unofficial-setup-help

[bleak ivy]

are both the ps5 and PC on the same network? both are ASA right

[timid robin]

Yes

I followed a guide made by neddythenoodle

[bleak ivy]

is show player servers on in the filter.

make sure the rest of the filter is correct too, all maps, all for PvP/PvE.

[timid robin]

Filtered on unofficial, show password protected servers, show player servers, all maps, all modes, but nothing shows up

@bleak ivy

[bleak ivy]

what does the server say?

[timid robin]

Says server started successfully

[bleak ivy]

whats the last message and does it say ticking loop at the bottom of the window.

[timid robin]

It does

But now i see that it just crashes after

I think it's a ram issue, i was testing to see if it works

[bleak ivy]

how much ram does your PC have?

[timid robin]

8

It's not enough i know

[bleak ivy]

yeah, should be at least at 16GB to run one.

[timid robin]

Yeah alr, well thanks for helping out

[bleak ivy]

10GB-12GB generally. it can go lower after a while tho

[timid robin]

Alr

[timid robin]

What other specs do you recommend for hosting a server for 2 people ?

[bleak ivy]

its just RAM and CPU, mostly RAM.

no idea what CPU should be used. mines not that good tho (I don't think)

[sonic swallow]

Is there a fix in the works for player owned servers not showing up on the server list?

[jaunty vortex]

I’d probably go quad core.

I don’t think the server uses more than one, maybe two but that leaves cores spare for Windows to do its thing.

Ryzen 5 or i5 from the last 5 or so years would do nicely. If it can run Windows 11 then it should be more than capable of running several ASA servers.

[olive talon]

Check show player servers in the server list

[sonic swallow]

It is, apparently all but 43 player servers aren't showing up

[sonic swallow]

Started at the same time as the most recently fixed bug. Seems they forgot that part of it 🤦🏻‍♂️

[olive talon]

Manually type the server name, make sure maps are set to all

[sonic swallow]

Done all that

It's not just me having the issue

[olive talon]

I didn't say it was, I was giving you suggestions

[bleak ivy]

make sure the server is running (finished started and stuff), if you aren't on the same network it needs to be port-forwarded. if you are using any server manager type software check to make sure crossplay wasn't disabled by it.

[sonic swallow]

I understand that. I'm not saying you were suggesting that

[olive talon]

File #bug-reports since it's a WC issue, players can't fix it.

[wise kindle]

Hey guys, whats the process for checking the public branch for available unofficial version updates? I know theres a way to check this but just a scrubby Nitrado user so I need a pointer here.

Basically looking to see when an update is available for unofficial maps so I know when you update.
@distant hearth Do you have this?

[bleak ivy]

its in the pins. the "public" branch.

[wise kindle]

Ah ty ty appreciate it.

[distant hearth]

i dont tend to worry much about minor updates, if it a major , usually a waiting party in here lmao. so someone ellse usually posts when its live lolz

[bleak ivy]

steam tells me when the update comes. the power of going through steam for the update instead of steamCMD lol

[wise kindle]

Samesies. I was just relaying info. It is nice to know where to look so Im thankful its pinned.

[bleak ivy]

yeah, I only do minor versions when whatever it fixed is helpful 😂 otherwise I just don't do them. private server life.

[distant hearth]

same

[fading canopy]

Don't know to put these here or not but anyone know a good food rate to setup on my servers I'm not very active and don't need things starving

[desert plover]

Can anyone help? Server is crashing every time I die, not sure if its a mod? We have death inventory keeper on, 41 mods in total

[jaunty vortex]

you could try Death Recovery Mod instead?

Mod number 930404

But 41 is a crazy number of mods, the chances of all playing nice is slim, in my opinion

[desert plover]

Yeah ill try that one, I'm.still playing around with the mods to see what works well to be honest, getting my server ready for Ab. I'll try the death recovery mod and if no luck I'll start chipping away at the mods abit and see what happens. Thanks!

[jaunty vortex]

I've not had any issues with Death Recovery Mod. You do need to build a tombstone for each person (each can have several, by their beds for example). When you die and respawn you got to the tombstone and it will recover your inventory

[frail ferry]

Anyone allow windows version with all others on crossplay? I never have and get mixed feedback if cheating or what not happens

[jaunty vortex]

I have Xbox and PC players on my server. Did have a PS5 player. No issues, but I only allowed people on that I trusted

[tough oracle]

What ark server do yall use? Dedicated, undedicated?

[bleak ivy]

dedicated are servers.
non-dedi is singleplayer with some tape connecting to other people
that is to say, non-dedi has way more bugs and connection issues as well as the tether.

[tough oracle]

Ok and you can host a dedicated server and play on it on the same pc?

[bleak ivy]

yes if your router says you can. something to do with nat loopback.
routers don't like when your PC talks to itself through it.

[bleak ivy]

you are ASA right? if you are ASE then windows/xbox has to be on a second device through the client.

[tough oracle]

Asa yes but I also want to check out some ase modded maps

Like TITAN

[bleak ivy]

gotta be on steam for ASE mods.

[tough oracle]

I have both on steam

[bleak ivy]

then yeah, you'll be fine. just need to worry about the nat loopback.

[jaunty vortex]

Yes but don’t use port 7777 on the server. The game will grab it. Use 7778 or higher.

[tough oracle]

How long will it take to code the maps? I’ve never done it before and am a bit overwhelmed with the idea

[bleak ivy]

ooh, didn't know that thanks for mentioning it.

[bleak ivy]

for ASE, just use Ark server manager. makes it much easier.
for ASA, I think you have to do it manually still there is a guide in the pins for the general method. for specific stuff can ask here.

[jaunty vortex]

I also wouldn't do it on less than 32GB of RAM since the game+Windows tends to grab about 16GB and you'll want 10-12GB for the server+map

[tough oracle]

Would playing on a laptop instead of the pc make my life a lot easier?

And would that make the coding different?

[bleak ivy]

it would make everything easier. it should be the same settings.

[last abyss]

How do I use ASA Dedicated Manager to run the Survive the Night map? I've installed the mod on it and tried to manually set up the map, but I just get black screen when my PC connects to the server. I tested the base maps on the server, as well as my single player Survive the Night, and both work, so I don't know what's wrong.

[terse summit]

any one here use beacon, since purchasing omni, after deployings im getting "your servers didnt update successfully blah" then " Starting deploy of********
Getting server status…
Failed to get server status: Authorization data for the account was not found." I cant find a solution anywhere, im importing my data just fine.

[distant hearth]

i use it, dont have any issues, did you try the beacon discord ? there very helpful with it

[terse summit]

Theres no chat i can talk in,

nevermind im and idiot, its been a long day/night

[distant hearth]

ermm, check u have the right discord for it then, again is fine for me

[terse summit]

I did i just didnt select my platform on the welcome page.... all the subchats jus opened up

[distant hearth]

join the club 🙂

[terse summit]

cheers for your awnser not the one i was looking for but the one i probably needed lol

[jaunty vortex]

I just save the ini files from beacon and drop them into my server.

[distant hearth]

yea they can help you easier with specific issues

[terse summit]

i didnt even think of that daym

[distant hearth]

i have a habbit of doing it that way lol, recently started using deploy as less clicks haha

[jaunty vortex]

I keep it simple, I’m stupid.

There’s an ini editor in the server manager I use so I can just copy and paste from one to the other.

[velvet cargo]

Do you know how to make cosmetics work at unofficial?

[bleak ivy]

default is the wildcard filter https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Mod:Custom_cosmetics
put CosmeticWhitelistOverride="URL" to allow everything (this will not work with dynamic downloads)
I have not done dynamic downloads manually sorry https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/736592-enable-custom-cosmetics-validation-on-unofficial/

[outer bramble]

Hello all. My cluster is having a problem. We are a PVE cluster and all of our boxes and crafting benches are perpetually unlocked for some reason. Is there anything in settings that could be causing this? It's becoming an issue since some people are going around and stealing ammo out of people's turrets and such. Does anybody have any kind of fix for this?

[distant hearth]

look for this line , in gameusersetting.ini
under the header
[serversettings]
ForceAllStructureLocking=False
if its there, stop server , change it to true, save, start server .

if its not there , add the line with it true under that header ,
ForceAllStructureLocking=True

[outer bramble]

I will forward this to our server owner so that he can look into it. I very much appreciate the assistance

[rose coral]

Wird es Linux Server files geben irgendwan ?

[lunar cloud]

There will likely be linux files at some point as they were introduced in ASE , but think that will be way off, maybe few years.
proton runs ASA server really well, can use docker for it too
I run my 3 ASA server maps on linux using proton in docker

[velvet cargo]

Yea i already put the URL but i can't understand how to do the other steps .. I don't understand why they don't put pictures of server files and show what exactly you have to do

[native wave]

@sturdy zenith spammer

[azure vault]

So, I'm getting host connection timeout every single time I log in now since last night on my server. Idk why, my other player doesn't have that issue and was playing just fine. Why?

[lapis quest]

Check your mods for any updates, could be a corrupted file

[azure vault]

I've done so all night, reset server 5 times and I'm still getting host/connection time out

I just tried my xbox account too and also, immediate boot

[tough oracle]

Are the codes on ark wiki accurate for Asa?

To code a server

[olive talon]

Yes, it tells you which are on each game.

[tough oracle]

Ight imma try starting to code soon, im sure I’ll be back with more questions

[wise kindle]

What happens when you load into single player with all the exact same mods and map?
If it wont load there as well, then you know its a mod issue.

[azure vault]

I loaded single player and a friend's server just fine. It is just my server.

[toxic hazel]

If using a public IP on the server this may have changed?

[azure vault]

I don't understand that, could you explain in noob terms? I'm still learning.

[toxic hazel]

if you google whats my ip thats your public ip, that or port issue randomly occurred

[azure vault]

I'll check.
Full backstory, I was playing just fine, a little leggy but fine, then suddenly I lost connection and haven't been able to get back on since. Idk if that isolates the issue any, realized I hadn't added that factoid in initially.

[azure vault]

I don't really understand using a public ip on the server or how to fix a port issue.. it's hosted via nitrado. I've looked up my ip but that doesn't seem to help me as I'm not sure what to do next. I am open to dms about this issue.

[toxic hazel]

ahh ignore them then hahaha, thought it was self hosted

[azure vault]

Ahhh..

[toxic hazel]

Heard Nitano can be quite poop, never used it mayself ):

[azure vault]

This is the first time it's happened.

The roll back fixed it

I was really hoping I wouldn't have too, my friends been breeding last 2 days. I'll have to compensate him with some in game goodies. Ty for the help!

[gusty willow]

Hi Guys, I'm currently having issues with setting up my ark server. The host system is a freebsd server running a debian 12 VM, I have installed the server via steamcmd.
If I use Steam Server View I can add my server to favorites and it shows the correct details, however I cannot join, if I click join and enter the password, Steam wants to install the dedicated server
InGame my Server does not appear on the list

Using steamapi via the browser shows my server in the json response

I'm at my wits end, what can I do to make my server work? I checked all ports, server logs, google, etc

[celest halo]

I'm going to guess that's not a ASA dedicated server

[gusty willow]

it's survival evolved, I'm trying to play ASE

[celest halo]

I'm not sure with ASE, it's been a long while since I set one up for that

[earnest dawn]

Hi! Some friends and i wanna start a Nitrado ASA server for us to play on again but as far as I'm aware there is still an issue with building mods (like ASR or Klinger) breaking after game updates
Does anyone know how to fix that in case that happens in the future?

