QUICK NOTE: The ports are 7777,7778 and 27015. Not 8888. The commands have been updated. Following the guide and copying from the linked article will work :)
@@vrnorwaynorway6048 no account needed to host the server. You can join it on the same pc you're hosting on as in the video too. For others to join they'll need their own computers playing the game as well, of course.
This isn't really a software engineer application tho, it's just networking. There is no software being created here no is there an application of software engineering principals
Thank you this worked perfectly, especially mentioning forwarding port 7777 which I missed from trying to simply follow my old ark server knowledge. Most helpful, excellently executed, much appreciated.
hey ive been trying to figure this out but when i run the batch file it doesn't actually fire up the server/console and im not really sure what ive done wrong
As a heads up, there is a bug in the server.bat script posted on the site, but it's correct in the video. You have a start command before the steamcmd there, which works, but it runs steamcmd at the same time it starts the ark server, instead of waiting for steamcmd to finish. Removing the start command from that line fixes that.
@troublechute Can we get your input on this. Is there a reason that start command is there that Kyle here doesn't know about or is this comment correct and if so can you fix it so the issue doesn't propagate out into the world :)
hello. I encountered a problem that even though I followed your videos correctly, updating sv seemed to be correct, but when I started the server, it said: "The system cannot find the file specified". Is there any way to fix it? help me if u know pls
would love to see you do a guide on adding mods to the server, I have it all running but no idea on how to add some mods and I have searched but no go for Ark Survival Ascended
Second generation i7 12gb of RAM and a mechanical hard drive and I've been running a private server for me and 5 friends perfectly fine for about a month now. Thank you for your tutorial
In Game, go to your settings. Make sure console is on (advance settings on the left) and then u can find the Key for it in your Keybind settings in the middle (change it if needed)
This was the perfect walkthrough for this process and I just wanted to say thanks! I got my server up and running (for those who are asking in the comments, your friends on console can join the server after checking the "show player server" box at the bottom and the "show password protected servers" if you have a password enabled). Is there a separate video on changing game server settings? Thanks again for the content!
Great Guide. Can i join the Server with a PS5, if yes how? For example, i want to join the Server in my own Netwotk with my PS5. But i dont have a command line in the "welcome screen"
3:12 Followed by dedicated server ID? Is this that just a made up identification number, or are we supposed to obtain that number from somewhere? I’m assuming it’s just a random code you want to make up at that point.
Hi, good video ! One question and one suggestion: I ve followed your guide for setting up my server on a dedicated PC. But when trying to join it in local, I run the command open:localIp:port and then it gives me a black screen and nothing else. No joining info in the server log Also, I suggest in the start.bat file to add /B /WAIT to the first command (start /B /WAIT etc etc) in order to wait for the server check to finish before starting it
Ok i got it working. I was running server with no battle eye but then starting Ark WITH battle eye. Once i logged into Ark with battle eye disabled I could see the server and connect.
@@adrianperez6236 I didn’t change anything. Just worked as advertised. Unfortunately for Xbox to join. My buddy has to type the name of my server to find and join each time. Marking it as a favorite does not work, but that seems like a wide spread issue. Hopefully they fix that soon but otherwise, he searches, finds it and it joins. Nothing special.
Thanks for the vid, It was super easy to set up :) However, I did end up relocating the "ServerAdminPassword=?" to the end of the line, but before "-NoBattleEye", and removed the question mark. Because it was making "enablecheats" console command unusable.
I can't open the console in the game menu to do the open command, the console only work once you load a game, doesn't work from the server selection screen or the main menu
@@cyrusamin5299 If you go to the gameusersettings ini in your server, you can add the commands there. For example, \ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer it was there on my installation. In there, you can scroll down to server settings and add the lines like "MaxPersonalTamedDinos=500" and many more.
I made a single player server with all the settings i wanted and then simply transfered the game.ini folder over to the asa dedicated folder with the game user settings.
@@izayaorihara34 but that doesn't change everything does it? I've transferred the game.ini file over and only got like the movement speed level but not difficulty or harvest amount
I just had a server up from this video. Now I did a FULLY fresh install and it's just running the start.bat and going through all the verify and then just closing out and not showing anything else. Please help.
Hey Bro, im here to say THANKS! U SAVE MY DAY!!! I flollow your tutorial and after this, CAN PLAY with my 10yo son on Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X. Server works PERFECT!!! 😍😍😍 Just one question: My server not ask for password, even though I put one like you explained! Anyways, THKS AGAIN! ❤
Important question! That first line in the .bat file is supposed to update the server at every start? Because mine isn’t updating on startup and it’s staying at version 25.25.
Nice video, got the server running in like 20 min. Next question is how to change the rates and how to host a cluster server as well. Cant forget about mods. lol
For those wanting to change things like tame speed and all that stuff. You'll need to find the game.ini file and the gameusersettings.ini files and change the values on the respective line. To add modes you need to add the mode number to the end of the last line in the bat file.
Great video! If you can, could you make a video on how to automatically check for updates, send a server message for a grace period shutting down the server, updating it and then restarting it automatically?
Everything works just fine by following the guide. The issue is now that after patch server is not listed in the list. And it seems to be a problem for everyone (almost). I see that some server are running 26.3 and some 26.2. I have been using the bat file and lines from guide and it have been updated fine. But now that it doesn't show in the list, I am not sure how to check what version my server have.
