Using mods on a server does not work

[Exxter]

Hello,

I'm running a CS Server (0.9.1.3) on Debian Linux, the game is running great. Now I try to install a mod, successfull:

steam@server:~/colonysurvival/steamapps$ /home/steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir "/home/steam/colonysurvival/" +login USERNAME +workshop_download_item 366090 1929738051
Redirecting stderr to '/home/steam/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1679680174
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...OK
Logging in user 'USERNAME' to Steam Public...FAILED (invalid cached credentials)

password:
Enter the current code from your Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator app
Two-factor code:XXXXX
OK
Waiting for client config...OK
Waiting for user info...OK
Downloading item 1929738051 ...
Success. Downloaded item 1929738051 to "/home/steam/colonysurvival/steamapps/workshop/content/366090/1929738051" (343784 bytes)
Steam>

I found this howto:

https://colonysurvival.fandom.com/wiki/Dedicated_Server#Mods

But the command from this howto

ln -s /home/steam/colonysurvival/steamapps/workshop/content/366090/1929738051 Sign

makes no sense?

I have new folder with the mod /home/steam/colonysurvival/steamapps/workshop/content/366090/1929738051/ with the contend

autoload  icons  localization  meshes  modInfo.json  modInfo.json-original  Sign.dll

And I have create the file /home/steam/colonysurvival/gamedata/savegames/Test\ World/modstate.json:

{"Enabled":true,"ModName":"1929738051","ModVersionLastKnown":"0.1.2.0"}

But I have no Sign in the game. Any ideas whats wrong?

If I start a singleplayer game I can select and use the mod ingame.

[Active_Current]

you have downloaded the mods to the colonysurvival mods folder when you need to download them to the colonysurvivaldedicatedserver mods folder

this is why you can use it in singleplayer

[Exxter]

Thx for your answer, but it does not work. I copy the folder to /home/steam/colonysurvival/gamedata/mods/ (this is the only folder called "mods" I have). I restart the server but the mod is not installed on the server.

I start the server with a simple bash-Script:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Starte CS-Server ..."

cd /home/steam/colonysurvival

./colonyserver.x86_64 -batchmode -nographics +server.world "Test World" +server.networktype SteamOnline +server.name "DE/GER" +server.rconpassword XXXXXX

exit 0

And the mod-folder ( I translate the mod to german, because this there is a file called modInfo.json-original):

root@sa /home/steam/colonysurvival # ls gamedata/mods/1929738051/
autoload  icons  localization  meshes  modInfo.json  modInfo.json-original  Sign.dll
root@sa /home/steam/colonysurvival #

No idea whats wrong?

The complete server start output:

steam@server:~/colonysurvival$ ./start.sh
Starte CS-Server ...
[UnityMemory] Configuration Parameters - Can be set up in boot.config
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-granularity=16"
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-bucket-count=8"
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-block-size=4194304"
    "memorysetup-bucket-allocator-block-count=1"
    "memorysetup-main-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-thread-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-gfx-main-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-gfx-thread-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-cache-allocator-block-size=4194304"
    "memorysetup-typetree-allocator-block-size=2097152"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-granularity=16"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-bucket-count=8"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-block-size=4194304"
    "memorysetup-profiler-bucket-allocator-block-count=1"
    "memorysetup-profiler-allocator-block-size=16777216"
    "memorysetup-profiler-editor-allocator-block-size=1048576"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-main=4194304"
    "memorysetup-job-temp-allocator-block-size=2097152"
    "memorysetup-job-temp-allocator-block-size-background=1048576"
    "memorysetup-job-temp-allocator-reduction-small-platforms=262144"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-background-worker=32768"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-job-worker=262144"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-preload-manager=262144"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-nav-mesh-worker=65536"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-audio-worker=65536"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-cloud-worker=32768"
    "memorysetup-temp-allocator-size-gfx=262144"
Mono path[0] = '/home/steam/colonysurvival/colonyserver_Data/Managed'
Mono config path = '/home/steam/colonysurvival/colonyserver_Data/MonoBleedingEdge/etc'
Preloaded 'lib_burst_generated.so'
Preloaded 'libe_sqlite3.so'
Preloaded 'libsteam_api.so'
Loading player data from /home/steam/colonysurvival/colonyserver_Data/data.unity3d
Initialize engine version: 2021.3.14f1 (eee1884e7226)
[Subsystems] Discovering subsystems at path /home/steam/colonysurvival/colonyserver_Data/UnitySubsystems
Forcing GfxDevice: Null
GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=0; jobified=0
NullGfxDevice:
    Version:  NULL 1.0 [1.0]
    Renderer: Null Device
    Vendor:   Unity Technologies
Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
- Completed reload, in  0.085 seconds
ERROR: Shader Sprites/Default shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
ERROR: Shader Sprites/Mask shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
ERROR: Shader Legacy Shaders/VertexLit shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
ERROR: Shader GUI/Text Shader shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'Legacy Shaders/Diffuse' - All subshaders removed
WARNING: Shader Did you use #pragma only_renderers and omit this platform?
WARNING: Shader If subshaders removal was intentional, you may have forgotten turning Fallback off?
ERROR: Shader Legacy Shaders/Diffuse shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
WARNING: Shader Unsupported: 'Legacy Shaders/Diffuse' - All subshaders removed
WARNING: Shader Did you use #pragma only_renderers and omit this platform?
WARNING: Shader If subshaders removal was intentional, you may have forgotten turning Fallback off?
UnloadTime: 1.046848 ms
Current directory: /home/steam/colonysurvival, launch arg: ./colonyserver.x86_64
New current directory: /home/steam/colonysurvival
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Thread log (Re)started
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Detected version 0.9.1.3
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Current version: 0.9.1.3
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Acquired server file lock
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Loading world named [Test World]
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:dedicated steam sdk workaround: /home/steam/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so found, doing nothing
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Loading mod Colony Survival Localization 0.9.0
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Loading mod Colony Survival 0.9.0
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Registered 94 & 95 callbackhandlers/interfaces, and 63 implementation instances
[2023-04-29_14-07-48][Log]:Mod: AfterModsLoaded
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Waiting for patches of type AudioPatch to load...
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Read worldDB version 4
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Mod: AfterSelectedWorld
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Mod: AddItemTypes
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Mod: AfterAddingBaseTypes
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Found 83 registered researchables
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:All startup chunks loaded
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Mod: AfterItemTypesDefined
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Mod: AfterWorldLoad
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Initialized ServerManager
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Initializing networking of type: SteamOnline
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Hosting on 0.0.0.0:27004
dlopen failed trying to load:
steamclient.so
with error:
steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[S_API] SteamAPI_Init(): Loaded '/home/steam/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so' OK.  (First tried local 'steamclient.so')
CAppInfoCacheReadFromDiskThread took 3 milliseconds to initialize
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 366090
[S_API FAIL] Tried to access Steam interface SteamNetworkingUtils004 before SteamAPI_Init succeeded.
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:[SteamAPI] SteamManager Initialized.
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:Starting networking type SteamOnline
[2023-04-29_14-07-49][Log]:[UPnP/PMP] Starting NAT discovery for automatic port forwarding
[2023-04-29_14-07-50][Log]:Mod: AfterNetworkSetup
ERROR: Shader UI/Default shader is not supported on this GPU (none of subshaders/fallbacks are suitable)
[2023-04-29_14-07-51][Log]:[SteamAPI] Connected to steam servers with public IP = 111.222.333.444
[2023-04-29_14-07-56][Log]:Completed loading near-banner chunks queued from startup
[2023-04-29_14-08-06][Log]:[UPnP/PMP] Completed NAT discovery
[2023-04-29_14-08-34][Log]:New pending tcp connection
[2023-04-29_14-08-34][Log]:Thread tcp sending (Re)started
[2023-04-29_14-08-35][Log]:AuthTicket from XXXXXXXXXXXX probably OK
[2023-04-29_14-08-35][Log]:Connected player: Exxter (1 (XXXXXXXXXXXX))
[2023-04-29_14-08-36][Log]:Connected Exxter

I run much game servers like minecraft, 7d2d, rising world, ark survival evolved and many others, but I have never so long trouble using mods :/

I found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/colonysurvival/comments/eat9uo/adding_mods_to_colony_server/

OK, so I load a world (on Windows) in coop, enable the mod, start the server, and I can use and see the mod. Good.
Now I search in the Windows Explorer on all my SSD's after "modstate.json", and found nothing... :(

[Zun]

> Now I search in the Windows Explorer on all my SSD's after "modstate.json", and found nothing... :(

Mod state is in gamedata/savegames/yourworldname/worldconfig.json these days.
And yeah dedicated server mod support needs a little help...

[Exxter]

aah, it works. OK, I copy the complete worldconfig.json from the Windows Computer to the Linux Server:

{WorldType:1,ModConfigEntries:[{ModName:Sign,ModVersionLastKnown:0.1.2.0,Enabled:true},{ModName:PrettyRealistic,ModVersionLastKnown:1.1.2}]}

And now it works. Thanks very much :-)