[gusty willow]

Unlucky, but thank you anyway!

[distant hearth]

be wise with what mods you coose, keep to asd a few as possible, that will help, however having mods, theres a chance something breaks for a few days after major updates

[earnest dawn]

ty! we're trying to limit them as much as we can :')
do u know if they fix themselves after a few days or does the server owner have to do anything to fix them?

[distant hearth]

usually just wait for the mod to update , restart server and good to go . There are ways to setup automated server restarts an stuff, dont ask me how though, i do it manually

[earnest dawn]

ah alr, thanks a lot tho!

[lapis quest]

The problem was you afterall lmao
A guy had something like this on our server, he crashed inside a cave and couldnt log back in at all. We had to kill him using the admin gun.

[azure vault]

Heh yea, I am actually really glad it was user error. Aaaand that I didn't just restart everything from a fresh save. Just goes to show, patience is a key to victory.

[small iron]

**"Quick Question" **

**Here's my problem **

• Last few days when server restarts and comes back up players are no longer allowed to build, it says "Placement trace obstructed by enemy structure"...... It says this all over the map for everyone.

**Troubleshooting **

• Ive been able to just restart server and it fix itself but sometimes it doesnt fix itself.

This last time i have restarted server 3 times and even tried a rollback and nothing is working.

I have no idea what the issue is and when i ask in Mels Owners Chat no one knows

Thanks in Advance

[lunar cloud]

It sounds like a mod issue, I would start process of elimination and remove mods to see if it fixes it and you can identify the mod causing it

[small iron]

I will try this, and come back with a result. Thanks '

[hollow smelt]

So I run two of my own servers locally. Everything has been fine for a couple weeks. But we had a bad storm last night and the power went out, my servers automatically start back up when the power comes back on so I didn't notice right away, but quickly connected the dots based on other appliances in the house. When I putty'd into the server to start the game servers it showed they were still running, I am not sure if this is just a result of running them in a screen session or not, but they were obviously not running as when I started ark it would not show up and the steam server view thing is giving me some odd errors. I noticed when I initially started the putty session that the terminal said restart required so I went ahead and restarted the machine thinking that might help. But now that I have started the servers back up I am having the same issue and I am not sure how to diagnose the issue further. They are both ase servers

[hollow smelt]

Ah they are now showing up on the steam server view tab. I am guessing the public IP changed upon restart and thats why it wasnt showing up correctly on my favorites tab

[undone bloom]

Anyone knw why it's not letting me invite a friend to my Tribe?

[toxic flume]

Hoping someone is able to assist. See below.

1. In my nitrado settings, I have ForceRespawnDinos enabled and an auto server reset in place. Every day that box becomes unchecked. Is there another way?
2. I am having a small issue with items duplicating when transferring between maps. I have the dupe protection enabled. This has not helped.
3. Auto Unlock Engrams - I have this set to true and placed in game.ini settings. Everything has worked great UNTIL we did our first boss fight (Gamma Broodmother) and it unlocked all the Tek Engrams. NOOOOOOOO! This is not what I wanted to happen. I wanted the Tek Engrams to unlock as people completed the appropriate boss fights.

Please let me know if anyone is able to help.

I have Crossplay Servers on ASA (Island, Scorched, and Center)

[olive talon]

Questions 1 and 2 (not sure about 3, as it's been a long time since I've used it)

Use the mod automatic dino wipes, it has helped tremendously since Nitrado's setting turns off.

Duplicates have been happening to everyone, I don't know if there's a way to fix it at all, as no one's mentioned one yet.

@queen crescent this channel is not for lfg. Use #1110949794907684965.

[toxic flume]

Appreciate the input.

[toxic flume]

If there's any additional input regarding my issues above, I'd love to hear your thoughts 🙂

[hollow forge]

Any server host websites that are cheap for like 2 players

Dont wanna port forward And most ark hosting is for 20 players

[jaunty vortex]

If it’s ASA then your only option is Nitrado or you run your own server - either on rented hosts or your own hardware.

I don’t think you will find anything cheap because the requirements to run a server for 2 people or 20 are not that different.

[undone bloom]

Anyone knw why it's not letting me invite a friend to my Tribe?

[tough oracle]

are there breeding codes somewhere

like the script \

where do i put this in for it to run?

[jaunty vortex]

Are you running a server?

[tough oracle]

trying to

i used a tool to set it up and the servers say they are up but they dont show up on ark

oof

[distant hearth]

all the server config can be found here
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

id recommend looking into ark beacon omni , the free version will do breeding rates iirc

[distant hearth]

did you do the nescercary port forwarding after setting it up ?

[tough oracle]

what is port forwarding lmao, this is my first ever server set up so im very much a noob

[distant hearth]

port forwarding is required to allow incoming connections to the server , if your on LAN this might not be needed , but it will be if you want people outside your network to join it

[jaunty vortex]

I would worry about getting your server working before you worry about backing it up.

My script is Powershell, it's not part of the server itself.

[tough oracle]

i see

ok

[jaunty vortex]

The script I put together takes the saved arks folder for each server and zips it up in a different location so if you need to, you can go back to an older save file

[tough oracle]

oh ok that makes sense now

[jaunty vortex]

I call mine from the Task Scheduler in Windows and run it every 15 minutes

[tough oracle]

I used Ragonz ark creation tool of github, is there a better one yall reccommend?

[distant hearth]

one of the common reasons servers wont show is using the wrong filters, check there set all at top ,servers auto boot into pvp , unless changed in the ini files,

[tough oracle]

ill try that quick

[jaunty vortex]

does it show in Battlemetrics?

google for "ark server status battlemetrics" since we can't do links

[distant hearth]

one the reasons these ark manager tools kinda suck, they give no explanation of what there doing or how the server actually works, im glad i learned to do it manually tbh

[tough oracle]

it doesnt show on battlemetrics

how long would it take manually?

[jaunty vortex]

if it's not showing then you have an issue

[distant hearth]

alot longer than just clicking a few buttons on a server tool ,

if it doesnt show on battlemetrics, the server is either not running properly or the ports are blocking connection

[tough oracle]

yeah idk how to even start to fix that

[jaunty vortex]

Battlemetrics is good because it takes it down to something as simple as the IP address and port. No filtering on the game type, etc

[tough oracle]

how would i start to learn it manually

[jaunty vortex]

I'd say you need to learn how to forward ports on your router.

[distant hearth]

when the server is running, you get a a window show up, what does the last couple lines say?

[tough oracle]

lemme start it

[distant hearth]

if you dint have it running, battlemetrics wont find it, usually takes 5 -10 mins to show up on that site

[tough oracle]

oh i did not wait that long

[jaunty vortex]

The easiest way to think about ports and addresses is to think of it like a block of flats. Your IP address will get you as far as the front door of the block, the port identifies which flat the messages are intended for

[tough oracle]

i also renammed it but it did rename it in the black server box

didnt rename

so that is prolly an ussue

[jaunty vortex]

So you need to use port forwarding to identify which computer in your local network is running the server

[distant hearth]

if it didnt show a change in the server box itself, it didnt take effect

[jaunty vortex]

It sounds counter intuitive but you kind of need to know how the server works to get the best out of a server manager

[tough oracle]

oh i didnt save it i gues

[tough oracle]

yeah that is prolly true lol

[distant hearth]

yea , id think so too, one theese days i will download one an see what its actually doing, i suspect just automating the creation of bat files

[tough oracle]

ok it popped up

[jaunty vortex]

you tend not to even see that

[tough oracle]

on ark

[jaunty vortex]

the one I use will download the server from steam and you put in the config. What mods you want, map, name of the server, etc. You can use it to configure all of the ini settings too.

When you're done, you start it

[distant hearth]

thats good it means you have it running on local network ,that great if just you an people in your home are gonna play it, if you want others to join from outside the network, now you need to forward port

[jaunty vortex]

can you see it in battlemetrics now?

[distant hearth]

interesting, i still prefer to do manual though, im weird like that haha

[jaunty vortex]

I could do that, I'm just a bit more lazy 😄

I like the rcon and discord integration I have. Users can see who is online and do a dinowipe from a discord channel

[distant hearth]

that part sounds very useful , its seperate to the server tool or built in ?

[jaunty vortex]

built in

you set up a discord bot and it sends commands to the server via rcon

[distant hearth]

yea i had looked at doing that manually a little bit, just never got around to fully understanding it lmao

[jaunty vortex]

it was a pain 😄 Good now it all works

and I'd say it was the discord side that was the pain

getting the bot into the right channel with the right permissions

once you've got that the server manager just needs to know the token for the bot and the role ID for it in your discord.

[distant hearth]

good to know, if i ever do decide to get a cluster running

[jaunty vortex]

yeah, you give it the profile name as you've set up on the server manager so you can send commands to different servers

[celest halo]

I built my own discord bot for that, shows when people logging/out, when they die and what killed them, when someone tames something, can use it to give mats to people, lookup wilddino GPS location, working on adding away to spawn dino depot balls with a dino in them 🤣

[tough oracle]

shoot lemme check

[distant hearth]

if you see it in game, is fine, it will be on battlemetrics

[tough oracle]

yes

[jaunty vortex]

If you’re using a server manager it should do backups for you. If it’s any good

[tough oracle]

i think it does but i havent gotten around to looking at that, i spent hours trying to see why it wasnt showing up on ark lmao

what is the ini code that changes it to pve?

or is it a mess of them

[distant hearth]

Before making any ini changes on the server, you must first shut it down, please note they have a 15min autosave period, so if you shut it down with out saving the world, some progress will be lost .

All settings must be in the correct ini file and under the correct header , it is important to check the ini file before adding any lines to it, as often they just need a value changing, adding duplicate lines will cause headaches .

[serversettings]
serverpve=true```

all server config can be found here 
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

i recommend ark beacon omni to help with server coding, makes life a bit easier , the free version does quite alot , the paid version is amazing . It can all be done manually but takes alot time learning and reading through the wiki to find the changes you want

[tough oracle]

ill def check it out, how much is the premium?

also i can see the servers on pc ark but not on xbox ark and i did enable crossplay

also is omni better for ase than ark server manager or is it an addition to ark server manager

[distant hearth]

its an addition to help setting the server ini files , not required at all , just makes things easy .

not sure on the xbox not being able see it, quite possibly its becuase you havent done the port forwading yet , but i wud of expected to not have an issue from same network

[tough oracle]

my pc and laptop are wired and xbox is on wifi at the moment, would that make a difference for the port forwarding?

[jaunty vortex]

$20 for one year and $10 for subsequent years

but look at the free one and see if it does enough for you

[distant hearth]

possibly , im am really not that great with networking, just know what port ark servers use and how to forward that in windows firewall and on my router

[jaunty vortex]

No. Wired or WiFi should make no difference. It will prob just be the filters you have on Xbox.

