unofficial-setup-help

[void juniper]

For us, it just started on the center. And theres already been 16 cases of it in just the time the center has been out

[oblique pewter]

On a server level it’s their character file. It’s getting corrupt as they transfer around and essentially magically disappeared from their EOS ID. Learning a engram helps resave that file

[void juniper]

What does this do to help? I woll let them know but just curious on how this helps

[oblique pewter]

So the default items, Transferring and after doing ascended bosses messed with your save file

[void juniper]

Mostly all of these have been fresh center characters. Only 1 person so far transferred from another map and lost it

[oblique pewter]

Because it’s reconfiguring the character file each time

[oblique pewter]

Well that’s new. I wonder if CE has a new bug to add to the shithole unofficial been dealing with

I did see people have been having that issue again with “3 unsupported downloadables” on their toons

[void juniper]

Thats what i was thinking but i have yet to find any threads or forums that are having the issue.

[oblique pewter]

So I wonder if the 3 default items are bugged again

[oblique pewter]

Yeah you’re the first to say it here atleast

[void juniper]

Awe no gifs. Well thanks for the help. I will continue to dive into it. The last thing i would think of is mods. And the only 3 new ones are two RR and one cliffan. All three very popular mods that i wouldnt expect something like this to happen

[oblique pewter]

That’s been a common issue recently as well. Some people can’t even start up their servers right now because of mods. So that could be a good flag for ya

[haughty badger]

Did anyone else get the update last night which fixed the pyromane breeding issue? I saw the patch note last night, but my servers still think they are up to date at 45.15 which is what I've been on since before that patch note announcement

[oblique pewter]

Unofficial takes longer to get the update. Still haven’t been given to us yet

We won’t know till our servers auto restart with the patch

[haughty badger]

Sheesh. I knew we get em late but it's been almost 12 hours. Oh well 🤷‍♂️.

[oblique pewter]

Yeah I assume it’s bc of how late the patch was

[haughty badger]

Makes sense.

[lethal patio]

I'm having issues with my island server. It seems stuck in a restart loop after routine restart. have tried resetting backup but to no avail

it restart tries to update and again

[celest halo]

We might never get it, won't be first time a minor patch has passed us by

[native wave]

all my servers are at 45.15 as of their reboots earlier this morning

[distant hearth]

usually im not fussed over minor updates , but i dont consider not being able to claim the baby of a dino that paid for , minor!!
Its a piss take really that they even released the dino in that state

let alone not releasing the update to unofficials

[oblique pewter]

Patience my padawans

[native wave]

haven't been too concerned with the pyromane stuff as I don't have it yet....planning to get it later today though

hate not having access to tame stuff on my server. would be nice if they offered an option to disable spawning of paid dlc dinos

[distant hearth]

i dont suppose it wud be to hard to block it in the ini , once know the spawn path

[celest halo]

If they made it easy to disable that then you wouldn't be tempted to buy the dlc 🤣

[oblique pewter]

Prob could disable it on beacon

[distant hearth]

i havent checked beacon today to see if it got an update, will look now

[native wave]

going to see if I can add both the gigantoraptor and rhyniognatha to the center

[distant hearth]

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

according to beacon

wether it works or not is pot luck, sometimes doesnt on asa

[native wave]

yeah very much seems hit and miss whether or not those spawn modifying ini commands work

[distant hearth]

mmmhmm, some seem to need the full dino blueprint path

[celest halo]

It's ark everything is hit or miss

[distant hearth]

good point

[native wave]

more so with ASA though

thanks nitrado

[oblique pewter]

SteamCMD is great

[native wave]

and pterodactyl loves using it

[oblique pewter]

Ooo

[distant hearth]

cant really blame nitrado for it, they dislike you messing with ini that isnt in there general settings page.
They will not give support for a server thats been altered, they just say, oh it must be your custom config

[native wave]

I blame nitrado for rushing WildCard to release a product with half the functionality of the ini missing

[distant hearth]

ahh thats fair 🙂

[oblique pewter]

I opened the nitrado website once and it took like 3 Minutes to open the server set up page. I laughed and never went on the website again

[celest halo]

It is the only way to download something from steam that don't have a GUI that I know of

[distant hearth]

its pretty poor , the ui lag is crazy, had to use them for years when i had xbox servers

[native wave]

I used to pay them to host an ASE cluster for a streamer friend of mine. That taught me to hate nitrado

[distant hearth]

mmhmm i ended up looking after about 20 servers at one point that were belong to streamers , did one for a friend , then it got to helping friend of the friend etc haha... never again

[native wave]

yeah that group of friends I hosted for never picked up ASA....their opinion of wildcard isn't great

[distant hearth]

The only one i didnt mind looking after the streamer was affiliate, the customer support for them is 1000% better, id get a response from support within 30 mins to an hour 99.9% time , no matter the time

prob helped that i knew what i was doing , so if was an issue they knew it wasnt the usual issues

[native wave]

yes they want to keep the sponsored ones happy....that keeps their ads in front of eyes

the streamer I hosted for isn't large enough to get any kind of sponsorships...mostly just streams for friends and a small following

so it's mostly me on my servers these days. it's always open to them, but have had no bites yet

[distant hearth]

im not even hardly playing atm, just messing on my own test servers, not got much time, will likely rent a dedicated machine on ab release, give me plenty to do over winter when work quiet

[oblique pewter]

Sadly with how broke WC is rn I don’t blame them

[bleak ivy]

They are talking about nitrado servers.

[quaint elk]

am i the only one that is having problems with my servers in a reboot loop?

[oblique pewter]

Yes I know

[native wave]

have you tried swapping out mods to see if you have a problem one?

[quaint elk]

no I am at work atm just seeing if its a problem or not

[native wave]

none of my servers are boot looping....though right now I have 3 of 4 running

[quaint elk]

i have i think 7

[native wave]

heavy mod load?

[quaint elk]

kinda

[oblique pewter]

Eek

[bleak ivy]

Wildcard doesn't effect nitrado support or their sponsorships.

[native wave]

they were just referring to nitrado wanting to keep their ads in front of eyes

[native wave]

how much is "kinda"

[oblique pewter]

Never said they did, nitrado pays WC for their collab. Nitrado needs to get out and advertise/sponsor to get more money for themselves and WC

[native wave]

don't think WC gets any money for servers nitrado ends up hosting...that's all for Nitrado

[bleak ivy]

I mean right now wildcard has already been paid. That's the reason asa had to be released in October.

[distant hearth]

the trouble is , if you gonna run a lot mods, you need to know how to fix the issues.
They will at somepoint get an issue after a major update .
Step one, check crash logs for anything obvious .
Step two , backup and remove save files to confirm there no corrupted.
Step 3, remove all mods , at this point you have a clean server, if it still crashinng, reinstall fresh
Step 4,reinstall save files on fresh server , no crash , great move onto adding mods one at a time
step 5, once find the issue mod decide if can live without the mod or wait for an update from the mod dev.
step 6, roll back to first backup you made once all mods are installed an server is running fine

[pseudo glade]

has the Gigantoraptor been officially added to the base game? Just curious if i need the mod still

[native wave]

most of my servers run 11-12 mods, svart is the standout with 15

[distant hearth]

yes its in base game now, mod no longer needed

[bleak ivy]

It's been added. It's safe to remove

[celest halo]

I haven't played ark in awhile, was doing palworld then once human beta, some valheim

[pseudo glade]

thanks guys

[oblique pewter]

I just don’t run mods on my cluster. It just adds more open ports of problems

[oblique pewter]

You don’t think WC is making any %’s?

[native wave]

nope....it was all in the direction of snail in the form of a single cash infusion and letting nitrado rule server hosting

[celest halo]

I run 5 mods on my cluster never had a problem, and added the center to it yesterday with the same 5 mods as my other 2 maps

[distant hearth]

thats the way with least stress for sure, theres a few mods i cant live without though haha . i played enough vanilla ark that id never go back to it without mods

[young stream]

Anybody else having an issue about not being able to see ANY unofficial sessions? I keep hitting refresh and still “no sessions found”

[bleak ivy]

I doubt they are making much if any as they were already paid. It's probably somewhere in that snail nitrado thing tho.
They are also getting officials.

[distant hearth]

my must have mods for canon maps, custom dino levels, super cryo storage and shiny dinos

[native wave]

I love shiny but haven't gotten to going after those dinos yet with ASA

[oblique pewter]

I have a setup for patreon that has quality of life’s mods on a whitelistred server for the cluster but the mods are so light weight I’m not worried

[bleak ivy]

Have you updated? Change the filters around

[native wave]

yeah double check map filters...search for the name of the server you want if you have a specific one

[oblique pewter]

Yeah I bet there is incentives. I wonder if they will create a new contract after October

[young stream]

I was trying to have it show me just servers with the center but it’s not showing up so I hit all maps and it’s showing now kinda strange it won’t show you a specific map thou

[bleak ivy]

That one is years long. Think it's 4 years minimum or something

[native wave]

really wish they'd give us a favorites tab or at least bubble favorites up to the top of the list

[celest halo]

You do today's update for shiny? I'm not home till later to do it

[distant hearth]

not yet

[bleak ivy]

They do if they are in the list.

[oblique pewter]

Oh did they ever say how much bread they gave to WC?

[celest halo]

I wish the ones I marked favorite wouldn't get un marked with each major update

[bleak ivy]

Don't think so but snail would've got most of it

[native wave]

that too

[old sentinel]

I’m having a problem. My center map has been started shows on the server list but when you try to join it, you get an error.

[bleak ivy]

They reset whenever the server is restarted.

[native wave]

yeah they need to not do that

I always relied on the steam server browser when I was playing ASE...missing that now and the favorites functionality is just unreliable right now

[oblique pewter]

We need a favorite tab is what we really need

[celest halo]

They need to do a lot of things but after 9 years don't think they will change

[oblique pewter]

Or that “my survivor” one again

[native wave]

my survivors would be nice

[bleak ivy]

Consoles never got that lol

They better not re-add the lan tab. Pretty sure that's what's breaking lan clusters in ASE

[native wave]

restarting my servers now to see if there's an update for shiny

yup there was

[celest halo]

My bot said there was one lol

[oblique pewter]

It’s 2024, LAN is so pointless now lol

[bleak ivy]

If you host a server that's how you join

Otherwise you'd need to VPN out to pretend to be outside the network.

[oblique pewter]

I thought you were talking about a LAN party? lol

Sorry haha*

[bleak ivy]

I mean people do that still too.

[oblique pewter]

Old farts

[distant hearth]

if you have such joyous interwebs as the 10mb dl 0.1mb ul as me , lan party doesnt sound so bad hahaha

[bleak ivy]

It's a faster connection. And some games require it lol.

[celest halo]

Or they live in a place with shit Internet so lan party better for less lag

[distant hearth]

i pay more for my shit internet than people 3 miles up the road that can get fibre

[oblique pewter]

I can see that, just the internet providers in this day and age are so strong and good that I personally haven’t been to or had a LAN party.

[oblique pewter]

2 gig down for $60 a month where I live

[celest halo]

I wish $80 for 300 down 10 up here

[distant hearth]

not availble where i live, best we can get is old dsl connection so have to pay for line rental aswell, its about £68 pcm, dunno what that is in $

for comparison, fibre wud be about £40 pcm

[oblique pewter]

About $80 but that’s gnarly. With you not doing $ I assume you’re not in the US

US has honestly great internet and ISP’s

[distant hearth]

no , uk

[celest halo]

Only in a few places

[distant hearth]

uk has pretty awful internet outside the cities...there slowly upgrading.very slowly , was predicted 2025 we get full fibre where i live but thats now delayed from the dreaded rona

[celest halo]

My ISP sucks it's $140 for 1gb down 40 up, that's why I only have 300/10 and that's still $80

[distant hearth]

sucks becuase if i had good internt , id buy a cheap rack server an run asa servers from it

[surreal grove]

anyone els that loses there profiles in clusters? whole characters disapears and we need to make new characters and start over.

