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In addition to above, clicking 'start game' in singleplayer just after an update can remove the mod from your active mods list and thus cause errors and break saves, delete data etc.
I hope this helps everyone if they run into these issues. If you had an issue where items went missing on your server, youll need to do a roll back. Now you can open Ark and let the mod reinstall. Steam will begin downloading (as you can see from the bar on the bottom of the steam window) It might take a bit for steam to register the subscription. Open and close steam one more time for good measureĨ. Delete the mod from your steam workshop folder (\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\346110\839162288)Ħ. Delete the mod from your ark mods folder (\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Content\Mods\839162288)ĥ. Open steam, then reclose it again (so it registers the unsubscription)Ĥ. Unsubscribe from the mod on the workshopģ. There are a few steps into actually purging the mod.Ģ.
This then causes you rage and you come to the discord or to steam to rant about things. As soon as you open Ark, steam will transfer the corrupted mod into your Ark mods directory, fixing nothing. Now, if you try to delete the mod to fix any issues, and you only delete the mod from your Ark mods folder, all you are doing is deleting a copy. You now have two copies of a corrupted mod. Steam then copies the mod from the installed directory into your Ark directory. Now, when you open up Ark, the mod installation begins. Once this mod is downloaded, it is ready to be installed. When a mod is subscribed to or updated, Steam downloads this mod from the workshop onto your local PC. Here is a short story on how steam downloads and updates mod: Purging your mod does not simply mean going into your Ark mods folder, deleting the mod and reinstalling. When a mod over 1GB updates, it can easily get corrupted and needs to be purged. It is entirely way way too common for a mod to get corrupted upon downloading. It is common that real bugs get through, but If my updated deleted all Primal Fear items, I would have known a long time ago and not released it. These updates are thoroughly tested before release. So what happen? Despite my love for griefing (see Kamikaze Dodos), I assure you I would never delete everything, or intentionally break anything. TLDR on this is your mod is corrupted and you need to redownload it. Now lets address the issue of things disappear, crashing, and other unexpected issues This will now upload the latest version to your server. You need to make sure your client side of the mod is updated though. Now upload the mod from your mods directory to your server directory. Now, open up your local file director and navigate to your ark mods folder. What you need to do is download/open up an FTP client and connect to your server, then navigate to your mods folder.
#ARK PRIMAL SURVIVAL GAME DOWNLOAD PC ONLY HOW TO#
So, whats the solution to this issue? FTP! If you dont know how to use FTP, google it. If you hit the button enough it might work eventually. So, SteamCMD tries and tries to update it and usually times out. Primal Fear is just a wee bit bigger than this. But SteamCMD is extremely BAD at downloading mods over 1GB in size. This makes keeping things updated extremely easy.
Most server companies, (home servers included) use SteamCMD to download and update their servers and mods. SteamCMD is a big, heaping, steaming pile of complete trash. So what exactly is happening? Well, there are a couple things happening:įirst let me address failing to download. This is always a reoccurring theme whenever I post an update. "I updated the mod and now all of my dinos are gone!" "my server keeps failing to download the update" Another awesome update, another round of: