unofficial-setup-help

[gentle sail]

such a pain

[celest halo]

So does vs code

[foggy plinth]

[2025.01.16-15.15.17:764][ 12]ERROR!!! FAtlasSaveManager::LoadOperationSql: SQL database is corrupt and the save game is compromised! Exiting... Can you help me to fix this?

[tepid berry]

Delete the save game and use an older one. That's how you fix a corrupted save file

You've gotta remove the save game, and restore a backup copy by renaming it.

[gentle sail]

oh goodness

[foggy plinth]

Damn it's over

[gentle sail]

I hope they just fix the issue quite quick

[foggy plinth]

I have no back up left ...

[tepid berry]

The game keeps like, the past 10 days worth of backups.

[foggy plinth]

All my old back-ups got deleted by me starting the server way too often, so the old one got replaced by new ones

Ahhhh you mean these

I asked ChatGPT if he could find out what is wrong with my save file, and he actually found it out, lmao

[gentle sail]

.... what?

[foggy plinth]

Omg it acutally worked lmaooooo

[distant hearth]

oh maybe theres a way to do it, someone sent me a link but ive never had to do it , i can just dm you the link if you want?

[foggy plinth]

ChatGPT repaired the file and now it works lmaoooooo

Server started and is up

[gentle sail]

No ETA of yet, but team are aware and looking into it

from curseforge

[foggy plinth]

Alr it didn't work xD

My server is back to zero

i have my character still but no base or dinos xD

[foggy plinth]

Fr?

[toxic hazel]

It's fixed for me and others now

[foggy plinth]

Fr=

How fast lol

[toxic hazel]

They be doing good huh lol

[gentle sail]

yes they havent given an eta yet

[foggy plinth]

Alr sadly bc of my broken file i had to do a 3 days rollback : (

Better then nothing ig

[foggy plinth]

CF just emailed me back and said the fixed it

[distant hearth]

do you still have a clean copy of the save file before chat gpt messed with it ?

[foggy plinth]

Yes

I have a back up of every single file

[distant hearth]

ok i dm you the instructions to try fix it

[gentle sail]

they are fxed

[digital obsidian]

Our appears to be starting now too

[restive heron]

Ok i just crashed 2 times in a row on my own ark server with no mods what is going on

[foggy plinth]

Corrupted Server file probably

[restive heron]

I’m so annoyed with these glitches. I have crashed 2 times. My server gets weird immortal dinos Dino. Dinos get stuck under the map. I get a constant audio glitch where I basically just hear bbbzzzzzzzz every 10 seconds. Dinos visually appear as level 1 but are not level 1. This is so dumb I don’t even have mods why do I get such annoying glitches

[foggy plinth]

Are you on PC and do you have access to your files?

[restive heron]

I’m on Xbox but have access to a pc

How on earth would my files become corrupted when I don’t even have mods

How would I fix it

[foggy plinth]

Idk sadly are you on a nitrado server?

[restive heron]

Yea

No one else said they are crashing

How could I tell if it’s a corrupted save

[foggy plinth]

Write a support ticket, they will solve your problem 👍

[prisma glacier]

is the server ads channel for both ase and ark as???

[distant hearth]

#1110925695900713072

is for both yes

[prisma glacier]

ok thx

[white veldt]

So I am making my own ASE server after playing over 3k hours on other people's servers (yay)

My question is is there a mod or a setting I can change so that babies only inherit the best stats from each parent, as opposed to the norm where they have a chance to get either the higher or lower stat?

[fallow mantle]

How come my max player lvl is stuck at 50?

[signal root]

Hey guys, since Saturday I got the crash log that I have corrupted server files. I tried to load old backups (which are not listed because the were not saved by Ark or idk) or delete those files. After deleting everything was gone (what I expected xd). So I put them back in. Does anybody know how to fix this? Fatal error!

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000018

CL: 617009
0x00007ff6f18f5a6b ArkAscended.exe!UObjectSerializer::DeSerializeObject() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\Misc\ObjectSerializer.cpp:216]
0x00007ff6f147d52f ArkAscended.exe!AShooterGameMode::LoadTribeData() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterGameMode.cpp:6599]
0x00007ff6f180be41 ArkAscended.exe!UPrimalPlayerData::ApplyToPlayerState() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\Data\PrimalPlayerData.cpp:375]
0x00007ff6f1474114 ArkAscended.exe!AShooterGameMode::StartNewShooterPlayer() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterGameMode.cpp:5113]
0x00007ff6f1473219 ArkAscended.exe!AShooterGameMode::StartNewPlayer() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterGameMode.cpp:4951]
0x00007ff6f146fddb ArkAscended.exe!AShooterGameMode::InitShooterPlayer()

[C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterGameMode.cpp:4234]
0x00007ff6f408dc28 ArkAscended.exe!UWorld::SpawnPlayActor() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\LevelActor.cpp:1053]
0x00007ff6f40bcc1d ArkAscended.exe!ULocalPlayer::SpawnPlayActor() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\LocalPlayer.cpp:288]
0x00007ff6f456cb4a ArkAscended.exe!UEngine::LoadMap() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:15220]
0x00007ff6f14280ab ArkAscended.exe!UShooterEngine::LoadMap() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterEngine.cpp:2140]
0x00007ff6f456a1e4 ArkAscended.exe!UEngine::Browse() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:14339]
0x00007ff6f142a25d ArkAscended.exe!UShooterEngine::Browse() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterEngine.cpp:2680]
0x00007ff6f456aee6 ArkAscended.exe!UEngine::TickWorldTravel() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:14538]
0x00007ff6f3e57e56 ArkAscended.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\GameEngine.cpp:1895]
0x00007ff6f141e7b3 ArkAscended.exe!UShooterEngine::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterEngine.cpp:192]
0x00007ff6eea5b279 ArkAscended.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\LaunchEngineLoop.cpp:5906]
0x00007ff6eea48dbc ArkAscended.exe!GuardedMain() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Launch.cpp:195]

this is not the whole crash log because that would be too much messages xd

[lapis quest]

Take a look at best eggs mod

[tough oracle]

If I would switch them to manual would I lose my save files?

[distant hearth]

no not if you backup the save files, which you shud be doing anyway ..
You just have an update issue right? , just find out where stmcmd is installed , and reinstall it back to that location

[broken halo]

It sounds like it may be a local corruption sad to say it's happened to a few on my servers uninstall and re-download from your client side this case ur Xbox it's been happening from WC patches and updates

[shadow estuary]

Does anyone know if The Extreme Creatures : Spino and Paddletail Spino can be used on the same map or because they are both spino does it not work?

[pastel rivet]

It should be fine it will either spawn one type and you kill it and it has the chance of spawning the other type or it just overall overrides it no harm in trying all you gotta do if it overrides and you don't like that just remove the mod

[tranquil kelp]

how do i set my nitrado server to only let the whitelisted players into the server without needing a password? the exclusive join list seems to be a seperate list. even though im whitelisted, it's not letting me join cause i didn't add myself to that list too.

[untold pike]

I have the problem that i cannot pick up tropped items on the ground anymore
Anyone know how to fix it?

[desert mortar]

why does my friend keep getting host connection time out whenever he joins my non dedicated server in ASE Im hosting it and its worked before

[stable scarab]

There's a mod for that, don't know what the name of it is. I don't use it because I usually like to get certain stats to be the lower value while I have desired stats higher.

[last magnet]

you need to be sure your EOS ID is in the whitelist, not steam ID. there are a couple of tricks to find it, mostly by looking at the server log, but I am not sure on how to access server logs on Nitrado. I self-host so I know where my logs go. look at https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#Administrator_Whitelisting

and below is player whitelisting

that's a different file from the admin whitelist

[distant hearth]

you can find it in game, go in single player ,
open command console and type
whoami

will spit out the eos id related to you

[last magnet]

yeah that works great

double tap the tilde so it's a larger window, the smaller one scrolls the data too quickly in my experience. I forgot about the command

[robust nymph]

We have a floating tribe tower over the swamp.
It doesn't have a player or tribe name.
Cant be destroy with redgun or commands.
Can fly right through it.
And structure scanners don't pick it up.
Anyone had issues like this?
Has been there 3 days and no restarts have cleared it either.

[elfin willow]

it appeared some time ago on our server as well. after many restarts it's still there doing nothing despite of looking stupid xD
would like to know as well what causes this

[robust nymph]

Is it on island? In the swamp?
Curious if the go to the same spot haha

[remote zephyr]

Still there with latest update. These are all Xbox clients hitting steam unofficial server btw

[drowsy current]

is playing on singleplayer with preventhibernation launch option have better performance than hosting my own dedicated server on the same machine I play on?

[distant hearth]

prob not if the machine u play on has good spec, single player is a buggy horrible mess worse than the mess that the game is on a server

main thing server needs is ram , 32gb minimum if u want run server an play game on same machine

[drowsy current]

Yeah I've been playing on a personal dedicated server for a while now and have been wondering if it was true, but since you also mentioned that singleplayer is a buggy mess then ill just take your word for it 😂

[distant hearth]

i use a r5 5600x , 32gb ddr4 3200mhz ram and run a server plus the game fine , you might have drop in game graphics quality a little , but prob not

[drowsy current]

same cpu and ram here lol

[distant hearth]

cheap , cheerful and does the job , with my 2080ti i can play in 1080p medium at 60fps with server running

[grim kelp]

is there a way to purchase a server for just me and my friend without buying a whole hotel that will stay empty i am not fond of paying the price of 20 people just for 2

ahh i was worried about that, unfortunately both my friend and i only have access to our xboxes, quite unfortunate, thank you for the fast response i might have to find solace in pve official

[broken shoal]

Any Idea on why none of my mods are working/loading and what "The UE4-ShooterGame Server has crashed and will close" mean? thanks

ASE and this is a server im hosting

It says it crashes but you can still connect to it albeit none of the mods work

I know something has downloaded as the instance is taking up 36 gigs lmao

Console doesn't say anything helpful except for saying the mods downloaded successfully and the log is complaining about the Rcon not working which I know why but is it needed?

Well it doesn't help I can't share log files or ss here lol

Logs there but not the console at its not saying anything

[gleaming heart]

I'm having issues on my server where my Steam players get a black screen and crash whenever they try to join on extinction. 0x00007ff88b9174d1 amdxc64.dll!UnknownFunction is the error. Along with exception access violation at the top of the error. Any solutions discovered yet? As far as I can tell it's something to do with AMD but I have not a clue how to fix it because I'm a PS5 player.

I'm off to bed but please @gleaming heart if you know any fixes!

[tacit reef]

do u know how to make non_dedicated server only 2 player cause a group of cheaters joined and expolded our base while flying with 80000 damage c-4

[elder heron]

if i only do this, would that make the dinos colored and about 1/4 of the dinos?

There is nothing i have to do more then write the command under the serversettings?

[pure haven]

#bobs-with-probs also clean out your cosmetic tab

[still thunder]

any1 knows why my omega server already updated to 58.36 while all my servers on my main cluster are still running 58.27 and won't update on restart?

[still thunder]

self hosting

nope am starting them via cmd but deleting the .acf worked anyways, thanks a lot

C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\steamcmd\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir "C:\Omega" +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 validate +quit
start C:\Omega\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheCenter_WP?listen?Port=7781?QueryPort=27019?MaxPlayers=70?RCONEnabled="True"?RCONServerGameLogBuffer=600?RCONPort=27029? -servergamelog -WinLiveMaxPlayers=70 -NoBattlEye -forcerespawndinos -server -log -culture=en -mods="988797,929800,945883,934343,949623,931877,946694,1013683,931874,935985,929868,942024,1008116,940975" -NoWildBabies -NoTransferFromFiltering -ClusterDirOverride=Z:\ASACluster\Cluster -clusterid=REDACTED
exit```
always worked for me until now

hold on that's omega (which still worked for some reason) but the others look the same anyways

oh good to know, well i just copy pasted my ASE commands and inserted some values and it worked so i never cared lmao

[celest halo]

Most people that follow YouTube videos do this for some odd reasons

[gentle sail]

anyone know where I can commision a mod to be made?

[jaunty vortex]

It’s the AI principle. If everyone does it, it must be right.

I mean, it’s not wrong as such, just pointless unless there’s an update.

[celest halo]

Yup, just causes more issues then it's worth when a bad update gets released and people have server auto restart and update 🤣

[jaunty vortex]

I’d much prefer 2 separate scripts.

[celest halo]

Same, I only want the server to update when I say 🤣

[restive heron]

Hey so a lot of my players are seeing all stars no matter what they type in chat. Is there something I can do?

[foggy plinth]

No, sadly that is the censoring and nothing you can do about it sadly!

[exotic turtle]

can somone help me how to setup non dedicated server to work i wanna play with my freind we are on epic games

[distant hearth]

no that wont work , we wasnt sure when the commands were first released.
now known that they only work in a dynamic config file

[bleak ivy]

guide in the pins. its the same as steam to epic.

[idle bison]

Hey how do i allow oasisaurs to be brought onto ab?

Tryna do a server with friends and hes adamant about bringing it

Thanks!

