Ark - Survival Evolved: Create your own server - how it works
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In Ark - Survival Evolved, you can play online with other players on servers. In this article we explain how to create your own server.
Ark - Survival Evolved: Preparing for your own server
Before you can start playing, you have to set up your server under Windows. For this you need the free tool "SteamCMD".
- Download the program and unzip the ZIP file so that you have access to "SteamCMD.exe".
- Start the program and wait until it has downloaded the updates you need. If the code "Steam>" appears at the beginning of the line, enter the following commands one after the other and replace the individual sections with your data.
- login YourSteamUsername YourSteamPassword
- force_install_dir C: \ SurvivalServer \
- app_update 346110 validate
- Now you need DirectX and the Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable Package. The installers are already in your server folder, you only have to run the two EXE files that you can find in the paths "C: \ SurvivalServer_commonredist \ DirectX" and "C: \ SurvivalServer_commonredist \ Vredist".
Creating servers in Ark - Survival Evolved - the final steps
You set up the Ark server with several commands. So that you do not have to enter these again each time the server is started, we will show you how to create a start script. This carries out the necessary commands yourself.
- First create a text file called "StartServer.bat" in your server folder and copy the following code into it. Replace "CHOOSEAPASSWORDHERE" and "CHOOSEANADMINPASSWORDHERE" with your own passwords.
- start ShooterGameServer "TheIsland? SessionName = GameServerSetup? QueryPort = 27015? ServerPassword = CHOOSEAPASSWORDHERE? ServerAdminPassword = CHOOSEANADMINAPASSWORDHERE? listen" exit
- Note that ports 27015 and 7777 (UDP & TCP) must be open and not blocked by your firewall. You can find detailed instructions on port release on this page.
- Finally, start the server by double-clicking on "StartServer.bat".
In single player and online on a server, console commands in Ark - Survival Evolved are useful. In the next practical tip, we have summarized the most important ones for you.