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Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

7:07 AM

https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

7:07 AM

Added Post Support by ownprox · Pull Request #19 · Michidu/ARK-S...

Plugins for Michidu Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

here is what i'm trying to get to work

9:09 AM

i want to basically id the flmathrower being used so i can prevent the damage from it

Your code is pretty flawed because, you don't null check enough stuff, or even type check event instigator to make sure its a character Your Server would crash if a dino attacks a structure or a player riding one attacks it or even a player with no weapon in his hands or even a grenade hits it yeah you had about 4 possible crash's (edited)

9:46 AM

float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this && EventInstigator && !EventInstigator->IsLocalController() && EventInstigator->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::StaticClass()))
    {
        AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
        if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
        {
            FString WeaponName;
            AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
            if (WeaponName.Contains(L"Flamethrower")) return 0;
        }
    }
    APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

(edited)

you need something like that ^^

@OwnProx you should be able to lint with C++ or CPP after``` (edited)

ah i tried c++

CPP Will work then

maybe cause low case (edited)

float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

10:05 AM

yep cpp

ty

10:05 AM

@WETBATMAN Answer is above, scroll up (edited)

10:06 AM

also this is the wrong section keep it to #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ

my bad too i guess general is for non plugin related stuff (edited)

also id like to add AShooterController or APrimalDinoAIController or AAIController or APlayerController all use AController as a base class meaning that many functions you hook may use different types under the class of AController thus you type check it to know at this point if it is a character or a dino ect (edited)

10:19 AM

you can see this by browsing Actor.h file in ArkApi Source

anyone know how to make a command for players like /suicide that will damage the player but ignore the damage if they're not on a dino (so as not to kill the dino instead of the player)

yes

Guess it's possible to take a look on the Improved Commands plugin and develop it from there.

@OwnProx How have you guys gone about handling contributions to your public repos? Has anyone other than you and @Michidu been involved on those? (edited)

you mean like as in adding extra stuff to our public sources ?, because you can clone from github, then you can upload it to your own then when you make a change you can make a pull request against my github which will show me all the changes you did and give me the option to apply it

3:14 PM

or did i get the wrong idea about what you mean?

In the past when I've worked with a group on public project, I added them as contributors to my repository and just protected my master branch by making it where the only way to write to it is through pull request approval, or as the repo owner.

3:36 PM

I was just curious if you guys added each other as direct contributors to your repos or had done like you said (edited)

3:38 PM

I've never contributed to a repo without having the ability to push new branches to it (edited)

Michidu is added as a contributor to my github

6:25 AM

but im not added on his but that does not limit me from passing updates via github to him, you simply would fork one of either of our projects (can be located at top right of github) then you would makes your changes and commit to your own github, then simply head to mine or Michidu's then under where you see the commit's count you will see New pull request click that and it will allow you to select a source to compare against and it will then notify either me or michidu of your edits

6:26 AM

heres a example of a pull i did on the api to support Post in http class: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/pull/19/commits/9d67a33a82f589e06be13b08982ac69ec656db00

6:27 AM

anyone can made a programming contribution we more then welcome it

@Michidu whats the new arkapi update, security fix ?

fixes one exploit

from client side or ? (edited)

well, from players possibly

hmm i better update it soon

yeah i found it earlier today highly recommended to upgrade but i highly dout anyone will exploit it on you as they would need to know a few things first, even the most popular servers have not been effected by this it was never made public (edited)

Does the plugins.unload and plugins.load work with RCON or is it only through console ingame that it will work?

only console as far as i know

only ingame

2:28 PM

but you can just enable AutomaticPluginReloading

2:28 PM

in Ark Api's config.json

2:29 PM

enable that

2:29 PM

then simply rename your new dll to MyDllName.dll.ArkApi

2:29 PM

and move it to the location of the old dll in the plugins folder

2:30 PM

and it will automatically load the new dll

2:30 PM

you can just change vs settings output path and make it apply .ArkApi to the dll name

2:30 PM

so it simply detects the new dll after build and loads it

2:30 PM

without any copy and pasting required

Holy.

Does that automatically unload the old one too?

yes, it does

That is awesome. My ass has been rebooting servers nonstop.

yeah we need someone to write documentations for the api haha

2:49 PM

lol: https://ark-server-api.com/threads/automatic-plugin-update-checker.66/post-6412 (edited)

Automatic Plugin Update Checker

Awesome work!

That's epic lol I didn't even know about that @OwnProx

5:37 PM

Documentations would be godsent

Good luck to the poor soul that documents tens of thousands of functions and variables

lol

Sooo.. if I have a plugin and I do plugins.unload from ingame... i should be able to replace the dll and update it with another right ?

10:11 AM

Without having o restart the server.

only if plugin supports the unloading

Could you let me know in detail what do you mean by supports the unloading? I'm assuming it is referring to this.

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload(); <----------------------------------
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

that should be it unless you're adding additional chat commands or such

yes, you need to remove all commands/hooks in the Unload function

Strange. Let me share the code of that part. What ever I try, in game I get the unloaded message.. but I still can't replace the dll because it gives error as in being in use.

10:32 AM

void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("MyPlugin");
    LoadConfiguration();
    MyPluginDatabase::InitDatabase();

    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, &AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original);

    ArkApi::GetCommands().AddChatCommand("/myplugin", &MyPluginFunction);

}

void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer);

    ArkApi::GetCommands().RemoveChatCommand("/myplugin");
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

10:32 AM

Anything wrong here ?

looks fine

10:33 AM

are you sure it says that plugin was unloaded?

Yup.

10:34 AM

what in console?

Let me grab the console as well

10:37 AM

11/28/18 09:02 [API][info] Loaded plugin - myplugin
11/28/18 09:03 [API][info] Unloaded plugin - myplugin
11/28/18 09:04 [API][info] Loaded plugin - myplugin

how it says loaded after?

10:39 AM

did you enable auto reloading maybe?

Automatic loading is false.. and that is the last lines in the log

"settings":{  
    "AutomaticPluginReloading":false,
    "AutomaticPluginReloadSeconds":5,
    "SaveWorldBeforePluginReload":true
  },

weird, there is no way it can automatically load after unloading

That you meant.. .I loaded first -> tested overwrite -> failed -> unloaded -> tested overwrite -> failed -> loaded again -> tested overwrite -> failed

ah, hm i will try it again. But you should be able to replace/remove dll after unloading

Thanx, I'll try some other means as well... maybe something is locking up those files once the game is running. Also, if it may help... after I unload it and got the unloaded message, i still can use the registered command.

and they works?

Yeah, I unload the plugin, gets unloaded message in game and in console..and I still can write /myplugin and get the function as if no unloading happened.

then it indeed not unloaded somehow

Any way I can troubleshoot to confirm if it is indeed unloading or not?

it's not. Weird, in my test unloading worked. Do you use api v 2.9?

Yes

did you try to unload some other plugin?

That I haven't tried. I only have 2 at the moment. ExtendedRCON and this. Let me try the extendedRcon

Ok, this is strange. I have API 2.9 and ExtendedRCON + MyPlugin only on this server. I tested first to get tribe log to check if ExtendedRCON was working and it was working ok. So I did a plugins.unload ExtendedRCON and it responds by saying its not loaded. I loaded it and it reported loaded, and unloaded it which said unloaded, but still can use the commands.

11/28/18 11:29 [API][warning] (ArkApi::PluginManager::UnloadPluginCmd) Plugin extendedrcon is not loaded
11/28/18 11:31 [API][info] Loaded plugin - extendedrcon
11/28/18 11:34 [API][info] Unloaded plugin - extendedrcon

maybe case matters? I don't remember it. [API][info] Unloaded plugin - ExtendedRcon

yes case does matter

12:53 PM

when i unload my plugin i type its name exactly as shown on the plugin folder/DLL name

Hmm... Let me try

Yeah, case does seem to matter when loading and unloading. But if we type in the wrong case, shouldn't the API return it as plugin not found or something? Maybe that's why I'm having the confusion.

C++ itself is case sensitive so it would make sense for the load/unload function to be case sensitive itself

It is. But how it is now, you can load the same plugin with the wrong case even after it has already been loaded.

is there any possible way to force handcuffs onto myself

I'll handcuff you @WETBATMAN

hehe

but yeah if you need me to log on to your test server I can

you have a few spare mins ?

i'll just spin up rdp from work ^ useless bit of information and now i'm questioning why I stated it. Short answer: Yes (edited)

5:26 PM

ye let me remove mods from it so you connect shortly

5:27 PM

89.232.32.23:27017

5:27 PM

will be up shortly

sure let me know

its online

oh

5:37 PM

otw

aight lets do this

@Raptross because when you load the dll it uses windows file system and windows supports lower case when selecting a file it will still detect it if it was fully named in uppercase and you searched for it in lower case and well when the plugin is added to the plugins array in the api it grabs the name from the dll thus storing it in the array with lower and upper case characters dependant on the folder you placed it / plugin name so when you call the unload command it looks that array looking for a exact match to the plugin name you typed aka case sensitive sure there could of been a tolower to convert both to lowercase while checking but its a bit pointless (edited)

10:01 PM

also not sure why unloading is not working try with a blank plugin with nothing but a single hook in it or something to better determine

Yeah, it works now. Case was all that was mattering. When I used unload, i used all lower and it was saying it wasn't loaded. So i loaded it again with lower case and unloaded it again with the same lower case. Which actually still left the real one with the proper casing intact. That was where I was getting confused. Thanx all for helping me figure this out.

@Michidu / @OwnProx Since loading and unloading is through the game console only, any idea of having that function brought into the RCON ? Would be very easy for admins who run clusters, so that they don't have to hop on to each one separately to update plugins when required.

5

1

i +1 this

yeah indeed, by rcon would be nice. But when you are building a plugin i can understand that you don't need it. But for example now when i'm about to upgrade 10 servers with plugins.

5:01 PM

It can be nice to avoid restarting all the servers

5:01 PM

But it's a nice to have feature (edited)

5:01 PM

Another thought i had is to make the config files more in the database. if it would be possible. So plugins can share config files and you only need to update on one place. I know when i wrote with Delphi and that application connected to the database and looked in a WSF storage in the database after it's config file. Quite neat.

5:16 PM

Maybe it's a little bit overkill..

NO SUCH THING BROTHER!

5:17 PM

>Says the node dev don't listen to me we're masochists I totally store settings in dbs at times though cause why not

and i'm lazy (edited)

if we use MongoDB, you could literally just upload the current config files

^

and they'd keep their jdon format

Yeah, i have 10 Servers atm. I know it's quite much just copy paste. But yeah i gives a backup as well. if the server goes down the config is still "there" and you only need to reinstall the server with plugins and point the plugins to the database again.

How hard in mongo to use on the client side?

5:18 PM

I've never set it up :/ (edited)

not hard at all if you're using linux as your db server

5:19 PM

MS is kindof annoying

MySQL can handle any files if im not totally wrong.

that's true, but can you query parts of a json without having to hard code it in? (edited)

Don't understand the question

if you store a json file in mysql, you'll still have to pull the who line and parse it right?

5:21 PM

in mongo, you just query the part you want without pulling it all

Ah, no you need to have the whole file

5:21 PM

unless we totally remake the whole setup of the API and plugins. So it checks for tables of configs instead (edited)

well currently, using the api from scratch, you can get the config data any way you want.

5:24 PM

there's no built in json file parsing or db connecting

5:24 PM

all of that has to be added in

5:24 PM

so technically you could implement any db and config storage that you want

Yeah

5:25 PM

Basically you can make that for individual plugins (edited)

Yes we do so, but on MySql

Most of the examples ive seen use a json parser and a sqlite db but sqlite has too many limitations

5:26 PM

My main plugin is struggling because it uses sqlite and more than one process writing to it breaks it

Yes, that's why everyone should focus more on MySQL instead.

5:27 PM

i mean Sqlite is good when it comes to small sized servers.

5:27 PM

it's simple and it does what it's suppose to do.

Yes because of this i wrote own Clusterchat to MySQL and then migrate the other plugins to MySQL

But when it comes to much traffic it can't handle it.

is there no way to check if another process is writing to the db and then appropriately decide to write or not based on that ?

you can catch the error and potentially cache the query for later

5:28 PM

but if your plugin critically depends on the db data then you will run into issues will stale data

You did @Toma ? Care to share it on the Api site?

there are a few examples with mysql in them on michidus and Ownproxs githubs (edited)

Yes i have learn enough from this examples to do the mysql stuff, but if i would share it, i must build it more standard way, because to much stuff tailored to our cluster

i will take a look on the ARK Cross Server Chat plugin and see if can update it

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/tree/bfa13b3a1ec65c4e19e00b238a132ff935b704e4/Permissions

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-cpp/1.1/en/connector-cpp-examples-complete-example-1.html

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

And i didn't want to piss of ownprox who has a clusterchat already on api site

permissions can use mysql (edited)

Yeah

Yes permissions is a good starting point

permissions has a horrible wrapper

5:34 PM

for mysql sadly

5:35 PM

its all i could, the best wrapper lol

Do you have an example of a good wrapper?

you have to write a header for selects i think

5:35 PM

haha

5:35 PM

that was the best i could find

haha

5:35 PM

well if it works it works!

you'd have to direct communicate with mysql lib / write your own wrapper

5:35 PM

if you want a better one sadly

5:36 PM

or find a better one than i did

What about MySQL Connector?

5:36 PM

It's examples look pretty easy and straightfoward

that's what i meant by the mysql lib

5:36 PM

but sucks without a wrapper

5:37 PM

looks quite basic to me

thats why i used a wrapper

5:37 PM

that supported c++ 11

5:38 PM

but yeah using the lib should be easier

5:38 PM

atleast then you get direct select query's

5:39 PM

other than that ugly arse wrapper i found you dont write select query's

5:39 PM

lol

5:39 PM

you have to write a class for the select

5:39 PM

its weird

there there

i guess the best reason we use sql lite is because its more portable

i understand that

no server setup required but saying that mysql is better

i think its a good way to use the connector, because the wrapper in Permission has errors in current VS2017 Build

you can fix those errors btw its a simple fix

Not much errors but, yeas

but it ruins prepared statements apparently

LOL

jep i did fix it :)

but the rest works haha

That's some dedication to be using prepared statements with plugins

they dont

5:45 PM

haha

But i wished to not used these wrapper :D

its why permissions still works using it

I guess if you wrote it specifically for your cluster then maybe

yeah its horrible

5:46 PM

worst mysql wrapper ever

i have began to port my own plugins to connector, but not complete yet

could'nt find a better one sadly

5:46 PM

yeah its better for sure to just use mysql lib directly (edited)

yep much better, and i'm familar with sql, so mysql isn't to bad

yeah its pretty much the same just a few differences in query syntax

5:49 PM

i actually found a place selling

5:49 PM

Intel Core i9-7900X (max. 20x 4,3 GHz)

yea, sql is fairly universal across databases

and

5:49 PM

Intel Core i7-8086K (max. 12x 5,0 Ghz)

5:49 PM

and

5:49 PM

Intel Core-i9 7920X (max. 24x 4,3 Ghz)

it's not that bad, once you make a class, requests look pretty good

yeah its just making the class

5:49 PM

that sucks, it is a good wrapper

5:50 PM

but requires a lot of work to do selects

5:50 PM

well copy and paste / edit you gotta write the db structure in a class for the select i think

Yes but if you handle much tables it is a pain

i found a place renting out these i9's

5:51 PM

from below 120 euro a month

What about https://tangentsoft.com/mysqlpp/home

i think

5:53 PM

thats the wrapper i used lol

5:53 PM

just from a different link

5:53 PM

and not the github page

5:54 PM

nah its not

5:54 PM

https://github.com/rpetrich/mysqlpp

rpetrich/mysqlpp

mysql++ mirror. Contribute to rpetrich/mysqlpp development by creating an account on GitHub.

5:54 PM

looks messy though

5:54 PM

and very unorganised

That hasn't been touched in 4 years, i was looking at it

is that ryan petrich ?

5:55 PM

woah it is

https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11-connector-mysql

rbock/sqlpp11-connector-mysql

A C++ wrapper for mysql meant to be used in combination with sqlpp11. - rbock/sqlpp11-connector-mysql

5:55 PM

this is the wrapper what is used in permissions (edited)

I don't see prepared statement like abilities in this one, or whatever you would call replacing ?'s

few more examples here

5:57 PM

https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11

rbock/sqlpp11

A type safe SQL template library for C++. Contribute to rbock/sqlpp11 development by creating an account on GitHub.

5:57 PM

but doesnt show off prepared statements

5:57 PM

but the wrapper defiantly has support for it

5:58 PM

its horrible to compile though

5:58 PM

you need to use cmake

why do programmers make everything so complicated

5:58 PM

All these C era devs overcomplicating their code

6:00 PM

I wonder how hard it would be to implement the arkapi lib with c#

very

6:00 PM

would have to write c++ hooks

6:01 PM

that calls a custom made interface class

6:01 PM

that invokes c# methods

adding basic functions might not be that hard, but probably not worth it

meaning function / hooks would have to be pre made c++ side and referenced from a c# class

i don't think it's worth to do this in C#

There are tools that can use the api source code to generate a wrapper

its not worth it at all because youd have to port the headers too

6:02 PM

and c# is a slower language

6:03 PM

but i did start doing it its just a lof of effort

6:03 PM

i like michidu's chaiscript he started

6:03 PM

it seemed to have more support / easier to implement

6:04 PM

not for me personally but for people who dont know c++

6:04 PM

but not sure if he plans on adding it as plugin

ChaiScript is much easier but it would still be very limited and the binary size was becoming huge

6:07 PM

however, the modern c++ is close to c# in terms of simplicity

yeah they defiantly made a lot of stuff easier to achieve

6:10 PM

how much do you all think i can over clock a i9

6:11 PM

before burning out my host's motherboard

6:11 PM

lol

6:11 PM

4.2?

6:11 PM

it can go to 5.8 apparently but it wont have water cooling so don't want to risk that high

i mean the i7 8700k can go up to 5.2 or something

6:12 PM

so the i9 would hit 6.0 i'm pretty sure

why do you want to oc is my question LOL

the one im getting has 10 cores

6:13 PM

faster clock speed

gotta get a water cooler for my i7 8700k

6:13 PM

fucker is running pretty hot

8700k runs so hot

thats why

yeah but why, like if you're going to risk burning your stuff up quicker, why do it unless you NEEEEEd to oh well

im renting it

WELL

doesnt bother me if i burn it out

6:13 PM

or not

lol

turn that bitch up then

lol

6:14 PM

still waiting on it to arrive

6:14 PM

can't wait

doubt you can burn the cpu out that easily

Intel Core i9-7900X (max. 20x 4,3 GHz)

6:14 PM

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6:14 PM

im a ovh customer

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running my servers on my i5 4460 not only was i gaming on that cpu before i put it in my server build

but thought id give it ago

but i have some shitty psu attached

checkout that site i linked

my cpu fan failed to spin for some reason (edited)

have some amazing deals

so i just plugged it into sys fan and maxed out its speed

Intel Core i7-8086K (max. 12x 5,0 Ghz)

6:15 PM

they offer that

6:15 PM

but i wanted more cores

isnt less cores + higher ghz better ?

6 servers on 1 dedi you see

do what i did, get a t1 drop and turn your garage into a smokehouse

not when you run 6 servers

6:16 PM

on 1 dedi

If you want as many servers on one host you need more cores ofc

can't do that my internet already recieves 2x dc a day

6:16 PM

haha

6:17 PM

i would love to host my own hardware

ya that's why you need a t1 drop, it will run you ~~alot~~ but hey

its like 10k

6:17 PM

+ here

yikes wtf

to get the road dug up

6:17 PM

and get a fiber line put in

oh yeah i live in the heart of ATL so

6:17 PM

... sorry

ATL?

otherwise im stuck with 50 mbps download

Atlanta

and 12 mbps upload

ah

haha

lol i host with 50mb up/down

damn that not much Ownprox

12 mbps could host me 400 players

i host with 1000/1000

but at least my internet is stable it never drops

lucky

6:19 PM

i have always just paid a monthly fee to a datacenter

@Foppa do you demark fiber then eth or full fiber LAN as well

nah man before this i had satelite

and thinking about colocation

it had less than 1 mb down

i have tried to talk with the ISP to get more dedicated fiber from them, but they only that for companies

6:19 PM

i have fiber end to end

why would you need more bandwidth ?

@Noita

i mean 1000/1000 is good but yeah end user 1k is...

@Foppa living the dream

6:20 PM

lol

nice

yeah haha

Sweden in general have quite high quality fiber

well @WETBATMAN it's mroe so that like, consumer net =/= business drops

6:20 PM

business generally means if the world is getting bombed, still won't go down otherwise they will bend over for you

6:20 PM

where as with consumer, "Who cares that your netflix lagged for .3 seconds"

no i was asking why would you need more than 1k for arks ervers

6:21 PM

no i have to much

6:21 PM

i could lower down my speed

Yeah i was saying idk if he's asking for more, just the quality haha

i actually got delayed on my dedicated server order because they dont have nvme drive's in stock and they had the cheeck to ask if i wanted ssd;s instead

6:21 PM

guess black friday did them over

rip

lol

i was like hell no ill wait

but yeah isp's are shitty people in general

^

for the nvme drives thank you

colors

called them to assign me a static ip and the tech support dude told me only he could open the ports

haha yeah, that's shitty

not only did he spend 30 min opening all of my ports he did it incorrectly

hahah

yikes

yeah as you might have guessed i can open the ports myself

you had to call to get ports open..?

6:23 PM

Ok good lOL

6:23 PM

cause some isps have been like that before....

the tech support dude was thinking so

@WETBATMAN where are you from?

How do i unload a plugin again?

i guess thats why i like datacenters no port forwarding required

he also proceeded to tell me that with the static ip my open ports would only work on lan

cheat plugins.unload pluginname

Oh ty

@WETBATMAN my heart please

i'm from Georgia

np

no more

and cheat plugins.load pluginname

6:24 PM

to load one

oh and to add insult to injury he even assigned the ip wrong leaving me without internet for 2 hours

i never really understood why internet charges you for a static ip

6:25 PM

when a dynamic one is like free antiddos

6:25 PM

lol

casue we're running out of ipv4's

yeah

pmuch

they have to have multiple people on 1 ip

that and capital

the regular user does not care

and that's a lie pretty much now since NAT exists

i mean they could just super but

but if everyone had a static ip we would not have enough ip addresses to cover everyone...

ah yeah i had a nat host b4

6:26 PM

was cheap as hell

well ofc that and more money

they could, and usually just super

good though

6:26 PM

only had 20 ports on ipv4

ehh i hope the world moves to ipv6 faster

i dont

i have 5 IP Adresses to my Fiber converter

can you imagine remembering

6:26 PM

your dedi;s ip address

6:27 PM

if its ipv6 (edited)

6:27 PM

rip

yes

i mean for remote connection away from home haha

yes

hahaha

most of my labs in college forced ipv6

6:27 PM

LOL

you could just make it a website address

atleast someones using it

dopeark.com:27015

6:28 PM

something like that

i swear they offer like 50 free ipv6

6:28 PM

with dedi's

6:28 PM

now a days

6:28 PM

just to encourage you to use them

why would you need that much unless you're scraping combos or something

our first class went over so much ipv4 shit, every class after that for that course was ipv6 induced

6:28 PM

my brain when

idk i guess they have too many ipv6's

i used to know the amount by heart

6:29 PM

then i started coding because no one hires network engineers anymore

6:29 PM

fucking sdn's

I think every IP-TV in sweden now days use IPv6

i dont think all countrys support ipv6 yet either

nope

france is the leading country in ipv6 support i think

America is like "Hmm maybe thinkingLol

"

6:30 PM

nah, it's China

6:30 PM

they've been on ipv6 since ipv6

well thats good atleast

6:30 PM

otherwise it would take us 6 hours to get a ip

LOL

i guess thats why we had dial up

6:31 PM

hahahaa

6:31 PM

china was using ipv4

6:31 PM

just kidding

yeah china has been v6 for a looonnnggg while. You won't find a v4 that isn't translated/stupified for compatibility reasons (edited)

6:32 PM

none of that halfbreed shit either. Pretty sure it's v6 native no v4 hybrid like most of the ones you'll find everywhere else (edited)

pretty cool i just still have how long v6 is

6:33 PM

prefer v4

i think it was 46 sextillion or something

https://www.vyncke.org/ipv6status/compare.php?metric=p&countries=se Sweden have almost all population with ipv6

Comparison of IPv6 Metrics in Different Countries

Statistics about IPv6 deployment in different countries for several countries.

6:33 PM

wtf

6:33 PM

didn't know that

damn

Oh shit, i was wrong

6:35 PM

sweden op, moving (edited)

when i finally get my i9 ill yet you all know if the provider is any good

6:35 PM

after a month

6:35 PM

as their's only 2 places renting them out

6:35 PM

as far as i can find 2 German company's (edited)

6:36 PM

they offer this too: AMD Epyc 7401P (max. 48x 2,8 Ghz)

6:36 PM

pefect for anyone opening a ark server hosting company (edited)

i still run some ark servers with 4790k CPU. Tried run a very heavy server on a 8700k didn't notice any big differences tho

how many servers per dedi?

4-5

oh really

6:37 PM

that is awesome

i used to have 4x 4790's

i plan on getting an i7 4709k myself

That's cause 4790k is disgustingly overpowered

how how much ram do you have ?

for each 1 of my servers

4790k is nice

6:37 PM

32gb

soyoustart?

no (edited)

6:38 PM

i host all my server home

oh yeah i forgot

I need to buy a new mobo for my 4790k so i can start hosting on it

you have 1000/1000

cause atm it's doing nothing lol

4790k Can be easy clocked to 4.5ghz and even more if you have good one

a 100 euros a month

yep

worth a i9 (edited)

i ran mine at 4.8 for like... 2 years, mostly uptime since i was playing bdo during that time

6:39 PM

kept my room nice and toasty

nice

gpu died before the processor did

nice

6:39 PM

lol

i wounder how much i can clock my 8700 to

6:39 PM

only reason i have to upgrade is to have support for more memory.

dont really need to haha

i am a hardcore intel boy but i wanted to try(and didn't want to spend LOL) the new amd processors

6:40 PM

idk what to think but i can tell they ain't intel LOL

i dislike ryzen

6:40 PM

i tried it with windows server

Oh yeah nope

seemed to have compatibility issues

in that case nope

damn i have 32gb as well

LOL

kernal power failure

Intel is stable as fuck.

winserve requires intel thanks

hmm that is very nice i was afraid my machine would be too weak with the 4790k

oh on my ark host i have 64 gb ram

and AMD goes even hotter if i'm not confusing it with something else.

nah dude, run that shit down the street

my personal pc has 16gb

4790k is a beast, trust me

Epyc's

6:41 PM

are looking sexy

6:41 PM

imagine if they got higher clock

Yeah have 3 dedicated servers with 4790k

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-epyc-7601

EPYC™ 7601 Dual AMD Server Processors | AMD

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6:42 PM

and you can dual socket these

https://i.imgur.com/m9sujnW.png

can you imagine 64 cores and 128 threads

drool

6:42 PM

6:43 PM

then you look at my servers

128 CORES 256 THREADS

and its not even peak

6:43 PM

hahah

wait does ark server even multicore?

yes

6:43 PM

not very well

impressed

though

ah

6:43 PM

not surprised then

networking seems single

they should fix that

6:43 PM

yikes wtf

6:43 PM

LOL

only when it hits full on the first core i think

w

6:43 PM

so the true answer is no

6:43 PM

they are not parallel programming, they are load balancing

my server keeper i made apply's cpu affinity

6:44 PM

automatically

not really the load on my servers is equal

across cores that is

like i set my process's

6:44 PM

to run

Hmmm

on specific cores

6:44 PM

so the other servers can't effect each other

yeah done that as well

6:44 PM

ark runs much better with specified cores

yeah really helps

no shared resources == no conflicts

eggactly

no need for ecc to kick in lol

hmmm wondering if i should do that aswell

6:45 PM

yes

6:45 PM

you should

@WETBATMAN you should

but my cpu atm is only a 4 core so

how many servers?

2

set 2 core each

two for each!!

you will be able to handle more players

inc runs better with 2 each

with less lagg

LOL

6:45 PM

instead of 4 shared

hmm let me do that

you can do that without restart

so just set 2 random cores per server process ?

^ hackers

6:46 PM

god dammit

2 different cores

6:46 PM

per process

6:46 PM

threads*

yeah but does it keep the settings after restarting ?

no

are you using ASM?

yes i am

i added that feature to my server keeper

then i can be saved there

6:46 PM

for every time it's starts

@OwnProx does your serverkeeper use IPC or the api itself?

but for currently running servers you do it under taskmanager

found it (edited)

it watch's the process but also use's query port

very nice

and if a query does not have info returned

6:47 PM

in 4 mins

6:47 PM

it acts as if it's crashed

6:47 PM

and kills the process

i need that.

for those msg box popups

yeah i was thinking of trying that, does the ark exe normal stdio?

tried to fix that with my alarm system

i just use c# and launched a process and watched it

6:48 PM

i dont use stdio or know if it supports it

hm

and then i save the pid

6:48 PM

in registery

6:48 PM

of each server

6:48 PM

so i can load that at my keeper startup

do i keep all cores enabled ?

and locate the already running process's

no

in ark settings ?

so i can close and open my server keeper

6:49 PM

and leave my servers open

6:49 PM

haha

6:49 PM

it detects them

yeah cause like, ASM is cool but i kinda want to make my own because i'm an asshole and need things to fill my freetime

and doesnt use like 10 copys

6:49 PM

of ark server files (edited)

6:49 PM

just 1 copy

wow

6:49 PM

that's pretty legit wtf

yeah i was just going to spawn them as children

yeah AltSaveDirectory

6:50 PM

is offered

6:50 PM

as a arg

i have been wondering if that save performance as well..

i have different save timers

6:50 PM

one server at 20 mins

6:50 PM

other

6:50 PM

22

makes sense

24

6:50 PM

26

6:50 PM

ect

yeah but i mean if you win performance out of doing that. (edited)

also i could use my other nvme drive

6:51 PM

you can set path

6:51 PM

so i could split my save folder on 2 drives

well theoretically you do win performance because the save will always try to max out the current drive to save as quickly as possible

im interested in intel optane

6:52 PM

wounder how how much effect it will do on save process

6:52 PM

its like a cache

i have tested with two evo 970 nvme in a raid-0. quite disappointed of the result.

with fast memory access to ram

6:52 PM

ah sad

6:52 PM

apparently it gives like 30%

6:52 PM

perf increase

not even that

6:52 PM

like 5 or 10

sad

can show the benchmark

can't win at everything intel

6:53 PM

it was Samsung

what read did you get on raid 0

6:53 PM

like 5k?

yikes

yo peeps with the core affinity being set do i still have to use --useallcores ?

i was hoping for 5k

nice

6:53 PM

i get 3k

6:53 PM

on my non raid m.2

6:53 PM

wow the server ping already seems lower

6:54 PM

might be placebo though haha

Here i did a softraid

X_X

not bad at all

6:55 PM

did you try this with ark?

what are you using for softraid ? (edited)

windows built-in

6:55 PM

here is with hardware-raid

for your server ?

ops

6:55 PM

there

6:56 PM

i test it with my own pc first

im curious on what its like for save lagg

6:56 PM

haha

nothing ?

i get like 1-2 seconds (edited)

6:56 PM

but id prefer none

6:56 PM

haha

wait do motherboards for 4790k's even support nvme's ?

no

6:56 PM

unless pci converter (edited)

my own pc has better stuff

but you'll loose speed

yeah my own gaming rig has better stuff too but wondering what i should use for the server

6:57 PM

right now i have a kingston ssd

im using m.2 drives

i would say samsungs evo ssd's are the best (edited)

from ovh

yeah but like if i were to get a second ssd is it worth it to soft raid them ?

https://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/game/1901mc03.xml

Dedicated Servers - GAME-64-OC - game

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6:58 PM

is my spec's

6:58 PM

currently

or just get a bigger capacity ssd for plain storage

Yes it does!

6:58 PM

but if your server crash

6:58 PM

you fail both disks

depends on what raid

6:58 PM

you apply

raid 0 ofc

and then yeah

well a raid0 is always a risk

1 ssds goes rip

6:59 PM

always do auto backups

both die

it's better to do a hardware raid0 tbh

yeah i always back my saves up to my hdd

if you need to move to another server you don't need to reinstall everything

wait can it stripe the data on the fly with a hardware raid 0 ?

no

6:59 PM

that's not possible

yeah so it will still be needed to reformat both disks

exactly

fuck that

7:00 PM

the performance improvement wont be that much imo to consider re installing everything

7:01 PM

+ one drive dies date gets fucked

i have 2 servers with 4ssds with raid0 for 2 years now

just dont get power surges

7:01 PM

lost 2 ssd's

7:01 PM

in under 6 months

7:01 PM

due to them

7:01 PM

now i have surge protectors

dunno about surges but i have outages at my house sometimes

get surge protectors

7:02 PM

you could be risking your ssd's

outages

everytime that happends

7:02 PM

does your lights flicker?

when the power gets cut to the whole neghbourhood

before the power goes ?

no but sometimes they shut the power down for maintenance and stuff

i have stable electricity i hope

surge protector was only like 10 euros

was about to get a UPS but nah

yeah that works too

mine is pretty stable too its just when its super windy or rainy they shut the power down just in case

(edited)

they have built in surge protectors in ups's

7:03 PM

had one before but battery life sucks

7:03 PM

they last like 10 mins

it does and they costs like hell

yeah i spent 120 on one

7:04 PM

was not very good

yeah i dont justify buying one

but it was powering my home pc

7:04 PM

a dedicated server is 4x less watts

+ my router is not in the same room as my server so if the internet goes out safe shutdown wont happen anyway

just buy a surge protected extension lead if your worried

Here we go again

its what i did and been safe since

me ?

7:05 PM

lol if i was worried i would not have a shitty 5 year old psu that can barely handle my fans in my server

heat can effect performance too

(yes i know it can kill the disks if it finally dies)

7:06 PM

this cpu is so cool though

7:06 PM

like for real

makes cpu cycle slower (edited)

i booted my pc without my cpu fan and it started

7:06 PM

that is legit how cold this cpu runs

i troubles with keeping the heat down on my 8700k :/

you actually did that

7:07 PM

hahahaha

need to run my fans on max all the time

i have a water cooling on my 8700

if i didnt boot the bios first i would probably not have noticed it was unplugged in the first place

think i need to replace the cooling paste

7:07 PM

i have water cooling too

i bought a paste pad

7:07 PM

they seem more effective

7:07 PM

than apply thermal paste manually

oh never heard of it

buying a thermal pad

7:07 PM

its like a paste precut

7:08 PM

and u just pop it in place

arctic silver ftw !!! (edited)

no way!!

nah its all about thermal pads now

7:08 PM

soo easy

7:08 PM

no mess

Noctua NT-H1

7:08 PM

is the best

@OwnProx i need to get that

7:08 PM

few examples

7:09 PM

yeah its what i got on my water cooling

7:09 PM

works well

i wish ark took advantage of installed gpu's

have my gtx 550 just laying in there

here is my pc idle... at 50 you mean for rendering and stuff?

Heads up. ARK Update 1.3Gb

no the 8700

7:10 PM

gets hot

7:10 PM

even idling

7:10 PM

well i have my fans on silent

7:10 PM

if i turn them up i can get it down to like 30 c

1.3 gb

7:10 PM

fuck

i usally could put on my on silent

7:11 PM

now i just can't

my server ssd is bout to fill up

oh shit yours aint on silent

7:11 PM

and at 50c

7:11 PM

damn

no look at the speed

aaaaaaaaa

hahahahah aw

haha

7:11 PM

gutted dude

its 800 mb

only my pump

did you lie

is pumping none of my fans are even spinning

i lied

liar

sorry

7:12 PM

i need to fix my cpu

7:12 PM

with new thermal paste

what water cooling you got ?

7:12 PM

i got that corsair i50 or something

7:13 PM

the cheap one with 1 fan / radiator

https://www.dustinhome.se/product/5010959853/hydro-series-h110i-extreme-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler?ssel=false&LGWCODE=5010959853;89813;5443&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3IPgBRCAARIsABb-iGIek_jKcn03-SIEPR4L_T3bKEF5DtYTYBfQhvuF95Q1vMErf--KTu0aAkj7EALw_wcB

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dam

oh boi you got the big gun

you have 2 fans

With new fans

and still yours is that hot

that are suppose to be even better

oh yeah my fans dieing

7:13 PM

i can hear it

which they where...

i already regreased it

7:13 PM

the bearings

i torture my fans by setting them so low they barely spin

yeah the original fans started to sound bad. like quite instantly so i changed them

sometimes my fan falls off

7:14 PM

its bearings

7:14 PM

lol

hahahaha

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-hydro-series-h60-v2-performance-aio-cpu-cooler-lga1150-1151-1155-1156-1366-2011-2066-am2-am3

Corsair H60 V2 AIO CPU Hydro Water Cooler

at least you didint boot your system without the cpu fan

thats what i have

7:14 PM

well yeah thats scary batman

its just plain weird

i wouldnt want to fry 250 quid cpu

Basically the same, i just have the big brother of that

haha

how can it boot without cpu fan

7:15 PM

how is it able to run so cool ?

7:15 PM

did it break or something

ehm

7:15 PM

it takes about seconds for it to overheat without cooling

never chips run hotter than older ones (edited)

7:15 PM

so you might of just been lucky batman

yeah overclock that shit! you have rly good one

dude it was literally sitting in the bios at 44 Celsius

thats fuck all

7:16 PM

thats normal idle heat

yes thats my point

7:16 PM

without the cpu fan

70-90 is like under a heavy load

7:16 PM

yeah thats strange

7:16 PM

i guess (edited)

here is the server i'm running with the same CPU

soo much cooler

7:17 PM

haha

Though with this cooler https://www.dustinhome.se/product/5010788583/nh-d15?ssel=false&LGWCODE=5010788583;89813;5443&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3IPgBRCAARIsABb-iGI19bzrnuftdqftMxp-sPpCt5Z1x2Yw5JX_xWBWU5xSpYIwm-B2QtAaAjdcEALw_wcB

Noctua NH-D15 | Dustinhome.se

949 kr. .

that things chunky

hahaha yeah

7:17 PM

hate it.

7:18 PM

but it does a good damn job

yeah

7:18 PM

almost as good as water cooling it seems

yeah two 140 fans

i remember when i got a 140

7:19 PM

instead of a 120

7:19 PM

for the back of my pc

7:19 PM

i just bodged it their for like 5 months

7:19 PM

and left the side off

7:19 PM

casue it dint fit anymore lol

yeah some memory can't be used with this cooler

do you all think the i7 4790k would be able to handle 4 extremely modded servers ?

yes

yes but it will start to show lagg

7:20 PM

when you start getting a lot of players

7:20 PM

20-30 per server

No i have runned a super modded server with 100x rates

7:20 PM

on a 8700k

yeah i'm running similar

id say 70-100 players youd notice lagg

with SkiesOfNasca the server rates are maxed out but the player frames are like 20-30 (edited)

depends on rates though

need to find a good deal on 1

my servers are 4x rates

as they're not manufactured anymore

and get wiped like every 4-6 months

i wipe mine every month

then it should be totaly fine

7:22 PM

no worries at all.

i actually went 14 months

7:22 PM

hosting save data

it can start lagging when you have over 100k structures and 3000 dinos on the server

7:22 PM

but i think that's just ark in a nutschell

well yea

7:22 PM

actually i had someone just make a small cage

7:22 PM

lock penguins inside

7:22 PM

and start breeding

7:23 PM

and the breeding timers are significantly faster on my server

7:23 PM

so the cage went on for 2-3 days

7:23 PM

and eventually it lagged the server to hell

well ark try to handle it the best they can

like we're talking official server level of lag

they dont do npc updates unless a player iss near

255 ping all the time

7:24 PM

no but the thing is it does not show on the cpu at all

so wildlife doesnt get updates unless a player is near

7:24 PM

now you can imagine 100 ppl across the map

7:24 PM

and now imagine how many dinos need updates

like the cpu was still running under 50% so i didn't suspect anything until a player reported that to me

movement updates ect

Here is my high rated server with 100x and primal fear and SkiesOfNasca

7:24 PM

with 4790k

1.6 percent

Clocked at 4.2Ghz

wow

ark

7:25 PM

just released a update

yeah

anything sexi?

my servers take up 30-35 % when there are a decent amount of players online (edited)

7:25 PM

idk i can see it here

7:25 PM

my server keeper updated all my servers

7:25 PM

i was wondering why my player count dropped haha (edited)

7:26 PM

and noticed the update

Corrupt Dinos now deal more damage to Tek Shields

7:26 PM

just what we need

https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/388254-pc-patch-notes-client-v287110-server-v287110/

7:28 PM

Connection Reduced disconnects

7:28 PM

best release notes ever

7:29 PM

damn they must really want to sell this cpu

7:29 PM

had the deal going on from like September

lol

7:29 PM

u can get the 8700k

7:29 PM

for that price

7:29 PM

cheaper infact

Yes

7:29 PM

go for the 8700k instead

i would have to swap everything in my system

ah gutted

ah

ye considering i just purchased ram

well i can sell you one and i upgrade to 8700k

7:30 PM

300$

its sad you can't dual socket

i7's (edited)

yeah

i mean if its in good condition and stuff i'd consider it

would be sick having 2x 4790's

7:31 PM

or 6970's

yeah

7:31 PM

I don't ship stuff, to lazy

7:31 PM

eh

i want to try the Thread Ripper

7:31 PM

tbh

do you know how much time shipping takes to my area ?

7:32 PM

it's at least a 3 week wait

but i like that Intel has diched their hyperthreading

7:32 PM

oh that's crap

because almost nothing ships directly in here so i have to ship it to the usa first and then ship it here

well i think the thread ripper would support dual socket

meanwhile here it's sold-out like instantly on release

well if you want dual sockets

7:33 PM

you need to check the other chipsets

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2990wx

Ryzen™ 2nd Gen Threadripper™ 2990WX Processor | AMD

AMD unveils the first 32 core processor ever which features 12nm architecture and based on X399 platform to become world's most powerful desktop processor.

7:33 PM

of CPU Cores

32

of Threads

64 Base Clock 3GHz Max Boost Clock 4.2GHz

i mean this cpu overclocked would do good too

omg

the i7 4790k

that cpu

7:34 PM

thread ripper is getting nice

it was always nice but they're lacking optimiation

nah amd is not there yet

thats the problem with intel and amd

7:35 PM

always in a race

7:35 PM

to release the newest technology before fully tested / optimized

yeah

7:35 PM

that is the race with anything tbh

like the i9's

7:35 PM

were dodgy

7:35 PM

when they first came out

7:36 PM

compatibility issues with motherboards they were suppose to be compatible with

remember when intel fucked up and gave the wrong firmware to manufacturers ?

pretty sure they patched it in firmware updates

and people were able to overclock non k cpus

That's so freaking annoying.

nice did not hear about it pretty mad though

that they have a locked version of the same cpu

i wonder how my i9 host will be haha

well its not like they're the same build quality

they are not?

non k variants have lower dye quality so they overclock lower

7:38 PM

but yeah they're just locked versions of the same chip

they did the same with my rx 480

7:39 PM

a lot were released as 4gb edition

7:39 PM

but could be unlocked to 8gb

7:39 PM

by a few modifications

wut

7:39 PM

so you literally could download more ram

yeah they released one with 4gb

7:40 PM

and sold one with 8gb

7:40 PM

turns out both were the same card

7:40 PM

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2506-how-to-flash-rx-480-vbios-from-4gb-to-8gb

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7:40 PM

this is the same situation like they do

7:40 PM

with some cpu's

7:40 PM

just add limits

7:41 PM

lol

I'm going to host ark on a quantum computer

7:46 PM

fuck it

I am kind of needing a little help with C++ vectors this time. Trying to make a score plugin for our server. But since I am no c++ expert, maybe one of you can help me to achieve this.

struct TribeScore
{
    uint64 PlayerSteamID;
    uint64 PlayerTribeID;
    int Score;
    TribeScore(uint64 PlayerSteamID, uint64 PlayerTribeID, int Score) : PlayerSteamID(PlayerSteamID), PlayerTribeID(PlayerTribeID), Score(Score) {}
};

typedef std::vector<TribeScore> TribeScoreA;
TribeScoreA TribeScoreData;

I have this which loads up from a file at first. I want to get which player has the highest score of a certain tribe. Kind of like: void GetTribeBestScorer(uint64 tribeID) Do correct me if anything above is not how it is usually done.

you would get better performance if you use std::unordered_map

7:15 AM

struct TribeScore
{
    TribeScore(uint64 PlayerSteamID, int Score)
        : PlayerSteamID(PlayerSteamID),
          Score(Score)
    {
    }

    uint64 PlayerSteamID;
    int Score;
};

std::unordered_map<uint64, std::vector<TribeScore>> TribeScoreData;

uint64 GetTribeBestScorer(uint64 tribeID)
{
    auto& tribe_scores = TribeScoreData[tribeID];

    const auto result = std::max_element(tribe_scores.begin(), tribe_scores.end(),
                                         [](const TribeScore& a, const TribeScore& b)
                                         {
                                             return a.Score < b.Score;
                                         });

    return result != tribe_scores.end() ? result->PlayerSteamID : 0;
}

(edited)

7:18 AM

tribe id should be of type unsigned though

Great, thanx

9:54 AM

Also, I want your opinion on something. DB driven Plugin. How would you keep your db in sync with a world save? For example, the world saves. But after some time before the next save it crashed. So when you restart and put it back online, the game will load from the last save but the db will be a little forward in time. What are your ideas to have this tacked? (edited)

Anyone here that can help me with a server crash issue? https://gyazo.com/1b740a0df41c8907de5ec013c28a309f (edited)

Looks like you need to save db only when world is being saved, can hook save function

10:34 AM

@Remi probably caused by some mod which does something with crafting

@Michidu Like when loading - load all the db data to memory and for every save hook, write them back to db or like wise ?

11:02 AM

Or maybe for every save hook, copy the db to the saved folder... and during load, detect it and load from there

It should work too. Or you can use transactions.

Which do you think is more safe and better?

I keep all my data in structures and only write to the db on world saves

2:22 PM

And load it all on server boot

2:22 PM

However edits to my db don't take effect if the server is running

looks like a good way. My idea was bad.

2:41 PM

but maybe you can also just backup DB on world save and load backuped version on server start up

you all know of a good way to sync banned players across servers ?

with a centralized db

yeah but how do you share it between servers

yeah i thought about that after i said it

7:34 PM

LOL

also is there a way to get a dino's id

8:40 PM

trying to get arkbot to identify annunaki/Primal Fear baby dinos but i have no idea which format they use for babies

just _child after path?

8:52 PM

and to sync bans use Syncthing

8:53 PM

https://syncthing.net/

8:53 PM

@WETBATMAN

ye annunaki had a different one

8:53 PM

they used _baby

ofc

8:53 PM

haha

8:54 PM

https://syncthing.net/ what does this do ?

...syncthings?

just copy the banlist accross multiple servers ?

for example, yes (edited)

or ?

anything you want

so its a file linking tool basically ?

Basically you setup folder to sync to other places

8:55 PM

No

8:55 PM

it copies files when changes are being made

i assume it can do this with single files ?

8:56 PM

and on the same machine ?

you need to setup filters.

8:56 PM

Well the main purpose with syncthing is to sync folders

8:57 PM

so if you only want one file you need to setup a filter.

8:57 PM

Though. I don't know if it's possible on the same machine

hmmm

8:58 PM

maybe microsoft synctoy

8:58 PM

although i have no idea if that can even do filters

8:58 PM

or sync a file

there is several options out there

yeah just looking for one that syncs across one machine

If you use ASM just use a single banlist

am i retarded or does it only support sharing from a url ?

looks so, BanListURL https://ark.gamepedia.com/Server_Configuration (edited)

Server Configuration

The ARK: Survival Evolved dedicated server has a wide variety of configuration options that control its behavior and adjust many aspects of the game. These are options that can only be set at server startup. Most options can be specified on the command line when launching the...

yeah but then i would have to host my own txt banlist no ?

i guess

Yeah would have to setup ur own url and use the same url for all asm paths

Hey! I have a question, I'm trying to buy a PC for my servers. Would you recommend me a i7 8700k or a 9700k?

9700k if you have the money

7:06 PM

imao 8700k isn't that impressive.

7:10 PM

Atleast when it comes to ark

@Foppa what "cheap" motherboard do you recommend me for 9700k?

you can stay with z370 series. There is small differences between z370 and z390

8:10 PM

I use this one: ASUS PRIME Z370-P II

8:10 PM

It's stable and have everything you need.

Awesome, thanks!

Trying to achieve the following, only steam id all I have. Is there anyway to get the position of that player, while not online? Also, anyway to get the AController of such a player (while not online)?

hmm..

6:42 PM

good question

6:43 PM

spontaneously, no

@Foppa are you still using the dll?

3:05 AM

i ran it for 8 hours on a test server saving each 4 seconds

3:05 AM

it failed to save 5 times out of like 1000

3:06 AM

and caused no corruption of any sort

3:06 AM

seems to be working fine

3:06 AM

how about for you?

3:07 AM

anyways it'll be a plugin soon

3:07 AM

i managed to catch a null reference if one was thrown in SaveWorld

3:08 AM

using seh, that's why i can run SaveWorld on another thread

3:08 AM

if anyone wants to try it before Michidu approves it: https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi/tree/master/Async%20SaveWorld

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-PROLIANT-DL360-G7-SERVER-2-x-XEON-E5650-HEX-CORE-2-67GHZ-CPU-48GB-RAM/392154860483?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Plugins for Michidu Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

I had 0 issues so far!

thats amazing

3:59 AM

and very weird too

3:59 AM

but also good

4:00 AM

i got about 5 failed saves

4:00 AM

in 1000 saves

4:00 AM

they dint corrupt or anything

4:00 AM

and the next save worked

4:00 AM

just i was saving every 2-4 seconds

4:00 AM

so i ran 8 hours of insane saving in a populated area of dino's dying

4:01 AM

it does work a treat though you don't notice server lagg during saves now

Indeed!

4:06 AM

i will install this on all my servers, Amazing job!

4:08 AM

I don't think someone will ever have a fail. Mostly ppl save between 15 and 30 min i think

even if one save does fail it will try again

4:21 AM

at next save timer

4:21 AM

i managed to catch any exception caused

maybe add a if fail retry?

ill think about it later

4:21 AM

lets see how often it fails first

4:21 AM

if its like barely ever

4:22 AM

theres no point i guess

4:22 AM

but yeah certainly can rerun the save thread

4:22 AM

if a exception was caught

just for the insurance! ^^

well i just dont want to cause a loop

4:22 AM

of threads retrying to save

4:22 AM

haha

hehe true

so i guess ill have to give it like 2-3 retry's

4:23 AM

simple int counter

If fail, wait 5 seconds, retry (edited)

let me know how often you get fails

4:23 AM

then ill decide weather to do that or not

4:24 AM

maybe you wont get any

4:24 AM

i ran it for 8 hours it did like 1000 saves

4:24 AM

and i was saving each 4 seconds

4:24 AM

and only had 5 fails

Not a single error so far.

i was spam saving haha

though, i have pretty fast disk as well

in a popular dino area where dinos were dying

4:25 AM

im using m.2

4x Raided ssd's

raid 0?

yupp

what speed you getting ?

2000 ish

like 2500 read

4:26 AM

ah

yeah

4:26 AM

can't run benchmarks now tho

i guess its quite good with small files

it is

compared to my m.2

4:26 AM

it might actually win

4:26 AM

in small file transfer

4:26 AM

your 4x raid may

well it's like a load share between 4

4:27 AM

so i think.... it's better

well say u had 4 bytes

4:27 AM

it would save 1 byte

4:27 AM

to each hd

4:27 AM

and repeat

4:27 AM

so your data is split into 4 parts

4:27 AM

thats why if 1 drive fails the rest are useless and need a wipe

yea

i got a dedi at home

4:28 AM

bought it recently

4:28 AM

put 2 ssd's in it

4:28 AM

sadly the hot plate

4:28 AM

is limited to 2.5 gbps (edited)

4:28 AM

so im like getting 0.7 speed of 1 ssd

4:28 AM

from 2x ssd in raid 0

4:28 AM

lol

4:29 AM

im waiting on a pcie card and a m.2 to show up

4:29 AM

and ill just whack 4x 15k sas drives in the caddy bay's

4:29 AM

2.5"

xD

and use those as save backups

4:30 AM

just incase my m.2 ever dies which would be unlikely

4:30 AM

they are better than ssd in life

4:30 AM

HP PROLIANT DL360 G7 SERVER - 2 x XEON E5650 HEX CORE 2.67GHZ CPU,...

For sale is this high spec HP Proliant DL360 G7 1U Server. The server has passed all HP diagnostics. 48 GB DDR3 RAM (12 x 4GB MODULES). The server will be supplied with a power cable. NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED. | eBay!

4:30 AM

^^ i grabbed this for a pve cluster

4:31 AM

clock is low but supports 2x x5690's which are 3.57 ghz base (edited)

that's decent

and really really cheap

4:31 AM

lol

4:31 AM

thats how my m.2 performs

4:31 AM

i wonder how 2x m.2 in raid 0 would be

4:32 AM

omg

4:32 AM

there

4:32 AM

i have it

4:32 AM

it's useless

thats 2x m.2?

Quite disappointed tbh

4:33 AM

yes

4:33 AM

brand new

but are they the pro samsung ?

4:33 AM

because that one is good

https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/286175-Samsung-970-EVO-series-SSD-500GB-M-2-MZ-V7E500BW?gclid=CjwKCAiA0ajgBRA4EiwA9gFOR6Obji0fRK4QfOqNNKz7igY6H8jAZlIumkOc59c5AgLEgxs32zHbQxoCJdcQAvD_BwE

4:33 AM

no

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb-samsung-970-evo-m2-2280-pcie-30-x4-nvme-ssd-phoenix-mlc-v-nand-3400mb-s-read-2300mb-s-write-37?gclid=CjwKCAiA0ajgBRA4EiwA9gFOR-TCGtf_hNGn7YRJrc-jdJ2RDxgKJhD8fwrpA1huwewryw59L34duBoCMOkQAvD_BwE

Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive

4:33 AM

i got something like taht

4:33 AM

but not that

4:33 AM

i paid 250

4:33 AM

for mine

that's the same i think

207.49 x 1 - Samsung 960 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive Sub-Total: 207.49 Shipping: 7.25 VAT: 42.95 Total: 257.69

4:34 AM

i recon you could easily get

4:35 AM

4k read and 3.5k write

4:35 AM

with 2 of these

lol

4:35 AM

nice

4:35 AM

thats just 1

4:35 AM

no raid

4:35 AM

took that test from my own pc

4:36 AM

ah weirdly

4:36 AM

i got the 960

This is the exactly the one i got

4:36 AM

https://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?e=4771894

Samsung 970 EVO Series MZ-V7E500BW 500GB (Solid State-disk (SSD))

Samsung 970 EVO Series MZ-V7E500BW 500GB Solid State-disk (SSD) - visar egenskaper. Det finns även priser från 43 butiker, 4 omdömen och 1 recension. Jämför Solid State-diskar (SSD) sida vid sida.

Samsung 960 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe

4:36 AM

yeah yours should be better (edited)

4:36 AM

you have the 970

4:36 AM

so why is x2 of them bad?

4:36 AM

is it your motherboard ?

must be

4:37 AM

https://www.asus.com/se/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z370-F-GAMING/

ROG STRIX Z370-F GAMING | Moderkort | ASUS Sverige

ASUS ROG Z370 ATX gaming motherboard with advanced cooling, Aura Sync, SupremeFX, dual M.2, Intel LAN and USB 3.1 for 8th Gen Coffee Lake.

£116.67 x 1 - B Grade Asus ROG Strix Z370-H Gaming Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX

this is my motherboard

lol

4:37 AM

lol

4:37 AM

its almost the same as mine

thats weird

4:38 AM

we basically have the same m.2 and motherboard

4:38 AM

lol

4:38 AM

just different versions

4:38 AM

lol

4:38 AM

thats sad i thought 2 m.2s would be better

4:38 AM

atleast i know not to rush into getting a 2nd one

i have tried raided them differently.

4:39 AM

both by bios

4:39 AM

and in windows

i guess there is no hardware raid (edited)

4:39 AM

for m.2's yet

There is

4:39 AM

they use the same as regular SSD's

i mean a actual pcie card

same controller atleast

or something

4:39 AM

ah

4:39 AM

isnt that soft raid?

4:40 AM

though

no

4:40 AM

that's hardware raid

cause i know i have hardware raid in my dedi

4:40 AM

but i thought if i was to do raid on my pc i may need to either use soft raid or buy hardware

but

4:41 AM

maybe

4:41 AM

it's cause my controller is overloaded

4:41 AM

hahahah

4:41 AM

i have 3 raids

4:41 AM

1 SSD Raid = 2st Samsung Evo 850 250gb 2 Regular Disk Raid = 2 shit disks for large storage 3 M2 Raid = 2st Samsung Evo 970 500gb (edited)

4:41 AM

haha

4:43 AM

Time to get some sleep, GN!

yeah perhaps have a good night

4:52 AM

or maybe its limited to a certain speed per port (edited)

4:52 AM

like my dedicated server's sas hot plate lol

what would be the best way to have a domain name instead of server ip

you can't

10:31 AM

ark does not resolve dns names

10:32 AM

unless they added it within the last 6 months

10:32 AM

i tried it a while back with a no-ip

10:32 AM

ark can't get the ip from it

10:32 AM

direct connection with the ip was working but dns was not

that is pretty sad

extremely for people without static ip's

considering my isp can just switch my outbound ip at any time

wanna know the worse part

10:33 AM

each time your ip does change

10:33 AM

it can take up to 24 hours for your server to show up

10:33 AM

in the list afterwards

AWESOME

10:34 AM

eh might as well try it anyway

also if people have it favorited

since i'm renting a godaddy domain

i think it loses that too

well yeah

yeah just create a new a name and point it at your ip

10:34 AM

in the dns section

yup

10:34 AM

gonna set up a subdomain

or do that in cloudflare

10:34 AM

if you pointed name servers their already

is cloudflare a better option ?

well i use it to protect my site but it wont protect your server

10:35 AM

if anyone does a ping test

10:35 AM

on your sub domain it will return your ip

hmm might as well try it with godaddy first

10:35 AM

to see if it works

exacly

alright gonna do that later

10:36 AM

thx

if u start ark up

11:00 AM

with the argument

11:00 AM

+connect ip:port

11:00 AM

directly start the exe with that arg

11:00 AM

it will join to your server

11:01 AM

just make a bat file

well yea but the thing is i want to make it so players still have my server in their favorites incase it resets

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/arkapi-c-hook-generator-tool.761/

ArkApi C++ Hook Generator Tool

ArkApi Creator Tool V1.2 Overview: this tool allows you to quickly generate hooks for in game server functions saving you a lot of time of having to lookup the argument's / structure's / class's manually. Features: On the fly c++ hook generation by selecting a function Auto...

12:22 PM

1.2 released

12:22 PM

fixed search bug now it will generate hooks properly

wait a sec

12:48 PM

i already have a domain pointing to my server machine since i host my website from it

12:49 PM

so in theory if i use dopeark.com:27015 it will find it ?

yes

1:32 PM

that's how it works

hmm

1:41 PM

cant get it to work

1:42 PM

made a subdomain @ server.dopeark.com

1:42 PM

and cannot find it by server.dopeark.com:27015

you need to wait

1:42 PM

so the dns records are updated

1:42 PM

can take up to 24h

1:43 PM

test it after some hours

alright

1:53 PM

will try after some time (edited)

@OwnProx I don't have static ip and when it changes it takes 1 minute to show up in the list

damn that must be a pain to move the whole playerbase though

6:03 PM

best way to host a txt file for a shared banlist ?

also side question, which orp mod do you all use because i’ve used 2 so far and both seem to be pretty broken

i dont actually know if ark refresh's the banlist url btw (edited)

6:39 PM

it might just read it 1 time at startup

so the best solution still is to manually go over every server and send the ban command ? (edited)

or make your own banlist / httprequest (edited)

6:40 PM

and find where ark stores banned players

6:40 PM

and compare

6:40 PM

and add any that are missing

yeah but i was asking that how would i host a txt file

or maybe you can find the function thats used to get the data from the existing one

6:41 PM

on a webserver

6:41 PM

but problem is ingame ban

6:41 PM

would not write to the text file

6:41 PM

so youd manually have to add steam ids to it

yeah it would have to manually updated

6:42 PM

hmm at least any file linking tool

6:42 PM

that works on the same machine ?

6:42 PM

i only know of microsoft synctoy

you want to sync the banlist?

ye

cause that wont work either

6:42 PM

its only loaded at startup

6:43 PM

and then saved every time a new ban is added

6:43 PM

i think

6:43 PM

not 100% sure but thats how id do it

6:43 PM

you can try ban yourself

6:43 PM

copy the banlist to another server

6:43 PM

and see if your banned there too

6:43 PM

without restarting the server

6:44 PM

while its running then you know if it will work

yeah not near my gaming pc till tomorrow noon haha

6:44 PM

btw @OwnProx you use any orp mod ?

Not related to ArkServerAPI, but thought I'd ask. What RCON tool/software do you guys use ?

Arkon

6:47 PM

ark server manager has a great rcon tool too but i wish it could be used without ark server manager itself

https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/530646715639420791/

[RCON Tool] ARKon - Desktop RCON client :: ARK: Survival Evolved G...

6:54 PM

is quite good

We been using the ASM rcon over on our side works good for us

Thanx. I use ARKon as well. But I get now and then disconnects. I like the ASM RCON, but sadly no way to run it without ASM itself.

hi

yeah i noticed Arkon loses connection too sometimes

Heard the battlemetrics RCON tool is amazing

I want to send a notification to all online players meeting a certain criteria every 15mins. I see the use of ArkApi::GetCommands().AddOnTimerCallback() in ArkShop plugin. Any other methods ?

not worth paying 10$ imo

Hey all o/

8:19 PM

@Rogue Leader would it be possible for you to update the source code on github for the killfeed? It's an old version on there vs release. We wanted to do more work on it if that's ok

I'm not the author of that code.

@OwnProx & @Michidu are the developers you want for that @SirShaw

Oh shit I tagged the wrong person lol

9:55 PM

I'm sorry

9:55 PM

@OwnProx

Don't know what happened, I typed ownprox haha. Again, I'm sorry

Anyone getting this spam in your Discord?

3:16 AM

no even in my spam channel i dont have that crap

@WETBATMAN LoadBannedList()

9:07 AM

in

9:07 AM

AShooterGameMode

9:07 AM

just found it scrolling through this lol

9:08 AM

maybe when you call LoadBannedList() maybe it loads it from the url to

9:08 AM

no idea

9:10 AM

ah i looked the function up

9:10 AM

looked at the source code it only loads the file

9:41 AM

well i found it

9:42 AM

9:43 AM

and they do support refreshing

9:43 AM

if your ark server is official haha

@Kamio We also were effected by that same troll.

https://yagpdb.xyz

2:24 PM

use something like this bot to automute users that spam

2:24 PM

i have links to other discords disabled with that bot on my discord server

2:25 PM

so if someone shares another discord link the bot hides it and mutes the user

mee6 can does the same thing i guess and btw hello there

mee6 has such a feature too ?

2:42 PM

hi btw

Hey guys. Need a quick help. In the APrimalStructure_TakeDamage, how do you define if the structure is a player's own structure or it belongs to a tribes? As in whether a tribes structure or not. (edited)

All structures have a tribe ID

5:35 PM

even solo non tribed player structures

How to differentiate, that is where I'm having issues.

i believe player id is a little shorter than the tribe one but need to check it

5:48 PM

but in Structure case, you can do it:

int ownerPlayerId = _this->OwningPlayerIDField();
if (ownerPlayerId == 0) // Owner is tribe

(edited)

I already have that part. But that logic goes wrong in the following scenario.

A player joins server
Places a structure
Then makes a tribe

Now, when I debug that structure has a ownerPlayerIDField, but still is also a tribe structure. DEBUG: Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage - damageReceiverPlayerID: 564558341

hm, maybe you can use GetSteamIDForPlayerID, so if it return 0 then it's a tribe

Yeah, that is a logic I can use it. Going to test it...

I have a more logic oriented question for any experienced dev. I have a total of 10 booleans that can be set in a config file, and in my code I need to be able to compare those 10 config booleans to values retrieved in a hook. The problem I'm running into is that I can't think of an easy way to make the logic simple, vs compariong every single possible combination of config boolean states. e.g: Some of my config values:

    bool RequiresNotFollowing;
    bool RequiresPassiveFlee;
    bool RequiresIgnoreWhistle;
    bool RequiresNeutered;

My inner hook variables:

    int following;
    bool passiveflee;
    bool ignorewhistle;
    bool neutered;

(edited)

but you need to do something different for every combination? Like if (RequiresNotFollowing && following) Do1(); (edited)

I want the same result in the hook if the config options that are true are also true in the hook.

6:56 PM

Or at least their conditions met

like that ? :) if ((RequiresNotFollowing && following) && (RequiresPassiveFlee && passiveflee) && (...)) Do1();

7:05 PM

ah, i got you, it won't work

So like, it's hard to explain. If something in the config is set to true, I need to check its corresponding hook variable too, if all variables in the hook match what is true in the config, then do something. If a config variable is false, then ignore its corresponding hook variable value (edited)

7:09 PM

But any combination of the config variables can be set to true or false.

bool config[10];
bool hook[10];

for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
{
    if (config[i] && !hook[i])
        return false;
}

Damn! That just might work!

7:13 PM

Thank You! I'll test it out here soon.

Another Question!: Is there a more efficient way of getting structures within a radius of a dino than looping through every structure on the map?

//check for enemy structures nearby        
            TArray<AActor*> AllStructures;
            UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(reinterpret_cast<UObject*>
                (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()), APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &AllStructures);

            for (AActor* StructureActor : AllStructures)
            {
                if (StructureActor)
                {
                    if (StructureActor->TargetingTeamField() > 0 && _this->TargetingTeamField() != StructureActor->TargetingTeamField())
                    {
                        APrimalStructure* Structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(StructureActor);
                        if (FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), Structure->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()) <= DinoPassiveProtection::MinimumEnemyStructureDistance)
                        {
                            isNotNearEnemyStructures = false;
                            break;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            isNotNearEnemyStructures = true;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

How about using the method used in ArkHomes. Functions GetNearbyStructuresCount, IsEnemyStructureNear and IsEnemyStructureNear uses such a method.

10:40 PM

@Rogue Leader

Thanks! I'll look at that!

10:51 PM

@Michidu How's this look?

//build config array
            bool configConditions[] = {
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresNotFollowing,
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresPassiveFlee,
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresIgnoreWhistle,
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresNeutered,
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresNoRider,
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresNoInventory,
                DinoPassiveProtection::RequiresNoNearbyEnemyStructures,
                true
            };

            //build hook vars array
            bool hookActuals[] = {
                 isNotFollowing,
                 (isPassiveAggressive && isPassiveFlee),
                 isIgnoringWhistles,
                 isNeutered,
                 hasNoRider,
                 hasNoInventory,
                 isNotNearEnemyStructures,
                 isHealthAboveMin
            };

            for (int i = 0; i < 8 ; ++i)
            {
                if (configConditions[i] && !hookActuals[i])
                    return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
            }

ye, it looks great

personally id use bitwise but its more complex to setup

Any idea why this evaluates to true even when literally standing on an enemy structure? DinoPassiveProtection::MinimumEnemyStructureDistance is set to 10.0

//check for enemy structures nearby        
            TArray<AActor*> AllStructures;
            UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(reinterpret_cast<UObject*>
                (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()), APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &AllStructures);

            for (AActor* StructureActor : AllStructures)
            {
                if (StructureActor)
                {
                    if (StructureActor->TargetingTeamField() > 0 && _this->TargetingTeamField() != StructureActor->TargetingTeamField())
                    {
                        APrimalStructure* Structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(StructureActor);
                        if (FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), Structure->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()) <= DinoPassiveProtection::MinimumEnemyStructureDistance)
                        {
                            isNotNearEnemyStructures = false;
                            break;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            isNotNearEnemyStructures = true;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

(edited)

Nevermind, it appears a foundation away is actually about 300 units of whatever that is. So 10 is always under it lmao (edited)

12:13 AM

So i just multiplied whatever is in the config by 300 so its about x amount of foundations away

What is the best hook to use for when a player has joined the server as a total new player? And I want to send a notification to that player just after he spawns but with a small delay (so as to make sure he doesn't miss it). What method do you best suggest ?

There's a handlenewplayer function. I think you can an example in arkshop or point rewards

5:11 AM

It doesn't particularly ONLY handle a new player, but it handles every player connecting to the server. Then you can query your db to see if they exist in it to determine if they are new.

@Michidu Is it possible to add support for longer version numbers? I noticed when the version number in PluginInfo is 1.45, the api logs it as 1.5 in the console

Anyone have got any code / suggestions to control the Gachas. They can literally give you high end stuff without much hassle.

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/pointlimiter.721/

12:37 PM

limit its crafting skill ^

Thanx @WETBATMAN

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/arkapi-c-hook-generator-tool.761/

6:12 PM

v1.4 Released Fixed structures that were not added because they had sub structures in them, Such as UWorld (edited)

@OwnProx I'm trying to have your plugin Cross Server Chat setup on our cluster. But somehow, I'm not able to get it to work. Could you help out? 2 Servers, one is Rag and other is Extinction. Both configs have the same CrossChatKey, CrossChatMapNameInclude and CrossChatMapNameOverride is blank to use default map name. Each config RconServers has one entry of the other server RCON_IP:RCON_PORT I don't get any errors and it's not being transmitted to the other server as well.

you running both servers kn the same machine ?

Yeah, same machine.

use localhost

5:06 PM

instead of putting in the real server ip just put in localhost and the rcon port

@Rogue Leader yo you here?

Yea I'm in this discord

8:35 PM

@Natsu r u there

8:35 PM

@Natsu

yea

8:36 PM

let me pm you a question

ty (edited)

Looks like you need to convert your second argument from an FString to a std::string (edited)

@Michidu it seems your paypal does not seems to work... i can't buy paid plugin

Hi, does anyone know which class or function I can look at to prevent c4 from being placed?

it might be just paypal problems..

4:19 PM

@Deleted User you need structure placement hook

@OwnProx why does your hook generator need admin permissions

@Michidu Thanks!

it does not require me to run it as admin btw

4:53 PM

and i have uac on default options

4:53 PM

maybe right click it and properties and check if its blocked and unblock it (edited)

4:53 PM

might make it not require it

4:53 PM

i just remember when i downloaded some exe's / dlls from sites they get auto blocked in properties tab (edited)

4:54 PM

maybe its why its requiring admin

4:54 PM

i dont actually know dont have this issue

hook generator doesnt ask me for admin permission

how does selling plugins work? i am going to quit hosting my ark server and want to sell my things

@Natsu it depend on if you want to make a private sell and support it on the forum or sell them as private plugins

12:28 PM

If it to sell multiplies copies on the forum well the best way is to secure your plugins using HWID

one plugin req's a powershell script tough

12:29 PM

so that will be harder

Send me a privave message with a list of your plugins i can be interest

why a plugin would even require a powershell script?

because ark-server api is crap

why?

i can list multiple reasons but i will keep it to myself i prob just release it all for free soon

Probably not related to the API part, but just thought of asking. Ever after the last Ark update, my players are getting items with high boost quality. For example, my daily rewards plugin has min 5 and max 10 and it hardly spawns armors pieces above 500+ armor. But now even quality 5 is giving armor pieces with 600+ armor. Any reason why this maybe happening?

@Natsu sharing the issues will help improve it.

7:17 PM

But you shouldn't need a PowerShell script. You could just add a command to the plugin that does whatever it does.

@Rogue Leader its Ark-server api not arkapi :p

8:16 PM

so yes powershell script is needed

he's using the power shell to communicate with Ark-servers website api

^^

Baiscly the plugins is working on the game part and the power sheel on the web part and both of them are communicating together

8:20 PM

if im not wrong

8:20 PM

xD

ya i use a powrshell script for the communication but like i said i think il prob release it all into the public since i am done hosting

why do you stop by the way ?

bored

wtf how can you get bored from ark admin problems lmao ?

8:23 PM

its like a new story every hour

oh i dont do problems xD

8:23 PM

haha

8:23 PM

everything is automated

Come on you dont have any drama toxic people or anything on your servers xD ?

ofc but i have a trash talk channel for that and i mute them other wise

how mush player average you have ?

now? 0

8:23 PM

xD

your record

60-70

oh ok i see

8:24 PM

with 60 is quit calm yeah

8:25 PM

Dont give up ark is a good game and possibilites are unlimited

8:25 PM

just find your self a new goal

na i am quite busy with work and dont need any fun in hosting anymore

8:26 PM

i dont play ark anymore at all and even if i did i never played on my server

I see well good luck for the rest

i can also release my mod >.>

You have private mods ?

ya

8:29 PM

ark UI for the shop

8:29 PM

so you dont need to use commands for all engrams and the shop

that's sweet natsu

he already leaved the discord xD

Anyone have any tutorials or any key steps you can share, on how to accomplish the plugin sharing method. Don't know what it is called, but it is the function where you open your plugin for other plugins to use it. Like the shop plugin where you can use it on other plugins just by referring it. I'm having a little difficulty in understanding how it is done. Thanx in advance.

i think you can find an example of that in the arkshop

3:15 PM

ownprox added that to shop for his event plugin

well setting up a tlas

6:59 PM

server was fun

6:59 PM

jk

6:59 PM

but i now have 4 regions running next to each other haha

6:59 PM

a5 - a7 and b6

@OwnProx i managed to get a 2x2 working

7:47 PM

xD

i used the 15x15

7:50 PM

lol

7:51 PM

i can add more servers as needed then

7:52 PM

i just dint configure all ips / servers lol

7:52 PM

just setup 4 of em

Lol you have a 500core cpu or what

are we gonna see atlas api ?

9:11 PM

9:14 PM

merry Christmas to you all btw

you too and everyone else

9:30 PM

no maticha i left the rest default wc ips it works fine and just shows my servers

is atlas as much of a resource hog as ark ?

@WETBATMAN yeah

10:13 PM

and merry christmas to everyone too

damn no atlas for me

For the moment you dont miss anything lol

We are already having 40 man battles on our little island (edited)

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Nice!

Look at that sexy thing :P @Michidu

5:14 PM

my atlas servers are getting quite full (edited)

5:14 PM

hahaha

5:15 PM

last 3 are atlas

tf

i already dumped atlas headers

man it’s quite popular (edited)

send them to michidu

5:15 PM

to help with the new api

5:15 PM

cant wait for it

oh so we’re gonna see atlas api ?

yes

5:16 PM

very soon

btw are you running atlas on the same machine ?

yes

5:16 PM

all 3

5:16 PM

on a i7 4900

whats the ram usage per server

5:16 PM

o rly

2-3gb

5:16 PM

it was using 60% cpu

damn thats nothing

with no players

5:16 PM

now its still using the same amount

eh 60% cpu is shit

with players

5:17 PM

its like the players did not effect the usage

5:17 PM

each server idles at 20%

hmm how many ark severs do you run on that machine ?

i guess thats from all the usage

5:17 PM

i dont host any ark servers on that machine

5:17 PM

its just for atlas

sad

i host 3 atlas servers on a i7 4900

i dont have a spare machine to build haha

6 ark servers on a i7 7700k 5ghz oced

5:18 PM

6 ark pve servers on a dual xeon x5560

ye but i’m hosting from home

my xeon is at home

5:18 PM

the 7700 is ovh

every time i rented a server i got bored and ditched it

and the 4900 soyoustart

5:19 PM

i got 25% off

5:19 PM

recurring discount

5:19 PM

christmas discount

5:19 PM

https://www.soyoustart.com/en/game-servers/

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5:19 PM

just got a 32 gb

cool

hmm i gotta upgrade my ark rig first

btw i meant all servers idled at 68%

5:20 PM

they were when noone was online

oh that makes sense

so its gone up 1-2%

5:20 PM

in 3 days

so how is atlas

its mainly the npcs using this much

5:20 PM

i think

have you played it yet ?

ofcourse

5:20 PM

its good

We're doing 9 servers on ours and CPU is capped out lol

5:20 PM

For atlas

just annoying

man i was on vacation this week and havent had a chance to touch it

5:21 PM

i’m at the airport atm

Should get it @WETBATMAN

Very fun game

i know what you mean

5:21 PM

hahaha

My CPU is 100% lol

your host 9 atlas?

3x3 grid 9 servers

you can put the server fps down

5:21 PM

you know

5:21 PM

to make them use less cpu

and it runs great but the box is CPU maxed

per server

5:21 PM

capp there fps

How?

sec

[/script/onlinesubsystemutils.ipnetdriver] NetServerMaxTickRate=15 I added that

5:23 PM

in enggine

5:23 PM

[/script/engine.renderersettings] t.maxfps=20 (edited)

5:23 PM

maybe it helps

5:23 PM

and maybe nerf some npc spawns

does max fps block max fps in game for players?

theres soo many on atlas

5:23 PM

no

5:23 PM

server side fps

Gotcha yeah let me add that

5:24 PM

How do we nerf NPCs?

i guess like ark

5:24 PM

not sure

5:24 PM

some of my servers have like

5:24 PM

200 horse's

5:24 PM

running around on the beachl

5:24 PM

lol

5:24 PM

more even

goodness

lol

its full of npc's

you guys ever heard of annunaki squid overspawn ?

too many

they spawn hundreads in one spot

you meanat rag?

5:25 PM

mean*

5:25 PM

i had many complains

any server with annunaki

of squids killing people

5:25 PM

oh no

5:25 PM

i dint have mods

5:25 PM

but at one point the spawns were high

5:25 PM

for squids

5:26 PM

i had soo many complaints of ppl dieing to them

thing is you lower squids then something else overspawns

6:44 PM

484 player online (edited)

How is ur CPU so low? @Deleted User

i have no clue xD

atlas

9:12 PM

doesnt seem to effect cpu with players as much as ark does

9:12 PM

where are you renting your ryzen 7?

9:12 PM

last one i rented got kernal power failures

9:12 PM

each time cpu was at 80%

9:12 PM

and crashed the os

9:12 PM

at ovh

This one is running smooth as fuck xD

9:13 PM

even better than my i7 8700k

9:13 PM

i think im going to move all my machines to ryzen

9:14 PM

And Atlas saves are so smooth too

9:14 PM

you dont even feel them

its from ovh?

10:16 PM

https://www.ip-projects.de/produkte/amd-premium-dedicated-server/

IP-Projects – AMD Premium Dedicated Server

Unsere AMD Premium Server basieren auf den Neusten AMD Technologien. So stehen Ihnen die AMD Ryzen CPUs der Generation 5 und 7 sowie die AMD ThreadRipper CPUs in unseren Mietserver / Rootserver Angeboten zur Konfiguration zur Verfügung.

10:16 PM

AMD Ryzen TR 1950X CPU: 3,4 Ghz - 16 Cores / 32 Threads

10:16 PM

i want to get this

10:17 PM

can you imagine how many altas servers

10:17 PM

we can run with this

10:17 PM

lol

10:17 PM

atleast 8-16 (edited)

10:19 PM

also @Deleted User you need to upgrade that to 64 gb ram badly

10:19 PM

all those servers will easily eat away at your free ram

i can updrade it when ever i want

10:20 PM

but im saving money xD

10:20 PM

dont need more atm

where did u buy it?

A gernman compagny

10:24 PM

Myloc

ah yeah used them before

10:25 PM

sub company of srvdiscor / webtopia

yeah

did you pay for windows ?

10:26 PM

or use resue mode

10:26 PM

haha

Kvm

10:26 PM

i dont pay windows xD

i thought kvm is optional

10:26 PM

you have to pay

10:26 PM

for it

I asked them for one for free

10:26 PM

cried a little on the phoine

10:26 PM

and thats it

oh nice

xD

i think i can install windows by rescue mode

10:27 PM

anyway w/o kvm

10:27 PM

its just harder haha

yeah there is probably a solution

im soon to setup

10:29 PM

remote servers hahaa

10:30 PM

using a the redis db remotely

10:30 PM

should be fun

10:30 PM

i got a friend who has a dedi at his house i can use

10:30 PM

with semi decent internet

10:30 PM

so im gonna link that to my already running atlas servers

10:30 PM

hopefully it goes well

10:30 PM

using the database remotely lol

lmao why does atlas cost 6$ for me

@OwnProx im going to the same soon with redis i want to use linux version of redis and try to link it with my atlas server

11:03 PM

cause i need master and slave on the db

11:03 PM

to try something

what is the real install size for atlas ?

client or server?

client

@Deleted User good idea dint think of using linux to host my db

11:11 PM

like

11:11 PM

96gb

damn bro i have to sacrifice my hashcat wordlists ;d

Are there any ark devs here?

3:56 PM

I have a question about their game

no

i wish we could get stuff added to the game for the api then haha server sided gui drawing for instance

4:47 PM

believe if they were here theyed be getting request's haha

Me i would ask them to sell the company to a real one xD with real devs

Maybe they just bought it from someone then published it

9:28 PM

people are still joining

9:28 PM

ffs

Already converting all my plugins to work for atlas

12:18 AM

we should see a Api for both ark and atlas

Looking sexy

if anyone wants / needs it

2:15 AM

AtlasServerManager.exe

1.67 MB

2:15 AM

2:18 AM

2:19 AM

ill add the updating feature later am tired and yeah it says ark i ported my ark manager over hahaha need to change those strings (edited)

2:19 AM

it can boot your servers when they crash

Right click -> Add Server

2:32 AM

to add one

Has Mich released the API publicly yet?

no, i guess today sometime (edited)

Ty @OwnProx for sharing!

http://arkwiki.epidemicnetwork.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Index.php?title=Main Page

10:54 AM

http://arkwiki.epidemicnetwork.com/index.php?title=Ark

Index.php?title=Ark

@OwnProx i was reading it and im already tired lmao

http://arkwiki.epidemicnetwork.com/index.php?title=Examples

Index.php?title=Examples

just a quick heads up if you're running s+ on your server remove the tek mutator as it allows you to breed dinos without a gender even if you have that .ini option disabled...

yes there is one

11:36 AM

wait

11:38 AM

MutatorModeBlacklist : AllowBreeding

11:38 AM

@WETBATMAN

11:38 AM

on my server its working

11:38 AM

people cant breed

if you pulse once you can switch really quick

12:03 PM

so pulse with something like gender switch and while its doing that if you're really quick you can switch to allow breeding and it will work

@OwnProx

2:04 PM

turns out domain redirecting works!

ahh you mean nat loopback?

6:03 PM

try that with atlas hahaa

no its an A name redirect

6:04 PM

perfect for me since i do have a static ip but it can change

8:09 PM

seems like people are going back to ark

8:09 PM

last 3 are atlas haha

@OwnProx Add to PM

EpidemicMonitor.exe

216.5 KB

10:06 PM

Servers.conf

526 bytes

10:06 PM

here's my server monitor it will beep if your servers go down add your servers to Servers.conf

10:06 PM

edit that file with any text editor NotePad++ is a good one

10:06 PM

it uses query ports

10:07 PM

and if you press esc on the program it stores it here

10:07 PM

https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi/tree/master/AtlasServerManager

http://arkwiki.epidemicnetwork.com/index.php?title=Ark

Plugins for Michidu Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

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10:45 PM

Atlas Server Manager source code

10:46 PM

needs some more tlc though haha. (edited)

Epic stuff

1

6:47 AM

able to rcon multiple servers at the same time

defined in the text file (edited)

RconServers.txt

24 bytes

7:00 AM

RconTool.exe

13 KB

@OwnProx / @Michidu How about bringing RCON function to load and unload plugins to ArkServerAPI. Would be very helpful, plus could use the above RCON tool by OwnProx on our Ark clusters as well.

it coming soon i think

yes, added to the new version

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❤

All blueprint paths for atlas

new ver of Atlas BPS:

12:27 AM

AtlasBPs.rar

6.1 KB

12:27 AM

have not tested

Index.php?title=Ark

2:27 AM

if anyones got any suggestions of notices any typo's lemme know

hey everyone, i just want to wish you all a happy new year let this year be like no other for us and anyone else

9:24 PM

friends

9:24 PM

@everyone

thanks you too have a good one everyone

9:52 PM

Atlas api was released

9:52 PM

btw

9:52 PM

+ source code

9:52 PM

at forum

9:53 PM

this was Michidu @ his new year https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/a1KoHfUnYQ98Mn8o2bN7kGXkYNrDsX7VecOtOgMOPWE/https/pics.me.me/23-58-23-59-00-00-00-01-coding-coding-coding-who-celebrated-new-794867.png?width=370&height=630 (edited)

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9:54 PM

https://ark-server-api.com/resources/atlas-server-api.73/

Happy new year to all of you

10:07 PM

There is new year for me to its just another random one lmao

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Hello, i'm trying to compile ArkShop to Atlas i think i have all good, I've removed the Kits from the plugin and i'm now trying to find this that i belive it is a Hook from Atlas so i came here to ask for help. https://i.imgur.com/tdyGiy4.png

11:36 PM

@deleted-role @deleted-role

maybe post the whole piece of code that's giving you issues ?

is that file

Store.cpp

12.88 KB

11:40 PM

i'm new at this btw

post to pastebin its easier to see the code that way...

https://pastebin.com/AWhYxmEG

#include #include #include "AtlasShop.h" #include "D - Pa...

#include "AtlasShop.h" (edited)

that was named arkshop.h

did you change the actual name of the dependency fine ?

yeah

11:43 PM

i've changed

11:43 PM

i changed both file name and inside the file itself

you removed the kit side of the plugin ye ?

yes

11:46 PM

https://i.imgur.com/DX6uvVl.png

11:47 PM

something in there

11:47 PM

i belive that there are too many arguments

player_controller->GiveItem(&out_items, &fblueprint, default_amount, quality, force_blueprint,
                                                false, 0);

as it says

11:47 PM

https://i.imgur.com/k5uP25t.png

well see default_amount is a kit sided check

oh rigth

11:48 PM

so i just need to remove it ?

well if you're not using kits

it still has too many arguments

hmm not sure sorry haven't messed around with arkshop's source

thanks anyways

@Michidu or @OwnProx might be able to help you

11:51 PM

start removing arguments that are related to kits and eventually you will get there

11:52 PM

is force_blueprint still underlined with red ?

You'll have to look at the header file that has the original function in it and see what parameters it takes

11:54 PM

Specifically the function GiveItem() in the AShooterPlayerContoller class

11:54 PM

I think in the arkapi it was in Actors.h

@Rogue Leader the header file from the kits ?

no from api's public folder

yeah but now i have two of them.. Atlas one and ARK one ?

11:57 PM

wich one i have to check ?

well you're porting for atals so check the atlas one

11:58 PM

//bool GiveItem(FString * blueprintPath, int quantityOverride, float qualityOverride, bool bForceBlueprint) { return NativeCall<bool, FString *, int, float, bool>(this, "AShooterPlayerController.GiveItem", blueprintPath, quantityOverride, qualityOverride, bForceBlueprint); }
//bool GiveItem(FString * blueprintPath, int quantityOverride, float qualityOverride, bool bForceBlueprint) { return NativeCall<bool, FString *, int, float, bool>(this, "AShooterPlayerController.GiveItem", blueprintPath, quantityOverride, qualityOverride, bForceBlueprint); }

11:58 PM

this seems to be ark's GiveItem function

The ArkAPI files won't work with atlas, so you'll have to use the atlas api files if you're writing an atlas plugin

https://i.imgur.com/zbw79Oy.png

its literally like 3-4 functions that changed

12:01 AM

porting old plugins is easy

by what i can understand its right

you want to be spoon feed

12:01 AM

player_controller->GiveItem(&fblueprint, default_amount, quality, force_blueprint);

12:02 AM

theres a spoon

12:02 AM

enjoy

he took out kits though so wont default_amount break it ?

Item has also a default amount

im sure he can fix his own arguments

12:03 AM

lol

12:03 AM

when he sees the compiler error

if im not wrong

fair enough

12:04 AM

dont think so as defaultAmount is the config option in kits

12:05 AM

Oh

12:06 AM

Me ill just wait dont have enough IQ

12:06 AM

i loose more IQ each new year

how do u know it was a kit?

12:08 AM

that i copied my example from

12:08 AM

cause it wasnt

12:08 AM

See omg

12:08 AM

i still have enough Iq

12:08 AM

IQ

12:09 AM

Im happy didn't lost too mush this year xD

no i said that @birotes. mentioned he stripped the kit part and i was thinking that Default_amount is just a variable name for the kit config

yeah he is right

12:09 AM

cause i found it on Kits Header

12:10 AM

https://i.imgur.com/aTMxd7u.png

12:10 AM

i will just share it to you guys since i don't even have a Atlas Server yet

u guys can test it

12:10 AM

the Kits i removed cause wasn't working

it does work

12:10 AM

well in my port of shop atleast (edited)

12:11 AM

ported shop 2 days ago

yeah i'm just dumb

(edited)

12:11 AM

my first port and my first time at c++

you're not dumb lol we all gotta start somwhere

I'm on basics of C

12:11 AM

taking programming course i'm at C loops

12:11 AM

but i want you to fix it yourself (edited)

12:12 AM

to learn

i will

12:12 AM

try out with kits

12:12 AM

i will fix

i'm no expert in this stuff either but i try to improve myself

it

12:12 AM

have nothing to do until there

https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Ark

12:12 AM

i started making this

12:12 AM

btw

i know

12:12 AM

it was helpful

yeah i saw @OwnProx

also @OwnProx Check PM i need to talk with you about something else

!bsk193Today at 23:07 i will check that

12:13 AM

i dint get a msg ?

12:13 AM

since then

oh boy i bought a used i7 4790k

12:15 AM

hope it does well with server hosting

12:16 AM

Happy new year

happy new year to you too @Foppa

12:23 AM

im gonna take this in 2 days

12:23 AM

Home i will succed to overclock that shit to more than 5.0

that's for a server ?

yes

holy shit my dude

Im planning on buying 2 or 3 like this one this year

12:25 AM

but i start with this one to test if its enough or if i need to go on bigger

bigger ?

Right now im testing a 1700x and it hosting 8 atlas server

what the fuck my dude you want a nasa supercomputer at home ?

I have 18 server xD

ark ?

6 ark 12 atlas

12:27 AM

i need to reduce the money that i pay each month to rent machines

rackservice.org has some nice deals

12:27 AM

https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/dedicated/

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12:27 AM

same with this site but its always sold out

i already have good deals xD

12:27 AM

i dont want to rent anymore

yeah man hosting from home rocks

12:28 AM

except when your isp decides to randomly cut your internet connection when you're on vacation

I have 2 x 1gigs

12:28 AM

from 2 different Isp

12:28 AM

and Unlimited 4Go

lmao i had 40 mb and they decided to cut the internet when i was on vacation

12:29 AM

and they had the audacity to request for me to restart the router

12:29 AM

when i was on vacation

12:29 AM

...

It been 2 years that i have my lines

12:30 AM

never got any problem

fastest i have in my country is 100mb

next year i will be able to take 10Gigs

12:31 AM

using my company name

12:31 AM

lmao

well good luck with your servers man

12:32 AM

i'm fucking tired gonna get some sleep

On the worste case i keep it for me lmap

lel

12:33 AM

i had a 1 gigabit rented before and it downloaded ark in like 1 min

12:33 AM

imagine 10gb

12:33 AM

...

I need 10gigs to play monecraft 0ping lmao

or host it at your own pc

I think 10gigs its useless

12:34 AM

But if its cheap why not

12:34 AM

I pay 24euro for 1gigs atm

im paying like 30

12:34 AM

for 60 mbits down

12:35 AM

12 mbits up

Symitrique line for ever

Yeah its working good

i had about 60 earlier

12:36 AM

overall players connected to my home network

12:36 AM

then i have this running my redist server remotely

12:36 AM

at soyoustart

I hate soyoustart

its nice cheap dedi's

12:38 AM

setup fee's suck

12:38 AM

it was better b4 them

I brought a new ryzen 1700x

12:39 AM

I will receiv it in 2 days lool

nice

Fast delevery

free kvm?

Not this time lmao

12:39 AM

I will use rescue mod

ah yeah maybe a sys / ovh made gzip

12:43 AM

windows archieve (edited)

12:44 AM

will work

@Deleted User are all dedicated servers at Webtropia 2 days delivery time ?

No

12:44 AM

Its holidays lol

https://joodle.nl/install-windows-on-a-kimsufi-completely-free/

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12:44 AM

else you may have to use good old qemu to install the os (edited)

okay

but those archieved joodle gzips are nice

12:47 AM

save soo much time

thanks for the link lmao

@OwnProx if i change my cpu does advanced chat have to be reactivated ?

yes i think

9:51 AM

THE CPU will probably change your HWID

i hope its attached to the motherboard

Its probably attacked to the CPU MOTHERBOARD and RAM

nah i swapped ram before and it didnt change the id

1:02 PM

proper hwid's are only motherboard or motherboard + cpu

my bad

1:03 PM

ram cant be use

1:04 PM

what's that

Its a tool that allowed to lock dll and stuff

1:32 PM

with HWID

wait dont you have to actually add hwid detection into your plugin ?

You can add it in the code or use a tool that do it

1:35 PM

But it both case you will need to add a HWID generator in the plugin code

1:35 PM

so people can get it and give it to you

what if you hook the plugin and force the hwid

Im not a pro on does things

1:44 PM

But this tools is very secure

it cant be

1:44 PM

you're checking hwid offline

1:44 PM

(for plugins that is)

Here is the pro

1:48 PM

he will explain to you

1:48 PM

xD

You would need to hook multiple functions and reverse hwid generating algorithm, so it's not that easy. However, plugins protected by DRM system like that are not allowed on the forum.

yeah but would hooking the function that unloads the plugin if its not activated and replacing it with a function that happens when its activated work ?

If you talk about Themida, then it adds its own checks (loader), so no, hooking unload function would do nothing because dll is not even fully loaded at that point. (edited)

right

1:56 PM

but for example

1:56 PM

i know my hwid already

1:56 PM

and i try to hook the function detecting the hwid

1:57 PM

ah nvm had something in my mind

there are many functions which can be used to build hwid

2:00 PM

dont think you can know your hwid, because it depends on how you generate it

plugins print it

if you know how exactly plugin generates it, you can do something

no i was saying like i know the hwid one of my plugins generates

2:01 PM

not like i know my systems hwid

2:01 PM

ofc that can vary depending on the detection algorithm

2:02 PM

so if you get your hands on the hwid generation mechanism you can inject into it (edited)

sure you can

yeah but can arkapi hook into other plugins ?

they are running inside one memory space, so yeah

is hooking plugin functions the same as ark functions ?

not really, even if you got a pdb from plugin, you would need to modify hooking class anyway..

so this is the hard way basically

it's not very hard if you can find a needed function

so if the dll is decompiled to some degree it gets easy ?

yeah

time to learn IDA i guess...

do you want to crack or protect something?

just dicking around

Advanced chat no dout

3:00 PM

hahaha

3:01 PM

look its already been attempted a guy failed, and i agree with Michidu its not hard to bypass i did not actually spend time preventing it

3:01 PM

but if you have no reversing knowledge, no point trying

3:02 PM

id suggest downloading examples and reverse engineering guides and learn the basics before trying to crack something you have no idea about haha

i suggest payinbg 15 dollar easy pizy

3:04 PM

xD

naw its not advanced chat

3:32 PM

learning with actually accomplishing something is better though

3:32 PM

@OwnProx so will swapping the cpu change the hwid ?

dont think so

3:34 PM

cause im 95% sure i authed u under hwid1

3:34 PM

it doesnt use cpu

wait does it have to match both or just one ?

@OwnProx check private messages

Anyone was able to get the Permissions plugin working on Atlas ?

https://ark-server-api.com/resources/atlas-server-manager.80/

any new thing ?

8:58 AM

Oh updates

i wish ark server manager could restart servers if they crashed

he can

9:26 AM

if you know how to make the crash dialog close auto

9:27 AM

If the restart if shutdown on asm is activated

9:28 AM

it will restart the server

9:28 AM

but if the crashdialog still open asm dont detect the server as off

yeah that's the problem

you can create a script to kill them

yea i've heard ownprox has a script that queries the server and kills it if it does not respond

Dunno about ownprox to be honest

9:52 AM

but he probably have even better than that xD

i have been working on that too (edited)

1:27 PM

You can trigger a restart

1:27 PM

by a check trough rcon

1:27 PM

but yeah basically as you wrote about ownprox script

yeah but the thing is rcon isnt a reliable source

1:30 PM

it drops connection

1:32 PM

best way to check would be to query the server

1:32 PM

like steam does

He shared that

@OwnProx im testing the rescue mod lol

what are you attempting to do

Installing windows 10 on a server lmao

lol

2:47 PM

dont forget to turn windows updates off for good

I just want to install windows 10 cause i dont want to pay a KVM

2:48 PM

this way i will be able to overclock the cpu without access to the bios

2:48 PM

xD

wait is that a rented server ?

yes xD

2:54 PM

if it was at home i will install windows easy pizzy xD

@Michidu I see that you have updated the API to API v3.0, specially targeted to Atlas. Is this now safe and stable for Ark usage ?

yes, just voterewards won't work for now

@OwnProx i think the teleportation in DeathMatch is broken some players receive the items but never get teleported and some win the deathmatch and get stuck in the arena

weird because i actually added a distance check to make sure they were teled

i have my deathmatch spawn points set to the boss arena

10:09 AM

could that mess with anything ?

@Michidu Tried to build v3.0, but getting errors.

Creating library ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Release\ArkApi.lib and object ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Release\ArkApi.exp
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_multi_remove_handle
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_multi_add_handle
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_global_init
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_multi_info_read
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_global_cleanup
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_init
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_multi_init
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_cleanup
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_easy_setopt
Requests.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp_curl_multi_perform
ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Release\version.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 10 unresolved externals

do you have libs folder too?

Yup

and did you choose Ark or Atlas configuration?

Ark

11:35 AM

wait... let me try that again...

11:42 AM

Succeeded, I cloned the repo again and worked. But with a lot of warnings on libcurl.lib side.

libcurl.lib(asyn-thread.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'libcurl.pdb' was not found with 'libcurl.lib(asyn-thread.obj)' or at 'ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Ark\libcurl.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
libcurl.lib(base64.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'libcurl.pdb' was not found with 'libcurl.lib(base64.obj)' or at 'ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Ark\libcurl.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
libcurl.lib(conncache.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'libcurl.pdb' was not found with 'libcurl.lib(conncache.obj)' or at 'ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Ark\libcurl.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
libcurl.lib(connect.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'libcurl.pdb' was not found with 'libcurl.lib(connect.obj)' or at 'ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Ark\libcurl.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info
libcurl.lib(content_encoding.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'libcurl.pdb' was not found with 'libcurl.lib(content_encoding.obj)' or at 'ArkApi\Ark Server API\x64\Ark\libcurl.pdb'; linking object as if no debug info

Should these be an issue?

no

Cool, thanx

Deployed v3.0 on one of my clusters. Running smooth so far no errors. Really handy the rcon unload and load of plugins. Thanks @Michidu @OwnProx

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is there a way to find the list of spawners a map uses from game files ?

spawners ?

https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Entries

Spawn Entries

This page holds the list of Spawn Entry Class names for the official maps (i.e.: The Island, The Center, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, and Procedurally Generated ARKs). These values can be used in the Server Configuration to change the spawn behavior of a server using the configu...

Oh

anyone actually tried setting severs up behind AnyCast?

5:29 AM

would be very interesting to try

5:29 AM

i mean game servers not http

5:30 AM

i cant setup a anycast in 3 world locations and then setup a open vpn service to tunnel data to a remote server

Whats the code / function to get the exact of the RCON command listplayers through API ? Can't seem to find any, or I'm looking with the wrong keywords. (edited)

you want to call listplayers from api?

damn this i74790k is a beast

5:41 PM

although i think my temps are a bit high

5:42 PM

i have the corsair h60i or whatever, its just a one fan radiator

5:42 PM

60 Celsius at 40% load

60° at 40% ?

ye

6:51 PM

nvm it seems to be holding that temp regardless of load

did you try a cpu stresser ?

no i ran the servers straight away

6:54 PM

i think the pump broke or something

6:56 PM

hmm the fan is still moving warm air so the pump is working at least

the 4790k is a beast on overclock

6:57 PM

in my eyes is one of the best intel cpu

i haven't even overclocked it ;d

6:58 PM

how much higher did you go ?

4.9

damn

7:00 PM

that's almost + 1ghz

7:00 PM

nice

Im receiving my ryzen 2700x in 4 days

7:01 PM

and i will try to overclock it to 5.2 at least

7:01 PM

if i can

good luck

this bastard are sending me the case and the power supllay tomorrow

7:02 PM

and the rest in 4 days

7:02 PM

an empty case woaw im happy

lol

7:03 PM

do you know how much time it takes me to ship something to Georgia ?

7:03 PM

2 weeks at least

7:03 PM

most of the time shit takes 3-4

Bro i paid 45euro for the delivery and it was suposed to be a 24hours delivery

7:04 PM

so im upset lmao

7:04 PM

and the worste part is that its only at 165km from home

7:05 PM

so they dont need 7 years

@Michidu I want my own listplayers version on a plugin, with extra details. I just need to know how it is getting it's data.

try looping

const auto& player_controllers = GetWorld()->PlayerControllerListField();
for (TWeakObjectPtr<APlayerController> player_controller : player_controllers)
{
    AShooterPlayerController* shooter_pc = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(player_controller.Get());
}

Anyway to run a console / rcon command within APIs? Trying to interract with a mod which has rcon and console commands.

player->ConsoleCommand(..)

any "fix" for the db locked error ?

use mysql

for existing plugins ?

11:22 AM

i see arkshop throw that error often

ark shop doesn't support mysql yet unfortunately atlas shop does however

any plans for mysql for arkshop?

actually yes

cool, thank you!

11:31 AM

@Michidu will it cause any issues if a plugin contains no hooks ?

what do you mean?

https://pastebin.com/8HVBQXxY

#include #include #pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.li - Pastebin.com

code looks fine

alright thx

11:38 AM

i cant seem to post a resource in ark server api

11:38 AM

it only shows me atlas

Yeah me too xD

rip

try now @WETBATMAN

only lets me post to paid plugins

hm

12:15 PM

and now

yea not it works

12:15 PM

thx

would it be possibly to query steam's api from a plugin ?

yes, why not

i think i have an idea on how to stop players using family shared accounts

12:34 PM

to avoid bans

Me i use

12:35 PM

steam account lifel ess than 30 days = kick player

yeah but look

12:36 PM

steam can provide the original owners steamID

12:36 PM

so theoretically if we store banned players in a database and query steam for family shared accounts for the original owner we can stop people avoiding bans

That why i use ban sync

12:42 PM

xD

12:42 PM

Basicly if someone with a banned steam on any of my server try to log on another it will ban him again

12:43 PM

Even people that i banned from ark if they log on my atlas server

12:43 PM

they get banned

how do you sync up the banlist

Battlemetric

-_-

You can also use a banlist web

yeah that's what i thought

and sync it with all servers

what my idea is more than just bansync

i was using a banlist on web at the begging

you see it can trace the original owner of the family shared accounts

but battlemetric is so usefull so now i cant remove it xD

what did you set up the web banlist with ?

Just a txt file on my web host

12:48 PM

and put the link on ASM

you didnt host from the same machine ?

if you have a webserver on your machine

12:58 PM

yes you can

i do have a domain but just for dns redirecting

12:58 PM

so i assume i'd have to host the banlist on my machine

On your machine or on a external host

12:59 PM

if you can acces to it using an url

12:59 PM

its good

@Michidu player->ConsoleCommand(..) How would I accomplish this using an RCON command method. As in, I want to use a console command when I issue an rcon command in a plugin. (edited)

you need a player to execute console command, can get a first one world->GetFirstPlayerController() and then you can call ConsoleCommand from him.

@Michidu Got that part working, but I'm not getting an output into the result. The result is always blank for me, no matter what the command I have.

auto player_controller = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetFirstPlayerController();
player_controller->ConsoleCommand(&result, &fcommand, true);

result doesn't seem to work, you can ignore it

11:05 AM

you might want to check if player_controller is nullptr

Ok, thanx

@Michidu is your VoteRewards plugin open source ?

2:24 PM

cant seem to find it on github

no, but ownprox should be working on a new open source one

any other examples on making an api call ?

you mean http request?

ye

2:26 PM

like how you request the list of voters from ark-servers.net

https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Requests

Index.php?title=Requests

2:27 PM

weird, there were more examples before, lol

https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Examples

Index.php?title=Examples

2:28 PM

ah here

yes this seems more in depth

2:29 PM

thx

2:30 PM

noob question but how do i move the settings of one project to another one in visual studio

2:30 PM

so i dont have to specify all the arkapi paths

maybe it would be better to just copy them? :) only 2 paths

2:33 PM

you can copy project files but then you would need to change project name inside of them

yeah then its better just to start fresh

2:39 PM

which hook class is used for disconnecting a player ?

AShooterGameMode_Logout

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_Logout, void, AShooterGameMode*, AController *); (edited)

2:41 PM

?

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_Logout, void, AShooterGameMode*, AController*);

2:42 PM

yes

what is the best db type to use if i want to share it across servers ? (edited)

mysql

alright

2:46 PM

autoprot uses that right ?

autoprot?

nvm it uses sqlite

2:47 PM

https://github.com/Lkados/AutoProtSource/blob/master/AutoProt/ProtDatabase.cpp

Lkados/AutoProtSource

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2:50 PM

what is the best way to return data from an api call

2:50 PM

json, vdf or xml ?

from http request?

