How to make my own server

[Sscrey]

I’m trying to host my server on a server I have at home but I can’t find any videos on how to set it up nor how to port forward my ip and things like that if you have created your own server please help it would mean the world to me and my friends trying to have our own ark server

[JauntyDemon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c6T97wkY38&list=WL&index=14&t=495s&ab_channel=TroubleChute

Here you go :D

[Sscrey]

I looked at that same vid but I can’t join nor can my friends join it might be a problem with port forwarding but it looks like I did everything right

[JauntyDemon]

Originally posted by kaseykay1109:

I looked at that same vid but I can’t join nor can my friends join it might be a problem with port forwarding but it looks like I did everything right

do the name of the server come up on the list?
do you get an error when trying to join or another notification ?
if its the porting can be antivirus stopping it from working, like if you have mcafee. that fu ckt me with my ase server back in the day. also right port ? 7777,7778,27015 i think

[Crazymetzel]

Same for me. Serever is running, port 7777 is open on the server shown via netstat, but not opening port 27015, no firewall. Cant see it in list local nor via internet, portforwarding active. And adding it to steam serverlist fails with no server available at this adress.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Crazymetzel:

Same for me. Serever is running, port 7777 is open on the server shown via netstat, but not opening port 27015, no firewall. Cant see it in list local nor via internet, portforwarding active. And adding it to steam serverlist fails with no server available at this adress.

This game does not work with the Steam View Server function at all. Go to unofficial servers in the game and search for the name.

[Crazymetzel]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Crazymetzel:

Same for me. Serever is running, port 7777 is open on the server shown via netstat, but not opening port 27015, no firewall. Cant see it in list local nor via internet, portforwarding active. And adding it to steam serverlist fails with no server available at this adress.

This game does not work with the Steam View Server function at all. Go to unofficial servers in the game and search for the name.

Same there, not found....

[Sscrey]

Originally posted by JauntyDemon:

Originally posted by kaseykay1109:

I looked at that same vid but I can’t join nor can my friends join it might be a problem with port forwarding but it looks like I did everything right

do the name of the server come up on the list?
do you get an error when trying to join or another notification ?
if its the porting can be antivirus stopping it from working, like if you have mcafee. that fu ckt me with my ase server back in the day. also right port ? 7777,7778,27015 i think

When it does come up there’s an error but most of the time it won’t even come up on the server list

[JauntyDemon]

Originally posted by kaseykay1109:

Originally posted by JauntyDemon:

do the name of the server come up on the list?
do you get an error when trying to join or another notification ?
if its the porting can be antivirus stopping it from working, like if you have mcafee. that fu ckt me with my ase server back in the day. also right port ? 7777,7778,27015 i think

When it does come up there’s an error but most of the time it won’t even come up on the server list

i know you probably have done it but, right ip in the port forwarding ? like have you looked on the ip of the server not your pc ? can be an easy miss. if not i am starting to run low on ideas. can be somthing in your ini files that are contradicting what the other say. sorry my freind for all the back and forth. braining

[Kata Seiko]

It may be a bit more intrusive than the "normal" way to play the game, but I have had really amazing results with "Twingate" for private servers. The people that want to join you have to install the client and you have to have a "connector" in your local network (a Raspberry Pi is enough). But after that, the connection is very stable and as fast as my ISP allows. It doesn't require any port forwarding.

[Crazymetzel]

No, port forwarding is done correctly, server is up and started and in ticking loop, and a cant find server even in local network

[Moe ✅]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3064074438

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

[Sscrey]

Thanks guys I’ll try it but I feel like there is somthing wrong with the port forwarding but I’ll try this guide thanks again for all the help

[Sscrey]

Originally posted by Moe ✔:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3064074438

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Server_configuration

So I have tried everything and have restarted multiple times with many different guides and vids and I still can’t get it to work, good news though it is showing up on server list. I was looking through my steam server list and for some reason it is saying that the port and server is still running for ASE (the server I ran 3 years ago) and I downloaded ASE and I try to join and it says the server is off. Even when my home server is off it still shows that it is up. Thanks for all your help.

[JauntyDemon]

wish i could help more

[Jyandalf]

Originally posted by kaseykay1109:

I looked at that same vid but I can’t join nor can my friends join it might be a problem with port forwarding but it looks like I did everything right

What router are you using at home? Portforward.com is a handy resource for first timers as they have instructions on how to port forward on hundreds of models of routers