It’s crossplay by default so you don’t need to specify that.

[tough oracle]

for the beacons app, i imported the ini settings, will it auto change them or do i export them?

[jaunty vortex]

I think you can get it to update your servers but I export them and copy them over to my server. Willz123 is better placed to answer

[distant hearth]

when you link it to your server and import the settings, it pulls the ini for what is already on the server its linked too. Then once you have everything changed how you want , you can save it , hit deploy and it will shutdown the server, insert the ini from the saved project and restart server.

i do it manually by stopping my server and using the export button and copy pasting the inis over, its a old habbit im trying to get of though as can lead to human errors

[tough oracle]

@distant hearth can you use beacons to add mods to multiple servers?

[distant hearth]

i dont think can handle command line arguments for self host servers, it can for nitrado servers.
self host is done via commandline manually in my case, for you with server manager , prob best to do it through that

[wraith wraith]

Guys i have a problem, when someone puts resources in a dedi storage on Asa they can't take it out at all is there a fix for this?

[tough oracle]

ok thank you

[pseudo glade]

Question: Is the summerbash and giganatoraptor mod intergrated into the regular game yet? I still have the mods installed on my server dont wanna lose anything if i disable

[jaunty vortex]

Yes

[distant hearth]

gigantoraptor deffo is , not 100% certain on summer bash, but others had said it is , despit it never being documented in patch notes. to be safe make a backup before removing it, then test , that way you can roll back if it is an issue

[pseudo glade]

always have backups but just wanted to check to avoid any issues

thank you for the info

[bleak ivy]

can't you just look at officials to see when events are base game

I would assume the disabled mods still show as a mod download.

[distant hearth]

not really since officials use a differnt server version to un offical and nitrado servers , we dont always get the same updates etc

[undone bloom]

Anyone knw why it's not letting me invite a friend to my Tribe?

[bleak ivy]

them being added requires base game updates. they are gonna match

[distant hearth]

i wud thinks so , but not being certain , i dont want the responsibilty of messing up someone elses server

[bleak ivy]

people should backup when removing anything Anyway

[distant hearth]

shud but dont, most nitrado users just rely on there system to do it 😦

[jaunty vortex]

I think many people struggle to even get a server running without thinking about a backup solution as well.

[distant hearth]

i dunno the actual numbers but id bet like over 90% are nitrado an just buy the server an let it do its thing

[jaunty vortex]

I reckon so.

[wraith wraith]

Maybe something in the ini settings of the server i got my server on max 8 people in a tribe but some servers have max 1 or 2

[wraith wraith]

....

[raw phoenix]

Im very new to hosting servers etc and it will show.

Atm my friends and I got a nitrado server and we play on the center. We realised that if we wanna experience the other maps we either have to rent more servers to create a cluster or switch maps for the active server. Ive been informed that what we'd be able to achieve what the nitrado servers are offering if one of us have a pc that can be used as the dedicated server. Is someone able to explain to me what that means exactly?

[pseudo glade]

i would recomend just joining a cluster and saving yourself the money

[raw phoenix]

Reason we preferably want to avoid playing on a server we dont control is because 1. games buggy as fuck, 2. some of the people are new to ark and we want to tailor the experience to what best fits them and not have to keep others into account.

idk if that makes sense

[pseudo glade]

i get it! but if you want to do your ownsetup learn what MYSQL is, WindowsGSM and you need to know how to port forward on your router. Not to mention you will need 12gb of ram per server you are running

my se

your gonna be making a considerable investment getting a pc together that will run multiple maps

CPU power is also pretty demanding on ASA servers

[raw phoenix]

I got a pc that I believe would be able to that. Its safe to assume that it would impact that pc if it was to be used for anything else, even if that isnt ark, right?

At the same time, that is

[pseudo glade]

you wont be able to run a client on it and have a server running with multiple clusters

if your running 1 map sure but not multiples

whats the specs of the pc you intend to do this on?

[raw phoenix]

If we cannot run multiple maps then it wont change much anyways. The person whos paying for the server is stacked and doesnt mind it, so it was mainly to find a way to make clusters more accessible and managable.

in all honesty, I just want the fucking tek suit man

Why cant I have the chest and legs on the center whos idea was that

[pseudo glade]

center was a modded map from back in the day

wasnt never supposed to replace the island

[raw phoenix]

I play with a bunch of ladies that spent literal days on building the most beautiful base and I am struggling to convince them that we should go to the island cus I cant get a jebpack

[raw phoenix]

well I know that but it hits harder without a cluster you know what I mean 😂

[pseudo glade]

i do, hence why i built a pc specifically for running ark servers

[raw phoenix]

I respect that type of dedication ill give you that

[distant hearth]

you cud always comprimise an have the server owner spawn in the missing parts or spawn in what ever boss is needed for you to defeat in order to get them, or have the owner edit the ini to give the engrams at a specific player level, there are many ways around the issue

[pseudo glade]

your welcome to come join us here. been online since novemeber. Zero downtime great ping proper hardware no lag

could also just cheat and use admin codes

to get your engrams

[raw phoenix]

Server owner is a good friend of mine and has more or less handed all the admin stuff over to me, so I could easily just cheat it

But get this guys. Im too stubborn

I recently came back to ark, clocked in 3k hours on officials back in very early days. Every time I even have to spawn a thing in it makes me crawl out of my skin

[distant hearth]

yep , just gfi command the item u want , or set up an area an have your dinos ready and spawn in the boss u need to defeat in order to get the engrams, not certain that works in asa but suspect it wud

it did in ase

[raw phoenix]

Hmmm. Thats actually a good point

Lemme try

you think if I spawn in the dragon and kill it, it would give the engrams or nah?

[distant hearth]

most asa code is same as as ase so id expect it to work, but a test is good to be certain

[pseudo glade]

i think it does

[raw phoenix]

youll know in a second

[pseudo glade]

or you could implament the shiny mod

[raw phoenix]

wait hold on

the what now

[pseudo glade]

everytime you kill a shiny dino it gives you a tek engram

[distant hearth]

you prob have to kill it out of god mode but i think it wud still in asa

[pseudo glade]

Shiny! is the mods name

[distant hearth]

Shiny dinos has many benefits and draw backs, its one my fave mods tbh . adds a bit more depth to the dinos, but some things are op

[pseudo glade]

its amazing in my opinion

[raw phoenix]

Are they gonna make the last 3 weeks I spent on trying to make a rex line a complete waste of time?

[distant hearth]

sort of but not really in asa

[pseudo glade]

filthy dinos spawn 20 lvs higher then the max

thats the only thing that will mess with it

[raw phoenix]

I say that completely ignoring the fact all I managed to do in those 3 weeks was get a base dino

[distant hearth]

you can edit the mods spawn settings though an keep them below

[raw phoenix]

yeah fuck it why not

[pseudo glade]

if you make the max level for shiny dinos 150 you can only get 170 dinos off filthy

id go that way if you are worried about it

[distant hearth]

theres many ways an options you have to chose from, to achieve what u want on the centre server, just have pick what you think best suits your group of players

[raw phoenix]

I mean, if my rng is to go with 20 levels wont make a diff

the current dmg im working with i got off a 130

[distant hearth]

last server i played had wild dinos at 150 max, shinys at 180 max, shinys are rare though so it takes alot time hunting them down etc, so we felt it was fine to have the extra levels from them

[raw phoenix]

yeah thats perfect

i dont wanna be seeing them all the time

[pseudo glade]

You can control how many are active at once

And how fast they spawn

[distant hearth]

you can alter the amounts anyway if wanted , but the defaults are pretty good imo

[raw phoenix]

ill give it a whirl

but that doesnt mean im gonna cheat us all out of finding out whether or not spawning in the boss and killing it will give engrams

[distant hearth]

shiny dinos mod will give you many laughs and suprises, if you do add it , keep an eye out for a luna daedon, i laughed so hard after taming it

[raw phoenix]

does alpha dragon ahve 1m hp?

[distant hearth]

not sure off top my head , the wiki will have the data

[raw phoenix]

he looks goody as hell i completely forgot

yes it does indeed give the engrams

im dumb how do I unlearn them now hahaha

[distant hearth]

crap i dont think you can , atleast i dont know how . but you seem to be morally guided, so just dont use until done it legit

well short of rolling the server back, whicjh i doubt you wanna do

[raw phoenix]

I appreciate your judgement. I however am also slightly tipsy and can confidently tell I have spent the last 3 hours doing fuck all

Which coincidentally happens to be the last time the server backed up

[distant hearth]

lmao , its entirely up to your judgement, i dont reccomend messing with server roll backs when tipsy though, i have made mistakes before doing that lolz

[raw phoenix]

Im gonna risk it. If will not cheat myself out of the joy of getting a new pair of pants from killing a rainbow dodo

[distant hearth]

lmao

[raw phoenix]

I will however tell you beforehand that your "i told you so" will be met with no resistance from my end if everything goes to shit

[grave shale]

has anyone found a fix for infinite black screen when joining their server? I get it occasionally when i need to update my ports and ive found no fix, it just resolves itself after a few days. scoured the internet with no solutions

[jaunty orbit]

Just wondering if the summer bash mod can now be removed as all is fixed or should I pause it

[wise kindle]

It was unannounced but yes it was integrated into the game and you can now remove it.

[jaunty orbit]

thank you

[round raft]

Hello, I'm going to ask you something, my first one is setting up a handle ark server for him and his colleagues, but he has encountered the problem that all feeders, boxes, cabinets, blacksmiths, factory, etc. etc. do not have to put a pin or to lock/unlock. Would you know how to put it? If you have to put a command or something? Because the poor man is crazy looking for how and it doesn't work out. Thank you first of all, I hope I don't bother you.

[distant hearth]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration has all server configs
the line you are looking for is in gameusersetting.ini under the header [serversettings]
forceallstructurelocking=true

[round raft]

Thanks 🙏

[mental stream]

Anyone know why I have 169 days on mating on my gigantoraptor

[keen monolith]

Hello I’m a first time server owner on pve , I’m just trying to do the settings and rates, now I put up the rates 3 times but when I level up a character stat it only goes up by 10, how do I change that

[plush crystal]

Need to change the
"PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[0]=1
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player[1]=1"
stuff in the files

[delicate sluice]

Hello anyone can help me for making my own game with extinction core mod? I dont know anything about stats and ini game

[stiff rain]

Does anyone know why OverrideNamedEngramEntries (EngramClassName="EngramEntry_Campfire_C",EngramHidden=false,EngramPointsCost=2,EngramLevelRequirement=3,RemoveEngramPreReq=false)
dosent hide the engram?

[distant hearth]

that shud work ,or try this simple version, make sure its in the correct place and not duplicated in game ini,
it wud need to be under the correct header
[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
OverrideNamedEngramEntries=(EngramClassName="EngramEntry_Campfire_C",EngramHidden=True)

not the other header thats in there if its on asa

[stiff rain]

I have tried that to, I simply dont understand why it isnt working. This isnt the first time I completly mental on these ini files. Thanks for the reply thou..

