DeezGames

The Deez Games community currently has 5 servers through Survival Servers, all located in Dallas, Tx. We have game servers for Conan: Exiles, 2x Cluster Servers for ARK - Survival Evolved (The Center and Ragnarok Maps) and now, TWO Dark & Light servers! Our community has Very Active Admins, an Active Discord channel, which you can get the information for from within any of our games (We don't post our discord outside of game) We also have a YouTube channel that is currently in the process of expanding with additional YouTubers within our community. Because of this YouTube channel, and the potential for Streaming on our server, I do like to point this out as your character names and possibly steam names may be displayed in our Videos and streams(Your Steam Name is displayed in game above your character in some games,) so we want people to be aware of this ahead of time. Our rates for all servers stay close to vanilla, however rates that we consider unreasonable (Like Taming in ARK) have been increased a bit. Rates on our servers are as follows. Conan - 1.5x XP ARK - 1.5x XP, 3x Taming, Boosted Breeding (Rates not listed as there's too many minor changes), and several Engram changes to reduce early costs for aesthetic items and prerequisite items that don't otherwise get used beyond that prereq. D&L - 1 Vanilla server, and 1 with boosted rates, though we are looking at changing Taming slightly once major updates level out a little, as the game is still a bit too new to make major changes without establishing the baseline properly. It should be noted that we are very much a Community, and our servers all are PvE because of this. We chat about our lives in Discord, and just generally consider everyone in the community to be friends. We are a large community with a small community mindset in that regard. Our servers are nearly 100% crowd funded, so our community must think we're doing something right. =) If you would like to check us out, please find us in an Unofficial Server search for Deez Games in any of our games listed. Thanks! Deez Games

Technically, I think you can already do this by saving a copy of the server state via FTP before upgrading with a new patch. But you'd have to talk to someone a little more familiar with this process on this topic than I am.

I don't believe there is currently a way to do this. I have asked about this one in the past as well, and was told it was something they do have planned to add in the future. Perhaps we could get an update on the progress of that here though? I do know they've been crazy busy just keeping servers going lately with 2 new games being added to their lineup and all of the issues that come with such additions of early access titles.

Ahh, I gotcha. I do think that there should be protections for NPC's similar to how you can't pick up an Elite mob with a flyer currently. I suppose I shouldn't have assumed that this was already in place. It'll likely be patched out though I'm sure, as it does break things a bit since they don't despawn just by being in the wrong place. I'm sure for PvP, it's entirely reasonable for a faction to attack an opposing city, but carrying their merchants off is just griefing imho. PS: feel free to have a chuckle at my expense. =)

Thanks! Added to the list. =)

One important note for ARKON It does NOT like special characters, ie the ampersand (&) in your admin password. So for those that like super complex passwords, have multiple servers, or that otherwise distinguish which game you're on with something like D&L in your password, change it in your SS control panel and that should help the ARKON tool to connect. I myself have had mixed ability to connect to the D&L server through ARKON, so your mileage may vary.

