I dont know why so many people want to know this, but because ARK is a Steam Game, it’s pretty easy to get the information how many people are currently playing the game. You can just visit the page “SteamCharts”: Link Currently (June, 9th) there are ~65.000 Players playing the game. But this number alone […]
Category: Knowledge base
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
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 […]