unofficial-setup-help

[trim yew]

its only really needed if you dont want to keep typing in the "enablecheats" command to do admin stuff

if i remember correctly, you are using nitrado correct?

[chilly coral]

yes i am

[trim yew]

I hope you can get it sorted out. I dont have enough knowledge of nitrado system. I dont like how nitrado handles everything so I stay away from them

[chilly coral]

if i could afford a pc to host, i would... this is so tough

[modest onyx]

hey i recently downloaded steam ark and im unable to join servers througgh the ip address any tips?

[tough oracle]

Question about hosting a server!, if you are hosting and playing on your pc, does it need to stay on 24/7? What happens if the power goes out? Can you just roll back to a save file?

[bleak ivy]

your PC will need to stay on for as long as you want the server to be on.
if the power goes out you start it back when its up.
you can backup the saves so you can rollback. I believe ASA servers automatically makes a backup of the world when it starts.

there may be settings to make it better, not sure I just backup manually.

[jaunty vortex]

I shared my power shell script a while back to automate backups.

I just call it from the windows scheduler.

[tough oracle]

Can the pc be in sleep mode or does it have to be on on

[jaunty vortex]

On on if you want to play.

While the server is running, the world keeps doing stuff.

[bleak ivy]

you don't need a monitor tho, just make sure the PC doesn't go to sleep.

[jaunty vortex]

I used Remote Desktop for a long time.

It’s easier if you do have a monitor.

[bleak ivy]

mine goes through my capture card since I have 3 spots. xbox, switch, Server PC

[tough oracle]

Do the backup saves last forever? Like if you go on vacation or something

[bleak ivy]

if the server is off, nothing will happen.
the only thing I'd worry about is the cloud but you can just disable the timer on them.

they should pause if everything is off.

[tough oracle]

Does it pause indefinitely?

[bleak ivy]

if the server is off yeah.

nothing changes

[tough oracle]

So it doesn’t erase anything if they shut off like Xbox does eventually?

[bleak ivy]

servers don't have autosave issues like xbox if thats what you mean

[jaunty vortex]

It keeps a crazy number of saves. Although I can’t quite figure out the logic of when it does save.

Probably around 20 unless you back them up somewhere else.

[tough oracle]

When yall get off to sleep or work do you let it on or turn your pc off and then back on when you get back on

[bleak ivy]

thats entirely up to you.

[jaunty vortex]

Mine is on 24x7 because I have global players on mine.

[bleak ivy]

I have done both depending on how I felt and how my PC felt

there will be 0 issues if you turn it off while you sleep and turn it back on when you wake up.

just use quit to close the server and it'll save and close.

[tough oracle]

Ok that is reassuring from the concerns I had, thank yall very much! I’m sure I’ll have more questions when I get my pc and how to set it all up lmao

[bleak ivy]

you are on ASA right?

[jaunty vortex]

#Setup env variables for whole script

#Base directory where the server is installed, e.g. D:\ArkSurvivalAscended\ or C:\ASA 
$BaseServerInstallDir = 'D:\ArkSurvivalAscended\';


#Destination Directory used for backups. Where you want to put your backup files. 
#Can be any folder accessible in windows, so NAS drives can be used.
#Make a folder for each map in the backupdir and name it for whatever is set in $BaseFilename
#e.g. you'll end up with something like 
#D:\ASABackups\The-Island\ 
#D:\ASABackups\Scorched-Earth\
#D:\ASABackups\The-Center\ 
#D:\ASABackups\Aberration\

$BackupDir = 'D:\ASABackups\';


#Get current date and time and convert to text
$date = get-date;
$DateToText = $date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm");



#Backup The Island
#Directory for each map's specific install files. Specify the folders used for each map install
$MapInstallDir = 'TheIsland\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\TheIsland_WP\'

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

$targetFile = $BackupDir+$BaseFilename+'\'+$BaseFilename+'_'+$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
}



#Backup Scorched Earth
#Directory for each map's specific install files. Specify the folders used for each map install
$MapInstallDir = 'ScorchedEarth\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\ScorchedEarth_WP\'

$sourceDir = $BaseServerInstallDir+$MapInstallDir;
$BaseFilename = 'Scorched-Earth';
$exclude = 'ScorchedEarth_WP_*_*.ark','*.profilebak','*.tribebak'

$targetFile = $BackupDir+$BaseFilename+'\'+$BaseFilename+'_'+$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
}



#Backup The Center
#Directory for each map's specific install files.  Specify the folders used for each map install
$MapInstallDir = 'TheCenter\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\TheCenter_WP\'

$sourceDir = $BaseServerInstallDir+$MapInstallDir;
$BaseFilename = 'The-Center';
$exclude = 'TheCenter_WP_*_*.ark','*.profilebak','*.tribebak'

$targetFile = $BackupDir+$BaseFilename+'\'+$BaseFilename+'_'+$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
}


#Backup Aberration
#Directory for each map's specific install files.  Specify the folders used for each map install
$MapInstallDir = 'Aberration\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\Aberraton_WP\'

$sourceDir = $BaseServerInstallDir+$MapInstallDir;
$BaseFilename = 'Aberration';
$exclude = 'Aberration_WP_*_*.ark','*.profilebak','*.tribebak'

$targetFile = $BackupDir+$BaseFilename+'\'+$BaseFilename+'_'+$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
}```

there you go, the Powershell script I use to backup my 3 maps With some changing of paths it should be usable

If I've broken any rules sharing that, I'm sorry Mods, please remove my comment

[celest halo]

you should of used code block for that lmao and not inline code tags

[jaunty vortex]

If you mean back ticks, I did

or do you mean the three back ticks?

[celest halo]

you used 1 on each end thats inline code 3 on each end is a code block

[jaunty vortex]

better?

[celest halo]

yup now it gives a copy option for people to copy it all if they want to use it

[jaunty vortex]

it works for me, up to other people if they want to give it a try. I'm not a coder, so this was something I had to figure out from Powershell documentation and anything else I could find online

probably much better and more efficient ways of doing it

[distant hearth]

what ever way , that shud be pinned, super useful for those like me that are a bit dumb with puters

[modest onyx]

im having issues joining steam servers via ip any tips?

i tried to add through steam and it says no servers found then i try to use a command when opening the game and says make sure all mods are up do date or something along those lines.

[native wave]

ASA?

[modest onyx]

evolved

[native wave]

are you using the query port?

[modest onyx]

im not sure im fairly new to it all

[native wave]

when entering the ip into the steam server browser as a favorite, you'll need to format it like
123.123.123.123:27015, where the first part is the ip, the second part is the query port of the server you wan to add

[modest onyx]

well ive been putting this into favorites and getting no server found

172.96.140.66:7058

[native wave]

that's probably not the query port

[modest onyx]

i looked the server ip online and thats what I got

[native wave]

typically that's in the 27xxx range

that's probably the game port, and since you're getting the mods message when you try to connect, you just need to make sure your mods or the mods on the server are up to date, or at least running the same version

[modest onyx]

How would I do that?

theres a series of mods in the server I just dont know which ones I am trying to join the NA 25x 6m cluster if that helps

[native wave]

4 mod(s)

Ultra Stacks
Structures Plus (S+)
Awesome Teleporters!
Dino Storage v2

that's what comes up on battlemetrics

if you search for NA 25x on there you'll find them and they provide connect buttons that will fire up the game and try to connect

just select ark survival evolved as the game and then you can search by name

query port for the fjordur server is 20064

each of the server pages on battlemetrics gives all the details you need

@modest onyx

[modest onyx]

i hit connect and got "unable to connect to server, app id specified by server is invalid"

[native wave]

well it's possible your connection to it is not a good one....may not be a good one to play on

you can add their island server to steam server browser by entering 172.96.140.66:20062 as a favorite

that will allow you to see your ping to it

[modest onyx]

woah it actually popped up thank you

[native wave]

yeah, helps to use the query port 🙂

[modest onyx]

still the latest mod thing tho

[native wave]

I posted the list of mods they use...just go to steam workshop and get those mods, though normally it should autodownload them for you

[modest onyx]

i subbed to them

[native wave]

do a verify on your ASE install maybe?

[modest onyx]

uuuuhhhhhhh

[native wave]

right click ASE in your library, Properties, installed files, "verify integrity of game files"

[modest onyx]

all files valitaded

[native wave]

it verifies all the files you've downloaded have been downloaded correctly and will redownload it needed

possible the server doesn't have updated mod files....though I doubt that

I'd try to find a discord for the server or something so you can inquire why you can't connect. May be possible they have an issue with their mods

[modest onyx]

im not sure i tried to join again and now i see the mods downloading in the bottom right

although nothing has happened

[native wave]

just let the mods finish in the bottom right

after you sub to mods they will show up as installing in the lower right when you start up the game. they will not be recognized as isntalled until that happens

[modest onyx]

ok so wait for them to install and dissapear?

[native wave]

yeah, just let them install on the main menu. once they finish, try to connect

[modest onyx]

ok thank you so much

[tough oracle]

Yes, I haven’t played much cause I wanted to wait to host my own server cause I was tired of losing my progress when clusters shut down

[warm vigil]

Do you need a pc to get a unofficial server

[bleak ivy]

in ASA, you need a PC or server hardware to self-host. you can't self-host on consoles anymore as its been removed from the client.

any platform can rent from nitrado tho. it does all of them together since ASA is crossplay.

[warm vigil]

I knew nitrado but what's self hosting

[bleak ivy]

hosting on your own hardware.

[warm vigil]

Oh ok

Thx

[bleak ivy]

different to non-dedi which is just SP

[native wave]

own or rented hardware....you can rent a machine and setup the software yourself

[bleak ivy]

same difference.

where you get your hardware doesn't matter.

[native wave]

well, some people don't realize that option exists, that's why I mention it...and to them it's either buy hardware (if they don't have some) or rent from nitrado

[elfin arrow]

someone knows where i should put """ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer=(""" i mean in which file and under which banner, to modify dino spawns ?

[distant hearth]

game.ini
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]

[trim yew]

Still no 51.9 for dedi servers eh...

[jaunty vortex]

Nope.

[trim yew]

It's like they don't want anyone to play anymore lol

So far I've reverted back to ASE currently

[jaunty vortex]

It’s not the first time this has happened.

[distant hearth]

wont be the last either no doubt haha, tbh it cud be things that only effect official but who knows, most stuff is vague

[rancid marsh]

Anyone know how i can increase the wyvern in the trench on scorched... i have tried dino wipes increasing the dino weight etc to no success. ?

[humble thicket]

Hey my Artficats are spawning like 10 at a time how do i stop this from happening

[clear peak]

anyone know if summer bash has been added to main game yet so that we can remove the mod?

[toxic hazel]

You can remove the Summer Bash mod

[raw glade]

@minor valley

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

[robust nymph]

Is there a way to make enemy build distance bigger? It's way to small and makes areas laggy when people build on top of each other.

[lone lodge]

Info Post: On our server cluster, we have no issues with our servers, However recently with our Primal Chaos server, the problem arose that a single player could die at fighting a dino and crash our server. We found that players with a lot of cosmetic skin mods/or players from other servers may have some that are not up to date, and you will get an error when they try to respawn and the item is not found. In our case I had all the players uninstall all the mods, not just skin mods and now we have no issues, I am a big fan of the skin mods and truthfully we don't know what one, was the cause of the problem. But uninstalling all and re-entering the server to let them update worked. No more crashes. PS All of their deco skinned items still appear just fine. Just fyi for you too pretty @olive talon in case you see this often.

[raw glade]

@mossy dagger

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

[rancid marsh]

For those that may face this same issue, i found a workaround.

Isn't ideal but using the beacon premium, i replaced some of the existing dino spawns in the trench with additional wyverns. For example replaced dung beetle for poison wyvern, replaced mantis with fire wyverns and so on.

Some improvement to the amount that spawn now and doesnt seem too overwhelming.

Have a great day all.

[wise kindle]

If you have a death inventory mod this can cause this issue.
Most ppl have swapped to the AP death mod to avoid problems.
Otherwise, no idea. Ban skin mods I guess.

[lone lodge]

they have no issue after uninstalled and reinstalling but I will look into the other death recover mod because yes that is the one i have, it helps new players a ton with Primal Chaos.

[wise kindle]

Note that Im saying the AP one is the GOOD one. Other death mods seem to cause issues.

[lone lodge]

you did say it correct, alls good and thank you for the insight, as always appreciated.

[lone lodge]

I was reading the comments on the AP one and there are a lot of comments about it not recovering, Are you aware if that has been fixed?

[wise kindle]

I dont use it. I only know that its the one that doesnt bomb servers, whereas the other ones do.

Join the discord and ask the modder.