Will this allow other dinosaurs to be brought onto ab?

Gotcha

[open hill]

is there anyone that can help me so basically i have friends on xbox and friends on ps we want to play ark together we dont mind paying too much we just want a private server to ourselves we checked out nitrado and they dont offer cross play where does

[distant hearth]

Ark ascended is cross play on dedicated servers , nitado do offer that .
Ark evolved is not crossplay at all, so its not possible on that game

[open hill]

but i see servers on ark survival evolved that are crossplay or has it changed cause i know it used to be

[distant hearth]

evolved was never cross play between xbox and ps ,

[open hill]

so i cant even buy a server that me and my friends can play on

thank you

[shadow estuary]

Hey I wanted to double check on this cause I was told one thing here and someone is telling me something else. Just to clarify if I have my own computer host my servers for me do I still need to pay nitrado for servers or do I just need to pay for my own internet to run the servers myself and running them is free?

[forest furnace]

is there anyway turn spawn off on a map thats going to be used for an event server?

[distant hearth]

if you have a computer and internet good enough to run the servers then you only pay the cost of your electric really to have it on , nitrado has nothing to do with owning and running your own server

[celest halo]

Evolved dedicated has steam epic crossplay

[devout junco]

Hey all, So to all those who run a dedicated cluster on their own hardware, do you use a server manager and which ones are good?

[bleak ivy]

they were talking about xbox to playstation

[lost spoke]

i have mature speed mult to 20, Beacon shows that it tkes raptor about 2h to mature, but ingame the baby grows to adult in like 5 minutes or so?

[bleak ivy]

check for singleplayer settings.

[lost spoke]

i dont know where that is on Beacon, im using this on my dedicated server

also not playing singleplayer

bUseSingleplayerSettings=False in game.ini

[bleak ivy]

make sure there isn't a duiplicated line

I don't think there are any other settings that effect mature rate.

[lost spoke]

hm weird, i checked, no duplicates

could beacon just be wrong / having a bug for this specific setting

[celest halo]

Raptor should be 1 hour 51min at 20x

[lost spoke]

yeah, mine is about 5minutes

does any other option affect it then?

[celest halo]

So beacon saying right time, I don't know of an other setting beside single player that affects it

[lost spoke]

to help me test, is there a command to spawn in a uninprinted baby raptor?

[celest halo]

cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Test/PrimalItemConsumable_Egg_Raptor_Fertilized.PrimalItemConsumable_Egg_Raptor_Fertilized'" 1 0 0 should spawn in a fertilized raptor egg lol

should be like 6min to hatch if egghatchspeed is 20x also

[remote zephyr]

depending on how many maps you want to run concurrent, getting a relatively inexpensive server at home is a better option. feel free to ping me if you want details

[open hill]

Yh what do you mean

[remote zephyr]

in case Wildcard is in here, latest Xbox client patch still doesn't fix the Multiple Xbox xliebts trying to hit a private steam based server with extinction. all other maps are good

[remote zephyr]

I have a refurbished office server with 128mb memory. run 8 servers from it. was around $500. running 8 maps on nitrado would be cost prohibitive. all depends on what u want

[devout junco]

@remote zephyr Do you use a server manager? As i run my own cluster and now more maps are out its a bit of a long run with out one lol

[remote zephyr]

I do not, I setup my own scripts and automated my backup to cloud. but that's just me.

[devout junco]

@remote zephyr Ah ok mate nah worries

[jade sapphire]

Is the Dear Jane mod worth keeping included to get the rewards from it? I've heard it was merged into the base game, but I'd like to confirm that before removing it.

[olive talon]

It's been in the base game for quite some time now. There aren't rewards for it.

[jade sapphire]

By rewards, I meant the skins you get from the explorer notes. But if that's all in the base game, I'm gonna drop it.

[olive talon]

It's all in the base game.

[terse walrus]

Hello Guys is there a way to Force Artifacts to NOT Spawn ?

[olive talon]

You might be able to remove the item from the artifact spawn container maybe? I don't think you can outright remove the spawner all together

[terse walrus]

I tried This, but didn't work xD

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_1_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_2_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_3_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_4_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_5_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_6_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_7_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_8_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_9_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_10_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_11_C", ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Artifactcrate_12_C", ToClassName="")

[olive talon]

That's for tames

Creatures

[distant hearth]

thats never gonna work those are dino replacements, you wud need to change the loot crate and switch the artifact for say 1 fiber

[terse walrus]

ok i'll try

[fresh cairn]

Anyone know a mod that allows someone to "extract" a blueprint from an item? Like an RNG roll of it being the same tier or less?

[olive talon]

try
ConfigOverrideSupplyCrateItems=(SupplyCrateClassString="ArtifactCrate_11_C",MinItemSets=1,MaxItemSets=1,NumItemSetsPower=1.0,bSetsRandomWithoutReplacement=True,ItemSets=((SetName="fiber",MinNumItems=1,MaxNumItems=1,NumItemsPower=1,SetWeight=500,bItemsRandomWithoutReplacement=True,ItemEntries=((EntryWeight=250,ItemClassStrings=("PrimalItemResource_Fibers_C"),ItemsWeights=(50),MinQuantity=1,MaxQuantity=1,MinQuality=0,MaxQuality=0,bApplyQuantityToSingleItem=True,bForceBlueprint=False,ChanceToBeBlueprintOverride=0)))))

[terse walrus]

That's for All Artifacts?

[olive talon]

Just one, I didn't create a full list. You can copy and paste it, just switch out ArtifactCrate_11_C for each artifact

[terse walrus]

Alright, Thanks a lot, will try this RN

Do you also know the Code for this Setting ? "Imprint Period Multiplier" - To imprint more Often

[distant hearth]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration
this has a list of most server config an where they go

i also suggets looking a program called ark beacon omni ,
the free version does alot things

[terse walrus]

Thanks

[autumn eagle]

Just curious. Are they any cryo type mods that work on the titans of extinction?

[elfin willow]

yes, from what you wrote it's exactly the same spot xd approximately lat 70 lon52

[balmy plover]

anyone having issues updating their asa servers?

[celest halo]

nope it updated fine 2 days ago when last update was released for it

[reef charm]

My server has been pretty chill. I haven't had any new issues pop up lately

[robust nymph]

I've seen a few posts of fb with people who have it in the same spot

[worldly finch]

When you kill the wandering king, shouldn't you get something?

[slow adder]

who do we talk to about a HUGE mesh area on ext? or other maps jw?

[distant hearth]

#bug-reports

[elder fox]

Downloaded some of my creatures and they’re reset to level zero. Any way to fix it?

[bleak ivy]

non-dedicated?

[elder fox]

Yes. We upload and download stuff all the time no problem. But twice now we’ve had someone lose all their work for no reason. Just randomly poof, now their stuffs level 0 stats

[bleak ivy]

non-dedi should only have the host transfer (upload/dinoload) dinos.
non-hosts can cause data loss on items.
usually only matters for dinos and eggs since they have to store a ton of data in them

if you must transfer them I believe cryopods are safer. I would highly suggest using a cryopod mod that has a admin recovery on it if you can.

[elder fox]

My bad, I meant unofficial server. Since the day Nitrado hosted servers for console I’ve hosted a server, never had this problem till ASA the island when it happened the first time.

We’ve downloaded hundreds of creatures with no issue then randomly again POOF.

[obsidian ravine]

I got a new ISP and with it came a new modem/router combo (Calix). I moved the port forwarding rules from my old router over to this one. I can see the servers on an external network but joining them always times out. Any ideas?

[distant hearth]

double check you did the port forwading correctly and in udp.
after that you gonna have to contact isp, some just block it for what ever reasons

[keen gate]

Does anyone know where the Oilfields (DinoSpawnEntries_Wasteland_oilfields_C) are on the map? I can only find a sludge basin zone? Also where is the Wastelands_Hard_C at?

[distant hearth]

the wiki does, just takes a bit digging, bottom left of map
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Spawn_Map/Extinction?creature=Spino

[keen gate]

Thank you! trying to add dinos into my server and couldn't figure out where any of those places were

[lyric horizon]

Does anyone know why I got off my non-dedicated and it completely wiped everything? It auto saved before I got off so I don’t really know if I can retrieve it.

[reef charm]

Remember, UDP is usually port+1. So if you're forwarding 7777, you also need to forward 7778

[distant hearth]

only for ase(if its even needed on there i havent tested)
asa doesnt need a peer port

happily runs two servers on 7778 , 7779
0r 8888,8889 etc . I skip 7777 as some people have issues with it for unknown reasons lol

[reef charm]

Oh neat, I wonder why that would have changed...

[distant hearth]

many things changed with asa , like it not needing a query port as that was for steam server listing etc etc
prob just how eos(epiconlineservices) handles the data i guess

[reef charm]

Yeah, I knew that the query port wasn't required anymore. I need to do some packet monitoring and test some things out

Kind of seems like everything is getting proxied through the EGS servers

[distant hearth]

fun fact ?listen is not needed on asa or ase , yet near every ase server an 75% asa servers will have it

asa will also auto assign port in order of which server is opened if you dont manually set them with -port=xxxx,
start server A first an it runs 7777, start server B second an it runs 7778 , etc etc .
start server B first an it will run 7777 lol

[elder heron]

@distant hearth

i did read about your custom color stuff, i am trying for 3 hours now and still cant make it work. Did you make it work at you? Can you set up custom colors for the dinos on your server? 🙂

[reef charm]

Very interesting... okay that's great to know thank you for sharing that

I think I need to tighten those pinholes...

[distant hearth]

if you read down from that original post its explained how its done
must be done through dynamic config that needs to be hosted web page,
here has more info,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#DynamicConfig

[elder heron]

thank you, will give it a try right away 🙂

[distant hearth]

you can host it from a free github link but must be in raw format im told

[night garnet]

Anyone Admin on here ?

[elder heron]

Maybe someone has an idea for this:
i made an ini file with the name "dynamicconfig" and the contents:

[DynamicColors]
ActiveEventColors=custom
DynamicColorSets=(SetName="custom",Colors=("Magenta"))
DynamicColorSetChanceOverride=1.0

i uploaded it to github, made it public and got me the raw address. I used these information on the launch command line, exactly like this:

-ActiveEvent=custom -DynamicConfigURL=https link to the file

i restartet the server, wild dino respawn but still it seems like it doesnt work.

any idea? 🙂 could it be beacuse its an https link and not http, i kinda remember reading somewhere ark doesnt support https

[celest halo]

you forgot the -UseDynamicConfig and dynamic config file dont use headers

[elder heron]

-ActiveEvent=custom -DynamicConfigURL=https....

this is what i used. should i use all 3? in which order, maybe like this?

-ActiveEvent=custom -UseDynamicConfig -DynamicConfigURL=https....

[distant hearth]

-ActiveEvent=custom this is not needed on asa, its an ase command

[celest halo]

DynamicColorSets is wrong also, its string of color names

[elder heron]

god, how much mistakes can be there... xD

would you guys mind to give me the correct one, please. I will learn from it 🙂

[celest halo]

#patch-notes message has example, and https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#DynamicConfig has all the other settings dynamic config can have

[last magnet]

oops

anyway there was a link in the wiki to the examples of the various dynamic configs they use for the three flavors

[celest halo]

the official servers dynamic configs dont have DynamicColorSets in them

[last magnet]

yes and using the example in patch notes linked up, one can figure out how to add that

but the official settings does help in knowing how to format it

[elder heron]

seems i am doing still something wrong. the file on github is

[DynamicColors]
DynamicColorSets=Magenta
DynamicColorSetChanceOverride=1.0

the launch parameters are:

-UseDynamicConfig -DynamicConfigURL=https....

starting game, dino wipe, aaand yeah, no magentas around

[celest halo]

no header in the file

remove the [DynamicColors] part

[elder heron]

aight, testing without dynamic..., thanks

[distant hearth]

-DynamicConfigURL=https
99% sure that is set in gus.ini under
[serversettings]
DynamicConfigURL="URL to your dynamicconfig"
not as a start command
also the header as stolen says, u can look how a dyanmic config shud be layed out here ,

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Web_API#Dynamic_configurations_(ASE/ASA)

[last magnet]

/quickly bookmarks that link. I knew I saw it somewhere

[elder heron]

soooo, the url goes to launcher or gus? Did anyone make it work and where did you put it if it works at you, launcher or gus?

i just did how Willz said and starting it. Fingers crossed. Thanks

[distant hearth]

fingers crossed, sry my shitnet keeps dropping out this morning , just becuase it likes to annoy me

[celest halo]

adminlisturl works with quotes around it though

[distant hearth]

its possible the others dont either , just best to use them anyway
same as sessionname in start line dont need it ,
but if you addd a space in the name it needs it

?sessionname=my server name
will mess up
?sessionname="my server name"
works fine

[elder heron]

jup was ingame and almost getting crazy why it still doesnt work xD

god, its way to early for all of this :-p

[distant hearth]

thats my bad, i copied from your line instead of looking it up , sry ,
good catch @polar echo

[elder heron]

no worry, my bad, everything fine 😄

[celest halo]

its 1am here been up since 5:30am 🤣

[distant hearth]

none this stuff is easy for mere mortals, but its all fun an games figuring it out haha
gimme an engine to fix an im happy as a pig in shit

[distant hearth]

6am here , been up since 1.30pm hahaha

[celest halo]

only if its an old one that you dont need a computer to fix it 😂

[elder heron]

7 in the morning here, trying to make it run since 4. Didnt sleep yet.. damn

[distant hearth]

them computers are over rated, 9-10 times its simple mechanical fault, failed sensor, blocked/faulty valves, etc etc

[elder heron]

or the fool in front of the machine^^

[distant hearth]

that too haha , its pretty common for customer to come in,
i scanned my car it had a code for oxegyn sensor
i replaced it an still has same code, whats wrong.
simple answer there a bloody air leak intake side causing the sensor to read lean (low) triggering computer to think its faulty

[celest halo]

yup but also needed to do somethings on cars now a days

[lone pike]

Anyone know if it’s possible to change how much sap you can collect in a tree sap tap?

