitrado? is it difefrent then on ASE with cross ark tab?

[deft stone]

look 4 post before you will understand 🙂

[wise kindle]

You know its bad when even Nitrado questions it. They dont trust WC either.

[last night]

Hi !

Is there anyone who uses the pterodactyl panel under Linux and who has succeeded in setting up the transfer?

[celest halo]

not available on nitrado yet, 4 post above yours has the info

[frail ferry]

thank you

nitrado finally tossed a pop up on server page jst now too lol

[wise kindle]

Im gonna just keep pasting this all day

**Nitrado server owners **

Important Announcement for Cross Ark Players!
The Cross Ark feature is now possible with the latest patch.
The implementation will be thoroughly tested by us initially to ensure it functions smoothly and provides an optimal player experience. Therefore, this feature is expected to be available in the upcoming week.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we carefully review this new functionality.

[unreal jasper]

so all we need is -clusterid=somevlauehere

?

[twilit knot]

yes dont forget ClusterDirOverride too ^^

[last night]

Hi, I can't get the transfers to work

I find my cluster, but when I transfer the character cannot download.
I configured -clusterdiroverride="/var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes/cluster"
I also tried this one: -clusterdiroverride=/var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes/cluster

I think this doesn't seem to find the path to the given share...

I'm on Linux

Thank you for your answers

[unreal jasper]

I got it to work but cant donwload the char has me create a new one sadly

[distant hearth]

did you create the directory first ?
im not familiar with how linux words but you have to create the directory an point it at the correct location

[unreal jasper]

-ClusterDirOverride=C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Ark Ascended Manager\ClusterDirOverrides

[distant hearth]

if you have the servers running from seperate folders you will need to make a shared folder/directory an point them both at it

[unreal jasper]

thats what I did and it worked

yeah mines working just download is failing (takes me to create a new char ever time)

[distant hearth]

check your gameuser ini files arent blocking transfers

[unreal jasper]

anything specicifc?

[distant hearth]

NoTributeDownloads=True
PreventDownloadDinos=true
PreventDownloadItems=true
PreventDownloadSurvivors=true

[unreal jasper]

?PreventDownloadSurvivors=True I just added this

testing it now

[distant hearth]

that line will block downloads, read what it say

[unreal jasper]

yeah has me download the char, pick a place to spawn. I pick a spot and then takes me to the create char screent

yeah my bad I put it false not true

but it refuses to allow a download lol the button is disabled lol

[wise kindle]

Its set to false correct?

[last night]

Yes the file has been created

[wise kindle]

Also be sure you are making these changes while the map is fully down. These arent something you can change while live.

[unreal jasper]

yeah set to false and wont download

its like it deleted the chara data lol

that sucks if people did not test lol

[distant hearth]

if i had to guess pterodactyl is like running a virtual machine right ?
if so they will both need to be inside the same vm ,
or it gets more complicated . i did read a way to do it somewhere if there in seperate locations but it was a while ago when i was trawling through google

[wise kindle]

Cuz according to the responses, you took a map down and did changes and restarted and tested the changes in the span of 1 full minute which is remarkable lol.

Be sure your map is down when you save your changes.

[signal harbor]

I am on a dedicated server and I copied some ini files I found online and tweeked them from there. My server difficulty is set so the max wild tame is around 80. I know caves have higher level stuff but in the swamp cave everything was 500-750 level. Do caves not scale to overall difficulty or is that normal? Thanks...
And is there a setting that can correct it?

[unreal jasper]

yes my changes are managed by my ark maanger lol the map was down

[wise kindle]

you have the fastest login I've ever seen

[unreal jasper]

theres not mods or anything lol?

[wise kindle]

Did you do a wild dino wipe?

[wise kindle]

no worries man. Just looks like live changes cuz thats incredibly fast lol.

[signal harbor]

Many many times as I was adjusting various settings trying to solve the issue

[wise kindle]

What is your difficulty exactly?

[unreal jasper]

yeah im trying to get this working before I publish to my manager for everyone lol the transfer deleted the char...bizzare

like its asking me to pick a repsawn location but the button is greyed out -_-

[signal harbor]

DifficultyOffset=0.648639977

[unreal jasper]

would be nice if WC would give me instructions or feeback instead of a single line to add lol

[wise kindle]

you might just be hitting the bug. The transfers are deleting characters left and right.

Its why alot of us arent in a hurry to enable them. They arent in a good state. The worst bug deletes your character on download. I'm gonna guess you have that bug. There is no fix for it.

[unreal jasper]

Lovely

[distant hearth]

overrideoficialdifficulty=? what number is the ? , this is the line that controls dino level inside the gameusersetting.ini

[celest halo]

most of the settings are the same as ASE https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Cross-ARK_Data_Transfer

[signal harbor]

So I have had several values in it... currently it is OverrideOfficialDifficulty=3

[last night]

Yes, the servers are on the same machine hosted under Linux. I find my cluster with the same clusterid, but during the transfer when clicking on appear I have to recreate my character.

When I remove -clusterdiroverride="/var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes/cluster" I find my characters on each of the maps where I created them, as if they were never part of the map.

