unofficial-setup-help

[native zealot]

We restarted the Servers but nothing happenend.

It looks like I'm making a new character and our admin is supporting me a bit, since he knows what I had (notes, bosses, gear)

Thanks to everyone for your tips and quick help 😃👍

[silver thistle]

Does anyone here who run servers have a solution for xbox series s players to be able to play on center ? The guys who play mine constantly get kicked and I gotta kill them for them to.join

[fleet ermine]

Feel free to pm if need commands for him (admin of 5yrs now)

Inr regard to bosses.
He will have to summon the boss teleporters, using gcm he'll have to kill the bosses &- then red rifle to loot containers

[marsh elm]

Anyone any solution to fixing a restart loop

Tried starting with previous day save no joy

[native zealot]

Thank you for this 😃

We have my character back, or rather a version that is several days old, which doesn't matter, the main thing is that it's back. And luckily I didn't have any mounts in my inventory either ^^

[celest halo]

Always nice when can load a backup of one

Or when admin can give you your stuff back

[halcyon topaz]

Anyone have the ark club running in their unofficial cluster?

[native wave]

I got mine up, but I could not connect and create a character so I shut it down

and the server never registered as online fully in pterodactyl

[vital linden]

Anyone know why I get the message "ARK Items Transfers Disabled" for my Club ARK server, even though all 6 transfer INI lines for preventing download and upload are set to False?

[native wave]

you cannot transfer into a club ARK server. everyone has to create a new character on it. You can setup your server to transfer items out though

[vital linden]

I just want to transfer items out of Club ARK.

[distant hearth]

theres 7 lines, check for this one too
notributedownloads=false

[vital linden]

I'll add that one and try. Thanks.

[hardy river]

Big sad, so doesnt even work through your oown dedicated?

[distant hearth]

onle ever add a line if its not there, you need to check for it first, if there, an true, set false

[hardy river]

You were doing the dedicated server yourself right thunnder, no Nitradoo?

[vital linden]

Yeah, it's not there.

[distant hearth]

i got a server running the ark club, i just joined it from the norm search menu, didnt try transfer yet, will test that klater if get time.
the dodo game is kinda fun

edit, i also got the hexagon rewards for completing the game and cud use them to buy stuff or gamble with

[native wave]

I'm still working on it. those were just my first attempts last night

[hardy river]

Oh got it! Would love to know if you ever get it workingn llmao

[celest halo]

I haven't even installed it yet, I need to set up another Linux VM with proton. My windows VM has 3 servers running on it now and don't want another windows VM 🤣

[native wave]

and yes it's self-hosted in my server in my basement...not nitrado

[native wave]

that's why I love pterodactyl. running them in docker containers flows nicely with the rest of my setup

[distant hearth]

prob shud said, mines just on my normal pc, windows home .
i just named the map an portforwarded it like i wud any other mod map

[native wave]

I'm tracking down issues with my modified pterodactyl egg right now...seems it contributed to my problems

[celest halo]

My nice setup don't work for ASA if they had Linux binaries it would though. My ASE cluster I had ansible playbooks to one click install a server and manage them all

[native wave]

it appended my AltSaveDirectoryName to my admin password

[native wave]

yeah ansible is still something I want to work on for my network. haven't really dove into it yet. Learning as I go

[frigid vine]

btw. what do you think is better for the performance?

• linux with proton vs. windows vm?
• vm with each 3 arkservers vs. one vm with e.g. 12 arkservers?

I guess for the first option there is no measurable difference, but for the second one i could imagine that the VM tool (e.g. proxmox / vmware, whatever) is handling the ressources much better, if you have multiple VMs with less ark-servers. Of course it costs you some additional RAM and license costs for the windows-server VM(s).

[celest halo]

It is nice, right now I only use it for doing updates to me Linux vms

[celest halo]

I hate windows for running dedicated servers 🤣 so I will always say Linux VM's. I only have the one windows VM with ASA servers because I didn't want to set up proton

[vital linden]

Still can't transfer items out of Club ARK. This is so frustrating.

[celest halo]

My ASE cluster each server was on its own VM, easier to limit resources and not have one server mess up take all the ram and multiple servers crash

[native wave]

My setup:
Gaming PC: Windows 10
Laptop: Windows 10
File Server: Unraid
Old Enterprise Server: Proxmox node running mostly Ubuntu Server VM's, 1 Windows Server VM
Old Gaming PC: Proxmox node running 1 Windows 10 VM (used for game servers that need more speed per core)

[celest halo]

I don't care for running proton either though, they need to give us Linux binaries like they did with ASE lol

[frigid vine]

I'm with you, i would also love it to have linux binaries for ASA. But yeah, it is how it is 🙂

My ASE cluster each server was on its own VM, easier to limit resources and not have one server mess up take all the ram and multiple servers crash
With linux it think its totally worth to do like this way, because a linux-dist costs maybe 200-300MB of RAM. But for windows VMs you will need (with GUI) min. 1GB for the system itself, aggregated to 12-13 servers, you will lost around 15GB vs. maybe 5GB for linux

[native wave]

yeah linux is just more efficient for running all network services

[celest halo]

Kind of same, gaming PC is win 10, Nas is truenas core, dedicated server rig is a old Dell power edge R720 with esxi

[celest halo]

Yup that's why my 3 asa are on one windows 10 vm

[native wave]

I've been wanting to get a newer file server to run truenas on to replace my unraid server. It has some limitations I just don't like

[celest halo]

My truenas box is old I built that back in 2017

[native wave]

my unraid was built back in like 2014 I think

gotta love what old hardware can do though

[celest halo]

Yup and that's nice thing with Linux it don't really care how old the hardware is

And it uses like nothing for resources, my discord bot VM running Ubuntu minimal server is using 120mhz

My DNS server VM is using 60mhz and 1.04 GB of ram 🤣

[halcyon topaz]

Okay I set up a club ark server but I don’t see it. What am I missing? I linked it to my other servers

[celest halo]

I want to get a new rack server the R720 has 2 E5-2670s in it. But ones I keep finding with higher GHz cost to much

[native wave]

When I'm searching for new gear I start with a local electronics recycler that gets old corporate equipment from a local worldwide HQ....a major corporation you have heard of

[celest halo]

I don't know of anyone like that around me, and it's surprising because we have a major computer corporation not far

[native wave]

I found them on ebay....it was sheer luck the electronics recycler is about a 10 minute drive to my south

[celest halo]

Nice only ones I found on eBay where in NYC little over 2 hours away 😂

[halcyon topaz]

My servers are saying I have to pay for something to join but I haven’t changed any mods and I checked my installed mods none are premium

[celest halo]

Biggest problem by me is there is a major it electronic disposal/data storage company like 15 min away

[coral path]

same as me

[native wave]

have you checked if they sell any stuff that isn't trashed?

that's basically what that place near me does. any servers they sell come without hard drives because they remove them and destroy them

[celest halo]

Can't find anything on there website about selling just drive shredding 🤣

And recycling

[native wave]

yeah same....but they have a presnce on ebay and when I went there to pick up my server, I just walked in asked around and found the person in charge of the ebay sales. loaded up my server and rails. No backdoor sort of thing

might just go there and ask around if they have anything like that. it's a source of revenue for the company. my only issue is I can't browse their ebay listings without getting sent offers for items I've looked at 😂

[celest halo]

Place by me you can't even go to, to ask with it also being a data storage facility it's gated

[native wave]

ah yeah....that'd be a problem

they don't do data storage like that just the destruction of the the drives

I used to work for a company that did offsite tape backups. I had to prepare the daily box we sent out

[celest halo]

Company stores alot of stuff, they have a lot of master tapes for movies/artist and stuff for the government

[native wave]

oh yeah, that'll be high high security

gotta find their smaller competitor in the area...the one that doesn't do the storage 😆

[celest halo]

Yup 24/7 armed guards and the storage area is underground in old limestone mines

[olive talon]

Bring it back to server setups please

[native wave]

will do....we just geeking out

[olive talon]

I know, just a gentle reminder

[coral tartan]

Purchase Required to continue? Why am i getting this on my server. I have not changed anything.

[olive talon]

Ongoing issue, just wait for a fix

[native wave]

I think that's an issue with curseforge

[coral tartan]

Ok

[grim roost]

Is anyone experiencing survivor upload/map trasnfers nor working?

[native wave]

there's curseforge issues that will be disrupting basically everything

[haughty badger]

Does anyone know where to find a list of the custom cosmetics on official servers. Trying to decide if I want to change to their whitelist since the changes

[grim roost]

Thank you

[topaz rivet]

A new ongoing issue that will be resolved quickly? My server has this going on now as well.

[olive talon]

It's curseforge. Wait for a fix.

[native wave]

@olive talon

[olive talon]

Yw

[buoyant smelt]

if i was to buy a mod for a server do the other people also have to make the purchase?

[olive talon]

Yes

[buoyant smelt]

Okay thank you so much!

[silent tangle]

The same thing is happening to me.

[native wave]

They have plans for sometime in the future to allow mod developers pick and choose what features would be available if you don't own a mod. nothing concrete yet.

[native wave]

it's a current curseforge issue...it's having problems with load on their servers

[buoyant smelt]

okay so turns out there isnt any bought mods on the server, but its telling everyone they need to purchase required mods

[silent tangle]

I saw that. Hopefully it's soon. We literally just switched our map to the Center last night and I didn't get a chance to explore yet.

[native wave]

yeah that's the current curseforge issue

[buoyant smelt]

ahhh ookay okay

[steady kettle]

A bunch of my members are unable to join because of the "Purchase Required" nonsense...

[olive talon]

It's a curseforge issue, it's overloaded. Just wait for a fix.

[steady kettle]

Sounds good. Thank you.

[halcyon topaz]

Anyone set up an ark club server? If so how did you get it to show in the list

[native wave]

same way you get any server to show in the list

[dusty jay]

any fixes for this 666 mod issue?

[olive talon]

No, wait for curseforge to fix it.

[buoyant smelt]

my husband got in after messing around on single player for a bit its weird lol

[native wave]

curseforge being down means it's largely inaccessible. Unless the server is just off and not connected to the internet, requests still might get through

the more people try...the more load there is, so best just to go do something else for a bit until they get it sorted

[celest halo]

Cursforge needs to up there game seems like everyday they having Internet/server issues

[native wave]

yeah seems to happen around the time US starts ramping up and Europe is in prime time

[celest halo]

To me it's kind of early for US most should be at work or school lol

[native wave]

starts ramping up....definitely not near prime time yet

the later in the day it gets the more people get on

[celest halo]

Next week it be worse all the schools should out for summer by then 😂

[native wave]

yup yup

[celest halo]

True but still kind of early only 1pm east coast

[native wave]

you would think curseforge has regional servers

[chilly coral]

US has been out of school lol

[celest halo]

You would think, I blame it on all the people downloading Minecraft mods for there 200+ modded servers 🤣

[celest halo]

Not all of it schools by me end next Wednesday

[native wave]

some people really overdo mods...it's especially problematic on multiplayer servers

[buoyant smelt]

I've gotten in so im assuming theyre getting things figured out now

[celest halo]

It's easy on Minecraft, my Minecraft server has 260 mods lmao, my ark server has 4

[native wave]

I have up to 16 on my ASA servers, I typically never go beyond 20 with ark

[celest halo]

I try to keep ark under 5, 10 max. It has enough issues don't need to add a lot of mods to make more problems

[native wave]

yeah with it just being me right now....been pushing it a little

my friends have a negative view of ASA and haven't gotten it yet. Had some guys from another discord playing on my island server but even they gave up and haven't touched my servers recently (not since I turned on the whitelist and took away the password). I don't mind playing alone, I typically do my own thing anyway even when others are on my server

[celest halo]

I do same with valheim have 4 mods on that also, that being EA and changing all time breaks mods so much just easier not to have many

[celest halo]

Yeah I had 2 on my asa server, me and a friend. Friend hasn't logged in since like 2 weeks after scorched earth came out and I haven't logged into it in about 3 weeks lmao

[red juniper]

Does anybody know if ark club rewars quality can be increased on unofficial?