Example URL: http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&steamid=76561197960434622&appid_playing=240&format=json

2:53 PM

it can return the original owners steam id if the account is family shared

2:53 PM

{"response":{"lender_steamid":"0"}}

json should be the easiest to read

return looks like this

2:59 PM

3:00 PM

where does this request go ?

in some function

so say i want to disconnect a user if their steam id is in a db

3:05 PM

if i make a function which gets the id of player on connection

3:05 PM

it should go in there ?

most likely

AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer

5:02 PM

this only works if the players is connecting for the first time ye ?

no

for all players that are connecting ?

yes

ah cool just what i need

5:20 PM

also is there a way to make it so a stock Rcon command executes a plugin function

5:20 PM

like for example if you use BanPlayer steamid

5:20 PM

it writes that id to a db ?

it should write id somewhere

the default command writes the id into a banlist in the win64 folder

5:25 PM

but is there a way to get that id and write it into my plugins db aswell ?

i guess its just a txt file, you can read it

so the better option would be to read that file instead of getting the id from the command ?

you can hook it too, yeah

hook the command ?

BanPlayer

5:31 PM

should be a function

ahhh

5:31 PM

right

5:31 PM

so every time its executed it returns the banned id or ?

should have as argument

void BanPlayer(FString PlayerSteamName) { NativeCall<void, FString>(this, "UShooterCheatManager.BanPlayer", PlayerSteamName); }

5:32 PM

right

5:32 PM

PlayerSteamName

5:32 PM

that should be it ye ?

5:32 PM

or is that the actual name not the id ?

its a SteamName

5:33 PM

are you sure it uses steam id?

i guess its steam id then

5:35 PM

they have wrong name

5:36 PM

but try it

yeah i looked through all BanPlayer function in actor.h

5:36 PM

all of them have PlayerSteamName

5:38 PM

what is the difference between ServerBanPlayer and BanPlayer

just different classes maybe

5:40 PM

ServerBanPlayer calls BanPlayer anyway

hmm

5:42 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_Implementation, bool, AShooterGameMode*, AShooterPlayerController *, UPrimalPlayerData *, AShooterCharacter *, bool);

5:42 PM

is this the correct hook for HandleNewPlayer ?

its in shop plugin

alright

5:46 PM

so get the steamid from BanPlayer

5:46 PM

write it to db

5:47 PM

then check the db when a player connects

5:47 PM

if family sharer's steam id is in db

5:47 PM

use AShooterGameMode_Logout ?

better use Kick

5:49 PM

actually in your case i guess its better to read ban list file

5:49 PM

and should be easier

is a db even needed in that case ?

no

since all banned id's are stored there

5:49 PM

yee

5:49 PM

cool

5:50 PM

but how do you read an external file

just use fstream

5:50 PM

you can read any file

hmm so if i dont even need a db

5:58 PM

which hooks do i need

5:59 PM

HandleNewPlayer And KickPlayer ?

only HandleNewPlayer

hmm arkshop does not have unload ?

no

shouldn't the unload function be the same as load one ?

6:07 PM

unload gives me too many arguments

6:08 PM

is this fine ?

yes

alright no now read the banlist

6:14 PM

do i input the file with the path or ?

can be relative path

6:24 PM

something like this ?

Hey, if you want to read the banned players you even could use ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->BannedMapField(); and every time you ban a player it automatically get saved

wow its that easy ?

I mean.. the function is avail hehe

ye but how would i check that to see if a certain steam id is in there

    const auto banned = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->BannedMapField();
    for (const auto currentEntry : banned)
    {
        if(currentEntry.Value == FString(steamId))
        {
            // Do something
        }
    }

retarded question

6:39 PM

do i use currentEntry for whatever i want to check the banned id's against ?

currentEntry.Key would be PlayerName currentEntry.Value would be the SteamId

6:41 PM

It literally just iterates over the BannedMapField

if (currentEntry.Value == FString(steamId))
    {
        // Do something
    }

6:42 PM

ye but what is this then its just reading the id from that function ?

Its getting the steamId from the map and compares it with another steamid

6:42 PM

I tought you wanted to check if a player is banned or not

what i want to do is to obtain the parent account's steam id if the account is family shared

6:43 PM

and then if that parent id is banned the family shared account should be kicked

6:45 PM

6:46 PM

steam has an api for this

6:46 PM

{"response":{"lender_steamid":"0"}}

6:46 PM

this is the response

did you already used the nlohman library to parse it? or even created a function for getting lender_steamId? (edited)

no lol i wish i knew that much

6:47 PM

    nlohmann::json Json = Response;
    if (int LenderSteamID; (LenderSteamID = Json["response"].value("lender_steamid", 0)) != 0)
    {
        //LenderSteamID
    }

(edited)

6:18 AM

you might have to treat it as a string though perhaps, dependant if json will parse the "lender_steamid":"0" as a int or not cba to check (edited)

Hey guys. I'm trying to have any tribe that has our protection applied, have double harvest or custom value on harvest rate. What hook would I need to be in to make this happen? (edited)

Apologies for the n00b question but with Rust I could examine the Assmbly_csharp.dll to understand game functions and where hooks might reside. How would one do the same with Atlas? Also can UI be pushed from a server side plugin and to that end must UI be developed in UE or can it be done strictly in VS? Thanks!

@Absolut You can use IDA, but it's not as easy as in Rust. UI possibilities are limited, you can't do much from a plugin, however some people managed to combine mods with plugins.

@Michidu Thanks! Ill look into IDA and no worries on UI. Ill take baby steps

Is there a way to export a copy of the deconstructed code? Thinking $500 for a license might not be appropriate at this time

actually more than 500$, but you can find leaked IDA Pro 7.0

9:39 AM

but i guess API headers should be enough to start with

Ya that would be awesome. Ill keep a lookout for a download

11:43 AM

how do i place the steamid i get into a URL ?

Well, first replace the current steamId you've put in hardcoded to "{}" - Its a placeholder for a variable you're replacing. Then use it like the following; FString URL = FString::Format("YourFullStringHere", steamId);

FString URL = FString::Format("http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key=whateversteamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json", steam_id);

11:58 AM

like this ?

I guess there is a & missing between your key and the steamId parameter but yea

just inserted a placeholer when i copied the text here because it has my steam api key

12:12 PM

but how does this url get inserted into the GET function

API 3.0 has a better requests library btw

what's changed ?

based on Curl

12:13 PM

and interface should be better

after chaning API version you can try using ToString() function from FString

12:21 PM

like this or am i retarded ?

I would use URL.ToString() instead of putting a string with ToString() in it

API & GetCallBack Are still undefined though

it's just a callback function which you need to define

12:26 PM

wiki has an example

wow we can even grab the ip of a player

12:31 PM

interesting...

Try it and you'll get the SteamID of the player

I tried to do it haha

ye i'm trying to ban if the family shared account is banned thought ip would be a nice addition

i think @OwnProx fixed it

(edited)

but then i'd have to do db management which i know nothing about

GetCallBack will return the steam id already ye ?

12:40 PM

so now its time to parse it ?

12:45 PM

it looks a bit weird also first argument to CreateGetRequest is url

just To.String ?

just url

right...

anything inside quotes is a string btw

ah

12:54 PM

thx

12:54 PM

so now in theory

12:54 PM

void GetCallback(bool Success, std::string Result)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->info("LenderSteamID: {}", Result);
    }

12:54 PM

this

12:54 PM

should return

12:54 PM

{"response":{"lender_steamid":"0"}}

12:54 PM

this ?

Result should be it, yeah

then i use what ownprox posted to parse it ?

12:56 PM

nlohmann::json Json = Result;
        if (int LenderSteamID; (LenderSteamID = Json["response"].value("lender_steamid", 0)) != 0)
        {
            //LenderSteamID
        }

json = nlohmann::json::parse(Result);

12:57 PM

maybe it will work too

Result undefined

12:59 PM

you have another way of doing it dont you

1:00 PM

oh my bad

1:00 PM

it was somewhere else lol

1:00 PM

{
        Log::GetLog()->info("LenderSteamID: {}", Result);
        nlohmann::json Json = nlohmann::json::parse(Result);
        if (int LenderSteamID; (LenderSteamID = Json["response"].value("lender_steamid", 0)) != 0)
        {
            //LenderSteamID
        }
    }
    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("URL", &GetCallback);

1:02 PM

now can i get the banned list with const auto banned = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->BannedMapField(); and match it against the id we're obtaining from the steam api ?

1:02 PM

or would it be better to read from the Banlist and match it that way ?

btw when i said "url" i meant that actual url, not just the word 'url'

yeah but i need to place the steam id into the url to obtain the the LenderID

1:04 PM

so i cant place the actual url into there because it would always return the same result

you can use fmt::format

1:05 PM

like fmt::format("someurl.com?steamid={}", steamid")

1:06 PM

it will paste steamid instead of {}

all of that goes into CreateGetRequest or before that

instead of "URL"

ahh

1:14 PM

    void GetCallback(bool Success, std::string Result)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->info("LenderSteamID: {}", Result);
        nlohmann::json Json = nlohmann::json::parse(Result);
        if (int LenderSteamID; (LenderSteamID = Json["response"].value("lender_steamid", 0)) != 0)
        {
            //LenderSteamID
        }
    }
    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("fmt::format("http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key=86B1steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json", "steam_id")", &GetCallback);

(edited)

remove those quotes already

1:17 PM

fmt::format should be a function, not a string

void GetCallback(bool Success, std::string Result)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->info("LenderSteamID: {}", Result);
        nlohmann::json Json = nlohmann::json::parse(Result);
        if (int LenderSteamID; (LenderSteamID = Json["response"].value("lender_steamid", 0)) != 0)
        {
            //LenderSteamID
        }
    }
    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(fmt::format("http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key=F2D86B1steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json", "steam_id"), &GetCallback);


}

(edited)

almost, steam_id and not "steam_id"

alright now matching the id happens here ?

1:41 PM

looks alright

1:42 PM

ye

1:45 PM

?

currententry undefined

const auto banned = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->BannedMapField();

1:52 PM

does this return a list ?

yes

line by line Banned Players ye ?

i guess so, it's a map

so what's the best way to go about this extract the list line by line and match it line by line ?

you need to iterate over it

how would i do that

1:59 PM

ifstream ?

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/UnrealArchitecture/TMap

for (auto& Elem : FruitMap)
{
    FPlatformMisc::LocalPrint(
        *FString::Printf(
            TEXT("(%d, \"%s\")\n"),
            Elem.Key,
            *Elem.Value
        )
    );
}

2:08 PM

i need something like this ?

something, yea

where does that even print data from

2:22 PM

if i change FruitMap to BannedMap will it work ?

it's a first step for sure

TEXT("(%d, \"%s\")\n"),

2:26 PM

is this a regex ?

no

wait this is printf

2:32 PM

oh boi i'm retarded

2:34 PM

what if i use contains though

2:35 PM

bool bHas7 = FruitMap.Contains(7);
bool bHas8 = FruitMap.Contains(8);
// bHas7 == true
// bHas8 == false

2:35 PM

something like this

try, not sure if this map version supports it though

what is better to use Find or Contains ?

Contains

2:41 PM

something like this

2:41 PM

?

i dont think this map will ever contain lender_steamid

?

2:43 PM

if the player was banned before ?

2:47 PM

?

have you disabled warnings in VS? The syntax is very wrong

i think i disabled something ye

2:53 PM

where do i enable that

2:54 PM

i think i disabled intelisense at some point

likely

hmm just checked and its enabled

3:03 PM

weird

3:10 PM

3:11 PM

i think i'm missing a ; somewhere and it isn't checking properly

you also cant have nested functions

wait where do i have a nested function

GetCallback

3:15 PM

its inside another one

3:17 PM

this one ?

yes

wait how is it nested

one function inside another

but i took it from the example

you just pasted it in wrong place

here ?

3:33 PM

//Steam API Request
    void GetCallback(bool Success, std::string Result)
    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(fmt::format("http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key=B1steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json", steam_id), &GetCallback);

is GetCallback empty now?:)

doesn't it have to go above the GetLog ?

functions can't be inside each other

still not heh

3:41 PM

i would write it but currently a little busy

is it still inside another function or what ?

yeah

3:42 PM

you can even see red lines, it's errors

damn bro i cant even copy & paste code

is there any way to like debug plugins

3:55 PM

pretty sure advanced chat performs a worldsave every time someone types something

write to prox

4:00 PM

rip

@OwnProx lol

lmao it lags so bad

4:01 PM

like you type something and suddenly you're on the other side of the map

typing became more entertaining at least

4:02 PM

its a gamble

@Michidu / @OwnProx Server down? https://ark-server-api.com/ I'm getting service unavailable.

currently yes

Ok

damn i've pasted this GetCallback everywhere and it still tells me that local function definitions are not allowed

you need to paste it only in one place

6:51 PM

and it shouldn't be inside other function

well ye i mean i've tried pasting it everywhere

lol

my {} are also fucked so that could be contributing to the issue aswell

how your current full code looks like

https://pastebin.com/QRPidPd8

#include #include #include #include

it still inside lol

6:59 PM

why 7 in bHas btw?

isnt that just the name ?

7:00 PM

or does 7 have to be replaced by Lender_ID

no, its fine heh

7:01 PM

you need to move func before bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer

local function definitions are illegal

it wouldn't be local

https://pastebin.com/u9BFVy04

#include #include #include #include

7:04 PM

no body

{
    void GetCallback(bool Success, std::string Result)
}

7:07 PM

?

no heh

what is the body for then

The last pastebin needs a ; after the Void GetCallback line

9:23 PM

I believe you still have to define what that function does though. Currently you're only telling your program that there will be one with that name and signiture, but not what it does.

    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(fmt::format("http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key=162F2D86B1steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json", steam_id), &GetCallback);

9:38 PM

isnt this the definition of GetCallBack ?

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10:21 PM

hope we can get some devs on this i doubt i can do anything for it

Anyone mind sharing the process for setting up a workspace in VS for Ark/Atlas coding

sure i have a tutorial for that

10:27 PM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit?usp=sharing

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkBot/

Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip step N1: install visual studio by the link given on the first prerequisite, when the in...

@WETBATMAN Thanks!

no problem

10:38 PM

welcome to the community!

I’ll record a YT on how to setup VS and Arkbot tomorrow

12:46 AM

May as well record how to set it up

Ya I realized my issue was that I dont have the "not public" version of AtlasAPI. So I dont have the uncompiled files to load into VS.

1:10 AM

Beyond that ^^ @WETBATMAN instructions were great!

@MindDragon what is that?

I will record a YouTube video on how to setup Visual Studio and ArkBot from Github tomorrow.

3:26 AM

there is a great Google docs but sometimes videos (pictures) are 1,000 words +

3:26 AM

Also Atlas

What is Arkbot?

ark-mod/ArkBot

ARK Survival Evolved application that monitors and extracts data from local ARK servers and exposes this data through a Web App, Web API and Discord Bot. Provides important functions to players: di...

3:27 AM

I'm a maintainer on there and funding mods for it -- currently wanting a mod to port it to Atlas

Thought of asking how you guys are hosting your Ark servers. Hosting per server? VPS and configure servers yourself? Another way?

me personally i have a system built at home

8:25 AM

@GSH | MrOwlSky @Rogue Leader arkbot is a program that allows us to pull data from Ark’s savefile and display it to players on a website

8:25 AM

as such players can log into the site and view their stats/tribe log/ imprinting timers/generator fuel/crops and more

8:26 AM

check out my example http://dopeark.com

9:46 AM

Im at 1 step from it lmao

9:46 AM

Just waiting for the 2 tera Nvme today

congrats boiiii

First amd config for me

9:50 AM

i was like a dumb ass when i didn't found my second gpu

9:50 AM

i just went to buy a new one this morning lmao

9:55 AM

Nvme raid

9:55 AM

wtfff

@OwnProx PLEASE fix AdvancedChat

@WETBATMAN ark one or atlas one ?

ark

4:12 PM

it makes all servers in the crosschat autosave every time someone sends a message

4:12 PM

causing insane lag and rubberbanding

Oh i dont have this problem

wtf man why do some people have this and some dont (edited)

4:17 PM

how many servers in your crosschat ?

I was having the same problem at the begging

4:22 PM

and one day after a server restart it just stoped lmao

please tell me how you fixed it its driving me crazy

4:23 PM

because all those world saves already rack up the cpu usage and then arkot reloads all data and maxes the cpu out lol

I didn't fixed it lmao

4:39 PM

it stoped alone

ughhh

4:51 PM

you must have changed something

(edited)

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

Cross Server Chat support for ARK Survival Evolved servers. - ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

5:44 PM

is there any way to make this CrossServerChat support unicode ?

5:45 PM

advanced chat just lags too much

Are there any developers on here interested in being paid for work?

6:01 PM

@Raptross I have a datacenter with gigabit uplinks and I bought and built a TR 1950X with 64gb of RAM and 2x M.2 drives

6:02 PM

I don't recommend shared hosting with ARK or ATLAS... The code is soooo bloaty.

6:11 PM

does this need to be changed for message unicode support ?

damn cant even recompile it, needs an older sdk i think

@OwnProx have mercy on our ssd's and fix AdvancedChat

ToUTF8

2:18 AM

exists already in the api btw (edited)

2:18 AM

also blame ark there rcon sucks

2:18 AM

its nothing to do with advanced chat

2:18 AM

its arks rcon keeps dropping connections ect

2:19 AM

also it doesnt use hard drive at all

2:19 AM

so its not effecting your ssd's lol

2:19 AM

well actually reading more of what you said if it really is saving each time then yeah it is

2:20 AM

but i did not programme anywhere in advanced chat to support saving lol

2:20 AM

it has no option to save the world so idk how the hell your worlds are saving on each message as it don't make sense to me

@WETBATMAN Why don't you unload it and see if it is saving or not. That will help isolate if it is with reference to that plug-in or not.

Yeah it happened the first day for us too, the multiple saves, but stopped.

strange shit maybe the rcon is calling a save for some reason lol its certainly not my plugin i dont call save world from it, im going to move away from using rcon in upcoming updates obviously still keep that option there but i would rather host ports instead of using ones already existing seems they have perf issues (edited)

i know it is advanced chat because when i set up my extinction server i didnt load advanced chat on it because to cluster it i would have to restart all the other servers with advanced chat

8:02 AM

also @OwnProx check your advanced chat discord sever i posted screenshots that show that worldsves match the time a message is posted

8:03 AM

8:04 AM

8:06 AM

as you can see arkbot reloads sever data on ALL servers when a crosschat message is sent

8:06 AM

arkbot only reloads data if it detects the savefile got updated

@WETBATMAN The lag can come from the Arkbot as well if you are running it on the same machine as the arkservers.

that is the consequence of all the servers saving at once

9:48 AM

i have them set to save sequentially

9:49 AM

but when people type in chat all servers save and yea that causes a lot of lag because then arkbot has to refresh all servers at once

Have you verified it ? by actually looking at the save file. I know sometimes arkbot just do a refresh of the file even though it hasn't been a worldsave.

yes i have verified it

9:50 AM

savefile gets updated and then arkbot starts the data pull

so ...basically you have a bad ring of fire here

yes exactly

haha

it does not even make any sense

9:52 AM

why would a crosschat message force a worldsave (edited)

oh well, weird. Have you tried disabled the RCON xChat and use the separate plugin instead?

the problem is i have a lot of russian speakers so i need unicode support

I mean this one: https://ark-server-api.com/resources/cross-server-chat.65/

Cross Server Chat

Features display a users chat message across multiple ark servers Unicode Support Local & Remote Server Support a lot more efficient than competitors using sqllite database Description make sure you configure this properly enabling your rcon...

hmmm

Should be exactly the same code as in the Advance Chat.

will the admin and donator tags work with that though

No

no

They will not be cross map

damn

9:54 AM

still very weird

9:54 AM

some people have this and some dont

9:55 AM

so it has to be some variable i have wrong or something

how often do you do a world save?

13 15 17 19 21

Hello! Is it the Dino passive protection working fine? It’s not working at all for me

https://discord.gg/KgMvaY

9:59 AM

^ this is the discord you're looking for

Thank you

is there a way to debug the functions called when a chat message gets sent or something

@Michidu i have multiple API keys in the voterewards plugin so if i vote on one server then hop into another it claims the reward twice

@WETBATMAN Report that on the forum

3:40 PM

any way to recompile this plugin

3:40 PM

giving me endless errors

after removing AdvancedChat Crosschat

i'm going to lose my mind

4:17 PM

ITS STILL AUTOSAVING

nvm right now the lag seems to be gone

N00b question here... so sorry! I am not seeing any errors in my solution until I try to compile. I am then told AtlasApi.lib cannot be opened. If I change it to ArkApi (which I wouldnt want to) it gives the same error.

Have you set the additional library path in VS?

indeed

And in that folder there is a "AtlasApi.lib" located, right?

whats funny is neither ArkApi or AtlasApi.lib are in that folder. They are both in the "out_lib" folder.

9:07 PM

So I tried adding a second reference

Thats why I tought - I remember you switched to new api version

wait now i'm confused too, are you supposed to include the lib folder or the out_lib folder

With the new version its the out_lib folder

lib folder in new one is used for compiling API itself

(edited)

@Absolut sorry looks like i was wrong

copy

9:11 PM

New errors, ill fiddle before bothering everyone

9:11 PM

Thanks!

i'll plug my own question meanwhile

9:12 PM

get this error when compiling crossserverchat

Change the Windows SKD Version. Its located in the General section of your project settings

and where do i get this specific version of the sdk downloaded ?

You already got it I guess

says it was not found

even in your project settings?

Yea - the second option "Windows SDK Version"

9:15 PM

change that one to whatever you've installed

9:15 PM

its getting copied with the .sln file I think

change the one in the project sln file to the one i have ? (edited)

Just change it in that window lol

9:17 PM

yeah i've changed that already and it says it wasn't found (edited)

9:18 PM

if i change it to the latest one

9:18 PM

it says it needs the one before that

9:18 PM

if i change it to the one it requests it tells me it wasn't found

9:19 PM

oh nvm

9:19 PM

i'm retarded

9:19 PM

ignore all that

So it was just about switching?

yes

9:31 PM

how would i include this file in the project (edited)

9:31 PM

i added the include folder to the C++ section

9:31 PM

what is the path for this supposed to be

you can simply add that folder to the include folder in your visual studio project

9:32 PM

and #include the header

noob question but where is the include folder

9:35 PM

just paste it into the root of the project ?

Its located in Project Settings --> C/C++ --> General and called Additional Includedirectories (edited)

ye i added the whole include folder in there

9:36 PM

so now just include it by the name ?

use #include "sqlite/sqlite_modern_cpp.h" (edited)

says it cannot open the file

9:39 PM

even thought i have the include folder in there

9:43 PM

managed to include it by just selecting the sqlite folder

fixed the include stuff but now get errors like these

9:54 PM

9:55 PM

i guess the source is borked or did i do something wrong on my end ?

Source Code would be great

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

Cross Server Chat support for ARK Survival Evolved servers. - ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

Ah.. you just want to compile it 1:1 ?

ye for now

9:59 PM

i wanted to see if i could add unicode support

Where did you got the ArkPluginLibrary.lib from? Even the whole Library?

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkPluginLibrary

ark-mod/ArkPluginLibrary

Shared library for all my ARK Server API plugins. Contribute to ark-mod/ArkPluginLibrary development by creating an account on GitHub.

lmao.. searched for it everywhere on his git

He was using an older version of the API... some things have changed now...

10:21 PM

Also got the errors. I would need to fix the whole code for helping you

mostly its just a double brace ()() - I think you can figgure it out on your own

damn i wish i knew C++ to the point where i could fix this

10:22 PM

some stuff has the error that it cannot be used before its initialized

wait does removing one brace actually fix it or will it compile broken ?

depends on what the compiler said; I just opend the project and browse trought it for a little

10:30 PM

But yea.. if you're adding a braces to much it can "destroy" your code

well it has a lot more issues

10:31 PM

The part in utils.cpp worked fine for me

10:32 PM

Have you set the C++ 17 standard already in your project? (edited)

ye

10:33 PM

nothing is actually underlined in that file its a compiler issue

10:33 PM

oh actually nvm

10:33 PM

some stuff is actually underlined

10:34 PM

told you

10:34 PM

just the ()()

10:35 PM

remove one of them

oh here too

10:35 PM

didn't notice

10:37 PM

hmm it cant find a file in ARKPluginLibray

10:37 PM

10:39 PM

hmm this file does not seem to exist

As long as the .lib is not downloadable you'll need to open the ARKPluginLibray fix it first and then generate a static Library from it to later include it into your current project

i think its looking for the now called ArkApi.lib

10:43 PM

as its a linker issue

10:45 PM

there are too many issues in this project for me to fix

I have found that when the HandleNewPlayer is called the AShooterPlayerController isnt usually setup yet (sleeping or in a "dead" state). I had similiar issues in rust and was able to add a 5 second timer, then call the function again. So it would loop until the player disconnects or the controller is valid. How would one add a timer for a few seconds then call a function afterwards within C++? bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterPlayerController * NewPlayer, UPrimalPlayerData * PlayerData, AShooterCharacter * PlayerCharacter, bool bIsFromLogin) { AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original(NewPlayer, PlayerData, PlayerCharacter, bIsFromLogin); Log::GetLog()->info("Handle New Player: Called"); if (NewPlayer != nullptr) { Log::GetLog()->info("Handle New Player: Not Null"); if (ArkApi::IApiUtils::IsPlayerDead(NewPlayer) || ArkApi::IApiUtils::IsRidingDino(NewPlayer)) { Wait 5 seconds ----> Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(variables again....) return false; } UnlockEngrams(NewPlayer); return true; } return false; } (edited)

Wouldn't that lock up the server for 5 seconds?

12:11 AM

You can create some struct that tracks online players and just run a timer that does what you need it to if they are alive and haven't been modified yet.

12:12 AM

There's an example of a decent struct for online players and a timer in NPP

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12:39 AM

the bounty has been increased!

ill be moving the bounty over to issue #88

12:51 AM

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkBot/issues/88

Adapt Discord Bot to work on Atlas · Issue #88 · ark-mod/ArkBot

Features ARK Survival Evolved application that monitors and extracts data from local ARK servers and exposes this data through a Web App, Web API and Discord Bot. Provides important functions to pl...

12:51 AM

So it will be more clear

@Rogue Leader Thanks Ill look at it! For now I am still trying to tighten up my logic via chat command then Ill seek to automate it with the HandleNewPlayer hook. Though while I have you if you could help me I'd really appreciate it! I am trying to force player level to 51, give appropriate skill points to spend, and unlock all engrams. I have no issue setting the player level to 51 manually and unlocking all engrams but the "skill points" portion is wonky. (edited)

12:53 AM

It would be amazing to see what happens on the hook UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent.ServerApplyLevelUp. I can than maybe reverse engineer the process

12:54 AM

Then I could do this which should level the player more naturally and keep the points in sync with the actual level (not to mention the xp would be correct). int currentLvel = char_component->GetCharacterLevel(); if (currentLvel < 51) { //Log::GetLog()->info("Unlock Engrams: Below Level 51"); //char_component->BaseCharacterLevelField() = 51; for (int i = currentLvel; i < 51; i++) { float neededEXP = char_component->GetExperienceRequiredForNextLevelUp(); char_component->AddExperience(neededEXP, false, EXPType::XP_SPECIAL, false); char_component->ServerApplyLevelUp(EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::MAX, player_controller); } player_controller->GiveEngrams(true); ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player_controller, "Absolut Gaming: ", "You have been promoted to Level 51!"); }

Two more things about the bounty.

12:59 AM

1) It is open to any developer and if a little more is needed, we may be able to get a few other contributors

12:59 AM

2) I am writing an article about it in Forbes.com ... If you want your name out there, this is the time to do it.

12:59 AM

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkBot/issues/88

Adapt Discord Bot to work on Atlas · Issue #88 · ark-mod/ArkBot

Features ARK Survival Evolved application that monitors and extracts data from local ARK servers and exposes this data through a Web App, Web API and Discord Bot. Provides important functions to pl...

disregard my comment. I am deliberately making it harder then it needs to be. Thanks!

@Absolut theres another hook you can use

2:53 AM

that actually applys when the player has logged in

2:54 AM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_StartNewShooterPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, APlayerController* new_player,
                                                 bool force_create_new_player_data, bool is_from_login,
                                                 FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct* char_config,
                                                 UPrimalPlayerData* ark_player_data)

(edited)

2:54 AM

it could be after the handle player hook not sure, i know michidu uses this one with a 5 sec timer to then show the player a message << make sure you if check the char pointer after timer has passed (edited)

2:55 AM

plus if you #inclue "Timer.h"

2:55 AM

you got a hole timer class under

2:55 AM

API::Timer::Get().

2:56 AM

https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Timer

Index.php?title=Timer

2:56 AM

use std::bind if you want to pass arguments to your timer callback (edited)

2:58 AM

@WETBATMAN replace all ArkApi.lib with AtlasApi.lib in your project also replace all /ARK/Ark.h with /Atlas/Atlas.h (edited)

2:59 AM

set you lib include path to c:/pathToApi/x64/Atlas/

3:00 AM

also it doesnt really matter much about coverting that old cross chat im making a new one soon not using rcon

3:01 AM

rcon is just bad apparently well ark / atlas implementation of it

@OwnProx thanks! I was starting to mess with the timer. Ill keep trying

yeah its cool

3:01 AM

std::bind(Callbackfunc, Arg1, Arg2)

3:02 AM

oh never mind you dont need bind (edited)

3:02 AM

he added a template

3:02 AM

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&TimerCallBack, 10, Arg1, Arg2, ... so on

3:02 AM

when i was testing this class he dint have a template then haha

this leveling process is kicking my butt

3:03 AM

I thought I was good but the damn exp stays at level 1. So players keep leveling

why dont u just add xp

3:03 AM

instead of looping

I tried, it didnt work properly

just add 1 amount of xp

3:04 AM

ofcourse it does

3:04 AM

a admin command exists for it

3:04 AM

you can just use that

for (int i = currentLvel; i < 51; i++) { float neededEXP = char_component->GetExperienceRequiredForNextLevelUp(); char_component->AddExperience(neededEXP, false, EXPType::XP_SPECIAL, false); char_component->ServerApplyLevelUp(EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::MAX, player_controller); }

just use the cheat manager class

3:04 AM

        UShooterCheatManager* cheatManager = static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(OtherPlayer->CheatManagerField());
        if (cheatManager)
        {
}

(edited)

3:05 AM

cheatManager->AddExperience(345345435, false, true);

3:06 AM

oh apparently you can do this too

3:06 AM

OtherPlayer->AddExperience(345345435, false, true);

3:06 AM

without cheatmanager class

3:07 AM

int currentLvel = char_component->GetCharacterLevel(); if (currentLvel < 51) {

3:07 AM

is a bad idea

Ya I tried that.

because if they get the xp

3:07 AM

and dont apply the level

3:07 AM

they will get additional xp

3:07 AM

at login

3:07 AM

you want to check there current xp not level

Im trying to forgot clicking 51 times. I just want to give them 51, 51 points to spend in traits, and unlock all engrams.

3:08 AM

I can then set EXP at 999999999 so they never level again. Or make a hook so on level it returns nothing

3:08 AM

forgo*

michidu made a plugin that unlocks all engrams

Ya that was my template

3:08 AM

I have the engrams thats easy

3:09 AM

that may be why it doesnt work

3:09 AM

the cheat manager ver calls

3:09 AM

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent (edited)

@OwnProx its cool. Dont waste anymore time.

if you try the cheap manager AddExperience

The only frustrating part is having to stop/start my server to replace the plugin file

it should work

3:09 AM

you dont have to do that

3:09 AM

lol

AddExp works fine, that isnt the issue

3:09 AM

plugin.unload "myplugin" unloads but file is still locked

3:10 AM

might be a server host issue

cheat plugins.unload <PluginName>

3:10 AM

because you did not unload your hooks

3:10 AM

/ commands

3:10 AM

on unload

they are in the unload

you may of forgot something

3:10 AM

or named one of them wrongly

3:10 AM

i have about 16 plugins

3:10 AM

they all runtime unload

ya mine unload

3:10 AM

just cant delete file or replace it

3:10 AM

says locked

i can replace them too

might be server host, not sure

do you use sql lite?

3:11 AM

did u close that connection?

anyway,thanks for the help. I just need to get IDA. Without game functionality insight it is hard to code.

3:11 AM

Dont waste your time on me. Thanks man!

if you dont close sqllite its likely why

3:12 AM

depends if your plugin is using a db or not hahaha

3:12 AM

its cool dude im bored and dont see it as a waste

3:12 AM

maybe what i teach you gets passed on to others you never know

3:12 AM

then its not a waste

3:13 AM

but i can imagine how bad it would be having to close the server each test

3:14 AM

also i wrote 90% of my plugins without help from ida but your not wrong it does help to see how stuff's used (edited)

It’s nice to see what is called and in what order from default behavior. Like player clicks a trait button which consumes a skill point etc. makes it easier to duplicate the process so it isn’t clunky and brut forced

yeah and you can run the server exe in debug mode adding break points to certain functions you think relate to something

3:19 AM

then go ingame do that action then when one of your bp's are called you know its that one

3:19 AM

it helps in stuff like that for sure plus you can see all the local variable values

3:20 AM

/ array data ect

3:20 AM

everything really

3:20 AM

i havent actually used ida in this way yet running the server executable live and doing bp's i normally find what i need anyway in less time than starting a server up

@OwnProx i want to compile it for ark not atlas

@WETBATMAN i have been working now for a long time on Tobias legacy. Converting basically Improved commands to work. But it is a mess. And the ArkPluginLibrary that he use needs updates as well.

that is pretty sad

And as

said you need to convert lot's of double ()() since the today API won't work with the code with the currently build.

yes i did that but some stuff still gives a compiler error

9:57 AM

it looks like the legacy api was very different

it was

9:59 AM

I got some of his code working. And some actually to be compiled completely but that don't do anything lol (edited)

For storing some player information via steamid what is the best approach? Looks like SQLite is supported (seeing an example in ArkShop), or can I simply create a data.json and store it there?

3:27 AM

Seeing as config is a json I figured I could just create a json file. Probably small amounts of data. Probably a list of strings and maybe a few other things

I am leaning towards read and writing to a json. Read json and use , write back to json on unload of plugin. I see the read and use example in ArkShop which makes a ton of sense. I do not see any example of catching if the file doesnt exist and creating it on the server file system. Is there support for this and if so can someone point me to an example?

4:18 AM

To give an example: void Load() { Log::Get().Init("ArkShop"); try { ReadConfig(); } catch (const std::exception& error) { Log::GetLog()->error(error.what()); throw; } ^^ that is ArkShop.. I'd want to reference a default "config" and write it to file instead of throw; is this ^^ possible?

Sqlite and reading/writing to a file have a lot of limitations if you have multiple servers or lots of queries at one time.

ReadConfig throws if file doesn't exists, you can do something else in the catch block instead of rethrow. Or you can just check if file exists using std::filesystem::exists.

Regardless, can one write data to a file if the file doesn’t exist to begin with?

fstream can automatically create files if you add fstream::out flag

Thanks!

std::fstream file(config_path, fstream::out);

@Rogue Leader I really appreciate that insight, I am focused on replicating what I know so I can get a foundation and then begin to grow beyond. That being said, your point is something I didn't consider which is a bit absurd considering a core functionality of Atlas is multi-server integration (even if it is virtual boxes on a single piece of hardware or multi units sharing storage). I will be interested to see how others will handle passing active player data across servers to maintain running storage. (edited)

8:06 AM

or maybe, you write to storage on server change, and grab the data back once the player loads into the new server.

8:07 AM

Maybe that begs the idea of leveraging web hooks and storing the data off machine and writing on server disconnect and read on server connect.

8:07 AM

I dunno..

If it's not a ridiculous amount of data, you could store it in a file, load it up into a struct on server boot, then use what's in the struct(memory) and then write it back to the file on world saves or shutdowns. But again you would have issues with clusters all writing to the same file at the same time. Not sure how atlas handles it though, with each map grid saving or the Game as a whole saving. as I haven't worked with it yet.

@Absolut what sort of data are you saving / is it per player that joins ? if it is maybe use sqllite / mysql you can look at permissions it has a Interface so it can either run off of mysql or sqllite

6:14 AM

completely down to the users choice

6:14 AM

thats if your storing quite a bit of data its wise to use such things

Not really sure yet, just dabbling. Thanks

damn adrian you beat me to my plugin

3:37 PM

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 could you post the source for it i'm extremely interested

(edited)

Anyone able to assist in getting to the master item list? @atlas I see the MasterItemListField function on the UPrimalGameData class but I cant seem to get to it. I traced it back to the PrimalGameDataField() function under UPrimalGlobals. UPrimalGlobals appears to be obtainable from GameSingletonField() on the UEngine class. But this all seems rather crazy....

Disregard. I think this is all to difficult for me. I thought I could learn but I am clearly not there yet. Thanks everyone for the time!

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/AllEngrams/AllEngrams/AllEngrams.cpp#L43

https://pastebin.com/d2vvXD8F

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Is that an unlock all engrams plugin? @Michidu

yea

Do you think that if I I make minor changes it would work on atlas?

yes

4:17 PM

however, i'm not sure if engrams in atlas are same

if atlas has engrams, it should work

01/14/19 20:46 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 20:51 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 20:56 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 21:17 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 21:22 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 21:27 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 21:32 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted
01/14/19 21:37 [ArkShop][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\arkshop\arkshop\private\points.cpp ArkShop::Points::GetPoints) Unexpected DB error not all rows extracted

6:53 PM

@Michidu what's this

i guess you use sqlite db with multiple servers

i do

6:56 PM

5 of them

that why

so certain players points/kits are corrupted ?

6:57 PM

well non accesable ?

7:00 PM

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 mind giving me the source for your AntiFamilyShare i'm really interested in how you did it

You really wanna see all these virus?

virus ?

no, it may happen randomly

7:07 PM

just 2 servers access one db at the same time

so its failing to read ye ?

Yea.. im stealing all your data you'd provide on the config and send it to steam

7:09 PM

like a trojan.. lol

read or write

;p

7:21 PM

oh no my child porn /s (edited)

wtf.. lol

shh dont worry about it

7:25 PM

ehh i guess that is a no for source code

just wait lol

7:30 PM

[C++] #define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS #include "API/ARK/Ark.h" ...

7:30 PM

I just wish there would be a way without crashing the server to deny a PreLogin

nah its cool

7:31 PM

my server has 17 mods so you have to wait a solid 10-15 min to try to connect and then get kicked lol

lol

7:31 PM

17 mods you'd say?

yes

7:31 PM

2 of them being core mods

7:34 PM

hmm did you compile this with API 2.9 ?

yy

damn your code is so clean lol

the bigger the project the messy it gets.. lol

7:37 PM

if you got some projects with 3000 lines of code for a single plugin you probably can do it cleaner

i would not know lol

7:38 PM

i can barely write 2 lines

@WETBATMAN i can barely write 2 words xD

wrong order btw

7:54 PM

lol

no lol its meant to be that way

Im pretty sure its false order

order is correct

well

8:01 PM

rip

I think is my brain there is no light

8:11 PM

its all black

8:11 PM

Dark matter

Does ATLAS Rcon not support Chinese?

i have been using Permissions with an sqlite db should i switch to mysql ?

Switch to mysql for everything xD

ye but how do i migrate my existing db to it

whats better to use for hosting a mysql db on localhost xampp or the official mysql installer from mysql.com ?

mysql server

10:51 AM

and the migrate i used the dumbest way every copy past lines lmao

10:51 AM

with db browser

10:51 AM

you can export a db file to mysql

10:51 AM

or cvs

10:52 AM

and use Navicat after that to import it on your new mysql db

uhh issue is my Permissions db is 1400lines +

10:52 AM

so line by line is not a good idea

10:53 AM

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

10:53 AM

this is the one i need ?

wait Ownprox send it to me and showed mee wich one to install 1s

10:55 AM

https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQLInstaller/mysql-installer-community-8.0.13.0.msi

10:55 AM

Custom installation

10:55 AM

and select c++ connector mysql server 64bit and workbench x86

cool

10:56 AM

yeah that was the one i already have it downloaded

With mysql

10:56 AM

even does db erros of arkshop

10:56 AM

disappear normally

10:56 AM

if you have arkshop with mysql of corse

yea

10:59 AM

i need the 64 bit C++ connector ye ?

yes

anything i need to change in networking ?

No nothing

i heard it needs legacy authentication

only your user if you want to allowed remote connection

11:02 AM

im not using legacy and it working fine

any users to add or just use the root user ?

permissions cant connect to the db throws error 1114 (edited)

Dont write Mysql

11:44 AM

just mysql

11:44 AM

no Caps

yeah i did that

11:46 AM

maybe its because i dont have a db called ArkDB ?

11:47 AM

yep that was the case

11:48 AM

now i somehow have to move my entire db to here...

11:51 AM

btw permissions seems to only be able to connect to legacy authentication

11:55 AM

best way to export sqlite to CSV ?

11:56 AM

nvm sqlite browser has this feature

11:57 AM

wait wth its exporting steamID corrupted

Well you need to create the db

12:03 PM

the plugins only create the tables

yeah i got it to connect

12:04 PM

now i have to export my old db and import it into here

12:04 PM

csv export didint work it corrupted the steamID's

12:04 PM

json export was recognized but it exported 0 columns for some reason

Do like me

12:08 PM

Copy past xD

12:09 PM

bruh

12:10 PM

imma break my fingers if i do this by hand

just export it as .sql file..

@WETBATMAN Lmao i got the same problem when i was doing it and none worked

12:12 PM

so i just create the empty like and copy past the data into them

ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'TRANSACTION' at line 1

12:14 PM

well shit

while exporting or importing?

importing

Then remove the following;

12:15 PM

BEGIN TRANSACTION; COMMIT;

12:15 PM

First Line and last line

12:15 PM

Its created due a bigger SQL Statement

12:16 PM

but it might be another keyword in some other SQL's.. lol

12:16 PM

been using MariaDB

removed those and still throws and error

12:18 PM

ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'AUTOINCREMENT,
    `SteamId`    integer DEFAULT 0,
    `Groups`    text DEFAULT 'Default,' C' at line 2

But not at "Transaction" command I guess

yea lol

weird.. then create the table on your own and remove that one.. lol

why tf is it not importing from json its correct

It will not work

12:19 PM

no matter the export way that you will use from db browser

12:19 PM

it will not work

why lol its not some magical database

12:21 PM

i dont feel like typing 1900 lines by hand lol

For me it worked

12:23 PM

In MariaDB atleast

12:23 PM

12:24 PM

why does it export steam id like this

12:24 PM

number too long ?

You might need to tell your excel to format it right

12:24 PM

currently its taking it as a number

you're genious

12:27 PM

damn cant save it into csv like this

use .sql file its the cleaner way to do it.. lol (edited)

does not seem to export it

12:28 PM

or import

12:28 PM

i mean

how does your "Import" looks like?

12:29 PM

anything i need to change here ?

just use "Select ALL" button

12:29 PM

and then click okay

yeah i did that the last time and it failed upon importing

send me that file via pm then

12:32 PM

how does your import looks like still

12:33 PM

syntax is errored out

Yea but how do you import?

12:34 PM

via shell?

mysql server import feature

how does that looks like?

Ah.. remove first and last line again

12:37 PM

forgot it lol

12:37 PM

still shows an error here

AUTOINCREMENT doesn't seem to be supported

12:38 PM

1 sec

12:38 PM

try using AUTO_INCREMENT

good script to convert db here https://stackoverflow.com/a/1067151

Translating Perl to Python

I found this Perl script while migrating my SQLite database to mysql I was wondering (since I don't know Perl) how could one rewrite this in Python? Bonus points for the shortest (code) answer :)...

oh shit that might have worked

12:39 PM

please import

Its caused by; You had a SQL3 file

ughhh

Now you want to have it into MySQL - some keywords are different (edited)

still not importing

new error?

ERROR 1101 (42000) at line 1: BLOB, TEXT, GEOMETRY or JSON column 'Groups' can't have a default value

12:41 PM

yeah

12:42 PM

@Michidu how is that script even used lol

Its a Phyton script

yes, it takes sqlite dump

it has to be in the same folder ?

its better, you can run it like so script.py sqlitedump.sql > fixed.sql

12:44 PM

from cmd

In general; It would do the work you're currently doing manually

let my try it

12:47 PM

damn it exported a 0kb file

sounds good

yeah lol who needs the data anyway

mv google /dev/null

is my python install borked or something

probably you did something wrong

fuck me i pasted it inside notepad++ and forgot to save the text

12:51 PM

damn i'm retarded

https://tenor.com/Pgyr.gif

ERROR 1273 (HY000) at line 1: Unknown collation: 'NOCASE'

12:53 PM

even after the script

remove COLLATE NOCASE

now it says groups cant have a default value

12:55 PM

i think i'm close

Since you already got the big part.. do it manually

12:57 PM

its just 4-5 lines

ERROR 1062 (23000) at line 6: Duplicate entry '1' for key 'PRIMARY'

12:57 PM

says its duplicated but i cant find anything that is duped (edited)

Happy that im using MariaDB.. lol

@WETBATMAN Use copy past and stop loosing time lmao

bro

1:00 PM

its 1900 lines

no

1:00 PM

You already came to the permission part

1:00 PM

Do the rest manually lol

i have 12k line xD

1:01 PM

its fast

1:01 PM

it take 2minutes to copy past 10k line

how tf does it take 2 min

1:02 PM

what the fuck is it complaining about its all correct

1:04 PM

i'm gonna cry

`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `Players` (`Id`integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,`SteamId`integer DEFAULT 0,`Groups`text);`

`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `Groups` (`Id`integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,`GroupName`text NOT NULL,`Permissions` text);`

(edited)

1:07 PM

Use these before inserting

1:08 PM

and remove the CREATE TABLE command from your SQL file. It will work then

(edited)

got as far as to import the db

1:38 PM

but now i get this

1:38 PM

and the plugin only lists 2 groups when there should be 3

2:09 PM

FUCK

2:09 PM

YEAAAAAAAAH

2:10 PM

finally moved this fucking database

2:15 PM

thx @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 it looks like the groups created in mysql have different names and that is why it didnt work

MariaDB ❤

Yea.. Foppa knows what is good

cant wait to do all this again with arkshop ❤

ummm

3:17 PM

does mysql take some time to update or what ?

3:17 PM

cant revoke permissions for one of my groups

3:34 PM

umm

i cant seem to be able to revoke a permission or delete a group now that its mysql

4:07 PM

although my setup seems correct

4:07 PM

tried both rcon and ingame

4:08 PM

tested it before and added an admins permission to the admin group and that worked fine

i can add any group/permission but cant delete any

you do it via commands?

yes

4:36 PM

tried both rcon and ingame

any errors in console then? (edited)

4:38 PM

reports success but the group is never removed

4:38 PM

it's not a console though

have tried from console too does the same thing

server console i mean

if you wish i can go ingame try it again and screenshot it

He means the actual console - the black window opening on startup

(edited)

yes

ah right

4:42 PM

nothing

4:44 PM

i even had this moderator group removed in the sqlite file and it did not show up when i did permissions.listgroups

4:45 PM

but when i converted db now it appers

that weird, only this one doesn't work?

only removal of groups does not work

maybe something happened in the converting process

i tried to add a test group just now which worked fine

4:45 PM

but i cannot remove it

4:46 PM

adding permissions also works fine

well.. does the account for your api user to write?

yes its root

oh

4:46 PM

Well that's weird then.

also i made the plugin create the tables first before i moved them

4:47 PM

so i doubt anything is corrupted

@WETBATMAN try this go to User and privileges and Root

4:47 PM

Change Limit to host matching

4:47 PM

change from localhost

4:47 PM

to %

but it has write permission when i added the test group it was immediately updated

Yeah that should be done if you want the account to have 0% security

its just the remote connection

it's all connections

All connection with the good password

Anyway, do you run your mysql on the same machines as the servers?

yes i do

change localhost -> 127.0.0.1

does that do anything ?

even though localhost should works

it does it writes to db

Have you tried before the actually migration?

i created a test group and it was immediately written into the db

4:50 PM

but i cannot remove it

when you go cheat Permissions.ListGroups

4:50 PM

it give you the list of existing groups ?

yes

so it can read and write on the db

4:51 PM

Oo

4:51 PM

look

4:51 PM

i run the command to remove it

4:51 PM

plugin reports success

4:51 PM

but the group still exists

hehe i know why

4:51 PM

but i have a work around for ya

why tho ?

well work around: DELETE FROM PermissionGroups WHERE Id = <ID OF YOUR GROUP> (edited)

4:54 PM

Since it's mysql

i don't see the needs to have the commands

i dont actually care about those groups its just i was wondering if this would compromise anything else

i will try in my test system

@WETBATMAN are you using Navicat ?

nop

Well dumb ass way xD use navicat to connect to your db go to the groups table right lcick delete the record

4:57 PM

click

4:57 PM

xD

*drop all tables

It doesn't remove for me either

lol let me test too

5:03 PM

it work for me

@Michidu I'm not sure if it should be a ? sign in this section. should be something connect to the FString "group"

        {
            db_.execute(fmt::format("DELETE FROM PermissionGroups WHERE GroupName = '?';", group.ToString()));
        }

? is fine here

5:13 PM

but it doesn't give any errors

@Foppa you use legacy auth or the other one ?

5:17 PM

because i could not get it to connect with the normal one i had to install it under legacy

5:21 PM

what do you use for sql management i use MySQL workbench and its kinda unintuitive

Well im not using the Microsoft distribution. I have a clean MySQL on linux

1

hmm

So i only do queries

so to delete a group i only run the commands ?

5:26 PM

DELETE FROM PermissionGroups WHERE Id = <ID OF YOUR GROUP>

Yupp

but what about if any players were in that group ?

Just make a select first to get th id of the group

5:26 PM

should be 5

Yes correct

5:27 PM

Well yeah if there is members you needs to remove them from the group first

but there does not seem to be a command which returns which players are in that group

5:31 PM

i see some steam id's arent in any group

5:32 PM

could permissions be failing to add them ?

5:33 PM

something is up here all those entries are new players

5:33 PM

(connected after i switched to mysql)

5:33 PM

and they arent placed in any group

I think that your db have something wrong with the export

5:37 PM

Also if you are using public permissions from the forum you need to add default to groups in player table

default groups exist already

5:38 PM

it automatically creates admins and Default

No not on playergroups table

5:39 PM

In players table the groups colum should have default group as a default value

5:39 PM

PermissionGroup colum

where to check that

In the table settings

5:40 PM

That why i told you to use navicat

5:41 PM

settings look like this

Default expression

5:42 PM

Should be default

PermissionGroups Default = Default ?

Yes

5:42 PM

This way each time a player is created in the db

5:42 PM

He got default group auto

is it just Default or Default,

The secoond one if my memory is good

5:44 PM

Its been ling time that i setup everything to use mysql

5:44 PM

I think it Default,

any other settings i'm missing maybe ?

I dont think so im not using permissions from the forum so im not sure

what do you mean not from the forum

My permissions was edited

hmm wondering if i missed something else and that is why it cant remove the group

I think your db was corrupted during the export

no the data is fine

5:48 PM

one thing that i think can be missing is the default rules and stuff like that

The data are not fine

5:49 PM

All your player have permissionsGroup colum empty

not all

5:49 PM

some of them

5:49 PM

i fixed it right now by adding default, to them

5:50 PM

now that the rule is set it will add them auto

Thzy should all have at least default group

yea the default thing was not set

5:50 PM

and i know why

5:50 PM

okay so Groups has Default=Default,

5:50 PM

SteamID=0

5:51 PM

ID cant be null

5:51 PM

that should be all the rules

5:55 PM

any difference between INTG and BIGINTG ? (edited)

does collate nocase have to be enabled in mysql or is it already default behavior ?

@Deleted User can you please screenshot the settings of your tables and send them ?

I send you that when im home

6:36 PM

But me i have the same table for shop and permissions

all good

6:37 PM

i just wanna see the format is stores them in

I send you that in 30min max

@WETBATMAN

can you also send permission groups ?

thx

you'r welcome

looking at the db settings i have everything correct now

7:39 PM

except maybe indexes ?

7:45 PM

alright adding/removing players from groups works

7:46 PM

the only thing that still does not work is removing aa group

thats weird

yea my settings are correct now and i confirmed it adds new players correctly

7:54 PM

foppa has that too so i guess its just a bug (edited)

@Kamio has this issue too so yea its a bug

@WETBATMAN @Deleted User The Default group don't need to be added on players. Everyone has it built-in. If you want to remove a group manually from all players: UPDATE Players SET PermissionGroups = '' WHERE PermissionGroups LIKE "%<YOURGROUP>%"; Though it's not 100% perfect. if some has the group and something else they will loose the other groups. But i yeah it's something that could be for use.

The default crash should be add to the table cause when the plugin create it, it dont give a default value to that column (edited)

no my issue was that the default value was not set at all and because of this new players did not get placed into any group at all

Yeah it was the same for me

any decent ammo pool or alike mods ??

Damn... M2 these days

is there anything related to json that should be unloaded if the plugin is unloaded ?

12:44 PM

or is only a load function necessary

you dont need to do anything with json in unload function

1:23 PM

about to compile but says function overloaded

looks like function defination and declaration are different

weird i used hook generator from ownprox

check them

damn wtf i had 4 errors restarted visual studio and now i have 6

1:50 PM

restarted again and now 2 errors ?

don't restart it anymore just in case

yeah lol

1:51 PM

for some reason it was complaining that TargettingTeamField was not found in AActor

its still here

i think i know what is causing this

1:53 PM

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, bool bStopCurrentAttackAnim, float AttackAnimBlendOutTime, AController* EventInstigator, AShooterPlayerController* player_controller)

1:54 PM

i added the EventInstigator and Player_controler

1:54 PM

or is that not allowed ?

added? you cant add anything to hooks

how else can declare AShooterPlayerController as player_controller ?

you mean you added names? It's fine as long as you don't add new arguments

1:57 PM

how it looks in hook generator?

1:57 PM

i think it does it for you

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, bool bStopCurrentAttackAnim, float AttackAnimBlendOutTime)

1:57 PM

this is the original one

show full output, including declare hook

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack, bool, APrimalDinoCharacter*, bool, float);

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, bool bStopCurrentAttackAnim, float AttackAnimBlendOutTime)
{
   return APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack_original(_this, bStopCurrentAttackAnim, AttackAnimBlendOutTime);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.CancelCurrentAttack", &Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack, &APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.CancelCurrentAttack", &Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_CancelCurrentAttack);

1:58 PM

wait i have to add it to the first hook too no ?

i don't see EventInstigator or player here

1:59 PM

means it's not here

1:59 PM

and of course you can't just add them

aw damn

2:00 PM

how else do i declare names for those ?

2:01 PM

or i cant use event instigator entirely ?

you have only dino here

2:02 PM

you can get something from dino if you need

so instead of event instigator something dino related ? (edited)

what you are trying to do?

block secondary attack if a dragon is near enemy structures

block dino attack?

yea secondary attack

2:04 PM

its fire breath and goes through walls

so you need to disable dragon attacks if he is near enemy buildings

yes

2:05 PM

preferably only one (edited)

2:05 PM

it has 2 attacks

2:05 PM

bite and fire breath

this hook won't help you, probably it's better to hook aprimalstructure_takedamage instead. Then check if attacker is dragon

2:07 PM

probably you can get damage type too but i haven't tried to do it yet

What is the ATLAS RCON socket message encoding?

yeah but due to my other plugin dragons cant damage structures so i assume that hook wont activate ?

modify your other plugin then

2:09 PM

default encoding is ASCII probably

but why is there no other way to detect if its a dragon ?

this one probably the easiest

but tamed dragons dont damage metal anyways so it still wont activate ?

it can if your lucky, depends on hook order

what is different about doing it this way though

hooking CancelCurrentAttack? it won't work at all

what do you mean

that it won't work for your task

does it only work for players then or what ?

this function can be called only when attack is already being canceled (edited)

2:15 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_CanAttack, bool, APrimalDinoCharacter*, int);

2:15 PM

what about this one ?

might work if you can find dino target

just check if its near enemy structures ?

2:16 PM

took code from you arkhomes

ASCII doesn't support Chinese, right?

dont think so that's why we had unicode rcon

2:21 PM

for ark

I use C # for socket to receive messages, Chinese is always? ? ?

2:23 PM

Maybe I should see the source code for ark rcon?

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/tree/master/UnicodeRcon

https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi/blob/master/VoteRewards/VoteRewards/VoteRewards.cpp

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

thank you

does dll main have to be removed from the projects source files or am i doing something wrong

you need to have only one dllmain

yea it said it was already defined in the main .cpp file

4:30 PM

if i cant add it to the hook how should i declare EventInstigator & player_controller; ? (edited)

You dont have them

like not use them at all ?

As i said you can use this hook only if you can find Dino target from the Dino himself

CanAttack or Cancel Attack ?

how should i go about it first see if its a dragon and then check what its attacking ?

yes, there should be target variable

attack index ?

its an int

damn i cant even see any plugins that use target detection

no one use it

5:55 PM

any other way to go about this ?

takedamage hook

but as you said it sometimes works and sometimes does not

because of your other plugin

yeah but it does not damage metal anyway so the outcome will be the same

hm?

dragons dont damage metal

5:58 PM

only stone

how it affects you?

if my plugin is interacting with this one by making them not damage any structure wont the outcome be the same ?

modify your other plugin or disable it heh

what interacts with the current plugin dragons not being able to damage something or the same hook interacting with this one ?

6:03 PM

doesnt the dragon need to actually damage the structure to activate this hook ?

yes

so that's what i'm telling you

6:03 PM

they dont damage metal without ANY plugins

that what you need to do i thought - "disable dragon attacks if he is near enemy buildings" if dragon can't attack metal, it's fine i guess

(edited)

i want to disable the attack because their flame has a terrible hitbox and it kills everything THROUGH the wall

6:06 PM

not that it damages the structure itself

possible, the hook will be called on other stuctures if they are damaged and not metal

flame does not break any structures

6:08 PM

only bite

6:08 PM

unless its wild

takedamage called for every damage

is there no way to integrate the check from arkhomes though

6:09 PM

my other plugin is finally working fine i dont want to break it for this

you can try to hook deal damage function instead (not sure how exactly it called)

+ it can be abused by placing something near the dragon and it will not attack anymore

6:10 PM

which class is it

6:10 PM

AAactor ?

dino

APrimalDinoCharacter ?

maybe, you actually need to find such function

6:12 PM

it's just an idea

maybe hook something like deal damage ?

6:13 PM

or a function that triggers an attack ?

6:13 PM

then check if its a dragon ?

6:13 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack, bool, APrimalDinoCharacter*, int, bool, bool); ?

that what i suggested

6:13 PM

yes, try

whoops misread it

6:16 PM

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, int AttackIndex, bool bSetCurrentAttack, bool bInterruptCurrentAttack)

6:16 PM

so i can only use whatever is in this Bool ?

yes

6:24 PM

?

good start

i ripped some code from arkhomes about enemy structure detection but i dont know how to define player_controller

6:26 PM

in a statement here

6:26 PM

since i can only use whatever is in that bool

looks like need to get target again

-_-

6:30 PM

attack index is used for that ?

no

detection code needs to be something with APrimalDinoCharacter ?

damn i wish there was at least a template or something about this dont even know where to start

You can use dpp as a template.

7:33 PM

It has the ability to check for enemy structures in a radius.

7:34 PM

Then you can use the takedamage hook to stop damage if it's from a dragon near an enemy structure.

7:34 PM

As for checking which attack it is, idk. You can debug and see if damagecauser or eventinstigator changes based on the attack.

i used enemy structure detection from michidu's code but it relies on AShooterPlayerController

7:37 PM

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, int AttackIndex, bool bSetCurrentAttack, bool bInterruptCurrentAttack)

7:37 PM

this hook only has APrimalDinoCharacter

Do you know what that hook does?

not entirely sure

7:38 PM

probably triggers upon an attack being casted

It's probably just the function that allows the AI to determine whether to retaliate an attack

7:39 PM

But idk, it's signature isn't descriptive enough

7:41 PM

I'd recommend using aprimaldinocharacter and ashooterplayercontroller takedamage hooks instead.

7:42 PM

And if a dino or player takes damage from a dragon that is near an enemy structure then negate it.

7:42 PM

Then work on figuring out how to determine what attack was used if possible.

7:43 PM

It would just render dragons useless near enemy structures. (edited)

so both hooks have to be used ye ?

7:44 PM

one for players and one for dinos ?

Yea if you're trying to stop damage to both

7:47 PM

And they would be identical except for signatures for the return statements and function signatures

UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
            TArray<AActor*> new_actors;
            TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
            TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;

            UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),
                static_cast<float>((DinoPassiveProtection::MinimumEnemyStructureDistanceInFoundations * 300)), &types,
                APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore,
                &new_actors);

            for (const auto& actor : new_actors)
            {
                APrimalStructure* structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(actor);
                //Log::GetLog()->warn(FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), actor->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()));
                if (structure->TargetingTeamField() != _this->TargetingTeamField())
                {
                    isNotNearEnemyStructures = false;
                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                    isNotNearEnemyStructures = true;
                }
            }

8:00 PM

this is the enemy structure detection code ye ?

bool IsEnemyStructureNear(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, int radius)
{
    UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();

    TArray<AActor*> new_actors;

    TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
    TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;

    UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetPosition(player_controller),
        static_cast<float>(radius), &types,
        APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore,
        &new_actors);

    for (const auto& actor : new_actors)
    {
        APrimalStructure* structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(actor);

        if (structure->TargetingTeamField() != player_controller->TargetingTeamField())
            return true;
    }

    return false;
}

8:13 PM

i'm using this atm

8:43 PM

run into the same issue cant declare player_controller

Mine doesn't use one

what exactly is changed in API 3.0's requests ?

3:24 PM

the wiki does not seem to be updated

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 have you converted AntiFamilyShare to api 3.0 yet?

std::string apiKey = config["APIKey"];
    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(fmt::format("http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key={}&steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json",
        apiKey, steamId), std::function<void > & isPlayingSharedGame);

i have something like this but i'm retarded and cant get it to work

I haven't converted it to API version 3.0 since no one really seems to be using the newer version of the API yet

https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Examples

C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

5:14 PM

ownprox is but he's using std::bind which is useless in this case i think

which is not true ^^

5:15 PM

requests in wiki were already updated btw

bool CreateGetRequest(const std::string& url, const std::function<void(bool, std::string)>& callback);

5:16 PM

this is the one in the wiki

5:16 PM

Api::Requests::CreateGetRequest(std::string& url, const std::function<void(bool, std::string)>& isPlayingSharedGame);

5:16 PM

and this is the one adrian is using

5:16 PM

but with api 3.0 it fails to compile

5:17 PM

std::string = type name is not allowed

ok, https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Requests this page is not updated yet

Index.php?title=Requests

5:17 PM

Index.php?title=Examples

5:17 PM

in examples you can find updated one

yeah this one

5:20 PM

so does it have to contain the full url now ?

5:20 PM

std::string does not seem to work

What does your code currently looks like?

API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(fmt::format(
            "http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key={}&steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json",
            apiKey, steamId), std::bind(& isPlayingSharedGame);

https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Requests actually it was updated too, lol

Index.php?title=Requests

bool CreateGetRequest(const std::string& url, const std::function<void(bool, std::string)>& callback);

fmt::format is giving you a std::wstring btw

its still this

5:26 PM

lol are you updating it now

Nope not today

5:27 PM

lol

5:27 PM

but im trying to help you

no i asked michidu

oh sorry

5:27 PM

lmao

site had a line with Pointer to requests and now its gone

(edited)

yea, but it still was correct

API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(std::string& url, const std::function<void(bool, std::string)>& isPlayingSharedGame);

5:28 PM

still does not work if it is correct

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰

He doesn't want my help

if only the pointer is changed it should work now

i'm sure he wants

5:31 PM

lel

no one saw it (edited)

i did XD

5:32 PM

5:33 PM

when you dont have discord nitro so you have to use png's

5:33 PM

anyway so is it just the pointer that was changed ?

no, wiki was always correct. I just removed pointer section because it useless and incorrect

5:34 PM

since it wasn't even a pointer

so whats the change in requests from 2.9 to 3.0 (if any) ? (edited)

3.0 uses curl

5:37 PM

so requests were completely rewritten

but if the wiki was always correct than this request should be correct too

5:44 PM

tf

You may still need to include Request.h but thats the updated code:

6:07 PM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_PreLogin(AShooterGameMode* _this, FString* Options, FString* Address,
                                    TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId, 0>* UniqueId, FString* authToken, FString* ErrorMessage)
{
    const uint64 steamId = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(UniqueId->Get())->UniqueNetId;

    std::string apiKey = config["APIKey"];
    FString url = FString::Format(
        "http://api.steampowered.com/IPlayerService/IsPlayingSharedGame/v0001/?key={}&steamid={}&appid_playing=346110&format=json",
        apiKey, steamId);

    API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(url.ToString(), [steamId](bool success, std::string response)
    {
        isPlayingSharedGame(success, response, steamId);
    });
    AShooterGameMode_PreLogin_original(_this, Options, Address, UniqueId, authToken, ErrorMessage);
}

1

6:07 PM

void isPlayingSharedGame(bool success, std::string response, uint64 steamId)
{
    if (success)
    {
        if (!response.empty() && !response.find("Forbidden"))
        {
            nlohmann::json parsedResponse = nlohmann::json::parse(response);
            const uint64 lenderSteamId = std::stoull(
                static_cast<std::string>(parsedResponse["response"]["lender_steamid"]), nullptr);
            if (lenderSteamId != 0)
            {
                if (!VectorContains(steamId))
                {
                    familysharing.push_back(steamId);
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Log::GetLog()->warn("Please check your config for a valid API Key");
        }
    }
    else
    {
        Log::GetLog()->warn("API Limit reached(100.000 per 24h) / Steam API down");
    }
}

so what exactly was causing it not to compile with api 3 ?

6:08 PM

and thanks for posting the source ofc

Like Michidu said; Version 3.0 brought us a new library called CURL (you might know it from linux).. ofc the usage of the library is different

hmm getting a linker error

6:14 PM

nvm i think i have DLLMAIN twice

again? haha

yeah that was the case

6:15 PM

thank you!

you're welcome

6:22 PM

hmm weird

probably you dont have dllmain at all now

6:22 PM

isnt this supposed to be it ?

looks so

its in the main source

Never mind

look at my screenshot it says API 3.0

I just saw 3.0

6:25 PM

6:26 PM

I was using copy past and replace files to update the api

6:26 PM

But didn't want to update until i deleted all files and unziped the api again

so what's this error attributed to ?

For me it was the fact that i was not using the last api version for you i dont know

7:28 PM

xD

try to compile with new library maybe

ARK-Server-API-master\out_lib

7:41 PM

i have this set in the linker

7:41 PM

api 3.0

@WETBATMAN

9:04 PM

Lmaooo

9:05 PM

what are you trying to compile

My lootbox xD

Seems like you included 2 different header

9:06 PM

Maybe 1 from old 1 new or New Atlas and New Ark

Oh

9:07 PM

i didn't remove the ark headers

9:07 PM

lol

lmaooo

9:11 PM

Fuck it taked me 500hours to compile with ark api

9:11 PM

now i will need 1k hour to compile with atlas

9:11 PM

lol

any idea what this entry point issue is ?

9:12 PM

old version of AntiFamilySharing throws the same error with new api

Which version of API are you using?

3.0

Old is compatible with 2.9 - if you trying to run it with 3.0 idk what would happen.. lel

yeah that's the thing it throws the same error with 3.0 api

9:14 PM

same with this new source you posted

Ok im looking for IQ to buy if you found an ebay annoucement of someone selling IQ

float  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

{
    
    
        ACharacter* character = EventInstigator->CharacterField();
        const int enemy_min_distance = AntiFireBreath::config["General"]["EnemyStructureMinDistance"];
        if (character != nullptr && character && character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {

            APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(character);
            FString descr;
            dino->GetDinoDescriptiveName(&descr);
            if (descr.Contains(L"Dragon")
                || descr.Contains(L"Raphus")
                || descr.Contains(L"Primordius"))
                return 0;
        }
        return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

    
}

1:10 PM

would something like this make the target not take damage ?

1:10 PM

if attacker is a dragon ?

it indeed does prevent a dragon from dealing damage to anything but if something else hits the target it crashes the server

it would prevent other dinos getting damage (edited)

yeah i got that part to finally work

1:52 PM

{
        return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
    }

1:52 PM

i forgot this LOL

1:53 PM

now onto enemy structure detection...

3:38 PM

wtf

lmao

damn i cant get this enemy structure detection to work

3:42 PM

either everything takes damage or nothing

https://pastebin.com/UcNTSSk4

float Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalDinoCharacter* ...

4:06 PM

my enemy structure detection code looks like this

4:06 PM

but it does not seem to work as i cant damage any dino regardless if its near an enemy foundation or not (edited)

4:06 PM

what am i doing wrong ?

You need a return statement after your for loop

will return 0 not do ?

And one after your first if block

https://pastebin.com/ecQp5ZgA

float Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalDinoCharacter* ...

You need a return statement at every point of your logic where there is an end (edited)

this is what it looks like right now

Mentally run through all the possibilities in your logic. Is there a return statement at all the ends?

well first detection is if its an event instigator

If certain if conditions do not pass, does it still hit a return statement?

5:15 PM

Remember, you are intercepting the original function call, so if you do not tell your hook to return to it once your hook determines it's not needed it will do nothing.

hmm interesting

5:16 PM

so for every IF statement there needs to be a return one

5:16 PM

?

Not necessarily. There needs to be a return at every logical end of your logic though. (edited)

i assume its not required for stuff like if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField()) ?

What happens if your second if block doesn't execute?

second block ?

5:19 PM

the structure detection ?

if(something){----this is a block---}

if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        ACharacter* character = EventInstigator->CharacterField();
        if (character != nullptr && character && character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {
            APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(character);
            FString descr;
            dino->GetDinoDescriptiveName(&descr);
            if (descr.Contains(L"Direwolf")
                || descr.Contains(L"Wyvern")
                || descr.Contains(L"Broodmother"))
            {
                UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
                TArray<AActor*> new_actors;
                TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
                TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;

                UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, EventInstigator->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),

                    static_cast<float>((AntiFireBreath::MinimumEnemyStructureDistanceInFoundations * 300)), &types,
                    APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore,
                    &new_actors);

                for (const auto& actor : new_actors)
                {
                    APrimalStructure* structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(actor);
                    Log::GetLog()->warn(FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), actor->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()));
                    if (structure->TargetingTeamField() != _this->TargetingTeamField())
                    {
                        return 0;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
                    }
                    
                }
            }
        }
    }

5:20 PM

well if it does not execute i would assume nothing happens

Does it return anything if it doesn't execute?

5:22 PM

I can't match up the braces well on mobile.

5:23 PM

well it checks if it indeed is a dino

Your structure detection has errors in it

5:27 PM

You are checking if the attacked dinos tribe matches the structure

switch to damage causer instead of _this ?

Or event instigator

5:29 PM

Idk which will be the dino that's attacking (edited)

yeah it should be eventinstigator

5:30 PM

if (structure->TargetingTeamField() !=EventInstigator->TargetingTeamField())

5:30 PM

something like this ye ?

Yea

5:32 PM

But remove the else

5:32 PM

Otherwise it will only check a single structure then return 0 or original

hmm i have some returns missing i assume because i loaded this build and i cant damage ANY dino

Correct

5:37 PM

Follow your code logically. Make sure that every situation/flow of logic has a return it will reach.

5:37 PM

That's dev 101.

how do i go about returning the original value

5:37 PM

return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

5:37 PM

just this ?

Yup

does it need else {return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser); }

5:38 PM

or just return it without that where its necessary ?

Shouldn't need an else.

5:39 PM

It may be as simple as putting it after your first if blocks closing brace (edited)

tried that and it blocked all dmg

5:39 PM

putting it after the second one allows all dmg

Your structure logic was broken then

5:40 PM

So all results before you fixed it were wrong (edited)

i got it to display the distance in the console once but it did not actually prevent the dmg

5:41 PM

then i tossed shit around in the code and now it does not even do that

maybe @GSH | MrOwlSky ?

damn whatever i do and wherever i place the return statement it just does not work

@NameIdeas

Good Morning ^_^, looking over the API stuff

good morning

Good evening

Good morning @NEP_PROP

Hey all. I'm just trying to get the basic DLL building and am running into a set of build errors:

1>dllmain.cpp
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(24): error C2039: '_InterlockedIncrement64': is not a member of '`global namespace''
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(24): error C3861: '_InterlockedIncrement64': identifier not found
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(48): error C2039: '_InterlockedDecrement64': is not a member of '`global namespace''
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(48): error C3861: '_InterlockedDecrement64': identifier not found
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(72): error C2039: '_InterlockedExchangeAdd64': is not a member of '`global namespace''
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(72): error C3861: '_InterlockedExchangeAdd64': identifier not found
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(95): error C2039: '_InterlockedExchange64': is not a member of '`global namespace''
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(95): error C3861: '_InterlockedExchange64': identifier not found
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(112): error C2039: '_InterlockedExchange64': is not a member of '`global namespace''
1>d:\wf\arkmodding\ark-server-api\version\core\public\api\ue\windows\windowsplatformatomics.h(112): error C3861: '_InterlockedExchange64': identifier not found

7:57 PM

Wondering if this is just something I'm doing wrong.

Nvm

probably VS was outdated or you didn't enable c++ 17 support

Nah its actually even dumber

8:29 PM

But I figured it out after looking at intrin0.h

https://pastebin.com/rPv0SAvU

float Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalDinoCharacter* ...

9:15 PM

damn what is wrong with this hook i've tried everything (it compiles fine but all dinos still take damage when it should prevent dmg near enemy structures)

Put a bunch of the log warnings in every block to see where it's getting stopped at and print out the variables you are checking

thing is its printing out both the distance from foundation AND the name of the attacker

10:20 PM

i'm lost

Print out the tribe ids and you're minimum distance too

10:23 PM

Maybe the calculation for foundation distance is weird

10:23 PM

Mine was based on tests on the island, so it may vary from map to map

nop

10:23 PM

when i hit this therizino far from any foundations it does not print out the distance (edited)

10:24 PM

tribe id check works because i can damage wild dinos just fine

10:24 PM

i can damage the dinos by hand too

10:24 PM

that means dino check also works

10:26 PM

it looks like its failing somwhere in the attacker tag check

10:26 PM

cant damage this enemy dino with any other dino

10:30 PM

OH SHIT

10:30 PM

i think i got it

10:31 PM

https://pastebin.com/UGkr63xv

float Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalDinoCharacter* ...

10:31 PM

@Rogue Leader you were right there were not enough return statements

10:32 PM

seems to work now (edited)

That else statement is still gonna cause issues

10:33 PM

It will return normal damage if the first structure in the list is from the attacking tribe

which one

10:33 PM

the one under the structure check ?

You ONLY want to break out of that for loop if it finds a structure that isn't an attacking structure

so i add a break before that Else statement ?

10:35 PM

you had one but i think i removed it trying to make it work

no, just remove it

without that else it does not work

a return is basically a break statement out of a function but with a value

without this else statement one of the checks gets broken

10:36 PM

wait let me test again

you're game will also crash if eventinstagator is null because there is no return in that case

24hours of negative IQ

nvm it seems to work without that else statement

10:37 PM

wait i thought i had a nullpointer check

10:37 PM

if (_this->TargetingTeamField() > 10000 && character != nullptr && character && character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))

?

you only tell it what to do if it's not null, but not if it is null

10:39 PM

if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
{
    //Do the things
} 
return original; //if EventInstigator  = NULL

if (EventInstigator=nullptr)
        {
            return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
        }

10:39 PM

this ?

==

10:39 PM

can also do if (!EventInstigator)

whoops you're right

if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
{
    //Do the things
} 
 return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

10:40 PM

no need to check if it's null again. Youre first if already did that

so just add a return if its null

10:41 PM

return original

just add a return after the first if block ends

all tests passed

10:43 PM

for APrimalCharacter its the same thing ?

10:43 PM

to prevent dmg ?

If it works for the dino character

well it seems to

10:43 PM

10:44 PM

alright now that this is working

10:44 PM

how the fuck do i identify which attack the dragon is using

hmm AshooterCharacter Take damage seems to be a bit different

11:03 PM

wild dinos cant damage me and the console reports they're near a structure when they're not

11:08 PM

nvm it kinda works

11:14 PM

everything seems to work

11:14 PM

now i have to figure out a method of detecting only fire breath to block it

y'all tend to rent a VPS out or something as a test server for dev?

I boot up a vm with a dev edition of windows and use ark server manager

Not sure if that'd help because I'm not sure whether the issue is that the game & server are clashing or if my PC just can't run both

12:19 AM

might as well try it

Game and server won't clash. Server download is significantly smaller as well

I dunno its been stuck on trying to read a file for a long time.

I'd recommend using ASM and then forwarding your ports. Just need like 16 gb of ram (edited)

I attach and pause it so I can see where its at in initialization, parrallel stacks shows all threads waiting except the one trying to load

Sorry, accidentally deleted that trying to edit my message on mobile

Can't see the filename tho, optimized away. No idea if its making progress but its been like 45 min

12:27 AM

Could compile CoreUObject in that time.

If you're using a HDD it can take over 10 minutes.

12:27 AM

Youre having trouble booting up the server itself?

Mhmm

12:28 AM

earlier I had the server ready to go and the game wouldn't start. Wouldn't even try. (edited)

12:28 AM

I'm essentially just trying to get a hello world running

At least I can "race" win install vs ark server init

Anyone know MySQL Workbench good?

5:49 AM

Got a simple bug I can't wrap my head around on

well i have a separate machine built at my house hosting all the live servers so if i need a test environment i just spin a testserver up on that machine

GetDamageInstigator(AController * InstigatedBy, UDamageType * DamageType)

11:46 AM

can something like this be used to determine which attack the player is using ?

in your hook DamageEvent probably has info about attack type

can i log it straight into the console or do i have to initialize it first ?

what do you mean with 'initialize' ?

i mean how can i log what it outputs into the console

you can output only more basic types

hmm

========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

6:58 PM

48hours later

the best feeling

nevermind

7:01 PM

i still have another one

worst feeling

it been 48hours

7:05 PM

that im trying

7:05 PM

xD

i'm legit going to lose my mind

10:35 AM

finally got some parts of this plugin to work

10:35 AM

didnt change anything

10:35 AM

start testserver

10:35 AM

nothing works

10:35 AM

-_-

so when it worked?

prevented a dino/player near his own structures taking damage from a dragon

10:39 AM

literally the only thing i did was swap the api version

(edited)

10:40 AM

now i can dmg anything near enemy structures (edited)

try older version heh

how your code looks?

https://pastebin.com/wvxG3T7D

#include #include #include #include

hm, it looks ok actually

yea that's what i'm saying (edited)

bUseBPDoHarvestAttack why do you need it?

i tried to use to maybe see if it was using its special or main attack

11:30 AM

want to only block special if possible

maybe you need to remove this check

tried without that

11:31 AM

also currently i only had it in APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage (edited)

11:31 AM

so it would not affect dinos

also

11:44 AM

OwnProx told me there is a current attack detection function in ark

11:44 AM

but it does not exist in the api

11:44 AM

yeah i think it is but i also gave you many other funcs (edited)

11:53 AM

char GetCurrentAttackIndex() { return NativeCall<char>(this, "APrimalDinoAIController.GetCurrentAttackIndex"); }

11:53 AM

may be what u need

11:54 AM

or

11:54 AM

    char& CurrentAttackIndexField() { return *GetNativePointerField<char*>(this, "APrimalDinoCharacter.CurrentAttackIndex"); }
    char& LastAttackIndexField() { return *GetNativePointerField<char*>(this, "APrimalDinoCharacter.LastAttackIndex"); }

(edited)

Is it possible to get all possible .ini options for Atlas from the API?

they are hard coded in AShooterGameMode::InitGame (edited)

12:10 PM

maybe you can hook functions like GetBoolOptionIni and get options from here

1:47 PM

Always cause the server to crash

1:48 PM

Fatal error! VERSION: 15.21 KERNELBASE.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffbc8e668d8) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AtlasShop.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffb9b309402) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AtlasShop.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffb9b3077a7) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AtlasShop.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffb9b1e4392) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AtlasShop.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffb9b2a3907) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] VERSION.dll!AtlasApi::Hook_AGameState_DefaultTimer() (0x00007ffb9c296752) + 80 bytes [f:\github\ark-server-api\version\core\private\atlas\hooksimpl.cpp:136] ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick() (0x00007ff68d4ebb3a) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\timermanager.cpp:1087] ShooterGameServer.exe!UWorld::Tick() (0x00007ff68d38f12d) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:1321] ShooterGameServer.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() (0x00007ff68d32f3a2) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameengine.cpp:1181] ShooterGameServer.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() (0x00007ff68befcd7b) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2449] ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMain() (0x00007ff68bef7c1d) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:140] ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMainWrapper() (0x00007ff68bef7c7a) + 5 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:125] ShooterGameServer.exe!WinMain() (0x00007ff68befd66a) + 17 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:209] ShooterGameServer.exe!__tmainCRTStartup() (0x00007ff68e1e478d) + 21 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618] KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffbcb55168d) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffbcba94629) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffbcba94629) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

Hey guys, is there any hook function that triggers when a player logs out ?

@unclema it's your config, however this is not a plugins support discord

(edited)

9:52 AM

@Mustacila 🐢 https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ArkShop/ArkShop/Private/ArkShop.cpp#L87

https://ark-server-api.com/resources/plugin-server-manager.102/

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Okey sorry

and thank you it worked

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 could you add customizable kick messages into AntiFamilySharing or maybe open source it on github

Kick messages dont even work atm.. lol

that's weird cause one player told me about seeing the message

1:52 PM

but i run the copy ownprox gave me

@OwnProx How does Atlas differ from Ark in the way it handles grids? Is it one .exe that runs all grids or seperate .exes for each grid?

seperate .exes

how are you guys handling the players crossing from grid to grid? a database?

same as in ark actually, a db for plugins

and a plugin installed on each server?

5:42 PM

so basically Atlas is just an Ark cluster?

yeah, correct

5:43 PM

advanced cluster probably

How drastic were the API class and function changes? (edited)

atlas is an older version of ark, only a few new classes

5:45 PM

i haven't noticed any big changes

is it possible to fake player count ?

yes ownprox’s old ping limiter did that

Yes

7:09 PM

You can false everything xD

(as a bug)

7:10 PM

i would assume if you hook the logout function you can fake the playercount

Its the bad way to do it

7:10 PM

since if you have a shop + cluster

7:10 PM

players will get the point in all maps

7:10 PM

even if they log off

7:11 PM

you know of a better way ? haha

You can use Query to false connection

7:11 PM

To create even fake steam and stuff

pretty sad that most big server owners do that

I dont think that people do that

7:11 PM

there is someone that im suspecting

7:11 PM

but im not sure

7:12 PM

so never accuse anyone

go look at some servers on akrservers.net

7:12 PM

there are people connected for 70-80 hours

Its the ping limiter

how is that not faked

7:12 PM

yes exactly

I made most of server that was using ping limiter to cheat

7:12 PM

banned from battlemetric

7:13 PM

xD

servers are even being accused of it and admins are bad at lying

Ofc people will always denie

has anyone elses server been timing out recently

7:22 PM

for some reason all of my cluster's crash with !!HANG DETECTED!!

@Michidu Alternative Commands seems to be broken on api 3.0

You should never fake player count. It's a shame for who ever does that.

many do that unfortunately...

pretty sure not many can do it

A lot do it with ping limiter

That's a real shame. (edited)

Yeah i think the same but i also think that some people dont give a fuck about shame and stuff

@WETBATMAN probably it's because of new spam prevention

api side ?

yes

anything i can do or it requires a plugin side fix

you can remove anti spam from api

config thing ?

4:08 PM

or would i have to recompile it

recompile

4:10 PM

how does anti spam even work it hides commands that dont do anything from the chat ?

if messages were sent too often

any plans to fix alternative commands though ?

soon :) will have to do changes in api anyway

ah okay

4:14 PM

thank you!

Plugin Server Manager

Plugin will automatically restart your server when it crashed. It will also attempt to save the world after the crash (no rollbacks anymore). Notice: Make sure you do a regular backups if you want to use save world function. Configuration: {...

5:41 PM

damn this plugin looks lit

5:42 PM

so its fully safe if we have saveworld at false ?

yeah, if you don't want to participate in the experiment

i would but i back my server up every 3 days

5:46 PM

what's the worst that can happen worldsave gets corrupt ?

yeah, however it shouldn't happen

if you were to rate it on a percentage scale what percent would you give it

5:48 PM

alright whatever ill set it to true

5:48 PM

its x100 anyway

50% - will happen or not, lol (edited)

ehh

5:50 PM

i assume it only triggers if the server gets that popup crash ?

yeah

alright cool

5:50 PM

ill set it to true

source code is available

ayyyyy

6:07 PM

shop with mysql

6:41 PM

this is what we need to add to convert to new mysql shop ?

Same config as atlas

6:42 PM

And use mysql true

never used atlas shop

Oh

yea ofc just wanted to see if this was all i needed

6:42 PM

ahh the db converting nightmare begins again...

Its easy pizzy xD

6:44 PM

Sometimes dumb idea are the fast lol

6:44 PM

Earlier i was looking for all ini option for atlas

6:44 PM

And i find out that there is a files that i can just open with visual studio and get them

6:45 PM

some can be "decompiled" with IDA

which files you can open with visual studio but not with notepad?

300 IQ

Well what ever you use to open it, the things is to found the file to open lol

does arkshop not create mysql tables immediately ?

Dunno for the forum one

seems a bit overkill to load VS just to open text file heh

6:51 PM

it does

Visual code i mean

6:51 PM

Not microsoft visual studio lol

i loaded arkshop with mysql and no tables were created

6:51 PM

same user with just a different schema name

never used that but seems like they are similar and both developed by microsoft

ignore all that i'm retarded

6:53 PM

forgot to set usemysql to true

6:53 PM

lol

Well visual code is good for json files its detect errors

6:54 PM

I start using it for 1 week now and it help when you have a half brain

any recommendations for porting an existing arkshop db to mysql

Copy past xD

6:55 PM

Thats what i did when i switched to mysql on ark

is total spent a new thing in mysql db ?

Yes

its not working yet lol

obviously i cant transfer the columns for that so will it cause any issues ?

I was going to say it xD

6:57 PM

No since its not working the colum stay empty

i could move sqlite db to mysql just by using dump function and then using that python script

that python script left some errors in the permissions db for me

6:59 PM

what are you dumping it with sqlite browser ?

7:08 PM

because when i dump them and try to restore it i get errors like those

7:08 PM

and need to manually set default values and what not later

yeah, sqlite browser

7:10 PM

copy paste table creation query from the plugin itself also (edited)

7:10 PM

then it should be fine

into the DB file ?

dump -> fix with script -> replace table creation part

where do i find those though

7:11 PM

source code ?

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ArkShop/ArkShop/Private/Database/MysqlDB.h#L17

https://pastebin.com/ax6s0Lvy

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

            "Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,"
                "SteamId BIGINT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,"
                "Kits VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',"
                "Points INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "TotalSpent INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "PRIMARY KEY(Id),"
                "UNIQUE INDEX SteamId_UNIQUE (SteamId ASC)); ");

7:12 PM

just this ye ?

it's not a valid sql query

7:13 PM

full one

7:13 PM

it starting at line #17

7:13 PM

you need to remove those " of course also

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ArkShopPlayers ("
                "Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,"
                "SteamId BIGINT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,"
                "Kits VARCHAR(256) NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',"
                "Points INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "TotalSpent INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "PRIMARY KEY(Id),"
                "UNIQUE INDEX SteamId_UNIQUE (SteamId ASC));

7:13 PM

?

dont need "

ye

7:15 PM

seems good

is players named ArkShopPlayers though now

7:15 PM

in mysql

yes

ah shit so i need to change the insertion code aswell

you can import as is and rename table after

7:17 PM

replaced all players with Arkshoplayers

should be good

how can i do monday to thursday, 10 to 22 pvp and weekend full pvp ?

@Michidu I'm trying to make an atlas plugin that checks if a ship is anchored, but I can't find any functions for APrimalRaft to do anything with it.

10:09 PM

just a struct

i was looking for the same

10:10 PM

Dunno if its possible since boat are just structure i think

I know the planks are structures, but the ship frame itself looks to be a APrimalRaft

10:11 PM

APrimalRaft *ship = _this->GetAttachedToShip();

10:11 PM

I'm trying that, but you can't do anything with a raft but check if it's null

bool& bNoAnchoringField() { return GetNativePointerField<bool>(this, "AShooterGameState.bNoAnchoring"); }

10:11 PM

Dunno if that have something to do with Anchor lol

that's probably a flag on the terrain that stops people from anchoring in that spot

Maybe its more easier to do it this way

10:12 PM

if your boat is close to a flag

10:12 PM

its protected

10:13 PM

but can be abused by players

I'm just trying to protect ships that are in their own territory

Yeah me too

10:14 PM

or at least was thinking about how to make it possible

Getting a ton of complaints on unofficials of people just using oil jars and flame arrows to sink every anchored ship they see

yeah

10:15 PM

i have the same

10:15 PM

every day a lot of people lost their ship like that

this is all the results for "anchor" in the api source

The first ones seems to give and state to anchored ships no ?

struct APrimalRaft : APrimalDinoCharacter
{

// Functions 

bool IsAnchored() { return NativeCall<bool>(this, "APrimalRaft.IsAnchored"); }
static UClass * GetPrivateStaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass *>(nullptr, "APrimalRaft.GetPrivateStaticClass"); }
static UClass * StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass *>(nullptr, "APrimalRaft.StaticClass"); }
};

10:26 PM

Should be anything you'd need

10:26 PM

besides the fact that you'll need to add APrimalRaft to your config.json of your API

this will work also for other ships not only raft ?

All bigger ships seems to be APrimalRaft too (edited)

where did you find that?

I created it only for you.. lol

10:28 PM

Its not in the API currently - but you can use it (edited)

what would you use to check if it's in it's tribes claimed territory? (edited)

To determinate if the ship is in a ClaimFlag zone?

that it's tribe owns

You would need to specify a certain radius to check

10:33 PM

IsInLandClaimedFlagRadius
GetLandClaim

From APrimalStructureClaimFlag might help you

10:35 PM

otherwhise you could use UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW to check a certain radius from the location of the ship (edited)

meh, i'd be in the same boat. There aren't functions in the api for claim flags yet either

I added them today

10:37 PM

use new version

edit: (you might need to compile the newest version on your own since Michidu haven't compiled it yet) (edited)

Can someone test this out for me? I don't have an Atlas server set up yet xD

11:08 PM

ParkedShipProtection.dll

149 KB

11:09 PM

[C++] #include #pragma comment(lib, "AtlasApi.lib") DECLARE...

11:10 PM

That should only give protection when a ship is in the radius of their own claim flag

11:10 PM

But idk if it lets planks and containers on the ship be damaged (edited)

yikes, totally would but not home and game server not set up at my new place

11:25 PM

if no one does by the time I get home I will, i need to start streaming again anyway

@Rogue Leader sorry got home and was getting raided lmao

@OwnProx I have been testing out your latest VoteReward plugin and there is still some issues with it. If you try to use the claim command it will try but feels like the command just timeouts and do nothing. But if you leave it like that it looks like a memory leak and overtime it will result in a crash. But if you execute the command again right after or as soon as possible it will check again and it looks like it's working. Note: When you have voted and try to claim it can't find the vote. (edited)

if you type the vote command the 2nd time it works

Weird, it doesn't give me anything.

btw does your server crash with an error message or just dissapear ?

12:08 PM

i had mine just randomly shut off

12:08 PM

no error message

I got one crashstack on my live server. But i haven't got any crash on the test server yet. (edited)

12:10 PM

on my test server i only have one server in the config to narrow down the issue.

12:11 PM

Okay, now it did. It just took sometime

crash message ?

(i got the claim)

ahh

But basically this where the issue is.

hmm weird

12:14 PM

i dont have that

12:14 PM

but i only have arkservers.net in my config

same

how many servers ?

well on my test 1. On my live server 10

i have 5 in my config and the only issue i’ve noticed is that sometimes it wont grant you the vote immediately after you vote

12:17 PM

so you have to try again after a while

I seen several in forum have the same issue

12:18 PM

you aren't supposed to have duplicate entries in the sqlite arkshop db right ?

you should never have duplicate entries

damn my sqlite db was messed up

how did you manage to get that?

no idea tbh

12:42 PM

it was always throwing the error that the db was locked

12:43 PM

anyway i removed all the duplicates when i moved to mysql

nice

12:43 PM

oh shit, i forgot it's lunch time

12:43 PM

bye!

have a nice meal lol

12:43 PM

hahah ty

@WETBATMAN have you tried auto restart plugin already?

yea i'm running with it set to true

12:47 PM

haven't had any crashes lately though

ah, that's bad, lol

12:47 PM

cmon dont jinx me

haha

uhh if it would help i can cause a crash on my testserver and check

thanks, but intended crashes are not very interesting

damn this is so cool it was able to catch and restart it

1:00 PM

worldsave was successful (edited)

1:01 PM

used vote rewards and tried to give myself points without arkshop so i think this is a pretty realistic crash scenario

good

this is a really cool project

unfortunately, if server would just close, plugins can't detect it

1:04 PM

only if from another server instance

so at least one server needs to always be up ? (edited)

that isnt really a big issue btw if the server closes most server managers can detect that and restart it

1:31 PM

ASM does at least

Hm why asm cant detect other crashes then?

Asm work just fine to restart any type of crash

1:50 PM

just need to use -NoCrashDialog (edited)

1:51 PM

and asm will restart the server auto when it time to check for atuo update

wth really ?

3:04 PM

i mean this plugin is faster so whatever

3:09 PM

but yea if there is a crash dialog it sees the server as online as fails to restart it

yes since if the crash dialog stay open it dont kill the processor of the server

3:09 PM

so asm continu to see it as online and dont restart it

yep

Well the thing with just claim two time works....for ppl who have the patience. When ppl heard about the workaround they started to spam it. And all my servers crashed related to the Vote Reward plugin lol

5:18 PM

So i need to rollback to API 2.9

damn isnt there spam prevention in api 3.0 ?

Well it's not enough. They claim command should have a timeout of 10 seconds or maybe 5 seconds to prevent this.

why didn’t you just raise the timer between commands though

5:34 PM

pretty sure ownprox’s vote rewards had that in the config

No, only a 30s delay between you execute the command

5:34 PM

And this:; "VoteDelayHours": 24,

oh

But that's not what i mean. What i mean is, if the command or the request takes more than 5 seconds it should drop the request instead of hanging in the memory and print failed to request or something

"AntiSpamSeconds":"2",

5:36 PM

add this to your advancechat config

5:36 PM

if you are using the last version

Still won't solve the issue (edited)

well it will prevent player from sending command for 10second

5:36 PM

if you put spam at 10 second

It needs to be atleast 30seconds. Then ppl can't chat

5:37 PM

if we are going to use that option

5:37 PM

or maybe it's only for commands?

no its for all sadly

its open source so you could recompile it with a bigger delay

5:38 PM

maybe even make the delay a json option

Or yeah do as Wetbatman said and add code to check time between command

5:39 PM

but since Voterewards dont have anti command spam good luck

5:39 PM

i dont have c++ knowlege to help you with that xD

i guess i will try

PlayerData[player->LinkedPlayerIDField()].NextVoteTime[VoteSiteIndex] = nNow + 30;

5:41 PM

this is probably what you have to change

5:41 PM

+ 30

5:41 PM

https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi/tree/master/VoteRewards

Translating Perl to Python

C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

hmm.. the problem isn't that delay though

6:11 PM

problem is if they do it like this 1. try claiming -- Wait to long -- 2. try again -- still not working -- And then leave it like that. Result will be server crash. But if they would do like this: 1. try claiming -- wait 30s -- 2. try again -- reward claimed --

VoteRewards.dll

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6:13 PM

one min delay

6:14 PM

it probably cant go trough all 10 servers in 30 secs

6:14 PM

and gets stuck

VERSION: 15.67 
ShooterGameServer.exe!compress2() (0x00007ff7f61b100b) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ParkedShipProtection.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffcfea88e2c) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UGameplayStatics::ApplyDamage() (0x00007ff7f7755d9d) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameplaystatics.cpp:393]
ShooterGameServer.exe!APrimalStructureShipHull::ApplyPlankDecayDamageInterval() (0x00007ff7f66def25) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\primalstructureshiphull.cpp:195]
ShooterGameServer.exe!APrimalStructureShipHull::TickHull() (0x00007ff7f66e86d2) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\primalstructureshiphull.cpp:1250]
ShooterGameServer.exe!APrimalRaft::Tick() (0x00007ff7f6622fd8) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\primalraft.cpp:855]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AActor::TickActor() (0x00007ff7f76acbbe) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\actor.cpp:775]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FActorTickFunction::ExecuteTick() (0x00007ff7f7693d7a) + 27 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\actor.cpp:150]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FTickTaskManager::StartFrame() (0x00007ff7f7940383) + 41 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\ticktaskmanager.cpp:871]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UWorld::Tick() (0x00007ff7f77e3595) + 24 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:1209]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() (0x00007ff7f77846c2) + 0 bytes [h:\yarkupdatelivereal\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameengine.cpp:1181]

6:31 PM

Any idea why it's saying my function is unknown?

Have you compiled a pdb file too?

I think it does by default. Does it need to be deployed with the dll when testing?

yes

Just in the plugin folder?

ye

6:57 PM

i believe visual studio can open it for debugging purposes (edited)

Crazy. I never knew. When I tested locally it must have known where the pdb was

yes if you try decompiling a DLL with IDA you can see that it asks you for that PDB file

6:58 PM

its hardcoded into the DLL i think

If you compile the plugin it create a pdb next to the ddl you just put dll + pdb in the plugins folder

7:05 PM

and if it crash

7:05 PM

you will get a windows screen asking you if you want to debug it

7:05 PM

if you have MVS in the machine where you are making tests

yeah something like that

I never deployed the pdb with the dll on my dev server and it always showed the plugin functions without debugging

7:14 PM

So I'm assuming the location of the pdb is hardcored into the dll so it finds it when running on the same machine

yes it is

Can we get the hooks and properties for APrimalShipHull and APrimalRaft added to the all? @Michidu

7:18 PM

Or can someone walk me through adding those myself?

7:19 PM

I've never used IDA

if you get IDA pro its relatively easy to use

(edited)

7:22 PM

you need to find a leaked one though

I been trying to figure out how to give a player temporary god on login for 30s now for couple days. Any tips?

(edited)

Yeah, i need to add them

7:39 PM

Have you got a hook already?

if you are asking me, yes

you're doing this so they can read the server UI ?

noo

7:40 PM

hang on

i would love to lock out my players for a few seconds so they can read the ui

NewPlayer->God

7:41 PM

Basically

7:41 PM

or something else

7:42 PM

the idea is to prevent players from damage when they login

yea

7:43 PM

i would also like to prevent them from making any input for some time so they take the time to read the server info haha

Is it for all players when they log in or just new players on the server?

Hmm... that's could be copied from the home plugin, i think (edited)

With 3.0 you can use timer to do it

yeah i saw it in ArkHomes

@Rogue Leader All players that just connected

Even those that spawn in their bases?

is there any way to identify if a player is connecting for the first time without creating a db ?

yes

Well for a start yes, i want to make it as simple as possible.

OMMMMG the dragon on atlas are so brokennnn

@Michidu just had a real crash on one of my servers and the worldsave still seems to be intact

1

does AprimalDinoCharacterTakeDamage also work for torpor ? (edited)

any idea why this would cause crashing in Atlas?

UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        TArray<AActor*> new_actors;
        TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
        TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;
            UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),
                10000, &types, APrimalStructureClaimFlag::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore, &new_actors);

5:12 PM

I'm using @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰's update to the source recompiled

What’s the stracktrace?

crashcallstack-9508.txt

5.54 KB

5:18 PM

this is line 29 UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),

What is “_this”

APrimalDinoCharacter

5:19 PM

Here's the whole function:

float Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent,
    AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{

    if (_this->IsShip())
    {

        //check for Friendly Claim Flags nearby
        
        UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        TArray<AActor*> new_actors;
        TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
        TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;
            UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),
                10000, &types, APrimalStructureClaimFlag::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore, &new_actors);

        for (const auto& actor : new_actors)
        {
            APrimalStructureClaimFlag* claimFlag = static_cast<APrimalStructureClaimFlag*>(actor);
            //Log::GetLog()->warn(FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), actor->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()));
            if (claimFlag->TargetingTeamField() == _this->TargetingTeamField())
            {
                if (FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), claimFlag->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()) <= claimFlag->LandClaimRadiusField())
                {
                    return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, 0, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

(edited)

Check if RootComponent is nullptr

how would i send a message to a player ?

SendChatMessage

yeah but notification ?

SendNotification

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification ?

6:33 PM

this ?

yes

does it require getting the steam id ?

nothing i said nothing

6:34 PM

lmao

it basically says everything in function comment

6:35 PM

explaining args a bit

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player_controller, *get_formatted_message("prefix"), "Hello my name is bobo");

ye, but wrong function

Hahaha

6:37 PM

Im bad as this shit but if that can help him

6:37 PM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(player, { 1,0.549f,0,1 }, 1.6f, 4, nullptr, *FString(message));

6:38 PM

this one is your's @Michidu non ? (edited)

possibly

getting this

you need ashooterplayercontroller*

in the hook ?

in SendNotification

6:54 PM

how is it undefined

why do you think its undefined?

because it says identifier "player" is undefined

maybe duplicate

nope

change name anyway

still undefined

7:01 PM

on both the line where its redded out and the one after it

well, of course it's undefined

7:02 PM

because it's inside if block

7:04 PM

aaaaaa

7:05 PM

ehh.. 1) you can't magically convert steam_id to player 2) you probably forgot {} after 'if'

says AShooterPlayerController is incompatible with parameter AController

7:09 PM

but it compiled fine ?

then it's fine

lets test i guess

7:10 PM

damn it actually works

7:10 PM

thank you!

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 RootComponent is not a nullptr (edited)

is AshooterCharacter both dino/player or just player ?

damn wtf i always thought it was a player but it prevents damage to dinos too by hooking that function

I guess RelativeLocationField is also not null?

APrimalStructureClaimFlag::GetPrivateStaticClass();

8:16 PM

That's what is crashing it

Use StaticClassField then

8:17 PM

or smth like this its getting called

APrimalStructureClaimFlag::StaticClass() instead?

StaticClass doesn't work as an alternative. It just doesn't find anything (edited)

Claim flags aren't being registered as APrimal Structures either

9:29 PM

I compiled and used the latest source code of the api

Flags are weird

9:31 PM

since they are not count as a structures

9:31 PM

Cheat destroymytarget dont destroy them either

9:32 PM

so i think their are in a new classe

According to the API they are a inherit from classes that inherit from APrimalStructure

You know i was thinking

9:41 PM

and protecting anchored ships can be a bad idea

9:41 PM

people can just build a wall of sloop

9:41 PM

anchor them

9:41 PM

and they have an invincible defense

npcs can be killed and it would only protect the hull, planks, and deck, not the structures or chests (edited)

I must not be compiling the api correctly. I added the APrimalRaft struct that @Michidu Sent me, recompiled using the "Atlas" configuration, then updated my plugin with the new .lib and moved the new version.dll and .pdb to the binary folder

10:28 PM

And it's still crashing on some Flag and raft functions

10:32 PM

if (_this->GetAttachedToShip())
    {
        if (_this->GetAttachedToShip()->IsAnchored())
        {

10:32 PM

Crashing on _this->GetAttachedToShip()->IsAnchored()

10:36 PM

I forgot to add APrimalRaft to the config. Recompiling now to see if that fixes it (edited)

that didn't work

You might need to add structure to config

I added all the structs and enums that intellisense caught. (edited)

to api config i mean

I didn't do that lol. I'll try it tomorrow if I work on it

If someone finds out how to get nearby claim flags and their tribe ids, let me know. I messed around with the sphere search with primal structures and had to bump the radius to a laggy amount just to get everything on the ship deck and it didn't catch claim flags.

@Michidu will ark adverts parse /n as another line in the notification config ?

yes, it should (edited)

thx

does anyone have a tip for me which program to use to convert 4 sqllite dbs into a mysql database?

sqlite browser -> export as .sql -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1067060/translating-perl-to-python/1067151#1067151 (run it through this script) -> finally edit the .sql file and add the table creation query from the plugin source

I found this Perl script while migrating my SQLite database to mysql I was wondering (since I don't know Perl) how could one rewrite this in Python? Bonus points for the shortest (code) answer :)...

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/shop-currency-kits.17/page-78#post-8381 might help you too

Shop, Currency & Kits

@Michidu Can i connect the ark shop and atlas shop to the same msql database so they can share the points? Currently no, because of different table names. But i will add a support for it. when I try updating the mod today it didn't launch with the server and I could not force...

assuming the 4 db’s have unique (non duplicate) entries importing all of them into the same schema should do it

Thanks :)

i have the problem that the server have mini lags because the permission database may be too large, what can i do?

how do you know its permissions ? (edited)

7:43 PM

also how many entries do you have ?

to notice lags from db you would need to have millions of players

ok the problem was because i have two server machines and the request to the another machines where the database run takes to long to respond

You could update the db path to something like a local Google or one drive folder, that way they should sync up changes across both servers.