I then think that the problem comes from the fact that it cannot find a path to share between my servers.

[distant hearth]

did you do a dino wipe after messing with each value ?

[wise kindle]

this can be left at 1 so its easier to configure the OverrideOfficialDifficulty setting

[signal harbor]

Yes... I have wiped many times. every time I change a setting I reboot the server and wipe

[unreal jasper]

it has totally bugged it out lol I cant even create a character now

[wise kindle]

OverrideOfficialDifficulty - each tick is about 30 levels. So you can try maybe 2.2 here? Then set the DifficultyOffset=1

OverrideOfficialDifficulty=2.2
DifficultyOffset=1

Try this

[distant hearth]

sounds like, sry i cant really help further as just dont know how file paths and creating directories work in linux

[signal harbor]

Thanks I will try

[celest halo]

i havent ran pterodactyl in years, but it runs each server in its own docker, so you need to figure out how to add a host file system folder to each server so they can share data

[last night]

Using a mount?

[last night]

Thank you anyway for your time

[celest halo]

i dont remeber how to do it in pterodactyl, havent used it in years

[last night]

Okay, I'll try to look into that, Thanks

[cursive plinth]

Okay is somebody here know this game inside and out

[wise kindle]

Please describe the issue and who your host is

[cursive plinth]

I am the host of my own server every time I try to log in it gets me on the map it waits a minute then it kicks me out and says lost connection to host

[wise kindle]

Is this single player, non dedicated or dedicated?

[cursive plinth]

2 days ago it worked just fine I can't even join my own game anymore I've uninstalled the game I've reinstalled the game

Unofficial

[wise kindle]

So dedicated, where you find your map on the game list and join from there?

[cursive plinth]

Well my name pops up on The unofficial I click on it I hit join I answer my password it loads in and then it kicks me out after a minute

I mean is it a mod issue

[wise kindle]

I'm guessing your single player allows you to stay on the map and play without being kicked correct?

[cursive plinth]

Yes

[wise kindle]

@distant hearth You got ideas? I'm not the selfhost guru. I'll leave this to Will.

[south wave]

Can u try some official server once?

That way we’ll know if it’s a game connection issue or mod issue

[cursive plinth]

So I just go to the official line and just pick somebody

[south wave]

Any random official server

Just to see if you can connect. If you connect, you can leave instantly too

[cursive plinth]

Well I'm trying and hitting the join button to three different people's tribes and it's not doing anything right now

[wise kindle]

side question: is this recently happening? Or is this a new server?

[cursive plinth]

No it's my same server I've had for a few months

I mean ever since PlayStation let us get the game

[wise kindle]

Are you steam or PS?

[cursive plinth]

PS5

[wise kindle]

ok so you are hosting this on your pc?

[cursive plinth]

No I don't have a computer I mean the server mostly my phone

[wise kindle]

Ok so this is not a dedi server then

Cuz you cant host unofficial with a PS5

[cursive plinth]

I mean I'm using nirado

[wise kindle]

ok lol..

thats the host bit I asked about earlier

ok so, Nitrado and you cant stay connected

Have you added any mods since the last time you connected to your map?

[cursive plinth]

I'm sorry I'm using the nitado I play on a PS5

A few mods got updated I uninstalled them I refreshed the server I tried it again still nothing I was going to download that love event thing but I thought that was the issue so I uninstalled that

[wise kindle]

refreshed meaning you restarted the server?

[cursive plinth]

Okay here's one thing that was doing yesterday every time I uninstall the map I refresh the server I came back into the game I checked my mod list and the mod was back listed said file broken so I uninstalled it again and then it was a different mod would pop up

[wise kindle]

whoa whoa whoa

[cursive plinth]

Yes I restarted my server so many times

[wise kindle]

hold up, what map? Are you running a map mod?

[cursive plinth]

Island

[wise kindle]

ok what do you mean by uninstall the map?

[cursive plinth]

Mod is what I ment sorry

[wise kindle]

what mod are we looking at here

Sorry @distant hearth thought it was a selfhost question. Ignore my ping.

[cursive plinth]

It was the Valentine's mod and there was one other mod that was a wyvern mod

I have uninstalled them both and I still can't get online

[wise kindle]

are these both still on the map?

[distant hearth]

first thing i wud test is if its an issue with the server or your connection, easy way to test, join an official server any one. play it for a bit see if it kicks you out

[wise kindle]

ok, so what mods are on the map right now?

[cursive plinth]

Brian it's downloading a small mod right now for a tribe and I'm going to see if I can even join it

I'm trying

[wise kindle]

What mods are you running? You may have mod conflicts.

[cursive plinth]

@wise kindle there is alott I'm thinking to uninstall all of them and then just put them back in to see if it works

The only thing I could think of is ones that I have updated may have conflicts now but I don't remember which ones a few days ago got updated

[wise kindle]

ok like 20? 40? 20 is usually ok... more than that can cause issues.

If the mods you have chosen conflict then you will have alot of issues. Its why I keep asking which ones you have lol.

