unofficial-setup-help

[hollow robin]

Ya they have to constantly get updated every update pushed

I get y they quit it gets to b much

[cursive abyss]

I use Awesome ark tools

pretty reliable for the most part

[wise kindle]

Its seems like they get reported for issues constantly

[hollow robin]

Ya I use Gaia commands it's ok

It could use a lot more to b good

It works for the most part

[last magnet]

per dododex, to get the flag you use gfi flag_LostQueen, but trophy is supposed to be GFI LostQueen 1 0 0

[hollow robin]

Ya I tried that it just gives the flag lol love ark

[last magnet]

I haven't played Lost Colony yet, I haven't gotten all my ascensions yet

[opaque narwhal]

yo can someone help with something? i have 0 mods downloaded but when i download mods such as ark descended it tells me you need storage or whatever

[hollow robin]

U might have to reinstall the game m8

It's bugging out on you

Or you don't have enough consol rooom

[worldly siren]

yea, depending on what mods and maps you have running, ARK can be CHONKY

[hot dove]

Has asa xbox pc not updated to 83.9 yet? im stuck on 83.4

[celest halo]

there is no 83.9 for pc xbox

that is an official servers only version number

[hot dove]

when i start unofficial pvp it says deploying 83.9 at the bottom?

my game has been crashing on load in screen for a day and ive tried EVERYTHING to fix it, it says in logs "lowlevelfatalerror"

[celest halo]

if you watch #status-updates you would see ark has been messed up for the past 3 days 😂

[opaque narwhal]

yo can someone help with something? i have 0 mods downloaded but when i download mods such as ark descended it tells me you need storage or whatever

[hard parrot]

Same here, seems like an issue with the windows version. I can get in through Xbox, but I want to play on my PC lol

[celest halo]

there def issues with it #status-updates message

[hot dove]

Glad you relate i thought I was alone 😔

[hard parrot]

Yea I hadn’t heard or seen anyone talking about the same crash, so I thought it was just on my end. I verified my files several times and did complete uninstall/reinstalls, update graphic driver etc. so I’ll just stick to Xbox for now and fingers crossed I can use my computer again when they get this next patch out lol

[hard parrot]

They just sent out the update, 83.11 I was able to join a single player game so that’s a major step

[cursive abyss]

anyone unable to roll their servers back?

[celest halo]

what you going to roll it back to an other broken version, you cant go back to a v81. without also rolling the client back to be able to join it

[hot dove]

Damn I was gonna reinstall too until I realized they just haven't updated xbox pc servers I think

[cold ore]

We urgently need the 83.11 server patch 😭

[boreal oyster]

My steam just got an update and a patch. The update was quick, the patch has 3 hrs

[celest halo]

yeah like a 10gb download for me

[sacred marsh]

guys can anyone know how to change fall damage in nitrado? is it the resistnce?

[brittle sail]

yo my friend it trying to join a server with only two mods but the game keeps telling him to "free up space in the mod folder" even tho he doesn't have any mods downloaded, does anyone know what this might be?

[celest halo]

🤣 they past 83.17 for server and still broken

[native bramble]

i have a question that im confused over or if we are still waiting for a patch on everything. my server when starting it up through steamcmd (tried updating before hand), it still says 82.8, is that because the patch for it isnt out or will it just continue saying that since that was the patch it was made on?

[tight canopy]

I may be mistaken but I was confused about this on ASE the Server Build never matched the Client Build exactly. Also SteamCMD is also a pain in regards to fetching updates and mod files. (I still can't get it to properly download and store the mod folders)

[waxen robin]

anyone figured out how to disable the gameanalytic spam yet?

-NoGameAnalytics

nevermind, chatgpt helped me.

[austere bone]

should unoffical servers be left off atm or not updated if its still on the patch before astreos released? been away so i havnt updated yet since the bigger patch came out

[celest halo]

officials are off-line, so its upto you if you wanna update your unofficial

[austere bone]

wasn't sure if all the problems going on affected unofficial or not, so i wanted to ask first since i hadn't had the time to read the discord chat back lol

[acoustic barn]

@ebon escarp i also personally found 8 mesh holes and i can send you videos on each one and i made a ticket if you want the number

[rugged tendon]

Question for xbox players on console:

For Lost Colony. When you start the boss - does it put you in / start?

Tried starting it twice so far (gamma) and shows the teleporting but immediately fails it and doesnt teleport me.

It teleported my tribemate, but immediately failed me with 0 explanation.

[blazing lichen]

so i have a nitrado server and my astreaos map is just not appearing, i waited for a bit and it showed up, i was able to play for about 10 mins and then got timed out. went back to server browser and its gone again. interface says its online so what am i missing here

[tepid berry]

New server drop

[ripe jewel]

My servers are still on 84.4 after 12 hours of 84.5 launching for servers

Am I missing something

[cunning mason]

yea 83.5 was never deployed to nitrado bc it corrupted and wiped people's save files and wildcard has spent all their time since then taking official offline and trying to fix it

a fixed update has been deployed now (49 mins ago)

[dry pilot]

How long do you think they will release that update for unofficial?

[ripe jewel]

Ohhhh, thank you for explaining!

[cunning mason]

it's released

[ripe jewel]

Yup ^^

Mine are updating now, W ✨

[still ingot]

Hi, does anyone know a website to generate codes to put in the game.ini file of my Nitrado server, for adding dino spawns to Astraeos? Basically, I want to add the Griffin and the Reaper to Astraeos?

[woven field]

not definitely but ark codes dot com would be a place to look

[primal root]

basically i used communitys like this and reddit. also i used chatgpt premium(Free version bugs a bit)

[still ingot]

Thank's i have nerver think about use this it's work 🤣

[primal root]

yeah basically it does not always give a 1 shot solution. but it does work if you just put 5min of time in

[still ingot]

yes perfect thank you

[primal root]

look at inbox💪

[plucky viper]

can you get mods on ASE anymore?

[smoky glen]

for steam you should be able to, why?

[acoustic canyon]

Hello, I have a question.
On an ASA server, even though LayEggIntervalMultiplier and MatingIntervalMultiplier are both set to 0.0001, it still takes about 20 hours before a Parasaurolophus can mate again.
Are there any mods or settings that can make this process faster?

[limpid grove]

Can we confirm pls the corruption fix went live for unofficials? as i see no patch

83.19 is latest we have

[bleak ivy]

thats probably set too low. 0.01 should be fast enough.
and don't set the layegg one that low, it'll probably be non-stop eggs until it hits the max. with dodos never stopping.

[acoustic canyon]

I'll try thanks!

[cyan basin]

are unofficial dedicated servers playable again?

[lethal arrow]

hell ASA is crashing on startup, ive tried many methods but cant get it to work. some methods also uses nvidia gpu but im using amd rn

[cyan basin]

So my dedicated server is running again

[pallid kestrel]

beacon

[limpid grove]

yeah but have WC said specifically unofficial is now clear of save corruption issues? They have for official, but not specifically said we are

the communication going on is horrificly bad

[cyan basin]

my base is up and all my dinos are still there

[limpid grove]

yeah i know ours too, but if over time it corrupts the save, like has happened on official, your screwed

and not one person has stated our patch's included that fix

[lusty wagon]

Has anyone found the saddle for the Tortugar yet? We've been searching all loot drops since release, but can't find it. If so, where was it and what color is it?😅

[pallid kestrel]

agreed. afraid to launch our maps atm

[limpid grove]

i can imagine they do not even pay attention to this channel either, and general is a , well, we know what general is

[silent echo]

Corruption on save as always been a thing just make sure to have few older backups

[limpid grove]

we do and my ass it has, not like this

you've been following the conversations or asleep?

not keen on letting all our players on to tell them oh well, its rollback time again

[silent echo]

Have and yes it has always been just more bad on offcials

[brave dune]

servs down?

[limpid grove]

which one?

[waxen hazel]

Do we know if the fix for the Dino AI for dinos that are removed still being saved is in the latest unofficial server download 58.21? Cause if it is I would have thought the size of the save file made by the new version should be smaller. But mine did not.

Just wondering because some of the status updates said that somethings would have to wait until Monday "due to the liveops issues derailing the dev pipeline"

[grizzled jasper]

Anyone knows a good admin panel guys?

[edgy quail]

Is there any reason my unofficial server won’t update to 83.21? I’ve tried stopping and restarting my server but it won’t display any version of any update and I can’t find it in the unofficial list. Is this something I’m going to have to wait on? Or could my server be potentially ruined?

[ionic field]

delete the "steamapps" folder in the servers installation directory and try again 😉

sometimes the steam cache in that folder just has a moment. and thinks ur up to date already.

[edgy quail]

Does that matter if I’m an Xbox player? @ionic field I run my server through my phone for me and a few buddies.

[ionic field]

hmm, i use steamcmd to install my servers. sorry not a console guru. Mainly Windows Server and 💻 PC | Steam Self hosted - not using Nitrado . can't afford it .

[edgy quail]

Been using Nitrado for years and I don’t have much good to say about it, you’re not missing much with constant issues with nearly every update 😂 thank you for your input though

[ionic field]

your welcome - the info i gave you is valid - spot on ! if you were self - hosted .

not sure how nitrado handles all that, or even how the control panel functions. Hope someone who is a pro nitrado user can assit ya. Maybe use that Helpdesk they have for nitrado - if that exists. ?

can't really have an opinion on Nitrado. seeing the cost, monthly - per slot | Map figured building a nice server, 1 time cost, would pay for itself in 10 months compared to giving them my cash. 😉

and the extra 20$ month for the electricity for each Host x 4 LOL

[iron bronze]

Does anyone know of any structure mods that are causing client crashes?

Also I am still looking for Bot testers to help test out a new ASA Discord bot I am building, so dm me if you are interested ^^

[golden nest]

General is an atrocity to the human race.

[native bramble]

i still can't get my unofficial to update. whenever i start it up it still say 82.8. i have removed streamapp folders and have reupdated over and over, yet it still comes up as 82.8. is my server still useable or am i just sol?

[waxen hazel]

Hosted on Nitrado or self hosted?

[native bramble]

Self hosted through steamcmd

[waxen hazel]

"app_update 2430930 validate" ?

[native bramble]

Yup, I've done all that

And every time I start up the server, it says it's 82.8

[waxen hazel]

What date do you have on the Manifest*.txt files?

[native bramble]

Where would I find that file?

[waxen hazel]

Root of the servers folder. It's the list of all the files and what version you have installed.

[native bramble]

2-19 I believe?

If I'm reading it right

[waxen hazel]

Then your steamcmd update is failing in some way. Does it point to the correct location. Does the update process give any error message?

[native bramble]

oh wait, it was modified 2-23

none that ive seen? but ive also just been using an auto update command

[waxen hazel]

Yea, But it should still say if it updated correctly or if it encountered an error when you run it. Your files have not been updated.

[native bramble]

i just ran it again without doing the auto command, it says success app 2430930 fully installed

[waxen hazel]

And it updates the same location you are running the server from? So you don't have two installations?

[native bramble]

i just looked and it does make another server file

is there a way to hard root it back to the other file? or could i copy/paste stuff?

[waxen hazel]

You can copy and paste. But you will have the same problem next time then. Fix the script so it updates the correct location.

[native bramble]

i just put the server root file into steamcmd, right? for directory?

[waxen hazel]

force_install_dir "C:\ASA\Servers\Island"

If C:\ASA\Servers\Island\ is the location where you have the installation that is.

Odd. I wrote an ending \ in there before the last " but discord refuses to show it.

[primal root]

does anyone know a ase/asa server wher i could promote some servers

[silent echo]

#1110925695900713072

[native bramble]

it updated, thank you for the help @waxen hazel

[onyx night]

whats the current version for unofficial?

[waxen hazel]

83.21 for server

[onyx night]

mine is on that but still not rendering anything and auto kick after about 30 seconds 🙁

[waxen hazel]

The something is probably wrong with your server 😛

[forest furnace]

is the mod thing fixed now or are some still causing crashes?

namely wak spino

[remote zephyr]

great question

[viral bone]

Anyone know if there's a way to reconnect a player to their old character? Their old character is still on the server but they can't access it anymore, is it a lost cause?

[empty grail]

is there a place i can search for help with my steam initialization failing after the update? everything works perfect before this update, however i had to start a new world after the valentines update too. an unofficial dedicated server

[iron bronze]

Bump

[iron bronze]

As far as I'm aware, if they join the server the character is on they should just spawn as it or get the option to replace it with the new character if they made a new one (provided they still have the same EOS ID). If not, the only way I know of is to force join the tribe their base is in, invite their new character to the tribe and have them grab their stuff. In terms of levels, you might have to keep giving their character xp until they reach the level their first character was.

[viral bone]

That's what I thought.

[iron bronze]

During my testing, the WAK spino didn't cause any crashes, but like my above question suggests, some structure mods might be crashing people ^^

[minor plank]

@obtuse falcon self hosted dedeciated cluster? or you hosting them on some site?

i have a self hosted dedicated server but no one can join it expect me for some reason

[obtuse falcon]

Hosted by nitrado full cluster

[minor plank]

ah nitrado okay

[sick dew]

Can anyone craft Element Shards?

[upper pumice]

Why do i get Crash id: 2C3AD6064B71A9D3D8A0A28B14CFE445 ?

[minor plank]

yo anyone wanna try to join my dedicated server to see if it works or not?

[near hawk]

sure, why not

[minor plank]

alr i'll dm you the name and let you know when its on

no player can join my dedicated server and i got no clue why i have portforwarded and i added firewalls rules.. but they all are getting timeout.

can anyone help me out?

[onyx night]

if I have unlimited respec active on server how to players use it?>

[near hawk]

they can use mindwipe as much as they want

[onyx night]

ok so theres no just like in inventory option to do so

[near hawk]

no, that config only affect mindwipe tonics

[minor plank]

i posted my portfowarding rules in ⁠ #fanart-and-screenshots can anyone check to see if they are correct for wrong for ASA

[fallen gale]

Im having trouble enabling admin commands on my nitrado server anyone know how to help?

[iron bronze]

Just realised that I am getting a connection timeout and not a client crash

Through testing though, I don't think it's a structure that is causing it...

[meager yoke]

Has anyone ever had a mod stop the lava golum or titans on extinction stop dropping the loot when killed?

[near hawk]

none drops loot on them anymore

on ASA titans spawn a drop, and lava doesn't drop stuff in inventory

[remote zephyr]

2 things to check, ports on the hosting server as well as the router are set right? I had timeout issues in the past due to antivirus on the server also, I just added the .exe to the exceptions of AV.

[meager yoke]

Oh thanks

[minor plank]

exe of the ark?

[minor plank]

okay i'll try that but i have ports forwarded you can check on this message and i have them on the firewall as well

i'll try adding the exe to windows defender exception

[waxen hazel]

Basically look ok if 7777 is the port you are running the server with. But what are port 27015 for? That was used by ASE to connect to steam, but ASA don't use Steam.

[minor plank]

really? from what i can see whenever i google and look at sites, they tell me to port foward 7777 and 27015

[waxen hazel]

Well. It doesn't hurt ya any anyway to forward a port your not using anyway. So you are good there.

[minor plank]

ye, what do you think could be casuing it? i added the exe to be a exception and will have to try to see if others can join or not but anything other then this i feel like i did everything correct

[waxen hazel]

Try using a web tool to test that the port is actually open.

[minor plank]

its saying closed on both. does this mean i'll have to call my internet provider to ask them to open them?

[waxen hazel]

Was the server running when you tested?

[minor plank]

yes?

friends can see the server in browser just can't join

[waxen hazel]

And you have rebooted the router after setting up port forwarding?

[minor plank]

that's one thing i haven't done or have seen it in the gudies or anywhere

[pine frost]

Who knows!? We live in a pesher, an electric ball flew in and began to destroy everything what it is? they shot at him, he flew away if we had not been online, then everything would have disappeared.

[waxen hazel]

Different routers behave different. Some needs reboot and some don't. But reboot to be safe.

[minor plank]

alright thank you

[gritty wigeon]

I have a server on Nitrado in ragnarok and all of the ratholes are closed why and how do i open it

[near hawk]

u don't, if they closed is cause they were patched out

[sinful solar]

When it comes to admin logs, we would like the Admin log to show who damaged/destroyed something, without it being on the tribe logs.

We have

enableadminlogs=true

TribeLogDestroyedEnemyStructures=false

This is showing in the log that something was destroyed, but not who did it. Is there a way to do it that only admins can see who did something?

I believe turning tribe log to true would show in all the tribe logs, which is what we don't want.

[modest briar]

Hey, can anyone hereHelp me? I own a nitrado server that I play on with a few of my friends but for some reason, even though we've beaten all of the island bosses on alpha and ascended, we never unlocked the tek armor and only the tek armor even after beating the bosses multiple times. now we've moved to extinction. And everybody wants to use the armor but we can't because we don't have the Engrams unlocked. I've spent days trying to figure out how to fix it? But I keep coming up blank, no matter what I try, it doesn't work. I've even tried uploading a single player character that had the tek armor Engrams, but as soon as I upload him to the server, he loses them and they're blacked out again

[bleak ivy]

my guess would be you somehow disabled them check ini and mods.

[north ore]

YO! Currently looking for a Coder. I wanna run a fibercraft cluster. If anyone knows how to code a server please DM ME! I’m paying for the job. Price is negotiated between me and you!

[boreal oyster]

Ok so I have a nitrado server, no mods, and it keeps timing me out as soon as I get into the map...is this from the new update or am I just struggling lol

[modest briar]

@bleak ivy well you were right it was a mod. I am an idiot. I had the armor improved mod and saw it when I was testing them and it hit me that it may be that was doing it and it was. Thanks... really wish I had thought of that days ago lol

[hallow dew]

Hello here 😊

Sorry to ask but i dont know where i can fond the exact answer.

Im always crashing when i wake up in my server (Unofficial Private and Modded Nitrado Server )

It's "Normal" or it will Côme a patch to repair that ?

Thank you in advance for your answers. ☺️

[north ore]

YO! Currently looking for a Coder. I wanna run a fibercraft cluster. If anyone knows how to code a server please DM ME! I’m paying for the job. Price is negotiated between me and you!

[onyx night]

is it possible to tame Astral creatures?>

[wise kindle]

Cant even admin tame them and have them be useful

[elder basin]

When I enter the game and then enter the Singer Play, it freezes and kicks me out. What is the solution?

[stiff oasis]

ok i have problem setting up a non-dedicated server inGame... every time i go to set a password in the GameUserSettings.ini file it clears the ServerPassword field again when i launch the game.. it also asks me to put in the Server Info again like Session Name and admin password.. but it do not ask me to put in a join password... it is as if the game thinks i press the singleplayer button instead of the Non-dedicated button.. also when i check my server list on steam while i am joined to the "server" it do not list it in the lan tab

[waxen hazel]

You playing ASE? Cause ASA doesn't use Steam for it's server list.

[stiff oasis]

ah ok that is why it is not showing in the steam list. yea i am playing ASA.. but yea.. i have ben asking google for help but it seems to confuse ASA with ASe as the solutions is not working.

[waxen hazel]

Google can't tell ASA and ASE apart.

[stiff oasis]

yea i noticed and this is driving me insane as i have a friend waiting for me to get it set up.. for the past 4 hours now..

[tough rivet]

i bought ark on xbox pc and i cant join my steam friends how can i fix??

[waxen hazel]

You are probably better of setting up a dedicated server. Non-dedicated sucks. It's just a single player session with all it's faults opened to others.

[stiff oasis]

but is not dedicated hosted through a server provider? i can't afford such things and also i want the server to shut down when i am not in it...

[waxen hazel]

You can run your own dedicated server on your own PC. Download with SteamCMD for free.

[stiff oasis]

ah that i did for evolved... but i hated it as managing the mods was so tedious every time i was to start it and stuff.. i don't like all the manual file managment a modded dedicated server requires

[waxen hazel]

The server handles mods all by it self now. No manual download of mods needed.

[stiff oasis]

oh? so all i need is set up the launch bat and the server settings and then it will auto update the mods for the server and the client automatically?

[waxen hazel]

The server will automatically download any updates, adds or removal of mods on every restart. The client handles it self seperatly.

[stiff oasis]

ok so how do i do it for ASA? it has literally ben over 5 years since i didd it for ASE last so i do not remember the steps..

[waxen hazel]

The server does NOT update it self. That you need to do manually with SteamCMD. (Or make a script that does)

ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Dedicated_server_setup
And there are youtube videos also if you prefer that instead.

[golden pendant]

Hello, I have a problem with enabling the cheat (Admin) by using the admin password, on nitrado server. And I have been in contact with the support but didnt really get a solution, if any kind can help me out reach me please. Thx

[stuck hemlock]

Enablecheats yourpassword

When your in game

You need to bring up the interaction menu that you type commands into.

[golden pendant]

Yes I know that, but still dont work, nothing happens or work, I can show if u want

[stuck hemlock]

Also, have you been into your settings on your nitrado server and put yourself as admin?

[alpine kindle]

Of not the owner you need to type cheat at the starts of all
Cheats

[golden pendant]

I am the owner

[alpine kindle]

Ok

[golden pendant]

The thing is that when I want to do that in the Player control menu, it doesnt appear Admin, there is only "Whitelist" and "Banlist"

[stuck hemlock]

Pretty sure you need to put yourself as admin on your nitrado server settings? With your gamer tag

gameusersettings.ini

[stiff oasis]

well.. i am following the instructions but when i try to put in the installation path it refuses and gives this Steam>steamcmd +force_install_dir E:\ARK ASA server\ARKserver +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 +quit
Command not found: steamcmd

[stuck hemlock]

Also make sure console access is enabled in the servers advanced settings

[golden pendant]

I didnt know about this can u give instructions please

[golden pendant]

it is

[waxen hazel]

Need to install SteamCMD and either have it in path or start it by typing the full path to it.

[golden pendant]

dm? I can send a pic

[alpine kindle]

I’ve seen this happen before where they just don’t work. It will more than likely be ok tommorow.

[stuck hemlock]

It’s under settings on nitrado, then config files

[golden pendant]

yeah what is the thing I need to type in?

[stuck hemlock]

Bunch of settings u can tweak, and then gameusersettings.ini check if there’s a line that has your admin password in there

[wise kindle]

Note that settings changes should be done first in the General tab on Nitrado, if its not in General, then go to config files

[golden pendant]

I know my password, my big problem is that when I type in the enablecheats adminpassword nothing happens just like I not even typing anything

[stiff oasis]

Steam>steamcmd +force_install_dir E:\ARK ASA server\steamcmd\ARKserver +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 +quit
Command not found: steamcmd still.. even after relainching the isntallation and putting the destination folder within the files of the steamcmd

[wise kindle]

Microsoft has language restrictions, and your password might be triggering censorship.

Maybe change it to something simple to test, like "dog" or something like that.
be sure to fully stop the server before changing the password.

[celest halo]

nothing happens normally when you type it, there is no feed back on if it worked or not, you need to do something like cheat fly to see if you are an admin

[golden pendant]

sadly someone told me that and didnt work, and I feel like I am doing something wrong bc im a bit new to this, and need someone that can show me, the thing is that I watched all the tut that nitrado uploaded but not working.

[golden pendant]

Yeah I know thats the problem it doesnt work, I cant use any command like im not an admin

[waxen hazel]

Ah. Sorry. Didn't see the first time. You have already started SteamCMD. That example is meant to be run without being inside SteamCMD.

[stuck hemlock]

Are you putting your password instead of admin password? I put admin password as an example of replacing it with what your password is

[golden pendant]

bro, ofc

[stuck hemlock]

Hey listen theres no need to be rude.

[wise kindle]

Try a simpler password homie. Trust.

[stuck hemlock]

I’m sat here giving you support I’m not obliged too, I’m helping you out of kindness.

[golden pendant]

Yeah thank u didnt say anything?

im thankful

[wise kindle]

Oh we are fighting. All right. I'll go eat lunch then.

[waxen hazel]

I couldn't get that way of chaining steamcmd commands to work from the command line. So I had to make a text file with the commands and run "E:\ASA\ASAM\steamcmd\SteamCmd +runscript E:\ASA\Servers\UpdateServer.txt". Where UpdateServer.txt is the file with those commands but one per line. Or you can just do it manually the first time.

[golden pendant]

no no we are not fighting

just peace my bad

[stiff oasis]

darn it.. tbh my brain is too burnt out to think of syntax and formating and such

[stuck hemlock]

I’m not saying that out of assuming you’re dumb, it’s just the simple stuff sometimes that we can check. Have you made sure you’ve set your admin password in general settings on nitrado? Theres server password and admin password, I also suggest navigating to the config files finding gameusersettings.ini and scrolling within that file to see if you can see if there’s a line in there that has your admin password in, and yes I agree… make sure your password is something appropriate as it may not work because of that. If all these things are all good, then theres no reason it shouldn’t be working in game.

[wise kindle]

Look im from the Nitrado discord. Try a dif password. The Microsoft filter is a butt. What can it hurt to try it?

[waxen hazel]

There are Server Admin apps that can do all those command line stuff for you if you are not comfortable with command line. There are some examples listed on the wiki page.

[stiff oasis]

oki am doing one part of the command at a time

[golden pendant]

my bad, im sorry im not here to fight and thank you trust me Im listening to what u said

[golden pendant]

alright I will try thank you

[stuck hemlock]

If all these things are good that I mentioned and snow mentioned, then it should work in game. Have you restarted your server since setting an admin password?

[wise kindle]

It needs to be STOPPED

never make changes while its running

[stuck hemlock]

This^

[golden pendant]

yeah I just did exactly that

will try and see if work

[stuck hemlock]

Ok if it’s stopped and u made changes whilst it’s stopped. Hit save, restart then try it in game

[golden pendant]

will try now

[stuck hemlock]

If you’re the owner, you should be able to open the console command up and then typing in EnableCheats then your password after, make sure there’s a space between EnableCheats and your password

[stiff oasis]

and the bat file.. i guess i can just take the one i had for my ASE server and edit it a bit so i don't have to cahnge the custom launch options and stuff..

[stuck hemlock]

If it still doesn’t work,everything we have suggested usually makes it work, so then I’d suggest opening a ticket with nitrado and waiting for their support to get back to you.

[waxen hazel]

The commands for launching the server have changed from ASE. So the old file will not work.

[golden pendant]

@stuck hemlock @wise kindle, and everyone who helped me, thanks a lot it worked, been trying for so long thank youuu

[waxen hazel]

This is what I use to start my server.

CD C:\ASA\Servers\Island\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64
start ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?Port=7777 -NoBattlEye -automanagedmods -mods=1401101,940975 -servergamelog

Just replace map and port and mods to your liking.

[stiff oasis]

ehhh.. ok so the bat file instructions on the wiki is outdated?

[celest halo]

half of that is wrong for ASA

[stiff oasis]

because this is my old bat... start ShooterGameServer.exe "TheCenter?SessionName=CenterSurvivalMod?MaxPlayers=35?OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5.0?DifficultyOffset=1.0?AltSaveDirectoryName=TheCenter?QueryPort=27015?Port=7777?listen" -NoBattlEye -ActiveEvent=None -noundermeshkilling -culture=en -preventhibernation=true -PreventSpawnAnimation ?NonPermanentDiseases=true

i am still gonna play on the center map and have the same seassion name..

[waxen hazel]

The examples on the wiki is all ASE then they explain later in the text that needs to change for ASA. So not so easy to follow.

[stiff oasis]

ah

so.. now i need to take all the mod ids i have in the GameUserSettings and put them into the laucnh bat?

[waxen hazel]

Some of those arguments aren't used anymore. But probably doesn't hurt if they are there.

[waxen hazel]

Yes. That is the "-automanagedmods -mods=1401101,940975" part that is new in ASA.

[stiff oasis]

how do i set join password in the launch file then?

wait..

ah.. i don't that is only through the settings file

[waxen hazel]

Session name. passwords and that kind of stuff is in the ini files now.

[celest halo]

they work in the start bat

[waxen hazel]

You can check on ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration what arguments still work and not in ASA. Some arguments you had to have as launch arguments on ASE, but in ASA you can have them as launch or in the ini.

[stiff oasis]

hmm but yours is based in C Drive?... i sort of have custom filepaths a bit here and there on my system tbh

[celest halo]

Should get you started

ArkAscendedServer.exe TheCenter_WP?SessionName="CenterSurvivalMod"?AltSaveDirectoryName="TheCenter" -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=35 -NoBattlEye -noundermeshkilling -culture=en -mods=modid,modid

[waxen hazel]

Mine is actually not on C:. I just changed it to look simpler 😛

I have a whole cluster of servers with a hard linked directory structures so they share some files and have some file separate. So my setup is to complex to use as an example.

[stiff oasis]

ah so the server exe i am looking for is the steamcmd exe? or... what.. i am unsure what exe i am looking to put the path for in.

[celest halo]

forgot to change the exe name fixed lmao

[waxen hazel]

The ArkAscendedServer.exe is located in ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ directory in the place you installed the server to. That is why I have the "CD C:\ASA\Servers\Island\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64" command on the line before

[stiff oasis]

ahh oki

[waxen hazel]

Pretty funny they used the default Unreal project name for ASE. Didn't really plan ahead.

[celest halo]

they never do, most devs also use 7777 default EOS dedicated server port

[stiff oasis]

oki i checked and nope i do not have ArkAscendedServer in the win64 directory...

have i installed the steamcmd in the wrong location then?

[waxen hazel]

Have you installed the server?

[stiff oasis]

yea i did

[celest halo]

install dir/ShooterGame/Binaries/win64/ArkAscendedServer.exe if you dont have that exe then its no the ASA dedicated server

[waxen hazel]

So the location you installed the server to should have a ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ in it

[stiff oasis]

ah found it.. yeaaa i sort of installed the server files to the steamcmd folder instead of to the game..

[celest halo]

going by the force install you posted it should be E:\ARK ASA server\steamcmd\ARKserver\ShooterGame\Binaries\win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe

[waxen hazel]

Ooops

[stiff oasis]

heh.. it is about midnight here tbh

[celest halo]

and having that space in the dir name might cause you issues also

[waxen hazel]

Same here. Night is just young.

I have space in my directory structure and it works. Just have to remember to put "" around all paths in scripts. But it's always better to avoid space in paths.

[celest halo]

yeah most forget the quotes in the bat and have issues

[waxen hazel]

Yupp. 'E:\ARK' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

[celest halo]

that or when running the steam command it installs it to E:\ARK and just ignores the rest of the dir path

[stiff oasis]

ok so now this should work?

CD E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkAscendedServer.exe start "TheCenter_WP?SessionName=CenterSurvivalMod?AltSaveDirectoryName=TheCenter" -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=10 -NoBattlEye -noundermeshkilling -culture=en -mods=1380331,931874,948472,929902,1460394,929347,1443086,1304579,928919,930561,930128,928621,1343806,940975

[waxen hazel]

Nope. That won't work.

[celest halo]

CD "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\"

start ArkAscendedServer.exe TheCenter_WP?SessionName="CenterSurvivalMod"?AltSaveDirectoryName="TheCenter" -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=10 -NoBattlEye -noundermeshkilling -culture=en -mods=1380331,931874,948472,929902,1460394,929347,1443086,1304579,928919,930561,930128,928621,1343806,940975

[waxen hazel]

Set ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ as active directory first.
Then execute the server.
Can't do both in one line.

[waxen hazel]

How do you make those fancy boxes?

[celest halo]

its 3 ` before and after text

[reef thistle]

Anyone here familiar with configuring shiny drops from Shiny mod?

[stiff oasis]

yeaaa it just crashes on launch...

wait.. am gonna verefy my game files as i manually coppied in the server files after i have installed them in the wrong dir.

[celest halo]

game client and dedicated server should be in there own folder not the same one

[waxen hazel]

He installed it into the SteamCMD folder, not the client folder.

Oh. And the -automanagedmods I was talking about is an old ASE thing. Not used anymore.

[stiff oasis]

actually.. it added a folder before the server folder where it installed it actually but yea.. and then i did end up replacing some files in the game dir when i moved them to the right location..

[waxen junco]

Is ragnarok unofficial crashing alot for anyone else

[stiff oasis]

the question is how i fix my steamcmd now so it starts installing to the right destination instead of to my root..

[waxen hazel]

That is what "force_install_dir "E:\ASA\Servers\Island" command to SteamCMD is for

[stiff oasis]

so that path should for me have ben my game root dir?

[celest halo]

you dont want to install it to the game root dir, dedicated server needs to be in its own dir

[waxen hazel]

I have two files for updating the server.
UpdateServer.cmd
E:\ASA\steamcmd\SteamCmd +runscript E:\ASA\Servers\UpdateServer.txt

UpdateServer.txt
@ShutdownOnFailedCommand 1
force_install_dir "E:\ASA\Servers\Island"
login anonymous
app_update 2430930 validate
quit

Nope. I can't get those fancy boxes 🙁

[celest halo]

` is same key as ~ above tab on a us qwerty keyboard

[waxen hazel]

The key above tab on my keyboard is § 😛

[stiff oasis]

and this is the command i split up and it ended up doing the command but installing the server to E\ARK

[celest halo]

yeah why i said us qwerty, other places have different keys then i do

[waxen hazel]

Well. I still have a qwerty keyboard.

[celest halo]

because of the space in the dir name and not putting the path in quotes

[celest halo]

why i put the us part, should of done it as US 😂

on command line E:\ARK ASA server\steamcmd\ARKserver and "E:\ARK ASA server\steamcmd\ARKserver" are 2 diff things the 1st one = E:\ARK

[waxen hazel]

Yea. I hate the layout on my keyboard. There are so many characters you use a lot when programing that are almost impossible to type with our layout.

[waxen hazel]

Yep. That is why you should stay away from space in paths when possible.

[stuck hemlock]

No problem, glad to have helped

[stiff oasis]

ok now i should be installing it corectly.. i changed the filepath to E:\ASAServer

[waxen hazel]

Please tell me you didn't have the Ark Client installed in E:\ARK

[stiff oasis]

no E:\ASAServer\steamcmd\ARKServer

[celest halo]

` is the "backtick" key where every they decided to hide it on your keyboard 🤣

[waxen hazel]

Is this a box

Yeay, It worked..

Shift + "´" + Space to type one "`"

[stiff oasis]

ok this time the launch got further before it crashed...

sooo.. now i am trying to remove the server files i moved into the Ark game files...

[waxen hazel]

Ouch. So you did mess up the game client files 🙁

[stiff oasis]

heh yeaaa... but eh.. just have to check what files it was and delete them then validate the game to fix those that was just overriten

yea now i am basically reinstalling the game XD....

steam says it is redownloading all 214 GB of the game.. which takes 3 hours and 14 mins.. and the clock is 1 AM for me so guess i am fucked...

[waxen hazel]

At least you got an excuse to sleep 😛

[stiff oasis]

can't sleep with my pc on.. got a 4080 and RGB and aOLED monitor.. no way i am leaving my pc unattended for that long.

good thing i got insomnia though so sleep is optional to me

[final frigate]

Is there a Setting for Non Dedicated servers to change the Generator limit?

[waxen hazel]

LimitGeneratorsNum

[final frigate]

Where's that on the settings?

I'm on Xbox btw

[waxen hazel]

Doh. Sorry. Didn't see you where on console. Nope. Not on console

[final frigate]

Ffs 🙄

I get it for Official servers but I should be able to change that

[waxen hazel]

Goes into game.ini that you don't have access to.

[final frigate]

That's really annoying 😂

[waxen hazel]

Yes, But isn't that consoles in a nutshell?

[final frigate]

I mean I found a Mod for it but I have to learn a new Engram and don't have any points

[keen thistle]

hey quick question since this is my first time running a server for ASA. Can I use the same lines of code for InI files in ASA that I did in ASE?

[final frigate]

It's either that or learn a Tek Generator

[keen thistle]

specifially just the lines of code that let Mutton and prime meat stack

[waxen hazel]

Most settings are the same in ASA. The wiki ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration shows what is same and what is different. But stack size changes should be the same.

[keen thistle]

cheers thank you I will go double check!!

[waxen hazel]

ConfigOverrideItemMaxQuantity=(ItemClassString="PrimalItemConsumable_RawPrimeMeat_C",Quantity=(MaxItemQuantity=10, bIgnoreMultiplier=true))```

[waxen hazel]

You could always increase the number of engram points you get per level. Oh wait! No you can't. No access to the files 🙁 🙁

[stiff oasis]

you roasting them~?

[waxen hazel]

Yea. Sorry. That was mean 🙁

But they got to sit in a comfortable sofa when playing, I'm im stuck here by the desk.

[stiff oasis]

well pc do rule.. as long as one don't look at the price.

[waxen hazel]

And sometimes. Althou rarely, you can use it for other stuff then play games.

[stiff oasis]

rarely??? naaa i multitask a lot since i got 3 monitors

[waxen hazel]

3 monitors would not help me. I only have one brain 🙁

[stiff oasis]

i got audhd so i can pay attention to lots of things at once andstill find it relaxing

although mostly i just have youtube gameplay vids on one of them while i play games

[celest halo]

same, with the 3 monitors. i multi task alot, game on one, 2-6 twitch streams open, youtube and discord

[stiff oasis]

ah.. i mena i watch vtuber vods on youtube so i guess similar.. and on my second monitor i have my pc stats and chats and audio controlls

[celest halo]

my pc stats show on a raspberry pi with a 7" monitor that sits under the monitor i game on (that would be a 4th screen lmao), sound controls are done with my goxlr

[stiff oasis]

ah raspberry pis are nice~haven't gotten hold of one though but eh i got so much tech laying around so i can eventually build one XD i do however have a 7.2 surround sound speaker system with 3 subwoofers surounding me~

[final frigate]

Think I'll have to get a mind wipe 😂

Or a friend

[waxen hazel]

Mind Wipe is pretty essential. Do one every time I'm about to craft stuff from BP's.

[celest halo]

thats where crafting potion comes in 🤣

take all points go to crafting, potion ends they all go back to where you had them

[final frigate]

Tbh I've played Ark for years but don't think I've ever made one 🤣

[wild zodiac]

If your server lost tamed after updating how do we get it back

[daring path]

Rolled our dedicated server back multiple saves. Now spawning at 50/50 with no inventory. Any ideas?

[stiff oasis]

ok after reinstalling ark and running the updater for Steamcmd again it still wont launch the server.. i managed to read the prompt though before it crashed and it is saying No Machine Id was found

although that error is not the one it gets stuck on before the prompt crashes.. can't read the one that is actually crashing the server launch

maybe it is because i haven't configured the servers GameUserSettings.. darn it is diffrent from the one in the old game.. so idk what i need to put in..

[minor plank]

anyone online just can check if my server is in the browser or not?

[daring path]

Whats it called?