@@bartwelberg3236 yea same here it seems that issue is not our side. Hopefully it get fixed. But what I have figured out is that som people see your server and some don’t. I have couple of people (random) that join my server and they seems to see it on there list. So it seems that everyone see different. Only thing I need to get working now is the admin thing. I can’t get it to work with console, can’t check player list etc I also did allowcheat txt file with steamID but did not work. I removed admin password from bat file and only have it in .ini file and the other way, still not working. It is “Enablecheats password” the command?
Appreciate the video, was really helpful,. I just have one question, is there a way to change the in game multipliers for resource gathering or tame settings? Thanks
Thanks for the guide, have been playing on the server with friends for bout a month now on it. However I have one question, I cant seem to get my server to update. When I start the bat it says the version number is 31.46 and stays that version. Current version as of today on patch notes is 31.65. Anyone Know how to fix this? Thanks so much!
@@timetobargeinandgivemyopin7260 nah, i tried updating the dedicated server tool on steam but it didn't help. I'm always getting the message "update fehlgeschlagen", which means something like "update failed" when starting the start.bat and then the ark server starts in the wrong version again. Have no clue why the update fails
@@janhalder325 hey what worked for me just now is removing the mod ids from the batch file and letting the sever update and run a launch a few times. was able to get it to show up and join it like normal. hope that helps you
I find when I run the server it just says starting server. The system cannot find the file specified. Press any key to continue..... I've followed along and done everything as you said. It launched from the exe but not from the bat file.
I'm such an idiot, I've got it working now. I forgot to take out the < and > from the command line.... /me face palms. I always do this, I make the simple things seem like you need a degree in rocket science to get things to work. Great tutorial btw. Look forward to more content. 👻
Don't feel bad@@ice187dna ! You fixed my problem lol. I typically work directly in API's or with Linux and so I assumed the carats in windows bat files were the equivalent of quotes telling the script that the content contained within was the value lol
I have a question about the step with start.bat, the command line in the code for line 2 included " < … > " for info about the server name and such and I was wondering if they are needed to stay in the command lines for the command to work or not, in the video you removed everything except for the details that were needed and I just want to ask before trying it and if it does start issues I can avoid going down an unnecessary rabbit hole, also love your tutorials it is pretty much the most consistently helpful guide on TH-cam by far!
@TroubleChute Can you please PLEASE make a video on how to 1. create a cluster and 2. set the clustered maps up for transfer between them using the cluster ID... PLEASE & Huge Thank You!!!
make singel player game and do all your settings in there. Then copy your config from Save in singel player file and paste it in to your servers Save and overwrite it.
Are there any differences between doing this on win10 and win11? I keep getting “The system cannot find the file specified.” after it updates and tries to start
great video, it almost made me feel like i knew what i was doing! but having issues trying to get it to run but come to the conclusion im impatient and needing to wait for the ASA download/install to finished maybe?
And how can i save/backup the Server now? I need help very very urgently, bc i dont want my pc to run 24/7 D: And how can i change the settings of the server, such as multiplyers and damage numbers.
Can you update the GUIDE with common ERRORS and their Resolutions? I may need a better server, it opens and seems to run, it never shows up in the game list, when I try to connect with OPEN, I just get a black screen, and no log message on the server console. Also, an error log "FailedWaterDinoSpawns.log" shows up saying "Failed Spawned Dino: Piranha"
I set it up on another computer, same issue. This one has 16GB of ram, and an ok graphics card, unlike the other server. Game seems to be at 10GB of memory usage, green status light, no connected message, and game just goes to a black screen still. I don't believe I need port forwarding on the same router/network, and I did, just in case, add the firewall rules. It's like something is going wrong, but their server isn't reporting the issue to us.
Hi TroubleChute, I did all the things correctly and when I want to join the server in localhost I have nothing happear in the server's console and my game is stuck on black screen.
After installing everything and porting I still can’t find my server (I’m trying to run the game on the same pc) specs: R5 5600x / RX 6700XT / 32GB Ram / 2TB NVME SSD
Updating server ------------------ ------------------ Starting server ------------------ The system cannot find the file specified. Press any key to continue . . . it keeps telling me this followed everything in you vid
Hi Trouble, for some reason I can never get this to work. I tried fixing my Port forwarding ports on the router, the firewall rules and did this installation of the server 3 times and I can never seem to find it on steam servers on LAN. I don't know if anyone is having this issue and I don't have a clue where to go and what to do. I really don't want to pay nitrado cash when this seems to be straight forward but never works due to something most likely small. Comments would be greatly appreciated....
I got a server up finally.... I used the steam dedicated server since the DRM was disabled. I downloaded it and found it where I installed it drive wise. I made a Bat file in the same place as the ArkAscendedServer.exe was which is the same place he showed us in this vid. For my bat file I typed the following out start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=1x_xxxxxx?AltSaveDirectoryName=1x_xxxxxx?MaxPlayers=10?listen??Port=7775?QueryPort=27030?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye as a base point for now and it worked. The ASA ports I learned are different from ASE's. Then I turned the server on and went in game - join game and under Unofficial I typed the session name and it worked. The firewall is done with the installation of the dedicated server and just make sure you port forward right and you should be good. There are other ways such as this vid to make a ASA server and I probably did things either weird or different but this is what I found for myself. I love this game and that love drove me to finding this. Any further questions I will do my best to answer, I had to reference another person for this on TH-cam, he had a stream up and made a server. Hope this gives light to some of you who are struggling with making an ASA server!
I haven't found a solution for the admincheats thing, I have heard and watched other content saying no matter what they do, they can't figure it out, I will have to look further into it, I know future tutorials will come out via other channels eventually so I guess will wait and see!@@antonboski4075
ive got my server up and running but are there videos on editing it more with steam cmd? like where game.ini file is and how to change exp add mods etc?
I more or less have everything done perfectly. The problem now is when I close the server, it doesn't save like the last 5 minutes worth of progress, so when I start it again, it goes back like 5 minutes. I tried admin command "SaveWorld" but that didn't work. How do I make it save when I close the server? I've just been hitting the X on the server console, but if there's a better option, I'll gladly take it.
@@gregmedina7109 Take this path "TheIslandServer\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer" Find this file GameUserSettings.ini, under "[ServerSettings]" find or add "HarvestAmountMultiplier=5.000000" I set it to 5, but you can change that. Higher the number, the more resources.
So I want to host a server on one PC, play on another, just myself, locally. The server is NOT appearing on ASA. I am stuck at 10:54 "The Term 'open' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Where tf do I do this? And which PC? the hosting one or the one I am trying to connect to?
Hiya. Everytime I start the start.bat file it runs the updates but the console closes after. The server screen doesn't show. Please advise. Many thanks
I tried following this guide but when I run the server.bat it just verifies the installation, and instantly closes ArkAscendedServer.exe the moment its open. If I just run the server.exe manually the window opens fine but there's no command line arguments. I can't figure out what is making it crash.
Thanks for the tutorial, I am setting up a server just on my local network for my wife, son and I and this made it super easy. Quick question, if they join using the open command can they save it as a favorite so get back in quickly without having to do the same command everytime?
Okay, so i have a question.. does the server only require/use Dramm? Or does it use CPU and GPU.. because i was thinking i could probably setup my old 7-8 year old pc with GTX 1080, and 32gb ram (dont remember the cpu) up.. but i was worried the GPU and cpu wouldnt be able to handle it.. but this video only mentions Dram. So yea.
@@devans83 Thanks for the help, im in process of adding mods. also sorry for taking your time but do you know where i can update: xp multiplier, resource multiplier ectr?
So I’ve opened all my ports and everything for the server to be hosted I’ve double and tripled checked my code. Everything shows up the way it should on the steam search in ark ascended browser but when anyone tries to join its a connection timeout failed to join session. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
THANK You.. I am attemting this. So, I was gifted a older PowerEdge blade server. I have finaly managed to get windows installed on a VM on it using Proxmox. I am now ready to install ark. BUT it accured to me I have no idea how large I should make the Hard drive and how much ram to assign to it.. so. How much ram & HArd drive space should I give the VM to support Ark Ascended and to expand for future maps.. THANKS so much..
Will someone PLEASE HELP, my server is NOT updating. Everything was fine until the game updated. My server starts without updating. How do UPDATE my Unofficial server ? Thanks in advance 👌
So what if the server updates fine and then once it completes querying it just shuts down and doesn't even start the server. Any ideas on whats happening here?
my friend can't open the console. we turned console access on and bound a new button to console, nothing. another issue: what option should I choose starting ASA? official? or the other unofficial, no battleeye etc
@@floppa9653 at some point he got it working, dunno what it was, turn on "console access" in advanced options, bind a key to toggle console, if that not helps try putting the game to native English, a combination of those 3 always worked for me.
NEVER forget to save your map by "cheat doexit" into the console of the server before to close the server, use the small arrow top right to show the command box appear. NEVER CLOSE THE SERVER WITH THE X in the right corner, you will loose any progress since the last autosave (15 minutes).
I LOVE YOU! I couldn't figure this out! I googled all over and found to use cheat worldsave while in game, and that didnt work. THANKS SO MUCH. I was just replaying 10 min everytime.
Where is *.cfg file to edit dino setting/player setting, like how fast stamina drains, how change player speed, how much waight can Carry. I ran ASE Center map server for years till I shut down back 2018, Cus nobody was playing anymore. But I used ASM (ark server manager) back then. I hear main guy use to cod that application has quit or no longer working on it. Wildcard said Asa unofficial server would be able change player speed. So how do we doing that or edit correct files. Or did wildcard pulled fast one over us and giving us cut down version of Asa dedicated server?. I am starting to wonder if that why there no other *.cfg files for us to edit.
In your text guide for the server.bat you have "start SteamCMD\ste...." This line should NOT have the "start" prefix as it launches the update/verify in a new window and the batch file does not wait for it to finish before continuing to try to launch the server. Just remove the "start" and it will keep the flow in the batch file waiting for the update to complete before trying to run the server.
Thank you thank you thank you. I couldn't get my server to update, now it finally updated after I removed both 'start' words in the bat file. You're a life saver, I'll nominate you for sainthood because I have been searching everywhere and couldn't find a solution that worked. Have a great great great day !