[marsh elm]

Anyone any idea why my decay timers reset every day and stuff never decays ?

Daily restart sets them back to full

[stiff rain]

So every time the game restart the decay also restarts? Sounds like the way this game is programmed 😛

[marsh elm]

Every time my servers restart it resets everyone’s timers stuff never decays

There is an option that says only auto decay core structures what does that mean exactly?

Should I have a line in the game .ini saying auto decay timer can’t see it anywhere

[stiff rain]

GlobalSpoilingTimeMultiplier= parhaps ?

[timid rover]

Any chance anyone knows how to disable taming of specific creatures? The ini command I found didn't seem to work so I assume it changed from ase..

[distant hearth]

if it works on asa it wud be like this in game ini ,

PreventDinoTameClassNames="Rex_Character_BP_C"```

[royal elm]

host pending connection timeout

any help with this error?

want to play with friends cant find a solution

[fluid patio]

hi how i can delete a command in the console

[keen monolith]

Oh ok thanks

[timid rover]

thanks man, i'm pretty sure thats what i put in... but maybe i put it in the wrong spot in the INI, i'll try again next time im home

[steel minnow]

Hello! I'm new to the discord and am having an issue with my dedicated server for Evolved on PC through Steam CMD. The server seems to load just fine but when I search for it in game, it doesn't show up. I tried to join through the Steam server list but it won't connect. I get a network error that says Unable to query server info for invite. I've searched YouTube and Google but can't find anything. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks in advance!

[river seal]

question I have an unoffical nitrado server and I want to adjust the wants care timer for babies does anyone know what multiplier that would be?

[olive talon]

BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=
Lower it for shorter timers

Or if you'd rather have a set amount of imprints,
BabyImprintAmountMultiplier=10

[uncut burrow]

can someone help me with a problem?
https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/bugs/harvest-yield-multiplier-is-capped-r73364/

[marsh elm]

I’ll try thanks

[marsh elm]

It’s set to 1

PvEStructureDecayPeriodMultiplier=2.5
AutoDestroyOldStructuresMultiplier=2.5

Do these lines need to be added on a server to have decay happen

I don’t have them

[stiff rain]

Do you want your building to crumble and decay?

[marsh elm]

I want decay timers to work and not reset everyday when people aren’t active

When the server restarts they all set up to full again

[jaunty vortex]

Are you forwarding ports 7777 and 27015 through your router?

[faint sandal]

How can I set up a server for Xbox ?

[distant hearth]

if its for ark evolved , you have to rent from nitrado

if its for ark ascended, 3 options,
#1 rent from nitrado
#2 rent a dedicated machine from another host service and learn how to set it up yourself
#3 if you have a good enough pc and internet, learn how to set it up yourself

[cinder abyss]

With Nitrado, is it best to “Extend” or “Change Runtime” on the servers? Would like to just keep them topped up

[olive talon]

Can just do extend

Or set them up for automatic payments

[cinder abyss]

Awesome, I have them all on Automatic at the moment. But if can just Extend them without the servers stuffing up that would be pretty cool too 🙏🏼

[olive talon]

They shouldn't be doing anything weird regarding payments if you've got it on automatic, what do you mean by stuffing up?

Are they restarting when the payment goes through?

[cinder abyss]

I wasn’t sure which option to do, so on an unused server I did change runtime but it’s been in an amber light for a little while now haha

[steel minnow]

Yes. I double checked that as well.

[olive talon]

I'm gonna be totally honest, there's not much point to "topping them off" if you've got them set up for automatic payments and you're able to do so without worrying about it declining XD

Extend should work just fine though, you can contact Nitrado about the one acting funny^^

[cinder abyss]

Thank you! Will keep an eye on it

[steel minnow]

I have played on the server for about a month with no issues. This just happened out of nowhere.

[jaunty vortex]

If it was working before then I don’t know. Unless your local server has changed IP address.

[steel minnow]

I checked that as well. No issues there either.

[half galleon]

Instead of doing console commands to shorten grass is there a way to code it into a nitrado server ?

[distant hearth]

not by ini, there is a mod called "Automatic commands", that might do it

[wise kindle]

The Simple Performance mod does the command for you. Otherwise I dont know a way that works, no.

[river seal]

thank you ❤️

[main gyro]

im looking into item stack clamps as people are getting 700+ Damage and 200+ saddle bps on my server. is this correct for official stat clamps?

ClampItemStats=True
ItemStatClamps[1]=19800
ItemStatClamps[3]=19800

[round raft]

Hello again, can you tell me the command to put the dinos to lay unfertilized eggs for the kibbles in the configuration of the nitrado server?

[junior heart]

anyone know the command line for spawning specific stat dinos on asa

[hoary bane]

how do you get the exclusive join list for xbox asa player? Trying to add a family member and when I type whoami on their xbox nothing happens in single player

[distant hearth]

open the command window into its bigger format, on pc we double hit the key that opens it, not sure on xbox though the button

[hoary bane]

yeah idk either I dont play on xbox, looks like you click the back button on pause menu, then type in the command in to be a "remembered" command and then hit a it seems like, but nothing happens other than resuming the game

[celest moth]

Hi I'm trying to open a ark dedicated server for me and my friends and it is not working it's showing the console window and it won't go away

Can anyone help me figure what is happening and what I can do?

[distant hearth]

the server window is supposed to stay open , that means the dedicated server is running.
then you open the game an find the server

[round raft]

Hello again, can you tell me the command to put the dinos to lay unfertilized eggs for the kibbles in the configuration of the nitrado server?

[celest moth]

Ok thank so much I've been trying to figure out what was happening for the past 20 minutes

I forgot the host can't play

[bleak ivy]

you have to run the dedicated outside the game. how much ram do you have?

[celest moth]

I have 8 gigabytes

That should be good right?

[distant hearth]

ark ascended or evolved?
its not enough for ascended for certain ,
evolved its a bit low tbh but might work

[celest moth]

No I have evolve

[distant hearth]

itll prob work for a server, doubt you can play the game off the same pc though tbh

[celest moth]

Hey so I come across a new problem I tried to join my server I made on steam on my ps5 and I can't find it is it just that ark isn't cross-platform or am I doing something wrong?

I put in the name I got the map in all maps I put both pve and pvp I went on all session filters but I still can't find it

Can anyone help me i am very confused

[bleak ivy]

ASA? did you enable show player servers?

has it completely started (whats the last line in the server console)?

[celest moth]

I don't have asa

[bleak ivy]

you can't host a playstation ASE server

[celest moth]

Wait what

[bleak ivy]

afaik console servers either have to be through the game client (a different console if you want a dedicated, xbox can also go through the win10 client)

or rented

[celest moth]

It said pid then some numbers

[bleak ivy]

I never looked for if you could host a playstation one but I know xbox is that way.

the steam server wouldn't be it anyway. the ASE dedicated server software on steam is for steam and epic only.

[celest moth]

Ah

That is sad

Will thanks for the help tho

[distant hearth]

i think ase its only g portal can host the servers for ps

same as only nitrado can host xbox ase servers

[bleak ivy]

nitrado also has ASE for playstation

[distant hearth]

dint know that , makes sense i guess

[bleak ivy]

I don't think anybody else has but honestly don't know any other server hosts 😂

[distant hearth]

i dunno , they had it all licensed weird , was happy they reversed the asa nitrado monoply

[pale sail]

how to increase the high level dino perentage in ark Ascended iam not asking about high level dinos iam asking about the high level dino spawn percentage example low level dinos maximum adn high level dinos less percentage

[bleak ivy]

custom dino levels.

[distant hearth]

best way is with a mod called "custom dino levels"

it can be done in ini, but its a shit ton coding an way beyond anything id want to attemp, the mod is awesome and fully customizeable

[pale sail]

so if this is a mod player also need to download .. can i have an commands for that instead of mod ?

[pale sail]

@distant hearth

[distant hearth]

its a mod , yes the players wud need to download it to join the server, but its the best way imho

and i dont like to use many mods

[pale sail]

do you have the cmd lines if you have could you sent me

[distant hearth]

i dont , to do the same thing with out the mod wud take days maybe weeks of ini coding for me , its a shit ton a code when a simple mod makes it easy

[pale sail]

ok

[distant hearth]

honestly i use as few mods as possible 5-10 max depending on the server , custom dino levels is one of my must have mods

[pale sail]

ok i will try that

after installing the mod do i need to change any setting for that in ini or gus

[distant hearth]

depending on what you want , i set mine to use ragnarok type levelling, its a good balance for me . u still get the lower levels but much better chance at higher ones

the curseforge page for it has all the info

[pale sail]

i will check it

[bleak ivy]

custom dino levels shouldn't have any effect on performance. its too small

[pale sail]

then any best way to achieve high level dinos spawn percetnage (not high level) more higher level dinos instead low level dinos ..

[distant hearth]

not worried about performance, just the whole ark major updates might break a mod, unlikely with that one , but its just a general rule i keep mod count low as possible

[bleak ivy]

what?

[bleak ivy]

if custom dino levels break. expect most mods to have broken.

[pale sail]

i need more high level dinos in my server,, now there are lot of low level dinos ... 180 level dinos are spawning but very rare .. i want more high levels

[bleak ivy]

yeah, custom dino levels. thats the best way. I don't know any other ways. I believe you can do it with the ini by changing every spawn region manually but then you'd have to do it and update for every map and dino.

[pale sail]

i use highlevels=true in bd mod in ase to achieve more high levels

[pale sail]

yeah i agree that ..

[bleak ivy]

did better dinos effect all dinos I would imagine it would only effect the dinos it changes.

[pale sail]

yeah it affects all over the maps
this was the command :
[BetterDinos]
HighLevels=True @gameusersetting

[bleak ivy]

never used it that way. always went for custom dino levels.

[pale sail]

if bd was in asa i will put these command in gus and that it ... bd is not in asa

[bleak ivy]

custom dino levels is the same way. just only does that.

[pale sail]

ok

[bleak ivy]

[CustomLevelDistrib]
WantsHighLevels=true

if you want more high then low.

[pale sail]

is this custom dino level mods ?

[bleak ivy]

yes

same spot as bd (since all mod settings are there)

[pale sail]

ok thnks

@distant hearth can you send me your custom dino level settings

[distant hearth]

you will need to change it as u have 180 dinos so mine prob wont work as its for 150 dino

MinLevel=1.000000
MaxLevel=30.000000
WantsEqualLevels=False
WantsRagLevels=True
WantsHighLevels=False```

[pale sail]

this needs to be in game user setting right

and what is wants equallevels and raglevles

[bleak ivy]

custom dino levels is smart enough to know. the min and max levels are groupings 1 times difficulty to 30 times difficulty

[distant hearth]

oh ofc, its late here , brain wasnt working haha

[distant hearth]

yes in game user setting, as i put it , but one space below another ending setting of a header ,
the curseforge page explains what each of those settings does much better than i cud try explain

[pale sail]

ok got it

[distant hearth]

i.e

[ServerSettings]
AdminLogging=False
AlwaysAllowStructurePickup=true
AllowAnyoneBabyImprintCuddle=True
AllowCaveBuildingPvE=True
AllowCrateSpawnsOnTopOfStructures=True

[MessageOfTheDay]
Duration=15
Message=this is test 

[CustomLevelDistrib]
MinLevel=1.000000
MaxLevel=30.000000
WantsEqualLevels=False
WantsRagLevels=True
WantsHighLevels=False```

its very customizeable , you cud make all dinos only max level, bit boring imho lol but its do able with the mod

[pale sail]

no i have set to spawn between level's 30 - 180

[queen widget]

I’m setting up my own island server and I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get Mantises to spawn in places that ankys would also spawn?