[lavish tapir]

Is anyone else having issues with being unable to start or stop their server in the web interface screen

For nitrado

[celest halo]

you look at the log file, install dir/shootergame/saved/logs/

[stiff oasis]

i am looking at it now.. it says a mod is not installed on the server

it is the FQ Dino Finder mod.. it has somehow not ben included..

[minor plank]

wait i can't use -crossplay on ASA only -ServerPlatform?

[stiff oasis]

[2026.03.01-03.08.08:533][ 21]ASAMods: Error: Not all mods were installed. Check the log for CFCore errors.
If you have any Custom Cosmetics in the mod list please remove them.
Attempting to install pc-only mods on a cross-platform server will also fail to install.
Mods not installed: 1460394

[celest halo]

might not be crossplay compatible

default for ASA dedicated is full crossplay

[stiff oasis]

welll i don't need to have full crossplay on my private server...

i have tried to now manually ad that mod in but it do not seem to care..

[celest halo]

manualy dont work ASA

youd have to check the wiki for the option to make it steam only, i dont know what that one is

[stiff oasis]

ah.. because ik another one of my friends is on a german server and they use that mod

[celest halo]

that or check log for other errors besides the No Machine Id one thats normal for everyone

[somber cove]

Im having trouble getting my server cluster to work, could any of yall help me? The server all launch, are online and I can connect to each one, I just cant transfer between them. (ASE and Im using SteamCMD)

[tacit abyss]

Are some unofficial servers still having issues restarting? It seems the one I play on is so I figured I’d ask.

[lavish tapir]

Potential I run a personal one and I can’t start or stop my through the nitrado dashboard.

[tacit abyss]

Yeah, I was told they can restart it and it says it’s running , but it doesn’t actually show up as a joinable server. Mostly curious if it’s a Nitrado issue or Ark itself.

[stiff oasis]

actually.. to check if it was the problem i have now tried to uninstall it but it still complains that it is causing problems...

so i guess now i have trouble also uninstalling that mod..

[celest halo]

you just remove the modid from the start script

[stiff oasis]

wait that mod says it was for pve.. my server says it is pvp..

but now my server do say it is running.. but i do not see it in the server list even after selecting to show password protected servers...

[celest halo]

also need show player servers checked for selfhosted servers

[stiff oasis]

yea it is checked as well..

did i launch it on a bad port or something?

[celest halo]

didnt set the password right, it shows for me if i uncheck show password protected servers

[stiff oasis]

where do i set the pasword then?

[celest halo]

CD "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\"

start ArkAscendedServer.exe TheCenter_WP?SessionName="CenterSurvivalMod"?AltSaveDirectoryName="TheCenter"?ServerPassword="server pass"?ServerAdminPassword="admin pass" -Port=7777 -WinLiveMaxPlayers=10 -NoBattlEye -noundermeshkilling -culture=en -mods=1380331,931874,948472,929902,929347,1443086,1304579,928919,930561,930128,928621,1343806,940975

[stiff oasis]

under seassion settings ins the GameUserSettings file that is in the WindowsServer folder?

oh

ok there i can join. now how do i make myself admin within the server?

[celest halo]

enablecheats admin_password

[stiff oasis]

in the chat?

ben forever since i used commands last

[celest halo]

in console

~ to open console

[stiff oasis]

...that key is under a key combination for me.. i have scandinavian keyboard..

[daring path]

Rolled back my own server to multiple different saves. Each time base is missing walls/ceilings. Inventory missing from chest and character. Any ideas on how to fix? Tried multiple saves.

[hollow sparrow]

Does anyone know how do i increase stack sizw by 5 for every time?

[gaunt berry]

Do you want code for every resource to 10k?

And ammo to 5k?

[fringe tulip]

Saves takes 10sec+ lags during save, rubberbanding after Save, is it same for you ?

still on 83.5 83.21 only for Nitrado ??

[misty jay]

Ah me too! I don't have a fix but you're not alone. Something weird has definitely gone down. I'm on unofficial

[waxen hazel]

To disable crossplay and only allow PC add -ServerPlatform=PC as a launch argument on the server.

[fathom bobcat]

What should I do if my server cannot use the skin mods and it doesn't display any of the installed skin decorations?

[waxen hazel]

If you are referring to Custom Cosmetics mods they should not be installed on the server. Only on the client.

[fathom bobcat]

yes

Players cannot use my server, but they can on other servers.

@waxen hazel

[gaunt berry]

Enable it through the general settings depending if your using nitrado

[fathom bobcat]

no

I do it through my own server.@gaunt berry

[gaunt berry]

I'll send you a pic of what it's called

[fathom bobcat]

thankyou

[gaunt berry]

Anyone here that self host ark that knows how to enable custom cosmetics. Apparently nitrado settings don't work

And send the info to @fathom bobcat way he needs help with it.

[smoky warren]

Hello i am new here, actually i can't to connect on ark ascended for Xbox S , i play with 15 mods and now 7 spyglass, oql, cyber structures... I need help pls..

[daring path]

Let me know if you figure something out. I’m pretty much done.

[tight ivy]

If I'm playing by myself on a self hosted server, should I have pvp or pve enabled? I usually just do pve, but not being able to kill unclaimed babies is annoying. Is there any drawbacks to switching to pvp for that purpose?

[tight ivy]

When I host my own server on my second comp to enable custom cosmetics as far as I know you have a put something in the gui. Ini. I'll find it one sec

[fathom bobcat]

thankyou

[tight ivy]

I'll send you the link to a reddit threads that answers your questions

It wouldn't let me post it here

[surreal vector]

guys how to find the server?

[fathom bobcat]

03-01 22:53:24.498 21992 8816 W Warning/GameAnalytics : Could not add design eventDatastore not initialized

This error occurred, and the player had no decorations at all.

[stuck hemlock]

Anybody experiencing inventory lag? Kinda like going into a container and it takes a minute to load since the update? It seems like it can’t keep up with my actions and I have to wait abit for it to catch up and load the inventory. Also, in experiencing a lot of “lazzy banding” back and forth when running since the update.

[near lotus]

ive had that since before the update. i just thought it was cause i had the library connected to it but it just happens with everything i open

[near lotus]

what id like to know if the issue with the missions on LC will ever get fixed. the attack missions outside the city specifically the structures get destroyed but they dont disappear. then when another mission spawns there the structures spawn under the indestructible structure. you end up failing the mission cause you cant destroy them

[waxen hazel]

@fathom bobcatIf you don't specify anything for custom cosmetics the default is that the same Custom Cosmetics that are whitelisted on official server will be allowed. You can put CosmeticWhitelistOverride=<url> in GameUserSettings.ini if you want to have a custom whitelist. <url> is a web link to a file containing the cosmetics you allow. Or you can add -DisableCustomCosmetics as a launch argument to completely disable the system.

[waxen hazel]

GameAnalytics has nothing to do with Custom Cosmetics. It's game statistics so the WC can see how many are playing on different kind of servers.

[fathom bobcat]

I set but not skins

CosmeticWhitelistOverride=0

[waxen hazel]

Yea. That would effectivly disable the use of any Custom Cosmetics on that server.

Just remove that line completely from GUS to enable default whitelist.

[fathom bobcat]

How to set the player to use any skin?

[waxen hazel]

Don't know if you can allow all in any easy way. Sorry. But the default whitelist is pretty big. Just a few CC mods that aren't in the list. The mod author has to apply for there mod to be on the list.
Do you want to enable a mod that's not on the list?

[primal root]

what are good prices for kibble in a ingame shop, like expensive or mediocre or cheaper

i know it depends on the kibble tho

[fathom bobcat]

yes

[waxen hazel]

Check out ark.gamepedia.eu/wl_generator.php then. Can both create and host the whitelist

That site also show if a mod is on the official while list.

[solar silo]

Anyone still having issues with not being able to craft element from dust or shards?

[lilac bolt]

Did this ever get a response? I removed it on one map and everything seems to be gone I don’t want to remove it on our whole cluster so players won’t lose everything from the event..

[lilac bolt]

Yes, I assume it wasn’t fixed yet 🤔

[waxen hazel]

All the skins you can create from the event items will be kept if you remove the mod. But the items used to create them and the recipes will go away.

[lilac bolt]

We just transferred off and back on, must have been a visual glitch 🙈 thank you for the help!

[waxen hazel]

If you loose the skin item you should be able to recreate them by enabling "Give Default Survivor Items" in Advanced Settings and re-spawning. At least that's what I have been told.

But all the event skin items are included in the main game files.

[lilac bolt]

Awesome thank you! I’m new to this stuff so definetly had a bit of a panic at first 🤣

[waxen hazel]

I was also scared to remove the first event mod. But I checked in the game files with the DevKit to be sure 😛

[dim wyvern]

How to enable Grappling Hook inside Ragnarok caves ?

[stuck hemlock]

Why is it saying I don’t have required ingredients to craft something when it’s all in there?

[tidal schooner]

Has anyone had issues with maps crashing after the latest update? I've noticed they're crashing much more frequently. From the logs, it looks like they're filling up the RAM. But with my current setup, that shouldn't be possible. Are there any mods that are causing problems?

[waxen hazel]

Does it show like 100/100 for all required components when you mouse over the recipe?

[stiff oasis]

my German friend is having trouble joining my server... he puts in the password but it fails to connect.. could it be something with my server? it says login faild even though he has the right password to join

[waxen hazel]

Can anyone join the server from the outside? Is it only one that can't join?

[stiff oasis]

idk.. i only have one fren that wanna play with me

[waxen hazel]

Doh. You should never admit that you only have one friend. Keep that a secret.
So you don't know if your port forwarding is working?

I don't have any friends. But I never tell anyone that 😛

[stiff oasis]

i mean i ave another friend as well butt5hey don't have time to bother playing with me because they are on a cluster server with their other german friends and i do not wanna play with their gamerules and such..

[stiff oasis]

i mean.. i am on the server.. i can join.

[waxen hazel]

Yea. But I'm assuming you are on the same side of your internet router as your server. For someone on the other side of the router port forwarding or tunneling is required.

[stiff oasis]

and how do i check if i havce that?

[waxen hazel]

It's on that same wiki page. But basically you need to tell your router to forward all traffic on port 7777-7778 to the server PC on the inside. (Assuming you using the default port)

[stiff oasis]

is that supposed to be in GameUserSettings in the Config\windowsServer folder?

[waxen hazel]

No. That is done in the config of your internet router.

[somber cove]

Can anyone help me with this?

Im also playing on the hosting PC if that helps.

[waxen hazel]

Do all the servers have the same ClusterID and they all have the same ClusterDirOverride?

[stiff oasis]

ok i have a gaming router so i was able to assign ASA on my pc to the Airmesh portforwarding

[stuck hemlock]

I’m on console, but it will say like honey and sap required and I have the amount required already in the cooker

[waxen hazel]

But when you select the recipe it must still show the avaiable/require components even on console?
Are you using any stacking mod?

[arctic gorge]

Apparently if you remove the mod the decorative items that you craft stay, but you lose the box o choccolates and the candies

[stiff oasis]

Do this work in ASA or only in ASE? NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Alpha_Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

[waxen hazel]

That still works.
But the ConfigAddNPCSpawnEntriesContainer setting is changed.

[stiff oasis]

oh? so anything i need to change with it?

[waxen hazel]

Nope. Your all good.

[stiff oasis]

ok and in my server ini file it is set in the [/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameUserSettings] section.. but in the non-dedicated server settings file it was set in [ServerSettings] section.. so is that something that is wron on my server? should it not be in the [ServerSettings] section?

[waxen hazel]

Should be in Game.ini section [/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]

[ServerSettings] only exists in the GameUserSettings.ini. That is the wrong file for this setting.

[stiff oasis]

ehh in my server?.. i don't know where script is..

[waxen hazel]

script is just part of the name of the section. Not a file.

[somber cove]

they have the same cluster id, whats the override one and how do I get that to work?

Cause I tried the override last night but I might have messed it up

[waxen hazel]

-ClusterDirOverride=<PATH> is a launch argument to the servers. And all servers need to have that point to the same directory on a local disk or network drive depending on if they are on one or more computers. That is where the data for transfereing between servers are stored, so all server need to be able to read and write to that place.

[stiff oasis]

well i do not see the game.ini file in the servers folders...

[waxen hazel]

Should be located in <serverfolder>\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\ directory

[stiff oasis]

only filein there is GameUserSettings.ini..

[waxen hazel]

Then create it.

[somber cove]

how far back doe the path need to go? How does it works?

[wide flicker]

Does anyone have a reliable way to build inside of artifact caves? I already switched pvecavebuilding to True but still cannot build near Miltons Grotto. Any suggestions?

[somber cove]

In my saved folder under ShooterGame under Server Folder is a folder called clusters and in that folder is another with my ClusterID. (Server Folder > ShooterGame > Saved > clusters > ClusterID)

[waxen hazel]

Are all servers on the same computer?
Then just make a directory somewhere and use the path to that directory as <PATH> in the launch argument. Like C:\ASACluster and launch argument becomes -ClusterDirOverride="C:\ASACluster"

[somber cove]

Yeah they are.