8:13 PM

Don't know what would happen if both were updated at the same time tho

oh sounds great thanks

mysqlcheck -o --all-databases

11:16 PM

Can be used if you want to optimize the database.

11:16 PM

but i strongly recommend to take a backup before executing.

11:17 PM

Or dump the database and truncate the database and import the dump (edited)

11:18 PM

wanted to just share some info, that's all

can i find the atlas api source anywhere?

It's the same source as the Ark api

1:17 AM

Just has it's own build config in vs and separate folders for Atlas unique classes, structs, and enums

1:19 AM

Damage Info · Michidu/ARK-Server-API@2794a2b

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

1:20 AM

They have it so the Ark and Atlas aspects are separate, but the UE stuff and additional files they share.

1:20 AM

Depending on what build configuration you compile with, it generates the AtlasApi.lib and version.dll or ArkApi.lib and version.dll (edited)

1:22 AM

You can choose "Ark", "Atlas", or "Release" (not sure if Release has a use or if it's just a left over artifact tho)

@Michidu permissions isn't able to list groups with the latest update

12:46 PM

nothing in the console

@Michidu permissions appears to have some db issue because i can add players to a group from one server but cant from others

I could use some help adding classes to the API. I added APrimalRaft, but everytime i use the IsAnchored() function i get a crash

10:13 PM

I'm pretty sure I added all the missing structs to the config

@Michidu @OwnProx @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰

Can confirm this is a bug, Happening for GOG aswell. @WETBATMAN

Side note, Has anyone got the AtlasAdverts working for them? It just spams my chat when I try to add it

What is the exact stacktrace you‘d get?

6:41 AM

SPOILER

6:43 AM

Sorry for marking it as spoiler - wanted to try out this feature.. lol As you can see the function doesn't seems to be corrupted :D

void debugCommand(AShooterPlayerController* sender, FString* message, EChatSendMode::Type)
{
    TArray<AActor*> actorsInSphere;

    TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
    TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;

    UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), sender->DefaultActorLocationField(), 1000,
        &types, nullptr, &actors_ignore, &actorsInSphere);

    for(AActor* current: actorsInSphere)
    {
        if(current->IsA(APrimalRaft::StaticClass()))
        {
            ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessageToAll("DEBUG", "Found a ship!");
            auto* ship = static_cast<APrimalRaft*>(current);
            if(ship && ship->IsAnchored())
            {
                ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessageToAll("DEBUG", "which is anchored!");
            }
        }
    }
}

(edited)

6:45 AM

Since I haven't compiled the API version 1.5 for myself yet - I added the following on my own Project:

struct APrimalRaft : APrimalDinoCharacter
{
    static UClass * StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass *>(nullptr, "APrimalRaft.StaticClass"); }
    bool IsAnchored() { return NativeCall<bool>(this, "APrimalRaft.IsAnchored"); }
};

6:46 AM

You can easly do that since APrimalRaft is already forwarded from the API - you just need to add the "APrimalRaft", to your config.json located in Win64 folder

Oh man. I think I may have figured it out. I did everything but move the config to the win64 folder....

updating the config file still crashed it. I'm gonna go back the the current released version and see if that works

4:08 PM

4:12 PM

#include <Api/Atlas/Atlas.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "AtlasApi.lib")
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_TakeDamage, float, APrimalStructure*, float, FDamageEvent*, AController*, AActor*);
struct APrimalRaft : APrimalDinoCharacter
{
    // Functions 
    bool IsAnchored() { return NativeCall<bool>(this, "APrimalRaft.IsAnchored"); }
    static UClass * GetPrivateStaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass *>(nullptr, "APrimalRaft.GetPrivateStaticClass"); }
    static UClass * StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass *>(nullptr, "APrimalRaft.StaticClass"); }
};

float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent,
    AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->GetAttachedToShip())
    {
        if(_this->GetAttachedToShip()->IsAnchored())
        {
            FString descr;
            _this->GetHumanReadableName(&descr);
            if (descr.Contains(L"plank") || descr.Contains(L"deck") || descr.Contains(L"hull"))
            {
                Log::GetLog()->warn("{}", descr.ToString());
                Log::GetLog()->warn("{} took no damage!", descr.ToString());
                return APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, 0, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
             }
        }
    }
    return APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

(edited)

4:12 PM

void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("ParkedShipProtection");
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalStructure.TakeDamage", &Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage,
        &APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original);
}

void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalStructure.TakeDamage", &Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage);
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

(edited)

4:14 PM

this would have been line 22

        if(_this->GetAttachedToShip()->IsAnchored())

maybe even the function GetAttachedToShip is broken

4:15 PM

or its not attached

Maybe it's the ceilings causing the crashes then

4:19 PM

I'll rearrange so it checks if it's a plank/deck/hull first

IsAttachedToShipInWetDock() IsAttachedToShipInDryDock() Anyone know the difference in a wet and dry dock?

maybe wet is slippy ┐('～`)┌

Lol

4:48 PM

I guess GetAttachedToShip is broken. It works by itself, but trying to use any functions from it causes a crash

4:49 PM

Would that be an api issue or a game issue?

only if signature was updated

4:52 PM

i will try to update dump

nah, this function still seems to be same

@WETBATMAN ListGroups seems to work for me

hmm it has trouble adding too

7:19 PM

like one of my servers can exec the command but the other one says its wrong

@Rogue Leader

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 weird, why would it work on yours but not mine? I was testing by shooting a schooner with a cannon.

Havent tried that lol (edited)

9:28 PM

I hit a smithy placed on a raft.. lol

9:28 PM

With a spear ofc

@Rogue Leader Any chance you figured out the APrimalStructureClaimFlag::GetPrivateStaticClass() issue? I'm running into similar crashes with the newest version from Github.

Nah, I had to quit using the class

Hey all. How can I find out how much time the player spent in the game? For all game sessions

battlemetrics

@WETBATMAN Is this possible only by requests to the battlemetrics? Is it possible to do it directly through the Ark/Atlas API?

i dont know honestly i doubt the game keeps that kind of data

9:47 PM

it probably keeps the playtime per savefile but i doubt it keeps total

Ok, thanks

game probably doesn't keep such info, only if you would start writing it to the db

8:54 AM

small notice for those who interested, now api has an option to dump all structures and you don't need to manually add them to the config

are you adding GetCurrentAttackInfo to the api yet

i think OwnProx added it for ark already https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/2794a2b8d7e475bdb184810aac9ca1fa2db72653

Added structs UDamageType & FDinoAttackInfo Added Field AttackInfosField() Added Function GetCurrentAttackInfo()

if i want to forcibly kill a player do i use the suicide function from ark api or should i hook a function ?

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 i'm pretty sure you have a typo in your AntiFamilysharing plugin because it refuses to load the config

6:30 PM

that might explain why someone was complaining that it didn;t work

lol?

6:31 PM

{
    "APIKey": "Censored",
    "KickMessage": "Family Shared Accounts Are Not Allowed on DopeArk, Please Connect With A Different Account!",
    "Whitelist": []
}

not reading any values on startup

so that error code is ok or what ?

No its totally not

6:34 PM

Seems like I uploaded the ATLAS version for ARK too q.q

6:34 PM

Thanks for telling me

6:36 PM

damn my servers are just starting can you post it here real quick

I already updated it on forum

thx

6:43 PM

is the new permissions plugin working for anyone ?

6:43 PM

i had to downgrade because it isnt placing players into groups properly

6:43 PM

and also cant list groups

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 pretty sure antifamilysharing causes a crash now

7:03 PM

Sorry about that.. Im jumping from project to project.. Update is avail now (edited)

no problem

7:26 PM

glad you fixed it until many people upgraded

(edited)

7:30 PM

btw will loading the plugin after the server started work properly ?

7:34 PM

ye looks like it works

My plugins always do

quick question if i want to detect a knocked out player can i use event instigator for that ?

7:47 PM

or detect a player that has handcuffs on ?

You mean a unconscious one?

yeah

I mean you could read torpor stats probably

yeah but i mean with event instigator can i catch when the player got knocked out ?

7:49 PM

want to start a timer when a player gets knocked out and then auto kill them when the timer hits 0

APrimalCharacter::IsConscious() might help

(edited)

so no event instigator or any trigger is required ?

7:51 PM

void AutoKill(AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController, FString* message, int mode)
{
    if (!AttackerShooterController || !AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() || !AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() || AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->IsDead() || !AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->IsConscious() || AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->IsSitting(false)) return;
    if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
    {
        FString WeaponName;
        AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
        if (WeaponName.Contains(L"Handcuffs")) return;
    }
    if (!ArkApi::GetApiUtils().IsRidingDino(AttackerShooterController)) AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->Suicide();

}

I think to check on TakeDamage is a good idea.. couldn't really quickly find a function to hook on

hmm what about handcuffs though

If you check for consciousness you also can check for handcuffs

yea but ArkApi has this

if (!ArkApi::GetApiUtils().IsRidingDino(AttackerShooterController)) AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->Suicide();

7:54 PM

cant this be used to kill the player aswell ?

For checking if player is riding on a dino? lol

no lol i mean AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->Suicide();

8:03 PM

this part

AShooterPlayerController::ServerSuicide_Implementation is the one im using.. don't know about suicide of Character

hmm

8:04 PM

i use it for my suicide command and it works but i'm wondering if it will work on offline players aswell

any examples on returning a custom value with a hook ?

What do you mean with a "custom value" ? It really depends on the function you've hooked (edited)

with APrimalCharacterTakeDamage for example, is it possible to modify the damage value if certain conditions are met ?

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@WETBATMAN should be yes

the only plugin that does that i think is orp and its private

7:12 AM

any other examples ?

you just need to modify return value, depending on your condition (edited)

yeah but how to get the current dmg value

7:15 AM

from damage event ?

you mean this func APrimalCharacter::TakeDamage ?

7:18 AM

actually it has damage as argument and you need to modify this one

if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        
        
           AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (_this->IsA(APlayerController::StaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));
                return Damage * 0.10;

            }
        
    
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

1:01 PM

so will something like this work ?

1:01 PM

return damage * 0.10 ?

should

1:05 PM

probably you dont need to modify the return value, but instead you need to modify Damage variable and call original function

Damage = Damage * 0.10;

1:27 PM

what like this ?

yes

Hello all I am trying to compile Lootboxes from the site however it did not create a plugininfo or a config file is there a tutorial on how to do this?

4:58 PM

!rank Plugin Dev

it wont, just copy config

4:59 PM

plugininfo is optional

it has been probably 10 years since I have coded so I am really rusty but I want to learn how to make Plugins so I am trying to get Lootboxes to work on our atlas server but want to compile it myself.

5:02 PM

I dont know exactly what you mean by just copy config though sorry

released plugin comes with config already (edited)

5:03 PM

they are not needed for compilation as well (edited)

ok let me check

5:07 PM

I see ok thanks very much

5:08 PM

we got it to load but it said that requires newer api version so I think that is server side

You might need to adjust the needed API Version in PluginInfo.json

where do I get the PluginInfo.Json and Config.Json I did a search in LootBoxes but its not there at all

should be on forum, where you download plugin

ok thanks very much

5:22 PM

Quick one last questions the lootboxes is working fine now but its looking to use arkapi not atlasapi is there a way of learning how to switch it over? or is that a lot of coding to change it

you can start by changing ark headers to atlas

Ok thank you

error C2011: 'EXPType::Type': 'enum' type redefinition

5:35 PM

that is the error I get when changing the headers over to api\atlas\atlas.h

Look trough all from project coming header files

5:36 PM

one of them might include other version again

@Joker if you dont have the Atlas shop libs and header dont even loose your time

so what I have done is when I first got lootboxes he put a video up for compiling it and had a library and includes with the video

The libs and stuff on the video are for ark not atlas

ok so I need the atlas shop so that I can use the libraries and headers from it?

Since the lootbox are using points

5:40 PM

2 Choice Remove the point option

5:40 PM

or Get the atlas shop headers and libs

5:40 PM

for the rest the plugin is using the api header and they are availible on michidu github (edited)

ok thank you very much I am going to start from scratch I think I see what to do thank you very much for all the help

5:43 PM

even with the atlas shop it was compiled how would you get the libs and header from it if its compiled

You cant

ok so what your saying is I cant get the libs and headers from atlas shop at all or from anywhere else?

Well only @Michidu have atlas shop libs and header

5:44 PM

So he's the only one who can give them or not to you

ok so in order to get the required files to make lootboxes work for atlas I would have to get them from Michibu or rewrite them?

So you will need to get them from michidu or make your own atlas shop

5:46 PM

Or just remove points from lootbox

ok thank you

Cannot open include file: '../../json.hpp': No such file or directory that is what I am getting however the Json.hpp is in the include files folder where it is being directed

Is there anyone that can help me with this?

you sure you set up the project correctly

6:50 PM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit?usp=sharing

Server_Api_Hooker_Creator.exe

Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip step N1: install visual studio by the link given on the first prerequisite, when the in...

6:50 PM

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)


{
    if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        
          
           AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (_this->IsA(APlayerController::StaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));
                Damage = Damage * 0.10;

            }return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
        
    
    }
    
}

6:51 PM

@Michidu is this correct or does the original function have to be returned 2 times

Yes i set it up completely but ill look at what you sent thank you

_this->IsA(APlayerController::StaticClass())

8:00 PM

why does this not work to detect if AprimalCharacter is a player ?

APlayerController is not any close to a APrimalCharacter

hmm

8:03 PM

anything else that can be used for player detection ?

Where exactly

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)


{
    if (EventInstigator && _this->IsA(APlayerController::StaticClass()))
    {
        
        
            AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));
                Log::GetLog()->warn("Weapon Name: {}", WeaponName.ToString());
                Damage = Damage * 0.10;

            }
        
    
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

8:05 PM

got the multiplier to work but having trouble detecting if its a player or not

you could use GetOwnerController

8:09 PM

should give you the Controller of the player if he is online

8:09 PM

you might need to check that

if (_this->GetOwnerController && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));

8:16 PM

this ?

checks if the OwnerController is currently avail / online.. yea

should it be in the first if where it checks for event instigator or the second one where it checks for gun name ?

8:19 PM

or does it not matter

_this does not have anything in common with EventInstigator besides that event..

event instigator should be the attacker and _this should be the target

8:23 PM

or is DamageCauser better to use ?

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: '../../json.hpp': No such file or directory I am still getting this error and completely rebuilt the project and everything

8:31 PM

still the same issue and the json.hpp is in the root library golder

8:31 PM

folder

the new api has the json.hpp in the include folder so you might have to change the path in the project

Are there hooks for player Login and Logout?

I have changed the include folder path in the project

yes there are @DevCPP

Entering the game/leaving the game*

no i mean in the actuall cpp file @Joker

ok the ../../ means the root file correct or am I missing something

#include <json.hpp>

8:33 PM

this i what i use in my project

8:33 PM

@WETBATMAN What hooks? Or how can I find any info about this?

150.5 KB

@WETBATMAN Thanks very much

_this->GetOwnerController what arguments should i provide for this

8:43 PM

c:\users\avtoj\source\repos\apbalancer\apbalancer\apbalancer.cpp(23): warning C4551: function call missing argument list (edited)

I did that and it fixed it but wow the errors that came out was insane

8:52 PM

Its almost like its all wrote wrong completely

is it set to release and x64 ?

Yes

what are you trying to compile ?

Lootboxes

for atlas ?

8:56 PM

or ark ?

I changed all the headers to atlas header

you dont have the atlasshop files though

i already told him

the lib file from atlasshop is a dependency for compiling lootbox

8:57 PM

it wont compile without it

8:57 PM

that is unless you strip out anything related to points completely

the header too as point.h

yeah that too

So the files from the donation one doesnt work am i correct

-_-

And im trying to remove the point really its not needed

files there are already compiled

that one is the compiled dll not the source files

you need the source variant

8:58 PM

unless you're any good at reverse engineering you're out of luck

What im saying is our server is running atlas shop so i dont need the point system

8:58 PM

I use to be just dont see doing that as an ootion

8:59 PM

Kinda dishonest

then strip out anything related to shop and if you do it correctly it should compile

I thought i did maybe i missed something

8:59 PM

Honestly we just want it to where we can use our points from atlas shop to get random blueprints

you said your whole project was red so you probably removed something other than the shop too

To make it clear even me the one for who does lootbox was created i didn't get the atlas shop source and was forced to create mine

9:00 PM

some people are afraid that if i got them i will share lootbox for atlas too

9:00 PM

So atm just forget about lootbox for atlas if you dont have good knowledge on c++

How about no

nah dont tax the guy

xD

9:01 PM

Its aj oke but seriously

with enough tinkering the can achieve what he wants

the best way its to remove the points part

I mean if your going to talk like that get lost your not worth my time

considering points are of no use for him

9:01 PM

@Joker woah knock off that tone

9:02 PM

if not for @Deleted User you would not have lootbox at all

I didnt start it at all

9:02 PM

And someone else would have created it

9:02 PM

And not being hateful at all just being truthful

yes ofc someone else would have created it but would he share it to the public ?

9:03 PM

think about it

(edited)

Prob to be honest

Lootbox for ark exist since almost 3 years bro

I know this

so why in 3 years no one made ap ublic one ?

9:03 PM

xD

9:03 PM

public (edited)

ye well the public one exists for like not even a year

9:03 PM

and on top of that its completely free

Whatever you all say sad you let people come in here and troll people but hey whatever floats your boat

No one is trolling you

9:04 PM

we gived you the solution more than ones

lol ?

9:04 PM

who do you see trolling here

MATICHA//طماطم: So atm just forget about lootbox for atlas if you dont have good knowledge on c++

@Deleted User clearly told you that unless you want to spend days writing your own atlas shop it would be close to impossible to get lootbox to work with points

lets see how this works people get in to looking to learn another way to use c++ and you let this thing walk over top of people because he thinks he is better then others

Bro im not even a c++ dev xD

dude what even are you going on about

have a wonderful day and enjoy whatever you all do

well that was weird

I was going to give him my shop and lootbox for atlas but well fuck me if i share anythings else

9:07 PM

I will just shut my mouth up

Look I completely understand I am asking some really stupid questions to guys that have coded for awhile now

nothing is stupid

9:09 PM

i ask stupid questions daily

9:09 PM

that's why we have this group

9:09 PM

so people with more knowledge and experience can help

I learned C++ back in 2010 so getting back into it wow its insane. its just someone basically making me feel like im worthless kinda got to me really bad

@Joker im not even a dev or anything like that im just the guy who paid a guy to make does lootbox

9:10 PM

i was just honest with you

9:10 PM

Even me i was forced to make my own shop to make lootbox working with atlas

Yeah well I may have taken it wrong and for that im sorry

no one said anything remotely similar to you, the point being made was that unless you're really good at C++ and and want to spend days writing a new atlas shop getting lootbox to work with points was a waste of time

How about asking Michidu for the lib and the header files?

i told him that too xD

No need to develop already existing stuff

i assume as the plugin is donator only and in beta they wont be published

yes he did but to be honest I dont need the points so by what I am understanding no point in the files from the atlas shp'

9:12 PM

shop

For my part when i asked for headers never got theù

9:12 PM

them

9:12 PM

xD

Its totally up to him anyway

Thats what i said to the guy

9:13 PM

I know that some other got them

Yea but I think Nova has mentioned for the third time now that he isn't even interested in integrating Shop Points into his LootBox plugin (edited)

Yeah I understand that so Wetbatman you was right I removed too much now that atlas shop was removed all I get was ../../json.hpp erro

9:14 PM

error

And we told him for 10 time that he cant just get ride of the point part

fixed that now

and he will not need to shop source anymore

Yeah we have went through that I think 3 times now but the issue is when I fix the Json.hpp error then its like the coding is all wrong

9:16 PM

am I allowed to paste errors in here or is there another way of doing it?

yes your allowed

maybe pastebin the project or something

pastebin the whole project or just the error?

if its a small snippet of code just paste it here

https://pastebin.com/T4qfSiCf

[C++] 1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: LootBoxes, Configurat...

If you want to get ride of the points

yes I do

9:19 PM

did I miss something

        // RCONCommand
        int RCONRolls = LootBoxes::config["LootBoxes"][lootbox->ToString()]["RCONCommands"]["Count"];
        for (int i = 0; i < RCONRolls; i++) {
            const nlohmann::json itemArray = LootBoxes::config["LootBoxes"][lootbox->ToString()];
            auto itemIter = itemArray.find("RCONCommands");
            const nlohmann::basic_json<> item = itemIter.value();
            auto possibleCommands = item.value("PossibleCommands", nlohmann::json::array());

            int size = possibleCommands.size();
            std::random_device rd;
            std::mt19937 eng(rd());
            std::uniform_int_distribution<> rand(0, size - 1);

            nlohmann::json selectedCommand = possibleCommands.at(rand(eng));

            std::string command = selectedCommand["Command"];
            int MinPointsShop = selectedCommand["MinPointShop"];
            int MaxPointsShop = selectedCommand["MaxPointShop"];

            std::uniform_int_distribution<> points(MinPointsShop, MaxPointsShop);

            int shoppoints = points(eng);
            uint64 steamId = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(sender);

            // Use the ArkShop API to add points
            ArkShop::Points::AddPoints(shoppoints, steamId);            

        }

9:19 PM

check this

9:23 PM

RandomRewards.cpp

now if I remove randomrewards.cpp and .h then that means they wont be able to use points to buy random patterns am I right?

No no no

9:24 PM

xD

9:24 PM

You need to remove only the part using points

Even the MinPointShop/MaxPointShop

9:25 PM

pretty much anything that says points remove it

9:25 PM

Yes I am questioning even myself if that was a stupid question

            std::string command = selectedCommand["Command"];
            int MinPointsShop = selectedCommand["MinPointShop"];
            int MaxPointsShop = selectedCommand["MaxPointShop"];

            std::uniform_int_distribution<> points(MinPointsShop, MaxPointsShop);

            int shoppoints = points(eng);
            uint64 steamId = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(sender);

            // Use the ArkShop API to add points
            ArkShop::Points::AddPoints(shoppoints, steamId);

9:26 PM

You will find nothing saying

9:26 PM

"Hello if you want to remove point cut here"

you dont say

9:27 PM

talking like that is what made the issue before if you want to help dont try being a smart ass

Bro shut the fuck up

9:27 PM

Why the fuck am i even bodering answering to you

9:28 PM

cya

yeah well fuck you too

❤

you know im so sorry your life is so terrible you think you have to act better then everyone

9:29 PM

but have a wonderful day or not idgaf

Y'all chill out

I was being nice even said i was sorry for blowing up the first time but now two messages that im a moron nah

this conversation is getting spicy

@Joker Maybe i was rude or something but it wasn't my goal

almost too spicy

I never said something to hurt you or anything

9:37 PM

i was really trying to help you

9:37 PM

but my knowledge on c++ its limited

And i was thankful for that you taking time out of your day to help me

If i was having the knowledge to remove that part of the plugins ill do it for you

9:38 PM

but i just answer with what i have

9:38 PM

the only thing that i know is that the part of the plugins that need to be removed

9:38 PM

some is on the randomreward.cpp

I dont want anyone to do it for me just thought someone would have some insight on what was pointing to atlasshop so I could stop it

std::string command = selectedCommand["Command"]; int MinPointsShop = selectedCommand["MinPointShop"]; int MaxPointsShop = selectedCommand["MaxPointShop"]; std::uniform_int_distribution<> points(MinPointsShop, MaxPointsShop); int shoppoints = points(eng); uint64 steamId = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(sender); // Use the ArkShop API to add points ArkShop::Points::AddPoints(shoppoints, steamId);

9:39 PM

the Bold part is using the shop per example

9:40 PM

MinPointShop/MaxPointShop : also need to be removed from the source and the config

Ok ty

you'r welcome

Just a gentle reminder that cursing at other members is a no-no. Nova has been booted for his behavior and everyone else name calling gets a warning and a slap on the wrist.

maticha had .lib, it was more than enough to use shop

at the beginning i was also looking for the points.h

1:08 PM

im a bad example since i dont even try to boder my self learning anything about c++ anymore

1:08 PM

too complicated for my little brain

its really not tbh

1:16 PM

i mean i'm still a n00b but the language itself is pretty logical

yeah it depent on people me im still fighting just with icludes from time to time didn't even tried to change codes yet

1:18 PM

well i did one time on a easy plugins thats all xD

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_Logout, void, AShooterGameMode*, AController *);
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_PostLogin, void, AShooterGameMode*, APlayerController *);

Can i use these hooks for detect player entering/leaving the game?

yeah

Ok, thanks

@deleted-role any updates on when the newer Atlas classes will be added to the API?

7:19 PM

I still haven't been able to get claim flag detection working

7:20 PM

Or detecting what ship a structure is attached to.

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Wasn't it that problem ?

Haven't found them myself yet either.

No, it still crashed on larger ships and when checking if anchored

7:42 PM

Also crashed using cannons and fire arrows

what classes you need?

any other way to check if APrimalCharacter is a player instead of a dino besides GetOwnerController ? (edited)

GetOwnerController doesn't check it btw

7:56 PM

but AShooterPlayerController can't be a dino

7:56 PM

and GetOwnerController is broken in game

shit i messed up typing that

7:57 PM

i mean this APrimalCharacter

IsA can check it

IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) ?

yes

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)


{
    if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        
        
            AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                APlayerController descr;
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (_this->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));
                Log::GetLog()->warn("Weapon Name: {}", WeaponName.ToString());
                Damage = Damage * 0.10;

            }
        
    
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

8:03 PM

do you think its better to implement that check in the first IF or the second ? (edited)

your IF is weird

8:04 PM

no body

if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())

8:05 PM

this one ?

if (_this->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));

hmm the plugin worked though but the player check was broken

8:07 PM

obviously now that you pointed out that GetOwnerController does not work

because your IF doesn't have body

oh lol now i see what you mean

8:08 PM

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)


{
    if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        
        
            AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                APlayerController descr;
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (_this->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"));
                {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("Weapon Name: {}", WeaponName.ToString());
                    Damage = Damage * 0.10;
                }
            }
        
    
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

almost, dont need ;

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)


{
    if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        
        
            AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                APlayerController descr;
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (_this->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"))
                {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("Weapon Name: {}", WeaponName.ToString());
                    Damage = Damage * 0.10;
                }
            }
        
    
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

seems good

yeah have some leftover stuff

8:10 PM

like APlayerController descr;

8:10 PM

alright compiled fine

8:10 PM

testing time

8:10 PM

thx again @Michidu

@Michidu, the classes for ships, hulls, planks, etc. Basically anything ship or claim flag related.

ClaimFlag struct is already implemented APrimalRaft struct is missing

Some of the claim flag functions were crashing.

10:08 PM

Trying to get the ownernamefield was giving me a crash

If the function itself is corrupted you can't do anything

seems like Michidu already added a few more structs including many Raft components

With the ownernamefield being a parent class function, it shouldn't cause a crash in only one subclass though, right?

depends if they used virtual modifier internally I guess

btw; I just tested your code again with a "Shooner" + canons

10:57 PM

same result

10:59 PM

Is it possible that I broke my .pdb file?

honest; I don't have a clue whats wrong

11:13 PM

Maybe try a clean installation

Does anyone have a few minutes to lend a hand? I have the source code and required library for lootboxes for atlas but need help to compile them together and make them work on atlas. I'm just new to this scene. (edited)

Welcome to the community! I'm sure someone is willing to help you. If you want the source code kept private reach out to the plugin devs and ranked members on discord.

What's the process for getting the Plugin Dev role? "!rank Plugin Dev" from #【💌】ʜᴇʟᴘꜰᴜʟ-ʟɪɴᴋꜱ hasn't worked for me in #【🚩】ʙᴏᴛ-ꜱᴘᴀᴍ channel

seems like someone gave it to you @Zachar543

5:59 AM

@Rogue Leader i think most classes were added already, if you compile api from github, you can use new "DumpAll' option

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)


{
    if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        
        
            AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
            {
                FString WeaponName;
                AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
                if (_this->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && WeaponName.Contains(L"Armor Piercing"))
                {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("Weapon Name: {}", WeaponName.ToString());
                    Damage = Damage * 0.10;
                }
            }
        
    
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

9:03 PM

for some reason this works without _this->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()) (edited)

9:03 PM

but not with

check if its AShooterCharacter instead (edited)

yeah that worked...

what is the TargettingTeamField for wild dinos ?

Tribe id. It's probably 0 for wild dinos

9:30 PM

Same for world structures

its equal to that yea ?

9:37 PM

it being 0 does not appear to work

9:37 PM

if (_this->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this->TargetingTeamField() == 0)

9:37 PM

using this

9:41 PM

_this->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this->TargetingTeamField() < 10000

9:41 PM

this works

^

it looks like anything wild has the id below 10000

Was just about to say try that

gr8 my plugin is complete time to post it

hope it gets approved soon (edited)

9:54 PM

my first "big" project

Nice job!!

great work @WETBATMAN

thanks for approving it

if you wanna improve it one day, load weapon names from config

(edited)

let the user set the weapon names you mean ?

yea

yeah that is an idea i had but didn't find a good way to do that yet

hmm both sword and tek sword contain Sword in their name

10:34 AM

is there a way to differentiate between them ?

check full name?

10:39 AM

is there something like DoesNotContain ? (edited)

!Contain()

if (_this != nullptr && WeaponName.Contains(L"Sword") != WeaponName.Contains(L"Tek Sword"))

11:04 AM

i think this also works

why not check full name instead?

both end with sword

that's the point of full comparison, they will be different

StartsWith is that check ?

no

11:06 AM

equals i think

yeah but the weapons have tier names in their name

11:07 AM

so with equals it will check for something named "Primitive Sword"

11:07 AM

or "Apprentice Sword"

maybe start/endwith then

yeah that's the thing

11:08 AM

they end with the same thing and start with the same thing

11:08 AM

+StartsWith would have to sort through tier names again

11:12 AM

it seems to work fine like this

11:12 AM

going to update it now

11:18 AM

submitted the fix to the forum

great

https://pastebin.com/X6tWLntS

float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, f...

12:59 PM

enemy structure detection seems to not function when i'm on a dino

12:59 PM

this is what happens when i whistle my dino to attack

12:59 PM

this happens if i ride the dino

1:00 PM

if i whistle to attack plugin works fine and damage is prevented

1:00 PM

if i'm on a dino it does not work

https://pastebin.com/stigyxnH

float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, f...

1:29 PM

this appears to work

dino->bUseBPDoHarvestAttack()()

2:27 PM

this does not work, any other alternatives in the current api or should i compile the new one for the AttackInfo ?

2:28 PM

(want to identify if a dino is using secondary or primary attack)

dino->bUseBPDoHarvestAttack()() will just return if a dino can use a harvest attack. It's not a hook on a function

You could try hooking on the APrimalDinoCharacter->DoAttack() function and see if AttackIndex changes based on which attack is used.

4:07 PM

If it does you can use that hook instead to just stop the attack if they are too close to an enemy structure (edited)

@OwnProx added attack info to the api so ill try compiling it and using that

4:35 PM

because it can be called in TakeDamage

5:02 PM

does attack infos require a new hook ?

damn no EventInstigator with DoAttack so no notifications

i think i broke my brain trying to log attack index

5:54 PM

how do i log it ?

6:19 PM

what am i doing wrong

this isn't looking right huehuehue

11:36 PM

@WETBATMAN Clean and rebuild the solution. I find that Visual Studio sometimes gets confused and leaves old errors marks around (edited)

11:37 PM

Rebuilding normally fixes it for me

tried that but does not work

8:58 AM

What's "_this" in your screenshot?

APrimalDinoCharacter* _this,

anyone knows how attack index is used

12:41 PM

or how to log it ?

12:41 PM

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, int AttackIndex, bool bSetCurrentAttack, bool bInterruptCurrentAttack)

12:41 PM

from this hook

Log::GetLog()->warn("Attack Index: {}", AttackIndex); (edited)

wait you can simply log attack index like that ?

5:03 PM

will try out once i’m near my pc

5:03 PM

thanks ❤️

Is anyone using AShooterPlayerController->ClientChatMessage() or ArkApi::SendChatMessage() and getting an unexpected tab character before the message? (edited)

7:14 PM

It doesn't happen with normal chat sent by players, but does when ClientChatMessage is used in a plugin. It's not in the message, so I'm not sure where it's coming from (edited)

7:16 PM

Example: The "Test: Test" has a tab character after the colon that I'm not trying to add

For me it looks like a gab caused by the Icon

Yeah... I thought so as well, but I tried adding the same icon and it's still a bit off. I'm suspecting that it's a tab character since the spacing varies based on the width of the text before the colon

Hmm... I'm not sure how I fixed it, but it's working better now. The next problem is that the first <RichColor> tag in a message cause a space

it's probably how game interprets it

4:38 PM

will a check like this work ?

I would put parenthesis around all the contains (edited)

5:17 PM

Some languages would evaluate that in such a way that it would always fail unless it was a Direwolf

5:17 PM

But idk about C++

yeah i just added it to my final if statement and i worked

5:18 PM

also it required == not =

5:18 PM

thanks @Rogue Leader

== is the comparison operator while = is the assignment operator (edited)

how would i go about HWID locking a plugin

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious() && _this != nullptr)
        {
            _this->Suicide();
        }
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

11:49 AM

hmm any other way to kill a player ?

11:50 AM

Suicide() times the server out and it crashes

I believe the issue is the player dieing in the hook (I had similar issues with dinos). You could try calling the original function earlier or add the player to a list and go through it later.

shouldn't !_this->IsDead() check weather the player is alive before executing the suicide function ?

bool meetsrequirements;
float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious())
        {
            meetsrequirements = true;
        }
        else
        {
            meetsrequirements = false;
        }
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

void AutoKill(AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController, FString* message, int mode)
{
if (meetsrequirements=true) AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->Suicide();
}

3:36 PM

maybe this will work

instead of killing someone in TakeDamage function (which can result to calling die() 2 times), set Damage variable high.

so basically kill them with high damage

3:39 PM

hmm that could work

3:39 PM

yeah but what if incoming damage is torpor

might still work

wouldn't checking !_this->IsDead()

3:42 PM

before killing the player prevent it from being called 2 times ?

no

3:42 PM

only if you dont call orig function

yeah but returning it here is necessary isnt it ?

actually no

hmmm

3:54 PM

let me try without the original function then

3:54 PM

because otherwise it crashed the server

without the original function it breaks damage

5:15 PM

characters dont take any dmg now

5:17 PM

setting the dmg really high worked lol

5:55 PM

hmm starting a thread like this doesn't work ?

it's very weird..

yes indeed

6:01 PM

couldn't get the api timer to work

with timer it will be same

6:02 PM

do you really want to change function argument in new thread

can the thread be started after the new damage value is set ?

but what for?

want to kill the player after he/she has been unconscious for a certain amount of time

you will have to use suicide in new thread (but timer is better)

the template i found on the wiki didnt work

6:11 PM

API was redded out

Out of interest, what are you trying to accomplish? Depending on what you are trying to do, there may be a simpler way. (edited)

basically on my server there is this creature that hits you torping you out in one hit and never losses aggro so you just lay there unconscious untill an admin kills you

6:37 PM

so i want to make a timer that waits 3 min for example and then kills the player

hmm how would i use suicide in a new thread

7:47 PM

the Damage = Damage * 10000 cant be outside of that can it ?

I told you that you need to use suicide here, damage doesnt make any sense

i did and it crashed my server

8:07 PM

every time i got knocked out

8:07 PM

will that not happen with a started thread or ?

Not necesary, make sure player is not dead

!_this->IsDead()

8:09 PM

i did

8:09 PM

and it still crashed

8:12 PM

so like this ?

Why not take your first example and just return 0 right after the suicide?

8:36 PM

Stops the hook from calling the original take damage on a dead player.

8:37 PM

Meh, Michs solution is better

8:38 PM

But you're also gonna have to keep track of it a player got knocked out, then 3 mins later got knocked out by something again

8:38 PM

Other wise your timer will kill them if they happen to get knocked out a second or third time at the 3 minute mark

8:39 PM

By a player lol

oh that is a pretty good point

8:39 PM

hmm how would i reset the timer if they woke up though

You'd have to have the timer check if they are conscious every few ticks (edited)

8:40 PM

If they are, then cancel it

8:40 PM

If they aren't, continue till it hits 3 mins

8:40 PM

Then kill them

that can be done with a thread aswel or would an api timer be needed in that case (edited)

I haven't worked with threads, but it's possible

8:46 PM

Maybe just keep checking if the player is unconscious and not dead every few seconds. If they wake up or die, break out(if you can?) If not continue checking till suicide time

8:46 PM

I'm not sure what cleanup if any is required for a thread either. (edited)

i dont think i can use a break; here

9:27 PM

and i also have no idea how to make a check that runs every x seconds

9:28 PM

more research is needed i guess

Probably best to avoid threads unless you are really sure you need them. If you create a thread in the wrong place (e.g. the methods called on initialization), you can very easily cause a deadlock. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't count on any of the API methods (within the UE code) being thread-safe. (edited)

11:48 AM

damn i cant even get the API timer to work and i'm talking about threads and shit here

11:48 AM

how your callback looks?

there is none

how it should work then?

how should i make the callback

11:56 AM

its a function

callback needs to be the suicide function i want to use ?

no, you can call suicide in callback

11:58 AM

if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious())
        {
            API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&_this->Suicide, 10);
        }
    }

11:58 AM

like this ?

12:00 PM

>c:\users\avtoj\source\repos\autokill\autokill\autokill.cpp(15): error C3083: 'Timer': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type
1>c:\users\avtoj\source\repos\autokill\autokill\autokill.cpp(15): error C2039: 'Get': is not a member of 'API'
1>c:\users\avtoj\desktop\arkserver\ark-server-api-master\version\core\public\tools.h(36): note: see declaration of 'API'
1>c:\users\avtoj\source\repos\autokill\autokill\autokill.cpp(15): error C3861: 'Get': identifier not found
1>c:\users\avtoj\source\repos\autokill\autokill\autokill.cpp(15): error C2276: '&': illegal operation on bound member function expression

12:00 PM

timer seems to be always redded out

no, you still need own function for callback

12:01 PM

like in wiki example

void TimerCallBack(int arg1, int arg2)
{
    Log::GetLog()->info("CallBack Executed Args: {}, {}", arg1, arg2);
}

12:02 PM

something like this ?

yes just other args probably

yeah

12:05 PM

even with the default template Timer is still redded out

did you include it

i didnt

12:08 PM

lol

12:08 PM

yeah not its not redded out

12:10 PM

void TimerCallBack(int arg1, int arg2)

12:10 PM

in here i need to use APrimalCharacter * _this ?

yes

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious())
        {
            API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&TimerCallBack, 10);
        }
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}
void TimerCallBack(APrimalCharacter* _this)
{
    _this->Suicide();
}

12:20 PM

TimerCallBack : undeclared identifier

because it's below

c:\users\avtoj\desktop\arkserver\ark-server-api-master\version\core\public\timer.h(31): error C2664: 'void API::Timer::DelayExecuteInternal(const std::function<void (void)> &,int)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'std::_Binder<std::_Unforced,void (__cdecl *const &)(APrimalCharacter *)>' to 'const std::function<void (void)> &'
1>c:\users\avtoj\desktop\arkserver\ark-server-api-master\version\core\public\timer.h(30): note: Reason: cannot convert from 'std::_Binder<std::_Unforced,void (__cdecl *const &)(APrimalCharacter *)>' to 'const std::function<void (void)>'
1>c:\users\avtoj\desktop\arkserver\ark-server-api-master\version\core\public\timer.h(30): note: No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called
1>c:\users\avtoj\source\repos\autokill\autokill\autokill.cpp(19): note: see reference to function template instantiation 'void API::Timer::DelayExecute<void(__cdecl *)(APrimalCharacter *),>(const Func &,int)' being compiled

12:24 PM

void TimerCallBack(APrimalCharacter* _this)
{
    _this->Suicide();
}
float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious())
        {
            API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&TimerCallBack, 10);
        }
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

12:26 PM

was missing _this in the timer

12:27 PM

void TimerCallBack(APrimalCharacter* _this)
{
    _this->Suicide();
}
float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious())
        {
            API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&TimerCallBack, 10,_this);
        }
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

12:27 PM

i hope it works now

looks good

btw can an IF check be called with a timer ?

hm?

want to check if a player is unconscious every few seconds

12:37 PM

if not break the loop

12:38 PM

as @Rogue Leader mentioned it could lead them to being killed if the timer completes and the player gets knocked out twice

Rogue Leader 2/12/2019 1:32 PM

@Michidu is there any documentation for integrating permissions into a plugin ?

5:26 PM

want to check if a player in certain permissions groups and if not add him to a group

6:07 PM

@Michidu would something like this work ?

yea, thats all

dumb question how to check if its true

you already do

6:13 PM

it returns bool

so if a player is in this group the rest of the IF statement runs ?

yes

ah ok

6:17 PM

so if i place ! before then it would only run if its false ye ?

y

6:18 PM

if not in group

yeah

6:18 PM

thanks ❤

TeamSelector.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) bool __cdecl Permissions::IsPlayerInGroup(unsigned __int64,class FString const &)" (__imp_?IsPlayerInGroup@Permissions@@YA_N_KAEBVFString@@@Z)
1>TeamSelector.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) class std::optional<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > __cdecl Permissions::AddPlayerToGroup(unsigned __int64,class FString const &)" (__imp_?AddPlayerToGroup@Permissions@@YA?AV?$optional@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@std@@_KAEBVFString@@@Z)
1>C:\Users\avtoj\source\repos\TeamSelector\x64\Release\TeamSelector.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

6:54 PM

what's this ?

6:55 PM

can i not load a permission name from config ?

you need permissions.lib

i have it in the linker

6:56 PM

or do i need to include it too ?

6:57 PM

yeah probably shouldn't have asked that

6:57 PM

that was it thanks again

7:41 PM

getting this crash

7:41 PM

can a name of a permission group not be in the unicode format in the config ?

7:41 PM

or can commands not be in unicode ?

does sending a notification to a player not work unless you hook something ?

No

8:36 PM

No, its smth else

i'm having issues loading commands and other Fstrings from the config

8:36 PM

it cant read them

8:37 PM

tried to use GetText from your ArkShop

8:37 PM

TeamSelector.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class FString __cdecl TeamSelector::GetText(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &)" (?GetText@TeamSelector@@YA?AVFString@@AEBV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z)
1>C:\Users\avtoj\source\repos\TeamSelector\x64\Release\TeamSelector.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

8:37 PM

but got this

sometimes i cannot comprehend the level of my stupidity

8:50 PM

i fucking forgot to load the config in the Load Function

What does error 1114 mean? When loading plugin

It happens for many reasons. It's a pseudo generic error code that something went wrong when loading the DLL. Check if there were any exceptions thrown in your DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH code

12:02 AM

If you didn't write the plugin or didn't change anything in the code, check that the config file isn't malformed

Thanks, I'll try catch exceptions in DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH

Most of the time it's been a config error. If you used one double check that your config is correct and all your variables that pull from it are correct

12:14 AM

Could be a misspelling somewhere, an invalid type being loaded, the config file may not be the correct encoding and so on. (edited)

Either way, logging is your friend

Yes, it's my first own plugin

Nice

Has anyone tried to use threads in plugins? I want to do broadcasting messages to players by timer and wrote simple class that starts new thread and should be broadcast messages. But plugin is stucks when creating thread

void Broadcaster::StartBroadcasting()
    {
        m_is_working = true;
        m_thread.reset(new std::thread(&Broadcaster::m_InternalFunc, this)); // Stucks here
    }

This code is works well in other console project

use the api timer

12:38 PM

it has a feature for a repeating function

Ok, I'll try it. Thanks

12:45 PM

Are there any way to stop/pause timer? Function uses config's data and maybe need to reload it. So need to pause timer to update shared data. Or protect data but I think this a bad way to protect json object

hmm maybe you could add the custom function in the unload function

1:17 PM

take a look at ArkShop plugin it has quite a few of its own functions that it unloads (edited)

I am using API timer, but plugin still stucks... At RecurringExecute point

what do you mean 'stucks'?

Plugins loading stops when try to load my plugin. Without any messages or errors

then you do something wrong in RecurringExecute, keep in mind that it doesn't start a new thread

A pass true for async argument

8:44 AM

If look at source code - RecurringExecute should start new thread and detach from it. Or I did not understand something?

8:48 AM

I tried log debug message at start of thread function and message did not display. Seems execution thread do not enter into function

ye, right then

8:51 AM

so how it looks?

how would i forcibly unload a plugin?, if the HWID does not match for example

crash it

any way to actually deny plugin loading on startup

just dont load commands/hooks and return false in dllmain

@Michidu

Log::GetLog()->info("Before start timer"); // This executes
        API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute([]() {
            Log::GetLog()->info("Entering into timer func"); // This doesn't execute
            if(shutdown_process == true)
            {
                return;
            }

            TArray<uint64> players = database->GetPlayerIDs();
            Log::GetLog()->info("After request to DB");
            TArray<Rank> ranks = config.BuildRankList();
            for(const auto steam_id : players)
            {
                if(auto* player_controller = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(steam_id); player_controller != nullptr)
                {
                    TArray<FString> player_groups = Permissions::GetPlayerGroups(steam_id);
                    uint64 total_play_time = (realtime_cache->GetPlayTime(steam_id) + database->GetPlayTime(steam_id)) / 60;
                    for(const auto& rank : ranks)
                    {
                        if(total_play_time >= rank.cost && !player_groups.Contains(FString(rank.name.c_str())))
                        {
                            ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player_controller, config.GetMessageText("Sender"), *config.GetMessageText("BroadcastMessage"));
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }, config.GetBroadcastInterval(), -1, true);

database it's wrapper for daotk::mysql::connection protected by mutex realtime_cache it's simple storage for online players. Also protected by mutex Nothing executes here and plugin loading stops. If i comment RecurringExecute then works fine.

are you sure config.GetBroadcastInterval() works?

Should works

inline uint64 GetBroadcastInterval() const
{
    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_mutex);
    return (static_cast<uint64>(m_config["General"]["BroadcastInterval"]) * static_cast<uint64>(60));
}

11:12 AM

Config is correct

still you might want to check it

Ok, I'll check it. But this works fine

std::cout << (static_cast<unsigned long long>(config["General"]["BroadcastInterval"]) * static_cast<unsigned long long>(60)) << std::endl;

11:26 AM

Are there any plugins to look at that use API's Timer? I did not found those

no

11:30 AM

you dont execute it at dllmain?

I am trying latest code (with std::cout) into another executable project, because I have not a server. Just check getting value from json

what do you mean in another executable ?

11:33 AM

not even a game?

This not in a game

std::cout << (static_cast<unsigned long long>(config["General"]["BroadcastInterval"]) * static_cast<unsigned long long>(60)) << std::endl;

RecurringExecute, of course, in the game

11:37 AM

I know precisely that config readed successfully at call RecurringExecute

try w/o async

Ok, I'll try it, thanks. I had been the same problem when tried to do it just by std::thread

dont do it in dllmain

What do you mean? dllmain calls Initialize() and Initialize() calls RecurringExecute()

12:07 PM

Do you mean do it by a command, but not when loading dll? (edited)

at plugin load most game functions are not initialized, so it might be the reason (edited)

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1688290/creating-a-thread-in-dllmain

Creating a thread in DllMain?

It seems that when a thread is created from within DllMain upon DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH it won't begin until all dll's have been loaded. Since I need to make sure the thread runs before I continue, I ge...

12:24 PM

This is probably the problem

12:26 PM

I'll try it in the evening

Does your mysql library create a connection pool? If so, it may be trying to create threads, which can cause a deadlock in Dllmain.

Mysql loaded successfully and works without timer

I have a few plugins that needed threads, and I had to use the Windows API CreateThread to prevent the deadlock.

I use daotk library and I create one connection and protect it by mutex

12:41 PM

Hm.. Thanks, will keep in mind

thanks for the mentor role !

Anyone know what this is and how to fix it? https://pastebin.com/rjefEtxD Atlas Server Manager Crash report, Ownprox been afk for a bit.

See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time...

@Michidu can you make PluginServerManager log the crash into a file maybe ?, because it seems that i get no crash reports anymore in the logs

(edited)

@GSH | MrOwlSky When does that error happen? Was a server process running at the time or does it happen when it would have started a new server process? (edited)

1:31 AM

Actually, based on the stack trace, it looks like it's attempting to close a process that it didn't start

1:35 AM

Appears to be updater related: https://github.com/ownprox/Atlas-Server-Manager/blob/master/AtlasServerManager/Includes/Worker.cs#L72

ownprox/Atlas-Server-Manager

A advanced monitoring tool for atlas, that supports automatic updating... - ownprox/Atlas-Server-Manager

Hmm, Happened when I try adding new server to program

how do i run a console command through the API ?

6:30 PM

or is there a function for wiping wild dinos ?

Do you have access to a player instance?

6:58 PM

If you do, and only want to run the wild dino wipe on some player event, you could force them to run it

6:59 PM

If so, Michidu's AdminPermissions is a helpful example: https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/AdminsPermissions/AdminsPermissions/AdminsPermissions.cpp

How to update the max_connections setting in MySQL

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not really i want to run it on a timer

7:05 PM

so i think CMD execution would be better

What's the plan? I would suggest avoiding doing frequent wild dino wipes as they seem to stall the server for a bit while it happens.

not for me someone requested this from me

WC ends up doing them on server startup for that exact reason

he said ark server manager does not work for them

7:10 PM

so my plan was to trigger a warning message first then worldsave wait 20 seconds and then do the dinowipe

Using that method on a running server may work, but you may end up having to schedule it in some way and do it on the next server startup. (edited)

7:14 PM

We try to avoid using the wild dino command on our running servers as it tends to end in a large enough lag spike that it's difficult to justify.

7:15 PM

It may still be a bit laggy, but you could find all APrimalDinoCharacter objects on the map, check the TargetingTeamId to find if it's wild, and delete any that are wild

no way to call a console command though ?

Not sure. I believe most of the commands outside of RCON expect a player context

hmm

7:18 PM

maybe call an rcon command then

If it comes to it, avoid using Suicide() on a ton of things at once. It ends in a horrifying and laggy graveyard of bodies

7:20 PM

I've had success using both of these where _this is a dino: _this->bDestroyOnStasis().Set(true); _this->Destroy(false, true);

nah if there is no good way to call a console command i'll probably tell the dude that its better to just wipes dinos on startup

7:21 PM

destroying them manually will cause more lag i think

It could, but you could also customize it in a way that allows you to go through the dinos far more slowly to prevent any lag spike

7:23 PM

Adding them all to a list of some sort, and only delete a number of them per some time period could let you prevent the lag spike entirely

7:24 PM

I've definitely had to deal with something similar for a private dino/structure decay plugin

at that point it would be easier to fix ark server managers dino wipe for them

It seems to work for us

me too but for the person who requested this plugin from me it didn't

7:27 PM

i just wipe dinos on startup

7:27 PM

best way ^

Definitely

can mysql be used to push data to servers

8:22 PM

instead of them querying for it

Not really. Database are really more for querying

8:41 PM

I've been creating a lot of plugins using Message Brokers like RabbitMQ or Redis' pubsub feature (edited)

8:42 PM

It's an option, but not straight forward

8:42 PM

What do you want to push? You may be able to get away with RCON commands (edited)

something like mysql crosschat

There have been a few of those with varying up and down sides. There was one that still sort of works where it uses a shared sqlite database and windows messaging to tell the other servers to look at the database for new messages

8:52 PM

OwnProx has one that uses RCON

yeah i currently use that one

8:52 PM

with the sqlite databse

8:52 PM

the RCON one lags like hell

You'd like mine then

It emulates in-game chat (looks like messages from normal players) with quite a bit of configuration options in the message format, but I haven't released it publicly due to the extra setup required (edited)

damn that sounds cool

That "extra setup" is a RabbitMQ instance that someone would have to maintain. I use it for a few other things, so it's worth it, but it would be interesting to try to couch people through that setup

one more question

8:58 PM

can the API timer be somehow stopped ?

8:59 PM

for example if i use a WHILE statement to check if a player is knocked out

8:59 PM

dont want the player to get killed if conscious

I haven't used it yet. What's the call look like to set it up?

havent fully set it up yet tbh

9:00 PM

but currently i had something where an if statement checked if a player was unconscious

9:00 PM

then started a timer

9:01 PM

the timer then checked if the player was unconscious again before suiciding the player

I would suggest avoiding long running while loops unless you can be sure it won't stall the main thread

hmm

For the most part, you should do as little as possible in any hooks or non-async chunks of code

9:03 PM

If you stall the main thread, everything stops

hmm i only check if the player is alive and unconscious though

Most of the hooks are going to be called from the main thread, and the server is trying to push 30 iterations of that main thread per second. To maintain that, you may only have a few milliseconds to complete what you're doing and let it continue if you don't want to cause lag.

9:05 PM

What's your code look like?

void TimerCallBack(APrimalCharacter* _this)
{
    _this->Suicide();
}
float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsDead() && !_this->IsConscious())
        {
            API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&TimerCallBack, 10,_this);
        }
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

9:07 PM

something like this currently

9:07 PM

but yeah you're right this will probably have to be asynced

9:07 PM

because this like this it hangs the server

It's going to take some more work, but you can do that without dealing with async. It may be a bit of a shift in approach, though. Treat things far more like they're event driven.

9:11 PM

Take a look and see if there are any hooks you could use to know exactly when a player went unconscious or became conscious.

i dont think there is anything besides take damage

9:13 PM

i tried to hook IsConscious but that just caused a server crash

You can hook/detour almost anything

as it says too many connections

(edited)

Yeah but how do I fix if I can't connect to it to begin with

Something like this may help: https://www.electrictoolbox.com/update-max-connections-mysql/ or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45691142/how-to-increase-the-max-connections-value-for-mysql-on-windows-server

Lean how to update the max_connections setting in MySQL.

How to increase the max_connections value for MySQL on Windows Server?

I have an issue with SQLSTATE[08004] [1040] Too many connections on a Windows Server 2008 r2. Now I'm trying to increase the max_connections (the default value is 151). In the the MySQL 5.6 root ...

10:24 PM

You'll have to edit some variables in my.ini

10:25 PM

You could also shutdown something that's using it

We got couple hundred atlas and ark servers all connected to it. Tried shutting some down didn't help

10:25 PM

Tried launching CMD tool and it crashes

10:25 PM

Any idea where the my.ini is located folder wise?

Sounds like it may be in different places depending on the version installed

10:27 PM

Do you have MySQL or MariaDB folders in Program files?

10:28 PM

Something in MySQL Server folder?

10:29 PM

That or a data folder inside that

Do you know the folder path?

Looks like there are several places it could be, and it will use defaults if it can't find a matching file in one of the folders: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/option-files.html

10:31 PM

Do you have mysql set up as a window service?

Not sure it's installed on a windows OS

Do you have a my.ini or my.cnf in C:/ or C:/Windows?

10:38 PM

Unless you can get a connection long enough to update the max connections using SQL, you're going to have to restart the mysql server to apply any config changes. I'm not sure what you're using it for, but restarting the mysql server will drop all connections and could crash anything that's not set up to handle that (edited)

How do I restart it?

It's probably a windows Service

I got in

10:39 PM

Where do I update it at

How many connections do you expect?

500+

Ooof... That's quite the cluster lol

One sec

How many machines you are using ?

10:40 PM

By connection he dont mean then umber of player that you will have

10:40 PM

but how many client will be connected to the mysql server i think

Each machine is not a connection

10:41 PM

Connections are based off how many servers/connections are running on the machine.

When atlas gets involved, each section of the map is likely at least one connection

^

Something like this:

10:41 PM

SET GLOBAL max_connections = 550;

Where do I add that?

That's already set to 0

10:42 PM

Still having the issue

I'm guessing it's the global max connections of the whole mysql server

10:43 PM

You can try dropping that into the text editor that had "SELECT * FROM atlas_rankup.players;" in your screenshot

I have no connection problem i just showed him the screen on where he can change maximum connection

That's the per-account limit. There's also a whole-instance limit that seems to be the limiting factor here

You don't run a large cluster for Atlas either though. Your connections wouldn't be maxed anyway. Default is 100. Account limit is set to 0 but still hitting a limit. @Deleted User

10:44 PM

You can also change file option here

10:45 PM

if you dont know where to found your my.ini

10:45 PM

and Even with 50 maps it dont change anything

10:45 PM

Each ip = a connection to the server

Uhhh.. not necessarily

maybe im wrong that what i undertod from the time that im using it

I can create a pooled connection from one ARK process that creates 500 connections. It wouldn't be a good idea, but it's certainly doable

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10:47 PM

If you replace the "SELECT *" thing with: SET GLOBAL max_connections = 550;

Would this work? @Zachar543

That looks right

10:47 PM

Is there a button to apply it or do they expect you to restart?

Yeah applied it, So far so good.

I mostly deal with Postgres, so trying to scrap together pieces of info from the internet and my limited use of MySQL

You da man, @Zachar543 Much love and respect.

Yeah, Used MySQL couple years back when running MC servers but never got into configuration for it.

No problem. Happy to help where I can

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Just to confirm that did work, Rebooted Atlas server and it allowed it to load/connect to permission mysql database. Assuming people will be running into that issue into the future. I'll get with @Michidu once I get our atlas servers setup and going smoothly and see if we can get some discord updates/guides for atlas and api to help people like that. See if he'd be willing to create a role for community helpers who would be willing to post in a guides only channel that could help and benefit the community via discord.

Out of interest, how large is your Atlas map? Official's 15x15 is only a 225 processes

Sorry was working on servers

11:07 PM

We run a 8x8 atlas map. Alongside other Atlas servers. We run multiple video game servers outside of ark/atlas all have been very successful.

does anyone here use PluginServerManager ?

7:50 PM

if so do you get .crashstack files in the logs anymore ?

I haven't used it

its pretty sweet but its so fast i cant peek at my crash logs anymore haha

8:32 PM

and i dont get .crashstack files anymore for some reason

lol, yeah no clue.

any way to get the count of lands a tribe/player has claimed in atlas

7:45 PM

searched around Actor.h but couldn't find a function for it

7:47 PM

the flags i mean

Take a look at APrimalStructureClaimFlag. Last I tried, though, APrimalStructureClaimFlag::GetPrivateStaticClass() causes a crash.

8:29 PM

If you only want the flags for that specific section of the map, that should work, otherwise, you'll have to find a way to get that out of the Redis instance (edited)

APrimalStructureClaimFlag::GetPrivateStaticClass() sometimes causes the server to crash I agree - but not any time. Have you added the APrimalStructureClaimFlag to your config.json of the API?

I hadn't no. I only had an hour or so to work on it, so didn't get far

I guess there also is another option to obtain the Class of those objects.. don't really remember the name of the field but something like StaticClassField

hmm so getting it from redis appear to be the only way ?

This was several days to a week ago. APrimalStructureClaimFlag had just been added to github

only want to get the count of flags/land claims for tribe (edited)

Yep, got that part of it. The approach may be different if you want to know about all claim flags on all of the connected map sections (the whole grid) rather than just the current cell

damn never worked with redis

8:40 PM

do i have to use a pointer to it ?

I haven't dug too much, but there are likely API methods that will let you get all claim flags

yeah but api methods can only get the flags per instance no ?

8:42 PM

per map

It could go either way. Each server has access to read and write from Redis, so they definitely have something that will get you the list, but it may not be a simple "get all claim flags for tribe"

yeah so right now redis is the best way

I would argue trying to go around Atlas will be much more difficult

8:47 PM

The claim flag format in Redis is interesting to say the least

hmm i cant think of a way to get the global flag count otherwise

Try to find any existing API methods

8:49 PM

Re use them as much as you can

8:49 PM

And hopefully let Atlas deal with it's own odd binary format

8:50 PM

yeah i think i should write the actual hook first

8:50 PM

hopefully i can at least find a method to block a land claim first

8:51 PM

then figure out how to get the flag count

Hmm... Did the newest commit (from 16 days ago) revert the APrimalStructureClaimFlag PR? The struct appears to be gone now (edited)

7:38 AM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/fe42b5dd04e91ec80652fdc89da5370a807ac111#diff-8b5f327f92c6ea6ff94fc686f07744a6L1233

Atlas API Updates · Michidu/ARK-Server-API@fe42b5d

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/e521810527e67974b8e79f9c1cb7080052522db5

Added APrimalStructureClaimFlag struct · Michidu/ARK-Server-API@e...

Added APrimalStructureClaimFlag struct

are flags and lands referred to as something else in the API or am i just dumb

(edited)

4:50 PM

cant find a function for calming land

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 Yeah, I saw that. It looks like a few commits after PR 27 was merged, your changes to version/Core/Public/API/Atlas/PrimalStructure.h were overwritten.

You can still copy the code of it then

5:00 PM

and use it

Sounds good, thanks. Just wanted to make sure someone was aware

We still need an official copy of the api for end users as well. Any plans on pulling the rest of the atlas classes into the official API soon?

you don't need those structs.. most of them are not even in the .dll file

8:44 PM

The version.dll only contains structs which have been used from APIUtils for example.. anything else is redundant and will be removed from compiler at compiling time

So the version.dll doesn't need to be swapped up when the api is updated locally?

depends on the change

it doesn't require update when you only add new structs

2:24 PM

is there anything different for sending notifications in atlas ?

it's same, what error?

is there any way to cancel the api DelayedExecute timer ?

only if you manually add it

6:47 PM

hm, there must be something wrong with your types

yeah trying to convert a plugin

6:48 PM

my timer callback looks like this

6:48 PM

void TimerCallBack(APrimalCharacter* _this, AShooterPlayerController * target)
{
    while (!_this->IsConscious() && !_this->IsDead())
    {
        AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(target);
        AShooterPlayerController* player = (AShooterPlayerController*)target;
        uint64 steamId = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(player);
        player->GetPlayerCharacter()->Suicide();
    }
    
}

(edited)

6:48 PM

and my hook looks like this

6:48 PM

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

{
    AShooterPlayerController* target = _this->GetCharacterController();
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&TimerCallBack, 10, _this, target);
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

6:48 PM

but i cant seem to initialize AShooterPlayerController in the hook

6:50 PM

i suspect that using _this->Suicide() causes the server to hang becase it wipes all APrimalCharacters instead of the player currently knocked out (edited)

i dont think you need to use while

want to check if a player is unconscious every few seconds and if not cancel the timer (edited)

that not how it works

7:01 PM

DelayExecute will execute functin once after specified amount of time (edited)

so no way to cancel it ?

cancel what?

it will be executed only once anyway

not what i mean

7:02 PM

when a player gets knocked out i want to start the timer

7:02 PM

but if they wake up BEFORE it finishes i want to cancel the timer (edited)

7:03 PM

because otherwise if the player wakes up and then gets knocked out again it will kill them anyway

check if he is in not IsConscious in TakeDamage

i already do

no

well i did

7:07 PM

but that will only check it twice no ?

7:07 PM

when the player first gets knocked out and during delay execute

and that what you need? remember that DelayExecute executes once (edited)

i need to check if the player is unconscious during the timer run

7:09 PM

if the player wakes up during the timer cancel the timer

7:09 PM

is that possible with the API timer ? (edited)

you did it better now

7:11 PM

only thing you need to change is add IsConscious check and replace 'while' with 'if'

hmm alright will try that

7:11 PM

but i cant even get the core of the plugin to work

7:11 PM

_this->Suicide() completely locks up the server and client

i dont think you even need to start timer if player is conscious

7:12 PM

i think while does it, not suicide

no i tried it without the timer at first and it completely locked up too

without while?

yes

hm it always worked fine

loat  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
        if(!_this->IsConscious() && !_this->IsDead())
    {
            _this -> Suicide();
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

(edited)

7:14 PM

hook looked like this and it locked up

7:14 PM

no other plugins loaded

dont call orig function after suicide

7:15 PM

actually maybe you cant call suicide in takedamage hook at all

7:15 PM

i think i told you that it better to change dmg instead

without original function it breaks damage

7:16 PM

i tried it with multiplied dmg but then i cant use the timer

dont call only after suicide

as you said multiplied dmg in timer makes no sense

with timer suicide will work fine anyway

7:17 PM

if player is not dead

yeah i will check that in the timer too but right now i cant get suicide to work

because you always do it incorrectly

7:18 PM

float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (!_this->IsConscious() && !_this->IsDead)
        {
            _this->Suicide();
        }
        
    }return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

7:19 PM

looks like this right now

7:19 PM

just testing for suicide

7:19 PM

anything incorrect here ?

its correct but wont work

what do you mean ?

you call takedamage after suicide again

so it needs to be called before ?

you dont need to call it if you do suicide

so no orig function or what ?

if suicide then no

so it needs to be returned before ?

7:33 PM

or just not returned if the suicide command succeeds

nvm i'm repeating myself lol

bool suicide;
float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()) && _this != nullptr)
    {
        
        if (!_this->IsConscious() && !_this->IsDead())
        {
            _this->Suicide();
            suicide = true;

        }
        else
        {
            suicide = false;
        }
        
        
        
    }
    if (suicide == false)
    {
        return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
    }
}

8:38 PM

using this the server still hangs

8:38 PM

it crashes actually

check != nullptr before

bool suicide;
float  Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this != nullptr)
    {
        if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {

            if (!_this->IsConscious() && !_this->IsDead())
            {
                _this->Suicide();
                suicide = true;

            }
            else
            {
                suicide = false;
            }



        }
    }
    if (suicide == false)
    {
        return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
    }
}

8:41 PM

you mean like this ?

8:48 PM

still crashes

8:48 PM

no crash message or anything though server just exits

return 0 instead

5:57 AM

if it doesnt work, then you cant use suicide inside takedamage

i tried returning 0 before i tried the current method and it still hanged

8:00 AM

hmm any other hook to detect an unconscious player ?

you can use delayexecute

Anyone have tips on how to minimize lag on my servers? For example the lag Spikes that make the ping go from lets say 30 to 100 and then back down.

start by checking if its network related first

I've swapped hosts like 1000 times so im sure its not xD

your question is very general if you dont give more info identifying the cause is close to impossible

Hundreds of different factors can cause lag.

exactly

Anyone here that can help with Massive memory leak, the point that it doesnt stop and just keeps on going until it reaches 100% memory usage and servers crash (edited)

For what

Ark

7:16 PM

Once the server reaches a certain amount of players it starts to leak 50 - 200 mb a second until it reaches full

If you got time to call and screenshare I can look into it for you

i had the same issue last week

10:41 AM

someone had shot on a boat with a minigun turret, the cpu hit the maximum and 10-20 seconds the server was down

i think we should update the FAQ for the forum

6:43 PM

there are too many repeated questions posted

does anyone know how to fetch server information in atlas like grid x y ?

How to set dino gender to specific when u spawn it with ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SpawnDino, anyone know?

okay, have my first task i want to accomplish but not sure if its better as a plugin or a mod and wanted community feedback.

3:37 PM

i want to auto neuter certain dinos upon taming.

A plugin could just run on a timer that set all dinos of that type to neutered.

a forever looped timer doesn’t degrade performance?

4:22 PM

I’ll give it a whirl and see what happens when it executes the command on all dinos every 5 min.

@Nice try changing 'bIsFemale'

can the api be used to allow structure placement where they cannot be placed ?

4:40 PM

such as allowing water pipes to be placed anywhere and be irrigated ?

@scuzzykidd no, it won't degrade performance if done right however, choosing between plugin and a mod is a personal preference in this case. If you like laggy dev kit, go for it

4:41 PM

the only way i know is hooking IsAllowedToBuild

i found a function for IsUnderWater

4:41 PM

not sure if placing a pipe checks for that though...

4:42 PM

btw any example on getting structure name ?

not bp?

yeah that could work too i guess

in structure limiit

thx

what do i need to return for you to be able to build ?

4:56 PM

return 1; ?

211

return 211 ?

yes

holy shit why is the hitbox for irrigation pipes so tiny

5:38 PM

i think its better to dig through game files to find a path for it lmao

int  Hook_APrimalStructure_IsAllowedToBuild(APrimalStructure* _this, APlayerController* PC, FVector AtLocation, FRotator AtRotation, FPlacementData* OutPlacementData, bool bDontAdjustForMaxRange, FRotator PlayerViewRotation, bool bFinalPlacement)
{
    const FString path_name = GetBlueprint(_this);
    if (bFinalPlacement && PC != nullptr)
    {
        
        if (path_name.ToString() == "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Pipes/PrimalItemStructure_StonePipeIntake'")
        {
            return 211;
        }
        
    }

    return APrimalStructure_IsAllowedToBuild_original(_this, PC, AtLocation, AtRotation, OutPlacementData,
        bDontAdjustForMaxRange, PlayerViewRotation, bFinalPlacement);
}

5:48 PM

hmm with this it still says it needs water

5:48 PM

i assume i need to set the requirement for water to false somehow ?

It's probably not something the API can do since the requirement to be in water would be in the blueprint and not in the server code.

10:57 PM

You could consider using Structures Plus (S+) on your server. You can set their water pipes to not need a water source

holy shit s+ has that option ?

11:00 PM

never noticed it lol

AllowIntakeToPlaceWithoutWater=true

11:03 PM

under [StructuresPlus] in gameusersettings.ini

11:03 PM

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/731604991/343786746007384809/

yeah just found it lol

11:08 PM

thank you!

do Destroy() and Suicide() just not work in APrimalCharacterTakeDamage ?

12:32 PM

both crash the server for me

you still trying to call them?

yeah

it wont work

even with the timer ?

with timer will

with timer nothing happens

then smth wrong heh

i think timer works though because when i unloaded the plugin during the timer run it crashed on a timer function

https://pastebin.com/7Geszape

03/04/19 20:15 [API][info] ---------------------------------------...

7:02 PM

@Michidu is it normal for the PluginServerManager so trigger so much ?

(edited)

lol, it might to do something with Discord Integrator had one more report about it

yeah i'm with the dev in discord fixing it RN

7:06 PM

what's funny though is that it didn't corrupt the save file lol

lucky

very lucky this time indeed

What are we supposed to do if we purchased a plugin but never received it from the author ?

Who @Deleted User

ownprox

What did you buy?

advanced chat

He's been crazy busy in real life

No worries - i don't want to drag him through the mud, i know things get hectic. Just been on a manhunt since i bought it.

11:18 PM

Just not sure how to get in touch with him as i've tried the site, his discord, his dm, etc.

Try contacting him on discord and let him know you brought it. Yeah he's busy with some personal stuff so he's not ignoring you or anything.

11:19 PM

@OwnProx ^

tyvm

1

Still nothing @GSH | MrOwlSky

Nothing we can do. Have to wait on him @Deleted User

S'all good - i'm just going to open a paypal ticket as i went ahead and bought the other discord plugin. I really appreciate all of your help yesterday.

actually you should wait a bit because on Friday me an ownprox were working on some plugin we never finished

7:04 PM

just wait a bit for him to come online

1

@here are there any Git masters or VSTS/ADO power users in here?

12:42 PM

i get this every time i try to build a plugin that requires sqlite db

12:42 PM

although i have the sqlite folder included

12:42 PM

need to add cpp to project

how ?

as any cpp file

12:47 PM

so it would compile

12:47 PM

need to add those ?

those too

12:49 PM

and sqlite3.c

included those

12:49 PM

but it says cant find sqlite3.h

.h to include directories

damn wtf now it cant find the .json

12:51 PM

isn't it included in the API now ?

12:53 PM

wtf how did it find errors in the json.hpp file

1:02 PM

how does the json.hpp file have errors wtf

you might need correct include order

1:23 PM

because of sqlite, look in other plugin

hmm weird i included everything just like it was in the source code of this plugin

1:24 PM

just changed the json.hpp include (edited)

1:24 PM

in the code

what plugin?

LootBox

ah, dont know about it json is not included with it?

it had a path that looked like

1:26 PM

../../../json.hpp

1:26 PM

i changed it to “json.hpp”

try other json version maybe

yeah will do when i’m near my pc again

ya I came here because I am trying to modify LootBox myself and am getting a crap ton of errors for finding json.hpp and SQLiteCpp/Database.h

cannot open file 'ArkApi.lib'

2:56 AM

I cant find this anywhere and its the most recent error when trying to compile

nm I got it all figured out

Directories

no I just couldn't find it... its in out_lib didn't know that

3:16 AM

is there a list of what each error code means?

Are you getting either 1114 or 126?

4:19 AM

Most of the time, I get one of those two, but they're all here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Debug/system-error-codes

System Error Codes - Windows applications

ah gotcha well I figured it out it was 126

um, which channel can I hire someone to do my ark shop?

are you serious right now ?

7:21 PM

man people are lazy as fuck

:))

7:23 PM

hey there is alot of creatures and im new to it

this is a dev discord not copy and paste a json file discord

ah so where can I find someone to help me with the config for the ark shop

there are examples for the default config

7:24 PM

take them and adjust for your needs

ah ok

7:25 PM

how do I combine multiple items

7:25 PM

like structures and stuff like that

you mean multiple items in one shop item ?

yes like a kit

add the blueprint multiple times

7:26 PM

or configure the amount

k

Radiant just make a spreadsheet to do it. It's so easy w a few formulas

9:34 PM

Also, does anyone else have an issue with vc++ 2017 not picking up AtlasApi namespace? I have out_lib set as one of the additional lib directories

I've created two new channels to help out with that. @. #【🔶】ᴊꜱᴏɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ #deleted-channel

k ty

9:36 PM

i hired someone

@Haragon did you include the api public folder aswell ?

I have it under additional include directories

you hired someone to write you a json config ?

9:39 PM

that is quite something

9:39 PM

anyway your public folder has to be included in the c++ section

Yeah that's where I have it. I have out_lib set in Linker

seems correct

9:40 PM

set language standard to 2017 ?

9:40 PM

should be in c++ language

Yeah it's one of those things. Tinker til it works. Yeah I believe so, I followed a mix of an img ownprox posted and some Google doc that floats around the forum

yeah that google doc was posted by me

I thought so lol

so is your project set to release and x64 ?

I think I have it on debug

9:42 PM

But x64 yes

has to be release

9:42 PM

and x64

Ah I guess that's what makes it look at the public folder?

9:43 PM

I'll have to finaggle with it here in a few. I'll let you know how it goes. I believe we're working on the same thing lol

you and me ?

Yeah. I couldn't get it to pick up AtlasApi either so I just disabled the points part. But if I just needed to be set to release I should be able to enable it

9:44 PM

AtlasShop

9:44 PM

Not api lol

Gave you role @Haragon long time no see. Glad to see you around.

Hey hey thanks. It's good to be here. Been busy messing with rack servers. Atlas will do that to ya haha...

1

you trying to compile an existing project or starting from scratch

Sort of a spiritual successor I guess lol

hehe

Hmm, yeah still not recognizing the AtlasApi namespace

wait, is the namespace for AtlasApi, ArkApi?

@WETBATMAN got it all working... now to try and convert to mysql

actually, sqlite works for me but i am using a shared network drive from hyper v host to all my guest vms

i pulled the json.hpp from ShopRewards but its still giving me errors

4:54 PM

and for some reason the json.hpp file itself has errors

Remove the std:: from those

5:09 PM

In json. Hpp

5:10 PM

It's some issue with different cpp versions treating that type differently

nah that just results in more issues lol (edited)

worked for me anyways

5:31 PM

what is your error code

Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
Error    C2039    '_snprintf': is not a member of 'std'    LootBoxes    c:\users\avtoj\desktop\arkserver\ark-server-api-master\version\core\public\json.hpp    11146

ok, so forgive me here bc i am a bit of a c++ noob, but from what i can see snprintf gets changed to _snprintf when you use std:: namespace, but if you change it it will compile and read json

5:34 PM

1 sec

yeah but how does it error out in the json.hpp file

5:35 PM

which i pulled from another plugin

i'm not sure tbh but if you google it people are having that issue with json.hpp in general

5:37 PM

https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/issues/224

Error: snprintf is not a member of std · Issue #224 · open-sourc...

I'm getting the error "snprintf is not a member of std" in jsoncpp.cpp, line 3969. I fixed this by removing the "std::". I was using the latest Android NDK. It might be part...

so, lines 11141 and 11147: change

if ((codepoint <= 0x1F) or (ensure_ascii and (codepoint >= 0x7F))) {
    if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF) {
        std::snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 7, "\\u%04x",
        static_cast<uint16_t>(codepoint));
        bytes += 6;
    }
    else {
        std::snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 13, "\\u%04x\\u%04x",
        static_cast<uint16_t>(0xD7C0 + (codepoint >> 10)),
        static_cast<uint16_t>(0xDC00 + (codepoint & 0x3FF)));
        bytes += 12;
    }
}

to

if ((codepoint <= 0x1F) or (ensure_ascii and (codepoint >= 0x7F))) {
    if (codepoint <= 0xFFFF) {
        snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 7, "\\u%04x",
        static_cast<uint16_t>(codepoint));
        bytes += 6;
    }
    else {
        snprintf(string_buffer.data() + bytes, 13, "\\u%04x\\u%04x",
        static_cast<uint16_t>(0xD7C0 + (codepoint >> 10)),
        static_cast<uint16_t>(0xDC00 + (codepoint & 0x3FF)));
        bytes += 12;
    }
}

(edited)

nah its something else i think

5:49 PM

line 11140 isn't related to sprintf at all

hrm. well im sure youll figure it out lol. getting this thing to work is a pain

it's just annoying because the json file is valid just throws errors in this project

I may have mysql working....... did a lot of patchwork w/ atlasshop but it compiled w/o errors. testing it now

mysql for what ?

8:41 PM

lootbox ?:D

yea

damn wtf i could not even get it to compile because of this stupid json error

8:44 PM

wtf

literally all i did there was made sure my reference was right and removed the std::

8:47 PM

is there a proper way to debug these other than compile and test??

nop

8:49 PM

how does you json include look like

8:49 PM

#include "json.hpp"

8:49 PM

like this ?

yea

9:01 PM

what is error 1114 again?

config

9:02 PM

if you're connecting to mysql it means it cant connect to it

hm sqlite and mysql both give the code

its a config issue then

now its complaining about std::swap lol

9:36 PM

lmao wtf does this thing want

(edited)

9:43 PM

ahh finally lol

9:43 PM

managed to build it

it is a pain lol. trying to get mysql working is frustrating me

after basically rewriting everything I have mysql working

2:31 AM

only thing I cant figure out is how to get it to create the db initially. if i create it manually it creates the table but it wont create it if it doesnt exist. not sure if theres even a way to do that

Now to add the fun features

no plugin creates the schema

4:11 AM

you have to do that yourself

Gotcha, then I probably could have been finished like 3 hrs ago XD

hehe

what is the going price for a semi-simple plugin? (edited)

you selling or buying

buying lol

hehe

dont have much to sell most of my "work" is modifications of others

well what do you need

11:59 AM

post it here if not me someone will help you for sure

would rather explain as little as possible but lets say a modified version of the points shop in a way

depends on what you want to modify

its hard to explain without giving it all away

Hmm with regard to timed rewards, possible shop purchases or adding totally new functionality like web integration?

Timed rewards

It may be hard to get a solid number out of anyone without sharing more about what's involved. Depending on what it is, semi-simple could end up being a week of effort and testing. (edited)

ya I figured if someone was interested they could PM me and I could go from there

4:44 AM

I just dont wanna post it on here

Timed rewarded can be configured to give anything from points, items, to lootboxes. Suggest you learn it as it is very sweet function

Is there something special I need to do to use a hook that is also used by another plugin?

getting error code 126 when i try

no many plugins can use the same hook

7:49 AM

its something else

Tom, what are your dependencies

?

Well I'm trying to hook handle new player. I have atlas.h included and I'm using AtlasApi.lib

what does your PluginInfo.json looks like?

Not home right now but it's pretty normal. I have minApi at like 1.0

And the dependencies? Anything changed?

No they're vanilla

1:44 PM

I'll have to hop in here when I'm messing with it tonight. I feel like I'm super close

1:45 PM

I'm also actually using handlenewplayer_implementation instead of handle new player because that's what's in the hook generator lol

but I mean 126 is not really about hooking ATLAS internal stuff - more that you're missing a module on startup..

Oh really? Good to know. I'll have to give those another look.

2:04 PM

I am pulling in atlas shop, permissions and the api as far as libs. Is that error with regard to includes or libs? Or can it be either

Yea it is the error I guess

2:10 PM

First you want to make sure that those dependencies are specified in your "Delay Loaded DLL" (located under Linker section) since plugins getting loaded in order of the alphabet. In addition you might want to specify them in the PluginInfo.json's Dependencies section

(edited)

Good to know. Thanks! What's the format for plugininfo.Json? Dont think I've seen dependencies there before

{
  "FullName":"PluginName",
  "Description":"Does things",
  "Version":1.0,
  "MinApiVersion":1.0,
  "Dependencies": [
    "ArkShop"
  ]
}

PluginInfo.json is mostly for releasing plugin, so, for example, users won't forget to update api or install needed dependencies. Otherwise it doesn't do anything.

Gotcha. It's probably something in my dependencies in VC++ then. I have the 3 dirs for the 3 libs that I am using in the linker AdditionalLibraryDirectories though. But I may have missed a section

5:57 PM

Also, what's the general process for validating a HWID, make an HTTP request to a stored list?

mysql server will probably work best

6:19 PM

just hardcode the ip of your mysql server into the plugin

True that. Derp. Ty for the help guys

For delay loaded dlls, i put the actual dll names of the dependencies? or the dll name of my project

Scratch that - Worked like a charm. Thanks @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰

is there some kind of limit to json config files? I get an 1114 error when I load too big of a file it seems

There is none. Use exception handler to see error (edited)

new update broke APrimalCharacterTakeDamage hook

10:08 PM

none of the plugins with it load

10:09 PM

and ones that manage to get loaded crash the server upon startup

ARK / ATLAS ?

ARK

Are you sure? lol

https://pastebin.com/JrWp5Z0E

F a t a l e r r o r ! V E R S I O N : ...

10:12 PM

pvp-protection fails to load completely and my plugin causes a startup crash

10:12 PM

which has never happened before

Gonna take a look at this

a lot of plugins use that hook so this can go south pretty fast

OriginBegone.dll is that your plugin? (edited)

yes

could you send me the full implementation of the hook via pm?

sure

Not sure the best place to put this, but if you own ARK servers, DO NOT install the 293.105 update that just came out (edited)

12:50 AM

Our smallest servers are now attempting to grab over 100GB of RAM (edited)

12:51 AM

Looks like a few major groups (one that applied the update) are already going offline: https://ark-servers.net/

ARK Server List | ARK Multiplayer Servers

Find the best ARK servers with our multiplayer server list.

Yeah GOG servers are being effected by that update too

It may be ArkAPI

1:14 AM

Testing a few things, but after removing the ArkAPI from one of the servers, it's completely fine at the moment.

1:14 AM

Looks like others may think the same: https://ark-server-api.com/threads/ark-update-293-105-breaks-arkapi.1045/

ARK UPDATE 293.105 BREAKS ARKAPI

Since the new ark update, all plugins don't work anymore

Yeah... It's ARK API. For what ever reason, having it installed causes a rather fast memory leak that appears to be based on how many plugins you have. Running with only the permissions plugin causes ~60GB of commit charge in under a minute

1:38 AM

ARK API v3.0 helps greatly with the memory, but people are reporting it ends up crashes after a few minutes (edited)

@Michidu can you tag us here if there is an update to the API?

If anyone wasn't already on 3.0, update to that first. See if it helps as much as it did for us

I guess Michidu is already sleeping

There might be an Ark update coming out in the next few hours... if thats not the case ARKServerAPI will be updated and we will announce a new version

2:01 AM

And also; I‘ve read a few forum posts in that crashing thread.. I got API version 3.0 running and worked fine for me and my plugins.. so maybe you really need to change the version if you haven‘t yet

No issues here on v3.0 and 293.105

I'm on 3.0 and still having issues

3:44 AM

Ark update broke something

3.0 and not seeing crashes atm myself

We're not having as extreme memory issues or crashes, but people are getting disconnected in mass every few hours. (edited)

4:07 AM

The server stays up and people can immediately rejoin, which is interesting...

4:07 AM

Not network issues as we have 4 other maps on this machine that weren't effected (edited)

API should be updated, need to update affected plugins.

7:53 AM

there are quite a lot of changes (mostly they changed function order), so it hard to see real changes

(edited)

I noticed an infrequent reoccurring crash on one of my servers from the free autoprot plugin

Use npp instead, not likely someone will update old auto prot

the memory leak is real

hmm i replaced StaticClass() with GetPrivateStaticClass() in every plugin i had and it's running stable now

no leak anymore?

no it's normal memory usage

1:11 PM

and no crashes yet

1:12 PM

btw

1:12 PM

you know what this does ?

1:12 PM

UpdatedItem

1:12 PM

i set it to false to recompile event manager

1:12 PM

i assume it controls if the items get a cooldown in the obelisk upload ?

it should update item info, if you change item stats for example

ah

1:15 PM

so false here is correct i think

1:17 PM

aight i fixed all the new path related crashes

1:17 PM

but still getting my old crash

1:17 PM

fml

1:17 PM

https://pastebin.com/FGiTWRNj

F a t a l e r r o r ! V E R S I O N : ...

remove mod if you can

it will wipe all dinos/structures

1:21 PM

i think it's VIP

1:21 PM

talking with the dev now

not sure if something was even updated or it just staticclass

it's just that i think

1:31 PM

i replaced it in every open source plugin and it does not crash

1:32 PM

well it does not crash with that error anymore

i think only one plugin had it from my plugins

1:33 PM

ATLAS version of EtendedRcon has it (edited)

1:35 PM

oh and ShopRewards

i dont think atlas affected?

might not be

1:39 PM

just pointed that out

hmm i noticed ShopRewards no longer prints that it's disabled rewards for people in event manager

does ShopRewards handle disabling rewards for event manager or is it done by the API ?

@Michidu i think there's something going on with the new ark update

2:53 PM

because even with old shop rewards and deathmatch it does not display the message that rewards for event manager are disabled

it never did it

03/06/19 08:01 [ShopRewards][warning] Event Manager Detected - Disabling Player rewards for people in EventManager!

3:30 PM

always printed this

i dont know, its not from my rewards lol

wut ?

maybe you use custom

no i got it from the forum

weird lol

3:31 PM

there is no such feature

where tf did this come from then

3:33 PM

lol

3:33 PM

i also checked in event manager and it's not that doing it

Virus.exe

0 bytes

3:33 PM

lol

omg is that the new api release ?

3:33 PM

running it rn

Only the best 0 byte exe files

yea

3:34 PM

optimized.. lol

lol

now i'm confused lol what ShopRewards did i have

Just optimized code.. lol

oh god

3:36 PM

"optimised"

anyone know a function which reloads the banlist from URL ?

@WETBATMAN Not sure about manually triggering the banlist to reload, but if you use the Ban List URL method and host a text file somewhere, the server will make a request to the URL every minute to refresh the list.

oh really

4:59 PM

that is super useful

4:59 PM

i'll just start hosting my own ban list then

When I set mine up, I remember it being fairly picky. It's 1 steam id per line, and I believe it requires that the URL end with a .txt extension.

yeah it has to be exactly like the official one

What can I throw to cause a plugin not to load? Or should I just use return in the load method

Unload()

5:19 PM

i think

5:20 PM

or dont load anything until licensee is verified

so like during hwid check, if it fails right now i just return, works fine but the plugin is "loaded" still

return 0 in dllmain

5:20 PM

you have to return 0 in dllmain for it to unload

sorry I am not too familiar with c++, learning as i go, is that what I return from the load method?

5:22 PM

this is dllmain

oh derp. should i run my hwid check there?

5:22 PM

call it i should say

I think if any exception happens in the DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH and isn't caught, it will fail to load with error 1114 (edited)

would this work? or do i need to throw my own exception

5:24 PM

you can always crash the server if the hwid isn't in the list

hahaha

but i guess if its online authentication that would suck if your mysql server went down lol

i was thinking about encrypting the hwid and sending a keyfile as well

5:25 PM

as a fallback

5:25 PM

bc i am self hosting my sql server

i messed around with HWID myself but could never get it to work

i can show you my implementation

5:27 PM

it works just trying to find the best way to let em down lightly

5:27 PM

actually its riddled with logging queries and console logs for debugging

It looks like returning false should work

well if you dont mind that would be awesome

Probably best to have a log message as well, though

OK. well bear with me because i am not exactly privy to c++ best practices so i am still iterating

so am i

5:28 PM

i'm no expert at c++

i found this online, had to do some wizardry with types to get it lined up

Hopefully you aren't connecting directly to your database from the person's server

std::string getHWID() {
    HW_PROFILE_INFO hwProfileInfo;
    std::string hwid;
    Log::GetLog()->error("getting hwid");

    if (GetCurrentHwProfile(&hwProfileInfo)) {
        //Fhwid = hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid;
        std::wstring Whwid(hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid);
        // your new String
        std::string Shwid(Whwid.begin(), Whwid.end());
        hwid = Shwid;
    }
    else 
        hwid = "ERROR_CANT_RETRIEVE_HWID_VALUES"; //intentionally longer than the column allows - see if this is breakable or ok
        //make sure field in logging table allows for longer length to record these instances- LEN is 31 so go with 32

    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '{'), hwid.end());
    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '}'), hwid.end());
    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '-'), hwid.end());
    std::transform(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), hwid.begin(), ::toupper);
    Log::GetLog()->error("returning hwid >" + hwid + "<");
    return hwid;
}

5:29 PM

I am currently, is that bad practice? I am using a severely limited mysql user

It's not usually a great idea

5:29 PM

Either way

whats the alternative?

Some middleware web service would be the "normal" way

5:29 PM

That way your database doesn't need to be open to the internet as well

right on. maybe i will host something once i get my R710 running

5:30 PM

could probably do it in laravel in like 5 secs... i did want to automate the process somehow using paypal invoice and hwid for auth, and allow them to change hwid if they change hardware

You'd be surprised how many bot nets are scanning for common database ports, and will automatically attempt known exploits if it finds a server listening

some devs store the HWID in the dll itself

5:31 PM

actually most do that

not a terrible idea but requires i compile it for them all the time

Yeah... that's a lot of work lol

plus, its one time payment but id be obligated to do hwid updates forever

5:32 PM

im obsessed with automating stuff though so ill probably overdo it

Same. Sometimes the automation is the fun part lol

i have to hold myself back at work

5:33 PM

i work outside of dev, in ecommerce, so you can see a ton of room for automation... but you make your job easier the job duties just grow and grow

5:34 PM

i could do my job 5 hours a week from my couch... but i go to an office and milk 40. oh well

you got this to print the HWID ?

it should return hwid

you use it in DLLMAIN or the load function ?

well i just use it to get the current, i print it if they are not verified

5:51 PM

i am trying now to call the actual check from dllmain, but it gives me 1114 if i put anything in there

5:51 PM

but it works fine from load

it gave me 1114 from both haha

maybe because i am using error() for logging out of laziness

You could do the entire plugin in that DllMain method if you really wanted to. Just make sure you don't use something you haven't initialized yet (like Log::GetLog()).

nah that just means it will be red

oh

5:51 PM

that would be what i am using haha

5:52 PM

can i just init my log in dllmain or is there a better way to do this

5:53 PM

can you see where the 1114 is coming from wetbatman

it hangs for a bit and then throws that

hmm

i'll put logs in it to see where it hangs

ya, could be an include i forgot to mention but im not sure

Yeah, just make sure Log::Get().Init() is called before you try to use Log::GetLog(). Having Load() as it's own method is really only an organization/cleanliness thing. How it's being used in most plugins, there's nothing special vs putting all the code in DllMain

goootcha. will give it a shot. TY

it's probably an include

5:55 PM

i think hardware profile needs it's own include

5:56 PM

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

5:56 PM

you have these 2 included ?

i didnt need those for some reason

5:56 PM

but they could be included in something else, im not sure

5:56 PM

try it with those

nah still 1114

5:57 PM

i'm retarded probably doing something wrong

can you see if its an issue with the variable types

5:58 PM

i had so much issue dealing with that wchar_t lol

6:04 PM

OK I have it working in dllmain, except it doesnt like that i declare my hook but never define it

nah i think i'm retarded

6:05 PM

when you made it print hwid you just called getHWID() in load ?

i call getHWID as a param for the checkHWID call

6:06 PM

not sure of the exact verbage

6:06 PM

gethwid just returns the str, you have to verify it how you see fit

yeah ofc but i cant even get it to print

hmm

it does not log anything from there either

6:07 PM

nothing from the IF or the ELSE statement

i get so ate up with it i just throw logs after every line lol

6:08 PM

hate not having a proper debugger

6:08 PM

or not knowing how to use it if there is one lol

6:10 PM

oh i see the issue, i think it runs unload() if you return false in dll_process_attach, where i am removing my hook but i never added it because it is in load

C++ isn't where most of my experience is (mostly Java & C#), so I would be interested if there's a way to attach a debugger and get detailed info out. I was able to attach VS 2017's debugger to a local ARK server, but the info I could actually see at break points was unhelpful to say the least. (edited)

it would be amazing to debug it in real time

6:12 PM

i mean i have a decent process now, i have a 1x1 with the 1 small isle on it, i compile -> run a move script -> start server. only have my plugin and dependencies and a shit ton of logs

6:16 PM

so i take this

6:16 PM

and call it like this

6:16 PM

anything incorrect ?

std::string currenthwid = getHWID();

6:17 PM

then you need to check currenthwid against your sql server or whatever implementation you have and make sure its there. if its not print it to console so they can send it to you

yeah IK

6:18 PM

better get it to print first lmao

you can hard code it like they said, then you would just do something like std::string licensedhwid = "whatever they send you"

ah shit still unload

yea, you just have to use gethwid to set the value of a std::string

6:18 PM

then you can print that str or you could just call it in your log statement if you wanted

it's already being printed in this code though

some of those i threw in from before i had it printing properly. if it has shit grammar it was meant for me :p you dont necessarily have to print it if they pass license check

6:21 PM

i see what you are saying

yeah but it does not even load rn so all that has to be done after

so what is printing between > < or is it not even getting that far

nah its failing to load with 1114

6:21 PM

i dont even have a config file for this plugin or anything

it may be due to the return type

6:21 PM

try just setting a str to getHWID, it will still run the method

uhh what

instead of

...
{
    getHWID();
...

use

...
{
    std::string currenthwid = getHWID();
...

6:24 PM

since getHWID isnt a void method

6:25 PM

dont know if it matters, but if its not running the method somethings up lol

6:25 PM

or you could do a try catch and see what that tells you

setting it like that causes more issues lmao

what does it say once you do that

getHWID is undefined

well that has me stumped bc you defined it lol

damn

6:30 PM

how'd you get this to work lol

i dunno haha hardest part was getting it to a std::string lol

6:31 PM

im testing it

6:34 PM

it shouldnt be telling you it is undefined lol that is strange

is the bottom screenshot from your load function or from the getHWID function ?

i called that from load

alright now i'm legit confused

6:39 PM

because it still unloads with 1114

without even giving you a value?

6:40 PM

throw a log right before and right after it, if neither of those fire its something else

just fyi, GetCurrentHwProfile only returns ID stored in registry, so one can bypass such check only by editing registry

you just shattered my entire world, @Michidu

6:48 PM

which value is best used for licensing/verification?

probably an id of some part

6:50 PM

like cpu

the proper way would be to get cpu id/disk id/other devices and combine them, maybe even hash after

6:50 PM

ye

gotcha. well thats good, i only have to change how i am generating the id

6:50 PM

ty for the tip

and i still have to get it to load

well, honestly just scratch everything i said bc thats not a reliable id anyways

6:52 PM

but, for the sake of learning it is always good to brute force your way through those problems lol

it's not hwid generation i'm concerned about

6:53 PM

but why it does not load

6:53 PM

works w/o hwid call?

yes

it might be because you call it from DllMain or just function has errors

"unresolved external symbol" any obvious cause of this issue?

Did it just start suddenly without a clear cause?

i am testing an md5 script

how else are you supposed to call hwid check if its not dllmain

7:05 PM

it works for @Haragon though that’s what weirded me out haha

You could do it at the top of your Load(), change Load() to return a bool, and change DDL main to do something like: "return Load();"

if you call it in dllmain you need Log::Get().Init("YOUR_PLUGIN"); there instead of in load

7:05 PM

otherwise any logging will error it out

i have that

^ I'm guessing that's the cause

i see your issue right now

yeah, you write log before calling Init But the problem with dllmain is that not all libraries might be loaded at that time

yea, move 3rd line of your load to 1st

7:07 PM

so whats your recommendation michidu? wait till server starts and then check ?

if you call a library that isnt loaded you wont get that far :p

7:08 PM

youll know. for hwid check you arent really relying on any api dependencies so it should be ok

just GetCurrentHwProfileA is from Advapi32.dll

7:10 PM

which might be loaded or not

hrm, all i can say is it works for me but i cant say for sure that it wont cause problems

which function gets called when server fully starts ?

hookable function?

yes

good question heh, let me check out the hooker generator

InitWorld isn’t it ?

initworld is called during startup

InitWorld yeah

oh is that on full startup ?

"You should never perform the following tasks from within DllMain: Call the registry functions. These functions are implemented in Advapi32.dll." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/dlls/dynamic-link-library-best-practices

Dynamic-Link Library Best Practices - Windows applications

or just when you launch the server

InitWorld is not full server start up but its goot place to do checks

i guess if your plugin name starts with something above advapi32 it might not be loaded

"within dllmain" meaning not in any method directly called from it as well, right?

can a plugin be unloaded during init world ?

yeah, as it would be same

that sounds so unorthodox but i think you could just call load() within your hook

Wanted to add some clarification

hook init world check hwid and unload the plugin if it does not match

you can unload plugin at any point

oh unload, yeah, that sounds more plausible than loading one during initworld

7:14 PM

read that wrong lol

7:14 PM

that is not a bad idea either

yeah but if it loads during startup isn’t it already in memory ?

sort of but you would have to do some serious work to bypass that id think

so can it be decompiled like this is what i’m asking

unless you can override a hook

It being in memory is kind of irrelevant. You gave them the DLL

anything can be decompiled but the info isnt super useful

Just don't let it do anything

that’s actually a pretty good method too

This also doesn't stop anyone that knows what they're doing and has enough time from bypassing your authentication

check for hwid before every function of the plugin

oh yikes that might get a little resource intensive if you have a lot of people

honestly it can be cracked easily but i guess its enough for a plugin

Yeah...

my opinion is that

i dont see piracy being a huge issue w/ the api but always good to be safe

if someone knows how to decompile this shit

7:17 PM

they would not be buying it from you regardless

if someone doesnt have a couple bucks to buy it, and they spend their time doing that they may as well have bought it

7:17 PM

lol

with that kind of knowledge they’re better off writing it themselves

true that

Assuming the plugin isn't 100s of dollars, it's unlikely to be worth their time lol

like if your whole security relies on Free Library (unload plugin) then one can just hook freelibrary

its like whack a mole!

It always is

indeed

7:19 PM

im just out here trying to learn c++ and maybe dump on my student loans a little bit lol, but i find this stuff interesting anyways so im stuck till i have a decent implementation haha

@Michidu This may be a simple question, but my C++ knowledge is limited. I see references to "Plugin_Init" and "Plugin_Unload" in PluginManager.cpp, but I haven't been able to get ArkAPI to find these methods if they do exist in my plugin. Any chance you know of any examples of those being used in another plugin?

7:21 PM

I have some threading logic that would be good to clean up before FreeLibrary is called

it's actually nice functions (someone added them, not me), you need to export them from plugin

7:23 PM

__declspec(dllexport)

havent checked out pluginmanager, what all can it do?

That's just the source file that handles loading and unloading of plugins in the API

i think it would be better to call Plugin_Init from InitWorld hook

7:24 PM

possibly i need to change it in api

When I first started setting up some of this threading, I ran into deadlocks due to LoadLibrary having the loader lock, so I have a bit of a workaround that I'm hoping to clean up

yeah, Plugin_Init solves deadlock but not other issues of dllmain as of now

Thanks, I'll try a few things and see what I can figure out

StaticClass() needs to be updated within the api itself too?

most classes have GetPrivateStaticClass, which you need to use

UObject does not have his function?

hmm how is unloading mid startup done ?

7:40 PM

void Unload();
std::string getHWID()
{
    HW_PROFILE_INFO hwProfileInfo;
    std::string hwid;
    Log::GetLog()->error("getting hwid");

    if (GetCurrentHwProfile(&hwProfileInfo)) {

        //Fhwid = hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid;
        std::wstring Whwid(hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid);
        // your new String
        std::string Shwid(Whwid.begin(), Whwid.end());
        hwid = Shwid;

    }
    else
        hwid = "ERROR_CANT_RETRIEVE_HWID_VALUES"; //intentionally longer than the column allows - see if this is breakable or ok
        //make sure field in logging table allows for longer length to record these instances- LEN is 31 so go with 32

    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '{'), hwid.end());
    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '}'), hwid.end());
    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '-'), hwid.end());
    std::transform(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), hwid.begin(), ::toupper);
    Log::GetLog()->error("Your HWID >" + hwid + "<");
    
    Unload();
    return hwid;
}

7:41 PM

i did this

7:41 PM

but it resulted in this

you are calling unload but continuing to load the plugin lol

You're likely calling Unload() where you're trying to remove hooks that you haven't created yet

yeah, i had to set an auth bool and only remove the hook if it is false

yeah but you're still calling unload or there's a better way ?

@Mr.Salt Actually, im not sure, sometimes you need to add this func manually, but i didn't look why StaticClass even crashes yet..

@Michidu was saying that might not be a good idea because unload itself can be hooked

yeah i know just trying to get my check system working before i move to authenticating on InitWorld (edited)

i havent moved to using unload yet, trying to lock down a hwid before i tackle that

you have to take steps its easier to debug

i cant get hashing right atm

it's fine for a plugin i guess :) or you can just crash whole ark heh

lmao

It's easy enough on accident lol

just call StaticClass()

That's mean lol

Hook_UWorld_InitWorld

7:52 PM

so this one is for world initialization ?

yes

7:53 PM

i guess if you stop InitWorld if hwid is wrong, server wont load well too

lmao

7:54 PM

that's kinda funny

but why someone would use unregistered dll, right?

7:55 PM

best security = no security

it's actually provides better security than FreeLibrary i think

UObject* object = Globals::StaticLoadObject(UObject::StaticClass(), nullptr, blueprint, nullptr, 0, 0, true); that is the statement that crashes it since the last ark update ....

or combine

7:57 PM

oh, i will look at it a bit later

7:57 PM

actually, it weird that StaticClass stopped working..

wait is a String wrong for hwid ?

8:00 PM

because when i try to do hwid == myhwid it says its out of range

how you do it?

std::string getHWID()
{
    HW_PROFILE_INFO hwProfileInfo;
    std::string hwid;
    Log::GetLog()->error("getting hwid");

    if (GetCurrentHwProfile(&hwProfileInfo)) {

        //Fhwid = hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid;
        std::wstring Whwid(hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid);
        // your new String
        std::string Shwid(Whwid.begin(), Whwid.end());
        hwid = Shwid;

    }
    else
        hwid = "ERROR_CANT_RETRIEVE_HWID_VALUES"; //intentionally longer than the column allows - see if this is breakable or ok
        //make sure field in logging table allows for longer length to record these instances- LEN is 31 so go with 32

    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '{'), hwid.end());
    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '}'), hwid.end());
    hwid.erase(std::remove(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), '-'), hwid.end());
    std::transform(hwid.begin(), hwid.end(), hwid.begin(), ::toupper);
    Log::GetLog()->error("Your HWID >" + hwid + "<");
    if (hwid == whatever)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->error("HWID check passed!");
    }
    return hwid;
}

8:02 PM

i have my real hwid instead of whatever ofc

dont mess with unicode if you use std::string mostly anyway GetCurrentHwProfileA will get you ansi string, so you dont need wstring

so it should be just string ?

try

nah does not work with just string

i guess you did it wrong :) when you use GetCurrentHwProfileA, you need to use HW_PROFILE_INFOA as well (instead of HW_PROFILE_INFO)

8:06 PM

this way you wont have std::wstring

8:06 PM

and dont need to conver wide to ansi string

it still says floating constant out of range

i got it to work

8:11 PM

1 sec

8:11 PM

    HW_PROFILE_INFOA hwProfileInfo;    
    std::string hwid;
    
    if (GetCurrentHwProfileA(&hwProfileInfo)) {

    std::string Shwid(hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid);
    hwid = Shwid;
    }

(edited)

8:12 PM

Not sure if thats the best way to manipulate the string but it did output my hwid

8:14 PM

Also, "shwid" should be a word.

how do you check HWID against something

8:17 PM

with shwid ?

no i made shwid up

it's correct @Haragon

which is @Michidu ?

yeah but it says its out of range when checking HWID against a string that it generated

im not sure about string comparison in cpp

hwid code heh probably you dont even need Shwid

look for and _Equals method

== is overloaded for strings, so it should be fine

how is it out of range if it generated this string

(edited)

how exactly you compare it?

if (hwid ==myhwid)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->error("HWID check passed!");
    }

@Haragon it basically says that can't find md5 function (no definition)

are they both std::string ?

