hello i did check the servers and event is not active. in the cooking pot there is the event stuff to craft but:
- no colored dinos ( checked 15min for them and the colors should be very common
- no bunny dodos
- no 2x rates active
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hello i did check the servers and event is not active. in the cooking pot there is the event stuff to craft but:
- no colored dinos ( checked 15min for them and the colors should be very common
- no bunny dodos
- no 2x rates active
For some reason the rate multipliers haven't been working with events. Initially I thought it was because the Ark servers were on Linux, but now that we're on Windows again it seems like the rates still aren't working. If Epimetheus confirms that the rates haven't altered, then we can try manually adjusting the rates for the duration of the event.
I just did check and its all good exept the rates i did test with meat run, hatching and breeding.
servers down
Servers are back up. In the future, please post in the Ark servers down thread. Thanks!
Hey,
Are people still playing Ark on HD servers from time to time?
How is the ping from EU nowadays?
Getting the Ark itch :p
It takes about 75ms to get from Europe to the US, then another 60 or so ms to get to the ARK server.
Hop Time Time Time Hostname IP address 1 <1 <1 <1 gateway.as64425.com 5.182.210.1 2 - - -
3 1 1 1
212.119.24.97 4 1 2 1 ae-24.r24.amstnl02.nl.bb.gin.ntt.net 129.250.2.4 5 6 6 6 ae-15.r20.londen12.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net 129.250.5.1 6 76 73 74 ae-7.r20.nwrknj03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net 129.250.6.147 7 - - -
8 133 133 133 ae-28.r05.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net 129.250.2.45 9 136 136 136 ae-0.wholesail-networks.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net 129.250.194.238 10 135 135 136 cr2-sttlwawb-c-be14.bb.as20055.net 137.83.80.100 11 135 136 135 cr2-sttlwawb-a-be18.bb.as20055.net 137.83.80.0 12 135 136 136 cr2-smrworxa-a-be15.bb.as20055.net 107.191.236.63 13 135 135 135 cr2-smrworxa-b-be12.bb.as20055.net 107.191.236.112 14 134 136 134 cr2-bvtnorxb-b-be17.bb.as20055.net 107.191.236.117 15 137 136 135 northwest-fiber-bvtnorxb.demarc.as20055.net 204.194.220.6 16 138 136 136 ae0---0.cor01.bvtn.or.nwestnet.net 50.46.176.4 17 136 142 136 ae0---0.car01.bvtn.or.nwestnet.net 50.46.176.1 18 136 136 136
50.46.176.93 19 137 136 137 50-39-148-7.bvtn.or.ptr.ziplyfiber.com 50.39.148.7
When i check the servers with battlemetrics every other day there doesnt seem to be any activity.
For the first several years that the Ark servers were housed in the Netherlands, I really didn't experience any gameplay issues in regards to ping. This was back when we did a lot of PvP (accurately hitting moving targets with a sniper) as well. I would expect it shouldn't be too bad, if any different, in the reverse.
As it so happens, InsaneJ and I have been talking about the current state of Ark servers behind the scenes. There's nothing to tell really at this point, but I would expect by the end of the year there could be some changes. This is in part because I've been considering how effectively I can move forward with Ark 2 when that comes out. At this point, if you're feeling the itch I say go for it. There's no plan to shut down the PvE servers, and there's still the possibility that Epimetheus may continue his work on getting PvP servers up and running as a secondary cluster.
Thanks for the info!
I am still interested in doing this, but the 3 times i asked i basically got no reply at all. I can take the time and balance everything and i would most defintly play on it. But if there is no interest in pvp servers i dont see the worth in using the time for it. If atleast 3 players would play it, not every day but some hours per week i would do it.Quote:
There's no plan to shut down the PvE servers, and there's still the possibility that Epimetheus may continue his work on getting PvP servers up and running as a secondary cluster.
Maybe i will make another pool soon, to see if there is genuine interest in pvp servers.
Is there a chance we could get PvP servers when genesis 2 comes out? I liked how it was no wipe server ( exept nerf the loot from drops by 2x).