[cursive plinth]

I wish I could show you a screenshot

Tell me something if I uninstall all the mods on nitado and then reinstall them will all my stuff be gone

I'm just wondering if I have to start all over building my base and getting all my dinos

[wise kindle]

if you uninstall them and start the map it does delete all mod content.

[cursive plinth]

So is it best just to install a few mods at a time refresh the server and then see if I can load in and keep doing that

[wise kindle]

that might be a good way to go. And keep the mods low especially for PS5. That console hates mods for some reason. That one and the Xbox S have alot of mod issues.

[cursive plinth]

Well it just sucks that I don't know which mod is having the issue

[wise kindle]

dm me the mod list

[cursive plinth]

@wise kindle @wise kindle done

I screenshotted it on my phone so I knew what mods I had in case I had to uninstall everything

[wise kindle]

ok you have to give me a bit cuz this is the tiniest thing Ive ever seen

[south wave]

OHH

[cursive plinth]

Sorry

[wise kindle]

ah

[cursive plinth]

Do you have to have the mods both on your PlayStation 5 and nitrado server list

[wise kindle]

I cant read alot of these, the font is tiny

[wise kindle]

no, when you join the map it will autoinstall the mods for you

[south wave]

Snow Im gonna be going sleep, but I think its a general connection issue since she can’t seem to connect to officials either

If it were mods, officials wouldn’t pose an issue idt

[cursive plinth]

Was it better just to keep them on the Nitado orps5

[wise kindle]

I think it was a waiting issue there, but we can try again.

Can you try officials again, and WAIT for a full five minutes before giving up on those. Officials can take a fat minute to join.

[cursive plinth]

Or ps5

[wise kindle]

Can you try officials again, and WAIT for a full five minutes before giving up on those. Officials can take a fat minute to join.

[south wave]

Both.

[cursive plinth]

Okay I can join official server it's wanting me to create a character

[south wave]

Ok so we can rule that out

You can leave the official server now 👍🏽

[cursive plinth]

Yeah I just spawned into this map

[south wave]

Go into mods list in game menu and check if any of them says “broken file”

[wise kindle]

Ok so

Can you send me SS of the mods you have on your console?

I did see several that were questionable, but I cant make out alot of them

[cursive plinth]

What's SS

[wise kindle]

Screenshot

or just take a pic of your PS screen

[cursive plinth]

Well the ones on my PS5 I uninstalled because I was going to wipe everything out so I have to reinstall them on the PS5 real quick

The mining drill I have net projectile Gaia commands ugly stick fishing pole tranquilizer machine gun and now love ascended

Those are the mods that are back on my ark mod list when I just uninstalled all the mods they came back but that might be because that one server I jumped on maybe he had those I don't know

[wise kindle]

wait wait wati

so when you go to join your map, it doesnt autoinstall them?

Cuz if it isnt doing that, then thats the issue.

What happens when you try to install the mods on your PS right now? Does it let you reinstall them?

[cursive plinth]

I'm trying to load back into my unofficial server and I'm going to try to hit join

Says it's updating 26 mods and downloading

[wise kindle]

ok, let that finish then

[cursive plinth]

All the mods are still on my nutrado server

[wise kindle]

If it errors out just try again and see if you can get the mod download to finish.

[cursive plinth]

Some of the mods on that list don't say installed on the PS5 but they're still on the list on the nitrado server

Okay it's downloading / updating the mods more or less on my server or the game so it'll take a little bit and we'll see after that if it even lets me connect to the host which is me

[wise kindle]

What? Are you still downloading and waiting to join the map?

[wise kindle]

Just to clarify, you are not the host. The host is Nitrado. This is a very confusing thing to say and is why alot of ppl couldnt help you lol. You are the client. Nitrado is the host.

[cursive plinth]

Oh I joined that official server map I loaded into that

I'm trying to load into my server now and it's downloading and updating the mods

Ok

[wise kindle]

Ok let that go then it will take a bit, its alot of mods.

[cursive plinth]

It's 31 mods

I like weird creatures and a lot of dragons and shine horns and fun things

[wise kindle]

yeah you might not have the best time running that many on crossplay (console). This might be the first of many issues.

[cursive plinth]

But you know on the old Arc I never got to get all this like people on PC got my favorite mod is the indominus Rex mod I'll never give that one up

I just don't understand last week and stuff it was running just fine wasn't having a problem got to load in just fine while the sudden now the last few days I'm having a major issue

And I know it's not my internet because I play Apex I play destiny 2 I can play call of duty I can play Pandora I can play everything else online just fine

[wise kindle]

When mods update, they can get bigger. So when adding mods you have to account for expansion.

You, as a console player, do not have infinite space for mods.

Its very possible you are hitting the max space for mods and the mod update took you over the edge.

[cursive plinth]

Well on the nutrado server it says I have 10 GB of space and I only use maybe about three

And are you saying that maybe I should just run for Playstation only I mean I guess it's true nobody joins my map anyway I'm always by myself

[wise kindle]

Have you reinstalled your game on PS lately? I thought i remembered you doing this.

[cursive plinth]

Yeah I uninstalled it last night and then reinstalled it

[wise kindle]

tbh yes. The entire reason ppl get Nitrado maps is so they can have others play with them. If you only play by yourself, you can just play single player. There isnt much difference.

[cursive plinth]

It just seemed very leggy on single player like I got kicked out a lot and I thought a friend was going to join but he says he always has problem joining that's not really the reason it's just his excuse

[wise kindle]

So, your single player is laggy but the Nitrado map is not?

[cursive plinth]

I thought maybe fiber met some people that had the game we could all join and have fun but guess I'm just getting too old for this

Well when it first started out before I bought the server it seemed like I got kicked out a lot but maybe that's because on the PS5 it was brand new there wasn't any updates

[wise kindle]

Most ppl like to join fully configured admin serviced unofficial maps. If you arent offering that it can be a tough sell.

[cursive plinth]

Well a lot of people that I know don't really have this game and if anybody joins I don't care what they do on the map you know I'm here to help out and learn is about it

My favorite thing to do is like catch crazy wild dinosaurs dragons things I like

But I guess you're right if I can't get this to work I'll just see if I can get some of my refund back for it go back to single player and then just stay on apex and just say screw this

[wise kindle]

lol single player is nice tho. You can just do you.

Then if a friend wants to "join" you, tell him to rent a map and you will join him there 😉

[cursive plinth]

So what's the difference between official and unofficial

[wise kindle]

massive lol

[cursive plinth]

Is official more PVP

[wise kindle]

Official has no rules and you get no help from anyone. Alot of people cheat on the game so lots of shady people there. If you happen upon some nice ppl who help you then you have found a unicorn lol.

Unofficial, like i said usually has admins and a community to help you out. Cheaters are typically banned off the maps so alot less of that to worry about.

Unofficials also offer things like starter kits, events, trading systems and more mod maps where these really dont exist on Official.

[cursive plinth]

Unofficial people can join you a lot easier and then single player it's just you by yourself nobody can ever join you

Is it better to be dedicated or non dedicated on single player or is there no choice

[wise kindle]

dedicated has less issues for single player (literally just the single player button)

[wise kindle]

Unofficials, if you find the really nice ones, are all setup for joining and anyone can join you there.

Meaning they dont have many join issues, verses other game types.

[cursive plinth]

You must have been playing art for a long time

[wise kindle]

Since alpha. Too many years.

I would tho, look at your mod list and take note of what mods you can do without. Cuz honestly, thats alot. Each mod adds another point of failure to your map. Less points of failure the better.

[cursive plinth]

A mod can really stop you from joining your own server with the host how do they know to fix it

[distant hearth]

1/ less mods
2/knowing which ones can conflict
3/knowing how to read crash reports
4/year of experience
5/not trusting mods that dont have there own discord support

[deft stone]

do you have the same problem than me? On my server i try to upload an item into the tribute tabs in the obelisk, i got a timeout error

[cursive plinth]

How do you know where there's conflict when you're looking at a mod

Mine keeps saying I love those connection to host

[wise kindle]

They dont. We dont. Its mods. Its kinda how it is sometimes.

Mods are a choice and no one will test every mod combination for you.

Think of it like going to store and choosing to either buy meat and veggies OR potato chips and candy bars. You have to police yourself with these. There is nothing to stop you from screwing up your game with mods.

Its on you to test mods and choose wisely.

[cursive plinth]

Are mods better if they have multiple like Gaia mods got like three or four mods different but are those better than just single ones

[wise kindle]

Are you asking if certain mods need to be together?

[distant hearth]

some mod authors make there mods to be compatible with each other , so it helps yes

[cursive plinth]

Okay I've loaded into my game right now I'm going to see if in a minute it doesn't kick me out

[deft stone]

at least they test them together

[wise kindle]

ah ok, yeah some have multiple mods. This however does NOT mean they are good mods. Just means they are tested to work with each other.

[cursive plinth]

Nope it said lost/timeout connection to host

[wise kindle]

They may work with each other but conflict with other mods.

[wise kindle]

yeah I'm gonna say you need to remove some of those.

[distant hearth]

i saw you mention earlier that the server has more mods than you download on the playstaion, get rid of any you cant download on ps for a start

[cursive plinth]

Well all the mods are back on my PS5 after that whole entire update thing

[wise kindle]

Wait,

Humor me.

Go to your single player and enable ALL the same mods that are on your Nitrado map.
Then see if you can join.

[distant hearth]

going to need a bit more info to help, self hosted servers ? on your own pc or ?

[deft stone]

unofficial dedicated server on my onw pc

[wise kindle]

do you mean drag and drop into the tributes?

[deft stone]

yes

[deft stone]

yes

[wise kindle]

does this work?

The single player with all the same mods?

[distant hearth]

if you have the servers running out of two seperate folders, you will need to make a shared folder for them on the same drive ideally and point them towards that location using -clusterdiroverride="xxxxxxx"
where xxxx is the location of that shared folder i.e c/arkcluser
doesnt matter what you name aslong as both servers use the same one

[cursive plinth]

How do you enable the mods in single player

[deft stone]

they dont have confirm that clusterdiroverride is working for asa. and for now i run only one server and i just try to upload one items into the tributes, and it wont let me. it was working couple of weeks ago

[wise kindle]

Mod settings > Available mods > and select each mod and click the "activate mod" button on each one.

[cursive plinth]

So back out to the main screen

[distant hearth]

i can confirm it works, ive done it an tested it !
Have you changed anything that might effect it, ini settings ? added any launch commands?

[wise kindle]

all mods have to be added/removed from the start screen yes.

[cursive plinth]

I clicked them on I'm loading back in

[wise kindle]

Under Available Mods be sure all the mods have the "A" symbol next to them. This mean they are enabled.

[deft stone]

thanks for confirming the clusterdiroverride. i have a config where all my server run from the same folders and config files. The "unique" options are coded into the batch files that lunch the specifics server

[cursive plinth]

@wise kindle okay I clicked them all back on I'm loaded into my single player and I see them

[violet whale]

i cant kill my tames while on dinos can anyone help?

[distant hearth]

oh thats ok then you dont need to worry bout the clusteroverride, presume you using the command to point them at there own save files for each server

[deft stone]

yes exactly, but i dont know if you dont use the clusterdiroverride where is located the inventory file i think that might be my problem, it dont find it i think

[wise kindle]

ok you can back out.

Now, go and look at your mods.

Are there any that are broken or say out of date?

The mods in the mod section of your PS5 that is. Those mods.

[cursive plinth]

Under my mod list

[wise kindle]

yes

[distant hearth]

if the servers are all running out the same folder , shudnt need to, it will create its own at ,
ShooterGame/Saved/clusters/[cluster_id]

[deft stone]

ok thank 🙂 it dont create it, it must be the problem

[distant hearth]

it shud auto do it when you try to upload from the map,
i wud double check the ini and command line for start arent blocking it

[cursive plinth]

No they all say installed

[deft stone]

let me check thanks for the infos

[cursive plinth]

Should I refresh my server

[wise kindle]

ok now,

Go thru each mod that you have on your Nitrado mod list and write each one down

Then check this list with the mods on your PS5 list.

I think you might find one that is missing.

I think something is preventing one mod from downloading, and this is the only way I know of to find it.

If they are both identical, then you have a mod conflict.

In that case, we have no idea which one it is.

And you will have to start removing mods to find out.

[bronze burrow]

go back to map you transfered from, character will be there. you need to make another folder for cluster saves and direct it there

[unreal jasper]

I have my cluster folder set

[bronze burrow]

use this command todirect it to it
-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

@bronze burrow
-clusterid=eg123 in start bat or similar create another directory on your server (i just made one at c:\clustersave) -clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

[unreal jasper]

-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)i have this set though? on both servers

I can transfer it just wont let me donwload and spawn

[bronze burrow]

is the folder outside of both server folders

[unreal jasper]

yes

[bronze burrow]

what server manager?

[unreal jasper]

Ark Ascended Manager - im the dev of itr

[bronze burrow]

oh yeah, i talked to you a few weeks back.
so -clusterdirroverride is in start params?

[unreal jasper]

yes

like i can see the server, can transfer too it, it has me override the other charc, go to spawn select a spot and then immeidiatly takes me to the create charc screnee. Then I have to relog or else I cannot spawn even if I create a new char lol

[bronze burrow]

yeah thats the issue i was having. it cant download your character cause its save isn't in the clusterr save fiile on that map. it stayed on the save on the first map

so both maps are looking at the same folder?\

[unreal jasper]

yeah created a cluster override dir in my managers storage area

[bronze burrow]

i literally just made on on the desktop and pointed to it

mainly to keep the path short

[unreal jasper]

yeah, does that work for you?

[bronze burrow]

if you look in the folder, is it showing your save ?

[unreal jasper]

nope sadly

[bronze burrow]

yeah, mines c:\clustersaves

[violet whale]

can anyone tell me how i can let my tames kill other tames

[bronze burrow]

theres also a cluster save dir that it created after the first restart. but it seemed unused once i used override

try and move and redirect that folder

[cursive plinth]

Pl@wise kindle there's 31 mods on my PlayStation and the same amount on my notrato server list

[wise kindle]

Ok whelp, shutdown your server, look at your Nitrado mods and starting removing. One of them is the key.

[cursive plinth]

And I need to refresh the server every time and then load in to see if I can

[wise kindle]

Yep or just remove a couple you know you don’t need. Let we said, the less mods the better.

[cursive plinth]

@wise kindle I have a screen shot I'm cunfused

[deft stone]

i create a new server from scracth and it work, so i probably have a settings problem. Thank you again

[distant hearth]

good to know, the ones i know effect it are these if there set true in
gameusersetting.ini or the launch command

NoTributeDownloads=True
PreventDownloadDinos=true
PreventDownloadItems=true
PreventDownloadSurvivors=true

they need to be switched false or just deleted , i believe they default to false if there not there

[celest halo]

dont forget about the PreventUpload set also

[distant hearth]

good point, i was just presuming that since the issue they has was uploading fine ,but not being able to download , they likely had the download ones wrong tbh

i know alot people were ysing the notribute download to stop single players getting in before we cud cluster id

[shell flume]

when i transfer from 1 to another server, i get stuck after click spawn survivor

any hints?