8:21 PM

gotcha. i will mess with it a bit then

nah i just typed myhwid in

8:21 PM

in the code its my actual hwid

8:21 PM

like the text it generated

try setting it like this beforehand

8:22 PM

std::string myhwid = "ASDF1234ETC"; and compare hwid and myhwid

btw maybe you didn't include md5.cpp to project

omfg

i have md5.cpp and md5.h in my includes and included md5.h

i'm retarded

8:23 PM

i forgot ""

8:23 PM

thatll do it

.cpp should go directly to project so it can be compiled

8:23 PM

not includes

lmao

8:24 PM

thank you man

8:25 PM

its always something so small lol, here i am refactoring stuff and i just needed to add the file...

8:28 PM

i love to struggle my way through this stuff, its the only way i learn, but i cant help but laugh sometimes at the small stuff one can overlook

man, there really isnt a great way to capture hdd/cpu/nic ids eh?

i would say just get hwid profile and hash it or something

For all of us that have servers with Hot Swap HDD bays, don't restrict it that hard

someone could still theoretically sell copies and just give out their hwids

HDDs die and have to be replaced

thats true. im just trying to find a good way that is least likely to be abused

This may be worth testing, but I wonder how VMs are handled

ive been thinking about that as well, and how i could handle vm licensing

8:53 PM

i was thinking 1 license grants you 1 host and 4 vms or something

I guess what I mean is depending on how the Hypervisor handles that, you may not be able to tell

yeah. ive only ever used hyper-v, thats what I run my atlas servers with. 4x VMs running 4 grids each

Try cloning a VM a few times and see if the HWID changes

hmm yeah, the vdisk file should contain emulated hardware info

8:55 PM

i know cloning in hyper v you use an identical copy of the vmdk file

8:55 PM

so its possible it could be spoofed anyways, making hdd id not the best option

8:55 PM

cpuid, but what about vcpus?

8:55 PM

freaking rabbit hole

At what point is it not worth it? lol

right, i am thinking now what i can do... i mean my plugin is done id like to clean up the config a bit but this is pretty much my last thing to do

do you unload it by calling Unload() because i haven't had much luck with that

Nope

8:57 PM

Well... sort of

nah i only ever did return 0 from dllmain... then i got in to this tar pit of hardware IDs lol

8:58 PM

that should work though, theoretically

Unload() doesn't do anything more than what you put in the method

true

It also doesn't need to be name Unload if you really don't want it to

yeah i know

you need to use the plugin_manager that mich was talking about maybe

how'd you return 0 in dllmain ?

ah right

and is_authorized is set globally to false by default, again, not sure if thats the best way to do it lol

A bool that prevents the plugin from really doing anything, or just remove the hooks/prevent the hooks from being added are probably the easiest ways (edited)

this is all i needed is_authorized for, since even if it works properly otherwise it will throw a failed to find hook error

9:02 PM

9:03 PM

which tells me unload is run via DllMain which I assume is called by plugin_manager if a plugin fails to fully load

wait a sec

9:04 PM

my noob brain is having a trouble understanding here (edited)

The name of that variable is misleading lol

what do you do with (!checkHwid....

9:04 PM

in dllmain

im off on a tangent sorry lol. how is it misleading? :p

9:05 PM

checkHWID returns a bool true for licensed false for unlicensed, it takes a str that comes from getHWID() (this could just be set in checkhwid really...) and so it checks that bool and just kicks a return FALSE if they arent authorized. it fails with a 1114 but thats better imo than it loading and then just being empty

At a glance, the name makes me think you're going to remove all the hooks if their HWID is good

that also makes me wonder, the WMIC hwid we were using before, would that change when you make hardware changes or is it set on install?

Without seeing the other logic you posted, that's what it looks like

yes, thats the only time i want to unload the hooks, as if they are unauthorized the hooks wont be loaded

9:08 PM

so itll try to unload a hook that i never set

9:08 PM

but i still want to remove it if its unloaded for a licensed user

9:08 PM

hmm i set my bool in getHWID but it always seems to unload

where are you declaring Authenticated? idk if it matters but you could try making your bool in your if FALSE instead of false

It's a preference thing, but seeing "if (someBool == false)" bugs me more than it should lol

have it like this

so, i dont know if the == operator works b/w a std::string and a char[] array (thats what will be on the right of the ==)

9:11 PM

right above the if, set std::string yourhwid = "ASDF"; and then compare hwid and yourhwid

that's not it

9:12 PM

the actual hwid check worked before

9:12 PM

unload did not

im just taking shots in the dark lol

now it just fails to load

9:12 PM

doesn't print HWID or anything

where is bool Authenticated first declared

just before getHWID

can you ss it

9:14 PM

DLLMAIN all all the way down

Log::Get().Init() still being called early enough?

it's the first thing in load

dllmain comes before load as it calls load

9:15 PM

so you are logging w/o the log object existing

hmm

9:15 PM

i cant call Load() in dllmain can i ?

here is where i put it

9:16 PM

first that is

load is intended to be called from dllmain

9:16 PM

at least thats my understanding

You have to call it somewhere or it won't every get called

i meant first

9:16 PM

like before the hwid check

you could but then you arent able to stop plugin loading by returning false

ohh this is spicy

well actually, that might work bc after load dllmain continues

i think it works

just be mindful of anything you call in load, as not everything is loaded during dllmain

9:20 PM

any one know if hwProfileInfo.szHwProfileGuid is changed whenever hardware is changed? i kind of want to use it in my hash w/ some other stuff but dont want to screw over people with hot swap bays

9:22 PM

also @Zachar543 what kind of server hardware you running?

I rent one of OVH's game-64 machines for ARK and I collocate an old 1U Supermicro machine that has 32GB of RAM and a Xeon E3-1271 v3 for anything that isn't directly an ARK server (database & webapps) (edited)

9:27 PM

Working through the process of selecting hardware for a new machine to replace the rental.

nice. i bought an R610 with 2x X5690s and 64gb on ebay, seems to run atlas well with just me on it... thing is loud as hell though so I am swapping the procs in to an R710

9:28 PM

ARK I run on a dell 9020 with 16gb and an i7 4790

9:29 PM

its probably more work than its worth but i hate to rent stuff

I would be interested to know what some of the larger clusters in here use. After you get to the point where 30-60 GB of RAM is not enough, it quickly becomes not worth renting

i have the same CPU as you

4790?

yeah

its a great proc

runs 5 servers like a champ

9:30 PM

i also host from home

yeah, mine runs 4 ark and my atlas test server without much issue

9:30 PM

i do have to stagger my ark restarts

9:30 PM

but thats only since i added the 4th

because of ram i assume ?

yep

i have 32 so it really isn't an issue

How much RAM do each of your ARK servers use?

4-5

want to put 24 or 32gb in it (9020 supports 32) but i cant justify buying 32gb non ecc

9:31 PM

yea, ragnarok 4-5 anything else 3-4

actually rn its around 3-4

lol... Resist increasing limits (tames/structures) like we did

9:31 PM

Our largest server eats 10GB

9:31 PM

At least

i upped them some but i didnt go crazy, i think 2k tames and a little extra structures

2k server wide?

but the structuresinrender i lowered a bit, as well as set my server fps at 15 for ark

How many per tribe?

2k per tribe

9:32 PM

i dont know if i have a server wide limit lol... but i run pretty low pop

... 2k per tribe?

9:32 PM

Oh no lol

lol it was for me tbh, i was doing some ridiculous stuff with breeding

Yeah... change that before getting larger

i have it set to something extremely high

9:33 PM

too

9:33 PM

but i wipe it every month

9:33 PM

so it's not really a big deal

9:33 PM

its x100 anyway

i dont have the heart to wipe man, some of my players really enjoy their setup

9:33 PM

i run 25x

9:33 PM

so thats why i started the 4th... dropped server fps on my original 3 to 15 and started a fresh cluster

i have x100 annunaki + primal fear and many other mods so it gets boring if not wiped for a long time

Our's is at 250 per tribe (5k server limit), and I've seen a lot of other servers have it much lower at something like 50

but i did have to turn autodemolish to about 30 days, that keeps it somewhat tidy

9:34 PM

maybe it is 2k server limit

9:34 PM

theres no way i hatched 2k rexes, i just remember hitting the limit where my eggs hatched in to nothing so i upped it lol

Do you find any issues with lowering the tickrate to 15 for ARK?

it was a long time ago, since dec i had been completely sucked in by atlas... on official, til I wasnt, then I started really getting stuff going for atlas dedicated

I was doing that for Atlas, but wasn't sure I wanted to try it with ARK

i have heard no complaints

9:35 PM

atlas i do 20

you can lower the tickrate ?

Yeah

its in engine.ini

For Atlas, it does wonders for the CPU usage

[/script/onlinesubsystemutils.ipnetdriver]
NetServerMaxTickRate=20
LanServerMaxTickRate=20

9:36 PM

put that in engine.ini and set to whatever you want, i have heard below 15 it gets wonky, i havent really played on my ark servers since i dropped to 15 but playing atlas @ 20 feels no different

9:36 PM

change both numbers btw, not sure if it matters

I don't believe you need the Lan one

and yes i was never worried about cpu until atlas

9:37 PM

i laid out my grids super carefully too, although some have 2 pve islands because i didnt want to stick one in every other grid

9:38 PM

i hope they change the pve quest and let you set the # of stones you want to use

9:38 PM

3-5 stones would be great for a 4x4

Aren't they planning to add another powerstone quest?

9:38 PM

A second one

tbh since i started getting mine together i havent followed much other than any new game/gus.ini params

9:39 PM

if they do, they need to make it easier to config the quests

9:39 PM

its stupid now but the ServerGridEditorWIP fork gets the job done

Honestly, some of the changes they're planning for the next major update really feel like they're going to make it much more difficult to run a "small" (less than 5x5) map

why's that?

Not sure if I just read it wrong, but the claim flags rework sounds like a few companies will own the whole map if it's too small

9:40 PM

How many islands do you have?

i think the claim system is a dope idea, but they really need to sit down and figure out the best way to go about it

9:40 PM

on 4x4.... let me check one of my many spreadsheets

We had a 3x3 with the most minimal yet complete (all resources and power stones) setup we could make, and it was taking more memory than your machine lol.

57 including all pve islands and more than a few cays connecting some of the smaller islands in to little archiepelago type things

9:42 PM

hmm

9:43 PM

i basically heavily modified the 3x3 on the krookedskull guide to a 4x4, added in a few missing resources and adjusted ship paths

How much memory are your largest and smallest grids taking?

ohh its not up atm, still waiting on paste for proc swaps, but when i run it the biggest sit just over 6gb

9:43 PM

keep in mind im the only one thats ever been on it

9:44 PM

worst comes to worst i will still have the r610, but it will have 2 2.93ghz X5670s in it and 28gb ram

9:44 PM

48**

Okay, I was going to say that we had less than half that number of islands in a 3x3 and we weren't getting away with less than 20GB

this shit has me reading sysadmin tutorials and stuff

9:45 PM

hmm, well there is a lot to keep in mind, im sure you know, but like distance b/w islands and stuff

9:45 PM

i notice that the merchant/ghost ships pull my servers out of paging as well, which annoys me but whateer

9:46 PM

do you use multiple disco's per island?

9:47 PM

i also tried to stick to the templated biomes, although i did a bit of mixing b.w high/low desert and tundra/polar

The Islands (mostly the stuff on them) seems to be the primary driver for the minimum RAM requirements. From what I was seeing in testing, 8 islands between a 3x3 was only a small amount more RAM than fitting all 8 islands into a 1x1.

my empty test grid uses about 1gb so that makes sense

9:48 PM

also @WETBATMAN you can check that your tick rate is set properly in game by using setcheatplayer true

9:48 PM

forgot to mention that

its at 30 then

Yeah, it defaults to 30

i think they run 20 on officials, cant remember

9:49 PM

but yea itll do 30 without a setting for it

well tbh servers aren't stressing my cpu that much so might as well leave it at 30

yea, its not huge i just lowered mine as a sort of alternative to wiping

9:50 PM

double points on the new server, carry over your points etc

9:50 PM

trying to motivate people off those, lots of good memories but they are bloated as hell

9:51 PM

running servers can be kind of sad lol, all my old regulars have come and gone but they were solid people

I try to avoid wipes as much as possible, so our longest running map is nearly a year and a half old at this point

yeah mine have been up since about august. how do you have your auto decay/destroy set up?

9:55 PM

hard to find a happy medium between the irregulars losing their bases and the map getting cluttered up

For the most part, we have it set to 1x and try to keep the decay times for most things above a week

yea, problem is it goes waay up for metal/tek vs thatch lol

The auto destroy option is on as well, so we don't need to go around and clean it up manually

9:57 PM

Yeah... and S+ has a few structures that either have no decay timer (beds) or something stupid like 30 to 60 days

yeah i like that, those settings confuse me tho, so auto destroy interval, does that start after decay runs out, or does it start at the same time as the decay interval

9:58 PM

because i have always just kind of messed with it until it didnt do anything crazy

I'm actually not certain how it ends up being. It seems like the auto-destroy happens the moment you could have manually destroyed it, but I'm not sure

10:01 PM

I can tell you that the structures "decay" by not loading in when someone gets close enough to them

yea, i had it on for a while but i had some people lose big bases bc they were playing atlas

10:04 PM

well that and i had auto unclaim on, some dude had an absolute field day on my server lol, he had a vault of element, crazy bred dinos, all just walking along and found them

At some point, you just have to deal with a low auto-decay so there's anywhere for new players to build

10:05 PM

We ended up having some drama when a regular spent just one day too long off the server, their dinos unclaimed, and a whole swarm of people were there waiting for the timer

yea, that's people for ya though

10:06 PM

esp in a game like this... i had to like kindly tell the guy that lost a ton of stuff, its a pvp server and the auto unclaim was like 45 days.... cant blame the guy that did it really

After they refused to give the stuff back at the request of the regular, I wrote a plugin that prevents the dino claim button and just lets them delete at the next server reboot

thats smart

10:06 PM

so you cant trade tames at all though?

10:07 PM

or can you hook the auto unclaim function

10:07 PM

i should really take a few hrs and study the hook generator

On the other hand, letting people do major raids just pushes new players right to the end game and there's suddenly not much left to do.

10:08 PM

It only prevents it if they would have been deleted at the next reboot anyway

10:08 PM

So you can unclaim without issues

oh, do they get some sort of bool for that? the dino

It's complicated lol

10:08 PM

Took a long time to find how best to do it, and sadly it's not that easy.

go figure haha. thats cool though. i dont really know the best way to sort of research what i can and cant do

You can figure it out using the "TimeSinceAllyInRange" and comparing it to the current world time

gotcha, so you have to make sure your unclaim time matches up

Yeah. There's a default time and you can adjust using the multipliers that people set on the server

right. and i suppose you can pull those multipliers in the api? based on the fact that its done in weekendrates

WeekendRates is a good example, but you have to pick the right setting. I haven't looked at that code in a while, but I recall there being a few and only one was correct

yeah it doesnt hit everything, and it doesnt factor in the base 2x increase etc etc. idk if the atlas one even has treasuregoldmultiplier in it

10:12 PM

it works ok though

10:13 PM

thats neat though, the amount you can do with the api is just nuts

There's a ton you can do. The hard part is finding how and where to hook

indeed

I love atlas. I am like finished with this plugin, go to go over all the in game stuff a little more and - unable to query server for invite lol

11:00 PM

had to update. . .

@Michidu Did the changes in the last Ark patch make any sense? Was it some kind of optimization?

it seems like functions are arranged in alphabetical order now (mostly at least), so maybe they did some refactoring

hmm i've set up a custom banlist on localhost but i can't see the game trying to make any requests to it

8:10 AM

nothing in the connection log

8:10 AM

does it not support localhost as the address or something ?

Hello! I registered Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem, the information about the addition comes, but it is not clear how the item got into inventory (harvesting or ..). Also theItemInfo-> ItemQuantityField () is less by 1 than actually received. (edited)

This problem also occured on one of my recent plugins.. Seems like the AddItem functions increment the ItemQuantity - no matter what...

And where to get information about the reason for calling AddItem?harvesting or looting

Where better to look then to collect statistics on the extracted materials of players?

i dont think that such info is even passed to AddItem, probably you need to hook harveset/loot to differentiate those events

2:33 PM

this way you can gather statistic too @WETBATMAN check that your banlist is accessible

i actually forgot http:// before localhost

I can not find a suitable Hook. Can you tell me?

https://github.com/tlewiscpp/SystemInfo/blob/master/src/cpuinfo.cpp

tlewiscpp/SystemInfo

A program for determining computer information using WMIC and C++ (Windows only) - tlewiscpp/SystemInfo

4:19 PM

@Haragon this could be useful for you

Is there an alternative to using GetDescriptiveName? Apparently some structures don't have one so it will crash if it's called.

10:57 PM

For primal structures*

@WETBATMAN ty, i think i have a really good system figured out. problem is, my timed reward stopped working and crashes the server now. cant figure out why

12:41 AM

gave it a good few hours, worked fine for like 30 intervals as of yesterday and i made no changes. think im calling it for today lol

@Rogue Leader you can directly use DescriptiveNameField

Does anyone know what server hosts are best to use for ArkAPI?

nothing beats dedicated

^

What happened to the #coding-tutorial channel?

it’s still there you need permission to view it though

Anyone running a high rates server 100x-1000x that I can contact that would be willing to share some of the setup to keep things balanced?

nlohmann::json::parse - crash on parse std::string

then your config is wrong, use exceptions to handle errors

the string is not from the config, it is the response of the service, here is the string itself: {"error":{"error_code":5,"error_msg":"User authorization failed: no access_token passed.","request_params":[{"key":"oauth","value":"1"},{"key":"method","value":"messages.send"},{"key":"а$""р","value":""}]}}

7:34 PM

hm.... {"key":"а$""р","value":""} (edited)

and this json is wrong anyway, you should use exceptions to prevent random crashes

@Deleted User I run 25x, what kind of stuff are you looking to balance?

So I do, I wanted to make everything beautiful

@Tom i was more trying to find out how much to bump turrets and dino hp etc since I've only ever ran servers from 3x-10x rates but started playing on high rates and they are fun, but low rate settings won't be balanced on a server with 100x-1000x

i have x100 annunaki + primal fear lol

3:50 PM

pvp

Is annunaki a lot different from the vanilla game?

yes...

3:52 PM

dragons break metal and such

3:52 PM

thankfully plugins are here for the rescue

Yeah the ark api is a god send

3:54 PM

Anyway I'll keep scouring the net, maybe someone put something up on pastebin once upon a time

for what

3:55 PM

look the best config one can create is on their own with loads of testing

Yeah i get that, but i just want a base template to start from, on a high rate server the game is much different from low rates, on low rates you get inherent defense through the sheer amount of resources someone is required to raid you, on a server where farming isn't a requirement anymore you gotta keep things balanced using other means - or do i have it completely wrong?

not really

4:01 PM

that is the point of high rates

4:01 PM

faster pvp

4:01 PM

you do get more resources quicker to build bases but ofc you also get resources quicker for raiding

So you reckon I'll be fine leaving turrets and per level multipliers at their defaults and just upping farming rates?

4:02 PM

Just increase weight ofc

i would suggest setting some sort of a turret limit but yeah

4:02 PM

also set some kinds of limits on dino breeding

4:03 PM

had a tribe leave a penguin farm on my server that auto breeded and it lagged it to hell

Yeah gonna set dino limits per tribe

worst part was cpu wan't even that stressed so it took me a while to figure that one out

Ok cool, thanks @WETBATMAN I really appreciate

again you might and probably will have to tweak some stuff exactly to your liking but yeah

Yeah going to take a lot of testing

4:06 PM

But been playing on faster pvp servers and they're a lot of fun

certainly

It becomes a game of pure warfare and less "role playing"

in my opinion ark is simply not designed to play with low rates

How often do you wipe on a 100x?

there is simply too much stuff you can lose

Once a month probably

and too much stuff that can go wrong

4:07 PM

i wipe mine once a month

4:07 PM

faster pvp is where it's at

4:07 PM

its much more fun and more forgiving

How populated is it?

my cluster is not really for a lot of people

Yeah getting full wiped on low rates is more than most people can handle, they stop playing simply because of the effort involved in starting up

so not really populated

On high rates it dont matter

4:09 PM

Avenge your enemies using the free base from the shop

although get ready for DDos attacks from salty players

Yup and meshers seem to frequent those too

4:10 PM

But got 2 guys that will help me admin the thing

that's cool

4:10 PM

Extinction is full of holes.....

all maps are...

You can mesh on any map

that's why in my opinion ark is shit at low rates

And YouTube has taught everyone how

because you can get wiped by meshers or die due to bugs at any moment

4:11 PM

and its certainly not fun if you spent several days farming shit up

There is alot of places you can just walk under the mesh

The two toughest places to raid are proper cave bases and underwater

4:13 PM

Caves most common mesh targets because of it

i mean

1:29 AM

i think memory leaks are still present

7:59 AM

when i start all my servers together they crash anything else

7:59 AM

with memory related error codes

FString result;
        FString command = FString::Format(L"ScriptCommand tcsar addarctotal steamid={} points={}", SteamID, Points);
        player->ConsoleCommand(&result, &command, true);

5:36 PM

executing an api command correct like this ?

looks good

it hangs the server though

maybe bad scrptcommand

works fine without this though

7:21 PM

maybe i implemented it wrong or something

calling function looks good

i had a bunch of junk code in there

7:59 PM

cleaned it up and worked like a charm

8:03 PM

i think Wildcard reverted the StaticClass change

possibly

Lol they were a few days too late

i wonder if they had to do it because of plugins lol

meh maybe it caused another crash

8:07 PM

wtf is this beef on the forum though

(edited)

┐('～`)┌

i still don't understand how he says you need to manually test every plugin

i do basic checks before approving (including checking for malicious code)

yeah but this dude says you have to check the mechanics aswell

8:10 PM

anyway whatever i guess

some crashes are hard to spot

yes ofc i don't know what this guy's problem is

There is 2 types of people... those who whine and bitch and moan and those who try to learn to fix it themselves.... I dont know jack shit about coding a plugin but this crashing stuff has got me wanting to learn about it... just have ALOT to learn hahaha

which plugins are still crashing for you though? (edited)

shop sometimes

Kill feed was for me

you might want to try the latest ark update, which apparently, reverted changes

8:38 PM

shop update should be tomorrow

i'm already updated to it

i said to @Medicalmischief

oh whoops

shop has other problem (edited)

What's causing shop to crash? It seems to be working fine for me...?

mysql disconnect most likely

Ah I dont use that

With the shop, can I put a permission on any shop item? Or is there a way to add a seperate donor shop?

i'm pretty sure you can restrict items to certain permission groups

I've seen it in the kits, just havent tried with a normal shop item

We should all collaborate on a big plugin

Got anything in mind? The idea is the hardest part for me, and most of the plugins I make come out of necessity.

We could do an achievements plugin. One, it'd be a ton of shit that could be implemented. Two, it would be a great example to draw from for tracking progress and learning to capture all types of events

Like the "RPS" paid plugin?

Similar, but more broad

3:26 AM

Making boss kills, high level stat breeding, large number of pve and PvP kills (edited)

3:27 AM

Placing a large amount of tek structures

3:28 AM

Ascension

3:28 AM

But definitely not quest based

3:35 AM

Rps is pretty interesting though. Giving stat multipliers based on in game progression sounds neat

theres definitely a ton you could do

3:59 AM

but yeah for me as well its writers block when trying to think of a new plugin unless i need it

That'd be epic @Rogue Leader

Should be easy to set up to collaborate easily too. We can keep it simple at first with no configs, just PoC hooks. Main cpp file to load and unload the dll and hooks, then a seperate file for each hook implementation. That way everyone can sort of have their own isolated file to work in and we'd be able to resolve merge conflicts more easily if several of us are working on it.

4:32 AM

And I'm very experienced with managing a project through Git so I can set up the proper branch policies to protect functional code and make merging pull requests to the main code easier.

4:33 AM

Who was our plugin/mod guy who created the GUI Mod for his plugin?

I'd kill for someone to remake @OwnProx program. He's been on vacation so it's been needing some major updates.

7:38 AM

when starting multiple servers at the same time i always get memory errors like this from other programs

weird, server doesn't interact with other programs

weird as fuck

7:42 AM

i opened my remote desktop connection right now

7:42 AM

and 1 server was started twice somehow

7:43 AM

ark server manager and XAMPP crashed with memory errors like that

you have apache on your server?

yes

7:45 AM

for sharing the banlist and etc...

maybe not enough memory?

dont think so out of 32 gb max it uses while all are starting is 27-28

I said screw it and wrote some simple bat scripts to do basic management - havent tested it fully as my server is not released yet (Spent a ton of money and time on it and now ATLAS seems dead...) but it works until Ownprox is able to give his program the love it needs

What program are you talkin about?

I assume they are talking about Ownprox's Atlas Server Manager

nah those are ark servers

also @WETBATMAN are you starting them with varying priority in windows?

all of them are on high

It could be that xampp doesn't understand why it is starved for resources (since starting multiple will likely eat up a ton of your memory bandwidth) and that could be why it crashes. you could maybe start them on normal and have a script to change their priority after a couple mins

3:18 PM

Or alternatively whatever is crashing try setting it to the same priority as your ark servers

3:19 PM

because i typically only use priority other than normal if i need to page down a server asap... so it definitely changes what is available to the process

nah it wrecks havoc on anything not just xampp

3:21 PM

ark server manager also crashes some servers launch twice and stuff like that

3:21 PM

ArkBot also crashes

oh wow thats a little odd. I definitely notice ASM gets bulkier over time.... It takes a few minutes for me to save any changes I make in the GUI

3:25 PM

thats after running my servers for about 8months now with it

i assume it's memory leak

yea, sometimes ASM gets up to 200-300mb... i ususall just restart it

I'm currently working on getting the ARKApi libs and headers into a NuGet Package to try and make project management a little easier

Can someone clone this down and attempt to build it without editing the config? I want to see if it will automatically pull the nuget package down and link it on build: https://github.com/barnwellrd/Achievements

barnwellrd/Achievements

Ark-API Plugin for tracking customized achievements in Ark - barnwellrd/Achievements

4:54 PM

and without editing the project files/paths

4:55 PM

Clone> open .sln file> build

@WETBATMAN 27-28 out of 32 GB is easily in the range where your going to see out of memory crashed. I've been trying to keep our machines under 75% as the windows memory manager starts to much more aggressively push things to the slow, disk-based page file.

-_-

Your getting into the range where it really starts to panic

5:00 PM

Where "just kill the process" is an option

5:01 PM

Especially with the very fast ramp in memory usage on startup of each ARK server

Can someone try to clone and build that repo now. I've updated it so it should work (edited)

how much is a page file supposed to take up ?

@Rogue Leader it worked

5:57 PM

there is no determined size, depends on your ram usage

it's 11 gb for some reason

They said in the patch notes that the last update fixed a memory leak in Trikes. No telling what other memory leaks they accidentally added

6:20 PM

@Michidu Thanks for checking! I'm working on a way to standardize collaboration projects

idk what it is but it's really bad

6:20 PM

never had issues starting multiple servers before

Maybe you've got some bad memory cells

my uptime is 31 days so might be

if you have a newer dell machine theres usually a built in diag you can test it with, or something like memtest86... are you running server hardware AKA using ecc ram?

What should ECC RAM have todo with it?

Eh I dunno. Just thinking about every option :p

But anyway ECC RAM doesn't fix such "RAM Leaks" you're searching for.. it may correct a bit of a byte cell.. not randomly access them and fill

i started them sequentially and it kinda worked

9:51 AM

no more memory leak

9:51 AM

however idk what i should do for auto updates

9:52 AM

since servers start at the same time for auto update

are you using the binaries from a shared folder or what is the problem with it?

with what ?

You just said you dont know what you should do about auto updates

no i mean when ark server manager does auto updates it shuts all servers down at the same time

9:54 AM

and starts them at the same time

ahhh - I got you

9:54 AM

Yea.. if the startup at the same time is the problem.. then idk too haha

9:55 AM

If there would be a .bat file in background you could just delay it.. but I assuming you're using an application for managing your servers (edited)

yeah Ark Server Manager

Haven't really used such applications for my servers I had a year ago.. so can't really tell you whats possible

something could probably be done it has to use some script or a task for actions

Yep.. that was the idea behind the batch file

aaaaaa i still can't download AutoDecay

@Michidu do something.. lol

Could one of the Native Americans give me some information about their understanding of the 24 hour clock? Just if its common there (I know you got 12h AM/PM)

i update 4 servers at once w/ no problem. So "access violation" is a ram leak?

3:47 PM

by native do you mean like indigenous or just someone in the US lol

just someone in the US.. lol

3:47 PM

and please not currently on vacation or smth.. xD

i mean we call it 'military time' most places bc thats the only place its really used

3:47 PM

but i mean people can read the time from it lol

So all people from the US should be able to use the 24h format? lol

i'd hope so

i do usually have to do the math in my head but that may just be me

3:49 PM

is this something for admins or players

Admins..

oh then yea they will be used to seeing it elsewhere anyways

okay, thanks hehe

np np

is there a way to debug ark crashes

11:15 PM

https://pastebin.com/vd0mtKCb

Fatal error! VERSION: 294.101 ShooterGameServer.exe!AShoo...

11:15 PM

this one is plaguing my servers after a mod updated but the devs of the mod deny it has any connection to it

11:15 PM

however multiple other people also reported this crash even without any plugins at all

11:17 PM

also i can't remove the mod to test as it's a core mod and will delete dinos/structures associated with it

(Primal Fear)

attach debugger, .dmp file

Hey all. How can I know whether dino is tamed or he is wild dino? And how know who him owner if dino is tamed?

if (_this->TargetingTeamField() > 10000)

1:52 PM

this is tamed

1:52 PM

if (_this->TargetingTeamField() < 10000)

1:52 PM

this is wild

1:52 PM

APrimalDinoCharacter* _this

1:53 PM

as for the owner you can probably get the tribe ID

TargetingTeamField - is it tribe ID?

i think so

Hmm... player maybe not in the tribe and have tamed dino, how to know the owner?) I don't see methods similar to what is needed

they always have tribe ID regardless of if they're in a tribe or not

Will be trying, thanks very much )

https://github.com/barnwellrd/New-Player-Protection/blob/master/NewPlayerProtectionHooks.h

barnwellrd/New-Player-Protection

Contribute to barnwellrd/New-Player-Protection development by creating an account on GitHub.

2:06 PM

you can also check this to see how NewPlayerProtection gets tribe ID

I saw this plugin but it does nothing with dinos

bool  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, int AttackIndex, bool bSetCurrentAttack, bool bInterruptCurrentAttack)
{

    if (_this && _this != nullptr)
    {
        if (_this->TargetingTeamField() > 10000)
        {
            APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(_this);
            FString descr;
            dino->GetDinoDescriptiveName(&descr);
            //Log::GetLog()->warn("Attack Index: {}", AttackIndex);
            //Log::GetLog()->warn(descr.ToString());
            if (descr.Contains(L"Primordius")
                || descr.Contains(L"Raphus")
                || descr.Contains(L"Dragon"))
            {

                UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
                TArray<AActor*> new_actors;
                TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
                TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;

                UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),

                    static_cast<float>((AntiFireBreath::MinimumEnemyStructureDistanceInFoundations * 300)), &types,
                    APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore,
                    &new_actors);

                for (const auto& actor : new_actors)
                {
                    APrimalStructure* structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(actor);
                    //Log::GetLog()->warn(FVector::Distance(_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), actor->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()));
                    if (AttackIndex == 1 && structure->TargetingTeamField() != _this->TargetingTeamField())
                    {
                        return 0;
                    }

                }
            }
        }
    }    return APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack_original(_this, AttackIndex, bSetCurrentAttack, bInterruptCurrentAttack);
}

2:18 PM

this is a check to see if a tamed dino is near enemy structures

2:18 PM

might help you

Im willing to pay

1:57 AM

if anyone

1:58 AM

is willing to do my arkshop for me (edited)

Hmm so I am thinking about a better way to manage an ATLAS grid.... Would it make sense to have "remotes" on each machine/VM that talk over a web API or something to a "Main" manager that would function similarly to ASM?

anyone that shares their banlist with a webserver here ?

Im currently thinking about an plugin which allows you to ban people serverwide.. but there might be server admins banning a few people just for no reason

3:57 PM

would be cool to limit it somehow

3:57 PM

Because maybe then people take the game a bit more serious so less salty kids out there

4:00 PM

Maybe do it with points to avoid that

4:00 PM

if 5 admins ban them --> global ban (from any server using this plugin) (edited)

yeah but the reason i asked was because when i started sharing the banlist with XAMPP that's when my memory leak issues seem to have started haha

yea but I mean.. we could create a global database where the plugin can your server with a unique key or something

4:02 PM

In Minecraft there is something called "McBans" (https://www.mcbans.com/)

Not a bad idea. Would need different criteria... Have some people that blatantly break rules around PVP... Some that join and just spam the N word.... Hackers, cheaters etc. But that could be a great system.

4:23 PM

i'm in lol

haha

Those people are useful though, they make great examples

they glitched a teleporter into ground and called it "in mesh teleporter"

4:25 PM

like wtf am i supposed to tell them

That sounds like an instaban

4:26 PM

meshing is bad enough on officials lol

Well - Im gonna create the plugin - starting today

Where do you plan on having the central DB?

4:28 PM

Could maybe make it configurable - IE there is a default that most would use but if people want to be more strict or somethign they can create their own DB and point it there

IE?

just means like for example

4:28 PM

sorry lol

4:29 PM

but that way it could work for what wetbatman is using xampp for

4:29 PM

or maybe a way to subscribe to multiple

I would create a global database anyway; but you can decide if you want include other server's bans

yea, that sounds awesome man

no need for creating a database only for synchronizing the database over cluster

maybe even choose which 'reasons' to enforce bans on - if you dont mind rule breakers you can let those banned for that come through

Yea would be a cool idea too

I think it will be a great plugin

will buy a VPS on OVH for latency reasons

Are anyone know a hook for catch player leaving from tribe? I have a hook for catch joining players (I think so

) Hook_AShooterPlayerState_AddToTribe, but I can't find hook for leaving

AShooterPlayerState.ServerRequestLeaveTribe_Implementation

What means ServerRequest prefix?) Does it have any special meaning unlike the others?

Haven't really thought about that to be honest

Ok, thanks)

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 If you find a way to have a custom disconnect message when someone that is banned tries to join, let me know. I tried that at one point, but didn't get too far at the time. Using the ban list URL setting gets you a message like "You are globally banned", with no way to specify a reason or time until it lifts.

I think ping limiter has a custom message but I could be wrong

My AntiFamilysharing also got one

10:43 PM

just wait for my plugin..

Is the goal to replicate McBans (including the server & player reputation systems)?

The goal is not to fully replicate McBans - the goal is to have something like McBans available for ARK / ATLAS

11:05 PM

because the system behind of it is pretty cool

Agreed

11:05 PM

Unless you can find a better way to do it, you may need some sort of server reputation system to prevent people abusing it super hard

Jup - not making a reputation system like they got

11:07 PM

but something like TotalBans

11:08 PM

so multiple bans on multiple server will result into not able to join any server (edited)

if any of you guys got a good idea how to balance it and make it useable for any kind of server just tell me

That would be really hard to implement without abuse. Anyone could boot a server or use the code to connect to the database and add bans to a player

11:34 PM

Unless you mean implementing on a single cluster

Honestly, MCBans is a decent example. I think they worked out most of the issues

hi there

9:16 AM

So , I have created my first plugin in as a test, using the example code from the site

9:17 AM

I can compile and Load the plugin successfully(or at least that is what the server reports in chat)

9:17 AM

but when i try to use the command /test no response

9:19 AM

I checked the log files as well and dont see anything

9:20 AM

sorry, ill move it to #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ

my memory leak issues seem to be gone after i restarted my machine lol

Restart only frees memory but not fix leaks heh

@Zachar543 ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->KickPlayerController(shooter_pc, &KickReason); takes AShooterPlayerController and FString

@Haragon

yeah but i heard it sometimes does not display the reason

@Haragon I got that far, but do you use any specific hooks when someone joins and they are already banned? Or do you just kick them on join?

i’m pretty sure you can only kick players after they join

4:45 PM

denying a connection crashes the server as far as i know

Yeah... that's part of the problem. That means you need to not actually ban anyone, and rely on the plugin to kick them after they are all the way in. Otherwise, they never get that far

yeah

4:46 PM

maybe make the plugin read the banlist ?

I was hoping to use the ban list, but it prevents the join way before someone is completely in. I was just wondering if anyone was able to customize the message players get when they are on the ban list already. It's possible that the server just sends an id or status of some kind and the the client translates it to the message

ah understood

4:49 PM

then yeah probably not using the banlist would be a better idea

4:49 PM

maybe switch to a different ban system completely ?

4:49 PM

like one based on mysql

Ultimately, my ban list is generated from a database (with support for temp bans). Though, the question is still how to disconnect someone that is already banned with a custom message without letting them all the way in

Why don't you wanna hook player joined and then check steamid vs db - > kick

because if someone is banned the game kicks them before they make it so far that the api can get their steam id

^ That

banned via banlist or banned via your method

6:30 PM

using both would prevent you from sending messages to people banned via the banlist functionality... you could integrate said list in to your method and do all of the filtering/banning on player join

6:31 PM

and just ignore the banlist itself

6:32 PM

at least that sounds right in my head, but i very well might be missing some information lol

Oh yea, this is a rabbit hole for sure. So many functions I want to see the actual source for.... Side note, anyone know anything about AShooterGameMode::GetDynamicConfig() ? Looks like it loads config over HTTP?

Yeah thats what they said on the wiki

6:51 PM

Suppose to load the latest from official site (edited)

is that a config option in the game itself?

6:53 PM

wondering if you could point it to a different URL... might be super helpful for atlas

Not sure sorry, was briefly reading over it lastnight

no worries, just saw the function and got curious

what is this.... i do nothing happens in runtime lol (edited)

6:58 PM

config error it looks like

Valid JSON and it run before

6:59 PM

weired

valid json doesnt always mean it will run, depends on the code of the plugin and how it interprets the json

7:00 PM

you can send me your config if you want

ok i solve it i copy the config from another server

1114 could be MySQL error

3:53 AM

Anytime i get the 1114 it's always database

Does anyone know if the permissions work for shop items, or just kits?

both i think

I tried last night and couldn't get it working...

4:59 PM

Would it be possible to add another shop like "/donor" through the json or would it need deeper modifications

Use permissions, Mich has a guide on the shops on how to do it. It’s much cleaner. Vip Kits will need a permission, then you will need to create a group and grant permission to the group.

I have the kits with perms, was looking for a donor shop possibly

Dear devs, Someone knows what happend here?

3:08 PM

i don´t do nothing, and sudenly this fatal error appears on one of my server

Seems like your server is starting up and loading content of an inventory but right there it got a corrupted item.. somehow.. lol

3:11 PM

Does this crash occur right on / after startup?

after startup

3:14 PM

plugins are ok

3:15 PM

that´s why i don´t know what it is

3:16 PM

Maybe i need to do a backup

3:16 PM

?

you had to do it earlier actually

restore a backup would be a better idea

3:25 PM

but save the SaveGame + Players and send it to me (edited)

3:25 PM

I wanna analyze it.. lol

shit sorry, i delete all the save folder...

6:43 PM

but yea, it was something with this folder, because now it work (edited)

6:43 PM

probably because i have 12 mods too xD

that’s pretty weird lol i have 15 mods 2 of which are core and i’ve never had a corrupted save file

A doubt of the plugin Arkshop, is there any way to put an object that can only be purchased by a certain "permission group", like vip?

7:26 PM

Because i need, to put a command, that can buy only certains groups

7:26 PM

but i can´t put commands on kits...

Now only can be like this

7:38 PM

But it is possible to do something like this? (edited)

7:41 PM

not only for Exp command, for all command types and objects of the Arkshop? god @Michidu?

Yes you can

Does it have to go first?

@Fosh Can i do it now? because i try and don´t work (edited)

Add it under Description

11:30 PM

It shouldnt matter where it goes,

@Fosh na, don´t work men, i put the "Permissions": under the "Description": and i can buy the command even if i´m not vip

Do /group in game

12:01 AM

What are your groups you're in

i can buy Exp with this configuration, even if in game i have other permission, different to the permission of the configuration file. (edited)

12:20 AM

So, don´t work

What i mean is, if your permission "arkitekto" is an admin group they recieve all permissions regardless. Remove yourself from that group

"arkitekto" is not an admin group, it´s other vip group.

12:43 AM

my admin group it´s "admins"

Have you set that permission to a group?

try "Permission":

The same

2:31 AM

don´t work

Just checked the Code, there is no permission check for shopItems, just for the kits.

So @Michidu it´s possible to do this?

It would be cool if you could add a VIP shop that worked off a different code, like /VIP

anybody know of someway to change an actors breeding interval? I know of MatingIntervalMultiplierField() in GameMode but am looking for something similar in Actor.h to no avail

Do you want to set the "Breeding Interval" of a certain Dino?

You could possibly hook APrimalDinoCharacter::DoMate if you are trying to affect a specific actor

isn't DoMate run when dinos are already mating

?

APrimalDinoCharacter::SetNextAllowedMatingTime looks like it may be where the interval is used to calculate the next mate time

i think that can be pretty abused

yes @WETBATMAN but depending on what hes trying to do he could keep his own timer and return if the timer isnt up. But it wouldn't be very elegant

because it does not recalculate the time until it expires

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 yes

9:01 PM

the recalculating time until expired is fine

APrimalDinoCharacter::UpdateNextAllowedMatingTime takes a long double(fromTime), this may be something you could do ...

hook DoMate
    call domate_original()
    call updatenextallowedmatingtime

Then I guess Tom already gave you a good example how to do it

both void

9:02 PM

but i dont know exactly what "fromTime" is, you would have to play with it

9:02 PM

i assume a unix timestamp, but not sure if it is interval in ms or a new time to allow mating

essentially I am trying to modify how SafeZones works to make it so I can setup a zone where you can breed quickly I do not wanna update the timer as that would allow people to go in and get it updated then go out to breed elsewhere. I could try and increase breed times if outside the zone and decrease when inside but that requires checks that would eat up resources

maybe log it

hmm i dont think there is a "canMate" bool you can override but you could re-set the interval if they leave the zone

instead of modifying SafeZones use it's public functions and create a sperate plugin for changing breeding timers

my guess is that updatenextallowedmatingtime is run at the end of DoMate

I am not skilled enough in C++ to start a project from scratch

9:04 PM

its easier for me to modify safezones for my purposes

its not as hard as you think, just a headache getting your dependencies right. but if safezones gives you a good starting point then i suppose save yourself some time. I just ended up making a plugin template that I go off of

it's simpler to only have to work with your stuff instead of figuring out if it's your code or SafeZones causing it

speaking of public functions, is there a solid way to get someones Shop kit qty without accessing the arkshop table?

9:06 PM

Doesnt seem to be a public function that returns kit amount

9:06 PM

wanted to add kit trading to AdvancedKits

if it's not in the public functions probably won't work

yea, changekitamount will set amount=0 and return true if the new amt is <= 0

9:07 PM

so i cant use the return from that

btw wetbatman did you ever update the lootboxes to include mysql?

nah Tom did it

9:08 PM

i got busy with some other stuff

wait is tom the guy who made the LootBoxPlus?

yeh

I just said screw it, that whole plugin was a mess, so I just gutted it and started from mysql

tom you need to add weightings

the rng logic isnt great in the old one, it seeds the rng for each roll

9:09 PM

yes, it is coming as a part of my next big patch, will probably be a 2.0 type of thing - trying to figure how to do it and keep it performant

ya I did something different for it myself and it works okay

9:09 PM

but I am sure it can be improved upon

9:10 PM

my idea has weighting for each item

bc i dont want to generate a new JSON array every time a box is opened etc... i think I will have some sory of system where i use only the index from the original array as new array elements and loop through that

9:11 PM

so i can add 10x elements of index 1, etc etc, then do logic on that

9:11 PM

if you use the config sheet it lets you set weights, but all its doing is adding duplicate entries

no I do it for each item

9:11 PM

and ya I do mine the same way sadly

w/ json?

gimme a sec and pardon the mess

9:12 PM

https://pastebin.com/SBwS2hy4

[C++] #include "API/ARK/Ark.h" #include "RandomRewards.h" #inclu...

so Tom you essentially remade the plugin ?

i mean i am picturing a new json array, 2 nested loops etc. i -guess- you could do it on config init/reload

9:13 PM

yes, im only seeding once... seeding multiple times is bad news

well I don't really know C++

9:14 PM

did the best I could with what I had

c++ can be enigmatic

9:15 PM

hey, i mean that seems like it should work just fine tbh

9:16 PM

I will say, the hardest thing for me is keeping my pointers and references right

9:16 PM

but considering were mostly working with existing data ive only ever had a problem once, and that was w/ advanced kits

9:23 PM

also @Vysse you could declare randomitem and pass a ref to it & "possibleXYZ" to a function so you only need it once. not necessary but little things to get you more familiar with the language

9:24 PM

although I think if I went the json array route, i would have a func that builds the new array for me and just call that in Load() and ReloadConfig()

9:25 PM

that way you cut down on the logic running when they do /box

one thing I am thinking of doing is making it one long list of items instead of separated by type and then I could pick an item at random based off of a number array instead (edited)

9:25 PM

I figure loading the json into memory like that is bad

that is basically what im doing with lbp 2.0, i am going to add weights, and lootgroups which will replace the "Item, "Dino" etc

I will buy that shit if you do that... the only thing I was missing was weightings

It may be, i cant say one way or the other honestly

9:26 PM

haha hey i tend to go on these binges with this stuff so expect it soon....

well json is a bit larger then numbers so I would imagine loading each item more then once like that is bad

mhm, thats why i was going to try to just have an array of array indices

9:27 PM

repeat the index instead of the entire entry

I need certain plugins to make this server idea I wanna do a reality but don't have the skills to do it all and it sucks

just keep practicing

9:27 PM

you can compile plugins, which puts you ahead of most people

ya I know just hard to manage when I have a full time job

& obviously knwo your way around C syntax

9:28 PM

same

eh not entirely I am a good googler

arent we all

and I have learned VB.Net in the past and PHP which is scripting

9:28 PM

so I know programming logic

php makes me want to vomit unless its inside a framework

and can kinda read code even if I don't fully understand it

9:29 PM

which is why I am better at modifying then making from scratch

mhm, you just gotta modify, modify, modify, keep getting stuck on stupid stuff then figuring it out and eventually you have enough to make your way around building your own plugin. the life of an autodidact

9:34 PM

btw @Vysse what kind of server idea do you have?

9:34 PM

if you dont mind me asking

top secrets stuff

Sounds like he wants to turn ark into crisis 4

Heh no worries, was just curious. I love thinking outside of the box on this kinda stuff. There's enough sandbox there that you can really do some really interesting things

@Vysse do you notice a dip in server framerate when opening lootboxes using your plugin?

what is ya'lls server framerates?

I'd love for it to always be 30, but our busiest map is currently 25-30 with occasional dips

3:43 AM

Something like this (0.1s bars; lighter is min vs max):

how do you see that?

Custom plugin with a web interface

4:05 AM

Oh, also: What kind of stats did you want for current ARK servers? It didn't take as long this time to set this back up:

thats cool, how many people play on your server?

20-60 at once, and a few hundred unique people per day

4:10 AM

Here are some stats by map based on the Steam server list (not just my server) (edited)

whats the specs on your server?

We rent a few GAME-64 machines from OVH: https://www.ovh.com/world/dedicated-servers/game/1901mc02.xml, but the goal is to bit the bullet, buy some decent server hardware, and colo instead

how many servers do you run?

5

any tips on boosting framerates?

Outside of upgrading to a higher clock speed CPU, reducing settings like tribe tame limits/structures in range, or reducing mod counts can make a huge difference. (edited)

What's your CPU usage look like (per core)?

I'm jealous of your 24 threads

4:27 AM

There are a few in there that look pretty busy

im jealous of your 25 frames lol we are getting like 10.... on some maps its like 4

ARK (and most game servers) are still largely single threaded, so per-core performance becomes quite important.

there is about 80 people on the cluster atm

4:30 AM

we have tried to even the loads throughout all cores

Honestly, you won't be able to spread the load out in this case. The issue is that most of ARK's processing happens in a single thread, so it cannot be split between CPU cores. If it needs more than the core it's currently running on, it will start to slow down. (edited)

so, it needs higher clockspeeds?

Pretty much, but the newer generation CPUs will do better than older CPUs with the same clock speed.

4:37 AM

The CPU we're using is currently running at 4.7 GHz

4:39 AM

Even with that, our two biggest maps cause some similar graphs:

4:41 AM

At some point, hardware doesn't exist to solve this problem and your only options are to reduce settings or attempt to split a large map into two smaller ones. (edited)

so if i gave all the servers 1 core, would i see reduced performance?

I believe so, yeah. There are some tasks that happen in other threads that Windows can put on another core, but the vast majority is going to be stuck to one core.

4:44 AM

I tend to avoid setting core affinity, as I find Windows does a good enough job managing that in most cases I've run into.

what do you have your max structures in range set to? if you dont mind me askin

Are your servers PVP or PVE?

pvp

Our max structures is set to 5k, but we only have PVE servers at the moment (edited)

@twitch.tv/arkitektum yes, it shouldnt be hard to add. However you can do pretty much same with kits

Hey there, I have recently started with api development and my C++ is very rusty. If I wanted hook into a an Event how would i go about doing that? Like if an item is added to inventory or uploaded to OB

10:47 AM

I have set up a few commands that I would like to use and setup some hooks

10:48 AM

but not sure where to start for events or if its even possible through the api

UPrimalInventoryComponent::AddItem

Not sure what to do with that yet, but ill have a play.... thank you

10:53 AM

you add items with that

(edited)

you can hook it

so Instead of ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalCharacter.ServerUploadCharacter",detour, original); something like this? ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("UPrimalInventoryComponent.AddItem",detour, original); (edited)

ok I got it

11:17 AM

thanks

its right, but you also need correct hook function defination (edited)

yeah I got that in already.

11:44 AM

geeeeeez.....I finaly get it

11:45 AM

sometimes the penny have to drop twice

so for sending a messge it requires AShooterPlayerController, but in my case I only have APlayerController

12:14 PM

how would I get the AShooterPlayerController since its derived from APlayerController

just cast

ok

@Michidu are you sure that I can take the offline player's data by AShooterGameMode? I hooked AShooterGameMode.LoadWorld, do original call and then trying to get steam ids and tribes auto steam_ids = _this->SteamIdsField(); steam_ids are empty Maybe I hooked wrong method?

Hook LoadFromFile for players, server loads all players on start up

12:21 PM

but you didnt need to hook anything to access AShooterGameMode

Ok, thanks

After LoadFromFile was called fields are also empty

i meant if you hook UPrimalPlayerData::LoadFromFile, you can access UPrimalPlayerData after the function finished exectution

This hook does not exists, at least in the Hooker Creator tool

you can hook any function with the api but some of them are not in the hook creator ofc

I checked out this point. The UPrimalPlayerData structure in the api also does not contain this method (edited)

what's the general process for hooking another plugin

Do you mean how to use Permissions, ArkShop and so forth?

yea, I need to hook a few functions in Arkshop

4:39 PM

Help

get the static lib of the ArkShop
include the Public folder of ArkShop to your project (Project Properties -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories)
link .lib library of ArkShop (Project Properties -> VC++ Directories -> Library Directories)
add ArkShop.dll to the Delay Loaded DLLs list (Project Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Delay Loaded DLLs)

This way you can call ArkShop functions in your plugins

5:01 PM

Probably you need to use #pragma comment(lib, "ArkShop.lib") in your code

^^^

@Josef Where is the "onlineSups" defined?

@DevCPP you can still hook it even if its not in api, however what exactly info you need from offline players?

@Josef Is that Java? There's some context missing here

@DevCPP TY, wasnt sure if I needed to do anything extra

@Haragon hooking unexported functions is not that easy though

hrm. yeah I want to attempt to hook useKit and changeKitAmount

    bool Hook_UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile(UPrimalPlayerData* _this, FString* filename)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook_UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile was called");
        bool result = UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile_original(_this, filename);
        if(_this)
        {
            Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook_UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile _this valid, name {}", _this->MyDataField()->PlayerNameField().ToString());
            Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook_UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile _this valid, tribe_id {}", _this->MyDataField()->TribeIDField());
            Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook_UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile _this valid, level {}", _this->MyDataField()->MyPersistentCharacterStatsField()->CharacterStatusComponent_HighestExtraCharacterLevelField());

            FUniqueNetIdSteam* steam = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(_this->MyDataField()->UniqueIDField().UniqueNetId.Get());

            if(steam)
            {
                Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook_UPrimalPlayerData_LoadFromFile _this valid, steam_id {}", steam->UniqueNetId);
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

@Michidu I want to get:

All SteamID's
Levels of all players
All tribes with tribemates of each tribe

The code above works but player level is a 0

only level is 0?

And tribe id, but my players is not in a tribe

5:44 PM

I just create player on the server

5:44 PM

Name is valid, and steam id is valid too

does the API support changing buff/debuff stats ?

5:45 PM

this modded quetz on my server does extreme bleed damage which is applied as a debuff

i don't know if there are other ways to get offline players besides reading save files

5:56 PM

it has some code related to buffs but i never tried it, probably you can somehow

I was looking @ buffs as well.... Don't see any hookable functions but it looksl ike they may be stored in a field..... is there any reference of buff class names?

Anytime I've ever tried to get an offline or dead player's level, I've gotten zero as a result.

I know the info is available via the save file, but dont know if accessing that would play nice w/ the API

i think one of the plugins on the forum parses the savefile

6:27 PM

it's NameControll i believe

Save file directly?)

yeah i think

Maybe so, but source code closed)

well yeah ofc

And I have no idea how to parse files by hand )

you can look into how ArkBot does it

7:00 PM

although it's mostly in c#

this might help you, is in java though

7:00 PM

https://github.com/Qowyn/ark-tools

Qowyn/ark-tools

Tools to work with the binary files of ark. Extract information, manipulate them or write them from scratch. - Qowyn/ark-tools

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkSavegameToolkitNet

ark-mod/ArkSavegameToolkitNet

Library for reading ARK Survival Evolved savegame files using C#. - ark-mod/ArkSavegameToolkitNet

7:00 PM

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkBot

ark-mod/ArkBot

ARK Survival Evolved application that monitors and extracts data from local ARK servers and exposes this data through a Web App, Web API and Discord Bot. Provides important functions to players: di...

I'll look at this, thanks

someone know why the Hooker Creator tool is no longer available?

Server_Api_Hooker_Creator.exe

150.5 KB

8:23 PM

@Mr.Salt

thanks

Any time someone attaches an exe, I always want to attach this as a joke:

Definitely-Not-A-Virus.exe

0 bytes

just 0 bytes is too obvious

Yeah, the goal is that it's obvious, though. It's also acts as a bit of a "don't trust random DLL/EXE files" PSA.

but would be funnier if it were an actual program

oof the framerate for my server seems to be dipping under 10 sometimes even when the cpu is barely at 50%

@WETBATMAN 50% overall or under 50% on every core? (edited)

it's 50% overall

8:52 PM

but the 2 cores allocated to that server aren't maxed out

Okay, that's what I was going to ask next

actually one of them is close but not maxed

How close?

The tickrate for my servers tends to start dropping when around 75% of the core is used, but I have seen times where the tickrate is just low even without high CPU usage.

8:55 PM

Plugins that cause the thread to wait and don't do much themselves cause that pretty easily.

i hope that's not one of my plugins lol

8:56 PM

I see the third graph is similar lol

this is what the usage for my other servers looks like and players were't complaining about that one

witch map ?

ragnarok is the one framerate is low on

Honestly, a stable 10-15 shouldn't be noticeable. Drops to zero are likely what people will notice more than anything

the last graph is the center

8:58 PM

but what i've noticed is that squids overspawn like crazy on ragnarok for some reason

8:58 PM

that might be the partial cause

8:59 PM

so what's the general 'no no's in terms of plugin performance

8:59 PM

i have some pretty simple plugins in use i want to make sure they aren't the cause

If I had to give one major thing, it would be this: When inside a hook, do as little work (time-wise) as possible and let the hook continue. Nearly all of the hooks are going to hold up the main thread, and to maintain 30 FPS, you're competing with the rest of the ARK logic for about ~33ms worth of processing time.

9:09 PM

I try to avoid using things like blocking network/database calls in hooks unless they're extremely low latency and fast. Trying to query a database server that's somewhere else on the internet is going cause problems. (edited)

makes sense

9:18 PM

i'm not doing any complex stuff in my plugins so it should be fine

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_GiveItem, bool, AShooterPlayerController, TArray<UPrimalItem *> *, FString *, int, float, bool, bool, float); bool Hook_AShooterPlayerController_GiveItem(AShooterPlayerController _this, TArray<UPrimalItem> outItems, FString* blueprintPath, int quantityOverride, float qualityOverride, bool bForceBlueprint, bool bAutoEquip, float MinRandomQuality) { return AShooterPlayerController_GiveItem_original(_this, outItems, blueprintPath, quantityOverride, qualityOverride, bForceBlueprint, bAutoEquip, MinRandomQuality); } I tried to get fixed quality items by modifying MinRandom Quality to Quality Override. OverrideOfficialDifficulty= 1.000 000 000 is available, butOverrideOfficialDifficulty = 5.000 000 000 fails. So why? (edited)

what do you mean fails? and why it's 5.000 000 000

Know anyone signatures of functions which perform saving data of players/tribes into a file? I want to hook them I know only LoadFromFile signatures

AShooterGameMode::SaveTribeData

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/ron-ai-personal-assistant/ Does anyone knows about it? lol

R.O.N. AI Personal Assistant for Gaming

The World’s First AI Assistant for Gaming. Only from NVIDIA.

Today and tomorrow are good days to not take anything seriously

heh

Shit, my servers, close without error... someone have this problem??

that can be a lot of things

@Michidu i finally got PluginCrashManager to corrupt a save lol

10:43 PM

server restarted and a lot of structures were gone

10:43 PM

luckily i had a backup

@WETBATMAN happened to one of mine a few weeks ago. Like half structures disappeared but the server was still up

12:58 AM

not still up, i meant to say it still ran

@Michidu I've solved that by setting MinRandomQuality = FLT_MAX.

Someone knows if it´s exist a command that reset your stats, or your dino stats?

Any way to prevent commands from outputting to chat without disabling command logging?

console commands you mean?

((APlayerController*)_this)->ConsoleCommand(result,Command,false);

9:22 AM

@Haragon call a console command like this

9:23 AM

it won’t log to chat

What is the difference between TArray<FItemNetInfo>* and TArray<FItemNetInfo>

9:33 AM

seems like if you iterate through TArray<FItemNetInfo>* it gives you TArray<FItemNetInfo> for each element

9:35 AM

So what I am trying to get is FItemNetID from FItemNetInfo in TArray<FItemNetInfo>*

9:37 AM

so far this what I have

    for (int i = 0; i < AddedItems->Num(); i++)
        {
            auto itemArray = AddedItems[i];
            for (int x = 0; x < itemArray.Num(); x++)
            {
                int index;
                auto itemNetID = itemArray[x].ItemIDField();
                auto item =_this->FindItem(&itemNetID, false, false, &index);
                FString itemName;
                item->NameField().ToString(&itemName);
                Log::GetLog()->warn("Item name: {}", itemName.ToString());
            }
        }

(edited)

first one is the pointer to TArray

9:42 AM

you can use range-for loop

for (auto item : *AddedItems)
{
....
}

if AddedItems is pointer to TArray (edited)

you know which function is called on complete server start ?

9:44 AM

i tried to hook InitGame but it did the check on InitWorld anyway

what do you mean 'did the check'?

i want to do my HWID check on complete server start

9:46 AM

and when i hooked InitGame it ran the check on InitWorld

how it could, lol

wait i'll screenshot it

9:48 AM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame(AShooterGameMode* a_shooter_game_mode, FString* map_name, FString* options,
    FString* error_message) 
{
    OldAuth();
    AShooterGameMode_InitGame_original(a_shooter_game_mode, map_name, options, error_message);
}

what it should show though?

9:49 AM

it was called after InitWorld

hmm

9:49 AM

you know how tebex loads the async server

9:49 AM

on complete start

9:49 AM

oh wait

9:50 AM

if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetStatus() == ArkApi::ServerStatus::Ready)

9:50 AM

what if i just do this

you could call Auth after InitGame_original

ahh

9:52 AM

yeah that does it

9:52 AM

thank you

9:52 AM

if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetStatus() == ArkApi::ServerStatus::Ready) { OldAuth(); }

9:52 AM

i still added this

9:52 AM

in DLLmain though

9:53 AM

in case someone loads it on runtime haha

good point

how do I convert from FItemNetID to FItemNetID* which I believe is a parameter type (edited)

10:07 AM

auto item = _this->FindItem(itemNetID, false, false, &index);

10:08 AM

it complains that it requires FItemNetID parameter type

&itemNetID

yeah I had that but it kept failing

10:09 AM

ok thank you

10:09 AM

ill put it back

show more code

for (auto netInfoItem : *AddedItems)
        {
            int index;
            auto itemNetID = netInfoItem.ItemIDField();
            auto item = _this->FindItem(&itemNetID, false, false, &index);
            if (item != nullptr) {
                FString itemName;
                item->NameField().ToString(&itemName);
                Log::GetLog()->warn("Item name: {}", itemName.ToString());
                if (!itemName.IsEmpty() && itemName.ToLower().Contains("cryopod")) {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Transfer blocked: {}", itemName.ToString());
                    auto controller = _this->GetOwnerController();
                    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendServerMessage(controller, FColorList::Red, L"CryoPod transfer not allowed !");
                    Success = false;
                }
            }
        }

how you got AddedItems?

void  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_OnArkTributeItemsAdded(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, bool Success, TArray<FItemNetInfo>* AddedItems)
{
    if(AddedItems->Num() > 0)
    {
        for (auto netInfoItem : *AddedItems)
        {
            int index;
            auto itemNetID = netInfoItem.ItemIDField();
            auto item = _this->FindItem(&itemNetID, false, false, &index);
            if (item != nullptr) {
                FString itemName;
                item->NameField().ToString(&itemName);
                Log::GetLog()->warn("Item name: {}", itemName.ToString());
                if (!itemName.IsEmpty() && itemName.ToLower().Contains("cryopod")) {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Transfer blocked: {}", itemName.ToString());
                    auto controller = _this->GetOwnerController();
                    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendServerMessage(controller, FColorList::Red, L"CryoPod transfer not allowed !");
                    Success = false;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    UPrimalInventoryComponent_OnArkTributeItemsAdded_original(_this, Success, AddedItems);
}

10:13 AM

. The one beneath is my first one to stop items and it works, but it hangs until ark transfer times out (edited)

10:13 AM

bool  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetID* itemID, TArray<unsigned __int64> SteamItemUserIds, FItemNetInfo* AlternateItemInfo)
{
    FString inventoryName;
    _this->GetInventoryName(&inventoryName, false);
    if(!inventoryName.IsEmpty()) Log::GetLog()->warn("-----Inventory Name: {}", inventoryName.ToString());
    int index;
    auto item = _this->FindItem(itemID, false, false, &index);
    FString itemName;
    item->NameField().ToString(&itemName);
    if (!itemName.IsEmpty()) Log::GetLog()->warn("----Item Name : {} ", itemName.ToString());

    if (!itemName.IsEmpty() && itemName.ToLower().Contains("cryopod")) {
        Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Transfer blocked: {}", itemName.ToString());
        auto controller = _this->GetOwnerController();
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendServerMessage(controller, FColorList::Red, L"CryoPod transfer not allowed !");
        return false;
    }
   return UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory_original(_this, itemID, SteamItemUserIds , AlternateItemInfo);
}

well, FindItem looks fine

10:15 AM

probably something else

why it doesn't work ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->bOverideStructurePlatformPreventionField() = false; (edited)

void Unload()
{
    VM_START
    if (authed == true)
    {
        ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook(XorStr("APrimalStructure.TakeDamage"), &Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage);
        ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook(XorStr("AShooterGameMode.InitGame"), &Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame);
    }
    VM_END
}

1:21 PM

when using themida

1:21 PM

is adding VM_START and VM_END enough ?

1:21 PM

or does anything else have to be added to the source

If you want to release it, packers are not allowed anyway :)

not releasing this one

Then you can Just use them ida hwid protection

themida does not have HWID

1:51 PM

that's another program from that company

Win License ye

1:51 PM

Almost same thing anyway

btw is virtualizing a hook not possible ?

1:52 PM

because themida tells me there is no ending point

Should be possible

when i add VM_START and VM_END in the source

Maybe wrong place

tried it 2 different ways

Why protecting it anyway lol

why not

If your not gonna release it

i call the HWID function in that hook

1:53 PM

so i want to virtualize it

1:54 PM

btw are plugins with themida not allowed even if author sends you the source code ?

They will trigger almost all antiviruses until you bought themida

yeh but i didn't trip my windows defender

1:55 PM

i doubt anyone uses a custom antivirus

Win defender will detect it too after some time

hmm

1:56 PM

the virtualisation or even if you just pack it

if you change some default settings

1:57 PM

like vm count

1:57 PM

it will avoid win detection

Themida will watermark binary anyway

over time

1:58 PM

cause it changes the finger print used by scanners

1:58 PM

its a little trick i used to do

No, cuz i guess he use leaked themida license lol

change vm amount to 2 instead of 1

1:58 PM

oh right then yeah

1:58 PM

it will be detected over time yes

yeah ofc paying for themida for just plugins is overkill

1:59 PM

but i'm not planning on releasing this one anyway

michidu owns it ask him very nicely / pay him maybe

just wanted to see how it's done haha

he will pack your plugin for u

1:59 PM

i dint read full convo btw jumped in late

yeh lol

1:59 PM

anyway

1:59 PM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame(AShooterGameMode* a_shooter_game_mode, FString* map_name, FString* options,
    FString* error_message) 
{
    VM_START
    
    AShooterGameMode_InitGame_original(a_shooter_game_mode, map_name, options, error_message);
    
    OldAuth();
    VM_END
}

2:00 PM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame(AShooterGameMode* a_shooter_game_mode, FString* map_name, FString* options,
    FString* error_message) 
{
    
    
    AShooterGameMode_InitGame_original(a_shooter_game_mode, map_name, options, error_message);
    VM_START
    OldAuth();
    VM_END
}

2:00 PM

both trigger an error in themida

just remove the hook

2:00 PM

call OldAuth

2:00 PM

from winmain

2:00 PM

problem solved

nah i'll leave this hook unprotected then

2:00 PM

it's already overkill protection

no that ruins the protection

2:00 PM

now people know where to jmp to

2:00 PM

cause the call is not macroed

michidu says it's possible in hook i think

you dont need this hook though

2:01 PM

its 100% unneeded

i like it this way

your trying to fix something that doesnt even need to be added

2:01 PM

and im telling you this way is ruining your security

2:01 PM

even more

2:01 PM

your using my hole auth system

2:01 PM

why not take the advice

2:02 PM

atleast u can macro the call in winmain haha

2:02 PM

anyway gtg now ill be back in a bit

2:02 PM

if i could figure out how to virtualize the hook it would be better

2:03 PM

but if themida will trip windows defender anyway

2:03 PM

i kinda don't see the point

void CallMe() { VM_START OldAuth(); VM_END }

2:03 PM

call CallMe();

2:03 PM

from the hook

2:03 PM

but its really not needed lol

2:04 PM

this way will work i guess cause u dont have the VM macros in the hook itself

2:05 PM

it will be good enough to stop most people lol

2:05 PM

not michidu though (edited)

Why would you virtualize call though, need to virtualize function itself

he could still bypass it easily

2:05 PM

he did lol

2:05 PM

both are virtualized

nop it still says it's missing the end

ah dont worry about it then

Virtualizing call is almost useless though

he can also just call it from Winmain

2:06 PM

and not even use this hook

2:06 PM

that hes trying lol

2:06 PM

he doesnt need this hook

2:07 PM

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    VM_START
    Log::Get().Init("NoAnunnaki");
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetStatus() == ArkApi::ServerStatus::Ready)
        {
            
            OldAuth();
        
        }

        ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook(XorStr("AShooterGameMode.InitGame"), &Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame,
            &AShooterGameMode_InitGame_original);
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    VM_END
    return TRUE;
}

2:07 PM

to

2:07 PM

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    VM_START
    Log::Get().Init("NoAnunnaki");
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
            OldAuth();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    VM_END
    return TRUE;
}

2:07 PM

would be fine but yeah u dont really need to macro it

2:07 PM

but if u want to make it more confusing sure why not

2:08 PM

OldAuth applys his hooks which are within vm's anyway

2:08 PM

so his plugin will still function w/o the need of this hook

2:08 PM

but yeah it is weird u cant do a vm in a hook

2:08 PM

i dont see why it shouldnt work (edited)

2:09 PM

well shit lol

change vm process count

2:09 PM

to 2

2:09 PM

it will drop

yeah i gotta go now

2:10 PM

will do later

More av will detect it soon

but yeah cracked vers are mostly detected

2:10 PM

u can fiddle with them to get it below 1-3 detections though

2:11 PM

but maybe in a few months that detection rate goes up

2:11 PM

after many users use it

2:11 PM

i notice this a lot with packing stuff

With leaked i dont think you can heh

i couldnt really tell you last time i used leaked was 2017

2:11 PM

used it for a year

2:12 PM

on a game that had 120+ players daily but yeah i had some false positives too

2:12 PM

3-6

2:12 PM

but sometimes it went up

2:12 PM

and id have to repack and change settings (edited)

Even with license i had a few false positive heh

so now i can imagine its worse

2:12 PM

also all cracked themida's are bypassed, and documented on how to do so (edited)

You will be fine only if you sign dll also

new themida is good

3.0?

public free cracked ones are already bypassed

2:14 PM

but im pretty sure anytime anyone bypasses themida's macro's they update to make it harder (edited)

VM is very hard to devirtualize

2:14 PM

Even for cracked

yeah i can imagine they store in encrypted memory and use some polymorph code to generate runtime decryption

2:15 PM

but they may even have parts of decyption spread out across different memory regions just for 1 functions

2:15 PM

i can imagine they encrypt it to the max lol

2:16 PM

ive looked at assembly of vmed functions

Encryption is not same as VM though

yeah

2:17 PM

but i guess they just run code in there own virtualized section then

2:17 PM

which can only process there vms

what do you mean sign dll btw

to the rest of the app the code is rubbish

2:17 PM

but the vm can read it

Multiple VM, its being used actually

yeah u can also choose what ones too

2:19 PM

its pretty nice

2:19 PM

if im right i dont rememeber u can choose like tiger ect

2:19 PM

depending on how virtualized u want your code

You can choose vm

but i think default options in that section is the best for speed / security

2:20 PM

i used it a long time ago been meaning to by it

2:20 PM

its handy to own

so basically what has come out of this is that leaked ones are useless

might just get the vm section though

2:20 PM

99 euros

what does the full themida cost ?

200

2:21 PM

they arent useless

2:21 PM

they are still very very hard to bypass

for this use case

2:21 PM

i mean

i can't do it myself

2:21 PM

maybe if i found full info on how i can

2:21 PM

but its a lot of effort (edited)

yeah but if the plugin gets detected on runtime it’s no good

(edited)

i had no idea u was using a cracked version

2:22 PM

till you said

2:22 PM

how was i suppose to know haha

2:22 PM

remember i told u about the alerts

lmao no it’s still cool

2:23 PM

at least now i know how to do it in the future

No one crack plugins, so you r fine for now heh

its cause i showed him

ownprox should we tell him ?

how easy it was to crack his

2:24 PM

lol

2:24 PM

he was storing strings in memory though

2:24 PM

of the hwid

2:24 PM

so i helped him secure it more

2:24 PM

then he wanted to go all out

2:24 PM

and get themida to lol

But no one bother with it anyway lol

u could use hex editor

2:24 PM

or cheat engine

true yea but it’s scary easy

it was that easy

lol

2:25 PM

Most plugins are easy to crack

yeah write the hooks

2:25 PM

that wernt wrote

2:25 PM

lol

yes i’ve told agito to protect strings

2:25 PM

because i could swap his hwid with mine

2:25 PM

and the plugin would load

haha

gave them that xor class

i did

i meant i gave u it which ended up to him but yeah

2:26 PM

its nice

2:26 PM

he told me he doesn’t care

good news is im not gonna use it lol

2:26 PM

or leak it

2:27 PM

atleast its better now lol

2:27 PM

hes welcome to use what i gave u too btw

2:28 PM

like the hole hwid method / auth funcs

well i guess i’ll just use it without themida for now then haha

2:31 PM

it’s decent enough

i am anyway

2:31 PM

in that case keep your hook

yup

What means EventInstigator and DamageCauser in hook ***_TakeDamage() ?

6:58 PM

I need to determine is the attacker either player or dino

EventInstigator is probably what you're looking for

7:01 PM

if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->CharacterField())
    {
        ACharacter* character = EventInstigator->CharacterField();
        if (character != nullptr && character && character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))

ark update... i have scare

(edited)

Thanks @WETBATMAN btw, why you write character != nullptr && character? This is the same things in C++

yeah i know

7:21 PM

noticed that just now

anyone here use OVH for ddos protection ?

8:08 PM

if so what are your recommendations for setting up firewall rules ?

We have it set up, but hadn't needed it until 2-3 days ago

you have any firewall rules in it ?

Their web interface is interesting to say the least. We have a few set to allow ARK traffic, and to block almost everything else.

yeah that

8:35 PM

they have a very weird permissions setup

8:36 PM

so what permissions do you give your ark ports ?

We have mitigation set to "permanent", but it's not obvious what that changes since you still get an email like this saying they started mitigating an attack:

which number ?

8:36 PM

yeah i got that message too but the machine still went offline

8:36 PM

it was for a few mins but it still did

Their normal firewall rules or the "game firewall" thing they offer for the GAME-32 and 64 machines?

8:39 PM

Also, do you have Mitigation set to auto or permanent?

mitigation only

8:41 PM

i don't have game firewall btw

8:41 PM

i have my home machine connected to their VPS

So you're routing all your game traffic through a VPS for the DDoS protection?

yup

8:42 PM

my bare home network took a hit once

8:43 PM

it knocked everything offline

8:43 PM

after that i learned my lesson and switched to dynamic ip with a VPS

Not sure, then. The attack that triggered the email above was 2.1Gbps for 10-15 minutes, but I wasn't online at the time to see if there were any noticeable lag from it.

So question, Anyone know how to route OVH VPS for DDOS protection on home box?

you still haven't got it to work ?

Nope

drop iptables

10:47 PM

rest of your setup is correct

10:47 PM

just drop all iptables and enter them again

Tried didn't work

hmm

10:48 PM

https://whattheserver.com/openvpn-server-with-port-forwarding/

whattheserver

OpenVPN Server with port forwarding - What The Server

In this guide you will learn how to setup an OpenVPN server with port forwarding/open ports for clients.

10:48 PM

well this is the exact tutorial i followed and got it to work

Can you voice again today?

yeah why not

11:03 PM

11:04 PM

playing something rn will be back a bit later

Hi just want to know how to fix my unofficial PC sessions not showing up

from what i can tell you have the xbox version of ark

8:47 PM

if you want to play on steam servers you need the steam version of ark

Is there a plugin, that can limit a command from another plugin, so that only a certain "permission group" uses it?

don't think so but it should not be hard to make

9:59 PM

unless the plugins uses a console command

9:59 PM

the you can use AdminsPermissions

Probably all plugins should start depending on permissions.. so check if player has the plugin.commands.command would be pretty cool heh

It´s for the plugin, "DeathMatchEvent" of @OwnProx, i need to do that the command /join, used only by certain permission group, but i don´t have this option on config file

https://pastebin.com/vGaxPVxr

Fatal error! VERSION: 294.115 ShooterGameServer.exe!UAnim...

6:21 PM

peeps i would recommend that y'all remove enforcers

6:21 PM

killing them in masses throws this crash

Ark API Does he have an API for Linux?

it depends on injecting DLL's so no

Is Michidu missing?

need help with something ?

I want to ask him if he can customize a plug-in that supports UTF-8 character input in rcon broadcasting.

pretty much all of his plugins are open source it should not be that hard to add utf8

NONONO, I'm a customized private plug-in

5:47 PM

For example, let Chinese no longer be?????

oh you want RCON to broadcast in utf8 ? (edited)

yes

weird i thought it already supported utf8

NO

so if you type in chinese for example it shows up as [][][][] ?

He just supports watching players chat in the interface, isn't it????

5:49 PM

yes

hmm i think it should be possible to hook the rcon chat posting and encode it in utf8

5:51 PM

or if not that make a separate command that broadcasts in utf8

Accurately speaking, the command ark in broadcast mode can't recognize Chinese. He can only recognize English letters and numbers.

yeah it lacks encoding

5:51 PM

did you try unicode RCON ?

He shouldn't have been caused by RCON. For example, I used commands to send broadcasts. He doesn't support Chinese either.

5:53 PM

It should be that this command does not support UTF-8.

i think it's rcon

The display [][][] because it is not recognizable

because when ownprox made his crossserver chat he updated the unicode rcon plugin to support it

5:53 PM

otherwise russian for example was not properly transmitted in chat

No, it's not. I still can't recognize Chinese using the built-in console in the game.

5:54 PM

Does Russian also belong to UTF-8?

i think so

5:55 PM

i could take a look at making the broadcast utf8 later if you want

But I asked the ARK Server Manager team before, and they said it was the official order.

5:55 PM

You can try it.

yeah should be interesting lol

If you can use plug-ins to get him to work, but if you want to sell it as a private version, you can contact me.

5:57 PM

i'll take a look first

ok

From what i can see communication to rcon and query ports does not use utf8, as utf8 doesnt seem to like to translate things the \xFF very well

I am trying to stop an item from being uploaded using one the following hooks

bool  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetID* itemID, TArray<unsigned __int64> SteamItemUserIds, FItemNetInfo* AlternateItemInfo)

void  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_OnArkTributeItemsAdded(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, bool Success, TArray<FItemNetInfo>* AddedItems)

void  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddArkTributeItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bFromLoad)

bool Hook_UPrimalItem_CanBeArkTributeItem(UPrimalItem* _this) The thing is, I can stop the item from uploading, but then the Uploading to ark.... keeps showing for quite a while, then eventually stops with Uploading item to ArkFailed. 006 - TimedOut. I am guessing this is because the client is waiting for the server to send some form of message or notification back. Does anyone have an idea to what what it is that Ill need to send back, and most importantly, how would I do that. (edited)

Would be great if you could share the implementation of it. Sometimes you might miss the origin game call

Hi @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 , its rough but it works in the sense of stopping the item being uploaded.

//Working.....welll kinda
bool  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetID* itemID, TArray<unsigned __int64> SteamItemUserIds, FItemNetInfo* AlternateItemInfo)
{
    Log::GetLog()->warn("ServerAddToArkTributeInventory....");
    
    if (_this != nullptr) Log::GetLog()->warn("UPrimalInventoryComponent data available ");
    
    FString inventoryName;
    _this->GetInventoryName(&inventoryName, false);
    if(!inventoryName.IsEmpty()) Log::GetLog()->warn("-----Inventory Name: {}", inventoryName.ToString());


    if (itemID != nullptr) Log::GetLog()->warn("FItemNetID data available ");


    int index;
    auto item = _this->FindItem(itemID, false, false, &index);
    
    FString itemName;
    item->NameField().ToString(&itemName);
    if (!itemName.IsEmpty()) Log::GetLog()->warn("----Item Name : {} ", itemName.ToString());

    if (!itemName.IsEmpty() && itemName.ToLower().Contains("cryopod")) {
        Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Transfer blocked: {}", itemName.ToString());
        auto controller = _this->GetOwnerController();
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendServerMessage(controller, FColorList::Red, L"CryoPod transfer not allowed !");
        _this->NotifyArkItemAdded();
        return false;
    }
   return UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory_original(_this, itemID, SteamItemUserIds , AlternateItemInfo);
}

(edited)

Could be that serveraddarktributeinventory needs to call more functions and returning false leaves something hanging.

11:11 PM

Only way to figure out what was called before and after would be to use something like ida pro and follow the code.

11:14 PM

Maybe there is a better function to hook

Yeah that's what I thought, Thanks , I'll have a look at ida pro , since I have tried a couple of hooks already (edited)

Is there a function similar to HandleNewPlayer_Implementation that doesnt run on char download/server transfer?

@Michidu give me permissions to sell my plugins / mod on the forums

10:12 AM

@Foppa @Rogue Leader

Hang on

10:15 AM

Type to me on the community site (edited)

sure

10:19 AM

done

@Foppa can you make sure i can use it on friday?

@Natsu You taken care of?

dont think so @GSH | MrOwlSky

Wait for Foppa or Mich to come back. What plugin you selling? Did you create it, if so I'll throw you rank on discord. @Natsu (edited)

il be selling : timed ban/mutes - year - month -day -hour -min auto unban./unmute after the time is gone (mysql only) auto voting for ark-servers you dont even have to be online in ark at all ( mysql only) (edited)

9:37 PM

and my mod

9:37 PM

in this case its an UI interface for ArkShop with custom things

1

I have been contacting Mich. Waiting a reply from him.

sure i got no rush

Just waiting on mich confirm before I send over the rank.

@Natsu should be fixed now

ya i saw thanks

when you guys have time check out the plugins i have set on the site i will do my mod tomorrow

Anyone use safezones able to change spawn points?

if anyone here is hosting from home and is thinking about renting on OVH vps for ddos protection

2:16 PM

don't...

2:16 PM

just spoke to OVH

2:16 PM

their ddos protection for a non game server VPS is weird to say the least

2:17 PM

they drop all UDP traffic in case of a dos/DDOS

2:17 PM

fast VPN traffic is UDP

2:17 PM

and game traffic is also UDP

@WETBATMAN why even host at OVH or futher more why get a VPS?

because my main hosting machine is at my house

2:24 PM

and because OVH has the best game protection

2:24 PM

assuming you have a game VPS or dedicated machine

your form usa?

no

where then? 0_O

tbilisi Georgia

it isnt common here to host from home

2:25 PM

altough we got really good internet speed

speed shouldn't be the issue tbh

2:25 PM

as long as OVH filters the traffic

i dont use ovh i rent a dedicated server

i'm about to get my hands on a game VPS

2:26 PM

it's basically dedicated level ddos protection but just a VPS

2:26 PM

at least that won't drop all udp lol

2:27 PM

and it's just 6$ a month

and how much do you pay on cost then ?

2:27 PM

as in power / internet / for the ram/cpu

right now i pay 10$ for ddos protection that doesn't even work

2:28 PM

tbilisi has the least expensive power lol

2:28 PM

it's basically nothing

2:28 PM

as for internet i pay 28 lari

2:28 PM

which is like 10$

2:28 PM

maybe less

rofl what you expect

2:28 PM

10$ haha

like i said my house speed doesn't have an impact

2:28 PM

OVH should filter all traffic

should?

yes

2:29 PM

people don't connect to my home pc directly

2:29 PM

they connect to the OVH VPS

2:29 PM

my real ip address is never exposed

2:29 PM

with a VPN the connections from the OVH VPS are routed to my machine

2:30 PM

basically a ddos never hits me directly

2:30 PM

it hits OVH

2:30 PM

btw you asked for my machine

2:30 PM

it's an i7 4790k

2:30 PM

32gb ram

2:30 PM

not the best but it does what i want just fine

well i pay 50$ included ddoss (not so good so i need to find a solution for this) but 64GB RAM - i7 7700k - SSD 240gb (2 times)

yeah ddos sucks

2:34 PM

what's the bandwidth ?

give me a sec i need to solve this ticket

2:34 PM

got a high prio atm

the VPS i'm about to get has 500mb constant with 1gb burst in case of ddos

problem with a dedicated server

2:34 PM

1sec

Michidu What has he been doing recently? It's hard to get in touch with him once.

@WETBATMAN i was thinking of selling my mod 60$ each and 5$ each month as a service

buy + subscription ?

ya @WETBATMAN or i have to raise the price

maybe do the subscription in case they wanna remove your branding

3:05 PM

good idea!

@WETBATMAN This may be helpful to you. I recently found out a few things about OVH's firewall: 1)They enable the firewall in their web interface when a DDOS is being mitigated even if it was disabled. 2)Their firewall defaults to allow all traffic, so you probably want a "deny all other" rule as the 19th priority. 3) Their firewall does not handle traffic within their network, so you still want firewall rules on all the machines or other OVH customers could connect (edited)

that's the issue

6:37 PM

their regular VPS

6:37 PM

only protects TCP basically

6:37 PM

they drop all udp traffic

6:37 PM

most of the time

6:38 PM

i have deny all ipv4 as the 19th rule btw

6:38 PM

doesn't help a bit

@Natsu What does your plugin do? Personally, $60 seems very high for a plugin, especially for groups that aren't making much off their server. You may get more sales by lowering the price. (edited)

i lowerd my mute/ban plugin already to 35 (edited)

6:40 PM

@Zachar543 What Does This Plugin Do? Lets you ban/mute people for an X period of time

What's the advantage of using plugin compared to battlemetrics ban sync?

Doesn't battlemetrics cost money?

11:07 PM

That would be the main upside if the plugin were free

https://i.imgur.com/BVQ1hPV.png I highly advise the synthwave-vscode extention, my eyes are dead but it's worth every single ms of pain

@GSH | MrOwlSky Clusterwide Mysql ban/mute

Yeah battlemetrics does that for $5.00 (edited)

who of you goes by "Haragon" in forum?

(edited)

Me

8:10 AM

Whats up?

8:11 AM

Just didnt have a nick set :p

Because Michidu is not available for the time being, I need another person to help me. This is a paid service. Developers with good technology and interest can contact me.

anyone here? i need someone ingame with me

can someone tell me what caused this crash?

1:20 PM

Fatal error! VERSION: 295.107 VERSION.dll!ArkApi::Hook_AGameState_DefaultTimer() (0x00007ff9dff74a03) + 65 bytes [d:\programs\ark\ark-server-api\version\core\private\ark\hooksimpl.cpp:136] ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick() (0x00007ff671466087) + 0 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\timermanager.cpp:1080] ShooterGameServer.exe!UWorld::Tick() (0x00007ff67131e510) + 0 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:1288] ShooterGameServer.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() (0x00007ff67127b9ff) + 0 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameengine.cpp:1170] ShooterGameServer.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() (0x00007ff66fe6d08c) + 0 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2421] ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMain() (0x00007ff66fe689ec) + 0 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:140] ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMainWrapper() (0x00007ff66fe6e0da) + 5 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:125] ShooterGameServer.exe!WinMain() (0x00007ff66fe6e210) + 8 bytes [f:\build\trunk\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:209] ShooterGameServer.exe!__tmainCRTStartup() (0x00007ff6722a3be1) + 21 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618] KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff9fccd8364) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff9fd1470b1) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff9fd1470b1) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] 慌瑳删灥楬慣整⁤捁潴⁲潂䙡楲汬䍟慨慲瑣牥䉟彐扁牥慲瑮䍟ㅟ㈷റ䰊獡⁴敒潭整䘠湵瑣潩⁮汃敩瑮牐捯獥乳瑥硅捥潃浭湡啤牮汥慩汢൥

One of your plugins using a timed function. What's list of plugins?

8:33 PM

What happens and how often does this crash

This crashlog is not plugin related.. more to the api itself

as it does not show the plugin probably the PDB file wasn't included

Should be crashing on startup as I see it

"PlayerDataIDField()" does not return the steamid?

Like the field says.. returning the PlayerID

fellas

9:16 PM

i need your opinion

9:16 PM

https://dopeark.com/

Join The Best Ark Servers Today

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9:16 PM

good or nah ?

Opinion about what exactly?

the site

Lmao...

9:18 PM

Layout? Scripts? Colors?

idk

9:18 PM

godaddy offered me a site editor

9:19 PM

1 month trial

You‘ve been using that?

i only added html for the join links

9:19 PM

didn't have a website before

9:19 PM

only had the ArkBot page

9:20 PM

that's why i was asking haha wondering if it's decent or if i should use something more advanced

Clean, quite simple... maybe find a color scheme that you could follow.

6:55 PM

But the taste is as the behind, as we say in sweden

Fun stuff now I'm getting that crash

12:38 AM

Any chance either of you had just unloaded/reloaded a plugin?

1:04 AM

I've noticed that crash as well, but only after attempting to unload or reload a plugin. Looks like the section of the code that the message mentions is attempting to invoke a callback in one of your plugins.

Nope

1:18 AM

Didn't unload/reload any plugins

1:18 AM

Crashes started today for me

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/arkapi-continuous-crash.1110/#post-10507

ArkApi Continuous crash

Hello, I'am getting this crash roughly every hour and a half. Does anyone have any direction they can give me as to how to fix it? Thank you Current plugins: AllEngrams ArkShop DinoColors Lottery Mutes NameControl NewPlayerProtection Permissions zzMAGA UPDATE: after the 3x's...

2:38 AM

@Michidu

Can anyone tell me when this crash happens? Startup? Randomly?

I'm not getting the crash but I have been told that it's pretty much random

3:42 PM

The one that I have seen is a it different, bit doesnt reference the Timer, just the server tick, otherwise its identical (edited)

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 Crash is random. Server can be up for 10-45minutes then it does that crash. It's based off some Timer function that the majority servers are using. Assuming with Ark's recent updates they adjusted/optimized something in the timer with API or something.

6:56 PM

Might be the RPS plugin

It's pretty random for me, like once a day, sometimes more

You using any of kens plugins?

7:27 PM

ORP/Protection/RPS? @Medicalmischief (edited)

7:28 PM

Our crashes are resolved since removing RPS

i haven;t updated to the new AUTH of his plugins and i'm not having issues

It's something with my HWID I think cause it loads on server 1 but server 2 it doesn't load/register the HWID.

no

7:29 PM

it's something with the requests

Yeah the webrequest

maybe try downgrading the plugins

7:30 PM

i could send you old versions

We do have rps, new version

I think you can even download older version on the forum if you've purchased the plugin (edited)

No it's all good, It's just RPS for me so not too concern, Already informed him for update.

you might not be authed in the old version

7:30 PM

but i can fix that

1

Does the old version have all the quest stuff?

yes -permissions (edited)

I think taming was broken I think

taming does not exist in the version before new auth (edited)

7:31 PM

there are no taming actions

How's the new DDoS Prot?

switching to it this Saturday

7:33 PM

OVH one is completely broken

7:33 PM

their mitigation is what kills my connection

7:33 PM

not the DDOS

7:33 PM

tested it yesterday

Ah so you haven't even played with the new one yet?

yeah we did short testing

7:34 PM

200 mb ddos

7:34 PM

nothing happened

Good deal, Any packet loss so far?

haven't noticed any

7:34 PM

it's the best option tbh

7:34 PM

you need game firewall for games

7:34 PM

otherwise UDP gets dropped and you lose connection

OVH one screwed up MySQL on our end. /kits would take 20 seconds to load and lag to high hell. Even with mySQL being local.

that's not a VPN issue

7:35 PM

if it's local it's connecting by localhost

7:35 PM

VPN is run on a different network adapter

7:35 PM

7:36 PM

first one is VPN

7:36 PM

second one is ethernet

Well I believe it's node located. Because the VPN is in canada and it tries to rely back into US states for the MySQL. Moving the MySQL on a Canada box closer to VPN resolved it somewhat. Turning the VPN off ended up completely resolving the MySQL issues.

you sure you're connecting to it via localhost ?

7:37 PM

because if you're connecting to it via localhsot packet gets send to the local db directly

We tried localhost with VPN and it lagged to high hell

huh that's very weird

It had to ping all the way into canada then ping all the way back into States.

my VPS is in germany

So was causing a delay/lag

i'm in tbilisi

7:38 PM

never had DB high ping

7:38 PM

and my DB is also local

Yeah no idea why it was doing it.

7:38 PM

Only guess was delay with node location being distance.

yeah but it shouldn't do that

Ik

7:40 PM

You've seen the bugs that one day I showed you lol. It's curssed

7:40 PM

yeah lol

how would i go about pulling mysql info from another plugin ?

8:26 PM

just add the full query including the schema name ?

8:31 PM

ignore that

8:31 PM

dumb question

For things like databases that are going to be called synchronously, you don't want any latency

11:12 PM

You have ~33ms per tick to maintain a "perfect" tickrate, so just the latency in your connect is going to be enough to trash that

11:12 PM

I keep all that stuff on the same machine where at all possible

hmm well my select isn't really that intensive

If it's called outside of an async method, it doesn't matter (edited)

but yea having it local is best

11:13 PM

but yeah i haven't messed with a syncing db requests

Do you Mysql for the Permissions plugin?

yes

11:14 PM

for shop too

If so, those are all sync calls to the database, so you really don't want the ~50ms it's going to take just to talk to your database

also i ported ShopRewards to mysql and it sends a +1 to dino kills every time you kill a dino

11:15 PM

that's probably a terrible way to do it but i haven't noticed much lag because of it

11:18 PM

is it reliable to attach a thread to a db request ?

11:18 PM

or even possible in a hook ?

I wouldn't create a thread just for it, but you can call the database where ever you want, just don't do it in something that's going to get tons of calls per tick

11:25 PM

As long as your server is good enough, the latency is lower enough, and the data structure is optimized well, modern databases can push a huge number of queries per second.

11:25 PM

I still wouldn't do it unnecessarily many times, but you'd be surprised

11:29 PM

It is possible to do async calls that would use threading, but you'd need a library that supports that, and then you'll have to deal with the callbacks, which might be worse lol

Anyone know if its only the rps that's causing that crash or is it other plugins also

anyone here that can grand permissions on the forums other then @Michidu

he checks all plugins manually so that's why it's taking some time

What do you need natsu?

give someone permissions to my plugin so he can give a rating

9:14 PM

since he bought it already

If u give me his forum name or maybe even a link then I may be able to add him to purchasers list of the plugin

someone knows how to hook the rotation menu?

should be done @Natsu

@Mr.Salt It's unlikely that you'll be able to hook or modify the menu itself since it's mostly a client-side thing, but you may be able to hook the actions once someone choose an option.

@Natsu how is your shop UI mod coming along?

@Zachar543 yes thats what i am looking for. but i have not found any hook for a option so far

@Haragon sold it already wont be released sorry

7:41 AM

Time to learn the devkit lol

@Haragon why lol

lmao you sold it

1:20 PM

that's too bad

1

yea i did does any of you use a forum? and what kind of software / nulled ect?

what do you mean

@Natsu because I was really excited for that haha. But I understand selling it. Now I will make one and give it to all of the people

that is, if I find the time...

2

@Haragon I'll throw you some money if you figure out UI and release for free. Anything I can help let me know.

5:09 PM

Natsu's UI is epic.

@GSH | MrOwlSky I just gotta open up the devkit and actually teach myself lol. Which should be okay considering I'm not mapping so I wont have to wait 6 hours for shader compilers >.>

1

Pffark Dev kit is trash

i think agito is working on it

5:44 PM

unless the mod was actually sold to agito

I saw his on the workshop, looks very nice

What kind of Forum software / nulled ect? (edited)

@Natsu Not sure if this is what you're asking, but we used to use https://www.discourse.org/ before switching most things to Discord

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11:49 PM

Ignore the prices, that's if you want them to host it. It's free if you host it yourself

It's kinda trash

I don't like it either

(edited)

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 what do you use ? IPB/vbulletin/ Wordpress/MYBB? (edited)

I've been using WoltLab for a while in recent projects.. even XenForo but yea.. everything has it's (dis)advantages (edited)

if you are fine using nulled or willing to pay, go for ipb/VB for free - phpbb, mybb, vanilla would be the best (edited)

was setting ipb up but i need to get a good host that's ignore's dmca

Russian hosting should help you.. lol

no one cares about small forums

why dmca?

I wouldn't ask such things Tom.. lol

lol just curious, i cant think of anything short of straight piracy that would be an issue, then again i guess article 13 is a thing now

thx for the API update

6:37 PM

requests are much better

@Haragon i used to do rsps then i am still active somewhat on those forums

6:59 PM

everyone used nulled things and the company forced dmca on people to shut them down

@Natsu Gotcha, that makes sense. I have actually been interested in the wow PS scene again but for the same reason its hard to justify sinking a ton of time in to it

Anyone here epic

5:28 PM

is this all the debug you're able to get with the API ?

Hey, is someone still having crashes because of the Timer function with API 3.1?

nope

9:15 AM

and i never had them

9:15 AM

it's something with Agito's plugins (edited)

any ideas how i get the "AShooterPlayerController" when i have only the "PlayerDataID"?

maybe get steam id for player id and then get the controller from steam id

is there a utility function to get the steamid with the PlayerDataID

i think it’s in the API UTILS

12:47 PM

nvm not there

GetSteamIDForPlayerID

.....

yeah that

12:48 PM

check for nullptr btw

12:48 PM

otherwise it could cause a crash

12:49 PM

AShooterPlayerController* controller = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(steam_id);

sure

you can use this to get the controller

12:50 PM

if (controller)
            {
///
}

(edited)

12:50 PM

you can check for nullptr like that

i prefer a "real" boolean expression -> if (nullptr != controller){/* do stuff*/}

its because i develope software for cars which is safety relevant too and there it is not allowed to use the short form (edited)

In my opinion.. It looks even better with the nullptr inside

you guys want a base plugin ? do give me credits tough

3:03 PM

it's a base plugin for classic flyers

didn't you post that already ?

idk did i?

#【🤹】ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ

3:04 PM

scroll up a bit

oya

anyone here plays apex?

most of us i'd assume

https://i.imgur.com/ZuFa9nu.jpg

5:59 PM

anyone know how to fix this ? https://i.imgur.com/JXxv9EW.png

hello everyone, have somewhere i can see how start ? like how get that files.h ? i code befor on vb.net never on c++ and want try do something thanks for the help

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit?usp=sharing

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thanks @WETBATMAN go take a look

has anyone had issues with their server not being picked up by https://arkservers.net ?

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12:12 PM

i switched to a new VPS with a firewall and literally anything else besides that site sees my servers

You need to claim it then you can just change your IP whenever I believe

4:27 PM

Not sure what you could do if it's not picked up in the first place though

that does not work on that site though

Ah

they don't support IP swapping

4:28 PM

but the weird part is anything else sees my servers

Yeah I had issues with that website aswell for VPS

hmm

8:48 PM

i captured the traffic with Wireshark and the query gets sent back fine

8:48 PM

so idk what the issue is

Do they require pings to work and are you dropping them?

i don’t drop icmp

5:08 AM

also idk if they do they never mention it

5:09 AM

but ark-servers.net say they use icmp to identify the server and that site sees all of my servers

any ideas on how swapping item X with item Y would be done in the API ?

12:15 PM

want to remove a modded weapon that has no engram

@WETBATMAN quick questions adding an extra IP to a dedicated server to host website related things would work out right no draw backs ect?

idk tbh

4:48 PM

never used multiple IP's from OVH

@Natsu We have a few IP blocks from OVH

5:02 PM

The configuration is interesting since the new blocks won't be in the same subnet as the host's IP, but we've been trying to use the separate IP blocks for everything since if we get another machine or swap to a different one, we can transfer the IP between them, and OVH doesn't let you keep the IP that is given with each server.

I don't use ovh

but thank you

Honestly, if you're only adding more IPs to separate your web traffic, you could use Cloudflare's free plan and get some caching/CDN out of it as well. They may not be open to the "no DMCA" thing from earlier, though

5:06 PM

Generally, it's easiest to add IPs from the same block unless your host has some fancy networking stuff set up for you. We just tell ARK to use a specific IP from the block and firewall off the rest

Yea I quit ark but I need some kind of we site for future hosting

Hey, is there anyone still having the crash with the Hook_AGameState_DefaultTimer ? Since I was unable to replicate it, I would like to give some of you guys atleast a version for investigating this issue.

never had it

5:51 PM

@Sly is the one you should talk to

I already gave him a version for debugging it

do you by any chance know which function runs when you equip a weapon like a sword ?

UPrimalItem::EquippedItem maybe (edited)

i think i already tried that one

maybe then AShooterPlayerController.ServerEquipToRemoteInventory_Implementation (edited)

5:58 PM

or even AShooterPlayerController::ServerEquipPawnItem_Implementation heh

tried that last one

5:58 PM

no success

5:58 PM

actually pretty sure i tried all of the ones you posted

What are you exactly trying to do?

there is this broken ass sword from a mod

5:59 PM

it blows up and destroys everything around it, if you hold it for too long

5:59 PM

but the catch is

5:59 PM

it doesn't call either APrimalStructure_TakeDamage or APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage

5:59 PM

there is no engram for it either to disable it

If there is an additional item there must be a blueprint / engram entry for it

but there isn't one

6:00 PM

i've crawled through the mod files

What mod is it?

Primal Fear

and which sword

6:01 PM

Demonic Blade

6:01 PM

or it's called Demonic Sword in game files i think

6:02 PM

it can only be obtained by killing a certain dino so that's why there is no engram

delete the files from the mod then.. lol.. should work

6:03 PM

done it once with S+.. don't know if Primal Fear would crash if u only remove it

6:04 PM

WeapSword_Oblivion_C

yeah but that would have to be done after every update...

6:06 PM

UPrimalItem *  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bEquipItem, bool AddToSlot, bool bDontStack, FItemNetID* InventoryInsertAfterItemID, bool ShowHUDNotification, bool bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bool bForceIncompleteStacking, AShooterCharacter* OwnerPlayer, bool bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory)

6:06 PM

this really long hook runs when you add something to your inventory

(edited)

worked with it already

ItemInfo = theItemInfo->CustomItemNameField();

6:06 PM

i need something like that to get item info ?

not sure if it contains anything.. would need to check

yeah that's why i asked

6:08 PM

tried to log it but getting nothing

6:08 PM

    Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook Called");
    FString ItemInfo;
    ItemInfo = theItemInfo->CustomItemNameField();
    Log::GetLog()->warn("TheItemInfo : {} ", ItemInfo.ToString());

6:09 PM

jup..

where is the item info then

6:09 PM

the description is also empty

6:09 PM

unless i'm doing something wrong

I've also experienced that some fields are just empty.. maybe not even used

6:11 PM

But you're receiving a UPrimalItem* from this func

6:11 PM

maybe copy return value and check then..

6:11 PM

otherwhise you would need to check the Inventory for that certain item and check everytime if its a blocked item or not before inserting

what's the other method then ?

6:12 PM

if you check after original do what ?

what other method you mean exactly?

besides checking if the item is that sword in the hook (edited)

Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem returns a UPrimalItem

6:16 PM

I mean you would first add it.. then remove it.. may be not neccessary but safe way to go

does anything after the return original even get executed ?

Yea sure

6:17 PM

lol

6:17 PM

I mean you need to do a assignment.. not return original

6:18 PM

you could do like

Hook(bla bla)
{

APrimalItem* item = original(bla bla);

// Check if the item is blacklisted or not

return item;
}

i still don't get what you mean

You got the hook for adding an item to the inventory, right?

yea

Okay, so the original function (same as your hook) returns an Item. Just let the game add that item to the target's inventory and remove it later if its blacklisted

6:21 PM

thats it.. lol

6:22 PM

If you're not able to obtain any data you need from the Hooks parameter

but how does one remove it later

6:23 PM

the hook is finished when the item gets transferred no ? (edited)

Yea but u call the original function before removing

6:25 PM

That way you can get the item and call removeitem from inventory again

lol?

hmm maybe better to make anti equip

6:29 PM

but anyway how would i read the value after returning the original hook

In my example I called the original function and later returned its value for parent calls

oh

6:32 PM

by original you ment the original return

Yea

return item;

6:33 PM

that's so i can see what the item is ?

Jupp

okay and then the removeitem is called within this same hook ?

If you want to do it that way, then yea

what's the other way

Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook Called");
    UPrimalItem* item = UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem_original(_this, theItemInfo, bEquipItem, AddToSlot, bDontStack, InventoryInsertAfterItemID, ShowHUDNotification, bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bForceIncompleteStacking, OwnerPlayer, bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory);
    return item;
    Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Is {}",item.ToString());

6:43 PM

something like that ?

Wouldn't work

6:47 PM

after return no code gets executed

6:47 PM

return statement is last everytime

UPrimalItem *  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bEquipItem, bool AddToSlot, bool bDontStack, FItemNetID* InventoryInsertAfterItemID, bool ShowHUDNotification, bool bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bool bForceIncompleteStacking, AShooterCharacter* OwnerPlayer, bool bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory)
{
    Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook Called");
    UPrimalItem* item = UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem_original(_this, theItemInfo, bEquipItem, AddToSlot, bDontStack, InventoryInsertAfterItemID, ShowHUDNotification, bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bForceIncompleteStacking, OwnerPlayer, bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory);
    Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Is {}", item.ToString());
    return item;
}

looks good

but dunno if UPrimalItem::ToString is existing

it's not

6:49 PM

btw just returning item won't break anything ?

why should it.. lol

or wait lol

6:49 PM

it's the original

Yea.. its same as returning function

6:49 PM

besides the fact that you need the return value of original function

okay now it makes sense

6:50 PM

but any way to convert it into an fstring or string ?

You could access the item name, which should be a FString

it's FName

6:53 PM

itemName = item->GetFullName(); (edited)

6:54 PM

this would work i think

6:54 PM

nvm it totally does not

(edited)

6:58 PM

6:59 PM

output is pretty weird but i think i can work with it

Yea haha

nvm

7:20 PM

it doesn't work

7:20 PM

well it sorta works

in which way does it not work?