[oblique pewter]

#Goals

[celest halo]

I run my own, but normally have up to 6 people that play on them, and most of the time it's 2-3 people

[distant hearth]

common issue , the only kinda fix i know is to use the differnt save format.
-converttostore then -usestore
downside is this changes how player and tribe data is stored, it has its downsides so u will want to look into it before deciding go that route

[surreal grove]

yea have seen that fix... not to happy with it...
and the problem is soo inconsistent i can happen when ever the game feels for it... trying to reinstall the servers now and see if that helps some... last night i did loss 2 times my character and 2 others did loose there... and the only thing i can do is to let them make new characters and give them all the stuff back

[distant hearth]

me an another user in here were testing -usestore , we cud not it get to break ... not saying it wont ,but i tried all sorts to break it an was fine everytime

[sharp vessel]

Hello everyone !
Is there an issue with The Island ?
I'm running 3 servers, one on The Island, one on The Center and one on Scorched Earth.
2 hours ago, I restarted them to get a new mod, TC and SE restarted without problem but The Island is crashing at startup, I tried to find logs about it, expecting to be a corrupted file but, in the errors, nothing is mentionning "corruption", I tried back-up from days, like the first of June and nothing's working.
I'm telling myself, with my scheduled tasks, the server would have crashed some days ago.
I tried a proper reinstall, the server is working but when I'm adding the saves, it's crashing, that's so weird
Edit : I tried to back-up very far to see if it works and nope, this is not working, I'm assuming there is a problem from the game, not my server.

[wraith moss]

Hey everyone. I am trying to setup exclusive join on a windows sever and can't seem to get it working. I have tried adding my steam id to the PlayersExclusiveJoinList.txt in ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64 and adding the -exclusivejoin flag to startup. I have also tried adding AdminListURL="file://C:\PathToFile.txt" with the SteamIDs in there and neither seem to work. Anyone have any suggestions? Or is this just not working?
***Fixed - typed whoami from console in single play mode to get EOS ID and used that in place of SteamID in the PlayersExclusiveJoinList.txt file ***

[eager patrol]

Anyone familiar with ASAServermanager that can help me with getting clusters to work?

For some reason it's not letting people remove items

[solemn sparrow]

Hey! We're setting up a server with friends, but we cannot respawn for 30 minutes each time we try to create a survivor.. does anyone know how to fix this?

We switched servers (maps), so that may have to do with it, but I have no idea what the exact issue is.

[olive talon]

Either rented or hosted, game.ini

bIncreasePvPRespawnInterval=False
IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalCheckPeriod=30
IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalMultiplier=1
IncreasePvPRespawnIntervalBaseAmount=0

[solemn sparrow]

Is that 30 responsible for the timer, or does this fix it?

[olive talon]

Just add all that and it should disappear.

[final mason]

What does the chekperiod specifically do? just curious

[rugged tendon]

I have the center and forglar set up clustered. Ever since the recent update I cannot transfer between the 2 anymore.
(Unofficial)

[eager patrol]

I cant even get a player to download an item they uploaded on the same map, i was thinking i set my clusters up wrong

just says disabled even though its not

[rugged tendon]

I was able to transfer until I updated to 45.5

[distant hearth]

nothing weird about it, one of the save files got corrupted, add them 1 at a time, find the one with issue an try the backup of it

[olive talon]

Wiki has descriptions for each config.

[solemn sparrow]

That fixed it, thank you! 🙏

[sharp vessel]

Check my edit, I tried to back-up very far, and it's not working either.
I'm assuming, the server can crashed on the 31th May, but it doesn't, the crashes started today when I tried to set up a new mod, and my scheduled tasks are restarting server everyday

[olive talon]

You're welcome 😊

[sharp vessel]

If something was corrupted some days ago, the server would crash at this moment, not today

[distant hearth]

if adding the save files to a clean server causes it to crash.... where does the issue be ?

[sharp vessel]

I don't know, but it's impossible that the server can crash today and the others day from the 31th May to today is working, it's kinda weird

[distant hearth]

its ark, nothing is impossible...
after an update, something that worked before may now cause an issue ..

just do logical steps, clean server boots, great, add in your ini files, still boots great, add in the world save file, still boots great, now add in in player and tribe files one at a time till find the one with issue

if you run mods and it boots fine with all the save files, same process of add one at a time with mods till find the problem one

[sharp vessel]

I will try to do a step-by-step for the tribe and player files but that's weird, usually, when you have a corruption crash, it's written in the ShooterLog...

And at this moment, this kind of crashes are happening when Wildcard do bad things in an update

[distant hearth]

usually yea, but not always ...
ark always been same, everytime major update , high chance summit breaks

[sharp vessel]

Anyway, each solutions are good to try, even if doing a step-by-step is not working, I tried

[distant hearth]

others might know better ways , but for me i always just used the logical step by step process, found it to be the fastest way to find problems .
Ive had to do it so often i find it the best way for me to fix issues

[humble thicket]

Is there a work around for in game chat on console? for ASA we can not open the chat without spamming L1 and touch pad and i know this has been an issue for awhile now yet its still not being fixed

[native wave]

not really the channel for that, I suggest you go to #bobs-with-probs

[old sentinel]

Anyone else having problems transporting into your bed on the center from a different map ?

[native wave]

I had it last night on the two beds I had placed. The one at my base, on one of the lava islands on the east side of the map. The other on a pillar north west of the blue ob. I resolved it by replacing my simple bed at base with a bunk bed, and creating the tribe I normally have (which I hadn't done yet on the Center). Not sure which change corrected my spawning though. Could be as simple as destroying and replacing the bed with a different one, I just chose to use a spare bunk bed from my island map.

[languid forge]

On ASE, I was able to take dinos from other maps that did not have them on my map and add them without mods using game.ini. Is that still possible for ASA to add Oasisaur to the Center?

Using something like this?
ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SnowGrasslands_Spawn_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="OasisaurCenter",EntryWeight=0.15,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Oasisaur_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Oasisaur_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.05)))

[jaunty vortex]

I went down this route. You get a tidier save directory and you can see player files being created in the cluster directory when transferring. I've only transferred twice, but it seemed to go smoothly

[celest halo]

I have that problem on SE don't matter if I click the bed or not still loading at a spawn location

[hard rapids]

new patch 45.5 15 hours ago but neither servers nor clients can update to it?

[celest halo]

Client is only on 45.18

And patch notes is for official servers, unofficials might or might not get anything that's listed as a minor version

[distant hearth]

no one knows since ced cant organise a piss up in a brewery ,
45.15 is latest version , previous to the latest patch that ced thinks is 43.15

unofficials dont got the latest patch yet which who the hell knows what actual version number it is , becuase of afore mention clown that doesnt seem to think version numbers are important an gets them wrong often enough to be frustrating

[echo pecan]

latest server version is 45.18 since that’s what official is running

[jaunty vortex]

only Nitrado public has it (asalive). Nitrado dedicated (nitradoPC) and unofficial dedicated (public) do not

Either they're testing something or somebody forgot to press the deploy button for nitradoPC and public

[celest halo]

Or they just don't care like they have in the past with other minor versions

[distant hearth]

id bet on the forgot part, i mean if u cant even be arsed to make sure the version numbers are correct on the official discord, no wonder its a shit show

[native wave]

the latter more likely than the former imo

[distant hearth]

or this...

[jaunty vortex]

I'd agree with all 3 of you! I was being polite 🤣

[celest halo]

Polite was like 6 years ago

[native wave]

one of the downsides to all the benefits unofficial brings is sometimes the devs forget you exist and deserve bug fixes too

[jaunty vortex]

we're not paying customers, I guess

[native wave]

officials aren't either

[jaunty vortex]

ignoring that my friends have bought Ark to play on my server

[celest halo]

Unofficials in the long term make them more money then officials do

[native wave]

yep...more dlc sold that can't be used on most official servers

[jaunty vortex]

I am surprised that NitradoPC didn't get it though

Public I kind of expect

[celest halo]

That and not having to use the money they make to pay for the server we play on

[native wave]

nitrado couldn't care less....they have a monopoly for the uninformed masses

[tacit glen]

Can you transfer dinos via crypods?

[jaunty vortex]

is that because people only last 1 month with Nitrado before realising they are better running their own server? 😂

[native wave]

yeah but I'd keep them in your inventory when you transfer

uploading stuff to the obelisk inventory with expirations has seen some....issues

[celest halo]

Unofficials they don't have to pay for, official servers are not cheep to run.

[distant hearth]

i love ark, ive put way more hours into the game than i care to admit.
I just get pissed that they cant even manage to get a couple numbers right for the versions...
its nothing thing prehaps but to me , if youre that sloppy on something simple......

[jaunty vortex]

Anything public facing you should take care over. And correct if it's wrong

[tacit glen]

You mean keep them in my 1-0 slots ? Just wait for timer to drop?

[celest halo]

Lol why get the numbers right when you can't ever get a release right, shouldn't need 2 patches within 24 hours of a major release 🤣

[hard rapids]

yikes, so basically they patched the pyromane breeding but didnt deploy the fix

[jaunty vortex]

they did, but not to us mortals

[native wave]

your character inventory....can be in your hotbar slots or in your inventory, it doesn't matter. I was talking versus uploading to obelisk inventory where you will get an expiration timer on the item you upload.

[celest halo]

They did for officials, they don't care about us unofficial folks

[hard rapids]

officials are on .18, which doesnt have the patch either no

[jaunty vortex]

or indeed the punters renting from nitrado

[hard rapids]

i dont know, it says 45.5 (45.18 PC client)

[jaunty vortex]

is 45.18 not the Steam version only?

45.5 would be the official server version

[distant hearth]

i kinda get the sloppy release, cant test everything, the masses are always gonna find bugs super fast.
its a time vs £ crunch for sure, why release a paid dlc dino broken if u arent running short cash

[tacit glen]

I dint know you could transfer without actually uploading the items or cryo to the obelisk inventory. This is new info to me. Does it work with items/structures too?ofcourse give I transfer server

[hard rapids]

i really dont know how to interpret this
v45.5 (45.18 PC Client) - 06/05/2024 - Minor version for servers and PC clients

[celest halo]

Thinking that is wrong when the major was 45.14 don't see a patch going backwards

[hard rapids]

officials are showing .18 in client

[jaunty vortex]

I mean, we are trusting Wildcard to get the version numbers right in patch notes...

[distant hearth]

which ced has now fucked up about 4 times i can think of

[native wave]

that reads as servers got 45.5, pc client got 45.18. it's about as clear as mud how they write it

[jaunty vortex]

my interpretation also

[distant hearth]

same, but its wrong

[native wave]

this discord would change dramatically if I were in charge of it

[celest halo]

Yeah but wrong, major was 45.14 then was a 45.15 now it's 45.5 when do version go down on a patch 🤣

[hard rapids]

and all the other branches besides public for 2430930 require passwords

im guessing asalive is the patched version

[native wave]

asalive are the official servers
nitradopc are the unofficial nitrado hosted servers
public is everyone else

[hard rapids]

ah okay, so nitrado hosted servers are in the gutter, same as us

the build id for nitradopc is even lower than public

[native wave]

nitrado has internal testing and development for their site, so their build sometimes doesn't get updated or might get updated before public does but not reach the actual servers they host until later

[hard rapids]

thank you thunder god

[celest halo]

Build Id I think is giving by steam, and goes up across all games on steam

[river tinsel]

is the Pyromane spawnable ?

