THANK YOU SO MUCH ! I have been waiting on pins and needles for this vid ever since you first mentioned it. My son and I love your taming vids as well 🧡
I could watch your videos all day. Bluntly honest and your voice is calming . I need the calming part. I have service related PTSD and every time WC screws something up, I rage. So getting on here and listening to you calmly throw shade here and there while also giving great info settles me right down. I think I would have quit playing a long time ago if it weren't for you. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for all of your hard work making this! Excellent walkthrough, and it's great to see how easy it is to get around the monopoly Snail / Nitrado have tried to set up. And you get a full Windows server you can run anything you want on, as well as ASA. I've been using Ark Server Manager in the past for ASE, but the tool you showed is incredibly simple by comparison. That'll make a huge difference for people new to server management. Cheers!
@@colbysmith8236 You'll have to ask someone doing this for ASA, but for ASE it was just extra memory for the server. My game machine is oldddd, an i5-4690 with a GTX 1070. It ran server and Ark very well on 16gb of RAM, but I added another 16gb because it was like 30 bucks. So if you can run ASA on a machine, you'll also probably only need extra memory for the server.
@@colbysmith8236 i have tried runing one server and 2 server cluster. for 2 server cluster id suggest 5ghz 16core, 2 cores per server min. 500 gigs and at least 64gb memory each server was running around 11-12 gb's of memory + OS + Game was averaging 31-32 gb's of memory average. CPU was running around 62% average. people say you can run them on less but thats BS especially if your running mods.
Just rented a server for the AB launch, added in the cluster set to connect to Island/Center and Scorched. Thanks for the perm 10% off each payment. Had to watch this video again because some files had been updated and the creation tool came as a zip and not a stand alone exe, so I had to make sure all files were together for it to run. Other than that, just searching through my files for the mod numbers to add in. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video Steve, this might actually get me to do the VPS option in Aus, was looking at revamping and older PC but that might be a better option for me.
Absolutely amazing video, I had an old pc I wanted to turn into a server when I found this video, followed it and downloaded the latest version of the installer and got everything up and running perfectly no hiccups😅😅
I had 2 Xbox’s, aka I was doing the “home pc” option but with Xbox’s, my only issue is that I stopped playing after the game automatically wiped my game. I wish there was a way to turn this off cuz I stopped played after all out progress was lost. I just wanted my own map and only me and my cousin were playing on it but it still did a server wipe :(
Who's the king? Steve's the King of Ark! 😄thank you for this very informative and easy to undestand video, will definately follow this process and create our own virtual server. I have always been wondering how to do it, now I have the guidence thanks to you. Much appreciated! 🙏
I use Ark Server Manager, very simple to set up and use as well as total control and advanced customization. My PC is my server and I can turn it on or off on command through the app. I can play on it with as many friends as I want at the same time. Maybe I just have a very strong PC but it's really not an issue for me.
Ark Server Manager for Ascended is still in dev, I'm waiting until it's more developed. They just dropped another build today. ASM for Evolved was my go-to system because of the amazing interface for customizing server settings. I look forward to seeing how ASM for Ascended comes out.
@@DougDibrimi I was going to ask. I loved Ark Server Manager and hosted a ten map cluster on Evolved - but I haven't seen it ready for Ascended yet - but you say they're working on it?? **jumping for joy emote**
Can't find the server. It says the Server is running, the little circle is green. But searching it does not show anything at all. I've changed my filters, everything. Does not work.
Yea the subscription price gets steep over time. Everything is a subscription cost lately. I go in waves with ark so in the past when I’ve not felt like playing for a number of months, I’ve just let nitrado servers lapse (rather than paying literal hundreds of dollars to keep them idling) and lost my progress. I’m running an ASE server from my computer now and playing on ps5- it’s working great for me. The PlayStation is on Wi-Fi and my ping is still ~25 consistently.
@@beyondbordersta I asked for you. The vps's are divided into their cores and each person gets dedicated cores, so whilst technically both cpu's are shared, Pings vps's have dedicated resources that only that customer has access to (nobody else can use the cores they are assigned) And check, but I think Nitrado have 1 cpu on a machine which is shared between however many ark servers
Did you have to do portforwarding if your not using a virtual machine (7777) port to be specific also I had to run the server in admin mode to not get windows defender to mess with this
Love the vid, got the island server running after a few hiccups. I use Beacon for all my settings, just copy and past, But I need your brain again. Ragonz has a small description on how to do a cluster of 2 map, but unfortunately I haven't gotten it to work, any possibility of you doing another video?
Yep An update regarding the new settigns will be very appreciated On my side, not working as i do not understand the differents between the differents directories, do not understand if i need to install steam and the game on the virtual machines...
Omg. I got about half way and gave up. Phuk all this work just to play a game. I mean what did the Romans ever do for us. Ase is still ark. 🤙🏽still love your work nooblets!
I’ve used your method and it works! How would I go about creating another server for scorched earth without deleting my previous server/ losing any of my progress on the island?