PrimalItem_WeaponOblivionSword_C /Engine/Transient.PrimalItem_WeaponOblivionSword_C_49

7:21 PM

the number at the end is random

Yea it is

so like each time you pick up the item it changes

7:21 PM

also that's the general name

7:22 PM

i wouldn't be able to tell a celestial sword from a demonic sword like that

if(name.Contains("Transient.PrimalItem_WeaponOblivionSword_C"))

yea that would work but it would block both swords

lol?

oh lmao

7:23 PM

my bad

7:23 PM

one is called transient

7:23 PM

second valiant

7:23 PM

lmao

hmm

7:24 PM

returning 0 if item is a match doesn't work

7:30 PM

hmm weird

7:31 PM

with item removal the item stays in the inventory

7:31 PM

but i can't do anything with it

try updating player's inventory

7:31 PM

or first try to reconnect

damn i have mods on the testserver

7:32 PM

how is the inventory updated ?

don't remember exact name.. currently on mobile

ah

7:33 PM

it's a function that has to be called ?

dont know if it has to be called.. but doing it and test the results isn't a bad idea either

(edited)

hmm have to find it first then

7:34 PM

UpdatedItem

7:34 PM

this ?

7:34 PM

nvm probably not

relogging fixes it

so only need to update the inventory / item

7:45 PM

try that function you've just mentioned

updated item ?

jup

item->InventoryRefreshCheckItem();

7:45 PM

tried this just now and it didn't work

7:45 PM

so i'll try that one

7:47 PM

nope

7:47 PM

same thing

7:47 PM

gets stuck in my inventory

try updating inventory self or even character

7:47 PM

one of them should definitly work

is that AActor or inventory ?

7:50 PM

also it gets stuck even with force removal = false

7:55 PM

damn can't fund anything related to updating those

@deleted-role Can one of you DM me please?

UPrimalItem *  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bEquipItem, bool AddToSlot, bool bDontStack, FItemNetID* InventoryInsertAfterItemID, bool ShowHUDNotification, bool bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bool bForceIncompleteStacking, AShooterCharacter* OwnerPlayer, bool bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory)
{
    //Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook Called");
    FItemNetID ItemInfo;
    ItemInfo = theItemInfo->ItemIDField();
    UPrimalItem* item = UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem_original(_this, theItemInfo, bEquipItem, AddToSlot, bDontStack, InventoryInsertAfterItemID, ShowHUDNotification, bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bForceIncompleteStacking, OwnerPlayer, bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory);
    FString FullName;
    item->GetFullName(&FullName, nullptr);
    //Log::GetLog()->warn("Item Is {}", FullName.ToString());
    if (FullName.Contains(L"PrimalItem_WeaponOblivionSword_C"))
    {
        //Log::GetLog()->warn("Detected Sword!");
        FItemNetID itemID;
        itemID = theItemInfo->ItemIDField();
        //Log::GetLog()->warn("Item ID 1 : {} \n Item ID 2 : {}", itemID.ItemID1, itemID.ItemID2);
        _this->RemoveItem(&itemID, false, false, true, true);
    }
    else
    return item;
}

11:53 AM

removing it like this works

11:53 AM

thanks to @Michidu

someone know more about Error code: 126 when the PluginManager can not load a plugin ?

Most likely dependency missing

do you guys know if you can change the culture langue used by the server so it's different for each player ?

@WETBATMAN

i think the server language is dependent on the operating system language

10:04 PM

idk if you can change it though (edited)

10:04 PM

for individual players

i play on a russian server

10:09 PM

but i dont understand shit

10:09 PM

and owner doesnt want to change

10:09 PM

https://i.imgur.com/okCpyQz.png

you need to get the russian language pack

ya i know but still i woulndt udnerstand it

10:10 PM

then

what server is that

[[RU] ARK NOVA

don't you live in the us ?

no

10:11 PM

Netherlands

ah

10:11 PM

don't think you can change it client side

ya kinda sucks ass lol

@Michidu has anyone reported that the isAdmin() function from permissions isn't working with mysql?

1:30 PM

I have a group that has their permissions plugin using mysql now and my plugin isn't able to use isAdmin() to tell if they are an admin anymore

what does isAdmin have todo with permissions? lol (edited)

yea isadmin is a local WC function lol

What is WC? lol

how can i be getting error 1114 when i commented out everything in my load function

1:52 PM

WC = Wildcard btw

lmao

1:52 PM

yea its from APlayerController if im not wrong

1:52 PM

and this function doesnt work?

how the fuck can i be getting error 1114

1:53 PM

there is literally nothing in my load function

1:53 PM

wtf

Wouldn't be bad to show the exact code you're having problems with

that fucntion only checks if you enabled cheat commands

2:52 PM

nothing more nothing less

My mistake, I have a function that I named

 bool IsAdmin(uint64 steam_id){
return Permissions::IsPlayerInGroup(steam_id, "Admins");
}

(edited)

3:03 PM

Was working, fine when owners used sqlite with permissions. Now it's broken when they use mysql

3:04 PM

Was trying to recall it from memory, and my terrible memory thought permissions had a built in admin check function (edited)

They are using V1.5

okay i'm speechless

3:17 PM

i have nothing in my plugin's load functions

3:17 PM

and it's refusing to load

3:17 PM

void Load()
{
    //Log::Get().Init("Suicide");
    /*try
    {
        ReadConfig();
    }
    catch (const std::exception& error)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->error(error.what());
        throw;
    }
    try
    {
        ArkApi::GetCommands().AddChatCommand("/suicide", &SuicideCMD);
        ArkApi::GetCommands().AddConsoleCommand("Suicide.Reload", &ReloadConfig);
        ArkApi::GetCommands().AddRconCommand("Suicide.Reload", &ReloadConfigRcon);
    }
    catch (const std::exception& error)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->error(error.what());
        throw;
    }*/
}

have you tried turning it off and back on again?

unfortunately yea

https://tenor.com/KhqP.gif

@Rogue Leader Are you sure they're in the Admins group? I thought it was supposed to include everyone in the base-game's allowed cheaters file, but I've always had to add our Admins to that group manually (when using either sqlite or mysql) or they don't get the permissions they should.

From my own testing, I was added to the group as soon as I enabled admin cheats for myself. The group that is reporting the error confirmed they are indeed in the group, but my function is still returning false for them. They compared it to their admin whitelists and the db only had half of them listed as admins as well.

AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->IsFalling()

9:38 PM

any ideas why checking for IsFalling causes the server to crash ?

Is AttackerShooterController or AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerController() null?

nope (edited)

anyone know how to work with a function that takes TSubclassOf as one of the arguments ?

8:40 PM

HasBuff in particular

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Programming/UnrealArchitecture/TSubclassOf

8:46 PM

TSubclassOf<AActor> dinoSubclass = APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass(); something like that

    if (character != nullptr && character && character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {
            APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(character);
            FString descr;
            FString result;
            dino->GetDebugInfoString(&result);
            dino->GetDinoDescriptiveName(&descr);
            TSubclassOf <APrimalBuff> buff;
            dino->HasBuff(buff,false);
            Log::GetLog()->warn(descr.ToString());
            //Log::GetLog()->warn(result.ToString());
            if (descr.Contains(L"Mek"))
                return 0;
        }

8:46 PM

TSubclassOf <APrimalBuff> buff;

8:47 PM

i already did this but i'm unable to extract the info i actually need from it

8:48 PM

i want to check if the mek has this buff = Buff_MekBackpack_SiegeCannon_C_0

how about GetAllBuffs ?

hmm

8:49 PM

Tarray

Shouldn't be a problem

8:50 PM

thats exactly what the hasBuff func does internally (edited)

8:50 PM

you probably won't be able to obtain buffs added by mods with the HasBuff func

it's a stock buff

8:51 PM

it's kinda retarded idk why attaching a rocket launcher to a mek adds a buff

(edited)

probably because they can easly change keybindings this way

TArray <APrimalBuff> buff;
            dino->GetAllBuffs(buff);

8:52 PM

do it like that ?

You probably want a TArray consisting out of pointers

8:53 PM

but yea.. exactly by that

8:56 PM

btw; why not check the inventory of the mek

8:56 PM

if he has it installed as a module

didn't think of that

There are multiple ways to do it

stumbled upon this

8:57 PM

dino->GetDebugInfoString(&result);

so keep on track the one you'd like the most (edited)

which printed the buffs

8:58 PM

and i found out that the module it had attached added the corresponding buff

8:58 PM

so i went with that

8:58 PM

how is the inventory even checked

8:59 PM

MyInventoryComponentField

8:59 PM

this ?

dino->GetDebugInfoString(&result); also uses the internal stored list from ACharacter btw

9:00 PM

Jup.. and then EquippedItemsField

TArray <UPrimalItem*> buff;
            buff = dino->MyInventoryComponentField()->EquippedItemsField();

9:18 PM

something like that ?

Jup

any way to log this ?

9:20 PM

Log::GetLog()->warn(buff.GetData());

Sure.. its just a TArray out of UPrimalItem*

cant get it to print

How do you try to print it?

nvm got rid of that plugin

okay

does anyone know how much the ark devkit takes up once it's fully installed and unpacked ?

so they weren't lying about 200gb

Jep

rip lol this is gonna take like a day for me to download

what bandwidth do you got?

it's downloading at 3 mbps

lol

11:47 AM

not even actually

11:47 AM

oh boi this shit won't even fit on my ssd

11:47 AM

the load times are gonna be insane on my hdd

is there any way to force an alliance? my server has 3 alliances of 2 but only 2 work, the 3rd one only sticks if one of the tribes doesn't have any, then hops on to be the 3rd for one tribe...

i think you can do that with admin commands @Medicalmischief not quite sure

Only found force join tribe and force tribe admin and owner, nothing with tribes

anyone possibly know why github could be freezing in the middle of uploading a VS project ?

7:40 PM

been trying to upload the source code of my suicide plugin for like 3 days lol

Are there any large files? Do you have a bunch of commits in your history where binaries like .exes or .dlls were updated?

7:57 PM

I've seen sometimes where .cpp files are treated like binary files if the file encoding is VS default.

7:59 PM

If you don't care about your commit history, create an empty repo locally, copy over all non binary files from the original repo (do not include .git, .vs, or any bin or obj folders), commit, and upload it as a new repo

nop just dll files

8:00 PM

and i'm not uploading the .vs folder

8:00 PM

it gets stuck on .obj files

dll files should not be in your repo when using as source control (edited)

8:00 PM

Neither should .obj files

8:00 PM

Only text files should be in a git repo (edited)

so just not upload them ?

No, only upload your .sln, .cpp, .h, and .vcxproj files

8:03 PM

Or .c

8:03 PM

Only text files regardless

8:05 PM

It can seem convenient to upload exes, libs, and dlls but since they are binary files, git tracks each change to them by adding the entire file to the repo again when it's updated since it can't track line by line changes. Lots of changes over time to those types of files will make your git repo really big due to history of changes, vs the actual size of the files (edited)

8:06 PM

They are also known as binary blobs

8:06 PM

^ anything that can't be read as typical text files

8:06 PM

Which is what git is made to track changes in, text files. (edited)

ah makes sense

8:07 PM

thanks

8:07 PM

is there a way to make VS automatically clear that out or does that have to be done manually each time ?

You may want to create a .gitignore file, set it up to ignore several file types, and commit that

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One of my plugins source has a good default .gitignore. let me look

i assume that's done with GitHub desktop ?

Not sure if it has options to help you (like generating a decent default), but it's mostly about adding the file and committing it. (edited)

Just create a file named ".gitignore"

8:10 PM

Here's my npp gitignore

8:10 PM

\.vs/ 
\x64/ 
x64/Release/ 
*.dll 
*.aps 
\.h 
*.rc 
*.user

8:11 PM

Here is dpps: https://github.com/barnwellrd/Dino-Passive-Protection/blob/master/.gitignore

barnwellrd/Dino-Passive-Protection

Contribute to barnwellrd/Dino-Passive-Protection development by creating an account on GitHub.

8:11 PM

It's the default .gitignore for VS initialized repos

just throw that into the root of the project ?

If you leave the leading slash off and keep the trailing slashes for directories (eg 'x64/') it'll ignore all folders named "x64" anywhere and all sub contents, so you could simplify that even a bit more

Correct same level as the .git folder

If you leave the leading slash off, it won't require it to be in the same level as the .git folder

i don't even have a . git folder

(edited)

That's what I meant

8:13 PM

You do. It's hidden by default

^

nah i was uploading with the site

8:13 PM

not desktop (edited)

That's not how you git :P

8:14 PM

I highly recommend using a program like GitKraken unless you absolutely love the command line terminal

github desktop ?

Github desktop is a clunky tool

i've noticed

I'll have to give GitKraken a try. I've gotten used to command line, but it seems nice

well thank you you've been really helpful

Github desktop and bash are like trying to use a screw driver when you could use a drill instead

8:17 PM

I've been using it for two years and recommend it to everyone I teach git to

I'm used to IntelliJ (I do java & web development for a living), so it's normally either command line or the IDE's built in stuff if they're decent.

VS2017 Pro and Enterprise have a decent UI for interacting with source control repos, but community doesn't have it

8:18 PM

GitKraken still trumps them though. It turns most all the commands into nice gui components and displays (edited)

What all is locked behind the paid version? Just the merge tools?

Makes branching and history tracking easier, makes staging changes easier with large amounts of changes, has a built in diff that works well, can stash and track stashes easily. Makes merging and resolving conflicts painless

8:20 PM

Paid version is for commercial use and has something called Glo? (edited)

8:21 PM

It's like a Kanban board or something for teams

8:21 PM

It has a free trial but I've never touched it

Interesting

You can add your github account to GitKraken and pull your repos down easily too

Hmm... I'll have to give it a try. Thanks

@WETBATMAN check this out to: https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

A successful Git branching model

In this post I present a Git branching strategy for developing and releasing software as I’ve used it in many of my projects, and which has turned out to be very successful.

8:25 PM

On small projects, it's not really important, mostly useful working with teams, but even working alone it can help you avoid headaches with adding broken commits on your master branch without having to rollback commits

8:26 PM

I run a master branch, and branch off of it when I add features until they are stable then merge it back into master

8:27 PM

My master branch is technically always ready to deploy or build a release off of.

@WETBATMAN No matter how you handle branching (or at all), you'll get the most use out of git if you commit often. It's far easier to go back when you realize you've broken everything and just want to go back to something working

^ but it's much more efficient to branch off at a stable point and then you only have to discard the branch if it flops. And you can still review the branch to keep any changes while making another branch until you discard it

8:32 PM

But he's right, commit often and keep changes small and specific with each commit

8:32 PM

As in don't modify dozens of lines across multiple files and then commit.

8:33 PM

Each commit should have a simple, logical change

8:34 PM

If you stick to that, your commit history will tell a nice pretty story about how your program has changed over time without having to dig into the changes themself (edited)

8:36 PM

And here's an article that touches a bit on why not to commit binary blobs: https://robinwinslow.uk/2013/06/11/dont-ever-commit-binary-files-to-git/ (edited)

Don't ever commit binary files to Git! Or what to do if you do. | ...

Why you shouldn't commit binary files to a distributed version control system - and how you can remove them completely if you do.

I tend to follow OneFlow for most things (the thing you'd linked with no develop branch, and the master branch in its place), as a more complicated branching strategy starts to matter more with team size and complexity.

I only use master and feature/release branches on personal work

good point @Zachar543

(edited)

And I have a modifiable version of git flow for teams depending on how the team worked prior

8:39 PM

My current project is migrating teams from TFVC to Azure Repos (git based). So we spend a lot of time modifying branching strategies to team specific needs

8:39 PM

And there's currently a lot of debate internally on making changes to the master branch prior to testing for production.

Dealing with similar things at my work. Deployment and the required steps leading up to it have been a fun topic recently

Our devops overlords only want our quality Gates to run off of master, which makes sense when working the problem backwards, but I argue that all the quality Gates should be passed before you get to master, and the code in master would then maintain an always production deployable status without having to juggle rollbacks on it (edited)

We haven't gotten to this point yet, but some of the CI/CD plans involve the merge to master triggering the production deploy, so we'd need all the gates before then to enable that.

Depending on the platform for CI/CD that you're using, you can have your quality Gates on the pull request to master

8:46 PM

I have mine set up so that the QGs and builds have to actually pass to even allow a PR to be completed into my dev branch.

8:46 PM

And the same is on master, though it's redundant at that point

Out of interest, how many developers?

My team is a dozen, but thousands company wide are migrating to the new platform (edited)

8:48 PM

They fucked up too, they set a September deadline without finishing the migration and policy groundwork, so now it's a clusterfuck of policy changing weekly/monthly

Yeah... we've had some fun with not getting it right the first time.

Lol what platform are you using for source control storage and CI/CD?

There's been a fairly dramatic shift in technologies over the last 2 years. We used to use SVN primarily, but nearly everything has been moved to git. Teams are starting to move to more cloud-focused platforms, but CI/CD is the direction and we're no where near that yet.

8:54 PM

The deployment process is awful at the moment. Several approval steps that add little value and artificial delays, so changes often pile up into massive (and risky) deploys. So... people are understandably excited about switching things up lol (edited)

How big is the company developer pool?

200-300. It's very lean for the size of the company (>$10B)

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/devops/azure-devops-services/

Azure DevOps Services | Microsoft Azure

8:57 PM

That is what we are using. Azure DevOps has some really nice options for CI/CD and repo management. It can be integrated with Visual Studio as well

8:58 PM

Fancy backlogs and test plans too

8:59 PM

I've only worked with Microsoft languages and java on it, so idk what else it supports

We're primarily a java shop at the moment (outside of web frameworks). Sadly, I don't have a lot of say into what we end up using, but those that do generally like to stay away from being locked to specific vendors and I'm not sure we do much with Azure right now (edited)

ADO can function without the rest of Azure services, but it integrates nicely with it

9:03 PM

Jenkins looks like a nice option for Java and it looks free and open sourced. Never used it though

It's pretty good and is pretty flexible. Pipeline builds within Jenkins are decent as well.

9:07 PM

If I had to guess, Jenkins with some cleaver pipeline builds is likely where it'll go initially.

That doesn't seem like a bad option, you'd just be limited to servers on premise

9:09 PM

cloud based is nice for the SLAs and lack of hardware maintenance

We'll see where it goes, but it's still very fluid at the moment

9:13 PM

On another note, has anyone messed with running ARK within a Windows container?

Though I probably wouldn't run my main servers that way, there's a few theories/ideas I'd like to test (edited)

Just ran a SonarQube Analysis on my NPP to see how it looked:

10:00 PM

99% of the Bugs and code smells are in the sqlite and json files

10:00 PM

I have hooked APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage In the hook I have next code:

if(_this && _this->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
{
    log << "Hit to dino"
    // Do something with dinos
}
else if(_this && _this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())
{
    log << "Hit to player"
    // Do something with players
}

When I attack dino I have called both methods and see in the logs

Hit to dino
Hit to player

Does anyone know what is this?

Are you punching the dino where it hurts your player as well?

Try checking for AShooterPlayerController. Maybe the dino is both a dinocharacter and shootercharacter class (edited)

2:50 AM

Or what Zach said, perhaps there's some empty box where the player goes that transfers damage to the dino if hit?

2:51 AM

Idk, I was having weird issues with APrimalCharacter_Die hook the other day where it would never catch a player dying, only dinos

I have the same TargetingTeamField value for damager and target when i attack dino (I am attacking myself...). I am attacking dino by hand, maybe I also take damage

That's probably it

1:26 PM

I forgot punching also caused damage to the player

Yea but also the function must be triggered twice, since you got “if else if”

can somebody give me a link to learn to make a automatic backup of a certain folder with all stuff in it? if its possible i like the way ASM uses his backup. every backup is there in a separate folder with the current date/time and packed in Winrar. is this possible to do as a noob in scripting ?

You could probably write a batch file or PowerShell script

1:37 PM

And set it up to run in the scheduler

1:38 PM

Check out the scheduling for ASM and it'll give you a good idea on how they do it

here you go @jeppekroezen https://pastebin.com/xGMQTDyL

[PowerShell] Ark Server Backup - Pastebin.com

Thanks

Anyone been having issues with Permissions after latest Atlas Update?

7:25 PM

7:26 PM

Permissions.remove not working anymore for some reason. (edited)

hi guys,

11:23 PM

so im trying on that backupscript

11:23 PM

it worls but i cant stand the error.

11:23 PM

F:\BackupTest\RAWDATA : The term 'F:\BackupTest\RAWDATA' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check th e spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:2 char:19 + $backuplocation = F:\BackupTest\RAWDATA + ~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (F:\BackupTest\RAWDATA:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

11:23 PM

how do i solve>

11:23 PM

or can i delete this line out of the script

Where is it located?

11:24 PM

In your F drive?

the folder path is correct

11:25 PM

the file that i want to be copied is not in the F

You need to point it to the file you want copied

11:26 PM

F is a default value you must set yourself

but this is the descreption by the rule

11:26 PM

# Sets the location to copy the raw saved files to.

11:26 PM

i put the F there

11:27 PM

-----

11:27 PM

$backuptime = Get-Date -Format "d-M-yyyy-(HH.mm)" $backuplocation = F:\BackupTest\RAWDATA $arksavefolder = "C:\Users\server-pc\AppData\Roaming\Avorion\galaxies" Copy-Item $arksavefolder "$backuplocation\Saved" -Recurse [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName( "System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" ) $destfile = "F:\BackupTest$backuptime-AvorionBackUp.zip" $compressionLevel = [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal $includebasedir = $false [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory("$backuplocation",$destfile,$compressionLevel, $includebasedir ) Remove-Item "$backuplocation\Saved" -Recurse

Try to switch the \ to F:/BackupTest/RAWDATA

nope still the same error

@jeppekroezen try: $backuplocation = "C:\Backup\Temp\" (edited)

8:10 AM

it should work

is the F: disk an network share btw? (edited)

8:34 AM

then you need to tell the script to use it basically: net use X: \\SERVERHOSTNAME\NETWORKFOLDER

No its just a folder on a harddribe

@jeppekroezen that script worked fine try backuping the file to C first and see what it does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS6fP9y7Fqo&list=PL-QKS4XHAVqOBANYys3ofyUJge8E0UDPw

WoolySolutions

I Just Fixed ARK's Biggest Problem! UNDERMESHING! PART 1/2

@WoolyPenguin looks good but i can see a lot of unfair deaths also

anyway you should post this on playark reddit hopefully one of the devs will see it

impressiv result so far

@Natsu, how would it be unfair deaths? (edited)

12:06 PM

cause it detects 100% correctly.

12:06 PM

u don't fall into the mesh and c4/rocket structures

because its ark

that doesnt explain it

12:07 PM

hos is it unfair deaths?

i know neither does ark

12:07 PM

because some times

12:07 PM

you get teleported up in ark when you login

and that would do what?

12:08 PM

nothing with my plugin :p

you know bugs like that you never know unless tested a lot

detection still requires actual action vs structure

that isn't a reason to not make something like this

not saying reason

12:09 PM

saying unfair deaths meaning it must be really good otherwise its fucked up

if it is not 100% you still can use it for logging ??

anything made by wooly is always 100%

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hello everyone, iam trying find a way to unbuild heavys or turrets everywhere, but cant understand that hooker stuff, iam new on that, have somewhere like a tuto about that ? thanks

Anyone have contact to OwnProx?

5:21 PM

I've been trying to get my Advanced Chat copy but he hasn't been replying

if he doesn’t reply on discord he’s away

Hi peeps. I have a question. I want to make my avorion server auto restart. Can i make a batchfile that checks if its online and if not it starts. So i can make a command execute true rcon ? But how can i auto command true Rcon

Did anyone try to hook take resources by a player? (trees, etc) GiveItem doesn't work, it isn't triggered (edited)

Sup, looks like i need to add more structs to the game internals. Is there some magical tool that generates this for me or am i hand rolling all of it?

5:44 PM

i.e. i specifically need FHarvestResourceEntry and UPrimalHarvestingComponent right now and likely some more. this is for Atlas BTW

@DevCPP off the top of my head there is a a function for it specifically and ends up going through additem

9:00 PM

Something to do with damage types...

@antihax damage type of what entity type?

12:47 AM

Let me go look

12:47 AM

idk about ark

GiveHarvestResource is that needed, I think, but this structure is not defined in ArkApi (edited)

Could be, i am trying to figure out how to add those, but spending too much time playing

12:54 AM

?ApplyHarvestDamageEntryDamage@FAttachedInstancedHarvestingElement@@QEAAXAEBUFDamageHarvestingEntry@@_NPEAVUPrimalInventoryComponent@@MAEBUFDamageEvent@@PEAVAController@@PEAVAActor@@PEAV?$TArray@UFHarvestResourceEntry@@VFDefaultAllocator@@@@@Z

maybe

12:54 AM

So much trash in the namespace

I am using the IDA software to work with .pdb file, I have the signature of this function and many other... But I haven't the types declaration, so I can't hook them

im using Ghidra

FAttachedInstancedHarvestingElement also is not defined in the Api (edited)

it is calling AddItem from GiveHarvestResource

12:57 AM

checking if it is a tame or player, if harvesting is disabled, etc. so i think you are correct

Yes, I hooked it. But AddItem aslo called if you just pickup these resources. I don't know how to distinguish these cases

Harvesting is likely also

12:58 AM

ahh i remember why i rememberd damage type now

void __thiscall
GiveHarvestResource(UPrimalHarvestingComponent *this,UPrimalInventoryComponent *param_1,
                   float param_2,TSubclassOf<class_UDamageType> param_3,AActor *param_4,
                   TArray<struct_FHarvestResourceEntry,class_FDefaultAllocator> *param_5)

(edited)

12:59 AM

it's in the function call there

12:59 AM

You could with this, figure out how to hook that function, no?

What looks struct_FHarvestResourceEntry and UPrimalHarvestingComponent ? I can't get structure's (class's) declarations

you may not need them all, just this one

1:01 AM

it looks like UPrimalHarvestingComponent::GiveHarvestResource

1:01 AM

also this is atlas, not ark

struct UPrimalHarvestingComponent
    {
    };

    struct FHarvestResourceEntry
    {
    };

DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalHarvestingComponent_GiveHarvestResource, void, UPrimalHarvestingComponent*, UPrimalInventoryComponent*, float,
        TSubclassOf<UDamageType>, AActor*, TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>*);
    void Hook_UPrimalHarvestingComponent_GiveHarvestResource(UPrimalHarvestingComponent* _this, UPrimalInventoryComponent* invComp, float AdditionalEffectiveness,
        TSubclassOf<UDamageType> DamageTypeClass, AActor* ToActor, TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>* HarvestResourceEntryOverrides)
    {
        Utils::DebugLog("Hook_UPrimalHarvestingComponent_GiveHarvestResource: Was called");
        UPrimalHarvestingComponent_GiveHarvestResource_original(_this, invComp, AdditionalEffectiveness, DamageTypeClass, ToActor, HarvestResourceEntryOverrides);
    }

It is the same as atlas. Stacktrace on screenshot above from Ark

1:03 AM

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("UPrimalHarvestingComponent.GiveHarvestResource", &Hook_UPrimalHarvestingComponent_GiveHarvestResource, &UPrimalHarvestingComponent_GiveHarvestResource_original);

1:03 AM

Its doesn't work

do you need UPrimalHarvestingComponent* at the beginning there?

1:04 AM

i guess that is this

1:05 AM

yeah, ok i see it there

1:05 AM

damn

Its required

do you need to declare it in config.json?

What do you mean?

1:07 AM

I need to modify harvest amount for particular players

unless i am mistaken, there is a config.json with version.dll

1:08 AM

{  
  "settings":{  
    "AutomaticPluginReloading":false,
    "AutomaticPluginReloadSeconds":5,
    "SaveWorldBeforePluginReload":true
  },
  "structures":[  
    "UWorld",
    "AController",
    "AShooterPlayerController",
    "APlayerController",
    "UCheatManager",
    "UShooterCheatManager",
...

1:08 AM

you may need to put UHarvestableResource in there... im not sure though, still trying to figure all this out

Hm... yes, maybe so

@deleted-role am I missing something preventing me.from seeing the coding channels?

yes

8:15 PM

a role

Well, ok then :3

Any ideas what would cause this?

sharing sqlite across multiple servers ?

9:46 PM

@Medicalmischief

Maybe?

either enable WAL mode on the db file or better yet

9:49 PM

switch to mysql

Thought I had it throu mysql but... I might not

9:49 PM

How do I enable WAL

that’s clearly an sqlite error heh

9:49 PM

with a db editor

Navicat?

that’s a mysql editor

9:50 PM

you want to use sqlite or mysql ?

This SQL shit has been the biggest headache for me

lol

Lite I guess so I dont lose the db and piss everyone off...?

yeah but didn’t you say you had mysql ?

9:51 PM

anyway for sqlite download a program called (edited)

9:51 PM

db viewer sqlite

9:52 PM

and open your arkshop db file in it

9:52 PM

then find WAL mode and toggle it

Yeah I do have a mysql running

mysql is better

9:52 PM

btw

Can I copy the db from lite to mysql

yeah but you need to convert it

9:54 PM

throw your db file in here i'll convert it

I'll send it to you tonight when I get home... :/ I'm workin

it's 11:56 PM here rn so I'll probably be asleep heh

9:57 PM

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1067151

Translating Perl to Python

I found this Perl script while migrating my SQLite database to mysql I was wondering (since I don't know Perl) how could one rewrite this in Python? Bonus points for the shortest (code) answer :)...

9:57 PM

that's a python script for converting the database

K, 10 hours difference lol

heh

All this time I thought you was from georgia lol

i am

9:58 PM

the country georgia

9:58 PM

not the state heh

9:59 PM

google tbilisi lol

I did lol I was mind blown

Anyone know why my permissions plugin isnt adding new players to default role automatically?

mysql ?

Yea

you fucked up importing the db most likely

7:54 PM

cause permissions doesn’t add people to the default group

7:54 PM

the database manager does

7:54 PM

mysql in this case

https://gyazo.com/5fcf9d570e92c0b1664d6933c6b42aa3

ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

8:09 PM

Whats this?

8:12 PM

@WETBATMAN

can’t see on the phone

8:13 PM

but you have some mysql issue

Hmm

can’t see on the pc but you have some mysql issue

Little Bobby Tables maybe?

https://xkcd.com/327/

xkcd: Exploits of a Mom

how do i get the permission to publish plugins at the arkserverapi forum ?

submit it as a resource

Hello, I'm looking for a few tutorials I can walk through on plugin development, but it seems you need to request access to view those channels. Is anyone around that can grant access to those and/or how do I need to go about getting access to them?

There you go @Rezalas. There aren't many tutorials though. The best way to learn is to check out the wiki and check out the open source plugins.

1:44 PM

And of course, you can always ask questions here. There's almost always someone who can answer

Thank you, I started last night and made it past a bunch of compilation errors on an fnp so I'm looking forward to going through what tuts there are tonight. I'm a c# dev normally and havent written c++ since 99 so I can use the examples!

Not sure the best channel to post this on but if anyone wants to help us with the ArkBot it would be greatly appreciated.

What are you guys doing?

Development is pretty much stalled but there are a few critical things that needs doing on that and a long wishlist of things that would make it easier to keep it up to date

2:14 AM

Interested parties, join us on #deleted-channel ... I'm willing to pay (small) bounties for completed tasks so it wouldn't be completely free development.

how can I create my plugin? what program should I use?

Visual studio community and there's a wiki on the api site with basic examples. You can also learn from following examples on others source code (edited)

anyone fixed the idiot s+ duplicate things ?

7:55 PM

Not that i know of @Natsu

@Foppa thanks since when did PrimalGameDataOverrideField and PrimalGameDataField change?

Hmm, no clue there either. Maybe when they released this patch: v296.101 - May 14, 2019

9:37 PM

How has it changed?

primalglobals->PrimalGameDataOverrideField()

9:38 PM

cannot find it anymore

9:38 PM

it was under struct UPrimalGlobals : UObject

9:38 PM

same goes for primalglobals->PrimalGameDataField()

9:39 PM

i got it from https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat/blob/master/ArkCrossServerChat/MessageHandlers.cpp

Cross Server Chat support for ARK Survival Evolved servers. - ark-mod/ArkCrossServerChat

9:39 PM

***

auto engine = Globals::GEngine()();
            auto primalglobals = engine->GameSingletonField()();
            auto gamedata = primalglobals->PrimalGameDataOverrideField()();
            if (!gamedata) gamedata = primalglobals->PrimalGameDataField()();

            auto texture = gamedata->NameTagServerAdminField()();
            if (texture) iconTexture = gamedata->NameTagServerAdminField()();

oh, that's most likely a long time ago, All those plugins needs an update. They are built on pretty early API Build.

i know i dont use the pulgin

9:41 PM

i only use that part of the code for my plugin

9:41 PM

for some chat handeling but i dont know what i need to change it to

hang on

9:41 PM

checking my self too

9:42 PM

Do you have the: ArkPluginLibrary.lib?

it’s on tsebrings github

yea it was all working before i think it did change indeed in 2.9 i never have to update this plugin

9:47 PM

any idea guys?

UPrimalGlobals.PrimalGameDataOverride

9:48 PM

UPrimalGameData * PrimalGameDataOverrideField()

9:48 PM

Maybe that could work

so help me a little here i barely did anything with the chat system

Found that in GameMode.h

same herer @Foppa i just dont know how to use it lol

9:54 PM

nvm

9:54 PM

i think i dont even use it

Oh the fun of "works on my machine" days.

10:55 PM

I built a basic plugin that doesn't do anything really, just logs chat to the console. It loads properly on my dev machine but when I copy the DLL to my test server during load I get Error code: 126

10:56 PM

Looking into the chat history here it appears that's common when you're missing a dependency, though my code is so basic I don't believe I have any to speak of that I could be missing.

10:58 PM

On build it's only generating a single DLL (which makes sense for what I've got - load,unload, dllmain, and a generated hook). Do I need to copy something else with it?

10:59 PM

Also I'm working on an Atlas plugin if that matters at all for context.

Do you have anything under Linker -> Input -> Delay Loaded DLLs

No I don't

Are you compiling with the right configurations? Debug/release ?

I'm compiling in debug, x64

I usually don't, think you need some other MVS dlls

11:06 PM

Than the API is providing

Okay, I'll go over my project config again using the doc. I hadn't tried doing it in release mode before, and it doesn't build if I change to release mode :/

Okay building in release successfully now, still dropping just the one DLL. I'll give a few things a try based on that. Thanks so far @Foppa

No worries

Good luck, let me know if you need some more help

Jokes on me, that worked perfectly! Thanks @Foppa !

11:40 PM

Anyone know one or two about raid control expansion cards if they are bottlenecked by the CPU ? (i believe so since they are placed on the PCI Express slot) Just want my theory confirmed

Technically yes, but I've never seen it be a problem in practice.

11:47 PM

Even on bigger 36 disk arrays going back 10 years I've not seen it be a problem. Typically you hit issues with the actual controller before you ever have issues with the CPU.

Alright, thanks!

how to save visual studio code as api files?

What do you mean?

I can't rebuild the plugin on visual studio 2019 can you hlep?

Okay, what error do you get?`

stuck and program closed

Well, you need to get the libs and all dependencies from the API and then it in your plugin properties so the plugin can reach everything. (edited)

2:59 PM

https://discord.arkmodding.net

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

3:00 PM

The problem is that you have a header file that it can't open/find

3:01 PM

In this case it is "ARK.h"

I downloaded it do I have to put it in my plugin master folder?

Put it anywhere you like

3:02 PM

But structure is always good

I tried to add another tags and it's my first time haha

Then you need to go to Property -> VC++ Directories -> Include Directories: <Enter your path here>

3:04 PM

For example i have: E:\Projekt\Plugins\3.1\API\version\Core\Public;$(IncludePath)

like this?

3:05 PM

oh I missed something

Well it could work, you need to maybe changes your includes so the new path works

Yes!

it's crashed again TT

Besure you are using "Release x64" as well when compiling

how can I set it?

Another thing for future use: Property -> Linker -> Additional Library Directories: E:\Projekt\Plugins\3.1\API\out_lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)

3:08 PM

You should see that in top next to "Local Windows Debugger"

3:09 PM

But according to your picture it looks fine

3:10 PM

you mean this?

Well that doesn't change when compiling. But you should set the settings i recommended for that configuration though.

it says can't open ArkAPI.lib

3:15 PM

should I move it into public folder?

did you change the linker ?

3:16 PM

ohhh

3:19 PM

I can compile now

3:19 PM

Thx master!!!

Do I just need dll and pdb file for plugin?

depends. mostly just the .dll

ok htx

both won’t hurt

3:37 PM

if you have .pdb in it will show which function crashed your server

Just wondering if it is only me but can anyone else access the wiki currently? I keep getting a 502 error saying the server is offline.

It's currently down @Frosttoys

@Frosttoys it's back up again

1:30 PM

Anyone know if there is some current issue with the Tebex plugin? (feels like the commands isn't sent to the server)

1:36 PM

All commands are "Status: Due"

had the same but turns out the user who purchased the item logged in with the wrong steam account

Yeah, well i restarted the server and it started to work. For some reason

2:53 PM

Even though i have restarted the server multiple times

@Foppa i know i removed that plugin quite annoying

@Foppa Yeah that issue happens when A. User bought it under SteamID that hasn't been registered in server. B. User hasn't logged into the server with that SteamID. C. The Tebex Secret Key isn't updated in game, Push/Port issues can conflict with this aswell, Preventing the command from being issued. Due simply means, They haven't received it yet. Resulting in tebex for hopefully one of the reasons above not detecting that user in game.

1:02 AM

@Natsu What issues did you have with Tebex? We been using Tebex for years on Minecraft/Rust and other gaming communities never had any issues with them.

1:05 AM

I'll shoot Louise a direct message and see if I can get him to hop in the discord.

Well, it was quite strange, but the issue isn't there anymore. But i think the issue was just cause i never "saved" the server. Since i was troubleshooting i restarted alot by just killing the process. back and forth. And after last i didn't and after that it has been working

1:29 AM

And ofc A, B, C was verified

1

Seems I'm the curse of the wiki, I got it to work for about 53 seconds before it decided to go offline again.

1

Good to know, Yeah never had any save issues so can't give feedback on that aspect.

1:59 AM

YOU BROKE THE WIKI!!!! Emergawwwwd lol @Frosttoys

1

Well since I don't want to kill it again guess ill just ask here, am i correct in the assumption that the hooks used are all overrides of the game functions available to us? Trying to figure out what hooks do by the name only works sometimes lol

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a hook intercepts the game server call to one of its functions. The server calls a function, if you hooked it it will run your code in the hook, and at the end or somewhere in your hook, you call somefunction_original to tell it to continue to the original function.

Barnwellrd btw thanks for making NPP and PDP open source, i have been reading through them and they are very well done.

Using a hook allows you to execute code inside of it by manipulating or using the original functions intended data. For example, the Take_damage hook; you can modify the damage taken based on whatever criteria you want by doing some check or calculation and then returning the original function call with the modified data. (edited)

3:06 AM

As for what the functions do or when they are called (also calling your hook to it) is not clear for any of the functions. The only way to know for sure is through debugging with output to the console to see when it happens and what variables it sends, or using a decompiler like IDA Pro to walk through the code.

3:06 AM

Best guess would be the function names.

3:07 AM

And all the api is basically is a layer between the game server and it's functions where you can intercept functions(hooks) or implement timers. With some functionality built in like adding commands and http requests. (edited)

3:10 AM

@Frosttoys thanks! They both need a lot of clean up and maintenance. They are my first big cpp apps and I have a lot of shit like duplicated code and unused variables everywhere. And the db functionality and internal memory variables are severely unoptimized.

3:11 AM

I've gotten reports that servers using it with large clusters have to wipe the db occassionaly because of all the I/O from npp during saves.

3:11 AM

I just haven't had the time to optimize or implement mysql yet

3:12 AM

I ran it through SonarSolar and it lost its mind scanning all the headers I added for the sqlite and json implementation

Still has to be better than my own lol, I write fast and clean but not efficiently

Thousands of issues lmao

3:13 AM

It takes practice. Npp 1.0 was an absolute shitshow. And the unreleased ancestors were nasty beasts. (edited)

3:15 AM

At one point I was permanently making structures invincible. Made the plugin impossible to remove without wiping the server. Then 1.1 or 1.2 ran a command to reverse the invincible structures but also broke all the obys (edited)

3:16 AM

1.3 got it right though. I learned not to make any permanent changes to objects in game, just intercept and negate damage. Made the plugin clean to remove and less likely to break a server.

3:18 AM

Most of NPP comes from @Michidu and @OwnProx 's work. I took snippets from a lot of their work and modified and added what I needed to make mine

3:19 AM

And after a few weeks of it being a paid plugin, I made it free and open source for others to learn or modify

3:19 AM

I know of one guy who is turning it into a raid protection plugin

Yeah the plugin I decided to attempt is sort of like PDP'ish not really, its raid "protection" by evening out the power levels of the raider and raided. Specific to the server i am playing on though

void GetCallback(bool Success, std::string Result) { ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(player_controller, { 1,1,1,1 }, 1, 10, nullptr, L"Test Message: {}", Result); Log::GetLog()->info("Ark Server Version: {}", Result); } API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("http://arkdedicated.com/version", &GetCallback); Hello, everybody. Somebody knows. How to send announcements after Requests

@GSH | MrOwlSky up i ditched it because it never wanted to run scripts

why only "tools" and "Atlas: Server API". Where is ark ?

Cause we are storing all "Tools" under one category

8:11 PM

but i like to upload a ark plugin ....

Ah! Well what is you name on the forum?

@cokll you can use 'SendNotificationToAll' to send it to everyone (edited)

7:23 PM

@Mr.Salt let us know your forum name, will add you to 'developers' group (edited)

@Michidu I need to send it to a single player. I've solved it. Thank you

@Michidu its MrSalt

hi there!

hi

8:16 PM

@Mr.Salt added

who is agito in this discord?

should be Agito if he is here

he’s not

i was just gonna say that ui looks great

but i found the discord

Is there a plugin already that controls what dinos/items can be transferd between maps?

also interested in that

I know a guy, i'll see if he's releaseing it to public

6:01 AM

otherwise i guess i need to write it muyself...

6:02 AM

I can't believe it's not already been done tbh... seems a popular need

yeah

my servers keep crashing

nvm found it out

1:41 PM

What lib does the mysql version of arkshop use?

libmysql.lib

26.32 KB

2:12 PM

mysqlclient.lib

6.82 MB

2:12 PM

@Natsu

ya i got it

2:12 PM

2:13 PM

i really wish i could get more people

2:13 PM

lol

more people?

on my server lol

you are not alone with that lol

some people told me " your server name is the reason i didnt join"

2:13 PM

like wtf is that for reason

2:13 PM

xD

what is your server name? xD

Mazaca

Ahaaa, nothing wrong with that

2:15 PM

it's just a name lol

arkshop is open source btw

@Michidu yea i know i am editing it lol but i was to dumb to include the includes folder

2:16 PM

:fp:

@Natsu players want stability and 24/7 uptime. Give them that and you'll get players.

I'm interested in having a Custom Server Menu Plugin coded for my server, I'm wanting to pay for the project as well of course...Might anybody knows Devs who could be interested?

you mean a UI ?

plugins can’t draw UI’s that’s a job for a mod

12:16 PM

you’re better off asking that in the modding discord

Thanks where could I find that Discord?

Ty!

I have a problem including config into my test-project. In ArkShop.DbManager theres a code line handling database: static sqlite::database db(config["General"].value...(etc) what do I need to include to get that "config" command ? Sry if this is a newb question, but im used to c#

declare and load config maybe?

umm... ?

4:50 PM

im new... like 2 hour new... to c++

you mean your 'config' variable doesn't exist?

yup. do u remember in what class u declare it ?

plugins usually use nlohmann library for json config has type 'nlohmann::json' you can declare it anywhere, it has nothing to do with c++ yet

ok ty. ill look in the arkshop.cpp and try learn from there. thx

Next problem (might be c++ only problem, I donno). I have this code: db << "SELECT count(1) FROM Storage WHERE SteamId = ? AND Blueprint = ?;" << (steam_id, blueprint) >> count; It's changed from the original one with only 1 parameter. But it doesnt work. It might be becus of this (in sqlite_modern_cpp.h line 939):

template<typename T> database_binder&& operator << (database_binder&& db, const T& val) { db << val; return std::move(db); }

It might be that it doesnt support 2 parameters ? Question: How do I select with 2 paramters instead of 1 ? (edited)

<< steam_id << blueprint >> count

omfg

7:02 PM

ok ty

(edited)

if blueprint is a string, you need to wrap it to quotes ''

ahh, that would prolly be my next question in an hour or so

(in sql request i mean)

like this im guessing: db << "SELECT count(1) FROM MIAStorage WHERE SteamId = ? AND Blueprint = \"?\";" << steam_id << blueprint >> count;

single quotes are fine

darn same error:

7:07 PM

ahh 'blueprint' is FString.... should prolly cast it to std::string ig

yes

btw the double << didnt work. also tried "...<< (steam_id, blueprint) >>..." which also didnt work. had to build a string statement instead which is working but doesnt look as good tbh

9:57 PM

everything compiled fine, even the double << or the other. it just didnt fetch correctly from the db

Operator abuse right there =P

2:57 PM

You also should not need quotes for token substitution, the driver should do that for you (edited)

2:57 PM

But I dont know exactly what you are working with there.

2:58 PM

Is there a function you can call instead?

2:58 PM

Like db.exec(Stmt, param1, param2,...)

multiple << is correct usage for sqlite_modern_cpp library (it's overloaded)

I've read that multiple << is the way to go, but somehow it doesn't work. I did this and it looks terrible (but it works):

std::string stmt = "SELECT count(*) FROM Storage WHERE SteamId = ";
stmt.append(uint64_to_string(steam_id));
stmt.append(" AND Blueprint = \"");
stmt.append(blueprint.ToString());
stmt.append("\";");
db << stmt >> count;

I wanted to do this:

db << "SELECT count(*) FROM Storage WHERE SteamId = ? AND Blueprint = \"?\";" << uint64_to_string(steam_id) << blueprint.ToString() >> count;

But that just doesn't work ?!

3:15 PM

PS. Blueprint has to be double-quotes...

what exactly happens? btw you can use std::to_string(steam_id) instead of custom uint64_to_string function

3:16 PM

actually, you dont need to convert it to string

I know, that was just for my own "documentation". I've read that it converts it itself. But still doesnt work. I get a compiler error in sqlite_modern_cpp.h line 939

3:18 PM

as if it doesnt somehow support double << (edited)

some libraries don't accepts uint64, maybe you need to cast it to signed int64 (edited)

hmm... gonna try that. brb

but you dont need to convert steam_id to string for sure

3:21 PM

at least, i guess in db its not string too

ohh now it compiled... gonna chk if it also works in-game. brb

3:23 PM

(the signed int64)

3:29 PM

well... the game doesn't crash at least. but i've made some refactoring so I need to check if it's my refactoring that doesn't work, or that "new" db call...

Nope

Code tested:

db << "SELECT count(*) FROM Storage WHERE SteamId = ? AND Blueprint = \"?\";" << (int64)steam_id << blueprint.ToString() >> count;

Got this exception: [...] Unexpected DB error column index out of range

you sure your request is good?

it works if i switch back to the other code...

4:13 PM

(just tested it to make sure if wasnt some other error)

the quotes around blueprint are not needed. Also the cast to int64 should not be needed. (edited)

4:40 PM

Not sure if that would cause it to throw that error.

4:41 PM

What type is the string?

at least one sql library doesn't accept uint64 (don't remember which one though) quotes might not be needed indeed, but it won't cause issues for sure

If it is FString you may have to convert it to std::string or char* because it may not properly translate in the template

but also can use fmt::format

Roll your own statement you mean?

can format string for the request using it

Yeah, just have to use the escaping functions for strings

might not be necessary (depends how blueprint received)

And then something breaks a few years later =P

4:50 PM

Reading the manual though, your code should work.

4:51 PM

Only thing I can think of is it doesn't understand FString and silently omits that parameter so you get the error because only one parameter exists

FString converted as far as i can see

i need the double quotes (i think) cuz the blueprint FString contains single quotes. And i convert it to std::string with the .ToString().

6:48 PM

(Sry was in the garden working - but thx for helping tho

)

Works now? And you shouldn't need any quotes, the driver adds them when it sees it is a string.

7:05 PM

It also escapes it automatically

also when the string contains single quotes ?

7:12 PM

anyway i tried this and testing it now:

stmt = fmt::format("SELECT count(*) FROM Storage WHERE SteamId = {0} AND Blueprint = \"{1}\";", std::to_string(steam_id), blueprint.ToString());

Looks a little bit better

yes .. you will need them there.

7:16 PM

Wish I wasn't on a phone, I could write the other above lol

7:22 PM

std::string bp(TCHAR_TO_UTF8(blueprint.ToString());

db << "SELECT count(*) FROM Storage WHERE SteamId = ? AND Blueprint = ?;" << (int64)steam_id << bp >> count;

7:22 PM

May have to dereference the output of toString.

doesnt ToString convert to std::string in itself ?

Not what I'm reading, no

7:24 PM

You have a UObject, ToString gives you an FString of it's name (edited)

vs says it returns std::string

Then I guess it does and I am reading old docs lol

Yup, would be nice if they updated their wiki then

7:27 PM

no need to document ur code... its self explainatory...

lol

7:27 PM

Not when you don't have access to an environment it isn't =P

what u coding in ?

Why auto abuse in C++ can cause serious headaches

7:28 PM

And operators like in this case

7:28 PM

It's not clear what it does or what type it is ;3

vs for teh winz... (well, primarily using it for c# and x++)

I use whatever language I need at the time :)

7:29 PM

Mostly C or Go, but I have to deal with C++ and all the other junk like Java, JavaScript, python, perl, etc.

7:29 PM

Powershell.. ugh :(

one should think that if u merge c# and x++ u would end up with c++-similiar... but no, c++ is russian to me lol

sorry for confusing, but ToString is a custom function which is not in Unreal

Ahh, now it makes sense :)

7:31 PM

Nice addition

i thought it would be very handy in API but in UE itself, there is no easy way to convert FString to std::string as i know (edited)

Yeah, I am sure they have their own memory manager like many engines, so you end up with custom types for everything and then reimplimentations of standard things like atoi, math funcs, etc.

yea

this ArkAPI tool u made is awesome (and i only scratched the surface). only wish it was c#

thanks i have looked at c++ to c# binding a few times.. but it looks very complicated and limiting

ahh well. always fun fiddling with another language

@Michidu is there a ingame timer as in total playtime?

for every player? no, game doesn't save such info you can count manually though

yea i was thinking of making a manually counter but also with the fact it might stress the server right?

7:42 PM

every 1 sec to a database

well, why every sec? you can do it every minute for example but you can also hook PlayerJoin and PlayerLeave and update time only in PlayerLeave function

i was thinking of doing playerjoin / playerleave but how would i count it for each player then? same as arkshop?

save it to array

7:47 PM

yes, kinda same

7:48 PM

you can also save only timestamp

7:48 PM

don't even need to Update() then

is there anyway to supress the HUD message on AShooterPlayerController->GiveItem like there is on the RemoveItem ?

Is there a decent way to read all harvest nodes as they get loaded?

@GormusSenex should be possible but you need to manually load item using StaticLoadObject and then use UPrimalItem::AddToInventory

12:22 PM

i think harvest nodes are written in blueprints

@Michidu Check out chat information

Nodes are in sublevel, overrides, and blueprints

6:02 PM

:(

6:03 PM

They are a foliage subclass I think

6:03 PM

But I can't seem to enumerate them anyway I try

@Michidu thx. gonna look into it when i get home next week

what's a good way to count resources as in collected ? with ignore things like pulling from s+

additem is the only way as far as i’m aware

@WETBATMAN i meant counting as in you have collected 100 wood of a 1000

just count items that player has in inventory?

but pulling ect would be a bug without doing anything

i mean items player has right now

what hook is that?

no hooks, just get player inventory and count items

Whats the best way to get a blueprint path from APrimalDinoCharacter?

same as for items

how's that

havent needed it yet

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ShopRewards/ShopRewards/DinoRewards.cpp#L10

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Perfect, thank you!

Exciting

2:26 AM

I think the emoticons should go after the channel text as well to keep them symmetrical. @GSH | MrOwlSky

Thanks, The concept behind that is the color correction with your eye, If you read the text prior to the emoji then theoretically it doesn't build muscle memory. When the eye first sees the emoji and color correction it builds a muscle memory and programs the brain into knowing what is what without even reading the text. It's a science trick alot of branding companies do that stores data into the subconscious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TivZYFlbX8 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/habits-not-hacks/201408/color-psychology-how-colors-influence-the-mind (edited)

Be Inspired

I don't understand that in this context

Yeah it's hard to explain in text. (the science behind it.) (edited)

Yeah that's actually the point, you grew up broken family and poor and you programmed your mind into being better then what you came from. You have two roads the one you came from and the one with your roots or the narrow road that's hard but has a greater reward in the end. I grew up in a poor broken family aswell and I had to program my mindset to be better then where I came from. I'm glad you made a life out of that brokenness it's an awesome testimony and I'm so happy for you. Life is without a doubt a blessing (edited)

@Michidu u got an example of how to use UPrimalItem::AddToInventory ? I googled it but to no avail...

I tried this instead:

UObject* object = Globals::StaticLoadObject(UObject::StaticClass(), nullptr, L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Chitin.PrimalItemResource_Chitin'", nullptr, 0, 0, true);
        TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> archetype;
        archetype.uClass = reinterpret_cast<UClass*>(object);

        UPrimalItem* item = UPrimalItem::AddNewItem(archetype, player_controller->GetPlayerCharacter()->MyInventoryComponentField(), false, false, 0, false, 30, false, 0, false, nullptr, 0);

But that gave me an error:

omfg i found out. 2 days lol... geez

are there any arkbot users in here?

ye

4:47 PM

Does anyone know which save file (arkprofile, arktribe or .ark) holds a dino's specific info? For some reason my valguero server keeps resetting random dinos and structures to wild/no ownership

i had the same but with players getting their whole tribe's ownership removed

11:04 PM

my saves were corrupt

11:04 PM

your best bet is to probably restore from an ASM backup

yep that was the problem

5:59 PM

so strange though

usually it doesn't happen

6:08 PM

for me it was my fault my UPS wasn't hooked up to my server at the time and the machine lost power

API update, for those who interested :) https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/8031e21a125936d34dad3c8c0d54df2eb9d59418

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Is there a certain SDK version we need to select for this to work or something? I've set VS up according to the Google Docs guide. created a new C++ file and pasted the code from the welcome message example on the wiki, but I'm getting these 2 errors when trying to build:

possibly you didn't link ArkApi.lib

I've got the out_lib directory listed as an additional library directory in the Linker section of the properties, and this at the top of the cpp file:

#include "API\Atlas\Atlas.h"
#include "Timer.h"
#pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib")

(edited)

you should use AtlasApi if the plugin is for atlas

Ummm..... How about we delete this conversation and pretend it never happened?

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haha, so that worked?

Yeah it did. Wish it didn't though xD

7:59 PM

Thanks mate

8:00 PM

I guess it could be worth updating the examples in that case - they're all referencing API\Atlas\Atlas.h, but also ArkiApi.lib

which ones?

All of the ones here https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/index.php?title=Examples

oh, that actually was for Ark heh

9:10 PM

will fix it

So now I've got a very basic .dll from the exmaples, do I need a json file or .pdb? Not entirely sure when I'd need them

.pdb will simply help you debug if your DLL causes a crash

9:59 PM

.json is if you need to load a config for the DLL

Gotcha, thought as much with the .json. Thanks

Damn, I should be seeing my plugin name here, right?

yes

10:55 PM

you need to name your folder exactly the same as the DLL

That was it, cheers.

@GSH | MrOwlSky Hello, is the developer Wiki down?

what do you want to know ?

well I'm coming from scripting in arma, and I was just wanting to look at everything, where to start, etc.

wiki is up it's just pretty slow

oh rip

10:15 PM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit?usp=sharing

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10:15 PM

start here

10:15 PM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/remote-debugging-cpp?view=vs-2019

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10:16 PM

also michidu's plugins are a pretty good exmaple

Yeah wikis online just slow currently

Does anybody happen to know the function that's called when your crew starts to repair your ship when it's anchored? The closest I could find it the IsAnchored() function for APrimalRaft. Would your crew start repairing instantly when IsAnchored() is triggered? Or is there a delay? (edited)

i never worked with atlas but IsAnchored will return true if the ship is in an anchored state i think (edited)

That's my understand from reading the API source, too. So if I was to do this, do you think it would just run the "Blah blah blah" code when it's anchored?

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalRaft_IsAnchored, bool, APrimalRaft*);

bool  Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored(APrimalRaft* _this)
{
  Blah blah blah
}

(edited)

you can test it pretty easily

10:54 PM

Log::GetLog()->warn("Hook Called!");

10:55 PM

put something like this in there and load the plugin

10:55 PM

then anchor a ship and look at the server console

10:55 PM

if it says Hook Called! then it works

10:55 PM

also depending on what you wanna do you might or might not want to keep that original function in there

10:55 PM

in this case you do

10:55 PM

if you just want to test it with a log

Ah, so the stuff you put in Log::GetLog()->warn doesn't write to a log file, it just outputs to the console? (edited)

yeah

Perfect, I didn't realise that. Thanks man

10:56 PM

it'll look something like this

Gotcha, cheers. I'll check it out

10:57 PM

Jesus, mods were so much easier to make than plugins xD

not really tbh API isn't that hard to work with

10:57 PM

and it has many advantages compared to mods

10:58 PM

like speed

10:58 PM

direct file pulling

It's more the fact that I didn't need to do any C++ when doing mods

10:58 PM

And that's my main weakness in this

you'll learn pretty quick i got into plugin making last summer

10:58 PM

i had no prior experience with any programming language before that

Oh wow, OK that's comforting to know

Lol, well, that went well...

at least the hook was called XD

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11:41 PM

what does your hook look like ?

This is the entire code:

#include "API\Atlas\Atlas.h"
#pragma comment(lib, "AtlasApi.lib")

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalRaft_IsAnchored, bool, APrimalRaft*);

bool  Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored(APrimalRaft* _this)
{
    Log::GetLog()->warn("Anchor hook called!");
    return APrimalRaft_IsAnchored_original(_this);
}

void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("Anarki's Anchor Detection Plugin");
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalRaft.IsAnchored", &Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored, &APrimalRaft_IsAnchored_original);
}

void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalRaft.IsAnchored", &Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored);
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

everything is correct i believe

I'm trying to startup the server now without any plugins, just in case the issue is outside of the plugin

you can see that the last thing in the console is that log so probably not

There was more after that I think, I just cut it off in my snip (although can't remember off the top of my head what it was)

you can always check server logs

Just the ones in ShooterGame\Saved\Logs?

yeah

11:47 PM

API also has logs

Looks like you're right, the last line in the API log was the hook being called - so yeah, my plugin broke the world PepeHands

it's most likely the API itself crashing on that hook

11:49 PM

did you write the hook yourself or with the hook generator ?

I guess so, because it was called before I had even entered the server to spawn a boat, let alone anchor it

11:49 PM

The generator

11:49 PM

Just added in the log line

yeah it's the API crashing then

11:50 PM

if it was called before you even joined it would have probably not worked anyway

Is this just a "Stay away from that function, Anarki, bad things happen when you go there" situation?

it might be tbh

11:51 PM

can't say for sure i never worked with atlas

Damn, I'll see if I can find a different function I can use for it

if you can't find any function that gets called when a ship in anchored you can always add a timer to check all ships on the map

11:52 PM

what are you trying to do anyway ?

For now I just want to get all structures attached to the ship when it's anchored

11:54 PM

(like if someone has built on it, for example)

ah

11:54 PM

hmm yeah has to be some other hook for it i think

11:54 PM

but if not like i said you can use a timer

11:55 PM

depending on what you want to do timer maybe faster too if you async it

Yeah hoping not to need a timer, because that would probably not be too efficient to query every ship on the map periodically

well maybe when a structure is built you could check how far away from a ship it is

11:56 PM

if it's close enough it's probably on a ship

is it possible to debug a plugin while the server is running ? (edited)

Where does the version and description here get read from btw?

plugininfo.json (edited)

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Gotcha, thanks mate

Well I wouldn't say that the API is crashing... its more that the API hasn't loaded certain data from the pdb file at the time executed. I would try to add APrimalRaft to the structures section of the config.json file located right in the Win64 folder (API root folder) - then try it again

(edited)

does anyone know what the specific hook would be for when breeding or taming is completed (i.e. anytime a character/tribe attains a new mature dino)

3:03 PM

currently have all dino stats being iterated and processed for POST (let's say via command or timer for now) but eventually I want to optimize bandwidth and save only specific dinos as they are 'tamed'

3:05 PM

I guess context is a little incorrect there, ideally I'd like to do this within the scope of APrimalCharacter or its base/sub classes (edited)

Thanks AdrianGaming, that at least stopped the crashing. Just need to find the right hook now

3:25 PM

If I wanted to implement multiple hooks, could I just do it like this?

#include "API/Atlas/Atlas.h"
#pragma comment(lib, "AtlasApi.lib")

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalRaft_IsAnchored, bool, APrimalRaft*);
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalRaft_OnRep_IsInWetDock, void, APrimalRaft*);

bool Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored(APrimalRaft* _this)
{
    Log::GetLog()->warn("IsAnchored hook called!");
    return APrimalRaft_IsAnchored_original(_this);
}

void  Hook_APrimalRaft_OnRep_IsInWetDock(APrimalRaft* _this)
{
    Log::GetLog()->warn("IsInWetDock hook called!");
    APrimalRaft_OnRep_IsInWetDock_original(_this);
}


void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("Anarki's Anchor Detection Plugin");
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalRaft.IsAnchored", &Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored, &APrimalRaft_IsAnchored_original);
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalRaft.OnRep_IsInWetDock", &Hook_APrimalRaft_OnRep_IsInWetDock, &APrimalRaft_OnRep_IsInWetDock_original);
}

void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalRaft.IsAnchored", &Hook_APrimalRaft_IsAnchored);
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalRaft.OnRep_IsInWetDock", &Hook_APrimalRaft_OnRep_IsInWetDock);
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

yes

Great, thanks

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage, float, APrimalCharacter*, float, FDamageEvent *, AController *, AActor *);
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_TakeDamage, float, APrimalStructure*, float, FDamageEvent*, AController*, AActor*);
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage, float, APrimalDinoCharacter*, float, FDamageEvent *, AController *, AActor *);
DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem, UPrimalItem *, UPrimalInventoryComponent*, FItemNetInfo *, bool, bool, bool, FItemNetID *, bool, bool, bool, AShooterCharacter *, bool);
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterCharacter_StartWeaponSwitch, void, AShooterCharacter*, UPrimalItem *, bool);
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_DoAttack, bool, APrimalDinoCharacter*, int, bool, bool);
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, FString *, AShooterPlayerController*, FString *, FString *, bool);
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation, void, AShooterPlayerController*, FString *, EChatSendMode::Type);
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_ClientMultiUse, void, APrimalDinoCharacter*, APlayerController *, int);
DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_IsCurrentlyPlayingAttackAnimation, bool, APrimalDinoCharacter*);

3:26 PM

that's how many hooks i have in 1 plugin XD

Wow! xD

oh i just noticed i left an unused hook in there

3:26 PM

should probably remove it XDD

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So, should I be able to stop a plugin from running with cheat plugins.unload <PluginName>? So for my plugin called "Anarki's Anchor Detection Plugin", it would be cheat plugins.unload Anarki's Anchor Detection Plugin?

yeah you should be able to

Hmmm, it doesn't like spaces. Just says that plugin Anarki's is not running. Same if I surround the name with " or '

3:46 PM

you shouldn't have spaces in plugin names

Ah, because you can put spaces in the plugininfo.json anyway, right? D'oh!

i think with spaces you just need to wrap it in "

Doesn't work

but idk the limitations of the api

3:47 PM

similarly to if you were to have a folder when navigating from cline

I'll just redo it without spaces; will reduce possible issues

3:48 PM

Yeah, I already said I tried with " and '

lol oops

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3:53 PM

@WETBATMAN any ideas on where I could hook for when a dino is mature ? I found a few places that seem good for taming like TameDino() but haven't seen anything with breeding maturation besides maybe baby age?

3:54 PM

i'd prefer to make database updates in smaller increments so trying to hook in there

maybe something like setage

3:55 PM

no idea what function gets called when it grows up tbh

3:55 PM

it's not tame dino because it's already tamed at that point

no worries, i'll keep looking... and yeah that makes sense... I think too you've made me realize I'll have to account for that in TameDino

3:56 PM

as far as making sure it's not a baby

3:56 PM

within that context

yeah i don't really know how it would work because when a dino is hatched turrets already shoot it

3:56 PM

so it might be already tamed the second it hatches

hm

and claiming might just change the TargettingTeamField

3:57 PM

actually ShopRewards has code to detect an unclaimed dino it might help you

ok will take a look - much appreciated!

!unclaim_points && _this->OwningPlayerIDField() == 0

3:58 PM

here

3:58 PM

APrimalDinoCharacter* _this

nice thank you! now to figure out how to determine if they are fully mature xD

so, I'm getting this

6:18 PM

from this

6:18 PM

any reason why this might be returning 0 actors? the server is populated with... several hundred+ dinos

try GetPrivateStaticClass

thanks, will try that now ^_^

Does anybody know how I can get the character name from APlayerController*? The ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName() function only seems to work with AShooterPlayerController and not APlayerController, but the hooks I have to use are using APlayerController and not AShooterPlayerController (edited)

just cast (edited)

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Of course! Been years since I touched C++, but that works; cheers

@WETBATMAN well it's also possible for a dino not tamed to grow to adult (and remain unclaimed)

like i said it's already tamed when it hatches

oh you guys figured it out already

claiming just changes the owner field of the dino

ah ok (edited)

I'm thinking BabyMaxHealthPercentField() will give me the value I need to check for maturiy

9:30 PM

but yeah, as @WETBATMAN said, just gotta check OwningPlayerIDField() == 0 to determine if claimed

9:31 PM

or at least one of them... curious what happens once a dino has been claimed (at full maturity) and then unclaimed

Any ideas of the safest way to rename a player character?

@Anarki use the rename player command?

@Scruffy I can't seem to get it working

cheat renameplayer "<oldname>" <new name> (edited)

10:24 AM

i'm not sure how you get that in code

Yeah, that's the closest I saw, but also no idea how to put that into code

also it's for ATLAS, where you specifically have a first name and last name, so not sure how that behaves

oh

you have to run a console command from a player

11:01 AM

also instead of doing that there probably is a field that contains the player name that you could change

So I see a RenamePlayer function for AShooterCharacter*, but when I do something like RenamePlayer("Bob Marley"), it complains that it's a const char instead of FString. Is it easy to convert into an FString? (edited)

FString NewName = "bob Marley"; RenamePlayer(NewName);

Apparently, no suitable conversion function from "FString" to "FString*" exists

RenamePlayer(*NewName);

11:09 AM

RenamePlayer(&NewName);

Yeah, when I use & it then says that the function doesn't take 0 arguments

XDDDDD

11:11 AM

oh i see that function

11:11 AM

gimme a second

11:12 AM

AShooterCharacter* Character;
    FString NewName = "Whatever";
    Character->RenamePlayer(&NewName);

11:12 AM

it should work like that

That's pretty much what I've got when it complains about 0 arguments:

AShooterCharacter* dude = shooter_controller->GetPlayerCharacter();
FString NewName = ("Bob Marley");
dude->RenamePlayer(&NewName);

Are FString NewName = ("Bob Marley"); and FString NewName = "Bob Marley"; the same? Thats what see as being different @Anarki

Ah, good spot! I clearly just skimmed that. Probably is; I'll check later

it's same but at least in Ark RenamePlayer doesn't work well alone, should use the one from cheat manager static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(controller->CheatManagerField())->RenamePlayer(&old_name, &new_name);

So like this?

FString oldName = static_cast<FString>(characterName);
FString newName = "Bob Marley";
            
// Use the cheat manager to rename
static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(shooter_controller->CheatManagerField())->RenamePlayer(&oldName, &newName);

(edited)

ye

Doesn't do anything PepeHands

6:27 PM

Doesn't error either

void  Hook_APlayerController_ClientNotifyRespawned(APlayerController* _this, APawn* NewPawn, bool IsFirstSpawn)
{
    // Only check the name if this is a new Pathfinder, not just a respawn
    if (IsFirstSpawn)
    {

        // Cast to AShooterPlayerController
        AShooterPlayerController* shooter_controller = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(_this);
        std::string characterName = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(shooter_controller).ToString();
        
        warning("ClientNotifyRespawned hook triggered");
        info("Character name is: " + characterName);
        APlayerController_ClientNotifyRespawned_original(_this, NewPawn, IsFirstSpawn);

        // Check if characterName contains any bad words
        if (ContainsBadWords(characterName))
        {

            warning("Character name contains a bad word!");
            info("Trying to rename to Bob Marley...");
            try
            {
                FString oldName = static_cast<FString>(characterName);
                FString newName = "Bob Marley";

                // Use the cheat manager to rename
                static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(shooter_controller->CheatManagerField())->RenamePlayer(&oldName, &newName);
            }
            catch(std::exception& e)
            {
                error(e.what());
            }
            info("Should've renamed.");
        }
        else
        {
            info("Character name is all good (or we couldn't check).");
        }
    }
}

6:28 PM

Anything obvious to anybody that I'm doing wrong?

ah, i forgot that in atlas cheats may require admin rights, but you can try regular Rename function, maybe it will work here

6:33 PM

or try giving admin rights temporarily

When you say regular Rename function, do you mean this one?

AShooterCharacter* dude = shooter_controller->GetPlayerCharacter();
dude->Rename(WhateverIsRequiredHere)

(edited)

ye

Damn, I was hoping not - Got to work out what parameters that damn things needs now xD

6:48 PM

Maybe giving temp admin rights is easier

what it says?

AActor::Rename(const wchar_t *inName, UObject *NewOuter, unsigned int Flags) (edited)

ah, this is wrong func for sure

Thank God! LUL

const bool is_admin = player->bIsAdmin()(), is_cheat = player->bCheatPlayer()();
    player->bIsAdmin() = true;
    player->bCheatPlayer() = true;

    player->ConsoleCommand(&result, &command, true);

    player->bIsAdmin() = is_admin;
    player->bCheatPlayer() = is_cheat;

Your player variable is just an AShooterPlayerController* ? (edited)

yes

I guess &command is just the cheat command, fine. What is the &result needing though?

nothing, just empty FString

So actually just testing locally with the command and with ATLAS having first and family names, only the first name can be changed using cheat renameplayer "<oldName>" <newName>

7:59 PM

but that something :) maybe you can find more cheat commands

hey guys, so I'm trying to include StringConv.h from UE4 in a plugin to convert FStrings to normal strings for POST but I keep getting namespace clashes (I'm assuming due to the includes in API/ARK/Ark.h) - any suggestions ?

just do ToString

8:21 PM

Log::GetLog()->warn(FClass.ToString());

8:21 PM

example

omg is therer really just a ToString?

8:39 PM

i've spent hours trying to avoid namespace clashings and all kinds of other workaround JFC >_<

8:39 PM

ty

yeah it's super helpful

gotta love all the nuances I seem to have forgotten about when it comes to harder typed languages - python has ruined me

ToString is an API function

8:46 PM

actually

just the headers/include stuff throws me in a rabbit hole

8:47 PM

yeah i know but i mean just dealing with the imports and includes and type conversion... compiler errors

8:47 PM

all kinds of fun

8:49 PM

been using python on back end w/ js/html/css for like the last 2 years - a lot different than C++ or even Java

8:50 PM

that and going from PyCharm to visual studio... all the hotkeys are different

lol little things like remembering to use arrows with pointers >_<

8:57 PM

just took me 10 mins to figure that one out

does anybody have an idea of how to get Actor location ?

1:14 AM

have tried a few methods now to no avail

so, it seems like we can do either GetInterpolatedLocation or GetWorldLocation when calling RootComponent, however, there seems to be a massive offset - not quite sure how this works

Try something like this: FVector pos = shooter_pc->DefaultActorLocationField();

I tried that but got 0,0,0

1:33 AM

whereas interpolated and worldlocation seem to be precise - just not sure how to offset

1:33 AM

like i have a couple dinos that are within a few coordinates of each other and that is reflected in the higher number... here look:

Well what did use as input?

1:34 AM

input? that was just the method I called from primalcharacter I believe

Oh, it's a dino

for defautlocation

1:34 AM

in this case, yes, that's what I'm looking or

1:34 AM

for*

1:35 AM

i wonder if the offset is 100

This is a straight copy from ExtendedRCON

void GetDinoPos(RCONClientConnection* rcon_connection, RCONPacket* rcon_packet, UWorld*)
{
    FString msg = rcon_packet->Body;

    TArray<FString> parsed;
    msg.ParseIntoArray(parsed, L" ", true);

    if (parsed.IsValidIndex(2))
    {
        int dino_id1;
        int dino_id2;

        try
        {
            dino_id1 = std::stoi(*parsed[1]);
            dino_id2 = std::stoi(*parsed[2]);
        }
        catch (const std::exception&)
        {
            SendRconReply(rcon_connection, rcon_packet->Id, "Request has failed");
            return;
        }

        APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = FindDinoWithID(dino_id1, dino_id2);
        if (!dino)
        {
            SendRconReply(rcon_connection, rcon_packet->Id, "Can't find dino");
            return;
        }

        FVector pos = dino->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();

        FString reply = pos.ToString();
        rcon_connection->SendMessageW(rcon_packet->Id, 0, &reply);
    }
    else
    {
        SendRconReply(rcon_connection, rcon_packet->Id, "Not enough arguments");
    }
}

perfect thank you

Np

does anyone know if the visual studio remote debugger will work with plugins ?

6:08 PM

Remote Debug a Visual C++ Project - Visual Studio

debugger isn't really helpful

6:09 PM

it won't show you any important info

? and why not

it just shows the loaded modules and stuff

debugger is immensely useful in my work applications

that's if you have the source code

yeah but can you put break points ?

i don't think so

if you can still put break points in your plugin cpps, it's still super worthwhile

6:10 PM

but i guess i'll have to figure that one out myself xD

i haven't tried it but as far as i know it's not possible

have you looked into that article I posted and the PDB object?

6:12 PM

j/w so i don't go down the same rabbit hole if so ol

6:12 PM

lol*

i haven't tried myself, but someone got VS debugger working with plugins after all, it's same as debugging any dll

^ this is what I was hoping

6:14 PM

I randomly looked up what a PDB was and my excitement got the best of me

(edited)

figured it out - I'll be sure to post a guide

2

6:50 PM

and the breakpoints are IMMENSELY helpful lol

6:55 PM

for those that care: essentially, I figured it out following these two VC articles -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/debugging-dll-projects?view=vs-2019 and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/attach-to-running-processes-with-the-visual-studio-debugger?view=vs-2019

Debug DLL projects - Visual Studio

Attach to running processes with the debugger - Visual Studio

6:56 PM

like I said, I'll post a google drive doc on it when I can but for now ^_^

I don't suppose anybody knows what hook to go for when the repair hammer gets used? (edited)

I would start by hooking the TakeDamage func and go from there.. ofc it depends on what you really want to do

1

Guys, good afternoon. I have a question regarding the dev configuration of the plugin dev, "here you need to point Visual Studio to the path where you downloaded the second resource (it needs to be pointed to the Public folder not the root of the API folder !) ", the only file indicated for the download link was https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip but after unzipping, it does not follow the folder structure according to the tutorial

yeah i probably should update it

the out lib folder is the lib files

8:54 PM

the public folder is the includes

yeah version -> core -> public

8:54 PM

that goes in includes

ty

8:57 PM

I'm a VB programmer learning a new language, so some things are different, thanks for the help

1

np

Guys, does this api have documentation? I didn't find while scouring the web and forums

there is a dev wiki but that’s about it

thank you @WETBATMAN

how to compile?

7:11 PM

for ark?

see this guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=Community&rel=15 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip Step N1: Install Visual Studio by the link given on the first prerequisite. When the in...

8:15 PM

then follow the instructions on this page to install the plugin: https://ark-server-api.com/resources/ark-server-api.4/

https://github.com/WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper/tree/master/ArkBotHelper

ArkApi is a plugin which allows you to create your own server-side plugins for ARK using C++ language. Installation: Extract everything to "ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64". All files like "version.dll" should be in "Win64" folder. Start your...

on compile

7:23 PM

i receive

7:23 PM

attribute no_init_all unknown

help?

why

4:26 AM

i wrong

4:26 AM

that was something with your VS setup and you can't use arkml in the name

trying to access the requests tab on the dev wiki throws a request error

10:29 PM

ironic...

I don't suppose anybody has had any luck with renaming a player's full name (including family name) in ATLAS so far? It's different to ARK, so the usual rename functions don't work, they only change the first name

Kind of managed lol

10:58 PM

i can test it out more soon

On the new valguero map there is a cave. Temple cave to be exact, and in this cave you cannot build. I have cave building turned on and extra structure prevention disabled.. anyone know how I could make it so I could build? I’m pretty sure it’s a hard coded area for strictly no building.. can this be changed?

it seems like wiki server is unstable

9:19 AM

9:20 AM

how about packing wikifile and add to directory at github repository? (edited)

wiki webserver going down so often

yeah its been down for a while tonight, is there an alternate link for similar info

trying to call a function from UShooterCheatManager but it does nothing and also does not give any error

1:12 PM

UShooterCheatManager cheatManager =  UShooterCheatManager();
cheatManager.DestroyTribeIdDinos(13);

if it's a console command you can also call it from the AShooterPLayerController

ah ok

also actually if you look on my git in the ArkBotHelper plugin i have custom functions for wiping tribe dinos/structures

sweet

WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper

A Connection Platform To The Arkbot Web Inteface. Contribute to WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper development by creating an account on GitHub.

@WETBATMAN thanks, that helped put me in the right direction

np

I seem to be having an issue unloading my plugin from console, it says plugin is not loaded (edited)

5:05 AM

the problem is that all the functions work and it seems functional

5:05 AM

If I load it then unload it its seems fine, but when I try to remove the plugin files so that I can replace with new ones it can not remove the files, so they stay locked (edited)

5:05 AM

this only seem to be when it is loaded from server startup

the only way at the moment to get around it, is to restart the server

plugin unload command is case sensitive

UShooterCheatManager cheatManager = UShooterCheatManager(); cheatManager.DestroyTribeIdDinos(13);

(edited)

5:27 PM

I guess this will never work

5:28 PM

You're creating an struct that never has been associated with the ARK Server / World

5:28 PM

You need to get the CheatManager from a User for example and then try to use it

thanks @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 , but how do I execute it on a timer instead of getting a user to execute it (edited)

3:52 AM

uh.......wiki seems down again

3:52 AM

3:56 AM

and now

is anyone using timers successfully I have a timer that starts with onload and it runs continuously without fail . API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute(&TimerCallBack, 300, -1, false, 0, 0); When I unload the plugin it hangs the server more or less at the time that the timer would have triggered. My guess is that its trying to call a function that has been unloaded and that is why it fails. If thats the case, how do I kill the timer on the unload section ? (edited)

you can’t

10:17 AM

using a timer in your plugin currently means it cannot be unloaded on runtime

Damn......ok

12:09 PM

Tx

12:09 PM

It seems to hang after a couple of runs anyway

Well it certainly can

12:30 PM

You need to remove the Timer on Plugin unload

12:31 PM

Then the API will not try to call the callback of the Timer anymore since it got removed

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 not sure how to do that, do you perhaps have an example for me that works

Arg, why this have to be so mean to me...

2:03 AM

one missing & and it spews completely unrelated errors xD

yup that's c++ for you

is there anyway to cancel unload or tell it to wait for something to finish before unloading ?

Seems like the functionality to remove timer on UNLOAD has been removed in v3.2

anyone else experience issues with v3.2, I have updated my one server from 3.0 to 3.2 and now it continuously and random times stop responding. Hoping its just a coincidence (edited)

ArkApi::GetCommands().RemoveOnTimerCallback("MyTimer");

9:18 AM

actually.. never really worked with RecurringExecute, this example above is just for a usual timer.. where you can also delay something if you do it right

(edited)

9:22 AM

also, when you set the RecurringExecute async, I wouldn't recommend accessing the world with all its actors on the callback function due to no mutual exclusion --> could cause a crash (edited)

I will only be using the timer for requests, so that I can make periodic calls to my api

void MyTimer1CallBack() {
    //DoStuffHere
}

Load() {
    ArkApi::GetCommands().AddOnTimerCallback("MyTimer1", std::bind(&MyTimer1CallBack));
}


Unload() {
    ArkApi::GetCommands().RemoveOnTimerCallback("MyTimer1");
}

(edited)

It works perfectly.

Thanks a stack @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰

damn GetIPAddress() still returns steam ID

How do I get current player controller for bool Hook_AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino(AShooterGameState* _this, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> TheDinoClass)

From that function you cannot obtain the controller.. I mean you could try checking all uploaded dinos and compare to the current one.. but that is just stupid.. (edited)

1:49 PM

AShooterPlayerController::ServerDownloadDino(FARKTributeDino); should be the right one for you

Everyday spent on these plugins gives me a new appreciation for C# again.

5:16 AM

is there a recommended max amount of hooks per plugin ?

7:32 AM

trying to figure out why ArkApi Plugins is so unstable for me

There is no max amount of hooks.. I guess the maximum amount of hooks is the amount of functions exists in ARK

ok so its not that then

I'll have a single hook that works perfect for a while and then the server hangs, and then for a few times it will hang after that when its triggered. at first I thought I did something wrong, but then I uploaded a single hook with no change except for adding a Log::GetLog()->info("triggered"); to see that it gets triggered. This gave me the same result. very erratic behaviour. I find this with the hooks only as I have had no issues with commands. Also these issues have been since I upgraded to v3.2 ( coincidence, maybe , i don't know ) Something else I have noticed today , Lets say I have a plugin called myTestPlugin inside I have Hook1 I add Hook2. comment out the Hook1 Compile, and the load the plugin I have a throw of a dice chance that the hook2 works, but...... if I run the same action that would have triggered Hook1, which has been commented out in this compile, it hangs the server, as if it was expecting it to be there. now after a while of clean build, rebuild and copy to server and restart server Ill get it to work eventually. If anyone has any idea of what might be going on, I would really appreciate your help. (edited)

Hmm... i have never experienced any hangs. Maybe share more of your work maybe someone can find the issue for you?

9:36 AM

Are you compiling everything with 3.2 as well?

yes I am compiling with 3.2 as well

some hooks will just hang in certain cases

10:35 AM

for example i add the console command hook but if i try to unload the plugin from the console after adding it server will hang and close

10:35 AM

stuff like that.

main.cpp

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "API\ARK\Ark.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include "API/ARK/Actor.h"
#include "Timer.h"
#include "ChatCommands.h"
#include "Hooks.h"
#include "Timers.h"

#pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib")

void Load()
{
    RegisterChatCommands();
    RegisterHooks();
    RegisterTimers();
}

void Unload()
{
    UnRegisterChatCommands();
    UnRegisterHooks();
    UnRegisterTimers();
}

Hooks.h

#pragma once
#include "DinoDownloadPreventionHooks.h"
#include "DinoUploadPreventionHooks.h"

void RegisterHooks() {
    Register_DinoDownloadPrevention_Hooks();
    Register_DinoUploadPrevention_Hooks();
}

void UnRegisterHooks() {
    UnRegister_DinoDownloadPrevention_Hooks();
    UnRegister_DinoUploadPrevention_Hooks();
}

DinoDownloadPreventionHooks.h

#pragma once

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino, bool, AShooterGameState*, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter>);

bool  Hook_AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino(AShooterGameState* _this, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> TheDinoClass)
{
    FString ClassName;
    APrimalDinoCharacter* dinoClass = (APrimalDinoCharacter*)TheDinoClass.uClass->GetOwnerClass();
    dinoClass->NameField().ToString(&ClassName);
    Log::GetLog()->warn("Dino Class Name : {}", ClassName.ToString());
    return AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino_original(_this, TheDinoClass);
}

void Register_DinoDownloadPrevention_Hooks() {
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameState.AllowDownloadDino", &Hook_AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino, &AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino_original);

}

void UnRegister_DinoDownloadPrevention_Hooks() {
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameState.AllowDownloadDino", &Hook_AShooterGameState_AllowDownloadDino);

}

10:39 AM

DinoUploadPreventionHooks.h

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation, void, AShooterPlayerController*, APrimalDinoCharacter*);


void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, APrimalDinoCharacter* DownloadedDino)
{
    Log::GetLog()->info("AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation");
    AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation_original(_this, DownloadedDino);
}

void Register_DinoUploadPrevention_Hooks() {
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterPlayerController.ServerUploadDino_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation, &AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation_original);
}

void UnRegister_DinoUploadPrevention_Hooks() {
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterPlayerController.ServerUploadDino_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadDino_Implementation);
}

(edited)

when making my mod communicate to my plugin via the console command hook

10:40 AM

my server also hanged and closed if i returned something in that hook

10:40 AM

my solution was switching the communication function lol

10:40 AM

the same hook and the same return didn't crash without the mod

10:41 AM

but i don't think there are any other dino download hooks ?

its the only one I have found that was working reliably until recently

10:42 AM

the behaviour is erratic

10:42 AM

then it work fine

10:42 AM

then after another compile it doesnt

10:43 AM

then fine again

10:44 AM

but this is just an example of what i have tried in its simplest form and behaviour does not seem to stay stable

i don't think you nullptr check it do you ?

not for this example no

10:55 AM

its a simple test, upload a dodo, download a dodo

10:55 AM

expect results to always be the same

It must be the ghost in the machine

11:27 AM

....and idiot behind keyboard

11:27 AM

who knows....lol

All of these hooks result in a timeout

bool  Hook_UPrimalItem_CanBeArkTributeItem(UPrimalItem* _this)

bool  Hook_UPrimalItem_IsReadyToUpload(UPrimalItem* _this, UWorld* theWorld)

bool  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetID* itemID, TArray<unsigned __int64> SteamItemUserIds, FItemNetInfo* AlternateItemInfo)

void  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_OnArkTributeItemsAdded(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, bool Success, TArray<FItemNetInfo>* AddedItems)

void  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddArkTributeItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bFromLoad)

UPrimalItem*  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bEquipItem, bool AddToSlot, bool bDontStack, FItemNetID* InventoryInsertAfterItemID, bool ShowHUDNotification, bool bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bool bForceIncompleteStacking, AShooterCharacter* OwnerPlayer, bool bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory)

can't be

I am trying prevent an item being uploaded to ark tributes, any ideas

i'm using AddItem

1:52 PM

in multiple plugins

to stop uploads ??

no

1:52 PM

handcuff detection

1:52 PM

and some other stuff

1:53 PM

item bans

oh yeah sorry the last one is not suppose to be part of the list my bad

hehe

any idea how i could stop uploads for items

1:54 PM

I have dinos blocked for upload and download and works perfectly now

does the hook time out by doing anything in it ?

1:56 PM

or just hooking ?

instead of it returning true I make it false

and it times out ?

which usualy work

1:57 PM

yes

huh

1:57 PM

i would advise you to look how ark does it in IDA

1:57 PM

maybe you'll even find a function that's used but not in the API

1:57 PM

you can then hook it manually

the error on ark is Refreshing inventory failed 006 - timedout

what you can do

1:59 PM

is instead of returning false

1:59 PM

get a reference to that item

1:59 PM

and remove it

1:59 PM

if you return false the item might appear in the inventory still

2:00 PM

but not be accessible (edited)

tried that too with similar issue also some server hangs/crashes

2:02 PM

maybe set this to false on the item ?

just like this ??? _this->CanBeArkTributeItem = false;

one sec

2:08 PM

yeah try that

2:09 PM

you might need to update the item

2:09 PM

after for changes to take place (edited)

2:09 PM

_this->UpdatedItem(false);

2:09 PM

like this

2:10 PM

and it takes no arguments

2:11 PM

error is, must be a modifiable often

it's a function actually

2:12 PM

so maybe you can hook that instead

2:12 PM

but then you'd have to detect when the item is about to be uploaded

I have

2:13 PM

Hook_UPrimalItem_CanBeArkTributeItem(UPrimalItem* _this)

2:14 PM

but this one takes a parameter

hmm it's a bitfield

2:14 PM

or rather it returns one

yeah returns bool

found it

2:15 PM

gimme one second

2:15 PM

item->bCanBeArkTributeItem() = false;

2:15 PM

item is UPrimalItem

doesnt timeout, but it doesn't do anything either

did you update the item after ?

uh .....no

2:50 PM

2:51 PM

same result

What development environments are you guys using for c++

for this? MSVC 2019

Is there not a transform -> location function available already? oO

5:25 PM

can't seem to find one anywhere

        FVector loc;
        maps->GetTargetPathfindingLocation(&loc);

7:37 PM

Well, ok then.... (edited)

you need actor location ?

7:39 PM

FVector StructPos = _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();

7:39 PM

this is how i get it for a structure

Ill try that in a sec.. i looked at how they do it currently (edited)

8:09 PM

same results :3

huh that's weird it works for me

I mean, they both give location vec

9:29 PM

ended up using yours though, looks a bit cleaner.

currently moved from VS2017 to VS2019, I have loaded the project up and build it. but when I search for something in the "Search Solution Explorer" the ark files from main external library does not show up. If I expand external dependencies it does not show up either. Any one have an idea of how I can get it working again ?

HOw do we check the inventory for the current AShooterPlayerController

UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventory = player_controller->GetPlayerCharacter()->MyInventoryComponentField(); (edited)

damn....I was way off

3:14 PM

thanks

3:15 PM

it was returning every ark component

3:15 PM

lol

happens to the best of us hahaha

ok so I have

UPrimalInventoryComponent* playerInventory = _this->GetPlayerCharacter()->MyInventoryComponentField();
TArray<UPrimalItem *> inventoryItems = playerInventory->InventoryItemsField();

inventoryItems return unique list of inventory items.....231 of them, which mostly is not in my inventory

3:34 PM

so...still getting the same result

3:35 PM

i am trying to get all inventory items for my character

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComp)
{
   auto playerInventory = _this->GetPlayerCharacter()->MyInventoryComponentField();
    if (playerInventory)
    {
        auto inventoryItems = playerInventory->InventoryItemsField();
        if (inventoryItems.Num())
        {
           if (inventoryItems.Num() > 0)
            {
                for (auto item : playerInventory->InventoryItemsField())
                {
                    if (item)
                    {
                        FString ClassName;
                        item->NameField().ToString(&ClassName);
                       if (!ClassName.IsEmpty()) Log::GetLog()->warn("----Item Class : {} ", ClassName.ToString());

                    }
                }
            }
    AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation_original(_this, inventoryComp);
}

(edited)

3:53 PM

somehow its seeing 231 items instead of 4 This character is also the only one on the map, since its a new server and no one else can access it.

what are the names

3:55 PM

engrams are also inventory

3:55 PM

it could be that you're seeing your engrams

its a unique list of what seems craftable items

Blueprints probably

4:03 PM

Should be some bitfields you can use to filter them?

isDefaultItem

4:03 PM

is what filters them i think

it actually says engram

4:03 PM

lol

4:03 PM

4:05 PM

yeah its all mixed together

Could probably do !IsA whatever class type an engram is

no need

4:05 PM

all engrams have IsDefaultItem = true

Ahhh, neat

there is only a IsDefaultSubObject

!item->bIsEngram()() && !item->bIsInitialItem()()) (edited)

ah ok

fantastic thanks that work great

successfully blocking character from transfering with banned itemsbanned items

4:51 PM

.......with some minor glithes left lol

how do I see with IDA where my function is called from (edited)

graph view should tell i think

5:06 PM

or get the parents

xrefs (ctrl+x), but static analysis may not be enough

??

you may need a debugger

ok

5:09 PM

mmmmmm

no this is too much for me

5:16 PM

its 3am need some sleep too

5:16 PM

lol

5:17 PM

try and figure out how IDA works over the weekend maybe lol

5:18 PM

Thanks for the help, see ya later

Xref in Ida, should see it in rightclick of disassembly

7:54 PM

Also.. f5 on disassembly will show a C representation, which is easier to read

@Michidu i need to get at a function GetObjectsOfClass i don't see a way to get to this with the current templates as they all seem to expect a class. am i missing something or should i roll out a template for bare functions?

2:48 AM

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/CoreUObject/UObject/GetObjectsOfClass/index.html

GetObjectsOfClass

Returns an array of objects of a specific class.

nevermind, im dumb

yeah... it hates me too... it keeps trying to call compress2 instead of GetObjectsOfClass

08/30/19 22:39 [API][info]         Cross Check2 FSocketBSD.SetMulticastTtl 20336080
08/30/19 22:39 [API][info]         Cross Check2 Global.GetObjectsOfClass 18957328
08/30/19 22:39 [API][info]         Cross Check2 AActor.OnTakeAnyDamage 720

it's physically in the table

yup.. i am more dumber

have you fixed it?

thanks @antihax but I tried F5..............guessing its not available with the free version, it says Sorry, you do not have any decompilers on windows

1:22 PM

I thought IDA is a decompiler

1:28 PM

Sorry, my bad, I see its a disassembler and an additional decompiler is required

1:29 PM

Any recomendations

you can find leaked 7.0 version

??

1:29 PM

care 2 share ?

1:29 PM

lol

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1:41 PM

the patch contains a trojan................

1:46 PM

or does it only relate to the patching and nothing else

maybe because it's leaked you dont need patch though

Yeah, I fixed it. It was a missing staticclass function causing the compress2 call.

thx @Michidu

If you work in the space, it is well worth purchasing IDA Pro btw.

6:24 PM

Ghidra is another good one that is completely free, but it has difficulties with very large binaries like ATLAS

6:25 PM

has cute animations though :3

Hi everyone. I'm not really into plugin making but I have a need. So i'm looking for someone who can make me a bot, of course this work will be paid. Please contact me if your interessted

that's awfully vague.

It is, but ida pro price is crazy

ComponentMap CreatureDeathHarvestingComponent_RockGolem_Tundra_C
   PrimalItemResource_Crystal_Quartz_C
   PrimalItemResource_Crystal_Tellurite_C
   PrimalItemResource_Crystal_Amethyst_C
   PrimalItemResource_Stone_Granite_C
   PrimalItemResource_Stone_Marble_C
   PrimalItemResource_Flint_Basalt_C
   PrimalItemResource_Flint_Chalcedony_C
   PrimalItemResource_Oil_Crude_C
   PrimalItemResource_Oil_MineralOil_C
   PrimalItemResource_Metal_Iron_C
   PrimalItemResource_Metal_Silver_C

that just tickles me to death

10:42 PM

not sure if Ark has mobs like that

Does anyone know how to get dinosaur attribute points?

6:57 AM

CurrentStatusValuesField can only get current properties

6:57 AM

How to convert to attribute points

I solved it.

7:23 AM

use char* stats = status->NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField()();

1

1

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/pull/31 let me know if any of that is a problem. I am using most of it, so I know it at least works.

Add API endpoints and structures by antihax · Pull Request #31 ·...

Add a bunch of ATLAS API and structures around harvestable resources. Some other files were modified by auto-formatter, but they appeared more consistent after. TIndirectArray was added as it was n...

Hey, @Foppa I've been away on vacation, so didn't see your message until now (https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/613114447715631134). Have you been able to work it out?

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HI @Anarki I have been focusing on some other projects, but that shouldn't be an issue. I can take look when i got the time

Awesome, appreciate the reply, cheers!

What is ActorStasis and CharacterBasing (edited)

is there a way to replace one item with another when additem is called

yeah

12:12 PM

remove the item being added and add the one you want

12:12 PM

that is the cleanest way i'd say

I have tried a couple of things, and the latest is

controller->GiveItemNum(287, 1, 0, false);
            for (auto item : _this->InventoryItemsField())
            {
                FString ClassName;
                item->NameField().ToString(&ClassName);
                if (ClassName.ToLower().Contains("poop"))
                {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("replace Item with poop");
                    /*
                    FItemNetInfo netinfo;
                    item->GetItemNetInfo(&netinfo, false);

                    auto netID = netinfo.ItemIDField();
                    return UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory_original(_this, &netID, SteamItemUserIds, &netinfo);
                    */
                }
            }
        }

12:14 PM

the commented out section crashed the server

    FItemNetID itemID;
                itemID = theItemInfo->ItemIDField();
                _this->RemoveItem(&itemID, false, false, true, true);

12:15 PM

do it like this

12:16 PM

UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this,

12:16 PM

in this case

so for adding and item I want in its place ?

12:22 PM

_this->AddItem

12:22 PM

but how do i create the new item

player_controller->GiveItem(&Out, &fBlueprint, Quantity, Quality, IsBP, false, 0);

12:23 PM

you spawn it

oh ok like i did above, so its not quite a swap then

are you planning to use the item swapping only for players ?

yes

then it's better to use GiveItem

but brings me back to ......if I transfer an item to ark tribute how would I swap it with another item so that the new itemgets transfered instead of what the player tried to transfer

i guess you have to swap it upon placement into the tribute then

like....a players tries to transfer metal but instead poop gets transfered

12:29 PM

like when its completed with transfer

upon Additem to the tribute

12:29 PM

or the obelisk

how do you distinguish between player inventory and obelisk or tribute

good question

12:33 PM

AddItem has an inventory ref

12:33 PM

maybe you can find out whose inventory it is by checking the class

12:33 PM

or something similar

ok ill try a couple of things

12:34 PM

thanks for that

please can someone explain the differences to me or give me a link

9:15 AM

for

object
*object
**object
&object
&&object

9:16 AM

I get that &object passes it by reference....... and just plain object passes by value. but what is the rest (edited)

trying to get the netID for an item in inventory, but it breaks at the point where I get ItemIDField

for (auto item : _this->InventoryItemsField())
            {
                FString ClassName;
                item->NameField().ToString(&ClassName);
                if (ClassName.ToLower().Contains("poop"))
                {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("replace Item with poop");
                    FItemNetInfo netInfo;
                    item->GetItemNetInfo(&netInfo, false);

                    if (&netInfo) 
                    {
                        Log::GetLog()->warn(" poop --->> NetInfo");

                        FItemNetID* netID;
                        netID = &netInfo.ItemIDField(); /////--->>>>seems to be breaking here
                        if (netID)
                        {

                            itemID = netID;
                            AlternateItemInfo = &netInfo;
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }
            }

(edited)

it depends on a context, if you mean what they mean in the function arguments, then 1) pass by value, so you make a copy of the object and pass the copy to the function (can be also slow if object is big) 2) by pointer, you only pass an address where object is located. Very fast, but a function will receive exactly same object (not a copy of it), so you should remember it if you plan to make changes 3) mostly used with 2 dimensional arrays (pointer to pointer to object) 4) by reference, similar to pass by pointer but uses 'reference' limitations (like it can't have null value, be re-assigned,....) 5) by rvalue reference (move semantics), something relatively new. Basically, it will try to 'move' or 'steal' an object instead of copying (for example, moving std::vector will only copy a pointer to all it's elements leaving old vector empty, instead of copying them one-by-one, which is obviously much faster).

Thanks @Michidu

if (&netInfo) makes no sense FItemNetID* netID dont need pointer here

trying to make sure that netInfo is not null before it continue

it can't be null, netInfo is not a pointer

so....only pointers can be null ? (edited)

10:02 AM

sorry for all the dumb questions

yes when you write FItemNetInfo netInfo; netInfo must be allocated on stack and even default constructor will be called

so I want to assign FItemNetID to FItemNetID* can I do it like this

FItemNetID netID;
netID = item->ItemIDField();
itemID = &netID;

10:27 AM

where itemID is FItemNetID* (edited)

pointer to FItemNetID? why would you need it anyway?

FItemNetID*

10:28 AM

bool  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerAddToArkTributeInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetID* itemID, TArray<unsigned __int64> SteamItemUserIds, FItemNetInfo* AlternateItemInfo)

(edited)

just pass &netID

yeah It does not get that far, it keeps crashing

what your full code

            //check for poop item
            for (auto item : _this->InventoryItemsField())
            {
                FString ClassName;
                item->NameField().ToString(&ClassName);
                if (ClassName.ToLower().Contains("poop"))
                {
                    Log::GetLog()->warn("replace Item with poop");
                    FItemNetInfo netInfo;
                    item->GetItemNetInfo(&netInfo, false);
                    Log::GetLog()->warn(" poop --->> NetInfo");
//---------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>runs perfect until here
                    FItemNetID netID;
                    netID = item->ItemIDField();
                    itemID = &netID;
                    AlternateItemInfo = &netInfo;
                    break;
                }
    }
return original

(edited)

you think its crashing when you call original?

nah I think its when it hits here

 FItemNetID netID;
  netID = item->ItemIDField();

(edited)

i dont think it can crash here, until item is 0

10:36 AM

actually you should see line in crash log

10:46 AM

ok I guess you might be right, it crashes when it finishes with original (edited)

10:49 AM

ultimately I just wanted to not call original at all , and just return false,so that I can prevent the item from uploading, but it it hangs the ui for a while and the time out with error 006 (edited)

10:49 AM

so, I thought replacing the item might be better, but still stuck on it

I dont see any other logs that might tell me what the error might be

so if you dont call original, it doesn't crash?

it hangs for a while like nothings happening and then shows time-out type of error (edited)

11:09 AM

did you try only return original function (without your code)?

yeah works fine, until I try to return false, or replace original variables

try do it *itemID = newItemId;

11:13 AM

you want to change only itemID from arguments?

and AlternateItemInfo

11:14 AM

I was guessing that i need to do both

11:14 AM

as both are passed

11:14 AM

doing just one doesnt work either

well, try to do it as i said

11:15 AM

dont change address

11:17 AM

and i just realized that your code was wrong, netID is a temporary variable and you can't return address of it because it won't be valid after function ends

oh yeah it will be gone as soon as it breaks out of the loop

is there anyway to utilize a UE4 request without hooking the HTTPRequestCompleted function ? to get the response ? (edited)

can you not just use the API::Requests

11:21 AM

or is it not the same thing that you are after

they're slow and with multiple plugins calling them at the same time a lockup happens

o ok

sorry, i missed your question. I haven't found an easy way to use UE4 requests, that why curl was introduced

ah damn that sucks

even hooking might not help, if i remember correctly they want callback to be a member function of some game class which we can't add

i think the problem is that in devkit you have to create an event listener to have it give the response to you

11:25 AM

you have to add a custom event that handles it

11:26 AM

my graphing skills aren't really that good but that's how it's done lol

haha yeah, it's complicated

ue4 request works great though for just POST

11:31 AM

gotta find some requests library then....

api seems to work fine actually

for requests after the server has started maybe

11:33 AM

but for auth it will hang

11:34 AM

if other plugins also use API requests

they should be done in order possible we can increase speed

what is on line 82

11:54 AM

in ItemPreventionHooks.h

item->GetItemNetInfo(AlternateItemInfo, false);

are you sure item isn't nullptr ?

yeah as I can check the class name and name

11:56 AM

its almost as if it does not have netinfo

what are you trying to get from the item ?

poop

12:04 PM

Its working now

12:05 PM

oh my F$%^$%^ gosh

12:05 PM

weeks....if not months

12:05 PM

@Michidu your a genius

12:06 PM

@WETBATMAN also thanks for all your help

12:06 PM

you guys are legends

12:07 PM

apparently you only need the ItemID, for some reason last time it didnt work

12:09 PM

@WETBATMAN I was trying to get FItemNetID and FItemNetInfo from Item

12:10 PM

it all failed as I was trying to get id from info, and turns out info was failing

12:13 PM

I then got ID directly from item instead of via info, and that worked

yeah haha i posted an example for that before

12:16 PM

ItemID1field

12:16 PM

ItemID2Field

I've gotta question, I'm attempting to make logs (And hopefully in the future change it to something like a mysql once I've learned more) when the ark transfer is used- I am using the Server api hooker creator, I am having the hardest time finding the correct hook to use, any tips on figuring out when a function is called so I can find it quickly?

run it through a debugger and throw a breakpoint down is prob the best way to figure stuff like that out.

11:53 PM

you can see what was actually in memory when it was called and the stack trace

Okay thank you, I'll look into how to do that

Depending what you are looking to do also, SQL is not the best application for dealing with logs

discord is much easier lol

elastic search

11:56 PM

thats a bit overkill though

yeah but it's really easy to do

11:57 PM

ShooterGameState->HTTPPostRequest("YourWebhookGoesHere", request.c_str());

can prob do that with ES also

True, I was thinking more along the lines of replacing making individual files for each player and making it in a lookup table for the mysql portion

Never looked at that much, it is threaded off from the game sim?

void __fastcall AShooterGameMode::AddToTribeLog(AShooterGameMode *this, int TribeId, FString *NewLog, ETribeLogCategory::Type Category)

@Betrail that what you looking for?