[languid forge]

Is it possible in ASA to add Oasisaur to the Center? Using the below code in the Game.ini?

ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SnowGrasslands_Spawn_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="OasisaurCenter",EntryWeight=0.15,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Oasisaur_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Oasisaur_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.05)))

[eager patrol]

So... Whats broke on unnoffical servers?

[distant hearth]

probably with something like
cheat gmsummon "FireLion_Character_BP_C" 150

no idea if will work or if u need the dlc to do it

[river tinsel]

didn't work without

gonna try with then

[distant hearth]

the code might be wrong, i did it off top my head

[river tinsel]

even with the one on the wiki

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ASA/Dinos/FireLion/FireLion_Character_BP.FireLion_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

[distant hearth]

no idea,might be it has asa in the blueprint path like other asa stuff they added

[river tinsel]

yes i confirm you need the dlc

[cold brook]

Can anyone advise what the range is for wireless crafting from dedicated storages?

[errant fox]

You can select show range on the dedi.

[cold brook]

thanks a bunch my small 🧠 didn't spot that

[novel wren]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a prebuilt server rig? I've been paying for nitrado but I'd rather host it myself. I'd want to host ASA, Palworld, maybe Minecraft on it so I assume I'll need
some RAM. Having to build it myself wouldn't be a huge deal, prebuilt would just be simpler.

[sharp vessel]

@distant hearthDo you want a joke ? I tried to do a step-by-step file install and.... nothing is broken lmao

[wheat atlas]

Hi! I have a question, is there a way to change the default setting about putting away an animal after taking damage?

[distant hearth]

lmao , so it just decided to work fine now ?

[native wave]

well that's luck....I get the pyromane dlc and what's the first one I pick up....max level 180

they don't really react to being picked up by a wyvern

was going to work on adding gigantoraptor and rhyniognatha but now I need to tame this. have a conveinent island to keep him on near base

[sharp vessel]

Yeah, I did step-by-step for files, watching each time if the server is starting and finishing with one full reboot of the server and another one with the new mod, working fine now

[fringe lava]

Running my servers and my friends were able to join earlier but now all of a sudden they're running into Timed out errors, nothing has changed other than the center map. Everything is updated on both parties, anyone else having this issue?

[regal kernel]

does anyone know how banlist works?

[jaunty vortex]

No, but I’d like to know too.

[ornate raptor]

Ok so for those following along, I have managed to prove with wireshark that external clients can reach my ASA servers. Once a connection is attempted, the server returns a 10 Byte packet. Then the client sends back a 10 byte packet. This happens over and over again until the client or the server is closed. I have removed everything in the server directory, downloaded again throug h steamcmd, and had only the map and port in my batch. I feel like I am missing something simple. Its not firewall or port related unless there is some other port besides the one the server uses that needs to be opened. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[real coral]

I am only having this issue with my Island server. The Center runs fine.

[cobalt shoal]

Did they take the center servers down for xbox and ps5?

[worthy finch]

Does anyone know why the nitrado server that is running my center map under keeps restarting or updating and anytime i go to stop it i have to wait until i force stop (ive tried backing it up ive tried deleting the mod i added to it ive tried to delete files to fix it nothing is working)

[blissful trout]

The same is happening to my server.

[worthy finch]

Have you been able to fix it without wiping everything

[blissful trout]

No, I am about to try a back up file.

[worthy finch]

We did that it hasnt worked with us

its ONLY center doing it too, island and scorched earth are perfectly fine

[blissful trout]

Then it’s probably on Nitrado or WC’s end of things. I suggest we submit tickets.

[worthy finch]

id have to contact the owner for that im just a head admin with nitrado acess 😅 i used to code ASE servers but never had this issue

[worthy rapids]

does The Pyromane requires any special mod to add on the server?

[olive talon]

They're integrated into the base game, they only spawn on the center and scorched by default though.

[worthy rapids]

awesome!

[tall flame]

I just switched our server over to The Center and I can no longer see it in the server browser - is that because the unofficial server patch isn't out yet and our clients are too far ahead version wise? No idea what else might be wrong, it was working yesterday with Scorched.

[tall flame]

Thanks - unfortunately this didn't work for me. Still nothing.

[drifting quarry]

So me and my friends set up the center and for some reason are scorched earth server just doesn’t show up

And are scorched earth just keeps restarting

[sly minnow]

Does anyone know how to remove the host distance on a non dedicated game?

[hard rapids]

it cant be fully removed

[dawn flame]

Is the breeding for the Pyromane fixed? Mine are still spawning as wild when bred

[native wave]

only way is going to a dedicated server instead

[errant fox]

Anyone having issues with no longer being allowed to use Bob's Tall Tales content even though they own it?

Says I don't own it on the game but windows and pc game pass say I do

[worthy finch]

This has been happening to our center server for 2 days we even full wiped it.

[worthy finch]

I own it on xbox and its saying i dont own it or pyros on my windows version.

But i can play ark asa through my xbox gamepass if that makes sense somehow-?

[errant fox]

Probably a new bug for windows version. Been an issue since I could play it on here.

[worthy finch]

im tempted to just go to steam lmao

alot of servers are disabling windows version because of the issues

[errant fox]

oh god guess I'm getting back on xbox til it works.

[polar heart]

Does anyone know if there is a server side fix for the cave hyper spawning? I've tried lowering the spawn rates but that just causes mass spawning above ground.

I lowered meganeura in the swamp cave and it caused mass spino and snail spawning. After that I turned it back and started googling but no luck there.

So I came here to ask too

[native wave]

the overspawning is due to the caves not being run often enough. Your best bet is to do a dino wipe, wait a bit for the spawns to normalize, then run the cave

[polar heart]

I've tried dino wipes. It fills up again after about 20 minutes

[steel tusk]

Can anyone please help me? I’m running a server off the Ark: Survival Ascended Dedicated Server on steam and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the map to the center. It always just loads the island but I don’t see a place in the .ini files to change the map

[maiden niche]

Looks like The movement speed is not upgradable on flyers on the Center, even though I enabled it in Nitrado. Anyone else saw this? @here

[keen sorrel]

Is there a config line to change this limit?

"too high above ground"

when placing ceilings

[lavish gulch]

Has anyone lost their character while transferring on unoficial with the new patch?!?! I was cloned and then lost all of my character progress. Was out of the tribe and couldn’t get anything even with rollbacks

[oblique pewter]

This has been a issue for months

Once it happens you cant do anything, just gotta forceown structures/tribe again and make a new toon

[olive talon]

Did you enable both settings?

[native wave]

so seems as though gigantoraptors spawn on the center....rhynio do not. List Dinos only showed 4 spawned on the center when I tried it. I want to boost that and add rhynios to the swamp area around the waterfalls

[native wave]

also going to check if movement speed is upgradable on flyers on the center. I've had that enabled on my other maps and just transferred all my settings over to The Center when I fired my server up

[native wave]

doesn't appear my ini code for spawning the rhynio worked

[drifting quarry]

We did the same thing and nothing at all what’s even worse is my character is on there and can’t even get it. Guess I’ll just have to make a new one

[worthy finch]

Ive restarted 3 characters and had to run 2 of our members back through the bosses for free because of this

[cloud shoal]

@proven prawn
Why aren't unofficial servers patched?

[native wave]

they forget that we like bug fix patches too that affect our gameplay

and totally not joking with that

[cloud shoal]

Although it is a small amount, the paid content has caused bugs and it is negligent that they have not resolved them all.

[native wave]

yeah if I see dollie get on I'll be bugging her to get the public branch updated

there's no real point to tagging them unless they are actively chatting in a channel. they don't have notifications enabled so they won't see it unless it's highlighted while they are chatting

[cloud shoal]

Where should I send this?

[keen sorrel]

Is there any solution via ini edit or mod for "too high above ground" when placing something?

[shadow matrix]

Anyone else having issues transferring between the center and other maps?

[fallen jolt]

yes

[shadow matrix]

Is there a fix or is it just a waiting game?🤣

[fallen jolt]

wait :c

my server crashes every time I log in.. my character crashed when I killed myself, I was thrown to 50/50 and soon after the server crashed

on the center

[native wave]

ok, got the rhynios spawning on the center....a little overkill though on my settings. currently 59 of them in the swamp area around the floating island lol

on my first attempt I forgot the _C on the blueprint string

time to adjust the numbers down a tad bit

[native wave]

have to say, properly limiting them is a bit of a challenge

[pallid kestrel]

Anyone else having issues with transferring? Can't see Center from Island, can only transfer from SE but they all have the same cluster ID

Identical names, got it

[errant steeple]

Is there anyway to allow building in caves on the center? I googled it but the script to type into nitrado isnt working for me

[native wave]

ok....progress...instead of 60 or 30 of them....I got only 1 to spawn....so closer
Still tweaking....going to bed

[ashen stratus]

Some o fmy players are reporting the same issue

[clever trail]

Is there a setting i have to change to true for my server to be visible in the server browser (i can see my servers on battlemetrics but not ingame and the box that says shower server setting sis ticked)

[regal kernel]

i was told that the banlist just needs steam id then next line another steam id and nothing else in the text file but it simply does not work at all

then i banned someone in game with the admin manager and the game wrote steamid,name in the text file

like this 7656119927420####,123

so how does the next line go in?

[fervent tree]

Check your filter settings in-game. Make sure "Show player server" is ticked, double check password boxes and stuff. Also if you search for the name you have to actually press enter for it to do the search in the actual server database. It is a really bad UX

[iron bronze]

Dose anyone know if bans are saved as a file that can copied over to other servers? If so, where is it and what is it called?

[regal kernel]

ShooterGame/Binaries/win64/banlist.txt

or ShooterGame/Binaries/linux/banlist.txt

the file wont exist unless you ban someone

[iron bronze]

Okay, thank you very much!

[native wave]

would need to be the EOS ID now, not steam ID for ASA

[regal kernel]

im talking about ASE but that is actually useful because i run an ASA server too

[native wave]

ah ok

I've only dealt with the whitelist so far, and that requires the EOS ID

all changed over when they switched APIs

[iron bronze]

For some reason Pyromanes still come out wild when breeding on our servers...do I need to do anything to trigger the patch? I havn't had to so far...

[native wave]

no....they just need to push the patch to public for unofficials and nitradopc for nitrado unofficials

mentioned it to dollie this morning, never got a response though

[iron bronze]

Oh, I thought that was the case but also thought that it should be pushed by now...clearly I was wrong...thanks ^^

[native wave]

yeah it really should be pushed by now

[regal kernel]

does the center map already work?

because i got everything setup correctly but cant join my own server with the center loaded

can join the island or scorched earth

just keep getting timeout

[celest halo]

I could join my center map fine in my cluster, check your settings for it

[celest halo]

Should of been pushed like 44 hours ago, but we all know how much they care about us unofficial folks

[iron ice]

yo

[regal kernel]

i think i got it working finally

[ashen stratus]

It does not. You try and join and it will just crash. Somethings bugged with Center ATM. Been on a few servers including my own everytime you log in you crash get kicked out and then it starts again

[haughty cairn]

anyone else having issues with very few dinos spawning on center?