[native wave]

I don't know of a way to do that yet

[celest halo]

Last time I logged in to ark might of been less then 3 weeks but all I did was transfer to the center then back to island to make sure it was in the cluster right 🤣

[lapis shadow]

hmm is there a way to increase the spawns of a spcific dino? like on our scorched earth omega cluster,there are not that many wyvern,we wanne increase them a bit.we don't wanne increase all dino's,just all wyverns?

[native wave]

You can bit you'll need the Dino tag from the Dino you want to increase

[red juniper]

It can be done theres code someone shared to me to make it theres like 20- 30 wyverns in the the trench

[lapis shadow]

@red juniper any chance you can link that to me aswell? :p

[native wave]

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

[red juniper]

I can but im at work and cant access my server atm, send me a dm and ill send you the code once i get home

[halcyon topaz]

What’s the map name supposed to be? Custom? Scoorched?

[maiden niche]

Hi, is there discord channel for the power rangers mod/

[native wave]

Map: Custom
Mapname: BobsMissions_WP

[maiden niche]

How do I know which dinos can have those skins,

[native wave]

@olive talon any chance you all can allow curseforge links?

[native wave]

go look at the curseforge page for the mod

[olive talon]

Can suggest it by messaging Dodo Mail, since I'm not sure atm

[maiden niche]

there is no discord mention in that page.

[native wave]

it says what dinos those skins are for

DINOZORDS— 5 unique dinosaur skins; transform supported dinosaurs into the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord, Triceratops Dinozord, Mastodon Dinozord, Pterodactyl Dinozord, or Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord

only one not really there is the mastodon...ie mammoth

[halcyon topaz]

It’s still not showing

[errant fox]

I changed mine by changing the dinos that spawn at the bottom of the trench. Like the Titanoboa, Arthro, and dung beetle. Now it is a death trap going for eggs. Have fun if you do change it.

[native wave]

should allow you to enter a custom map name when you select custom. I do not have the nitrado interface to look at right now

[halcyon topaz]

I figured it out you can’t go by using the transmitter.

Just leaves me to wonder how do I take stuff back to my main map

[native wave]

you can't transfer to Club ARK period, everyone has to create a new character

you upload to the obelisk and download on another server

note: I have not gotten it working on my map yet as I have not been able to login yet. That is just my understanding of how it works

[halcyon topaz]

Ohhh okay okay.

[wise kindle]

Access Club Ark from your pause menu.

[keen sorrel]

Will adding the Power Rangers mod to my server require other people to purchase it before they can connect?

[native wave]

it's a cosmetic mod, no need to add it to servers

[keen sorrel]

I'm guessing I need the DoCustomCosmeticValidation line in my launch arguments so others can see them?

[distant hearth]

far as i can tell that line allows downloads on the fly, so.. anyone with the mod wud see it , anyone without will download it if they come in render range.
its gonna lead to issues for me i reckon, shite internet

[wise kindle]

Power Rangers isnt a mod. For that specificially, no action on the part of the server owner is needed.

[late estuary]

If you host with Nitrado, to do the official custom cosmetic thingy, just don't check the Disable Custom Cosmetics box. That's it

[bitter dock]

When I try to join to a server appears an error that say you have been kicked by battleye reason bad service version what can I do ?

[native wave]

turns out this cause my issues. sorted that out, server starts fine and rcon connects fine...now to add the whitelist

[knotty fiber]

Is there a specific limit for the center my server always does a restart every day after it's fix. I'm beginning to think the center can't handle 30+ mods should I do less than 10?

[gloomy hinge]

Does anyone know if DinoSpawnWeightMultipier works in ASA? Or What about NPCReplacement?

[distant hearth]

they work , can be finicky , some need full dino path

[gloomy hinge]

Ah ok thanks, the guide I looked at only used the short version like "Bronto" for the tag, I'll use the full BP path. It goes in the game.ini right?

[distant hearth]

yea game .ini just be warned its tricky get the adjustments right

[native wave]

yes game ini. if it calls for the tag, use the tag. class is just the end of the bp path. classpath is the full bp path without the "blueprint" on the front

not all dinos have dino tags yet. still looking for the x fish dino tag to turn down the spawns

[gloomy hinge]

I know I gave up back in ASE days doing this, but we got absolutely wrecked by microraptors on Scorched the other night, literally couldn't move for microraptors till you died repeatedly. So have to do something lol

[native wave]

yeah microraptors are a little overdone on scorched

[gloomy hinge]

Der Dino Finder is telling me there are 378 on the map 🫣

[grave otter]

hello a friend of mine has a problem..he had bug 666 on our unofficial server, he deleted all the mods, he wanted to reinstall them and the krustic mod is stuck halfway impossible to dl does anyone have a solution ?

[late estuary]

Stop praying to the great beast 666 obviously

[native wave]

server working great....just over 2GB of memory, loads up fast. joined up from the game server browser in game....working great. time to try some games

[digital token]

Are you going from a non official server to an official club ark server?

[native wave]

my own club ark server

just joined it straight from the server select screen like any other server. created a character (everyone has to do that)

[digital token]

Did you host it in cluster mode?

[native wave]

yep so I can see my center server in the transfer list. have all uploads/downloads enabled

going to test out transfering stuff to my center server as soon as I can get some stuff to transfer

[digital token]

Are you using a common cluster transfer folder?

[native wave]

I have a custom folder set

works just like any server, you just have to create a character instead of transferring in

[digital token]

Okay. I'm asking as I can't test this myself, since I'm on Win10 client... Need I say more, lol

So are are you meant to get the items back if you can't transfer your char?

[native wave]

you transfer the items, not the character

[digital token]

I see

[native wave]

as I said, I haven't tested that part yet

[digital token]

Fair enough, thanks for the info

Does anyone know how to white list players so they don't need the server password?

[native wave]

the tokens I got from collecting dodos disappeared, not sure what happened to them

[celest halo]

the other dodos took them back lmao

[native wave]

oh is that it...lol

[maiden niche]

Hi @here, Is there anyway to change the max player level in the unofficial server to something like 300?

[celest halo]

idk havnt even started up a club server yet lmao

[native wave]

seems like a reasonable explanation to me though

[digital token]

Have you tried setting MaxPlayers?

[native wave]

oh I think I know why. didn't have the mount point set for my club server yet for the cluster folder

[celest halo]

oof, but cant say i havent done that before lol

thats one of the reasons i do a manual backup when adding new server to the cluster and testing transfers, so i can reload my char if it fails lol

[native wave]

well nothing happened to my character. but that was a possible explanation why the tokens were disappearing

[maiden niche]

do you have the line I need to add in ini?

[celest halo]

yeah would of be the char though if you could transfer a char there

[digital token]

[/Script/Engine.GameSession]
MaxPlayers=5

[native wave]

MaxPlayers is just the maximum number of players on the server....not player level

[native wave]

I do not know of a way to do that. might be possible with ini settings, but I haven't done that specifically yet

[digital token]

Sorry, I miss read

[celest halo]

last i knew them settings to incress max level didnt work, but that was before SE came out

[native wave]

yeah I had some issues with writing to folders....the tokens aren't disappearing now

[distant hearth]

did you do whack a dodo yet?

[native wave]

yeah failed miserably because I couldn't figure out the weapons for the boss

[distant hearth]

took me 4 tries to get it, its kinda fun though

[native wave]

I'm better at the lasso game

[distant hearth]

i tried that once an some mad ram killed me haha

i use controller, its hard to control dino in that view with controller, thats my excuse

[native wave]

yeah controllers are gonna have a hard time in club ark

[bleak sun]

is there a config setting to change the build height limit?

[distant hearth]

none that i know but last i tried to build up it was stupidily high an i gave up, suprised the heights an issue

[native wave]

I think you're only restricted by the world border

[bleak sun]

I'm building a tower for a teleporter and I got high enough to where when I try to place something it says "can't place structure: too high above ground"

[distant hearth]

not sure then, must be hard coded, i checked every setting here for structure an nothing relates to height,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

[simple orbit]

Hey guys hope somebody can help out
A few players on my server have purchased the power ranger skins but can’t seem to use them on my server. Do I need to enable something ??

[slate bridge]

No it will be in their custom cosmetics in their inventory

[main depot]

I have a question about the new CustomCosmetics configuration.

In the gus.ini we have CosmeticWhitelistOverride="https://nice.ark-domain.tld/cc.ini".

The cc.ini looks like this:
972492,968943,972253

This worked fine until the last update (ClubArk, PowerRanger).

Now I start the game (all CCs are downloaded!) and I see NOTHING in the CC menu.

Then I see: something has changed:
https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/736592-enable-custom-cosmetics-validation-on-unofficial/

But I don't really understand that. Do I have to change the cc.ini now?

972492|1|1|83929846798
968943|1|1|34675676574
972253|1|1|54643634565

?

How do I update the CRC?

Launch args "-log -PrintCosmeticCRC" ... with Nitrado this does not work.

But even with my private test server, the question arises: do I really have to get the CRCs regularly and update the cc.ini?

Sorry, but this has killed Custom Cosmetics. Many CCs are very poorly maintained anyway - with this method, CCs are only worthwhile if you use DoCustomCosmeticValidation and thus use the official CCs whitelist. New CCs are dependent on WC's mercy to be included in the list?

I have the cc.ini on a server where I can access it via script - if I knew how to create the CRCs via console (Linux Bash, MS PowerShell), I could have the cc.ini rewritten and uploaded every 24 hours. But I think that's more of an isolated solution. This is no help for many CC modders - when most Nitrado users can't even access their CCs thanks to the WC whitelist obligation.

Or what am I missing? How do I get CCs active again on Nitrado? Preferably so that they update themselves automatically...

[uneven flame]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Mod:Custom_cosmetics

[wise kindle]

Tbh I dont think anyone understands this yet. WC hasnt told us anymore than you already know.

[distant hearth]

it does kinda explain that you use the Launch args "-log -PrintCosmeticCRC" as a steam player to get the data you need for the custom white list, which would be the 4th piece of data in a 4 data string , so in the example below the number to whitelist wud be ,1158890534

Cosmetic Whitelist CRC: 980875|0|1|1158890534

kinda useles on nitrado atm as u cant add the server start command -DoCustomCosmeticValidation

[terse kraken]

Anyone have any experience with the Tristan's Additional Creatures mod? I wanna add it to my world before starting but I wanna make sure it s good mod before something happens. Can anyone let me know? Thanks

[woven linden]

Anyone seeing the Transfer UI missing from Nitrado servers or even Official or Unofficials not on Nitrado? Someone noticed it only showing upload, no transfer. I went on and see the same. I tested on Xbox, but not Steam yet.

Was working fine for our cluster last night.

[distant hearth]

shudnt it just be the 4th piece of data from each as i explained, not all the data from it ?

nvm guess u saw, sry im not sure myself, was just how it read to me

[grim roost]

So after the update, players are not able to transfer maps.
Crossplay is enabled, IDs match, and restrictions are off.
Would someone know what else I can do?

[woven linden]

Same, just came to ask about it above. I see someone else reported the same issue to WC in their forums.

