I received this message from the server I rent at which is Arkservers.io:

"Unfortunately, the developers of Ark pushed an update that broke every server. We can't roll it back, but there is one piece of good news: they also released a branch called preaquatica that seems to work for now. To get your server back online, you'll need to switch to it from the Basic tab."

I right clicked the game and went to properties then clicked on the tab Betas where you will see Beta Participation. From there look to your right to change it from none to preaquatica - ASE : Pre-Aquatica

hope this helps

The first one here is where I go to access it
https://photobucket.com/share/356be8fa-fbaf-4b19-acce-d0f78c4e04f8

Over here is what it looks like at the top
https://photobucket.com/share/264760e2-51f7-4272-b849-e7551e215814

scroll down a bit to see the end of it and you'll see my 1st mod settings I copied and paste
https://photobucket.com/share/7c18ad3b-91cb-43d0-a0e3-f35a52c428df

You'll see here as I scroll down the other mods settings I keep them separate by pressing enter
https://photobucket.com/share/f9eb1109-b52d-424d-8ed7-28fbb7f9d775

And this is how it looks like at the bottom
https://photobucket.com/share/d85b5c97-5e8b-4458-8c12-16708f841abb

As long as you copy and paste the settings anywhere in the middle of [settings] and the [SessionSettings] You will officially be able to set up your mod optional settings as some mods don't even require you to do this, this is mostly if you want to configure it your own way in the way you want your server to be

@RKay

Sorry it took so long to get back to you I had other priorities. I also wasn't sure how to show you until now and I had to pull up my old photobucket account. These examples here is specific to this server that I rent at it's just easier compared to others like survival servers and blue something.

@RKay It's been a while since I had the mod in my server after seeing people mentioned some bug issues that made me fearful of having it. When I get back from my work week which will be this sunday, I will join my server with this mod on to see if I encounter any issues. I'll take some screenshots too with how I set it up which is just copy and paste on GameUserSettings.ini not the Game.ini

But since it's been about 2 years since the game has been updated I wouldn't be surprised if there were bugs like what you described. I'd like to have this mod in my servers again assuming it works fine with no issues.

How do you put it on an ovis?

Buddy you need to explain more. Is this a craftable item? I set up the configs as mentioned in gameusersettings.ini. But I dont see any armor on my spawned in dinos

@Charly did you set it up?

INI Options
[ConfigurableDinoArmor]

Remember you gotta put stuff underneath it too. All the creatures mentioned and put them true. You can put some on False incase you don't want it on others.

How the armor works? I dont see any creature spawning with natural armor. I tamed some and nothing. I did a dinowipe also... I play single player.

what is the ID Item to spawn? I mean, the console ID

is this stackable?

Can you port this to ASA?

Hello, is this armour something you have to craft or do they have this armour on them when they are tamed?
And are the stats done automatically? I don't have to touch it in the ini system?
Because I don't know anything about it. Thanks

@SPQR Khyra Rockwell as long as other mods don't remap creatures or change their saddle slots it should work fine.

This mod function with kraken better dino ?

@Shinygati I get dino armor to my creatures if I kill unclaimed for example hesperornises and I can put it on my creature, is it a bug?

is it possible to add min armor value or make it not scale and choose a number?

@Blainecook14 It's not that easy for the Fenrir because of how it's attack changes the armor when it transforms.

@Shinygati Could you make the Fenrir Armor Configurable Also?

I did some testing with R-Direwolfs yesterday with fenrir to do boss fights. It happened then.

@Celestethemini And when was the last time you noticed it happen? it should have been fixed since exactly a week ago and i have not been able to reproduce it, no matter how many times i leave and re-render or keep cryo'ing, the armor now remains at the value it is set to in my testing.

I'm using the global MaxArmor=124 value.

@Celestethemini Are you using the global value or is this setup individually for the creature? this was a bug that i had noticed but was recently fixed and i have been unable to reproduce it anymore.

There seems to be a bug where the armor isn't scaling properly. I have it set to a Max of 124. However, it seems to reset when the dino is reset, aka via cryopod or soul trap or server restart.

@Shinygati Could you make the Fenrir Armor Configurable Also?

help please i cant activate mod on single player

That is correct, though it has to be an exact class match or it won't work currently.

So if the class is the same it'll be buffed correct?

However in the future I will look into the possibility of working around this by adding an ini that would let you define the file path of a modded dino to apply the armor to.