[high forge]

Too many in some locations and too little in others :p

[languid forge]

Is it possible in ASA to add Oasisaur to the Center? Using the below code in the Game.ini? Please @ me or reply so I get notification

ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SnowGrasslands_Spawn_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="OasisaurCenter",EntryWeight=0.15,NPCsToSpawnStrings=("Oasisaur_Character_BP_C"))),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClassString="Oasisaur_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.05)))

[distant hearth]

it seems to need the full blueprint path according to beacon , i get this
ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="SnowGrasslands_Spawn_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="Oasisaur",EntryWeight=0.257555556,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/Packs/Frontier/Dinos/Oasisaur/Oasisaur_Character_BP.Oasisaur_Character_BP_C"),ManualSpawnPointSpreadRadius=3000)),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClass="/Game/Packs/Frontier/Dinos/Oasisaur/Oasisaur_Character_BP.Oasisaur_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.05)))

[celest halo]

They pushed an update to public

10min ago

[native wave]

About time

[hard rapids]

yeah rejoice

[ashen stratus]

Yeah still broke.

[hard rapids]

breeding still broken in 45.18?

[ashen stratus]

The entire map is broken. Cant stay in it longer then 2 minutes without crashing and server restarting lol

[hard rapids]

yikes

[ashen stratus]

Center btw

[hard rapids]

i suppose theres no way to obtain a crashstack playing on PS either?

[ashen stratus]

Nope. Only thing i can see is the Restart logs of my server but theres nothing in there.

Seems its not just me either seen a few people saying same thing today

[hard rapids]

preliminarily it seems like the center uses more resources than the other 2 maps, with scorched using about 10gb and island 14gb of ram, center uses 18gb

[ashen stratus]

My guess its something to do with the Dino count. I had it at 1. But crashed everytime. Just dropped it down to 0.75 and its letting me in and hasnt crashed just yet

[dusty jay]

anyone able to grab the new patch yet

[celest halo]

lmao and now they do a patch note for v45.21 right after we just got 45.18

[ashen stratus]

Its not released yet though

[jaunty vortex]

Come back in 3 days, we might have it by then

[dusty jay]

can someone ping me once they can get the v45.21 plz

working wanna get it updated asap b4 i have to bail for the ay

[celest halo]

If 45.21 is anything like 45.18 then 3 days sounds about right 🤣

[jaunty vortex]

I am starting to question how much testing each patch is getting given the turn around times.

[celest halo]

Don't know but there playtest1 branch was updated 10 hours ago

And looks like 45.21 hasn't even made it to live

[jaunty vortex]

QA staging was 1 hour ago.

[languid forge]

thank you

[distant hearth]

it might not work still, didnt test it, be noted im terrible with spawns , you prob get 500 spawning lolz, might need to adjust the weights

[short leaf]

Anyone know what the Always tik dedicated skeletal mesh is?

[languid forge]

i didn't want to pay $20 a year for Beacon to confirm so this really helps thank you

[distant hearth]

its worth every penny

[jaunty vortex]

Seconded.

[celest halo]

Yeah but aslive still says 2 days ago

[jaunty vortex]

Where I work, we do QA testing before release to live (we call it production, not live).

[peak sapphire]

Added the Rhynio to the swamp on The Center and I’m already at 3 decimal points for spawn weight and max percentage, and there’s still 30+ spawning. I don’t remember ASE being this bad lol

[humble thicket]

anyone know if -PrideColors goes to game.ini or gus.ini?

#announcements

[distant hearth]

neither, its a command line argument

[humble thicket]

so I enter it in game after enablecheats?

sorry last question my server is 25x -PrideColors is 3x does it play with the rates or just colors?

[distant hearth]

no, its a server startup command line argument, if your on nitrado server you will have to wait for them to implent it .
If you have your own dedicated add onto the batch file like this ,
Start C:\arkserver1\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="willzlaptop" -port=7777 -winlivemaxplayers=10 -nobattleye -PrideColors

[distant hearth]

wudnt expect it to mess with rates, but with wildcard who knows

[dusty jay]

it doesnt touch the rates

your ini settings mess with the rates. thats colors only

[humble thicket]

i see so since im on nitrado ill have to update till they update the dashboard then right? to add it like this?

i cant send images but its the easter colors under general

[distant hearth]

yea if nitrado are gonna implement it there, they will add a check button ...
best to ask in the discord

[humble thicket]

awesome thank you!!!

[celest halo]

Also have to wait till we get 45.21 for it to do anything

[dusty jay]

or get off nitrado and host it yourself haha

[distant hearth]

if...you mean

[humble thicket]

dont even got that fix for pyro yet 💀

[dusty jay]

its on live servers

not unofficial

still waiting...

[humble thicket]

yeah only official i asked on nitrado about that yesterday they're uncertain if they getting it lol as per that dude its unecessary on unofficial

[celest halo]

45.18 came to unofficial like an hour ago

[humble thicket]

it did? 👀

unless nitrado dont have it yet

[distant hearth]

dunno bout nitrado, my stmcmd servers are on 45.18 now

[humble thicket]

nitrado just delayed as always lol getting out of t as soon as i can

[celest halo]

Nitrado has it, who knows if they done with there test and updating servers with it yet

[humble thicket]

i dont think so lol if it came out an hour ago would take them double that time to get it

[echo fractal]

Can someone tell me how I can enable my admin/cheats?
Console -> EnableCheats [Name][Password]

What is my name and password?

I play on local

[distant hearth]

they will have it, its just they have to get around to, updating all the server with it, they may do in house testing on first before pushing it to everyone on nitrado servers

[distant hearth]

single player you dont need to enable cheats , just use
cheat whatevercheat

i.e
cheat gcm

[echo fractal]

I need admin rights. cant edit scs terminal settings

[distant hearth]

no idea then sry, try #bobs-with-probs

[scenic ingot]

Hello all!
i am having a problem with ark survival ascended dedicated server.
i am trying to run it in a VM with windows 10.
Every time i am trying to start the server it crashes at start up.
so far i tried to run the server from steam, steamCMD, ASADedicatedManager and WindowsGSM.
I tried with stock settings and configured.
i also tried some settings that mentioned above.
the error is
0x00007ffe60937344 KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ffe61ac26b1 ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction []

Any ideas?

Oh also i do not use any mods... yet!

[jaunty vortex]

Official should have 45.21, ASALive has been updated according to the Steam DB. As always, NitradoPC and Public are lagging behind

[distant hearth]

does the vm have enough resources to run the server, you will want atleast 12gb ram allocated, prob a bit more ..
if has enough then try verify server install files

[lone lodge]

Good morning W1llz, i have a question. and you are my go to guy:) Command lines. I have this in the command line however i dont see any colors. -NoBattlEye -PrideColors -mods= Help?

[jaunty vortex]

Have you done a destroy wild dinos?

[lone lodge]

yes

[distant hearth]

we havent got the latest server patch yet that added that command use in, so got wait a while till they update us

[lone lodge]

ahhh got it, ty ty

[frigid vine]

Hrello! Is that new Parameter for protecting Cryos/tames safe to use?

[celest halo]

Won't do anything

We don't have the patch that works in

[scenic ingot]

i have i7 CPU 930 and gave 6 cores to the VM with 16GB ram.
i tried to verify and redownload.
is any program that i need to install on windows?
maybe something is missing...
do i need a GPU for the server?
from my pc i can run the ark server just fine

[frigid vine]

The question is, do we need this? Our Cluster was protected by password in the time where this exploit exists.

[celest halo]

Only you would know what's on your cluster, we don't. So can't tell you if you need it or not

[distant hearth]

nah just needs cpu and ram ,
im not familair with running it from vm but shud behave the same , unless its some sort permissions issue

[scenic ingot]

file permisiions?

[distant hearth]

yea , as will need to read an write to disk ... i dont know if the vm is allowing that.. or if needs to run as adminstrator etc

[jaunty vortex]

should be installed on the disk the VM uses. The issue you might be firewall x2 and NAT x2

[distant hearth]

if all else fails try a fresh server install using this, just change file paths to where you want
start C:\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir "C:\Arkserver1" +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 validate +quit

be sure to allow it through firewall when first start server

[celest halo]

Firewall issues not going to make it crash kernel32

[scenic ingot]

i am giving direct access to the network. but let me try to run from C

[distant hearth]

hmm true , but wud that make it error though or just not connectable? i dont know, havent tried with a vm

[simple thorn]

Hi all trying to install a new server but when it trys and start and download mods i get this error any clue how to fix it thanks. Error querying server mods apiError Failed Serverunreachable

[jaunty vortex]

it makes it a pain in the ass because you have twice the chances for connections to be blocked. If the VM is set to pick up its own IP address it will be easier, but a lot just piggy back from the host IP address and use NAT

Public just updated

[distant hearth]

my best guess something blocking the server from access the internet, firewall, router, anti virus, what ever else between it an internet

[distant hearth]

thx for the heads up 🙂

[mellow sigil]

I am getting the same error. Also a vm. Just updated to the most recent build. Everything was fine before that. I am running all 3 maps on the server and have not had issues before this. I run mods

[jaunty vortex]

I'm refreshing steam DB frequently 😄

[celest halo]

Do it to fast they ban you

[jaunty vortex]

I know, I'm not hitting refresh constantly, maybe every 5 minutes or so while I'm doing other stuff 🙂

[hollow crypt]

how do i add pride colors to nitrado?

[placid tinsel]

Unofficial severs can use this by adding the arg "-PrideColors" to the server commandline

[celest halo]

You wait till they update there dashboard

[hollow crypt]

cant on nitrado

[placid tinsel]

how do you know the server version in steam DB? what is the link?

[celest halo]

You don't know the version number, just time it was updated link is in pinned messages

[frigid vine]

Yes i could compare the Count of Cryos with/without Parameter. But as i understood the patch Notes, they "disable" the Cryos which ist affected. Or do you think they delete the whole Cryos?

[jaunty vortex]

#unofficial-setup-help message

[placid tinsel]

thanks

[jaunty vortex]

it's pinned here. ASALive is the official public servers. NitradoPC are the official private servers and Public are the ones the rest of us plebs use to run our own

I go by the time of the last update

so if they said there is an update out now but public last updated 2 days ago then I know not to try updating

[celest halo]

I just run a script to check steams API to check for updates, so when my bot says there is one I know it's out

[placid tinsel]

public 14632651 10 minutes ago

so did it update

[celest halo]

Says 10 min ago

[scenic ingot]

Moved the files to C. no luck.
i noticed at launch it shows this

Couldn't load mods library from disk
User context not loaded from disk

[dapper igloo]

I have a Pastebin for ini files that changes the cost of all engrams to 0 and auto unlocks Tek at level 0. (Tek can be easily removed or changed to unlock at a higher level.)
Also working on one now that will auto Unlock all engrams at their official level.

[worthy finch]

What section do we put the pride command line in for nitrado

[mellow sigil]

Just fyi within the last few minutes it appears that new patches are out. I updated again (I had 15 minutes ago) and my servers are starting

[distant hearth]

if it helps, can do it in one click of a button on beacon

[distant hearth]

not sure then sorry, have to hope someone that runs from a vm can help out

[scenic ingot]

i had a hope that the update will fix it but nope...

[mellow sigil]

these are literally within the last 2-3 minutes. I would patch again

[celest halo]

You wait for them to update there dashboard, just like they did for Easter colors

[scenic ingot]

i did update from steam. what dashboards do you mean?

[regal kernel]

does anyone know if there would be a problem with running more than 2 ASA servers?

im running 2 and the 3rd just does not want to let me connect

[scenic ingot]

can i run the ascended server from linux? maybe i will try from there

[celest halo]

That all depends on the hardware your trying to run them all on

[scenic ingot]

maybe check the default ports from wiki
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_server_setup#Windows_Server_editions_and_crossplay_with_Epic_players

[regal kernel]

i should be more specific

[celest halo]

Only with proton, or wine there is no Linux binaries for ASA

[regal kernel]

yeah that might be my issue

i tried using random ports and was getting timeout

[celest halo]

Your start script should be setting the port it's using

[regal kernel]

yeah i have set them that way

also in the file

its still refusing to let me connect

ports 7781 and 27017

im confused because the 2 other servers work just fine

[celest halo]

What's the name of the server, I can check EOS API and see what port that thinks it's on

[regal kernel]

[EU]PVPVE10XStack3XRatesNoWipeTheCenter

[soft pike]

Go to the “Config Files” on the nitrado dashboard

[celest halo]

"ADDRESSBOUND_s": "0.0.0.0:7779", that says its on port 7779

[regal kernel]

tf

[soft pike]

You can add lines of code to your selection you already saved from the easy setup on “General” in Settings

[regal kernel]

my ports are set in the start script and also in the config file

why would it go on 7779

[celest halo]

sent you the full json return in a dm

[regal kernel]

ok thank you

[distant hearth]

asa only uses a udp port for connecting (unless you use rcon, then u need to set that too), set it with -port=7777

they will default to using 7777, then 7778 then 7779 etc , they will switch ports depending on which server instance was started first ...
?port=xxxx doesnt always work -port=xxxx always works afaik

[lost valley]

im new to hosting a server. Can someone explain how and what exactly i type in command lines to activate the pride thing?

[distant hearth]

nitrado server ?

[lost valley]

yes

[distant hearth]

you cant do it on nitrado, they would need to implent an option for it as they dont give you command line access...
try there forums or discord to find out if there going to add it in, (i suspect they wont)

[soft pike]

So adding the command to the ini file won’t work?

[lost valley]

oh thats sad but a massive thankyou for the help. Really appreciate it

[distant hearth]

no, its a startup command for server batch file

[soft pike]

Ok Ty

[chilly coral]

So where do u add it in? In the game itself?

[distant hearth]

Its only an option for self hosted dedicated servers , where you have server start command access

[chilly coral]

Oooh. Fml why did they get us excited! What jerks lol.

Ty for making that clear

[soft pike]

Maybe Nitrado will add it like they did Easter colors

[clever tendon]

I am trying to set up a new server? does it need to be in the same folder as arkdedicatedserver.exe?

[short eagle]

yeah I'm a bit miffed at SP being left out again. just means my hiatus is going to continue

[vale sierra]

nothing colored spawns on our dedicated

server parameters set and wild dino kill performed

[feral marsh]

Question! I have S+ and while the majority had been working great on my server, we just completed the Manticore and now have propogators and dedicated storage and whatnot, but for whatever reason, whenever we press the "breed" button in the propogator, it causes a server crash. And whenever we select a resource in the dedicated server interface, it causes a server crash.

I'm on ASE. Any tips?

[marble condor]

I wonder why Nitrado won't let us alter the commandline? All other hosts that I've used through the years does.

[tepid bridge]

Also they should roll out the pyromanes breed patch. I can’t wait 🥹😅

[sleek nacelle]

Is there a list of command you can put into the dedicated terminal window?

[celest halo]

Your server running the right version for pride colors

[bleak horizon]

anyone got the spawn for firecats?

gmsummon firelion_character_bp_c 200

this is what i have but says it doesnt spawn on the center? 🤔

[vale sierra]

yes .21

[celest halo]

That was my only guess, I'm not home to check mine so not even sure the one of mine I updated and added that start flag to has the colors

[sleek nacelle]

Did you do a Dino wipe?

[vale sierra]

2 times even

[final eagle]

For events that's passed, I know we can update them to passive mods, do they need to be in -mods listing still as well? or just -passivemods?

Keep getting the love ascended splash screen and would like to have it reverted for my server

[dapper igloo]

Yeah, but not everyone feels they can afford the yearly Omni subscription and last I knew from ASE, using Beacon to AutoUnlock tosses all the engrams into one big bundle. Or adds extra.
The autounlock pastbin I made keeps the engrams in their respective levels. Unfortunately my experience in ASE tells me that this taxes the system if one tosses all their mind wipe points into new stats quickly. Which is why I also have one that doesn't autounlock but removes the cost to unlock and I'm working on another that joins the two to make certain important engrams autounlock while the others need to be "bought".

[distant hearth]

no woriies, was just not sure was aware beacon can do it, they improved it alot, theres mutiple ways it can handle the unlocks now

[iron bronze]

SetStatOnTarget doesn't work in ASA, right? (I mean, I'm trying it obviously and it's not working for me)

[distant hearth]

ive not tried it in asa , assume your using the correct format, have the dino in crosshairs and are in admin i.e
cheat SetStatOnTarget Health 65
shud set it to 65 points in health , is possible just dont work on asa , some stuff does, some doesnt

[iron bronze]

Yea, it's in the right format...seems like it just dosn't work sadly 😦

[distant hearth]

pretty sure someone tested it yesterday and you need to own the dlc to spawn it

[distant hearth]

yea its hit an miss, really wish a dev wud just give a list of what does an dont work on asa

[iron bronze]

Yep...or at least just fix/rework the commands that don't work

I think we are asking too much...I mean, to be fair, I don't like talking crap about wildcard...yes, it is annoying when things are not working or taking ages or they make crappy choices...but I still really like the game and I will continue to hope that things get better in some way...I don't know..

[maiden niche]

Yes I did enable both settings. Enable movement speed, and also enable movement speed in flyers.

[olive talon]

Tried podding them or anything?

[celest halo]

Lmao you think they know what does and don't when it comes to all the commands

[bleak horizon]

aw what?? i just bought the tame itself ugh

[distant hearth]

the tame itself is the dlc, so it shud work for you

[native wave]

I can say without a doubt leveling up movement speed on flyers works on the center when enabled properly. Something is wrong with your settings.

make sure the settings aren't getting overwritten by the server

[compact goblet]

If I log out too soon after transfering servers it makes me create a new character the next time I log in. My tribemates can see my body and save my inventory. but anyone else have this problem? Any fixes?

[distant hearth]

the obvious one, dont log out to soon lolz 🙂
your own server, self host or nitrado ?
i guess could try increase auto save period period , or if self host try the other save format with -converttostore then -usestore, do some research , as they have some downsides potentially

[compact goblet]

i mean it was over 30 mins so idk lolz 🙂

auto save is 1 min

[distant hearth]

autosave shud be 15 mins default

[compact goblet]

i set it to 1 min seemed to help with the losing character issue

[distant hearth]

i wonder if you trying save it too often can cause the issue ... ive never tried below 10 mins tbh ]

[compact goblet]

still happens from time to time

15 mins has the same problem so idk

[distant hearth]

nitrado or self host ?

[compact goblet]

disconnects the character from the account idk whay

self host\

[distant hearth]

its a common issue

[distant hearth]

research the -usestore save method then ... In testing i and another user here cudnt make it break using that , after -converttostore ..
pretty sure the wiki has info on it , but basically it combines the player an tribe data into the world save file .

[compact goblet]

kk ill look it up thx

[chilly coral]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong 😕
DisableCryopodEnemyCheck=true
Means the cryo will deploy around enemy structures right?
I'm still having that issue

Nitrado based ty for any advice ❤️

[distant hearth]

DisableCryopodEnemyCheck Default value: False
Value type: boolean
If True, allows cryopods to be used while enemies are nearby.

pulled from the wiki https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

if u want to unpod a dino anywhere, you need to disable the fridge requirement

[fiery jungle]

anyone know what supply crate loot quality smalltribes servers used on evolved?

[distant hearth]

default but a official server would have item stat clamps in place

[languid forge]

I am hosting an unoffical server from my PC and I also have AllowFlyerCarryPvE=True since it's a PvE server

Can the Argentavis no longer carry an Ankylosaurus on The Center? I swear I was able to on the Island. Am I missing something?

[fiery jungle]

what are stat clamps

[distant hearth]

the thing officials use to clamp the max stats of items and armour,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

[distant hearth]

that shud work fine if you have it in gameusersetting.ini
double check its not duplicated in there

[fiery jungle]

any idea what value they used?

[distant hearth]

its in the wike, cant rem off my head , i try link it

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

19800

[languid forge]

I am using Beacon App and pulling the info

It has:
[ServerSettings]
AllowAnyoneBabyImprintCuddle=True
AllowFlyerCarryPvE=True

[Beacon}
ManagedKeys=(Section="ServerSettings",Keys=(AllowAnyoneBabyImprintCuddle,AllowFlyerCarryPvE,AllowHideDamageSourceFromLogs,AllowHitMarkers,allowThirdPersonPlayer,Al.....

[fiery jungle]

thanks

[distant hearth]

that works as far as i know, so unsure why its an issue for you , try stopping the server, wait 5 mins, load the values to it , then save it , wait a minute an restart

[chilly coral]

I have true on both options. I looked at the wiki and I thought this would make so cryos release anywhere but we keep having an issue where they won't deploy when near enemies.

[distant hearth]

not sure then sry, i use a mod for cryos so not familiar with what the official can an cant do.
if its a nitrado server, stop it wait atleast 5 mins, make the changes in ini, save it , wait atleast minute , then restart.
nitrado ui is laggy an needs the wait times for changes to take effect on the actual server

[languid forge]

when you say " load the values to it , then save it , wait a minute an restart" do you mean to export code from beacon and save in the gameuser.ini again? sorry lil confused

[distant hearth]

yea sry , that . i dont explain things very well...basically all i can think is the server didnt take the setting change for some weird reason. so manually stop it , wait 5 mins , then do the beacon thing

[fiery jungle]

one last question in which file would i put clampitemstats=true and the values for the clamp?

[languid forge]

Thank you

[distant hearth]

going off memory , the clampitemstats=true is gameusersetting.ini , the actual clamps with the attribute and number in game.ini ,
just look it up on the wiki, it will show where they go as my memory aint great

@fiery jungle your in luck , i had written it down in my notes 🙂
gameusersetting.ini

[serversettings]
ClampItemStats=True

game.ini

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
ItemStatClamps[1]=19800
ItemStatClamps[3]=19800

[fiery jungle]

crazy how goated you are, thanks man

[distant hearth]

just dumb , so i write everything down hahaha , just had to search my notes

[chilly coral]

I'll try that! Thank you! Just wanted to be sure I was setting it properly and I'm not being stupid lol

[noble citrus]

i have all the req to play ark but it keeps on crashing saying i am out of v ram when i have twice the requirments. what do i do

[distant hearth]

#bobs-with-probs really for this , but try disabling framegeneration, if still crash disable foliage an fluid interaction, see if it helps , lots a things can causing crashing

[river tinsel]

are you guys able to transfert back to the island or scorched from the Center ?

[worn fractal]

how do you enable the pride month colors in nitrado? i cannot find the command line.

[distant hearth]

you cant atm, nitrado will need to add it with a check box or something, try there discord or forums to see if there going to implement it

[worn fractal]

hmm ty

[noble bolt]

can someone help me, im trynna join my friends non-dedi on ark evolved with hamachi but it keeps saying connection timedout

[olive talon]

Microsoft Evolved is not crossplay with Steam or Epic

[noble bolt]

we're both xbox gamepass on windows

[olive talon]

Nondedicated barely works for anything tbh, even on ASA

[noble bolt]

i wanna play co-op with my friend but i dont wanna spend 16$ a month man

[magic echo]

I have a few people asking why the fertilizer is being used up so quickly is there something I can do to fix it

[distant hearth]

both join the same server then .simples

[noble bolt]

aint fun when exploiters grief ur base everyday

[distant hearth]

join a pve server

[noble bolt]

theyre all so insanely modded and boring man, we js wanna run co-op vanilla alone

[native wave]

getting a weird issue with the distribution of rhynios I'm putting into the swamp on The Center. The spawns clump up...even though I'm only spawning one at a time. my earlier tests where I had way too many had them all spread out around the ring around the floating island. Trying to figure out how to get a lower number of them to spread out in a similar way.