[waxen hazel]

Yes. That is the default place if you don't override it. But if you run several server they then get there own directory. It need to be the same for all servers

[somber cove]

How do I do that real quick? This is my first time making my own server so sorry for all the questions

I can send some file pictures if that helps.

[waxen hazel]

Just make a directory somewhere. Doesn't matter where, and point all the server to that directory with the launch argument.

[somber cove]

So just a new folder and point all to it?

[waxen hazel]

Yes. If you already have stuff exported you can copy those files in to that place.

[somber cove]

Aighty ill try that and let you know how it goes, thanks

[waxen hazel]

The game will make the Clusters \ <ClusterId> directories inside the directory you point it to.

[somber cove]

I'm on ASE btw, is this all the same?

[waxen hazel]

Yea. That part is all the same

[somber cove]

Cool cool, Im booting them up rn

[waxen hazel]

Apart from how the game handles mods and saves, pretty much the rest is all the same. Some minor settings that differ only

I'm assuming you have one directory each for all the servers. Trying to run several servers from one directory is a bad idea.

[somber cove]

all of my server launch .bat files are in the same folder if thats what you mean

[waxen hazel]

So you run several servers from one installation directory? I don't know how to make that work. Guess you have to ask him then. I never got that to work.

[somber cove]

I watched The Ultimate Guide to Creating ARK SE Servers by NeddyTheNoodle.

[somber cove]

I guess, like I said I'm 100% new to server creation and files and all that.

All the servers launch and run separately, they just don't seem to be available to transfer to in the obelisks.

[waxen hazel]

All guides I've read recommends one installation per server. Or you won't be able to have different configs and conflict with files and mods

[somber cove]

Also, in my new cluster directory, do I need a folder with the clusterID or nah?

[waxen hazel]

No, The game will create it.

But if you are running all servers from the same installation they already had the same cluster directory. So then that is not why it was not working.

[somber cove]

Dang, You happen to have any other ideas as to what it might be?

[stuck hemlock]

Yes we are using a stacking mod

[waxen hazel]

ASE you said. Does the servers show up in steams server list when they are running?
Are port forwarding working?

[waxen hazel]

It could be that the stacking mods needs to be re cooked with a newer DevKit. Heard about that happening. Check with the author of the stacking mod.

[stuck hemlock]

Sure I’ll check, thanks

[somber cove]

They show up and yes I am port forwarding.

[waxen hazel]

Sorry. I'm out of idea. It was many years since I ran an ASE cluster. Only run ASA now.

[somber cove]

All good, I thought up a bit of a bandaid solution until I can figure it out. Does the player profile contain all items on the player as well? If so I might just be able to manually transfer my character to and from.

[waxen hazel]

I do remember that it was trickier to get the transfere between servers in a cluster to work back in ASE since they used steam for the server management. Think that is why they switched to EOS for ASA

[somber cove]

Also I read somewhere that it might be due to NAtLoopback, but I can't confirm till my buddy joins to see iof he can see the clustered servers.

[waxen hazel]

Don't you get a server list similar to the one when you connect in the first place when transfering in ASE? Isn't there checkboxes for pasword protected and stuff there. Have you tried all combinations of those?

[somber cove]

I have yeah.

[tight canopy]

Does anyone know if the Paleo and other creature mods have been patched so there won't be so many issues?

[sharp narwhal]

guys i am having a problem on my server. sometimes global voice work, sometimes it doesnt. Any one knows what could be the issue?

[sharp narwhal]

I had all paleo mods on my server recently on astraeos. Didnt seem to have any issues

[tight canopy]

Thank you

[finite kiln]

is anyone else having issues with your server popping up only way I get it to show up is to make sure there is no mods at all and I tried different combinations of mods even with just one mod installed it wont show.

[unique valley]

Have to have more than 1 player on the server or it wont activate

[humble orbit]

Is there a spawn code for ele veins??

[foggy plinth]

Why does my server almost take 4 minutes to boot up? Like, it's not that chunky, or like, is there any other reason? Not even many mods on it either, only 7.

[sharp narwhal]

Me and my friend play. Earlier today it worked. But when i relogged it stopped working

[reef thistle]

Anyone familiar with using beacon to update loot drops got a few min to help me get started?

[somber cove]

Hello, I just transferred my local save (non-dedicated save) to my new dedicated server save. I ran into an issue where my buddy can't join, it tells him he already has a character connected and can't join. Can anyone help?

[mortal snow]

Any Xbox players able to access unofficial/non-dedicated Lost Colony servers? I'm unable to on two separate Xboxes and accounts
(Not sure if this is the right channel but nobody in general is helpful)

[tight ivy]

Cannot connect to server with mods? I was just playing on my server 3 hours ago. Anyone else have this issue?

[finite kiln]

for me if my server has any mods the server wont show up only if I remove all the mods it shows up

[onyx night]

Can anyone tell me the total XP points needed for players to reach level 120

120,000?

[onyx night]

Also same question for Dinos... Total XP Needed for level 120?

trying to set max level settings

[mighty onyx]

Someone help!
My companion died, and I died before it could respawn. Will the companion still respawn, or is it permanently lost?

[stiff oasis]

tried and that dino still spawns for me.. even afting using the destroyall commaqnd forthat one and thye alpha of thta one so yea...

[rose coral]

Is it possible to work more on the server performance first because the servers, no matter where, whether official or private, lag now with every little thing.

Can't you do something about that? Serious feedback.

[obtuse prism]

i wonder, what rules do other servers use around the shiny dino mod? some sort of claim rule or just a first come first serve kind of deal?

[wild chasm]

usually first one to it

[wild chasm]

dont believe so vanilla, you can always plug a mod from CF in, there is one ive used it

[pseudo ginkgo]

I think of doing my own server for me and friend on Evolved, does anyone reckon if ryzen 3 3100 and 8 gigs of ram will suffice or mandatory min. 16gb?

[azure herald]

wtf Astra just rolled back and half my people are reporting they lost everything in vaults and they have no implant?

[finite oracle]

Hello everyone! I am having so much trouble hosting a dedicated server for me and my friend to play in, is anyone able to come in a VC and help me out? I will share my screen. I have been trying for almost 2 hours now, and I am having trouble following these tutorials, so please, if anyone has the time and nervse, please help out, God bless everyone!

[desert imp]

Anyone having issues with the tg travel element mod on their cluster?

[stiff oasis]

this is the code i did put into the Game.ini file located in the WindowsServer folder [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")
NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Alpha_Leedsichthys_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="") sooo why is that dino still spawning?...

[young dove]

My players are almost always being "Arked" on every transit they make in my server cluster's connected worlds. I am always having to field requests to recover severed character profiles because the CrossArk transit is so badly designed. Is anyone else having these problems? Is there any recommendations to mitigate this problem?

[gaunt berry]

The mod is getting fixed need to wait for it

[young dove]

Yeah, wouldn't even need the mod if the devs would let server owners define in their own server configurations what the list of items not allowed to tansit are.

[bronze lynx]

Hello I have an error that when I want to download a mod on ps5 it says not enough mod storage delete old mods the problem is I don’t have any other mods and my ps5 has enough storage

[silent echo]

run save chars on the players pc not had to replace one after we did that

[young dove]

Please elaborate on this? What is the command they're supposed to run?

[silent echo]

i am not a server owner but you can set it so it saves the player inv on the players pc not the server

in where you start the server it needs this in there to -usestore -BackupTransferPlayerDatas

he says

[young dove]

The problem we're having isn't one of players and inventory. It's the .arkprofile file that links their platform ID to the actual player entity in the game. When you make the jump between worlds, that .arkprofile file is supposed to be removed from the source and appear at the destination after the player "wakes up" on the target map. The problem is that Wildcard did such an absolutely crappy job implementing the feature that I am fielding more and more requests to recover a profile that never arrived after the player wakes up. If this profile is missing, when a player then logs back into the server they were last on, they're prompted to create a new character instead of "waking up" in their old body.

[silent echo]

i not hade the problem after we did this tho so might be a fix

[bronze lynx]

Hello I have an error that when I want to download a mod on ps5 it says not enough mod storage delete old mods the problem is I don’t have any other mods and my ps5 has enough storage

[young dove]

At this point I'll try it because Wildcard has had roughly 10 years to fix this problem, which was in ASE as well, and they've still done nothing to fix it.

[wise kindle]

#bobs-with-probs This is server support

[bronze lynx]

Where can I ask

[wise kindle]

Are you unable to click the link

[bronze lynx]

Yes

[celest halo]

That does not save the stuff on the clients PC, that makes server save player data in the map save file instead of individual profile saves for each player

[silent echo]

Whatever not lost profile after we did it

[loud sluice]

whenever i try to join my friend's server i always get this message " connection lost "

[stuck leaf]

is there a fix for servers getting stuck when booting yet?

i can get it to boot, by reverting to a certain save, but the next time the server updates it gets stuck again until i go back to the same save, making any progress made pointless and disappear

[wise kindle]

You need to go back to a save from before the corruption appeared typically.

[stuck leaf]

i did which is why it boots, but on the next reboot it breaks again

[wise kindle]

What save do you have prior? Might want to try an earlier save.

Otherwise you have something corrupting your current saves each time you play.

[stuck leaf]

say i find a save from the 22/2/26 (uk dates) and the server boots, i have it running for 2 days no issue, but then ark updates say today i try boot the server and it gets stuck, i try going back to any save made the last 2 days and nothing, but if i go back to another save found on 22/2/26 it works again

[stuck leaf]

so even though that save works, it could be broken so i need to try even older?

[wise kindle]

Otherwise you have something corrupting your current saves each time you play.

[stuck leaf]

so how would i find that out? its only happening on 2/10 servers the rest have no issues

its astreaos and center

[wise kindle]

You got some investigations to do.

[stuck leaf]

what do i need to be looking for?

[wise kindle]

Not sure tbh, did you by chance have your servers running right after the Astraeos update? I know most ppl stopped them just after to prevent corruptions and waited till more updates fixed the problem.
Rolling back to a save before the update might fix the issue. Just ensure all your mods are still compatible.

[stuck leaf]

probably, my servers as set to do a daily reboot at midnight and otherwise stay on 24/7

[shut girder]

I just started a server recently and want to set caps on gear, primarily saddles to cap at 240. However I have applied the Item Clamp in the config and it doesn't seem to have worked. does anyone know the exact value for the command to be a 240 cap?

[steady kettle]

add me . where you at with your app?

[steady kettle]

game.ini = ItemStatClamps[1]=43000
gameusersettings.ini = ClampItemStats=True

[peak cave]

that part is all done, working on the next set of features at the moment

[humble orbit]

Consensus on a good/best skinning mod ? (A tool to help skin bases easily)

[tacit condor]

Did the paleo mods get updated?

[wise kindle]

Yes they are fine now

[tacit condor]

Ty!

[lavish gulch]

All structures disappear when the daily server restart happens, does anyone have this problem? I have to rollback the server hours before to get them to come back. It doesn’t happen everyday but often. If anyone can help, thanks in advance

[stone fiber]

What is the best way to verify server mods are compatible with newest update?

I just disabled the 3 mods I was using and found that one of them seems to be why our server was crashing after about 30 minutes of gameplay

Well the server ran longer that time with no mods enabled, but still crashed after about 40 minutes of gameplay, having a real time trying to figure out what is causing the crashes

[hushed crown]

can anyone help me? im on a cluster and ive been able to craft tek engrams in the past but all of a sudden i dont see any of them in my replicator. i beat grendel but still nothing shows up please help
also doesnt let me craft element/element dust in the replicato

[steady kettle]

You still need help?

[steady kettle]

you mind demonstrating it to me? i'm curious :)

[peak cave]

sure

[still girder]

can someone suggest me unofficial server i have no one to play with

i dont care what rates

[near hawk]

#1110925695900713072

[quiet talon]

I'm having the same issue, did you find a fix?

[gleaming rock]

has anybody expierenco of migrating from nitrado to a self hosted server? i am missing the .arkprofile and .arktribe files. any idea? i am trying to run a docker server

[hallow tide]

Hello so I have set up my server and was testing if it would launch (I didn't port forward yet) and it does launch but it says that it only uses 500mb of memory and launches in 5 seconds. is this normal? There is only one red line saying CFCore: No machine id was found

I can't send a screenshot

it does says that the startup is succesful

I'm using steamcmd btw

[hallow tide]

Its fixed

[humble orbit]

I have “Gachas unhappy in caves” turned off in my beacon settings. But it’s not working on my cluster. Gachas still won’t produce in caves.
Is there an ini for this?

[near hawk]

Yeah

Everything beacon does is just change in for u

Sometimes it doesn't paste the change in the ini files

Just add
ForceGachaUnhappyInCaves=False

In GameUserSettings.ini

[forest furnace]

Has anyone had a case of vanilla structures just disappearing on servers. For us it was our ragnorok server

[solar silo]

Unfortunately not yet

[proper otter]

How is everyone connecting to a server running 361.7?

[silent echo]

sound like aquatica on evolved is needed there.

[proper otter]

When I downgrade to pre-aquatica the server and client versions are still wrong.

[silent echo]

yep cant do pre-aqua to get the 361

[proper otter]

This is a new dedicated that I am building. I don't understand why the steam download for the server is 361.7 but the client is 361.8 and yet won't connect.

[silent echo]

server and client is not always same version thats normal

[proper otter]

I get that, I've run other game servers like 7DTD, etc. But this is a brand new install and I cannot connect. It has gotten very lame.

[silent echo]

so thats not the reason you cant connect might be firewall or something other

[proper otter]

Both are locally on the same LAN.

I can add it in the Steam game servers section and it queries it just fine.

[narrow beacon]

To those of you who self host on your own machines at home, what speed internet yall using or do you recommend

[olive pine]

I have 300 Mbps up/down speed and my servers run perfectly fine with 5 maps up. Granted I only have 4 or 5 people on at a time...

[celest halo]

Mine ran fine with 1gig down 40Mbps up with 5 on at once

[tepid berry]

Interesting, server update just dropped?

No patch notes yet, I'll let you guys be ginea pig before I update 😄

[celest halo]

Client got one also 😂

[tepid berry]

Looks like it's worth upgrading to, will let you know if anything goes south

[celest halo]

It's ark, it's always south 🤣

[minor plank]

anyone wanna help to see if they can join my server or not?

[solar silo]

I removed tg stacking mod and it corrected though it does poof resources that are stacked

[onyx night]

Anyone know how to match up the timers on baby maturity and cuddle time? Right now mine are maturing faster than the timers needed to finish In printing

[solar silo]

What is the name of your server

[quiet talon]

Ouff I might wait for a fix

[olive pine]

I can, I have an xbox streaming account I use for that purpose!

[tidal schooner]

hi guys

My server is giving this error on several maps... but there have been no changes... does anyone know why? Even with backups, it still gives the same error.

ERROR!!! FAtlasSaveManager::LoadOperationSql: SQL database is corrupt and the save game is compromised! Exiting...

[hasty valley]

Having issues starting servers with the new build.

[tidal schooner]

oh yep i have this
[2026.03.03-18.17.36:894][ 0]ARK Version: 83.21 [2026.03.03-18.17.36:909][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: failed to create database directory or there is no write access to this directory [2026.03.03-18.17.36:910][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: sentry_initfailed [2026.03.03-18.17.39:825][ 0]LogSentrySdk: initializing winhttp transport [2026.03.03-18.17.39:826][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: sentry_close() called, but options was empty [2026.03.03-18.17.39:828][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: failed to create database directory or there is no write access to this directory [2026.03.03-18.17.39:828][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning:sentry_init failed

[tidal schooner]

but you have also this error?
ERROR!!! FAtlasSaveManager::LoadOperationSql: SQL database is corrupt and the save game is compromised! Exiting...

[hasty valley]

not sure let me find the core dump

[silver pumice]

Alguien sabe por que me aparece Ping N/A en los servidores no -dedicated sessions

[hasty valley]

My crash report shows:
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000040

[hasty valley]

doing a reinstall of server files. see if that helps.

looks like re-install/validate files resolved.

[stone fiber]

I removed my docker container and all associated drives and folders, rebuild docker from scratch with yaml file this time with no mods, re-added save file from original server, pushed back save to midnight day before new update, relaunch server, it rebuilds, downloads updates, launches then installs another update after launching and righ back to 15-20 minutes of game play then server crashes.

Next thing I see is ARK server process (PID:??) is not running

Server attempts to shutdown and restart, gets to about where it shows explorer notes and just hangs for hours

]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting backend
[2026.03.03-15.17.03:591][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting crashpad backend w ith handler "C:\POK\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended Dedicated Serve r\ShooterGame\Plugins\sentry\Binaries\Win64\crashpad_handler.exe"

Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:914][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: request handled in 121ms
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:914][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: executing task on worker thread
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:914][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: background worker thread shut down
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:915][ 0]LogSentrySdk: initializing winhttp transport
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:915][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: sentry_close() called, but options was empty
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:915][ 0]LogSentrySdk: using database path "C:\POK\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended Dedicated Server\ShooterGame.sentry-native"
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:916][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting transport
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:916][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting background worker thread
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:917][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting backend
[2026.03.03-20.00.06:917][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting crashpad backend with handler "C

after update

[small briar]

any one know a fix steam ark version keeps crashing and fully restart my pc

[lilac bolt]

Anyone else unable to craft elixir from desmodus & element dust is still not able to convert to shards? Has anyone found a fix for this? 😅

[hallow tide]

How do i shut down my asa dedicated server properly without losing data?

[near hawk]

do the saveweorld command and close it

or wait for a auto save to be done

[onyx night]

if I have lowered the overall wild tame levels, does that lower the level difficulty for Caves / Bosses as well?

[undone axle]

Could you give me the breakdown of the characters?

[hallow tide]

I'm having trouble with my serversettings on my server.

There is no game.ini file being generated

there is only a gameusersettings file

the imprint and breeding settings are usually in my game.ini file but I can't change the rates on my server because it doesn't have this file

solutions?

[golden nest]

Type exit into the terminal

[hallow tide]

I tried doexit and it only generated engine.ini file

I'll try again

[golden nest]

No, that's just how you shut down the server gracefully

[hallow tide]

oh shit

sorry

[golden nest]

Make a file called: Game.ini and paste this at the very top:
;METADATA=(Diff=true, UseCommands=true) [/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]

After that, simply type the parameters you wish to change underneath

[hallow tide]

I'll try that

[solar silo]

Are you using a stacking mod?

[lilac bolt]

Yeah tg

[wise kindle]

Just so I'm not crazy but, do other selfhosted servers show as having high ping but gameplay is fine or actually smooth? Almost like the ping reporting is just broken and showing incorrectly?

[golden nest]

Ping is always busted. I've had a 40 ping server disconnect me thanks to an edge router, caused so many timeouts lol

[wise kindle]

ok ty I thought I was going crazy lol

[solar silo]

It is causing the issue. Unfortunately there will not be an update to it until the mod kit is updated

[dire canyon]

game: ark survival evolved
issue: no cnidaria (jelly fish) are spawning on ragnorock
ive tried destrory wild dinos, and the only thing im finding on line is to add -preventhibernation in launch options for single player but this is a server

[foggy plinth]

Your on your own sadly this game is not supported anymore

[stone fiber]

If hosting an unofficial Astraeos server before the mega-update are we also required to reset player data with the update, is this why we cannot get our astraeos server to function correctly?

[little raptor]

yeah i've been searching through different discord servers to find out if any mod has fixed yet.. but it seems like all stack mods are broken.. also if u just remove the mod u lose ur items.. so u need to perform a process to change the items ids or something and them remove the mod..

also some people said that if u just put the exact amount needed it works.. but i haven't tested yet

[lost raven]

No, no resets are required. Curious what issues you are having though as I'm having some and I can't describe it any other way then that the map is "haunted" :P

[stone fiber]

Before the Mega-Update our Unofficial Astraeos server functioned great, with little issues, even when the first new zone was added the server functioned great through that transition. Since this additional content update it seems that the server can no longer be restarted and function correctly when a new update is released. When it loads the update it gives players a 25minute count down and then restarts to load update. Now when this happens the server hangs in the load process just after "Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_7" Since the update I have rebuilt the server twice and still am experiencing the same strange behavior when the server either restarts on it's own, or it has to be stopped and restarted because it halted/crashed. I have all other server shutdown I am only testing with Astraeos because when this all started I made a copy of our Astraeos_WP folder.

[lost raven]

Ah ok, yeah not the same problem I'm having lol. Mine launches and players can transfer to and from it, but it randomly half-crashes. Like most stuff still works but wild dinos stop moving around and just stand still. You can run commands, interact with obelisks to transfer off, mount dinos and move around, but generators (modded and unmodded) will turn on and off like someone flicking a lightswitch constantly. It literally felt like my base was haunted lol. I can't find steps to reproduce it yet but am trying to narrow it down slowly :)

[stone fiber]

Do you get disconnected and encounter a time-out message about 2-3 minutes after you experience these odd behaviors?

I asked that because this seems similar to the behavior that happens when the server crashes and your client continues without a server connection, before it ultimately times out

[lost raven]

Nah, I know what that's like. I can sit there for an hour and nothing will happen.

I can still dino wipe, run other commands like fly, ghost, etc. but am unable to damage things or pull up something like the shiny tracker menu. I can use a teleporter but it doesn't teleport my items with me (it's bizarre!) 😅

[silver roost]

i think that's the place to ask?
i want to lower the egg duration and the imprint duration/maturation on my singleplayer game.
cause yeah, 7 hrs for 1 imprint or waiting 8 hrs on an egg afking isn't fun.
internet tells me to change settings ingame. i don't have these in ase
also told me to add lines in gameusersettings.ini

SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor

in here i added
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=50.0
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=50.0

but ingame it does nothing. the internet also tells me to just host a dedicated server, but that doesn't work for whatever reason, it just opens a cmd window and nothing happens.
so how do i actually increase all these timers on a singleplayer ase game?

[wise kindle]

Are you testing on new eggs and new babies?

[silver roost]

would a rex egg still take 5 hrs to hatch on x10.0 hatch multiplier?

[wise kindle]

Is it an egg laid after you changed the setting?

[silver roost]

the maturity rate is unchanged on a new dino that i hatched half an hr ago with x20

so yes, it doesn't seem to work

its as slow as a x1 i did a few days ago

[wise kindle]

Did you edit the settings or add new ones?

[silver roost]

i added new lines, as a guide suggested, because they don't exist in the .ini

[wise kindle]

Are you sure these are not duplicates?

Control F and search to ensure there is only one of each

[silver roost]

yes, i ctrl f'd it already

[wise kindle]

ok what bracketted header are these placed under?

[silver roost]

[ServerSettings]

i now see i have 2 gameusersettings. one in windowsnoeditor and one in windowsserver

but both have the increased lines

[wise kindle]

ah these should go into your game.ini

windowsserver

[silver roost]

i mean okay. but why are all guides saying the other...

[wise kindle]

Not sure tbh

[silver roost]

ahhh, i see all the egg and baby related scripts

[/Script/ShooterGame.ShooterGameMode]
BabyImprintingStatScaleMultiplier=1.000000
BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=1.000000
BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=1.000000
BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=1.000000
PerLevelStatsMultiplier_DinoTamed[0]=0.200000

[wise kindle]

what guides are you using?

Please dont tell me its chatgpt lol

[silver roost]

and so on

[silver roost]

[wise kindle]

AI will walk you off a cliff with a smile and tell you that you can fly.

[silver roost]

i mean

gameusersettings changes seemed plausible to me

and it grabs info off of reddit and other sites anyway
i mean hell, it once grabbed my old info from the official forums for me...

[wise kindle]

When you hit the ground it will complement you on what a great job you are doing and ask if you need a detailed flight plan for your destination.

Anyway, be sure to test on NEWLY laid eggs and new babies as changes do not always take effect on old settings assets.

[silver roost]

yeah i guess i can command tame and mate some to test it out and hit different settings. i don't want instant stuff, but also not to just afk for hours and watch something in the meantime.
did wyvern hatching on official servers, don't need that stuff on my own singleplayer

[silver roost]

update: it affects old eggs

"hatching duration: 81%"
00:07:00

i can live with 10 min hatching. thanks a lot

[wise kindle]

Lucky

[lusty minnow]

Help me : When i click John , it awayls show " Login Failure " and my name awlays is " Player1"

[silver roost]

wait. can i screw myself out of imprints if they mature faster than the imprint timers happen?

[wise kindle]

Didnt think about that did ya

[silver roost]

i... am tinkering with settings. the first new hatches are... lab rats

but the current ones would mature before 100% imprinting.

[hasty valley]

I removed the arkserver files and reforced a download, i was getting the same errors.

[silver roost]

ok.. is there a setting for how much % an imprint gives? i managed to get imprints to 1 min... buts its 1% each. and if i up the time between imprints, its still not enough to 100% before maturity

with kryo 100% imprints are a no brainer anyway

[stone fiber]

I've done this. I rm'd my whole ARK server docker and rebuilt it, this had no impact, was this on the Astraeos map or did you have luck with this on another map?

Correction, I have not done this since the update they released this morning.

[undone axle]

Could you please transfer my lost character to the Lost Coligny account?

Lvl135

[vernal fable]

I accidentally pressed something, and now my character’s weapon/item is misaligned when holding it (shifted to one side in third person).
Can someone help me fix this?

[ashen breach]

I’m having problems with my graphics settings. In single-player mode, distant objects are displayed clearly, but when I start playing in multiplayer mode, the graphics become blurry. Distant objects like trees and mountains look blurred, and even up close the graphics appear blurry. How can I fix this?

[onyx night]

Would there be a setting or reason why my tames keep getting put on aggressive? I don't think I'm whistling them by accident

[near hawk]

No, not really

[snow lagoon]

can someone help me?

Me and friends are playing in a private server with mods.

When we logout and re enter the game, **structures are not rendered **to us.
They are **invisible **but we can still be stopped by them, often getting stuck and bugged since the characters starts to "fly".

