Larkfields

More paid-for DLCs 😞 Not for me. Please fix the bug that causes loss of characters when transferring maps and improve the performance. Oh, and fix the crash that happens when tabbing out of the game on Windows.

I have timeout 60 between each map starting up, and I have -automanagedmods only on the first start command. I was doing this to try and reduce network traffic when there was an update, and reduce CPU load by having just one map start at any time. It looks like I need to give the first map a bit more time to get started when there's a mod update.

Thanks, that's a relief 🙂

Thanks for your reply plenix. >>Do you use this parameter too? I don't use GBUsageToForceRestart >> What about do not restart the others, observe after a crash which map(s) are affected? The message seems to occur when the map(s) are starting up - I have a scheduled restart in the early hours for backup and update purposes. It doesn't happen at every startup though, so I'm guaranteed to see anything go wrong. But you have made me think that I could add a diagnostic line to the startup scripts which would spot which maps are restarting. >> How big is your pagesys file (vRAM)? 2TB NVMe (1.56TB free), 256GB RAM, paging file is managed by the system - max 32GB, currently 16GB >> OS Windows 11 pro, 24H2

Windows event viewer is reporting a few out of memory warnings when starting the server up, but I can't identify the actual process because the PID doesn't exist when I check. The server has 256 GB RAM, with around 140GB being used when all the maps (ASA and ASE) have started up so I don't believe it's a physical RAM issue. Does anyone else have this problem?

Try removing the quotation marks from around your cluster dir and cluster id. and try QueryPort=27017 on your Scorched command line. Your Scorched command line has ?Port?Port Also have a look at /home/arkserver/clusters/justacluster to see if that directory has been created - and check the permissions.

Yup... it's about 2 a week for me. This guy on YouTube describes how he restores characters (this isn't me BTW)... It's also how I restore characters lost characters. You need to have backups of all your maps.

Hi Mirage. I think you need to check your system clock... Those timestamps suggest you've been in Ark since 30th December 1899 🙂

Those settings (marked as "doesn't work") are not designed to go on the command line. They're intended for the "ini" files described on this web page. https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

Or a python dev - if you just want the ip addresses 🙂

Sounds like a catch-22 situation... If all IP addresses are effectively banned at the start (because they're not in the whitelist), then they're not going to be able to get though to Ark to create a character - and therefore not get whitelisted. Also: people's IP addresses change whenever their ISP feels like changing them so you'll need to provide a means for people to contact you to ask to be whitelisted again with a new IP address.

Apologies if it's been said somewhere, but how is Fear Ascended to be started on unofficial servers? It would help if we had the command line in advance so we don't have to restart after the release date. Thanks.

I have an ASA Center server with no mods and no plugins... small number of users. File size is about 165912 KB. I assume one of the plugins is causing the problem. You could check the forum/discord channels for those plugins to see if anyone else has similar problems, or even launch the map without any plugins enabled to see if the file size reduces.

Are you running any mods?

I missed one of the port numbers (corrected below). Have you also setup port-forwarding on your router for all ports? UDP 7777-7780 and 27015-27018 RCON uses TCP - you don't need to port-forward this if you only use RCON on the server itself. TCP 22330-22332 ShooterGameServer.exe "TheIsland?SessionName=ANCESTRAL-5X-I?ServerAdminPassword=XXXX?AltSaveDirectoryName=TheIsland?Port=7777?QueryPort=27015?RCONPort=22330?RCONEnabled=True?MaxPlayers=10?GameModIds=731604991,1609138312,1404697612" -automanagedmods -NoTransferFromFiltering -ClusterDirOverride=\HaruHost\clusters -clusterid=qqone ShooterGameServer.exe "Ragnarok?SessionName=ANCESTRAL-5X-II?ServerAdminPassword=XXXX?AltSaveDirectoryName=Ragnarok?Port=7779?QueryPort=27017?RCONPort=22332?RCONEnabled=True?MaxPlayers=10?GameModIds=731604991,1609138312,1404697612" -automanagedmods -NoTransferFromFiltering -ClusterDirOverride=\HaruHost\clusters -clusterid=qqone