12:14 AM

that is from ATLAS though, i don't have Ark

12:14 AM

https://puu.sh/EdsnB/f25ed7ff16.png it's called from all over the place

12:14 AM

the hell is a tripwire

I was looking more into getting the information as far as what items were uploaded/downloaded

12:15 AM

Although which program is that? that looks nice

it's trap like thingy you place

It's IDA Pro

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/tree/master/version/Core/Public/API/ARK

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

12:15 AM

you can also check here

12:15 AM

I prefer Ghidra but it can't handle something this large that well

How do we get an instance of a dino class from class name, so that we can get the dino type name

9:14 AM

example : auto dinoTypeName = GetDinoTypNameFromClassName("Dodo_Character_BP_C"); then return dinoTypeName as Dodo

it can be hard but you can parse name

Regular expression could work there

2:50 PM

^([A-Za-z]+)_Character_BP_C$

thanks but, that does not always match the dino name

9:50 PM

so it will be hit and miss

9:51 PM

. examples (edited)

9:54 PM

Mega_Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_C ===>>> Alpha Tusoteuthis Sauropod_Character_BP_C ===>>> Brontosaurus camelsaurus_Character_BP_C ===>>> Morellatops

dino->GetDinoDescriptiveName(&descr);

10:02 PM

returns the exact name shows ingame

10:02 PM

APrimalDinoCharacter* dino

10:03 PM

oh sorry my bad i just noticed you said you wanted it from a class name

but does that change when the user gives the dino a name

no it doesn't change

ok.....cause the namefield changes when the user gives a dino a name

i use this in many plugins and i know for a fact it doesn't change

cool

10:05 PM

as for the class name, I am just going to itterate through all dinos until I find one with the class I want then check the dino name.

10:06 PM

but, I dont like doing that, its not effecient

(edited)

So if anyone knows how to get a defaultdino class for a classname i would love to hear it

Hey. I want to get the ID of the owner of the structure in Hook_APrimalStructure_Die but instead I get the ID of the killer. Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage: _this->TargetingTeamField() returns the ID of the structure owner. Hook_APrimalStructure_Die: _this->TargetingTeamField() returns the ID of the killer. Hook_APrimalStructure_Destroyed: _this->TargetingTeamField() returns the ID of the killer. What could be the reason for that? (edited)

are you testing with c4 ?

11:35 AM

because c4 is also a structure and when it gets destroyed it will print the team id of the attacker

@WETBATMAN C4 is a structure? Wow

But how to get the structure owner ID when using C4?

you want the owner player ? tribe ?

Both

targeting team field is the tribe ID

This does not work correctly when using C4.

bool Hook_APrimalStructure_Die(APrimalStructure* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->OwningPlayerIDField() == 0) // tribe
    {
        if (Killer && Killer->IsA(APlayerController::StaticClass())) {
            AShooterPlayerController* player = (AShooterPlayerController*)Killer;
            int killerTeamId = player->TargetingTeamField();
            int structureTeamId = _this->TargetingTeamField();

            ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player, "TestPlugin", *FString("[Structure Death] StructureTeamId: " + std::to_string(structureTeamId)));
            ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player, "TestPlugin", *FString("[Structure Death] KillerTeamId: " + std::to_string(killerTeamId)));
        }
    }

    return APrimalStructure_Die_original(_this, KillingDamage, DamageEvent, Killer, DamageCauser);
}

12:24 PM

killerTeamId always equal to structureTeamId

well yeah because when you trigger the c4 you destroy it

12:24 PM

so you're killing your own structure in a sense

Is it possible to get the ID of the tribe that destroyed the structure using c4?

probably with the TakeDamage hook

Check that damage is greater than current health?

ignore all cases where the killerTeamID and the structureTeamID are the same

12:29 PM

it's either friendly fire or c4

12:30 PM

also i'm pretty sure the APrimalStructureExplosive class got added to the API

12:30 PM

that way you can check if it's c4

Ok, thanks for your help!

@WETBATMAN Cannot find solution using APrimalStructureExplosive Is it good way?

float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (EventInstigator && EventInstigator->IsA(APlayerController::StaticClass())) {
        AShooterPlayerController* player = (AShooterPlayerController*)EventInstigator;

        APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

        if (_this->HealthField() <= 0) {
            // Structure Died
        }

        // or

        if (_this->IsDead()) {
            // Structure Died
        }

        return 0; 
    }
}

if _this->isA(APrimalStructureExplosive::GetPrivateStaticClass) (edited)

6:57 PM

APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

6:57 PM

any code after this will not execute

6:57 PM

btw

6:58 PM

unless the function is a void

I need to catch all types of weapons.

FString getWeaponName(AController* AttackerController)
{
    FString WeaponName = "";
    AShooterPlayerController* AttackerShooterController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(AttackerController);
    if (AttackerShooterController && AttackerShooterController->PlayerStateField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() && AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField())
    {
        AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField()->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->GetItemName(&WeaponName, false, true, nullptr);
    }
    return WeaponName;
}

6:58 PM

that's my function for getting the weapon name

I have no problem with this, the code is executing

but it won't work with c4 since it's a structure

6:59 PM

oh nvm you're not returning it

Thanks for your help. I think the current version will suit me. Let me know if you find anything better.

hey, if it works don't touch it XD

haha, sure

I have been trying to get an item dropped from my my inventory, but keeps crashing

void RemoveItem(AShooterPlayerController* controller, UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComp, UPrimalItem* item)
{

    FItemNetInfo info;
    item->GetItemNetInfo(&info, false);
    Log::GetLog()->warn("netinfo collected");

    FVector location;
    FVector direction;
    bool fromCrosshair;
    controller->GetPlayerCharacter()->GetCharacterViewLocationAndDirection(&location, &direction, &fromCrosshair, 0);
    Log::GetLog()->warn("locationinfo collected");

    Log::GetLog()->warn("Attempt a drop");

    FRotator r = FRotator(0);
    inventoryComp->DropItem(&info, true, &location, &r, false, false, false, true);
    Log::GetLog()->warn("Dropped !!!!");

}

(edited)

5:10 AM

I am guessing that I am assigning something wrong. Any ideas, or does anyone have anything that works for dropping an item on the ground

why is it crashing? what's the stack trace say?

there is none

6:53 AM

small popup comes up saying the program stopped working and thats it

6:54 AM

Run it in a debugger or turn the crashdialog on?

6:55 AM

It should tell you what line caused the exception

crash dialog comes on every now and then, not sure why not always

I'm not as familiar with Ark as I am Atlas, but it shows me a stacktrace in the crash dialog

yes I know , like this

6:57 AM

Yeah

it shows .......sometimes only

6:58 AM

not always

Odd, I can't read that one anyway xD

running crashmanager too, and it doesnt catch it either

6:58 AM

just an example

Try a debugger?

6:59 AM

Ida has one, you can use third party ones with it too

I found a different way around what I was trying to do, so dont need the drop function anymore. If I really need to get it working ill try debugging.

7:01 AM

Thanks for the help though (edited)

Cool

would be cool to know how its done though, if someone has a working example, if not ... thats ok too

@WETBATMAN Hi again. I'm trying to use the code you suggested, but my server is crashing.

bool Hook_APrimalStructure_Die(APrimalStructure* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(APrimalStructureExplosive::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessageToAll("TestPlugin", *FString("[Structure Death] APrimalStructureExplosive"));

    return APrimalStructure_Die_original(_this, KillingDamage, DamageEvent, Killer, DamageCauser);
}

(edited)

Does it give you a stacktrace?

could be that the class itself is fucked

6:38 PM

like APrimalStructureTurret

6:38 PM

casting to it or checking it will always crash the server

@WETBATMAN Oh, well, okay. Thank you.

7:13 PM

@antihax https://pastebin.com/Y64e6zr8

You are missing something in config.json

7:15 PM

If I had to guess, it is APrimalStructureExplosive

I don't use config.json, is it important to use it?

The main one for version.dll

7:17 PM

It's how it know what to hook

7:18 PM

If it can't find it, it defaults to the first function on the list, which is compress2

Should I put APrimalStructureExplosive here? "structures": [ ] (edited)

Think so

7:21 PM

See if it is there already

7:22 PM

It may be a subclass if it is already there, or something else I can't see.

It's not there.

Ahh, good. Add it and see if it still crashes at compress2

Thanks, I'll try!

Could also be the prototype doesn't match, PrtivateStaticClass usually takes an argument for me.

The server no longer crashes, but _this->IsA(APrimalStructureExplosive::GetPrivateStaticClass()) doesn't return true when I use c4 to destroy the structure.

Check the prototype, I think it should take a const wchar*

7:51 PM

That's all defined in the API headers

7:51 PM

I'm not at my PC to check :(

7:55 PM

Oh.. also check the function to make sure someone didn't oops and do AActor::GetPrivateStaticClass or something similar

static UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass() "wchar_t" is not required

adding that class to the API is not a good solution

8:00 PM

it's better to add it to your plugin PDBConfig.json

8:00 PM

that way you can give your plugin to other people and it would still work

8:00 PM

otherwise not

Where can I read about setting up PDBConfig.json?

PdbConfig.json

44 bytes

8:03 PM

example

Okay, I got it. Thanks.

8:05 PM

I just want to count the number of broken structures by the player and get their owner, but because of c4 it does not work.

pdbconfig probably won't help you

I know

it's useful if you want to use a function that's not in the API

8:07 PM

but in this case that class is already in the API just crashes upon usage

8:10 PM

FString descr;
        DamageCauser->GetHumanReadableName(&descr);
        const float C4Multiplier = config["WeaponDamageMultipliers"]["C4DamageMultiplier"];
        if (descr.Contains(L"C4")) Damage = Damage * C4Multiplier;

(edited)

8:11 PM

i have a very simple way of identifying c4 in the TakeDamage hook

8:11 PM

might be useful for you

8:11 PM

but this will only work on systems running windows in english

Can I use it in Hook_APrimalStructure_Die? (edited)

you could probably

8:15 PM

just get the structure name

8:15 PM

this is the simplest way to do it

8:16 PM

the above example adjusts c4 damage with a multiplier defined in the config

But there does not seem to be an explicit way to get the owner of the structure when using c4?

should be

8:19 PM

but not sure how it would work with tribe ownership

8:19 PM

since you’re placing a structure

8:19 PM

but there should be a way to get the owner

8:20 PM

if you cannot get it to work you can always hook IsAllowedToBuild and store the owner of c4 upon placement

8:20 PM

but i would only do that as a last resort

Well, I'll try to find ways further.

So I am pretty advanced with cpp but never worked with the api before. A server owner has offered to pay me to write some plugins for his server and I was wonderong if there were any beginner resources you could point me towards

Also maybe I'm just missing it but I cant seem to find the documentation for the api (edited)

see these for examples https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

Mr-Salt/Ark-Plugin-TribeSlotCooldown

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

10:00 PM

most of the API is basic UE stuff with customizations from Grapeshot/whoeveer

Ok so most of it needs to be written custom such as creating custom color events and the like

10:36 PM

Server owner gave me a list of custom plugins he is interested in and most of it is now looking like the API won't be much help

10:57 AM

Any Idea how to get around this linker issue with API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(url, callback, GetHeaders());

10:57 AM

unable to build project unless I comment it out

10:58 AM

if I compile the .cpp file on its own its fine, but building the entire project keeps spitting this linker issue at me

10:58 AM

11:00 AM

1>ProjectCCC.cpp
1>apiCalls.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: bool __cdecl API::Requests::CreatePostRequest(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > const &,class std::function<void __cdecl(bool,class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >)> const &,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > const &,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > > const &,class std::vector<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> >,class std::allocator<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > > >)" (__imp_?CreatePostRequest@Requests@API@@QEAA_NAEBV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AEBV?$function@$$A6AX_NV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z@4@AEBV?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@4@2V64@@Z)

(edited)

The Get Request works fine, just Post thats full of it

11:09 AM

Running V3.2

Hello. Anybody have idea why 1 of my 7 servers closing query port "27017"? With reason like: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/513432877904691205/620119754442670092/unknown.png

Thst could be anything, what changed on that serversince it worked last time

Grumpy, usually means it can't find the implimentation of a prototype

8:54 PM

So that functions implimentation is missing somehow

So is anyone using post successfully in v3.2

It works if you call it correctly

is there a trigger to hook up to when a player leaves a tribe ?

Maybe this: DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerState_NotifyPlayerLeftTribe, void, FString*);

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerState_NotifyPlayerLeftTribe(AShooterPlayerState* aShooterPlayerState, FString* ThePlayerName, FString* TribeName)
{
    AShooterPlayerState_NotifyPlayerLeftTribe_original(aShooterPlayerState, ThePlayerName, TribeName);
}

(edited)

1:36 PM

ill try, ty

use Hook_AShooterGameMode_RemovePlayerFromTribe https://github.com/Mr-Salt/Ark-Plugin-TribeSlotCooldown/blob/6ff3be20a94252b5fc5e40027d17d77710b3a064/src/Hooks/Hooks.cpp#L134

Contribute to Mr-Salt/Ark-Plugin-TribeSlotCooldown development by creating an account on GitHub.

perfect! ty @Mr.Salt !

I am trying a new library, I have successfully created a test app in c++ and it works great, but I have now added the same thing into my ark plugin and now getting error 126. I do understand that its the module missing error, I am not sure where or what it wants me to do. I have tried moving the #pragma comment(lib,"cpprest141_2_10") to the top of main instead of in the class file. I have checked the references to the directories where the files are. more than that I have no idea. everything compiles, but when loading the plugin, I get error 126. Any ideas ?

5:23 AM

It would have been help full to know the path its trying to look in.

missing a dll apparently

but the dll is in the same directory

is it the right one?

5:57 AM

There are usually two or three different versions

6:04 AM

oh jesus

6:04 AM

it uses a ton of DLLs

6:05 AM

oooh coroutines

I hear what you are saying, but it doesn't make sense to me.

6:35 AM

when compiling a console application it outputs a exe and a dll, moving that to another environment still works when running it, why now that its running under arkapi need all these other libraries

Throw it in a debugger, it should help narrow it down.

ok

The console app project may have provided the path to the lib dlls (edited)

6:37 AM

that error is apparently "The specified module could not be found."

6:37 AM

unless i am reading the wrong docs xD

yeah

6:37 AM

thats correct

6:37 AM

doesnt tell you what module or where itwas expecting it

yeah =\ the debugger should let you step back a few and see

yeah ill give it a try

6:38 AM

thx

it could also be it is incompatible with the build tools or a supporting dll i think.. not 100% on that

oh shit I hope its not that

I had some things like that before where i have to build with MINGW or it just wouldn't work

if it is that, you can just build your own version since you have the source for it

i had a similar issue when trying to load POCO requests

8:08 AM

if your library has the option to be built as static do that

yeah, could could prob build it as static. That's a lot of dependencies xD

6:06 PM

then again, it's a fully featured https client and server

well yeah i ditched it because i found out i could set a header with API requests too

oh.. it's a shitty one apparently =\

6:09 PM

doesn't support h2....

6:09 PM

and h3 is around the corner xD

the GOG client uses poco

6:09 PM

also does the nvidia installer

poco?

yeah

6:10 PM

the web requests

why do all these libraries hide their feature set list =\

6:11 PM

apparently POCO doesn't do it either xD

6:13 PM

it's usually a deathblow to most legacy http libraries, because they were never structured to allow completely async requests

6:18 PM

https://nghttp2.org/documentation/libnghttp2_asio.html looks interesting, but not fully complete apparently

@Michidu

may we get an update to the ATLAS shop api, its currently broken after mega patch, its no longer logging players in by their steam64 id, its making a random account number and is doing so on every login.  im sure permissions may also need an update

(edited)

6:18 PM

3 bottom entries as example

it's random on every login for the same person or is it really a pseudonym?

i can log in and log out and get a different id everytime, tested on live and test server

6:34 PM

other players too, same

that's not good

Can confirm atlas mega update broke shop @Michidu everyone's points got reset on ours.

they are not reset

6:37 PM

they are just getting a new ID

6:37 PM

the DB is still intact

6:37 PM

just needs update

Yeah I gotta check my db just waking up to spam of dms about it this morning lol

thing that sucks, is once they log out, they get another new id once they log back in

6:40 PM

i have temp uninstalled shop until fix is applied

6:41 PM

also took backup of db just in case

don't worry, mine little plugin is crashing on something so stupidly simple

7:04 PM

i think it may be a bad offset :X

7:04 PM

from the pdb

permissions and tebex are not working either anything to do with steam ids, it seems maybe the api itself needs updated? Grapeshot must have changed something related to the ids

I think they changed a bit more

8:08 PM

trying to see if i can figure it out atm

probably they added a new ID system to accommodate for the game being ported to xbox

It’s generating new ID every login, even for same person, doubt that’s it

don't think they would change the ID system otherwise

10:14 PM

obviously xbox players won't have steamID so they'd have to do something about that

But now I have no way of linking the shop dB to the player

10:17 PM

If that’s the case

so, there is a really simple class i was using that is now returning shit

10:52 PM

FSeamlessServerInfo

10:53 PM

it could be related that you are also getting complete shit for steamID

10:54 PM

also the log for the shop will be writing to the wrong files if i am not mistaken because it uses similar functions to what i am

Whatever the case, shop is down, will be waiting on @Michidu

nope, mine was because JSON was invalid and the stupid thing just boots up anyway

1:44 AM

most likely we need a new way of getting steam id will look at it once updating is finished

Ok thanks

Hello guys, I don't know if this is the correct channel for this, but I wanted to ask a question. Is there a command to view ARK server logs by Rcon? I use the ARKon tool to track the status of the server and track the commands used on the server, but I found nothing about the command, and as ARKon uses Rcon, I believe there must be a command for this, could anyone tell me?

Has anoyone found a workaround to get GetActorsField for Atlas?

Oo

@Michidu the atlas shop plugin is not correctly calculating points. We need a hot fix soon please. (edited)

plugin

2:42 AM

@Infiniti And It has already been reported. (edited)

Thx

I don't suppose there is any Official documentation or tutorials for the API?

There is a whole wiki with documentation

@Foppa any reason why only one grid would give about a 5 second lag every 5 min point interval for the shop?

9:44 PM

all other grids remain unaffected

No clue, don't think the shop is the reason for that. Maybe that grid is having other issues as well?

1/49 seems so weird, i went there myself to witness the players sayins its only upon points given, i confirmed

10:51 PM

i went to C5 and sure enough right before the dialog comes up to give the points a 5-7 second lag happens

hey guys im new in development ark plugins now i readed the beginnersguide an do everything what stand in there, now i got a problem when i start my server i become the error 1114. the Only code what i insert is : ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendServerMessageToAll(FLinearColor(FColorList::Pink), L"This is the first plugin from FlapFlap"); So what do I wrong ? i insert it here case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH (edited)

nobody an answer for me ? (edited)

1114 is generic plugin unload

9:26 PM

oh wait you attempt to send a message on plugin load ?

yes i just wanted to test if this is working

1:36 AM

okay maybe i cannot do this on load what is the best way to test something like sendservermesage should i get some hook and send it then ?

so you want it go out to the server when it's online for example like a chat msg? (edited)

6:30 AM

or just in the server logs

you cannot send a message on plugin load, the game isn’t fully loaded at that point

Is there a way to get the user's ip? I wanted to build a map with the location of the players, but I didn't find the data in my search. Is there any rcon command to display this information?

i still haven't found a way to do it with the API so i just do it with a mod

Which? Do you know any plugins that do this?

the method for getting ip is broke in the api

7:01 PM

it returns steamID

7:01 PM

as far as i know no plugins can do it

Need some help.

7:44 AM

10/26/19 07:24 [API][info] UWorld::InitWorld was called 10/26/19 07:25 [RPS][error] User not authorized. Plugin unloaded You need to buy this plugin! Check key.txt in C:\home\kunden\kd_\server\ase-win_1309\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64

7:45 AM

i have buy one license to test it on one server and i faild. (edited)

@Stofftier You need to reach out to the plugin dev directly

ok thx ^^

Is there an effective way to debug an 1114 error?

nvm, I have resolved the error.

before i spend a week digging through stuff.. has anyone ever extracted the resource requirements from items?

10:37 PM

TArray<FCraftingResourceRequirement,FDefaultAllocator> BaseCraftingResourceRequirements; looks like it is this

10:42 PM

PrimalItemConsumable_DragonsTongue_C /Game/Atlas/AtlasCoreBP/Items/Recipes/PrimalItemConsumable_DragonsTongue.Default__PrimalItemConsumable_DragonsTongue_C
   PrimalItemConsumableEatable_WaterContainer_C 1
   PrimalItemConsumable_Vegetable_MaizeOrWheat_C 20
   PrimalItemConsumable_Meat_Marrow_C 1
   PrimalItemResource_Sap_BASE_C 10
   PrimalItemConsumable_Herb_BASE_C 20
   PrimalItemConsumable_Berry_Base_C 10
   PrimalItemConsumable_Fruit_Lime_C 5
   PrimalItemConsumable_Vegetable_Chilli_C 5
   PrimalItemConsumable_Vegetable_Beet_C 5

yup

(edited)

10:43 PM

Eatable_WaterContainer :triggered:

is there a way to inplement in ArkShop Kits with Engrams ?

So it unlocks engrams?

There's a cheat for that, no?

If you want WC to do something about these broken breeding settings, you can comment in this thread (if you havent done it before) https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/480828-what-is-wrong-with-my-imprints-timers/&

what is wrong with my imprints timers.

Changes on Imprint in v300.6 Hey ho, did anyone already figure out the new imprint calculation? Cuddle timers are really messed up atm. Our settings (until the patch): MaturationSpeed = x10 Cuddle Interval = x0.2 Previously this resultet in (using Rex as example): Imprints ev...

Fatal error! VERSION: 302.51 VERSION.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffd5a154219) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick() (0x00007ff6eef41187) + 0 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\timermanager.cpp:1087] ShooterGameServer.exe!UWorld::Tick() (0x00007ff6eedfa185) + 0 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:1294] ShooterGameServer.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() (0x00007ff6eed6163e) + 0 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameengine.cpp:1170] ShooterGameServer.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() (0x00007ff6ed9a5bf6) + 0 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2432] ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMain() (0x00007ff6ed9a1a9c) + 0 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:140] ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMainWrapper() (0x00007ff6ed9a6bca) + 5 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:125] ShooterGameServer.exe!WinMain() (0x00007ff6ed9a6d21) + 8 bytes [c:\svn_ark\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:213] ShooterGameServer.exe!__tmainCRTStartup() (0x00007ff6efd4b725) + 21 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618] KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffd7d0913f2) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffd7fa154f4) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffd7fa154f4) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

Does anyone else have this problem

hi,Some people know how to judge whether there is an item in the backpack

3:03 PM

TArray EngramBlueprintEntriesField Can't get the item name? Is there any way to get it

If u solve that me know, i have been working on that for days (edited)

trying to get engram name or item name ?

9:36 PM

@Foppa

well it's for Atlas

@WETBATMAN Hello.Do you know how to get the corresponding item blueprint from the Engram

i'm pretty sure engrams are inventory

11:27 AM

or are you talking about a specific engram you get some other way ?

Get blueprint from engram

11:29 AM

I tried for a long time, can't do it

11:31 AM

Also can't get the item name from engramentry

never tried to get full path from engram

For example, use blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponPike.PrimalItem_WeaponPike' to get EngramEntry_Pike_C

Yeah i was thinking of finding something similar for dino name from blueprint.

not all dinos have the same name displayed ingame as in the BP

7:23 PM

the reaper is named Xenomorph

7:23 PM

the reaper is named Xenomorph

7:23 PM

for example

7:25 PM

if you're spawning the dino you can copy the API spawn dino function and then use the spawned actor (dino) to get the name

right but if your not using the spawn dino function which returns the dino to allow that and using the rcon command which doesnt return dino then makes it harder to get dino name hence wanting to get it from blueprint.

void SpawnSetupDino(FString* DinoBlueprintPath, FString* SaddleBlueprintPath, float SaddleQuality, int DinoLevel, FString* DinoStats, float SpawnDistance, float YOffset, float ZOffset) { NativeCall<void, FString*, FString*, float, int, FString*, float, float, float>(this, "UShooterCheatManager.SpawnSetupDino", DinoBlueprintPath, SaddleBlueprintPath, SaddleQuality, DinoLevel, DinoStats, SpawnDistance, YOffset, ZOffset); }

7:32 PM

spawn setup dino is a function too idk why you're using an RCON command for it

7:34 PM

you can probably hook it and get the dino name from the function itself

7:35 PM

or pull dino name from config

someone knows how to hook the function that adds items into the player inventory?

AddItem is the general hook

8:34 PM

i use it to see when a player gets handcuffed

8:35 PM

UPrimalItem *  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bEquipItem, bool AddToSlot, bool bDontStack, FItemNetID* InventoryInsertAfterItemID, bool ShowHUDNotification, bool bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bool bForceIncompleteStacking, AShooterCharacter* OwnerPlayer, bool bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory)
{
UPrimalItem* item = UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem_original(_this, theItemInfo, bEquipItem, AddToSlot, bDontStack, InventoryInsertAfterItemID, ShowHUDNotification, bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bForceIncompleteStacking, OwnerPlayer, bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory);

if (item)
    {
        FName ItemName = item->NameField();
        FString FItemName;
        ItemName.ToString(&FItemName);

        if (FItemName.Contains("WeaponHandcuffs") && item->bEquippedItem()() == true && item->OwnerInventoryField()->GetOwner())
        {
                AActor* Actor = item->OwnerInventoryField()->GetOwner();
                
                if (Actor && Actor->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
                {
                    AShooterCharacter* Character = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(Actor);
                    AddToHandcuffsArray(Character, nullptr);
                }
        }
    }
    return item;
}

nice

Is there a way to get all the items in the game, I seem to only get some of them using MasterItemListField

maybe they have separated items from each dlc ? Just a though

@Jenda But someone still seems to be able to extract everything

6:21 PM

I'm pleb in ark c++ development, i was just thinking, maybe they used different librarys for other dlcs or functions

6:22 PM

just trying to help

I can only get blueprints of the existence of some maps

6:23 PM

I browsed the entire Actor.h and found nothing

@cokll some maps

11:18 PM

don't have all bps

Has anyone tried using custom gravity plugins? As in ones that change the direction of gravity dynamically? For ark specifically

@substitute It seems like this

Hi guys, I have this new issue ive never seen before. Randomly, my server console will display UWorld : InitWorld was called from API? The server console does not crash and switches to initialising and gets stuck. Any help would be great, please @ in any reply

Hello my dear friends, how i can to get info (players, map, steam id and last connection server) e.t.c battlemetrics This service used api? But how? Discord have analog my question bots - eye bot, haxbot I'M interested only official server information How this site and bot search information on player server's, listing online player and steam id... Sry my English bad.

BM cant get steam id from every server, but other data you can get using steam queries

does anyone know how to get the crossarkchat to work, keep getting an errocode 127

the unmaintaned one ? (edited)

the free one

10:31 AM

I guess thats the unmaintained one then.......by Ownprox

10:35 AM

Cross Server Chat 1.0

10:39 AM

ugh.....why does it even exists

no there is another one that's sqlite based

10:43 AM

that one is unmaintained

just found Cross Server Chat 1.7 ....will try that first

10:44 AM

thanks though

yea the other one will break RCON chat

11:14 AM

this is all I get from 1.7

11:14 AM

error...error.....try again later

11:14 AM

so then which one would you recomend

11:15 AM

?

i personally use DiscordIntegrator

11:16 AM

i used to use AdvancedChat (which has that crosschat you're using built in)

11:16 AM

but it caused horrible lag lol

11:16 AM

it would worldsave every time a crosschat message was sent

11:16 AM

i think prox fixed it by now but i haven't used AdvancedChat after

@Michidu can i tell u in pm? In my question (edited)

11:02 AM

Any Idea why this happens every now and then ?

@Hamilton Seems similar to something I get from time to time, try clicking on that window and press escape 1 or twice and check the result with the game. No idea why it does that, it can be very annoying.

@Michidu

7:14 PM

down

something weird with it today

emmm crashed again

8:34 PM

@Michidu

8:36 PM

hardware malfunction?

doh website still down it seems

1:26 AM

or is this just an intermittent thing

@Michidu

up now

Ho can help

4:41 AM

?

English? (edited)

Need change request discord 0.9.6 to new version how can help me? (edited)

9:40 PM

Library

9:40 PM

In project

How do I compile the dll so that it contains all the dependencies , is it even possible

are we able to get http error codes from the requests ?

12:42 AM

instead of always true

Which http error codes @Grumpy

http status codes like 401 402 403 404 500 ...........

Yes I know what the error codes are

7:06 AM

I mean what context

7:06 AM

What's getting them

there is nothing in the ArkApi Request (get or post) that return status codes at the output side of things. the get and post request only tell you that yes it was successful and returns data if included, or false. that is very limiting and also incorrect as I do not expect true when its not 200. (edited)

7:11 AM

With the ArkApi, You make a get request......(your api)server returns 402 or 403 or 500 with no aditional data..........ArkApi request return true with no data.

7:11 AM

It would be more useful if it returned the status codes as well

@Grumpy const bool result = API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(url,[](bool success, std::string response) { if (!success) { return; } you code });

2:25 PM

It can do it

@Grumpy There's plenty of times you don't get 200 that are successful

7:26 PM

a 204 is a successful request with no response (no content)

7:27 PM

Any valid code from 200-299 is a success code. (edited)

Yes, but a 40x or 50x should not be considered success and current it does

@Michidu I'm going to add some enums to the api

9:42 PM

I've forked and added two already

9:42 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ARK-Server-API/commit/0b381ae42b2a23983e9b24804fe9098610dd4ce4

+2 enum · SubstituteR/ARK-Server-API@0b381ae

great job a pull request would be nice when you are done

Is any one, here, familiar with applying tags to objects in the dev kit? I'm trying to find out if there is a tag array referencing all tame dinos.

@Michidu I seem to upload the plugin in the wrong place....

Guys, I need help to get over a hurdle please. No matter how basic of a plugin I make, I am always getting Error Code: 126 when I try to load it up. I've even tried compiling others code that should be working. There must be something I"m doing wrong with my compile (I'm guessing).

1:41 AM

I'm all working per the google docs for setup and compile, so not sure what I'm missing.

Fixed by installing latest VS C++ redistributable, that is a 2015-2019 all inclusive package. https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

The latest supported Visual C++ downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++.

Hey I’m a server owner and I was wondering if anyone here could help me with some coding as I am trying to make my server we’re players get instant level ups upon joining and creating a survivor can anyone help me??

@Matthew_

5:14 AM

Like on spawn?

5:14 AM

That's not intrinsically hard

5:15 AM

Though you might be able to do it with just INI settings

anyone good with php around ?

@vas what’s up

nice channel lol

@nickismeta

2:12 PM

What are you trying to setup?

2:12 PM

I have a job and university already ... But I can give some guidance

Hi, is it possible, in blueprint, to generate a list of all modded creatures that could be spawned while the server is running?

Most likely not @b_man_breal

9:48 PM

Unless you can read the spawning tables

Im trying to compile the arkserverapi in vs2019 but im an error on deprecated filesystem (_SILENCE_EXPERIMENTAL_FILESYSTEM_DEPRECATION_WARNING). what settings am I missing on build ?

@GormusSenex

12:21 AM

It's not a setting

12:21 AM

Here give me a sec

ok nvm., i did this (for future reference - and i donno if its a right thing to do or if its obvious):

in the Preprocessor I added the "_SILENCE_EXPERIMENTAL_FILESYSTEM_DEPRECATION_WARNING"

-> this gave an error to the minhook library saying it was compiled on an older version. to solve that I changed the "Whole Program optimization" to No. Now compiles on VS2019

12:22 AM

@substitute ohh u beat me to it. i was writing as u wrote too

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ARK-Server-API/commit/0b381ae42b2a23983e9b24804fe9098610dd4ce4

+2 enum · SubstituteR/ARK-Server-API@0b381ae

12:22 AM

Check at the bottom

that failed too. i tried that

#define _SILENCE_EXPERIMENTAL_FILESYSTEM_DEPRECATION_WARNING

ye. failed on my compile

Where did you add it

version.cpp

12:23 AM

lol. the exact same place

12:23 AM

actually

You must have done something incorrect

12:23 AM

I compile against vs 2019 enterprise (edited)

most likely. im not rly into this c++ (yet)

12:23 AM

mines vs2019 pro

12:24 AM

i simply downloaded the repo and compiled as-is. didnt work. then i added that line. didnt work. then i did a bunch of other stuff that also didnt work

but i got it in the end

12:25 AM

but thx tho for answering

(and ye, i prolly did do something wrong lol

)

12:26 AM

u sure u havnt also set the settings i did but just forgot about it ?

I only added that one line

Got this one :

8:51 AM

But I got the files:

I downloaded the latest redist. Could that cause the error ?

ok. found out why. apparently not my own msdia140.dll works. it has to be that old one (last signed Nov 28, 2017) provided by michidu. Can any1 tell me why thats the case ?

12:31 AM

Did anyone try to use Globals::GetObjectsOfClass? I'm getting very weird crashes when trying to use it. Callstack goes into a hook of different plugin

@DevCPP is that returning an array?

3:25 AM

that could be a thread safety issue.

3:25 AM

I'm under the impression other plugins run (or can run) their own threads.

3:26 AM

if it's an array that can be mutated, I can see how cross-thread access can cause issues.

3:26 AM

(would also explain the callstack going to another plugin)

3:27 AM

https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/doc/html/interprocess/synchronization_mechanisms.html

@substitute That function doesn't return anything. Instead, it fills out an input array. This way TArray<AActor*> actors = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->PersistentLevelField()->GetActorsField(); works fine, then just need to find required entities. I don't use multi-threading in this this plugin

Well no

8:26 PM

It is returning

8:26 PM

By reference

8:27 PM

The other plugin might be running in a different thread

Also there’s the possibility the GetActorsField is being modified from a game thread

8:28 PM

Is gog protection your plugin or the other plugin

I told about GetObjectsOfClass, which returns nothing. GetActorsField returns array by reference, yes. Other plugin is also my plugin, and it is single-threaded too

The api may run the plugins on their own threads to prevent fatal crashes

8:29 PM

@Michidu would know about that

Hm... Interested thing, thanks. Didn't know about it

I don’t know either

8:30 PM

There’s no reason for a stack trace to jump plugins though

8:30 PM

Does your plugin hook a same function as the other?

8:31 PM

Maybe the hook isn’t completely bug free ?

That hook is used in only one plugin

8:33 PM

I'll check it later on special test plugin, and see whether it will be leading to crash or not

Ok

api does not run plugins in own threads

9:51 AM

crash stack can jump like this if function is hooked

@Michidu yes but they wrote that it is only being hooked by one function.

12:40 AM

Maybe the other hooked function can call the orignal hooked function?

@Michidu That function hooked in another plugin, not in the plugin which causes crash This problem occurs only if I use Globals::GetObjectsOfClass static function, but, say, GetActorsField() works fine with the same environment (edited)

Hey guys, i just quit the ark dev kit and started with the api to add more server functionality, is there anywhere some information to get started? default plugin structure and get how to get it working in visual studio?

11:07 PM

The wiki is most of the times down

11:08 PM

https://gyazo.com/aab93d5240e3faf7d48b238e656b1e71

Found my answer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit (edited)

https://gyazo.com/c7de854af0d3d3071d7c48de8ab9931a\

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Oh wow im amazed i havent seen the wiki

2:49 AM

I've been trying to include building addons via vscode with the api il be sure to try and make a update if i manage to get it working

2:49 AM

If i do manage il hopefully have it posted somwhere so it doesnt get lost

Could someone tell me how i convert APrimalCharacter* to AShooterPlayerController* ? (edited)

12:30 PM

I have this:

12:31 PM

So i think i have to start by converting APrimalCharacter to AShooterCharacter. but how?

you need to get the controller

1:01 PM

from character

ACharacter* character = player->GetCharacterField();
APrimalCharacter* primalCharacter = static_cast<APrimalCharacter*>(character);

1:01 PM

should work but im not sure

ye it can be casted

anyway now that im here. Mr @WETBATMAN how do I check a playercontroller if he is tribe owner ? i know the player->IsTribeAdmin() but is there a similar for owner ?

that will cause crash

1:03 PM

btw

1:03 PM

calling it from the controller

1:03 PM

some ark update broke this

ohh

you need to call this from player state field

1:04 PM

also state should have what you’re looking for

ahh thx. gonna try that

alright thx i will try

1:12 PM

hmm im confused

@Bram you should check if whatever is taking damage in that hook is actually a player

1:12 PM

because it gets called for dinos too

if (_this->IsAlive && _this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))

ah

so do i have to cast APrimalCharacter to AShooterCharacter first and then get the controller using FindControllerFromCharacter? (edited)

i think AShooterCharacter already has GetOwnerController

1:14 PM

but sure you can also do it with the API function

ow okay

1:14 PM

and then.. how do i cast it

i’m on mobile so forgive me if i fuck something up

1:15 PM

but it should be like this

np thx anyways

AShooterCharacter* character = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(YourACharacter)

thx

1:16 PM

no errors in vs

1:16 PM

will try tysm

Im guessing getting owner from playerstate is in one of the tags ?

is this the correct way to test if its a real player?

1:17 PM

_this->IsAlive && _this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())

ye

1:17 PM

looks correct

alright

1:18 PM

https://gyazo.com/cab615ceea337eb1ab4f42c856d643f5

Hope it works

@GormusSenex it’s MyTribeDatasField

1:19 PM

something like this

1:19 PM

wait i use it in my fork of NPP

found it ty

if (State->MyTribeDataField()->TribeIDField() == 0 || (State->MyTribeDataField()->TribeIDField() != 0 && State->IsTribeAdmin()))

1:20 PM

AShooterPlayerState* State = static_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(player->PlayerStateField());

1:20 PM

if tribe id field in MyTiveDataField is equal to 0

1:21 PM

this means player has no tribe

1:21 PM

so in that case you probably want to treat them as owner heh

ig i can use OwnerPlayerDataIDField() from MyTribeDataField() ?

1:23 PM

and compare that to the players playerid

yes that’s how they do it if you check in IDA heh

1:27 PM

for IsTribeAdmin

gahh.... wife wants the family to go for a walk... just as im in the coding zone... argghh

lol

1:29 PM

sometimes taking a break helps

is there a unique id/name for the AShooterCharacter class? im trying to add a timer on the body of each player (edited)

use either SteamID or playerID

playerID is bound to the controller or character?

character

okay perfect

1:51 PM

how do i get that from a AShooterCharacter? no function or value named id

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetPlayerID()

ah stupid of me, forgot the check the api thx

How would i intercept all these 4 actions? https://gyazo.com/93fd2e7be4f124a1280467cc6f5aef34

3:26 PM

i want to able to cancel them when holding a specific item

keypresses aren't sent to the server

3:27 PM

plugins can only handle server side stuff

can a intercept this? https://gyazo.com/68a35a93fa145cb11b3db2ca753c2bc8

https://gyazo.com/2464ab024463a9fa0f3d4bbeea8837c8

what does it do

3:29 PM

adds a buff ?

its the s+ tranfer tool

3:29 PM

opens the menu

that's client side

https://gyazo.com/1c693bfc7a3ae5835b991afc4c55aaff

server doesn't do any rendering stuff

no ik that

also you cannot intercept events from mods

3:29 PM

only core game functions

but its seems to be handled by server at some part

3:29 PM

okay

3:30 PM

equipping items

3:30 PM

can that be blocked server side?

yes

also mod items?

yes because item equipping calls a game function

yay

void  Hook_AShooterCharacter_StartWeaponSwitch(AShooterCharacter* _this, UPrimalItem* aPrimalItem, bool bDontClearLastWeapon)

(edited)

3:31 PM

use this hook

3:31 PM

this one gets called before the animation starts

thanks again

i have been looking through the UPrimalItem class but cant find a way to get the blueprint path of the item. I want to test if this is the item:

4:00 PM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

4:01 PM

primal_item->BPGetItemName() seems to require weird inputs

FString ItemString;
        aPrimalItem->GetFullName(&ItemString, nullptr);

(edited)

thx

Once the wiki gets back up i imagine it would be a good idea to make so we can create pages for all the classes and hooks

4:05 PM

something like this https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Global/AccessorFunc

4:06 PM

But obv using that wiki software

.ToString()

problem was somewhere else

what he said is still relevant

it is

you can't print an FString

i tried that earlier

4:13 PM

but had the same error

ah

Hey

5:41 PM

Im missing the C++ option in the property manager in visual code, anyone knows what I can do to fix that?

5:41 PM

I choosed C++ as Project development language

@Shorty

5:43 PM

That wrench icon

Well that brings me exactly there where I already am

5:44 PM

I am doing the ArkAPI Basic tutorial

5:44 PM

But missing the C++ Settings options right here

5:44 PM

Hope that makes it clearer

Make sure you install the redistributable

5:44 PM

You can see more details here

5:45 PM

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

This guide is based on the Visual Studio Community 2019 version install Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/ 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip Step N1: Install Visual Studio by the link given on the first prereq...

Yeah that tutorial I am currently doing

If it's still not there try doing a restart

what do you exactly mean by "redistributable"?

5:46 PM

I installed the C++ desktop development components

The latest supported Visual C++ downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++.

Got that already

5:48 PM

You got one of those ?

Both of them?

5:48 PM

Yeah the x64 one

afaik x64 only

5:48 PM

yeah

5:49 PM

Try switching to english or send the full ss from https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/670670292863025162

5:52 PM

Sry currently no other language installed :/

5:52 PM

But I can do that real quick if you want me to

When you were creating the project you made sure to select "Dynamic Linked Library" ?

5:54 PM

that one

oh

5:54 PM

didnt found that

It's in the Ark Api basics google doc

Yeah mb

5:55 PM

sry

5:55 PM

ty anyway I will try recreating it!

9/10 times not fully reading the documentation for something results in 10x more time spent searching for solutions

5:56 PM

no worries, happy coding

Yep thats true

5:56 PM

I thought that would be activated if I choose C++ as language

5:56 PM

but nope

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You know a good tutorial for basic stuff about the api?

6:02 PM

The tutorial is just for basic setup if I got that one right xD

best thing to do is to look through michidu and ownprox code.

We just got a wiki but i do remember a workshop type tutorial series on youtube

on github

Also what meduz said, you will learn the best looking at others code

6:03 PM

Just make sure you understand what's writtend and not just copy paste since that wont get you anywhere

Okay im not that experienced in c++ just things like java, javascript, swift and co

6:03 PM

Yeah I know that

i never coded c++ (im a java and c# guy) but looking through those ppls code and reading some basic stuff helps a lot ngl

6:04 PM

and then... google.. google.. google... and some more google

Yeah but there isnt much content I find on google

and after that is tried... u come here and ask

alright ty

Try looking at UE4 tutorials for C++

ik. but im guessing 75% can be "learned" watch others code

6:06 PM

last 25% is impossible to know... except for a few ppl in here who seems to have complete knowledge lol

And if I compile it is normal that i cant execute it with windows right?

6:06 PM

Just the command line proves that everything is fine

see... this i have never asked. i jsut put my code in my own ark plugin library and start a local host session. i dont know if theres any smarter way to do that

6:07 PM

for me im starting a host up sooooo many times jsut to check basic simple stuff

Takes 5 minutes for me to start up an ark server

6:08 PM

uff

yup. but when it works... uhh that feeling

hhahaha

6:08 PM

Well i will look at some code of them now

6:08 PM

ty bot

6:08 PM

both*

@KillZone can you send me the wiki?

6:23 PM

That would be super helpful

http://wiki.arkserverapi.com/

6:23 PM

It's heavily WIP

6:23 PM

But 500 error xD

so expect 500's and the likes till it gets more stable

6:23 PM

yeah

So I should just reload and it may give me a wiki?

6:24 PM

yeah got it lol

Yeah im not too sure whats going on behind the curtains for the instability but it is new so it's sortof a given

Hmm seems like it just display some normal commands

6:30 PM

for the api itself

6:30 PM

But not for developing parts

6:30 PM

oh

6:30 PM

maybe im just blind again

6:30 PM

y

Okay im sry but I got another question

6:42 PM

API/ARK/Ark.h where do I get that file from

6:42 PM

I imported the ArkAPI lib

i copied it from Michidu's github

6:50 PM

no wait

6:50 PM

u need to point ur compile library to the ark one.

6:51 PM

theres a tutorial about it somewhere

6:51 PM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit?usp=sharing might be the one

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/ark-atlas-server-api-c-hook-generator.858/<@!317315630279819275>

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6:51 PM

@Shorty

Already did every step of it

then i think u missed a step

6:53 PM

i dont got that file in any of my projects

Well I imported the Public folder

6:54 PM

changed the language

6:54 PM

and removed the precompiled header

6:54 PM

and the additional library directories

so u did this one ?

y

changed language to c++ 17 ?

I will restart the tool

6:57 PM

maybe it works after that

6:57 PM

Might have some weird cache

and additional library dir to out_lib folder ?

y

its where the file is i think

6:58 PM

hmm

now it works after restart

6:58 PM

wow

6:58 PM

love it

Exporting is Ctrl + F5 right

7:01 PM

Compiling*

never use short cuts, but i think ye

How do you do it then?

right click and rebuild

7:02 PM

ctrl + alt + f7

7:03 PM

but i use mouse... bad habit

7:04 PM

isnt F5 compile and run ?

yeah

so i dont think u can use ctrl + f5

but it fails due to errors in ark server api

7:05 PM

public folder

7:05 PM

Ah the restart changed the release and x64 back wow

Just reload it a few times

made this in a header file:

namespace Enum
{
  enum class Zone
  { ... }
}

But now I'm getting a lot of enum type errors, for example:

'EPrimalEquipmentType::Type': 'enum' type redefinition
'EPrimalItemStat::Type': 'enum' type redefinition
etc. (a lot more of the same kind)

looks like a bad namespace name

tried with other name, ie. LocalEnum. Same errors.

12:42 PM

this is also one of the errors with has no Enum in it: 'FItemCraftQueueEntry::ItemID' uses undefined struct 'FItemNetID'

just when you add new enum?

yes

12:47 PM

i moved it out into header cuz i moved other functions as well. then i get these enum related errors

12:48 PM

if i keep it in the class then theres no problem. its having it in the header that causes the error

have you tried other enum name too?

renamed Enum namespace to LocalEnum namespace. Havent tried renaming ZoneType tho

https://prnt.sc/qt0u2b Does anyone know why it unloads my plugin? I unload it in the detach process. But I looked at others codes and they did the same

12:53 PM

I mean its pretty obvious why its doing it

12:53 PM

But why does it work for other plugins

what exactly you are trying to do?

Just a simple chat command

12:53 PM

@GormusSenex it would be really weird, possibly some other code causes those errors

12:55 PM

so you call function to unload plugin?

Yeah

so what's your problem? it's not being unloaded?

It is unloaded at the start of the server when the server is fully initialized

ima try moving it to its own header and class and see if its that. if not, then renaming it to something rly unique... brb

detach event can't be called by itself however

Yeah

you call it?

No thats the weird thing

well, plugin can't be unloaded by itself heh

1:00 PM

maybe you call Unload function from some other func too

Well no I think I just forgot one break statement

rubberducking

Well works now somehow

1:02 PM

Lets test my command

wierd. i now turned everything back to its original state that compiled without errors, and now im getting same errors even related to files that arent there anymore.. ??

ok i guess one should never use enums then. now i removed that enum and replaced it with an int value. theres no use of enum anywhere, but im still getting "forward declaration of enum type is nonstandard " and all the other errors... wtf ?!?

have you tried removing vs cache and restart?

i tried restarting. but not removing cache. where i do that ?

.vs folder in the project

the suo file ?

whole folder

1:46 PM

it is a hidden folder

i tried removingf the suo file earlier. but then nothing compiled cuz i had to redo all the steps

it doesn't remove any configuration

1:48 PM

might only reset build mode (like debug/release)

most likely your error not even related to enums, possibly you missed a comma or something like this

ok, ive deleted it. same errors except the forward declaration thingie. deep breath

is your project big already?

ye :/

1:51 PM

well.. everything is relative. its big for me not being c++ dude

1:51 PM

its small if it was a c# one

heh, indeed you could try remove that h file maybe

1:52 PM

and see if problem is here

thats gone long ago

ah lol

@Michiduhi,Wildcard deleted the uprimalcharacterstatuscomponent. Is there any way to fix it

solved it...

3:06 PM

apparently i just needed to add #include <API\ARK\Ark.h> to a header file even tho theres no need for that in the class file... wierd

that makes sense actually you should also remember that .h file is inlined into .cpp on compilation

3:17 PM

@cokll why do you think so? it still exists in 3 days old dump

Player level is currently unavailable@Michidu And the upgrade will cause the server to crash

Updated today v304.45

why is this present in some code (the 50000 check) ?

[...]APrimalStructure* _this[...]
int tribeId = _this->TargetingTeamField();
if (tribeId >= 50000)
[...]

I get that checking tribeId != 0 so you know there's a tribe involved. But why the 50000 ? (_this could might as well been an AActor*) (edited)

@GormusSenex tribes start at 50k

12:17 AM

as-in, a player without a tribe still has a targeting team value

12:17 AM

it is just less than 50k

12:18 AM

so that is how it knows if it is a tribe-tribe, or just a single un-tribed player.

@cokll will update api today

Thank you very much.@Michidu

ahh, thx @substitute

@Michidu also IsTribeAdmin seems to be removed from the PlayerController now

8:09 AM

calling it from the PC causes the server to crash

May i ask, are there any examples of the code or some guide on basic stuff ? I'm looking forward to make a plugin that automatically activates "Pickup event". I have included few librarys and that is kinda all. I'don't have any idea what should be the next step, creating hook or just call some function that will set structure pickup to true ? Sorry for bothering :/

Hi! I would like to start make some understanding about plugin development. I tried the WETBATMAN-guide about how to prepare your VS2019 for plugin development. But then the guide ended and I dont know how to write a plugin at all. Instead I tried to download Michidus Plugins and opened the ArkShop plugin to look around a little. If I open it VS2017 it opens fine but there are alot(all?) of header files missing (stlib.h windows.h etc). If I try to open it in VS2020 it wants to be retargeted to a never SDK.... Any help at all to get this noob going i appreciated!

@Quarex Have you looked at the google doc regarding how to set up your IDE ?

6:07 AM

@Jenda Be sure to check out Michidu's github profile , you will find some examples there

Thank you :)

for pickup event you probably would want to hook AddItem (if you mean structures) (edited)

@KillZone yes I followed it ( the first one in #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ). But how do I then get, for instance, Arkshop in that project. I want to open the Arkshop-solution. I am clearly missing something.

Check the part where you link external libraries in the google doc, that seems to be the thing that's messing up atleast i think

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/1f92b384c8869dc8d80795d3eadeb1ae4223b616 Updated API to the latest version

1

quite funny that they added some things from atlas, like 'FAtlasAdminCommandTrackingEntry'

8:52 AM

Seems to have changed a lot

its just VS bug most likely

8:55 AM

character still here

@Michidu Our server admin is turning it on by just editing Json (if i understanded him correctly) by setting AlwaysAllowPickup to 1. @cokll Thanks, already got it downloaded

DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem, UPrimalItem, UPrimalInventoryComponent, FItemNetInfo, bool, bool, bool, FItemNetID, bool, bool, bool, AShooterCharacter, bool); UPrimalItem Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bEquipItem, bool AddToSlot, bool bDontStack, FItemNetID* InventoryInsertAfterItemID, bool ShowHUDNotification, bool bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bool bForceIncompleteStacking, AShooterCharacter* OwnerPlayer, bool bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory) { return UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem_original(_this, theItemInfo, bEquipItem, AddToSlot, bDontStack, InventoryInsertAfterItemID, ShowHUDNotification, bDontRecalcSpoilingTime, bForceIncompleteStacking, OwnerPlayer, bIgnoreAbsoluteMaxInventory); } ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("UPrimalInventoryComponent.AddItem", &Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem, &UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem_original); ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("UPrimalInventoryComponent.AddItem", &Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem);

9:08 AM

@Michidu I compiled a 3.3 and can't start it. I'll download one now and try it

what error? works fine for me

9:18 AM

This will cause failure to start

9:19 AM

this config not from github however

Start normal after removal

9:21 AM

This is NoCollision plugins

are you guys live debugging? that looks like you're loading the server inside the IDE?

you can use VS debugger to debug your plugin i'm using x64dbg however

well shit the bed, are there any tutorials on setting that up? I've done game work in eclipse IDE with live debugging, i just didn't think is possible with this lot.

setting VS debugger?

I'm a VS & C++ nub

9:25 AM

yeah

there are some on mdsn, it's same as debugging dll https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/how-to-debug-from-a-dll-project?view=vs-2019

How to: Debug from a DLL Project - Visual Studio

those moments in your life where you hate yourself for being such a nub that looking for the obvious is just not obvious enough Thanks man, appreciate the help.

9:28 AM

everyone was at some point

just kills me when i have a lot of knowledge and experience with other C types and IDE's and not a lot of it is transferable to all this lol

ik that feeling

9:32 AM

I tested 3.3 and it seems that players still can't upgrade

then it something with your code, dump 100% matches with what they have

9:43 AM

9:44 AM

Hook is normal, but the game doesn't seem to return

9:49 AM

There is another problem, RCON will also die after uninstalling UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_ServerApplyLevelUp

9:49 AM

what it should return?

I'll test it again

Fatal error! VERSION: 304.453 UnknownModule!UnknownFunction (0x0000000000000000) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

10:26 AM

emmm

10:29 AM

what you are calling?

@KillZone Well, I have done the tutorial but from my understanding those changes are only in that particular project that is created in the tutorial. When opening ArkShop.sln all settings are loaded from that solution, yes?

first thing you wanna check is SDK version

I've rebooted a lot of times, and I'm back to normal

12:34 PM

Don't know what causes players to fail to upgrade

12:35 PM

float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
  [...] <- This area gets triggered

  if (Damage != 0)
  {
    [...] <- Nothing in here ever gets triggered ?
  }
}

(edited)

Hey guys, anyone know where to find all hooks who can be used?

12:40 PM

Dont find anything in the wiki

that would be a list of all ark functions

12:47 PM

@GormusSenex try FDamageEvent

So I can pretty much hook all functions?

yes

Okay thanks

https://ark-server-api.com/resources/safezones.2/

3.91 KB

1:15 PM

VERSION: 304.453 Seems to have new changes to serverrequestlevelup

it must be your code

1:42 PM

I found the problem ... many functions have been deleted

like?

If i wanna increase turret damage shouldnt I hook into APrimalStructureTurret_DealDamage and add to the DamageAmount ? Im sending the DamageAmount to chat and it gives really wierd numbers, like 1, -13230, -13234, 1, 1 etc...

i just hook take damage and check if struct is a turret

‍♂️

i tried that first, but that DamageCauser never turned out to be a turret. Did this:

FString descr;
DamageCauser->GetHumanReadableName(&descr);

if (descr.Contains("Turret"))
{
  [...] <- Never triggered
}

2:22 PM

thats why I tried looking into the DealDamage instead

check if EventInstigator instead

wait... now that im looking at it... maybe I should have looked at the EventInstigator instead...

2:23 PM

hahaha, ye

DamageCauser should still be non empty for non ridden dinos though (as far as i remember)

DamageCauser is probably a weapon

auto Turrets_array = config["TurretAdjustements"];
            APrimalStructure* Structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(DamageCauser);
            //APrimalStructureTurret* Turret = static_cast<APrimalStructureTurret*>(DamageCauser);
            //if (DamageCauser->IsA(APrimalStructureTurret::ClassField())) Log::GetLog()->warn("Is Turret");
            FString NameField = Structure->DescriptiveNameField();
            //Log::GetLog()->warn("Turret BP = {}", NameField.ToString());
            if (!Turrets_array.empty())
            {
                for (const auto &Turret : Turrets_array)
                {
                    std::string CheckType = Turret["CheckType"];
                    std::string SConfigTurretName = Turret["TurretName"];
                    FString FConfigTurretName = SConfigTurretName.c_str();
                    std::string DamageAdjustmentType = Turret["DamageAdjustType"];
                    const float DamageMultiplier = Turret["DamageMultiplier"];
                    if (DamageAdjustmentType == "All"
                        || (DamageAdjustmentType == "Dino" && _this->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
                            || (DamageAdjustmentType == "Player" && _this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())))
                    {
                        if ((CheckType == "Contains" && NameField.Contains(FConfigTurretName)) || (CheckType == "Equals" && NameField == FConfigTurretName))
                        {
                            Damage = Damage * DamageMultiplier;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

2:26 PM

my code

2:26 PM

"TurretAdjustements": [{
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "Tek Turret+",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "Dino"
        },
        {
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "Tek Turret",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "All"
        },
        {
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "S+ Tek Turret",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "All"
        },
        {
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "Heavy Automated Turret",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "All"
        },
        {
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "S+ Heavy Auto Turret",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "All"
        },
        {
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "Automated Turret",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "All"
        },
        {
            "CheckType": "Equals",
            "TurretName": "S+ Automated Turret",
            "DamageMultiplier": 10,
            "DamageAdjustType": "All"
        }
    ],

2:26 PM

^^ config

ur using DamageCauser ?? (edited)

if (_this && DamageCauser)
    {
        if (DamageCauser->IsA(APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass()))

2:29 PM

turret cannot be EventInstigator because it's a controller

ig GetHumanReadableName isnt working for turrets then, cuz i c ur using DescriptiveNameField. gonna try that thx

it works

nice

only took countless hrs to find out what didnt work

i wish the AprimalStructureTurret class wouldn't cause crashes so we wouldn't need to rely on a name check

it does ? didnt when i triggered it. it just showed a lot of strange damage values

stuff like the Balista Turret is also technically a turret using this check

2:46 PM

using IsA and checking if it's APrimalStructureTurret causes a crash

ahh

at least it did when i wrote this code

but why would u do that when ur alrdy inside the hook ?

to make sure that the damage causer is a turret

2:47 PM

better than just name check

2:47 PM

i'm talking about class checking the structure inside TakeDamage

ohh

2:48 PM

i thought u meant the DealDamage method

2:48 PM

cuz that gives funky values

ah no, never used it tbh

well, time for an ice cold coca cola... deserve it now that this part is working.... then on to the next 300 missing parts and my plugin will be awesome

lol what plugin you are making actually?

a Zones one that include ORP, PvE zones and Unbuildable zones. maybe a bit too much for a newb but i like a challange

nah it's good

2:51 PM

i was trying to get into coding before i started hosting ark

2:51 PM

couldn't do anything

2:51 PM

then one day i wanted to make a plugin

like ArkZones plugin?

michidu pretty much wrote it for me and then i started actually learning lol

2:51 PM

because everything i did was put into practical use

ArkZones u say...

SafeZones

oh ye, forgot the name of it

ive come across SafeZones a bunch of times googling

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/sppsvcexe/746e0563-b5e1-4bc9-a802-04bd05851b6a?auth=1

SafeZones Source: Click Here Features: Prevent PVP in certain area's Prevent Building in certain area's Prevent Structure damage in certain area's Notifications on Entering and Leaving SafeZone area's Ability to restrict players from...

wtf

but at least you learned something, lol (edited)

well... yes... basically that

2:53 PM

hahaha

it doesn't have orp though

ahh... and thats the one im making right now. w8ing with the other stuff to later

2:54 PM

(even tho a bunch of others made an orp plugin tho)

there are 2 ATM i think

2:55 PM

1 doesn't work

2:55 PM

(for Ark)

which doesnt work?

agito's

ah

he's working on it though as far as i know

ima beat him to it !!!

2:56 PM

(or maybe not...)

Is it possible to modify the ark with plugins? Like the orp red shield or something?

2:56 PM

Or just background stuff

nothing visual

i think u need to do an actual mod for that

you could add orp to safezones, shouldn't be hard

Okay so you would need to do an extra mod for orp right?

2:57 PM

To show a red bubble

ye i would think so

to display it visually ye

always thought orp plugin with that bubble mod would be a hit

for sure because all ORP mods are total garbage

seems like not many people who also know dev kit out there however

ORP mods are lagging

2:59 PM

hard

don't use them

Some of them

they have a messy implementation

3:00 PM

mods handle ORP by adding an HP modification to the structure

What would you do then?

use a plugin

Without a bubble?

when you hit a structure plugins can send you a message that it's under ORP

yup. let the attackers be surpriced.... (or let them know they r attacking a active orp)

i think one of the ORP plugins even sends a message when you enter an ORP zone

mine doesssss

Nice

hehe

but its poorly implemented. need to refactor that part

So you can 1/3 the structure dmg with plugins and mulitply the turret dmg right?

yup

Great stuff lol

@GormusSenex safezones have nice implementation of zone enter/leave notifications

oO

i stole it frrom UE code, lol (edited)

XD

Well I will try to do an orp Plugin then, ty

im doing calculations based on the orb coords and radius

+2 orp plugins looks like

prolly not the smartest

Mine will release 2022

3:03 PM

I rly hate C++

3:03 PM

Why cant I just add strings to a string

hahaha

and have to do {}

you can

3:04 PM

but {} is much better actually

wdym can't add strings to strings

Talking about "welcome to this server" + name

fmt:format

API has fmt

or FString("")

3:04 PM

i think

("welcome to {}",ServerName)

3:05 PM

or "welcome to " + ServerName

hmm okay

3:05 PM

Why is there even an L in front of Strings

makes them unicode

UE

Ah okay

ohh i thought that was UE specific ?

not rly it just has to be used with FStrings because FString supports unicode data

L makes them of type wchar_t to be more specific

I love javascript

3:07 PM

Simple, easy and clean

thats not coding...

typescript tbh

Ima master in x++, decent in java and c# but shitty in c++

Html is not coding

html... javascript... tomAto tomatO

3:09 PM

xD

js is not really clean, should always guess variable type heh

typescript*

3:10 PM

was talking about typesript

3:10 PM

that makes it more coding

umm...

3:12 PM

not knowing much but isnt typescript = javascript + type declaration ?

yes

3:13 PM

And just better for understanding and working in a team

ahh

3:19 PM

it looks like SafeZones update a list/array of player pos and then a timer(?) checks whether or not to push a message to player ? @Michidu

no, // Update player positions not related to notifications

3:22 PM

its to keep players inside/outside the zone

ahh

Why......

4:04 PM

use plugins.unload ArkAdvert

4:04 PM

Players adding points will cause crash

I tested it for five hours,10+ plugins loop crash

5:13 PM

I re compiled with vs2017 and all crashes disappeared@Michidu

well, i dont know whats wrong with your VS setup obviously it's not because of different versions

json doesnt actually supports comments

1

ye

5:18 PM

I'm just marking it

Deleting this will also resolve the crash

it has nothing to do with crashes

5:22 PM

but may break some code

I've been testing it for a day, and it's really going to cause a crash

5:23 PM

use https://ark-server-api.com/resources/ark-adverts.7/ test

Ark Adverts

Plugin adds timed chat messages and welcome message. You can choose from 3 different modes for every message: ClientChat - Chat message ServerChat - Server chat message Notification - On-screen message Configuration: Console commands...

coincidence

looks like you unloaded plugin which doesnt support it

It doesn't use the leveup function

5:30 PM

And if I don't uninstall it, the player can't upgrade. After uninstalling, the server crashes

its hard to say without knowing what you are doing

...omg

9:15 PM

I finally found the problem

9:16 PM

AllEngrams Plugins@Michidu

1

What exactly is the main fucntion of Logger.h ?

3:32 PM

Just print stuff out to the server console ?

yes (and file) (edited)

what exactly do you mean "and file" ? sadcat

it writes everything to log file (edited)

Oh ok gotcha

3:35 PM

thanks

3:35 PM

Also, if i launch the server and during server runtime if i modify a plugin and build it will the server reload said plugin ?

you can do it manually by unloading and loading or you can also enable AutoPluginsReload in config

Ah okay will do, thanks

(edited)

how does that work - the autopluginreload ? cuz i dont think i can overwrite the dll file when the server is running ?

it unloads it first

3:51 PM

issue is if you have timers in your plugin it will crash when it hits the callback

3:51 PM

since timers cannot be unloaded ATM

ahh ok

Where is the AutoPluginsReload entry, i searched all the text files inside the server folder and checked out ShooterGame/Config folder and cant seem to find it ?

4:26 PM

found it

4:26 PM

just as i wrote that

4:26 PM

ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\config.json entry "AutomaticPluginReloading"

@WETBATMAN could you not just manually unload your timer?

5:34 AM

It’s a thread yeah? Terminate that thing

most of the time its not a thread i should add a way to remove timers, but that would be a breaking change, unfortunately

@Michidu is there a way to ensure x hook is invoked before y hook?

6:25 PM

essentially a "load order"

6:25 PM

?

currently no most of the time it would depend on plugin load order

anyway to force a load order?

6:27 PM

or is it by file name?

by file name

would it be a breaking change to add an optional load_order.json file?

6:30 PM

e.g. if the file exists, enumerate plugins, load them in the order of the json file, and any missing just load by file-name.

is it by file name or folder name ? could maybe just rename folder name ?

Yes, you can do that, but that's not a perfect solution

it can be done, but a better solution would probably imply setting the order of hooks if you need to execute your hook first, it can be done with a small trick however

i can add an overload which would accept order as parameter

a "perfect solution" was for Wildcard to fix meshing, duping and then wipe all servers... @substitute

they made a wipe?

@GormusSenex they never will

@Michidu I wish

i think they did it a few times already

7:13 PM

@substitute so that would be a good solution for you?

it could be, but concern is two plugins trying to be "first"

7:20 PM

no way to fix if it's coded into the plugin directly

that true, but it could happen if you specify order of plugins loading too

Can set lazy loading

7:26 PM

hi

10:56 PM

where can i ask for help? i am clueless ive been trying for 2 days to fix something for my ark server its about the server starting to lag when harvesting big amounts im using ark server manager, i tried everything on google and nothing works or it just makes it worse ;/

10:56 PM

im really desperate lol

reduce x times harvest amount ?

11:02 PM

increase "health" of harvest, ie. how many times u can hit it (i forgot the correct name for it)

11:02 PM

u can tweak it to get the same amount output, but with more hits iirc

11:03 PM

its my experience that its the harveat multiplier that lags when eg a bronto starts berry farming

11:03 PM

... but this is ArkServerAPI discord, not general discord for server admins

@Medicalmischief there are some func wildcard have made for things are really bad

11:30 PM

Like Dino level when spawning is a for loop

11:31 PM

So like level 2000 Dino = 2000 iterations = server lag

11:31 PM

It is why if you spawn a like level 1b the server stalls for several seconds

i guess thats for me and not Medicalmischief ?

(edited)

11:33 PM

@substitute

Yeah

11:39 PM

Oops

Hahaha i seen that and was like yeah i know but i dont k ow how to code so i dont really know the true difficulties yall are having.

At what point can I call this ? AShooterGameMode* aShooterGameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode(); I was gonna call it in the Load()-method (DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH), but it returns null ? Is shootergamemode only active from within a player "call" ?

@GormusSenex game mode isn't init'ed yet

darn... thats what i assumed since i didnt get anything

I would always get a new pointer to ShooterGameMode whenever you need it.

12:30 AM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->KickPlayerController(who, &FString::Format("Kicked by SALT AC, Reason: {0}", (int)why));

12:30 AM

example (edited)

I need this be4 any1 logs in:

FString fPort;
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetNetworkNumber(&fPort);

12:32 AM

dont wanna call it every time some1 logs in - or check if its been called

12:34 AM

wait... I can make a hook to here and call it ? Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame

12:34 AM

that should only be called once ?

12:36 AM

fuck, im slowly becoming semi-pro at this shit

yes do it in your initgame

yup, it worked. now i can go to sleep

@Michidu how would I set a value in a field array ?

1:01 AM

nvm, I figured it out , weird syntax

anyone getting server crashes with the newest ark update?

3:00 AM

im getting this but not sure if its api related or not

3:00 AM

looks to be advancedchat plugin causing the issue so far. when typing in global chat it crashes the map

@Michidu

3:32 AM

3:37 AM

same problem

3:37 AM

in my own plugin

3:37 AM

compress2() (edited)

3:42 AM

gonna attach a debugger

which function you are calling? looks like it's missing

ye

8:43 AM

this was the same crashlog in NPP

looks like quite some plugins have this issue

9:48 AM

i wonder what they deleted

Yes some functions are missing causing problem

4:22 PM

@Michidu I added a function to the api and got the same crash

4:22 PM

I’m 99% sure the function exists

possibly you didnt add class to pdb config

That might be it actually

4:22 PM

But it’s part of a class that is

you can enable DumpAll

I will try that. I narrowed it down so I’m certain it’s the one call

i apologize for the off topic question

4:25 PM

but does anyone have this issue where SSPVC.exe eats like 50% of the CPU every 60 seconds

?

disable it

then it marks windows as non activated lol

4:27 PM

after 3-5 days

4:27 PM

it's the Microsoft license service

Use legit windows

i do

4:27 PM

dont use legit windows then

XD

sppsvc.exe

Recently, sppsvc.exe, the Microsoft Software Protection Platform, has decided to give my computer a really hard time. For the last day or so, it has been randomly using up most of my CPU, and really

hm

4:30 PM

massive fail XD

4:30 PM

at least i think

Windows 10 is free

i have windows 10 pro key purchased

you can run non activated you just cant customize

but i had KMS installed XD

so not as comfy

from before i bought the key

ahh

i think it was tampering with this service

yup

big despacito moment right there

whenever i buy used laptops from my company i always do a brand new install

4:32 PM

"whenever"... not ive done that many times.... but 3 still counts

XD

4:33 PM

guess i gotta do a thorough clean now

4:33 PM

maybe some leftovers from KMS

ughh... it took me 2 days to get arkserverapi and sqlite3 to work together... i donno what i did except that i did a lot... i wont ever do a reinstall

same lol

4:34 PM

i got so much random shit on desktop

4:34 PM

i'd rather not do a reinstall XD

It's alot easier now imo now with the wiki

theres a wiki with the sqlite3 in it ?

4:34 PM

oO

@WETBATMAN

4:35 PM

and just install timeshift

4:35 PM

i just wish i didn't have to dualboot for working on ark api sadspin

4:36 PM

or seperate /home and /boot

4:36 PM

aaand i didn't censor everything

4:36 PM

nvm dont care

ima hack ur system cuz now i know ur using 'maia' icons... (edited)

4:38 PM

nah just my irl first name in the CLI

4:38 PM

that's the only thing

my first name is God... last name Almighty...

(edited)

@Michidu

5:07 PM

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* defaultComp = _this->GetDefaultCharacterStatusComponent();

5:07 PM

is what causes my crash

5:08 PM

and my def. in Actor.h

5:08 PM

c++
UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* GetDefaultCharacterStatusComponent() { return NativeCall<UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent*>(this, "UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent.GetDefaultCharacterStatusComponent"); }

looks like GetDefaultCharacterStatusComponent was removed

UWorld::GetTimeSeconds() crashes in VoteRewards

5:12 PM

looks like it's also removed

yes it is

5:13 PM

which is weird though

it was removed?

why they doing a bunch of removals recently lol

I need to re-generate my ida database

5:13 PM

but you're sure it was removed?

yes it crashes with VoteRewards

looking at today dump - it's not there anymore

is there a way of doing GetDefaultObject<T>? (edited)

UClass::GetDefaultObject

5:16 PM

but i dont think its gonna replace GetDefaultCharacterStatusComponent

GetDefaultCharacterStatusComponent just gets a new instance of the UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent with default data I believe

you could be right better use UClass::CreateDefaultObject

std::map<long, long> Foo;
Foo.insert(std::pair<long, long>(123, 456));
if (Foo.find(123) != Foo.end())
{
  [...] <- shouldnt this be activated if there's a match ?
}

(edited)

match in key

updated my question

seems right

hmm

your code works Foo[123] = 456; looks better btw

5:56 PM

instead of insert

ohh i didnt know thats possible

5:57 PM

will it do the same ?

almost [] operator might overwrite entry with new value (insert won't do it)

can i also get the value with Foo[123]->second ?

yes

damn thats easier. wierd way of doing it since [123] never been "inserted"... not used to that

another way Foo.emplace(123, 456);

6:00 PM

which is same as insert just prettier

@Michidu

6:04 PM

How to make instance of the class?

6:05 PM

I don’t see CreateDefaultObject on the type and the UClass variant isn’t typed

what for though?

I need to read values from the default object

6:06 PM

I’m replacing a function with a hook

ah, you mean that get uclass* first

6:07 PM

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent possibly missing base class

6:07 PM

set it to UObject

so if i want to replace the value in the map, I have to do a Foo.erase(123) first then ?

no

(if using Foo.implace(123, 456) ?

then yes heh

6:24 PM

but [] is really better

i read that its from c++03 and implace is from c++11... wouldnt the ladder be better then ?

no, why?

(just assuming since its newer

)

std map is old too

i know i'm a nub, but i've been using

TMap<int32, FString> Map;
Map.Add(teamID, characterName);

is this ok? (edited)

implace uses references instead of copying the values. when is the old value gonna be free'd then since afaik theres no garbage collector in c++ ?

i read somewhere that there is no GC

think im gonna use the operator [] instead of emplace

*emplace can do everything, it depends on your map type, moreover you probably mean pointer, not reference as it can't be really copied

6:30 PM

@AaronBasques TMap is not complete, i would suggest using std::map instead

TMap has Map.Contains(Key) if that helps and works

6:31 PM

oh

6:31 PM

its been working for me thus far

it has some limitation like you cannot use FString as key for example

ohh, some wise dude on stackoverflow wrote that emplace is the go-to call for elements that cant be copied or moved. ahhh

6:33 PM

<long, long> isnt a problem using [] then

hm, if element can't be copied or moved, not sure how you gonna add it to map

6:37 PM

right, i got what you mean emplace can construct elements in-place, so yeah that correct

maybe Foo[123] = &&Foo2 wont work ? i donno...

6:38 PM

but does with emplace

6:38 PM

?

6:39 PM

anyway, enuf of this. im gonna use [] now. looks prettier and negates the need for erase

this wont work at all

@Michidu

6:39 PM

what is _this? (edited)

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent*

did you add UObject as base class? if you did use _this->ClassField()

I haven’t changed the api yet

you dont even need to recompile it

I know

Map<long, long> Foo;
Foo[1] = 2;
Foo[2] = 3;
Foo[3] = Foo[3] + 4;
cout << Foo[3};

Will I get a 4 or an error ?

exception

7:30 PM

actually no are you checking us?

no lol, it jsut becuz it takes 10 mins for my ark to start up to test it

7:31 PM

and since it seems like a trivial question for a c++ coder its faster to ask here

i don't think it's trivial lol

ye, [] will always insert new value (even if its default one) but .at() will throw

so i should still test if it has a value with Foo.find(3) != Foo.end() ?

depends what you need

7:34 PM

Foo[3] = Foo[3] + 4; won't cause any errors

ahh kewl

7:34 PM

ty

7:35 PM

wait... it wont cause any errors isnt the same as it will store the correct value... ?

result should be 4

7:35 PM

if its good enough for you, then you can use it

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/9d1b92cd608f98e272ecd631bb43709fcb2bc0c6 latest update

3

@Michidu Is update coming soon to forum for download?

its not needed

3:43 PM

broken plugins should be recompiled

but still. for those who just use others plugin wont they need the new serverapi for download alongside the re-compiled plugins ?

no

4:07 PM

those functions are local to every plugin

Wait, to confirm that I am understanding is this the return of the busted functions from yesterday via ark patch or ark api?

those funcs are gone

are these deprecated ?

libmysql.lib
mysqlclient.lib

(edited)

6:48 PM

... or did my vs add those when i tried getting sqlite3 up and running ? im not sure, did a lot

no those libs for mysql though

man, just downloaded ur latest update. now i get code errors all around

7:04 PM

i mean, the serverapi compiles perfectly. my code just references non-existing methods... argghhhh

like which ones?

how to GetOwnerController from AShooterPlayerState ?

it was removed?

apparenty. getting this compilation error: 'GetOwnerController': is not a member of 'AShooterPlayerState' (edited)

i think that my mistake, sorry should be base class here

phew

whew lol

fixed that

Only Actor.h changed right ?

now yes

aight. compiling...

7:26 PM

yup, all works now. cheers

Did anyone try to imprint dinos once they spawned?

AShooterCharacter* player_character = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(player_controller->CharacterField());
if (player_character)
{
    FString char_name = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(player_controller);
    uint64 data_id = player_character->GetPlayerData()->MyDataField()->PlayerDataIDField();

    if (!char_name.IsEmpty() && data_id > 0)
    {
        dino_spawn->UpdateImprintingDetails(&char_name, data_id);
        dino_spawn->UpdateImprintingQuality(imprint_amount / 100.0f);
    }
}

This code works fine but sometimes (it seems that absolutely randomly) causes crashes on dino_spawn->UpdateImprintingDetails(&char_name, data_id);

it crashes inside UpdateImprintingDetails?

Stack trace is ended on this call

10:05 PM

Of course, dino_spawn pointer isn't null, I check it above

Erm, have any1 noticed that if u stand on an enemy foundation the enemy turrets wont shoot u ? even if u jump on it... is it just my single player mode that does it ?

10:20 PM

turret in front here wont shoot me until i get off the foundation

10:21 PM

could be some bad coding i made tho... ?

@Michidu

3:21 AM

when using

3:21 AM

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* defaultComp = static_cast<UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent*>(static_cast<UClass*>(_this)->GetDefaultObject(true));

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent is a child of UActorComponent

which is child of UObject, so you can't just cast it to UClass.. i told you to use ClassField()

6:30 AM

@DevCPP have you tried debugging? it is quite weird, because this function is simply, you could even try to rewrite it

@Michidu

6:53 AM

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* defaultComp = static_cast<UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent*>(_this->ClassField()->GetDefaultObject(true));

6:53 AM

looks good?

yes

i'll give it a shot

7:14 AM

could be unrelated

7:14 AM

but interesting random crash

@Michidu that getclass did the trick btw

I've filled out the FPrimalCharacterStatusValueDefinition struct

8:13 AM

I am going to test my changes

@Michidu https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/pull/36/commits/fabcbe420f279df61352938d39fa43cd4271b8c8

Server crashes if killed by dinosaur by cokll · Pull Request #36 ...

Determine if it is a player

8:05 PM

I found that if killed by a dinosaur it will cause the server to crash

umm... i have a more generic c++ question not rly related to arkserverapi. is it possible to make a form of generic callback function when calling sqlite3. like i have 3 diff. structs I want to populate eg.:

struct AAA { ... };
struct BBB { ... };
struct CCC { ... };

Instead of needing these:

std::vector<AAA> db_callback_AAA(...) { ... };
std::vector<BBB> db_callback_BBB(...) { ... };
std::vector<CCC> db_callback_CCC(...) { ... };

I would like just one: std::vector<T> db_callback(...) { ... }; It's probably called something fancy and thats why i cant find it on google... ? (edited)

Templates

9:14 PM

@cokll good idea, just should keep null check and also check if player is alive just in case

@Michidu

11:14 PM

how to add to

11:14 PM

?

11:14 PM

I tried

template<typename T>
FORCEINLINE static TWeakObjectPtr<const T> ToWeak(const T* object)
{
    return TWeakObjectPtr<const T>(object);
};

    TWeakObjectPtr<const UPrimalInventoryComponent> a = ToWeak<UPrimalInventoryComponent>(comp);
    who->RemoteViewingInventoriesField().AddUnique(a);

11:14 PM

but i get

try FWeakObjectPtr::operator=

@Michidu

have to do manually probably FWeakObjectPtr::operator=(FWeakObjectPtr *this, UObject *Object)

ah no i think i find the issue

7:31 AM

~~the class isn't shown as uobject~~ (edited)

7:32 AM

hm no that's not it

you sure you need to add it to RemoteViewingInventoriesField manually?

yes

7:33 AM

I'm seeing if emulating another existing function will work for something

@Michidu well, in the mean time

9:20 AM

I've started RE this struct

9:20 AM

struct FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated
{
        uint8 bIsFemale : 1;
        FLinearColor BodyColors[4];
        FString PlayerCharacterName;
        float RawBoneModifiers[22];
        int32 PlayerSpawnRegionIndex;
};

9:20 AM

but how should I put in constructor and methods?

you need dump?

no i have it dumped

9:21 AM

i mean how should i add it

9:21 AM

the constructors / methods

9:21 AM

this struct isn't exist in the api currently

9:21 AM

that is what i made so far

9:21 AM

and tested as working

FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct * operator=(FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct * __that) { return NativeCall<FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct *, FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct *>(this, "FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct.operator=", __that); }
    static UScriptStruct * StaticStruct() { return NativeCall<UScriptStruct *>(nullptr, "FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct.StaticStruct"); }
    void FScriptStruct_ShooterGame_StaticRegisterNativesFPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct() { NativeCall<void>(this, "FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct.FScriptStruct_ShooterGame_StaticRegisterNativesFPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct"); }

you need this?

it may be possible, I'm just adding the struct to the api and was going to push it forwards

sorry, i gave you wrong struct this is correct

9:30 AM

FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct * GetPlayerCharacterConfig(FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct * result) { return NativeCall<FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct *, FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct *>(this, "FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated.GetPlayerCharacterConfig", result); }
    static UScriptStruct * StaticStruct() { return NativeCall<UScriptStruct *>(nullptr, "FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated.StaticStruct"); }
    FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated * operator=(FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated * __that) { return NativeCall<FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated *, FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated *>(this, "FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated.operator=", __that); }

9:31 AM

all functions this struct have (edited)

is there a way to get from Player ID to AShooterPlayerController ?

ye

8:16 PM

it's an arkAPI func

8:18 PM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetPlayerID()

no, the other way around

8:18 PM

i have player id

oh you mean find controller from player id ?

i need the shootercontroller

8:18 PM

ye

get stemID and then find the controller from steamID

8:19 PM

or you cannot get steamID ?

i can but there doesnt seem to be a GetControllerFromSteamID ?

8:20 PM

unless i wanna loop trough all of them from UWorld

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId()

^that probably just loops anyways

ahh fuck

8:21 PM

ofc

8:21 PM

just saw the name and assumed it was playerid from steam id

8:21 PM

ty

@Michidu not that struc there’s a different one i needed

@Michidu if you know

10:52 PM

Is it possible to hook bp functions

10:52 PM

I don’t think so because they would not be in pdb but I am unsure

10:53 PM

I figure there are other work arounds though if I want to use a mod to make a ui for my plugin

you need communication ?

I’d like it yes

11:05 PM

Some things for mods would work much better in c++

use ServerSendChatMessage for mod -> plugin

I figured something like that

use ScriptCommand for plugin -> Mod

It’s not very clean though

11:06 PM

:/

better than webrequests

11:06 PM

no other way to do it as far as i know

11:08 PM

if u can find a function that has a server and client counterpart maybe you could use it too

11:08 PM

assuming you can get some kind of an event listener in the mod

wouldnt it be nice if an actual dev from wildcard would stick his nose in here from time to time ? or would he just get shit-stormed ??

@GormusSenex zen rowie made it clear that they absolutely offer 0 support for plugins

ofc

8:13 AM

... which is funny cuz these server-side plugins r whats saving the ark universe

they are too powerful also

and another thing, dont "regular" mods pose a security risk on the users pc ? server side dont afaik

pretty sure mods are very limited, so you can't do anything harmful

so they r sandboxed ? ahh

yes i've had a discussion with mod devs, one of them said they won't join any server running plugins because they have a tendency to steal data

u dont have access to file system from a mod ?

no

what data? lol

‍♂️

9:32 AM

they were dissing me for HWIDBans lol

ah, that

if only they found out it was the mod that grabs HWID

9:32 AM

XD

lol

ye, but thats becuz ur using a mod combined with the plugin right ?

9:33 AM

ye i figured. hwid is from the mod

yes but the mod is responsible for sending all data

9:33 AM

so it makes no sense what they said

and thats what i was worried about. cuz if a mod also have access to the file system, then its a rip. a plugin dont

actually you can still do pretty bad stuff with it

or memory outside the sandbox

some chinese modder named his mod after a very large mod

9:34 AM

and made it steal some user data

what it can steal?

everything if its not 100% sndboxed (edited)

9:34 AM

sandboxed*

not from filesystem

9:34 AM

you cannot access it

9:35 AM

i'm assuming it was like IP addresses and all

well... access to memory outside whats been given... then u have access anyway

since mods can do http requests, there is always a way to know IP (which is not really hidden nowadays anyway)

9:37 AM

you can probably build a small botnet with mod

goes off starts coding next bot net

9:37 AM

you know

9:37 AM

the PF NPC mod

9:37 AM

also grabs player's HWID and IP to display them on leaderboards

9:38 AM

and possibly ban them for cheating or whatever

9:38 AM

but it don't see it's dev getting bashed

9:38 AM

even though he's collecting all this on HIS own server

cuz no1 uses that mod

9:38 AM

it has 10k subs less than mine tho

server owners can know players IP w/o mods or plugins heh

a simple ip sniffer and thats it on the server

wireshark

love it. even tho i only know like 5% of it

another thing: ive added a consolecommand, but when i enter it, it wont execute ? do i need the permission plugin for it to work or do i need to be an admin ?

console command needs cheat infront

now it worked

geez

1:06 PM

ty. any way to get around having to be an admin to use console commands ? (edited)

1:06 PM

(besides moving it to chat command)

pretty sure it’s read from the ConsoleCommand hook which is only triggered if you input cheat before command

1:11 PM

so maybe add your own hook for it ?

1:11 PM

not sure if it would get called for non admins tho

too much work then. ill use chat command and permissions

is there any way to call an animation effect, like the cryopod thing, from server-side ?

Not really

Weird question but how exactly does AutomaticPluginReloading work ? , Im trying to recompile a addon with some modifications but in doing so it errors out saying that the DLL is open in ShooterGameServer.exe ( the server im on at the moment ) so how do you actually use AutomaticPlugin reloading ?

not a wierd quiestion, cuz i dont know either

Looking into it now , maybe it's because i have it in a admin privilege required directory

4:06 PM

I moved the server to the desktop now and looking into if that fixes it

nope

4:22 PM

same issue

4:22 PM

Visual Studio just reports "LNK1104 cannot open file <compileddllname>.dll"

If anyone manages to figure it out do let me know

file should be named as <compileddllname>.dll.ArkApi (edited)

An unexpected database error occurred. Please try again later.

6:29 PM

^website

fixed

@Michidu It just compiles it as a .dll file , is there a step i missed in the google doc for setup or do i need to rename it ?

6:38 PM

i did see a video of the beyond api auto renaming it to that but i thought it no longer did that since it never did for me

you need to rename or configure your project to auto rename it

So have the export dll be named .dll.arkapi ?

yes

Alright thanks for the info il dig into it nice

Im looking to cancel the player mount event (using it to disable flyers on abb but still breed), is this the correct one? void OnRep_MountedDino()

maybe you should try this one APrimalDinoCharacter::CanMount

6:52 PM

or you wanna remove rider?

both will work

7:06 PM

i want to either cancel the mount event or knock the player off his tame after he mounted

APrimalCharacter::ClearMountedDino or APrimalDinoCharacter::ClearMountCharacter might help you also

how do i get the blueprint path?

9:13 PM

from APrimalDinoCharacter (edited)

if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().IsRidingDino(AttackerShooterController))
    {
        auto character = AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter();
        auto dino = character->GetRidingDino();
        if (dino)
 dino->ServerClearRider_Implementation(0);
    }

(edited)

10:56 PM

@Bram this dismounts the player from dino

okay thx, but how do i check which dino type it is

if there still is someone willing to help me: how do i get all players that are in an arena once they kill a bossfight

@Michidu

9:28 AM

NewPlayer->NetConnectionField()->bSharedConnectionField()

9:28 AM

keeps returning true when it shouldn't

9:28 AM

_this->bIsBossDino()() == true

9:30 AM

you need to load bitfields like this

9:30 AM

_this->bIsBossDino() = false

9:30 AM

and like this for setting

9:31 AM

are you sure that it's a bit field

9:31 AM

if (PlayerNetConnection->bSharedConnectionField()() == true)

in my case it was indeed a bitfield

mine is showing as

9:31 AM

bool& bSharedConnectionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<bool*>(this, "UNetConnection.bSharedConnection"); }

oh

9:32 AM

the b in the name made me think it was a bitfield

I might need to update the api headers

9:35 AM

@WETBATMAN

9:41 AM

lastest source shows it as

9:41 AM

bool& bSharedConnectionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<bool*>(this, "UNetConnection.bSharedConnection"); }

9:41 AM

:\

9:47 AM

I've figured it out

9:47 AM

somewhat at least

How to use AddToInventory ? Doing this:

UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComponent = [...]
UPrimalItem* item = [...]
item->AddToInventory(inventoryComponent, false, false, nullptr, false, true, false);

It doesnt put anything in the inventory. InventoryComponent is based on APrimalStructureItemContainer->MyInventoryComponentField().

@WETBATMAN I've figured why it's always true I think

8:59 PM

I believe it's because the online subsystem hasn't actually validated the client yet.

9:00 PM

you can tell when it is shared when m_SteamID != m_OwnerSteamID (edited)

r u guys working on some sort of ban system ?

Nah I’m just having fun

@Michidu

12:14 AM

is something wrong with the hooking library?

12:14 AM

void ShooterGameModeHooks::Hook_AShooterGameMode_PostLogin(AShooterPlayerState* _this, APlayerController* NewPlayer)
{
    AShooterGameMode_PostLogin_original(NewPlayer); return;
}

12:15 AM

hook is completely transparent and it crashes the server

no, you just call original wrong first arg is _this

oh shit

6:55 AM

6:58 AM

that's what I get for writing it at 4am

heh also return is useless here

it actually had more code past that

6:59 AM

I just wanted to return early to see if it was my stuff that was the crash

7:00 AM

(I just put the closing } for the sake of having it be "complete" in the sample)

speaking of pre-login. what hook checks for whitelist ?

@GormusSenex AShooterGameMode_IsPlayerAllowedToJoinNoCheck is one

8:05 AM

but even when just stubbing it and returning true, there must be another check somewhere

8:05 AM

because I was still getting kicked

Is there someway to hook into a keypress ? like the '+' for defecate ? ig u cannot hook into keypresses that doesnt do anything server-side (like show map), but defecate should trigger something server-side im guessing... ? (edited)

11:17 AM

~~i get that u probably cannot hook a keypress directly, but i mean, indirectly when it causes a server-side action~~ (edited)

11:18 AM

nvm above

11:18 AM

any way to hook into defecate action ?

probably keys are not sent to server

1:10 PM

APrimalCharacter::Poop this one i guess you wanna give achievements based on that? heh

But poop probably only gets fired when character actually poops, and not when he just tries to. I want the pre-poop event if something like that exists. could be this on, i donno - gonna try when i get home.

APrimalCharacter::TryPoop

No, no Master Poop Achievement

its actually for something completely different - gonna see if its possible to TryPoop while watching through a spyglass - to get viewingactor stats (dont like the binocular mod or adv. spyglass stuff - dont like mods at all tbh)

you wanna see if its possible to poop while watching through a spyglass? some nice experiments going on here lol

haha, nothing wierd here, move along

1:17 PM

it was in lack of other actions i choose the poop functionality

1:17 PM

no fetish... ehem

sure

is there any doc where i can get info that which hook stants for what?

I dont think so, no. The name often reveals the action - most of the time. Im usually looking in these files: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/tree/master/version/Core/Public/API/ARK

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Engine/UWorld/LineTraceSingleByChannel/index.html

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

2:52 PM

... and then with trial'n'error & googling most can be figured out. rest i ask for in here

ok tx @GormusSenex

some one knows an ark init function / hook that is called after UWorld::InitWorld ?

@Smit

10:11 PM

You can also attempt to reverse engineer the game too

10:11 PM

But that’s complicated

10:12 PM

@GormusSenex sounds like what you need specifically

10:13 PM

Ontrypoop: If actor is using spy glass: Ray trace from actor forwards On hit, if Dino dump stats Message calling player controller the stats

10:13 PM

Am I correct?

yup

Weird

10:14 PM

Why not do a real time thing with a command?

if we look past its a poop command, its kinda cool feature instead of a mod

!targetStats

a hook u mean ?

No a command

10:14 PM

You can do chat commands

thats annoying. u dont wanna type a command if ur flying around. u just wanna trypoop

Then why not track the user state

10:15 PM

And if use spy glass

10:15 PM

Enable a timer that dumps the ray trace Dino stats

hmm... timers break the auto-reload plugins dont they ? and i dont like timers. i have a feeling they slow down performance, but i might be wrong

The timer would be removed when the user stops aiming with the spy glass

10:16 PM

The timer would just be to repeat the trace while they’re spying

i mean yea sounds like a good idea

10:17 PM

just hook the item equip func

10:17 PM

to trigger the timer

so instead of a hook u propose a timer, like wait x secs to check if aimedtarget then do yy

No you hook when they aim the spyglass

ohh

Then when they aim with it on your hook you enable a timer to do raytraces

10:23 PM

Once they unaim you kill the timer

but... in the rare event that some1 is aiming while the auto-plugin reload fires... wont server crash ?

I would also store the last Dino hit so it doesn’t spam the same dino over and over if they don’t move mouse

10:24 PM

Why would you reload the plugin

10:24 PM

On a production environment

i dont use the reload thingie at all. not sure how it works. just read in here that timers crashes it.

10:25 PM

ohh... ur using it when ur developing ? ahh

10:25 PM

im shutting down ark each time

There’s no reason to reload plugins when they’re configured and done

10:25 PM

Not any good reason at least

^^

10:25 PM

reloading the config should be easy enough to add tho

10:26 PM

no need for reloading the entire DLL

Yeah dll detach isn’t something I’d want happening often in production

10:26 PM

I’d like it to never happen

then i would say the suggestion is solid and a good one

10:27 PM

make timer when aiming spyglass and kill it when not. and when dino in target, send stats to player

Keep the last Dino you sent

better than the poop thingie

And don’t keep resending the same Dino

10:28 PM

Only send if trace is valid and isn’t the last valid trace result

i need to figure out how to make a timer. ive seen it bunch of times around jsut never fiddled with it yet (edited)

10:29 PM

"trace" ?

10:29 PM

need to learn that too...

Ray trace

10:30 PM

Do you know vector math?

10:30 PM

You need basic vector knowledge to use a ray trace

i guess i can google it i hope

Here I’ll help you

10:33 PM

For your trace you need to set origin to your actor location, that is easy For the end point, take the forwards vector of your actors rotator and multiply it by the length that you want to trace (E.g. 1000 for 1000 ue units) Take that value and add it to your actor location

10:33 PM

And that would be the end point

i think i got that, but what help is the endpoint gonna do for me ? i mean, isnt something triggered when u look at a dino ? and cant i just hook into that and then also check if a spyglass is equipped ?

No

10:36 PM

You need to ray trace what is in front

10:36 PM

And check if it is a dino

ohh thats what the anti-mesh thingie does? it raytraces to a target and then raytraces back and if u can see urself from the targetm ur not in the mesh ? (edited)

yes

but im sorry. i understand ur concept, i just have a hard time trying to figure out how to implement it

can't a collision channel be used for this ?

any1 made some raytracing code i can scan ? dont think ive seen any on github

Probably

10:39 PM

@GormusSenex I can make something in a bit

just use a collision channel

You still need a ray trace

10:40 PM

You can trace for the Dino channel though

cool, thx @substitute

UWorld::LineTraceSingleByChannel

Trace a ray against the world using a specific channel and return the first blocking hit

10:41 PM

Is the related ue4 reference

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/StructuresLimit/StructuresLimit/StructuresLimit.cpp#L230

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Physics/Tracing/HowTo/SingleLineTraceByChannel/index.html

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Using a Single Line Trace (Raycast) by Channel

This how to covers using a Single Line Trace by Channel Blueprint node to return a the first Actor it hits that responds on the Visibility channel, and prints its name.

10:43 PM

@WETBATMAN aimed actor just a ray trace

10:43 PM

The issue is it may not trace far enough

10:43 PM

Depends on how far he wants to trace

ohh this is what u mean ? AActor* actor = player_controller->GetPlayerCharacter()->GetAimedActor

10:43 PM

ive used that be4

That just wraps the standard ray trace

10:43 PM

You have more control if you diy

ok, now we r talking rocket science... im not a native c++ coder

Getaimedactor does the ray trace for you

10:44 PM

But it auto fills some stuff

10:44 PM

That you may want finer control over

10:44 PM

If it works good enough for you then it’s good enough

10:45 PM

But you should learn how to do traces as it gives you way more control and lets you do some really neat things

theres a lot of stuff i need to learn, ngl... and raytracing wasnt on the list be4 u told me about it

10:45 PM

A visual

10:45 PM

The red line is the trace

10:46 PM

The box is the “hit”

i get the concept

10:46 PM

its the code im gonna struggle with

It’s 99% math

10:46 PM

And it’s not complicated

10:46 PM

You only need the actor rotator and location

10:46 PM

And you can do one ezpz

10:47 PM

This is ue4 example in bp script

10:47 PM

i tell my wife coding is not complicated, and she's a teacher. why do i feel like my wife right now...

What do you do¿

google to my fingers bleed (edited)

10:48 PM

?

nvm. u asked me what i would do, and i thought i replied to that

10:50 PM

what is that ui ? ue engine ?

That was ue4 bp script

10:50 PM

Same thing mods use

so modding is drag and drop ?

The workflow for a trace is the same in c++

10:51 PM

And yes it is

omg

?

@Michidu

6:51 AM

Can not submit Ark plugin

6:51 AM

6:52 AM

added you to plugin devs group

const long double nNow = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetTimeSeconds(); class "UWrold" has no member "GetTimeSeconds"

7:40 AM

any solution?

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetTimeSeconds(); does not work for you?

no (edited)

8:10 AM

it says class "UWrold" has no member "GetTimeSeconds"

it's because WC removed it recently

so any alternative? (edited)

@Smit https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/BlueprintAPI/Utilities/Time/GetGameTimeinSeconds/index.html

Get Game Time in Seconds

8:22 AM

but realistically it should exists

8:22 AM

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Engine/UWorld/GetTimeSeconds/index.html

UWorld::GetTimeSeconds

Returns time in seconds since world was brought up for play, IS stopped when game pauses, IS dilated/clamped

8:22 AM

unless WC went into the engine src and removed it

oky

@WETBATMAN my src has it showing

VoteRewards crashed because of this though

8:24 AM

they pulled this func

I really don't think it's gone-gone

8:25 AM

that func exists directly in the UE4 engine

8:25 AM

it'd be really dangerous for them to just pluck functions out of the engine

ida doesn’t show it anymore tho

Again, I think it's something fucky

8:25 AM

mods can call a variant of that

8:25 AM

and they do their best to not let mods crash games

8:26 AM

What (good) reason would they remove it?

yeah it’s weird

I can't see why they'd remove it especially when removing engine functions is always risky

8:26 AM

@Smit what type of time do you need?

8:26 AM

you could use the system clock

basically want to calculate time between command fired

system time could probs work just fine

time_t SystemSeconds = time(0);

oky

TimeSecondsField still here

9:37 AM

i dont think they removed it manually compiler removes unused functions, so could be that

@Michidu quick question

10:01 AM

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/GameFramework/AActor/GetActorForwardVector/index.html

AActor::GetActorForwardVector

Get the forward (X) vector (length 1.0) from this Actor, in world space.

10:01 AM

is a parameterless function that returns an FVector

10:01 AM

but

10:01 AM

in the api

10:01 AM

it's

10:01 AM

which requires a pointer to an already existing FVector?

10:01 AM

Making a zero vector isn't a problem, but it's strange (edited)

10:02 AM

especially since it also returns an FVEctor

no, it's just compiler optimization you can pass empty vector and the function will write result into it (return value will be same)

huh that's strange

10:03 AM

interesting syntax again from the land of c++

10:03 AM

does the invector have to be valid?

10:03 AM

e.g. would NewPlayer->GetActorForwardVector(nullptr); induce a crash

yes, it should crash since function will be writing values to it

10:04 AM

nothing weird, this way you achieve less copies

side note,

10:04 AM

missing GetActorLocation

10:04 AM

you can get player pos using other funcs

but there is no way to use GetActorForwardVector in one line?

10:06 AM

since a new FVector needs to be created ahead of time

10:06 AM

I guess I could write a wrapper that gives a pointer to a fresh FVector

10:09 AM

FVector* GetZero()
{
    auto a = FVector{ 0,0,0 };
    return &a;
}

FVector* myFWD = NewPlayer->GetActorForwardVector(GetZero());

10:09 AM

something dirty like that

there is a way but it will involve dynamic memory allocation, which you probably dont need

would^ not work?

10:10 AM

wait no

it wont work indeed

because once GetZero returned

10:10 AM

the pointer is invalidated

10:10 AM

because it was stack allocated

FVector myFWD;
NewPlayer->GetActorForwardVector(&myFWD);

looks fine for me

so I mean .... it could work. It's not technically going to fail, it's just 100% undefined

10:10 AM

Yes, I figured the that would work

10:11 AM

Was mostly hoping for clean one-liner

10:11 AM

so can just auto myFWD = NewPlayer->GetActorForwardVector()

10:11 AM

type deal (edited)

FVector* myFwd = NewPlayer->GetActorForwardVector(calloc(1, sizeof(FVector))); not clean though

yeah

10:13 AM

this would be """clean"""-er

10:13 AM

FVector myFWD;NewPlayer->GetActorForwardVector(&myFWD);

10:13 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_elision#Background

Copy elision

In C++ computer programming, copy elision refers to a compiler optimization technique that eliminates unnecessary copying of objects. The C++ language standard generally allows implementations to perform any optimization, provided the resulting program's observable behavior is...

[API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Plugin Release does not exist (edited)

1:39 PM

what is that mean?

your folder needs to be called exactly the same as the DLL

ohh

1:41 PM

thanks

VoteReward is still broken or get fixed? (edited)

PDBReader seems pog

12:06 AM

XD

@Michidu

3:51 AM

https://ark-server-api.com/resources/anti-familyshare.159/

3:51 AM

is posted :)

5:00 AM

sup sub

probably it hasn't been approved yet

approved now good job

ye indeed

7:57 AM

very cool

BIt offtopic, but anyone got some info on the love evolved event for custom servers ?

10:27 AM

Couldnt find anything concrete on how to enable it, no info on an -activeevent option

10:27 AM

and restarting + force wiping dino's does jack shit

-ActiveEvent=vday

10:31 AM

@Forced

Yeah read that, but people seem to be having mixed success with it

Just got word from a player its active, without any -activeevent set

10:48 AM

@#$@ wildcard...

yo @substitute how do u make the small window appear (where u write kicked etc) ?

with the KickPlayer function you can send a message @GormusSenex

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https://wiki.arkserverapi.com/ is giving error 500

@Michidu

3:07 AM

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Net/FNetControlMessage/index.html

FNetControlMessage

Network control channel message types

3:07 AM

What would be the easiest way to add this

3:07 AM

I’m not sure how to add references to templated static methods in the api

adding templated structs not that easy what do you need from this?

9:40 AM

or just choose overload you need

If I wanna hook into chat, are these the ones to do it with ?

SendServerDirectMessage
SendServerChatMessage
SendServerNotification

(edited)

12:47 PM

Is there anything else i need to hook into or is that it ? (edited)

hook the function api hooking

umm ?

12:52 PM

ur function ? the arkapi one ? i didnt know that was possible ?

AShooterPlayerController.ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation this i mean

ahh, ok. thx

@Michidu

3:41 PM

I would like to call send for network failure (edited)

@GormusSenex

6:41 PM

For the hot reloading

ahh ty

would make it a lot faster testing stuff

Yeah i only now got time after work

6:42 PM

to figure that out

@substitute just choose an overload you need, then you can call it just like regular function

The struct isn’t defined

as i see it has only functions you can grab them from ida

@Michidu I've enabled AutomaticPluginReloading in config.json, the plugins i compile go into a /Release folder and when it finishes compiling it gets copied to the root folder of the addon im working on however when the server starts up and i do some modifications to the plugin and recompile it ( with the dll.arkapi ) extension name the plugin is still runing the old code

9:31 PM

Is there anything i missed ?

9:32 PM

Also a worthwhile note is that when the server starts up, if it only has a <pluginname>.dll.arkapi file in it it gets renamed to just <pluginname>.dll

@Michidu

nvm I got it

1:34 AM

No more kicked msg

1:34 AM

ah nice

It’s why I needed the fcontrolmsg

7:09 AM

Now it is exactly like the official kick

but more importantly... can u cancel it ?

@GormusSenex btw have you succeed with stacks plugin?

I posted it in the #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ . but somehow it wont take veggie cake or cannons

8:35 AM

(and probably more i havent found)

weird, this array should have all items

8:37 AM

did you try updating max stack real time?

no, i was planning on testing that along with changing the unit weight (edited)

8:38 AM

(eventually)

8:39 AM

but my progress stopped when it didnt dump veggie cakes and cannons

that should be only small part of items

its more finding which ones tho

8:41 AM

plan was to update it all in AShooterGameMode_InitGame from a config file

that a good idea, could replace stacks mods (edited)

ye i hope. but then i also need to make a /upload function and /download function for all the existing stacked items so one dont loose existing items

8:43 AM

cuz once u remove the stack mod everything goes

that why they are bad heh

yup

8:43 AM

im working on upload and download now actually

how you gonna do it?

my plan is to upload to a db. then ill save the name of the container (aimed target) and the blueprint and the quantity, and then saves it in the db and removes it in the container. then when u download, u look at ur container and it will put the right stuff back in the right container based on the name. ofc it wont work if they remove something (containers) in the meantime, so i plan on maybe have a spawn command that will dump the rest in front of the player (edited)

looks like players would have to do it in a limited time

i dont know if its possible to iterate through all containers on the map. if so it would be easier

some will loose items anyway?

not if no players are allowed in the meantime

or they didnt transfer items

no i mean, if i can iterate through all containers on the map, then one can shut down the servers, install the plugin, start the servers up with the stack mod, let the plugin do its stuff, shut down server, remove stack mod, start server up and let plugin put all stuff back into containers and its done. wouldnt that be better ?

ah, yes it would be great not sure if you can iterate all containers though

hmm

9:16 AM

must be some way

should try iterating over all actors, possible this array has everything

how do i get all actors ?

in ULevel

9:18 AM

GetActorsField

This is probably basic c++ i just dont get. Why cant i write this to log ?