[grim roost]

Why does every update mess everything up -_-

[main depot]

OK printcosmeticscrc on CLIENT-SITE has worked. I have now received the CRCs for the installed CCs and packed the following into the cc-config file:

968943|0|1|-2085641597
975527|0|1|-1513488011
1007703|0|1|-87872138
972253|0|1|-707481435
1006355|0|1|323205025
985124|0|1|-1058461329
1016333|0|1|-1411077595
1018794|0|1|-168668340
1020402|0|1|331549822
972492|0|1|1876772250
(among others the official ccs [sample])

I then restarted the server (to make sure that the new cc-config is applied). Launch Arg @Server (Ded. Testserver; not Nitrado) with -DoCustomCosmeticValidation. On the client side I start ark, connect to the server and see ... a single mod: Games, Glam, and Guns (Sample) (the first id in cc-konfig)

Whats wrong? 😦

[distant hearth]

shudnt it just be the 4th piece of data from each as i explained, not all the data from it ?
[23:46]

[woven linden]

Because they haven't hired me. Kidding... well kindof. 😂

I let someone know elsewhere as well.

[distant hearth]

break it down
968943|0|1|-2085641597
1st piece data=968943
2nd=0
3rd=1
4th=-2085641597

4th is the number needed, what they dont state is if it needs the dash or not, i wud think it does since some have, some dont

[snow karma]

Am I able to play with a PS4 player, im on windows 11/PC, we both just got the game and we don't know how to set up a server. Please help!

[distant hearth]

join a server an you can play, non dedicated is not xplay

oh wait, ps4??? ure on ark evolved?

[snow karma]

I dont see any servers when I click TSOTF

Yes, we are both on ARK evolved

[distant hearth]

its not x play at all

[grim roost]

Just take over xD

[woven linden]

LOL They wouldn't like me I'm sure.

[grim roost]

xD

[snow karma]

Is the ascended version cross play?

[woven linden]

Yes

[distant hearth]

yes but its not out on ps4, and only on servers its crossplay

[oak yarrow]

Transfers are broken again, when trying to respawn transferred character it bugs out menu and greys out the respawn and forces you to make a new character

[woven linden]

Oh, yeah, only current gen consoles plus Steam. Is it on Epic as well? Maybe geforce as well, I think someone mentioned that.

[woven linden]

Yeah, I wouldn't transfer right now. See above. I'd link to the forum bug report but I cannot.

[distant hearth]

asa not on epic, not surre about cloud gaming stuff, assume so

[warped notch]

Any idea why my dedicated servers are no longer following game.ini and gameusersettings.ini settings?

[oak yarrow]

How far up?

[warped notch]

No changes made. Been running since game launched. First time I've seen this behavior

[woven linden]

Not far, I just mentioned it 18 or so minutes ago.

[distant hearth]

nitrado server? if so check in general settings that you dont have one the official configs selecyed
also ]t check the ini asa has a habbit wiping data

[woven linden]

So you're not alone unfortunately or fortunately depending on your point of view.

[warped notch]

No, self-hosted servers.

All ini files valid. Servers quit following INIs a day or so ago

[distant hearth]

no clue then, its a new one on me, some sort weird bug i guess if ure sure it aint wiped them

[main depot]

oh ok ... only the crcs in cc-config
-2085641597
-1513488011
-87872138
-707481435
323205025
-1058461329
-1411077595
-168668340
331549822
1876772250
=> no cc-skins in the client 😦

[woven linden]

Ours seemed fine yesterday except for the transfer issue today.

[distant hearth]

sry then thats how i thought it shud go from the info they gave , ive no clue

can try without the -

might be it doesnt need that so it then ignores any data after it

[terse kraken]

Anyone have any experience with the Tristan's Additional Creatures mod? I wanna add it to my world before starting but I wanna make sure it s good mod before something happens. Can anyone let me know? Thanks

[main depot]

😦 unfortunately does not work either....

Great WC ... You killed the great CustomCosmetics feature with the last update. Either your whitelist or bad luck.... 😦

[trail elm]

Anyone else seeing an issue on nitrado servers where players can transfer items from single player?

[terse summit]

my server wont show up even tho my partner is currently on it, if i type it in i get showing 0/1 servers, anyone know a fix for this. on game pass on pc

[distant hearth]

set it as a cluster, stops that

[trail elm]

They are clustered.

[distant hearth]

ermm , then it shud not be possible to bring things from outside the cluster

[trail elm]

Logically it shouldn't be. But for some reason just started today.

[woven linden]

Guessing the update last night broke things. It broke our cluster being configured together.

You cannot transfer between maps now.

[distant hearth]

singleplayer has no way to access the cluster data folder, if that is happening, contact nitrado an report as a bug

[distant hearth]

check ure maps are still all correct configs, asa has a habbit of wiping ini , settings data etc

[woven linden]

Could be. I'll ask. I see several other reports and this is the first time I recall it happening to our cluster, but maybe I missed it before.

Thank you.

[trail elm]

They are all still set the same as normal, just that issue is new since the update last night.

Ignore that ^^^ lol

[main depot]

Yeah! Found the solution. Format for cc-config is wrong. Line-Separated is wrong, comma-separted (all 4 Blocks! ONE Line) are correct. You can see the format on the official Whitelist-URL: cdn2 arkdedicated com/asa/OfficialCosmeticWhitelist.txt (its forbidden to post wc-owned-urls ... crazy...) ...
Nitrado works TOO ... you must enter in GUS.ini unter [serversettings] DoCustomCosmeticValidation=True
Next Challenge: How to change the CRC "automatically" in the cc-whitelist-config...
Changing it manually is virtually impossible - you have other things to do than synchronise the CRCs every day....

[knotty fiber]

is command ui deactivated?

[distant hearth]

awesome u got it sorted it out, can link to the wiki which links to the ark list lolz
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Web_API#Official_PvE_cosmetic_whitelist_(ASA)

[celest halo]

good luck with auto, curseforge dont list the crc for them

[distant hearth]

im not smart so might be crazy but theoretically,
write a script to open the game with those launch commands, retrieve the data from file it created, close game,
update the data from the file to server whitelist ?

[main depot]

yes - this works ... but https : // cdn2 arkdedicated com/asa/OfficialCosmeticWhitelist.txt ... easier to use this direct (and not via ark-wiki - but forbidd ... WCs own Server is bad G)

[main depot]

this is my plan 😉

[distant hearth]

yea i know, the whole discord is janky with links

[celest halo]

they had discord links blocked also so you couldnt link a post someone else made

[distant hearth]

like why cant link to curseforge when its part of asa, they need to update the allowed links imo

[gilded copper]

Has there been an answer as to what causes the resart loops?

[distant hearth]

nitrado issue, they have there own discord

[gilded copper]

Ah, thanks. I'll head over to that one.

[native wave]

send a dm to dodo mail. I did and got this response:
(Admin) mysteriouspixie: Thanks for the suggestion, it will be passed along. Have a great day.

[distant hearth]

i kinda feel bad sending people to there discord but its beyond a joke being nitrado tech support here

[native wave]

if they get enough people asking for it, maybe they'll actually allow them

[distant hearth]

doing now

[native wave]

and I opened up my dm's to people here....since discord implemented the message request feature

last time I looked that wasn't a thing

[celest halo]

i wonder what they using to get the crc, because they not using crc32 lol

[native wave]

were you all trying to figure out the cosemtic whitelisting?

[distant hearth]

wulfman was, he got it sussed out in the end

interestingly on a nitrado server they can activate with

you must enter in GUS.ini under
[serversettings]
DoCustomCosmeticValidation=True

so that server launch argument can go there too on selfhost id imagine, might been easier if they just told us that first place hahaha

[native wave]

proper documentation...from WC.... 🤣

[celest halo]

proper and WC dont go together lmao

[native wave]

almost need a blackout curtain for my office window.....this time of day (sunset) is terrible backlighting for my left monitor

[distant hearth]

1.30am here, just moonlight lolz, must get some zz, work in 5 hrs, have fun

[celest halo]

i was trying to figure out what they where using to make the crc number lmao

but dont see anyway to make it from outside of the game, crc32 on the mod file dosnt give anything close to what they say lmao

[native wave]

not something I've touched at all...no need to with being being the only one on my servers

[celest halo]

same i let it just use there list i dont have a custom list for cosmetics lol

[main depot]

How do I set it so that it is not only logged in the log screen (start parameter -log) but also written to a file? ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Saved\Logs\ is empty [Client, not Server]

[terse kraken]

Anyone have any experience with the Tristan's Additional Creatures mod? I wanna add it to my world before starting but I wanna make sure it s good mod before something happens. Can anyone let me know? Thanks

[celest halo]

i dont know how to get it to log to file instead of console

[solar sedge]

Anyone have experience adding dino spawns to other maps? Trying to add the Rhynio and the Quetzal to The Center. I have successfully added them with the following lines:

ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesSwamp_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="Rhynio",EntryWeight=0.01,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Rhyniognatha/Rhynio_Character_BP.Rhynio_Character_BP_C"),NPCsToSpawnPercentageChance=0.0001)))

ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(NPCSpawnEntriesContainerClassString="DinoSpawnEntriesJungle_C",NPCSpawnEntries=((AnEntryName="Quetzal",EntryWeight=0.01,NPCsToSpawn=("/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Quetzalcoatlus/Quetz_Character_BP.Quetz_Character_BP_C"),NPCsToSpawnPercentageChance=0.0001)))

Exact same spawn chances per container problem is there are 2 quetzal's which is what we want... and 209 Rhynio's murderizing the swam.

Any suggestions?

[raven hull]

does anyone know if there is any specific config to make the oasisaur eat? the players have the dlc but the oasis just doesn't eat the plants

[native wave]

what I've done with the rhynio's can be found here: https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/User:ThunderGod97/SpawnWork/

it's messy currently, but works and is close to what I want

[native wave]

are they putting the plants in pots?

[raven hull]

yep

[native wave]

idk then. all I remember from the requirements to get it to eat. never actually tamed one though I have the dlc

[solar sedge]

@native wave Thanks I'll take a look

[frail ferry]

anyone have an idea why when you go near a base server goes down? ive killed off the tames from that tribe with destroytribedino and also unclaimed with using that comand on a unclaimed. server worked...then one of thier members logged in and server crahsed again and i cant get near base wiithout it crashing

[dire sierra]

Hi, I’ve recently moved our servers to unofficial. One of my players has raised an issue when transferring between maps on my cluster, I was wondering if anyone has come across this? “The issue is with the stacks now. When transfering large quantities of items it onlt takes half at a time. so say you have 100 it will take 50.. then 25.. then 12... then 6.. so on.”

[native wave]

Do both maps have the same stack size settings? Is one running a stack mod that the other isn't?

[dire sierra]

Yes

[native wave]

if that's the answer to both questions then yeah, you need to have that mod on the other server

[rugged tendon]

On Series X.
The game seems so bright. Is this normal?

I just upgraded from the Series S and it seems to much brighter it's driving me nuts.

How can I fix it?

[dire sierra]

No stacking mods. But settings in the ini files match. The weird part is that it’s halving the stacks each time you transfer.

[uneven tundra]

im having an issue with nitrado, my xp, tame, and harvest boosts arent doing anything

and ive reinstalled the server 3 times trying to root out the issue

I do have mods installed so it may be that but i dont know if they affect that

[stable sorrel]

Im looking for a modder who can create a point system for us.

[knotty fiber]

like currency?

[stable sorrel]

No kinda like on mts. If they destroy Structures or kill tames it will count as tribe points

[knotty fiber]

oh for pvp right?

[stable sorrel]

Yea

[knotty fiber]

nah sorry bro the best i could recommend is a mod pvp scoreboard.

[stable sorrel]

All good man thx

[humble thicket]

anyone know if power rangers mod is working on unofficial yet or how to add it i did all the whitelist stuff but it just says mod failed to install on the server startup

[jade pecan]

The game crashes when I select search games. any solution?

[solemn heath]

So, with Club Ark, if you have an unofficial Cluster, pretty much the only way you can play it and get the prizes is to install it on your cluster, right? I played it on official, but the items didn't port over to my unofficial character (not that it really mattered, they were crap items, lol)

[fervent tree]

It's a pure client side mod, it's not getting installed on the server. You have to config your server though to allow other clients to dynamically download the mod. Check #announcements for the exact command. If you're on Nitrado you're out of luck, they have to add it.