[jaunty vortex]

Don't know if anyone saw, but Public and NitradoPC got an updated 3 hours ago

[cosmic silo]

I hope you add the Arabic language to Ark 2 because now all Arabs will carry it

[lone lodge]

I did so, but still no response, Ty 🙂 I will keep waiting patiently. I am in class for Unity C# atm so alls good:)

[faint carbon]

Mine keeps saying latency error everytime i try to connect

just started a Nitrado server with my friends

[wise kindle]

Stealth update? Or did I miss an announcement.

[jaunty vortex]

Suspect it's 51.9 that they released for official on Friday

[red depot]

Anyone tryna help split the cost to run more maps?😋 I got 2 atm but would love to grow it into a bigger cluster

[quaint sentinel]

Yo

[prisma mauve]

My mate and I have noticed that whenever the joining player joins the other persons game, they are not able to see the dinosaur list, any dino's on the map nor the host player's icon. Is this a known bug or do we not have the settings correct?

[little sable]

Hey guys, I saw that this command "DisableCryopodFridgeRequirement=True" is used for getting dino out of a cryopode without a cryofridge next to it.
I'm on a nitrado serv, i'm not sure where to put this command in the file gameusersetting.ini. Does anyone know ? Also, does it work for Ark Evolved ?
Thanks !

[lunar cloud]

its specific to ascended, doesnt apply to evolved as evolve did not have that restriction of cryopods.
You add it to gameusersettings.ini under serversettings section on its own line

[ServerSettings]
DisableCryopodFridgeRequirement=True

[little sable]

Haaaaaaa, thanks !
I'm a new player, I didn't know there wasn't restriction for Evolved !
Thanks for the info

[olive heart]

HELP! The server I play is shutting down as the owners can't run it anymore. It's a great server. Is there anyway you can transfer the ownership to someone else ?.

If so, anyone interested in running an already established server ? 😂

[solar ice]

i have cluster server and when im trying to travel my character or items it only shows on the server im trying to trasnfer from. when i transfer and go to download the character do not appear only when im in the original server i can download it back and still be on the first server.-. any ideas? download and uploads are turned on both servers

[robust nymph]

Are the connected or just have same name?@solar ice

[solar ice]

they have same cluster id but the server name is different from each other completley

[toxic hazel]

Is the cluster folder for both the servers the same? (They should be pointing to the same destination to share the data)

[fair wagon]

nah. but i'll take the players on my own lol. TPG in game search.

[native wave]

data synced across folders on the devices also works....so long as the sync is done in real time

[elfin folio]

hi all, not sure if this is the right spot to ask this. i have a dedi server on linode. server works fine. but we're having issues with either syntax or placement of some game variables. all of the "PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player<attribute>" etc stuff doesn't seem to be sticking, regardless of where i put it in game.ini. according to the wiki this is correct and doesnt seem to 'stick' no matter where i put it. all other components seem to work

for example PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=5 should be health (0=health) and change multiplier to 5. this isn't being honored. am i missing something

[wise kindle]

Are these placed under [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] and not under a different section?

[elfin folio]

I think so. other variables are being honored. i tried this in game and server settings.

[distant hearth]

The only place it shud go is game.ini under the header snow gave above.
stop server , look at the game.ini make sure that line isnt already there, if it is there change it to the number you want, if not add the line in. save it , restart server

[humble thicket]

Anyone know of a loadout mannequin mod? 🧍‍♀️

[wise kindle]

Not yet. I suspect the mechanism for it isnt in the game (till Gen2) so modders havent recreated that functionality as of yet. Ive been looking for one but no luck.
Unless someone knows of one I missed, its not available yet.

[chilly coral]

is anyone elses center constantly going into restart loops on nitrado? everyday for the last week ive had restart loops

[wise kindle]

If its ASE, the Nitrado discord is where all the ASE owners are circling rn.

[chilly coral]

no its ASA

[humble thicket]

Thank you so much

[trim yew]

all the ASE owners are hanging around nitrado discord? im not even apart of nitrado lol...

[olive talon]

Snow means the nitrado users that are having issues with their servers. Not literally "all" ase server owners.

[delicate sage]

Anyone running Ark on Intel Arc card?

Well, in any case, does anyone recall seeing the XeSS console commands? I'm sure they were there, but they were removed at some point.

[elfin folio]

my server is on linode 😄 although clearly nitrado makes it easier to do management

[raw glade]

@tardy grove

ARK: Survival Evolved Switch:

The ARK Switch official Discord can be found here: https://discord.gg/playarkswitch

ARK Switch players will always be welcome in this discord too!

[tardy grove]

Thank you

[tawdry olive]

Hi, I don't know if this is the right spot or not... but I need help

Is there a way to create a private server and play with friends on different platforms? Me (PS5) my bf(Xbox one) have been playing on public PVP, because all the PVE are extremely built on, but we keep getting to a good spot and then someone comes and destroys everything, even if we move. I tried making my own server but it won't show up for him when he searches for it...

[olive talon]

Rent a server from Nitrado, rent some hardware, or host a dedicated with a pc. Nondedicated is not crossplay.

[jaunty vortex]

If you have a spare pc and some basic knowledge of windows and how to port forward in your router, then making your own server is by far the cheapest option.

[jaunty vortex]

Obviously not cheap if you don’t have a spare PC. But it doesn’t need to be crazy powerful. No fancy graphics card needed, just a minimum of 16GB RAM and an SSD.

[lunar cloud]

you get some sick little mini-pc's these days on amazon, slightly bigger than a phone. I got one running my 3 maps, like a charm

[feral topaz]

how to controll the minions health or damage?
i tryed this but it fails to work. it works correctly for the boss class
TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_C",Multiplier=0)
TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_C",Multiplier=0)
TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_Med_C",Multiplier=0)
TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_Med_C",Multiplier=0)
TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_Hard_C",Multiplier=0)
TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_Hard_C",Multiplier=0)

takes 20 saddles megatheriums to a fight on gamma all with saddles and they all ended up dead
litterly had to change the boss with this: to make it winable(normal) but the spiders do to much damage, hate to see the dimorphadons 1tap me like the arthropruras
i also tryed just a normal areano class but it didnt effect the arena spiders
DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderL_Character_BP_Easy_C",Multiplier=0.02)
TamedDinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderL_Character_BP_Easy_C",Multiplier=0.1)
DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderL_Character_BP_Easy_C",Multiplier=0.125)
TamedDinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderL_Character_BP_Easy_C",Multiplier=0.2)

[distant hearth]

DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_Hard_C",Multiplier=0.1)
DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="SpiderS_Character_BP_Aggressive_Med_C",Multiplier=0.1)```

in your example, you try to use a 0, this wont work will just default back to 1 ,
You also have them as tamedDino, they are wild creatures

[tepid garnet]

Hey, I've set up a dedicated server on my Xbox, but it doesn't show up on the server list at all. (server version is the same as the game version, NAT type is open) Any fixes?

[jaunty vortex]

You can’t run a dedicated server on an Xbox.

[tepid garnet]

player dedicated

only way for someone to join it is if they're on xbox too and I invite them from my friends list. but that is impractical

[olive talon]

You can on ase, I assumed that's what it was

[jaunty vortex]

Wish people would say ASE then!

[tepid garnet]

@brave summit a 5 min quick code to update it? (ase xbox player dedi ark not showing on server list)

[wise kindle]

Pretty sure theres not really a magic way you make a non dedi show up, other than naming it something that puts it at the beginning of an alphabet search and leaving the session running 24/7. Might help but not guaranteed.

[tepid garnet]

you mean dedi not non dedi? I named it "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" in an attempt to do the same thing but xbox can't filter severs alphabetically. The problem isn't that it's buried in the server list (only 50), the problem is that it just isn't there. but anyway thanks for the help, I'll see if leaving it running get's it on there

[tepid garnet]

@low haven I saw you patched stuff, could this be added to the list?

[wise kindle]

Apologies I appear to have forgotten to read 🤦🏽‍♀️
Is this self hosted?
If its Nitrado; then if the map was showing before, were any changes made?
If its a new map, did you verify it appeared on the server list prior to making server changes?

[tepid garnet]

I made it today and yeah it's self hosted on a second xbox. It hasn't showed up at all on the list

[wise kindle]

Wait, wut. Hosted on an xbox? You mean its a non dedi?

[olive talon]

ASE, a dedicated on console

[tepid garnet]

nah on survival evolved you can host a player dedi

[wise kindle]

Ok that explains alot.

[olive talon]

Make sure you specify in the future, as you cannot on ASA and it'll lead to this confusion^

[wise kindle]

Your best bet is to invite ppl to the map. I remember trying to run these and they never showed up on any lists. Apologies but I have no advice on this.

To add to that, i believe they were primarily meant to be a home network solution, where a family can play on a map together without tether.

[tepid garnet]

hopefully I won't need to lol

as in, the issue gets resolved

[olive talon]

It's always best to regardless, ASE and ASA have some pretty different changes

[tepid garnet]

no worries, at least you tried.

[tepid garnet]

Thanks

[tepid garnet]

👍

[cinder hare]

renting a nitrado server and I have 3 maps/servers running and one of the servers are Club ARK. For whatever reason I cannot upload items to transfer back to the main server. I dont have any of the prevent upload/downloads ticked and cant seem to find an issue in settings that would prevent from transferring items.

[jaunty vortex]

do all your cluster settings match up? Same cluster name on all 3?

[cyan trail]

Are you trying to move items from Club Ark specifically? It automatically goes into the obelisk on your main server for retrieval.

[cinder hare]

yes but nothing shows up and when i try and put it in the bank it gives a warning that transfers are disabled.

[cinder hare]

yes all 3 servers are basically copy paste for settings.

[cyan trail]

Hmm I've not used the bank at all. I won a chibi off the wheel. Exited Club Ark and went back to my clustered Center server; chibi was in the obelisk waiting for me.

[gilded jewel]

Hello, I see that many owners or players have problems with duplication on private servers. Does anyone know where this comes from or even how to fix it......

Only during cluster transfers

On the map page the server ejects the player after having chosen to spawn on the chosen point and returns to the menu and on its return the duplication takes place

[broken halo]

That issue comes with the way the game saves work look into storeconfig saving it should solve the issue as well as place characters in download if disconnect happens during transfer

[trim yew]

Love how they put a server update out but it's not out for nitrado or dedicated yet

[celest halo]

its a minor unofficals might never get it

[jaunty vortex]

I’d quite like patches that fix server crashes personally.

[feral topaz]

thankyou wish the rest of google was this straite forward goodjob

[patent ocean]

can some1 help me run ark server manager on pc, i did everything but i still get lan only

[patent ocean]

for ark survival evolved

[jaunty vortex]

Are you forwarding ports on your router?

[tropic needle]

Hey, I'd like to host a server from an old pc. Play on it from my xbox.

I understand nothing.

Do I need to own the steam version?

Would 8gb ram run a server.

Does anyone know of a simple guide for dummies.

Thanks kindly

[patent ocean]

Yes i did all

[jaunty vortex]

8GB will be a bit tight, 16GB would be better. You don’t need to own the steam version, the server is free.

[tropic needle]

Thankyou that's good to know 😊, I'd definitely give it a try if i don't need to buy the game again

[fathom musk]

hi guys i have a problem joining any non dedicated server. It just says connection timeout. My friend also has trouble joining my server, but we can both host it. Any tips?

[upbeat compass]

anyone that could help me out quick? I started up a fresh server and Battlemetrics sees the server but in-game it's not showing up when searching. I can connect through console open IP:port

I have all the correct search boxes ticket in game (show player servers etc)

[heavy bough]

Hi, just a warning to people who would like to rent a special Club ARK server at a reduced rate : Nitrado has disabled access to ini files (and to file browser too) in the web interface of these servers. That means we can't modify the BaseHexagonRewardMultiplier value in order to scale token rewards. I'm incredibly disappointed. Last month I had a "normal" server for the Club ARK in my cluster, this month I chose the special Club Ark server, just to discover that we can't modify its Hexagon setting.

[timber stirrup]

Is anyone still having problems with “lost players?” We run into an issue with some players that travel regularly where they either crash during transfer or after logging out from the destination server their profile file is deleted.

[timber stirrup]

Have you checked your firewall ports on both the pc and the router? That tends to be the typical culprit.

[upbeat compass]

yes, ports are forwarded and firewall rules added

[fathom musk]

help please if you can

[heavy bough]

I had this issue yesterday ! On the morning, I traveled from one server of my cluster to another one, then a few minutes after, I layed in a bed and I quit the game. Then, a few hours later, I launched the game. I was surprised to see that game asked me to choose a spawn point (instead of respawning me automatically in my bed). My character was fine, but all of his inventory (including hotbar items and cosmetics) had disappeared. Besides, its' like the actions I had made during the few minutes I spent on the destination server before disconnecting, i.e closing doors and uncryo a dino, were not registered. That means the dino I uncryopodded on the morning had vanished too.

[terse summit]

Ive accidently clicked giveallstructure on my private server, is there a way to undo this?