[distant hearth]

yea , im a lil out dated tbh . I have a couple programs an leads for my own old cars an bikes , rare they are actually needed though lmao
more often than a friend has borrowed them an the laptop , so when i do need have chase it back

[elder heron]

all right, my raw file contains

DynamicColorSets=Magenta
DynamicColorSetChanceOverride=1.0

there is no launch command

in gus it looks like this

[ServerSettings]
CustomDynamicConfigUrl="https..."
ActiveTotalConversion=
AdminListURL=
AdminLogging=False

respawn dinos
force update dynamic config

aaaaand nope, no magentas around. I am simply not able to make this easy task to run, frustrating...

[distant hearth]

i think thats one the weird things that can only be done with mods .
pretty sure even stack size doesnt effect whats in the actual tap

[celest halo]

my car you cant do the rear breaks without a computer lmao

[distant hearth]

vw/audi per chance? they loved having that to do the handbrake/parking brake reset

[elder heron]

ok to post it? :-s

[celest halo]

vw and yup need it to override the electric parking brake to fully retract it

[distant hearth]

you still need this launch/start command
-UseDynamicConfig

[elder heron]

AHA! we comming closer to solve this case xD

[lone pike]

Stacking doesn’t help for sure. I was hoping there was a code I could throw in. But I’ve yet to find one that seems promising

[distant hearth]

dumb arse things, i tried do one manually, stuck 12v to the motor an retracted but the super computer wudnt recognise it had moved . so had to buy the stupid software

[distant hearth]

none i know of, i know ase s plus increased it size, so maybe a mod does for asa

[celest halo]

i own the software, every VW i have ever owned i have reencoded the ECU and turned things back on that get turned off for the US market

[distant hearth]

oh you got the ross tech one? vagcom i think it is? i had a clone of that for really early stuff , it was very good

[celest halo]

yeah the ross tech one

none of its privacy stuff

[lone pike]

That stinks but it is what it is. Thank you

[lone pike]

It’s not important enough for a mod. Thanks for your answer though

[elder heron]

all right. now also using -UseDynamicConfig and still, nope xD

last ideas?

[lone pike]

Yeah it stops at 20. It’s been that way in every cluster I’ve ever played

[last magnet]

I've had it stop at 20, but after collecting, and coming back, it made more

[lone pike]

Oh yeah it makes more after collection. Sorry I misunderstood you lol

[last magnet]

yeah it maxes at 20

[lone pike]

What a dumb rule lol

[last magnet]

it's like an hour for 20

[celest halo]

thats why i use a modded one that auto sends it to dedicated storage box

[last magnet]

yeah I have my taps in range of automated ark's console, so it grabs the production

on my personal server, I have Cybers so it'll do similar

ah yeah that is possible, I never really tested, but I thought I read somewhere it was 20 max/period of time

[distant hearth]

things to check ,
be sure you have the correct url set in gus.ini ,
make sure the format of that file is correct i.e

DynamicColorSetChanceOverride=1.0```
i think u might have typo an using 
DynamicColorSets=Magenta

[elder heron]

yeah, we just figured out that there is an S to much. But it seems there is another... ok, Sapphire already wrote it xD

[distant hearth]

im just going by the patch notes tbh ,
#patch-notes message

[celest halo]

DynamicColorSetChanceOverride is from patch notes wiki has never been updated to have it

[distant hearth]

i still get messed as im from uk an we use colour lmao
forever causes me headaches

[celest halo]

i think most use colour lol

[elder heron]

god, wish i could post the picture of 5 pink dodos roaming around because it seems it finally works. Very much thank all of you 😄

the question is, i still doesnt have to put an S behind, even when i go for more colors, right?^^

eeeeeeeverything is pink. God, i never tought i would be so happy to see so much pink but here i am, enjoying the pink explosion 😄

[distant hearth]

glad it worked in the end, now u have the dynamic config set dont forget u can use it to easy change rates etc on the server .
worth the hassle in the end

[elder heron]

wait... dont tell me all of this would have been possible with beacon... please... no

[distant hearth]

it wudnt be no

[celest halo]

i run my own webserver so i just edit the file localy lol

[elder heron]

so, now its time to get the "coolest" event colors. Thank you again 🙂

[celest halo]

you also dont even need to host it on a webserver if you know how to do the file path as a url lol

[distant hearth]

does it work as local file? , i know some the other things do

[celest halo]

it did last time i tried but that was back in ASE days lmao

[distant hearth]

join whitelist works local as i tested that , cant rem if i tested admin tbh

one day i will get around to test it lmao . then prob forget what worked an didnt an have google it anyway 🤣

[elder heron]

btw, just to be sure, after setting for 1 color, the next ones has to be like this, correct?

DynamicColorSet=Magenta,ActualBlack,Dark Blue...

with a space after comma or without?

[celest halo]

most things that take a url work with file:///<path to file> not sure if all things with ark work with it though

[distant hearth]

no spaces

[elder heron]

ok found in patchnotes. without space between

[distant hearth]

even here you have a space, i suspect thats wrong
DynamicColorSet=Magenta,ActualBlack,Dark Blue
and shud be
DynamicColorSet=Magenta,ActualBlack,DarkBlue

[bleak ivy]

unless the color has a space.

[celest halo]

ASA works with http also, my local webserver dont use https

[distant hearth]

oh lmao , really ?

[bleak ivy]

yeah its exact "The color names must be -exact- accounting for special characters and spaces"

[distant hearth]

i might be wrong on the no space in colour name thing, test it with dark blue an see 🙂

[bleak ivy]

darkblue doesn't have a space so didn't matter lol

dark green does have a space tho 😂

[elder heron]

i am simply checking how to write here at wiki color id. also the patch notes at events with announced colors.

[elder heron]

oh god xD

[distant hearth]

oh lol, im confused now for sure haha
just rem it will likely read anything upto the mistake and ignore anything after it lolz

[celest halo]

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Color_IDs#List_of_colors has some of the color names

[bleak ivy]

they are random. some have a space others don't. some have random numbers in them too.

[elder heron]

yeah, i am checking these exactly. and some event colors from the.. well, events 😄

[distant hearth]

anyhow i need a nap, have fun testing crazy colours

[elder heron]

good night and thank you again 🙂

[celest halo]

alot

it checks the dynamic config for changes every time server does a save, so like evey 15min

admin url i havent checked to see when it checks that one so dont know if it caches it or check everytime someone connects

plus everytime you restart the server

i just run mine local server dont need to leave my lan to get the file lmao

my cluster runs off a server in my closet 😂

[pliant acorn]

We have a problem on our island server. We have a root server and 5 cards + ClubArk are running on the root.
With some update, the ping started to run normally at 70 and then spiked to 120. Since the last patch, Island has been unplayable, especially in the evening hours.
There is a delay in opening inventory, or when putting things in the Inventory or from the Inventory to a Storage Box.
Ejecting the eggs or opening the crystals takes forever.
Does anyone know what could be causing this? The root is not busy and everything runs normally on all other cards (without lags or ping rash)
Thanks for help ❤️

[pearl solar]

Is there a link to the solution for gameusersettings.ini getting reset with every time the server is started or stopped?

[jaunty vortex]

are you making changes while the server is running? Because I believe it will write the files back out when it stops.

Never had my files changes while starting and stopping but I only edit them while the server is stopped.

[pearl solar]

ASA server. trying to change max players and add cryopod nerf removal line to gamesusersettings under teh [server settings] area. i save the file, run the server and check the file, the changes are gone

self host. good to know that errors will reset it

thank you for the tips!

[brittle creek]

crash on by opening your inventory

[lost spoke]

how do i not force-update mods on launch?

[distant hearth]

you cant, everytime server start it checks in with curseforge to see what mods are on it and what version

[lost spoke]

so if a mod authors decides to update a mod to break everything , im at his mercy? :/

[willow veldt]

Hi all !!
Does anybody have server crash issue when launching King Titan boss ?

[queen pecan]

Hey!
I'm thinking about running my own dedicated server at home. I'm not sure what's the best specs are for the PC to run the official maps and maybe 3 to 4 mod maps.

I'm thinking about getting a 4x32gb ram

What would be a good mobo, cpu, gpu and m.2(4tb), power supply?

[distant hearth]

thas a very openended question tbh , Asa needs more than ASE for servers
you wont need that much storage though for a server , best to split it into 2 x 1tb ssd , so you can have backups safe on a sperate drivedrive .
The maps useage is going to depend on player count and amount of mods , as a very rough guide allow 16gb of ram and 1 cpu core per 20 slot server running a dozen or less mods .

Thats prob a little overkill , but nobody wants shitty performing servers

[sharp vessel]

Hello !
Do you know how to block a certain item and/or a certain engram from OSD ?

[humble thicket]

Has anyone found a solution to inventory duplicating/doubling during transfers on nitrado servers?

[distant hearth]

you cud remove said item from the loot table using beacon ark omni app, the free version does drop coding i think .
just dont try change the code too much or it will break them, they are a pain to custom code

[sharp vessel]

Beacon OSD codes are the same from the game ?

And we don't need to modify it from zero at all ?

[distant hearth]

yea click experimental drops, then show default loot contents,
then u will see them , when loaded they will show whats in them, find the item you wnt to remove an delete it or sub it for something similar. just be sure if sub, to match the wight etc that they used originally

[queen pecan]

Huh Idk why but I've always thought you needed some crazy specs to run servers

[distant hearth]

depends how big a server, the officials running packed maps with 70 players 24/7 will need alot more resources

[sharp vessel]

Nice to read, but if the engram/item I want to remove is from a mod ? How can I do it ?

[distant hearth]

the mod is adding stuff to the osd?

[queen pecan]

That's actually what I plan to do, I was thinking maybe 50 slots per. Run all maps (future maps and modded). Which is why I was thinking about going with more ram for future proofing. Would I need a good gpu?

[distant hearth]

server doesnt use gpu , only ram and cpu

[queen pecan]

Even better wtf

[sharp vessel]

There's one mod which adding saddle and blueprint saddle in the OSD but in mass.
The modder reduced the amount of saddle/blueprint of his mod but that's always a problem for us and these saddles and blueprints are replacing Carcharo saddle in OSD.
The modder doesn't want to listen to us, so we are taking another turn to just block blueprints and saddles from his mod until he realizing that there is a problem on his mod

[versed hollow]

Is there a way to integrate a web store for a cross platform ASA cluster to handle player donations?

[distant hearth]

it will depend how the mod handles it tbh , some add an extra spawn container, some just piggy back, if they piggy back u likely cant chage it.
add the mod to your project and look see if anything shows.

[thorn spear]

So I had a server running, last night my router needed to be reset. After setting my port forward back up, my server doesnt show up anymore. Any reason why?

[distant hearth]

restart the server if you didnt already after doing the port forward,
make sure 100% the correct port is forwarded and in udp ,
easy to make mistake an do tcp

[sharp vessel]

I will try to do something and see what it gives me, to be honest, I send an ultimate message to the modder to explain it all the case but I'm not positive for his answer

[distant hearth]

what mod is it? will take a look aswell when i get a chance

[sharp vessel]

It's the Laelaps mod

[thorn spear]

server is down, i set up the port forward like last time which i had tcp/udp. Just to be safe i went and made it udp also and it still didnt show up

[distant hearth]

Retrosauria Assemblage: Laelaps?