[brazen barn]

Anyone here own a cluster with nitrado?

[spice tendon]

i do

[brazen barn]

@spice tendon Im gonna send you a dm

[devout rampart]

You have to add a new map named "bobsmissions_WP", **WITH ** the added mod "1005639" . Roughly 3GB RAM used in idle. Here's my startup example:

start /min /high "ASA club" "C:\ASA\Servers\clubark\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe" bobsmissions_WP?RCONEnabled=True?RCONServerGameLogBuffer=600?RCONPort=%rconport% -port=%gameport% -clusterid=%clusterid% -ClusterDirOverride="c:\ASA" -NoTransferFromFiltering -WinLiveMaxPlayers=20 -EnableIdlePlayerKick -servergamelog -GBUSageToForceRestart=0 -ServerPlatform=ALL -culture=en -mods=1005639

[uncut talon]

hello, does anyone know how -DoCustomCosmeticValidation works and where to put it? thank you

[solemn heath]

So it’s like another map in the cluster, yes? Thank you for the information. ☺️ I’m not buying a new server and paying 20 dollars a month for that, but good to know!

[glossy imp]

Hello is anyone interested in helping to set up a new server please 🙂

[fervent tree]

You put it in your command file you start your server with. If you're on Nitrado you have to wait for them to implement it. If the time they took for -PrideColors is anything to go by expect two weeks

[jaunty vortex]

Wildcard need to stop surprising Nitrado with stuff 🙄

[distant hearth]

another user figured out it can go in the gameusersetting.ini
under the header
[serversettings]
DoCustomCosmeticValidation=True

[oblique pewter]

Can unofficial servers not on nitrado have crossplay?

[distant hearth]

ark ascended servers are xplay by default, you have to tell them not to be with a start command

[oblique pewter]

Thats what I thought, tysm!

[slim turret]

both are really good and high qualiyt creatures

[mellow nymph]

Anyone having issues after the update with player inventories randomly crafting random items to the point it crashes?

[strong pollen]

Not ark ascended either

[native wave]

#1110949794907684965

[strong pollen]

Thanks I found it @native wave

[native wave]

There will be a lot for ASA...but there should be some for ASE. There's still quite a few playing it.

[lone lodge]

Good day all, question. I moved servers over to a new server manager. I have only found one issue in the transfer however I am lost as to how to fix it? Issue: The grills do not cook. Yes autocrafting is enabled.

[fervent tree]

Definitely. If I were a manager at Nitrado I would be pissed at wildcard for pulling that bs twice in a month. And the month isn't over yet 😂 On the other hand, Nitrado wanted to be the exclusive hoster for ark, so I can't really say I feel sorry for them 🤷

[jaunty vortex]

Nitrado should be aware of how Wildcard enable events and have planned accordingly though.

[celest halo]

I wouldn't be pissed at WC, I'd be pissed that it takes my team 2 weeks to update a website for a new feature of the game 🤣

[fervent tree]

That's pretty reasonable honestly. They probably work on a sprint based rhythm with an update every two weeks.

They can't just let an engineer push to production outside of the release cycle because wildcard doesn't announce software changes. That's how you get software like ARK, where it feels like the left hand didn't know what the right hand did.

[jaunty vortex]

I’d hope Wildcard would tell Nitrado what is in the pipeline and when. Given they’re a strategic partner. Nitrado should be able to have code lined up and then turned on or off with appropriate flags.

[fervent tree]

That's why I'm saying I would be pissed at WC. Because it doesn't seem like they do. Adding a checkbox to the website and adding a string to the launch arguments depending on the state takes a reasonably skilled software engineer maybe an hour or two, writing tests included. And that is if they don't have prepared code for it, what I would think they do, because there are multiple arguments that work that way. So probably takes even less time. The only reason for the delay would be that Nitrado releases in a two week rhythm and not when wildcard feels like adding a parameter without announcing it in advance. And I like making fun of Nitrado as much as the next guy but in this case I have to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[jaunty vortex]

Yeah but you can have that code there and hidden by a flag or setting. Then enable it when needed.

[wise kindle]

They likely don’t get the build for testing till we do. And theres zero incentive to implement these changes as they are low priority, usually cosmetic. Unfortunately I still believe the issue is a lack of good customer service unfortunately. Even if they got the builds to test early, i don’t think we would see much more expedited returns.

In short they are either very understaffed or they dont care. The rumors ARE indicative of an absolutely terrible staffing situation and work culture. So Im gonna go with; they just cant be fast, they dont have the staff.

[distant hearth]

nitrado customer support was very poor long before asa , combine exclusivity with that an you get a shit show

ive dealt with them alot, not just as a standard customer, but on behalf of an affilate too.
The experience between the two is a joke , it also wasnt uncommon for me to know more than the support staff. Im just a dumb arse that likes ark, anything i know is from here or the internet ... so theres a clear training issue with there staff...
anyway rant over, thank christ asa came an no longer have to use them

[jaunty vortex]

Do you have e to test the Ark code? Or just whether your tick box adds the right parameter to the server startup?

Those Nitrado support people are probably not dedicated to Ark though?

[wise kindle]

With Ark yes, you absolutely need to test every change.

[distant hearth]

probably not, they have mutiple games to deal with, still , there were times when things they just didnt understand, simple stuff that isnt ark related

[wise kindle]

Accurate. Im betting the change staff probably handle coding for all or multiple games at once. They likely have a ton on their plate.

[distant hearth]

i wud expect a support staff to atleast know what ftp is an that was how i cud access the server files....

[jaunty vortex]

At least they should have an internal knowledge base on how to.

[celest halo]

Most support staff don't know much about what there giving support to besides how to enter things in there computer and read the questions back to you that show up

[distant hearth]

maybe i just got unlucky right, one bad experience,

i looked after mutiple servers for mutiple streamers, only one affiliate, the rest were just customers, same as i had my own ones as just a customer.
over the years so many issues .. anyway off topic sry .

[wise kindle]

In a bad work environment you cant keep skilled people, likely they cant keep anyone who knows what they are doing more than a couple months. With high turn around and no training or knowledge transfer, you end up with what they have. A bunch of people who have no idea what they are doing and “wing” literally everything.

[distant hearth]

interestingly i looked after a gportal affiliate account too, never needed to contact support though, it just worked

so cant comment on them

[celest halo]

You got lucky, I've heard bad things about them also. But then again you hear bad things about all the game hosting sites

They all have there issues and try to run to many servers off one box to make as much money as they can

[distant hearth]

3 years i look after the gportal servers, 2 conan exiles ,1 valhiem, 4 ark servers an not a problem, might be the fact i cud fix minor issues easily by then though so thats a factor

[olive talon]

Can probably bring it back to setup help XD

[woven linden]

Looks like transfer between maps on our cluster was fixed sometime since yesterday when we noticed it. Our server is now clustered, though I didn't test transferring. No idea what fixed it, we do have a nightly restart so maybe it picked up a change on restart or WC or Nitrado ninja fixed it. Who knows. LOL Likely just the restart as no one mentioned any fixes here that I saw.

[distant hearth]

sometimes just switching off and on does the computer magic

[woven linden]

LOL Yep.

[haughty ether]

since a few mod updates today, nobody has been able to log onto our servers, ..does anyone else on Xbox have the issue of loggin on to a black screen? ALL my players have this issue since server reboot a few hours ago to update a mod and one other.

[naive pilot]

Our servers too

[haughty ether]

simple trade mod? he reverted the update so reboot your servers

[naive pilot]

We have that mod as well. When did he revert the update?

[oblique cave]

The server I’m on has that mod as well. I’m on pc and the server I play on isn’t popping up for me to get into

[naive pilot]

It’s definitely got to be that mod then. We have pc players who can see any of our servers either.

[oblique cave]

Dang! I wanted to get on ark to play seems like I gotta wait

[magic oak]

Does anyone know how to stop club ark tokens from disappearing?

[haughty ether]

reboot servers he has reverted the mod update

[haughty ether]

about 20 mins ago

[oblique cave]

The ps5 players are able to get on

Is it just steam and Xbox with the issue?

[wise kindle]

This was a common issue on ASE. The usual fix was to log into the SAME MAP on single player, run around for a full 5 minutes to get the updated map into memory. Then EXIT to Main Menu and log onto your maps.
The other way around it was to have someone kill your character and respawn.

[haughty ether]

its not that, it was a mod update.

all sorted , thanks anyway

[lapis quest]

From what i'm reading, that command line makes the server check for custom cosmetics mod updates if you use the official list (cant post the link: cdn2.arkdedicated.....)

The dynamic mods already works without it, you can disable on the advanced menu option ingame, also you must change the download speed for dynamic mods, default is at 500kbps LOL, its gonna take ages to download those 1gigs from power rangers

Btw, theres that new button on the middle saying ''unblock mods'' wth that does?

[golden burrow]

Would anyone know the game ini code to get pyromanes to naturally spawn on the island?

[humble thicket]

Hello
Anyone know why shastasaurus and it's saddle isn't in-game on the center?

[raven gazelle]

Are you playing official or unofficial

[humble thicket]

Apologies unofficial. Have my own server. So wanna know if we did something wrong on server settings

[raven gazelle]

I mean for them not to be there some had to put in code to remove them. Or override their spawns with something else

Cause asa they are there by default

Do you have any mods thay might have removed them?

[humble thicket]

Do you know what they spawn with.

Maybe glacaus?

My thinking it's something bigger because even the saddle don't show

Oh it's there now.

[raven gazelle]

Ok

[humble thicket]

So the saddle is in game.
No spawns on admin panel
And doesn't even show on spawn blocker

[hexed inlet]

Any news for the pc users with gamepass?

[ocean bloom]

hey all, where do i put the -PrideColors command on my server please?

[raven gazelle]

Try a dino wipe and see if one spawns, sounds like you just got unlucky with the spawn rolls

[humble thicket]

thank you for your help. appreciate it

[uncut talon]

hello, is there a command to give tokens to other players?

[hazy stone]

So I have a player that is having an odd effect from playing on Center. They were flying near the water falls at the RWF below the boss battle arena and were disconnected. When trying to log back in, their screen is all dark except for the HUD at the bottom and the player stats at the right. You can also see the markers for the last 2 dino's they tamed. My server does not see them connecting or anything. But it's like he's being timed our or something. So when his screen goes dark like this and is trying to load, he can not open inventory or hit Esc for the menu or anything. He's the only one having this issue. He has been on stream in Discord while attempting to connect to the server and I can confirm he is selecting the proper server. Anyone come across this issue before?

[lucid solstice]

Launch args

[void cliff]

Meeting issues on our cluster on Nitrado.
Admin stated :

The cluster key was wrong on center yesterday that’s why no one could transfer, that’s when I shut servers down and fixed them. When I started them back up island1 made its own cluster key again! So I had to shut it back down and change it back. It’s doing what it wants sometimes and randomly resetting random servers.

How can we prevent a server to create its own random key every now and then when servers shut down for updates etc?

[distant hearth]

you cant , its nitrado they dont give full acess, just be aware it can randomly be an issue, keep backups of the files an it easily fixed with in 15-30 mins.
the joys of running servers

[void cliff]

Rip.

[minor sluice]

hay my friend is useing ark survival evoled server mannager dose anyone know how to update the server on that?

[late estuary]

Can I boost server structure limit if I host with Nitrado? Is there an ini?

[void cliff]

I play on a cluster with Nitrado and the structure limit is set to 17k.

[late estuary]

Is that setting located anywhere??

[solemn zephyr]

Sometimes finding and killing their person will fix that.

[hazy stone]

I flew around for a little over an hour and couldn't find their body. It just dawned on me that I have Awesome Spyglass. It should outline them red. Now to go back in and try that. lol

[solemn zephyr]

Best of luck!!