So yeah, I have a few... Custom Panels Custom panels for BOTH GameUserSettings.ini AND Game.ini additions in the Server Settings window, similar to how there is a GameUserSettings.ini already in place for ARK. This would obviously be for advanced users and should be noted as such, but we Really need it to eliminate all of the hassle of having to FTP so much if it could be done. Perhaps have it greyed out, and only "Unlock" while the server is currently offline. This would additionally help bridge the gap for those that aren't familiar with using things like WinSCP or the such and would really set the already high reputation SS has for it's custom Control Panel that much higher for taking the FTP out of the equation. (Would really like it on the ARK servers too btw) The question is though, can it even be done? Message of the Day / Broadcast We Really need a separate MotD box, right at the top, front and center for servers. The MotD is an Admins 2 way window to their player-base and ensures the players (If used properly) that the admins are active, even if they don't see them in game often. Adding the MotD window to the front end of the SS Admin panel would be even better than having it tucked away in the Server Settings, especially as there are (kinda broken) in game commands to change the MotD. Which leads me to believe that it may well be possible to create functionality that allows it to be changed here without having to restart the server to do so. Additionally, having a function that performs a system broadcast message from this same location would be of tremendous help in the event an Admin needs to take the server down for unexpected maintenance. Such prime examples are if there has been a server update, and the admin's own client has been updated and thus can not log into game to advise players of the impending downtime for the update for those still online from before the patch was released. This could even be done with say a button that begins a broadcast cycle similar to your ARK daily restart notification, where it gives a 10, 5 and 2 minute warning before the restart, but manually triggered by an Admin needing to do an update so that players stuck waiting for the server to update can log in sooner rather than waiting for the daily restart to update the server to current. One note for this one, to prevent it from being accidentally used by multiple admins / sub users, lock it after it's been used initially, so that it can't be used again until after it's cycle has completed. Performance Warning This is something we've noticed with our ARK server, and perhaps I should just post a ticket for it as well, but to ensure it doesn't affect D&L, I figured I'd put it here too. When changing engram costs in the ARK panel to custom settings, it causes the Engram page on ARK to lag HORRIBLY in game, so I just wanted to make sure such things are thoroughly tested for such if you do add in the ability to modify skill rates or change level requirements for the D&L skills. -- Scheduled Broadcasts via Control Panel Tool (New) The ability to add + one or more entry boxes that generate a repeating Broadcast message within game, with time ranges similar to how an ARKON scripted admincheat broadcast can be set up, so that those of us with multiple servers do not need multiple installs of ARKON in order to broadcast daily or even hourly announcements. This is a feature request that was previously made for ARK, and with 4 servers between ARK and D&L, it would take 4 separate installs of ARKON in order to have all running the broadcast script at once. As the RCON implementation is there, this "should" be doable, and could help those with issues with Cluster servers on ARK, or that otherwise can't have that many instances of ARKON running at once with keeping people informed of things like automated restarts 20 minutes before that restart, specialized PvP / PvE rulesets for servers or Discord links every hour, or the such. Save World (New) A Control Panel button that runs the World Save script would be immensely helpful for admins that for whatever reasons can not get into game to do so. Once a client has been updated, if the server has not yet been updated, that admin would no longer be able to log into game to inform people of an impending server update, or otherwise use the console without access to an RCON tool, whereas they can log in to the SS Control Panel even via many mobile devices. -- I'm sure I'll think of more when the coffee kicks in, so I'll edit them in if I do. =)

Lol. Oh, I'm sure most of us know that players can't "kidnap" NPC's, so unless they were just being cheeky in their reports, then you can have a little chuckle at their expense freely. =)

Hey, I completely understand. When you have an entire platform you have to manually fix one client at a time, that kind of crap takes time. Yall are doing wonderfully, thanks for putting up with all of us hecklers. =)

While it's made by the same company essentially, and the games are similar and use the same engine, there are still very much differences between. Some settings for ARK will indeed work for D&L, but others are very much hit and miss. There is not yet a complete concrete list of settings that for sure all translate between the two games. Just remember, test at your own risk, but with some patience, we'll soon have a legit list of working settings built into the Survival Servers server settings menu, cause they're good like that.

Yeah, just give them some time. This is obviously not an isolated thing, and if they're having to address it one server a time with a weekend staff, I'm sure they're working their butts off to get it all done as fast as they can. So just be patient with them and they'll get you fixed up as soon as possible. I've had nothing but positive experiences with the SS staff, and even through difficult and annoying issues, they've always pulled through.

For me, spawning in the dwarf city, I had to go not only under the floor for the weapon vendor, but even below that and found the guy down below the town proper on the mountain below the city lol. I think it was the apothecary that had the top of their hair sticking through the floor of their building, and others were just plain missing but I didn't take the time to ghost through to find them. Either way, it was indeed a bit annoying.

use admincheat ghost and see if they've actually spawned in a way that sent them under the world. I don't know if an admincheat kill / destroymytarget will allow them to attempt to respawn properly afterwards though, but that's something else you could test. I had this happen to me in my single player game I was recording for a YouTube LP session, and so many of them had done so I decided it best to just scrap the episode and try again later lol.

I've had an unanswered ticket in about it since 5:39am, though it was appended to a prior ticket rather than a new one created for it as we've also been having so much lag even prior to the patch issue that it's been suggested by your live chat staff previously that we consider having yall migrate us to a different server. I've been refreshing the ticket every 20 minutes hoping for a reply, but didn't want to try bumping it or anything cause yeah. Got quite a few people that can't log in, bugging me for answers in our community. =\

Oh good deal. I'll have to revisit my attempts to dig there later then. Thanks. =)

I personally have seen false positives on the server outdated thing before, so it's entirely possible that's what's happening here. Our update went through this time, but there have been plenty of ARK updates that did exactly that, yet everyone could connect with updated clients, so perhaps just give it time. Either way, keep checking back on your ticket for when you do get a reply. Good luck to you on that though. It's the not knowing for sure part that always bugs me about it. =\

Put in a support ticket, and try to refrain from bumping it, as each time you do so, it "Bumps" that ticket to the bottom of the stack.