@Exc_Sanguine_Wes Its based on specific Dino classes that gives it a buff and if that creature is enabled from the ini the armour will be added to it, unfortunately child Dino's do not currently work as this would require buffing every creature to check their parent class which would impact performance.

How does the implementation work? Does it just give armor to childed dinos? IE would a modded Fire Wyvern also get the armor?

In my case I had set up the server to stop within 15-20 mins because I thought it would connect with Automatic Updates, but sadly it does not. So those who run servers, keep an eye on that and make sure to uncheck it.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/755859975452229684/991039509321891920/arkservers.io_stop_server_when_empty_box.png

@Ultimate_Halo What's your mod list?

@Ultimate_Halo You should have the log file on the server, either through the web interface or via ftp you can find it from there, chances are you have another mod that's not playing nice with this one for some reason so you'll have to figure out which one it is.

Ok so i've reinstalled the mod but the crash is still there. It shows the crash log in a window but I can't highlight the text to copy and paste it. Though, the title says "The UE4-ShooterGame Server has crashed and will close". It also say Fatal error but there is a lot more in it. Is there a way to see the crash log though the files?

Without more info on the crash it's hard to say what's causing it then, it's been working fine for my servers so i would try reinstalling the mod and go from there.

I do not

@Ultimate_Halo do you have KBD or classic fliers installed?

Whenever I start my server, this mod causes it to crash. It does not crash if the mod is not installed. I'm not sure where to find the crash logs but the message that appears does not allow me to copy and paste.Not sure where I could post of picture of it.

The update has indeed fixed the issue.

@Ultimate_Halo The last update seems to have broken the config values for each creature and ignores if you have anything set to false, i'll have a fix out soon.

Yes I have restarted the server and it still happens.

@Ultimate_Halo does this still happen after a server restart? it could just be from the old update that the buff still existed on the Fjordhawk.

I noticed every time I level the Fjordhawk in health it gets the armor back (the fjordhawk is disabled). But soul balling it removes the armor.

@Killrchronic I'm glad you got it working in the end but do feel like your read/write permissions to the files are the cause of the ini not being generated properly, i did some testing of my own earlier and hosted a server from another machine but i didn't encounter any problems, i would start by running your server as admin or check the properties to the config files and make sure it's not set to read only as this can cause issues with other mods in the future.

@Shinygati I wanted to post an update for you since you had been such a big help. It looks like its a mod incompatibility between classic flyers and this mod. I confirmed this by editing the ini for just 325 armor bloodstalkers and its stable and works without cryoing. Existing bloodstalkers have the armor. wyverns griffins and any other classic flyers that dont have saddles will be incompatible with this if that mod is also active. Also to note if you host your own server you have to edit the ini manually it looks like, it doesnt auto inject. thanks again for your support on this.

@Shinygati thanks for the help and troubleshooting, it looks like I am going to have to take it as is with 124 armor. I put the lines in the ini manually and the server has a fatal error after it fully comes up.

@Killrchronic It really doesn't matter where the ini code is placed as long as it's after a blank line, for example:

[ServerSettings]
AllowHideDamageSourceFromLogs=True
AllowHitMarkers=True

[ConfigurableDinoArmor]
MaxArmor=50
AnglerFish=True
...

I did take the time to go over everything in my mod and i can't see anything that could potentially be causing issues, so again unless i can reproduce this problem myself i really can't be of much help unfortunately, i would start by trying out other mods that generates ini code and see if there's any problems with those as well.

@Shinygati The interesting part is the bloodstalkers are still coming out of cryo with 124 armor... so in some way the mod is working. What section of the ini does the mod copy the info to. maybe if I copy/paste the above info into the ini manually. I just want to make sure as when I put it below the message of the day the server was not stable. So if it was working where in the file would it be copied to?

@Killrchronic Unfortunately there's not alot I can really do to help, this seems to be such a unique issue and there have been no problems on any gPortal/nitrado hosted servers, it's not like my mod is doing anything weird either so unless I'm able to reproduce your issue there's just simply no way for me to find out what's causing it.

@Shinygati I am not really sure where to go from here. I deleted the mod, unsubbed and verified game files. Then resubbed and ran game once to make sure the files downloaded. Stopped the game and copied the files for the server. Then I updated the server and replaced the mod files with fresh downloads from the client machine. shootergame\saved\config\windowsserver\gameusersettings.ini still is not showing the code or any change.