How can we fix this problem?
We are playing on **Astraeos **with Cybers Structures and Automated ARK
(also other mods but these 2 are the only one that interact with structures)

[wise kindle]

Did you try respawning your character?

[golden nest]

What are the hardware specifications of the hosting computer?

[frigid glen]

Hello everyone, hope yall are well. Would appreciate a little assistance here. I have set up my own unofficial server using Steam CMD for my friend and I and it works great. I would like to edit some settings like XP rates and taming speed. I have ensured these are correctly written into the Game.ini file. However, they do not apply to my server when I start it up. I moved some of the settings to the GameUserSettings.ini folder as per the wiki's instructions, but when I start the server, it removes those commands from the text file.

Any help would be appreciated.

[somber cove]

I am hosting/running an ASE server cluster for me and my buddies. Does anyone know why my buddies can see all the other maps on the cluster but I can't? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[soft dawn]

Hello everyone, I just got a dedicated server from Hetzner to host my unofficial cluster.

Yesterday, I was helped by people who are used to setting up maps and clusters with this system. But we never managed to start a map.

The server is stuck on Ticking Loop and nothing is happening. Have you ever had a server stuck on ticking loop?

We're still testing today, and I'm really surprised because this is the first time I've encountered this problem.

If you have any ideas, please let me know! Thanks in advance!

[soft dawn]

I think the answer is: a really far-fetched solution, like running Windows on the Hetzner server. Windows Server. Thank you for you reply 🙂

Sorry, I'm French and my answer may not have been clear. I don't use any of the things you asked me about. I'm on Windows, I installed Steam CMD, and I installed the folders and maps.

[smoky cave]

my server uses the Alfa Stax mod, which is extremely useful (when it works) but the problem is that after the last major patch, it has been broken completely, and won’t let people craft things in modded structures, and also won’t allow you to queue more than one item to craft at a time. is there any graceful fix for this? if i delete the Stax mod, every resource thats been affected by it will be deleted. people will be extremely frustrated, but i also don’t just want to wait and hope for a fix

[onyx night]

Easiest way to give server wide messages when using a nitrado server? Besides the message of the day?

[hasty valley]

How is your docker setup? I set mine up with external storage for arkserver files, so it can be shared across multiple docker instances reducing storage requirements for multiple shards. I you have a similar setup you would need to remove those files manually not just remove the container.

[soft dawn]

No mod and no plugins

I have already try and no error. Just Ticking Loop every Time…

Yes!

[soft dawn]

We finally found and fixed the issue. With Windows Server 2025, you need to install the Epic Games launcher in addition to the usual Amazon certificates and “r” something so that the maps will launch.

To be honest, I have no idea. This is my first dedicated server and the first time I've ever done all these settings and installations.

[safe oasis]

Hey, has anybody a idea how to disable ground turrets on a Unofficial Server? I want that turrets have to be placed on a foundation or smth. It’s about Evolved not Ascendend

[last magnet]

stack mods can break all sorts of things. but there is a mod called Remove STacking Mods, where if you add it plus follow the directions on the mod page, it'll get your items back but vanilla. I use Vanilla with Sprinkles for weight reduction and custom stack sizes (1k for most things) in INI using Beacon.

I used to use TG's stack mod, but had an issue and removed it. lost everything including crafted armor/weapons/saddles. luckily I was admin and I was the only one on my server, so I just spawned replacement resources and recrafted my things.

[smoky cave]

you’ve used the Remove Stacking Mod before ? i didn’t know if it was actually worth trying out

[last magnet]

I haven't personally since I don't use stack mods anymore, but if you follow the directions, and make sure you're using vanilla storage, you shouldn't have issues. Or just go and inventory the players and admin spawn replacements.

[fickle granite]

All unofficiel servers are unreachable

[astral stream]

Yeah I just came here for the same thing. All my maps just entered the tick loop 😝

[gaunt berry]

Mines perfect nothing wrong with them.

[fickle granite]

#announcements message
#announcements message

[solar fern]

Hey does any one know if I can use a home server and cross ark to a nitrado server or am i out of luck?

[tacit condor]

Has anyone ever had an issue where you are placing a structure down and it is trying to place a whole diff structure? AND i also can't gather any mats

[obtuse scaffold]

Anyone have their unofficial server wiped from the update?

Roll backs are not fixing it.

Anything else we can try?

[onyx night]

How many total XP points are needed for players to reach level 190?

trying to set max level on server

[tepid berry]

New update?

[wise kindle]

Only other Nitrado servers can cluster with Nitrado.

[still lark]

LV 190 would be 2379292000 total xp needed from level 1
But max obtainable level is currently 210 untill we get more content

[foggy hornet]

We have the same, set back to Day 2.

[safe oasis]

Hey, has anybody a idea how to disable ground turrets on a Unofficial Server? I want that turrets have to be placed on a foundation or smth. It’s about Evolved not Ascendend

[abstract swallow]

Same, tried 3 different backups, none restored the world. Which manager are you using?

[frail wadi]

I can't join to any Battleye server
Puts me "Lost/timeout connection to host"

I need help about this

[humble orbit]

Easiest way to set up custom loot drops through beacon? Templates? Guides?

[waxen hazel]

When you add the Loot Drop you want to override select the box for "Load Default Contents When Available" and you have a good starting point.

The tricky part is getting the Quality levels you want

[tepid berry]

Anyone find a fix for the discord dialog box that pops up every time you start a server? You seemingly have to click it before the server continues to load.

[calm nacelle]

Anyone have any "gotchas" it would help to be aware of with adding in Mods for the events and removing them when done?

Looking for any known issues with adding the mod id to the batch and then removing it when done. Using the Steam dedicated server tool, but launching the client with a batch. Playing on my LAN with family.

[stuck hemlock]

anybody have the insane species variants mod discord?

[alpine mountain]

Is the game still broken? Can I turn my server on?

[celest halo]

I never turned mine off, experiences may vary between users though 🤣

[acoustic turtle]

Every time I try to join a server on PS5, the game crashes. Is there any fix for this?”

[celest halo]

A major patch on a Friday afternoon, be unplayable all weekend again 🤣

[wise kindle]

Join unmodded servers?

[acoustic turtle]

no

[wise kindle]

Ill refer you to #bobs-with-probs as this is unofficial server setup support.
Your issue is client related.

[teal cedar]

We just rented a server on nitrado, unlucky timing. How long does the server network update take and how do i need to update our server afterwards?

[crisp jasper]

Subject: Claimed optimization does not match real server memory usage

After recent updates described as system/performance optimization, actual dedicated server memory usage appears significantly worse on my end, not better.

What I am seeing:
The Center is booting at roughly 20.2 GB RAM!
This is with no mods
This is not a case of me ignoring server cleanup on my end.

I have repeatedly had to optimize, clean up, and compensate for issues locally, while baseline game-side memory use keeps increasing

Why this is a problem:
A vanilla map using over 20 GB at startup does not reflect meaningful system optimization from a server host perspective, even if other parts of performance changed, memory footprint is part of actual performance

for multi-server hosts, increased RAM usage directly reduces stability, headroom, and scalability, startup load is now much heavier than before, and that affects real-world server operation immediately

Important point:
This is not just mod-related inflation.
Again, The Center with no mods is hitting about 20.2 GB RAM at boot.
From my perspective, that makes the optimization claims hard to trust, because the real result is:
higher RAM pressure
heavier startup behavior
more manual and compensation required from server owners.

What needs attention:
Investigate baseline dedicated server memory usage on vanilla maps.
Compare current no-mod startup RAM against older builds.
Verify whether recent “optimization” changes increased memory overhead during initialization or map load test from the perspective of hosts running multiple instances, not just isolated single-server conditions

At the moment, this feels less like optimization and more like server owners are being left to manage the consequences of worsening memory behavior.

[tepid berry]

They're probably trying to figure out the hitching caused by loading structuress.

I've noticed a lot of debug in terminal related to stasis, and it does look like they are working on solutions to this.

[crisp jasper]

it's been increasing since before adding discord, its just getting too high for people to even boot it with lesser equipment. 20 gigs, is more than most systems are given on sale

[tepid berry]

None of mine are like that, but I may not have as packed of a server with structures strewn about; They also did a patch a few times back where you could rebuild your save file to get rid of cruft, have you attempted that?

I saw memory reductions after running this across all of my maps

[crisp jasper]

I just wiped not long ago, Blank everything, pretty sure no players have even gone there since. Just blank, The Center

oh ya it does that already

[tepid berry]

I don't see this behavior on my end. The Center is comfortably running at 11gb here

With 2 years worth of structures on it

[crisp jasper]

running at 11 is really high for mine too, and i just mean boot, running is taken care of,

[crisp jasper]

oh thats why

[tepid berry]

I mean, all of my maps are like that, we run all of them - but The Island is significantly more structures, and still runs less memory. The Island is sitting at 4gb for me right now and it has significantly more on it

[dry horizon]

Give it at least an hour, then just hit Restart.

[tepid berry]

Oh, nvm it has!

[crisp jasper]

after 35mins in, its a lot calmer, Center settled at 8.7 solid, and Astreous is at 6.9, the next highest is running slightly over 3gs its boot that's killer. But now there is another update again. So we'll see, and it's mostly because I took time to learn their system, see what it could do, and they keep fighting progress with new shiny things. It's depressing sometimes.

[tepid berry]

Unfortunately we're all being hit pretty hard with memory right now

I built this server for $400; I couldn't even buy the RAM for that now

[crisp jasper]

I got 8 gigs of ddr5 just sitting here too, no more slots

oh two of them, so the 16 i replaced 😛

[simple narwhal]

So whats the verdict so far? Are unofficial private hosted servers getting forked this weekend or did WC release a good update?

[stuck hemlock]

im wondering the same, just restarted the server and it prompted me to force stop it.

[vital abyss]

same

[tacit condor]

i havent force stopped it, just waiting, don't want to corrupt anything 🙁

[stuck hemlock]

i did cause its essentially just restart looping thats why it prompts you to force stop it cause its not normally restarting

its stuck in a loop which isnt good for the server.

[tepid berry]

Mine is all back up, same memory usage

All 11 servers fit into 128gb of ram

[crisp jasper]

After recent optimization/performance updates, my no-mod dedicated server boot results on the same machine are:

Extinction: 0:51, 6.5 GB RAM
Scorched Earth: 0:50, 7.0 GB RAM
Aberration: 0:58, 7.6 GB RAM
Valguero: 2:27, 8.4 GB RAM
Island: 1:01, 10.8 GB RAM
Ragnarok: 1:19, 11.6 GB RAM
Lost Colony: 1:48, 15.3 GB RAM
Astraeos: 2:26, 16.6 GB RAM
The Center: 8:13, 19.9 GB RAM
Full server/cluster boot time: 19:53

These results show that some official maps are reasonably light, some are heavier, and some have slower boots without excessive RAM use. But The Center remains the most severe outlier by a wide margin, combining the highest RAM usage with the longest boot time on the same machine. From a host perspective, that does not match broad optimization claims and strongly suggests a map-specific problem with The Center.

Separate modded servers on the same machine
Island Of Epoch: 0:55, 4.GB RAM
Nexo Arkano: 0:32, 4.8 GB RAM

Installed mods on modded servers
912815 — S-Dino Variants
928548 — Shiny Ascended
929420 — Super Spyglass Plus
929684 — No Untameables
931364 — Glyph Transformations
932789 — SnappinAdditionalAmmo
933158 — Alpha Everything
935528 — Visual Storage
939604 — RR-Homedeco and more!
944587 — Resource Coins
963051 — Nanohs Ascended Accessories
963648 — ATJ Creature Additions
973536 — Dino Shop
974884 — Runic Wyverns
1009115 — Wild Ark
1079535 — Marniis Owlgriffins
1133222 — ARKOLOGY: OE - Desolatitan
1147253 — Frank The Wandering Dodo
1147341 — The Extreme Creatures : Spino
1190224 — Quality Caches
1208820 — WazzyTranqs

That actually strengthens your point a lot, because now you’re showing that even with a real mod stack, those separate servers on the same machine are still not behaving as badly as The Center.

[celest halo]

the center has always been a more ram hungry map

[crisp jasper]

it was ram hungery when it booted at 8, but 20

[tepid berry]

Yeah, The Center has always been a problem for me too; In fact, it's the map I plan on removing from my cluster first, because of all the issues I've had with it in the past

[cloud tide]

My unofficial server is greyed out and is locked does anyone know why it would do this?

[crisp jasper]

mine are having login issues now aswell, hope they figure it out quickly 🙁 It'd be okay if i didn't get all the messages 😛

[stuck hemlock]

anybody here happen to be in the modders discord that did insane species variants? discord link is invalid on the curseforge page

[summer dew]

Nitrado servers taking a ridiculous amount of time to update for anyone else?

[vital abyss]

yes, this is insane

its been almost 2 hours.

[summer dew]

Okay so my hour of watching it update is "normal"

[vital abyss]

mine isn't even saying "updating" anymore. I have been 'restarting' for nearly an hour.

