ARK: Survival Evolved Forum

ok i had my dedicated server up and running with no issues i as well as my friends were all able to join it then ark updated through steam and now the server boots up and eats a lot of ram as it normally does but does not show up on the list in game. to give a idea of my setup im running 16 gigs of ram with a i73770k and im running the server from my ssd that contains my windows 8.1pro my steam and the game itself however is stored and ran from my d drive which is a 3tb hdd it worked fine untill last nights update and even worked through most updates ive gotten so far just wondering if i should be updating my server folder as well as the game itself steam automatically updates ark within my d drive but does it automatically update in the server folder as well any help would be appriciated thanks

Did you created the Server with the .bat file and the ShooterGameServer.exe or are you using SteamCMD?
With SteamCMD i guess you would need to update the Server.

Although it should still be listed with a lower version number.

Check out my thread with the information about hosting a server. Maybe redoing this will get you ready again.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8

also ive noticed my ram climbing to max sometimes using all 16 gigs of ram is this going to increase as time goes on should i upgrade to 32gigs and is anyone else running 16 gigs utilizing all of it while running a server and playing at the same time this is something im just curious about and im still trying to get my server up and going again just have no idea what to check for or what to do other than keep booting and checking for it

I have 8 GB of Ram and i'm running the Server + the Game on the same PC.
The Server shouldn't eat up much RAM as long as you don't have 100 Players on it.

eXi wrote:Did you created the Server with the .bat file and the ShooterGameServer.exe or are you using SteamCMD?
With SteamCMD i guess you would need to update the Server.

Although it should still be listed with a lower version number.

Check out my thread with the information about hosting a server. Maybe redoing this will get you ready again.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8

i used steam cmd for the server in my ssd c drive while steam and the game itself is on my hdd d if i need to manually update it with steam cmd in the server folder on my ssd how would i go about doing that i imagine i launch steamcmd and type it all in ?

I haven't used SteamCMD by now (only once for a Linux CS:GO Server), but there is a command to update a so called "App". The App is your Server i guess.

Once logged in, i guess you could do something like this:
While APPID is the Server AppID you already used for installing.
Also use a second time. Shouldn't hurt doing this to make sure
that you install it in the right folder.

If this is not working, try checking Valves Documentation about it:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

eXi wrote:I haven't used SteamCMD by now (only once for a Linux CS:GO Server), but there is a command to update a so called "App". The App is your Server i guess.

Once logged in, i guess you could do something like this:

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app_update APPID validate

While APPID is the Server AppID you already used for installing.
Also use

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force_install_dir

a second time. Shouldn't hurt doing this to make sure
that you install it in the right folder.

If this is not working, try checking Valves Documentation about it:

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

ok i ran through your link and found my server up and runnin through the view/server/lan and it says its up and runnning version 170.4 and the current is 171.31 so it definatly needs updated so ima have to figure out how to do that but im about to check in game by going to the unnoficial then switching to my survivors as your link indicated to try ill report back in a min with a new post but i think im getting closer to figuring this out n hope it helps others if there having the same problem

Allright. When checking the UNOFFICIAL fist, make sure that you search for password protected server (lower left corner) if your server has a password. Then, after the list is displayed (takes a bit of time), switch to "My Survivors"

ok no luck finding it in game by swithcing from unnoficial to my survivors had a couple servers pop up that ive played in but not mine .... sigh lol its sad that i can varify that the server is up and running but cant get into it

I guess it would be better to first update the server.
Either by updating it or reinstalling.

Or you step back from using SteamCMD (since the Server is on your own PC) and use the version
i've chosen. I can't really help you with SteamCMD.