Can't allow character only transfers to cluster - ASA Server

[Gobi]

Our server is preparing for the launch of Scorched Earth and Center and i was really hoping someone could help me out. It seems that when I add a new server to our cluster and set the settings properly, even though my character is totally naked and holding nothing... its saying cant transfer to other server because of items in inventory...

It looks to me like the custom cosmetic items are counted as items and this is obviously not ideal since i don't want to allow item transfers from my existing island server to SE for about a month as to try to gain new players on a fresh map. Has anyone else found a solution to this issue?

Here is the settings on both servers and i have all the cluster stuff working in the command line... i just HAVE to enable items (set to False below) for anyone to be able to transfer.

PreventDownloadSurvivors=False

PreventUploadSurvivors=False

PreventDownloadItems=True

PreventUploadItems=True

PreventDownloadDinos=True

PreventUploadDinos=True

Like Official.......

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

[Michael]

the cosmetic items block this, and you cannot drop them. I was hoping that WC had fixed this, but sadly not. How are the doing it then for official, because the communicate that only character transfer is possible for 60 days

[Michael]

Found the answer, they are working on it, official server is turned off until it fixed :D

[Recks]

Nope not fixed at all, but WC ran out of aderall so need to go sleepytime

[ChewbaccaFR]

Unofficial servers do not work in terms of sub-cluster transfer, what are you waiting for? The version of the unofficial servers is on 38.1402 while on official the version is 38.18 we are waiting for you to publish the update for the unofficial servers! Hoping that the problem is resolved regarding the transfer of characters blocked with your custom cosmetics which is of no use

[yabadabadoo]

Has anyone got the player transfer to work yet in sp mode ?

[Effinae]

This should be an easy thing to hotfix.

[OmegaSapphire737]

Is it fix for unofficial yet or no

[The_Feet]

Also having a SERIOUS issue here. Running dedicated server with Island/SE "clustered". The problem I am having is, the VERY FIRST time I transfer out of island to SE(i have a backup of both maps at this point) the character profile file (SteamIDxxxxxxxxxxx.arkprofile) gets moved to the SE server on the cluster and deleted from TheIsland(AS IT SHOULD). It gets written to the \SavedArks\ScorchedEarth_WP folder (as it should) and is also gets deleted from the Island(as it should--->no dupe characters)... HOWEVER... if i THEN use an obelisk on SE and transfer BACK to the Island, the .arkprofile file IS deleted from SE, but NOW it is NOT being written to The Island's folder....THIS RESULTS in me being able to play on the Island for as long as I am logged in...BUT as soon as I log out, neither SE OR TheIsland have my .arkprofile anywhere! This results in my being brought to a "Create Character Screen" the next time I try to join the cluster! Neither map has my .arkprofile any more!... thus having to manually rollback the server every time to retrieve any of the .arkprofile files on my cluster to salvage that character. This is NOT GOOD! Anyone ELSE experiencing this???

[St0rmkr0w]

Originally posted by The_Feet:

Also having a SERIOUS issue here. Running dedicated server with Island/SE "clustered". The problem I am having is, the VERY FIRST time I transfer out of island to SE(i have a backup of both maps at this point) the character profile file (SteamIDxxxxxxxxxxx.arkprofile) gets moved to the SE server on the cluster and deleted from TheIsland(AS IT SHOULD). It gets written to the \SavedArks\ScorchedEarth_WP folder (as it should) and is also gets deleted from the Island(as it should--->no dupe characters)... HOWEVER... if i THEN use an obelisk on SE and transfer BACK to the Island, the .arkprofile file IS deleted from SE, but NOW it is NOT being written to The Island's folder....THIS RESULTS in me being able to play on the Island for as long as I am logged in...BUT as soon as I log out, neither SE OR TheIsland have my .arkprofile anywhere! This results in my being brought to a "Create Character Screen" the next time I try to join the cluster! Neither map has my .arkprofile any more!... thus having to manually rollback the server every time to retrieve any of the .arkprofile files on my cluster to salvage that character. This is NOT GOOD! Anyone ELSE experiencing this???