[jaunty galleon]

Has anyone else had any issues with not being able to deal any damage at random times? I've been having this issue but relogging doesn't help only respawning my character seems to fix it.

[karmic hull]

anyone know any mods that like offer pre built bases or structures?

[molten palm]

Hello everyone. First the server crashed when some Steam players died. But now it's starting to happen to console players too. We haven't changed anything on the servers. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?

[pure haven]

Take a look at J-Prefabs mods from GaiaStudios. There is 3 mods with japanese, chinese and medieval themed structures

[distant hearth]

do you use any sort of mod that relates to death in game? recovery ones ? also worth looking at the log files see if you can see something there

[molten palm]

Yes we use the death inventory keeper

[distant hearth]

id suspect an issue with that mod then since server crashing when people die is not something ive heard of before

prehaps remove it and test, if all is good an you must have that type of mod, look for another that does simlar

[lapis quest]

Anyone else using mods/plugins having a timeout once downloading vanilla criopods from club ark rewards?

[molten palm]

Yes that's what we will try. Removing the inventory keeper. But the problem is really random. One player has the problem one map and another of a different map, but no problem on the other maps of the cluster. single cases with same problems haven't any answers. It's really weird. We shut down Club Ark if that's the problem and nope lol

[distant hearth]

club ark highly unlikely to cause an issue since its a standalone thing, that mod wud be my first port of call since its the only thing relating to player deaths , which you have stated is what causes the crash

[molten palm]

Ok thanks a lot. We will check the point with death inventory keeper 👍

[tepid berry]

@distant hearth So far no problems with the switchover. I have noticed that a .arkprofile gets created temporarily on the server that the players xfer to, so I've been copying that as it gets created with a custom python script. But, I've had no reason to use it so far.

[distant hearth]

thats great, i think the command -BackupTransferPlayerDatas will do that auto for you, i just havent checked yet to see if it does an where it stores the backup .

[tepid berry]

I...can't find where it does that.

I think that's the file I'm seeing as people are xferring over.

Because as soon as a server save happens, the file gets deleted.

[distant hearth]

ok , if i find out anything more will let you know, just so busy with work atm .
atleast you have a nice easy workaround to backup them files

[tepid berry]

Yeah, you can still drop .arkprofiles into the save directory and it will pick them up and replace the data that's there.

[molten bough]

sorry if i overlooked it but can i remove the summer bash mod without losing anything?

[bleak ivy]

should be able to, do a backup just incase.

[lapis quest]

Its fine to remove, Wc didnt announced tho. Skins and chibis are on the game base already

[tough oracle]

Ok so port forwarding, if I’m hosting ark servers on my pc, do I need to forward every server port?

Like each server has their own ports?

[distant hearth]

yes for each map, if its ark ascended then just the one udp port that you set

they cant share same port number

[tough oracle]

Ok

[tough oracle]

What protocol do I use

TCP

Or Udp

[distant hearth]

udp

the server port is udp, its only the rcon port that uses tcp, if u wish to set that up at somepoint

[tough oracle]

Are mod maps reskins of in game maps?

Like to host a mod map server you’d host an island map with the mode code of said mod map?

[distant hearth]

no , there seperate maps entirely, so you wud add the mod and change the load name of the server toi the mod map installed

[bright panther]

Guys, i can someone help? im trying to make a private nondedicated server with my friend but i cannot tick the private match box.. i tryed without and randoms keep joining the server, is this just for me or was it from lastest patch?

[uncut osprey]

If I remember right, there are a couple events that still work on ASE? But I can't remember which ones... was it Summer and Winter Wonderland? (Just thinking about injecting a bit of color for a while, I'm not too fussed about the items lol) Oh, and I'm single player, too.

[tough oracle]

So it’s just like adding a mod

[distant hearth]

exactly like that but you will need the mod map name

[tough oracle]

Hmm

Imma try it idk if I’m grasping this

[distant hearth]

if ure on nitrado i think they have the popular modd map names built in, if its self host u just put the name in command line

[tough oracle]

Self host

Also how are mod maps paid

If the mod code is there isn’t the content there then or can they limit who accesses it

If so how does that work

Or premium version not paid

[distant hearth]

paid mods you can install on the server, but anyone that wants join that server, has to buy the paid/premium mod to get access to the server

so say i wanted forglar premium map on my server then i just add the map name and mod id to the start batch file like this
Start ArkAscendedServer.exe Forglar_WP?sessionname="mymodmapforglar" -mods=1009169

thats a simplified version but gives you the layout, i changed map name to what the mod map is and put the mod map id in the mods command

[tough oracle]

Ok that’s what I thought on setup then

So they give you another mod code? To add to that map basically

?

Either way that is next years project when I’ve build up in the regular maps and get bored lmao

[distant hearth]

yea the mod id will be differnt fo ra premium map to the free version, the free version will be un finished /un polished most likely

[robust nymph]

Anyone else's deep sea crates on scorched in pools of water instead of in the desert?

[wet knot]

So. Would anyone be able to educate me on server imprinting settings?

Is there a way to make all dinos imprint at 50% imprint each imprint?
Because ive managed to make Moschops take 1 imprint, rexes take 2 and gigas take like.. 5.

[distant hearth]

not really since all dinos grow at differnt rates , the best advice i can give is to get the beacon omni app/program, the free version will let you adjust each mutiplier and see the effect on each dino. That way you can find a balance that suits what youre after

[wet knot]

Huh really. that makes life a lot easier thanks

[rustic fern]

i'm trying to figure out why i am limited to the amount of mods that show up on the server......

only 16 are showing but i have more than that in the box where you put the ID at

i've seen some servers with like 30 mods on them

and there is tons of free space available so i know that's not the issue

[wise kindle]

Custom cosmetics are not server mods. Ensure you arent trying to add those instead of actual server mods.

[rustic fern]

ty but no it's not cosmetics

it's a different gen, dwarven building pieces and one other

but by the looks of it i'm capped on the mods that i can add for some reason

[olive talon]

Mod sizes can differ. You can have like ~40 or more small mods on a Nitrado server.

If you have larger mods, you'll use more space. Consoles are also limited by the amount of mods they can have downloaded.

[wise kindle]

Also note that if you are crossplay not all mods are xplay or some have separate crossplay variants. If you are on Nitrado, make sure you can find the mod when you use the search. If you arent then a bit of research needs to be done.

[tame cypress]

curious if anyone knows a fix for lost characters? original is still on server but everytime player goes to load in, they get sent to character creation. no character in upload. pc hosted so if I knew how, i feel like should be able to reasign the player id?

[languid forge]

Running an unoffical Server using Stream CMD, I can find the server on my xbox but my friend cannot find on his xbox with the same setting checked. Am I missing something?

[distant hearth]

did you forward the port used if asa or ports if ase, inbound through your firewall and router?

[jaunty vortex]

Yes, sounds like your Xbox is seeing the local IP address on your LAN

[languid forge]

Running ASA, and have have ran 4 other servers on ASA using the same setup.

[jaunty vortex]

Has your server PC's LAN IP address changed?

[distant hearth]

if you have manual backups of the server files it might be possible to remove the current .arkprofile for that player and insert a slightly older one from backup .
otherwise u can try changing the profile for the anti curruption back up , but thats never worked for me

[jaunty vortex]

I use static IPs for all my home network devices

[languid forge]

Not that I am aware of

[distant hearth]

check the server name on battlemetrics website, it will show you the ip and the port used for it, make sure the port it shows is forwarded

[proper locust]

Can someone pls help me im kinda new to ark and im playing fjordur right now what dinos should i use against a alpha broodmother/monkey/dragon?

[distant hearth]

try in #bobs-with-probs

[distant hearth]

mines on a dynamic, doesnt cause me any issues , but i use the ingame browser to connect , not a direct connection from ip adress

[proper locust]

whats a bob?

[jaunty vortex]

it would with port forwarding if your router doesn't update which IP address it's forwarding to

[distant hearth]

the channel i linked is for help with issues like you asked about, who is bob is a more relevant question

[distant hearth]

oh they do that ? i just had mine set that port itself open, it didnt care about ip adress

any ip adress wud open that port

[jaunty vortex]

It needs to know which local IP is dealing with server requests incoming

[proper locust]

Okay

[distant hearth]

hmm , dunno why i never had an issue then , it must be something in the background to change it on each ip adress change

[obsidian moat]

Alright, Nitrado won’t even load so I can download my server files before they’re deleted. Who here hosts servers and could host our cluster for cheaper than Nitrado?

[jaunty vortex]

Unless Universal PnP is doing all that for you?

[distant hearth]

probably i seem remeber seeing something about pnp, honestly im hopeless at networking lmao

[languid forge]

It shows Port 7777, but it is already open.

[distant hearth]

if ure hosting 4 servers, make sure there isnt another one using that port

[jaunty vortex]

Lol. Usually when the router gets an incoming request on a port, it needs to know which local IP it's intended for. Which is what port forwarding is

[languid forge]

I only have the 1 new server running right now.

[distant hearth]

try setting server to -port=7778 and forwarding that, i have heard others say 7777 causes issues

[jaunty vortex]

It can if you're hosting on the same PC as is running the game

[distant hearth]

yea its odd coz i do that and dont have issues, but its ark and do like to do ark things

[jaunty vortex]

is your server running first?

[languid forge]

in my Batch File, I have Forglar_WP?listen?QueryPort=27015?SessionName=Insieme_Forglar_Nemesis

Should I change the Queryport?

[distant hearth]

he can connect so id hope its running lolz

[jaunty vortex]

don't need it for ASA

[distant hearth]

?listen isnt used, nor is ?queryport

[languid forge]

Yes, I can see my server and join it

[jaunty vortex]

sorry, that was for Willz when he said he runs a server and the game from the same PC

[distant hearth]

Queryport? is not even a command, they start with a ? or a space and a -, like this
Start C:\arkserver1\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="willzlaptop" -port=7777 -winlivemaxplayers=10 -nobattleye

[languid forge]

Forglar_WP?-Port=7777?SessionName=Insieme_Forglar_Nemesis?MaxPlayers=70?

Is this how it should be?

[distant hearth]

no

? commands always come first, then -commands after

[distant hearth]

that shud be like this ,
Forglar_WP?SessionName="Insieme_Forglar_Nemesis" -port=7778 -winlivemaxplayers=70

plus -mods=<modmapid>

the quotations are important as often the batch file wont recognize special characters without them

[languid forge]

Like so?