Game.ini for D&L is not currently modifiable, unless you've had better luck than I. GameUserSettings.ini is however modifiable, so potential changes to that file that work in ARK, will "sometimes" work in D&L. But your mileage may vary. Expect a lot of restarts and tweaks and hours and hours of your time spent on it if you really want to delve into untested settings changes based on settings from another game. Either way, good luck to you!

I am getting the same error with mine. I would suggest restarting the server and running the update again, even if you have already run it. Barring that working, be sure to put in a support ticket if your server is still not connectable. Right after the first patch issued for the game, I'm sure the staff here will have their hands full with tickets, so get yours in the line as soon as you can! =)

This is something that I'm sure they will have to set up scripts for. Their ARK servers have a similar feature, where in the last 10 minutes before an automated restart, there are broadcast messages giving notification on the primary ARK server, and at the 2 minute warning, it performs a world save and notifies of such. D&L however, is still so incredibly new that it will take a bit of time to get such set up, as even though the game is "similar", it is not ARK, so new scripts will likely need to be written for such things. Even the ARK servers do not give auto restart notice to the cluster servers on the block, and that game has been out for a while, albeit in Early Access still. So lets give it a bit of time, and I'm sure they'll hook us up with a similar feature to ensure autosaves are performed before an autorestart, and likely even broadcast notifications.

I'll chime in with what I've heard directly. The settings are Very much similar to ARK, however it is completely hit or miss on which settings do actually translate between games. Thus there is not a concrete list of ARK settings that work within D&L at this time, but our host is working hard at testing to find the ones that do indeed work, and will hook us up ASAP! Have faith Padawan, the force is strong with these ones. =)

Sure thing man! If you come across any new bugs yourself that you have a solution for, even if it's a partial or temporary one, please list them here and I'll add them to the list. I will also try to keep up with the changelog, and after testing, will remove ones that have been addressed.

Sleeping Bag (Scheduled to be addressed in next patch, will update once confirmed fixed.) After use, pick the sleeping bag up and place it back down. It both restores its durability, and allows you to use it again. If you do not do this, the sleeping bag will not retain the sleep action functionality. Bed - Broken Mechanic. (Related to above - Scheduled to be addressed in next patch, will update once confirmed fixed.) bed doesn't seem to work because you can't pick it up after the first use. best off using sleeping bag until this is fixed Graphical errors in the Skybox (tested by two of our players having this issue so far.) If you are having an issue where there are random pink, green, blue ect. colored lights in the sky, turn the sky quality option down to halfway and save your settings. Then, restart the game completely and it should be fixed. Autosave Feature Not Working If your autosave feature is not working, turn it off as well as the auto-restart feature to prevent the loss of character data. This is not a "complete" fix, as it does not restore functionality to the broken mechanic, but it does provide an important countermeasure. You will need to manually enter the world save admin function before then manually restarting your server each time if you are affected by this issue. ARKON Compatability The ARKON application is a valuable tool for ARK server owners, and it's compatibility with D&L makes it exceptionally versatile. However, it wouldn't be in this list if there weren't known issues. The Password for your D&L server can not have special characters in it, as ARKON has issues with these characters, including the Ampersand (&). In order to get it to connect properly, simply change your server admin password to something that does not have special characters in it, update your ARKON to match, and you're golden! Password Protected Server When joining a password protected server, the Accept button is not currently working, and you Must hit Enter to confirm. Server Not Listed In The In-Game Server List Since The Last Patch. (Update: Fixed 07/26 - See https://twitter.com/...243956386050048 for details.) You will need to access the FTP with a program such as WinSCP, you can find information on how to do this with a quick google search if you are new to FTP programs and their function. Shutdown the Server. Create a text file named "steam_appid.txt" (no quotes) in "..\DNL\Binaries\Win64\". Write "529180" (no quotes) in the File. To clarify; steam_appid.txt is what you are naming the file. Then open it and write 529180 Save it, resync the ftp, then your'e good to go.

Please only post issues that you have found a working solution or workaround for in here. This is NOT intended to be a place to complain about a bug, and is only a community based thread for helping each other fix issues that you have already discovered a solution for.

So That's why it seemed like it didn't save those changes.... O.o I honestly think that adding a game.ini custom settings window at the bottom like we have one for GameUserSettings.ini would fix a lot of those such issues.