mod.info and metamod.info help

anonymous_user_4213ed87 · June 24, 2016, 12:48pm

Hey Guys,

I’m writing a little tool to help keep our Ark servers updated, I’ve progressed to extracting the .z files fine but I’m struggling with extracting the mod details, its name etc

I assume this data is in metamod.info of mod.info any help on the type of files these are would be greatly appreciated or if I’m assuming wrong about the data location a point in the right direction would be awesome!

spezz · June 25, 2016, 2:01am

this is a bat file i use to update my mods on my servers

@echo off

rem The location of the SteamCMD folder (E:\ArkDataFolder\SteamCMD).
set STEAMCMDDIR=I:\Servers\steamcmd

rem The location of your ARK server folder, this should match the ‘Installation Location’ field in ASM (eg. E:\ArkDataFolder\ArkServer).
set ARKSERVERDIR=I:\Server

rem This is a comma delimited string of the ModIDs, this should match the ‘Mod Ids’ field in ASM (eg. 533828549,538418918,542244370,489596581).
set MODIDS=684690382

rem This is the start of the MOD update section.

set ARKMODDIR=I:\Servers\ShooterGame\Content\Mods

for %%a in (%MODIDS:,= %) do (
echo.
echo.
echo ************
echo Updating MOD - %%a
echo ************
rem Step #1 - download the mod file using SteamCMD
echo.
echo Step #1 - Downloading the mod files.
"%STEAMCMDDIR%\steamcmd.exe" +login anonymous +workshop_download_item 346110 %%a +quit

rem ********************************************************************************************************************
rem ***** If the mod you use stores information within it's mod folder, you may need to remove the delete section. *****
rem ********************************************************************************************************************
rem Step #2 - delete the current mod folder from the server.
echo.
echo.
echo Step #2 - Removing the existing mod files from the server mod folder.
IF EXIST "%ARKMODDIR%\%%a" RMDIR /S /Q "%ARKMODDIR%\%%a"
IF EXIST "%ARKMODDIR%\%%a.mod" DEL /F /Q "%ARKMODDIR%\%%a.mod"

rem Step #3 - copy the mod files downloaded by SteamCMD to the server's mod folder.
echo.
echo Step #3 - Copying the mod files to the server mod folder.
ArkModCopy.exe "%STEAMCMDDIR%" "%ARKSERVERDIR%" "%%a"
)

rem This is the end of the MOD update section.

set STEAMCMDDIR=
set ARKSERVERDIR=
set ARKMODDIR=

echo.
echo.
pause

WoefulMacabre · June 25, 2016, 2:24am

V244 Should negate needing this;

More specifically;

-WM

anonymous_user_4213ed87 · July 7, 2016, 9:03am

Thanks for the reply guys, it doesn’t look like the bat script will work with compressed mods unless there’s something I’m missing? (just noticed its executing a exe to deal with it)

I had no idea they where bringing out their own updater… changes everything

jslay · July 8, 2016, 1:11pm

Windows & Linux Dedicated Servers now support automatic mod download/installation/updating! Just add “-automanagedmods” to your launch commandline and it will do so before the server launches (note for Maps this will not work unless you’re specifying the Workshop ID to load a Mod Map). On Linux Servers, you need to run this script (included with the ARK dedicated server files) once to install SteamCMD: \SteamCMDInstall.sh

hogscraper · July 8, 2016, 2:38pm

I guess I should have waited a week to make my post about that:)
These guys are awesome!