[timber stirrup]

I know of only two ways

1. one by one, join the tribe of the origional structure, do the take over that structureset and then leave the tribe, move on to the next poor soul. it's a PITA.
2. roll the server back. you'll loose some progress, but unless you have a small server with only a few tribes, this might be the most time efficient method.

Unfortunately there is no ctrl+Z in ark.

[terse summit]

thank you bud, im now doing a server roll back, too many bases and players on my map to do that, luckily not too many people have been on since the last bk up 20 hours ago

[timber stirrup]

slightly different. our players get their ###.arkprofile file deleted off the server and have to creat a new toon. fortunately i take nightly backups and can restore the file. but if i could find a cause, that would be kewl

[timber stirrup]

yeah, it sucks, but I think most ark admins have made a similar mistake. I had an admin do it on mine within 10 hours after a launch where we had a bunch of people building bases. She had to go door to door.

[jaunty vortex]

the alternate server file method does away with the ark profile files. In my experience it seems more reliable and I think it's what Official uses.

There's a couple of steps and server restarts to set it up but afterwards everything is contained in the file itself and arkprofile only exists in the cluster directories when transfering.

Link to the method is here:
#unofficial-setup-help message

[floral apex]

My ark is trying to tell me to create a new character on my server when my character is still laid on the bed is there any way to fix this? 3rd time this has happened had to restart from scratch every time

[timber stirrup]

Interesting. I had not seen that. I'll definetly try that

[jaunty vortex]

Keep a backup before you start just in case.

Run the server once, adding -converttostore and -usestore options to your existing ones

save the server.

Stop the server.

Remove the -converttostore option from the server startup options and start the server up again.

i.e. the only difference from when you ran the server before all this is now the -usestore option has been added to the server options.

it should make things more reliable when transferring because now the servers will create player profiles in the cluster folder instead of talking to each other over the network

The caveat is without the player arkprofile files, if there is an issue, you can't restore them from a backup. But I dont think there will be any issues, I've been using this method since about April

[thin wagon]

FOR NITRADO/HOSTED USERS

Beacon General Settings
Enable: Use Dynamic Config
Custom Dynamic Config URL: "backetyoururlwithquotes" (see dynamicconfig.ini below)

OR

gameusersettings.ini

UseDynamicConfig=True
CustomDynamicConfigUrl="backetyoururlwithquotes"```


**__dynamicconfig.ini__**
*use github/pastebin to host the file, but make sure you click "raw" and copy that url, not the direct url to the file*

Format the file as follows:
```TamingSpeedMultiplier=2.5
HarvestAmountMultiplier=6.0
XPMultiplier=2.0
Other Settings=
More Multipliers=```

**__Note__**
While you can force the server to immediately read the dynamicconfig file, what the server reads will depend on how quickly the file is updated by the host on save.  In my testing this ranged from immediate to 5 minutes, so check the raw output.  Otherwise, the server will read the file on worldsave (every 15 minutes).

[jaunty vortex]

Can you share that dynamic config among multiple servers? Things like multipliers etc I have as standard across all of mine but it means managing separate ini files.

[distant hearth]

yes u can just set them all to read the same dynamic config file

its how they do the officials

[jaunty vortex]

Any documentation (yeah, I know) that covers what you can or can't put in the dynamic files?

[distant hearth]

pretty sure i rem reading it in the wiki, but it was a while ago , have a look there first

[jaunty vortex]

Will do. Some things presumably not like server names 🙂

[distant hearth]

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

fuck wrong link one sec

[bleak ivy]

what

[distant hearth]

there go 🙂

i was working at same time an some reason didnt copy lol so pasted my clipboiard

[bleak ivy]

my PC does that all the time

[distant hearth]

its 10.30pm on a saturday, busy ass day ;/

[jaunty vortex]

a lot of question marks under that ASA column

[distant hearth]

id assume if they work on ase and in there game on asa, youre fine tbh

[jaunty vortex]

seems fair. OK if you're setting up a new server I guess, I'm wary about doing it for my existing ones in case I screw things for my players

[distant hearth]

dont think you can, if it dont work its just gonna default to base setting or ignore it if it dosnt work at all

[jaunty vortex]

then there's the whole gameusersettings.ini and game.ini to contend with

[distant hearth]

you know the simple stuff works, any rates they change weekly in #server-rates , is done via dynamic

[jaunty vortex]

true

[thin wagon]

Yeah, they have the page locked so I can't update it

[thin wagon]

Nothing to worry about. In effect, whatever you put in the dynamicconfig file overrides the listed setting/rate. It has no other impact. So, if you just wanted to increase harvesting, you'd just use that line. It touches nothing else in your server's configuration

[jaunty vortex]

It's more that I'd want to put everything in dynamic config except the things that are specific to each server

[hollow robin]

ok question i am making a ase server from one of my asa servers that i dont use so im converting it back to ase here is the problem i cant find the xbox version for ase all i see is ase ps4 switch mobile and pc but no xbox im not sure what to switch to so xbox can play

[thin wagon]

Are you hosting your own, or using Nitrado?

[distant hearth]

only nitrado can host xbox ase servers , they have that locked down

[olive talon]

You have to download the Nitrado app from the Microsoft store and rent the server from there. You can't convert an ASA server to a Microsoft ASE server afaik, simply because of how they have it set up for renting on ASE

[terse summit]

cheers for your reply bud the server back up didnt fix the issue, im so confused as it defiantly rolled it back, but yeah just finished work so i guess its time for me to go door to door, 10 hours aint bad.... 6 weeks my server has been public and this is the second time ive messed something up for my small playerbase. live and learn i guess.

[humble thicket]

i have a problem joining any non dedicated server. It just says connection timeout. My friend also has trouble joining my server, but we can both host it. Any tips?

[terse summit]

Im wondering if where i clicked give allstructures is what i done, everyones buildings say "demolish allowed", maybe something else caused this, can anyone tell me how to reset everyones building timers?

[mellow zinc]

I’m having a problem with the cs vivarium an the cs item aggregator them work together right? The aggregator isn’t collecting anything is there something I need add in the ini?

[thin wagon]

Likely a networking issue—Likely NAT or port

[thin wagon]

Do they own the structures?

[terse summit]

sorry i just fixed the issue, turned out it was using the app Beacon, i was editing Supply Crates the other night and it had a setting that was set where all structures had no decay timer as default i guess.... as i never altered that part of the app.....

[thin wagon]

Ah, gotcha.

[terse summit]

I rerolled my server for nothing 😦 lol

[thin wagon]

It happens to all of us

[terse summit]

Yeah i take comfort in seeing everyone elses issues, just to show im not alone , cheers anyway bud

[woven furnace]

Hello anyone use survive the night mod? Because i want to know what your using to make it better for players

[olive talon]

@molten axle This channel is for server setup help. Smaller trades can be made in the #pve-discussion or #pvp-discussion channels, be sure that any trades are ingame as RMT (Real Money Transactions/Trading) is not allowed in this server and is against Ark's Code of Conduct. Remember that you are trading at your own risk, as the moderation team here are volunteers only and cannot ensure trades are legit ingame. We also recommend finding a reputable trading group, as we don't keep track of trades here.

[molten axle]

okay

[tacit niche]

Anybody know how to limit/edit dino spawns? Including mod creatures.

[humble thicket]

on ark, is there a way to give admins a permanent access to admin? without having to use admin password? would also be helpful when admin retires, we can just revoke the access. I know on ASE there's a way to see all players on the nitrado dashboard and add to admin list or ban list but doesn't seem to make a difference back then it only shows them on the dashboard as admin

[loud warren]

Hello guys! I have a friend i want to play with, but when i host my fps drops to 30. So here is my question, can i use my laptop as a server and play ARK:SE on it with my friend from the same steam account?
If there is an easier way to fix fps issue i'll be happy to hear it

I also have an EG account with ARK, but i've heard that you can't play with steam players threw it

[olive talon]

You can use your epic account to play with steam, just can't use any mods.

As far as I know, you'd need to use a different account to play the dedicated anyway, or at least it seems like it'd be easier to do and not worry about messing anything up.

[loud warren]

Damn... I guess i'll just try to tolerate low FPS then

[tepid berry]

@distant hearth -- So; you asked for an update when I converted things. I've been so nervous about doing it that I put it off until today. I have discovered something, for other nervous server-operators though: -ConvertToStore -UseStore -BackupTransferPlayerDatas is cross-compatible with a cluster server that isn't using those options. So it does look like you have the option to dry-run the conversion on, say, a more idle server that people don't mind having rolled back if something were to go wrong.

[distant hearth]

thanks for letting me know , thats some really handy info 🙂

[tepid berry]

I'm gonna continue slowly rolling it out over the cluster for the next 2 days, because my cluster has been active a lot this week for whatever reason. Everyone kind of spread out among the maps - so I think I'm a good guinea pig. I'll let you know if there are any hitches with the changeover. I'm beginning to suspect that the issue is a race-condition with server saves and character saves.

[winter raven]

hi is there a way to make max level dinos more likely to spawn? i have a lvl150 cap and im mostly getting max 95 (ase)(dedicated server)

[tepid berry]

@distant hearth how do you restore a lost character on a server that's using the new save store? :[

Because now I don't have arkprofile files to back up and copy over/restore.

[thin wagon]

Did anyone else's obelisks disappear yesterday?

[fluid sigil]

Is there a way to autounlock engrams on playstation in singleplayer?

[bleak ivy]

ASE or ASA?

[fluid sigil]

ASE

[bleak ivy]

no

gotta be on a rented server for playstation.

[distant hearth]

i havent done it not needed to, id assume with backup player transfer data, you cud just put there backup transfer data back into the cluster save data folder

[olive talon]

Overwrite the spawns or use a mod if you're on steam.

[wise kindle]

Did your admin red gun them?

[orchid arch]

Question for the people who own a nitrado when I do a wild dino wipe does it do it on the entire map or just in the area you initiated the command? Never done em myself before when I use to admin servers

[frank tartan]

It’s for the full map

[nova jewel]

are they any servers pvp without pve mode ASE privat servers

?

[orchid arch]

Alright appreciate the help 👍

[sacred kestrel]

Is there a different drop used for lava island on center ? Got a red drop near swamp it was correct, had what I'd coded it to have but when I got a red drop today from lava island none of what I'd coded it to have was in it.

[granite marsh]

me and my buddy are new too ark ascended looking for some one to play with learn the ropes and have fun

[hollow robin]

i have converted my other servers back its just this one for some reason i made a nitrado ticket ty tho

[deep sphinx]

For running ASA on a VPS, is cpu speed or ram more important (I'd probs go for 8gb ram, small private server)

[native wave]

more ram is better

for a private server, 16GB would be good with a few people on it. the more you build the more ram you'll use

[deep sphinx]

About 6 mo ago we tried an OVH vps with a 3 ghz cpu and 10-12 gb ram and it was super laggy with 3 people and 5 small mods (not large, small QOL ones).

On The Island, shortly before Scorched came out.

[native wave]

I run my servers off dual xeons that start at 2.7ghz and boost to 3.5ghz, proxmox does not register if it ever uses the boost though. my island server is up to like 13GB of ram with a few people having built on it but only me really playing now (actually in a bit of a break atm, so the servers are shutdown for now)

[deep sphinx]

We'd probably have no more than 5-6 on at a time (would be a private sub/patreon server). So would 16 be enough for that? One map, one server. Can't afford multiple at the moment.

[native wave]

to start with 16GB should do it, just keep an eye on the ram usage and increase it, if necessary

[deep sphinx]

If it ends up being the same as last time, 2-3 people would share the same base so there will be barely any bases on the map.

[native wave]

that should definitely help the ram usage. on my server we were all making our own bases, up to 4 people at one time

[deep sphinx]

Since our last server was 6-7 or so months ago, I guess the game's a fair bit better optimized at the moment right? Tho we don't know how Aberration will be on its launch.

Would a 3 ghz cpu be plenty for a small private server, or would you recommend closer to 4?

[native wave]

3ghz is fine to run the island

[deep sphinx]

iirc, we had like 3 ark additions dinos, and reusable tools/lights, and that was about it.

PVE, not PVP.

[native wave]

it's more optimized than it was, but the big optimization is expected when the UE 5.4 and FSR 3.1 updates hit....the former may launch with Aberration (but won't hold Aberration back if it's not ready), the latter should be launching with Aberration

my island server is at 21 mods. Couple dino mods, some building mods, and QoL type mods. Definitely pve

this is my setup: https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/User:ThunderGod97/cluster/

[deep sphinx]

We'll probably switch to aberration when it drops, it's such a beautiful map.

and we'll have to host through commercial VPS company, since my internet maxes out at 100 down, 10 up haha

[native wave]

the advantage to running on a VPS is you can control what maps you run, and could run multiple servers by themselves (1 at a time), just fire up a different command line depending on which map you want to run

[deep sphinx]

are OVH vps decent enough? Since our last experience running a 3 ghz, 12gb ram 50gb space allocated, was pretty poor.

[timid heart]

Hey im just joining im on xbox and i have a sever and i dont know how to do the rates is there anyone that can help lol

[native wave]

I can't comment on OVH as I've never used them. I would say your issue was the ram limit

[deep sphinx]

ssd vs nvme, does it matter that much on the server side? I run the game locally on an nvme

[native wave]

mine are on SSDs

[deep sphinx]

alright. So in short, a:

• 3 ghz CPU
• 16GB ram
• 50 GB SSD

Should be able to handle 5 or so players average with say, no more than 10 small QOL mods?

[native wave]

I don't think you gain a lot of performance with nvmes on the server side

I think that should be good

[deep sphinx]

Thanks, I'll take that to my friend who has more server setup experience, he thought 12 would be enough haha.
since dayz doesn't need 16 (which is what he had)

[native wave]

I'd say if you have issues with lag again, do the same setup but with nvme. it might help with it being a remote host and that many people

[deep sphinx]

alrighty. we're working on a startup project (he's the coder) and once we approach an investor, we may set aside some space for a single game server for each of us

[native wave]

the only time I ever had lag on my current setup on ASE was when I was running Gen 2...that was a beast to run and imo needed higher single core clock speed to run effectively without lag. I have not experienced lag on ASA yet

[deep sphinx]

unfortunately ASE doesn't like to play nice with OBS Studio on my end for some reason. ASA works tho. 🤷‍♂️

[molten granite]

Is anyone part of the discovery world discord when I click on the link it doesn't bring me to the page

[lunar cloud]

that 16GB should be fine, i would suggest to add 64GB Swap memory which the OS will use as a fallback.
So instead of the OS kernel just killing your server when you run out of memory, it will use Disk

In my experience SWAP works really well with ark, given you have fask Disk and good CPU, i see no contention issues.
I used to run 3 maps on 8GB physical RAM with 65GB swap. I pushed it for a long time until i got my own better hardware

[thin wagon]

No. A mod took 'em out.

[glad flax]

Hello everyone. I just crashed on Scorched. Modded server. Hosting a dedicated through steam. Had the SCS mod on and my inv was full of dinos. After the crash, I reloaded and all the SCS stuff is gone off the server. I have closed everything down as to not lose anything. Has anyone encountered this before? I’m coming from Xbox only without ever running mods before so I’m still new to the ins and outs of mods.

[spice tendon]

what's the proper way to enable custom cosmetics on a hosted server like nitrado? currently any custom cosmetics have to be installed by every player on the server in order for said cosmetic to be seen by anyone else. This applies to unofficial mods and official mods (like the power rangers mod).

[jaunty vortex]

Server crashed or your game crashed? Which Xbox model? The S seems to have issues with SCS, probably due to lack of RAM.

[old kayak]

Hello, Does anyone know a good egg to use on the pterodactyl panel, I am wanting to setup my own ARK server "The newest one"?
As I have tried some and they just don't work, As they tell me to update steam & Anything I try fails, I can't even get it to work on windows with the steam server installer from steam it's self.
Any help is greatly apricated :)

[compact goblet]

are custom cosmetics enabled by default? I can use the micky and minny ones, but not the Krazy cosmetics. or the new spino inflatable

I can use the Krazy structure ones, but not the hats

figured it out. it cant apply to tek armor for some reason

[crystal marten]

hey guys how do i make it that turrets have infinite ammo in orp instead of not shooting at all on asa?

[bleak ivy]

most skins can't

[compact goblet]

i was surprised because all the ones I tried could. summer skins

[bleak ivy]

wonder if they have changed in ASA I don't use tek much tho so I haven't tried in years lol.
I assume the mod creators can choose which the skins can go on. I know structure cosmetics can.

[compact goblet]

After a little digging it looks like the modders have to do an extra step to make the skin work with tek. many probably dont know how

[languid plank]

Update for my previous situation: so my buddy that lost his character apparently had never checked the OB for the inventory and the dinos he lost. all of it was there and we were able to download it. no broken lvl 1 dinos so that was good. it even kept his imprint somehow. (i think his new character had the same profile as the old character some how. idk its all weird)

[olive talon]

If this is ASA, imprints are tied to the account now

[languid plank]

oh!?! i did not know that. i thought it was still profiles like ASE. that is a great change

