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    mikeskey reacted to DOAGEN in Switch to scorched map but keep my servers island save   
    No problem. I was noob to ARK like 6 months ago, but only then a friend hosted. Since I've came to SS I had to learn on my own just like you.
    Yes, it's nice to have folks to help out with.
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    mikeskey reacted to DOAGEN in Switch to scorched map but keep my servers island save   
    If you want to save server settings if you are just grabbing your games progress and not downloading the entire directory.
    You will want to also download game.ini, and gameusersettings.ini
    Located: /ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer
     
    AND
    if you did custom painting, grab this folder: ServerPaintingsCache
    Located: /ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArkxxxxxx
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    mikeskey reacted to Rawblin in Switch to scorched map but keep my servers island save   
    This can be done via an FTP client (Like Filezilla) The credentials to get into your server with this are on your control panel webpage, under "FTP Details". *SHUT DOWN your server before copying these files to your desktop!*
     
    Input the info into the correct fields in Filezilla, connect to your server, then navigate just like on a normal computer to /ShooterGame/Saved/SavedArk##### and simply drag and drop (or right click and say download) TheIsland.ark to your computer, along with any and all of the ###.arktribe and #########.arkprofile files in there. These are your tribes and players characters, respectively.
     
    That is the barebones version of saving your map and tribes/characters.
     
    If you want the super easy version (that takes a lot longer to download and a lot more diskspace), simply copy the "Saved" folder under /ShooterGame/ to your desktop. This includes all of your configuration files as well as all of the backups the server has made of your map and players/tribes. 
     
    Once this is on your desktop, you can safely delete the SavedArk##### folder from your server in the FTP window. Switch the map on your control panel webpage to "ScorchedEarth" or whichever you like, and then click "save and restart" at the bottom.
     
    When you want to boot your server up with this map/characters again, simply shut it down, back up whatever you currently have in your Saved folder, and then replace it with your Island version of the Saved folder.
     
    I think that fully covers it, but that's just off the top of my head so let me know if you run into any issues.