[sharp vessel]

That's it

[distant hearth]

if its an asa server check on battle metrics website if the server show an what port its actually running, make sure that matches to what port u forward

[thorn spear]

its ase

[distant hearth]

ok , will look later an tag u if i find anything that might help

[sharp vessel]

Yeah, no problem, do it when you have the time only, thank you for your research ! I'm gonna do some deeper researches too xD

[distant hearth]

not sure then, i think theres a way to see if steam is getting connection to it , have a look here .
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_server_setup#Finding_Your_Server_in_Lists

[thorn spear]

I also dont see it on steam but I never was to begin with. It was also just shown in the server list

[pure haven]

if you completely rewrite osd drop in beacon, anything that mods inject into them wont be a problem but another problem is that OSDs are very tricky when it comes to modifying them and even beacon's creators dont recommend to mess with them as if often leads to server crashes

[sharp vessel]

Yeah, I saw that, but I don't know what to do at this moment
My community became a little angry about dropping all these saddles and bleprints and don't even have a little chance to drop Carchara saddles in OSD in the hardest difficulty xD

[distant hearth]

you would have to test , but i think this will work ,
load the default drops in beacon , tick show default contents but dont change anything . save it , then hit export an it shud show all the code for each drop in the game.ini .
This in theory wud overwrite the drop,
it may or not work though depending how the modder is getting there saddles into the drops .
i cant see much on it in beacon, running samd on it now to try get more data

[sharp vessel]

I can try that on my backup server, it's also my test server lmao

[distant hearth]

thats the best way , always good to have testing grounds

[sharp vessel]

I can't remember, I forgot how to use Beacon, I choose Extinction but nothing is showing in "Loot Drops"

[distant hearth]

start a new ascended project,
set extinction in the map part of the project,
click loot drops on the left ,
add a new drop , tick boxes for show experimental and show default contents ,
scroll down till see oribatal drop ,
threre shud be 4

[sharp vessel]

Nice, I saw them now, thank you, I'm gonna check that !

It seems, they're respecting the loot from the game, now, I will try to set it on a server and do some OSD xD

[bleak ivy]

this is for server/singleplayer setup.

steam requires the full game size free to patch the game. the UE5.5 update will partially fix this by making the non-island maps DLC downloads.

[gray rose]

can cross platform between xbox and pc be done over LAN without setting all the port fwding up?

[bleak ivy]

Assuming ASA
if you mean PC xbox then it will work for non-dedi.
if you mean steam then it has to be a dedicated server.
port forwarding doesn't matter for LAN connections, non-dedi doesn't require them at all since it goes through the platform.

[gray rose]

ok, yes ASA(steam), hosting dedicated on PC using manager software, trying to connect my kids XBox S in to the server and keep getting connection time out when trying to join.

[bleak ivy]

make sure the manager software didn't disable xbox for some reason.
mods?

[gray rose]

mods were the first suspect so disabled them.

[bleak ivy]

what map
you are playing it on the xbox right and not streaming from xcloud?

[gray rose]

the island and yes its downloaded on the xbox and not being streamed

[bleak ivy]

do you connect from the same PC as whats hosting it?

[gray rose]

we have tried both hosting on our dedicated server PC and on mine that i play the game on and the PC side of things seems to work fine either way, the xbox times out regardless.

[bleak ivy]

could be the manager software. look at the crossplay setting and manually change it to ALL.

[gray rose]

ok awesome ill do that, wanted to confirm it was at least possible though. 🙂

[bleak ivy]

or could be some weird thing with the router connection. maybe try plugging the xbox to ethernet or unplugging it 🤷

[gray rose]

we tried both wired network and wireless, thinking the same thing, no luck though.

[bleak ivy]

yeah, thats weird. I've played my server thats not port-forwarded on 5 different devices. 2 steam, 1 PC xbox, and 2 xbox consoles. no issues connecting all of them connected in different ways too.

[gray rose]

ok, Thanks for the help, im leaning towards there being a setting or CMD line somewhere in the manager i need to fix now.

[bleak ivy]

Oh, another thing you can try is to use the open command to join.
get the IP to your PC, load singleplayer on the xbox and use the command Open IP:7777

[gray rose]

open IP was what we were trying as i was asking initially.

we might have to give that a try too haven't done a manual .bat setup in years. lol

[bleak ivy]

ASA should change the port automatically. could be the manager causing it to not change tho

[dusky vapor]

Anyone able to help identify potential conflicting mods, or mods that cause crashes? We have removed mods that we thought were that cause of crashes one being primal chaos and it felt more stable but now it's crashing again but way less

[pseudo cedar]

Hello. I'm using Zerschranzer ASA server manager to host a map on my server machine. I can join, but I can't get anyone outside of my network in. I have been going through the steps of port forwarding, but nothing seems to be working. I even tried changing the ports as a test. When I put in sudo netstat -tuln | grep 27115 (query port) nothing happens so maybe the machine isn't connecting something? Any thoughts?

[distant hearth]

Ascended doesnt use a query port so not suprising that dont work

It only uses the one udp port for connecting, set with -port=xxxx, it will default to 7777udp .
look up your server name on a website called battlemetrics an it will show you what ip an port its running on

[pseudo cedar]

It's running on 9013

And confirmed that with battlemetrics

When I check to see if that port is open, it states it isn't. But I set the rules up for it in my router configs

[distant hearth]

so u need to make sure that port is forwarded in udp through windows firewall inbound,
your router and anything else between the computer an the internet(switches etc) and any a/v anti malware program may use .

[pseudo cedar]

It's hosted on a linux and has been allowed through the firewall. No other malware software is installed.

[distant hearth]

most things struggle to test udp ports,
its also possible ure isp just doesnt allow, some block stuff for fun . other than that , im not sure as not very good at networking .
unsure how linux works , might be u need to allow it through what ever virtual machine you using and the linux build it self

[pseudo cedar]

I know it will work because I've used port forwarding for other games. I'm just real stuck on this one. Lol.

[merry pewter]

what the command to wake up a dino

[elder heron]

question, maybe someone knows it. saddle get "destroyed", they have like 0 of 500 durability... But repaired or not, the dmg the dino takes with it is the same. Is that a bug or is that normal?

[fallow parcel]

Hello~ Anyone know if it's possible to host a dedicated server from my PS5? Thanks!

[bleak ivy]

cheat SetMyTargetSleeping 0 works. if its cryosickness use cheat ClearCryoSickness instead.

[bleak ivy]

if you are playing ASA, its not possible. the client can't host dedicated servers anymore.
if you are playing ASE, remember it requires you to play on a second playstation.
non-dedi would be the one to use if you want to play and host on the same device

[bleak ivy]

besides rollrat, dura is just visual. (unless a new dinos has one lol)

[fallow parcel]

Thank you for the response! Yes sorry I meant ASA. Would I be able to host from my PC then but play on it from my PS5?

[bleak ivy]

yes, dedicated servers are crossplay by default on ASA

[fallow parcel]

Thank you. May I ask how would hosting go about with that? I mean like would that server have a "Host" survivor like non-dedicated does? Would I be able to still use admin commands if my PC is hosting? I'm brand new to attempting this and only been playing non-dedicated with my friends.

[bleak ivy]

you won't have a host survivor or a tether.
some commands can be used through the console server side but most will have to be used after you join.

anybody can use commands if you do enablecheats adminpassword and then admincheat or cheat before the command

[fallow parcel]

O_O Oh snap. Thank you very much!

[bleak ivy]

ASE or ASA?

battlemetrics. its a website. good luck most of ASE is super spread out and half is on singleplayer/private

ASA has officials so you'd find better luck there. otherwise the same thing and ASA is more populated on servers

[merry pewter]

moro gigantophis freemium mod ( is it free thing to have and to tame the gigantophis or we need to pay ?

[bleak ivy]

read the description.

[frigid vine]

14 Official Maps... Damn, Server Costs will get high for this amount of memory and CPU 😅 Really looking forward to the UE5.5 Upgrade. Maybe we will some optimizations

How bigger clusters plan to handle this? I mean with which Hardware? I guess 192/256GB of Memory is needed. Maybe split on two servers with 128gb Memory.

[jaunty vortex]

You'll need a common cluster folder, but maybe that can be a shared drive

my server is limited to 128GB RAM though 😦

[distant hearth]

you can use as many machines as you like aslong as the cluster directory is synced between each , not sure what program people use for that tbh, not something i looked at

[jaunty vortex]

I ain't got the cash to duplicate my setup again 😄

[distant hearth]

i doubt many actually need that many maps tbh , most prob sit empty

[jaunty vortex]

I reckon so. I have the main ones and my nephews flit between them

[frigid vine]

Clustering is not issue guys 🙂 i was talking related to the needed hardware and the Costs

Until now, in ASE, we was able to run all 12 maps with a 128gb Server (Linux). Now in ASA the story is completely different, also with the still missing linux support (and yes, i know about proxmox/docker/etc solutions).

[distant hearth]

well thats just standard gaming tbh, 10 years go by and hardware needs upgrading alot ... Not really sure what to say , its better than it was on release but i dont think it gonna get much better tbh . will see with the new engine upgrade i guess if it effects servers at all

[last magnet]

I paid around $300 + another $200 for my current setup (more RAM, and a beefier PSU that didn't sound like a rattlesnake). rn I can handle four maps running at once + win10 + server manager with 64GB of RAM. I'm only limited by my cores and RAM atm. I do have 12 mini PCs each with 32GB RAM and a 512GB SSD I could figure out how to cluster if I wanted to go that way.

[pseudo sinew]

Hi. Does anyone know what time the wandering king titan base on? Is it in-game time, UTC time or where the server is base?

[outer island]

My friend has an unofficial server that we were map hopping with. My previous 2 hops went fine. This third one though didn't go as good as before. I think my character is gone, which I'm fine with, but I uploaded a bunch of tames and items. Are uploads account based like offical or am I SOL and lost everything?

[olive talon]

Account based

[rotund scaffold]

Something happened when I try to tame the forest titan at soon I take his arm off he disappears but the music still 🫠

[inner perch]

Hey Wildcard could you fix bug of falling through raft and foundation on rafts? That would be so nice. Thanks in advance

[river venture]

How do you make the upload timer work? When I go to gen2 to test with the free tek gear, it shows that there is an upload timer. But the items don't have timers at the terminal like they should. I can't find any server option that toggles this, only ones that configure the uploaded item or dino expiration timers. I mean the 15 minute timer you have to wait for in order to upload

[fiery jackal]

when FG for Nvidia will be fixed and available in game? also when we get fox for spawn Giga and Carcha on volcano on single player?

[restive heron]

Is there a place I can go and see whenever an update releases for Nitrado servers so I know when to update?

[jaunty vortex]

pinned in here

#unofficial-setup-help message

it will tell you when last updated. That one is for unofficial but that and nitrado rented tend to come out together

[lone lodge]

Good Morning, Question please, I know it can be done, Official does it every weekend, Google says it cannot be done... They lie. lol Question, How do you change rates on a server without shutting the server down itself?

Thank you, so API plugin basically, Thank you so much that makes so much sense. I need one more coffee... pot

ahh ok ill do research on the page going now, ty ty

Thank you, Do you have a example I can see by chance?

Thank you very much, I do Appreciate you, Off to study the API and the Wiki. Ty ty ty

right but one page you sent me is api. sorry that is the word I ment

Thanks, Yes and i see that. how great, Ok . No I run 5 non modded, 5 modded servers. Self Hosted* I would like to give them weekend* rates

my apologies, sorry awake now and brain is somewhat working. I know better than to think before the coffee has kicked in.

[zenith socket]

On my Self hosted Unofficial server the wandering King titan is not despawning even tho the timer says 0 minutes remaining anyone know why that could be?

[distant hearth]

a wild dino wipe will get rid of it, it is very buggy

[shadow estuary]

Question on the Astraeos Wardrobe. Does everyone on the server need to have it downloaded or is that just a per person if you want to use it kinda thing?

[bleak ivy]

its a custom cosmetic

its player side.

[clever trail]

Is there something i can do that will keep my server fps stable at 30fps at least because currently when 2 players joined its halved to about 15 and at 8 players you're looking at like 3.7 fps. Windows server with 150gb ram, Xeon E5-2697 14 core and SSD

[west aurora]

can u play non dedicated with someone on steam and someone on epic?

[bleak ivy]

guide in the pins.

[shadow estuary]

So I guess my confusion is if I have it downloaded and my friend doesnt does that just mean only i see myself wearing it and they see me in whatever gear I actually have on?

[west aurora]

oh ok i was confused thx

[bleak ivy]

they can download it too and see it. if the server has it setup in the server's custom cosmetic whitelist it will auto download when people see it.

[clever trail]

will this work for asa?

NetServerMaxTickRate=30

[shadow estuary]

This is my first time modding so you'll have to forgive me on not understanding all the jargen "server custom cosmetics whitelist" is that my downloaded mods page for nitrado or is that something else?

[bleak ivy]

its this setting https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration#:~:text=CosmeticWhitelistOverride
I've never done it before so I don't have an example.
this is wildcard's post on it https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/736592-enable-custom-cosmetics-validation-on-unofficial/

[peak nymph]

Hello people, i think something is going wrong with my servers, there's a player that is losing tames and structures with no apparent reason. Today he has lost his entire base on extinction and i don't know how to figure this out

[solid sand]

Anyone know how to disable building around OSDS? And Element nodes?

[solid sand]

What does his tribe log say?

[distant hearth]

its one or all these cant rem which does what ,

PvEAllowStructuresAtSupplyDrops=True
bIgnoreStructuresPreventionVolumes=True```

Probably the last line, check here for more details
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

[solid sand]

Thank you

[humble thicket]

Can I get some assistance setting up my drops for my new pvp server?