[olive talon]

It's definitely one of the best changes they've made

[half widget]

any idea how to make the game look less fussy/blurry on xbox?

[languid plank]

pretty sure you can turn off motion blur, that will help

[scarlet pewter]

Hello Good evening, I have players on the server that when they transfer and crash it duplicates all the items in their inventory. Does anyone have an idea on how to fix it?

[distant hearth]

there is a setting that goes in gameusersetting.ini, it might help
useitemdupecheck=true

[jaunty vortex]

Don't use that with JVH Blueprint though, it will break the mod

[hexed minnow]

idk if anyone can help me with this but i made my but now i cant place down any of the modded structures

[fiery dragon]

Is there any way to get a boat that is perma stuck on a beach, unstuck with commands?? Or anything like that? I reset the server, nothing. Traveled around and came back still nothing. This boat isnt wiggling free. Just checking before I build a new one.

[narrow perch]

My friend tries to join my server and it says Waiting to Join where the normal Join button is anyone know why

[tranquil valve]

Does anybody know if you can remove tether distance or increase it to the point where it doesn’t exist and it doesn’t bother you or your friends in the game? (I am on PC) and I just want to play ARK without my friends in the lobby getting knocked back again.

[molten palm]

Try that

R.streaming.poolsize 0

[jaunty vortex]

Yes. Make a dedicated server.

[blissful radish]

Is it possible to change the engrams in boss fights and replace the element with something else?

[terse bough]

An any1 help me with a problem im having. When inviting my friend to a non-dedicated server it does not work and when it actually accepts the inv he can’t connect? I have no mods on

[old kayak]

Hello, Does anyone know a good egg to use on the pterodactyl panel, I am wanting to setup my own ARK server "The newest one"?
As I have tried some and they just don't work, As they tell me to update steam & Anything I try fails, I can't even get it to work on windows with the steam server installer from steam it's self.
Any help is greatly apricated :)

[wooden tartan]

Have they added the summer bash into the game yet?

[jaunty vortex]

People are saying yes. But I’ve not seen an official post in announcements or patch notes.

[willow crystal]

hi, are you aware of an overspawn of the dinos in the ice cave and swamp cave on asa the island? we've probably been here for a few days, we haven't changed anything at the dino spawn...

[tidal hazel]

does ark base game have giant hatchframes

[toxic hazel]

Yes

[wind jay]

Is this the place that i can ask if my creation of server with SteamCMD had problem ?

[jaunty vortex]

Yes

[polar star]

Hello!

Anyone got any idea on fixxing the 50/50 point on center. We got a shitload of dino there wild and
Tamed. Tried in moving in with ghost and the setplayerpos code and it crashes the server

Only happens on our center map every other map 50/50 is clean

[wooden tartan]

So it is safe to remove the mod for summer bash now?

[stark thorn]

Is it just my cluster where the tek saddles dont work? rex and tap

[steady kettle]

You can enable this event in your own game with the commandline: -OlympicColors

Can someone explain this to me?

[quick gorge]

does anyone know if there is a way to keep the pvp on my server but disable the raiding bit?

[jaunty vortex]

Made the dinos bright colours

[wooden tartan]

Did you get your -OlympicColors working?

[steady kettle]

Not yet

[wooden tartan]

Sent you a pm. 🙂

[toxic hazel]

Yeah, still got my items from the event and the mod is not on my server

[polar star]

Hello!

Anyone else having there center maps decay timers resetting to every restart? We use same settings across all our maps and only the center is doing this. Other maps the timers work fine.

[hearty oxide]

how to fix cave overspawn on the island without using mod?

[frigid vine]

Somebody has a recommend plugin for cross-chat, which works also if you have multiple physical servers (connected through net-drive for clustering)?

[polar star]

We had major overspawn of sharks with the custom lvls mod . Once removed that was fixxed

[olive talon]

Overspawns even without the custom dino levels mod. Most of the caves in ASA overspawn even on official.

[cyan trail]

Anybody had any issues with the Draconis Glaucus mod? I'd like to add it to my server, but always wary about crashes etc w a new mod.

[wise kindle]

Had it for a bit now on 18 maps. Zero issues.

[worn kraken]

I am experiencing an issue where characters that transfer are being renamed “player”. I am unable to renameplayer as it just makes the name blank. Upon transfer, it goes back to “player”. Ideas?

[plain agate]

Did you try using implant to respawn after?

[polar star]

Usually a relog or like goat said killing the character should work to fix there name back. If they cant use implant eat a bit of poly or drowning themselves fixxes it

[solemn zephyr]

Add the 5050 cleanup tool mod, it's amazing

[solemn zephyr]

Use cheat renameplayerid SPECID NewName

[polar star]

Ok ty !

[worn kraken]

Thanks everyone. I will try these methods

[half widget]

anyway to change tether on xbox?

[olive talon]

No

[worn kraken]

Yeah, still didnt work. The name is always blank

[worn kraken]

This also did not work. Tried a few different ways and transferring to repeat.

[barren scarab]

If we remove the Summer Bash mod, do all items go away or did they add to the game with a patch?

[solemn zephyr]

They added it, but without putting it in patch notes

[barren scarab]

Thank you. I'll do a backup before I remove just in case. 🙂

[solemn zephyr]

Always wise

[barren scarab]

Appreciate it. 👍

[solemn zephyr]

I haven't removed it, but I've seen many who have without issues

[humble thicket]

Is there a way to make the astrocetus visble on other maps i added it to the spaw and its just invisble according to wiki its invis when on other maps

[austere rune]

Is there a file in ASA where I can put a list of EOS IDs to whitelist admins like I could in ASE's AllowedCheaterSteamIDs.txt file?

[stiff cape]

anyone know the map code for sotf?

[devout robin]

Is there a setting or something I can enable to find my server easier? After typing it in I have to hit refresh for it to populate, would be nice to have the option to just rejoin

[lunar cloud]

see https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Administrator_Whitelisting

[agile plank]

playing on PC game pass and having a lot of problems with getting servers to list as well as joining listed servers and also hosting/joining private games with someone else at home (technically still online but we happen to be in the same house).

Is this a common problem with a common solution?

Hilarious! Officaial website doesn't even acknowledge the existence of PC Game Pass. I guess that might tell me everything I need to know right!

"Do you play on: Playstation? XBox Series X/S? Steam? or Epic Store?"

PC Game pass is non-existant

[bleak ivy]

PC gamepass shouldn't have any more issues then the other platforms except it being blocked on official PvP due to not having an anti-cheat.

[agile plank]

yeah there is seemingly no rhyme or reason to the server tracker. it randomly works or says "no sessions found"

but then even when it lists them I can't join - "JOINING FAILED: Could not Retrieve Address"

also all servers show N/A for ping

googled this and their proposed solutions are insane - Reinstall Windows etc. Like, Really???

also a small side note but am I missing something or does the game have no QUIT option and to quit I have to alt tab and just close the application from the taskbar

[flint fulcrum]

Hello I play solo with the maturation of babies X5
How to set my impressions please

[olive talon]

If its singleplayer, BabyCuddle multiplier.
If you've got a server, add BabyImprintAmountMultiplier=100 to your game.ini

[cinder bolt]

What's the best settings for a pve

[jaunty vortex]

That’s like saying what’s the best recipe for a cake. You’ll get 100 different answers.

[runic abyss]

Wondering if anyone can help me. Running unofficial servers off steamcmd all off of same server files. Center SE Club boot with no issues. The island however crashes and I get a crash stack log. Haven't seen this one before. All servers have the same mods in launch parameters. Reinstalled all mods already. Same thing happens island only

[cyan trail]

SAP - Anyone know a way to make tree sap taps more productive? How can we get them producing more than 20 per tap? Thanks.

[onyx gale]

Does anyone else have issues with dedicated storage simply not working? My players are stating they place it and can't put anything inside or get a UI/wheel to show up at all. Curious if anyone else is having this issue.

[willow crystal]

i need some help and info on why many of our caves (island, center) have a heavy overspawn.
lots of dinos without end and fast respawn... game settings are relatively normal, no spawn set. mods are:

s dino variants, arkitect structures, simple msg, super structures, simple scrolls, simple trade, klinger rustic building and additional structures, marnimods hairstyles, dino depot, jvh landscaping and garden decor...

[solemn zephyr]

It's the game.... even vanilla the cave overspawns have been nuts since launch

[mellow delta]

Can anyone help me with some server coding? I'm trying to get a server set up that only spawns theri's, I've got all the code for changing every creature spawn to rex's and that works no problem. but when I change the code to spawn Theri's instead nothing spawns in
So, this works: NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Dodo_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="Rex_Character_BP_C")
But this doesn't: NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Dodo_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="Therizino_Character_BP_C")
And I just don't understand why. If anyone can help I'd be very grateful

[solemn zephyr]

The syntax is correct, so it should work, did you wild dino wipe?

[mellow delta]

yeah and then I waited 10 minutes and nothing spawned back. If it should work I'll see if I've just not been patient enough or something.

[charred vector]

Any idea why the tek helmet does not work in my pvp cluster ? It doesn’t highlight anything I’m wondering if there’s a setting or something

[charred vector]

I recommend doing these in beacon. It types it for you correctly make sure it’s under the correct section in ini

[normal thunder]

can someone help me setup a steamcmd server

im tryna have a modded cross platform server for free

[ember socket]

Hey so I have a question and I was unsure where to post it (yes I looked at the channels) if I use a premium map mod for my server will my other members be able to join my server or would they have to purchase the mod just to play on it?

[olive talon]

They'd have to purchase the premium mod as well.

[ember socket]

Thank you! That’s too bad it’s restricted that way

[olive talon]

Eventually they're going to look into making it a server side purchase only but for now it's still this way

[ember socket]

I think more premium purchases would be made if that were to be the case. At least for maps imo

[olive talon]

Same here, and just to let you know your question is directly server setup help so this is the correct channel ^^

[ember socket]

Awesome! I know some people tend to make the comment so I had to put that in there just in case 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[olive talon]

No worries

[bleak ivy]

thought it was gonna be where certain things when playing will require it I don't remember tho. not sure how they'd get server side purchase to work when servers don't have accounts.

[olive talon]

Meaning only the owner would have to buy it.

[bleak ivy]

servers aren't tied to an owner tho. you can download and run servers without an account, thats what everybody was complaining about at launch, it required an account to run.

[olive talon]

I'm well aware of what you mean pumpkin.

[bleak ivy]

I'm not sure what you mean then sorry.

[olive talon]

It was in a community crunch a few months ago.

[olive talon]

Sorry, I misremembered. It would be up to the mod creator if it would be a restricted (everyone would have to pay) premium mod or not.
https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-408-introducing-ceratosaurus-from-ark-additions-r2297/

I don't know think it was implemented yet though.

[wise kindle]

Everyone is waiting for this to be implemented.

[olive talon]

I thought so

[uneven flame]

has anyone found a way to add mod items/dinos to the club ark rewards?

[wild zephyr]

Why I can’t see unofficial servers?

[compact goblet]

can anyone help me set up whitelisting?

[native wave]

You start by getting the ID of the player you want to whitelist
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Ark_IDs
That section links to the Adminsitrator and Player Whitelisting that follow it that show you how to set them up.
I was the one that recreated those sections on the wiki. So, if you have any questions after reading that, let me know and I can answer them and clear up any issues with what I put together on the wiki.

[subtle condor]

Hi all, Im hosting a dedicated server with steamCMD, it is all up and running with crossplay enabled but i am unable to join via windows 10 ARK. any help is much apreciated.

[wise kindle]

ASA or ASE?

[subtle condor]

ASE

[wise kindle]

ASE is not crossplay. Only ASA can do this.

[subtle condor]

k

[subtle condor]

but how are the dedicated servers ran on say niotrox

cause im tryna play with xbox and windows edition

[wise kindle]

On ASE, Xbox can play with the Xbox pc version (Win10) cuz its actually made to be compatible.
Steam can play with Epic versions only.
PS has no crossplay.

Only ASA is fully crossplay with all platforms except Epic (there is no Epic version in ASA)

[subtle condor]

alright thanks but is there any way to make a server for xbox ark

[wise kindle]

For ASE I do not know. I just rented my Xbox servers 🤷🏻‍♀️

Other than non dedi that is, but thats not the best way to go for several reasons.

[subtle condor]

k no problems i just rented a nitrox server, bit of a shame tho cause ive got all the stuff i need to run the server for free 😭

[wise kindle]

If you needed an xbox server, send them a ticket and they can cancel it. Ppl do this all the time (order the wrong server)
To order an xbox server, you need to order it thru the Nitrado app (download and install it from the Microsoft Store) OR order it from the same app installed on your xbox.
Thats the only 2 ways that I know of to get an Xbox server on ASE from Nitrado.

[subtle condor]

yh dw i got an xbox server im just a tad annoyed that wildcard make it so hard to host them ourselves

[wintry basin]

Is there a way to copy and paste, say for example, small tribes console PvP settings verbatim to your own server?

[pallid kestrel]

Dinos keep auto decaying immediately after tame, anyone else experiencing this?

[lucid zinc]

Hello everyone🙋🏻‍♂️

I would like to get myself a private asa server. I know how to set everything up and all the nesseccary stuff, but i have no idea about the hardware i need.

We are at maximum 5 players.
I would like to get a cluster with at least 3 instances(one of them will be genesis 2 when its out). Also would like to get it running with about 5 to 10 small mods.

Anyone got has at least a direction on what parts i could pick?
And does asa need more ram or more cpu?

[jaunty vortex]

For 3 maps, 32GB RAM will be ample. Each map uses 10-12GB.

[lucid zinc]

And what would you recommand for a cpu?

[jaunty vortex]

you don't need anything too crazy for that either.

I have a Ryzen 7 5700G which is 8 core but also provides the graphics for my monitor.

A Ryzen 5 5000 series (e.g. 5600G) would be fine or an i5 if Intel is your preference.

A 500GB or bigger SSD or nVME drive and you'd be sorted

[distant hearth]

yea anything like that will work prob only need 250gb drive for 3 maps but storage is cheap , can also use norm cpu chips an just throw in an old cheap gpu just for the picture when needed , prob ways to do it over network too with no picture output im just not smart enough figure that bit out yet hahaha

[jaunty vortex]

You can do it with Remote Desktop. I do either.

I mean, anything that will put a display onto a monitor will do. The server doesn’t use the graphics card.

[distant hearth]

mhmm , do home systems boot with no gpu installed on a non cgpu , cpu though ?

[bleak ivy]

most home systems have intergrated graphics at least any that I've used has that as a backup

[distant hearth]

i be suprised if thats correct now days with gaming pcs , maybe laptops more so though

[bleak ivy]

maybe my newest PC was a pre-built base I guess.

[distant hearth]

the two i have here are a r5 3600 and a r5 5600x neither has intergrated graphics , an there like run of the mill common as muck components

[bleak ivy]