[haughty ether]

They usually do, best to leave them alone to do their thing

[crisp jasper]

Well i cant post the good results of how they stabilize🧑‍🔧

[flint sluice]

did you find a fix for this!?
having an issue on a machine running windows, also after last update (before this major)

[stuck hemlock]

yes

[crisp jasper]

Map #&Name Boot Time Boot RAM Ready RAM
1.Island 1:01 10.8 GB 3.2 GB
2.Scorched Earth 0:50 7.0 GB 1.4 GB
3.Aberration 0:58 7.6 GB 1.5 GB
4.Extinction 0:51 6.5 GB 1.1 GB
5.The Center 8:13 19.9 GB 8.7 GB
6.Astraeos 2:26 16.6 GB 3.2 GB
7.Ragnarok 1:19 11.6 GB 2.0 GB
8.Valguero 2:27 8.4 GB 2.3 GB
9.Lost Colony 1:48 15.3 GB 3.7 GB

[summer dew]

My val server is up. Took like 5 min. Aberration and lost colony are both at over an hour of updating.

[stuck hemlock]

Im on val, i had stopped it before when i restarted it because it prompted me to stop it, now ive restarted it again and its doing the update.

[ionic field]

[OK] Analyzing: LC_Challenge

Up: 0d 0h 49m Players: 0 CPU: 0.73% RAM: 15.9GB
[OK] Analyzing: LostColony
Up: 0d 1h 8m Players: 0 CPU: 3.91% RAM: 17.4GB
[OK] Analyzing: NewColony
Up: 0d 0h 47m Players: 0 CPU: 4.14% RAM: 15.6GB
[OK] Analyzing: Nyrandil
Up: 0d 0h 46m Players: 0 CPU: 3.66% RAM: 10.3GB
[OK] Analyzing: Valguero
Up: 0d 1h 13m Players: 2 CPU: 6.63% RAM: 11.1GB

Scan Complete. Next check in 90 seconds...

[wise kindle]

@low haven Why are updates on Fridays?
Why not Tuesdays so ppl can enjoy their weekends?
Sorry but I have to ask why, this seems so illogical.

[crisp jasper]

oh O.o

Right tuesday!!!

[wise kindle]

Tuesdays would make everything soooo much less stressful for everyone.

[ionic field]

right we never did friday updates at work. unless emergency - no one likes to work on a weekend !

[crisp jasper]

lo it would be update after update all day 😛

[ionic field]

we rather be playing Ark

[wise kindle]

Only Pri0 Hotfixes got thru on weekends. And those were full on game breaking "we cant even launch the game" issues that were being patched.

[crisp jasper]

Map# & Name Boot Time Boot RAM ~1 Hour RAM
1 Island 1:01 10.8 GB rebooted / not settled
2 Scorched Earth 0:50 7.0 GB 1.7 GB
3 Aberration 0:58 7.6 GB 1.5 GB
4 Extinction 0:51 6.5 GB 1.2 GB
5 The Center 8:13 19.9 GB 8.6 GB
6 Astraeos 2:26 16.6 GB 3.1 GB
7 Ragnarök 1:19 11.6 GB 1.9 GB
8 Valguero 2:27 8.4 GB 2.2 GB
9 Lost Colony 1:48 15.3 GB 3.1 GB

Full Universe 1 cluster boot time: 19:53

That puts the spotlight back where it belongs:
The Center is still the strongest sustained outlier
Astraeos and Lost Colony are heavier but settle much lower
most maps are dropping into a pretty sane post-boot range

So your clean takeaway now is:
The Center is not just ugly at boot — it stays unusually heavy after the cluster has settled.

[frigid vine]

Do you guys have also problems, that on some servers/maps players cannot connect right now?

[ancient moon]

this happening on my cluster

[reef thistle]

Can you edit LC outposts loot table similar to a loot drop?

[celest halo]

center is only 2.3x ram usage at boot Val is 3.8x, LC is 4.9x, SE is 4.1x, so if anything center is using less ram for boot vrs running then the others

[ionic field]

they will crash eventually as well. Windows Server Hosts

What a Hand of WildCards we were dealt on a friday !! YAY ARK !!

[frigid vine]

Thanks both. So we're not alone.
Servers are table, means no crash. But on some maps not all players can connect, a low of connection timeouts.

[ionic field]

something like this.
Fatal error!

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW

CL: 800425
0x00007fffcd48ed9b ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction []

in my crashlog for one of them, gonna verify my installs now - see if it has any luck.
hopefully just a silly C++ repair or a Host reboot. could get lucky ! i guess

hopefully not a 3 day Downer back to back huh ?!

[stone fiber]

I'm still working through this, yesterday I did a complete wipe of the server and rebuild, found when I re-add the save files from the previous server issues persist. lastnight, I pushed back the Astraeos_WP.ark file to back well be for the update, launched the server and went to bed, I checked this morning, server was still running crash free, I will be logging into it here momentarily to see if the server stability has returned and it doesn't crash when players start playing on it, traversing the new area.

The biggest test I have found is stopping the server, it does it's save and then restarting it, because most commonly lately it's on the restart when it just fails to fully launch, and the ARK Pid just quits.

[flint sluice]

interesting ok, i get this in the logs when shutting a server down

from a bit of google is some telementry stuff

[stone fiber]

I wish the Ark Server team could maybe provide some advice on what they did, when rolling back server saves on official servers so we could have some guidance, for our servers... that would be super helpful

[flint sluice]

we have more chance of a lottery win than of getting help as unoffical servers - it sucks but thats how it is

need enough people to moan about it! 2 or 3 of us with this issue, nothing will happen

[crisp jasper]

island wont hook properly or let players on but other than that and the ram going way up it seems stableish

[stone fiber]

I've seen big Memory usage since the update when my servers launch just before they move to "server successfully started"

[flint sluice]

its all within 0.5 gig so gg?!

[crisp jasper]

Connection issues have been noted🥳

[onyx night]

83.25 most up to date server version?

[vale fiber]

no

84.5

[onyx night]

ahh yes I see that now, thank you

[flint sluice]

stuff must be broklen if ronnie is here 😄

[vale fiber]

yea server list is broken

[stone fiber]

Well I started the server lastnight, on a save game from 2/23/26 the server ran all night and until now, but upon checking server list, it is not there, I'm guessing it is not being advertised because it has not been restarted to get the update that released today.. Here goes nothing, restarting the server

[vale fiber]

really wish wildcard would NOT do major updates on friday, saturdays or sundays

[flint sluice]

everyone knows its not main branch friday!

friday updates always = no weekends!

[vale fiber]

its prime time, players get off work and school and want to play

but instead we are stuck updating and waiting for issues to fix

[flint sluice]

direct connect fixed the issue last night when EOS died

[vale fiber]

ever since this astreos update things have gotten bad

[flint sluice]

again... helpful; but not a fix

[flint sluice]

100% this!
sentry error i have is since then... wont close server correctly with WAM or a bat file

[stone fiber]

The only remedie I have found so far is a full wipe of server files and rebuild, along with pushing back server save files

which that has not even been a for sure thing yet

[flint sluice]

on 20plus servers... this is going to be fun!

will test over the weekend on test server and see what i can figure out, just tedious and a total waste of everyones time

[crisp jasper]

lol🤯

[stone fiber]

that is all I have been doing is , working on one server until I get this figured. all the rest are shutdown

[flint sluice]

welcome to dm me and we try figure something out...
wont be till tomorrow pm that i get to work on this

[stone fiber]

Yeah I have a job too, unfortunately

[obtuse scaffold]

Good luck! We weren't able to fix it lost...5 maps of dinos and our main base

[vale fiber]

these patches are so bad recently

not sure whos testing them, but its so bad

[stone fiber]

latest restart after newest update -
[2026.03.06-23.21.50:516][ 5]Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_6
[2026.03.06-23.21.50:516][ 5]Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_7
ARK server process (PID: 202) is not running.
Gracefully shutting down the ARK server...
2026/03/06 23:25:37 Failed to connect to RCON serverdial tcp [::1]:27020: connect: connection refused
Starting the ARK server...
No update required. Server build ID 22226230 is up to date.
Server is already running the latest build ID 22226230. Proceeding to start the server.
Using map: Astraeos_WP
Server process started with PID: 427
PID 427 written to /usr/games/ark_server.pid
Waiting for server to start...
[2026.03.06-23.26.13:461][ 0]Log file open, 03/06/26 23:26:13
[2026.03.06-23.26.13:462][ 0]LogMemory: Platform Memory Stats for WindowsServer
[2026.03.06-23.26.13:462][ 0]LogMemory: Process Physical Memory: 457.30 MB used, 457.30 MB peak

Crashed on first load after newest update

[vapid hearth]

Are you guys talking about servers not starting after the newest update? DestroyASAClustersFolderMutex: mutex handle (owned) has been closed.

[obtuse scaffold]

Yea welcome to my world. We use nitrado and made a ticket we are essentially up sheet Creek without a paddle none of the server back ups worked and they couldn't do anything about it.

[stone fiber]

via: 1.1 google
Alt-Svc: h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:104][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: request handled in 123ms
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:104][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: executing task on worker thread
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:105][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: background worker thread shut down
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:106][ 0]LogSentrySdk: initializing winhttp transport
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:106][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: sentry_close() called, but options was empty
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:106][ 0]LogSentrySdk: using database path "C:\POK\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended Dedicated Server\ShooterGame\ .sentry-native"
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:107][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting transport
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:107][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting background worker thread
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:107][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting backend
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:108][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: starting crashpad backend with handler "C:\POK\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended D edicated Server\ShooterGame\Plugins\sentry\Binaries\Win64\crashpad_handler.exe"
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:109][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: background worker thread started
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:109][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: using minidump URL "http:o339527.ingest.sentry.io:443/api/1875994/minidump/?sentry_client= sentry.native.unreal/0.12.0&sentry_key=fb1616b5216c4eb49050a7bdde625374"
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:254][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Warning: Crashpad WER module not registered, because Windows doesn't meet version requirements (build>= 19041).
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:254][ 0]LogSentrySdk: started crashpad client handler
[2026.03.06-23.21.49:260][ 0]LogSentrySdk: Verbose: processing and pruning old runs [2026.03.06-23.21.49:382][ 0]LogCFCore: SetSettings called:
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I'm going to try reloading my Astraeos_WP save file again and pushing back the save to an earlier version but, my level of faith is just not there

[fallow karma]

@sage scaffold

[last magnet]

you can but it's tricky. gotta keep the number of items the same. i didn't bother after reading the Beacon discord and hearing the issues. i use my custom drops everywhere except OSDs and LC outposts. or critter loot drops. i did customize the treasure chests, armadoggo crates, and dragon hoards a little bit

[reef thistle]

Dang. I'm struggling enough updating loot crates and shinies. 🙁

[vapid hearth]

Same, everything stated as "Experimental" in Beacon is really hard to balance

[last magnet]

i set up item sets

then i copy paste the sets across the different colors of drops. element and high powered healing potions go in red for example

only way to get certain things is to farm the loot drops

[reef thistle]

I tried adding potions to the drops, but weights are putting things out of wack.

[last magnet]

i made a bunch of engrams unlockable at lvl 999 so they can't be made w/o admin access

[potent quail]

ours were stuck on ticking loop, then recovered.. took a bit to join once they actually booted though. suspect wildcard backend or EOS issues related to that.

[remote zephyr]

I really try to stay positive on life, regardless of all the things that would drive me to be negative.

But wow, the new bugs with each update are just painful. Shutting all servers down again for a weekend. Cant we keep updates to Tuesday so that we can play the game on a weekend?

[remote zephyr]

It's sitting in ticking loop for a very long time, you give me hope

[sage scaffold]

?

[crisp jasper]

Okay updated the same server/Cluster a few times and it seems to be up, didn't look like it did anything other than verify though...

[calm nacelle]

Y'all are scaring me with boot loops so I'm watching comms before running my server batch file lol.

[potent quail]

it was probably 20-30 minutes on 'ticking loop' for us.

[pallid kestrel]

literally what is with dropping shit on a friday

let yo employees take the weekend off

[crisp jasper]

I'm up and running now, if that helps you feel any better, Ram usage is higher but its running 🙂

[calm nacelle]

I'll try, ty!

Yup, I'm up. Ty!

[solar fern]

hey any advice attempting to update home server and I keep getting Error! App '2430930' state is 0x6 after update job

[last magnet]

I have potions as a separate item set. min was the number of sets including default as a lot of mods add to the default loot table, and max is the number of item sets with no duplicates. the potion set is like 25% probability per potion with a range of 1-5. I also set it to have min items from set =1, max 2

[reef thistle]

Yea, that's what I'm trying to do.

[stone fiber]

Does anyone ARK team included have any advise for this:

[2026.03.07-01.08.12:979][ 2]Added Explorer Note Entry: DEARJANE_EXP_NOTE_7
[2026.03.07-01.08.18:381][ 2]ERROR!!! FAtlasSaveManager::LoadOperationSql: SQL database is corrupt and the save game is compromised! Exiting...
root@dock2:~# docker compose stop

[crude hawk]

Had this happen on one of my servers after a daily restart. I had to restore from a backup prior to the restart.