We could advertise it on arkservers.net & ark-servers.net
I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. PvP requires a much more active staff role in the servers though, which at this point could be a problem. Right now I've been content to let the PvE servers run themselves with little intervention on my part. The hardware/software issues that plagued the server last year seems to be resolved. But one thing that will remain to be a nuisance is the IP switching.
Ark doesn't utilize DNS for IPs, it resolved the IP name and then saves it as a static entry rather than the name. This is a problem if you don't have static public IPs through your ISP which I don't as it would cost me at least $250 per month to acquire that service (which is absurd, yay capitalism!). My DNS does auto update in conjunction with InsaneJ's hostname server, so the link to the servers through HappyDiggers would always be up to date within 15-20 mins of an IP update, but it does cause some disconnect from steam/ark in game connection gameplay. This problem will cause frustration with new players joining the server, and make it very difficult to keep an advertisement for the servers live as arkservers.net and others resolve and hold the static IP which would be changing every so often.
Hi,
Will there be a Genesis 2 server for Ark? The expansion came out this week and I would love to play it on a Happy Diggers server.
Yes
easy steps to get around mod mismatch for Gen 2? tried removing/readding the server, unsubscribing from the mods and relaunching.
********** Posting this here as I want it discussed.
I am voting to remove S+ from at least Gen 2. Reasons the last 2 days there have been joining the server due to this mod. Yesterday i crashed steam on purpose so it would verify files then it updated S+. Today I actually had remove the mod completely and reinstalled it. In total it took me an hour and 20 min from scratch (research and stuff), but going forward ~20ish min maybe. I do not believe there was an update for S+ between yesterday and today. The other reason for this is S+ isnt terribly important anymore. Ya some of the features are nice but I do not want to have to troubleshoot everyday I try to log in. Ok thanks for listening. time to fix the wife's mod mismatch now.
I have a mod mismatch error today too. But yesterday everything was still fine. Won't this just sort itself out with the daily restart?
I'm not for removing s+ though. I use it a lot. That would probably mean the destruction of all my buildings.
I would be hesitant to remove a mod that is integrated with our cluster. S+ has a lot of quality of life features built into the game that most folks likely take for granted as they've been in the servers since (almost) day 1. Transferring between servers would cause headaches as well. Having items from one mod in your inventory and transferring into a server without said mod will at best delete the items and at worst could corrupt characters.
Is this a relatively new issue that has cropped up? It seems several players are on the Gen 2 server as I type this reply.
Since ARK and it's mods are a bit of a mess, wouldn't it be a good idea to check for ARK and mod updates periodically in addition to the daily restart?
With Valheim I did an update check every 900 seconds as I didn't want to spam Steam servers.
For mods it's a bit more involved but perhaps you could check for updates there every hour or so?
If you need/like help with this I'm down to hack a few scripts :)
The Ark Server Manager through the windows VM performs auto mod updates and checks. It's rare that an update slips through unnoticed. The issue that was brought up by Dourne seems to be player side from what I can tell as the servers were up to date when I looked and there were players on the server (players can't join without up to date mods).
If we pursued moving Ark back to Linux I'd love some auto update scripts ;)
had an update last night at 11:58pm for 157.6mb. does not say what. home now at 8pm the following day and cannot see the servers. removed HD gen 2 from my servers. tried to add ark.happydiggers.net:31015 and get
Spoiler!
tried direct link from the home page
Spoiler!
tried mods again....nothing. appears not online.
The server hardware is offline which is why none of them are up. If the servers were online and weren't up to date they'd show they were online but you couldn't join them. I've initiated a remote power cycle so they should be up soon.
I can't believe i'm saying this, but I may be back to using heroin/playing ARK again...
For some reason I cant find the servers :D Any tips on how to fix that XD
Cheers,
Crimsonbeard(CRIMSON)
The latest update that dropped caused a corruption in the server files. The manager can't process a corrupted update so I'm manually resetting the game server files. Servers should be up one at a time over the next 30 minutes or so.
For those that don't yet have ARK: Survival Evolved. The game is currently free on Steam until June 19th.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3...vival_Evolved/