are those motherboards?

lol

[distant hearth]

lol cpu's

[bleak ivy]

I have no idea what PC parts mean 😂

[bleak ivy]

wouldn't intergrated be motherboard tho?

[distant hearth]

ah lol sry

[distant hearth]

no motherboard doesnt do any graphics processing, it will mostly have a disply port that wont work, becuase only certain cpu can use it

[bleak ivy]

thats weird

[distant hearth]

with gaming pc it doesnt make sense to have a cpu that can do graphics (they often cost more) , knowing that it will have a dedicated gpu installed

[bleak ivy]

yeah, that makes sense

just weird to me lol

[distant hearth]

yea was to me too, when i was learning about it all building a pc last year lmao , prior to that the last pc i had was 20 odd year ago

[bleak ivy]

20 years without a PC? what

[distant hearth]

had laptops , but didnt really do much online stuff, mostly a lil gaming on xbox

[loud yoke]

I'm needed some help in my dedicated server setup, specifically creating clusters.

We have data already on TheCenter_WP and im looking to create a cluster now for club ark.

I've created a new folder, new bat that launches the server. I am able to link the two, but all of my saved files are gone. I went and brought the save file back and ive got nothing.

My understanding was that the "ClusterData" folder, would only store players as they move between servers. Do i need to do something else to recover my saves and retain the cluster link?

[distant hearth]

by create a new folder, you mean , used steam cmd to download a fresh server?

[loud yoke]

yes.

ServerFolder
TheCenter_WP Folder
BobsMissions_WP Folder

in both of those has entire engine, shooter game and steam apps folder structures

[distant hearth]

ok im struggling with the language barrier a little , but if u created an entirely new server for the club ark, it doesn not effect the other server , so im not sure how you lost the the entire save data for TheCenter_WP

[loud yoke]

I don't understand either. That's why im asking.

Two COMPLETELY different paths.
D:\GameServerHosting\ARK_Map_TheCenter_WP\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe
D:\GameServerHosting\ARK_Map_BobsMissions_WP\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe

D:\GameServerHosting\ClusterData\

When I logged into the server a new file was created in ClusterData "00023f8c43604e31b79996d90cbde669" that's jsut a "file" but I believe this to be playerdata

[distant hearth]

yea something else happened to your ,
D:\GameServerHosting\ARK_Map_TheCenter_WP\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe
to make it lose the data

this 00023f8c43604e31b79996d90cbde669 is an eos id, its the part that transfers all the player data across the servers .
the thing is , when you have a club ark server , you join from your server an it makes a completely new char ,

[loud yoke]

And to add, this argument in the bat command.

-clusterDirOverride=D:\GameServerHosting\ClusterData

[distant hearth]

yes thats correct also need -clusterid="myclusternamehere"

[loud yoke]

Yup. I've got that too. I don't think it's actually deleted the files, they are still within the TheCenter_WP etc, but it doesn't seem to be loading them anymore. Almost like the server is looking to a different place to where the game saves are.

[distant hearth]

so you load on to the centre map and its just blank ? no player building etc?

[loud yoke]

correct. No player data or buildings/ dinos / tribes etc

[distant hearth]

ok you will have to troubleshoot, hopefully you made complete backups an can just roll back to a previous one?

[loud yoke]

yup. so im trying righ tnow by relaunching the game without the clusterid/clusterdiroverride

[distant hearth]

that doesnt effect what the game loads from it save files , so i highly doubt that will do anything

only setting ?altsavedirectory=<file path> can change where the server reads save data from

[loud yoke]

That's my understnading too. I've restored from an alt save and it worked. So let me try adding back in the modid and cluster id etc

This is WEIRD.

This is all I added to the bat file:

REM Club Ark Mod ID: 1005639
-mods=1005639
-clusterid=myclusterid -clusterDirOverride=D:\GameServerHosting\ClusterData

And the map file and player data is gone. I just confirm that without that it was fine.

[distant hearth]

you dont add the mod id for club ark to a normal servewr

[bleak ivy]

doesn't club ark not have saved data?

[bleak ivy]

it doesn't hurt. I did it for mine.

[loud yoke]

Don't you need the mod id to allow you to go to it from the "menu"?

[distant hearth]

no its built into base game, only need it on the club ark server, try remove that modid an i shud think it will work

[distant hearth]

its caused others issues, typical ark doing ark things randomly lolz

[bleak ivy]

what issues? mine had none.

my server PC froze

[distant hearth]

on release wud just crash servers , wipe maps , usuall fun ark stuff

[bleak ivy]

wipe maps is if you aren't set to club ark since club ark doesn't have map saves.

[distant hearth]

maybe they made it so the servers ignore it now if there , that wud be good but too simple for wc

[loud yoke]

The mod id on base server seemed to fix it when removed.

[bleak ivy]

what I mean is, if you ran a nitrado with the club ark mod the old maps would be wiped since club ark has no saved data. people were thinking it was a mod not a map itself.

[distant hearth]

that mod is is equivalant to a mod map id

yea what desolate said lol

why does this channel have slow mo , out of curiosity ?

[bleak ivy]

my PC is now yelling at me.

[loud yoke]

essential the mod was changing the directory to the clubark

[bleak ivy]

think about how you answer people
all our channels have slowmode

[bleak ivy]

wow, it really didn't like me force shutting it down while it was frozen

[loud yoke]

So here's a question. You can have any number of differnces in mods between different cluster maps?

[bleak ivy]

yeah, just don't transfer the modded stuff

[distant hearth]

to a degree yes, but not really advised, you will run into issues with players transfer modd stuff an losing it

[bleak ivy]

I wouldn't even upload it may cause issues of some kind.

its been like this for 5 minutes

[distant hearth]

usually thats after an update, eventually slow ass windows gets around to it an then restarts or fires up

[bleak ivy]

nah, it said it had an error before the cleaning up screen.

when it first turned on it said there was a problem, restarted itself then did the update and cleaning up

[distant hearth]

hmm dunno then , fluffdragon is the pc guru in this forum if hes about , doesnt norm come in this channel though

[bleak ivy]

it finished lol. complaining about it helped

[distant hearth]

anyway im off havre fun all , bed for its near 2am oops

[pallid kestrel]

Dinos keep auto decaying immediately after tame, anyone else experiencing this?

[tough oracle]

How much ram would it take to run all Asa maps at the same time with maybe 4-5 ppl overall

[bleak ivy]

currently? you can probably get away with 32GB.
or with all 13 maps, lol.

oh and then are you counting any mod maps those will also add more.
I believe each server is around 10GB-12GB but I've seen them go as low as 6GB and higher then 14GB.

[rain bobcat]

with nitrado can you transfer to other worlds if you only purchase one server or how does that work

[tough oracle]

Does it only use ram if someone is on it?

I have 32 gb rn

[bleak ivy]

it'll use less ram when nobody is on it, but it'll always use some.
I'd just limit it to 2 active at a time

oh, I hear there are some weird mating issues if your servers are out of sync tho.

so don't transfer things you want to breed unless your settings are very boosted.

[strong kayak]

I know it's stupid but.. I have a nitrado server and I'm still setting it up but I'm having an issue with my raw prime meat stacking lol it just wont... and I've tried looking at videos for it, the cooked versions stack 🥹

[tough oracle]

@bleak ivy ok thank you for the info!

[worn knot]

Does anyone know if there is a fix for Dino Gateways (ASA) not allowing creatures on follow to go through them?

Hmm weird, I just placed it down again but flipped it by pressing E and it allowed them to follow properly... Odd

[loud yoke]

@distant hearth Thank you. Im going to remove the mods for club ark, but keep them the ssame for other stuff.

[native wave]

Nitrado wipes the save files for the server when you switch maps. I think you can pull it off by backing up your files before switching maps...but not entirely sure how it would work.

[fiery dragon]

Running a Nitrado server and I know in the past that if you adjusted stack sizes on Evolved, stacks would disappear. Is that the case with Ascended Nitrado servers or is it safe to do?

[glad saddle]

guys if i want to forward an ark server
do i need to open each firewall port individually?

using the server manager

[toxic hazel]

Can open a range

[glad saddle]

can u clarify pls?

[glad saddle]

i think i get it now but like i can find that the server manager's server is already registered and with the ports open and aproved

@toxic hazel do i need to open them manually in this case

[toxic hazel]

Try join it and if it times out probably need to forward them on the router, the manager M
Might be just doing the device firewall ports

[glad saddle]

ah yes on lan level it works

man am really messed up wait a minute

[toxic hazel]

If you do public ip:port join command and it no work can't reach from outside

[glad saddle]

ok ok so ama try this without manually approving if it doesnt work i just do it

is that it?

[karmic knot]

Hello, anyone in here use AMP to host pvp/pve? I’m noticing a lack of muliplier options such as breeding rates but the main issue I’m having is death beacon not appearing.

[toxic hazel]

Yeah man, if cant join from the public ip or outside your network you'll need to forward the ports on the router

[limber basalt]

any idea why the gameusersettings.ini does not work? no matter what I do nothing changes in-game

i ticked the box of read only on and off and its still doesnt register

[distant hearth]

nitrado or self host ?

[limber basalt]

singleplayer

just wanted to copy a different gameusersettings from a server I hosted to sp

[distant hearth]

ah sry i dunno bout single player, prob the in game settings over ride it or summit be my guess

[glacial creek]

?
is player levels on unofficial servers still capped at 155/205?

[limber basalt]

depends on the server u join

[jaunty vortex]

Make sure you’re editing the ini files with the game not running. Because when you exit, it will write back whatever settings it has been using.

[analog oracle]

Is there a mod/tool in ASA that allows the admin to remove all crafted items from the world? For example, if i wanted to destroy all crafted pump shotguns, is there anything to do that?

[livid turret]

Anyone needs a really really good asa server with perfect stats pm me

[tough oracle]

How long does it take to boot up a server if you host it on your pc?

[bleak ivy]

depends on the map, how good your PC is, how many mods, etc.

it'll tell you when it started

[tough oracle]

I’m not sure yet on mods I just finished building pc, it is a ryzen 7800 3xd with msi 4070 ti super and a mag 670e tomahawk msi motherboard

32 gb ram

2tb ssd

[bleak ivy]

I have no idea what PC specs mean lol. I'd assume that is fine 😂 it runs on my toaster PC.

[tough oracle]

Ight idk what specs mean either really this was my first build

Hopefully it all works the way I hope

[bleak ivy]

Servers are just ram and CPU. doubt that GPU would have major issues running ascended tho lol
ram is the only part I understand. there are 3 numbers and higher is better for all of them lol.

[tough oracle]

I’m just worried I won’t have enough to keep all the servers up at once

Ram

[bleak ivy]

32GB means you'll at most be able to run 3 servers .I'd recommend only running 2 at a time.

[tough oracle]

Server as in a map right?

[bleak ivy]

yes

[native wave]

you can run a server on motherboard graphics. you don't need a GPU. It takes a few minutes to start up, especially if you have built a lot on the server. If it's fresh, no more than 5 minutes I would say. Definitely depends on if you load mods on it though

[tough oracle]

Then how to ppl run clusters from home lmao?

[native wave]

old enterprise hardware

[bleak ivy]

yeah, actual servers lol

[native wave]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/User:ThunderGod97/cluster/

[bleak ivy]

I host a map or 2 when I am transferring.

I don't see a point hosting more if I'm only on one

[native wave]

if I'm hopping about a lot I'll fire them up but if I'm sticking to only one or two, that's all I'll run

[bleak ivy]

just set one as the "main" and one that switches around at set times or when enough people ask. its a group of friends right? or do you want public?

[tough oracle]

1-3 friends

Not public

[bleak ivy]

then yeah, just ask them which map should be the main. and switch the other map around either when you all agree or when asked.

[native wave]

that's what I used to do when I first setup my clusters on my home pc's. 1-2 maps running at a time. Fire up maps as needed, shutdown ones unneeded

[bleak ivy]

its what I've always done. granted I was on windows so I could only run 1 server no matter what 😂 but still, I kept doing it when I moved back to steam.

[native wave]

you'll also probably want to setup a whitelist so you don't have to enter the password every time.
Start here: https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Ark_IDs

[native wave]

I ran Ark Server Manager for a while in ASE...both for myself and for another guy here in Michigan. He's still running ASE servers and never moved over to ASA.

[tough oracle]

Ight I’ll do that, is white list free?

Also thank you both for info!

[native wave]

yeah, competely....just follow that link to get started

[jaunty vortex]

Lots of RAM. I have 128GB on my server.

Currently runs 4 ASA maps and about 9 or 10 Minecraft servers simultaneously.

CPU is a Ryzen 5700G, I only use the onboard graphics. Has 500GB nvme for windows and a 2TB for the server files.

[toxic hazel]

I need this upgrade xD am on 3 maps and 1 minecraft server hahaha

[jaunty vortex]

I'm currently using 52GB out of 128GB with 11 Minecraft Bedrock Servers, 1 Minecraft Java Server and 4 ASA Maps.

[toxic hazel]

Wait what, I am using about 48 of 64 GB. also got media vm for plex on it too though

[jaunty vortex]

I also have plex on mine. I'm not mod heavy though, which will help with RAM use

[toxic hazel]

Ahh, yes I got likee 17 mods mainly structure ones which prolly dont help, 2 of the maps use 11/12GB and one uses 8/9 xD

[jaunty vortex]

my usage is
Island 11.2GB
Center 10.7GB
Scorched Earth 7.2GB
Club Ark 2.2GB

I only currently have people playing on Island and Club Ark, nobody has moved onto the other two yet.

[toxic hazel]

Interesting, Mine are TI - 11.7, SE - 8.4 and TC 10.9

All played on with things build up in different places
TI has the most built on it and SE the least

[jaunty vortex]

in terms of mods, I have
Super Cryo Storage (933099)
Death Recovery Mod (930404)
JVH Blueprint Maker (951440)
MarniiMods Hairstyles (949521)
Nevermore Taxidermy (949298)
Utilities Plus (928621)

Not on Club Ark though, that's stock

[toxic hazel]

Me list is
Arkitect Structures Remastered,931874
Cybers Structures QoL+ (Crossplay),940975
Klinger Additional Structures,931877
Klinger Additional Rustic Building,946694
Imbue and Upgrade Station,929543
Dwarven Builders Mod,924900
Greenhouse Glass Fix,941145
Resource Gatherers,932365
JVH Garden Decor,966079
Super Spyglass Plus,929420
Tek Creatures (Crossplay Version),933588
Cyrus' Critters: Jumping Spider,1007609
Dino Depot,942024
Circa's RP Deco,934749
Shiny! Dinos Ascended,928548,
Upgrade Station,930494

[jaunty vortex]

I think anything loading in new dinos or structures will put memory usage up. You might find that Xbox Series S has trouble with your servers for that reason

other platforms should be fine

[toxic hazel]

Yeee we got no xbox series s players so tis all good xD

[glacial creek]

Dino mods
any work around when using different dino mods on different servers within same cluster.
what happens is the engrams for each mod after transfer will need to be relearned, is there a ini code or launch peram or work around to prevent the need to re-learn?

[distant hearth]

im not certain this would work , never tried , but if you know the engram entries for the mods , you shud be able to set them to auto unlock.
i suspect this wud mean that on each transfer it wud unlock the engram on it own

[glacial creek]

ya that might work, will be alot of work to add game ini entries for all engrams for each mod but that would work i think

[distant hearth]

test it with just one or two first incase doesnt work lol, never know with ark

[stone flame]

I have a question, me and my friend play on Xbox series S and PS5 and want to play ark together but cant find eachothers servers, why?