[woven linden]

Isn't there also a command for locating or teleporting to a player?

Or teleporting the player to you? Swore that was in ASE but never messed with it so it might not have worked.

[late estuary]

Is there a way to see the current structure count?

[woven linden]

Maybe with the debug gun? Has a bunch of stats for objects if you chose the right option. Don't know for sure though, but I recall it giving you stats about objects in the game.

Forget what the name of it is.

[late estuary]

Creative mode admin gun

Nope just single structure info

[woven linden]

Yeah, that. Ah bummer.

[late estuary]

Don't see anything in admin mgr either

Logs maybe?

[woven linden]

Maybe.

I see something called cheat TribeStructureAudit in the wiki with some params, not sure what it returns.

[gilded copper]

I am looking for a mod that adds dinos in for my center map that has pretty much all dinos. Abberation, Fjordur, Center, etc.
My role level up rewards have snow owls, fjordhawks, sinomacrops, karkinos, griffins, etc etc. I would hate to rewrite all my level up rewards, so anyone know of a good mod that has all these dinos, or multiple mods i can add together?
Anyone part of
Additional IslandDinos
Aberration Addon
Please send me an invite. The link on the curseforge site doesnt work

[late estuary]

Dino Discovery seems to have damn near every dino

[woven linden]

Also cheat DebugStructures

Again, no idea what it shows.

[late estuary]

This would do it, at least by tribe.. thanks!

[dry lichen]

is there anyone on who can help me adjust 2 sections on my asa server?

can anyone lend me a hand please

[uneven flame]

Use ASV Ark Save Game Visualizer

[uneven flame]

what do you need?

[dry lichen]

i am trying to increase the tamming speed and baby maturity speed and nothing is working

[late estuary]

What's this?

[uneven flame]

Its something you can use in many wasy such as FTP, or the files etc, but it essentially visualizes the save. You can see what structures the coords, whats in them, and quality of them, where dinos or player are. basically its the NSA program on american phones lol but for ark

[eternal prism]

what you trying to set them to?

[dry lichen]

just to a higher speed

[uneven flame]

GUS.ini
[Server Settings]
TamingSpeedMultiplier=
Game.ini
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]

MatingSpeedMultiplier=```

[eternal prism]

I set my taming to 10 and maturing to 50

BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=50

[dry lichen]

i have done those and still nothing it is so slow

[uneven flame]

just be sure to remember food consumption set incorrectly can prevent taming

[uneven flame]

set it to 100or higher

ive heard of up to 2000 working

[eternal prism]

that would be instant. hatch BOOM adult lol

[dry lichen]

when i had those set just like envinyata i had the consumption set at 5

[eternal prism]

BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier=0.25 for me

[late estuary]

Where do I get it? I play console but manage the server on my laptop

[uneven flame]

ill dm it to you

[uneven flame]

they said they wanted fast lol

[wary lagoon]

Is there gonna ever be a game pass ark update to new version 🤣

[eternal prism]

fr

or even acknowledgement that its taking way too long

[uneven flame]

Yeah roadmap has it set for tuesday next month

[waxen robin]

whats command to spawn more club ark points?

[uneven flame]

addhexagons 10

[narrow perch]

Has anyone had issues with there being no land dinos spawning in the Underworld on the center ASA

[eternal prism]

Yeah actually now that you mention it i havent seen anything spawning down there or by penguin castle

[narrow perch]

I have no idea on nitrado how to increase the spawn rate of dinos either

[eternal prism]

if they also dont show up on your single player its probably a map issue for wc to fix

[uneven flame]

yea nothing except in some of the cave tunnels and such, also they are spawning at 1800+ casue our difficulty i dont remember that being a high level one in ASE but its been a while 🤷 lol

[narrow perch]

Has anyone found any Ovis then either since they used to spawn Underworld

[chilly coral]

i have a question - i want to set up my Nitrado to do automatic restarts for my ark servers.
the problem is, I'm not sure what to set the setting to. im in central US (Texas)
I'm not sure what nitrado's time zone is to set it properly, but i want to set it any time between 1-5am my time.

can anyone tell me either what nitrados time zone is, or what number to set it to, so it resets every day around 1-5am? ideally 1am would be good.

im also happy to do the math myself if someone can tell me what their nitrado is set to and their time zone

[woven linden]

Just be aware and let your players be aware that those restarts on Nitrado servers happen without doing a save first. So depending on how often your server saves you can end up with rollbacks around those restarts. 😦

I'd give you the time but I don't admin our servers. I would assume it would either be UTC or the time zone of the location of your server.

Nitrado support should be able to answer as well, and I hear there is also a discord but no idea what it is.

[chilly coral]

they were super rude to me last time i tried to ask a question so i avoid that discord if at all possible. People here are WAY more considerate

i have that in my mind too but i am starting to have a bit of a cluster going now and im going to start struggling soon with all these restarts LOL

i was thinking it was UTC as well to be honest 🙂

[woven linden]

Ah, sorry you got such poor treatment. I suppose it'd be easy enough to test, set it to a time UTC that'll be a few minutes away from "now" and see how long it takes though warn your players first. 🙂 Hopefully someone else here knows more.

Well, a search found some instructions on their site that said this. I was going to guess that as well but though nah... they wouldn't do that but... no idea how accurate this is.

Note: Take into account that your server uses a German time regardless of the location in which it is located, so you will have to make the corresponding adjustments to your time zone.

[waxen robin]

how do you get club ark to save?

every time i restart the server, everyones stuff gets erased

[wet heart]

anyone know how to remove the Minimum Dino Reupload Interval

[gilded copper]

I don't see Dino Discovery on Curseforge, where else do i look for mods?

Think I found it, or one like it. Says Discovery World, has lots of dinos in it.

[waxen robin]

how do you get club ark to save?
every time i restart the server, everyones stuff gets erased

it also says item downlaods disabled but i have everything set to false in gameusersettings

[native wave]

Should be set to false

All the setting are to prevent the actions.

[waxen robin]

PreventUploadSurvivors=False
PreventUploadItems=False
PreventUploadDinos=False
PreventDownloadSurvivors=False
PreventDownloadItems=False
PreventDownloadDinos=False

ya sorry i have it set to false

[native wave]

Also notributedownloads I think it was

[waxen robin]

NoTributeDownloads=False

[native wave]

7 total lines

[waxen robin]

all false

[native wave]

Make sure to restart

[waxen robin]

i did, multiple times. i have it set to ttrue on my actual cluster though, maybe thats why?

[native wave]

Yeah

[celest halo]

@native wave you try increasing the reward amount on club yet

[waxen robin]

ya still no luck

has anyone else gotten it to work yet? i enabled it on all servers and still no luck.

[main depot]

anyone have any ideas why this doesn't work? I have seen screenshots of other servers (WITHOUT stacking mod) where it works ....

game.ini: ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemConsumable_WyvernMilk_C",Quantity=(MaxItemQuantity=5,bIgnoreMultiplier=true))

sap, honey poly, pres.salt etc. works

[native wave]

No not yet

[celest halo]

okay, i had HexagonRewardMultiplier=1.5 in my dynamicconfig (from ASE days) and was getting 10 from a dodo lmao so not sure if it worked or if need a diff setting

[simple marten]

Guys does someone know good server settings for a small pve server of 3 to 4 people to beat all the bosses without too much grind and still be difficult?

[jolly kernel]

does anyone know why I can't join my server from the microsoft store anymore?
it was working until the power ranger update

[uneven flame]

i can confirm they use hexagons as addhexagons adds the currency

[uneven flame]

does it say buy the mods and all that?

[gilded copper]

I have a couple friends able to get on my server since i am not, and try testing out some stuff for me. but NONE of the mod items/dinos or anything are showing up anymore. They even had to download the mods to get on like usual.

[native wave]

there's also BaseHexagonRewardMultiplier (game.ini), but neither say they work in ASA yet

[celest halo]

might have to add that to my dynamic config also lol and maybe HexagonCostMultiplier lol

[native wave]

no change in dodo reward with 3.0 as the setting

[plain swan]

Hello, how do I add the pride colors to my server is it to be added somewhere in the game.ini?

[verbal halo]

is anybody doing the dragon boss

[native wave]

definitely affects the mission payouts though

[native wave]

It's added to the command line. nitrado should have an option for it. I believe they added it

[celest halo]

yeah looks like HexagonRewardMultiplier affects mission payouts also i made it higher, dodo return still 10 though lmao

[native wave]

yeah gamma lasso was 750 payout instead of 250

[celest halo]

if HexagonCostMultiplier works it dont work in the dynamic config lol, dont feel like restarting the server to add it to ini file

[native wave]

that's a game.ini setting

trying it now

server restarts really aren't that bad so long as no one is on

yeah it works in the game.ini

[celest halo]

nice next reboot ill have to add it

[plain swan]

Yeah sorry still a bit new to this, so just add it to command line in game then right?

[native wave]

command line is what is used to start the server. if you have a nitrado server there will be an option for it in your user interface

[plain swan]

Okay thanks I’ll have a look for it. 🙏

[stone igloo]

Having trouble getting club ark working in my cluster. Dedicated system using steamcmd. Setup a server with BobsMissions_WP and -mod=1005639. It gets stuck "booting" and never loads. Cluster id is correct. Any suggestions?

[distant hearth]

shud be -mods=

[stone igloo]

oi 🤦‍♂️ that was it. I feel dumb

[native wave]

everyone has been there 🙂

[maiden niche]

Hi guys, My unofficial server (Center) was wiped last night, Is everyone else having similar issue?

[distant hearth]

example
Start ArkAscendedServer.exe BobsMisions_WP?SessionName="willzclubark" -port=8888 -winlivemaxplayers=10 -nobattleye -mods=1005639

nvm then lol, easy done

[stone igloo]

Thanks!

[distant hearth]

nitrado or self host? anything happen to cause it?

[maiden niche]

Nitrado, I am on an unofficial server, It seems like it got wiped last night, I was just wondering if anyone faced such issue?

[distant hearth]

not that any have reported but its not that unsual for it to happen, do u have old saves can roll back too?

[maiden niche]

so there are nitrado backups, if I roll back to it, will everthing go back to that save point, including all the characters etc?

[distant hearth]

yes if its a full backup , start with the most recent, test it.. if works good, didnt lose much progresss...
if dont work keep going back till it does

[stiff nest]

Question for the masses!

I have a cluster server with three servers. There is one player who plays on PS5, well technically three of us do. But for some reason when he joins one of the servers, it kicks him out after two minutes. If someone else is in that server, it kicks them. So it essentially restarts the entire server. However, on my PS5 I can get in perfectly fine and he is able to access the other servers fine with no problem with in the cluster.

[distant hearth]

sounds like his .arkprofile on that server is corrupted, causing it to crash when joining

[stiff nest]

Ok how do I fix that?

[distant hearth]

try the backup of it or delete it

deleting it will cause him lost progress, it will delete all his data on that server

[stiff nest]

Ok

Thanks @distant hearth

@distant hearth ok now I just need to figure out which saved one is his lol

[distant hearth]

have him go into single player, an enter console command whoami
shud give the id

[stiff nest]

Ok thank u!!!!!

[random crow]

Any idea why friends can join my server, download the mods, then timeout before password entry? I can join locally no problem.

[gilded copper]

if you have not found it yet, there is a dropbox now for Event Colors where you can choose Easter Colors or Pride Colors

[stone bramble]

Is anyone else having issues for there unofficial servers, transfer there character the island or scorched earth to the center and just having the downloading… greyed out while looking at the center map?

[pseudo carbon]

Any solution for xbox cloud servers not showing up?

