Can anyone point me to a complete guide on how to install mods or know what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks.įrom what I can gather, the mod installation procedure is basically copy over the '*.mod' file and 'mod' directory into '/arkserver/ShooterGame/Content/Mods/' and then add 'ActiveMods=xxxxxxxxxx' under '' in the GameUserSettings.ini file.įollow up question, before you copied over the mods from your PC to the server, did you run your ARK client and make sure the mod actually installed? I suspect you have done this, but just checking. ModIDS=xxxxxxxxxxx' lines, but this causes segmentation faults and other errors upon starting the ark service.įrom what I understand, it's supposed to be as simple as copying the mods to the right directory, and adding the 'ActiveMods=xxxxxxxx' line to the settings file, and it should work. I did go into 'Game.ini' as well and added the '

I also read a couple of forums with other people asking how to install mods, and a few people were mentioning editing other files (such as Game.ini) and also editing the server execution command with something, but I think those are referring to servers that were installed differently than how I installed mine. To my knowledge there are no errors that I can see to indicate what might be wrong. I changed all of the permissions of the mod file and directory (recursively) to the same owner/group that every thing else is. I tried waiting a while to see if it just takes a crazy amount of time to load with mods, but after about an hour it still isn't showing up in Steam's server list or in the Ark client's server list. Under Steam's server list, it just says 'not responding'. I've done all this and restarted the ark service (with systemctl restart ark) but the client no longer sees the server despite it showing as 'active (running)' when I use 'systemctl status ark'. From what I can gather, the mod installation procedure is basically copy over the '*.mod' file and 'mod' directory into '/arkserver/ShooterGame/Content/Mods/' and then add 'ActiveMods=xxxxxxxxxx' under '' in the GameUserSettings.ini file. I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 Server and the server runs fine with no mods.

I've been reading through several tutorials and guides on how to install mods on a Linux server, but I'm still having issues.

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