I keep receiving an error message when i click on run server. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the scorched earth update. it says something about the system not finding the specified file. if you have any idea whats going on please let me know I'd be forever grateful thank you
hey nooblets how much ram and CPU power do you need for one server? Update I switched from Nitrado to Pingperfect as I can see why people do not like them. Terrible support. I have only 4 days remaining for a 20 slot server which I upgraded to a 30 player server for no additional cost.
This is awesome. Thank you for showing us how. I've not been able to find a server setting to restrict the number of active players. MAX Players = doesn't work. Also, the Game Start UI will change in late Feb once The Center map launches. I wonder how the new map will impact this simple process.
Awesome Vid Steve. Thank you! My kids were pestering me to set up a server so we can all play. They're on PS5 and I'm running the server and playing on my pc. At the moment they can connect just fine when they're at my house but when they're at the their mother's house they can see the server but not join it. I'm guessing its a firewall issue but I'm more techie than software... Also, I'm trying to run three mods for them but only one is working. Any chance of an updated vid showing the current version of the server software and how to set up multiple mods?
I Have followed everything to the letter and it just does not work, i cant get the server to show in server list nor direct join i have triple check ports the ip, tried with a password, without one, yes i have show player servers checked.
Okay, I fixed it, the Amazon certificate needed to access their servers had expired from my old Survival evolved server and the new server just used that instead of replacing it when installed.
Does this allow me to connect via Xbox? I have a laptop I can dedicate to being a server but if I can't play on my Xbox I'll have to stick with evolved
Nooblets, why did you use that program as opposed to the steam dedicated server tool? If I’m just using my second computer, is there an advantage to one option over the other?
"There's no way I was going to rent a Nitrado server after the crap they pulled". HAHAHAHA, Love you Steve, you are so awesome (and SO right!). My friend is renting from Nitrado right now and I help him admin (Actually, he moved on to another game, so I am basically admin by myself now - don't get me started HAHAHA!). For Nitrado, I have to send a ticket for EVERYTHING, and they SUCK in their responses. One guy even told me outright, "I don't know how to do that". After I told him what to do (he needed to delete a mod file - easy peasy), he still said "I have to submit this" after I TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO! I gave him the mod number, name of the folder and everything! It was THREE days of back and forth e-mails. 🤦♀ Oh, By the way - they DON'T GIVE SERVER OWNERS ACCESS to their mod files!! The mod folders are sequestered! Grrrr. Ok, rant over, hahaha, and THANK YOU for making this video! I built a big server two years ago to host a cluster, but I used Ark Server Manager, and they haven't ported over to Ark Ascended yet. ♦♦ Change of Subject: By the way, I still think you have the perfect voice for narrating maybe an animal nature show, or something like that. I can completely envision you narrating on the Saturday morning kids nature shows telling everyone about the capybara's mating habits while I make coffee (yes, I'm 60 and I still love the Saturday morning kid nature shows - nope never had children). 😉😁 I love your voice. If I were a talent manager, I would have snapped you up in a heartbeat.♦♦ Thanks for all the great videos over the years.
does anyone know if running a server from your PC works for running a private XBOX server? I have a decent PC while my friends and I mostly play ark on xbox but currently on a non-decicated server my PC is on at the same time during the day anyway so I figure if I can run the sever when im playing xbox. but whenever I try to look up eunning ASA server for xbox people said you have to do it through nitrado. or is that outdated information?
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..
@@NOOBLETS THAT would be amazeing :) I would totaly love to see that. I got everything installed as planned and updated. but when I go to start the server. I get the normal black screen that shows the server starting.. then. poof. gone. it closes and im left with starting the server over again. so weird. it just Crahses.. :( sad..
Hey nooblets, I have noticed an interesting bug for the game on PS5 where im placing wooden wooden pillars on a megabuild im making and when i pick one up to readjust the snap point I pick up 10 other pillars at different points of my build that aren't attached to the one I picked up, and just recently those 10 pillars turned into platforms. I dont know if you yourself have experienced this bug or if anyone else has but any tips or advice aside from picking anything else on my build up while building?
@NOOBLETS. Hey Steve guy here. I've never rented a server before so excuse the naivety of my queries. I'm thinking I might wanna do this. Is the cheapest tier sub gonna do the job for hosting one map? Also what extra benefits do the more expensive tiers provide?
Hi mate yes the cheapest tier would run a server, you can try to run more but let me know how it goes if you do. With other companies you are sharing the server hardware with So many people. Ask ping support what the difference is as they are really helpful.
Are there any spec requirements for a home pc? I have a pc I bought less than 10 years ago for about $500 with pretty low specs. Enough to work as a gaming pc and run a good amount of games. Thinking about turning it into a server pc but I need to know if there are specific hardware requirements.
followed instructions but when i start the server i do not get the same startup as you after version it goes into a cfcore set settings call and fails out
Great video, though Im curious why you use the trash program Norton. Windows Defender is far better than Norton and much less intrusive. Also... why dont you use Beacon to manager your server settings? Life would be so much better if you did!