[distant hearth]

non dedicated is not crossplay, you will have to find an actual server to play on if you wish to play together

[native wave]

ASE?

[stone flame]

ASA

[stone flame]

So we cant play with just us two?

[distant hearth]

not unless you rent a dedicated server , then just you two play on it

[native wave]

You'll have to have a dedicated server

[stone flame]

I'm kinda confused

[native wave]

Non-dedicated cannot do crossplay

[stone flame]

Ok, how do I get dedicated one?

[native wave]

Run one on a computer you have...or rent one. Or play on official

[stone flame]

So if I understand correctly
We cant play together just us 2 unless we rent a server that I have to have a computer open on the side to open

[thin wagon]

Do we know if the dynamic downloading for custom cosmetics is actually out for unofficial servers? I've got the setting in my ini, but it doesn't appear to work.

[thin wagon]

No. You can run a server from a spare machine, or you can rent one, or you can host a game on your/their machine. Three options to choose from.

[native wave]

You have to play on a dedicated server. Your options are:
-unofficial hosted on pc You own
-unofficial hosted on a pc You rent from someone else.
-unofficial hosted on a nitrado server you rent from them
-any official server

[stone flame]

Ok, I think I get it now

Does it cost money to rent the serves

[native wave]

Yes

[stone flame]

How much per say

[native wave]

With nitrado it is $24.99 for 30 days. They do as little as 3 days which is $6.09. I wouldn't go with ntrado though...their service is shit. Look up the YouTuber Nooblets. He has a guide on hosting your own on a rented server

[stone flame]

Ok, I feel Ark should just have multiplayer on they main game but, thanks for the help

[olive talon]

Also a guide in pins

[olive talon]

They do have multi-player. Nondedicated is just not crossplay.

[stone flame]

But I dont wanna pay for it😔

[olive talon]

Then join an existing server.

[native wave]

Unofficials run by someone else is hit and miss....sometimes you can find a good one but it wont be something you control. There's also official servers...which are free...but then again...official has its own issues

[stone flame]

Yeah, I just want to play me and him, free but from what I understand from what you guys have said I cant do that, right?

That's sounds sarcastic but I'm genuinely asking, sorry if it sound not good

[olive talon]

You can for free if you have a secondary pc to create the dedicated.

[stone flame]

But I need ark on the PC correct

[native wave]

No...dedicated server files are free

[stone flame]

Ok, thank you all for the help, I really appreciate it🙏🙏🙏

So all I need to do is search it up on like google or something, get the server files, and then we can play?

[distant hearth]

you will need a pc/laptop good enough to run the server,(16gb ram minimum), access to the router for port forwarding then you can learn how to setup the server

[bleak ivy]

you go through steamCMD. there is a video guide in the pins.

[stone flame]

Ok

[olive talon]

@chilly coral Please do not repost that here as I've just removed it. This is for server setup help. You have already asked in the #bobs-with-probs channel. Thanks.

[fiery zealot]

Would an i7 - 9700F be an okay processor to to run a server? I want to have 3-4 maps. There is only 5 of us that play

[distant hearth]

shud be fine, the servers are more ram hungry than anything

[fiery zealot]

Im converting my old pc, I need an ssd, and I was going to upgrade the ram from 16 to 64 gigs

[distant hearth]

that shud be absolutely fine , for that useage and be able add in a club ark server too

if you scroll up a bit couple guys give example of there ram usage with a few mods on the servers

[jaunty vortex]

You’ll get about 6 maps for that.

[normal thunder]

Hi can I have help with my unofficial server

I used the ark sa server tool and it says my server has successfully started but it won’t show up on my playstation

[jaunty vortex]

Looking for it under unofficial?

[normal thunder]

Yes

[distant hearth]

what ever port you set the server to run on was forwarded properly?

[normal thunder]

How do I check

[distant hearth]

the computer and your router firewall, allowed through any external antivrus programs etc

[normal thunder]

I just did the default 7777

[bleak ivy]

got any mods?

[normal thunder]

Yea a few

Probably like 10

[bleak ivy]

make sure they are all crossplay

easiest way is finding them all on the playstation.

[normal thunder]

They are

[distant hearth]

yes but did you forward it through everything i said above port 7777udp inbound , check on a website called battlemetrics , search the server name to see if its actually showing up

[normal thunder]

Uh how exactly do I forward it through all of those?

It showed up on battlemetrics

[distant hearth]

google it will vary from different makes an models, windows firewall part is easy enough ,
To allow it through windows firewall, search windows defender firewall, open it,click advanced settings,click inbound rules on the left , then new rule on the right,select port then click next,select UDP ,then in the txt box type 7777 for our example, change the number to what ever number you defined with -port=xxxx,click next, we want to allow connection so just click next again, we will allow everything so click next again, now we can name the rule , i just call it what ever port i forwarded , i.e 7777, click finnish and that part is done.

[bleak ivy]

when you search the name try to hit the refresh button again after all the other servers are gone

[normal thunder]

I did

[bleak ivy]

are the other filters correct? also are you just running the official tools or going through something (like what ASM did for ASE)

[normal thunder]

Idk what asm is

[normal thunder]

I just did this, thank you

[bleak ivy]

its ark server manager, don't know what they are called for ASA.

[distant hearth]

ok, you will then need to google how to allow that port through your router too

[bleak ivy]

if they are on the same LAN network thats not the issue unless for whatever reason only playstation can't see lan.

[normal thunder]

They are on the same network, but my friend isn’t so

[distant hearth]

some routers still have a hissy fit on lan network with asa , dunno why im crap at networking , just know i had to forward my bt homehub router in the uk before it wud work , unless i just did summit wrong

[bleak ivy]

then you'll need to fix both issues.

[bleak ivy]

I just launched it and it worked. same as in ASE (better since clusters now work)

never had to mess with any kind of settings for ark, PC, or router

[distant hearth]

i wasnt that lucky , but figured it out in the end with help of some others in here so it all good now

it was last year so i forget but something to do with nat loopback or some crap i dont understand lmao

[normal thunder]

which app should I use to log in?

ASUS? Eero?

[bleak ivy]

pretty sure that should only happen when on the same PC. most routers by default don't like when a PC talks to itself while going through the router.

[distant hearth]

that wud explain it, i do use same pc

[distant hearth]

to log into your router? you will have to figure that out from google depending on make and model of your router

[normal thunder]

Are you sure I need to do this router thing for it to work?

[distant hearth]

for your friend to join 100% you do

[bleak ivy]

if port-forwarding is the issue then possible.

I'd fix the playstation issue first tho

[normal thunder]

What’s the playstation issue??

[bleak ivy]

you said your playstation couldn't see the server right? and it was on lan.

thats not a forwarding issue.

[normal thunder]

So how could I fix it

Its so weird, it showed up on battlemetrics but no sessions found when searching?

[bleak ivy]

most likely its settings related. crossplay could be disabled (shouldn't by default tho), one of the mods not being on playstation could stop it, or something weird like playstation just not being able to use LAN (I don't own ASA on playstation so can't check, xbox, windows and PC work fine)

[distant hearth]

it showing in battlemetrics just means the server is up and running fine, thats just the first step with connection issues, next i do port forwarding, but in your case, check all the filters are set correct when you search, expecially the show player server checkbox

[normal thunder]

All maps, all, unofficial, show password protected is on, show player servers is on

[distant hearth]

try password protedcted unticked , since thats easy to do

[normal thunder]

no way that worked

[distant hearth]

its one reason i dont like the asa server mangers, most of them arent quite right yet, i do my servers manually

[normal thunder]

i feel so stupid

Thank you 🙏

[distant hearth]

nah its easy to do as you set a password u assume it shud be set , but the managers dont always behave right

[bleak ivy]

the filters are also weird on ark, since almost all servers are crossplay the last one does pretty much nothing 😂

[normal thunder]

Thanks guys

[keen meadow]

hi does anyone know why after a malwarebytes scan all of my ark world files were deleted? is there a way to bring them back?

[haughty cairn]

re-install?

or check the quarantine folder

[main gyro]

Looking how to make custom engram costs for my server.

[keen meadow]

what would reinstall even do

[haughty cairn]

oh ark world files, i mis-read

on malware bytes it should have a list of all deleted files and why

[keen meadow]

there is nothing in it

nothing thats connected to ark

[haughty cairn]

then i doubt there is anything you can do

[keen meadow]

:((

[fiery zealot]

What OS do you guys use for your servers? Window or Linux?

[distant hearth]

theres a mixture of both , personnaly use windows as im not familiar with linux

[fiery zealot]

Do you need windows 11 along with windows server 22?

[distant hearth]

im running it on windows 10 home version , it can be run win 11 or windows server above 2016 i think it is

[fiery zealot]

Do you have to have windows 10/11 to run windows server?

[distant hearth]

no, the server can be run through stm cmd , so it will work on any of the vcersions i mentioned

i say run, installed is what i shud of said

[fiery zealot]

Okay so I just need to get a windows home version and install it on an ssd then run the server through stm cmd

[distant hearth]

install it yea

[main gyro]

Anyone know how to make custom engram crafting requirements that’s not with beacon? I know it’s worth it but I can’t right now

I’m Trying to make Cementing Paste 1 stone, and Gunpowder not cost any charcoal.

[distant hearth]

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

thats not engram related thats crafting costs

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

[solid tide]

I have QOL+ and im looking to switch to a different one with similar/same structures? Recommendations?

[velvet cargo]

Can someone tell me how to use cosmetics at unofficial?

[last hornet]

Nipiro or something it’s called or you could type it out yourself

[olive talon]

Nipiro hasn't existed for like a year or more

[tight rune]

hey, I just set up a dedicated server on linux and when I try to connect to it, my steam launches its own dedicatd server. Any ideas on what I might have done right?

[normal thunder]

Hi

So I want to change harvesting breeding and taming rated, where do I do that

In my server config right? Is it GUS.ini or Game.ini?

And does anyone know what the proper ini settings is

[bleak ivy]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration the wiki says.
harvesting and taming are gameusersettings,
there are a ton of breeding settings, they are scattered in both.

[normal thunder]

So for harvesting and taming i add those settings in GSU.ini Config under [ServerSettings]?

[bleak ivy]

yes.

[tight rune]

are mods distributed on both CurseForge & Steam separately? the popular ones seem to be on curseforge, but no way to just add -mod to command to get those right?

[normal thunder]

Thank you

[bleak ivy]

ASA does not use steam for mods all mods are through curseforge. you do use that launch option to get mods onto servers. its the curseforge project ID.

[tight rune]

I see. how do I get the curseforge id?

e.g. Automated Ark sounds neat to add

[bleak ivy]

it says the project ID on the right under about project.

[tight rune]

d'oh... thanks

[tepid berry]

@distant hearth ...its been a bit more than a week and the switchover has gone well. I'm still hella nervous about someone losing their char during a rollback though.

[normal thunder]

do the per stat level multipliers and base go in game.ini or gameuser

[last abyss]

im not 100% sure, but i think its in game.ini

[normal thunder]

does it look like :
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed_Add[0]=1

Is that correct?

[carmine pulsar]

can someone help me? i ordered a ark server on nitrado a couple hours ago but when i start it nothing shows up when i try to join it on serverlist

but it lets my friends join

[tight rune]

anyone have a config file they think has nice settings

[haughty cairn]

Is anyone else have issues with Giga and Carcha spawns on island? For some reason 0 are spawning. They are spawning fine on Center though. We do have the increased giga/Carcha mod on, however this is also on Center. So can't really see it being that

[lunar cloud]

its either mod or if you're configuring spawns through ini it can be a miss configuration

never had an issue with them spawning on island, there's always at least one and they spawn within roughly an hour after killed. I been farming them often

[haughty cairn]

no worries, I think it's the mod, it's just weird it's only on Island, will remove mod and see, ty

[humble thicket]

Any1 help me how to set 100x server with 4x dino stats?
And increase max player and dino lvl?
And how to make Custom Dino level mod working

[grizzled meteor]

did anyone manage to wipe wyvern eggs via rcon in ASA like it was possible with ASE

destroyall DroppedItemGeneric_FertilizedEgg_NoPhysicsWyvern_C 0
is not working anymore

[jaunty vortex]

You can use whatever version of Windows 10 or 11 you have. Home or Professional, either will work. I use Windows 11 Professional but only because I had a license key for it spare.

[olive talon]

If your friends can join, it sounds like you may not have your session filters correct if you can't see it. Make sure maps are set to all, correct mode, etc

[last hornet]

Had no idea lol, it’s been so long since I used it. Only other option is beacon Omni for Asa

[marsh elm]

Can the summer bash be removed yet ?

It’s messing up decay timers for me

[olive talon]

Yes it can be

[marsh elm]

Thank you

[uncut burrow]

https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/bugs/harvest-yield-multiplier-is-capped-r73364/

can someone help yo

[restive arch]

what did you want to do

[uncut burrow]

change harvest yield multiplier but its stuck on 10 and being stubborn

[restive arch]

check your dm

[restive arch]

i can help you with it

[leaden stone]

Hello, how can I have more then 250 tamed dinos per tribe? Unofficial 🙏

[vernal hedge]

guys i have a problem with a friend of mine

we want to create a non dedicated session but he cant join me

we're both on epic

[fading relic]

Wondering if anyone know how to link ark in game chat to discord chat/channel?

[limber basalt]

Yeah i do that, it still doesnt wanna change, goofy ark ascended

[main gyro]

Hi, I need help. I am trying to log into my server however it keeps saying 'Content Failed to load' when loading mods. Anyone know how to fix?

[sharp vessel]

I have the same problem at the moment, tried to go on official servers with mods too and the same things happened for my girlfriend, her friend and me, so I'm assuming it's the game at the moment

[main gyro]

going to try and make a ticket

[sharp vessel]

Just to know if it's the region, where are you from ? Europe ? France ?

[main gyro]

UK

[sharp vessel]

Okey, so, it can be Europe issue

There's not a lot of persons complaining about this problem, as usual, when a problem like this happen, all the community is here to make the Discord a bad day

[main gyro]

And when they keep saying it the mods will add a slowmode lol

[sharp vessel]

Can't blame mods to be honest xD

[distant hearth]

often that issue is 1 of 2 things, a mod is out of date and wont update for what ever reason then have to delete an redo it manually , more often its some sort issue curseforge side with there servers

[sharp vessel]

Yeah, it's quite possible, it's between CurseForge and servers, the problem is the same on Official Servers for me, so I'm assuming is not on our side

[distant hearth]

yea id suspect curseforge acting up again then , its been a while since i seen that issue though , i thought they had actually got

it sorted

[sharp vessel]

In my opinion, we are just the first persons impacted by that, let see in some minutes xD