This is the spawn container ini setting I am using:
ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntries_SwampWater_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="Rhyniognatha",EntryWeight=0.12,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C"),NPCsToSpawnPercentageChance=0.5,ManualSpawnPointSpreadRadius=500.0)),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClass="/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.02)))

This results in about 4-5 rhynios in two distinct groups around the ring. I've tried both the SwampWater spawn container and the regular Swamp container....have had better luck with the water one. Any help would be appreciated.

[distant hearth]

if one of u has a pc good enough setup a dedicated server then , non-dedicated is notoriously buggy , useless glorified single player mes sthat shudnt exist

[noble bolt]

i got a good enough pc but idk how to setup a dedicated one, can u help a brother out

[distant hearth]

im awful at spwaning creatures but the spread radius of 500 seems extremely low, try like 5k

[distant hearth]

yep , type into google, how to setup a an ark survival evolved dedicated server, theres a million guides on it, alot video guides too on youtube

[noble bolt]

i gotta let u know though i cant even join dedicated servers, it tells us both couldnt retrieve address
we can only join unofficial servers, not non-dedi or dedi

[distant hearth]

unofficial servers are "Dedicated " servers

[noble bolt]

they dont count as player dedicated? might be different on asa but on evolved player dedicated nd unofficial are both separate things

[grim rock]

Hello all. I am trying to host a dedicated server through the Pterodactyl panel, but I can only find my server in the list if I use the command "Ark.UseServerList 0." Does anyone know if I can fix it so that it always appears without the command?

[distant hearth]

on ase unofficial servers are "dedicated servers" the other shit is non dedi

[noble bolt]

on evolved player dedicated nd non-dedicated are separate from unofficial

[native wave]

iirc....that forces the game to use the local server list. probably means your port forwarding isn't setup properly and the in game server browser isn't able to see them. You can also check Battlemetrics for your servers. If it can see them then port forwarding should be good.

god damnit

[distant hearth]

lolz bot being an ass

[celest halo]

servers can show on battlemetrics even with broken port forwarding

[distant hearth]

@native wave anyway my understanding of the spawn radius is that its in ,
"unreal engine units" from memory one foundation is 10 units roughly ... so with a 500 spread radius ure spawning them in the space of 50 foundations

[grim rock]

I know that this is a very vague question, but do you have any advice on how to fix port forwarding?

[native wave]

On ASE, which I'm looking at while I type this. Unofficial shows all unofficial servers. Those are all dedicated servers. Non-Dedicated Sessions are all non-dedicated servers...people hosting a server while they play on the same executable. There is no "dedicated" in the steam version. dedicated can refer to either official or unofficial. It just means there's a dedicated machine that is only hosting a server.

[grim rock]

Is it more indepth than making my query and rcon ports match the two ports I have allocated?

[distant hearth]

very vague, but asa needs the one udp port forwarded, that you define in start command via -port=xxxx, where xxxx is the port number , through firewall, router any antivirus u might use an whatever else if you have between you and internet

[native wave]

in pterodactyl, no. The port forwarding has to be done at your router

and the rcon port should not be forwarded unless your server is actually on a different network

[grim rock]

I host through a Bare Metal Dedicated Server from OVH, so I don't really have access to the router

[celest halo]

can you connect to the server after doing Ark.UseServerList 0 so it shows in the server list

[grim rock]

Yeah but I don't wanna make people do that every time they want to play. I run a lil game server community and having to use that command makes it hard to get numbers up

[celest halo]

then its not a port forwarded issue

[grim rock]

Do you know what the issue may be then? I only thought it was a port-forwarding issue bc it was said to me further up in the chat^

[distant hearth]

when search for server, you type name in search , hit enter , it dont show up ? must have player server thing checked , also have the filters at top set to all

[celest halo]

you checking the show player servers (or what every its called) and show servers with password (if it has a password) in the server list

[grim rock]

I didn't know it counted as a player server, thank you

[celest halo]

anything none nitrado is player server

[grim rock]

I thought a dedicated server was just an official server

Ah that's weird. Thank you for the help!

[distant hearth]

official servers are wildcard hosted/owned server,
unofficial are player servers , but they decided to be shit an the little check box if you host on non nitrado server/machine

[ashen mango]

how do you add the -PrideColors thing to your unofficial server?

[celest halo]

you dont if your using nitrado

[ashen mango]

im not

[celest halo]

add it to your start command

[distant hearth]

heres an example ,
Start C:\arkserver1\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="willzlaptop" -port=7777 -winlivemaxplayers=10 -nobattleye -PrideColors

just throw it on the end an be good

[grim rock]

Does anyone have a full GameUseSettings file by any chance

[celest halo]

the wiki has a full list off all options

[distant hearth]

yea many , but there all differnt

[grim rock]

I just want a default file I can go into and change the things i need

[celest halo]

default i beleave is blank

[distant hearth]

i dont think i have a default tbh lmao .
the server will have a default one when u first install it though

[distant hearth]

for game.ini it is, but the gus, it creates one with stuffs in it

[grim rock]

Yeah but it's missing all of the xp/harvest stuff like that

[celest halo]

yeah but not much, most things in either file are overides from default

[distant hearth]

well yea, coz its default

i can send you some gus files, but there useless to anyone but me really,. as there setup for my servers or servers ive setup for others

[celest halo]

mine is really useless, most xp/harvest stuff i have in a dynamic config

[distant hearth]

i never got as far as doing that, really shud of , just did it all manually

tbf with beacon, it aint hard

[ashen mango]

Thanks for the help

[celest halo]

yeah i like the dynamic can change rates on the fly without having to restart the servers

[distant hearth]

ya i never changed, solid 1.5x harvest on most servers, i find that adequate , had boosted breeding and taming anyway so never saw the need for "events " as such

ive set some up for other people that insist on like 25x harvest ,xp an shit, there bored with in a few eeks

[celest halo]

i have BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier on 5 normally, but evey now and then for a weekend ill bump it to 10 lol

[lunar cloud]

Have any of you noticed an increase in "Connection Timeouts" and disconnects happen lately ? I feel since the large update we got at the end of scorched, number of disconnects increased and with the center update its a lot more now. Have almost never had disconnects before that large patch

[long lagoon]

where would i go to change the food and water drain rates

[distant hearth]

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

its set in gameusersetting.ini
something like
playerfooddrainmultiplier=1.0 is default , just search drain on the wiki site , shud come up

pretty sure lower is less, so , =0.5 wud half the amount it drains by

[long lagoon]

yeah the only drain I have in it is for dino

[distant hearth]

i literally just search drain on the wiki an get it come up
PlayerCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier

PlayerCharacterWaterDrainMultiplier

oh i word searched the site using ctrl F

[long lagoon]

Awesome ty

[distant hearth]

np, its a great site , also tells you if higher or lower, increase or decrease,

Value type: float
Specifies the scaling factor for player characters' water consumption. Higher values increase water consumption (player characters get thirsty faster).```

[trim veldt]

hi, can i know why my mods are not in my server. Have all mod in mods case but there's not online.

[distant hearth]

that translation hasnt come out very well ,
if u have "nitrado" server must add them in there section for it

own server then u add in start command , like this
-mods=45678,45678,65432,etc

[trim veldt]

sorry for my bad english ahah. its a dedicated server on my computer.

[distant hearth]

np, then u add how i showed in the start command , like this as an example,
Start ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="willzlaptop" -port=8889 -mods=45678,45678,65432

[trim veldt]

i will put my actual line

[distant hearth]

make note there are two commands for a server hosted in stmcmd, ?servercommand or -servercommand
-servercommand must have one space before

[trim veldt]

start ShooterGameServer.exe "Ragnarok?listen?"SessionName=Activebass?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10 -mods=564895376,642284892,749466101,889745138,893904615,895711211,1379756928,1380777369,1591643730,1814953878,1999447172,2246809471,2514065085,
exit

is there any error?

it's on ark survivor evolved

[distant hearth]

start ShooterGameServer.exe Ragnarok?listen?SessionName="Activebass"?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10 -mods=564895376,642284892,749466101,889745138,893904615,895711211,1379756928,1380777369,1591643730,1814953878,1999447172,2246809471,2514065085

exit no, it tell it exit, not wanted

i also move a Quotation "

but it shudnt matter

[trim veldt]

ok tanks, i will try, and i have another this line in my gameusersettings.ini

activemods=564895376,642284892,749466101,889745138,893904615,895711211,1379756928,1380777369,1591643730,1814953878,1999447172,2246809471,2514065085

can i delete this line?

[distant hearth]

leave this line in there , it tell server what order to load mods i believe

[trim veldt]

ok tanks i will try now. good evening

[distant hearth]

good luck

[trim veldt]

still not working

there is the good fold to put the mods?

G:\STEAM\SteamCMD\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Evolved Dedicated Server\ShooterGame\Content\Mods

[distant hearth]

when you set the command -mods =
it then downloads them on server start too the folder they need to go

[feral marsh]

Anyone super S+ savvy?

[trim veldt]

hum, i will try to remove them in this folder and the server will download them?

[lone slate]

Anyone else’s Center map crashing over and over?

[distant hearth]

it shud yes

[trim veldt]

ok i will try

still not loading 🫤

[distant hearth]

what exactly is happening?
if all else , load server no mods, test it works..
then add 1 mod, test

[trim veldt]

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 346110
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:108][ 0]LogMemory: Platform Memory Stats for WindowsServer
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:108][ 0]LogMemory: Process Physical Memory: 67.24 MB used, 67.24 MB peak
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:108][ 0]LogMemory: Process Virtual Memory: 53.66 MB used, 53.79 MB peak
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:108][ 0]LogMemory: Physical Memory: 9643.02 MB used, 32678.11 MB total
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:108][ 0]LogMemory: Virtual Memory: 4510.08 MB used, 134217728.00 MB total
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:409][ 0]New Save Format enabled
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:409][ 0]ARK Version: 358.24
[2024.06.07-23.55.52:409][ 0]PID: 22700
[2024.06.07-23.56.31:677][ 0]Primal Game Data Took 37.35 seconds
[2024.06.07-23.56.34:617][ 0]SteamSocketsOpenSource: gethostname failed ()
[2024.06.07-23.56.34:617][ 0]gethostbyname failed ()
[2024.06.07-23.56.50:839][ 0]Server Initializing with BattlEye Anti-Cheat Protection. If you do not wish to use BattlEye, please launch with -NoBattlEye
[2024.06.07-23.56.50:840][ 0]BattlEye successfully started.
[2024.06.07-23.57.02:848][ 0]Server: "Activebass" has successfully started!
[2024.06.07-23.57.02:930][ 0]ADayCycleManager Rag_DayCycle_C_0,
[2024.06.07-23.57.23:177][ 0]Commandline: Ragnarok?listen?SessionName="Activebass"?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10 -mods=564895376,642284892,749466101,889745138,893904615,895711211,1379756928,1380777369,1591643730,1814953878,1999447172,2246809471,2514065085
[2024.06.07-23.57.23:177][ 0]Full Startup: 92.91 seconds (BP compile: 0.00 seconds)
[2024.06.07-23.57.23:177][ 0]Number of cores 8
[2024.06.07-23.57.23:296][ 1]Le serveur tente de lancer l'événement du Nouvel An
[2024.06.07-23.57.23:296][ 1]Sever Is not set to official or running NewYearEvent argument
[2024.06.07-23.57.25:188][ 58]Définir l'emplacement de l'événement du Nouvel An à : 85868,648 - -111300,875 - 41857,234
[2024.06.08-00.06.34:634][622]Saving world...
[2024.06.08-00.06.36:653][622]World Save Complete. Took 0.5208

but when i connect on server the mods are not charged or downloaded

and the mods are not present in the mods folder.