FString inventoryName;
inventoryComponent->GetInventoryName(&inventoryName, false);
            
Log::GetLog()->info(*inventoryName);

` (edited)

1:00 PM

Error: 'fmt::BasicWriter<char>::operator <<': cannot access private member declared in class 'fmt::BasicWriter<char>' (edited)

i think it doesnt support wchar

Ima shoot myself. yes. added .ToString() and it worked...

@Michidu How do I get this ?

ULevel uLevel;
TArray<AActor*> actors = uLevel.GetActorsField();

Im guessing I somehow need to instantiate uLevel ?

you can get ulevel from uworld

@Michidu I iterate through this:

UWorld* uWorld = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
TArray<ULevel*> uLevels = (*uWorld).LevelsField();

for (ULevel* uLevel : uLevels)
{
  TArray<AActor*> actors = uLevel->GetActorsField();
  for (AActor* actor : actors)
  {
    [...]
  }
}

But on the 2nd itertion of uLevel the uLevel->GetActorsField(); throws an error. any idsea why ?

check actor for null

its be4 the actor. its when getting the Actors*

3:02 PM

ohh u mean check if uLevel.GetActorssField is null ?

UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(world, APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &FoundActors);

3:02 PM

isn't it better to do it like this ?

3:02 PM

this just gets all structures instead of all actors

UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();

ye that might work too

https://github.com/WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper/blob/master/ArkBotHelper/DestroyStructuresForTeamId.h#L29

WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper

A Connection Platform To The Arkbot Web Inteface. Contribute to WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper development by creating an account on GitHub.

ima try switch. brb

3:07 PM

yes yes yes! perfect!

btw

3:24 PM

you can use APrimalStructureItemContainer to narrow it down further

3:25 PM

so you only get structures with an inventory

ye, im using that and aprimaldinocharacter on a 2nd run

ah

Don’t use get all actors of class often

4:32 PM

It’s an expensive call

its only twice when game inits

So make sure you’re not killing server performance

4:32 PM

Ok

4:33 PM

That’s fine

I wanna weed out cryopods, blueprints, armur etc. basically everything that cant be stacked; ie looking for a IsStackable on the UPrimalItem. I tried with item->CanStackWithItem(item, <qtyptr>) but nomatter how high a number i put in qtyptr it returns false if item quantity x 2 goes above its max...

4:58 PM

it does, however, weed out the non-stackable items

4:59 PM

but also if the items that have more than half its max qty (edited)

4:59 PM

i could make a simple function that makes an item with 1 and check for stack, but i assume there is a function like that alrdy ?

nvm above - i made a IsStackable-func

7:06 PM

now this iceberg...

item->MaxItemQuantityField() = 1000;
item->BaseItemWeightField() = 0.01f;
item->InventoryRefreshCheckItem();
item->UpdatedItem(false);

It updates the max quantity but not the weight. any1 knows what to call to change an items base weight ?

It’s probably a field

i cant find it. maybe override GetItemWeightMultiplier ?

that only gets it tho

ye. but maybe the InventoryComponent uses that one ?

wdym

8:58 PM

as far as i know Get functions only read the value

8:58 PM

they don't have any effect on what it actually is

i might be expressing myself wrong. would it be possible to hook into that function and return my own value instead ? that might help in overriding the base item weight if i return my own weight ?

nope. hooking into that wont work.

Just try to call it with a rvalue

10:08 PM

Also you may need to edit the api and add your own definitions if they’re missing

call what with a value ?

10:30 PM

this one ? Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_GetItemWeightMultiplier

nvm. it works. it just doesnt show the actual weight

10:59 PM

i didnt check before so i thought it didnt work

11:00 PM

but the weight is lowered just not what it shows in the inventory

11:03 PM

its amazing how this works. u finally climb a mountain only to discover the next one behind it... i'm loving it !

Hi! I've been taking my first baby steps in C++ altering an well known existing plugin. In this endeavor I've added an optional field in the config.json file. Since this field doesn't exist in all items my code will generate an error when it does not exist. Surely there must be a better way to deal with it than my way.. se pic. (edited)

Or maybe the cleanest way is to see to that all items have this field?

is item_entry a json lookup ?

11:59 PM

ohh it is. I have this for getting stuff in json file. if nothing there it returns "":

std::string GetSetting_string(const std::string& str)
{
  return Foo::config["Settings"].value(str, "");
}

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Forgive my ignorance this my first time messing around with C++ , in Extended Rcon Michidu pulls the tribeid using the following const int tribe_id = game_mode->GetTribeIDOfPlayerID(player_id); I need to pull the tribe name instead, i've looked threw gamemode.h and didn't find it. Is the tribename just as easy? What am i missing?

for online tribe it's easy, for offline - not very. Which do you need?

6:59 AM

@GormusSenex but have you managed to sync max stack size?

hahah that is exactly how i feel when coding this

10:24 AM

but what u mean syncing ? it has the lower weight, but it just doesnt show in the inventory - the old value is still shown

@Michidu for online tribe.

How should I implement a countdown (around a minute long)? should i hook onto a tick function or use a timer? only way i know how to create timers in c++ atm is to use a detached thread. Is this the right way to go or should i use a gametick instead?

5:42 PM

ArkApi::GetCommands().AddOnTimerCallback hmm

you want to actually know how much is left or just launch a timer that ends in 1 min ?

end in 1 min

5:46 PM

well

5:46 PM

120 seconds total

5:46 PM

every 30 it sends a message

5:46 PM

until 0 then run a command

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute

5:48 PM

could help you

okay

5:48 PM

i will look into is

you need to include <Timer.h>

im am correct that the is no documention of the ArkAPI function and i just have to look in the source code?

for now yeah

5:49 PM

actually no

5:49 PM

the wiki should have info on this

5:49 PM

seems to be down though currently

not anymore

5:49 PM

was second ago

5:50 PM

it is again...

@foxboxcriptoecurrentsea :

FString GetTribeName(AShooterPlayerController* playerController)
{
    std::string tribeName;

    auto playerState = reinterpret_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(playerController->PlayerStateField());
    if (playerState)
    {
        auto tribeData = playerState->MyTribeDataField();
        tribeName = tribeData->TribeNameField().ToString();
    }

    return tribeName.c_str();
}

(edited)

7:13 PM

@Michidu what do u mean by syncing max stack size ?

I meant does clients see updated stack size?

no, it doesnt show, but the weight is reduced tho

8:51 PM

like - 200 metal weights normally 200 so it shows as 200 weight. but the weight is actually only 100 which is the burden the character has when carrying 200 metal (edited)

8:51 PM

(maybe burden is the wrong word - english aint my native tongue)

but the number on items isnt updating?

@Michidu nope

9:20 PM

furthermore because veggiecake and cannon balls isnt in the master list, it wont let me update those

Ah, that bad Max stack could be solved, but weight.. (edited)

yup max stack works (except on those not in the master list), and weight works weight-wise just not visually

@GormusSenex

sup

I’m almost certain you can do this with just ini settings

ye, just not weight

Console servers modify stack sizes and they can’t use mods

and i dont wanna increase player and dino weight

10:12 PM

ik. i posted a small piece of code on the #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ that will make the ini file for it. but afaik u cannot reduce weight in ini files

Dinos change item weights

10:12 PM

See how they do it

i dont even know how i would begin to do that

You’d need a disassembler

ye, thats too advanced for me sorry

you've been doing all this without IDA ?

umm ye ?

It’s a skill you should learn tbh

IDA will make your life much easier

is it IDA Pro by Hex-Rays ?

Yes

1000$ nahh.. im good thx

Pirate it

10:26 PM

Lol

10:26 PM

Or use a free alternative

tbh. im struggling with c++ alrdy. no need to learn even more complicated stuff

10:32 PM

Ghidra... developed by the NSA... ye, ofc im gonna download that

Dinos change item weight?

the inventory components for certain dinos have item class weight multipliers to make specific items weigh less

@Michidu yes as what @dougy said

5:39 AM

if you put x weight into a dino that supports weight reduction, the weight in the inventory will be y

5:39 AM

This may be client-sided though as is the weight (the math may be done locally on server and client instead of replicated to client) (edited)

does it update item weight number too or just final weight of dino?

both

ah

is there anyway to fake templates ?

5:43 AM

like how the FNetControlMessage is

5:43 AM

Can I implement my own?

5:43 AM

Internally I think it uses enum as i found the enums on UE4 site

5:43 AM

but overloads are just FNetControlMessage<6>.Send

5:44 AM

is there a way I can "map" <> to specific overrides in C++?

5:44 AM

e.g. FnetControlMessage<NMT_Failure>::Send -> { NativeCall<void, UNetConnection*, FString*>(nullptr, "FNetControlMessage<6>.Send", Conn, ParamA); }

5:44 AM

?

5:44 AM

I'm sure using a parameter and an enum switch would function fine though

in documentation they have same overloads too https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Net/FNetControlMessage_17/index.html

FNetControlMessage< 17 >

5:45 AM

but as you said it just enum, so yes, you can do it

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Net/NMT_Failure/index.html

NMT_Failure

5:46 AM

yes, but they do have mappings

5:46 AM

what I mean is can I create a struct that resolves using <> instead of an actual parameter

5:46 AM

I know you can do some funny things in C++

5:47 AM

actually I think I know a way

enum can be implicitly converted to int (not enum class however)

using the int value

5:47 AM

and using string concat

5:47 AM

on "FNetControlMessage<6>.Send"

5:47 AM

to be "FNetControlMessage<The Templated Value>.Send"

you could also create your own wrapper class

That is true. I was mostly trying to keep it in the same calling conventions

5:48 AM

but I also want to consider performance

5:48 AM

does

5:48 AM

c++
RT NativeCall(nullptr_t, const std::string& funcName, Args&&... args)
{
    return static_cast<RT(__fastcall*)(ArgsTypes ...)>(GetAddress(funcName))(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
}

5:48 AM

cache the addresses from GetAddress?

5:48 AM

I'm thinking about performance for many calls

not yet, however i thought about an easy way to make cache (using static keyword) GetAddress is quite fast anyway

was just wondering about performance (edited)

could create static variable inside NativeCall and assign address to it received by GetAddress

5:52 AM

that should work as cache

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@Michidu updated https://ark-server-api.com/resources/anti-familyshare.159/updates

Anti-FamilyShare

Tired of banned players coming back by exploiting Steam's family share? Wish to only allow accounts that actually own Ark to join? This plugin preforms the check that Official Servers use to prevent Family Shared accounts from joining. It is a...

@Michidu i havnt tried looking at weight in dino

how did you update item weight though?

item->BaseItemWeightField() *= 0.5f;

try ItemStatValuesField and call UpdatedItem() after

i do call the updateditem. didnt try itemstatvaluesfield

12:54 PM

gonna try

it works for other stats, so should for weight too

12:56 PM

item->ItemStatValuesField()()[7] = 1000.f; like this

was just about to ask which element was weight

actually no, its not 7

6

12:58 PM

isn't it ?

ye looks so

12:58 PM

GenericQuality = 0x0,
        Armor = 0x1,
        MaxDurability = 0x2,
        WeaponDamagePercent = 0x3,
        WeaponClipAmmo = 0x4,
        HypothermalInsulation = 0x5,
        Weight = 0x6,
        HyperthermalInsulation = 0x7,

i hope weight isn't set weird like Armor

i had actually buried the project cuz i didnt think it was possible. but ima try once again

depending on how they set weight you might have to do some math

cant i just do *= 0.5f ?

1:01 PM

i wanna half all weight

void SetItemStatValue(UPrimalItem* item, EPrimalItemStat::Type item_stat_type, const float new_value)
{
    *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + item_stat_type) = 0;
    const float old_stat_modifier = item->GetItemStatModifier(item_stat_type);
    *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + item_stat_type) = 1;
    *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + item_stat_type) = (new_value - old_stat_modifier) / (item->GetItemStatModifier(item_stat_type) - old_stat_modifier);
    switch (item_stat_type)
    {
    case EPrimalItemStat::MaxDurability:
        if (item->bUseItemDurability()())
            item->ItemDurabilityField() = item->GetItemStatModifier(item_stat_type);
        break;
    }
#ifdef Atlas
    item->UpdatedItem();
#else
    item->UpdatedItem(false);
#endif 
}

1:01 PM

well this is what it looks like for armor

remove atlas from the api. no1 plays that broken game anyway...

1:02 PM

lol

item->ItemStatValuesField()()[item_stat_type] is better than doing pointer arithmetic?

r u asking me ?

actually yeah

phew

tried *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + 0x6) *= 0.5f; didnt work. now trying item->ItemStatValuesField()()[6] = 0.1f;

its same but you should probably try it on item which is in inventory

im trying it on the master list. not on existing items

1:29 PM

iterating through the master list

try on existing

but that would mean i have to hook into each pickup / craft / etc wouldnt it ?

actually no

1:30 PM

only constructors

sry i donno what u mean

class constructor

@GormusSenex

1:42 PM

Regular mod is on both client and server

ye, thats why i deleted it

1:42 PM

i just came to realize it was

Hey, does anyone have any idea why this is causing a crash?

4:18 PM

    TArray<AActor*> OutActors;

    UVictoryCore::ServerOctreeOverlapActors(
        &OutActors, 
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), 
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetPosition(shooter_controller), 
        5000.0f, 
        EServerOctreeGroup::STRUCTURES, 
        false
    );

    for (auto&& actor : OutActors)
    {
        if (!actor->IsA(APrimalStructureTurret::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
            continue;
    }

(edited)

4:18 PM

It crashes at actor->IsA

4:18 PM

4:19 PM

I am able to print the results and see that it's returning a number of actual structures, but when I do IsA it always just crashes

4:19 PM

The crash is saying it's in chatcommand because I have it run that block of code when I do /test

4:23 PM

if i take out

        if (!actor->IsA(APrimalStructureTurret::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
            continue;

there's no crash

check actor for nullptr

thanks ill give it a shot

4:30 PM

hmm, same crash

4:31 PM

ill keep messing around a bit though to see if i can find anything

maybe APrimalStructureTurret is not in pdb config?

lemme look

4:32 PM

i see it in there

nah it's just this class causes a crash

4:33 PM

you can't do IsA with APrimalStructureTurret

Ah ok it was driving me crazy lol. I’ll see if I can fix it

4:35 PM

I dumped sdk in another project and tried it and it worked haha, I thought I was maybe doing something wrong w the plugin api

4:35 PM

Thx

you can check by name as a workaround but it's not that good

im having a dejavu here

(edited)

ah ye i remember you had this issue too ye ?

yup

ah yeah i shoulda searched in here

4:38 PM

lol

4:38 PM

woulda saved me tons of time XD

wait what ? can u seach in text in discord ??

it's weird behavior tho

4:39 PM

and yes ofc

4:39 PM

i keep scrolling up and down and shit cuz whenever i search it searches for what X and Y have written (ie. it searches for the name)

4:40 PM

fook lol yes

4:40 PM

hahahahaah

4:40 PM

ima go shoot myself

actually discord search is one of the best, how did you live without it, lol

lol i didnt think to search primalstructureturret

omg i donno... i kept getting frustrated all the time. i actually came to a point where i was about to code a screen scraper

thought it was an issue with how i was doing isa

ye it even goes through embedded messages it's very useful

my life just got 200% easier ! omg !

4:44 PM

well, scrolling all the way to the top and reading almost all messages thought me that wetbatman was once at my level too

theres light at the end of the tunnel

@Michidu

11:23 PM

need to clean up class names

11:23 PM

template <typename T>
class NextConfig
{
    static T* instance;
public:

    static T& Get();
};

template <typename T>
T* NextConfig<T>::instance;
template <typename T>
T& NextConfig<T>::Get()
{
    if (instance == nullptr) { instance = new T(); }
    return *instance;
}

class BaseConfig
{
    std::string Filename;
    json data;
protected:
    json Value(); //raw json object

public:
    void Init(std::string FileName);
    void Reload();
    virtual void Load();
};

class ConfigBody : public BaseConfig //the thing to load from disk
{
private:
    static FString kickmessage;
    static std::vector<uint64> whitelist;
public:
    void Load();
    FString KickMessage();
    bool WhiteListed(uint64 steamID);
};

11:23 PM

but thoughts on this as a kind of generic json config loader?

11:23 PM

used like so

11:24 PM

NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().Init("/ArkApi/Plugins/AntiFamilyShare/config.json");
...
&NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().KickMessage()

11:24 PM

etc.

11:24 PM

ConfigBody would be the custom "config" type the user would supply and they would override Load to map the values

11:24 PM

e.g.

11:24 PM

void ConfigBody::Load()
{
    //Create mappings here
    __super::Load();
    kickmessage = FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(__super::Value()["Message"]));
    whitelist = __super::Value()["Whitelist"].get<std::vector<uint64>>();
    std::string steamIDs = "";
    for (auto steamID : whitelist) { steamIDs += steamID + ", "; }
    steamIDs = steamIDs.substr(0, steamIDs.length() - 2);
    Log::GetLog()->debug("[Config Values] Kick Message: " + kickmessage.ToString());
    Log::GetLog()->debug("[Config Values] Whitelist: " + steamIDs);
}

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i think it's a bit over complicated, since you also need to manually load values

Is there a open source solution for HWID Auth? Someone told me ownprox released his at some point...

3:26 PM

Or shared it, whatever to call it

wouldnt rly make sense if it were as he is charging for its use

Oh, maybe that’s still it. Do you know how much he‘s charging?

why do you think he is charging for that?

ohh, i just assumed he was ? since u need to register it etc

3:29 PM

yup, he is

I think we‘re talking about different things

ohh

3:30 PM

i thought u meant the hwid ban plugin

Im not Talking about the HWID ban Plugin

3:31 PM

But an actual auth method to add to my plugin that’s using HWID to authenticate/verify the machine to either be allowed to run it or not (edited)

how would u get the client hwid ??

3:31 PM

from the server... ?

ownprox didnt release it but gave for free to multiple people (source code)

3:32 PM

actually, its easy to do auth by yourself

i think he uses a mod for that

no

3:32 PM

why would mod be needed

for the client hwid ?

Huh

3:33 PM

We‘re talking about verifying the server to allowed to run the plugin

ahh

Well, I was trying to save some time

i thought u meant the client's hwid

Thought it’s somehow public

3:33 PM

If not, I’ll just do it on my own

you might want to ask @WETBATMAN

its a lot of work that can be bypassed by a hwid spoofer / changer imo

Well a little protection is better than no protection

3:35 PM

Also it’s highly illegal to spoof rented machines HWID

3:35 PM

So I’m fine

its not that easy.. how you gonna spoof cpu info

i though you were talking about HWIDBans lol

I got HWIDBans bro

3:35 PM

You don’t remember

as michidu showed me spoofing isn't the weakest chain in the auth process

3:35 PM

i remember that's why i got confused

3:35 PM

lol

Haha

even tho intel has a unique identifier on some of their cpus (donno if its all of them now) u can still override that afaik

Would you mind sharing ownprox‘s auth?

it's very not secure though

3:36 PM

https://pastebin.com/yrBkDqWz

#include "Xor.h" #include #pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib") #p...

Well, it’s more about securing it from regular people

example usage is here

3:37 PM

but this is very unclean code heh

3:37 PM

also this auth shows names of all ppl that purchased the plugin if cracked (edited)

hahaha i like this comment: // MAC SHIT

3:39 PM

Puh

made by the man ownprox himself

3:39 PM

Not sure I wanna use that kind of auth

3:39 PM

I‘ll probably write a webbased one

ye it's better

I mean webbased one has two step already using clientip

3:40 PM

So it could verify HWID + IP

make sure whatever token you use is encrypted

3:41 PM

don't just return true/false

3:41 PM

3:42 PM

also IP is not really reliable

3:42 PM

i got some users who have different internal and external IP's using HWIDbans

3:42 PM

and since most of the time it's a host using a weird setup

3:42 PM

they can't just ping a site to get their external IP

3:42 PM

so i have to send them a debug build to grab it

Hm interesting

hwid is quite reliable, no easy way to spoof it (if done properly)

if its ring0

4:38 PM

no one will go through the trouble of spoofing to use a plugin/mod most likely

they will

4:41 PM

the Chinese have most of the plugins on the forum cracked already

true lol

4:42 PM

most people wont go through the trouble*

4:42 PM

lol

you know where they have them?

no but i have a few chinese dudes who told me

4:43 PM

he told me all of agito's plugins are cracked

i meant though if the hwid is read at ring0 level

how you read hwid doesn't matter

4:45 PM

the hwid getting itself is almost always not how the plugins get cracked

i was just referring to the hwid conversation and how hwid is quite reliable when read at that level

4:45 PM

not the plugins being cracked and all that

4:46 PM

idk how any of the plugins are protected so i have no knowledge around any of that lol (edited)

4:48 PM

but that sucks that someone cracked some of the plugins (edited)

you probably don't even need go to ring0 can get some ids by DeviceIoControl, also im not sure how you gonna spoof cpuid anyway

i think you'd be able to spoof it using a deviceiocontrol hook using detours or something

4:52 PM

never tried though

yeah, you can but if you make a driver you will interact with it using the same DeviceIoControl function

4:53 PM

still cpuid stays

that's over my head at this point lol, so i trust you

4:57 PM

didn't realize that was the case

4:57 PM

but that adds to your statement that hwid is quite reliable

by hooking funcs inside plugin you can always spoof it however

yeah, i figure that's always the case

btw using version.dll to hook into everything is very clever

5:10 PM

do all ue4 games load version.dll if it exists? (edited)

5:10 PM

or is that an ark specific thing?

5:10 PM

i've never seen that done before

not only ue4 games, most apps do

5:12 PM

its just dll hijacking

interesting

5:13 PM

thx for reply

you can do that with any dll which program loads

i know, i was just mroe curious about why the game auto loads version.dll

5:14 PM

and if it was something ue4 specific

it's windows dll

before i found out about the ark server plugin stuff i had dumped the sdk and had been using a different dll (instead of injecting each time i wanted to test stuff) (edited)

ah, sdk has much less functions also

yeah i just filled in the missing ones that i needed

5:17 PM

mostly everything was there though

5:19 PM

the work you did on this stuff is awesome though

5:20 PM

been messing around making plugins past week XD

Thanks :)

sup @No One

10:52 PM

hi

reading all the classes from the pdb sounds pretty smart, how is the performance tho when u look up all the functions in a map everytime u have to call them

@No One depending on the data structure

11:22 PM

It could be an O(1) look up

11:22 PM

I haven’t looked

how can i create timer for run any specific function every X interval

#include <Timer.h>

Speaking of timer. Ive looking into Michidu's timed rewards (https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ArkShop/ArkShop/Private/TimedRewards.cpp). Im wondering, doesn't it degrade overall performance with all these timers or do they run completely separate from the "main" game ?

10:55 AM

Maybe ask in another way; will "main" performance be the same if I had a timed reward on all players (one for each) or just one (for the server) ?

10:55 AM

by "the same" i ofc mean "only a slight non-noticable diffence"

they run on game thread but the answer is "only a slight non-noticable diffence"

11:15 AM

its only overhead of calling a function

so an endless loop within a timer will stall the main game thread ?

11:20 AM

or do the main game thread fire off a seperate thread for the timer ?

UE already has function AGameState::DefaultTimer

11:25 AM

it's run on game thread but not an endless loop

Can anyone on here confirm that plugin hot reloading is infact working ?

Super noob question.. I'm using the Ark Dev Kit, but i'd rather look at c++ than deal with the orchestration stuff. Where can I find a guide about where to start looking at that for mod development?

@Michidu ok so after the better part of a hour i've recompiled the ark server api to get hot plugin reloading to work, my only question is why did you disable it ?

8:02 PM

8:03 PM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/352f7ca5bba88a78e03a96930fae79db5b8108b2

Updated API to v3.0 · Michidu/ARK-Server-API@352f7ca

Added Atlas support Added timer class Added RCON load/unload plugins commands Improved requests

@Ender

8:06 PM

You can not make mods with this

8:06 PM

Mods only work with the devkit

8:06 PM

This will only work for server sided stuff only

8:06 PM

With functions that already exist

I'd like to at least explore it, even if no UI.

8:09 PM

oh, it's open source, and I use vs 2017, perfect.

when i iterate through player->GetPlayerCharacter()->MyInventoryComponentField()->InventoryItemsField() I also iterate through all the engrams. Is that intended ?

Not in front of computer right now but you can filter by !item->is engram().get()

12:30 AM

Or something similar

12:31 AM

It’s intended

@KillZone oh, sorry, i forgot that disabled it. Probably it was related to atlas

5:00 PM

Well glad i could help anyways with finding the issue, il make a pull request for the git repo in a sec unless it's already fixed

that would be great, thanks

1

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/pull/32

Re-Added plugin changes detection at runtime by Kill-Zone · Pull Re...

5:20 PM

Also thought about increasing the api_version to 3.4 and also pushing a git tag to the repo but i think you decide on that sort of stuff so i left it out

@Michidu

5:28 PM

I don’t think the config thing is too complicated

5:29 PM

It makes using multiple easier (edited)

@KillZone merged, git tag might be a good idea..

5:31 PM

@substitute multiple configs?

Ok should i bump it to 3.4 and tag it ?

Yes like if you want to split stuff apart

5:32 PM

Like MySQL.ini

5:32 PM

Also I can just reuse it more easily

5:32 PM

Each override should be its own singleton yes?

5:33 PM

Singleton<A> and Singleton<b>

probably tbh using config directly looks fine too

So ive been learning and trying to get to grips with the api, made some progress but come up against what is probably simple to someone with more experience. im hooking APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage, and want to get the steamId of the target (when the target is a player of course). im struggling working out how to get from APrimalCharacter* _this to a form of AController to make use of ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetSteamIdFromController...am i looking in the wrong place?

@shafted there should be an owning controller field

5:27 AM

You may need to cast the object though

feel im close, just not found exactly what i need yet...and now my cats walking on my keyboard, 'helping' so might be time for bed xD

unless this happens to be what im looking for

5:41 AM

AController *controller = _this->ControllerField();

of course a quick try on a whim had no look. will keep digging.

5:52 AM

all a learning experience!

@shafted

6:43 AM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(_this->GetOwnerController());

6:43 AM

should suffice

6:44 AM

for safety, you should really do something like

auto PC = _this->GetOwnerController();
if (PC)
{
  ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(PC);
}

(edited)

6:44 AM

since the owning controller can be null.

thanks, ill take a look tomorrow / at more sociable hours

too much code, gotta sleep hah

GetOwnerController() seems to be causing crashes, good old discord search tells me it may be broken in game - but that was a year ago, dont know if things have changed

it's not broken

3:37 PM

you should nullptr check it however

so i tried this

3:43 PM

ooh format fail

3:44 PM

if ((_this->GetOwnerController() != nullptr)) {
        Log::GetLog()->warn("getOwnerController worked?");
}

_this->GetOwnerController()

3:44 PM

just this is enough

3:44 PM

if (_this->GetOwnerController())

for sanitys sake, i like explicit

but still crashes

i actually have a habit too to check for nullptr

drilled into me through work history

ah that's fine just pointing it out

sorry if this format fails too

3:46 PM

hm

3:46 PM

did it rly get removed ?

someone will be using it somewhere surely, if it was removed it would have broken a lot id have thought? (edited)

3:47 PM

itll be something on my end

not if they havnt updated the serverapi

3:48 PM

myself am a few versions behind but my shit still works

im not on latest, but -relatively- up to date

3:48 PM

can see the function stub in actor.h

this function is still showing up in my IDA dump

@shafted

4:07 PM

The definition might be wrong

4:08 PM

I got compress2 errors when I forgot to pass my _this in my hooks before

4:08 PM

Check in IDA the signature of the function and the see what the api has

u guys seems to assume a lot that every1 got IDA

You need a disassembler for this

4:10 PM

Otherwise you will be stuck in the dark 90% of the time

<-----

4:10 PM

true that

i dont have it...yet

try ghidra and tell me about it

4:11 PM

its free

4:11 PM

... cuz its made by the NSA...

It’s open source

4:12 PM

If you’re using windows you’ve already lost anyways

ye, but who's gonna go through all the code to chk whether or not they r spying on u

(edited)

4:12 PM

true too

Literally everyone using it because the people who use it generally spend their time reverse engineering and analyzing software

been a few years since ive delved into decompilers, but all this stuff interests me

shafted just install it... and now his pc is part of an NSA bot net against the russians

Again, no

4:15 PM

And if you’re using windows you have much worse things to worry about

u advocate a lot about it substitue... im beginning to think ur part of the NSA too... :takes on tin foil hat: (edited)

4:15 PM

im not worried about the NSA

true... cuz with "friends" like that who needs enemies

Ok, back to a real problem. Why am I getting these values ?

UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComponent = player->GetPlayerCharacter()->MyInventoryComponentField()

inventoryComponent->MaxInventoryItemsField()       ->  -1
inventoryComponent->InventoryItemsField().Num()    -> 225
inventoryComponent->ItemSlotsField().Num()         ->  10 
inventoryComponent->NumSlotsField()                ->  10

Im only using 1 slot. player is a shooter player controller.

4:35 PM

what i need to get is max inventory slots and how much im carrying. values should be 300 and 1 ?

I believe it takes the engrams into account

ahh could be it

4:37 PM

but maxinventoryitemsfield at -1 ? i cant have 301 engrams unlocked i assume ?

Dunno, go download the devkit and see what it shows

4:40 PM

Devkit helps a lot with stuff that’s fucked

it is including engrams apparently (edited)

ye engrams are inventory in ark

Er question, how do i get the name of the current map ?

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetMapName()

@GormusSenex

thanks

FString MapName;
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetMapName(&MapName);
 MapName = MapName.Replace(L"_P", L"");

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haha, u just had to give a better response ;D

5:03 PM

finally i could answer something

XD

Errrr ok so

FString MapName;
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetMapName(&MapName);
        MapName = MapName.Replace(L"_P", L"");

        Log::GetLog()->info("The name of the map is {}", MapName);

Tosses out a error

Error    C2338    Cannot format argument. To enable the use of ostream operator<< include fmt/ostream.h. Otherwise provide an overload of format_arg

this has happened a few times before so what would a correct version on the console logging look like ? thonkeng

5:09 PM

I've looked at a few other plugins and it should work

im not using <<. always got errors and couldnt fix it. so i use fmt::format and then .c_str() instead. probably stupid but i dont know otherwise

but MapName is FString

5:11 PM

you can't print out an FString

i don tthink question is related to mapname

wdym

5:11 PM

Log::GetLog()->info("The name of the map is {}", MapName);

@WETBATMAN Yep that helped

5:11 PM

i did this

it's related to this format

Log::GetLog()->info("The name of the map is {}", MapName.ToString());

ahh

yep that would work

that fixed it

@WETBATMAN Regarding the code you sent , what in gods name does the L do ?

5:26 PM

in MapName = MapName.Replace(L"_P", L"");

5:27 PM

Going to definition gives out

L infront makes the string able to hold unicode data

Ah so incase someone puts weird symbols in their name and you try to get the string ?

it makes the string wchar_t

5:28 PM

ye that but FString can already hold unicode data

Ah ok gotcha

ye, basically when defining the variable you make sure it's a type that FString can hold

Yep gotcha

@WETBATMAN you don’t need wide strings

5:47 PM

UE4 FString handles c string to utf 16 no issue

in some cases you'll get a compile error unless the string has L infront

5:48 PM

personally experienced this

Your string literal might have not been ansi

omg. i thought my c++ implemented a long as 64 bit but only just now realize its 32 bits. so i have been tossing steamId around as a 32 bit

8:57 PM

slap slap slap across the face

8:57 PM

arghhh !

why not use uint64 ?

i am now. but im quite sure 1 response from a method returned it as long and then i jsut kept using it as long. but now im also quite sure i remember wrong about that

pretty much every plugin treats it as uint64

8:59 PM

in ark it's mostly FString

fuck me. means my orp is wrong too ! arghhhh

9:00 PM

funny thing is that it actually works

why is it wrong lol

cuz i store the steamid as 32 bit in the database

9:01 PM

but it works. and in the rare event that some1else has the same 32 bit well... tough luck

lol

now i know what to spend the weekend on

@GormusSenex you shouldn't use long or other types as so in c++

9:15 PM

depending on the system, long varies in length

9:15 PM

on x64 a 64bit integer would be long long (edited)

9:16 PM

it's just safer to use int64 and uint64, instead of worring to use unsigned long long or unsigned long

ye i just read that. jsut as i felt im getting better at c++ im almost back to start

9:19 PM

i mean... who implements a long long ? wtf?!?

9:19 PM

might as well call it verylong

(edited)

9:20 PM

veryshort short long verylong...

9:20 PM

9:21 PM

8 16 32 64 bits. would make more sense

ok, now that ive changed most code. i like int32 uint32, etc more.

Well

10:18 PM

long long makes sense

10:18 PM

If long is 32 bits then long long is 32+32 bits

10:19 PM

Word is usually more consistent with qword being 64bits

verylong makes more sense imo. instead of long long. cuz when we gonna work with 128 bit is that gonna be long long long then ?

10:20 PM

or long long long long... or 4long ?

10:21 PM

int64 uint64 etc. i like that now

well long isn’t a data type

10:21 PM

It’s a modifier for a data type

10:21 PM

long and long int mean the same thing

10:22 PM

this is why things like QWORD and int64 exist

10:22 PM

An int is a relatively abstract type in c and can have variable size

10:22 PM

Depends on the processor and compiler

when the guys who invented this sat drinking their coffee... i would like to have heard their conversation about long long ? i bet one of them lost a bet and got to name it long long

long int just means it uses twice the space

10:23 PM

long long int means four times

10:23 PM

the long is just a modifier

ahh data types are so much fun

https://github.com/doug147/AutoTurret/blob/master/AutoTurret/dllmain.cpp If anyone wants to see a pretty basic turret filler example. This is working around the APrimalStructureTurret::GetPrivateStaticClass() in case anyone is wondering why I didn't just check to see if the item is a turret that way. It will fill any turret with the the correct ammo type based on the turret inventory's RemoteAddItemOnlyAllowItemClasses field. By default I have it pulling the ammo from the player's inventory when they type /fillturrets but the functions are written in a way that it would be very easy to change if you wanted to scan all inventories nearby, or something like that. (edited)

doug147/AutoTurret

Automatically fill turrets in-game using ARK Server Plugin API - doug147/AutoTurret

2

Which is fasted; doing a Map lookup or a sqlite3 select ? Im assuming a map lookup even tho its a very large map ?

1:54 AM

note: sqlite3 file is in-memory

@GormusSenex sqlite3 might be faster

4:10 AM

is your map ordered or anything?

4:10 AM

really it will come down to the data structure

4:11 AM

most databases store things in a btree

4:11 AM

which is O(log n) for finding

4:12 AM

https://medium.com/@gx578007/searching-vector-set-and-unordered-set-6649d1aa7752

Searching: vector, set and unordered_set

This post is to discuss the performance of finding an element in fixed-size C++11 STL containers with only few elements.

4:14 AM

unordered_map looks to be the fastest with O(1) (edited)

4:15 AM

but it can be worst case O(N)

4:15 AM

map is always O(log n)

@Michidu whenever you get a chance can you add me to the plugin devs group on your website? so I can post some plugins

5:06 AM

Thanks!

5:10 AM

Username is doug149

5:10 AM

i wish id paid more attention to understanding big O notation...didnt interest me at the time, now ow irry more about it lol

@shafted you should remember

7:03 AM

big O isn't end-all be all

7:03 AM

sometimes having O(N) time is better than O(log N)

7:03 AM

if the memory used in the O(log N) is O(N^2)

7:03 AM

and in O(N) it'd be O(1)

7:03 AM

it's all about tradeoffs

ill take your word for it, but fr me i see O(***) and i panic xD

I mean even O(***)

7:04 AM

not much difference in O(N) and O(log n)

7:04 AM

if n is just 5 items

its a topic i never got to grips with, maths scares me so i have an irrational aversion to it lol

I am proud of this though, I had to make a priority queue and stack implementations for a college class

7:05 AM

(insert had to be O(N)

7:05 AM

    public void insert(T a)
    {
        if (isFull())
            Grow();
        int i = 0;
        for(; i < count; i++)
        {
            contents[count-i] = contents[count-1-i];
            if (a.compareTo(contents[count-i]) < 0) {break;}
        }
        contents[count++-i] = a;
    }
    
    public T remove() {
        T t = contents[--count];contents[count] = null;
        if (isOversized())
            Shrink();
        return t;
    }

7:05 AM

we had to use java too

7:05 AM

7:06 AM

but the queue and stack auto resize in powers of two

7:06 AM

    public void push(T a)
    {
        if (isFull())
            Grow();
        contents[count++] = a;
    }
    
    public T pop() {
        T t = contents[--count];contents[count] = null;
        if (isOversized())
            Shrink();
        return t;
    }

7:06 AM

the stack is a little bit shorter

good old java, before python became the go to for teaching coderamming principles

both implement my Collection base class

7:06 AM

    protected void Grow() { Resize(capacity<<=1); }
    
    protected void Shrink() { Resize(capacity>>=1); }
    
    private void Resize(int size)
    {
        T[] next = newArray(size);
        Arrays.CopyTo(contents, 0, next, 0, count);
        contents = next;
    }

7:06 AM

that guy handles all the stuffs

something nice to share, coding + programming...just go with coderamming xD

Arrays is also another class I wrote

7:07 AM

Java is really behind these days

7:07 AM

so many nice things in C# that Java doesn't support

i guess if youre writing in java youre likely not gonna be worried ahout efficiency

it's actually very efficient

7:09 AM

in worse case time for the queue (O(N))

7:09 AM

10,000 inserts (and removals)

7:09 AM

takes 0.08 sec

7:10 AM

best case it has the same timing as the stack

cmpare hellow world in java to hello world in c...

which can do about a million push/pops

wow typos, sorry its late for me ^^

in about 0.03 sec

the amount of extra 'things' java includes is nuts

7:10 AM

but, it does depend on usage

nope (edited)

in the right place java is perfect

Java is really shit

7:11 AM

you can't even create generic arrays

7:11 AM

you can say you have T[]

sensing some animosity here

but you can not do

7:11 AM

T[] asdf = new T[10];

7:11 AM

that is illegal

7:11 AM

public T[] Create(int length) { return (T[]) new Object[length]; }

7:11 AM

that is legal

7:11 AM

you can make Object[] and cast it

7:11 AM

but you get a compiler warning

7:11 AM

i stand by depends on usage...i dont disagree that java is maybe a bit pants, but for someone notworrying about pointers or memory allocation, its a pretty good starting point

7:13 AM

if you start with java then try to learn C, your brain will explode

7:13 AM

but just my opinnion ofc

7:14 AM

regardless, here i am coderamming at 6AM when i should be sleeping

7:15 AM

someone send me to bed

yes

7:19 AM

but

7:19 AM

you should be able to make a new instance of a generic array.

7:19 AM

it is dumb that you can not directly do it.

strongly typed vs weak typed argument?

7:21 AM

just speculating

no

7:25 AM

it's because java blows

hey hey hey... my first ventures into oop was java

I've spend all of yesterday refactoring my code to make it look prettier and perhaps perform better. Today I wanted to compile, but I'm getting this error: 'FMicrosoftPlatformString::Stricmp': none of the 2 overloads could convert all the argument types I'm using VS and that is all I'm getting. It points to the FString.h at line 1010 but that's it. I'm getting that it's probably an FString compare somewhere, but I have dozens of those. Any1 know how I can narrow this one down ?

i think this error happens when you're comparing FString with an std::string

12:52 PM

don't remember exactly tho

Do u know if there is anyway for me to make VS show where it's getting the error ?

12:55 PM

Fuck ur right. Found it. Was fstring == std:string comparison

12:55 PM

was pure luck though haha. just skimmed through all the code fast - u know, scrolling up and down on the mouse hoping the error would reveal itself - and it actually did

12:57 PM

ofc it was the last check ive made at 2 am last night. no wonder there would be an error there

(edited)

12:59 PM

uhh cant w8 to start it up. bet its gonna break ark several times

Anyone know if there's a harvest function?

i would assume its the attack function ?

Not too sure.. Its for harvest rates

8:26 PM

But need to know if theres a function for it

8:27 PM

ye but i mean a function that has the amount of resource as an argument

omg i need help. @WETBATMAN u can prolly easily spot what im doing wrong. I tried simplifying what I actually do down to this, but it wont work.

struct Foo
{
    uint64 A;
    uint64 B;
};

void SomeOtherName(Foo* _bar)
{
    _bar = &{ 456, 789 };
}

void main_here()
{
    Foo* bar = new Foo{};
    
    (bar->A) = 123;
    
    SomeOtherName(bar);
    
    cout << bar->B;
}

It compiles fine, but output is 0 where I was expecting 789 ?? (edited)

arent u taking the address of a stack variable that goes out of scope?

i dont know. im new to c++

still learning by trial'n'error but this one i couldnt fix

try void SomeOtherName(Foo& _bar) { _bar = {456, 789};} if u wnd SomeOtherName to assign a new value to _bar

11:52 PM

and then call it with SomeOtherName(*bar);

11:53 PM

or do void SomeOtherName(Foo* _bar) {*_bar = {456, 789};}

ok gonna try last one first - less changes - but i think i alrdy tried that combo. but lets see

hey um, not sure how relevant this would be but maybe use a map with the struct as the value ?

theres more than 2 variables in it

so ?

isnt a map only key and value ?

value can be ur struct

yea so your map’s value would be the entire struct

11:56 PM

it would be a different instance of the struct based on the key

11:58 PM

if your key is something that can be hashed via a TMap use a TMap otherwise you can use an std::unordered_map

I give up! Im too stupid! as i made the changes @No One suggested (which didnt work - at first) i realized the error was elsewhere. in my sql i make a 'select .... where ... || ...' instead of 'select ...where ... or ...'. omg, ive been at this since this morning

happens xd

ye, its works now with ur changes. i can see i tried that earlier but didnt work then (ofc!!!) thx tho

so this is kinda vague, but hoping someone may have had similar experiences...some of my servers sometimes hang / time out, everyone is kicked and no one can join afterwards...no crash or error logs, just stops responding. noticed an increase since ive been messing around with plugin things and breaking the game in interesting ways, but with no crash or errors i struggle to diagnose the cause >_> anyone have similar experiences?

1:54 AM

sorry for the mostly useless and too vague statement, but thought was worth a shot

@GormusSenex

6:51 AM

stack variables

6:51 AM

are cleared from ram once the function ends

6:53 AM

when you allocate a variable inside of a function, it is put onto the Stack. This part of your memory is managed automagically. Each function call inside of a function simply increases the stack (so a variable in main technically never goes out of stack until end of program execution) Once a function returns, it's stack memory is cleared

6:53 AM

eventually, the whole stack is popped

slightly more answerable question, ive tried a few but no luck so far - is there any function i can hook thats called on player spawn / respawn? ak on first joining a server, or respawning after death etc

and nothing remains

sorry for the mid-flow question

(edited)

To keep variables between function calls, you need to allocate them onto the heap

6:53 AM

this is user managed memory

6:54 AM

this is where things like malloc are used. (edited)

6:54 AM

This is also where you can introduce memory leaks

6:55 AM

if you "lose" the pointer for the block of memory (e.g. you make variable called x and do x = malloc .... and then later do x = whatever, without clearing the previously allocated memory, it will remain used, with no reference to where it is

stack memory isn't cleared, values just become unpredicted

Yes, technically

6:55 AM

but nothing states that your underlying system won't clear the memory

6:55 AM

it's "cleared" in the same way a file is deleted

6:56 AM

When you create a variable using struct initialization, it is created on the stack

6:56 AM

which is why once the function returned, it was no longer valid.

6:57 AM

what is the solution? Should you be doing a heap allocation? For that struct, 100% NO

6:57 AM

what you should do is instead of this

6:57 AM

void SomeOtherName(Foo* _bar)
{
    _bar = &{ 456, 789 };
}

6:57 AM

is set the actual fields directly

6:57 AM

void SomeOtherName(Foo* _bar)
{
    _bar.A = 456;
    _bar.B = 789;
}

dont you just love 'undefined'

well you should treat it as deleted

6:58 AM

because it could become overwritten in the very next execution

7:01 AM

@shafted

7:01 AM

maybe your steam

7:01 AM

connection for the server is messed up

you probably mean 'aggregate initialization' actually, they won't be magically deleted from stack, therefore you can most like get local variables of other function right after return

Yes, technically they are still there

7:02 AM

like I said, they're "deleted" like how a file is "deleted"

7:02 AM

but I wanted to keep it simple

7:02 AM

also I did mean struct initialization

7:03 AM

but that might be difference in wording between C and C++

7:04 AM

Foo was a struct @Michidu

7:05 AM

and they didn't use the .field syntax

7:05 AM

but who know, maybe the two overlap

i dont think there is such thing as 'struct initialization', you can initialize a struct using aggregate initialization however

https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/struct_initialization

struct initialization

7:07 AM

There is

7:07 AM

since C99

7:07 AM

like I said, could be difference in naming

ah, in C

yea

7:09 AM

my university uses C and Java

7:10 AM

I don't very much care for Java

oh really? hadnt noticed

I mean

7:11 AM

just look at this shit

7:11 AM

Priority<Country>[] queues = (Priority<Country>[]) new Priority<?>[5];

7:11 AM

I have to create it of type ? ??

7:11 AM

and cast

7:11 AM

so stupid

so its like, a java variation on templates?

generics

7:12 AM

I also have to make a singleton

7:12 AM

because no static (root) classes

7:12 AM

is also stupid

ill go by what i said before, java may have its limitations but also has its uses

yes but compared to C#

7:13 AM

there is no point to not use C#

7:13 AM

        public static async Task GetAsync(string file, string dest)
        {
            using (Stream writeTo = System.IO.File.OpenWrite(dest))
            using (Stream readFrom = await IO.File.GetAllAsync(file))
            {
                await readFrom.CopyToAsync(writeTo);
            }
        }

7:13 AM

look how much cleaner

7:13 AM

and easier that is

7:13 AM

to read and write

7:13 AM

as per @GormusSenex java was my first forray into OOP, was a good learning tool

+

7:13 AM

look at this syntax

7:13 AM

public static void Get(string file, string dest) => GetAsync(file, dest).GetAwaiter().GetResult();

7:14 AM

so much easier to write this

im still getting a hint of animosity towards java xD

+ string interpolation is literally goat

7:15 AM

commandMap.Add($"{owner.PluginName()}.{name}", callback);

7:15 AM

but I will admit, no language has gotten multiple levels of generics perfect yet

7:15 AM

private Dictionary<string, Func<PluginManager, string[], bool>> commandMap = new Dictionary<string, Func<PluginManager, string[], bool>>();

7:15 AM

is still wack to read

i blame 7

7:16 AM

its all 7's fault

7:18 AM

why am i still here at 6AM! someone tell me to stop chasing technological enlightenment

@shafted

7:20 AM

honestly your best bet would maybe some profiling tools

7:20 AM

and see where the hang-up happens

any recommendations appreciated, outside of my area of expertise ^^ (edited)

never needed any outside my IDE's debugger

likewise, makes it hard when you never hit a single breakpoint

well

7:21 AM

if you have ideas where issues are

7:21 AM

you could try making hooks and logging the data going into the fuction or if it even runs

7:22 AM

like you can hook PreLogin to see if people can even get that far once the server enters the it's weird state

that could be an interesing one to be fair, im still learning the ropes as far as hooking ARK goes the server is visible so somethings still happening...depends how much of an issue it becomes really

7:23 AM

occasional timeout is just sort of accepted as well, ark being ark

7:24 AM

ill crack on with it later..for now i really should sleep

ok i like to prevent that a dino spawns. Any quick ideas for the right hook. Mabey "BeginPlay"? But how do i replace it(the dino) completely

just suicide it XD

lol

8:28 PM

and the corpses

why note just put in the gameini settings ?

8:29 PM

if u dont want it to spawn at all

i think Suicide just makes the dino go poof

8:29 PM

XD

8:29 PM

either that or Destroy

no gameini settings because i like only stop the spawns for like the first 72h of the server runtime. And i am too lazy to edit the ini all days ... haha

but then every time u restart, it will reset that timer

maybe just stop BeginPlay from ever being called ?

not that bad.

otherwise put a date in a config file combined with batmans suggestion. then the timer wont reset at every server reset

8:32 PM

datetime*

but then every time u restart, it will reset that timer the timer is not the problem at all

@WETBATMAN i think that would be a bad solution

10:36 PM

the spawn manager would see that there isn't x amount of dinos

10:36 PM

call to spawn one

10:36 PM

-> it is destroyed

10:36 PM

so it repeat on next check

going to be lots of new classes today

... and lots of crashes

haha

no crashes hopefully (edited)

12:15 AM

Anyone but me having problem getting 306.42-updated server to start with plugins? After the plugins load the server "hangs" at random places in the start up process. A server without Ark-Api had no problem starting up.

why is ur server at 306.42 ? i just updated and only went to 306.4 ?

I donno...

11:28 AM

But I sure get a lot of AllActors Call During Gameplay:...-spam. ~~Anyone knows whats that all about yet? Anyone not getting it? That doesnt seem to be related to plugins though~~ . Seems Classic Flyershaving serious problems. (edited)

now theres a 306.48 omg (edited)

1:07 PM

ig that extra month of "testing" didnt rly cut it

@Michidu

7:55 AM

would you ever consider implementing functions instead of finding addresses and calling them? (edited)

7:55 AM

e.g. ShooterPlayerState is missing GetShooterController

7:55 AM

I could add the native function call wrapper

7:55 AM

but isn't it just faster to use GetOwnerController() and cast?

implementing? you want me to rewrite all functions?

not all

GetShooterController is in AShooterPlayerState, its not missing

just over time, people can add the more basic ones

7:58 AM

it wasn't in mine

7:58 AM

maybe my api need update

i will push latest update soon

i still need to push to you some things

7:59 AM

I was able to get the FNetControl macros to work

7:59 AM

I think that is best option

7:59 AM

as in UE4 the macro make a new template class for each control message

7:59 AM

and only FNetControl::Send needs to be implemented in a way to be called.

8:00 AM

UE4 does like so

8:00 AM

DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE(Hello, 0, uint8, uint32, FString); // initial client connection message
DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE(Welcome, 1, FString, FString, FString); // server tells client they're ok'ed to load the server's level
DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE(Upgrade, 2, uint32); // server tells client their version is incompatible

ah, so how you want me to add it?

currently i have a hacky way

8:02 AM

#define DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_ZEROPARAM(Name, Index) \
    enum { NMT_##Name = Index }; \
    template<> class FNetControlMessage<Index> \
    { \
    public: \
        static uint8 Initialize() \
        { \
        } \
        /** sends a message of this type on the specified connection's control channel */ \
        static void Send(UNetConnection* Conn) \
        { \
        } \
    };

#define DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_ONEPARAM(Name, Index, TypeA) \
    enum { NMT_##Name = Index }; \
    template<> class FNetControlMessage<Index> \
    { \
    public: \
        static uint8 Initialize() \
        { \
        } \
        static void Send(UNetConnection* Conn, TypeA& ParamA) \
        { \
            NativeCall<void, UNetConnection*, TypeA>(nullptr, "FNetControlMessage<" + std::to_string(Index) + ">.Send", Conn, ParamA); \
        } \
    };

8:02 AM

and then i do

8:02 AM

DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_ONEPARAM(Failure, 6, FString);

8:02 AM

and then i can call like in-engine

8:02 AM

FNetControlMessage<NMT_Failure>::Send(PlayerNetConnection, NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().KickMessage());

8:03 AM

i haven't finished the 0 parameter one

8:03 AM

because i feel

8:03 AM

the native call with string concat is hacky

8:03 AM

so I want see if i can clean it up some

8:04 AM

I transplated the current UE4 one from latest sources (edited)

8:04 AM

#define DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE(Name, Index, ...) \
enum { NMT_##Name = Index }; \
template<> class FNetControlMessage<Index> \
{ \
public: \
    template<typename... ParamTypes> \
    static void Send(UNetConnection* Conn, ParamTypes&... Params) \
    { \
        static_assert(Index < FNetControlMessageInfo::MaxNames, "Control channel message must be a byte."); \
        checkSlow(!Conn->IsA(UChildConnection::StaticClass())); /** control channel messages can only be sent on the parent connection */ \
        if (Conn->Channels[0] != NULL && !Conn->Channels[0]->Closing) \
        { \
            FControlChannelOutBunch Bunch(Conn->Channels[0], false); \
            uint8 MessageType = Index; \
            Bunch << MessageType; \
            FNetControlMessageInfo::SendParams(Bunch, Params...); \
            Conn->Channels[0]->SendBunch(&Bunch, true); \
        } \
    } \
};

8:04 AM

and that compiles fine for me so far

8:05 AM

haven't tested it

8:06 AM

other option

8:06 AM

instead of macro

8:06 AM

is to make the template for each control message

8:06 AM

then using the nativecall isn't so hacky

8:06 AM

because no need to string concat

template seems the best

making each template?

8:13 AM

I can do that @Michidu

or actually same way as in UE is fine too if latest one works, i can add it like that

nah it does not as-is

8:15 AM

i just tried to use it

8:15 AM

i would need to implement a bunch of those or make them native calls

8:15 AM

both of which would be worse performance than one native call

8:15 AM

and making the template manually

8:16 AM

(Is there a way to compile time constant a string with a macro parameter)

8:16 AM

because if that^ is possible, I could make a macro to generate the templates

well, compile time strings should be possible now

yes I mean

8:19 AM

not doing this

8:19 AM

NativeCall<void, UNetConnection*, TypeA>(nullptr, "FNetControlMessage<" + std::to_string(Index) + ">.Send", Conn, ParamA); \

8:19 AM

but instead having the macro make the "FNetControlMessage<" + std::to_string(Index) + ">.Send" a compile time const

8:19 AM

so that it doesn't concat the string on each call

it might be a bit hacky at this point macro can even be better

yes, which is what I would prefer to do

8:22 AM

so I can just

8:22 AM

DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_ONEPARAM(Failure, 6, FString);

ok, just send me final variant

@Michidu

8:37 AM

i'll fork the api

8:37 AM

#define DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE_ONEPARAM(Name, Index, TypeA) \
    enum { NMT_##Name = Index }; \
    template<> class FNetControlMessage<Index> \
    { \
    public: \
        static void Send(UNetConnection* Conn, TypeA& ParamA) \
        { \
            NativeCall<void, UNetConnection*, TypeA>(nullptr, "FNetControlMessage<" #Index ">.Send", Conn, ParamA); \
        } \
    };

8:37 AM

this macro works

sure, just make a PR

need to make each one

8:37 AM

there isn't just 1 parameter version

8:38 AM

but multiple :x

i might be obvious, but i dont rly know what the FNetControlMessage adds to the api ?

lets you send various low-level network commands

ive tried reading up the thread

I used it in my anti-family share

ohh ok

the game sends a specific FNetControl instead of a standard kick

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/dace32cd53a9718e965a74c87775b6d800e786c9 latest update for Genesis lots of old functions are back

btw

8:41 AM

Genesis update broke defeatboss command

8:41 AM

F

8:41 AM

@Michidu

8:42 AM

i ripped the latest ue4 source version

8:42 AM

and modified it some

8:42 AM

#define DEFINE_CONTROL_CHANNEL_MESSAGE(Name, Index, ...) \
enum { NMT_##Name = Index }; \
template<> class FNetControlMessage<Index> \
{ \
public: \
    template<typename... ParamTypes> \
    static void Send(UNetConnection* Conn, ParamTypes&... Params) \
    { \
        NativeCall<void, UNetConnection*, ParamTypes...>(nullptr, "FNetControlMessage<" #Index ">.Send", Conn, Params...); \
    } \
};

8:42 AM

should for for n args (edited)

8:42 AM

@GormusSenex

8:42 AM

this is why Macro are pretty cool

8:42 AM

not gonna lie

i think its above my skill level tbh

lets me do this

8:44 AM

FNetControlMessage<NMT_Failure>::Send(PlayerNetConnection, NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().KickMessage());

seems good

Anyone else feel like Michidu deserves a spot in the credits for the hexagon shop? XD

They added shop?

kinda. its limited but looks soo cool tho

9:32 AM

u pay with hexagons that u earn from doing missions

9:32 AM

i wish we could hack into that shop so my own would look better than just notification alerts

9:33 AM

(hint hint)

oh damn so that's what the whole quests functions that were added to the API were about ?

you can change hexagon count for sure

9:42 AM

hexagon is like currency if i understand it correctly

yeah i also hear this for the first time lol

9:42 AM

been a while since i actually played ark

maybe you can even add own items

9:46 AM

maybe you can even add own items

is the shop on all maps or just Genesis ?

probably only genesis

only genesis

9:55 AM

its linked with the HLN-A

9:55 AM

i dont think that one work on other maps

9:56 AM

damn

9:56 AM

that’s like a full fledged shop

but only 1 page

hm maybe with more items added a scrolling bar would appear ?

it doesnt look like theres room for it on the UI

sad

yup

9:57 AM

but

9:58 AM

if hacked into, the search bar could just populate the screen maybe

9:58 AM

real-time

9:58 AM

search for metal and everything with metal in shortname apperas

9:58 AM

appears*

yes but how do we know that items aren’t just loaded client side XD

hmm

if we make a mod

9:59 AM

to port this ui on non genesis maps

9:59 AM

we could even modify the size and item count

10:00 AM

i think it would be pretty good

also need to port the HLN-A or some other way to access it

we could bind it to some key

poop !

10:00 AM

i was thinking something like f1 heh

no imagination...

(edited)

i havnt looked into mods at all, soo....

ye but this would actually be really cool heh

10:02 AM

we could make the ui display shop points instead of hexagons

i would make it into an auction house tho

10:02 AM

market place for players

heh

25 paste... 125 hexagons... resolving a "glitch" gives u 1000. but finding them takes time... i think getting paste any other way is faster

10:04 AM

but hexagons can now be the $$$ for dedicated servers

i would still dig converting this UI for ArkShop

10:05 AM

backend of a plugin with a frontend of a nice looking UI

if only we could populate it server side

10:06 AM

via search bar

10:06 AM

omg my market place would be awesome

a mod has to be made to port it to other maps anyway

10:06 AM

so even if it's client side

ohh ye

the config can be parsed by the mod to add items

10:08 AM

the latest content isn't in devkit though yet

10:08 AM

so i guess we wait

10:08 AM

compared to learning serverapi, how harder/easier is learning the mod making ?

i would say much harder

fuck

10:10 AM

nvm u made this

10:10 AM

ur oppinion doesnt count

lol

any1 else plz

devkit is just annoying

10:11 AM

it's too big/slow

i hate mods. i hate that if some random update his mod, then no1 can access the server

10:11 AM

cuz of client auto update

or if mods cause crashes, you have no idea which mod it is (edited)

that too

10:12 AM

but isnt that also the case with the api ?

no

10:13 AM

at least 90% of time you know if it's a plugin

10:13 AM

and which

if ur not the one getting the error (white screen) then i havnt always seen the cmd prompt show what plugin caused the error

crash stack does

yes, but thats the player that gets it. or am i wrong ?

10:15 AM

thats the white screen i was referring to

what white screen you mean?

whenever something crash (almost whenever) i get a white window with the error stack

10:16 AM

as a player

client side crash?

yup

but its not related to plugins

devkit sucks

10:17 AM

c++ makes sense

10:17 AM

most of the stuff in devkit doesn't make sense

10:17 AM

it's like it was made for ppl who cannot code

lol

also if you mess something up

10:18 AM

it doesn't execute

10:18 AM

instead of crashing in plugins

10:18 AM

it's good for beginners but very frustrating when you're trying to find why your BP doesn't work

10:19 AM

also my Ark Better Server security which is a 1mb mod takes 25 min to cook on nvme ssd

10:19 AM

wtf

10:20 AM

im guessing it compiles the entire game then

you have to wait 25 mins to test changes?

.... or u combined ur nvme ssd with an "older" 8088 cpu

i7 8700k XD

haha i have the sme

most things can be tested in devkit

10:21 AM

but if i'm testing stuff that's different in the live game than in devkit

10:22 AM

then yeah i have to wait 25 min

now i know why WC isnt fixing any bugs !!!

10:22 AM

stuff like UniqueID is your IP in devkit but in the live game it actually returns your steamID

10:22 AM

lol

sometimes i actually feel for those WC developers. I bet they were exicted and exstatic about the release of genesis, and then the majority of players just sacks it down as shit

XD

10:24 AM

btw that's not even the worst part of devkit

10:24 AM

you'll find it's extremely limited if you got into plugins first

haha

you can only attach to very basic events

10:24 AM

like players spawning

10:24 AM

or dying

the value of ignorance is ever so high

if you want to change more advanced stuff you have to override PrimalGameData and make your mod not stackable

10:25 AM

which im guessing most modders do ?

nah

10:25 AM

doing this your mod must be loaded first

10:25 AM

to work properly

10:26 AM

that green puzzle piece you see on mods in the workshop

10:26 AM

means they don't override anything and only add their own content

ohh

yellow means they override some stuff but don't require loading first

10:26 AM

red means they absolutely have to be loaded first

thats actually cool. but then again, our api dont care about load order

yep

(mostly)

ye it would still be cool if we could change or set hook order

10:27 AM

because DiscordIntegrator breaks my HWIDBans chat block

10:27 AM

XD

is discordintegrator oen source ?

10:28 AM

open*

nope

ahh its wooly's

10:32 AM

another thing i wanted to ask. im using sqlite3 and are updating Players in that DB when they log on. its works fine when not many players log on, but i havtn tested it with like 70+ or more players loggin in at the sme time. is the sqlite3 and filesystem fast enough to not lock ?

it's fine as long as you dont share connections

ye i do

10:35 AM

its cross server db

multiple servers? you will get locks then

fuck

get mysql

isnt sql server express better ?

10:38 AM

i also know sql server from work so would be easier to maintain

10:38 AM

just donno how to make that work in c++... a weekend project then

not sure if it's better.. but sure, you can use it too

Is there a reason (_this being APrimalDinoCharacter* _this) _this->NameField().ToString(&ClassName); returns Allo_Character_BP_C_52 instead of just Allo_Character_BP ? (edited)

seems like it's an id

5:16 PM

extended rcon has good function for getting dino name

Ah ok il look into it , thanks peepoheart

GetDinoDescriptiveName i think

Yep just came across that

Yeah that only returns the print name

5:50 PM

Ie

5:52 PM

I've also tried getting it via dino->DinoID1Field() dino->DinoID2Field() but those 2 return large ints that dont correspond to the dino itself

but what exactly you need?

The Entity ID

maybe BP path will be enough

I can give it a try, do you happen to know the name of the fucntion that fetches that ?

GetItemBlueprint in Api utils

5:56 PM

it says for UPrimalItem but will work for dinos too

wait i think i found a function within ark that does it

5:57 PM

i think it was in UVictoryCore

Aight il start with Michidu's and go from there

@Michidu I need hints on how to convert the APrimalDinoCharacter to UPrimalItem

(UPrimalItem*)dino

6:17 PM

but yeah, UVictoryCore has the function to return what you need

6:17 PM

not sure which one exactly though

6:20 PM

GetClassString GetClassPathName try them

Yeah both UVictoryCore functions return BoaFrill_Character_BP_C_145 with the exception that GetClassPathName returns a windows path but non the less contains the _145 junk

6:58 PM

il just try and manipulate the string

6:59 PM

when it runs into _C_ remove everything after that

6:59 PM

I've also exported the dino and inspected it with the inspection tool, nothing has anything to do with the number 145 ( not level, id or anything else )

must be dino unique number

Yeah when i try to download a dino and when i check its NameField() it doesnt have the random number at the end

7:01 PM

So it must be something that gets appended when the dino initializes

if every dino has number, you can easily remove it

Yeah just need to play around with the string a bit

7:08 PM

il still dig through the header file for APrimalDinoCharacter maybe i missed a function

@Michidu Thanks for the help , i managed to cobble this together

/**
    * @brief Get the Entity ID of a given dino
    * @param dino  The dino to fetch the Entity ID of
    **/
    FString GetDinoEntityID(APrimalDinoCharacter* dino)
    {
        FString entityID;
        dino->NameField().ToString(&entityID);

        int startPos = entityID.Find("_C_");

        if (startPos != -1);
        {
            return entityID.Left(startPos + 2); // +2 is the _C string from the match
        }
        
        return entityID;
    }

7:51 PM

and for any criticism please improve upon it if you wish to because as is it works ™️

looks good

1

that looks like it works, you just want to get the name of the dino right ?

8:50 PM

theres a field called DinoNameTag

8:50 PM

it contains the basic name of the dino like "Achatina" or "Raptor"

@Michidu can add CreateHeadRequest?

3:37 PM

I want to pull data from http/s but only if it is modified

how can I get the status of whether the baby dino has ally looking and wandering enabled and then tell something to automatically changed both values to false so they wont wonder or look at allys (other players/dinos) and also I dont know how to code help please

"dont know how to code" as in general or just c++ or only this api ? cuz if in general ur in for a mountain climb

kinda all round

11:21 PM

print hello world
hello world

Is there a way to get every structure in a radius?

2:22 PM

say for example a radius of 15 foundations

UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW() (edited)

2:29 PM

UVictoryCore::SphereOverlapFast

2:29 PM

maybe also this one but haven't tried it

Does it not have a size parameter?

yes but it's not gonna be in foundations ofc

yes I know, but what are the parameters for that method

2:30 PM

how do I give it the position and size

const int MinFoundations = config["FireBreathFix"]["MinimumEnemyStructureDistanceInFoundations"];
                                UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
                                TArray<AActor*> new_actors;
                                TArray<AActor*> actors_ignore;
                                TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types;

                                UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),

                                    static_cast<float>((MinFoundations * 300)), &types,
                                    APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore,
                                    &new_actors);

2:30 PM

_this is APrimalDinoCharacter*

2:31 PM

1 foundations is around 300 units but i'm not entirely sure on this

ye

2:31 PM

no. 10000 is around 30 foundations

2:31 PM

iirc

2:32 PM

thats atleast what im calculating with in my orp code

2:33 PM

nvm. i think ur right. https://ark.gamepedia.com/Game_Units

Game Units

Units used in ARK are based on the Unreal engine's units, which are approximately 1 cm. They are what is being displayed on the Bed's Fast-Traveling map, and what is shown in many stats in this Wiki. A foundation in ARK is about 300x300 units, i.e. 3x3m Creatures' travel speed...

it doesnt have to be exact right now

300 will be fine then

2:34 PM

been using this code for like a year without issues

i got my 10000 from some other post that said ~30 foundations. damn

2:34 PM

didnt rly look into it

well if it was that off i think you'd notice it ingame hah

2:35 PM

the 300 units is also not exactly accurate i think

TArray<TEnumAsByte<enum EObjectTypeQuery>> types what is this?

it's for the ObjectTypes arg

I dont understand what this part does

&types,
                                    APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore,
                                    &new_actors

tells it to only add actors of class APrimalStructure

2:37 PM

basically it fills the new_actors array with structures in the range

2:37 PM

you can then iterate over it to do what you wish to do

2:38 PM

UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(), static_cast<float>((MinFoundations * 300)), &types,APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore, &new_actors);

2:38 PM

those are just args btw

2:38 PM

just split across multiple lines

haha I know, but im trying to understand what args you're passing to the method

1. where is searches

2:39 PM

2. sphere starting position

2:40 PM

3. sphere radius

2:40 PM

4. actor types (edited)

2:41 PM

5. actors of which class it looks for

2:41 PM

6. actors which are ignored

2:42 PM

7. TArray which will get populated with the found actors

ok that makes a lot more sense

2:47 PM

apologies for my questions, but having a tough time wrapping my head around c++

ohh me too

it's fine we all start somewhere XD

theres a reason c++ got upgraded to c#

c# is a lot easier to make sense of

agree. and I even once coded assembler back in the days

2:49 PM

c++ is wierd. still cant remember the * and & and ** etc omg

yeah, takes some getting used to

2:51 PM

** is a pointer to a pointer

can I delete some of those files?

yeah you don't need precompiled headers

pch frameword resoure

2:52 PM

dllmain

would I need to use a database to store all sphere locations?

3:23 PM

and who it belongs to

why would u store it in a db when its there ?

that hugely depends on what you're doing

the idea is that every tribe gets 1 sphere that protects one of their bases completely

so ORP

3:26 PM

you can use SafeZones for that

basically, but it is on even when player is logged in

just use SafeZones if you don't mind adding every zone to the plugin config

u dont need to store the actors

3:27 PM

just store the position of each tribe

3:27 PM

and then make relevent hooks and return 0 damage if within those spheres (with ur position as center)

3:28 PM

like, do a chat command /protection set. that stores the position of the player into a db

@WETBATMAN looks like with safezones you can only define safezones in the config

3:29 PM

the point here is that players can set their own safezone basically (edited)

yes. do chat commands

for normies yes

3:29 PM

otherwise you can make your own plugin to add safeZones on certain events

3:29 PM

if you don't wanna make the zone logic yourself

3:29 PM

https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi/blob/master/SafeZone/SafeZone/Public/ISafeZoneManager.h

https://youtu.be/BnW7VE1wTwk?t=20

C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

/protection set - Sets the location of your PvE base
/protection get - Checks if your inside your protection area

yes i want it something like that meduza

3:32 PM

@WETBATMAN what's the license for that code?

3:32 PM

can i use and modify?

yeah

and then u hook into damage-events and return 0 damage if inside the spehere area. but u dont need that costly sphere overlap thingie. i think the basic calculation is like (pos.x-x)^2 + (pos.y-y)^2+(pos.z-z)^2<radius^2 if true then ur inside sphere (edited)

I dont see a license on that repo

its free

source code without license reverts to standard copyright

its under mit open source license or something

I dont see that for that plugin

just assume it is

are you planning to sell it ?

Safezones have api actually for adding new zones. Also, in my tests sphere overlap was quite fast, even faster than calculating distance manually.

that doesnt sound logic to me

3:38 PM

do a simple calulation rather that looping through a lot of stuff

3:38 PM

should be faster

it’s very fast tho

If you dont need things like notifications, then yeah, it might be a bit faster

im not argueing that its not fast

in fact i use it inside a hook and it’a not even a noticeable diff

im just rare curious about it being faster than (pos.x-x)^2 + (pos.y-y)^2+(pos.z-z)^2<radius^2

@WETBATMAN no but with basic copyright, im not allowed to do anything with the code but to view it

3:41 PM

if it's on github

Sure, inside hook, calc will be faster, you are right. I meant, if you gonna find actors inside zones, sphere is faster than looping through actors array and compare dist.

ahh ye

3:42 PM

but he just want a fixed point, and then calculate whether or not an attacker is inside a sphere of that point

3:43 PM

(im guessing) and then hook into damage-events

3:43 PM

thats at least how i build my orp

I just thought at some point you would want more advanced orp heh

easiest way to explain it is full ORP in a sphere, but not ORP cuz it's active at all times not just when logged off

3:44 PM

so just regular raid protection

oh you’re the one who asked about this in the mmo.su discord

yes.

3:45 PM

couldnt find a plugin that did what i wanted so im attempting to make one myself

Ye. U need a database to store tribeid and position of the fixed point. then u hook into damage events (structure, dino and player) and calculate if attacker is inside the sphere (with the above formulae). if true, then return 0 damage.

3:49 PM

just whenever u start ur server up, load the database into an array or map so u dont have to do a select to db at each damage-event

I can do it like safezones

3:49 PM

tribeid and position in json

safezones is a bit big for what u want imo

lol im not gonna use safezones

3:50 PM

just use the same way of storing the positions

ye

3:50 PM

ok

dont want to make it too complicated to use so want to avoid having to setup database

You want to use json as db? not the best idea

as long as he is not performing json lookup it would work ok

Only thing im storing is safezone position and tribeid (who it belongs to)

since it’s map specific and the db won’t be shared anyway maybe use sqlite ? (edited)

Why not use sqlite? It doesnt require setup and will work much better (edited)

(i had my difficulties setting sqlite up to work the first time, so i kinda understand where he is ngl

)

what would the advantage of sqlite be over json for my purpose

Still there can be many entries, you gonna serialize/desearilize json each time to make changes

ok so worst case scenario. with a max server of 70 people and everyone in their own tribe it'll be 70~ entries (edited)

4:08 PM

realistically that wont happen

4:08 PM

the server im making it for has max 20 people during the day and like max 10 different tribes

@GormusSenex

5:04 PM

Sphere overlap isn’t expensive

5:05 PM

It’s also likely run in the gpu instead of cpu

@substitute yeah, i can add 'head' request. Maybe i should rewrite requests class actually

Thanks @Michidu

5:06 PM

Head will be useful for checking headers for things like date modified

5:06 PM

I store files on my s3 which has a last modified header in the response

5:07 PM

Makes it easy to only update things when the external file actually updates

ArkApi::GetCommands().AddChatCommand when this adds a command, is it automatically after a /?

5:44 PM

or do I need to define the prefix myself

you need to add the / yourself

@WETBATMAN

6:38 PM

nvm seems like i fixed that

but still. i bet sphere overlap is more costly than a simple calculation as the one i mentioned. and i cant c why it should run on the gpu either

after a couple of hours i finally got it to build and have commands working lol

7:30 PM

took me awhile but im starting to understand c++ a bit more

@WETBATMAN how do I add the SafeZones api to my project?

include the public folder of SafeZones

just that?

7:51 PM

where do I put the other files

you don't need them if you're just including functions from SafeZones

7:55 PM

if the plugin itself is loaded (SafeZones) you can call it's functions

is there a way to do it without having to load safezones as a seperate plugin?

i guess you will have to copy the code you wanna use to your own plugin then

rip

@GormusSenex

8:39 PM

it would run on the gpu as gpu's are designed for those types of calculations (edited)

8:40 PM

(rendering and such too, but trust me, gpus have specific design choices to make traces as quick and cheap as possible.)

8:43 PM

Nejc Lešek

Ray tracing: CPU (i7-4790K) vs. GPU (Titan X)

8:43 PM

Due note, this only really applies when talking about real time rendering for simple scenes such as games.

8:44 PM

also, internally UE4 uses all vectors, which depending on the aglo (for you, (pos.x-x)^2 + (pos.y-y)^2+(pos.z-z)^2<radius^2) may be faster.

8:45 PM

realistically though, as long as you do not use heavy trig functions, especially inverse trig functions such as acos, atan, asin, performance should be ok

ye, and sqrt too. that costs a lot of cpu cycles

9:02 PM

u cant compare gfx vs cpu. gpu is optimized to throw every single little calculation into its own core whereas the cpu while calculating also has to render, read input from devices, take care of interrupts etc. a gpu will always be faster at core calculations

(edited)

@WETBATMAN sorry to keep asking, but wiki is down so cant look it up myself. How do I get the tribeid of a player?

TargetingTeamField()

so player.TargetingTeamField() would work?

player->TargetingTeamField()

ah right c++

well

9:19 PM

there's plenty of asdf.field in c++

9:19 PM

it's just for pointers you use ->

^^

right

@WETBATMAN

9:22 PM

(edited)

9:23 PM

physics II can leap off a bridge

i don't know a thing about physics so i literally can't even fathom what that is

nope. me neither

@Michidu how do I use the safezones api in my plugin?

did you try what i told you ?

10:18 PM

include the public folder of the SafeZones source code

10:18 PM

and then include this header ISafeZoneManager.h

just copy paste as he said. faster and cleaner. u only get what u need

@WETBATMAN i did what you said but it gives me errors

well SafeZones was last updated 2 years ago so it might be out of date now

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "class SafeZones::ISafeZoneManager & __cdecl SafeZones::GetSafeZoneManager(void)" (?GetSafeZoneManager@SafeZones@@YAAEAVISafeZoneManager@1@XZ)
1>C:\Users\????\source\repos\ForcedArkPlugin\x64\Release\ForcedBaseProtection.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

looks like a lib file is needed

so it is needed after all?

11:06 PM

what is error code 126

dependency missing

lol my head is gonna explode

11:11 PM

11:12 PM

can I see somehow which dependency is missing?

11:12 PM

I mean the project builds... (edited)

is the server running the latest VC++ redist ? (edited)

downloaded the server today so i geuss so

https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

11:16 PM

already have it (edited)

some plugin you include should be missing then

Libraries:

C:\Users\????\Desktop\Ark Plugin Dev\ARK-Server-API-master\out_lib\ArkApi.lib
C:\Users\????\Desktop\Ark Plugin Dev\SafeZone\x64\Release\SafeZone.lib

(edited)

11:18 PM

Included Directories:

C:\Users\????\Desktop\Ark Plugin Dev\SafeZone\SafeZone\Public
C:\Users\????\Desktop\Ark Plugin Dev\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public

(edited)

11:18 PM

plugins folder:

hm your plugins loads before permissions

11:19 PM

did you add permissions to Delay Loaded DLL's ?

Since I dont know what that is, prolly not.

hmm. maybe i'll get the plugin dev title if i make this for him ?

11:20 PM

i basically just need to copy paste my project and remove the fancy stuff

under Linker

11:20 PM

go into Input

11:20 PM

and find this

11:20 PM

add Permissions.dll and SafeZones.dll into it

ok

11:22 PM

same error still

Any other ideas?

(edited)

11:36 PM

omg

11:36 PM

i put a z in front of the name so it was last alphabetically

11:36 PM

and now it loads

11:36 PM

oof

11:37 PM

delay loaded dll’s should have done this

11:37 PM

without you renaming the plugin

idk I did the delay loaded dll thing

@WETBATMAN hey, how do I get the tribe name based off of tribeid

is it just me or is the wiki down 95% of the time?

you wanna do it for online tribes ?

yes

i guess you can hook the player logIn function and keep their tribe name with their TribeID in memory

1:35 PM

then clear it when they log out

1:36 PM

you could also just loop over all players and get their TribeID until it's a match and find the name for the tribe

1:36 PM

but the second method is slower

that sounds like a very tedious way to do it

2:11 PM

is there no way the API can access that information based on the tribeid?

2:11 PM

It's stored somewhere by the server is it not? (edited)

2:12 PM

how about tribe name based on player

it's stored but to find it server would have to loop all tribes anyway

2:20 PM

that's why i asked if you wanted to get it for online players

GetOrLoadTribe function should work too

doesn't it leak memory ?

When tribe is online, it shouldnt load anything

what does that function return exactly?

TribeData

Ok that would work I think, I dont see that function in the player class

AShooterGameMode::GetOrLoadTribeData

Anyone know what class shoulder dinos are? They aren't APrimalDinoCharacters, and that class is the only one in the api that has baby functions/fields and a function to return a UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent

player->ShowTribeManager() does this get the tribe leader?

Also

3:11 PM

I need to pass along the tribedata to get the tribedata?

3:18 PM

@Michidu could you give me an example of this function?

GetOrLoadTribeData is probably just where the server loads up the tribes data and returns if it was successful or not.

3:27 PM

You could hook it to get the tribe data though

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_GetOrLoadTribeData, bool, AShooterGameMode*, int, FTribeData*);

void AShooterGameMode_GetOrLoadTribeData(AShooterGameMode* _this, int TribeID, FTribeData* LoadedTribeData) {
    uint64 tribeLeaderID = LoadedTribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField();
    AShooterGameMode_GetOrLoadTribeData_original(_this, TribeID, LoadedTribeData);
}

void Load() {
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.GetOrLoadTribeData", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_GetOrLoadTribeData, &AShooterGameMode_GetOrLoadTribeData_original);
}

void Unload() {
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.GetOrLoadTribeData", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_GetOrLoadTribeData);
}

(edited)

3:41 PM

that will probably* get you what you want

3:44 PM

That would load all tribe data when the server loaded i imagine

3:46 PM

if you want to get a players tribe leader from AShooterPlayerController:

AShooterPlayerController* player;
AShooterPlayerState* State = static_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(player->PlayerStateField());
FTribeData* tribeData = State->MyTribeDataField();
uint64 tribeLeaderID = tribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField();

(edited)

c++
FString tribe_name = tribeData->TribeNameField();

3:50 PM

this gets the tribename?

3:50 PM

lol if this works i dont have to bother with all that other stuff

maaaaaaaybe

3:52 PM

You can try it and print the result with Log::GetLog()->info(tribe_name.ToString());

@Rogue Leader is PlayerIdField not the same as OwnerPlayerDataIDField?

I'm not sure

c++
if (player->PlayerStateField()->PlayerIdField() == tribeLeaderID) {

4:21 PM

i wanna check if the player that executes the command is the tribeleader or not

4:22 PM

when i do it this way it says im not the tribe leader, but i am

I'm using this code to check for tribe admins in one of my plugins:

AShooterPlayerState* State = static_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(player->PlayerStateField());
State->IsTribeAdmin();

4:23 PM

but an admin is not the same as a tribe owner

Oh actually, that might be better than just the owner anyway

4:24 PM

lol

4:24 PM

so there it is

This may work for owner: State->IsTribeOwner(State->PlayerIdField());

@Rogue Leader I think that worked

4:47 PM

thanks for the help

Awesome!

@Michidu

6:49 PM

@WETBATMAN

6:49 PM

the turret isA crash is due to a missing function name

6:49 PM

These objects have GetPrivateStaticClass

6:49 PM

APrimalStructureTurret does not

6:49 PM

6:50 PM

other PrimalStructureXXYY classes have the function too.

6:50 PM

Maybe the PDB or something forget it ? Who knows.

actually sometimes ida doesnt show all funcs

Bad ida

@Michidu Yes but there is

6:51 PM

GetPrivateStaticClassBody@VAPrimalStructureTurret

well, yeah, might be it

Also I don't see why else calling IsA on turret would cause a crash

6:52 PM

        if (a->IsA(APrimalStructureTurret::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {
            //we found it
            Log::GetLog()->debug("Found Turret");
        }

6:52 PM

is a CTD

i have experienced some crashes with IsA too recently

6:53 PM

seems it might not even depend on class which being checked

newb c++ question. Is ->IsA a std. c++ method ?

no

any1 else seeing this ?

is this Atlas ?

ark

SetAddictedAmount

10:32 PM

weird

10:32 PM

doesn’t atlas have this mechanic ?

10:33 PM

where you get addicted to vitamins or whatever

i donno. only tried atlas once, and hurried back to ark

10:34 PM

its the genesis server. could be the new gremlin tame

It looks like debugging that the devs left in for the new shoulder pet's that transform

9:01 PM

anyone know what error code 1114 is?

Bad config

syntax you mean or?

Syntax, missing variables, wrong type

no it's his own plugin

1114 is a generic error for failing to load the dll

1114 means load error (in public plugins this usually indicates a config error, since nothing else should stop the plugin from loading)

Does it have something to do with the fact that im trying to use sqlite?

possibly

9:03 PM

are you trying to log something ?

i added a line as a test because otherwise the server crashes at a function where I do a sqlite request

have you looked at other plugins for sqlite implementations ?

yes

9:05 PM

I used ArkShop as a guide

ArkShop is pretty overkill if you're going for just sqlite

well i only use the sqlite bit as a guide

9:06 PM

i took what i needed

9:06 PM

i didnt use everything

add debug to see where it throws this error

9:12 PM

this is the line

9:15 PM

so it has to do with the sqlite stuff

@WETBATMAN I cant even log it lol

9:33 PM

cuz it crashes the server before it gets the chance to log it

9:34 PM

the exact same thing happened yesterday when i tried to write to a json file

9:35 PM

so I decide to switch to sqlite and now i get the same

crashed while writing json ?

9:38 PM

that’s pretty weird

9:39 PM

but i have no idea what this function does heh

c++
    std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> GetAllProtectionZones() override
    {
        std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> protection_zones;
        try
        {
            db_ << "select tribe_id,position_x,position_y,position_z,last_updated from protection_zone;"
                >> [&](std::string tribe_id, float position_x, float position_y, float position_z, std::string last_updated) {
                std::vector<std::string> protection_zone = { tribe_id, std::to_string(position_x), std::to_string(position_y), std::to_string(position_z), last_updated};
                protection_zones.push_back(protection_zone);
            };
            return protection_zones;
        }
        catch (const sqlite::sqlite_exception & exception)
        {
            Log::GetLog()->error("({} {}) Unexpected DB error {}", __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, exception.what());
            return protection_zones;
        }
    }

You have no idea either. Im geussing?

Is there another way to tell why the server crashed

11:39 PM

Considering i cant even log it

Attach a debugger

1:55 AM

Wait for the exception

Anyone have any ideas what hook gets called when you upload a item to the ark tiredoflife

?

Why

omg! working with sql server and c++ is just not for normal ppl !

why?

fetching data from a stored procedure and the SQLFetch just wont return anything

3:04 PM

it works fine if single row. but multiple rows it jstu wont

you use ms sql ?

yup

ah, you dont look for easy ways

prolly not

3:05 PM

it sounded easy. it looked easy. but it isnt easy...

mysql would be easier probably

this is the last i need done. ive rewritten everything from sqlite to ms sql. not gonna try some other db now or ill shoot myself

3:09 PM

another funny thing. in c++ u have to close the cursor urself after each fetch wtf ?!? took me hours to figure out why my first call always worked but 2nd didnt

3:09 PM

so now im jsut closing cursors left and right hahaha

3:16 PM

haha ofc. ive looked at it, tried a bunch of stuff and googled till my fingers bleed, and nothing worked. then i come on here crying, and i notice a line of code that shouldnt be there. i removed it, and the shit works! omfg rubberduck next level achieved !

glad we could help lol

1

3:18 PM

it aint yellow, but its a duck...

2

@substitute Im trying to modify override what can be uploaded to the ark

5:55 PM

Nothing special but i cant find a hook for it

5:55 PM

dinos i managed but not for tributes

could it be AShooterPlayerController->OnArkTributeAllClustersInventoryItemsLoaded(..) ?

6:11 PM

or OnAddedItemsToAllClustersInventory ?

6:11 PM

@KillZone

6:14 PM

this prolly comes before that: AddItemToAllClustersInventory (edited)

Oh il try that temphappy

6:18 PM

im not on windows now so when i boot back into it il let you know if it works

6:19 PM

as is i used AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation and that didn't seem to get called

6:19 PM

il report back what i find out in a few

what library do you guys use for sqlite?

i previously used the one michidu had in his arkshop. but then i reinstalled pc and installed the newest sqlite and after hours and hours of trial and error it suddenly worked. but now im switching to sql express.

meduza im also using that sqlite library and I know what you mean by trial and error

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7:21 PM

7:22 PM

fix something and suddenly something else doesnt work anymore

ye, but luckily we get such informative error messages...

(edited)

im having fun though

7:23 PM

yeah good messages typeKappa

7:23 PM

86 error messages saying the syntax of the library is wrong

7:23 PM

they might as well have made the compiler with 1 error message "Something went wrong, newb, go fix!"

yeah

7:24 PM

so easy to mess something up in c++

7:24 PM

without knowing what you messed up

in c# it points directly to where shit happended... but nooo, not in c++

c# tells me what the cause of the error is and where. C++ tells me where it went wrong but not what caused it per se

not always where in my experience tho

if I had to use an analogy. It would be if a car hits a fence, and the fence hits a person. C++ would tell me, ERROR at fence when it hits person.

7:26 PM

C# would tell me the cause was the car hitting the fence

lol

i know what Michidu is thinking right now... kids these days wants it too easy

I just wanna know what went wrong and where. Is that too much to ask?

7:31 PM

not really, it's great analogy actually

whole thing with how libraries work in C++ is also tough to grasp for me

7:34 PM

the included directories and the linker stuff

but

C++ is experiencing a renaissance because power is king again. Languages like Java and C# are good when programmer productivity is important, but they show their limitations when power and performance are paramount. For high efficiency and power, especially on devices that have limited hardware, nothing beats modern C++.

by Microsoft might give you some motivation heh

im not argueing against that. that is true

yeah that is what is appealing about C++

7:37 PM

aside from the issues, im having fun learning it along with the api stuff (edited)

i did code assembler once - back on 8088. fast too when running, not fast coding and impossible once windows was standard

7:39 PM

but back then there were no dear momma

7:39 PM

an error could be anywhere... ANYwhere

actually modern compilers are quite smart, they can probably generate better asm code than you

true

7:39 PM

the instruction set back then were also a lot smaller

Meduza, speaking of the sqlite library earlier. How did you include it in your project?

7:40 PM

For the life of me I cannot get it to compile now

i ran some command-shell thingie i forgot about and it prompted me something like "include in vs projects?"

was it this?

7:41 PM

./configure && make && sudo make install

no sudo. i would have remembered that

including sqlite a bit tricky, you should preserve the order of includes it is true at least for one sqlite library (which probably used in arkshop)

I think the order is correct?

i cant even find it in my downloads or in my history. cuz i had to reinstall chrome completely cuz it was leaking memory

7:46 PM

just been trough all my files

it's the sqlite_modern_cpp wrapper that is giving me the compile errors

have u included the sqlite3 header file ?

7:47 PM

and the .c file ?

7:47 PM

it has to be in ur project

it is in the same directory, and it is also included

7:48 PM

C:\Users\????\Desktop\Ark Plugin Dev\Permissions\Permissions\Public
C:\Users\????\Desktop\Ark Plugin Dev\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public
C:\Users\????\source\repos\ForcedBaseProtection\ForcedBaseProtection\DataBase
C:\Users\????\source\repos\ForcedBaseProtection\ForcedBaseProtection\hdr

7:49 PM

the sqlite3.h and sqlite3.c is in the database folder

7:49 PM

do I need to add something under Linker?

i donno about that. i have mine in the base folder witrh the rest of my files

same issue still

7:56 PM

i get 80+ syntax errors

7:56 PM

in the library itself

7:56 PM

ngl i fell ur pain. ive been there and suddenly it just works

7:58 PM

after installing stuff... moving files... doing other stuff...

im so close aswell, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel

8:02 PM

...

8:03 PM

also been there. and then the light was painted on and u discover its a concrete wall u need to break down

8:03 PM

with a spoon

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8:08 PM

the thing that i find weird aswell is that intellisense is not giving me any syntax errors

8:08 PM

it's only when building

idk, im starting to actually believe the library is just outdated

omfg

9:02 PM

there actually was syntax errors in the code

9:02 PM

9:02 PM

visual studio was reading the file wrong and left out a few lines, but notepad++ showed everything (edited)

@Michidu

9:07 PM

I know how you can hook bp events / functions

9:07 PM

I might try something from my side and if I can get it working without issues I’ll elaborate

9:08 PM

It’s actually fairly easy

@GormusSenex omg I got it working

9:50 PM

im crying bro

9:50 PM

9:51 PM

i know that feeling too

is Log::GetLog()->debug(msg); supposed to print to the server console? (edited)

Yes

Good to know

1:39 AM

Also curently im using

c++
player->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()

1:39 AM

to get the player position

1:40 AM

but i've noticed this function only returns the position of where the player spawned initially (edited)

1:42 AM

not the realtime position of the player

There should be get actor location

2:28 AM

Similar to get actor rotator

2:28 AM

But i think it is missing in the api

2:29 AM

I think there is an api helper though for player location

DefaultActorLocationField seems to work

3:42 AM

all though I agree (edited)

3:42 AM

a GetActorLocation() function would make way more sense (edited)

@WETBATMAN I know u know this one. How to I make a "delayed" notification to a player - like 2 mins after logging on ? It got something to do with the timer, i know that... but how ? can it be done any simpler than this: https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ArkShop/ArkShop/Private/TimedRewards.cpp ?

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&CallBack, 120);

2:44 PM

@GormusSenex

1

@WETBATMAN Can I use API::Timer to put a command on a cooldown?

i guess

2:47 PM

but API timers aren't extremely precise

2:48 PM

i would save the time stamp of when the command was last run in a TMap with the players SteamID being used as the key

2:48 PM

then check the time diff on command call and execute if necessary

So, @WETBATMAN If I want something to be called like every 5 mins, there would be no problem in doing a DelayExecute inside the callback ?

... and why cant I reference Timer within API, but only Tools ?

you have to include Timer.h

ahh ty

what is the hook for when a player joins the server?

HandleNewPlayer_Implementation

@WETBATMAN

6:30 PM

I know how to handle bp events

6:30 PM

6:34 PM

wdym (edited)

6:34 PM

BP functions can be hooked no ?

what is BP functions ? Im guessing its not BluePrints ?

it is ye

ohh. then what does he mean with 'handle bp events' ? like when crafting it ?

no he means functions made with BP

im still not following ? functions made with blueprints ? umm

BP is what the Devkit uses

6:40 PM

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Blueprints/index.html

Blueprints Visual Scripting

Overview of using the Blueprint visual scripting system for gameplay.

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@WETBATMAN

8:09 PM

Yes

8:09 PM

And normally they can not

8:09 PM

They aren’t compiled into the exe

8:10 PM

And they 101% don’t exist in the pdb

8:10 PM

@GormusSenex this means I could hook a function from a mod for example

what would be the best way to get the tribedata of a tribe I only have the tribeid for

now hooking a function from a mod is very cool

u have the player also, or jsut the tribe id ?

literally just the tribeid

sry then. only know how to get tribedata from a player

is there no function I can use to get the tribedata based of tribeid?

AShooterGameMode::GetOrLoadTribeData

that requires tribedata

8:26 PM

that i dont have

no it returns tribeData

8:26 PM

LoadedTribeData

is that a hook?

it's a function you call

8:27 PM

that screenshot is from IDA

how do I get the shootergamemode?

i think like this:

FTribeData tribeData;
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetOrLoadTribeData(123, &tribeData);

(edited)

8:30 PM

havnt tested it tho

8:31 PM

or:

FTribeData* tribeData;
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetOrLoadTribeData(123, tribeData);

8:31 PM

i think its the ladder

8:32 PM

123 is ur tribe id ofc

8:32 PM

im still getting confused about the * and &. so i always try each combo to c which one it is

(edited)

they are completely opposite heh

it got something to do with pointers

in either case

8:41 PM

it doesnt work

game must be done loading i think

it's not even building

ohh

Its a bit wrong, a correct way to call this func was posted here already

FTribeData* tribe_data = static_cast<FTribeData*>(FMemory::Malloc(0x200));
RtlSecureZeroMemory(tribe_data, 0x200);

if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetOrLoadTribeData(
    teamId, tribe_data))
{
    //
}
FMemory::Free(tribe_data);

that function makes no sense to me though

that one ?

Yes Just getorloadtribe might leak memory

it does ye

that sounds terrible

8:47 PM

ill just store some of the data in a database and update it

why

8:47 PM

TribeID is per server

?

or read it from the arktribe file

unless you need it for offline tribes you can load this data in memory

i need it for online and offline tribes

ah

@WETBATMAN

5:55 AM

hah

5:55 AM

is it a full hook ? can we also see and intercept the args ?

9:39 AM

anyhow that's very cool, nice work

Yes it is

10:05 AM

Though I need to write a macro to define args types as they are passed void*

10:05 AM

so they need to be user casted to a container

@WETBATMAN

10:24 AM

this is what I have so far

10:24 AM

template<typename... args>
class UE4FunctionParameters
{
public:
    std::tuple<args &...> params;
};

#define DEFINE_UE4_Function_Parameters(name, ...) \
class name : public UE4FunctionParameters<__VA_ARGS__> { };

10:26 AM

example usage

10:26 AM

DEFINE_UE4_Function_Parameters(LoadedWorld, UWorld*);

10:27 AM

            LoadedWorld* myParameters;
            std::get<UWorld*>((*myParameters).params);

10:27 AM

user casting

Though I don’t really like using this setup

10:54 AM

I would prefer to macro define a struct with 1:1 mapping of fields to va args

10:54 AM

Then it’d just be a direct cast from the void pointer

10:55 AM

I may just define a macro for an arbitrary n and assume the parameters are always under n amount

10:56 AM

But that’s not great

11:01 AM

I may also settle on unpacking the void* myself instead of mapping it to a struct

If I want to do a recurring action/thing every x sec, what is the best approach ? To do a ArkApi::GetCommands().AddOnTimerCallback(...) or do a API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(...) and call that inside the delayed-executed function ? Or is it basically the same ? (edited)

4:58 PM

My guess is the first one puts in on a "list" of some sort and then checks the list constantly whether or not its time to do something, and the other puts it in its own thread and therefore have no impact on "primary" thread execution ?

timer also has a ReoccurringExecute

5:01 PM

so its basically the same ?

API::Timer::RecurringExecute()

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5:02 PM

no it will execute your func every X seconds

ohh i didnt know there actually were a recurringexecute

5:02 PM

then i dont have to call my func from inside the func

You should avoid calling your function from itself forever

5:03 PM

It would eventually stack overflow

Recursion

Recursion has an exit case

well yea if you endlessly call the function over and over what's the point

if i want to clear/stop my recurringexecute, then what ?

i'm pretty sure you cannot stop it after it's loaded

ohh darn

5:09 PM

what about this then:

bool* stopFunc = false;

void MyFunc(bool* stopFunc)
{
  if (!stopFunc)
  {
    [... do something...]
    API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&MyFunc, 30, stopFunc);
  }
}

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&MyFunc, 30, stopFunc);

[... do something for some time...]
stopFunc = true;

(edited)

DelayExecute will just execute your function AFTER some time tho

5:10 PM

not in a time frame

ye, i forgot to add seconds. but the concept from calling itself inside itself and have a bool outside deciding to run any further. would that work ?

@GormusSenex your code is wrong

5:17 PM

if stopFunc points to a bool pointer

5:17 PM

then you need if (!(*stopFunc))

5:17 PM

right now you are just checking if stopFunc is a valid pointer or not

ahh ty. but would the concept work or is it a stupid idea ?

I mean

5:19 PM

it'd work

5:19 PM

but it's not great

haha ty for being diplomatic about it

Ive checked the recurringexecute and it needs both a timer and a counter. anyway to change that counter after execution then ? (in order to stop the recurringexecution before the counter has to reach zero)

check how the function checks

5:22 PM

maybe it checks if count == 0

5:22 PM

or maybe it checks if count < 1

5:22 PM

if the first

5:22 PM

just set count = -1

5:22 PM

for endless

5:22 PM

but you can always roll your own that doesn't self-call.

yes but what if i want to stop the reccurance ?

close the server

5:22 PM

for yourself

5:23 PM

maybe roll your own implementation

5:23 PM

having the function call itself isn't a good choice (edited)

5:23 PM

remember, for every iteration, the stack of the previous iteration exists

5:24 PM

so you end up with n levels deep of the function's stack

5:24 PM

hence why you can stack overflow

doesnt it get out of scope and the cleaned up ?

no because your function is calling itself

5:24 PM

the callee isn't out of scope

5:24 PM

since it's waiting for the called function to complete

but the caller has completed hasnt it ? and just started a new caller ?

no

5:25 PM

it looks like this

5:25 PM

5:26 PM

the outer most my func is waiting on the inner my func which is waiting on its inner my func

5:26 PM

forever

but doesnt the first MyFunc get out of scope once it reaches the end of its execution ?

5:26 PM

isnt is async ?

yes, but it never ends its execution

5:26 PM

because it's calling itself

5:27 PM

think this

5:27 PM

is main ever out of scope?

5:27 PM

no, it exists until the end of the program

yes, but the main doesnt reach its end of code

the calling my func exists until the called my func finishes

5:27 PM

but since the called my func keeps calling itself

5:27 PM

no my func completes

the myfunc does as it fires the deleayexecutre and then moves on in its code

also async doesn't mean different threads

ur most likely right, i just cant wrap my head around why the 1st myfunc hasnt stopped and the 2nd is now waiting for execution and so on.

i was talking in general

5:35 PM

a function calling itself

5:36 PM

the delay execute may spin off async

5:36 PM

and the caller may return

5:36 PM

(since you don't await for the result)

Hello

5:40 PM

I am supper new to this, Wetbatman has helped me alot in PM, but i thought i would not spam him anymore xD I am trying to make a small change to Arkshop but am getting this on build

5:40 PM

I checked all the files are unblocked

did you include the lib files ?

5:40 PM

you have to include the out_lib folder

Im sure i did but i will double check

5:41 PM

PS the one you made me didnt load xd

5:41 PM

error codes ?

5:43 PM

Plz dont say its my fault xD

nah looks like ShooterGameMode is not yet initialized yet i used it in the code i sent

5:44 PM

You fixed my other problem, i accidentally included all of Ark API and not just the out_lib folder

5:44 PM

Dang thats a fat RIP then

5:44 PM

Cant use this method?

what ?! we can spam @WETBATMAN with questions in PMs ? noiceeee

5:45 PM

Well i said i was going to buy a plugin he might be working on so xD

5:50 PM

Maybe thats why he was kind to me haha

5:54 PM

Its not possible to pass anything from the .bat into the API?

why not just load it in a config file ?

Basically, whether its correct or not i like to run all of my server instances from 1 set of Server Files

5:59 PM

I want the ability to load a separate Ark Shop config per server instance

5:59 PM

Wetbatman gave me the code to splice the mapname into the config file name so i can run a config for each map

so why not do that ? sounds like a good idea ?

He made my dreams true, but as he mentioned just then hes trying to use GetShooterGameMode before its initialised (edited)

hook into initgame and run it after the original call

6:02 PM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame(AShooterGameMode* a_shooter_game_mode, FString* map_name, FString* options, FString* error_message)
{
    AShooterGameMode_InitGame_original(a_shooter_game_mode, map_name, options, error_message);
    
    // do stuff here
}

(edited)

@WETBATMAN

6:11 PM

Your hwid ban system is very easily bypass btw

for now yes, i need to redo it

Pretty much forever

well i cannot do anything about spoofers

6:11 PM

‍♂️

The get device id uses the network card MAC address

it's about adding extra steps for cheaters

Windows has built in MAC randomization

6:12 PM

At least on windows 10

6:12 PM

can't rly do anything about that

6:12 PM

6:16 PM

looks like someone released a cheat with a bypass for the mod though lol

@GormusSenex I have never coded a plugin before xd

well, then im just a little bit ahead of u then. im also a c++ newb

When you wrote "Do stuff here" Should this be when you are creating the string for the config path

ye, after that line AShooterGameMode is fully loaded

I read what ownprox wrote about Hooks

6:17 PM

But like, embedding it in the hook, will wait for shootergame to initialise and then load the config?

no you can't do it like that

6:18 PM

this needs to be in hooks

6:19 PM

but then you have a problem

6:19 PM

you have to redo the entire load process for ArkShop

it just reading the config then why not just to it in the main load-method ?

by redo i mean you would need to move it after ShooterGameMode was initialized

6:19 PM

he has multiple servers running on the same files

If you are moving it to then, do you need to add in the hook?

ima stay out of this. i donno what ur trying to achieve

so he want's arkShop to load a config per map

6:20 PM

the configs would be differentiated by map names

6:20 PM

to get the map name he needs ShooterGameMode

but he points to the same config file or what ?

Nope

6:20 PM

I want to have like TheIslandConfig.json AberrationConfig.json etc

6:21 PM

Then i can pull flyers etc from the shop on aber

i still dont get it. unless ur pointing to the same config file with eg. symblinks then each "map" automatically gets its own config file anyway ??

Its because i run 6 Servers from 1 set of server files

ohh now i think i get it. u want the sme config for the shop, but exclude some items for diffenrent maps ?

and just use .bat's to launch the servers

is that what ur trying to achieve ?

6:25 PM

Thats what i already do lol

you could probably get mapName by reading launch args yourself instead of waiting for the ShooterGameMode to get it

Yeah i had asked that further up, if i can send something via the .bat

6:25 PM

I will explore the functions see whats there

you don't send it

6:26 PM

server has map name on hand

6:26 PM

otherwise how would it know which map to load

wait a minute. read up on symlinks and u can achieve what u want out of the box with no added stuff

you just gotta read the setting

Oh sorry i thought you meant add something additional to the .bat for it

yea but then you gotta know which .bat launched the server (edited)

6:27 PM

create a folder for each map. symlink to essential files, but not the config ones, savegame ones etc. then u just change ur bat file to each folder and start the game there. by that u have a config for each map, but still only 1 shootergame.exe to update etc

^^

6:28 PM

this would be the better solution

oof

6:29 PM

better get on google then xD

symlink, or symbolic link, is basically a reference to a file. but the system treats it as it was the file, meaning if u try and delete the symlinked file then the original one gets deleted "as well". u can still delete the symlink, but thats a difficult process so make sure u keep a backup folder of the files ur gonna symlink to. Im speaking from bad experience

(edited)

6:35 PM

the command is mklink if im not remembering wrong

So i would need to Symlink everything in Win64 and its subfolders apart from the one config file within ArkShop?

everything in the ark dedicated folder and exclude the config, save etc folders

Oof so i still end up with 6 Folders xD

basically ur gonna end up with 6 identical folders of the ark installatino folder

6:38 PM

yes

6:39 PM

but ur filesystem will only have 1 file - and 6 symlinks. symlnks in each folder. rename the "original" folder something like "_original" and symlink from there

@XeLaD

8:12 PM

this is a relatively easy change

8:12 PM

change the main loading method to only make a hook for the loaded world event

8:12 PM

on that event, get the map name

8:13 PM

unhook the event -> setup the actual arkshop hooks

8:13 PM

You will basically use a hook to delay init the rest of the plugin.