Forglar_WP?SessionName="Insieme_Forglar_Nemesis" -port=27015 -winlivemaxplayers=70 -ServerAdminPassword=???????? -nosteamclient -game -server -log -nobattlEye -nomansky ?PreventOfflinePvP=true -mods="1009169,10

[distant hearth]

no you not listening, u have ? commands after - commands , let me rewrite it , prob dont wanna use port 27015 either but i never tested it

[jaunty vortex]

you don't need -game -server -log

no idea what -nomansky is

[distant hearth]

i dont even think -serveradminpassorwd= is a command, im sure thats a ? command

[jaunty vortex]

think it is a ? command

[distant hearth]

Forglar_WP?SessionName="Insieme_Forglar_Nemesis"?PreventOfflinePvP=true?ServerAdminPassword=xxxxxx -winlivemaxplayers=70 -nobattlEye -mods=<modid>,<modid>

i cant rem the command to do no steam , but -nosteamclient isnt it

[jaunty vortex]

isn't offline PVP an ini setting?

[languid forge]

Thank you

Testing now

[distant hearth]

i think its -serverplatforms=xsx+windk+ps5

[distant hearth]

it can be , or it can be done in commandline, pretty much all gus.ini settings can be done in either or

[jaunty vortex]

under Gameusersettings.ini

[ServerSettings]

PreventOfflinePvP=true

[distant hearth]

the reason it can be done in both i believe is so people that just used one server install then used mutiple batch files to start seperate servers from it cud change settings between servers

[languid forge]

it's odd, I have used the same batch file for all my servers and it worked. I typically just change the file location.

[distant hearth]

even if it worked, it wasnt right, so might of caused issues in future... the servers also tend to default alot things if the bat is wrong as it just ignores what it dont understand aslong as the format is correct

[languid forge]

Thank you for all your help, testing now. I will let you know what happens

[distant hearth]

hopefully it sorts the issue, if not im sure some will think of something else

[jaunty vortex]

it least it does that and not just crap out

[languid forge]

So My friend was able to find my old servers when I started them but they were unable to find my new server, so I am rebuilding it.

The new server also kept getting a Red message saying "Got less mods details from server than client" not sure what this meant

@distant hearth Any chance you know what this means?

[distant hearth]

its not one im familar with, is possible the server has mods on it that arent xplay with console?

[tame cypress]

Sadly I haven't made manual back ups recently enough 😕 appreciate the help though!

[languid forge]

Do you know the admin command to force reinstall mods on restart

[distant hearth]

cheat RedownloadModsOnServerRestart

[languid forge]

thank you

[tame cypress]

there isn't a command for setting player id is there? manually setting imprints per dino is the only way to undo that mess, correct?

[distant hearth]

in asa becuase it uses eos ids im pretty sure they will just be imprinted to that id, so even if they made a new char they wud have the imprints to the dinos... not 100% on that though

[tame cypress]

ill give it a shot and report back 🫡

[languid forge]

@distant hearth I want to thank you for all the help, I was able to find that my friend could not join due to that mod message. So I copied everything from my other service and renamed files, and map. now it works.

[analog mica]

can anyone help me with my server i cant load up any mods ive done the game server settings and put the ids in copied the mod folder server works perfectly fine just without any mods

[tame cypress]

confirmed that did work for the imprints, appreciate your help!

am i high or is the giveexptoplayer and target command not working on console?

[distant hearth]

not tried them so cant help sorry , if on a server they need cheat before them is all i can say

[tame cypress]

yeah i did that and no luck, other cheats working, and it pops up like it worked, but no xp being given, so weird

all good, quick note run will fix that, thanks again!

[keen snow]

Sorry to bother but I just set up a dedicated server for the first time and am running into problems? Everything works and I personally can join but my friend keeps getting "Connection timed out" error when joining and he can join other servers just fine. Can someone please help me, thank you!

[lunar cloud]

it sounds like a potential problem with the servers port forwarding.
When launching a server, it registers with the game services and then lists in the unofficial section in the game.
that means it may be up and running , but does not mean its joinable.
When a player selects it and joins they will connect to the public IP \ port of that server and then get connection timeout if the connection if blocked somewhere.

Double check your router port forward to make sure that port is open on the server and router etc. you can use tools like nmap on your friends PC to test port is open.

[keen snow]

I realized that my windows firewall exception thing is not set up but I understand how to do it, would you be able to help me please. I just set a inbound rule for ark that allows UDP with the 7777 port to join (I think idk).

[distant hearth]

that shud do it , if its an ark ascended server ,
if its ark evolved they need more ports iopen

[wild vault]

question for setup to get pvp 24/7 and structure damage off on weekdays and weekends its on

[bleak ivy]

don't know if it works but those

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#:~:text=273.5-,bAutoPvETimer,-Default value%3A
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#:~:text=Since patch-,AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds,-Default value%3A
for the links

[analog mica]

does anyone know what argument for activating mods

[distant hearth]

-mods=<modid>,<modid>
if its asa

[analog mica]

ase

[solid jetty]

Does anyone know what I need to do if you can see my server on the list. I can connect but my friends can't?

I can log on fine. No issues with mods. Friends get timeout message.

I have all the ports in my router port forwarded

[distant hearth]

ascended or evolved, assuming its a dedicated server?

[lunar cloud]

id suggest to use a tool to scan IP/port combination from your friends machine to see if packet is allowed all the way through.
timeout happens when port cannot be reached from the client. Likely dropped either at router or at server firewall.
It works for you as server may allow local connections. Tools like nmap can help validate it

[solid jetty]

Okay thanks I'll try now. I'm on ascended BTW. And it's an unofficial hosted off my gaming pc.

Iv used the same pc for arkSE server.

Also we're trying to play on xbox.

[distant hearth]

ascended only uses the one port for connecting to game , udp 7777 by default, but it will need to be forwarded inbound through windows firewall and the router,
search the server name on a website called battlemetrics an check what port the server is actually running on

[solid jetty]

Yeah I just did that. Iv made a 2 map cluster. One on port 7777 and one on 7779. Iv done inbound and outbound exceptions on firewall and my router allows me to use it for udp and tcp simultaneously.

I also did the 27015 port also.

[distant hearth]

27015 is an old ase query port for steam, not needed on asa

[solid jetty]

Np. I only did that to make sure it wasn't it. It was on wiki. So yeah I'm clutching at straws I guess.

I'm also using the Ark server creation tool for my server.

[distant hearth]

oh im not familiar with any of the tools as i do it manually . only other thing i can think is make sure the other players are seting the filters correctly when searching, maps set all, pve/pvp set all and check the playeronlyserver, then try search in both passworded and non passworded the server name

[solid jetty]

They can find the server fine. Even dl the mods. Just when they join they get timed out.

It just says joining server forever and then they get time out message.

Nothing comes up on server console to say someone's trying to connect either.

[distant hearth]

seems to me like something is blocking the connection then, if you have any antivrus etc , you will need to let the connections through that too

[solid jetty]

I think so to. I have created exceptions for the ports within firewall. And also disabled windows antivirus completely at this point.

[distant hearth]

did you check on battlemetrics see what port the server was actually using?

[solid jetty]

I did not tbh. Sorry I'm new to this. What server port will it check? Mine?

[distant hearth]

battlemetrics is a website that lists all online asa servers, so u can use it to search your server name , it will then tell you the ip adress and port the server is running

[solid jetty]

Okay nice. I'll boot it up and check.

[distant hearth]

alot the asa server tools were not changing the port number correctly on release, now i think most have it right though

[solid jetty]

Yes it's running the correct ports

[distant hearth]

you will have to do as marcel suggested then an check

[lunar cloud]

it sounds like a potential problem with the servers port forwarding.
When launching a server, it registers with the game services and then lists in the unofficial section in the game.
that means it may be up and running , but does not mean its joinable for people outside the network.
When a player selects it and joins they will connect to the public IP \ port of that server and then get connection timeout if the connection if blocked somewhere.

Double check your router port forward to make sure that port is open on the server and router etc. I'd suggest a port scanner like nmap or aonther if you can find one

[solid jetty]

Should I send u guys a screeny of my port forwarding page?

Jus incase

[distant hearth]

my skills are poor with networks, so i cant really help further sry , hopefully marcel can

[lunar cloud]

sometimes your port forward is done and firewall changes is done, and port might still be blocked if there is a miss ocnfiguration somewhere. try a port scanner on the IP\port and see results then go from there and make 1 change at a time and run it again \ repeat till you find the blocker

[solid jetty]

Okay. I'll try a port scanner. Is there one you recommend?

[lunar cloud]

i only know nmap its a simple commandline tool available on linux and windows.

Also as Willz suggested, try find your server on battle metrics, it will show IP and Port it sees thats been registered. You can make sure that IP and Port registered is correct, and scan that with a scanner and see if its reachable

Just in case you may think your IP and Port is correct, but Ark is using a default port and registering that, so battle metrics site will help double check what the server registered with

[solid jetty]

Battle metrics showed it was up on my ip with the port

Do I need to run the server when checking ports?

[lunar cloud]

yeah server needs to be up, and make sure you can atleast join it before testing anything to make sure its fully initialised.

[solid jetty]

Wow port checker is showing all my ports closed.

[lunar cloud]

if you're running things from home, be sure your server\router IP can change..and when it changes, Ark server needs to reboot to reregister with the new IP else external players cant join

[solid jetty]

Using Whatsmyip.org/port-scanner

So my servers running I'm on it. But port checker shows port 7777 as closed.

[lunar cloud]

id use nmap , give it a try. When scanning my server with nmap <my-ip> -sU -p 30780 (My port I use is 30780) and -sU indicates UDP
I get

PORT      STATE         SERVICE
30780/udp open|filtered unknown

You can see "open" above which means all good

[celest halo]

port checkers normally only check TCP game uses UDP

[lunar cloud]

nmap is great because you can also point it to a private IP , so you can check if the port is open on the server and bypass router port-forward to rule out if its a server or a router issue

[solid jetty]

In my cmd it says nmap is not recognised

[lunar cloud]

yeah for Windows you may need to download nmap.exe and run it via command line

[solid jetty]

Oh okay sorry lol

[lunar cloud]

google nmap for windows it comes up first result

[solid jetty]

Okay what do I set as the target

My ip right?

Done it.

Starting Nmap 7.95 ( https://n map.org ) at 2024-08-28 03:01 GMT Summer Time
Nmap scan report for asht-08-b2-v4wan-170072-cust504.vm18.cable.virginm.net (92.232.241.249)
Host is up (0.0020s latency).

PORT STATE SERVICE
7777/udp closed cbt

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.42 seconds

[lunar cloud]

yeah take the IP from what ever is registered on battle metrics

[solid jetty]

yeh its saying close

closed

[celest halo]

your wanip in your router match the ip from Whatsmyip

[solid jetty]

what u mean by wanip?

yes

they are both showing the same.

[distant hearth]

well atleast you know the issue now, redo the port forward, here is how to do in win firewall, u will have to google you router make an model though to figure that out ,

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.

[solid jetty]

okay redone all that.

do i need to restart server to test agian?