You will have to cross reference the way certain config options are written as there are differences between ASE and ASA. There is a wiki you can google that shows the difference.
So any servers that are not official, and not hosted by Nitrado, are hidden behind "SHOW PLAYER SERVERS"? Is there any way to get it to come up on the normal Unofficial Server list?
Thanks for this Steve! You are a life saver. Im working my way thru this as a total noob and the steps have been pretty straight forward. But when I click on Start Server, I am not getting any pop up window ... any ideas on where I screwed up? Ive deleted the ASA stuff twice now and still get to the same step with nothing launching. Edit... figured it out.. was missing a dll file in the VPS... running great now!
Would it be possible to run 2 or more different maps from 1 server or would I need to rent more servers if I wanted to create a cluster? Also, would it be possible to upload a nitrado save game to the new server? Thank you Nooblets! Awesome Video! Gave me a lot to think about!
The lowest cost VPS can run one map, if you need to run more maps you will have to upgrade the VPS to a bigger one. As I've not tried it yet, i'm not 100% sure, but I think you would upgrade your VPS. Then run multi instances of the ASA server files on that same VPS. As all the server files should be the same, you should be able to take the Nitrado save and use it on your server. (Unless they block you from downloading your save.)
It takes 16gb of ram to run one Ark map - so you would need to rent a new server to rent each map. If you want a cluster of ten, for instance, you would have to run 160gb of ram.
I haven't been able to get a lan connection to my server working yet. It's all done through the in game browser which requires a public ip. Steam server browser no longer works as it no longer uses Steams API....uses Epic's instead...and I've found no helpful documentation on even querying the server for info, let alone connecting to it.
Im tryna go into a server to play with my friends and save that so we play there so how can i do that tho, i lose the server and all of my progress is there idk how to find it. How can ii
Hi there! Thanks for the video, I was curious if using this method you're able to easily make a cluster to add scorched earth map as well. Also does anyone know what system requirements would be for a cluster? From my research for a game server for ASA you should have a minimum of 4 cores, 16GB RAM, and 200+ GB SDD... Does anyone know if that changes for a second map, and if so by how much? Thanks!
hei nooblets! how do i make it so resources can take more hits? atm i hit a tree 2 times and it falls over. cant find a setting for it if it exist. any ideas?
My friend set up a server just like this in the video but I can't seem to join it. It pops up in the search and I've even tried to connect directly through the ip and port but I keep getting: Joining Failed - Connection Timeout.
So a question. I did absolutely everything in order, yet my server does not show up. I've updated the server thing several times and the game recently updated, so I hoped that it would pop up, but it hasn't. I don't know if the game is super fucked up right now or what. I also get a message that says "couldn't load mods library from disk" in yellow text despite the fact that I have no mods installed. Do you know what's going on? I apologize for the dump.
what can I do if I see my server in the list but i cant join because of delay is too long? I set my port and all worcked fine yesterday but the electricity shoutdown for a sec and after that it doesnt work anymore
I have been running the server perfectly for about a month now and today I had an error pop up while the server was starting that was talking about my FAtla save manager and that the SQL database is corrupt and the saved game is compromised. Idk how to fix this. Please help
Sorry to hear that mate, It wouldnt surprise me if their patch screwed it up. Was it after a patch? Did you make copies of the save files? Try coping the save file just incase you can get it working. Maybe the guy who created the installed could help
@@NOOBLETS So if it was a patch that messed it up, it would have been the 36.25 one on March 26th. We hadnt played since that patch came out until today when we tried to play. It definitely wasnt the patch that came out today though because we tried to play before that released. I did not make a copy of the save file because I did not know how to so thats probably something I should figure out. If we did happen to lose our progress I wouldnt be too upset because we kept dying a lot and didnt make it very far but I just want to try and figure out what caused the problem and how to fix it. How would I get in contact with the guy who created it?
@@NOOBLETS Ok so it took some testing and messing around but I fixed the problem. Not sure what messed it up but it was a corrupted save file. First, I had to delete that save file in my actual folder for the server manager. I also found out at the server manager makes backups automatically in the folder. you just have to look for them but they will have something like TheIsland.WP_(whatever date the backup was made) with an extension at the end. You just have to rename that file to TheIsland_WP.ark and it becomes your new main save file. I'm surprised I was able to figure this out because I could not find any videos to help. Im not the type to make a video to explain how to fix this problem but I dont want this to happen to someone else and then they dont know how to fix it.
Used this tutorial for The Island, and everything worked great.. now trying to set up a Scorched Earth server and cant add mods.. keeps saying "couldnt load mods library from disk" then "User context not loaded from disk" Anyone have any suggestions? Ive tried listing the port and doing without the port listed.. same result..
Does this require payment to run the Ark server? I want to have a server with my friends but I really would like a cheaper option or no subscription required at all. Is this possible? We're tired of playing together and every time the host is too far we all get teleported to the host lol!