[fervent tree]

Sounds like a port forwarding issue. Check your forwards and your (windows) Firewall if it allows traffic from outside the network

[random crow]

Thank you! Port forwarding has 7777:7778 UDP and 27015 TCP. Would not work even with Windows firewall disabled. Is there a way to see where the traffic is dying?

[random crow]

Also, server worked back in January for external users, but doesn’t work now. Changed ISP to T-Mobile 5G - could that be causing the issue?

[lapis musk]

Has anyone managed to get a code to work to add pyromanes to other maps?

[fervent tree]

Could definitely be, I don't know any mobile isps that forward outside traffic. But it could be different with yours. I think you have to check with your ISP if it's possible at all. Only way to check where it is dying is going from device to device up the chain, get a traffic dump and check it. But that is a lot of work and with most home routers downright impossible.

[fervent tree]

Just did a quick check with Google. T-Mobile 5G definitely uses a CGNAT, means no traffic from outside is forwarded. No hosting anything from home without more tinkering I'm afraid. I have a CGNAT Internet connection as well and let me tell you it's not fun to host anything for the outside world from my home network. I have my ARK servers in a Datacenter for that reason 😅

[open shore]

not sure if this is the right channel, but how do i disable the new years event on my server? i'm using ark server manager

the server console even says my server isn't set to run the new years event so why is it??? it's june ffs

"Sever Is not set to official or running NewYearEvent argument"

[knotty fiber]

Can someone advise me how to fix a problem my server suddenly stops being capable of using admin commands. I can make myself an admin, use the admin gun and fly and such every physical but I can't spawn anything in through the command UI or through an admin mod.

[oak yarrow]

Can anyone help me? My server still is not able to do transfers for whatever reason.
Here’s what happens:
—You can transfer your character to another map within cluster, it uploads just fine and you load to new map. Upon getting to the respawn screen you press “respawn” and it takes you to the character customization screen. If you then press “respawn existing character” it freezes and you can press respawn and it deletes your character, upload, items entirely. This is frustrating and the worst thing ever. Please help. I’ve tried everything.

[agile summit]

The admin panel mod seems to be not working for me anyone else having this issue?

[strong tinsel]

The Dev is out sick. He has to update it. He will work on it when he gets better. It's just gonna take some time.

[strong tinsel]

we can't either. 🫠 all the fixes people have offered don't work

[oak yarrow]

So there’s nothing we can do?

[astral cosmos]

Does anyone know if there's a way on a Nitrado server to bring back the speed imprints? Like in ASE you got 30% speed on flyers when fully imprinted? Had a couple people ask me to look into it but I haven't a clue

[glossy mural]

what mating setting gets you rexs about every 4-8 hours ?

for ARK asa

[spare pier]

Why is club ark stuck at updating?

[atomic adder]

Is there a way to check the current version of my ark servers? All I seem to be able to do is locate the buildid. Any RCON commands I can use to determine version?

[celest halo]

the console window shows the version when starting it

the in-game server list i believe also shows server versions

[agile summit]

okay no problem

[glossy mural]

Any server hosts know the Mating setting for rexs around 4-8 hours or theris just a boss tier dino every 4 to 8 hours

Ark ASA settings.

what is 25x breeding look like in Ini .00 or .000?

Anyone?

[humble thicket]

Solution for purchase 666 error? Normally it goes away but I'm stuck on this. I have restarted game, restarted my Xbox, restarted the server. Other Xbox players Aldo can join. PC can

[random crow]

Thank you for all your help!

[knotty fiber]

in game,ini

BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=25

MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.2

[glossy mural]

no way 25 mating its a . system wont 25 be like machine gun breeding?

[knotty fiber]

you said 25x

[glossy mural]

yes 25x breeding is supposed to be a ini setting around .1 i am being told is something and another says .05 is 5 hours

so going strait 25 as the ini setting would be like non stop babys.

[knotty fiber]

MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.2

3h36m to 9h36m

[glossy mural]

.2 4-9 that sounds perfect thank you for clairfication

[knotty fiber]

7h12m to 9h12m
.5

[glossy mural]

I been googling my ass off

[knotty fiber]

👍

[knotty fiber]

My apologies I misunderstood that question.

25x breeding for rex

MatingSpeedMultiplier=25

[glossy mural]

na cant be a higher than 1.0 numbner that would make the rex breedable non stop wouldnt it ?

[knotty fiber]

The mating interval ini is how fast it will pop out again or preg for fem

[glossy mural]

mating interval is how often they can breed

time between breeding again.

[knotty fiber]

yes

anything else you'd like to add to server?

[glossy mural]

server just needs the mating tweaked to rexs being able to breed about 4-8 hours after breeding

[knotty fiber]

awesome have fun

[glossy mural]

what are u saying it is really 25.0 ?

higher isnt faster its slower lower number is faster in the ini

[cedar quartz]

Since the update I barely can get on my unofficial server without it crashing 😑 I’m so annoyed I just want to see my Dino’s

[celest halo]

Higher then 1 would make the time longer

[glossy mural]

exactly 25 = 25.0 meaning it will take like a dam week.. I need to know what the .0 is for rexs every 4-8 hours i been told a .5 maby

[knotty fiber]

its .2

[celest halo]

They have 25 on mating speed (ie how long it takes them to do the deed)

[knotty fiber]

as i said before the 25 is breeding specifically

[glossy mural]

Ini line Matinginterval .2 gives rexs the ability to rebreed every 4-8 hours?

[knotty fiber]

.2 is 3hours and 36 min to 9 hours 36 minutes pass .22 is 3hours 57min to 10hours 33mins to mate again

[glossy mural]

thank you.

[knotty fiber]

.18 3hour13mins to 8hours49mins

Does anyone know if metal and ingots engram for mod for seed farm config for gameusersettings is correct? I tried their discord but no reply

[SeedFarm_TableSeedItems]
RemoveUltimateTekPlot=False
RemoveTekCropPlot=False
RemoveSeedElement=False
RemoveSeedApexDrop=False
RemoveSeedArtifact=False
RemoveSeedTrophyAlpha=False
RemoveSeedMetalIngot=False
RemoveSeedKibble=False
RemoveSeedRareMushroom=False
RemoveSeedRareFlower=False
RemoveSeedPolymer=False
RemoveSeedMetal=False

[lone lodge]

Looking for someone familiar with ASA Windows GSM? @distant hearth?

[vital gyro]

I have the error that I can't buy premium mods on the x box despite credit. There is always the message .a problem has arisen .. unfortunately we don't know what happened. Please try again later. Store purchases go without problems. Who knows advice? Do others have this problem on the x box.?

[true estuary]

Anyone know what you have to do to set up Club Ark on unofficial?

[distant hearth]

nah sry i dont use a server manager , do it all manually

[distant hearth]

its another map essentially so you just set it up like a mod map

[eternal prism]

it should be in gameusersettings.ini, yes. Personally i removed that mod cuz ability to duplicate element was too op on my server

[uncut talon]

Hello, is it possible to modify the number of crafts on a blueprint? like for tek blueprint

[true estuary]

Thanks

[knotty fiber]

I was able to remove element but not metal and ingots

[knotty fiber]

It was definitely op I was able to alternate it so that the amount isn't 100s in second lol

[eternal prism]

I was too lazy to adjust it and just removed it. So many other mods activated with various kinds of crop plots

[knotty fiber]

Lol I get it

[young void]

is there a setting to adjust pluck rate for gigantoraptors? currently have 40 days before next feather can be plucked

[lone lodge]

Thanks W1llz, i figured it out, it works well , but i will learn the asa server manager and see if it gives me the added things i need. been runing mine all manually as well, but 4 servers is a bit much when i have issues

[native wave]

ASM was the best tool for running in windows when I was running ASE servers

glad it got updated

got a little unwieldy once I got up to 9 servers

that's around the time when I switched to pterodactyl, which suits my needs perfectly, including for other games

[chilly coral]

i am in a bit of a hurry and very overwhelmed at the moment - sorry for my lack of self googling - does someone off hand know the code to increase how long a bag will stay on the ground? Death Bag Timer

[knotty fiber]

Hm

[knotty fiber]

GlobalItemDecompositonTimeMultiplier=1.0

I don't know what you want it at but 15 mins is 1x
2x is 30 mins and so on the bag
In gameini

[chilly coral]

Thank you !!! That's what I needed you are a saint ❤️

[knotty fiber]

I'm sorry I do not know a way for that.

[main gyro]

Any fixes for game crashing when downloading a mod and showing us as broken file

[late estuary]

Is there a way to increase structure limit on my server, similar to the dino limit?

[distant hearth]

TheMaxStructuresInRange=10500
gus ini, is the default , increase for more, all settings can be found here ,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

[static hamlet]

How can I make it so others can see my cosmetic skins on my unoffical server? I got the power rangers skins, I can see them, but nobody else can... I thought they were supposed to download in the background for others?

[lapis quest]

Power rangers broke somehow, even on oficials

No one is able to use/see the skins

[static hamlet]

I can use/see them... but thats not much fun if im the only one

[lapis quest]

Also, theres a option on the advanced menu that it says about the dynamic skins download speed

The default option comes at 500kbps, tell everyone to increase that number to atleast 100000

Downloading that mod on background at 500kbps its gonna take ages

[static hamlet]

thanks, i'll look into that

[lapis quest]

We managed to see the skins 2 days ago, since it broke no one is able to anymore

[lapis quest]

Also, is the server yours?

[static hamlet]

Yes

[lapis quest]

Are you using the dedicated link for custom cosmetics?

[static hamlet]

idk?

i have added the custom cosmetics validation switch to my server startup script

[lapis quest]

-docustomcosmeticsvalidation?

You also need to use the dedicated link for them, or make your own

[ServerSettings]
CosmeticWhitelistOverride="dedicatedlink"

Wc mantains a link they use on official servers that you can use on unnoficials, it has a bunch of custom cosmetic mods

So, you can use that link + -docustom...

[static hamlet]

is that dedicated link just an example, or is that literlly what I put?

[lapis quest]

It's an example, cant send links here

If you want i can dm you

[static hamlet]

it says "For servers that rely on the official cosmetic whitelists that is all that is necessary."

[lapis quest]

Yeah, that whitelist is the dedicated link you put on the gui.ini

[static hamlet]

to add the -docustomcosmeticsvalidation switch

[lapis quest]

Check dms

[low dew]

what could cause a character losing data on cluster transfer it dosnt happen all the time but once in awhile transfering servers will put you back into the creator

could mis matching mods cause this ?

[distant hearth]

it shudnt , but who knows with ark, it sometimes just does it , some to more than others .i use a the different save format an not had an issue but its just me testing it so even that might not fix it ... not heard feedback from others that are using it

[rigid radish]

So anyone know how to fix the nitrado sever resetting loop?

[spice tendon]

If the server reboots and doesn’t save right after the transfer, then your character won’t exist anywhere. Also check to see if you can download your character. This happens if I crash before transferring fully to a different server.

[low dew]

yeah it dosnt happen all the time but once in awhile it does

@rigid radish yes rent from somewhere else

preferably not anything with amd harware

[distant hearth]

nitrado has there own discord , can try in there

[distant hearth]

amd has specific issues or ?

[low dew]

whea 18 whea 41

up most common isues for amd and issues ive been plauged with on my box which is box number 2

i switched from my bullet proof intel box

[distant hearth]

ok i have no idea what that is , but will try rem to look into when im looking to rent

[low dew]

its basically cpu failure

causes random restarts when it happens

[distant hearth]

doesnt seem like a good thing then lolz, thx for the heads up

[low dew]

and im with a data center this is my second box in 24 hours

going on box number 3 3rd times a charm right

[distant hearth]

my own systems had amd in for years now, no issues but server got be a differnt kettle fish obv

[maiden niche]

Anyone can share their good/best GameServerSetting.ini and Game.ini files??

