ServerWolf

Putting it all in one bat file and have the script watch the each server and restart them if they crash sounds quite complicated. It's probably doable though. I'd just use a batch for each server to be honest. Alternatively you can then make a batch next to all your server start batches that launches them all in sequence. Here's my start up batch for ASA:

I use battle metrics right now because it was simple and quick. But settings up a webserver and using a free rcon utility would work just as good.

I would love to know this. Currently got two servers up and running, but no idea how to cluster them as the old way doesn't work.

Hi, I've been struggling a lot with my self hosted ASA servers, but I think I finally mostly fixed it and it is now working well for me. Here is the start script, only need to change the parts with <insert blabla> for your server specifics for it to use. Startserver.bat :: Thing I found to remove script asking to terminate rem Bypass "Terminate Batch Job" prompt. if "%~1"=="-FIXED_CTRL_C" ( REM Remove the -FIXED_CTRL_C parameter SHIFT ) ELSE ( REM Run the batch with <NUL and -FIXED_CTRL_C CALL <NUL %0 -FIXED_CTRL_C %* GOTO :EOF ) :: set ServerPath=C:\<insert server path>\server1 set SteamPath=C:\<insert server path>\SteamCMD\steamcmd.exe :: commented out cluster settings, don't seem to work yet in Ascended set "Cluster= " :: set Cluster=-NoTransferFromFiltering -ClusterDirOverride=C:\<insert server path>\cluster -ClusterID=<insert clusterID> :: Not sure if I needed to set the cluster variable with an empty value, but didn't bother to check without next line. set "ServerName=<insert server name>" set MapName=TheIsland_WP :: Sets alternate savepath for server instead of SavedArks set AltPath=SaveServer1 set MaxPlayers=100 :: Server password somehow it doesnt work for me without the quotations. set "ServerPassword=<insert server password>" :: Admin password somehow it doesnt work for me with quotations? So weird. set AdminPassword=<insert admin password> :: Again for ports I need to use these quotations for them to work. I don't understand why. set "Port=<insert gameport>" :: Commented out queryport, ASA doesn't seem to use query port at all. set "QueryPort= " :: set "QueryPort= ?QueryPort=<insert queryport> set "RconPort=<insert rconport>" set ModList=<insert mod list, example: set ModList=900062,926956> set AdditionalSettings=-WinLiveMaxPlayers=%MaxPlayers% -SecureSendArKPayload -ActiveEvent=none -UseBattlEye -servergamelog -game -server -log -mods=%ModList% %Cluster% set executable=ArkAscendedServer.exe cls @echo off title %ServerName% Watchdog echo DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW! echo. :start tasklist /nh /fi "Imagename eq %executable%" | find "ArkServer" if ERRORLEVEL=1 goto update if ERRORLEVEL=0 goto close :update echo Checking For Update start "" /b /w /high "%SteamPath%" +force_install_dir %ServerPath% +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 validate +quit echo. echo If No Errors Exist, %ServerName% Has Been Started! Check Task Manager echo. echo Waiting For Crash... :: Again, I need to somehow use escaped quotations here on the servername for it to work for me. Not sure why. start "" /w /high "%serverpath%\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\%executable%" %MapName%?listen?ServerPassword=%ServerPassword%?AltSaveDirectoryName=%AltPath%?SessionName=\"%ServerName%\" ?Port=%Port%%QueryPort%?RconPort=%RconPort% ?ServerAdminPassword=%AdminPassword% %AdditionalSettings% exit echo Crash Detected! echo. echo CTRL+C