Like I said in the video you can run your ark server from a 2nd pc if you have one, in that case its free apart from the running costs and pc Yer that deicated host bullcrap, tethers you to the game host
Hey, has anyone run into issues when trying to get friends to conect to the server? I set it up but I'm conected via multiple routers to the internet and my server does appear listed on ARK but my boddy with whom I want to play the server gets timed out every time they want to join. Has anyone experienced this and come up with a solution?
i followed this video step by step and it does nothing when i hit start server...nothing pops up when i click it..when it did go through the server would not show up on the list...idk what i am doing wrong
So when you clicked Start server, the server window didn't pop up, run down the server list, or get a green light? That It sounds like you have set the files up wrong. The server not showing on what list, the server or when you are in the Ark game?
I am trying to host an ARK SA server and I've tried steamCMD and this tool and have the same results. Both launch correctly and the screen shows the server is launched,. I'm using EERO router and the ports, 7777 and 27015 are open, but I still cannot see the server. Any clues?
Hi bud watch aload of your videos. Need help ASAP home pc one does the PC need to be able to run the game. I have a poor PC just sat there so would like to run that as a server PC.
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Love ur videos But what kind of specs would i need to run a sever and play all on the same pc?
Thanks Steve. Can only imagine how long this took. Love every bit of your Ark content. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thanks! Steve you are legend brother I'll be setting up a dedicated server soon! Keep fighting the good fight❤
Thank you for the support mate, dont forget to watch the 2 updated videos after
THANK YOU SO MUCH ! I have been waiting on pins and needles for this vid ever since you first mentioned it. My son and I love your taming vids as well 🧡
I could watch your videos all day. Bluntly honest and your voice is calming . I need the calming part. I have service related PTSD and every time WC screws something up, I rage. So getting on here and listening to you calmly throw shade here and there while also giving great info settles me right down. I think I would have quit playing a long time ago if it weren't for you. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for all of your hard work making this! Excellent walkthrough, and it's great to see how easy it is to get around the monopoly Snail / Nitrado have tried to set up. And you get a full Windows server you can run anything you want on, as well as ASA.
I've been using Ark Server Manager in the past for ASE, but the tool you showed is incredibly simple by comparison. That'll make a huge difference for people new to server management. Cheers!
But what kind of specs would i need to run a sever and play all on the same pc?
@@colbysmith8236 You'll have to ask someone doing this for ASA, but for ASE it was just extra memory for the server. My game machine is oldddd, an i5-4690 with a GTX 1070. It ran server and Ark very well on 16gb of RAM, but I added another 16gb because it was like 30 bucks.
So if you can run ASA on a machine, you'll also probably only need extra memory for the server.
@@colbysmith8236 i have tried runing one server and 2 server cluster. for 2 server cluster id suggest 5ghz 16core, 2 cores per server min. 500 gigs and at least 64gb memory each server was running around 11-12 gb's of memory + OS + Game was averaging 31-32 gb's of memory average. CPU was running around 62% average. people say you can run them on less but thats BS especially if your running mods.
Would you show us how to cluster servers when SE comes out? Thanks for this I finally was able to setup my own server!
yer ive got to work it out
Thank you sir!@@NOOBLETS
just what i was going to ask. Hope he figures it out no that SE is out.
@@NOOBLETSany update on this?? 😅
I'll need to know too. Thanks Steve you are the man!
Thanks!
Thank you mate ;)
Commented for the algorithm! Nice alternative to home server!
I read all 247 comments but I'm sure I'll need help lol looking forward to your updated video. Honestly legend bro!
there is 2 updated vids after this one, you can watch them now
@@NOOBLETS yeah yeah i found them after i watched this one. I can't wait to make this happen
Just rented a server for the AB launch, added in the cluster set to connect to Island/Center and Scorched. Thanks for the perm 10% off each payment. Had to watch this video again because some files had been updated and the creation tool came as a zip and not a stand alone exe, so I had to make sure all files were together for it to run. Other than that, just searching through my files for the mod numbers to add in. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video Steve, this might actually get me to do the VPS option in Aus, was looking at revamping and older PC but that might be a better option for me.
Absolutely amazing video, I had an old pc I wanted to turn into a server when I found this video, followed it and downloaded the latest version of the installer and got everything up and running perfectly no hiccups😅😅
Well done mate, I glad it went fine :)
Dont forget to sub ;)
I really like the way you talk, cadence and tone :) It calms me the fugg down, and it makes it easier to learn new shit :P
I had 2 Xbox’s, aka I was doing the “home pc” option but with Xbox’s, my only issue is that I stopped playing after the game automatically wiped my game. I wish there was a way to turn this off cuz I stopped played after all out progress was lost. I just wanted my own map and only me and my cousin were playing on it but it still did a server wipe :(
This man does gods work.
tough getting motivated to play on Island but for sure bookmarking this for when Center is released
Do ports need to be opened on your own router and pc if running the server on a home pc? If so, link to explain please.
Been hosting my own on a VM on my dev server since the server hosting restrictions were loosened. Did the same with ASE.