[low dew]

its the settings you want to play with yourself

lol super helpful right

[distant hearth]

no such thing, everyones differnt, whats good for me wont work for you etc etc, plus a pvp setup aint gonna be goods on pve server right

[low dew]

its all preference

[distant hearth]

i can share my ini an it will be awful, they have a lot custom code for drops, etc

[maiden niche]

No I want to host a server from my pc. I want a good server settings files, From there I can start tweaking stuff

[low dew]

start with basic settings then

as you play you will know what you want

[distant hearth]

start with the base settings an adjust as needed, i recommend beacon ark omni app to help, but others prefer manual

[maiden niche]

basic settings doesn't have lot of added code/customized settings.

[low dew]

you can add it in check out Beacon

[maiden niche]

what is that?

[distant hearth]

alot of code is base, just with differnt numbers

[low dew]

its a program for inis for ark

google ark survival Beacon i think its actually pinned

[maiden niche]

I'd be grateful

[distant hearth]

ure not getting what im saying , its useless to you

[maiden niche]

let me go though it and, I'll make changes to that. slowly

[distant hearth]

dont reallly work like that but sure i can send an give you a headache

[low dew]

lol just send it to him

[distant hearth]

going to lolz

[low dew]

he will be back for another one shortly after

gotta let the new server owners learn ya know

sometimes the hard way is the only way

[distant hearth]

yea , i spent a long term learning thats for sure

[low dew]

you should try going a myth of empires cluster

[distant hearth]

still learning now tbh haha, always something new or didnt realise cud be done, etc

[low dew]

if you ever want to pull your hair out over server stuff thats the game to do it with

[distant hearth]

pass, i have enough trouble with basics, ark,conan an palworld

[low dew]

i actually have grey hair in my beard now from that game

everything needed a server to run each instance the chat the redis the sql the battle servers it was like 10 processes for 2 servers and on occasion the chat server would break even though its not cross server chat and you would lose the chat forever

i am haveing ptsd flashbacks now

[distant hearth]

that sounds beyond my simple mind, im not that good with tech

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

i must read this thing 20 times an still get in a muddle on some of it lolz

[low dew]

alot of it makes sense some of it gets a bit confusing

[distant hearth]

to someone that stabs at keyboard wih two fingers, alot didnt make sense haha , slowy got there over the years 🙂
i know enough to be dangerous an help others when i can

[late estuary]

lol thanks man - Ive had that tab open for days and even tried looking but obv didn't look hard enough lmao

We're gonna go with 12500, so I can breathe a bit easier with my castle build in SE

[distant hearth]

i do by searching with ctrl f , then i new it was structure to search through

[late estuary]

Ctrl+f is bae

[distant hearth]

i usually double it lolz, like building

[late estuary]

You don't think doubling would make Nitrado's server stack catch on fire?

Ive never tweaked this particular setting before

[distant hearth]

it depends how many players on server an how many build big tbh

[late estuary]

I LOVE building too, and Im strugglingwith trying to be conservative

3 players, I build biggest, the others Id rank medium compared to me

We have big plans though

[distant hearth]

biggest issue ive had with it , very large bases take a bit to render, some players then avoided flying near that area, was a massive base though

[late estuary]

Yeah my Island base was making my buddy crash, it sucked. But he's also on a Series S

[distant hearth]

series s crashes for fun anyway so...

[late estuary]

I went around taking lights down as Ive heard that's one of the biggest drains... is that true?

illuminators

[distant hearth]

yea i think so, painting structures too, seems to like way increase there time taken to render

[late estuary]

Makes sense as its more textures to load on the meshes. I had a lot of painted lights, so Im sure that was hitting him hard

I like the inside of my base having a black light vibe

[distant hearth]

like i say series s just sux anyway , soo might just be the area was gonna make crash anyway haha

[late estuary]

lol true

[woven linden]

Anyone know if the Center wild spawns are just more evenly distributed to be more random than the Island map? Or is it more the case that the wild creatures are skewed towards higher levels on Center?

We have a mod on to get a better distribution in the Island and it seems to be working but someone on our cluster seems to think that the mod is interfering with the Center spawns and we're not getting higher level wilds as much. To be honest I've not noticed this, we seem to be getting what appears to be to me an even spawn within the range. But now wondering if the even RNG is interfering with what might be a higher level spawn levels for the Center.

[jaunty vortex]

6GB less RAM than the X, slower RAM than the X and about 1/3 of the graphics performance.

[woven linden]

I seem to recall getting high levels from the Center on ASE, but I don't know if it's just more even in distribution or if it skewed higher.

[woven linden]

In all the searching I did, it seems like it's just an even distribution on Center/Rag, at least for ASE, as opposed to the lower skew on Island/Scorched.

[tender seal]

Wild Card me and my friend we can’t get our stuff from the Club Ark

[peak sapphire]

Going by ASE, certain levels were removed from the distribution. I can’t remember exactly which but it was something like no level 5’, 10’s, 25’s, 35’s etc. Because certain levels were removed, the probability of finding higher levels increased even if it was still weighted towards the lower levels.

[maiden niche]

Hi, I created a cluser in my PC and hosting it with steamCMD, now I have 3 different map folders in Saved folder. but only 1 GameUserSettings.ini in Config folder.

1. How can I have 3 different settings on 3 different servers/maps?

can some pro, help me, Thank you

[distant hearth]

install 3 servers in seperate folders

[digital token]

Either install 3 different servers, or try use parameter overrides for each session.

[celest halo]

3 installs or set what you want for all 3 in GUS then set the differnt things in each ones start script

[maiden niche]

Sad, I heard about something called Ark Server Manager, Is that like a GUI for managing servers on PC?

[low dew]

anyones ark servers just straight up hard crash there server box everytime they start

[low dew]

this is a new one for me i suspect its a issue with the hardware

[maiden niche]

Hey @here, Do you guys know If I can link my nitrado servers with my dedicated servers using same ClusterID from Nitrado?

[native wave]

clusterid will tie them together (you'll see them in the server list, possible something with nitrado is preventing this), but they have to share a directory to perform the transfers

[maiden niche]

Right now, here's my setup.
3 maps on nitrado,
3 maps on my PC.
I copied the clusterID from Nitrado and used it on all the other 3 on my PC.

Now if I go to any obelisk, I can only see other 2 servers on my PC, and I can travel between them.
Also, if I go to nitrado server and try to transfer, I only see the other 2 on Nitrado, but not the PC ones.

[native wave]

you have to share a directory or it won't work

I've clustered between me (Michigan) and my friend in New York before....syncing the shared folder with syncthing. Worked for ASE, have not tried it on ASA yet.

but with nitrado you can't do that. you have to have some way to connect the shared directory on nitrado to your shared directory on your pc

[native wave]

anyone having a crashing island server? cleared mods, cleared configuration, cleared save files and it still crashes during bootup before it has "started"

Scorched, Svart, and Center all loaded fine, Club Ark as well

all clustered

[celest halo]

all mine started yesterday after the update

[lunar cloud]

mines all good.

Maybe try a fresh install with a restored save folder? 📁

in the Saved\Logs folder there are sometimes .crashstack log files that may give a stack trace clue to the reason for the crash

[low dew]

@maiden niche what your trying to do is not possible for asa

some people have used syncing software for ase to sync there files but it typically costs money and isnt worth the time of day

@native wave always take backups sometimes saves get corrupted sometimes you can roll back the save as ark does kinda take a backup by default

[maiden niche]

so anyone that's running a own dedicated server, How high is the electricity bill that month?

[low dew]

depends on the wat useage

watt*

[lunar cloud]

i use a small minipc i got on Amazon, it uses only 10watts on average 😃

[native wave]

I have the ark "backups" and I take a full backup of my saves + configuration every night when it's running, which is hasn't run since the 16th

[low dew]

just cuz your server for example has 800watt psu dosnt mean it uses that much per hour lol

[native wave]

my server has duel 750W psu's, only have one in use right now

[low dew]

@native wave ok then just restore a theisland save

[native wave]

done all that. I'm onto recreating the server in pterodactyl

[lunar cloud]

this is a physical limitation of the game where the clustered processes access each other via the cluster folder. so both clusters need to be able to read and write to same directory.
People use network drives to get around this but you may not be able to achieve this with Nitardo, as you'll need access to their infrastructure

[native wave]

the server with absolutely no configuration wasn't booting

[low dew]

i have a 850watt psu but the box only uses about 150 at a idle

up to 400 when things are really going

[native wave]

my test server from january booted fine on the island though after updating to latest

[low dew]

your server parameters set correctly ?

everything in the right files ?

[native wave]

oh yeah, nothing has touched the configuration since the 16th

except the updates

[celest halo]

same, both plugged it. mines set to only use one at a time. they both plugged into different UPS

[native wave]

with the test server able to boot, recreating the server container and getting fresh files from steam is the next logical step

[narrow palm]

Does anyone happen to know how I enable custom cosmetics so everyone can see them on a nitrado unofficial sever?

[uncut talon]

Hello, is it possible to use plugins on nitrado? if yes they are to be put where

[native wave]

yeah I would do that but we don't have the power infrastructure to do that. Power and storage are my two pain points right now

[granite jungle]

in the same boat cant even find then on the server list even tho battlemetrics said there online when i join manually times out

[native wave]

so fresh install works, doing configuration, then save files

[daring timber]

Can somone tell me how Make my single player server into like a realm

[native wave]

got my island server back up and running. I had to recreate the server container for it though to get it working, and remove the dragon chronicle mods from being passive to do it

[daring timber]

I got my server up and running do you know why it might not be showing up to join

[slow crane]

So I keep trying to join the club ark off my nitrado server but it tryst to download it everytime and gets stuck st around 62 percent

[native wave]

that usually boils down to not having ports properl forwarded to the server. A quick check is to search for your server on battlemetrics. If it can see it then the ports are forwarded correctly.

[daring timber]

how do ai fix them

[native wave]

go to the mod menu from the main menu and download the mod manually

[slow crane]

I have it downloaded alredy

[native wave]

that depends on your home router or firewall.

[daring timber]

wtf

[native wave]

I don't know then. might be trying to download an update?

[daring timber]

so I have to be connected to wifi

[native wave]

you were asking about single player earlier. Did you actually setup a dedicated server?

[round cypress]

Can I host a server for me myself and i

[daring timber]

yes i rented a nitrado server

i want to use it to play with my friends without drag

[native wave]

ok, nevermind the port forwarding then. It should become visible and searchable by name in game after you start the server

[daring timber]

okay i’ll try hosting off my xbox instead of phone

[native wave]

you would need to be connected to the internet to see an internet connected server

[daring timber]

okay

I’m excited thank you

[native wave]

I'm done for the night, almost 3am here

[round cypress]

Gn

[native wave]

nooblets has a tutorial on youtube on how to setup a server. He does a good job of going over basics

[round cypress]

Thx

[daring timber]

it ain’t popping up I renamed it and everything @native wave

[native wave]

did you shutdown the server before renaming. If you make any changes the server needs to be offline

[daring timber]

okay

do I need to wait

It’s just not popping up

I renamed and saved while server was down

[native wave]

yes you need to wait. nitrado servers take a bit to shut down

[daring timber]

I mean wait for it to show up

I already renamed it

does it need to be the same port as my xbox

[native wave]

no

[daring timber]

this is confusing ngl

[native wave]

I suggest you check out the nitrado discord. they should be better equipped to help you through their interface. I'm going off of memories from several years ago when I used to host using nitrado

[icy zenith]

Hello !

my son Loucas had his base and his dinos taken by The Working Men

He IS on server Ark of fun

Can you help me ?

Name of player IS Axell

On ASE

[jaunty vortex]

https://discord.com/channels/729837326120910915/735196057541017720

[icy zenith]

Oh thx

[jaunty vortex]

This is channel is for running your own server 🙂

[icy zenith]

Thx

Its unofficial server...