How did you get the two maps to work, on my dedicated server I can see them both running and I can join The Island but I get connection timeout when trying to connect to Scorched Earth, it's infuriating!!!

[The_Feet]

@St0rmkr0w , i am running both maps using the dedicated servers. They both run side by side in separate DOS windows/directories as well. The CLUSTER FOLDER is "ABOVE" both folders in the directory tree. AND both instances of the server are pointing to THAT folder(shared cluster folder) of where to "look for transfers". It works.. SOMETIMES!!! I have physically WATCHED the .arkprofile disappear the moment I leave the island(or SE), and at that point the Steamid file in the "cluster folder" grows in size significantly!(evidence of it now holding my char info/inventory) It is held there until I actually SPAWN into SE(or Island if travelling back)... At which point the .arkprofile file SHOULD BE instantly written to the destination map's folder and reduced in size in the cluster folder and gone from Origin's map folder and ONLY exist on Destination(to avoid duplicate characters on cluster)... BUT randomly the .arkprofile file does NOT get written to the "destination map"... It reduces in size in the cluster folder (as it should) but it does NOT get written to the destination map resulting in total character loss on BOTH MAPS. I hope that makes sense??? I am STILL testing this as of Apr. 6/2024. It happens RANDOMLY.. so unless the admin is ONLINE and able to WATCH the files appear/reappear during transfers... it may be catastrophic for players who may THINK they have transferred properly until they logout...and wont know until the next time they TRY to login and get "Create Character" screen. So yeah... this is a serious BUG wildcard needs to fix ASAP. The ONLY way I have found to fix when this happens is a manual rollback of files in BOTH MAPS to the moment before the transfer was attempted. Wildcard FIX THIS ASAP! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!

[The_Feet]

Originally posted by MystShade:

Originally posted by yabadabadoo:

Has anyone got the player transfer to work yet in sp mode ?

my transfer worked fine from and back in sp
but i didnt had any mod items or skin.

I have tried completely naked, not even a chibi , armor, nothing on hotbar or in inventory. Both WITH/WITHOUT mods, Multiple fresh installs of both maps...with/with a server manager just using batch files like the old days.... STILL getting random situations where the .arkprofile does NOT get pulled from the cluster folder and written to the destination map's \save folder. So this is obviously a bug from Wildcard. Can't be anything else...and yes...my directory structure is setup properly for cluster use, and GUS.INI/GAME.INI setting allow for transfers etc etc(I ran a cluster on my own hardware in ASE for nearly 6 years so I have experience with this stuff) This is frustrating for a lot of ppl right now. :/

[Bobandy]

Originally posted by The_Feet:

Originally posted by MystShade:

This is frustrating for a lot of ppl right now. :/

Set 'PreventTributedownload=False'

You will see uploaded characters but you wont be able to download them because of the three cosmetic items.

My cluster is fully updated and functional but I cannot get it to allow downloading character files in upload because of the three custom cosmetic items.

WC stated they fixed this 3 minor patches ago, they did not. Either that or something else is causing it to see this.

[Endymion]

Got same problem, but not an all server. some i can transfer to, but not on 5530 i was on last week.

[Richard]

WC reported that Current ARK Official Server Network Servers Version: v39.18, (v39.18 (39.18 client) - 04/10/2024 - Minor version for servers and clients) Fixed an issue that prevented players from downloading their characters.. . but no, they didn't fix this problem and we still can't download characters from the Island... it's sad to see that the various problems with Ark SE persist in Ark SA....

[-_-X-_-]

Honestly I get how some folks get attached to their character but have to say I'd be happy if they just ditched transfers altogether and just made explorer note, cometics, ect.. character type of unlocks bound to accounts instead of characters. Re-leveling a character is easy in ASA but having to look for every explorer note you already found just seems tedious and never made much sense to me!