QUICK NOTE: The ports are 7777,7778 and 27015. Not 8888.
The commands have been updated. Following the guide and copying from the linked article will work :)
*7777,7778 and 27015*
can you play on the pc who is hosting dedicated server? if i want to play with me gf would we need 3pc and 3 accounts?
Thanks so much! Just one more question. Does 7778 need to be added to the start code anywhere?
@@vrnorwaynorway6048 no account needed to host the server. You can join it on the same pc you're hosting on as in the video too.
For others to join they'll need their own computers playing the game as well, of course.
@@brannontomkinson2143 no
After doing all this you'll unlock a scholarship to Harvard Univisty to become a software engineer
Damn. You own a pc and don’t know how to use it? You should own a console.
@clubrivalYT My scholarship says otherwise
This isn't really a software engineer application tho, it's just networking. There is no software being created here no is there an application of software engineering principals
His point was it’s convoluted
@@jacobwalters6641 bro you make a folder and run a command that you copy and paste, are you kidding me?
Thank you this worked perfectly, especially mentioning forwarding port 7777 which I missed from trying to simply follow my old ark server knowledge. Most helpful, excellently executed, much appreciated.
Thank you Sir! You have no idea how long I've been trying to get this to work on my home server! You are the hero we don't deserve but need! Cheers!
lol! In every other game multiplayer is no problem but ark.... just different.
Minecraft and many others aswell@@torstenunhger6609
The new ark 32.24 update, you have to enable "Show player servers" in order to see the server that are not nitrado made.
Thankyou, you are a hero
Didn't expect to see you here soul, lol
May god bless your soul
hey ive been trying to figure this out but when i run the batch file it doesn't actually fire up the server/console and im not really sure what ive done wrong
As a heads up, there is a bug in the server.bat script posted on the site, but it's correct in the video. You have a start command before the steamcmd there, which works, but it runs steamcmd at the same time it starts the ark server, instead of waiting for steamcmd to finish. Removing the start command from that line fixes that.
i came back to look for a comment like this thank you
@troublechute Can we get your input on this. Is there a reason that start command is there that Kyle here doesn't know about or is this comment correct and if so can you fix it so the issue doesn't propagate out into the world :)
Thanks for that, that was keeping my server from updating to the newest version
hello. I encountered a problem that even though I followed your videos correctly, updating sv seemed to be correct, but when I started the server, it said: "The system cannot find the file specified". Is there any way to fix it? help me if u know pls
@@lamtruogtran3197Remove the "" in every part of the file, fixed it for me c:
Thanks!
how do i change like gathering rates, hatching speed etc if you know?
edit gameuserdettings.ini and game.ini files
would love to see you do a guide on adding mods to the server, I have it all running but no idea on how to add some mods and I have searched but no go for Ark Survival Ascended
Did you found out how ? id also love to have mods on the server
@@brainfreeze4706 did you find out how?
@Diamondistaken instead we hosted a server on nitrado, it costs a little bit of money buy we managed to put mods
@@brainfreeze4706 ok thanks
Second generation i7 12gb of RAM and a mechanical hard drive and I've been running a private server for me and 5 friends perfectly fine for about a month now. Thank you for your tutorial
how? mine uses too much ram
@maxi189 A debloated version of windows 10 with minimal background tasks. Make sure you got a sizable page file, 8gb or so
It wont let me use the command prompt in the main menu like you do here
8:09
same here! What did u do ?
@@brunocastro4193 I couldn't figure it out sorry
did u figure it out?
In Game, go to your settings. Make sure console is on (advance settings on the left) and then u can find the Key for it in your Keybind settings in the middle (change it if needed)
Great tutorial man!,really my friend group get more into ark. Keep up the good work
This was the perfect walkthrough for this process and I just wanted to say thanks! I got my server up and running (for those who are asking in the comments, your friends on console can join the server after checking the "show player server" box at the bottom and the "show password protected servers" if you have a password enabled).
Is there a separate video on changing game server settings?
Thanks again for the content!
Great Guide.
Can i join the Server with a PS5, if yes how? For example, i want to join the Server in my own Netwotk with my PS5.
But i dont have a command line in the "welcome screen"
I used a keyboard and the tilda (~) key to bring up a console and joined as though on pc👍
This is by far the best guide I have seen👍🏻
Only one question: How to edit the server settings and how to add mods?
3:12 Followed by dedicated server ID? Is this that just a made up identification number, or are we supposed to obtain that number from somewhere? I’m assuming it’s just a random code you want to make up at that point.
Hi, good video ! One question and one suggestion:
I ve followed your guide for setting up my server on a dedicated PC. But when trying to join it in local, I run the command open:localIp:port and then it gives me a black screen and nothing else. No joining info in the server log
Also, I suggest in the start.bat file to add /B /WAIT to the first command (start /B /WAIT etc etc) in order to wait for the server check to finish before starting it
I get this too. I have split the bat file into 2 separate files but still gives black screen and won't connect.
Exactly the same issue here. even after port forwarding.
Ok i got it working. I was running server with no battle eye but then starting Ark WITH battle eye. Once i logged into Ark with battle eye disabled I could see the server and connect.
