Occasionally when I load all mod strucutres and items are gone

[jacklop21 0]

I've noticed this does not happen if I check skip mod updating. It has happened twice now, is there anyway to prevent this from happening?

 

Any help is appreciated

[Hawthorn Thistleberry 5]

I don't think there's any way to prevent it entirely. There seems to be a flaw in the ARK server code itself that makes it time out on loading updates to mods while it's loading up. It happens more often if you have a lot of mods, especially large ones, or if several mods and/or ARK itself are having updates at the same time. But it's always possible if you have mods at all.

 

You can avoid losing everything, though. Just always do it this way:

 

1) Force a SaveWorld (e.g., via ARKON's Save World button)

2) Use an FTP client to copy the BlahBlah.ark file from your saved folder to your local computer.

3) Then and only then, restart the server.

4) Log in. If everything's fine, you're done.

5) If stuff is gone and the engrams for the mods are missing too, restart again until you see the engrams.

6) Log off, shut the server down, then use FTP to copy the BlahBlah.ark file back up from your computer to the server.

7) Start the server. Everything should be back to how it was.

[jacklop21 0]

I don't think there's any way to prevent it entirely. There seems to be a flaw in the ARK server code itself that makes it time out on loading updates to mods while it's loading up. It happens more often if you have a lot of mods, especially large ones, or if several mods and/or ARK itself are having updates at the same time. But it's always possible if you have mods at all.

 

You can avoid losing everything, though. Just always do it this way:

 

1) Force a SaveWorld (e.g., via ARKON's Save World button)

2) Use an FTP client to copy the BlahBlah.ark file from your saved folder to your local computer.

3) Then and only then, restart the server.

4) Log in. If everything's fine, you're done.

5) If stuff is gone and the engrams for the mods are missing too, restart again until you see the engrams.

6) Log off, shut the server down, then use FTP to copy the BlahBlah.ark file back up from your computer to the server.

7) Start the server. Everything should be back to how it was.

Will do this moving forward, thanks!