I had the same issue. I resolved it by saving manually my files before I update the server. With your FTP software, connect to your FTP and save this folder on your computer: /ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArks
Update your server and then replace the FTP files with yours.
It depends of your FTP software. I'm using FileZilla on Windows. Go to Edit -> Settings -> File editing -> Filetype associations.
Now you have to add a line for .ini files : ini "C:\Windows\notepad.exe" (or the path to your favorite software, Sublime Text in my case).
Here is an example of my settings:
Then you right click on your file -> View/Edit and it should work. When you save it, FileZilla will tell you that a file has been changed:
Same problem. My server is "started" in my control panel but appears offline (not responding) in my steam favorite servers. Meanwhile, I pay for it ...
You can't log into your server as admin. You have to type this command in game console:
enablecheats your_admin_password
As Rain said, these commands are cvar commands. I'm not sure if we can change the way we launch the servers. There's a checkbox in your control pannel to add some custom launch parameters but I don't know how to write them.
Also, there's some cheats you can enable.
Log in as an admin in your server (enablecheats server_password) and type the following commands:
More infos: http://steamcommunity.com//sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=454529617