Mod Setup for Private Dedicated Server Question!

[Ozull]

Hello, I just installed a MOD and I was just curious on how to go about adding it to my dedicated server. I have subscribed to it, and inside my ShooterGame/Content, I have the .mod file and the mod folder. I have heard that you need to copy it to another mod folder in the root of your server? And if so, how do I do that? Also, there is a command line for the startup, and I was just curious if someone could assist with that as well.

[Ozull]

^ Any help would be fantastic

[Rhonen]

Ozull, Check out the Aku Shima mod discussion. I did a pretty detailed write up on how to install a mod there when someone else was having an issue installing one. If you have any other questions on how to go about doing it let me know.

[magickmynd]

It's not too bad, but it does take a little research. Here is what I did to get mods working on my server.

1. Subscribe to a mod.

2. Open a single player game and let the mod download so that you can see it on your mod list.

3. Go into your ARK game in your steam library and find the mods folder. Mine is on this file path:
R:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Content\Mods

4. Copy everything you see in the mods folder and then paste it into a mods folder you create in the same location on your server.

5. Once you have them copied you need to do two things. Enable the mods in your gamesettings.ini and make sure your server batch file listens for the mods.

6. Go to your game settings and edit the .ini files. My files are located here:

R:\magicktribeserver\ShooterGame\Saved\Config\WindowsServer\GameUserSettings.ini

7. Under the server settings enter the ID number of the mods you want to activate. The ID numbers are in the Mods folder. My command looks like this:

[ServerSettings]
ActiveMods=479295136,510590313,509793590,512301699,520879363

8. Then go to your batch file that starts your server and edit the startup code. Mine is located here:

R:\magicktribeserver\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\(whatever your batch file name is)

9. Edit your batch code to include listening for the mod files, like so:

start ShooterGameServer "TheIsland?listen?ModId=479295136,509793590,510590313,512301699,520879363?SessionName=TheMagickTribe?ServerPassword=(YourServerPassword)?ServerAdminPassword=(AdminPassword)" exit

10. Start your server and Voila! mods for everyone :) But keep in mind that you have to keep the mods updated. If the mods update and you don't copy over the new mod files then you won't be able to play on the server until you update.

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what about the linux servers?