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[GH-ISSUE #1104] [ARK] Duplicate parameters | Server config files are overwritten at every server restart. #870

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Originally created by @adgriff2 on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/1104

Originally assigned to: @UltimateByte on GitHub.

All files in these locations are overwritten at every server start:
/home/arkserver/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/
/home/arkserver/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/CleanSourceConfigs/

arkserver@Server01:~/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer$ stat GameUserSettings.ini
File: ‘GameUserSettings.ini’
Size: 2916 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 394032 Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 1003/arkserver) Gid: ( 1003/arkserver)
Access: 2016-10-06 00:25:36.020873072 -0400
Modify: 2016-10-06 00:39:19.087156534 -0400
Change: 2016-10-06 00:39:19.087156534 -0400
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arkserver@Server01:~/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer$ ~/arkserver start
[ OK ] Starting ark-server: ark-server
arkserver@Server01:~/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer$ stat GameUserSettings.ini
File: ‘GameUserSettings.ini’
Size: 2916 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 394032 Links: 1
Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 1003/arkserver) Gid: ( 1003/arkserver)
Access: 2016-10-06 00:41:25.573665726 -0400
Modify: 2016-10-06 00:41:25.577665678 -0400
Change: 2016-10-06 00:41:25.577665678 -0400
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I've even tried deleting the entire contents of both folders. The files get recreated and any config changes made are overwritten.

Originally created by @adgriff2 on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/1104 Originally assigned to: @UltimateByte on GitHub. All files in these locations are overwritten at every server start: /home/arkserver/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/ /home/arkserver/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/CleanSourceConfigs/ `arkserver@Server01:~/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer$ stat GameUserSettings.ini` File: ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ Size: 2916 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 394032 Links: 1 Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 1003/arkserver) Gid: ( 1003/arkserver) Access: 2016-10-06 00:25:36.020873072 -0400 Modify: 2016-10-06 00:39:19.087156534 -0400 Change: 2016-10-06 00:39:19.087156534 -0400 Birth: - `arkserver@Server01:~/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer$ ~/arkserver start` [ OK ] Starting ark-server: ark-server `arkserver@Server01:~/serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer$ stat GameUserSettings.ini` File: ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ Size: 2916 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 394032 Links: 1 Access: (0600/-rw-------) Uid: ( 1003/arkserver) Gid: ( 1003/arkserver) Access: 2016-10-06 00:41:25.573665726 -0400 Modify: 2016-10-06 00:41:25.577665678 -0400 Change: 2016-10-06 00:41:25.577665678 -0400 Birth: - I've even tried deleting the entire contents of both folders. The files get recreated and any config changes made are overwritten.

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@antonydevanchi commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

@adgriff2 As far as I know usage correct encoding of the file will help solve the problem. Try UTF-16 LE.

@antonydevanchi commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): @adgriff2 As far as I know usage correct encoding of the file will help solve the problem. Try UTF-16 LE.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

@Smile42RU Thanks for the hand, i got no clue about this.
If this is the actual issue, you can also edit your config with nano or vi instead of with an FTP and a windows editor, since they should preserve the formatting.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): @Smile42RU Thanks for the hand, i got no clue about this. If this is the actual issue, you can also edit your config with nano or vi instead of with an FTP and a windows editor, since they should preserve the formatting.

kerem commented

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@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

I've been running an ark server on this same box for around a year with my own (quite humble) steamcmd script and never had a config encoding issue, odd. My backup configs are all ascii. This is the first time I've tried LGSM.

That said, I used iconv to change the encoding to UTF-16LE. This had no effect and was overwritten as soon as the server was started.

@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): I've been running an ark server on this same box for around a year with my own (quite humble) steamcmd script and never had a config encoding issue, odd. My backup configs are all ascii. This is the first time I've tried LGSM. That said, I used iconv to change the encoding to UTF-16LE. This had no effect and was overwritten as soon as the server was started.

kerem commented

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@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

It appears that some options are defined in the startup parms and also in the config file. Maybe these are in conflict?

@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): It appears that some options are defined in the startup parms and also in the config file. Maybe these are in conflict?

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

Well spotted, it could be !
Can you try removing them from the config file and see ?

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): Well spotted, it could be ! Can you try removing them from the config file and see ?

kerem commented

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@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

I've reverted to using my previous script for the time being. I'll try to schedule some downtime at some point to play with it.