[distant hearth]

pinned notes in this channel for a guide , likely you have servers running in seperate folders an need to use -clusterdridoverride

[shell flume]

No Sir,

-ClusterDirOverride=D:\ArkServers\clusters

i have this in all start.bat files for every server

i am running multiple server form the same arkascendedserver.exe file.
could that be a issue?

so i need to make copies for every dedicated server?

[distant hearth]

if your doing that you shudnt need to use the override but i dont think it hurts aslong as you made that directory an pointed them to it

check the ini an start command for any the things preventing download

NoTributeDownloads=True
PreventDownloadDinos=true
PreventDownloadItems=true
PreventDownloadSurvivors=true

[shell flume]

CrossARKAllowForeignDinoDownloads=False
noTributeDownloads=True
PreventDownloadSurvivors=False
PreventDownloadItems=False
PreventDownloadDinos=False
PreventUploadSurvivors=False
PreventUploadItems=False
PreventUploadDinos=False

[distant hearth]

noTributeDownloads=True this one blocks all downloads

switch false

[shell flume]

now that i copied and pasted it and reading it myself... i feel so stupid... lol over looked it

[distant hearth]

easy done, been there done it myself

[shell flume]

lol thanks

[slate bridge]

Can anyone help? Ive set up transfers on my private servers using Wollys WASM. ive done the command line and i get the cluster folder. i can upload but when i go to download i need to make a new character? Anyone have any suggestions ?

[bronze burrow]

the save folder isnt common

[slate bridge]

all ini set to false too

[distant hearth]

read up

[slate bridge]

ahh i see ! so instead of me putting -clusterid=AlphaAscended2204 in the command line, i put cluster overide and the location ?

[bronze burrow]

yes

[slate bridge]

sweet thank you !

[distant hearth]

you will need the cluster id too

[slate bridge]

so i put both line in ?

[bronze burrow]

yes

-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

-clusterid=eg123 in start bat or similar create another directory on your server (i just made one at c:\clustersave) -clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

[distant hearth]

yep -clusterid="xxx" -clusterdiroverride="xxxx"

what he sai ^^^^

[slate bridge]

and i use the files from each cluster folder and put in one central folder ?

[bronze burrow]

one central

[distant hearth]

i use the quotations just incase some decides to put a space in the name

make one folder, call it what u want, point the servers at it with clusterdiroverride

[slate bridge]

amazing

thank you

-clusterid=AlphaAscended2204 -clusterdiroveride=C:\ASA Dedicated Server\Servers\Cluster Save files

does this look ok ?

[bronze burrow]

as long as you created that folder and i exists there

[distant hearth]

no u have spaces in the file path so need to use quotations

[bronze burrow]

good pick up

[distant hearth]

-clusterid=AlphaAscended2204 -clusterdiroverride="C:\ASA Dedicated Server\Servers\Cluster Save files"

[slate bridge]

Legends! With this new folder i made, do i need to put anything in there ?

[bronze burrow]

and dont use the id you posted

[slate bridge]

No thats an example 🙂

[distant hearth]

i spent hours messing with the command line testing, as im new to it an wanted understand what it was doing, im kinda tech dummy

[bronze burrow]

im the same mate ,im a fitter by trade. computer stuff is all self taught trial and error

[distant hearth]

haha similar, mechanic by trade

[slate bridge]

can anyone help ?

[distant hearth]

no, just need the servers pointed at it, then they store data there as needed

[bronze burrow]

no it will populate itself when you transfer

[slate bridge]

ok perfect 😄

Sorry hopefully one last stupid question. - How do i get the servers to point to the folder XD

as i got a file in t he clusters folder ?

[distant hearth]

sorry its my wording i dont explain well, you did that with overridedir command

[bronze burrow]

-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

[distant hearth]

mine is easy as just made a new folder straight on my d drive

[slate bridge]

Owww i see. ill give it a go now and see what happens then 🙂

[bronze burrow]

in start command, same on all servers

[slate bridge]

hmmm didnt work. no files seem to go in there when i upload however there is a file in the cluster folder on the server ?

[distant hearth]

you cant transfer? or you cant see the other servers ? or ?

[bronze burrow]

i use spaces between lines, try that

[slate bridge]

i can see my other servers, i can upload to another map but as soon as i load in, it says spawn at a point but then directs me to making a new charchter

[distant hearth]

its not picking up the location of the folder correctly then be my guess, try it nice an simple , make a new folder on the drive an cal it , arkcluster ,
point them all at that , save any issues there

mine is literally d:/clustersave

[bronze burrow]

?RCONEnabled=True?RCONPort=27022?ServerAdminPassword=###### -NoBattlEye -ForceRespawnDinos -clusterID=##### -notransferfromfiltering -clusterdiroverride=C:##### -

thats straight from mine

[slate bridge]

ok let me try that quick

[bronze burrow]

also start server, do a savewold, restart server

[slate bridge]

ok doing that now

nope still failed XD for some reason no files are going in the folder

C:\Arkcluster this is my directory

[distant hearth]

you dont have any commands in the start batch or ganeusersetting ini that cud block uploads and downloads?

