(Link to the original announcement) As it turns out, there has been a change in the way the game expects settings. The Command Line Options now have to also specify a value, ie where there was only ?ServerPvE there now must be ?ServerPvE=true. In better news, there now is a way to actually have a […]
Category: General
How to set an ARK: Survival Evolved Server MotD
In the new patch (171.0) we can now finally set a MotD. According to this post by the devs, this is how it’s going to work: Put the following text into your GameUserSettings.ini and change it to suit your needs. [MessageOfTheDay] Message=Welcome to your new home, on my ARK! 😀 🙂 <RichColor Color=1,0.1,0.1>Red Text</>! Duration=20
ARK Patch 171
(This is a summary of the important changes that will come with the upcoming patch. Omitted are client-changes and client-bugfixes. To view the original patch announcement in its entirity, click here.) Please note that this quotes the expected patch-notes for an upcoming patch, and therefore none of the changes are currently online. Hosting Related New […]
Possible Server settings
The following server settings exist for “ARK: Survival Evolved”. You can either specify them in the command line you use to start the server like this ShooterGameServer “[your normal server parameters]?ServerPVE=true” Or alternatively, you can use the force_install_path\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\GameUserSettings.ini (from patch 171.0 onwards). That file contains the following section, in which you can set the option […]