[distant hearth]

get a program/app called ark beacon omni, the free version will drop coding i believe.
just dont go with crazy amounts of things or you will crash the server

[humble thicket]

I tried the beacon and was super confused

[bleak ivy]

technically speaking the program is called beacon. beacon omni is just the subscription

[bleak ivy]

that is how making drops goes

[humble thicket]

Welp ill give it another go 😮‍💨

[bleak ivy]

I remember when I first made drops lol. made some aberration drops because I hated the RNG so made drops guaranteed to give certain items lol.
if I didn't have beacon I wouldn't have even tried 😂 was still a pain and took mutliple tries.

[lost spoke]

i increased stat point when you level up, but after a server restart it shows my stats lower until i die and respawn :/ is there a fix? why is this even a bug

[lone lodge]

I do believe it is the setting to configure the amount of stasis you get at a certain distance away from expl: your base. Dinos do not lay eggs if you are out of range, they go on stasis. How it works though I am not sure.

[distant hearth]

if you cant do it with beacon( by far the easiset way ) then i highly doubt you can manually code them . the help section in the program is very good and guides you through a bit .
too me prob a few weeks to learn how get my drops working how i wanted , but im a slow learner

[humble thicket]

Think i got it (:

[final girder]

This may not be the correct location to ask, I was just curious on who others recommend for a dedicated server provider? Thoughts on a VPS for multiple servers and it's performance?

[distant hearth]

mutiple servers you will want to rent a dedicated macine, vps prices add up fast last i checked with the amount ram needed

other than that nitrado is the only legitamate option for ascended , if your on evolved i found g -portal very good.

[wild drum]

I'm making several changes to my steamcmd dedicated server, is there an in game command I can use to verify these settings? for example I've been changing rates to baby maturation and PlayerWeightMultiplier I'd like to make sure the server actually reflects the changes because I dont see them in the admin manager?

[onyx gale]

Anyone else dealing with boot loops since recent updates?

[final girder]

Yep, I'm looking at what people recommend for a host for a dedicated or vps.

[final girder]

I thought that partnership was canceled due to all the complaints and the monopoly it caused?

[distant hearth]

no, for ascended they have sole rights to supplyng fully setup ascended servers with a u/i . What got changed was that you can self host on your own hardware or any that you rent from elsewhere

[icy kettle]

Is there any INI config settings for the Tribe Tower to enable it to be placed anywhere and not just in the open?

[sweet crest]

Is there a way to buff a specific dinos damage through ini?

[sweet crest]

Appreciate it.

[final girder]

More so just seeing what host people go with, I've seen pingperfect mentioned prior

[distant hearth]

hetzner in europe seem be the best an cheapest option

obv not helpful much outside of europe though lolz

[final girder]

Sucks, stuff is way more expensive in the US. I get decent ping to some servers in Europe but it's not always the case.

[rotund scaffold]

Anyone know a mod that works like AP?

Admin panel crash too much

[earnest socket]

Good evening, everybody.Does anybody happen to know away To put my ark survival ascended server back to default It is in constant restart mode I removed all the modes and the loot drops.. And that has not worked.It's been in restart mode for the past 48hrs

[distant hearth]

as in completely wipe the server and start fresh ?

[sweet crest]

Put in a ticket through nitrado

[earnest socket]

I don't want to do that because of all the progress

[earnest socket]

I already did

[distant hearth]

did you change something to make the start crashing? or it worked fine then started doing it ? do you have much custom code in the ini files?

im assuming you tried to load a back already and that hasnt worked

[earnest socket]

I tried adding a mod map

[distant hearth]

well that wud have deleted all your progess anyway

[earnest socket]

Not unless I did a wipe first I was going to try out a map.And then it didn't work so I tried to go back to the original map which was extinction

[distant hearth]

anyhow, you wud have to add the mod , select custom map in nitrados u/i, then enter the custom mod map name .
reverse what you did and if you havent corrupted the save files , it shud boot fine

[earnest socket]

Yes I know that and that's what I did.. That's when it all started..

[distant hearth]

If thats not working you can learn how ftp connect to the server , manually take backups of the save files , then reinstall it .
Or let nitrado deal with it, you pay a premium for there service, the least they can do is offer some support

[earnest socket]

I already did all that..

[distant hearth]

what i used do was stop or force server, wait 5-10 mins(there ui is laggy), ftp connect, make manual backup of the save folder to my pc/laptop or just the files i wanted.
Then back in nitrado, reinstall another game to it , conan, aleza w.e it dont matter.
LEAVE it alone for atleast 30 mins whilst a game is installing,
-1 if that doesnt run/bootloops the server is broke , only nitrado can sort .
-2 if that game installs fine an the server is running, then i stop it an install ark back ,again Leave it alone for 30 mins.
if it is all good then i stop it an put back the saves an go from there

[earnest socket]

Okay i'm gonna have to try that thanks

[noble fable]

Is there somewhere that unofficial servers are advertised? In Evolved there was a steam section for them but I don't see that for Ascended

[distant hearth]

#1110925695900713072

[noble fable]

thanks. I completely missed that!!

[pulsar lark]

got a quesion i cant seem to figuer out im playing on pc while y wife is playing on pc i cant seem to get her to be able to use cheats any help would be greatly appreciated!

she is playing on xbox*

[worthy roost]

Guys I have a very difficult problem for my server set-up. Basically, we have a lot of players on the island right now, and we will go to scorched earth after ascending. When we do this, we want to reset character level to 1, but still have the bosses on our implant and the explorer notes unlocked.

I've looked into how to do this, and there's no simple way to do it that I know of. One idea I had was simply create a new character, but having to execute a million cheats to get the explorer notes back will take a solid while. Another idea I had was going into the character profile save files to edit their experience, but they are encoded in a way I cannot decipher with my limited knowledge

What's the easiest way of doing this?

[distant hearth]

there isnt one i dont think,
best i can think of , is backup the char data after ascending .
start scorched with brand new chars, then once player reaches the level they were or before do boss, switch the files and invite/cheat them back into tribes as needed

[haughty cairn]

Not sure if anyone can help, but my server keeps crashing due to Garbage collection. Anyone know a fix? ```ÿþFatal error!

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff

CL: 621904
0x00007ff70ee813b6 ArkAscendedServer.exe!FTextHistory_Base::~FTextHistory_Base() []
0x00007ff70d7c0d7b ArkAscendedServer.exe!TProperty::DestroyValueInternal() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Public\UObject\UnrealType.h:1469]
0x00007ff70f0c571d ArkAscendedServer.exe!FScriptArrayHelper::DestructItems() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Public\UObject\UnrealType.h:4477]
0x00007ff70f0c5363 ArkAscendedServer.exe!FArrayProperty::DestroyValueInternal() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\PropertyArray.cpp:763]
0x00007ff70f00d703 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UScriptStruct::DestroyStruct() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\Class.cpp:3300]
0x00007ff70efba8a1 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UObject::DestroyNonNativeProperties() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\Blueprint\BlueprintSupport.cpp:2499]
0x00007ff70f0a5df8 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UObject::ConditionalFinishDestroy() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\Obj.cpp:1095]
0x00007ff70f044699 ArkAscendedServer.exe!IncrementalDestroyGarbage() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\GarbageCollection.cpp:3576]
0x00007ff70f044c08 ArkAscendedServer.exe!IncrementalPurgeGarbage() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\GarbageCollection.cpp:3475]
0x00007ff70f01c6a7 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UE::GC::CollectGarbageImpl() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\GarbageCollection.cpp:4268]
0x00007ff70f0877b0 ArkAscendedServer.exe!TryCollectGarbage() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\GarbageCollection.cpp:4455]
0x00007ff710fd06c7 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UEngine::ConditionalCollectGarbage() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:1882]
0x00007ff710c042d3 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UWorld::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\LevelTick.cpp:1820]
0x00007ff710a5f385 ArkAscendedServer.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\GameEngine.cpp:1926]
0x00007ff70e6fa1ba ArkAscendedServer.exe!UShooterEngine::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Projects\ShooterGame\Source\ShooterGame\Private\ShooterEngine.cpp:192]
0x00007ff70c5c1b17 ArkAscendedServer.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\LaunchEngineLoop.cpp:5906]
0x00007ff70c5c973c ArkAscendedServer.exe!GuardedMain() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Launch.cpp:195]
0x00007ff70c5c97ba ArkAscendedServer.exe!GuardedMainWrapper() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:118]
0x00007ff70c5ca39c ArkAscendedServer.exe!LaunchWindowsStartup() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:258]
0x00007ff70c5d1ee7 ArkAscendedServer.exe!WinMain() [C:\j\workspace\RelB\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:299]
0x00007ff711c45dc2 ArkAscendedServer.exe!__scrt_common_main_seh() [D:\a_work\1\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl:288]
0x00007ffb44904cb0 KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []
0x00007ffb5abbedcb ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction []
Last Replicated Actor ElementNode_Hard_Horde_C_2138468699
Last Remote Function ClientMoveResponsePacked```

[distant hearth]

im not certain but i dont think garbage collection is causing that server to crash ,
do you have modified osd drops by chance?

[haughty cairn]

yes, actually

[distant hearth]

osds are a bastard to code correct , tbh most of us just wont touch them ,
Last Replicated Actor ElementNode_Hard_Horde_C_2138468699

this line i think means the server crashed becuase of red osd, unless thats purple, cant rem tbh

[haughty cairn]

hm, I will revert them back to normal and see if it crashes, thanks 🙂

[distant hearth]

fingers crossed, tag me an let me know if it fixes it , so i know for future if see that errror again , thx

[toxic hazel]

Anyone else goot issues downloading/updating mods on server boot again?

[dense badger]

Is there anyway to have a custom spwan locations

[leaden cedar]

Hello, is there a way to specifically increase the spawn limit for gigas/carchas? I find 2 to be too low, especially if you add mods like the Desolatitan.

[near hawk]

HI, for ASA has anyone tried hosting a server on a pc and play on it in the same pc? does it work?

[agile kiln]

same problem was last week. its a curseforge problem. just wait until they fix it

[toxic hazel]

Yeah I know, was checking if it was only me or not haha

[river tinsel]

yep

curse has some issues

[toxic hazel]

Last week was only for about 2 hours, so far its been like 3/4 for me xD

Hopefully not much longer, cmon CF!

[jaunty vortex]

Yes, if you have enough RAM. You want at least 32GB. For the server, use a different port to the default 7777, e.g. 7778

[swift verge]

Yes we have

[near hawk]

thanks for the info

[sharp vessel]

CF issue buddy

[sharp vessel]

CF is aware about this problem, they are checking

[deft rapids]

hey sever host here i cant seem to get dinocount multiplyer config doing anything in extinction always the same amount of dinos?

[twilit knot]

is there something to check if curseforge is down ?

[toxic hazel]

CF should be back up and running, able to boot again now

[red cove]

hey does anyone know how to add plugins? i wanna get a farming one for my server but cant find one

[last moon]

Is anyone else having a problem with the setbabyage command on a baby Dreadmare or Dreadstallion?

[pliant acorn]

Is it a bug that you can upgrade the enforcer/mek with the workbench blueprint or is that correct from wildcard?

There are discussions about this on our unofficial server.

What is the normal level cap of the Enforcer/MEK?

[last moon]

If you are talking about using different types of blueprints to upgrade them, you can't do that anymore. They fixed it in the hotfix.

[pliant acorn]

Oh okay, but the same blueprint type works with upgrade them? and thats finaly right?

[last moon]

Yes, that is how it is supposed to work.

[pliant acorn]

an official statement about this would have been helpful 😄

[celest halo]

Imagine getting official statements on how things work or game settings 🤣

[pliant acorn]

not for work or game settings, but for bugfixes

[celest halo]

90% of patch notes "fixed an exploit"

[pliant acorn]

That's true, but for bugs, about which there are a lot of YouTube videos, you can write a sentence or not? the blueprint workbench didn't exist before. I actually thought it wasn't intended that you could craft the blueprints for Enforcers or Meks so high with the workbench

[jaunty vortex]

Given how complicated the game and server mechanics are, it would earn SW a lot of kudos if they did supply official documentation.

[worthy roost]

Is there a way to change the GRaptor feather cooldown?

[worthy roost]

I figured it out. I mean I already had but my 3am brain didnt think of it

You go into the ark profile file and reset experience in the hex to 000000

[gentle sail]

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x000000000000000c
any way to deal with this?

[cosmic stone]

I have a PVE server self hosted. I am trying to get boxes to have the lock/unlock option but I have put this in the Game.ini and command line and it doesn't seem to be working any thoughts:

-ForceAllStructureLocking=true (Commandline)
-bForceAllStructureLocking=true (Commandline)
ForceAllStructureLocking=true (Game.ini)
bForceAllStructureLocking=true (Game.ini)

Not all at the same time of course, but it seems I covered it all but still not working.

yeah of course sorry was copy and pasting

[distant hearth]

ForceAllStructureLocking=true
put in gameusersetting.ini, under the header thats there
[serversetting]

[cosmic stone]

yeah I am tryign that now also. Hoping it works

[distant hearth]

unkless its already there an set false , but it prob wont be ,
100% works if put in the right place

[cosmic stone]

yep that did it thank you fine ark server admins

[gentle niche]

is there a setting that makes sure my ivent items get uploaded after ascension? im confused as hell

[fast ferry]

Hello, is there a way to improve the loot quality of the OSD? i'm getting items with official quality

[marble warren]

Hey guys how do i change character stats on nitrado servers=

[humble thicket]

how do I disable wind 10

[brave meteor]

guys the cuddle interval multiplier slider is not working it does not change anything is it bug?

it seems not not be doing anything

i tried different numbers too

i changed in the ini settings

[distant hearth]

start command -ServerPlatform=PC+XSX+PS5

steam

[humble thicket]

whats the platform of win10

[distant hearth]

windows 10 is windk irrc

no win version of ark is differnt to steam

they mean the win store version

yea its me being shit an naming it wrong

Examples: -ServerPlatform=PC or -ServerPlatform=PC+XSX+PS5```

they default to all , 

win store version has no anti cheat , its baaned from official pvp an alot of unofficial pvp servers

[long jackal]

We need admins for unofficial server valkyrie Valhalla ragnarok

[distant hearth]

me either , but i dont pvp so dont care , when i had servers if anyone was caught cheating they got insta banned, but i only had like max of 30-40 players over the entire cluster so easy to manage

they were also passworded so they had go through discord to get access , that helped alot rather than randome joining here there an everywhere .
was very rare had issues , but did have few over the years

[brave meteor]

non dedicated server cuddle interval is not changing

[distant hearth]

it will only effect new eggs or babys born into the world, make sure to test with fresh laid or born stuff

[brave meteor]

like everyother setting im changing its working but the timer stays at 2 hours no matter wat i put

[brave meteor]

already tried but lemme try again

[distant hearth]

make sure fresh laid egg, old ones in fridges will still have the old settings, its a weird ark quirk

[brave meteor]

now it did work thank you

weird cause i tried a new egg before

[jaunty ocean]

did anything chage with server hosting because my server is not showing up anymore

[copper canopy]

anyone know how to make dino level 600 for singleplayer modded?

[distant hearth]

if you can set it 20 do so , other wise u need to change the ini setting ,
overrideoficialdifficulty=20

[bleak ivy]

you have to override it. the ingame slider is offset so it'll just reset to 1.0

[jaunty ocean]

do you know any reason why it won't show up

[bleak ivy]

make sure you don't have the platform specific filter and mess with the other filters. changing to all.

[jaunty ocean]

i tried that what version should the server be on beause it says its on 55.9

[distant hearth]

make sure its running latest version

[copper canopy]

in the gameini right

[distant hearth]

v58.36 is the latest , server needs updating

[distant hearth]

it will be in gameusersetting.ini under header [serversettings]
it shud already be there, just find it an alter the value, then save it, make sure do that with the game closed

[jaunty ocean]

i tried updating it and it stayed the same number

[distant hearth]

something is wrong with your update batch file or software if you using a server manager

[copper canopy]

I didnt have the overrideoficialdifficulty so i just added it and put difficulty for 20 also the difficulty 20 will get me level 600 dinos right?

[distant hearth]

yes its 30 times that number so 30 x 20 = 600, do a dino wipe once u get in game, then u shud see dino spawns in like 20,40,60,80,160,320 etc

[jaunty ocean]

my update batch file is start C:\SteamCmd\steamcmd.exe +force_install_dir C:\ARK +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 validate +quit is that right

[distant hearth]

thats correct if those are your file paths, what happens when u run it ?

[jaunty ocean]

the what

i see appmanifest_2430930.acf is that the one

[celest halo]

for some of them the problem is they use validate and steamcmd is doing what it should be doing and validating the current installed files

[jaunty ocean]

it did not work

[celest halo]

validate wont fail if games files have not been changed or are not corrupted

yes it should, validate is for checking for corrupted/changed files it should be checking them to the version the manifest file says is installed

[jaunty ocean]

should it be starting with verifying install

[distant hearth]

validate is after the force install(update) command, so , it checks the install for the latest update-installs it if needed, then validates the files that are installed.
I've used validate for over a year with no problem(i have terrible internet that will drop out for fun or go slow when it likes).
The issue arose when steam changed how the files were listed (we now cant see the private builds(official or nitrado),test builds etc on steam db, just the public files .
Not sure why it messes up, but reinstalling steam or deleting that .acf always seems fix it. However it usuall gives an error during the update/install when that's the problem.
If it goes straight to verify then it has an up-to-date version installed at the location specified

[cyan hollow]

While setting up my server I have messed something up and now dinos do not level up, what setting is this so I can fix it?

[short scarab]

Anyone here able to help? I have experience in server hosting and such, have hosted Ark servers before but for some reason its not working right now.

• All the firewalls are deactivated (Ports are also open)
• Fresh install
• Start command is

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Ark\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?listen?SessionName="HelloWorld123"?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?-WinLiveMaxPlayers=70 -NoBattlEye

• Server Ui command line status light is yellow
• Server Ui command line says Ticking loop
• Server outputs that is has succesfully started

Yet i cant see it in the server list and when i try to connect via console using open nothing happens.

[low dew]

27015 pretty sure isnt used

change it to 16 and put 7777 to 7778 try that

@short scarab and alternativly you can use a server manager

[short scarab]

A server manager? Never used anything like that but ill try the ports right now

[short scarab]

Still nothing using this and connecting directly to the ip:port dosent do anything.
No timeout notification, nothing.

[low dew]

could be a configuration error

i recommend windows gsm with the asa plugin

[earnest dew]

Anyone else having issues with beacon trying to restart the server

Were it gets hung up on downloading the INI and won’t work

[fallow mantle]

My stats n settings should be the same across my cluster im using beacon how come one map Dino’s lvl stop before the rest tho the settings are the same?

[livid pivot]

Has anyone ever ever had a issue with one specific dino, giganitosaurus spawning at 150 and 144 when max is 180 for your server? I do have Paleo Giga but have had 180s before

[jaunty vortex]

ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="HelloWorld123" -Port=7778 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=16 -NoBattlEye

Try that. You’ll need to forward port 7778. It’s a UDP port.

[austere needle]

you maybe needs the certificates on your host for this you can install epicgames launcher (just install no login needed)

[muted coral]

Hello fellow Arkers,

I have limited time to play, but still want to enjoy the game. So I have increased the taming / mating and growing up speed
However currently it's set pretty fast which does not allow me to imprint my dinos

Which settings should I use, so I can still imprint my dino's with the increased rates?

On my own Nitrado server

[jaunty vortex]

Get Beacon. It will let you play with settings that will give you a full imprint.

[muted coral]

Thank you John, will give it a try

[jaunty vortex]

Don’t think you need the paid version for breeding rates.

[muted coral]

@jaunty vortex
Sorry just 1 more question, i found the settings. But since grow up time is so fast. should I put the Baby cuddle interval multiplier low? like 0.1? or should I put it much higher instead?

[jaunty vortex]

Are you looking in beacon? Because it will make it much easier to calculate values.

[muted coral]

Apparently the app on my phone is from Nitrado itself?

[naive summit]

Hello everyone i have a server that we are trying to put a custom resource cave on but can't find out how to get the rss to spawn in (element, electronics, paste) i have a picture to use to show what I mean if you need it i can dm you

[jaunty vortex]

how long do you want things to take to tame?

I really would recommend downloading Beacon though, it makes it so easy to do

[muted coral]

So these are current settings:

ah cant copy/paste pictures here

[jaunty vortex]

what's your curent mature speed multiplier?

[muted coral]

1000

[jaunty vortex]

set cuddle interval to 0.001736125

You see how easy that is in Beacon?

No messing about, it tells you

[muted coral]

Just downloaded Beacon

Wow so many options in Beacon, I will have to watch a video on that

[jaunty vortex]

breeding multiplier, second option down

put your mature speed multiplier in, click on auto imprint and say you want all dinos and it will calculate the values.

[muted coral]

oh wow I see it now

[jaunty vortex]

the subscription is worth it in my opinion, if you run servers. They also have a discord

[muted coral]

Alright, I will look into it, I changed the values in my nitrado server, but somehow it still shows it needs care in only 46 minutes for example. Basically I am new to imprinting, so I dont understand much about it

Nevermind I am a complete idiot. I changed the wrong value, haha

[livid pivot]

Any help on this? It's really frustrating

[jaunty vortex]

make sure you stop the server and give it enough time to shut down before changing things

[tranquil mauve]

Anyone know how to enable Dreadmares releasing held creatures near other players structures/tames? Currently we're getting an error for this 'can't release: Enemies nearby'.

PVE server

[languid jacinth]

ASE: annyone have an idea why Structures Plus (S+) (Mod ID: 731604991) dont let you learn the engrams? (or spawn items in for that matter

[celest halo]

Last time I played ASE it worked

[pure haven]

dreadmare use same settings as normal cryos so if you disable enemy check for cryos it should work for dreadmare ability too

[humble thicket]

I have a nitrado server that I want to reset back to day 1. If I wipe the server will it effect the settings I have applied as in will I have to go back through them all and redo it?

[gentle sail]

anyone got a code to spawn a water vein?

[nova stump]

Has anyone had experience with items duping when transferring maps, and players randomly losing items from their inventory when they log out?

Server on Nitrado- ASA

[humble thicket]

I personally haven’t but there is a group of settings for dupe things

[dire wharf]

is there a GUS ini setting to disable this Dinos cannot be cryopodded if damaged within 60 seconds?

[humble thicket]

Just reinstalled a nitrado server for my Xbox and I can’t find it in the server list I’ve restarted both game and server multiple times I can’t for the life of me remember the fix I had for this issue

[nova stump]

We have all of those dupe check settings selected but still experiencing it unfortunately, thank you though

[humble thicket]

I have no idea how to fix it I’m currently having issues of my own and just happened to see the dupe settings while trying to figure out my stuff

[stuck steppe]

both 150 and 144 are multiples of 6? 25 and 24 points respectively. should still spawn at 180 on a 30?

[wise kindle]

Use the General page, “Start with” drop down menu and pick new save.

[naive summit]

Hello everyone i have a server that we are trying to put a custom resource cave on but can't find out how to get the rss to spawn in (element, electronics, paste) i have a picture to use to show what I mean if you need it i can dm you

[exotic orbit]

ALERT...Dino Depot is still corrupting save files and we have confirmed that it is Dino Depot by pulling out all Dino Depot stored dinos and moving them in to vanilla Cryopods and deleting all Dino Depot structures on the map. We then had to move all items in to new vaults placed that had not had any Dino Depot items stored in it and pickup all structures that had any kind of inventory and place them back down once Dino Depot was removed to clear the corruption. If you are using Dino Depot still your map save is corrupted and will be destroyed on restart of your servers.

[austere bone]

is anyone's unofficial server having issues right now? assuming ark in general is just having an outage affecting both

[low dew]

nope all working good

[last magnet]

my server is running, but I wasn't able to join

didn't even show I was trying

[vale fiber]

I am

[austere bone]

i can see it up but the unofficial tab just isnt loading for me, or i cant join the one time i did see it D:

[last magnet]

I did a refresh of the server list and nothing showed up, so I was like okay, nevermind so I shut my server down. I had crashes last time I was in, once with a cryo deploy and another time after I did some damage against an aggro creature

[stone robin]

With my sever it’s saying no sessions found eventually the list comes up but when I try to load in it says unknown error. I have several players having this issue

[distant hearth]

likely eos is having problems at,. official has issues too , see the crazy general chat for fun

[marble talon]

Okay so it’s not just me, I can’t see anything either

Oh nvm it literally just popped up, took forever tho

[last magnet]

steam's having issues too

[marble talon]

Nvm again I got a “unknown error” pop up when joining

[austere bone]

unknown error for me

smh lol

[distant hearth]

all players need the eos side of things to be working as they handle player data, if they have issues, its effecting every platform an every server

[stone robin]

I’m in upload hopefully it’s fixed before 24 hrs or I will have to make another character and do all the ascension bosses again smh

[humble thicket]

What do you do if someone is ddosing your cluster?🫠

[wise kindle]

Report them to Microsoft via the gamertag report system(if Xbox) and their ISP.
Contact your server host to report it as well.
If you are self hosting, you gotta deal with it with your ISP I would think.

[deep flower]

Holy...

They push a bad update or something?

[exotic orbit]

Yes and I sent this same message in the Dino Depot Discord in their help channel and they started attacking me and stating it wasn't their mod and a configuration issue on my end and I was a first time server admin and didn't know what I was doing then banned me and deleted all my messages

[deep flower]

Mind if I shoot you a DM?

[exotic orbit]

It started with the update 148 two days ago and we had to do a 24 hour rollback on the server and they pushed another update 149 last night but it is still corrupting saves so we are in the process of trying to save everyones items and Dinos on our server cluster

Sure

[distant hearth]

dino depot works fine for me and thousands maybe tens of thousands of others,
it did have a minor issue a few updates ago causing server crash that was fixed within a few day .

can i also say deleting vaults has nothing to do with dino depot mod, like what sort logic is that lol .

[wise kindle]

Swap to pelayori’s pod mod. Its been solid as a rock from the release of ASA.