[slate bridge]

there all set to false i believe - let me check

PreventDownloadSurvivors=false
PreventDownloadItems=false
PreventDownloadDinos=false
PreventUploadSurvivors=false
PreventUploadItems=false
PreventUploadDinos=false

[distant hearth]

with that u wud change them all too , -clusterID=##### -clusterdiroverride=C:\Arkcluster

or clusterdiroverride="C:\Arkcluster" either or fine , just cleaner to not use things if dont need i guess

[distant hearth]

check this line is false too , noTributeDownloads=false
if you have it

[slate bridge]

dont have that line

[distant hearth]

ok an its not in your start command either, some people had put in there too

[slate bridge]

yeah all i have is this. -clusterid=AlphaAscended2204 -clusterdiroveride="C:\Arkclusters"

ahh wait ...

[distant hearth]

how are you running the server?

[slate bridge]

theres a missing r from override

[distant hearth]

shud be like
start arkascendserver.exe theisland_wp?sessionname="my server" -clusterid=AlphaAscended2204 -clusterdiroverride="C:\Arkclusters"

[distant hearth]

good catch sry i missed that

[slate bridge]

think that fixed it !

[bronze burrow]

Sweet

[distant hearth]

worst bit is that was my bad, i can see i missed the r way back up the chat lol

[quaint sage]

on pc. this map svartalfheim map i cant get to download. it starts then just stop with no error message or anything. just goes to 18% then stops/

[frigid osprey]

would an admin be available?

[quaint sage]

and one who may be able to help plz dm

[terse tusk]

Hello! I have a server through Nitrado and it's in a constant loop of starting and shutting down for some reason. Has anyone had this problem and possibly know of a solution? haven't had an issue until now :/

[distant hearth]

presuming you have enough drive space to store it, stop it an try clearing steam download cache

[distant hearth]

when did it start happening ? did you make any changes before it happened?

[terse tusk]

started today, no changes at all! We were playing fine just last night

[frank egret]

sounds like a corrupted file possibly

[distant hearth]

yea probably, if you contact nitrado support there just gonna tell you try a server roll back to the nearest save point,
you can leave it an hope it sorts itself out eventually (might not )
so you can contact there support an see what they say
or try a roll back to the nearest save point
be aware you will lose progress doing this

[frank egret]

the best way to find out is look at the live file sizes vs the backup file sizes

ive had to do this a few times on mine

[distant hearth]

it wasnt uncommon on ase when i had them , i havent touched an asa nitrado server but id imagine its pretty much same locations

[terse tusk]

Okay, I will look into that now. Thank you for your help!

[distant hearth]

look at what tridentfire said first , if you can spot the bad file sometimes can load the anticorruption backup and not lose progress

[wise kindle]

Not sure what platform you are on but im going to assume you are on console. You may be out of mod space. Check your mod space and remove some mods before retrying the download again. Map mods are large.

[frank egret]

his first two words are "on pc"

[wise kindle]

Whelp i need to nap. I can no longer read 🤦🏽‍♀️

[frank egret]

lol

also they extended the mod file size for consoles i believe

[wise kindle]

Eh? Its over 10 gigs now?

[frank egret]

im not sure just rememebr reading it in a CC, not on console so i dont pay that much attention to it

[wise kindle]

I know they “fixed” issues with large mods on PlayStation. But not sure if that actually fixed anything.

[frank egret]

its WC of course they didnt fix anything just thrwoing bandaids everywhere to try and save a dying game

[quaint sage]

on pc and plenty of storage space.

[shell flume]

@distant hearth here?

[distant hearth]

mhmm , whats up ?

[shell flume]

i transferred from 1 server to another server...
logged out and login to second server...

it prompts me to make char

[frank egret]

your character can only be on one map at a time

[distant hearth]

ok lemme scroll up an reread what we went over

[shell flume]

yes...
1 island
to
2 temptress

logout and login on temptress...no char

[frank egret]

did it let you spawn in when you transfered?

[shell flume]

yes

[frank egret]

hmm that is odd

[shell flume]

shall i share server info ? to u guys test it?

[elfin citrus]

I cluster my docker image servers in linux and when i try to transfer in server 2 it give me spawn location and after second give me screen to make character. After i go back in server 1 my character is in download screen

[frank egret]

using dockers you have to give them both a share path

[distant hearth]

your the second person with this issue tn, i cant test atm as not at main pc its getting late .
not sure whats causing it sorry.
seems like its not saving properly for some reason

[frank egret]

are you using the current patch?

[shell flume]

@distant hearth join my discord ill share screen

[distant hearth]

ok gimme 5 mins an dm invite will take a look

[limpid pebble]

hello all. I am new to the game (you'd think i'd have started earlier given that i like survival games). Thing is, I have started my first ark and I thought it'd be fun to go at a procedurally generated one. As far as I have found on the internet, I am now worried that the tames I made, character and mose progress altoghether is pointless, as one cannot complete the game. Is there a mod or anything of the sort, or perhaps a setting towards this that may help?