Oh, I have another clue, @main gyro are you hosting your own servers ? If yes, did you use OVH as the host ?

[main gyro]

Im hosting a Nitrado server.

[grim sinew]

I am unable to connect to my server due to this...however, someone else in another country connected just fine

[sharp vessel]

So, it's CurseForge the problem, again

[main gyro]

Its probably just picking and choosing who's night to ruin 😂

[red depot]

i just came to ask about the content failed to load but seems like i'm not the only one xD

[sharp vessel]

Well, we are more and more persons, @main gyro we just were the first to have the problem, let's take your popcorn, in some minutes, the mayhem will begin

[red depot]

can i join?

[sharp vessel]

Welcome to us ! Let's take the popcorn and waiting for the mayhem of the community with "WHY IT'S NOT WORKING ?"

[red depot]

Bett but what to play in the mean time?

[astral ferry]

does anyone know how to fix content failed to load for modded servers?

[sharp vessel]

Don't know to be honest, I'm working on my mods while waiting the comeback of servers lmao

[red depot]

Should we take bets on how long till they are back up? lol

[sharp vessel]

Bet on 1h at least

[red depot]

im gonna say not till tomorro morning xD but it's almost 11 for me lol

[sharp vessel]

It seems, for the moment, we are not all impacted, in approx. 20-25 min. we will

[main gyro]

Im trying to figure out how to make custom crafting requirements without beacon

[red depot]

i guess time to play arena or delta force xD

[distant hearth]

its relitavely easy , the wiki has examples, you can figure out the rest from there with googling the codes for each item ,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Items_related

[rough brook]

same^^

[distant hearth]

heres the default example for say arb
ConfigOverrideItemCraftingCosts=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemAmmo_AdvancedRifleBullet_C",BaseCraftingResourceRequirements=((ResourceItemTypeString="PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot_C",BaseResourceRequirement=1,bCraftingRequireExactResourceType=False),(ResourceItemTypeString="PrimalItemResource_Gunpowder_C",BaseResourceRequirement=9,bCraftingRequireExactResourceType=False)))
now lets say we want it to cost just 1 stone to make it , so we just do
ConfigOverrideItemCraftingCosts=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemAmmo_AdvancedRifleBullet_C",BaseCraftingResourceRequirements=((ResourceItemTypeString="PrimalItemResource_Stone_C",BaseResourceRequirement=1,bCraftingRequireExactResourceType=False)))

any item you want to change just need to google the codes for it and add them or change the numbers as u need

beacon obv makes it way easier , so i do reccomend it to save alot time

[main gyro]

Thank you. I don't have the money for Beacon right now so I can't

[distant hearth]

yea i get that, its the hard way for you then 🙂 , once u suss it out it will be easy enough though , with the examples you have the correct format now so just a matter of copy pasting to change things about 🙂

if theres one specific thing, i can do it for you as another example , but i dont have time to do a whole load things

[fallen jolt]

unofficial servers error message: “failed to load content” how to fix?

[velvet forge]

#bobs-with-probs ^

[distant hearth]

waiting game, curseforge or steam or the comunication servers between them having issues

[fallen jolt]

yep

[steady kettle]

Okay looks like yall having the same problem

[main gyro]

Has yours started working yet?

[fiery dragon]

Came here to say "Content Failed to Load" on Nitrado servers. Looking like everyone is having the issue. Lovely.

[runic lotus]

yeah same issue here

[celest halo]

same for mine, and looks like modded officals having same problem

[toxic hazel]

Curseforge is down

[celest halo]

there site works fine for me, so must only be part of its down lol

[steady kettle]

Only for PC users too huh?

[toxic hazel]

mods

[steady kettle]

Steam users?

[celest halo]

its only mods server side, downloading and playing with mods local works lol

[distant hearth]

i think when u go to load in map it does a check to curseforge to make sure mods are up to date (version match) , if that cant happen its just giving error

[celest halo]

it does something, but i just updated a mod and loaded into a single player world fine, its something with how the servers check in with curseforge

[gusty rose]

At least I am not the only one having the problem tried to log in on my unofficial game but keeps saying content failed try againg 😦

[gusty rose]

Sad thing is I am not on Nitrado the owner of the server is using his own rig to run our games

[distant hearth]

its a curseforge issue it effects all unofficials and officials that have mods , doesnt matter, thats just nitrado getting fed up of the mass customer service issues haha

[gusty rose]

Is it so hard to just want to relax and play Ark after a long days work lol

[celest halo]

yup, lest its not a WC issues this time lmao

[gusty rose]

lol for sure

[distant hearth]

its the nature of the beast , so many differnt connections need to be made for asa online , connect to eos, connect to curseforge connect to server itself blah blah, now they added mods to arkpoc, curseforge just got a bigger load on there servers etc

[celest halo]

downforeveryoneorjustme is showing curseforge having issues since an hour ago

[olive talon]

https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/curseforge

[pure elk]

Can someone help me out with setting up an ark server (nitrado)

[near folio]

Its not Nitrado. We are self-hosting a non-Nitrado server and getting it. Nitrado not gonna fix it

[olive talon]

I didn't say it specifically was nitrado. It's curseforge. I posted that because nitrado put out an announcement about it too.

[near folio]

Oh thanks for relaying the message someone needs to tell them it aint them

And curseforge is updating stuff manually in the mods list so they arent down

[distant hearth]

they will be aware, its just a message to try an calm there onslaught of support requests i expect

[near folio]

Makes sense

[sleek nacelle]

is there a link to the official dynamic config ini like there was in ASE?

[distant hearth]

there is , ermm its on the wiki

i find link if i can quick

[bleak ivy]

does it not use the same one?

[sleek nacelle]

I cant seem to find that one either I am bad at the internet

[distant hearth]

haha lol wont

[sleek nacelle]

wow

[distant hearth]

its on the wiki ,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration
search for livetuningurl

[sleek nacelle]

thx

[distant hearth]

its actual line is
CustomLiveTuningUrl="<theurlitshowsonthewiki>"

you may also want to look at ,
-UseDynamicConfig

[sleek nacelle]

Perfect! Thank you!

[distant hearth]

np somewhere on the wiki is the actual adresses for the official dynamic config files for each server variation, pvp, smalls arkpoc etc, i just cant find it at mo, im sure u can find if you search it

if not, using the command defaults it to pve or pvp variation depending on what the server starts as , afaik

[sleek nacelle]

I dont care what the dodo's say about you @distant hearth you're a good dood!

[humble thicket]

Evening all,
Does anyone know a way to get the character names for those on the server? ListPlayers returns the Platform name and the log files for the join/leave provides the platform name too

[devout robin]

Is there a setting or something I can enable to find my server easier? After typing it in I have to hit refresh for it to populate, would be nice to have the option to just rejoin

[distant hearth]

none that i know of , if it helps i just type in the first like 5 letters , hit enter, then it shows

[devout robin]

How are these other non dedi servers showing up?

[long robin]

Some one have problem with the center map ?

cant start

[wild vault]

hi do you have it modded and is it a nitrado or dedicated

[long robin]

there was one mod but it was removed due to a bug, it's a private server, all maps started working after removing the mod, only the center doesn't want to start at all

just to be clear, it was summer bush from wildcard

[stiff rain]

Hi. Im just curiouse if any of you could possibly help me with a line in the game.ini file that I simply cant get to work. Im trying to dissable specific engrams.. but no matter what I do they refuse to get hidden. It feels like I follow the youtube and wiki description to the letter and Im not sure what Im doing wrong.

[hollow forge]

Hi, dont know if should ask here but me and my friend play on a non dedicated world. The tether distance is fine and we can go across the map from eachother but caves just dont work and teleports me to him whenever i enter one

any help would be appreciated

[humble thicket]

Is there any way to disable explorer notes xp boost and the raw xp itself?

[olive talon]

That's just nondedicated for you. The only way to not have that is to join/use a dedicated/unofficial/official.

[gilded jewel]

Hello, I see that many owners or players have problems with duplication on private servers. Does anyone know where this comes from or even how to fix it......
Only during cluster transfers
On the map page the server ejects the player after having chosen to spawn on the chosen point and returns to the menu and on its return the duplication takes place

[idle dragon]

does anyone knows what issue i have and how to fix it? so my dinos goes to lvl 600, but on all levels above 150 says max lvl, wich mess up with shiny dinos only spawning a little over 150. i have custum dino levels mod on, i tryed reinstall it and remove the codes in game.ini, restarted and did a dinowipe but still the same issue,
this also happens everytime i log in, if i do a dino wipe when online its all good, but next time i log in its the same,

im on singelplayer

[jaunty vortex]

You’d be better asking in the mod discord or in #bobs-with-probs if you’re in single player. This is the unofficial server channel 🙂

You may have conflicts between your mods.

[olive talon]

I directed them here. This is for setup help, including singleplayer.

Unofficial is anything not on an official server

[jaunty vortex]

Then what’s the difference between this and #bobs-with-probs ?

[olive talon]

Ingame help and setup help

[distant hearth]

unfortuneately due to the way things have worked out in this channel with asa, they wud likely get better help in #bobs-with-probs , i cant think of anyone that replies and helps here regularly that knows about single player

[olive talon]

Dino levels not working correctly is not exclusive to sp.

[distant hearth]

its not, but single player works differntly to servers, especially on consoles that have no ini access

[olive talon]

They're on steam. Here is fine.

[bleak ivy]

consoles would still be setup help

[olive talon]

If you don't know anything to help them, then you don't have to respond about it. It is still setup help regardless of it being sp or not.

[distant hearth]

sry bee not trying being akward , just trying get the help he needs the best way possible

[olive talon]

Then let them ask their question where I've already directed them.

[olive talon]

Bumping this here again.

[bleak ivy]

did you change the min/max levels in the ini? shiny uses their own and isn't effected by the vanilla setting.

[Shiny]
DinoLevelMin=150
DinoLevelMax=180

thats the default.

I believe you can also change that ingame.

[jaunty vortex]

They have a custom dino levels mod. I’d imagine there is a conflict between that and Shiny.

[distant hearth]

just dug into this , so i dont come across as a complete ass hehe ,
i notice the op put he tried to do it in game.ini ,
majority of mod settings are done in ,
gameusersetting.ini under there specific header, this is possibly the problem ,
i cant link to the curseforge with the info

[olive talon]

On ASA yes, most is configurable ingame. CDL shouldn't cause any issues as I use it and shiny.

[toxic hazel]

I remember Shiny Dinos mentioning about doing something in the settings to make it work properly for single player, might be that? probably on the mod page somewhere

[bleak ivy]

thats just spawning, hibernation.

[toxic hazel]

Not that then 😂

[bleak ivy]

won't effect levels or anything

[bleak ivy]

its most likely just this. and yeah, not sure what they were changing in game.ini since mod and difficulty is in gameusersettings.

[distant hearth]

that link shud give all the info they need to fix it

[bleak ivy]

I posted all they need lol. its just those 2 settings.

[summer shard]

I’m setting up a server atm and I was just wondering what I should put inside each drop, any advice or pre-made ini codes would be greatly appreciated!

[distant hearth]

it entirely depends on what type of server your running and what you want it to be, drop coding is a bit of pain for me so i tend to leave them default.
i have beacon omni app that makes it much easier to code drops but still prefer to not mess with them tbh

[summer shard]

Fair enough, I was planning on hosting a 25/50x boosted server with modded drops

[distant hearth]

ah i dunno then , thats way more boosted than anything ive ever done or am familair with , wudnt be suprised if 50x caused alot crashing issues

[stiff cape]

anyones servers wont start now with steamcmd?

[celest halo]

you dont start a server with steamcmd, steamcmd is only used to download it

[stiff cape]

It connects to steam to look for updates

[distant hearth]

just updated and launched both my test servers no issues, do you have a specific error ? or just it wont boot

[celest halo]

if your strat sript calls steamcmd to check for updates before exting steamcmd then starting your server you probly hit the steam weekly scheduled maintenance that happens every tuesday.

[distant hearth]

server start calling for an update is not a good idea, it can , does and will cause issues at some point using batch files .
best to keep the install/update separate from start .bat

if using some sort script , this might not apply as it may have some sort code to prevent server starting before being fully updated

[normal thunder]

What is the ini setting for floating damage text? does it already exist in the asct or do i manually add it?

[distant hearth]

its usally on i think, but the ini code is
ShowFloatingDamageText=True
goes in gameusersetting ini

[rotund temple]

How do I make some states boosted and how do I make more resources come out like I want to do a 10x but idk how to do it but for states I want them to be some what boosted any help please

[stiff cape]

My modded maps works fine. My center map was just got corrupted. Rolled it back. It gets all the way to the end of starting up then crashes

[distant hearth]

then its time to do troubleshooting, remove things logically , till the server boots and is stable, then add things back till you find the issue .
if it has mods i remove those first , if server boots an fine , i know its a mod issue.
if no mods, start with all the player and tribe files, if boots you narrowed it down, etc

[bold thicket]

Can you adjust the potential max level from the creature Cryopod reward on Club Ark for unofficial servers

[jade patio]

Does anyone happen to know how to increase how many levels your dinos get? I managed to get it working for player but when i try for dinos they cap out at 2 levels. Got players allowing 200 extra levels but when i do same for dinos they only get 2.

[bleak ivy]

they are the same setting, just the second one is for dinos.
make sure the XP amounts match up to the max amount set.

[jade patio]

So would I do "OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=" on both lines or put "Dino" in place of "Player" on second line?

I've tried both Player and Dino and neither one works. I'll just delete that line and deal with dinos only getting default levels.

[hearty oxide]

any issue on teleporter? i just logged in on my dedicated server and when i used tp the server crash?

[idle dragon]

hey sorry i fell asleep yesterday! i have everything in the gameusersetting.ini sorry, i will try the [Shiny]
DinoLevelMin=150
DinoLevelMax=180

[idle dragon]

thanks for the tips with shiny, now they spawn the rigth lvl

[fathom echo]

Anyone else been having issues with auto-decay not working? For example my thatch is set for 7 days decay and creatures 16 days, but my auto-decay is resetting everyone's structures anytime the map restarts (daily restarts or even random update/crash restarts) and haven't had anyone's stuff auto-decay in 2 months.

[sacred pewter]

Hello ! I Can't disable the cooldown respawn time on my pve server ... how can I do ? Thks

[olive talon]

Just answered you in #pve-discussion.

[timid robin]

How do i enable crossplay for my local server ?

[bleak ivy]

non-dedi doesn't support crossplay.
dedicated servers are crossplay by default.

[quasi wadi]

is there any mod or plugin like MTS has which is you can ping enemy or team member?

[timid robin]

It's a dedi, i host it on my computer, but i couldnt see my server from my ps5