[deep flower]

I second this. Rocking Pelayori until maybe soul traps come to ASA?

[distant hearth]

pelayoris has had its issues too , its the one with the hologram shown for dinos right ?

[deep flower]

Thats the other one... I used that before and had issues.

I forget the name.

[wise kindle]

I’ll probably stay with pela tbh.
Its been the most stable mod in my lineup lol.

[deep flower]

I just miss the soul trap paintball gun. xD

[wise kindle]

The what?

[deep flower]

Theres another cryo mod with holograms on the cryos. Cant remember the name.

[distant hearth]

when u hold the soul ball , there like a lil hologram above it showing the dino

[wise kindle]

No its just a pink or blue pic like the vanilla pod.

[deep flower]

It def is a cool concept!

[distant hearth]

ah i got the wrong mod then haha, there was alot when asa released

dino depot is the closest to dsv2 imho

[deep flower]

You think dsv2 will ever come to ASA willz?

[wise kindle]

The pods are chambers.
Yeah theres like 12 pod mods rn and its confusing.
Im just happy Im running one that never has issues. Top notch modder.

[distant hearth]

no, the mod author quit an put all the code open source afaik, that why so many mods on asa copy it almost exactly

[wise kindle]

Btw pelayori has the same features as dino depot. Had ppl try to convince me to swap but the features are the same.

[deep flower]

Ahhh gotcha. You know which ASE mod i miss the most is Best Egg. You ever play with that b4?

[round bridge]

Nah he won't release the source

[distant hearth]

not one i ever used no, but i try keep mods to a minimum , more than 6 an i start sweating lolz

[deep flower]

Don't blame ya xD

[wise kindle]

I miss that horse map and castles, forts and keeps.

[deep flower]

Ooooh I heard CKF is working on ASA actively

[distant hearth]

cabbaluss? one my fave maps , and ckf remasterd was amazing build mod

[wise kindle]

Yeah its in test atm

[wise kindle]

YES

[deep flower]

is Cabbaluss a completed ASE mod map?

[wise kindle]

I miss that map

[wise kindle]

Yep

[deep flower]

Word.... I might check that out for my ASE cluster.

[distant hearth]

ya he isnt going to work with asa , last i saw in the discord anyway, but that was like a year ago 😦

[distant hearth]

100% do, its great fun

[wise kindle]

Yeah it makes me sad. Thats one map that WC should buy and update.

[distant hearth]

has alot lil hidden bits fnd an explore

[wise kindle]

It was the Ragnarok of Steam

[distant hearth]

yea 100% , it offered so much

[deep flower]

Oh guys we cant forget about Eco... That is hall of fame right there.

[wise kindle]

Oh god the loss of Eco hurts

[deep flower]

Bad......!

[low dew]

whats eco

[deep flower]

One of the best ASE mod creators IMO

[low dew]

never heard of him

[distant hearth]

last time i played cabbalus we banned fliers an added marni wildlife i think it was , added lions an elephants an stuff .
was huge fun an game changing being land only on a fairly large map

[deep flower]

Ooooh. Do you know the command to ban flyers by chance?

I might use this idea.

[wise kindle]

The elemental horses and her saddles were literal works of art.

[distant hearth]

from memory in game ini
bforceallowflyers=false

double check here though ,
https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

I actually coded all flyers out of the server in the ini except wyverns, which i set to be untameable

[deep flower]

Thank you! I just checked out photos from that map and ohhh my goodness...

[wise kindle]

The photos dont do justice

[restive heron]

Is everything down

[untold ginkgo]

Does anyone know if the code used in ASE for reducing the element dust conversion to 50% still works? I want to se it up in my server

[distant hearth]

as long as you aren't using a stack mod any crafting cost changes will work in asa as well

[untold ginkgo]

I only changed the general stacking to up the stacks of resources but that’s it, we used to have the dust in ASE reduced to 500 to 1, I gotta find the code again I guess, I lost it😭

[distant hearth]

gimme 5 mins i can generate in beacon, highly recommned that any server owner use beacon , amazing tool

[untold ginkgo]

We’re thinking about it but I need to look into the subscription part of it, there’s a lot that doesn’t pop on the free version and also very much appreciated!!

[gentle sail]

I got beacon and paid for the subscription and I love it

[marble talon]

Is unofficial still having problems?

[distant hearth]

its 20$ a year , once that sub ends, you still have access to any data that is released before sub ends, just cant get the new updates, i need to renew mine. will do it when new map out

[untold ginkgo]

That’s not bad at all!! I thought it would be that a month

[vale fiber]

yes

[gentle sail]

yeppers

[gentle sail]

its really not bad at all. we use it and we dont have nitrado and it makes life so much easier

[distant hearth]

shud be this ,
ConfigOverrideItemCraftingCosts=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemResource_Element_C",BaseCraftingResourceRequirements=((ResourceItemTypeString="PrimalItemResource_ElementDust_C",BaseResourceRequirement=500,bCraftingRequireExactResourceType=False)))
in game.ini

can change the BaseResourceRequirement=500 to any positve number for crazy , 1 dust one ele for example

[untold ginkgo]

@trail elm

Thank you so, so much!!!

[distant hearth]

ive used beacon for years, i used manually code servers an , well beacon is a god send compared haha , worth every penny

[untold ginkgo]

Yeah there are a few other things I want to try and mess around with eventually

[distant hearth]

i first found beacon when i wanted to add element to loot drops on a mess around pvp server we was testing. Takes a bit of figuring out but once u do its amazing.
Breeding settings omg, its like the goat, click of a button an see the effect on every dino in game, both those things are free
just takes alil time an effort to learn

[untold ginkgo]

Yeah we’ll definitely be taking a look into as soon as we get it!😁

[short scarab]

Anyone here able to help me ? This is getting frustrating, im not sure why things are not just ''working''.

• Fresh Windows server installation
• Nothing on it other than steamcmd, vcruntime and ASA dedicated
• Ports 7777, 7778, 7779, 27020, 27015, 27016 are opened in wsf and theres no other firewall
• Command line is start C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ark\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="HelloWorld123"?QueryPort=27015 -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=16 -NoBattlEye

Ye i cant find or connect to the server.

[distant hearth]

asa does not use a query port,that the old steam port for ase server listing, shudnt effect anything though tbh as server ignore commands it dont recognise if the format is correct some people have issues with 7777 udp
try this ,
start C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ark\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="HelloWorld123" -Port=7778 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=16 -NoBattlEye
ensure the 7778 port is forwarded udp, not tcp and in your firewall/router inbound setting , plus what ever else between you an the internet

if the server is working fine after boot up it will show a line something like this in the window advertising to join
also check your running the latest server version ,

ah yea that too , iirc installing epic games launcher will sort the certificate thing on server versions of windows

[short scarab]

Dang it

It wasnt a link it was server output XD

[distant hearth]

yea its more well known now i think, i run home version so no probs. rem alot had issues when them certs were first needed

[distant hearth]

prob too much text, just post the last like 10 lines

[short scarab]

Does this work?

Detected OS Windows: 10.0.20348.3.272.64bit
Couldn't load mods library from disk
UserContextInfo not loaded from disk
UShooterEngine::LoadGameMods with 0 mods
No Primal Game Data Override, using default PrimalGameDataAsset.
Default PrimalGameDataAsset instance created. Class is PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP_C_2147482310.
Initialize Primal Game Data Override.
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_1
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_2
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_3
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_4
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_5
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_6
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_7
Primal Game Data Took 0.00 seconds
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_1
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_2
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_3
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_4
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_5
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_6
Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_7
Server: "HelloWorld123" has successfully started!
Commandline:  TheIsland_WP?SessionName=HelloWorld123?QueryPort=27015 -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=16 -NoBattlEye
Full Startup: 59.59 seconds
Number of cores 6
FNetGUIDCache::PeriodicCleanAndCompact:   0.03ms total time [  0.01ms CleanReferences() and   0.02ms compacting]; ObjectLookup.Num()=0 [0 removed]; NetGUIDLookup.Num()=0 [0 removed]
Garbage Collection Triggered!

Yes, so this is the console ouput.
Im installing epic laucnher right now and ill try the command line you provided.

I meant ''Does the message work''

Like ''Will it get deleted'' xD

[distant hearth]

sapphire will know the best way, follow what he suggest

[bleak ivy]

#announcements will effect unofficials too so right now isn't really the best time to troubleshoot lol

[distant hearth]

epic launcher was just the easy way to get the certs installed way back

[short scarab]

Well i have no idea how to add mods, is it complicated?

If theres a quick guide or something to explain me how to install a mod i'll try it right away.

[distant hearth]

if its a windows server version an they didnt add the cert crap, it wont work, full stop

[short scarab]

id as a stright int or an array/string? And do i need to download it from curseforge and add it to the server or we dont care for now?

[distant hearth]

start C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ark\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?SessionName="HelloWorld123" -Port=7778 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=16 -NoBattlEye -mods=927090

[short scarab]

According to what i saw, it downloaded, unzipped and initialized properly

Server still isnt visible in server list and open ip:port isnt working.

So its possible that i have a terrible timing?

Dang it, im always having issues with ark for some reason. Thank you for your help, i'll wait for the issues with epic to be fixed before continuing.

It was problematic on ASE and my last ASA server i remeber it was super frustrating, yet i have been hosting my own server for so long.

[distant hearth]

use
open <ipadress>:<port>
get that data from battlemetrics if you dont know it , works aslong as u dont have password on the server

[short scarab]

That work but the game blackscreened lmao

While it wasnt working 5 minutes ago

[distant hearth]

still shud say in server window ,
server has completed startup and is now advertising for join.

also check at the top , for server version
shud be on
ARK Version: 58.36

[distant hearth]

what did you change?

[short scarab]

Im not getting the advertising thingy but it is 58.36

[short scarab]

Litteraly nothing.

Datacenter

[distant hearth]

i think you have cert problems tbh

[short scarab]

I'll assume its coming from the issues with epic

[distant hearth]

using the direct command bypasses epics joining system,
extinction blackscreening is not an uncommon problem,
i can look for it an test if you want ?

[short scarab]

But yea, right now i can ''Connect'' to it. Im getting a server log as its seeing my connection but the game blackscreens and nothing happens.

[short scarab]

Sure i can send you the ip and you let me know if you can connect to it

Yea if it can help

OH

[distant hearth]

its ok i can find it from battlemetrics

[short scarab]

I'll restart it to remove the mod first

[distant hearth]

oh remove that first too, i never had an issue with it but i didnt play loads

[short scarab]

Its starting up

[distant hearth]

fyi it shows up when i searched in game , i'll try again in 5 mins

[short scarab]

Oh yea its working right now

[distant hearth]

the ping is only 81 to it lol(not that the ingame is very acurrate) guess you must be europe too

[short scarab]

Thank you a lot to the both of you for you help, i was getting frustrated and had no idea what was the issue you helped me a lot and i appreciate it a lot!

[short scarab]

Montreal, Canada

[distant hearth]

lol dumb ass lying game haha , i found in game an can join no issues, you now have my ip adress feel free to do with it what you like hahaha

[short scarab]

Alright well no i can finally tweak my things up with the annoying config files ❤️

[distant hearth]

it actually runs very nice lol

[short scarab]

It does

[distant hearth]

yea console shows the eos id an the ip joined

[short scarab]

His starts by 86 :hackerman:

[distant hearth]

hehe you can share, its just an adress, people get all funny about it , mines dynamic so changes every so often anyway

[short scarab]

I wouldnt do it out of respect

[distant hearth]

i never understand why people get funny about ip adresses tbh , paranoia at its finest

im sure everyone wants to hack me an gain access to my half a solana an 111111111 millionth of a bitcoin .

mine changes about once a month i think, never did actually time it . dont care, if someones wants waste there time hacking me for my peanuts good luck to em hahah

every account is on that stupid 2fa crap so they need my phone number too and access to it to get the message pass codes,
it pisses me off trying login my accounts an have send stupid message to phoine lmao

[bleak ivy]

it happened to mojang 😂 minecraft was so outdated and old that they could trick it into allowing you to join any server as any user. so people could join a server as the admin that was like last year (might've been 2023)

and people wondered why microsoft was removing mojang accounts and merging them under a microsoft one lol. their systems are SO outdated.

that was more of the network system then account system since it didn't compromise accounts..

supposedly it happened 10 years prior and everybody just forgot... wasn't fixed lol

just do everything

2FA, unique passwords, unqiue emails, hell go with unique PCs too 😂 emails is overkill

[distant hearth]

honestly i am too poor to care lmao , if i win the lottery i shall consider increasing security .
hard to steal from an account that has 0

im lucky if i have £10 left in my account after all the bills get paid lolz

2fa was fine till the crooks got smart, then they wud phise or threaten or corrupt phone admin peoples in the shops an gain access to the phone number lolz

[bleak ivy]

thats why the authenticator apps exist.

I imagine they may have a similiar issue tho lol.

this isn't really related to unofficial setup anymore

[distant hearth]

not in uk , or maybe ii didnt update my shit but the 3 accounts i use are done on txt

[vapid bough]

Who can help me get and set up a server for me and my friends to play on

Dm me please

[acoustic pasture]

so. I've got a weird problem lol.