@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): I've reverted to using my previous script for the time being. I'll try to schedule some downtime at some point to play with it.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016):

We had several people complaining about this recently. So we need to get our hands in it i guess anyways.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2016): We had several people complaining about this recently. So we need to get our hands in it i guess anyways.

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@cedarlug commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016):

From what I find, this is what Ark does with a config file with an error.
Ref: https://github.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/issues/367
Ref: http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/1614-gameini-wont-save-and-gets-blank-on-server-start/&do=findComment&comment=47538
Ref: https://github.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/issues/260

My recommendation is to put all of your settings in the arkserver script.

@cedarlug commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016): From what I find, this is what Ark does with a config file with an error. Ref: https://github.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/issues/367 Ref: http://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/1614-gameini-wont-save-and-gets-blank-on-server-start/&do=findComment&comment=47538 Ref: https://github.com/FezVrasta/ark-server-tools/issues/260 My recommendation is to put all of your settings in the `arkserver` script.

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@WriggleDev commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016):

Are you generating your gameusersettings.ini and copy/pasting it in?
I ended up taking my generated .ini file and retyping the settings in manually and it worked.

@WriggleDev commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016): Are you generating your gameusersettings.ini and copy/pasting it in? I ended up taking my generated .ini file and retyping the settings in manually and it worked.

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@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016):

Are you generating your gameusersettings.ini and copy/pasting it in?
I ended up taking my generated .ini file and retyping the settings in manually and it worked.

At first I was, but then I deleted all the configs and let the starting server recreate them. I then restarted the server without altering the configs. The starting server overwrote the configs it had just created. This seems to confirm that the problem isn't linked to a user altering them.

@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016): > Are you generating your gameusersettings.ini and copy/pasting it in? > I ended up taking my generated .ini file and retyping the settings in manually and it worked. At first I was, but then I deleted all the configs and let the starting server recreate them. I then restarted the server without altering the configs. The starting server overwrote the configs it had just created. This seems to confirm that the problem isn't linked to a user altering them.

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@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016):

Here's what I currently use that doesn't have the config overwriting problem. It's just a small script I wrote to stop the server via systemd, forceupdate it, then start it back up via systemd. Below that is the systemd 'script' that contains the startup command that works. It's much more abbreviated than the one used in LGSM. I'm thinking the LGSM startup command may be the problem.
adgriff2@Server01:~/scripts$ cat updateArk.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo systemctl stop ark-dedicated.service
&& /home/steamuser/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh
+login anonymous
+force_install_dir /home/steamuser/steamcmd/Ark
+app_update 376030
+quit
&& sudo systemctl start ark-dedicated.service
adgriff2@Server01:~/scripts$ cat /etc/systemd/system/ark-dedicated.service
[Unit]
Description=ARK: Survival Evolved dedicated server
Wants=network-online.target
After=syslog.target network.target nss-lookup.target network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/steamuser/steamcmd/Ark/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=GriffinArk -server -log
LimitNOFILE=100000
ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID
User=steamuser
Group=steamuser

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016): Here's what I currently use that doesn't have the config overwriting problem. It's just a small script I wrote to stop the server via systemd, forceupdate it, then start it back up via systemd. Below that is the systemd 'script' that contains the startup command that works. It's much more abbreviated than the one used in LGSM. I'm thinking the LGSM startup command may be the problem. `adgriff2@Server01:~/scripts$ cat updateArk.sh` #!/bin/bash sudo systemctl stop ark-dedicated.service \ && /home/steamuser/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh \ +login anonymous \ +force_install_dir /home/steamuser/steamcmd/Ark \ +app_update 376030 \ +quit \ && sudo systemctl start ark-dedicated.service `adgriff2@Server01:~/scripts$ cat /etc/systemd/system/ark-dedicated.service` [Unit] Description=ARK: Survival Evolved dedicated server Wants=network-online.target After=syslog.target network.target nss-lookup.target network-online.target [Service] ExecStart=/home/steamuser/steamcmd/Ark/ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=GriffinArk -server -log LimitNOFILE=100000 ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID User=steamuser Group=steamuser [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

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@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016):

Changing the '#parms variable in arkserver.sh to be more like my old startup command seems to have fixed the problem. I removed args for MultiHome, MaxPlayers, QueryPort, RCONPort, Port, and ServerAdminPassword. I think these are taken care of in the config.

