How to Create a Dedicated Server in ARK: Survival Ascended

How to Create a Dedicated Server in ARK: Survival Ascended

This guide will teach you on How to Create a Dedicated Server in ARK: Survival Ascended.

 

How to Create a Dedicated Server in ARK: Survival Ascended

1. To start creating our own dedicated server, we will need to download SteamCMD

Link SteamCMD Download
2. Next, place SteamCMD in a suitable folder where your server files will be located.

3. Next, create a .bat file that will download our data through SteamCMD and then will update the server files as updates are released; the name of the file is not important; the main thing is to put in it the content listed below.

@echo off
steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 2430930 +quit

4. After running your .bat, it will load the server files; the files we need to start the server will be located at the path

How to Server startup and parameters in ARK: Survival Ascended

1. After loading the server, we will not have all the files we need, so before continuing work on the server and its full-fledged launch, we will need to start the server to create a file structure with the server configuration and save the game. To do this, we must create another .bat file, which will be responsible for starting the server and its basic parameters.

2. For convenience, let’s call it start.bat (again, the name is not fundamental; you can call it whatever you like; the main thing is the .bat extension and the code below with the startup parameters

@echo off
start ArkAscendedServer.exe TheIsland_WP?listen?Port=mainport?QueryPort=QueryPort?RCONEnabled=True?ServerAdminPassword=password?RCONPort=rconport?SessionName=”server name” -ServerRCONOutputTribeLogs -clusterid=youclusterid -NoTransferFromFiltering PreventSpawnAnimations=true -mods=modsid -AutoManagedMods -game -server

3. Place the startup file itself in the previously specified server file path; otherwise, with the current code, the server will not start (later, you can create shortcuts to these bat files on the desktop and run them as needed to update or start the server respectively.

Parameter Description Guide in ARK: Survival Ascended

• TheIsland_WP

1. This is the name of the map; only The Island is currently available:
   Port=mainport
   QueryPort=QueryPort
2. These are the main ports for listening to the server; they will also have to be opened through the settings of your router and in the Windows firewall.
   RCONEnabled=True
   RCONPort=rconport
   ServerRCONOutputTribeLogs
3. This is needed for remote control of the server; the first item enables RCON, the second sets the port to access it, and the third is responsible for outputting the logs if you need them, which you do.
   ServerAdminPassword=password

 

• This is the administrator password, which can be used to manage the server via admincheats, as well as remote access via RCON.

SessionName=”server name”

• Here, you set the name of your server, which will be displayed in the list of servers.

clusterid=youclusterid
NoTransferFromFiltering

• These settings are responsible for the cluster name and for closing access to a server via transfer if that server’s cluster name does not match yours. (alas, it doesn’t seem to be working yet, so I’ve disabled the ability to load/unload items and characters from obelisks altogether for now.)

PreventSpawnAnimations=true

• Disables the moronic animation on character revival; if you want to keep it, either remove this parameter or set it to false

mods=modsid
AutoManagedMods

• These parameters are responsible for mods on the server; the first lists the list of server mods, and the second is responsible for their auto-downloading

game
server

• These parameters mark the server as a server and the game; I’m not sure if they are needed. I added them just in case, but everything seems to work without them.

Configuration and setup files

After starting the server through the previously created bat file, we will create saves and the first configuration file located at the path.

steamapps\common\ARK Survival Ascended Dedicated Server\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer

The name of the file is GameUserSettings.ini, but we will also need to create another text file called Game.ini manually.

In these files will be the basic parameters for server configuration, which you may need to list on the site listed below.

ARK SERVER PARAMETERS

This site lists the parameters for the game ARK Survival Evolved; they are almost completely identical to ASA, so I will not describe them all.

It is also indicated in which files which parameter should be specified and what exactly they do, so this guide is over for now.