bambiheros

ive put in some mod links to my ark server i have just purchased, did a little stuff in settings and it took like an hour or more to "load" them in, talking about when i clicked save settings and restart. i tried to start the server but it didnt seem to work, so i tried updating the server and now it says i have to wait, i dont want to wait another hour if i dont have to, pls help Edit: took a very long time, but having a new problem, the server says its started but its not responding. it was working earlier, but after changing some of the server settings, seems like its not working?!?