I have my stacks set up correctly. and my universal stack is set to x20

I have silicate set up to be 10k for a full stack. however in-game it will only go to the universal stack of 2000, and straight ignores my custom line in game.ini

golden eggs have a x1 stack. however it also ignores the universal stack, so it's 1 per. and also ignores my custom stack line in game.ini

NO other items have these issues. and I have no mods that effect stacks, especially not these two in particular. and I am completely stumped

and annoyed lol

for the record, my game.ini lines are:

ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemResource_Silicate_C",Quantity=(MaxItemQuantity=10000,bIgnoreMultiplier=true))

ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemConsumable_Egg_Hesperonis_Golden_C",Quantity=(MaxItemQuantity=10000,bIgnoreMultiplier=true))

and I swear to everything under the sun I've gone over the lines a million times lol

I did indeed, and no dice. I also went in manual

yes and yes on both counts!

I asked them, and they were stumped too

I really don't want to have my community lose their progress over my descent into madness over golden eggs and silicate haha. and my mods don't touch stacks, so it's just a huge connundrum. frankly I think it's just the game being a brat

I actually have an event map that I do all my sciencing on lol

emphasis on should lol. ark is a wonderful fully stable and functioning game lmao

thank you very much for your help! I really do appreciate it

well hey you've let me know I haven't gone fully insane. sometimes stuff just doesn't want to work

and I'll nuke the event map to attempt to correct the egg issue

[raw glade]

@light quarry

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

[restive heron]

Hey guys I have had people boosting my server by using cash app because people just don’t know how to use the Nitrado boost. Is there any steps I should take to make it clear this isn’t an income or anything. I mean it’s like $20-25 here and there but all coming in from different people. I don’t want any flags popping up on me. I also am unsure of this is taxable

Well they all keep wanting to cash app me and that’s what I’m worried about. Because I’m not really making money off this I’m putting all into the server to keep it going. And yea I’m in America

Yea but it’s like such a specific thing that I’m not even sure what to check

Ok thank you!

[spice gale]

Anyone know a better way to bypass teslas having too much ammo other than changing crystal stack size?

[reef charm]

Under a certain amount you don't need to report it. If you're making <$1,000 per year on it, just don't worry about it

The last thing the IRS wants to do is devote resources towards auditing your Ark server donations

[restive heron]

Ok thank you!

[valid wigeon]

so im starting a world with a few friends on ark survival evolved just curious as to what i shouls set the dino spawn rate to if we got 4 people

[celest halo]

Default, or unless you have a hefty server to handle the extra load from all the extra dinos

[humble thicket]

Hi all, we've had an issue since Extinction released where any character on that map can't get above level 90. If they're below that level and transfer to the map it caps the character to level 90 also. The ini matches what we've got for other servers (except the ports, server name etc). Is there any idea on a solution/whether anything else is needed for the ini on Extinction?

[robust nymph]

Has anyone seen ark acknowledged the duping issue that's been happening for ages?
Like is a fix even being worked on?
Assuring everyone on every server is doing it, even if unintended cos it's just happen, but its hard to police if its something out of admin control

[gentle niche]

Hi all, looking to make my server into a cluster, im using steamcmd. Can i just make another BAT file with the new map name and put the cluster ID in both files? Also do all the files have to stay in steam CMD or can i put them anywhere on my PC?

[velvet kindle]

Hello everyone, Can someone on EPIC GAMES join a server made by a STEAM PLAYER using MODS or no?

[opaque tulip]

cant find my self hosted servers. any idea why? 🙄

[wise kindle]

No, epic doesnt have mod support.

[velvet kindle]

Alright Tysm

But if i were to buy a server from NITRADO for example and i am on steam can both EPIC and steam join the same server ?

(without any mods)

[wise kindle]

Yes.

[velvet kindle]

ty

[reef charm]

Some mods are crossplay compatible

[humble thicket]

I got a nitrado server up had issues finding it yesterday finally got it to show up after a million restarts and shutdowns played for about 4 hours and now it’s doing it again any solution?

As soon as I complained about it, it showed back up in the server list

I was able to get in and then had to leave because I couldn’t mount any of my tames and couldn’t whistle now it’s not letting me back in

Why is nitrado so damn difficult

[devout rampart]

Guys need a quick report ASAP please: after this update, me and all other players on ALL maps have emptied tek storages.

[royal violet]

Everything I had uploaded to my obelisk on my unofficial Nitrado server is gone as of yesterday. it was all uploaded at different times (some for months, some for days) and a rollback doesn’t fix it. Does anyone know if there’s a way to fix this? I had obelisk decay off

[regal dune]

well after what almost 2 months i still have the black screen issue on extinction when trying to spawn on any server so i'm done with the game i'm canceling my nitrado server and just getting rid of this game this issue will never get fixed

[reef charm]

Always has been, but you should bug their support about it

They are having major issues today though

[reef charm]

Might have wiped out your cluster directory when they had the large datacenter issues today. Ask their support and they may be able to restore

[royal violet]

Thank you. Do you mean Ark or Nitrado?

[reef charm]

Nitrado specifically. But also check the recent #announcements, because it looks like the last patch went sideways

Hard to tell which would be impacting you since both Nitrado on their own and Wildcard had major issues that could both be suspects

[sleek nacelle]

anyone else patch and now dedi storage has been erased?

[reef charm]

known issue

officials are getting rolled back because of it

[sleek nacelle]

thanks

they rolling back the patch, or the save?

[reef charm]

If it's on a private server they probably can't roll it back, so you may have to pull a backup. It's possible that the ded storage data didn't actually get wiped, but seems unlikely

[sharp kelp]

Is it possible to transfer between Nitrado servers in the same way as playing on official? My buddies and I are playing through the maps and when we went to transfer to the next map we had to unpod all Dino's, and upload to the obelisk and then download each one on the new map and re pod. All eggs we transferred hatched at level 1 and none of the colors they should have been.

[sleek nacelle]

Thank you @reef charm

[reef charm]

np

[sleek nacelle]

Just trying to figure out the best way to restore the stuff on my cluster. ❤️

[reef charm]

Not sure if this helps, but with ark I usually stagger the updates so there's some time to see alarm bells going off for scenarios like this

Which is exactly what happened today. I didn't update until I saw how the patch landed

[sleek nacelle]

I do the same

[oblique pewter]

So should we as unofficial owners wait for another patch before rollbacking?

[sleek nacelle]

but I wasnt around to catch a few of the servers

[reef charm]

That's fair

[frigid vine]

Yes. Save the Backups before you patched. Wait until they fixed the built. Apply your backup should be fine.

[oblique pewter]

Has one else tried to confirm?

[reef charm]

Relevant info is going to be announced by Wildcard, we don't know right now

His guess is probably correct

[devout rampart]

i've applied the 1 hour back backup but dedi are still gone. Can't get them back in any map (also removed the "new" commandline)

seems like it's the exe itself that discard dedi resource on boot, from the save. Just my 2 cents

[regal dune]

at least y'all can even play devs won't fix my issue haven't so far so i don't expect it

[glacial creek]

well whatever they did 2 patches ago the Center map is now stable, its nice comming home to find no new consol windows restarted 🙂

[keen monolith]

Trying to restart my server and it won’t restart, it keeps saying update then back to restarting so on, even when I cancel the restart it just goes back to updating

Been going on for an hour now

[peak sapphire]

Probably for the best it hasn’t restarted yet if you have dedicated storage. Check out #announcements and maybe sit it out until later. That’s what I’m doing.

[keen monolith]

Nah no dedis, haven’t built anything yet I only opened the server last night

My extinction server restarted fine, it’s just my astreaos that won’t restart

[tepid berry]

Lesson #1 running an unofficial dedicated server: NEVER immediately update to minor-releases. 😄

[bleak ivy]

lesson #2 is always have a backup when updating lol.

[tepid berry]

Maybe reverse them 😄

[bleak ivy]

always have a backup should be lesson #0 lol

[celest halo]

maybe QA should of tested it before it went live and they wouldnt of had to do a roll back lmao

[gentle niche]

Yeah so my save corrupted and I can't roll back, I transferred my server save to single player last month to do some testing, so luckily I can use the player/ map files when this is sorted, sadly lost about 2 weeks worth of progress

[fathom tinsel]

oh, so unoffical is broken too? Mine is updating.. Good thing I took a backup before the update.

[plush jetty]

dont update it

you'll break dedi

[celest halo]

an update now should just put it on 58.36

[fathom tinsel]

FYI, I restarted my server in the last 10-ish minutes. It "updated" to 58.36 and I was able to log in without issues.
I have a backup I can roll-back to if needed but figured I should post this.

I am on PC, Dedicated (on linux with proton).

[gentle niche]

I only had 2 backups, server window opens loads everything then closes, last line of log says;
SQL database is corrupt and the save game is compromised

I dont have them after updating, i know what the back up files are, It was fine this morning 😦

I only have 2 backup, one of which is the anti corruption BAK

Neither are loading so I'm gonna have to use my single player save files, at least its something 😦

I can spawn everything I lost, and I defeated bosses so I'll just god mode and admin rifle them 🤣

Got some theri breeding to male up for though 😞

[fathom tinsel]

Well, when you run your own you can "fix" what you lost, at least mostly.

[bleak ivy]

I remember in ASE my gen2 server got wiped and my save was a few weeks behind. my entire base was emptied, my shadowmane lines gone. very sad day. at least my base itself was still there, that would've been pain.
never doing that again, every update I make a backup lol

[gentle niche]

Shame you can't send WC a corrupted save for them to fix, though with their track record...😱

[celest halo]

i make my own backup every hour and keep 36 of them

[bleak ivy]

I make more backups then when they update. I just make sure I do a backup right before 😂

[celest halo]

i also dont do server updates right away and i wait to see how many people in here say it broke something lmao

[bleak ivy]

yeah, if its a minor version I just don't do it at all lol. unless it includes something I want.

[gentle niche]

Very wise words y'all I'm going to do the same from now on

[celest halo]

i do minors next day if i have to do a server restart to update a mod lmao

[bleak ivy]

I'll just launch the server without updating sometimes. its not required in the bat to update it.

[celest halo]

majors i try to wait lest an hour lol

my start bat dont do an update either

[bleak ivy]

I don't for majors, just do a backup of saved and then jump in. since by then my game will have updated anyway.

[celest halo]

people that do that are just asking for problems 😂

[lost siren]

I dont get it. Who updated to 58.47 and the server got F... What should we do?

[cursive plinth]

So what do they want us to do? pick a save before the Update and load it?

[lost siren]

I dunno

[bleak ivy]

either update again and use a backup. or wait and use a backup

[celest halo]

need to run update again to down grade server version before loading an backup

[bleak ivy]

yes, you use a save from before the update. I would make sure you keep that around just incase

[gentle niche]

Well this is weird, on my single player save everything is there, when i use those files for my server (ark file and player file) everything is there except storage, workbench invent, cryo storage etc

[bleak ivy]

delete the mods and then do it again.

server side

[gentle niche]

Same mods on the server that are on my single player though

no more, no less :S

[bleak ivy]

the server's versions are broken so redownload it

[gentle niche]

Im so confused 😦

im just gonna wait

[gentle niche]

You mean from the BAT file?

or the mod folder?

[bleak ivy]

the mod folder.

so the server redownloads them

[gentle niche]

ty

[lavish gulch]

how do i rollback my server back to v.58.46

so just restart the server and it will go back to that version?

im sorry if i sound dumb (probably am), but i cant find the setting to change it back to 58.46 😭 i have restarted the server but its still on .47 im on a nitrado server

ahh okay okay. i see what you're saying thank you so much for your help!

[lost siren]

I will wait. I logged in exctinction and many bases got their dedicated storage empty. Some players lost all the items.

[lavish gulch]

ours have too. we are hoping that will bring back the items

[lost siren]

I just shutdown all my 6 servers. Players are complaining, but it is better to wait instead of loosing a server map.

If I have to restore a backup tomorrow, it is better to have them resting than playing.

[celest halo]

only way items will come back is by loading a backup

[simple thorn]

Hi all having a problem when a player gos from scorched earth server to Island it makes them black weight and lose all, is this because of the new update or ark lol

[distant hearth]

people wonder why i keep start commands an update seperate lolz, and why i dont auto update hehe

no issues here

[glacial creek]

58.36 is still working just fine all 7 of mine are showing, and joinable.
i would suggest keeping a test server thats not updated, sometimes such as this is a good time to switch files for the non updated test server.

[distant hearth]

i never take minors right away , no point imho

i guess pvp servers some times need too but id expect most those to have admins that actual perma ban anyone caught exploiting

cudnt you just write a script that updates them all, but only when you tell it too

[glacial creek]

i used to use amp i have a 50 license, are you using the linux?

[celest halo]

no issues for me either 😂

[glacial creek]

ahh, ya much messier lol

[celest halo]

i have an ansible playbook i run that updates all my servers, also have one for starting them

they been breaking updates since ASE 🤣

i made my playbooks back in ASE days, just edited them to work with ASA lmao