[distant hearth]

you can join an play on the server?

[trim veldt]

yes

its like a normal game

[distant hearth]

ok good, try just one mod first , see if that can work, make sure the mod id is correct

[trim veldt]

nope, still not working. My .bat startserver is in the binaries/ win64 it is ok?

[distant hearth]

yea will work fine there its the simplest way , if you move it else where u have to specify the path to it

as a last thing i think of try this ,
start ShooterGameServer.exe Ragnarok?listen?SessionName="Activebass"?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10 -mods="564895376,642284892,749466101,889745138,893904615,895711211,1379756928,1380777369,1591643730,1814953878,1999447172,2246809471,2514065085"

i add quotations to the numbers, it might work

[trim veldt]

ok i try

[distant hearth]

ok i think i see problem , ark evevolved the wiki say to use ?GameModIds=

so you would need to use this ,
start ShooterGameServer.exe Ragnarok?listen?SessionName="Activebass"?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?MaxPlayers=10?GameModIds=564895376,642284892,749466101,889745138,893904615,895711211,1379756928,1380777369,1591643730,1814953878,1999447172,2246809471,2514065085

sorry i only familiar with ark ascended, did not realise it used a differnt command

[trim veldt]

ahah no problem, i try this

[distant hearth]

i hope it works as im out of any other idea

[trim veldt]

sorry bro still not working, but tanks for your patience

[distant hearth]

no problem, someone will come along and help that knows more about in time

[tacit thistle]

Anyone has the argument to launch a server with the center map? Looks like it's not TheCenter_WP or is it?

[lunar cloud]

yes its TheCenter_WP

[tacit thistle]

Thank you, I'll have to look up why it's not showing in the server list.

[humble thicket]

dumbest thing, how do i do this..... im just not getting it "Create a script to launch the server with your desired options and settings. For simplicity, place it in the same folder where the server files were downloaded. On Windows, this is a batch file; on Linux, this is a shell script. Examples are provided below. For both platforms, the server options are specified with the same basic syntax. For a more deep comprehension and a guide about server settings, have a look at the server configuration page.
On Windows, create a text file named start_server.bat and place it in YOUR_ARK_SERVER_FOLDER/ShooterGame/Binaries/Win64/ (remove the '<' '>' symbols!)"

never really coded before if thats what this is meaning

[wraith sun]

When you ran the steamcmd setup to install it should have downloaded server files to some directory. Inside the directory you will make a text file with the command to start the server. The next line in that tutorial tells you what to put in the text file.

[humble thicket]

yea i made the server file, just named it "arkserver", would i put the text in there?

[wraith sun]

Yea but name it start_server.bat like they recommend, to make it easier to follow.

[humble thicket]

gotcha

is my whole file supposed to be seperate from ark? its just on my desktop

[tacit thistle]

in the same folder you asked steam cmd to installed the server

[humble thicket]

it just told me to make a server yea?

just named "steamcmd"

i might have done it a lil wrong

does the steamcmd folder i installed need to be inside of the ark server folder?

and then the text need to be in with the cmd?

[tacit thistle]

does not need to be no

[humble thicket]

ok so seperated

[distant hearth]

im off bed but i sent you a simple guide i wrote in txt file, its not great but dozen so people got servers running using it, any issues can dm but be a long wait for relpy as i gotta sleep then work

[humble thicket]

thanks, im surprised im gettin all this help, yall are much appreciated

[prisma lantern]

can someone give me a default Game ini please? I got a copy from a friend but some of the settings arent what i want and i am not sure what the defaults are for some stuff

[distant hearth]

im just passing forward infor everyne here gave me

[distant hearth]

for default, delete it, everything

by default game.ini is blank

[prisma lantern]

I kinow but all the settings are not there that need to be set, that's what i need so that I can adjust what i want

[celest halo]

thats what the wiki is for, by default the game.ini has nothing in it

its an override file only things that are not default have to be in it

[prisma lantern]

thx, ill figure it out

[acoustic iron]

Anyone figured out how to add the Pride Event to nitrado” I tried to just add arg”PrideColors” as an extra line

[wooden tartan]

-PrideColors Not sure for Nitrado.

[snow beacon]

I think they have to add the option under events like they did with the Easter event. Why it's taking them 10 hours to do so idk.

It has to go in the command line and nitrado only let's you edit the game.ini and gameusersetting.ini manually

[acoustic iron]

I went to search “event” to see if there was a line but didn’t see any

And I only have Easter to click

[snow beacon]

It took them 2 hours to add the center as an option for the map drop down. You'd think 10 hours would be enough time to edit the Easter event option from -eastercolors to -pridecolors

[acoustic iron]

I tried Ctrl F searched Event but nothing matches like to add event name

[distant hearth]

nitrado server u have to wait for them to add u a button check box , if they do.., try there discord or forum

they dont allow you command line acces

[acoustic iron]

Oh gotcha so what they posed was for PC than

[distant hearth]

it wa sfor self hosted servers , not nitrado

[acoustic iron]

Thank you so much

[wooden tartan]

Might open a ticket up and ask Nitrado. They might give you a time frame. Not sure.

[humble thicket]

anyone know a free way to port forward for a server?

this sites tryna charge me 40 dabloons for it...

[wraith sun]

You'll port forward through your own router, not any third party service. Unless you have a peculiar network configuration.

[humble thicket]

idek how to port forward

[wraith sun]

Check router manual it will have a whole section for port forwarding.

[humble thicket]

i used cmd to find my port there are so many number 💀

i sadly do not have a manual for it

[wraith sun]

Look online.

[humble thicket]

idek what my routers brand is hold on

this stuff is way too complicated for my brain...

dont i just need my port number?

[distant hearth]

slow down, take a breath , then google port forwarding ark server or some shit,
you will need to port forward windows firewall, any antivirus if your using one,and then through your router . since its evolved u will need to do two ports , one udp game port an one tcp queryport

[humble thicket]

i cant get into my router i dont have the password or anything, its my parents n they sleepin

[wooden tartan]

Password is password or admin

[humble thicket]

so this prob isnt possible atm

[wooden tartan]

username is admin

[humble thicket]

i tried those, and what it said on the router itself, they changed it

[wooden tartan]

Do you use a router though an isp?

[humble thicket]

idek what that means, we use ubee

[wooden tartan]

let me google it

[humble thicket]

look up ubee user manual, should be the first model that pops up

[wooden tartan]

Did you buy a router at a store or did they give it to you?

[humble thicket]

no idea, like i said i dont own it my parents got it years ago

[wooden tartan]

How did you try and log into your router?

Did you use you default gateway?

[humble thicket]

yes

[wooden tartan]

Then you folks have changed the password and knkow more about pc's then you think!

[humble thicket]

access got denied when i tried the default password and user on the side of the router

[wooden tartan]

That or you ISP changed it before they sent it out to you. And you would need to give them a call to get the password.

[humble thicket]

dad does me not so much

is there no other way than that?

[wooden tartan]

If the ISP sent it naaa. If you dad change the password yes.

But I will not be the one to tell you how to do that. Dad would not be happy with me.

[worn fractal]

in nitrado game.ini is wilddinocharacterfooddrainmultiplier the same as wilddinofooddrainmultiplier?

[distant hearth]

whats this reset button do

[humble thicket]

he might not even know the password its prob been too long

im gonna press it!

[wooden tartan]

Reset dads attitude lmao.

[distant hearth]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration
hit ctrl an F , search drain , will tellyou , pretty sure those are gameusersettingini lined

[wooden tartan]

^

[distant hearth]

smart dad wud of disable the reset

[wooden tartan]

Boooo!

[distant hearth]

bot playing up as usual

[wooden tartan]

Had a good Gif for that lol.

[humble thicket]

how about this, any suggestion for what server hosting i should use for say like close to 20 mods, 2 people playing on valguero, im trying not to pay an ungodly amount of money

[wooden tartan]

20 mods?

[distant hearth]

g portal

[wooden tartan]

Install Ark and log into Rune Scape a?

[humble thicket]

thats renting servers?

[distant hearth]

yea

there the best of the shitty server providers imho

[wooden tartan]

Yep gportal is not bad they say. Never used them myself.

[wraith sun]

Yea I see it recommended a lot too.

[humble thicket]

well wont i have my server for a set amount of time then poof gone?

[distant hearth]

there not terrible like most

[wraith sun]

That's how it works. You pay monthly, or yearly, or whatever.

[wooden tartan]

If you do not pay the bills. Yes poof gone.

[humble thicket]

does it automatically renew payments?

[distant hearth]

for aslong as u pay for it, but you can ftp in, pull the save files an keep them forveer

[wooden tartan]

Some save your stuff for about 30 days but after that 100% gone.

[humble thicket]

can i put save files from an already existing world?

[distant hearth]

yea if you know how

[humble thicket]

well i do not so restarting 😄

[distant hearth]

then google 🙂

all the info is on google if you really want to learn

[wooden tartan]

This is true.

You should learn how to get in your router and add ports at some point. Its a good thing to know.

[humble thicket]

all servers are in europe???

[wooden tartan]

Helps out a lot in the gaming world.

[humble thicket]

eh, ill try but i work 50 hour weeks

[wooden tartan]

Take some ark time and move it over to google.

[distant hearth]

its how i learned half of it , im a 41 year old techophobe lmao ,
well almost haha, stab at a keyboard with two fingers

hmm seems the bot doesnt like maddona songs

[wooden tartan]

lol

[distant hearth]

like a ... next word blocked

[wooden tartan]

O yeah. I can see that lol.

[humble thicket]

this stuff is more than bisect hosting 💀

[wooden tartan]

No matter what you end up doing you will need to learn some stuff. It can take a bit to set up as well. Even with Gportal.

[distant hearth]

patience and time , took me years learn half the settings for servers, but im slow, most wud suss it way quicker

[humble thicket]

and gportal cna add mods yea?

[wooden tartan]

If they did not allow mods no one would use them I would not think.

Its a big thing in ARK. Even the devs have mods lol.

So I would say 100% you can.

How you add mods on Gportal though. I have no clue.

[distant hearth]

betwen this page an the next you can setup a server an change any config, just takes a bit time learning,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_server_setup

[distant hearth]

similar to shitrado, they have a page u ad the mod id numbers

it only lets official wiki links

[wooden tartan]

It was lmao.

[distant hearth]

bot doing its bot thibg then lolz

[wooden tartan]

@humble thicket Good luck though. Starting a Ark server up can be fun and well not fun some times lol. Its not a Minecraft server that's for sure.