[distant hearth]

no

the server doesnt know or care if ports are open, it just runs happily along waiting for incoming connections

if it still doesnt work, try a differnt port 7778 say, if that stlll doesnt work contact your isp, there are some that block hosting servers i think or something like that, there was one guy in france had that issue

[solid jetty]

ok thanks.

[solid jetty]

ok so after some more diagnosis, i have realised that when i do ipconfig /all i can see that DHCP is enabled meaning i have a dynamic IP, i tried going into my netowrk adapter settings and changing it to manual. how can i futher set my ip to static?

okay i managed to disable it within my router settings.

do i need to do anything else for my IP to be static?

[bleak ivy]

you'd need to call your ISP, may cost extra so I just wouldn't worry about it.
just have people the search instead of joining via IP. or have a spot where the IP is so people can see if it changed.

[solid jetty]

my problem is im on xbox. so my server is there in the list. but nobody but me can join it

my friend sees the server but cannot join he gets timed out

no matter what i do my ip has port 7777 closed. i even reset my router to factory and re port forwarded

[bleak ivy]

a static IP wouldn't fix that. most likely a port-forwarding issue. maybe just connection.

[solid jetty]

i have hosted servers on other games before without an issue

including survival evolved

[bleak ivy]

games don't work the same. even ASE doesn't work the same as ASA.

[solid jetty]

my point being its not my isp its something i need to tinker with just not sure what

[bleak ivy]

your issue probably isn't your ISP. I said a static IP is something your ISP has to do.

[solid jetty]

is it worth making a no-ip thing and linking it up that way?

[bleak ivy]

a what?

[solid jetty]

like a domain where it would use lets say 'arkserver.no-ip.org as the connecting ip address rather than mine

like a sql domain

[bleak ivy]

that probably won't fix the issue. not even sure if ark can do that.
its a connection issue, something is stopping the connection. either just the internet speed, port-forwarding, firewall, could even be blocked by your ISP.

[solid jetty]

i wish there was a way to diagnose it

[bleak ivy]

there might be, I just don't know enough to know 🤷

I've only hosted internal servers. never did anything to port-forwarding.

[solid jetty]

when i type in cmd netsh firewall show state, it tells me the only open port is 8211

yet i have made many exceptions

[lunar cloud]

you will need to make sure your server internal IP is static by configuring that in Windows DHCP setting, because if your router forwards UDP to your server and it does so by internal private IP you just need to make sure that doesnt change. Thats local server issue, not ISP

However, your public IP can change by ISP, but generally that does not happen too often depending on ISP (you can contact them to get a static one)
Also using DYN DNS or those no-ip stuff wont work. Ark doesnt use DNS unfortuntely. Gaming server hosting dont keep up with modern times. When your server starts it registers its public IP with the game hosting (i believe Ark ASA uses Epic, ASE used Steam)
So when your public IP changes, you need to reboot your server so it re-registers.

this whole connection timeout issue is not related to anything above, and purely port not being accessible publicly. Thats a port forward or firewall issue

[lunar cloud]

@solid jetty the way id proceed is get another PC in your network like a laptop or something if you have, and run port scanner on that private IP of your server to make sure 7777 is open on the server itself (not via router). Then atleast you know if its router or not and you can rule it in or out. Because at the moment it could be ISP, router, or server firewall. Need to isolate it further

[solid jetty]

ok thanks alot for your help/time

[jaunty vortex]

I set my own devices on my network to have a static IP address from the DHCP server on my router. That way I know the port forwarding rules will always work.

[jaunty vortex]

Like Marcel said, even a dynamic address from an ISP shouldn’t change unless the router is restarted. The biggest issue would be if your ISP has changed to CG NAT. Sky in the UK are using this now. Effectively it means you will be double NAT’ed which makes hosting games difficult.

[bitter yew]

Hi, folks, I noticed last two weeks next behavior:
I mated two megalodons, gestation timer was around 30 mins before I left server, no one joined it last 10-12 hours, I joined server, untamed baby megalodon still alive, megalodon female still has 15min timer before mate (with my settings it 32min+- in total)
Two rexes didn't mated at all (empty oviraptor)
but at the same time baby doedicurus normally grew up to 100% (was +-7%)

is it possible to fix that?

[upbeat compass]

Quick question, i want to set admins on my server in the allowcheaterssteamid.txt but my problem is one of the admins will be an xbox player. Is it possible to add them to the list using the eosid? Or is this just not possible? For Asa…

[jaunty vortex]

Possible if you can get his EOS ID. will show up in the server window when he connects.

[lapis quest]

Looks pretty much like a stasis thing, no one on the server, everything stops. Afaik even using -PreventHibernation wont fix this, thats a old ''feature'' that came from evolved.

[bitter yew]

But, if everything stops, why doedicurus grew up?)

[lapis quest]

It depends from the lastest zone that was rendered while someone was logged on the server

[bitter yew]

Make sense, he was closer to character

So, I can't turn it off on Nitrado server?

[lapis quest]

Its not just from nitrado, it happens on any server tbh.

Even on a 20pop server, we still suffer from stasis once in a while

[violet lark]

I've seen a lot of conflicting info online, so I figured I would ask here.

Is it possible to have an ASE server that supports cross play between Xbox and PS5? If so, what hosts do you guys recommend?

[jaunty vortex]

I think ASE will only cross play between Xbox and Windows store versions.

ASA will accept all

[violet lark]

Ahh gotcha

[jaunty vortex]

When I ran an ASE server, Xbox couldn’t join us.

[violet lark]

Even when using the -crossplay argument?

[toxic hazel]

The hitching post in cyber structures mod will keep them out of stasis but think there is also a known stasis issue

[jaunty vortex]

You can do Xbox to windows store or steam to epic (if not using mods).

[violet lark]

Okay, thank you very much good sir.

Checked the search on this channel just in case and that does seem to be the consensus. Unfortunate but understandable

[tough oracle]

Anyone use the beacons app for dedicated server

[distant hearth]

i use it to generate the two ini files for the server settings yea

[tough oracle]

How do I change it from pvp to pve

I added the line ServerPvE=True

And it still says pvp

[distant hearth]

did you put in the correct place?

[tough oracle]

Server settings? Oh maybe not

Still says pvp

[distant hearth]

GameUserSettings.ini
[ServerSettings]
serverpve=true

you also need to check there before adding the line, it might be in there but set false, if so change to true, if its not there then you can add it.
make sure server iss off before making any changes

[tough oracle]

Is it case sensitive

[distant hearth]

probably not but it wudnt hurt to put it in how the wiki says if having issues

[tough oracle]

Ah it was

[distant hearth]

ServerPVE=True

[tough oracle]

ServerPvE=True

[distant hearth]

yea

far as i know nothing in there except session name is case sensitive, but its ark so you never know

[tough oracle]

Ok so now my server won’t show on Xbox

But it does pc and it is port forwarded

[distant hearth]

using the correct filters on the xbox when searching for it?

[tough oracle]

I think so, show player servers, my pc shows it without clicking password protected

[distant hearth]

check that map is set to all and that pve/pvp is set to all

[tough oracle]

Nvm

It took like 10 min longer to show on Xbox than pc

[distant hearth]

odd, but atleast it showing

[tepid steeple]

One of my players is having this issue. Our cluster has always been crossplatform, but today xbox can't find us in search.

[tough oracle]

It showed up eventually

Is it normal for ark mods to take an insaine amount of time on Xbox to download

Also how do I add password protection to my servers

[distant hearth]

all config settings can be found here ,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

but its gameusersetting.ini
[serversettings]
ServerPassword=myserverpassword

[solid jetty]

Been speaking to the owner of the program. He seems to think it's firewall or portforwarding. I'd just love to know how to know which one.

[jaunty vortex]

If it’s firewall you can’t connect locally.

If it’s port forwarding you can’t connect externally.

[solid jetty]

I can't type my provider... how annoying. Fir jin media. I need someone experienced with these at this point.

Iv factory reset my router 3 times trying to do this lol.

I also made sure my ip was static through my Internet settings on windows.

Firewall exceptions were made. Iv even turned it off at this point

[celest halo]

Whats name of your server, wonder if eos is reporting something wrong for it

[solid jetty]

I'll put it online now one sec.

It's called Arl's Ark ( not really named it yet just testing ATM. )

It's online rn.

Well almost just finishing starting up

Whats eos ?

[celest halo]

Epic online service

[solid jetty]

No idea. Tried to dl that on my phone and it won't open aha

[celest halo]

looks like its reporting right and on port 7777

[solid jetty]

I feel like I'm so close to getting it working... it just won't work.

It says port 7777 is closed when I check it rn.

[celest halo]

most online port checkers wont check UDP they only do TCP

[solid jetty]

Is there a way I can check it?

Can use nmap ?

[distant hearth]

factory resseting the router will clear any port forwading you did on it, you are doing it again after reset , right?

[solid jetty]

Yes

And nmap is saying its closed

Let me screenshot my router page.

cant even paste it here -.-

IP address Port range Port range Protocol Enabled Delete
192.168.0.10 25147-25147 25147-25147 BOTH
192.168.0.10 27036-27036 27036-27036 BOTH
192.168.0.10 27031-27035 27031-27035 BOTH
192.168.0.10 3478-3480 3478-3480 BOTH
192.168.0.10 3074-3074 3074-3074 BOTH
192.168.0.10 3554-3554 3554-3554 BOTH
192.168.0.10 4500-4500 4500-4500 BOTH
192.168.0.10 88-88 88-88 BOTH
192.168.0.10 500-500 500-500 BOTH
192.168.0.10 27015-27015 27015-27015 BOTH
192.168.0.10 7777-7778 7777-7778 BOTH
192.168.0.17 55149 55149 UDP Automatically added by UPnP

Both meaning udp and tcp

i added every single port the wiki recommends lol

[jaunty vortex]

You only need 7777 UDP for the game and 27020 TCP for RCON. RCON is optional.

[solid jetty]

okay ill delet them all and see.

if i do this do i need to restart my server or will it adjust?

[distant hearth]

[28/8-CENTER] Arl's Ark 4x Duo's 5x/QOL Modded
this the server?

[solid jetty]

Yes

Should I use DMZ settings in the router?

[distant hearth]

i dont know if this matters, the server reports 92.232.241.249 as the ip adress, the ports u forwarded are for a differnt ip adress

[solid jetty]

That's my public ip

My router ip is 192.168.0.1

Or 192.168.0.10

[distant hearth]

i dont know , ermm i crap at networking sry , only know how to do it for bt home hub

[solid jetty]

When I create port forwarding rules I can't change the IP

[fringe depot]

Are unofficial servers actually good?

[solid jetty]

ok the only rule i have port forwarded now is 7777 under UDP

still closed.

[distant hearth]

how are you testing it nmap? just downloaded it, to test on my system , to see what result i get

[jaunty vortex]

Should be the non-public IP address for the server hosting.

Mine is 192.168.1.34, which can’t be reached from the internet.

So port forwarding us like redirecting your mail. You’re telling the router where to forward the messages hitting it on port 7777

[distant hearth]

i kinda get it lol i think, with the router being the street name and it then sends traffic(post) to the houses on the street that have there own specific name/number(ipadress)]

[jaunty vortex]

Pretty much.