I have the same blackscreen and no workaround please some help 😞
I found that it was a conflicting line in the server config file
Just downloaded this setup for Xbox. Worked like a charm! Thank you for all the details. Very helpful, informative and most importantly, accurate.
Really? did you have to change anything to allow xbox players to connect?
@@Jerpent_The_Serpert Nope. Everything worked out of box! I play on Xbox with my buddy and he and I both connected right after I got it setup.
Did you have to change anything for xbox to join? And how do you join from xbox?
@@adrianperez6236 I didn’t change anything. Just worked as advertised. Unfortunately for Xbox to join. My buddy has to type the name of my server to find and join each time. Marking it as a favorite does not work, but that seems like a wide spread issue. Hopefully they fix that soon but otherwise, he searches, finds it and it joins. Nothing special.
How do you do the ‘open’ command bit on Xbox?
Thanks for the vid, It was super easy to set up :) However, I did end up relocating the "ServerAdminPassword=?" to the end of the line, but before "-NoBattleEye", and removed the question mark. Because it was making "enablecheats" console command unusable.
Thank you! This helped me so much, we were having the same issue and weren't sure why it wasn't working.
Still having trouble with this :/
I can't open the console in the game menu to do the open command, the console only work once you load a game, doesn't work from the server selection screen or the main menu
i have the same problem
same problem..
you have to change your keyboard layout to english and then press the key above tab
@@RosdasHH work! Thx
Can you do a video on how to add MODs to these dedicated servers?
fallowed all your instructions but the screen just turns black after i hit enter from the command console, anyone having this problem?
samee
Thanks, super easy and fast! Is there a way to change settings for multipliers, difficulty rate, etc?
I went and tested to see if the old ark ones would work and so far it's fine. Look up the list from evolved.
@@couch-potato-gray baby growth time isnt working for me is it for you?
@@couch-potato-gray There is no where in the files for the server for me to change the settings, like taming speed and whatnot
@@cyrusamin5299 If you go to the gameusersettings ini in your server, you can add the commands there. For example, \ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer it was there on my installation. In there, you can scroll down to server settings and add the lines like "MaxPersonalTamedDinos=500" and many more.
@cyrusamin5299 Here is the entire file path on my server after I installed...H:\ASAServers\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer
was there a way to change the settings on the server? like harvest amount and difficulty? things like that?
I made a single player server with all the settings i wanted and then simply transfered the game.ini folder over to the asa dedicated folder with the game user settings.
@@izayaorihara34 but that doesn't change everything does it? I've transferred the game.ini file over and only got like the movement speed level but not difficulty or harvest amount
How do we add mods to this like where is the folder to put the mods in the server ?
I just had a server up from this video. Now I did a FULLY fresh install and it's just running the start.bat and going through all the verify and then just closing out and not showing anything else. Please help.
Same for me but it never opened the Ark Server
Had this same problem. Download Microsoft C++ Redistributable worked :)
Hey Bro, im here to say THANKS! U SAVE MY DAY!!! I flollow your tutorial and after this, CAN PLAY with my 10yo son on Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X. Server works PERFECT!!! 😍😍😍
Just one question: My server not ask for password, even though I put one like you explained!
Anyways, THKS AGAIN! ❤
Hey man. Do you know how much RAM you have on the computer you used?
Can u explain me how to open the console on the main menu on ps5 or xbow ?
can you make a video on how to change the server settings please?
Nvm I figured it out because I’m the smartest man on the planet
@@raylex7379 still trying to figure it out myself
U mind telling me how to change the settings like farming rates etc?
Would really appreciate it
heya @TroubleChute can you make a video on how to download and implement mods to a dedicated server?
Important question! That first line in the .bat file is supposed to update the server at every start? Because mine isn’t updating on startup and it’s staying at version 25.25.
Nice video, got the server running in like 20 min. Next question is how to change the rates and how to host a cluster server as well. Cant forget about mods. lol
Find anything on the rates yet?
@@omen_nemo yes I found a reddit post about it and it works.
@@909raiden could you possibly share the reddit post? need help to lol
@@pink_sulfer9140lol same. TH-camrs so weird, people offer but never link
For those wanting to change things like tame speed and all that stuff. You'll need to find the game.ini file and the gameusersettings.ini files and change the values on the respective line. To add modes you need to add the mode number to the end of the last line in the bat file.
Where is "game.ini" located???
Thank you!! Only one I've seen so far that works
How'd you get it to work? My batch file always says the specified file couldn't be found. Everything is correct to. Checked and rechecked
Hey, having an issue. Followed guide step by step. When I click start.bat CMD updates ark, but then cmd closes and doesn't open the dedicated server.
I have the same issue
Had this same problem. Download Microsoft C++ Redistributable worked :)
i must be silly cause every time i try and load in to my server its just a black screen
So happy someone found a way to make a hosting server like this. Nitrado is the worst! Thanks for the help chute you're the best! 😃
Great video! If you can, could you make a video on how to automatically check for updates, send a server message for a grace period shutting down the server, updating it and then restarting it automatically?
The script does automatically update.