I set this up but my friends can’t join. Says connection timeout HELP
would love to know the answer to this
same issue, I can connect on my pc however. i'm running the server on my laptop.
port forwarding
@@kubuntukowalski I set up port forwarding on my router, but I must not have done something correctly
How do you disable BattlEye?
ps. Nooblet for president! This guy is 10/10, best explanation videos on the internet.
Who's the king? Steve's the King of Ark! 😄thank you for this very informative and easy to undestand video, will definately follow this process and create our own virtual server. I have always been wondering how to do it, now I have the guidence thanks to you. Much appreciated! 🙏
I use Ark Server Manager, very simple to set up and use as well as total control and advanced customization. My PC is my server and I can turn it on or off on command through the app. I can play on it with as many friends as I want at the same time. Maybe I just have a very strong PC but it's really not an issue for me.
Ark Server Manager for Ascended is still in dev, I'm waiting until it's more developed. They just dropped another build today. ASM for Evolved was my go-to system because of the amazing interface for customizing server settings. I look forward to seeing how ASM for Ascended comes out.
What r ur specs?
@@DougDibrimi I was going to ask. I loved Ark Server Manager and hosted a ten map cluster on Evolved - but I haven't seen it ready for Ascended yet - but you say they're working on it?? **jumping for joy emote**
Can't find the server. It says the Server is running, the little circle is green. But searching it does not show anything at all. I've changed my filters, everything. Does not work.
Hey there! Great video, everything works just fine except for my friend not being able to join, he always has a timeout error when joining..
Im doing the same here and having the same issue havnt found a solution so far
Thanks steve great info 😊
I did it with the ark dedicated thingy on steam, put the inis and was done (had to do the ports that was the only hardish part)
Ive not tried the dedicated thing, It might work, but i thought that was more to do with hosting a the game on your pc as you play
The tool uses the dedicated server from steam internally (e.g. at 12:05)
can you explain the ports? lol i cant find an answer to friends trying to join and it timing out
How do you add the mods to it for extra dinos and structures?
Love you're video's. I am kinda getting bored of ark only because its just a waiting game for the next map.
Only thing that sucks about the virtual server option is that it isn’t much cheaper than the nitrado server prices
But don't you only get 1 cpu with nitrado? and is that shared?
The hardware on these VPS are dedicated, so it should be much better
Yea the subscription price gets steep over time. Everything is a subscription cost lately. I go in waves with ark so in the past when I’ve not felt like playing for a number of months, I’ve just let nitrado servers lapse (rather than paying literal hundreds of dollars to keep them idling) and lost my progress.
I’m running an ASE server from my computer now and playing on ps5- it’s working great for me. The PlayStation is on Wi-Fi and my ping is still ~25 consistently.
@@NOOBLETSthe CPU's from PingPerfect are shared CPU's also; the 'v; in front of CPU denotes that these are Virtual CPU's.
@@beyondbordersta I asked for you.
The vps's are divided into their cores and each person gets dedicated cores, so whilst technically both cpu's are shared, Pings vps's have dedicated resources that only that customer has access to (nobody else can use the cores they are assigned)
And check, but I think Nitrado have 1 cpu on a machine which is shared between however many ark servers
The hero we don't deserve!
My friend created one in his home he can connect but im unable to join it gets time out error on my side i dont know what we are missing😢
He needs to open the required Ports on his Router. Google how to do that for your router. Then you sould be ready to go.
Did you have to do portforwarding if your not using a virtual machine (7777) port to be specific also I had to run the server in admin mode to not get windows defender to mess with this
Is there a ps5 setup!!!
OMG LOVE YOU STEVE!
Love the vid, got the island server running after a few hiccups. I use Beacon for all my settings, just copy and past, But I need your brain again. Ragonz has a small description on how to do a cluster of 2 map, but unfortunately I haven't gotten it to work, any possibility of you doing another video?
Yep
An update regarding the new settigns will be very appreciated
On my side, not working as i do not understand the differents between the differents directories, do not understand if i need to install steam and the game on the virtual machines...
@NOOBLETS How do i add more then 1 mod?
Commenting to also know 😅
@@CruiiserMakBH I figierd out that after you put in -mods=900062,953108, and to infinit and beyond
enter the mod code, then add a comma then space then the next mod code@@CruiiserMakBH @blok4760
Thank you for your explanation❤
Omg. I got about half way and gave up. Phuk all this work just to play a game. I mean what did the Romans ever do for us.
Ase is still ark.
🤙🏽still love your work nooblets!
Well if you got half way, you had set your server up then! Congratz ;)
I’ve used your method and it works! How would I go about creating another server for scorched earth without deleting my previous server/ losing any of my progress on the island?
Super informative and I'm sure people will find it very helpful. Thank you for all your hard work
I keep receiving an error message when i click on run server. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the scorched earth update. it says something about the system not finding the specified file. if you have any idea whats going on please let me know I'd be forever grateful
thank you
did you fix it ?
hey nooblets how much ram and CPU power do you need for one server? Update I switched from Nitrado to Pingperfect as I can see why people do not like them. Terrible support. I have only 4 days remaining for a 20 slot server which I upgraded to a 30 player server for no additional cost.
Thx 😊 really useful video
This is awesome. Thank you for showing us how. I've not been able to find a server setting to restrict the number of active players. MAX Players = doesn't work. Also, the Game Start UI will change in late Feb once The Center map launches. I wonder how the new map will impact this simple process.
I'm on ps5 but I've been looking for a unofficial server for days with out all the crazy mods just the AA dinos and no luck
Awesome Vid Steve. Thank you!
My kids were pestering me to set up a server so we can all play. They're on PS5 and I'm running the server and playing on my pc. At the moment they can connect just fine when they're at my house but when they're at the their mother's house they can see the server but not join it. I'm guessing its a firewall issue but I'm more techie than software... Also, I'm trying to run three mods for them but only one is working. Any chance of an updated vid showing the current version of the server software and how to set up multiple mods?
Did you have to change any settings? I'm having issues seeing it on my ps5. I'm trying to do the same thing and play with my kids.
@@DevilofOceans No solution yet. No idea what's going on.
@@Claygalvinwhat abt now bro
I Have followed everything to the letter and it just does not work, i cant get the server to show in server list nor direct join i have triple check ports the ip, tried with a password, without one, yes i have show player servers checked.
Okay, I fixed it, the Amazon certificate needed to access their servers had expired from my old Survival evolved server and the new server just used that instead of replacing it when installed.
Does this allow me to connect via Xbox? I have a laptop I can dedicate to being a server but if I can't play on my Xbox I'll have to stick with evolved
You even figure this out? I’m wondering myself
How many people can connect to home PC? it’s me and my husband at home but then we have friends we want to play with that live elsewhere.
As many as you want 50+ 70+ as long as your 2nd pc can handle it ;)
Nooblets, why did you use that program as opposed to the steam dedicated server tool? If I’m just using my second computer, is there an advantage to one option over the other?
"There's no way I was going to rent a Nitrado server after the crap they pulled". HAHAHAHA, Love you Steve, you are so awesome (and SO right!). My friend is renting from Nitrado right now and I help him admin (Actually, he moved on to another game, so I am basically admin by myself now - don't get me started HAHAHA!). For Nitrado, I have to send a ticket for EVERYTHING, and they SUCK in their responses. One guy even told me outright, "I don't know how to do that". After I told him what to do (he needed to delete a mod file - easy peasy), he still said "I have to submit this" after I TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO! I gave him the mod number, name of the folder and everything! It was THREE days of back and forth e-mails. 🤦♀ Oh, By the way - they DON'T GIVE SERVER OWNERS ACCESS to their mod files!! The mod folders are sequestered! Grrrr. Ok, rant over, hahaha, and THANK YOU for making this video! I built a big server two years ago to host a cluster, but I used Ark Server Manager, and they haven't ported over to Ark Ascended yet. ♦♦ Change of Subject: By the way, I still think you have the perfect voice for narrating maybe an animal nature show, or something like that. I can completely envision you narrating on the Saturday morning kids nature shows telling everyone about the capybara's mating habits while I make coffee (yes, I'm 60 and I still love the Saturday morning kid nature shows - nope never had children). 😉😁 I love your voice. If I were a talent manager, I would have snapped you up in a heartbeat.♦♦ Thanks for all the great videos over the years.
P.S. Sorry for the wall of text, lol - I had a lot to say - but it's funny! XOXO
One Question, can i do crosstravel between maps with one VPS or do i have to buy more Server if i want to be able to travel between the maps?
In your time hosting Asa have you had to worry about the bandwith cap that is in place with PingPerfect?
No why what you got planned? lol
@@NOOBLETS Just was curious since I didn't know how much bandwith ark used for servers since I always did game servers in the past
does anyone know if running a server from your PC works for running a private XBOX server?
I have a decent PC while my friends and I mostly play ark on xbox but currently on a non-decicated server
my PC is on at the same time during the day anyway so I figure if I can run the sever when im playing xbox.
but whenever I try to look up eunning ASA server for xbox people said you have to do it through nitrado. or is that outdated information?
setting it up via steam as Noobs does should have crossplay enable as default but i believe having battleye enabled can cause issues
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..
The updater app has changed abit about you should still be able to work it out. If not Ill do a new video soon
@@NOOBLETS THAT would be amazeing :) I would totaly love to see that. I got everything installed as planned and updated. but when I go to start the server. I get the normal black screen that shows the server starting.. then. poof. gone. it closes and im left with starting the server over again. so weird. it just Crahses.. :( sad..
Hey nooblets, I have noticed an interesting bug for the game on PS5 where im placing wooden wooden pillars on a megabuild im making and when i pick one up to readjust the snap point I pick up 10 other pillars at different points of my build that aren't attached to the one I picked up, and just recently those 10 pillars turned into platforms. I dont know if you yourself have experienced this bug or if anyone else has but any tips or advice aside from picking anything else on my build up while building?
my friend gets a "Connection timed out." error when he tries to join my server. I've forwarded ports 7777 and 25017 for TCP and UDP. Help please.