You could take it further and say it’s blocks of flats instead of houses and the port number is like the flat number in each block.

[distant hearth]

well if it helps the o/p when i use nmap to check the servers ip adress and the port used, shown from battlemetrics, my scan comes up as open/filtered

[jaunty vortex]

Sounds like it’s working. What’s the server name?

Server is showing for me in Ark if it’s Ark’s Ark.

[distant hearth]

oh sry that was checking my own server, i know it works. i was justing checking nmap wasnt give him a false result

[distant hearth]

i believe his shows but you get timeout when trying connect

[jaunty vortex]

Gives me a mod list when I try to connect.

Back in 3 weeks when it downloads all the mods 😂

[distant hearth]

his server is
[28/8-CENTER] Arl's Ark 4x Duo's 5x/QOL Modded

[jaunty vortex]

It’s trying to join. Think it will time out.

Yeah, it did. But if it has exclusive player join that will give a timeout if I’m not on the list.

But it should show a connection attempt on the server window I believe.

[distant hearth]

its anew server there trying get running, i doubt it has that setup yet

[jaunty vortex]

I think it’s either double Nat or forwarding.

If it works from the LAN it’s not firewall.

[celest halo]

I thought cgnat but they say routers wanip matches the IP whatsmyip website returns

So not cgnat or double nat

[distant hearth]

idk , i hate networks an all the stuff , i havent the patience to try figure it all out as it doesnt really interest me

i googled how to make mine work, understood a very basic of it , it worked, that was as far as i went lolz

[distant hearth]

prob becuase the .exe asks for firewall permissions when you install it ? wud be my guess

[jaunty vortex]

That’s good news. Can it be connected to by another device on the LAN? That would rule out firewall.

[distant hearth]

this was OP

[celest halo]

They said they could connect but noone else can, but that also make little sense to me, if clicking name in game to join it's using the public IP and router is doing loop back

[jaunty vortex]

So it's showing in the game browser but can't be joined by anyone other than the Xbox he owns?

It's not set to Xbox only? I don't have one to check

[distant hearth]

we will have to wait for the op to get back , not much more can be done till then

[jaunty vortex]

unrelated but I turned on FSR in engine.ini

All I will say is WOW! I can crank it up to elite settings and still get over 60fps on my Radeon 7800XT

Roll on Unreal 5.4

[distant hearth]

interesting , so they prob just add that to base game lolz

[jaunty vortex]

Yeah. It’s due with 5.4. FSR 3.1 across the board for all. Console, & PC.

they went with FSR rather than DLSS because it’s not platform specific.

[solid jetty]

its not on xbox only

its on cross platform

i can join it on my xbox, my friend can see it, but when he joins it it just says joining server... and then times him out.

servers running rn, and the ip address with port 7777 is closed on nmap

iv port forwarded, iv made exceptions in and outbound

[jaunty vortex]

that's forwarding. or how it sounds to me

[solid jetty]

ill paypal someone 10$ if they can help me out here XDD

[jaunty vortex]

I haven't used VM in over 13 years so my knowledge of their kit is gone. I used to run mine with my own router and put theirs into modem only

[solid jetty]

yeah iv seen people doing this tbh, but i have had this for years and never had trouble in the past

im convinced its something to do with my pc.

but i dno the process of elimination to go down

[jaunty vortex]

cant be if your xbox connects

[solid jetty]

hmmm

there must be something i can do to ultimately rule out things

[jaunty vortex]

Can you actually spawn in with your xbox?

[solid jetty]

yeah

i setup my admin shop and everything, all mods are working

[jaunty vortex]

definitely not PC then

or that would not work

[solid jetty]

so its possibly my router.

is there anything that needs to be enabled disabled?

[distant hearth]

if you can connect inside your own network, then it wud point to an issue with the router port fowarding imho .
i just googled how do it for my make an model

[solid jetty]

in my router settings? i can mess with DMZ settings and other dynamic ip settings

[jaunty vortex]

unless...

Public v private network?

what's your PC set to?

[solid jetty]

public

[jaunty vortex]

I mean, I don't think it would make a difference

OK. Public is more secure by default I think. Make it private then stop and start your server

should get the defender firewall pop up

[distant hearth]

if youre running it as a virtual machine, wud you not need to forwarded the ports on the machine the vm is running an on the o/s install itself

[solid jetty]

omg

[jaunty vortex]

depends on whether the VM gets its own IP address or shares the host IP address

[solid jetty]

do you think its this theres a setting that says..

allow other network users to connect through this computers connection

it wasnt checked. i just checked it now

[jaunty vortex]

where are you seeing that?

are you running the server in a VM?

[solid jetty]

ethernet properties

im using ark server creation tool

just on my pc

[sour osprey]

anyone seen anything on being able to use Nordvpn Meshnet system instead of port forwarding

[jaunty vortex]

is it setting up a server in docker?

[solid jetty]

what does that mean.. sorry not to savvy with this

[jaunty vortex]

doesn't look like docker

docker is like a little self contained bubble you run the server in, it only has the resources it needs

[solid jetty]

i have no idea, it has its on little ui, it downloads resources itself

and launches through cmd

[jaunty vortex]

it makes it easy to move it from PC to PC because the docker contains everything it needs in a little self contained package

But from what I saw on Github, it's not using Docker

[hexed inlet]

Hello, ASA The Center server. Our consoles PS5/Xbox X, crash everytime we passing random areas or places on the map, walking, flying. It's not only me, most of the players. I check the internet connection is stable, we already reinstall the game with mods, we have enough space on the hard drive. I don't know what else to do. Please help.

[distant hearth]

it shud be run on a ssd i think , not a hdd

[jaunty vortex]

probably out of ram. Not the same as storage. Consoles are much tighter for resources

[fiery zealot]

Does anyone know how to fix “the system error code execution cannon proceed because VCRUNTIME140_1.dil was not found”?

[sour osprey]

@jaunty vortex do you know anything about using nordvpn meshnet?

[jaunty vortex]

not a thing, sorry

[jaunty vortex]

Reinstall Visual C++ runtimes

google for Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2022, get it from Microsoft and reinstall it

probably both x86 and x64 versions

[solid jetty]

my friends offline now :/ is anyone free to try join my server to see if i fixed it please?

[jaunty vortex]

checking now

[solid jetty]

wait no

i broke it even more i cant join it myself anymore XD

wow

[jaunty vortex]

what did yu change?

[fiery zealot]

Thanks!

[solid jetty]

i changed network from public to private

[jaunty vortex]

stop and start your server

[solid jetty]

and right clicked my ethernet settings

and changed to allow other connections

[jaunty vortex]

you should get the popup for defender firewall

[solid jetty]

and added the port to my ethernet settings some how

[jaunty vortex]

there are differnet rules for public and private networks

[solid jetty]

it didnt ask me, just started the server

should i now make new exceptions?

[jaunty vortex]

actually.

1. open settings.
2. Type in windows firewall in the search box.
3. When defender firewall opens, click restore defaults
4. restart your server

[solid jetty]

okay so this server crreation tool automatically created an exception

it only did inbound for any port though

is this correct?

[jaunty vortex]

that's fine

[distant hearth]

only needs inbound

[solid jetty]

okay

ill start her up again XD

[jaunty vortex]

inbound is from the outside world to your server

outbound would be the server to the outside world

It's scary out there 😉 stay inside

[peak sapphire]

hey guys , so m trying to host non dedicated and play with my friend , whenever i host or they host , our sessions do not seem to appear whenever any of us tried to search the name , even friending each other on steam and trying the join game option is not working and just hits us with a timed out or lost connection error

[jaunty vortex]

are you both on the same platform?

[distant hearth]

i do it manually , when i start for the very first time the server, it will pop up a box asking me if want to alllow the .exe through firewall

[peak sapphire]

yes both on steam

even friended

[solid jetty]

same usually but this tool seems to do it for u

[jaunty vortex]

safer that way

[storm lance]

Yo do any of u guys know why my dinos not tame instantly with fixed settings on local with like pretty much entertain

[jaunty vortex]

you can start it manually if you want. Even just the exe should make the firewall pop up

think it will start the island on 7777

[distant hearth]

as alast resort i have a guide wrote in notepad to install the servers to windows, but tbh i dont think thats your issue since u get the server running and can join it from lan

[jaunty vortex]

think you're right, willz

[distant hearth]

yep and assign it a random server name

[jaunty vortex]

we're beyond that

[solid jetty]

i think its my firewall somehow

cus now i cant connect after resetting it

unless it was changing my network to private

[distant hearth]

you wud want the network public id assume

[jaunty vortex]

ok, reset the firewall again. and start the server exe by double clicking it. Not the server manager

[jaunty vortex]

not for a home network. Public is what you'd use in starbucks (other coffee shops are available)

[solid jetty]

wait how do i do that lol

[jaunty vortex]

1. open windows settings.
2. Type in windows firewall in the search box.
3. When defender firewall opens, click restore defaults from the bar on the left
4. restart your server by double clicking the server EXE. You'll get a map with the island on 7777 with a random name (as Willz said)

[solid jetty]

i mean launching it manually sorry

not in server manager

[jaunty vortex]

where did you install it?

[solid jetty]

so i used this server creation tool, it saved it to a file i created on my D drive, but theres no EXE in the folder

[jaunty vortex]

search for ArkAscendedServer.exe

[solid jetty]

no items matched search

[jaunty vortex]

try from C and then D

has to be on there somewhere!

[solid jetty]

searching

found it

[jaunty vortex]

just double click it

allow the firewall rule

[solid jetty]

it doesnt ask for a firewall rule :['

[jaunty vortex]

did you reset your firewall?

1. open windows settings.
2. Type in windows firewall in the search box.
3. When defender firewall opens, click restore defaults from the bar on the left
4. restart your server by double clicking the server EXE. You'll get a map with the island on 7777 with a random name (as Willz said)

[solid jetty]

yes

[jaunty vortex]

something not right if it's not asking you to create the rule again

[solid jetty]

damn might just fuck this creation tool off

whats my other option nitrado?

[jaunty vortex]

nitrado is not an option 😄

if you value your sanity

[solid jetty]

how else can i make a server?

[jaunty vortex]

there are other server managers

[solid jetty]

can u recommend one?

[distant hearth]

i will dm you the guide i wrote

[jaunty vortex]

You're up, W1llz 😄

[solid jetty]

ty ❤️

haha sorry guys i bet im burning your heads out 😛

[jaunty vortex]

this is like my day job

I thought I was finishing at 5 today 😉

[solid jetty]

XD

[distant hearth]

sent, its a bit of reading an i dont explain things great but like over two dozen people now have used an got servers running from the guide if they fjust follow the instructions

[solid jetty]

nice. ill have a read now while i smoke

do i need to own the game on steam for this? cus i dont XD

[jaunty vortex]

nope

[distant hearth]

no

[solid jetty]

nice

[jaunty vortex]

server is free and you can get it with an anonymous login

[solid jetty]

i have steam, just not bought ark SA

[distant hearth]

the way i explain it in the guide i use very simple file paths in the root of drive, so its really easy find afterwards to make setting change etc