I'll hopefully get to a plug in or config video soon
that video still coming?@@TroubleChute
Everything works just fine by following the guide. The issue is now that after patch server is not listed in the list. And it seems to be a problem for everyone (almost). I see that some server are running 26.3 and some 26.2. I have been using the bat file and lines from guide and it have been updated fine. But now that it doesn't show in the list, I am not sure how to check what version my server have.
at first it showed up on the server list for me, but after an update it doesnt anymore
@@bartwelberg3236 yea same here it seems that issue is not our side. Hopefully it get fixed. But what I have figured out is that som people see your server and some don’t. I have couple of people (random) that join my server and they seems to see it on there list.
So it seems that everyone see different.
Only thing I need to get working now is the admin thing. I can’t get it to work with console, can’t check player list etc I also did allowcheat txt file with steamID but did not work. I removed admin password from bat file and only have it in .ini file and the other way, still not working. It is “Enablecheats password” the command?
HOW DO YOU ACTIVATE CONSOLE COMMAND? I USED TAB, TILDE, WHATEVER KEY IS SET FOR CONSOLE COMMAND.
its the tilde key but for me i have to push the fn button then the tilde key
Appreciate the video, was really helpful,. I just have one question, is there a way to change the in game multipliers for resource gathering or tame settings? Thanks
I'm telling the same
No there's not sorry, the west has fallen
Thanks for the guide, have been playing on the server with friends for bout a month now on it. However I have one question, I cant seem to get my server to update. When I start the bat it says the version number is 31.46 and stays that version. Current version as of today on patch notes is 31.65. Anyone Know how to fix this? Thanks so much!
i have the same problem, please tell me if you got a solution on that, i'll also keep you updated if i find something
i'm also having this issue since the update. i dont understand how to update the server manually. any luck yet?
@@janhalder325 also having this issue
@@timetobargeinandgivemyopin7260
nah, i tried updating the dedicated server tool on steam but it didn't help. I'm always getting the message "update fehlgeschlagen", which means something like "update failed" when starting the start.bat and then the ark server starts in the wrong version again. Have no clue why the update fails
@@janhalder325 hey what worked for me just now is removing the mod ids from the batch file and letting the sever update and run a launch a few times. was able to get it to show up and join it like normal. hope that helps you
I find when I run the server it just says starting server. The system cannot find the file specified. Press any key to continue..... I've followed along and done everything as you said. It launched from the exe but not from the bat file.
I'm such an idiot, I've got it working now. I forgot to take out the < and > from the command line.... /me face palms. I always do this, I make the simple things seem like you need a degree in rocket science to get things to work. Great tutorial btw. Look forward to more content. 👻
Don't feel bad@@ice187dna ! You fixed my problem lol. I typically work directly in API's or with Linux and so I assumed the carats in windows bat files were the equivalent of quotes telling the script that the content contained within was the value lol
I have a question about the step with start.bat, the command line in the code for line 2 included " < … > " for info about the server name and such and I was wondering if they are needed to stay in the command lines for the command to work or not, in the video you removed everything except for the details that were needed and I just want to ask before trying it and if it does start issues I can avoid going down an unnecessary rabbit hole,
also love your tutorials it is pretty much the most consistently helpful guide on TH-cam by far!
@TroubleChute
Can you please PLEASE make a video on how to 1. create a cluster and 2. set the clustered maps up for transfer between them using the cluster ID... PLEASE & Huge Thank You!!!
You are underrated. thx for the video. Keep it up
Can you please create a video for how to add mods to your dedicated server ?!??!?
is there any way to change server settings such as taming speed, etc? great video.
make singel player game and do all your settings in there. Then copy your config from Save in singel player file and paste it in to your servers Save and overwrite it.
@@9kl4s thanks!!
Are there any differences between doing this on win10 and win11? I keep getting “The system cannot find the file specified.” after it updates and tries to start
I’m having the same problem and can’t find a fix
great video, it almost made me feel like i knew what i was doing! but having issues trying to get it to run but come to the conclusion im impatient and needing to wait for the ASA download/install to finished maybe?
And how can i save/backup the Server now? I need help very very urgently, bc i dont want my pc to run 24/7 D: And how can i change the settings of the server, such as multiplyers and damage numbers.
how do I setup setting in the server (like 3x taming and such)?
Can you update the GUIDE with common ERRORS and their Resolutions?
I may need a better server, it opens and seems to run, it never shows up in the game list, when I try to connect with OPEN, I just get a black screen, and no log message on the server console.
Also, an error log "FailedWaterDinoSpawns.log" shows up saying "Failed Spawned Dino: Piranha"
I have the same blackscreen and no workaround please some help 😞
I set it up on another computer, same issue. This one has 16GB of ram, and an ok graphics card, unlike the other server.
Game seems to be at 10GB of memory usage, green status light, no connected message, and game just goes to a black screen still.
I don't believe I need port forwarding on the same router/network, and I did, just in case, add the firewall rules.
It's like something is going wrong, but their server isn't reporting the issue to us.
The black screen is caused by the password. If you don't set a password, it works.
@@RosdasHH which password?
@@Kaltinril I dont had this when i removed the password protection
Anyone know if you can set this up to allow xbox to join?
Hi TroubleChute, I did all the things correctly and when I want to join the server in localhost I have nothing happear in the server's console and my game is stuck on black screen.