[distant hearth]

yea thats what i thoght about 7 years ago when i first started a sever, now its just annoying spnding 30 mins get it set up haha

even more annoying when u spen an hour or two fixing the dam things after updates

[humble thicket]

holy shit gportal sucks

i cant even login to it in the app, i keep getting an error messsage at the bottom left but theres no text when i click on anything 💀

[distant hearth]

dunno bout te app, but just logged in to website, account an checked on the two conan exile servers i look after for a friend in under a minute

[humble thicket]

i think i can only add mods thru the app? maybe? but login is impossible

and i already paid for this shit...

i just wanna play ark man

[distant hearth]

i always just did it through my computer an a webpage, im not sure about apps

[humble thicket]

theres no login for gportal you have to rent the server and yea

nvm im dumb

[distant hearth]

botom left, i log in all time with it

[humble thicket]

yea i saw that, this video online is showing a mods tab in the servers for ark, but i dont see it

under content tab, dont see that either

its hosting on god damn ps4 servers......

[distant hearth]

i cant rem, been a long time since i had ase servers, but there is options for it

[humble thicket]

sorry for spamming i figured it out this been frustrating

[distant hearth]

user error if you brought wrong thing, ps4 cant have mods, contact there customer, luckiliy there pretty good an willrefund it or switch it to pc server

[humble thicket]

i figured it out i think

[misty forge]

(DinoNameTag=”Godzilla_character_BP_C",SpawnWeightMultiplier=0.1,OverrideSpawnLimitPercentage=true,SpawnLimitPercentage=0.1)

Would this work to make a spawn rare?

[trail elm]

"-PrideColors"
Does anyone know if that code goes in gameuser settings on nitrado, does it need to include quotations?

[distant hearth]

its a server start command line parameter, you cant do nothing with it on nitrado,
you wait for them to add a checkbox for you tick , if they do...
best to check there dixcord or forums, see if they gonna add it

[plain swan]

Hey anyone know a list of actual cheats that work as simple stuff like forcetame in any working, the only thing I’ve gotten to work is Enablecheats with password and then what ever I typed to make creative mode come on, everything else isn’t working.

[humble thicket]

when using gportal, would my server be listed under unofficial?

[distant hearth]

use cheat before commands , there isnt a list i know of, some work some dont ,
i.e
cheat dotame

[distant hearth]

yes

[humble thicket]

my servers running i searched it but nothin...

[bleak ivy]

also/or admincheat there are only a few that don't use one of these.

does gportal give the IP to the server? that would be the best way to join.

[humble thicket]

what do i just type the ip into the ark server searchbar?

[distant hearth]

admin cheat was just superceeded by cheat i think ? but yea both work, just pot luck on asa if the old ase command works or not with it

[distant hearth]

they can take upto 10 mins to show up in lists when there fresh

[humble thicket]

so after awhile of playing it wont be like that?

[distant hearth]

usually once the server been actibe for an hour or so its al2ways showing, mak esure when looking for it, all filters at top are set to all , then any filters at bottom are set correct, show password protected etc

[bleak ivy]

you can either use the Open IP:port password command in singleplayer or add it to your favorites in steam's server browser.

[distant hearth]

if all else faile join via ip:port

[humble thicket]

how would i do that?

[distant hearth]

i type this in google an it gives me a guide, sry cant link
g portal how to add an ark server in steam favourites

[humble thicket]

idk what to do anymore, i used the steam thing to view games and add to favorites, it doesnt recognize my servers ip or port

[upbeat solstice]

Stupid question, how do I add all the pretty colors in my nitrado server? The pride colors

[humble thicket]

its beautiful.... i can see it!

[bleak ivy]

-PrideColors in the launch options

[distant hearth]

you cant, got wait for nitrado to add a check box, if they do..

[bleak ivy]

oh, nitrado doesn't have a box? lol

[distant hearth]

nope no command line acess

just another reason to avoid that shit show of a hosting comapny imho ..

[humble thicket]

yeah no i dont think we do they can't say if its being added or not either

[mental coral]

Anyone having probs with death beam on unofficial server

[open heart]

Ever since the Center update my server cluster had just been randomly deleting player account files. Has anyone else been running into this?

[oblique osprey]

an someone help me? After the update of Ark ascended to version 45.21, the GAME.INI file is no longer being recognized. Is this happening to anyone else, or is it just me?

[errant steeple]

Is there anyway to allow building in caves on the center? I googled it but the script to type into nitrado isnt working for me. Is there any other way that anybody knows of? Ty

[ebon hamlet]

ah, i did wonder what to do. Google wasn't bringing anything up. Thank you for that

[vital linden]

I have been maintaining my servers for a few weeks without logging into them. When I tried on my main account today, it took me to the logging screen. I tried on my admin account (same machine, windows user, everyting - just switched Steam accounts and logged in) and I could get in on admin and see my character in bed for the main account that I play on. Anyone know how to resolve? I tried looking at profiles, but apparently Wildcard is encoding them now. I don't see clear text values anymore.

[prisma lily]

when i put difficulty to 6 for higher lvls it just reverts back once i join again

anyone knows why

[regal kernel]

does anyone know if -useitemdupecheck does anything in ASA

[native wave]

make sure your ini files aren't getting overwritten

[native wave]

Wiki has a question mark for if it's supported on ASA. My guess is that it is not yet supported for ASA

[regal kernel]

ok thanks

[scenic ingot]

FYI
I found the solution to the ARK SA dedicated server in proxmox VM.
i just added the following lines to the vm config file located to /etc/pve/qemu-server/999.conf:

agent: 0
args: -cpu 'host,hv_vendor_id=PLSWORK,kvm=off,-hypervisor'
cpu: host,hidden=1,flags=+pcid
kvm: 1

[signal crescent]

Can you enable the holiday colors on unofficial?

[jaunty vortex]

add -PrideColors to your start up command. But if you're on Nitrado, you're out of luck for now

e.g.

"TheIsland_WP?SessionName=Test - RA - The Island" -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=20 -PrideColors

[heavy bough]

You need to have MaxDifficulty=False in game.ini

[fiery jetty]

I need to do something to get event colors for this event on my singleplayer save?

[native wave]

So still tweaking rhynio spawns. Switched back to using DinoSpawnEntriesSwamp_C as it has the distribution of them I want. There are just too many of them. I tried modifying the MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow down really low, but I think it ignores the value and uses a default base value instead. I can't get the numbers below like 40 rhynio which is just too many

[distant hearth]

can try like this maybe, i think that shud only allow two to spawn ,cud add more if wanted
ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesSwamp_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="two rhynio added",EntryWeight=0.5,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C","/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C"),NPCsToSpawnPercentageChance=(1,1),ManualSpawnPointSpreadRadius=2500)))

[native wave]

I like that thinking....gonna give it a try

[distant hearth]

i dunno if it will work, just generated it with beacon, but i seem to rem doing something similar in ase

[main oyster]

im having an issue with the menu, whenever i open a box or my menu and put my cursor over and item i no longer see the pop up window filled with information on the items

[distant hearth]

i thnk its in inventory on left side but nearer top middle, a toggle option for tooltips on an off

[main oyster]

thank you so much that worked perfect

[midnight crow]

i am trying to setup a cluster server on a dedicated host but cant get the cluster to work correctly

doesnt seem to let me connect to each server lock me in character screen when i transfer my char back anuud forth

[native wave]

uh....no...definitely not. I have 817 rhynio on my map now lol

[distant hearth]

if the two servers you try to cluster run from seprate folders, they will need a shared cluster folder that they can both acces.
using -clusterdiroverirde=<location for shared folder>
i.e
Start C:\arkserver1\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="willzlaptop" -port=7777 -winlivemaxplayers=10 -nobattleye -clusterid=myserver -clusterdiroverride="C:\mycluster"

[distant hearth]

lol, this why i suck at dino spawns, sry .

[native wave]

and they're all just northwest of the floating island...don't even want to try to go to that area

[native wave]

thanks for the try. something else to work with

[distant hearth]

in theory it shud work in my mind, but it seems not haha

[distant hearth]

whats the code you used to get 40 spawning?

[native wave]

I went with 6 instead of 2

ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesSwamp_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="Rhyniognatha 6",EntryWeight=0.5,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C","/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C""/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C""/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C""/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C""/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C"),NPCsToSpawnPercentageChance=(1,1,1,1,1,1),ManualSpawnPointSpreadRadius=2500.0)))

[distant hearth]

see way i understand it, entryweight of the dino, is its weight compared to everything else in the spawn pool .
This part controls how likely it is to get picked in the spawn group.

then theres the max % desire number to allow or what ever, that controls how many total can spawn, so prob its becuase of that part missing ?

i add it in at 10% here , it in theory lower the total that spawn
ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesSwamp_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="two rhynio added",EntryWeight=0.5,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C","/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C"),NPCsToSpawnPercentageChance=(1,1),ManualSpawnPointSpreadRadius=2500)),NPCSpawnLimits=((NPCClass="/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C",MaxPercentageOfDesiredNumToAllow=0.1)))

then trial an error to get the numbers at a reasonable point, i wish it had a simulation button like the drop editing does in beacon app lolz

[native wave]

For ASE you enter your server ip followed by the query port into the steam server browser to make it a favorite:
ip:query port

[native wave]

I'm thinking I was just seeing the closest spawns to me as it was exceeding the number in the finder mod I'm using.

[distant hearth]

i looked at the simplified spawn entry an the highest other entry weight in that group was like 0.15 so prob my code was bad cause the weight way high and dint have a max % limit

[native wave]

closer this time....only 178 rhynio this time.

tweaking it down considering what limits I've already found. the floats just don't go lower than a certain point. I was trying numbers like 0.00000002 for the max percent

I don't think it goes beyond like 0.0002 for precision...that would be 0.02% essentially

[distant hearth]

that kinda makes sense

[worthy rapids]

On my private cluster people are killing babies carcha to level up to max level. It seems to give an absurd amount of experience. Do I have a bad setting or it's the same on official?

[oblique pewter]

This is normal

[native wave]

yeah normal on a pvp server I believe

[olive talon]

It's been disabled on pve for that reason

[worthy rapids]

ok so on pve it's disabled but not on pvp

[olive talon]

Yep

[worthy rapids]

thanks!

[olive talon]

You can disable it if you'd like

[worthy rapids]

I feel like it defeats the purpose of having to level up in the first place if you can level up in a few minutes to max level... but heh

[pale sentinel]

Hey I am trying to use Beacon but the harvest rates are disabled. Can I, out of curiosity, just use the "Custom config" section and put my harvest rates in there?

[distant hearth]

not sure, but if that dont work, hit the export button, then just copy paste the parts you want from beacon into your server

[pale sentinel]

Fair enough haha.

[distant hearth]

its worth the small fee to have full access imo though

[pale sentinel]

Yeah fair enough.

I was just wondering if it would allow me to export with those settings or not haha

[distant hearth]

i suspect it will, but i cant test properly, adding it into the custom config of paid version, it puts it into the ini when i hit export

[pale sentinel]

If I just want 2x harvest and 3x node health I only need those two params right?

I am honestly not super familiar with the optimized harvest health options and what those do

[distant hearth]

yea just add them then try see what happens when press export, they shud show up

[pale sentinel]

Alright, thanks.

[distant hearth]

more for crazy boosted servers to stop game crashing soon as hit a rock becuase get 1 bajillion stones

[pale sentinel]

Oh and do I need to put the "section" in the custom area as well?

Like the section header part []

[distant hearth]

no it auto put it under the correct header when i just tried

[native wave]

72 this time. If I can get it lower than 40 I'm making progress

[pale sentinel]

Can't see how to change the Server Name inside Beacon

My panel allegedely controls it with a startup command so maybe I should just do it there

(Pterodactyl)

[pale sentinel]

It put it under the correct header and worked fine in the custom area

[maiden niche]

Anyone know how to tame Tek Ouranosaurus?

[native wave]

go to the mod discord that is from