@adgriff2 commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016): Changing the '#parms variable in arkserver.sh to be more like my old startup command seems to have fixed the problem. I removed args for MultiHome, MaxPlayers, QueryPort, RCONPort, Port, and ServerAdminPassword. I think these are taken care of in the config.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016):

BTW we have to chose anyways if we put stuff inside the .ini or start parameters in LGSM. There are currently some duplicate parameters.
This needs to be addressed.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Oct 7, 2016): BTW we have to chose anyways if we put stuff inside the .ini or start parameters in LGSM. There are currently some duplicate parameters. This needs to be addressed.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2017):

I'm on it.
Ark don't give a crap about ports set within cfg file. So we'd rather get them only into start parameters.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2017): I'm on it. Ark don't give a crap about ports set within cfg file. So we'd rather get them only into start parameters.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2017):

So, here is what config looks like now
github.com/GameServerManagers/Game-Server-Configs@3ff04eadc7 (diff-4ca2a40fe9)

SessionName & ServerAdminPassword are set using .ini file.
Leaving RCONPort since Ark will recreate it anyways, at least it'll be in the right location.
Ports/maxplayers/IP are set within start parms; however maxplayers will show up in .ini after starting the server but can't seem to be set within .ini file, resets to 70 no matter what.

Pull-requesting for a main script fix soon.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jan 13, 2017): So, here is what config looks like now https://github.com/GameServerManagers/Game-Server-Configs/commit/3ff04eadc7c5b76c9fbe9ffee79fd8e6401bec61#diff-4ca2a40fe9ae60534d8ed66ed8a843ce > SessionName & ServerAdminPassword are set using .ini file. > Leaving RCONPort since Ark will recreate it anyways, at least it'll be in the right location. > Ports/maxplayers/IP are set within start parms; however maxplayers will show up in .ini after starting the server but can't seem to be set within .ini file, resets to 70 no matter what. Pull-requesting for a main script fix soon.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2017):

This has been merged.
Advised:

Updating arkserver script
Running ./arkserver uf;
Grabbing the newest config file (renaming the older will do the trick, newest will be downloaded).

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2017): This has been merged. Advised: - Updating `arkserver` script - Running `./arkserver uf`; - Grabbing the newest config file (renaming the older will do the trick, newest will be downloaded).

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@jkdoug commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017):

I'm having this issue myself, using the latest and greatest arkserver scripts. Nothing I've tried so far has stopped my config from being overwritten every time I start the server.

The weird thing is that I see no message echo'd, and my default config, which I edited, remains intact. I don't know where it's even getting the config file it's using or where in the code it's doing this.

@jkdoug commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017): I'm having this issue myself, using the latest and greatest arkserver scripts. Nothing I've tried so far has stopped my config from being overwritten every time I start the server. The weird thing is that I see no message echo'd, and my default config, which I edited, remains intact. I don't know where it's even getting the config file it's using or where in the code it's doing this.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017):

@jkdoug What are you editing your config with ? Are you sure you're putting settings at the right location ? Are you editing config files while the server is off ? (you should)

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017): @jkdoug What are you editing your config with ? Are you sure you're putting settings at the right location ? Are you editing config files while the server is off ? (you should)

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@jkdoug commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017):

Yes, I stopped the server, edited serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini with vi, and started the server again.

I tried editing arkserver to use the develop branch. It seems that the features are not merged into the master very often.

@jkdoug commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017): Yes, I stopped the server, edited serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini with vi, and started the server again. I tried editing arkserver to use the develop branch. It seems that the features are not merged into the master very often.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017):

@jkdoug Once a week. Changes mentioned here are already implemented.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017): @jkdoug Once a week. Changes mentioned here are already implemented.

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@jkdoug commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017):

Well, I'm sorry, but the changes are not fixing anything for me. Maybe I'll try deleting everything and starting over.

@jkdoug commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017): Well, I'm sorry, but the changes are not fixing anything for me. Maybe I'll try deleting everything and starting over.

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017):

@jkdoug Any mistake in Ark's config file will make it overwritten. LGSM part about it has been fixed unless proved otherwise.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2017): @jkdoug Any mistake in Ark's config file will make it overwritten. LGSM part about it has been fixed unless proved otherwise.

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