Server is updated to 195.1

server updating soon i hope? 10 hour day at work ready for some ark!

Server updated to v193.0.

Server updated to 192.0

Server is updated to v. 191.1

ok, np, jus thought it was my comp for a minute

Server is updating and should be back up soon, having an issue where the new patched wiped a config file that caused it to try to allocate a few TB of Ram... this happens from time to time. Its a config thing and can usually be fixed pretty quickly but it requires scrubbing the entire game via validation checks which unfortunately takes a hot minute. It should be up soon though, I apologize for the wait.

am i the only one having issues with the server not showing up on the list?

Server updated to V. 190

Grill mats refunded. I understand about it feeling the same, I know its frustrating, I was just trying to reference to the fact that it was an issue on the developers side out of my hands. I cant control how quickly their server lister picks up our server and it seems like when ever their system goes under heavy load it can weird out. Either way I know its frustrating and I apologize.

Server updated to v189.1.

To a user it equates to the same thing. If it doesn't show up it might as well be down. Still looking for those grill mats whenever you get the time as well.

It was never down, it just wasnt showing up on the server lister. When a lot of servers update sometimes things get weird.

server is down

Server is updated to version 189.0 Food troughs WEWT

also i need the actual mats, i already rebuilt the grill itself

Im 73 lat 60 lon (NE tip of an isthmus)

glad to hear you got the settings worked out again! thank you :)

Using a backup I repaired the broken .ini file so everything should be back the way it is rather than the defaults again. The server is also updated to 188.1

As a note the server settings are currently broken, the last major update broke everything, its a known issue the devs have talked about. Im gonna try and get it fixed.

I will take care of you send me a PM on steam with your coords and I will drop it in a storage chest in your base (you dont need to lock the doors I can go through the walls - yay for admin powers), its a known bug they are fixing it so fixing it is no problem until then.

Not sure if this is the place to put this. I lost an industrial grill i had built a couple days ago when i upgraded my wooden foundation to metal. It didn't return any portion of mats either. It's pretty mat intensive and would be happy to see a refund for the materials if you get a chance sometime soon. Thanks.

updated to v188.0

That said its been a little hard lately because one of my admins is away for health reasons and the rest are all on the same sleep/wake schedule as me so I catch it just as often as they do usually. I have some other potential admin candidates I am reviewing and we should also be putting up a poll about automatic restarts here soon. I apologize for any inconvenience it has caused you and any other players here but it should only get better over time, especially because the devs have stated they plan to take more regular update schedules so it will be a little more clear to server hosts as to when updates will actually come out. Currently its just a refresh the page every thirty minutes to see if anything has changed which is far from efficient.

The only downtime that should have happened at all this week was yesterday, they had been saying the new patch would be out at night, for nearly three days straight till it finally came out yesterday morning. It makes it really hard to guess when patches will and wont happen. Even then the server wasn't actually down it just wasn't visible since you had a version mismatch. I normally try to update within an hour or two of a patch unless its either a minor one that doesn't affect the server (in which case I try to find a time when less people are on). I wait this long just to ensure that there are no issues with the versions. A few times an update has come out that either crashes the server repeatedly or potentially deletes items and buildings or kills dinos. The last thing I want is to get a bugged update and destroy the map because that isn't fun for anyone.

This is El Granto in game. I like this server but I am frustrated with it being down so often. If this continues and it is not possible to give us notification for when the server will be down and for how long, I would like to know so I can start on a server that isn't down so much. Thanks.

Just this week alone it has been down when I try to play at least 3-4 times for an hour to several hours each time.

Cloud, there was a major glitch last Wednesday on arc. When logged on, all Dino's ,houses, and equipment were changed to "tribe of gaze". Tharen is our tribe owner and he can't fix it. We have lost several Dino's from starvation already. Is there anything you can do?

Just an FYI guys a bunch of the configs are currently broken for the server, certain difficulties are too easy or too hard, and some spawn rates and other things are broken. The last two major versions have added a bunch of stuff, and some of it isn't playing well with older settings, and some of it is just broken. Im gonna be putting up a test server tonight or sometime in the next few days so I dont have to push updates to the normal server until I have 100% confirmed its working as it should. In the mean time though Its really annoying for both me as an admin trying to make it work and then each version or two it all breaking and having to be redone and you guys as the players. I really apologize to everyone about any inconveniences. Also as a note wild dino levels are now much higher and they seem to be more difficult, this was a change on the developers parts. I plan to do some testing and see why they made this change and if it fits our server or not.

Server now has a UPS or Uninterruptible Power Supply powering it in case of power failures. This will give it an hour to sit on standby in case the power comes back on and networking is restored, in which time if power doesn't come back on it will gracefully shutdown and save everything first so no progress is ever lost in the case of a power outage. That said outages are normally quite rare and very very rarely last longer than a minute or two they usually reroute the grid very quickly so it should never stay down long (hopefully didn't jinx myself and summon a super storm to come attack XD )

Was a power outage at ~12:30pm due to a transformer exploding. The rollback appears to have been about 2-3 hours. If you lost anything major or need caught up PM me on steam and I will take care of you. Im about to head out to purchase a battery backup system for the server and will head out to site to deploy that so this doesn't happen again. I apologize for any inconvenience.

It was the master server lagging out, I apologize for the inconvenience. Unfortunately ARK needs a few more beefy servers to control the server lister and the current amount of new servers lags it out when they all restart at the same time. The devs have stated they are working on it, so this will hopefully cease being an issue.

Been a minor hiccup with the update, the server is running but not subscribing to the master server. I'm not sure if the devs broke a file or if there are so many servers restarting right now that the master server cant keep up. Am checking all the files though and working on it. Should be back up soon. Sorry guys!

Updated rules and we are currently on 177.0 please read the patch notes to see what version we are on, I will always update it when I push an update to the server.

Server is updated to 174.2

I'm working on an automation script that will automatically stop and save the server and then update and restart it once every 6 hours. Restarting the server for performance reasons is usually a good idea anyways because it makes sure that creatures are more equally spawned across the map preventing pockets of too many and pockets of none. If there are no updates it will just restart normally. This means the server will restart and update four separate times a day, when I get it more finished I will let you guys know what times the restart will be and put it in the comments. I'm also gonna explore some options to see if I can make sure its safe enough and doesn't cause any bugs.

Sorry for the wait, server is updated now guys. Was an accident in my family and had to step out to take care of it. I'm back now and have access to a computer and the server again so I got everything updated :) and yes there is currently only one admin, but I'm around majority of the time. I have a few people I can give access and have take care of the server as well and will be getting in touch with them to make sure that RL stuff doesn't get in the way of people playing. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Is there only one person who admins the server? Just curious, that's all. :-/

Server down again, man. You gonna have it up soon?

Sorry about that guys, the latest update corrupted one of the .ini files that initialize the server. The devs accidentally added a bad line that made it try to start the server with a few TB of Ram... no server in existence has a few thousand TB of ram.... But we are all patched up and the server is relaunching now.

Anybody know if server will be up tonight?

CLOOUUUUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Cloud update the server to 173.0 please we want to play.