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i've canceled with you . im sick of this rubbish i've had custom launch since i started with you . it was fine until a few days ago since one of the updates and now its constantly having this problem after updating . no ive not changed any of the parameters that where working fine before . and ryan did address the issue with me once before your correct but that was because the server stopped after a update not because i had changed anything in the parameters.

Guys plz this is getting rather frustrating now . for at least the 4th time in the last week i have updated my server and after being done it is stuck on Stopped. i'm paying the most expensive package you have for a 100 slot server and i'm starting to get extremely frustrated with these issues. i have done my research and spoke to many other ppl i know who are also running their own servers and they don't seem to be getting half the problems we are getting atm server id 5653 and i know im going to have to update and restart later today again after the patch i'm hoping it doesn't happen again . Ticket #321381 Edit: i have just deleted everything inside the savedark folder in the ftp files as i wanted to do a full server wipe today to coincide with today's patch. as far as im aware this should not cause an issue . and like i said its been happening for the last week quit a lot anyway and on the other occasions i have done nothing but just update and restart. Edit: 5 Hours later still not working or any response. im the type of guy who expects service when i pay for it so if this is not sorted by the time the new patch happens i'm canceling with you guys. EDIT: So ive got server back up by changing location which is just a pain in arse as i'm now running from a center which apparently is not ddos protected . although it sais version ??? so not sure whats going on there . im really not happy atm guys

ok ryan ty i was just wondering if it was our end or their end that was the problem . weired thing is my server was on that list for the first day then it just disappeared

they are .uasset files i have been told that these can only been edited by UE4 but i can open them from the ftp with notepad . although im not sure if opening them in ue4 will make them easier to understand or not. i have no experience with ue4 and from what i can tell its pretty complex . seems a bit of a ball ace for simple ftp files ><

ok your next job it to explain how to edit the files inside the ftp and what program is the best to use . plz start with with spawn files awesome job on this guide tho

o jesus exscuse my french but fk me >< i just downloaded and installed that UE4 i was lost after 10 seconds >< and again i have no god damm idea what blender is for ><

Meh so we cant just edit them using notepad ? also nope i could not drag and drop files to desktop either and my download option when i right click is also greyed out. the 2 programs u mentioned are they free downloads or do we need to pay for them ? Maybe your friend could have a quick look at the files for you .

Hey guys do you know why survival servers do not show up on the ingame list for unofficial servers ?? its really really annoying as we are falling behind other servers gaining potential players. if you do know why how long till you fix it or is there a way we can get them to show up on that list ourselfs. i know ppl can use the steam server list but you would be amazed at how many ppl have no idea what your talking about when you say find us in the steam server list >< .

the file your looking for i believe is the following /ShooterGame/Content/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/HarvestComponents again i'm not sure what needs to be changed . it would need a lot of testing on a ofline separate server . problem is i cant make a copy of the ftp files to set up a separate offline server to test it on so frustrating

even better if we could access player profiles in the ftp somehow and get their ip and then have a ban ip bar on the console . ofc not everyone has a static ip so u would have a problem with those individuals. on another note many years ago i used toi run a private server for another game and after a while once ppl knew how the ftp files of the game worked and people understood the coding we actually made our own account system ppl would have to make a account with a valid email which had to be validated . if this was possible at some point in the future it would be very easy to just ban those accounts . yes ppl could make new accounts but in the end ppl get bored of having to make account after account after account so you would eventually just whittle them down. not sure if this will ever be possible with this game but it would be pretty cool if it was .

ok i know the server shows through the steam server list but lets be honest most ppl cant be arsed to join servers that way they just want to press their ARK desktop icon log straight into game and select a server from either the official server list or unofficial server list. ive had alot of ppl ask about the server and when i tell them they have to go through a steam server list to find it 'it amazes me how many ppl actually have no idea what im talking about and ask y cant i just join it through the list in the game itself . so basically im asking guys do you know why our servers are not showing on the ingame unofficial lists and if so can we fix it or can you fix it . im loosing players because they cant be arsed or dont know how to find a server through steam

hey guys i want o experiment with the files in the ftp but obviously i dont want to mess mys erver up so i was thinking of running a separate version of the game just for me of my own pc . to do this i would need to download the client files and run them as a separate server locally of my pc yes ?? but im not sure on how i would set this up or on how to download a copy of the ftp files to my pc so i can do this any help would be massively appreciated ty in advance.

ok so after 2 days of going through the files i found the spawn files . they can be located at the following in the FTP. /ShooterGame/Content/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Spawners Actualy alot can be found via the /ShooterGame/Content/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints path . i was wondering if anyone with understanding of these files would know which number / parts of the code i would need to change to adjust the amount of a particular dino's spawn . i have some very old knowledge of similar files from many years ago but they where a lot simpler to understand . i do c parts i recognize like spawn spread ect but im not sure on o change them in these particular files so any help would be greatly appreciated.

yeh its fine its working just taking a little longer than it did b4 . but like i said its working so no probloem.

this seems like a possible way to keep older versions of your world when u do a wipe aswell just incase things don't go well . you could then just delete the folder you made and rename the original back to its original name and restart ?

mines taking a while aswell i used to update in like 30 -60 seconds now it takes atleast 10 mins

hmm tbh i don't think there is much you could add to contol panel itself atm . i think we need to learn a lot more about the files and what can be done with them. personally i have done nothing today but scour the ftp files looking for spawn files day night cycle file as these are the 2 things i want to change most right now. for me the cycle of day and night is to quick i would prefer a 1 hour day and 15 min night . and i think all servers have far to many dinos on them atm some areas you walk round a corner and there is 10 - 15 dinos walking round . an obvious thing to add to contol panel would be a autosaveworld button that we could press just before we did an update and restart.

so everything inside the folder not the folder itself ?? im planning on a sever wipe on friday to coincide with the large patch coming new mobs new items ect only makes sense to me to do a server wipe for large content patches like this .

im not looking to kill everything on my server when its up i just want to change the spawn rates and day night cycle in my ftp files when the server is down then when i put it back up hopefully the reduced amount of dinos will help those who suffer with slight lag .

yeh i think perma ban will be a while off yet .

ok running update now .should i leave my parameters in place or do u want me to remove them from console ? >< Still updating UP AND RUNNING NOW TY

just run update again seemed to take alot longer than normal but serevr still stuck on stop server id is 5653 . tried to make aticket wont work for some reason so had to post it here for you plz fix asap .

mine has been offline for the past hour now . any update??

same location france

u need to add =true after each command so for instance AllowThirdPerson=true my server has all these running and working fine