Same
I've done all this but when I run the batch file to launch it verifies the game install and then, poof disappears - nothing else happens.
It failed then. I had to remove the '' symbols, it was not obvious to do this. You may have had the same issue.
I have some problems with setting up a cluster it just wont work could you do a video for that? Great vid bdw you helped me a lot ;)
I would really love to know how you are opening the console command with ~ on the main because it is not doing it for me
Can you tell me how to update the unofficial server?
It didn't work keeps saying fatal error failed to load steamconsole.dll
After installing everything and porting I still can’t find my server (I’m trying to run the game on the same pc) specs: R5 5600x / RX 6700XT / 32GB Ram / 2TB NVME SSD
When I try to join through open 127.0.0.1:7777 I get the Lost/Timed out connection to host error but on the server it says ip for incoming account
Updating server
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Starting server
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The system cannot find the file specified.
Press any key to continue . . .
it keeps telling me this followed everything in you vid
Does anybody know how to open the console in the menu because I tried many settings, but I can't figure out how to open it
Still a great Video !
It’s ~
@@gracejohn5493 Any idea for Xbox :)
For now I have to start a local game then do "open....etc" to join my server on my computer.
Thanks :)
Worked great for me without issues tysm... Is there a way to show server on list for people to join?
Hi Trouble, for some reason I can never get this to work. I tried fixing my Port forwarding ports on the router, the firewall rules and did this installation of the server 3 times and I can never seem to find it on steam servers on LAN. I don't know if anyone is having this issue and I don't have a clue where to go and what to do. I really don't want to pay nitrado cash when this seems to be straight forward but never works due to something most likely small. Comments would be greatly appreciated....
I got a server up finally.... I used the steam dedicated server since the DRM was disabled. I downloaded it and found it where I installed it drive wise. I made a Bat file in the same place as the ArkAscendedServer.exe was which is the same place he showed us in this vid. For my bat file I typed the following out start ArkAscendedServer.exe "TheIsland_WP?SessionName=1x_xxxxxx?AltSaveDirectoryName=1x_xxxxxx?MaxPlayers=10?listen??Port=7775?QueryPort=27030?" -NoTransferFromFiltering -NoBattlEye as a base point for now and it worked. The ASA ports I learned are different from ASE's. Then I turned the server on and went in game - join game and under Unofficial I typed the session name and it worked. The firewall is done with the installation of the dedicated server and just make sure you port forward right and you should be good. There are other ways such as this vid to make a ASA server and I probably did things either weird or different but this is what I found for myself. I love this game and that love drove me to finding this. Any further questions I will do my best to answer, I had to reference another person for this on TH-cam, he had a stream up and made a server. Hope this gives light to some of you who are struggling with making an ASA server!
did you find a solution for this?
I haven't found a solution for the admincheats thing, I have heard and watched other content saying no matter what they do, they can't figure it out, I will have to look further into it, I know future tutorials will come out via other channels eventually so I guess will wait and see!@@antonboski4075
I was also having trouble but turned out my windows firewall was blocking even those ports I had listed so I just disabled that.
@@electrogaming1562 I always found windows firewall to be a pain!
Are you going to make guide how to connect Ascended maps together?
How do you add mods? Cant find a tutorial for this :/
Great video!
great walk through. One Question- My server is running. I am on same network different pc. I can not see the server in the list. Why not?
ive got my server up and running but are there videos on editing it more with steam cmd? like where game.ini file is and how to change exp add mods etc?
I more or less have everything done perfectly. The problem now is when I close the server, it doesn't save like the last 5 minutes worth of progress, so when I start it again, it goes back like 5 minutes. I tried admin command "SaveWorld" but that didn't work. How do I make it save when I close the server? I've just been hitting the X on the server console, but if there's a better option, I'll gladly take it.
Yeah mines not saving at all seems to be a fresh world everytime i start the server
did you change server settings to make farming easier?
@@gregmedina7109 Take this path "TheIslandServer\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer" Find this file GameUserSettings.ini, under "[ServerSettings]" find or add "HarvestAmountMultiplier=5.000000" I set it to 5, but you can change that. Higher the number, the more resources.
press CTRL+C when on the server window. It should save then close the server.
@@stevanhaire5300 I thought about this, but it doesn't work on the server console.
So I want to host a server on one PC, play on another, just myself, locally. The server is NOT appearing on ASA.
I am stuck at 10:54
"The Term 'open' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Where tf do I do this? And which PC? the hosting one or the one I am trying to connect to?
Hiya. Everytime I start the start.bat file it runs the updates but the console closes after. The server screen doesn't show. Please advise. Many thanks
mine does the same thing, I've tried everything I can think of and makes no difference. it's not running the ASAEXE
Had this same problem. Download Microsoft C++ Redistributable worked :)
I tried following this guide but when I run the server.bat it just verifies the installation, and instantly closes ArkAscendedServer.exe the moment its open. If I just run the server.exe manually the window opens fine but there's no command line arguments. I can't figure out what is making it crash.
did you find a solution?
Any chance of a tutorial on server settings?
Hopefully soon yes
For me it only updates the server and it doesn't run
Thanks for the tutorial, I am setting up a server just on my local network for my wife, son and I and this made it super easy. Quick question, if they join using the open command can they save it as a favorite so get back in quickly without having to do the same command everytime?