To Freeze Before Restarting timeout /t 5 goto start :close echo. echo !ERROR! SERVER ALREADY RUNNING! SHUTDOWN WILL COMMENCE taskkill /im "%executable%" /f /t timeout /t 3 goto start Backupservers.bat timeout /t 10 /nobreak >nul @echo off set ServerDir=C:\<insert server path>\asaservers set Server1Folder=server1 :: server 2 commented out, but if you want to run multiple servers and back them all up, this is how :: set Server2Folder=server2 set Alt1Dir=SaveServer1 :: set Alt2Dir=SaveServer2 set BackUpDir=D:\<insert backup path>\asabackup :: how long to keep old backups in the backup folder set DelDays=7 :: just need to put a txt file named C:\<insert server path>\asaservers\scripts\exclude.txt with 4 lines: :: _WP_0 :: _WP_1 :: _WP_2 :: _WP_3 :: This is so the backup ignores the standard ark backup files, saves some disk space. :: :: This is the folder I save both of these scripts. In this file it is only used to find the exlude.txt as above. set ScriptDir=C:\<insert server path>\asaservers\scripts set hour=%time:~0,2% if "%hour:~0,1%" == " " set hour=0%hour:~1,1% set min=%time:~3,2% if "%min:~0,1%" == " " set min=0%min:~1,1% set secs=%time:~6,2% if "%secs:~0,1%" == " " set secs=0%secs:~1,1% set year=%date:~-4% set month=%date:~3,2% if "%month:~0,1%" == " " set month=0%month:~1,1% set day=%date:~0,2% if "%day:~0,1%" == " " set day=0%day:~1,1% set datetimef=%year%%month%%day%_%hour%%min%%secs% :: server 1 xcopy /s "%ServerDir%\%Server1Folder%\ShooterGame\Saved\%Alt1Dir%" "%BackUpDir%\%Server1Folder%\%datetimef%\Saved\%Alt1Dir%" /c /d /e /h /i /r /y /exclude:%ExcludeDir%\exclude.txt xcopy /s "%ServerDir%\%Server1Folder%\ShooterGame\Saved\SaveGames" "%BackUpDir%\%Server1Folder%\%datetimef%\Saved\SaveGames" /c /d /e /h /i /r /y :: server 2 :: xcopy /s "%ServerDir%\%Server2Folder%\ShooterGame\Saved\%Alt2Dir%" "%BackUpDir%\%Server2Folder%\%datetimef%\Saved\%Alt2Dir%" /c /d /e /h /i /r /y /exclude:%ExcludeDir%\exclude.txt :: xcopy /s "%ServerDir%\%Server2Folder%\ShooterGame\Saved\SaveGames" "%BackUpDir%\%Server2Folder%\%datetimef%\Saved\SaveGames" /c /d /e /h /i /r /y echo on :: server 1 :: Obviously need to dl 7-zip for this to work. If you dont use this, also remove the lines below that remove old files. Then the backup will just be saved as a folder. "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip "%BackUpDir%\%Server1Folder%\%Server1Folder%%datetimef%.7z" "%BackUpDir%\%Server1Folder%\%datetimef%\Saved" :: server 2 :: "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -tzip "%BackUpDir%\%Server2Folder%\%Server2Folder%%datetimef%.7z" "%BackUpDir%\%Server2Folder%\%datetimef%\Saved" :: Removes copied folder @RD /S /Q "%BackUpDir%\%Server1Folder%\%datetimef%" :: Removes files older than DelDays forfiles /p "%BackUpDir%\%Server1Folder%" /s /m *.* /d -%DelDays% /c "cmd /c del @path" :: @RD /S /Q "%BackUpDir%\%Server2Folder%\%datetimef%" :: forfiles /p "%BackUpDir%\%Server2Folder%" /s /m *.* /d -%DelDays% /c "cmd /c del @path" This I learned. -automanagedmods does nothing/not needed. Queryport not needed, isn't used anymore. Server queries on game port. Open gameport as UDP Open rcon as TCP Enable rules for firewall for the same ports. If rcon ask for a queryport, use gameport. PS: For some reason I need to use quotations on some batch variables, but not on others. And I need to encase the server name variable in escaped quotations in the commandline. I don't fully understand why, but it wasn't working for me without these changes... Maybe this will help those looking to self host on windows for Ark Ascended.