[frank egret]

gonna assume ase?

[limpid pebble]

yes, I am not aware if there are multiple ones. I recently got the game has the DLC maps included

[frank egret]

they remastered ase

ase is dead to them basically

as for not completeing the game procedurally why is that?

[limpid pebble]

no obelisk, no bosses, as far as I am aware

[frank egret]

ah ok

seems like another short sighted thing from wc lol

are you renting or hosting yourself?

[limpid pebble]

single player. Just me local

[frank egret]

hmm

does it still have supply drops?

[limpid pebble]

any mod would be welcome, really, or anything. but are you telling me there is another gaem out there and I got the wrong one =))

[frank egret]

survival ascended is th enew one

[limpid pebble]

i barely started 3 days ago, I am not sure what the supply drops are.

[frank egret]

beacons that com eout of the sky with loot in them

[limpid pebble]

have not seen any

[frank egret]

yea im not sure then

id say use a mod like super structures but to use the items to circumvent the obelisks requires bosses so...

[humble tiger]

Are unofficial servers transfers available now?

[frank egret]

if the server admins enabled it they shoul dbe

[limpid pebble]

then I suppose I will just go buy the remake one. did not expect this kinda blow 3 days ago, that's for sure 🙂

thank you

[frank egret]

make sure your pc can handle it

its very unrefined

@limpid pebble

[bronze burrow]

did you stop the server?

and see if your character is one the first map still

[shell flume]

i deleted the old file from the cluster directory

and did a fresh transfer it worked then

[bronze burrow]

it should be the same cluster dir

1 common save directory, sounds like you just deleted your character

-clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

-clusterid=eg123 in start bat or similar create another directory on your server (i just made one at c:\clustersave) -clusterdiroverride=c:\clustersave (or whatever you named it and its location)

[shell flume]

yep, its working now

[peak sapphire]

Can you add different dinos to spawns like you could on ASE without the use of a mod on ASA?

[bronze burrow]

if you search my name here youll find the posts ive made already that explain how to set it up

[limpid glen]

Has anyone got clusters working on nitrado?

[distant hearth]

no becuase they havent sorted it out yet, there saying next week i think

[frank egret]

primary server host service and they cant even be on time with stuff lol

nitrado is so trash

[peak sapphire]

Check the message on your dashboard

[distant hearth]

ikr , i kinda think there stalling becuase they know there support gonna get even more non existantly overwhelmed

[limpid pebble]

Thank you for the heads up. I believe it will

[limpid glen]

It literally says it’s now possible but they are going to be testing it. It’s actually a joke like people pay them monthly or whatever for servers and yet they are the last. I miss gportal

[peak sapphire]

And it’s only Ark. I’ve had one issue with my Valheim server and none with my DayZ server. It’s only ever Ark

[frank egret]

to be fair those other two games are done by pros so...

ark itself is just a shit show of piss poor coding

[peak sapphire]

I think people forget that Nitrado only rent the official servers to WC, but don’t run them themselves. I’m not defending Nitrado here but with how piss poor WC are at communicating with their own playerbase, I can’t imagine they’re any better with the host service provider. WC should be pushing info over, not Nitrado pulling info from them.

[frank egret]

its two shitty companies working together did you expect anything else to happen?

[limpid glen]

I totally agree it’s 90% a wc issue but I’ve been talkin to nitrado for couple weeks about transfers now and they always saying it’ll be soon wc announce it’s now possible and nitrado and now doing their own tests? Like where were they in the development process 😂

[frank egret]

its not development thats the issue, its nitrados hack job of a server hoster. theres ppl inthis chat that know more about networking and datacenter stuff then the techs at nitrado which is sad cuz most of us in that category dont even do this for a living

[peak sapphire]

where were they in the development process
Nonexistent.

With how screwed up the official launch has been, I’m glad they’re doing their own internal testing. Whether it leads to anything and they don’t just push the functionality anyhow remains to be seen.

[peak sapphire]

WC are as incompetent as Nitrado, let’s not split hairs here.

[frank egret]

100%

i was talking about the transfers stuff

[distant hearth]

they aint testing shit, its bullshit to give them time to sort there shitty ui out an ease workload imho

unless wildard really do hate them an didnt give the info

fun fact i didnt have to change anything on my servers to make them cluster, wildcard turned it on with the last server patch .
i had the same file paths already as i was testing to see if i cud make it work
exact same as ase

[frank egret]

its the same game just reskinned thats y lol, same issues as before plus more from them taking short cut after short cut

its atlas 2.0 lol

[peak sapphire]

Is it possible to transfer your save files from Nitrado’s FTP to your own hardware?

[frank egret]

yes

[jagged basalt]

Yes

[distant hearth]

you cud just copy the whole dam folder over it shud work, but better to learn the file paths for stuff anyway

[frank egret]

also is faster to just grab what you need rather then everything