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Valon Kajo Feb 21, 2018 @ 1:41am
Dedicated and Non-Dedicated Servers
Now I don't usually play multiplayer games like this, so I'm quite stupid with these servers. So I'm asking, what's the difference between these two? If I host a Non-Dedicated server, does that mean that once I stop hosting it, all the progress is gone and I have to restart?
Last edited by Valon Kajo; Feb 21, 2018 @ 1:42am
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medicinehead Feb 21, 2018 @ 1:54am 
single player =obvious
non dedicated=single player with the ability to let friends join you,heavy on system and friends
can only play within a set distance.Only available to friends whilst you play.
dedicated=self run or rented,total freedom for both you and anyone playing with you and available 24/7 to all.

all modes save and no progress is lost.
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KitsuneShiro Feb 21, 2018 @ 2:10am 
SP (and non-dedicated) are buggy. More bugs than a dedicated server.
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Valon Kajo Feb 21, 2018 @ 2:14am 
I assume I cna make a password to the dedicated server? So do I need to do something to actually host a dedicated server? I checked from a video and it showed I ened to install somehting.
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4ndr34 Feb 21, 2018 @ 2:24am 
Originally posted by Iaraparka:
I assume I cna make a password to the dedicated server? So do I need to do something to actually host a dedicated server? I checked from a video and it showed I ened to install somehting.
Yes you can, ServerAdminPassword is what you are looking for, have a look to the server configuration on the official wiki[ark.gamepedia.com] and to the official wiki dedicated server set up[ark.gamepedia.com] , you could be interested also in using ASM[arkservermanager.freeforums.net] .
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=Sarsante= Feb 21, 2018 @ 2:38am 
Originally posted by Iaraparka:
I assume I cna make a password to the dedicated server? So do I need to do something to actually host a dedicated server? I checked from a video and it showed I ened to install somehting.
You can add a password or like I prefer use exclusive join. You add steamid64 of the players to a list and only them can join without typing anything
Last edited by =Sarsante=; Feb 21, 2018 @ 2:38am
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Valon Kajo Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:26am 
Why is this so complicated for my small mind x)
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KitsuneShiro Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:27am 
The program ASM can be used to setup and manage a dedicated server. Check it out.
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retsam1 Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:35am 
Originally posted by Iaraparka:
Why is this so complicated for my small mind x)


You've just started playing ark. I -highly- recommend you not trying to run a dedicated or non dedicated server until you actually understand the game. You're adding a pretty big and steep learning curve(ie how to manage and set up such) along with the curve to learn to play the game. Its too quick a burn out for the uninitiated such as yourself.

Just join one of the 20,000+ unofficial servers out there and learn the game or play in single player alone.

Also attempting to host an dedicated ark server from your own rig, is probably going to be an exercise in futility if you do not have an extremely powerful rig to run it on. You would instead hav e to be considering renting a server from a hosting service(or more aptly a virtual slice on a server machine from the host).
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Valon Kajo Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:54am 
Realloy I just want to play it with my friend, but as it was said, there is a limited distance myt friend can be from me in the Non-Dedicated server. And it's buggy.
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=Sarsante= Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:57am 
Originally posted by Iaraparka:
Realloy I just want to play it with my friend, but as it was said, there is a limited distance myt friend can be from me in the Non-Dedicated server. And it's buggy.
Yt ark server manager tutorial.
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KitsuneShiro Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:57am 
Originally posted by Iaraparka:
Realloy I just want to play it with my friend, but as it was said, there is a limited distance myt friend can be from me in the Non-Dedicated server. And it's buggy.

I would recommend finding an unofficial to join together. Look for rates and mods that interest you. Look for an unofficial with a discord for easy communication.
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retsam1 Feb 21, 2018 @ 5:58am 
Originally posted by Iaraparka:
Realloy I just want to play it with my friend, but as it was said, there is a limited distance myt friend can be from me in the Non-Dedicated server. And it's buggy.

You and your friend can just join up on one of those 20,000 unofficial servers that you research to match you, make a tribe together, and have at it. Later once you both have much better understandings of the game and feel its necessarily to bother with making or renting a server, you can go that route.

In some ways you're trying to climb a mountain backwards blindfolded when instead you can just ride up it on a ski lift.
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