You could try ask Ragonz they might beable to help
I get this problem too, did you figure it out?
figure this out?
@NOOBLETS. Hey Steve guy here. I've never rented a server before so excuse the naivety of my queries. I'm thinking I might wanna do this. Is the cheapest tier sub gonna do the job for hosting one map? Also what extra benefits do the more expensive tiers provide?
Hi mate yes the cheapest tier would run a server, you can try to run more but let me know how it goes if you do.
With other companies you are sharing the server hardware with So many people.
Ask ping support what the difference is as they are really helpful.
Thanks for the video, does anyone know how to make backups with this technique?
its in the later video ;)
Hi do u use gameserverapp with ur servers?
Are there any spec requirements for a home pc? I have a pc I bought less than 10 years ago for about $500 with pretty low specs. Enough to work as a gaming pc and run a good amount of games.
Thinking about turning it into a server pc but I need to know if there are specific hardware requirements.
nice one cheif saved us headache there
followed instructions but when i start the server i do not get the same startup as you after version it goes into a cfcore set settings call and fails out
If I already have a world on the center, can I change it from single player to virtual server without losing progress?
Awesome video -- getting one now, thanks!
so do i need to have my pc switched on at all times for this to work?
Great video, though Im curious why you use the trash program Norton. Windows Defender is far better than Norton and much less intrusive. Also... why dont you use Beacon to manager your server settings? Life would be so much better if you did!
Can I do the vps on my Mac laptop, like operate it from my MacBook
Is there a line of code we can add to change the xp multiplier?
Great video first of all! Now my question can I use my old ASE ini files on the ASA servers or do I have to retype?
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You will have to cross reference the way certain config options are written as there are differences between ASE and ASA. There is a wiki you can google that shows the difference.
Is it crossplay?
So any servers that are not official, and not hosted by Nitrado, are hidden behind "SHOW PLAYER SERVERS"? Is there any way to get it to come up on the normal Unofficial Server list?
Thanks for this Steve! You are a life saver. Im working my way thru this as a total noob and the steps have been pretty straight forward. But when I click on Start Server, I am not getting any pop up window ... any ideas on where I screwed up? Ive deleted the ASA stuff twice now and still get to the same step with nothing launching. Edit... figured it out.. was missing a dll file in the VPS... running great now!
How did you fix the dll file?
for me the thing is loading and shows the server is online but when i try to find it its not their
Would it be possible to run 2 or more different maps from 1 server or would I need to rent more servers if I wanted to create a cluster? Also, would it be possible to upload a nitrado save game to the new server?
Thank you Nooblets! Awesome Video! Gave me a lot to think about!
The lowest cost VPS can run one map, if you need to run more maps you will have to upgrade the VPS to a bigger one.
As I've not tried it yet, i'm not 100% sure, but I think you would upgrade your VPS.
Then run multi instances of the ASA server files on that same VPS.
As all the server files should be the same, you should be able to take the Nitrado save and use it on your server. (Unless they block you from downloading your save.)
It takes 16gb of ram to run one Ark map - so you would need to rent a new server to rent each map. If you want a cluster of ten, for instance, you would have to run 160gb of ram.
@@NOOBLETS Nitrado doesn't block downloading of save files. I copy my Nitrado map to my single player all the time to test stuff.
@@GrandmARKGamerLady Another youtuber reported to me, that they blocked FTP downloading.
Is that right or not?
You can use ftp to download save files. Did this today @@NOOBLETS
Can you connect via LAN at home like the old ARK?
I haven't been able to get a lan connection to my server working yet. It's all done through the in game browser which requires a public ip. Steam server browser no longer works as it no longer uses Steams API....uses Epic's instead...and I've found no helpful documentation on even querying the server for info, let alone connecting to it.
I wonder if it will be modable to use LAN then
@@the_thunder_god
Let's go!!
Thanks Steve great info😊
Im tryna go into a server to play with my friends and save that so we play there so how can i do that tho, i lose the server and all of my progress is there idk how to find it. How can ii
Hi there! Thanks for the video, I was curious if using this method you're able to easily make a cluster to add scorched earth map as well. Also does anyone know what system requirements would be for a cluster? From my research for a game server for ASA you should have a minimum of 4 cores, 16GB RAM, and 200+ GB SDD... Does anyone know if that changes for a second map, and if so by how much?
Thanks!
Does this work with cross play? Would like to run server on PC. Any play on it with xbox or ps5.
Thnxs
Lee
Yes. I start server on PC and play on my PS5
hei nooblets! how do i make it so resources can take more hits? atm i hit a tree 2 times and it falls over. cant find a setting for it if it exist. any ideas?
My friend set up a server just like this in the video but I can't seem to join it. It pops up in the search and I've even tried to connect directly through the ip and port but I keep getting: Joining Failed - Connection Timeout.
You have to put the ip manual because if is automatic steam will not work right
ive done all this it shows the server is running but then when i try to find it ingame i can't find it
Hi can I help me my server is running and can be found in the server menu but they can't join me in my server
i would like to make a cluster, but i don't know how and if i can with this methode
im trying to work it out mate ;)
So a question.
I did absolutely everything in order, yet my server does not show up. I've updated the server thing several times and the game recently updated, so I hoped that it would pop up, but it hasn't. I don't know if the game is super fucked up right now or what. I also get a message that says "couldn't load mods library from disk" in yellow text despite the fact that I have no mods installed. Do you know what's going on? I apologize for the dump.
you on a home pc or a rented server?
@@NOOBLETS Rented server.
the mods library thing you can ignore, it does take a couple minutes to show up after you start teh server
Does it work for xbox or only pc?
what can I do if I see my server in the list but i cant join because of delay is too long? I set my port and all worcked fine yesterday but the electricity shoutdown for a sec and after that it doesnt work anymore
Did the power cut damage your server pc?
@@NOOBLETS no everything work very well, somethings with the ports i guess, i keep searching
I have been running the server perfectly for about a month now and today I had an error pop up while the server was starting that was talking about my FAtla save manager and that the SQL database is corrupt and the saved game is compromised. Idk how to fix this. Please help
Sorry to hear that mate, It wouldnt surprise me if their patch screwed it up.
Was it after a patch?
Did you make copies of the save files?
Try coping the save file just incase you can get it working.
Maybe the guy who created the installed could help
@@NOOBLETS So if it was a patch that messed it up, it would have been the 36.25 one on March 26th. We hadnt played since that patch came out until today when we tried to play. It definitely wasnt the patch that came out today though because we tried to play before that released. I did not make a copy of the save file because I did not know how to so thats probably something I should figure out. If we did happen to lose our progress I wouldnt be too upset because we kept dying a lot and didnt make it very far but I just want to try and figure out what caused the problem and how to fix it. How would I get in contact with the guy who created it?
@@NOOBLETS Ok so it took some testing and messing around but I fixed the problem. Not sure what messed it up but it was a corrupted save file. First, I had to delete that save file in my actual folder for the server manager. I also found out at the server manager makes backups automatically in the folder. you just have to look for them but they will have something like TheIsland.WP_(whatever date the backup was made) with an extension at the end. You just have to rename that file to TheIsland_WP.ark and it becomes your new main save file. I'm surprised I was able to figure this out because I could not find any videos to help. Im not the type to make a video to explain how to fix this problem but I dont want this to happen to someone else and then they dont know how to fix it.
Used this tutorial for The Island, and everything worked great.. now trying to set up a Scorched Earth server and cant add mods.. keeps saying "couldnt load mods library from disk" then "User context not loaded from disk" Anyone have any suggestions? Ive tried listing the port and doing without the port listed.. same result..
i have the same issue, just with the island, what is the fix anyone with better skills than me. . . cant find a guide for it online anywhere. . . .
i had a question, How would you add mods in this? If anyone knows let me know please would be awesome!
Does this require payment to run the Ark server? I want to have a server with my friends but I really would like a cheaper option or no subscription required at all. Is this possible? We're tired of playing together and every time the host is too far we all get teleported to the host lol!
Like I said in the video you can run your ark server from a 2nd pc if you have one, in that case its free apart from the running costs and pc
Yer that deicated host bullcrap, tethers you to the game host
So this would get rid of the tether to game host? @@NOOBLETS
@@NOOBLETS my server is up and running but when i try to find it its not there could you maybe help me?
Hey, has anyone run into issues when trying to get friends to conect to the server?
I set it up but I'm conected via multiple routers to the internet and my server does appear listed on ARK but my boddy with whom I want to play the server gets timed out every time they want to join.
Has anyone experienced this and come up with a solution?
When i hit start server im getting "the code execution cant proceed because VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found" any idea on how to fix this?
I’m getting the same shit, you ever figure out how to fix it?
How would someone go about adding other mods to one of these?
it says on step 9
Where in step 9 does it say @@NOOBLETS
When I turn the server off and back on, it wipes the data. Is there a fix for this?
i followed this video step by step and it does nothing when i hit start server...nothing pops up when i click it..when it did go through the server would not show up on the list...idk what i am doing wrong
So when you clicked Start server, the server window didn't pop up, run down the server list, or get a green light?
That It sounds like you have set the files up wrong.
The server not showing on what list, the server or when you are in the Ark game?
I am trying to host an ARK SA server and I've tried steamCMD and this tool and have the same results. Both launch correctly and the screen shows the server is launched,. I'm using EERO router and the ports, 7777 and 27015 are open, but I still cannot see the server. Any clues?
try 8888
Thanks for the reply. The server did actually start, but steam was not seeing it. I joined the game and there it was. @@kingkiga8940
Hi bud watch aload of your videos. Need help ASAP home pc one does the PC need to be able to run the game. I have a poor PC just sat there so would like to run that as a server PC.
What specs is it? Look at the VPS specs and see if yours are close. The best thing to do is install the server and try it out to see if it can :P