Ya just press the up arrow after opening the command thingy and you'll gain access to previous commands you've used
when i do that at 8:10 its causing me a black screen on ark ascended and nothing in my server concole
I'm trying to switch the map to the center and it's not working... Does anyone have any tips on how to get that working?
would you please show us how set up a cluster
Okay, so i have a question.. does the server only require/use Dramm? Or does it use CPU and GPU.. because i was thinking i could probably setup my old 7-8 year old pc with GTX 1080, and 32gb ram (dont remember the cpu) up.. but i was worried the GPU and cpu wouldnt be able to handle it.. but this video only mentions Dram. So yea.
Think the cpu is i7/i9-6800k
Big thanks for the guide, everything working fine. Just quick question, is it possible to add curse mods. if yes could you explain how ?
In the launch argument, add -mods=modID . (ie, -mods=927131,900062)
@@devans83 it doesnt downloads the mods automatically for me
@@Jumpstyler101214 it's currently bugging atm. Sometimes restarting the server helps. Also adding ActiveMods= in the GUS.ini.
@@devans83 Thanks for the help, im in process of adding mods. also sorry for taking your time but do you know where i can update: xp multiplier, resource multiplier ectr?
Ty these worked great but I'm trying to add a mod to my server and can't get it to find it how would you do it?
loving your work, nicely done
So I’ve opened all my ports and everything for the server to be hosted I’ve double and tripled checked my code. Everything shows up the way it should on the steam search in ark ascended browser but when anyone tries to join its a connection timeout failed to join session. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
Did you ever figure it out?
can you create a video on how to change difficulty and other settings within the bat file
THANK You.. I am attemting this. So, I was gifted a older PowerEdge blade server. I have finaly managed to get windows installed on a VM on it using Proxmox. I am now ready to install ark. BUT it accured to me I have no idea how large I should make the Hard drive and how much ram to assign to it.. so.
How much ram & HArd drive space should I give the VM to support Ark Ascended and to expand for future maps..
THANKS so much..
Can you tell me how to open the console to join the server? What is the default way?
Now how do I alter the harvest settings and other game mechanics?
same
after running the start.bat it runs the command but ends with the system cannot find the specified file. Any help? thanks
having the same issue, did you find anything out?
same issue
I'm curious if you have a video or can make one about connecting multiple servers together for ASA.
Will someone PLEASE HELP, my server is NOT updating. Everything was fine until the game updated. My server starts without updating. How do UPDATE my Unofficial server ? Thanks in advance 👌
UPDATE, I simply just made sure that the ARKSERVER.exe PATH was correct in the script in the bat.file. FIXED my issue:)
2:50 theres nothing in the description for me to copy and paste
if you check his description, he have a text version of this guide. You can use that one and copy his text.
So what if the server updates fine and then once it completes querying it just shuts down and doesn't even start the server. Any ideas on whats happening here?
Having the same problem
also having this issue
Had this same problem. Download Microsoft C++ Redistributable worked :)
Is it possible on console release to host a desicated server from an Xbox and join the server on a PS5?
my friend can't open the console. we turned console access on and bound a new button to console, nothing. another issue: what option should I choose starting ASA? official? or the other unofficial, no battleeye etc
did u found a solution
@@floppa9653 at some point he got it working, dunno what it was, turn on "console access" in advanced options, bind a key to toggle console, if that not helps try putting the game to native English, a combination of those 3 always worked for me.
i am unable to activate cheats in game. sever works great. installed on a separate desktop and the enablecheats "password" wont activate admin
NEVER forget to save your map by "cheat doexit" into the console of the server before to close the server, use the small arrow top right to show the command box appear. NEVER CLOSE THE SERVER WITH THE X in the right corner, you will loose any progress since the last autosave (15 minutes).
Do you have more tips like this, where can i find the basic command for the server?
I LOVE YOU! I couldn't figure this out! I googled all over and found to use cheat worldsave while in game, and that didnt work. THANKS SO MUCH. I was just replaying 10 min everytime.
Where is *.cfg file to edit dino setting/player setting, like how fast stamina drains, how change player speed, how much waight can Carry.
I ran ASE Center map server for years till I shut down back 2018, Cus nobody was playing anymore. But I used ASM (ark server manager) back then. I hear main guy use to cod that application has quit or no longer working on it.
Wildcard said Asa unofficial server would be able change player speed. So how do we doing that or edit correct files. Or did wildcard pulled fast one over us and giving us cut down version of Asa dedicated server?. I am starting to wonder if that why there no other *.cfg files for us to edit.
Better than the official wiki
In your text guide for the server.bat you have "start SteamCMD\ste...." This line should NOT have the "start" prefix as it launches the update/verify in a new window and the batch file does not wait for it to finish before continuing to try to launch the server. Just remove the "start" and it will keep the flow in the batch file waiting for the update to complete before trying to run the server.
Thank you thank you thank you. I couldn't get my server to update, now it finally updated after I removed both 'start' words in the bat file. You're a life saver, I'll nominate you for sainthood because I have been searching everywhere and couldn't find a solution that worked. Have a great great great day !
@@saskiawillems9435 Glad I could help. :)