[fervent tree]

The reporting players is for official. You'll have to find out who runs the server, but there is honestly no way I'm aware of apart from you know them personally. It sounds like it's a PVP (Player vs Player) Server. It's literally part of the game that other people take your stuff. Your son should check for PVE (Player vs Environment) Servers if he doesn't want to deal with other players being hostile as well (still no guarantee but it's something 😅)

[icy zenith]

No IS pve

Thx so much

[jaunty vortex]

You’ll still need to find the server owner because nobody else can help 😢this is why I run my own servers and only let people I trust play on them. Even then, I’ve still had problems.

[fiery wedge]

how do i play the ase offi saves in singleplayer?

[feral fractal]

Hey can someone help out with something lol

How do I add the pridecolors to my server ?

[raven wigeon]

is there any bug that allow u to transfer pyromanes to other maps???

LOOOOOOOOL if u put the pyro on the shoulder u can pass it to any server!!!!!!

[jaunty vortex]

have you searched discord? the answer has been posted so many times

add -PrideColors to your server startup string

[feral fractal]

Would that be the game Ini settings?

[lapis quest]

No, you add on the comand line in the server startup file

[feral fractal]

I’m on nitrado , where would that be at ?

[jaunty vortex]

This channel is for people running their own servers. Have you looked in the Nitrado control panel for your server?

I think there is a drop down menu item to select the events on there, but I've never used Nitrado

[feral fractal]

Oh I found it thx and sorry

[jaunty vortex]

I did look at their guides, not the most helpful in my opinion!

[olive talon]

This channel is for all unofficial setup help, whether it's Nitrado or personal

[jaunty vortex]

My mistake, sorry.

[long jolt]

Is there something I can do so only myself and 1 other person can play on our server? We want to stop entering the password

[native wave]

Player whitelist, look up exclusivejoin on the wiki sever configuration page

It's what I use on my cluster

[long jolt]

Didn't manage to get it to work this first time but ill try again later

thank you

[jaunty vortex]

• Get your players to start a single player game.
  Open the console and type whoami

• Put the EOS ID in a plain text file, one ID per line.

• Name it PlayersExclusiveJoinList.txt and place it under your server folder ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\PlayersExclusiveJoinList.txt

You may have something before that in your path

• Don't forget to include -exclusivejoin in the server start parameters. (Thanks SlayerIce09)

• take any server password you have set out of your GameUserSettings.ini

[native wave]

I have plans to clean up the wiki parts that mention the whitelists....it's kind of a jumble between a couple different sections right now.
Also want to make a section specifically for player whitelists so we can just link directly to it

[native wave]

yeah EOS ID for ASA, SteamID for ASE

h t t p://steamdb.info/calculator/ to get the SteamID if you need it

[jaunty vortex]

Oh and take any server password you have set out of your GameUserSettings.ini

[digital token]

Don't forget to include -exclusivejoin in the parameters.

[jaunty vortex]

good point, I'll edit my post

[native wave]

also possible to have the password as a parameter in the command line

[jaunty vortex]

I don't have one set, other than the admin password

It would be handy if you could be prompted for the password if your EOS ID is not white listed but I think it will prompt you regardless

[maiden niche]

Hi @here, I've successfully setup 4 maps in dedicated server in my PC.
Can someone tell me, How do I create snapshots/backups of progress to be saved every hour?

[jaunty vortex]

AutoSavePeriodMinutes=60
in GameUserSettings.in under [ServerSettings]

Then I have a powershell script that I kick off to run and zip up the saved folder and date and time stamp it. I call it from Windows Task Scheduler

[long jolt]

Any idea of how I would get the ID of a PS5 player? "whoami" didn't work when I tried it earlier

[jaunty vortex]

were you in a single player game when you ran it?

[native wave]

if you have a server console for your server, it will display the id when they attempt to connect

[jaunty vortex]

I don't mean you have launched Ark, I mean you are actually in game

[long jolt]

Yeah. They were in their singleplayer The Island world

[native wave]

if you are in a multiplayer world with them the cheat ListPlayers should work to get it as well.

in single player that just crashes my steam client

or at least, just ListPlayers does

trying to get all the options to get the Id to include in the wiki

[jaunty vortex]

there really needs to be a simple way in game to get this.

the problem I have now is if I want to add new players, I'm not going to get their ID when they connect to the server because the allow list stops them connecting to the server.

Unless I create a dummy throwaway server to let people connect and get their ID from the logs

[native wave]

doesn't show it by default in showmyadminmanager

[long jolt]

"cheat ListPlayers" goes through but nothing is listed. "ListPlayers" is not recognized at all. Is there a way that I am admin but not really?

[native wave]

cheat ListPlayers crashes my single player...so ListPlayers is out when using single player

[native wave]

whoami should return something but it doesn't for the ps5 player?

[long jolt]

Got it this way. I will try the rest later. Thank you both so much for what you've done so far @native wave @jaunty vortex

[native wave]

could use some testers for PS5, Xbox, Windows Store, and Epic. Only have ASA on Steam Myself

[long jolt]

I have ASA Steam, Xbox, & PS5. Lmk if I could be of any help to you

[jaunty vortex]

Windows Xbox App version too? Are you covering that under Windows Store?

[native wave]

That's what I call the Windows Store version. aka Windows Xbox App, Windows 10 App, Windows 10, Windows 11 App, Windows 11...etc

xbox is just xbox. there's also xbox gamepass and pc gamepass

oh nevermind, they aren't even selling ASA on epic yet

[jaunty vortex]

I think it's just the dev kit on Epic?

[native wave]

yeah right now....but they sell ASE there, just not ASA

TIL Saber Interactive have a Jurassic Park Survival game coming to the Epic Store

single player though

[jaunty vortex]

I get my single player dino fix from the Jurassic World Evolution games

[native wave]

yeah I've played those a bit. Looks more along the lines of an Alien: Isolation game though

[jaunty vortex]

that could work well. Alien Isolation was creepy as! I remember an old boss playing it, he had a kinect (so the Alien would react to real life sounds) and was playing it in the dark. His wife came in and tapped him on the shoulder and he screamed

[native wave]

yeah sounds about right

[jaunty vortex]

What I don't get is why ASA is using so much Epic infrastructure but Epic are not selling the game.

Similar to what you posted for Steam IDs, there's similar for Xbox. We need something for Epic

[native wave]

So what commands I need currently:
whoami in SP, ListPlayers in SP, cheat ListPlayers in SP
whoami in Dedicated MP, ListPlayers in Dedicated MP, cheat ListPlayers in Dedicated MP
whoami in Non-Dedicated MP, ListPlayers in Non-Dedicated MP, cheat ListPlayers in Non-Dedicated MP
For:
Windows Store
Xbox
PC GamePass
PC Cloud?
NVidia Cloud?
Xbox GamePass
PS5

I think that's it
one of the commands should return a 32 character alphanumeric Id, sometimes called OSS Id or UniqueNetId
I just need to know if it returns the id. I do not need your id.

[distant hearth]

default for that is 15 , dont recommend going below 10, can cause server lag

oh ignore me im way nehind times sry

[native wave]

still good info

[jaunty vortex]

Yeah, I use 15 and also my powershell script runs every 15 minutes to zip the save folder

[distant hearth]

i just finnished work an thought id caught up on chat but wasnt lmao

i find the 15 min interval fine, if server takes a dump, only lose a little, sure can guarante its right at a critical point in game though lmao

[jaunty vortex]

$sourceDir = '<path to saved arks>';
$targetDir = '<where you want the backups to go>';
$date = get-date;
$DateToText = $date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm");

$BaseFilename = 'The-Island-';
$exclude = 'TheIsland_WP_*_*.ark','*.profilebak','*.tribebak'

$targetFile = $targetDir+$BaseFilename+$DateToText+'.zip';

$items = Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -exclude $exclude

Add-Type -A 'System.IO.Compression.FileSystem';
Foreach ($s in $items)
{
Compress-Archive -Path $s.fullname -DestinationPath $targetfile -Update
}

my powershell script to backup my saved arks folder

[distant pulsar]

@lucid solstice You wanted me to ping you in here.

[valid rock]

Whats the command to clear all wilddinos

[jaunty vortex]

destroywilddinos

[distant hearth]

cheat destroywilddinos

johns for singleplayer, mine for server,
any cheat on a server needs cheat before it

[distant pulsar]

The server has already been setup for a month though so I'm not sure how this is going to help us. Just won't start the past couple days.

[jaunty vortex]

and enablecheats <adminpassword>

I do it through rcon, it's easier (if you have rcon setup)

[cyan sun]

Anyone know a ASE server on PS4 wich will release soon

It would really help me

[jaunty vortex]

try #1110949794907684965

[cyan sun]

Ty

[jaunty vortex]

Unless you want to make your own server?

[distant hearth]

i cant imagine many ase servers releasing soon though, so might be worth try #1110925695900713072 see if any wipe regular

[distant pulsar]

People are still playing Evolved?

[narrow palm]

Hey folks, I am trying to enable custom cosmetics validation on my unofficial cluster, but I am having a hard time understanding where to add the line "-DoCustomCosmeticValidation" to my server, people were not helpful last night implying that this channel is only for dedicated setup, so any advice would be great, thanks!

[distant hearth]

self host or nitrado ?

[narrow palm]

nitrado

[distant hearth]

ughh it will have to be done in gameusersetting.ini then , under [serversettings] header
DoCustomCosmeticValidation=True

im told it works but have no way of confirming it .
will likely need to add the other cosmetic line if its not alreay there

[native wave]

yep

[distant pulsar]

@lucid solstice he said it's Nitrado

[narrow palm]

Okay, thank you so much, what the other cosmetic line I will need?

what is*

[distant hearth]

i cant rem off top my head an wiki dont have it listed ,
something like
customcosmeticwhitelist="URL"
hop0efully someone else can rem

[narrow palm]

It definitly been a struggle to find info on it, Nitrado support has nothing, and most ark people just tell me to stop using nitrado lol

[lucid solstice]

And it's not showing up? Check battlemetrics to see if you can find it, if not message nitrado support

[distant pulsar]

Ok

[narrow palm]

thank you for your help, I apprecite it!

[distant hearth]

nitrado support is amusing to say the least ... but yea if u have good interwebst an a half decent computer, self host all the way, its actually not that hard

[lucid solstice]

Sounds about right, but I haven't played with that yet

[distant hearth]

its in the patch note somewhere but i got bored scrolling through to find it lmao

here is , found eventually ,

The approved list can be modified by modifying the following option in GameUserSettings.ini
[ServerSettings]
CosmeticWhitelistOverride="URL"

now for what ever reason just doing as is above seems to make them use the official whitelist, if u want ure own whitelist thats somewhat more tricky

[native wave]

god my gen2 map always took forever to start up

would help pterodactyl if the rcon port were allocated to the server

[haughty cairn]

Is it only windows players who can't connect, or Xbox too? Debating if I need to disable decay temporarily.

[native wave]

pretty sure xbox can connect...it's just windows that still needs to pass cert

[jaunty vortex]

which makes little sense to me. I can't believe they're sitting there play testing, surely they'll be running a code checker against it, same as Xbox?

[cloud jewel]

ive done all bosses anincluding alpha overseer and the only thing i havent unlock is tek bonoculars. anyone else have this issue or are we overlooking somthing?

[native wave]

as you were told in #general
The Tek Binoculars are a Tek tool in ARK: Survival Ascended. The required Tekgram is unlocked upon defeating Overseer (Alpha). https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Tek_Binoculars_(Survival_Ascended)

keep trying maybe

seems to be a current issue that they don't always get awarded

[main depot]

Can the requirements for the TEK binoculars be reduced? So build from level 50 with stats x, y and z WITHOUT having defeated Overseer? (yes, there are also mods that provide the binoculars - the idea is: fewer mods)