8:14 PM

additionally, another approach is to parse the startup args as those generally have the map name

8:14 PM

either option is valid

Oh nice ok, the synlink seems like a good option too. But I'm kind of looking to use this to learn as much as I can about api too

8:32 PM

Are there any examples available of parsing startup args? I feel like that is the better way to do it

You can try

9:03 PM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processenv/nf-processenv-getcommandlinea

GetCommandLineA function (processenv.h) - Win32 apps

Retrieves the command-line string for the current process.

using the hook to init ArkShop is not rly that bad of an idea

9:04 PM

it will just delay the loading of the plugin a bit

c++
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player, "ForcedBaseProtection", FString::Format("Base protection on cooldown {0} seconds remaining.", FString::FromInt(secondsLeft)));

9:27 PM

why doesnt this work

9:27 PM

L missing infront of "force..." ? (edited)

what does that do

const FString (edited)

that doesnt fix it unfortunately

then its ur FString::format. use fmt::string(...).c_str();

same error

u sure player is right ?

the command works elsewhere multiple times

9:35 PM

only when I try to add multiple strings together this happens

then to the basic L"hello" + L" world" + L"!"

c++
std::string narrow_string("");
std::wstring wide_string = std::wstring(narrow_string.begin(), narrow_string.end());
const wchar_t* result = wide_string.c_str();

9:43 PM

this works

That’s

10:15 PM

Really wrong

10:15 PM

FString supports formatting

10:15 PM

I would use that and take the tostring of the fstring

@substitute that gives me an error though and doesnt work

@Buu this owrks fine for me

10:51 PM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(asdf, "ForcedBaseProtection", *FString("Base protection on cooldown {0} seconds remaining."), secondsLeft);

10:52 PM

this also works

10:52 PM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(asdf, "ForcedBaseProtection", "Base protection on cooldown {0} seconds remaining.", secondsLeft);

the * made it work lol

that's because it expected a pointer

11:05 PM

a string literal is a pointer

11:05 PM

it's char*

I have to look up the * and & stuff

Not used to having to use that kinda stuff

i do constantly and forget it too

I'm not sure why to use the star in this specific case though, as that is for dereferencing

11:07 PM

but it does expect a pointer

11:07 PM

const T* msg

11:07 PM

is a pointer of T

11:07 PM

where T is a type that is supplied by the template

11:07 PM

        template <typename T, typename... Args>
        void SendChatMessage(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, const FString& sender_name, const T* msg,
                             Args&&... args)
        {
            if (player_controller)
            {
                const FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));

                FChatMessage chat_message = FChatMessage();
                chat_message.SenderName = sender_name;
                chat_message.Message = text;

                player_controller->ClientChatMessage(chat_message);
            }
        }

11:07 PM

you can see how it works here.

11:07 PM

I would suggest leaving the concatenation to this function btw. (edited)

c++
API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&ActivateSafeZone, secondsLeft);

11:25 PM

11:26 PM

what?

11:26 PM

cant convert from int to int

from int * to int

11:27 PM

try

11:27 PM

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&ActivateSafeZone, *secondsLeft); (edited)

Can you post the whole block

c++
int secondsLeft = config["SafeZoneActivationDelayInSeconds"];
API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&ActivateSafeZone, *secondsLeft);

no issue for me

11:30 PM

lol

11:30 PM

it's a build error

11:30 PM

I had it without the * first

11:31 PM

and it gives me the "cant convert int * to int" (edited)

@Buu

11:36 PM

it's the reference to your function that is causing issues

11:36 PM

is the function static ?

how so

11:36 PM

no

It needs to be

11:36 PM

because if it isn't, once compiled, it has an extra (first) parameter called this

11:37 PM

you can't easily pass non-static methods as function pointers

11:37 PM

    json config;
    int secondsLeft = config["SafeZoneActivationDelayInSeconds"];
    API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(asdf, secondsLeft);

11:37 PM

works for me

11:37 PM

static void asdf() {}

static now and same error

11:37 PM

:/

remove the &

again, same error

Show me the entire block

11:38 PM

including the callback

11:38 PM

the whole thing

11:38 PM

and did you recompile? (edited)

c++
    static void ActivateSafeZone(AShooterPlayerController* player) {
        AShooterPlayerState* State = static_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(player->PlayerStateField());
        FTribeData* tribeData = State->MyTribeDataField();
        int tribeid = tribeData->TribeIDField();

        const auto& zone = SafeZoneManager::Get().FindZoneByName(FString::FromInt(tribeid));
        if (!zone) {
            zone->active = true;
            cooldowns.Add(tribeid, std::chrono::system_clock::now());

            if (player != nullptr) {
                ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player, "ForcedBaseProtection", "Base protection has activated.");
            }
        }
    }

int secondsLeft = config["SafeZoneActivationDelayInSeconds"];
API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(ActivateSafeZone, secondsLeft);

how do u get color on code snippits ?

ohh cool

oh

11:41 PM

you forgot to pass the parameter

omg

static void ActivateSafeZone(AShooterPlayerController* player) {
    //stubbed code.
}

void HandleEvent(AShooterPlayerController* player)
{
    json config = {}; //stub
    int secondsLeft = config["SafeZoneActivationDelayInSeconds"];
    API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(ActivateSafeZone, secondsLeft, player);
}

‍♂️

doesnt it need to be

c++
API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&ActivateSafeZone, secondsLeft, player);

no

not if the function is static apparently

the function name without () is a pointer

11:42 PM

and you can't really ever pass an instance function as a function pointer easily

11:42 PM

generally only static methods can be function pointers (edited)

yeah that worked, now i just gotta work through a few more errors

11:43 PM

thanks @substitute

11:43 PM

you've been more helpful in 10 minutes than the c++ help discord server has been in 3 days

to be fair

11:43 PM

they aren't using the same library

11:43 PM

so they can't see the template declarations

I havent asked a single api specific question in that discord

11:44 PM

only general c++ questions

well, this apparently works:

c++
void DelayedMessage(AShooterPlayerController* new_player)
{
  if (new_player)
  {
    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(new_player, FColorList::Green, 2.0f, 15.0f, NULL, L"Hello player!");
  }
}

[...]
API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&DelayedMessage, 30, new_player);

but with 25 "Helpful" people on at all times, I never got a decent answer

@GormusSenex you can try that

it works

but good chance it could crash (edited)

its implemented

are both functions being run from the same class?

ye

11:45 PM

no

11:45 PM

same namespace tho

because if so, it could be implicitly handling the _this parameter

Substitute, could

c++
*FString("Base protection will activate in {0} seconds."), std::to_string(secondsLeft)

potentially be the cause of an error?

11:46 PM

Im getting

11:46 PM

5 times in a row and that corresponds to the amount of time I use that formatting

11:46 PM

of FString

11:47 PM

is it the std::string + fstring?

what is that in?

11:48 PM

I would just do

11:48 PM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(asdf, "ForcedBaseProtection", "Base protection on cooldown {0} seconds remaining.", secondsLeft);

11:48 PM

and let the internal FString::Format of send chat message handle formatting.

i would be surpriced if that works

It does

11:49 PM

        template <typename T, typename... Args>
        void SendChatMessage(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, const FString& sender_name, const T* msg,
                             Args&&... args)
        {
            if (player_controller)
            {
                const FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));

                FChatMessage chat_message = FChatMessage();
                chat_message.SenderName = sender_name;
                chat_message.Message = text;

                player_controller->ClientChatMessage(chat_message);
            }
        }

11:49 PM

that is the template

11:49 PM

msg is the first arg in it's FString::Format

11:50 PM

which does handle char* -> FString (edited)

hmm ok I changed it and it still doesnt work, so I can at least conclude it's not that

then i have overcomplicated a lot of stuff in my code if that works

11:51 PM

try commenting it out and compile

11:51 PM

to make sure its not that

@GormusSenex I haven't tested using that call

11:52 PM

but I can't see any reason it won't work.

11:52 PM

I've never needed to send a message to a player

11:52 PM

other than in here

11:52 PM

FNetControlMessage<NMT_Failure>::Send(PlayerNetConnection, NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().KickMessage());

yeah all commented out and still doesnt work. Good to know at least

using my own declaration of FNetControlMessage (edited)

why can't C++ tell me what the cause of the error is lol

it is

11:55 PM

it's just not super clear

11:55 PM

(edited)

I mean

11:55 PM

it really is doing the best it can

11:55 PM

templates generate code at compile time

11:55 PM

that isn't easy to show where the error is

11:56 PM

since it's generated code that doesn't exist in your editor

11:56 PM

but can't compile due to an error that you caused (edited)

still

11:56 PM

this error is literally meaningless to me

what is the error

oh

11:57 PM

that does make sense completely

11:57 PM

Basically, you're using something that is deprecated

11:58 PM

it says at the end define _SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING

11:58 PM

to disable the build error

ahhhhhhh ive had that one too long ago

At the top of the file

11:58 PM

put

11:58 PM

#define _SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING

11:58 PM

something like that

11:58 PM

and make sure there's no typos

hmm copy pasted from the error

12:01 AM

triple checked, the define line is correct

12:01 AM

didnt get rid of the build errors though

ive added it like this:

can you paste that line

the define didnt work for me either

12:02 AM

/D _SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS

if the define didn't work in the file

12:03 AM

then whatever is causing the issue

12:03 AM

that file

12:03 AM

needs the define

12:03 AM

@GormusSenex what you did is fine too

12:03 AM

just globally defines it

then globally defining it works

12:03 AM

it compiled

1

12:03 AM

@GormusSenex thanks

12:03 AM

u2 substitute

@substitute it worked if i added it the actual file, but then i would have changed the "standard" arkserverapi which i didnt want to do

12:04 AM

so i just put it there

12:04 AM

and kept the "standard

that doesn't change the ark api

file clean

my FNetConnection macro and definitions works fine

no i mean. if i were to overwrite at a later stage, then that line would be lost

and so do a few other fields i added

i spent the entire day adding a new functionality without building or testing once

12:06 AM

haha

12:07 AM

ive refactored an entire project. compiled at night. some minor bugs but then it actually compiled. couldnt wait for next day to test it. i should have known better... ofc it didnt work. had to spend 2 days debugging

yeah lol

12:07 AM

it not compiling is the worst

12:07 AM

when everything builds correctly it is so easy to add new stuff

12:08 AM

but when you're stuck debugging for days it's so depressing

no, in my experience. if it compiles at first run, then something is wrong...

12:09 AM

1

it doesnt always build first time around

12:11 AM

but usually it's a simple thing I missed

12:11 AM

but c++ is just a different beast entirely

agreed

im geussing if I try to send a chat message to a player that has logged off, it'll give me a nullpointer reference error? (edited)

if so, is there a way to check if player is online or not?

Check if the player controller pointer is null

@Buu

so a simple

c++
if(player){}

would work right?

yes

@Michidu could you please add me as a plugin dev on the forum, I would like to post my plugin there.

Can i disable the Buff_FrozenEffect_Base using the API?

9:44 PM

its hard to find the documentation anywhere so i just ask it here

9:44 PM

basically im asking if i can catch buff aplly events and cancel them

Maybe

Hello! Took me a while to get here. I've been watching this project on/off for a few years. (edited)

~~how do i convert FString to std::wstring ?~~ (edited)

Need help with this one:

c++
FString command = L"some text";

std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf16<char16_t>> converter;
uint32 commandSize = command.Len();
TArray<uint8> commandData;
commandData.AddUninitialized(commandSize);        
std::wstring wcmd = converter.from_bytes(StringToBytes(command, commandData.GetData(), commandSize));
SQLWCHAR* cmd = (SQLWCHAR*)wcmd.c_str();

I'm trying to convert an FString into SQLWCHAR. I get this error:

'std::codecvt_base::result std::codecvt<char16_t,char,mbstate_t>::in(mbstate_t &,const char *,const char *,const char *&,char16_t *,char16_t *,char16_t *&) const': cannot convert argument 5 from '_Elem *' to 'char16_t *'

@GormusSenex

12:42 AM

Have you tried command.tostring()

12:42 AM

That should give an std::string

12:43 AM

I would expect the sql library to be able to accept input as std::string

@Foppa I think moving forwards, the server api should hook into having the api hook functions and having plugins pass in pre and post function callbacks.

1:09 AM

The hooking could be dynamic, only installing a hook when at least one callback is registered.

You'd probably want a way to deal w/ hook priority and event cancellation

1:11 AM

(mainly for dealing with multiple plugins, I could see conflicts happening)

That's what I'm suggesting

I really like how bukkit (minecraft server API) handled that: https://bukkit.gamepedia.com/Event_API_Reference

Event API Reference

Welcome to Bukkit's Event API reference page.

right now my plugin for AntiFamily Share is a POST hook

1:12 AM

as I need the original to run first (and fill out the user info from Steam)

1:12 AM

however, if I wanted to add another that did name filtering

1:12 AM

they'd both be post hooks

yep

and both would have to call the original function

1:12 AM

to ensure it runs

1:13 AM

vs having a system where you simply pass in the function name, a callback, and if it is post or pre hook.

1:13 AM

and having the system handle calling the original function

1:13 AM

Obviously you would add something like callback(bool* isHandled)

in general not having plugins touch hooks directly would probably make for a better api? I think you could have some central system that handles hooking and prioritization

so that a plugin could say to not run the original

1:13 AM

@Plazmaz Yes I do think so

1:14 AM

having plugins install their own hooks can get messy as things start to get larger

seriously I think it's worth pulling some design concepts from bukkit. It's Java, so it's likely not all applicable, but their approach (still allowing direct access, but exposing easy interfaces) was pretty solid and it's probably one of the most mature server APIs

I think there's two paths that can be done. Have the API hook everything and do the pre() func() post() That would require lots of code, but much of it could likely be made via macros. Not clean, could be problematic Second, when a user asks to install a pre/post hook, check if the method has a hook, if not, hook it, otherwise just add the callback to the callbacks map.

1:15 AM

The second is much less work in terms of raw code

I think priority and cancellation are both important

If you only consider the number of args for the function (edited)

1:16 AM

you can simply say all args are void*

let's say your plugin blocks an event, but another one needs that event

priority I don't think would be easy to do.

the prioritization and handling of cancelled events is impoortant

1:17 AM

it wouldn't

C++ doesn't have reflection.

1:17 AM

Which is how it is done in Java

We shouldn't need it

Your best bet for that would be an interface/class pattern for hooks that has a function to get the priority

my C++ isn't great, but it seems like you could just do a map of priority to callback pointer? (edited)

how would the map know the hook's priority?

1:18 AM

assuming you're not requiring it as a parameter

you would

1:18 AM

when registering events

1:18 AM

you'd have a default priority

1:19 AM

then allow for explicitly specifying?

1:19 AM

ugh I gotta brush up on C++

1:21 AM

But the TL;DR there is that yes, it would require more code on the API side

1:21 AM

but the result would probably less code on the plugin side?

I think less on the plugin side

1:22 AM

and less ambiguity

a good approach might be writing an example plugin using a system that would be the best system possible, then write the API for that plugin

void callback(void* _this, int* myGuy, bool* otherGuy)
{
    printf("got my data :), %d %d", *myGuy, *otherGuy);
}
void functionCalled(void* _this, void* param1, void* param2)
{
    ((void(*)(void*, void*, void*))callback)(_this, param1, param2);
}




int main()
{
    int a = 20;
    bool b = true;
    functionCalled(nullptr, &a, &b);
}

1:23 AM

passing void pointers works fine

1:23 AM

question is how to dynamically generated vararg length hooks

@substitute I think the question should be directed more towards @Michidu

yeah probably

But it sounds like rewriting the whole API here lol

parts of it

1:27 AM

Direct hooking is problematic when two plugins have to fight over the same function

is it tho?

Yes,

1:27 AM

I put an example up before

ah, let me scroll

You can not create posthooks properly

1:27 AM

as each posthook would have to run the function to ensure the function was run

1:27 AM

in the login process, that's not "a problem"

1:28 AM

but if you had two functions posthooking takeDamage() (edited)

1:28 AM

and both call takeDamage()

1:28 AM

well, I'm sure you can figure that out :p

Ahaaa

1:29 AM

alright

+ I have a working poc of hooking UE4 bp functions

1:30 AM

and I plan on making it use pre and post hooking

Well if you can contribute an improvement to the API where we can make it better it's always appreciated!

@Foppa

1:35 AM

1:35 AM

this works

1:35 AM

void callback(void* _this, int* myGuy, bool* otherGuy)
{
    printf("got my data :), %d %d", *myGuy, *otherGuy);
}
void functionCalled(void* _this, void* param1, void* param2)
{
    void* data[] = { _this, param1, param2 };
    ((void(*)(void**))callback)(data);
}

int main()
{
    int a = 20;
    bool b = true;
    functionCalled(nullptr, &a, &b);
}

1:35 AM

basically, packing the args into void*[]

1:35 AM

and passing them into the function that unpacks implicitly

((void(*)(void**))callback)(data); that line is kinda awful to read...

users wouldn't see that

1:37 AM

that's behind the scenes

yeah

1:37 AM

but still probably worth splitting that out

now the idea is to have the hook get the args from the stack

1:37 AM

and stuff them into void**

1:37 AM

and pass them to callback

Make a PR!

@Plazmaz

2:05 AM

void callback(void* _this, int myGuy, bool otherGuy)
{
    printf("got my data :), %d %d", myGuy, otherGuy);
}
void functionCalled(void* data...)
{
    ((void(*)(void**))callback)(&data);
}

int main()
{
    functionCalled(nullptr, 20, true);
}

2:05 AM

works

Awesome. The ((void(*)(void**))callback)(&data); bit seems really weird. I would just say you should probably either comment that or split that out into assigning the callback and calling it

one side note, this doesn't know what function is who yet

2:07 AM

but we can read function addresses from pdb names

2:07 AM

so why not the reverse too

Hmm what do you mean by that?

2:08 AM

this doesn't know what function is who yet

2:08 AM

basically it doesn't know the function name? Is that what you're getting at?

yea

2:10 AM

that "hook" wouldn't know who was trying to call itself

2:10 AM

if that makes sense

2:10 AM

would need a way to filter them

Lol if c++ had reflection you could just register hooks by name

2:53 AM

Or I guess when registering it you kinda already need to know the method right?

2:54 AM

So really I don't know why the callback would need to know the method, just use one callback per method hooked...

the hook needs to know

2:56 AM

so it calls the correct callback

ohhh ok

3:51 AM

yep

A lamda wrapper function could suffice

3:56 AM

Basically many to one to many

@substitute sry for late reply - ur comment was when i was sleeping :) what i need is to get from FString to SQLWCHAR. do a .ToString() works if i wanted to get the std::string, but then i loose special characters, and thats what im trying to prevent when sending to sql server.

good idea i think the main issue would be dynamically hooking arbitrary function @substitute

Okay folks. I got a 24 bay SAS enclosure that I need to get rid of. Barely worth anything on eBay. Just pay shipping and it's yours. DM me if you want pics or details.

@MindDragon

4:51 PM

I’d like pics/details

will send in a bit

Did i see somewhere that someone posted a fixed Vote Rewards plugin?

@substitute

What’s the asking price

9:00 PM

And what internals are included (like cpu,ram, etc)

Thought he said it's free just pay postage

it's just a sas box

9:18 PM

no cpu or whatever

9:18 PM

yeah pay for box and shipping

9:19 PM

probably like ~$100 idk

9:19 PM

ill pic the receipt even

9:19 PM

it's missing one drive carrier

9:19 PM

at the moment - somewhere around this house

9:19 PM

my kid ran off with it the nitwit

9:19 PM

ill try to find it

Guys since the first update today

10:02 PM

My PvE Cluster has been having random crashes all day, I dont get a crash stack but just in Event Viewer I see it crashed and points towards permissions.dll

10:02 PM

10:03 PM

They always crash in pairs

10:03 PM

Is there any way I can extract some more detailed information as to what's happening? (edited)

Hm. That's a hardcoded breakpoint.

It started happening after I updated this morning

10:19 PM

After 306.89

10:19 PM

Nothing has changed Plugin / API Wise. I had one similar crash shortly after updating, which had the same error but pointed to shoprewards.dll

10:20 PM

I removed shop rewards and now its permissions

@MindDragon you wouldn’t happen to be in Florida would you

Texas

Damn

So. You want it?

@substitute

https://gyazo.com/9326280b362fe4d7cbb555b1c99629ea

11:16 PM

lol, made my own console command to open the shop, because holding E and pressing exchange is a lot of work KEKW

@MindDragon unfortunately not currently

11:26 PM

@dougy did u add more items to that one ? last time i was on genesis, only 1 page was available

yeah the last update they added more items

u looked into if its possible to override those and even add more ?

yea

11:58 PM

but likely not using plugins

11:58 PM

actually maybe, you'd have to use the base class and make ur own tradableoption

11:59 PM

and save it in genesistradableoptions in the daycyclemanager on the server

11:59 PM

but i have no idea if that replicates or anything

11:59 PM

u can override existing ones to be whatever class/cost/anything

would be cool to add it to other servers as well

yea def

hey guys. I'm an experience programmer for work, but this is quite different than what I'm used to doing. I'm not sure the references I need to open and compile an existing project. I am trying to open and compile the SafeZones API for ARK, but can't seem to properly add/correct the references for the ARKApi. I checked the tutorials below but am still having issues. Is there a place here to ask for help with something like that?

my guess is ur problem is with the sqlite3 from SafeZones ?

12:11 AM

maybe try and scroll up. another one were having issues as well only a few days ago

Nah, a lot of the things i believe are part of the ARKApi. Got the red squigglies telling me it can't find all these references. I know (or think I know) its to do with the references, but I'm not finding how to add them.

12:12 AM

I'll scroll up and look

remember to have sqlite3.h and .c in ur folder

12:13 AM

u using visual studio ?

Yes

ye, remember also to set all the settings as described in the help papers

12:13 AM

like c++17 etc

yeah did the c++17. I'm opening an existing project and all those seemed to be set already. I noticed the Additional Include Directories were defined for others' machines, so I tried to correct it to the right file path on my machine.

and u also need to download the actual ArkServerAPI and reference the correct folders

12:15 AM

and this one too: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/513432877904691205/687072773591400488/unknown.png

12:15 AM

cuz ur most likely gonna get that warning

12:16 AM

have u downloaded the actual API ?

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip From the first tutorial in the coding-tutorial channel

and not jsut the plugin ?

12:16 AM

ok

have my c++ general additonal include directories pointing to the out_lib folder from that project

what errors r u getting ?

@Michidu Yes, generating hooks for arbitrary functions could be tricky, however (at least in my builds) this

void callback(void* _this, int myGuy, int otherGuy)
{
    printf("got my data :), %d %d\n", myGuy, otherGuy);
}


void functionCalled(void* data...)
{
    ((void(*)(void**))callback)(&data);
}


int main()
{
    functionCalled(nullptr, 27, 58);
}

does properly send the args from the """hook""" to the callback.

A lot of this, then stuff about not finding ArkApi and Permissions references from the #include (and other references throughout the project)

of course, that does have any filter, but I imagine generated lambda would work

must have ur includes wrong then

12:21 AM

wait all that is standard headers isnt it ?

the bulk of the errors it seems yeah

never came across that one

Got it. I did a dumb with the reference paths

12:25 AM

I un-did my dumb and now I get some meaningful errors (function does not take 5 arguments, etc)

12:25 AM

Thank you for the assistance!

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always glad to be someones rubberduck

i

12:28 AM

i'll go to the dollar store today

1

Guys, killing myself here xd

1:30 AM

Reconfigured all my API, Re-setup MYSQL

1:30 AM

Still getting these crashes, apart from now i get this

1:30 AM

Report.wer

19.97 KB

1:31 AM

can open it with notepad but i cant see anything of relevance..

@substitute that would work, but another issue is actually setting the hook you would want one function to handle multiple hooks

@Michidu

7:03 AM

that is why i say do something to filter by name

7:04 AM

many small wrappers -> main "hook" -> filtered list of callbacks

you suggest to pre-define hooks? that would limit plugins

did anyone play with giving admin rights temporarily? Command executing even through tab isn't working, player only gets star icon without real admin rights


player->bIsAdmin() = true;
player->bCheatPlayer() = true;
player->ConsoleCommand(&res, &bluep, true);

(edited)

you don't need the player to be an admin to run a console command

10:35 AM

if you call it from a plugin

10:36 AM

i mean

@WETBATMAN Do u know how I can get from an FString to std::wstring ?

std::wstring(*fstr)

omg is it that easy ?

yes

testing...

apparently my compile error was at another method... i just love how c++ gives what and where errors

it works @Michidu thx

@Michidu do u have any experience with SQL Server from c++ ? I have this issue; in my one plugin my connection and sqlexec works fine, but in my 2nd plugin i have to open and close the connection after each command execute. difference between the 2 is in the first one, im using std::string to build the command string, but in the 2nd plugin im using FString to build the command string. I cant c why that should matter, since it all gets turned into a SQLWCHAR ?

Why you have to close it?

I dont know. the SQLGetDiagRec doesnt return anything. I can execute the command once and then no more unless i close the connection and reopen it

3:20 PM

in my 1st plugin i dont have to. the connection stays open during the entire "session"

Hm, i didnt use sql server, but seems the difference not only here

Usually you wanna open a connection, execute the queries you want to, then close the connection again

im more into keeping a connection opened and not open-close every command

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/sql-server-connection-pooling?redirectedfrom=MSDN

SQL Server Connection Pooling - ADO.NET

3:54 PM

it is strongly recommended that you close a connection so that it returns to the pool

well it might turn out that way anyway, since I cant keep the connection open for more than one execution anyway.

ok, @Buu ive read up on connection pooling. the odbc handles it neatly so i dont get too much wasted time reconnecting. ima remake my code to close after each execution is done. ty.

Got my first API modification to compile and run on the server.

Logging in now for some testing to see if it does what i want it to

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it works! I can configure safe-zones, then allow damage to be applied to specific structures white-listed for PvP. Next up, I add hooks for low-health storage structures to automatically unlock when below a certain % HP. Driving towards an API that will help smaller servers with 'friendlier' PvP enable PvP without requiring full base wipes to get all the loot

1

sadly in my experience is that when ppl raid some1 they make sure theres nothing left for when the defender comes online

On our server, when I raided I didn't want all of their loot. I wanted to break defenses, steal a few things and leave. If the storage boxes were unlocked when I raided, I'd have left a lot of their stuff alone. However, since everything is locked by default, or they've locked everything, the only option I had was to completely destroy all the containers. And with that, their walls and foundations went as well.

9:03 PM

So all the loot I didn't want simply despawned, even if I wanted to leave them their lesser gear to rebuild with.

im guessing its ur own server then ? cuz others might not be as good-hearted as u ngl

It is our own cluster, yes.

9:05 PM

All pretty much friends

but a, say, vault would still be destructable ?

yes. if you wanted to destroy it you still could

9:38 PM

getting halfway there breaks the lock

@Michidu no

3:03 AM

A “wrapper” that forwards hook args and the function name to a function that calls callbacks by name and passes them the args

3:03 AM

The wrapper being generated via something like lambda

but how you gonna call original functions?

how can I make so that \n doesnt turn into a new line when fiddling with the message ? if i tyoe normally in chat and use \n it outputs the \n. however, if i do it in a command, eg. '/somecmd dont to \n this' then the '\n ' moves to next line. I tried replacing \ with \\ but to no avail. (edited)

@GormusSenex I'd imagine you'd need to actually replace \n with a literal newline char

FString has a replacecharwithescapechar, but that doesnt rly work as intended

8:20 PM

cuz when i change it back with replaceescapecharwithscar (or ssomething) it does the same

So, I'm having trouble linking the AController* in this hook to the PlayerController doing causing the damage. Am I understanding this hook wrong, and is it possible? I want it so when a specific structure triggers "die", instead of dying, it will switch teams. bool Hook_APrimalStructure_Die(APrimalStructure* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser) { return APrimalStructure_Die_original(_this, KillingDamage, DamageEvent, Killer, DamageCauser); }

8:29 PM

This is just experiments and messing around for my own understanding

8:29 PM

I don't think I can use the AActor DamageCauser, because that could be a multitude of things (bullet, pick, player, grenade, etc) and wouldn't be able to link back to the killer's team ID

if you hook die (which is called when the structure already has 0 HP) and you don't let the structure actually die you're going to have a structure left with 0 HP and potentially cause issues later on....

8:30 PM

IMO it's better to hook TakeDamage and leave some HP on the structure

I'd think to also revert the HP of the structure to full

8:31 PM

a "capture point" if you will

8:31 PM

where the time to capture depends on the rate at which you can damage it

Wetbatman could you look into my question in #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ ❤️

ah you're making a capture game pretty much ?

8:35 PM

then yeah i'd work

8:36 PM

you don't wanna return original though in that case

nah. the hook would take the death event of a specific structure class, then get all structures in a determined range and convert them to the killer's team

8:41 PM

I'm having trouble linking the EventInstigator in that hook back to the player class and getting the TeamID of the killer

int killerTeam = EventInstigator->TargetingTeamField(); (edited)

8:42 PM

here

I want to create the API to have admin-built above-ground bases that can't be destroyed. They cannot be built either, except for whitelisted structures. So an admin can say "here is a shell. you can place crafting stations, vaults, turrets, doors, etc. But you can't place doorways, walls, or anything non-whitelisted."

8:43 PM

So in effect, someone could take a shell with no doors, put their own doors and turrets on, and it becomes an "above-ground cave" of sorts

8:43 PM

with specific entry and exit points to the base

8:43 PM

the caveat is that once you lose the base, the enemy takes the entire structure. vaults, crafting stations, turrets and all.

8:43 PM

AWESOME. I am sciencing with it now

btw

8:45 PM

there are cases where EventInstigator is null while DamageCause is not or vice versa

8:45 PM

might wanna cover both cases

I'm sure I'll run into a lot of issues that I'll need to work out. Thanks for the heads up

any1 know if this leaks memory or something ? API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute(...) after a while the server crashes. takes down all maps at once. this is the only thing implemented after that started happening (along side other code ofc, but this is the only "new"-ish code added, i havnt used be4)

any crashlog ?

ye it shows the white screen dump which i ofc forgot to screenshot

it gets copied to your clipboard

9:30 PM

btw

ohh, didnt know. thx

also it gets saved into the Logs folder

under shootergame saved ? ye, thats almost emtpt. nothing readable in that file

no .crashstack file ?

9:37 PM

API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute(...) just executes the function over and over it'd be pretty hard to cause a memory leak with this

damn im slow to say the least. the crashstack does gimme info. its jsut in wide chars. removing nulls made it readable

9:41 PM

ye, it is as expected the code it runs that made it crash

does it crash after it runs it once?

no. after some hrs

12:03 AM

it runs every 5 sec. and runs fine. but after a few hrs, it crashes all maps simulatanously

12:04 AM

any off to bed. gonna try and wrap all the code in same method it calls so i dont risk interference

@Michidu then maybe the same as before with lambda function

12:35 AM

but instead doing this install lambda hook call callbacks (pre) by name (string literal in lambda) call original function inside this lambda (generated , maybe we can use a macro or a template) call callbacks (post) by name

@substitute it's not that easy to call original. Since to achieve that, we would need ability to hook any ARK function from API. Even if universal hook would work, the only way i see is modify hooking library so it would write index of hooked function (and using this we can call original function)

Did i see something mentioned here before about Vote Rewards causing crashes? I want to put it on my cluster but i remember seeing it caused crashes if /claim was used without having voted

any1 know how to write the 2 letters \n in a wstring or FString without it turning into a newline when doing a sendmessage ?

Use another backslash

like \\n ? ye, tried that didnt work then it prints \ and a new line (edited)

Somebody happen to have a blog post / article / video for IDA to point me in the right direction with how to use it for ark ? tiredoflife

you have the x64 ver ?

Both

8:11 PM

32 and 64

any tips for decreasing server boot-up? I tried auto-reload for plugins but the dll ends up getting locked so I can't overwrite it, so I need to boot it up every time

10:56 PM

like can I force it to use the UE4 test map or something?

you can always try unload/load plugins

12:03 AM

then you don't need to restart at all

how do I do that?

@Plazmaz We've readded plugin hot reloading

10:53 AM

look into the config.json and the recent commits i made on the repo those should give you a hint

I was unable to do that because the DLL file for my plugin was locked by the process

plugins.unload <pluginname>

9:45 PM

replace the dll

9:45 PM

plugins.load <pluginname>

ooo is this new? I could definitely use this right about now. I'm having to manually stop, update and start my whole server to test code changes

So, I'm not sure if I'm referencing this right. I'm using UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(world, position, radius, &types, APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &actors_ignore, &structures); to dump a list of structures in a sphere into a TArray<AActor> structures; I then loop through all these structures, cast them as a primal structure: auto teamswap = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(structures[index]); then try to change their team: teamswap->ChangeActorTeam(killerTeam); It gets through all the functionality and makes all these calls, but the structure never flips its team the way I want

Found it. Needed to make a BPChangedActorTeam(); call. nevermind

How do I get access to post plugins to the forums?

you need the plugin dev role

I gathered that much already but how do I get the role assigned?

only michidu can assign it

thx

My base capture API is complete

Just started working with the PI for the first time, and I have a question about the tutorial at the top of #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ about setting up the API. In step 3, it says to set up VS to include the "public" folder of the API, but this folder doesn't exist anymore. Which folder should I be including nowadays?

1:38 AM

Actually, with a bit more digging in the API directory, I found the version/Core/Public directory - is this the one I should include?

yeah that should be the right one

Thank you, I just did it and it seems to work. How would I find which Hook to use to start/stop weather events like fog or rain? I'm brand new to modding, so I don't really know where to start but I figured this might be a good place to start (?). I followed the tutorials in the #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ channel, but it doesn't really explain a whole lot about the hooks, beyond how to hook into a function once you find the one you want. Does the API have all the hooks I'll ever need? Do I have to decompile the game to find the rest (I see a lot of people with IDA here - is that necessary)? Are there aspects/mechanics of the game that just don't have functions that I can hook into?

@Simonsays095

7:04 AM

You will likely have to reverse engineer some stuff

7:04 AM

Many functions exist already in api but not all

7:04 AM

You do not need IDA, there are alternatives

ghidra is a solid option that's FOSS

I saw that Ida has a free version that I installed, but I'm just getting machine language gibberish out. Can you recommend any tutorials (with any free software, really) for a decompiler noob?

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7:33 AM

posted by michidu before

radare2 is also fantastic FOSS

7:56 AM

(and is not made by the NSA) (edited)

7:59 AM

FWIW it was a lot easier for me to use these tools after writing a few programs in x86 assembly (edited)

8:00 AM

That being said I think pretty much all functionality should be covered. The game provides debug mappings which are used to generate the hooks.

Yeah, I'm not sure what that link is for @WETBATMAN . Google won't even search for the whole thing... It looks like maybe a hacked version of IDA? I already have a free version of IDA, I just need a tutorial that I can use to decompile ark and get reasonable-looking results. I'm open to using other software like ghidra as well, if it's easier for newbies to get started with. Any suggestions?

free version of IDA will not work

3:57 PM

paste that link into any browser if you have a torrent client

Any1 know how to change color of message without using <richcolor> markup ? Ie. the FChatMessage ?

michidu's ArkAdverts has an example

ty. gonna look into that

4:01 PM

no. i meant change the color of the SendChatMessage-message.

ah from players ?

yup

only way is to add the RichColor

4:01 PM

as far as i know

damn. that also adds a blank space between name and message

you could get creative and instead of returning the original func just send the message again

4:02 PM

but instead add the colors and stuff

im not following ? ima get back to u when i get back. wife's calling :/

@Simonsays095 IDA is not required for doing basic things, you can find a list of all functions that are added to the API here

4:03 PM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/tree/master/version/Core/Public/API/ARK

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

4:04 PM

however not all functions/variables are here so for finding ones that aren't in these header files you need IDA

I'll double-check there, but I didn't see any weather-related functions when I looked through the API. It is very possible I just missed it, though.

it's also possible that what you're looking for isn't in the API yet hah

4:16 PM

in that case you need IDA

I just got IDA installed from that link, and I can't open as PE, is that a problem? I tried opening as EXE but it only loads 450 lines and stops.

are you launching the x64 version ?

yeah, I'm pretty sure. Only one version came with the download. (edited)

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@Simonsays095 FWIW you can't really decompile ARK in the same way you can games written in languages like C# or Java. You're probably better off disassembling it and looking at that. There's some attempts at reconstructing code from the assembly, but it's pretty nasty code.

So what I'm gathering is that I should just use API functions and hope that the functions I want are added eventually. Especially since I'm new to modding, it's best to keep it simple. For those of you with a lot more modding experience, how often do you have to head over to decompiled/disassembled code because the API doesn't have what you need?

I think weather events are specific to the map and built into the level blueprints

5:03 PM

for example the "ce stoprain", start/stop sandstorm, start/stop superheat, etc are all in the level blueprint of se

5:04 PM

so you won't really be able to use IDA to figure out how those work

5:04 PM

but most of the other stuff you can use ida

What are ce and se?

SE is scorched earth (i was using for an example) and "ce start_rain" and "ce stop_rain" are admin commands you'd run to control the events on Scorched Earth

5:07 PM

I honestly forgot what CE stands for

Just looked it up on the wiki, and found the ce section... It's weird that the island only has ways to start weather, and not to stop it.

yeah they're built into the level blueprints in the editor, not the executable

5:10 PM

that''s why each map has their own

That's too bad... Thank you for your help, so I can stop endlessly looking for something that isnt there

(edited)

no prob

chances are something calls it so you can find the function

yeah you can find the CE function but the actual functions that do the work are defined in blueprints

5:11 PM

you can likely read them using the editor (devkit) and recreate what theyre doing in c++ (edited)

5:12 PM

but you'd prolly have to take into account each map when controlling weather for it

5:12 PM

and i think some times weather is controlled in MatineeActors

5:13 PM

if you iterate through those some of them might have names with "Weather" in them

5:13 PM

you can probably get the matineeactor and call Stop() on it

I also haven't had much luck in the devkit, as far as modding goes. I can find and extract info, but I haven't been able to see the mechanism or functions that are called in it.

for example Time of day is done through a matinee actor

5:14 PM

            std::wstring arg = cmd.substr(wcslen(L"settime "));
            int idx = arg.find(L":");
            if (idx != std::string::npos)
            {
                int hours = _wtoi(arg.substr(0, idx).c_str());
                int minutes = _wtoi(arg.substr(idx + 1, arg.size() - 1).c_str());
                float seconds = hours * 3600.0f + minutes * 60.0f;

                sdk::TAActorArray OutActors;
                GetGameplayStatics().GetAllActorsOfClass(GetWorld(), sdk::AMatineeActor::StaticClass(), &OutActors);
                for (auto&& Actor : OutActors)
                {
                    auto Matinee = (sdk::AMatineeActor*)Actor;
                    if (Matinee->bForceStartPos && Matinee->bIsGameplayRelevant && Matinee->bPlayOnLevelLoad && Matinee->bLooping && Matinee->bDedicatedServerUpdateInterpolations)
                    {
                        Matinee->SetPosition((seconds / 86400.0f) * Matinee->MatineeData->InterpLength, false, false, false);
                    }
                }
            }

and that''s how you'd set the time of day using c++

5:14 PM

but you'd have to adjust that code to work in ark server api

5:15 PM

assuming arg is something like "settime 12:00"

5:15 PM

if u print out all the matinee actors you mind find some weather related ones

5:18 PM

but theyll probably be different for each map

@WETBATMAN ok back. what u mean by "sending the msg again" ?

get the data from the hook and call the ClientChat function except set the color, name, message etc...

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Can APIs be installed on XBox/PS4? Or PC only feature?

8:06 PM

May be a dumb question

@Ras yes

8:50 PM

But no

8:51 PM

The dedicated servers that Wildcard has likely can since they should have pdbs

8:51 PM

But a server running on an Xbox or ps4 can’t (edited)

Hmm alright. Just had someone ask for something I'm working on. They wanted to use it on xbox.

For them it is not possible

8:52 PM

So while it could technically work , the only people who could use it (assuming there’s no problems) are Wildcard themselves

Gotcha

it's theoretically possible (edited)

9:08 PM

but would require actual reverse engineering

9:08 PM

I bet they use a similar protocol though

9:08 PM

but likely don't have debug mappings

maybe someone knows a good way to find out the item(structure) a player holds in hand/ has selected?

what are you trying to do?

When hooking into functions, do I need to include __fastcall? The hook generator program doesn't include it, but I'm getting compile errors when trying to build because of it.

I have never needed __fastcall

Do I have to use x64 instead of x86? Does that make a difference?

6:08 AM

I just refollowed the instructions in #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ, but I switched over to x64 first (in step 1) and it seems to work just fine now. That should probably be updated if anyone is maintaining that document, for future newbies like myself.

Yes

6:23 AM

Ark is x64

6:23 AM

I understand that it should likely be updated, but I think the author made the assumption that the reader would know computer architecture basics

6:23 AM

but yes, you must compile for x64

Slowly but surely getting closer to a somewhat-functional plugin here.... When trying to load my plugin onto my server, I get error code 1114. I believe the error is arising because of which files I put in the plugin folder, but I couldn't find which ones I need anywhere. Is it just the dll and pdb? I saw a couple plugins just include those and I'm just not sure how to get from building the plugin to getting it on the server.

Are you building as Debug or as Release?

6:44 AM

1114 is load error

Release

6:45 AM

What could cause a load error after a successful build?

Odd, I narrowed it down to this line in Load(): Log::GetLog()->info("Your plugin has been loaded there, bud!"); Is it not possible to log things in the Load() function?

it may not be init

7:14 AM

did you init your logger ?

7:14 AM

Log::Get().Init("PLUGIN NAME HERE");

7:14 AM

?

7:14 AM

@Simonsays095

No I did not... I'll put that in and see if it works.

7:19 AM

When should I use Get() versus GetLog()? Is there documentation on the logger anywhere?

7:22 AM

(BTW, that did fix the error - thank you very much!)

I use GetLog() for logging

7:23 AM

Get() for init the log

@Simonsays095

7:31 AM

GetLog should get a logger object

7:31 AM

while Get I believe gets the whole singleton

Is there somewhere detailed instructions on how to set up multiple root servers in parallel and connect them to a server cloud.

That is out of the scope of the api

3:53 PM

And I don’t believe so

3:53 PM

What you want to do has many solutions and are dependent on specifics

So, I want my API to write a message to every tribe's log when an event happens. Anyone know what tribe class I would be using to make that happen?

9:15 PM

Or maybe an API i can reference for example? I can't think of any off the top of my head that write to the tribe logf

how do I check if the player is alive or not

if their character is not nullptr they're alive

I'm guessing this one gives u the selected remote item/bp u've clicked on:

c++
UPrimalItem* item = playerController->GetInventoryUISelectedItemRemote();

But it crashes every time ? (edited)

6:57 PM

any other way to c what the player has selected in the remote inventory ?

FItemNetID& LastEquipedItemNetIDField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FItemNetID*>(this, "AShooterPlayerController.LastEquipedItemNetID"); }

7:02 PM

maybe this ?

is that for me ?

ye don't you need the equipped item ?

no

i need what the player has selected in eg. the fabrikator or storage box etc

ah like before placement ?

not necessarily. just selected

like remote inventory ?

like u just clicked on it

like hold E ?

ye. lets say i have 5 engrams in teh fabrikator. then i click on one of them. i need to know which one

ah so you need to get remote inventory then

7:06 PM

bool  Hook_APrimalStructureItemContainer_TryMultiUse(APrimalStructureItemContainer* _this, APlayerController* ForPC, int UseIndex)

not just the remote inventory. but also the selected item in the remote inventory

this hook triggers when u hold E on an item

ohh kewl

what you need probably will be in the MyInventoryComponentField of the PrimalStructure

ok thx will look into that

can that be used to add options to the wheel?

not visually

9:38 PM

from what i know the options are cooked into the PrimalStructure

ahh ok

I'm feeling somewhat silly: I can't even find the arj/unreal install for plugin development... supposedly in/from the epic launcher? But only have versions of unreal itself from there. Feel I'm missing something obvious? where do I really get started please?

@scornflake and replying to myself; cos that's fun. I had thought it in the Unreal part of Epic Launcher... I think instead its in the main library (installing ARK Editor now, with medium level hopes : )

@scornflake this api has nothing to do with the devkit (edited)

@substitute ... which API? That's part of the confuision. Docs mention "ARK Dev Kit" then all I see is "ARK Editor". Not particulrly clear for a new user just getting started.

@substitute ah. wrong discord channel perhaps? (somehow)... (runs off to find appropriate)

@WETBATMAN Have u played with APrimalDinoCharacter->DoAttack(..) ? I can set my dino to attack, but it wont harvest anything. It will, however, kill anything that comes close, but i want it to harvest.

API::Requests::Get().CreatePostRequest(url, std::bind(&GetResult, placeholders::_1, placeholders::_2), message, headers);

void GetResult(bool success, string response)
{
    cout << "success: " << success << endl;
    cout << "response: " << response << endl;
    cout << "responseLength: " << response.length() << endl;
}

This Post Request sometimes gives a success=1 and response={"message": "400: Bad Request", "code": 0} However when response contains information like this I want to retry the Post that was called from inside the AddToTribeLog Hook. It seems like the first time I do a Post Request after starting the server I get back this response so trying to find a workaround so events aren't missed. For instance if I start the server and kill myself the event will be missed. But if I immediately respawn and kill myself again the event is sent properly along with all other events I do. Any ideas?

You shouldn’t be posting on each event

4:39 PM

I suggest creating a batching system and you send requests periodically with all events that happened

Seems if I do a CreatePostRequest during the Load() it no longer misses the first event.

4:41 PM

batching means I have to store the data as well

@substitute Do you suggest batching because you think there will be a negative impact on the server or the Endpoint?

@GormusSenex yes i've used it but only in a hook, i don't call it

5:17 PM

void BPDoHarvestAttack(int harvestIndex) { NativeCall<void, int>(this, "APrimalDinoCharacter.BPDoHarvestAttack", harvestIndex); }

5:17 PM

maybe you need this

i tried doing ->BPDoHarvestAttack(0) and (1) but that didnt do anything at all

5:18 PM

maybe i need another number ?

DoAttack is definitely called, so following this chain should lead you to the harvest function in IDA

ida...

5:20 PM

...

@Lethal both

Question: were the Ida scripts used for generating structs/headers ever made public?

When C4 is used to damage a structure :

float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent,
                                           AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

Does the EventInstigator point to the user of the c4? I'm having an issue where I'm using the EventInstigator, eventually casting it as a player controller and using that team field to update the damaged structures to join the EventInstigator's team. This works fine with rockets, tek rifles, swords, but does not work for c4. It causes server crash. I haven't tried grenades just yet. (edited)

c4 is a bit different

8:39 PM

it's a structure

8:40 PM

c4 is in DamageCauser since it's what i use to modify c4's damage

8:41 PM

also you should always check EventInstigator for being null

8:41 PM

in cases like c4 it will crash the server if it's null

gotcha. so if EventInstigator is NULL, I probably have C4 and need to re-write the rest of my code to use the AActor class for the c4 structure

8:44 PM

and swtich based on whether EventInstigator is there. If it isn't, use the DamageCause logic

if (DamageCauser)
    {
        FString descr;
        DamageCauser->GetHumanReadableName(&descr);
        FString StructureDescr;
        _this->GetHumanReadableName(&StructureDescr);
        const float C4Multiplier = config["WeaponDamageMultipliers"]["C4DamageMultiplier"];
        if (descr.Contains(L"C4")) Damage = Damage * C4Multiplier;
        else if (!StructureDescr.Contains("C4") && descr.Contains(L"Turret"))return 0;
    }

(edited)

8:46 PM

smth like this

Hmmm... alright.

8:53 PM

Seems hacky to go by the name of "C4" in a search, but might be what I have to do...? Lets say I use the DamageCauser - is there a way to link this back to the player who is doing the damage?

8:53 PM

For like a notification on screen or server chat message?

it's not a public plugin (my excuse) XD

lol

DamageCauser->OwnerField()

8:54 PM

try this btw

8:54 PM

DamageCauser->GetOwnerController()

8:54 PM

or this

I'll give it a shot and report back. Thanks!

this is wierd. if i set the dino to attack via DoAttack(..) it does and it kills dinos, but doesnt destroy rocks. but if i jump on it while its in attack mode it will now destroy the rock and harvest. me, the actor, is doing nothing but getting on the tame. what can be different on the primaldinocharacter when im on and its attacking and when im off and its attacking ?

Doesn't seem to be working @WETBATMAN .

float damagecap = _this->GetHealth() - 1;
                    FString desc;
                    DamageCauser->GetHumanReadableName(&desc);
                    if (!desc.Contains("C4"))
                    {
                        //This section works when i use rockets/tek rifle
                                                SafeZoneManager::Get().CaptureBaseFromController(_this, EventInstigator);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //When C4 is used, I believe I am arriving here, but it is crashing.
                                        AController* player = DamageCauser->GetOwnerController();
                                                SafeZoneManager::Get().CaptureBaseFromController(_this, player)
                    }

That is the code snippet I am running. I get the human readable name of the DamageCauser, see if it contains "C4". If it doesn't I process using the EventInstigator Controller Class. If it does contain the word "C4", I then try to get the owner controller class of that DamageCauser and pass it into the same function. I am assuming the DamageCauser Controller would still be the Player Controller.. ? (edited)

first of all

10:46 PM

you check if it DOESN’T

10:46 PM

contain c4

10:47 PM

also crashlogs say exactly which line your plugin crashes on btw

Is it an issue to check if it doesn't contain C4? Logically, it makes just as much sense to me as checking if it does. I added an error log statement and a try/catch around it just now to see what is happening

not rly, just pointed out this flaw

10:56 PM

anyway though you don't need a catch statement to see where it crashes

10:56 PM

check the .crashstack file in the Logs folder of the server

10:56 PM

under ShooterGame->Saved (edited)

ahhh

doesn't look like it has a crash log. i wonder if i somehow oops'd and made an infinite loop.

Alright. It seems to not like looking up the controller or owner when calling DamageCauser->GetOwnerController() or DamageCauser->GetOwner() at all. Both of them result in a crash, and I'm not finding the crash-stacks. I'll just work-around for now and make it a "rule" that the last shot has to be a weapon, not c4

Are you checking if DamageCauser is null?

it's not null when it's c4 because my code works fine

1:16 PM

‍♂️

1:17 PM

you might wanna cast the c4 into APrimalStructure and get the owner with some func from that class

1:17 PM

@Ras

1:17 PM

since c4 is a structure

How to I loop through nearby rocks etc ? I'm doing :

c++
UKismetSystemLibrary::SphereOverlapActors_NEW(
    world,
    _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField(),
    static_cast<float>((1500)),
    &types,
    APrimalWorldSettings::GetPrivateStaticClass(),
    &actors_ignore,
    &new_actors);

                        

for (AActor* actor : new_actors)
{
    if (actor && actor->IsA(APrimalWorldSettings::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
    {
        APrimalWorldSettings* worldSetting = static_cast<APrimalWorldSettings*>(actor);
        if (worldSetting)
        {
            FString fullName;

            worldSetting->GetFullName(&fullName, NULL);

            if (fullName.StartsWith(L"InstancedFoliageActor"))
            {

                // Do stuff with eg. rock, metal node etc here
            }
        }
    }
}

1:35 PM

I dont know how to get the actual foliageactor (rock, metal node etc) into a class or something.

So I noticed screen notifications dont show up when you're on a tame

5:07 PM

when using ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification();

5:08 PM

any fix for this?

@Buu you may need to write your own

6:59 PM

could be something like it get the pawn for the PC and send notification

6:59 PM

and the pawn when rinding tame != the player

7:00 PM

        template <typename T, typename... Args>
        void SendNotification(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, FLinearColor color, float display_scale,
                              float display_time, UTexture2D* icon, const T* msg, Args&&... args)
        {
            if (player_controller)
            {
                FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));

                player_controller->ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom(&text, color, display_scale, display_time, icon,
                                                                      nullptr);
            }
        }

7:00 PM

this is the code for it

7:01 PM

player_controller->ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom is likely the function that is failed

7:01 PM

if you have IDA or some other disassembler, you can look at AShooterPlayerController.ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom to see why

Seems like too much of a hassle. It's not that big of a deal

you can try

7:04 PM

AShooterPlayerController.ClientServerNotification

7:04 PM

so if you want to use a similar to the SendNotification() method you can do

        template <typename T, typename... Args>
        void SendNotification(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, FLinearColor color, float display_scale,
                              float display_time, UTexture2D* icon, const T* msg, Args&&... args)
        {
            if (player_controller)
            {
                FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));

                player_controller->ClientServerNotification(&text, color, display_scale, display_time, icon,
                                                                      nullptr);
            }
        }

7:04 PM

or something similar, and just call your own SendNotification

7:04 PM

and see what happen

I'll try that. If it works it works, if it doesnt it's fine aswell. Not too important

Ok, Im in deep water here. I managed to extract this using Ghidra:

c++
/* public: void __cdecl APrimalDinoCharacter::BPDoAttack(int) __ptr64 */

void __thiscall BPDoAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter *this,int param_1)

{
  UFunction *pUVar1;
  PrimalDinoCharacter_eventBPDoAttack_Parms Parms;
  
  Parms = param_1;
  pUVar1 = FindFunctionChecked((UObject *)this,SHOOTERGAME_BPDoAttack);
  (**(code **)(*(longlong *)this + 0x1d8))(this,pUVar1,&Parms);
  return;
}

This is, I hope, what will attack and cause damage to rock even with no rider. But... what next ?

10:17 PM

@WETBATMAN

10:20 PM

this is at the very end of APrimalDinoCharacter->DoAttack(..)

void __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::BPDoAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter *this, int AttackIndex)
{
  UFunction *v2; // rax
  int v3; // [rsp+20h] [rbp-18h]
  APrimalDinoCharacter *v4; // [rsp+40h] [rbp+8h]

  v4 = this;
  v3 = AttackIndex;
  v2 = UObject::FindFunctionChecked((UObject *)&this->vfptr, SHOOTERGAME_BPDoAttack);
  ((void (__fastcall *)(APrimalDinoCharacter *, UFunction *, int *))v4->vfptr[9].ShouldInstance)(v4, v2, &v3);
}

?

from IDA

seems like IDA is a lot better at recognizing

10:38 PM

theres just no APrimalDinoCharacter::BPDoAttack(..)

10:39 PM

which is strange, cuz theres an BPDoHarvestAttack(int) that does nothing when called

void __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::BPDoHarvestAttack(APrimalDinoCharacter *this, int harvestIndex)
{
  UFunction *v2; // rax
  int v3; // [rsp+20h] [rbp-18h]
  APrimalDinoCharacter *v4; // [rsp+40h] [rbp+8h]

  v4 = this;
  v3 = harvestIndex;
  v2 = UObject::FindFunctionChecked((UObject *)&this->vfptr, SHOOTERGAME_BPDoHarvestAttack);
  ((void (__fastcall *)(APrimalDinoCharacter *, UFunction *, int *))v4->vfptr[9].ShouldInstance)(v4, v2, &v3);
}

yup. almost the same. nomatter the harvestindex number, it does nothing

might be a replication issue

10:53 PM

try to call this func then relog/restart the server and check if the dino has resources

ok will do

11:13 PM

relog did nothing. restarting...

11:15 PM

... nope. nothing in inventory on restart

11:17 PM

i also hooked both the BPDoHarvest and the DoAttack. if im on the dino, it goes through DoAttack with (0, false, false), but if i call that without me on it, it swings and do the attack animation (and even kills dinos nearby) but doesnt harvest

11:17 PM

(and when im on it, it do harvest the rock)

11:17 PM

(otherwise not)

Cryopods...anyone know what to hook to find out who used it and what dino came out of it?

2:20 AM

Wild Card shows who froze a dino but not who unfreezes a dino i'm going to fix that hopefully.

UPrimalItem_RemoveCustomItemData is the answer

I got the tribe log to show when you remove a dino from a cryopod.

thats a nifty feature

Anyone else have any issues compiling the API or a Plugin for ATLAS? (edited)

I've cloned the API from github. Open the solution and select ARK build configuration and Rebuild (works great) Change the build configuration to ATLAS and Rebuild (throws a bunch of errors like 'FSpawnPointInfo': 'struct' type redefinition in \Core\Public\API\Atlas\Actor.h)

apparently structure resistances and damage modifiers are all calculated AFTER this hook: float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

It returns a float so the original function is calculating the actual damage taken after modifiers right?

2:22 PM

return APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

I'm trying to convert the Damage from that into an FString to confirm, but ahving issues

2:24 PM

but yeah, I think that is what it is doing. That "Damage" value is a float and i think that is base damage before modifiers are applied

Sounds logical

2:28 PM

FString damageStr = FString(to_string(Damage));

Yeah I got that. And it does exactly what I said, too. It calculates all resistances/modifiers AFTER the takedamage call. Which is kinda weird. You'd think it would calculate first, then do damage.

2:43 PM

This throws off my checks for "if current health - damage < 0". Need to find a way now to get the structure resistance types or modifiers or something.....

float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    float damageTaken = APrimalStructure_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);

    //Your additional code/checks
    //Your additional code/checks
    //Your additional code/checks

    return damageTaken;
}

This will allow you to do additional processing after the damage calculation but before the value is returned. (edited)

I changed my code to hook into the _Die function and interrupt that instead. Basically, when a certain "structure" dies, it converts to your team then auto-repairs

3:27 PM

it doesn't matter too much to me that the health goes negative for a bit, because the auto-repair will bring it back to full over time

3:32 PM

I think that code above would cause the damage to happen first, drive the health below zero, trigger "death", then the code I use afterwards that references the original structure might be null.. ?

Possibly, I was just showing a way to use the value being returned in case you needed to do something with it in the hook.

Yep, I appreciate it!

3:36 PM

I'll probably have to do something like that for other things, so its good information

So i'm using <queue> that offers FIFO but I would like to be able to look further head than the next entry. I guess std::vector would be what I should use instead. I want to be able to pop off the stack certain entries when i'm doing the look ahead and not take a big performance hit.

@Lethal you don’t need look ahead then

4:54 PM

Just check if it’s a value to ignore and pop when dumping the queue

4:54 PM

Or easier, don’t enque the data

4:55 PM

Unless I’m missing something

4:55 PM

If you want certain events to take a higher priority then you can use a priority queue

So the events are added to the queue chronologically however they could be delivered to different endpoints. To maximize throughout of POST requests i'm combining entries by endpoint to take advantage of the 2000 character POST limit to reduce the number of POST requests to each endpoint. The look ahead lets me grab/combine common endpoint messages into a single message as long as they are under the 2000 character limit when combined. So currently with QUEUE I can technically "peek" one item forward if it matches pop that off the stack but if the next entry is for a different endpoint there is no way of skipping it so I have to stop iteration/combining send a message then continue for the new endpoint that was found. @substitute

Just use separate queues at that point if you are concerned about performance

I don't want to discard any entries basically.

Yes

5:13 PM

Just do one queue per end point

5:13 PM

There’s no gain in having a master queue list if you need to iterate it over and over to combine messages

Currently I have allocated 2 QUEUE one to handle an Admin endpoint and one to handle tribe endpoints.

Yes you need n queues where n is the amount of end points

5:14 PM

You can do this and still use one mutex only btw

5:15 PM

(You just might have more contention)

How do I dynamically add global queue per endpoint?

Use an array

5:15 PM

An array of queues

5:15 PM

Where the index in the array is associated with the “type” of queue

ok, thats what I thought but wasn't sure

5:16 PM

gotcha

You can make an enumeration too for readability

5:16 PM

Then you can do

5:16 PM

Queues[admin].push(msg)

vector<queue<DiscordMessage>> vDM;

void DoSomething(){
     vDM[Index].pop();
}

5:21 PM

seems like that should work

Make sure you use a mutex

5:24 PM

So you don’t introduce ud behavior between your two threads

Ended up using std::unordered_map<std::string, std::queue<std::string>> uM;

7:29 PM

First string is the Key/Endpoint and then the queue of messages second.

7:29 PM

seems to be working well so far in my testing

Any known/common methods used to link tribes between maps instead of doing the settings on each server since the TribeID changes?

Maybe something like the same person must be tribe owner on each server and steamid is used to tie them all together

you could stub the create tribe method to block players from making a tribe from the UI

10:50 PM

and tell them to use a command

10:50 PM

and then make the command generate the tribe and sync it with a shared database

why a command tho

11:03 PM

the UI button calls a function which creates a tribe

11:03 PM

could be hooked

To prevent potential state issues

Hi. What is the best mysql class/wrapper to use? (edited)

I was also literally about to ask that question.

5:38 PM

I planned on referencing ARKShop source codes

@WETBATMAN If I wanna cast from AController to AShooterPlayerController, will this work?

c++
reinterpret_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(some_AController)

the AController is from here, so it should be the right class:

c++
void Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout(AShooterGameMode* _this, AController* exiting) {...}

(edited)

@GormusSenex In my code, I was able to static_cast to AShooterPlayerController. I was hooked into the TakeDamage function and casting EventInstigator

vs gives me an error doing static_cast

I'm going off memory, but I thing it was AShooterPlayerController* player = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator); (edited)

5:45 PM

Please excuse typos, I'm on my phone

isnt eventinstigator a APlayerController ?

It was AController

hmm...

Or AController* actually

static_cast gives me an "Invalid type conversion" error

Hmmm

5:48 PM

If you dont figure it out, I will be messing around with my plugin today. Have some testers and players reporting bugs lol

5:48 PM

I'll see if I can get that hook and controller casting

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5:50 PM

I know having all the little asterisks made it work somehow

void  Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout(AShooterGameMode* _this, AController* Exiting)
{
    if (Exiting && Exiting->GetOwnerController())
    {
        APlayerController* APC = Exiting->GetOwnerController();
        AShooterPlayerController* PC = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(APC);

5:52 PM

@GormusSenex

ohh, nice ! ty

5:55 PM

btw. when u have time, can u extract DoAttack from IDA for me. Cuz Ghidra only shows half of the variable names

5:55 PM

it should be jsut above the BPDoHarvestAttack u showed the other day

https://ark-server-api.com/resources/tribe-log-relay.161/

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Anyone run into an issue where one person can load a plugin and another person gets an "error 126" using the exact same downloads from the website?

I tried adding a console command with my plugin, and I see that I need to use ArkApi::GetCommands().AddConsoleCommand(...), and I see that the function I define for the command has to have 3 arguments (APlayerController*, FString*, and bool). Is there documentation to say what each of these 3 parameters do/mean? I assume the first is the player invoking the command and the second is the (rest of?) the command text as invoked, but idk what the 3rd is. Or should I just keep asking in here, or is it educated guesses for most of these things? I would like to be able to get answers through documentation so I don't have to keep bugging people here... I looked through the API code and it describes the API function calls, but not the structure of the underlying function.

@Lethal

6:39 AM

they might be missing a dependency

6:39 AM

you may have built your library against something like a version of C++ that isn't installed on their pc.

6:40 AM

@Simonsays095 my AddConsoleCommand only has 2 args.

6:40 AM

6:41 AM

However, generally if you control+click the function, it will take you to the definition, and from there you can see how it works.

I build with VS19

Can you send me the plugin ?

6:41 AM

I have VS2019 so I can see if it works for me.

Tribe Log Relay

Gives tribe owners the ability to have in-game tribe log events forwarded to a discord channel of their choosing. Also gives server admins the ability to log all tribe activity to a private admin discord channel. Chat Commands: /TLR

(I actually have a bunch of visual studios laughpoint

)

I guess I could configure my VS17 to compile it as well and see if that fixes it for him.

The project might be linking against a newer version

6:43 AM

anyway let me see if it load

6:44 AM

I get an error

6:44 AM

something might be wrong on your compile or something

6:44 AM

the 126 should be a loadlibrary error or something

6:44 AM

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/error-loadlibrary-failed-with-error-126-the-module/c5b67473-00f8-4e4a-b8a5-f7f9c619c3d9

Error "LoadLibrary failed with error 126: The module could not be f...

Original title: In starting some programs, the program partially starts, then a pop-up message shows up saying "LoadLibrary failed with error 126: The

Does version 1.0 work for you?

Let me check

The other guy that can't load v1.1 couldn't load v1.0 either

I think I know the issue

6:46 AM

btw 1.0 loaded

6:46 AM

6:47 AM

I am checking something now

ok

I got it to load

6:48 AM

I know the issue

6:48 AM

the 126 is because they do not have permissions

6:48 AM

I added the plugin and then it loaded

Permissions plugin? Because he did have it.

I added permissions plugin and it loaded

6:49 AM

without I got 126

He couldn't load v1.0 which didn't have Permissions as a dependency

Maybe he didn't download right file

6:49 AM

but see, I just remove permission plugin

6:49 AM

and I get 126 again

He did I watched him via screen share

Well some library file is missing for him

6:50 AM

if it isn't permissions, then it could be a system library file or something

6:50 AM

might need a debugger to catch the Exception

6:50 AM

or a custom build of the library (api) (edited)

I had him basically delete the whole plugins folder and download both plugins fresh without touching the json files and Permissions loaded and mine did not.

like i said before

6:50 AM

126 = some library file was missing

6:51 AM

that was required by this library

So maybe VS19 runtime files might be needed

so you will need to either put debugger on his server and see the exact issue

6:51 AM

or modify the api loader to print the full error other than the code

gotcha

but yes, he may need vs19

6:51 AM

since 1.0 didn't load

Just saw your message, @substitute Yeah, I ctrl+clicked to look at the function. The 2nd argument is a reference for a function that has 3 arguments... That's what I want to know more about. (edited)

oh @Simonsays095

7:12 AM

that's your callback

7:12 AM

the function you wish to run when the player enter the command

you are building for v142

7:14 AM

which is VS2019

I'm going to compile the Permissions plugin in VS17 and VS19 and see if he can load both.

it doesn't matter the IDE

7:14 AM

change the platform toolset

VS17 compiled with v141 toolset

I know that it's the callback, that's mentioned in the ctrl+click menu. I want to know what the 3 arguments for the function correspond to.

7:15 AM

Types APlayerController*, FString*, and bool

AShooterPlayerController*, FString*, EChatSendMode::Type is the actual args

7:16 AM

the first is the player that called the command (edited)

the second I believe is the args, but it may also contain the command as well, you will need to parse this yourself.

7:16 AM

e.g. /help asdf -> PC, asdf, EChatSendMode

7:17 AM

EChatSendMode = the channel

I have the 3rd argument is a bool, we must have different versions?

I'm reading from the source on GitHub right now

7:17 AM

this file not edited since August 1 2019

V3.2?

This is the latest source

7:17 AM

from GitHub

7:17 AM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/986ce4a871cf4f4edd92b79ff94ae1d7093cedfd/version/Core/Private/Commands.cpp

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Private/Commands.cpp

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

How do I have a different signature then? Hmm...

unsure, but the third arg being a bool can just be discarded

7:19 AM

I don't use it

7:19 AM

void Commands::ReloadConfig(APlayerController* player_controller, FString*, bool)
{
    Log::GetLog()->debug("Reloading Config");
    NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().Load();
}

Oh you're looking at the source for AddChatCommand

yes

I was looking at AddConsoleCommmand

oh wait

and the 3rd there is a bool

        virtual void AddConsoleCommand(const FString& command,
                                       const std::function<void(APlayerController*, FString*, bool)>& callback) = 0;

That's it! I just want to know what that bool is, in case I ever need to use it in the future.

the bool isn't used

7:20 AM

    void ArkBaseApi::LoadPluginCmd(APlayerController* player_controller, FString* cmd, bool /*unused*/)
    {
        auto* shooter_controller = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(player_controller);
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendServerMessage(shooter_controller, FColorList::Green, *LoadPlugin(cmd));
    }

Not in that implementation... But it's gotta be useful somewhere, right?

7:21 AM

Or it wouldn't be included

it is for writing to log

7:22 AM

    bool Commands::CheckConsoleCommands(APlayerController* a_player_controller, FString* cmd, bool write_to_log)
    {
        return CheckCommands<ConsoleCommand>(*cmd, console_commands_, a_player_controller, cmd, write_to_log);
    }

7:22 AM

so not really useful lolololole

7:22 AM

only useful if you want to determine to write to log conditionally

How did you get to these 2 code snippets?

e.g. mine could be from

void Commands::ReloadConfig(APlayerController* player_controller, FString*, bool)
{
    Log::GetLog()->debug("Reloading Config");
    NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().Load();
}

to

void Commands::ReloadConfig(APlayerController* player_controller, FString*, bool doLog)
{
    if (doLog)
      Log::GetLog()->debug("Reloading Config");
    NextConfig<ConfigBody>::Get().Load();
}

7:23 AM

I got them from the Github page.

7:23 AM

https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/announcements-and-releases/1739154-changes-to-the-official-unreal-engine-wiki

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

Huh.. Got a bit of reading to do, I guess. Thanks much for your help, Substitute!

np.

@substitute I compiled my plugin in VS17 but it hangs on the timer implementation I have. If i comment out the two timer calls the plugins loads fine. But them not commented out when debugging it hits the first timer line and just never comes back. Just need to get verification that the VS19 Redistributable install fixes the issue then I will add that as a prerequisite for the plugin.

With this command ArkApi::GetCommands().AddConsoleCommand("Plugin.SetDamage", &SetDamage); any player that types Plugin.SetDamage into the console will call the SetDamage(...) function, right? I'm not getting anything happening when I try to use it in-game.

It should just log a message for now, I'll add functionality once I know it's being called:

void SetDamage(APlayerController* player, FString* command, bool /*unused*/) {
    Log::GetLog()->info("Inside of function body");
}

But nothing is showing up in logs. (edited)

did you run the command

8:19 AM

console commands are commands done via player

8:19 AM

like cheat mycommand if i remember

Yeah, I tried running it in-game. Does it require the cheat prefix? Like should Plugin.SetDamage work, or will it need to be cheat Plugin.SetDamage? (edited)

you need cheat

@Lethal you need to tell him to install the latest vc++ redist

@WETBATMAN Ya, he confirmed that fixed it this morning. I'm updating my plugin page to reflect this for others.

Anyone familiar with how the "Day" calculation works? I'm doing this but the longer the server runs the further this number is off.

        UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        string currentDay = to_string((int)(((world->TimeSecondsField() / 60) / 60) + 1));

5:24 PM

or maybe a built in routine that does this better than my math above.

5:25 PM

I thought ARK was on a 1/24th scale or something like that.

Anyone could help me with why I am getting this?

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > __cdecl ArkApi::Tools::GetCurrentDir(void)" (__imp_?GetCurrentDir@Tools@ArkApi@@YA?AV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@XZ)
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) class std::vector<class std::shared_ptr<class spdlog::sinks::sink>,class std::allocator<class std::shared_ptr<class spdlog::sinks::sink> > > & __cdecl GetLogSinks(void)" (__imp_?GetLogSinks@@YAAEAV?$vector@V?$shared_ptr@Vsink@sinks@spdlog@@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$shared_ptr@Vsink@sinks@spdlog@@@std@@@2@@std@@XZ)
fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals

@Lethal

6:01 PM

Lag will cause that number to drift

So, i'm doing it correctly then?

Dunno I haven’t checked

6:02 PM

I’m not at my pc

6:02 PM

But you could be

Someone told me the server is on Day 1000 but discord logs say Day 5000+

But the number will always drift backwards since server saves and such generally stall/lag the server for like a second or so

6:03 PM

Why don’t you just take the actual day field?

lol

6:03 PM

I didn't see one

There should be an actual field , the steam query shows the day (and does the server picker)

6:03 PM

So it’s 100% in there somewhere

I'm searching for it atm

I can look in like an hour or so

Cool thanks.

6:06 PM

@Raptross That is a linking error I believe so you will need to verify you have everything that needs linked in the "Additional Library Directories"

I might just make a git repo with a default project with linker setup (edited)

6:06 PM

Lol

Starting template project would help people most likely.

Which directory does it have to point to in the API ?

int& DayNumberField() { return *GetNativePointerField<int*>(this, "AShooterGameState.DayNumber"); }
    float& DayTimeField() { return *GetNativePointerField<float*>(this, "AShooterGameState.DayTime"); }

6:10 PM

one of those might be it

ohhh

6:11 PM

@Raptross try the "out_lib" folder

Worked, thanx

@WETBATMAN AShooterGameState.DayNumber was correct. I was focused on looking in UWorld thinking it was something in there or had to be calculated from there.

anyone know what the s+ demo gun uses when it picks up a structure? I want to stop people from picking up specific structures. its not TakeDamage because I'm already hooked into that

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_BPOnStructurePickup, void, APrimalStructure*, APlayerController*, TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem>, UPrimalItem*, bool);

void  Hook_APrimalStructure_BPOnStructurePickup(APrimalStructure* _this, APlayerController* PlayerController, TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> ItemType, UPrimalItem* NewlyPickedUpItem, bool bIsQuickPickup)
{
    APrimalStructure_BPOnStructurePickup_original(_this, PlayerController, ItemType, NewlyPickedUpItem, bIsQuickPickup);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalStructure.BPOnStructurePickup", &Hook_APrimalStructure_BPOnStructurePickup, &APrimalStructure_BPOnStructurePickup_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalStructure.BPOnStructurePickup", &Hook_APrimalStructure_BPOnStructurePickup);

probably

im hooked into a similar demolish function, but still am able to demolish the structures

8:16 PM

using the demo gun. regular hold E demolish prevents demolishing properly

you can take a look at s+ source code

8:17 PM

it's open source

oh. right i forgot he did that lol

@WETBATMAN that won't matter if it's a custom action

8:18 PM

if it's a custom action you will need to hook the blueprint event, which isn't trivial

yes that's what i'm thinking

It is possible to hook bp functions

8:18 PM

but it isn't trivial

yes but maybe hook the demo gun equip or fire ?

i may just disable the demo gun all together

Is it possible to reload plugins on the fly? Or do I have to start/stop my test server every time I try to debug something else?

if you're not loading timers it's ok

10:21 PM

plugins.unload YourPluginName

10:21 PM

plugins.load YourPluginName

Oh nice, that's going to save a lot of time

doesnt work for me. always says its not loaded :/

Try it on another plugin

What function is called when the player takes damage? I've overloaded AActor::TakeDamage but it doesn't seem to be the one. For that matter, what class is the player?

c++
float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{}

I tried that one before AActor, but it didn't seem to work either. Also, isn't APrimalCharacter a subclass of AActor? In which case, overloading AActor::TakeDamage would also overload APrimalCharacter::TakeDamage?

c++
if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())) {...}

12:01 AM

it works.

12:02 AM

_this is the player if above condition is true

12:02 AM

EventInstigator is the one doing the damage iirc

Not DamageCauser?

DamageCause could be a turret, ~~a gun~~ or something iirc (edited)

12:03 AM

not sure there tho. i know it can be a turret

12:04 AM

but it might also be the dino ridden by eventinstigator

Eventinstigator is the person/dino doing the damage, and DamageCauser is the gun/item/type of attack (?) that the damage is coming from?

not sure about gun etc., but if a turret, then yes

Just tried this:

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage, float, APrimalCharacter*, float, FDamageEvent*, AController*, AActor*);
float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())) {
        //Player taking damage
        Log::GetLog()->info("Player is taking " + std::to_string(Damage * plugin.dmg_mult) + " points of damage");
    }
    else {
        ...
    }

And got hit by a dino, with no log about it. (edited)

12:23 AM

I log when other types of dinos take damage (in the else statement), and those are coming through correctly. (edited)

do you activate the hook ?

Yep, I'm getting the other dino's working properly as well. Just the log about the player taking damage isn't coming up.

if (EventInstigator->TargetingTeamField() > 10000)
                        {
                            if (_this->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
                            {
                                if (_this->TargetingTeamField() > 10000)
                                    Damage = Damage * TamedToTamed;
                                else if (_this->TargetingTeamField() < 10000)
                                    Damage = Damage * TamedToWild;
                            }
                            else if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
                                Damage = Damage * TamedToPlayer;
                        }

12:25 AM

that's pretty weird it works for me

have u added the hook at all ?

If you set TamedToPlayer=0, you take no damage?

12:27 AM

@GormusSenex Yes. This works for all dinos, just not players as I just told wetbatman.

sry yes, didnt read that

TamedToPlayer = 0 means tamed dinos defined in config would do no damage to players

Well, I don't see what I'm doing wrong... Here are the full relevant bits of my code:

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage, float, APrimalCharacter*, float, FDamageEvent*, AController*, AActor*);
float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())) {
        //Player taking damage
        Log::GetLog()->info("Player is taking " + std::to_string(Damage * plugin.dmg_mult) + " points of damage");
    }
    else {
        FString dinoName;
        _this->GetDescriptiveName(&dinoName);
        Log::GetLog()->info("A " + dinoName.ToString() + " is taking " + std::to_string(Damage * plugin.dmg_mult) + " points of damage");
    }
    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage * config.dmg_mult, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}


void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("ARK-test-plugin");

    ReadConfig();
    
    ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.TakeDamage", &Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage, &APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original);
}
void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.TakeDamage", &Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage);
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(    HMODULE hModule,
                        DWORD ul_reason_for_call,
                        LPVOID lpReserved
                     )
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call) {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
        break;
    case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }

    return TRUE;
}

Anything wrong here?

yes

12:32 AM

you activate the wrong hook

ur hooking APrimalDinoCharacter and not APrimalCharacter

I see what happened here.

this did not crash ?

Yeah, I'm surprised as well! I think the hot-reloading made it more lenient... Not entirely sure, though

sometimes when you reload the plugin certain hooks won't get activated

12:35 AM

common one i've seen is AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation

Ah nice, that works. Typos/copy-paste errors ftw!

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Apparently my plugin doesn't play well with Unicode messages and not really sure where to begin to fix it. Anyone else had to fix something like this?

you need to utf8 encode the message before pushing it to the webhook

2:20 PM

api has a function for this

FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(message).c_str()) looks like it

Started my server and client using Korean...this is interesting

@WETBATMAN Thanks I believe I have it working now. I'm working on getting someone that reported the issue to test it before I push my new changes at the end of the week.

void PostToDiscord(FString MSG)
{
    nlohmann::json Webhook;

    Webhook["username"] = ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Encode(*ServerName);
    Webhook["content"] = ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Encode(*MSG);

    AShooterGameState* ShooterGameState = static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameStateField());

    ShooterGameState->HTTPPostRequest(WebhookURL.c_str(), FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(Webhook.dump())));
}

3:52 PM

this works fine for me

void sendDiscordMessage(string message, string webHookURL) {
    nlohmann::json j;

    try {
        j["content"] = message;
        const string jsonMessage = j.dump();

        static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GameStateField())->HTTPPostRequest(FString(webHookURL), FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(jsonMessage).c_str()));
    }
    catch (exception ex) {
        Log::GetLog()->error(ex.what());
    }
}

Mine is very similar (edited)

Is it a bad idea to use using namespace std; btw?

I removed it and prefixed stuff with the namespace again. Apparently it is a poor coding standard since it imports a ton of stuff.

is that all thats needed to post to discord ??

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yes

Discord webhooks are very simple to use.

i havnt looked into that but this seems too easy

4:37 PM

ig the webhook u get from the discord channel ?

Yep

@Ras How did u call BPChangedActorTeam ?

I think I need that discord thingy.

1:03 AM

I'll paste my code in here in a bit @GormusSenex

if (structures[index]->IsA(APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
                {
                    structuretoflip = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(structures[index]);
                    
                    int killerTeam = Killer->TargetingTeamField();
                    structuretoflip->ChangeActorTeam(killerTeam);
                    structuretoflip->BPChangedActorTeam();
                }

1:18 AM

I needd to use the ChangeActorTeam(tribeId) then call the BPChangedActorTeam to see it update on my client screen

1:22 AM

Is there a quick tutorial/how-to on setting up the discord webhook and sample code?

How bad is the server crash when the server just closes but doesn't create a crash log?

@Ras thx. but how u get BPChangedActorTeam? I only have bUseBPChangedActorTeam which returns a bool. what class is structuretoflip (im guessing APrimalStructure - but my APrimalStructure dont have that call aswell) ? (edited)

nvm. seemed like i had an old version of AActor

9:25 AM

No, not the case. I have the call in my AActor-file but cant call it ?

why can I call the first one but not the last one ? This is from AActor.h:

c++
void BPAttachedRootComponent() { NativeCall<void>(this, "AActor.BPAttachedRootComponent"); }
void BPChangedActorTeam() { NativeCall<void>(this, "AActor.BPChangedActorTeam"); }

again. nvm. it WAS some old code that didnt allow me

got it figurd out?

2:25 PM

also, amazed how easy the discord web hook was. like damn.

ye, was me. had an old version of the api.

alright awesome

any1 know how I can "trick" the system into thinking a dino is being ridden ?

what are you trying to accomplish?

to do a APrimalDinoCharacter->DoAttack(...), but so that it harvest

2:47 PM

it will harvest if im sitting on it. otherwise it just swings

oh gotcha. hmmmm

2:49 PM

I see above you've already tried: APrimalDinoCharacter dino; dino.bUseBPDoHarvestAttack();

2:50 PM

and that is hte function that works when ridden

yup and BPDoHarvestAttack too

2:50 PM

but it wont attack with just doing that

2:50 PM

then it does nothing

Hi. Which is the best data type to keep date times in DB? And what is the best methods to get the current datetime and etc for it. Thanx (edited)

I use string. and then this to get time:

c++
std::string GetSystemDatetimeNow(long addedSeconds)
{
    char buffer[32];
        time_t now = time(0) + addedSeconds;
    tm ltm;
    localtime_s(&ltm, &now);
        std::strftime(buffer, 32, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &ltm);
        std::string bufferStr(buffer);
        return bufferStr.substr(0, 19);
}

4:27 PM

not sure if its "the best" but thats what i use

4:28 PM

but its string comparable cuz its yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss (edited)

@Raptross depends which database you're using

@Buu MySQL

then it depends if you want to store only date or also the time

Both Date and Time

then use the DATETIME type

why not use a unix timespamp ? (edited)

there's no advantage other than it takes a little bit less byte's but having more restrictions

That's the current way I have on my plugin. Using the timestamps. Also, whats better to use std::chrono::system_clock::now() / std::time(0) ?

4:50 PM

I mean the classes for time usages.

std::chrono
std::time

anyone ever messed with the USoundBase* class? I see some notifications in the API allow us to send a sound, optionally. If I included a sound file in my API folder, then prompted the server to use that sound file, would players hear it? Or would it need to be on their local machine as well?

6:00 PM

specifically speaking, this function call:

void  Hook_AShooterGameMode_SendServerNotification(AShooterGameMode* _this, FString* MessageText, FLinearColor MessageColor, float DisplayScale, float DisplayTime, UTexture2D* MessageIcon, USoundBase* SoundToPlay, int ReceiverTeamId, int ReceiverPlayerID, bool bDoBillboard)

6:03 PM

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->SendServerNotification();

@Michidu I can see this in Ghidra but I cant access it :

c++
UPrimalHarvestingComponent::GiveHarvestResource(
  UPrimalHarvestingComponent *this,
  UPrimalInventoryComponent *param_1,
  float param_2,
  TSubclassOf<class_UDamageType> param_3,
  AActor *param_4,
  TArray<struct_FHarvestResourceEntry,
  class_FDefaultAllocator> *param_5)

Am I accessing it wrong or should it be in the api ?

7:05 PM

Actually, I cant access anything in UPrimalHarvestingComponent

i think its not in the api

ahh makes sense then

7:23 PM

thought i did something wrong here

7:27 PM

is there any way i can access it even tho its not in the api ? like some special c++ call ?

you can always add it

7:29 PM

i dont think i got the skills for that

otherwise i would love to tho

what do you need from it ?

i think only that and the GetPrivateStaticClass()

then you can define this class with this function in it

7:32 PM

struct FOnlineSubsystemSteam
{
    FString& BanListURLField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FString*>(this, "FOnlineSubsystemSteam.BanListURL"); }
};

7:32 PM

example

where do i put it ?

you can do it in the API files

ohh. like the AActor.h ?

yeah

dont forget to add it to pdb config

like this ?

c++
struct UPrimalHarvestingComponent : UActorComponent
{
    void GiveHarvestResource(UPrimalInventoryComponent* param_1, float param_2, TSubclassOf<UDamageType> param_3, AActor* param_4, TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>* param_5) { NativeCall<void, UPrimalInventoryComponent*, float, TSubclassOf<UDamageType>, AActor*, TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>*>(this, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.GiveHarvestResource", param_1, param_2, param_3, param_4, param_5); }
};

in your case it's a class not a struct

so just "class" instead of "struct" ?

this class doesn't exist at all in the API ?

i dont think so. but then again... im not pro at this

7:51 PM

@Michidu its alrdy in the Base.h file:

c++
struct UPrimalHarvestingComponent;

Is there anything else i need to add ?

7:52 PM

its under an Atlas tag tho, but does that matter ?

its just declaration

7:52 PM

You need to define struct

7:53 PM

Actually you already did it

well it compiles and the game starts. lets c what happends when i call it

8:05 PM

hard crash

8:05 PM

wait. forgot to copy version

8:10 PM

Ok, crash again. I also added GetPrivateStaticClass like this:

c++
struct UPrimalHarvestingComponent : UActorComponent
{
    // Functions

    static UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t* Package) { return NativeCall<UClass*, const wchar_t*>(nullptr, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.GetPrivateStaticClass", Package); }
    void GiveHarvestResource(UPrimalInventoryComponent* param_1, float param_2, TSubclassOf<UDamageType> param_3, AActor* param_4, TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>* param_5) { NativeCall<void, UPrimalInventoryComponent*, float, TSubclassOf<UDamageType>, AActor*, TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>*>(this, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.GiveHarvestResource", param_1, param_2, param_3, param_4, param_5); }
};

Is that not the right way to do it ? (edited)

Added to config?

ohh which config ?

Api config

is now

ok, gonna try again

fails on my GetPrivateStaticClass

8:30 PM

ok, found out why. this function needs a wchar_t

I might not know how to use this :

c++
const wchar_t* Package = L"x";
if (actor->IsA(UPrimalHarvestingComponent::GetPrivateStaticClass(Package)))
{ ... }

what to put in Package ?

nullptr

skipped the chekc and just went straight to casting it. it didnt break, but it also didnt harvest anything. trying to look in Ghidra what these parameters actually need since i've nullptr most of it

Ok, next iceberg... I have this:

c++
TSubclassOf<UDamageType> dinoDamage;
float outputMultiplier = 5.0f;
dino->BlueprintOverrideHarvestDamageType(&dinoDamage, &outputMultiplier);
                            
TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>* param_5;
                            
harvestComponent->GiveHarvestResource(dino->MyInventoryComponentField(), 5.0f, dinoDamage, dino, param_5);

I need to define param_5 / fill it with something, otherwise call to GiveHarvestResource(...) goes straight to return according to this (from Ghidra):

c++
  if ((((param_5 != (TArray<struct_FHarvestResourceEntry,class_FDefaultAllocator> *)0x0) &&
       (cVar5 = (**(code **)(*(longlong *)param_5 + 0x830))(param_5), cVar5 != '\0')) &&
      (50000 < *(int *)(param_5 + 0x214))) &&
     (bVar6 = DisableHarvesting((APrimalDinoCharacter *)param_5), bVar6 != false))
  goto LAB_140695f6a;

(the LAB_140695f6a is the end of code) HELP

10:54 PM

everything compiles and "works" (ie. doesnt crash when called). but becuz param_5 is empty, it does nothing.

Damn it, in Atlas theres this:

c++
struct UPrimalHarvestingComponent : UActorComponent {
    static UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t* Package) { return NativeCall<UClass*, const wchar_t*>(nullptr, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.GetPrivateStaticClass", Package); }
    static void StaticRegisterNativesUPrimalHarvestingComponent() { NativeCall<void>(nullptr, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.StaticRegisterNativesUPrimalHarvestingComponent"); }
    bool TemplateCheckForHarvestRepopulation(bool bForceReinit, UWorld* world, FVector* where) { NativeCall<bool, UWorld*, FVector*>(this, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.TemplateCheckForHarvestRepopulation", world, where); }

    TArray < FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>& HarvestResourceEntries() { return *GetNativePointerField< TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>*>(this, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.HarvestResourceEntries"); }
    TArray < FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>& BaseHarvestResourceEntries() { return *GetNativePointerField< TArray<FHarvestResourceEntry, FDefaultAllocator>*>(this, "UPrimalHarvestingComponent.BaseHarvestResourceEntries"); }
[...]

which is just what I need (HarvestResourceEntries). but its not in Ark and Ghidra can't find it either

APrimalDinoCharacter* Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_StaticCreateBabyDino(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, UWorld* theWorld, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> EggDinoClassToSpawn, FVector* theGroundLoc, float actorRotationYaw, char* EggColorSetIndices, char* EggNumberOfLevelUpPointsApplied, float EggTamedIneffectivenessModifier, int NotifyTeamOverride, TArray<FDinoAncestorsEntry>* EggDinoAncestors, TArray<FDinoAncestorsEntry>* EggDinoAncestorsMale, int EggRandomMutationsFemale, int EggRandomMutationsMale)
{
    APrimalDinoCharacter* newBaby = APrimalDinoCharacter_StaticCreateBabyDino_original(_this, theWorld, EggDinoClassToSpawn, theGroundLoc, actorRotationYaw, EggColorSetIndices, EggNumberOfLevelUpPointsApplied, EggTamedIneffectivenessModifier, NotifyTeamOverride, EggDinoAncestors, EggDinoAncestorsMale, EggRandomMutationsFemale, EggRandomMutationsMale);
    
//DO STUFF HERE
    return newBaby;
}

This errored out on the line that assigns to "newBaby". What am I doing wrong there? (edited)

2:04 AM

Basically letting the original function finish while I temporarily store the result to change values before returning the created baby.

Exception thrown at 0x00007FF7F3814FD9 in ShooterGameServer.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x000000008F5FC750. occurred

3:04 AM

return APrimalDinoCharacter_StaticCreateBabyDino_original(_this, theWorld, EggDinoClassToSpawn, theGroundLoc, actorRotationYaw, EggColorSetIndices, EggNumberOfLevelUpPointsApplied, EggTamedIneffectivenessModifier, NotifyTeamOverride, EggDinoAncestors, EggDinoAncestorsMale, EggRandomMutationsFemale, EggRandomMutationsMale);

Doesn't cause the error. (edited)

@Lethal that is prolly a nullpointer (edited)

Does this not work for ATLAS? ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->LoadTribeData(TribeId, tribe_data, false, false); (edited)

5:08 AM

It works fine for ARK.

5:10 AM

@Buu I guess my point was why does it work if I directly return the value and not when I store it in the typed object then return that object.

Any idea on how we can get a Type that seems to be missing from ArkApi, but is in use by Ark ? I am trying to use some hooks that require FArkTributePlayerData Getting the following error (edited)

7:57 AM

struct FArkTributePlayerData : FArkTributeEntity
{
    unsigned __int64 PlayerDataID;
    TArray<unsigned char, FDefaultAllocator> PlayerDataBytes;
    FString PlayerName;
    FString PlayerStats[12];
    FString UploadingServerMapName;
    bool bWasAllowDPCUpload;
    bool bWithItems;
    unsigned int ItemCount;
    bool bForServerTransfer;
    float Version;
};

struct FArkTributeEntity
{
    int UploadTime;
};

(edited)

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@Lethal I'm new to C++ , but it might be that you're not actually storing it in a variable but rather just make another reference to the same pointer. But when you try to return it, it is already null (edited)

TArray<FTribeData> tribeData = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->TribesDataField(); Anyone know how to get this function to work? I want to read all tribes on the map and loop through them, doing things

9:07 PM

It seems to crash my server each time I run it, and I don't see any logs indicating what im doing wrong

You might need to attach debugger

@substitute Any idea about my question above about "Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_StaticCreateBabyDino"

9:16 PM

Was trying to make a simple No Wander plugin for babies.

hooking AprimalDinoCharacter_BeingPlay would also probably work (edited)

@WETBATMAN Checking the following fields to make sure it is a new breed baby using these perhaps.

_this->bIsBaby();
_this->bReceivedDinoAncestors();

Any1 know of a command that clears all dinos buffs, any carried characters etc. like when u just tossed out a cryoed dino. ?

10:03 PM

im looking for the deploy cryo command kind-of. im probably not explaining it well. a clear-all-dino-state-command

@Lethal you are apply state to the Dino ?

11:53 PM

Just run the original spawn Dino then apply state

11:53 PM

Or is that when it crashes?

It crashes if I don't return the original in the same line.

12:00 AM

but the crashes happens in the original code

12:00 AM

access violation

Wander plugin is tough to figure out. I can make it so every dino spawned will not wander around or I can do it when claimed to only affect bred dinos. APrimalDinoCharacter has a bIsBaby property but always 0 and the same with bReceivedDinoAncestors. if (_this->bIsBaby()()) { //is never true

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Hello, I'm actually trying to use a hook who trigger when a player open the inventory of an object (like storage). I've already tried those one :

GetAimedUseActor
OnKeyboardUsePress
ShowMyInventory
TriggerPlayerAction

All those came from AShooterPlayerController but none is working. Am I missing something ? Anyone can tell me which hook I need to use ? Thank you in advance for your help.

it’s client side

9:17 AM

you cannot hook it

Ok Thank you for your answer. So I suppose that the same for everything about the inventory of player ? (like item added / removed from their inventory) I've got a lot of stealing problems and I want to check who is taking items from another tribe storage.

those functions you can hook

AddItem would be called if they were to steam something from someone else's storage box heh

Yes, I'm actually checking the function, thank you for your help

How can I iterate through TArray<FItemNetInfo>* Items I have tried .....

 for (auto item : Items)
    {

    }

but it doesn't like it (edited)

Perhaps try with : for (FItemNetInfo* item : Items) { ... }

no that doesnt work either

9:44 AM

Are you sure the array is not empty and the var isn't null ? did you put something in the { } when you made tests ?

at this point its not running/compiling so not even getting that far

9:46 AM

its the first time I am using this type of pointer

I've got the function that have a for like that and it works very well. TArray<AActor> found_actors; for (AActor actor : found_actors) { }

yeah I have Many of them too but none of them use a TArray<FItemNetInfo>* Items

Yes, sorry can't help you more with that, I'm pretty new to C++ and pointer so perhaps someone with better experience will give you the solution.

1

I can get the first Item doing the following FItemNetInfo item = Items[0][0]; but it doesn't make sense to me (edited)

9:58 AM

the for loop you mentioned works with something like TArray<FItemNetInfo> Items or TArray<FItemNetInfo*> Items but not TArray<FItemNetInfo>* Items but I am sure someone here can point (

) me in the right direction

10:02 AM

@Neka thanks anyway

And what's the difference between the third and the second one ? Why not using TArray<FItemNetInfo*> Items is this is working ?

I am guessing its a pointer to the items(to each memory allocation) in the array(2nd one) and the (3rd) one is a pointer to the actual array(one memory allocation of the array). Its hooks with that as a parameter, I don't think you can just change it, it would be the same as changing the type of a parameter (edited)

10:16 AM

Then again, I am just guessing here. Would be nice for some Big Brain to come online and correct us.

Yep ^^

I also have a question about TargetingTeamField. I've got a Hook with APrimalStructureItemContainer_RemoteInventoryAllowActivation (who trigger when a player try to access to a structure inventory). I've got two param from the hook : APrimalStructureItemContainer* _this, AShooterPlayerController* ForPC I'm retrieving their "team id" with : teamStructure = _this->TargetingTeamField(); teamPlayer = ForPC->TargetingTeamField(); But I don't understand the logic to check if the player is in the same tribe or allied tribe from the structure ? I made multiple tests but the teamStructure is never the same as teamPlayer even if i'm in the same tribe. Anyone can explain me more about that TargetingFieldTeam please ? Thank you in advance.

"teamStucture never the same as teamPlayer" -> maybe cuz its two different classes ?

11:44 AM

ohh nvm. u meant the targetingteamfield of the both... ok, nvm

Yes, really don't understand the logic behind TargetingTeamField. Just to give an example : First screen is log when I tried to access to another tribe structure

11:54 AM

Then I joined the tribe structure :

u using the same type to get both values ?

As it show, now I've got the tribe ID of the structure has from the first screen. But the team structure changed on the second.

11:56 AM

TargetingTeamField give me back int so I'm using int

wierd

that's indeed weird because TargettingTeamField is just TribeID

12:06 PM

if (_this->TargetingTeamField() != EventInstigator->TargetingTeamField())
                            {
                                FVector StructPos = _this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();
                                AGameState* aGameState = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GameStateField();
                                AShooterGameState* GameState = static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(aGameState);
                                GameState->NetAddFloatingDamageText(StructPos, ConfigDamage, TeamField, 0);
                                GameState->ForceNetUpdate(true);
                            }

12:06 PM

i know it works because i use it to check for friendly fire

12:06 PM

otherwise overlap custom damage numbers

12:06 PM

_this is APrimalStructure

Wetbatman, u will be my god if u can solve this (ive been working 3 days to try and fix it) :

_this is a APrimalStructureItemContainer*

12:07 PM

(Or you mean in your code ?)

it's just a child of APrimalStructure

12:08 PM

should be the same

I sit on a tame and enter a command that executes ->SetRider(..) on another tame. works fine. then i execute the command again to get back to 1st tame (->SetRider(..)), also works fine. But now both tames r fucked up unless i desaddle them and cryo them. ServerClearRider doesnt work. ive tried nearly everything

12:09 PM

any tips / hints / suggestions ?

sounds like a replication issue

12:10 PM

desaddling probably replicates something to the client that SetRider method u use doesn't

if i relog, the tames r fine too

yes that's a replication issue

how to solve that ?

you will have to take a look at ark's source code

12:11 PM

or even in devkit

12:11 PM

to see what happens when a rider is set (edited)

i did with ghidra, but most of it isnt labeled :/

you trying to set a rider because of that harvest issue you have ?

yup

well that's not a clean solution tho

i know. but i couldnt force the tame to harvest anything

some dinos like megapithecus can harvest fiber and stuff when on wander and not ridden

but it harvest. but is also fucked up

so it must be a bool or something

12:12 PM

also just get IDA

12:12 PM

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paste this into a browser but install a torrent client first

12:13 PM

im not rly fond of downloading some cracked software. not becuz its cracked (idc) but becuz of whatever shit the crackers put into it

(edited)

well that's up to you

come on - be my god almighty

heeeelp meeeee

maybe try with a dino that is able to harvest items by default ?

12:15 PM

(when not ridden)

12:16 PM

try to get a megapithecus and run your code on it

12:16 PM

if not try to set it on wander and then run your code

hmm that one harvest on its own ?

yes

12:16 PM

if set on wander

i wonder if an anky set on wander does the same until its full

possibly

... if its that simple omg...

@WETBATMAN you know how to iterate through TArray<FItemNetInfo*> Items;

maybe try it the OG way ?

12:23 PM

get count of how many items are in the array

12:23 PM

then iterate over it

if you have a quick look at my comments above, is what I have tried

12:25 PM

OG way ?

original

ah.....ok

12:26 PM

pre 11

for (int n=0; n< XXX; n++) in c# at least

yeah

there is no begin function so you can't use the easy iteration here

12:28 PM

for (auto item : Items)
    {

    }

12:28 PM

this only works if it's known where to begin iteration and where to stop

right.......ok

12:29 PM

hey..

12:29 PM

Anyone have any clue how to get IDA to show to work that it shows structs ?

12:29 PM

@WETBATMAN I know you showed me what steps you follow , but i just don't get the same results, I must be missing something else

TArray<FItemNetInfo>* Items;

    Items->Num();

    for (int i; i < Items->Num; i++)
    {

    }

12:30 PM

smth like this

yeah just did that thanks

hm there are no extra steps supposed to be there

12:31 PM

when you decompile the .exe and enter local types it should show all structs

what about when you load it in there is some option for processors and so on ?

just open it as whatever is set already

12:31 PM

don't change any settings before decompile

the structs i get to see is a total of about 900+ ish and all unreadable

12:32 PM

I noticed yours was way over 25k

yea it sounds like u selected the wrong decompile option perhaps ?

no Idea, totally lost atm

(edited)

this seems to do the trick,

auto outerTotal = Items->Num();
for (int i = 0; i < outerTotal; i++) {
   auto innerTotal = Items[i].Num();
   for (int j = 0; j < innerTotal; j++) {
            auto item = Items[i][j];
   }
}

(edited)

Nope, enable wandering didnt do the trick

@WETBATMAN new approach. how do i add a dummy-shootercontroller / clone to the world ?

3:36 PM

(if even possible)

haven't tried it but i would assume it's spawned like other actors

this one ?

c++
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->SpawnActor(...)

(edited)

take a look at the API's spawn dino function (edited)

API Site is down?

Seems like

3:48 PM

nvm working now

@WETBATMAN that call dont have FActorSpawnParameters.

also, i dont know how to get from AActor to a AshooterPlayerController.

@GormusSenex I guess you can't because a AShooterPlayerController is always an AActor but an AActor isn't always a AShooterPlayerController. Perhaps if you cast it like that : AShooterPlayerController* shooter_controller = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(yourActor);

i dont think i can down-cast

4:32 PM

ohh it allows it

Yes it will compile it but that can probably throw an exception if the received Actor can't be casted

4:33 PM

Perhaps put a try catch too and check if it works in game

lmao were the devs on crack when they wrote item stat generation ?

not only when they wrote that...

when you need to use it

4:35 PM

you'll see

4:35 PM

it's so bad

4:35 PM

my setter functions works for armor and durability but not for damage for some reason

u dont got time to look at item stat generation. (waving hand like a jedi) u want to look into spawning a shooterplayercharacter (edited)

4:37 PM

lol

guess my jedi skill is as low as my c++ skill...

4:38 PM

Anyone using the built in CURL? I frequently get the first POST requests in the callback function with this.

success: 1
response: {"message": "400: Bad Request", "code": 0}

4:40 PM

Once I get this it seems to work fine after that going foward.

4:42 PM

I'm also logging the webhook and message sent which I can use to verify the message was properly formatted using PostMan.

4:48 PM

I'm going to build in some retry logic to make a 2nd attempt on a failed post. Just don't understand why it seems to fail after a fresh server start.

4:53 PM

Retry code works at least and the message did get sent on 2nd attempt.

Still something seems off because sending messages under the webhook limits I still get the "Bad Request" message even on retries when sending several messages in rapid succession.

what annoys me the most is that i cant let it be cuz i know theres a solution to it! arghh !!!

@WETBATMAN

6:39 PM

Item stats are whacked

6:39 PM

Weird array nonsense (edited)

yes lol i still can't set the damn weapon damage %

6:40 PM

with the same function that sets armor and durability fine

Nope it’s a % calculated from a scalar

6:40 PM

You could probably figure out the calculations

6:40 PM

And work backwards

if (item_stat_type == EPrimalItemStat::Armor || item_stat_type == EPrimalItemStat::MaxDurability)
    {
        *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + item_stat_type) = 0;
        const float old_stat_modifier = item->GetItemStatModifier(item_stat_type);
        *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + item_stat_type) = 1;
        *(item->ItemStatValuesField()() + item_stat_type) = (new_value - old_stat_modifier) / (item->GetItemStatModifier(item_stat_type) - old_stat_modifier);
        
        if (item_stat_type == EPrimalItemStat::MaxDurability)
        {
            if (item->bUseItemDurability()())
                item->ItemDurabilityField() = item->GetItemStatModifier(item_stat_type);
        }
    }

6:40 PM

this works for dura and armor

Oh btw I’m working on a neat plugin @WETBATMAN

6:41 PM

It’ll make default survivor items instead of items, engrams

6:42 PM

So you don’t have your inventory spammed

indeed neat

Hey @substitute , are you the same Substitue who developed the Anti-Family Share plugin?

yes he is

Okay nice. I hope its okay to ask here. Do you know by any chance if the Plugin still works? It doesnt kicks my family shared account from my testserver with the plugin loaded and I honestly have no clue how to troubleshoot this.

@Al Capone it could need an update

8:30 PM

What happens exactly

Well nothing basically. It loads up correctly. I join with my family shared account and well I dont get kicked or Something

@WETBATMAN if Ghidrea writes this:

c++
this->field_0x498

And "this" is APrimalDinoCharacter. U have any idea how i can find out what the code is referring to ?

What function are you looking at?

APrimalDinoController->SetRider(..)

@substitute can you confirm that the plugin doesnt work atm or is it an issue on my side? Not sure what I could have done wrong since it says " zero setup or configuration needed"

12:10 AM

Could it be bound to the Api Key being overused? Not sure how you check for family shared users, but this is a common issue with the ark server manager. Would be fixed by having server owners add their own api key

@GormusSenex I believe if you have the PDB loaded you can right click on "field_0x498" select "Edit Data Type". Then on the window that pops up select "Align" in the bottom right corner. Then top right next to the X click the down arrow and click "Show numbers in Hexadecimal" scroll down list for 0x498 which I believe is "ColorOverrideBuff". I could be wrong as i'm still trying to learn the decompiler stuff as well.

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12:17 AM

You can then click save and it will update the code with the names also.

omg that is so kewl ! tyvm !

12:17 AM

its WeaponBobTime (whatever that is

) but this is so helpful !!!

Ah, I was looking at a different 0x498 in another object

one more thing. what if it refers to a number thats in between two numbers shown in that list ? i have 0x4f8 but only 0x4f0 and 0x4fc is shown

@Al Capone

1:25 AM

API Key?

1:26 AM

I think you are confusing my plugin with another

Well Steam API key

Mine doesn’t require any steam api key

1:26 AM

Mine works completely in engine

1:26 AM

Can you link to me the plugin?

1:26 AM

There’s two no family share plugins on the forums

Ah okay. Yes, I am sure that I am refering to your plugin, just didnt know how it worked and tried to explain the error to me. https://ark-server-api.com/resources/anti-familyshare.159/

Anti-FamilyShare

Tired of banned players coming back by exploiting Steam's family share? Wish to only allow accounts that actually own Ark to join? This plugin preforms the check that Official Servers use to prevent Family Shared accounts from joining. It is a...

I’ll check it

Thanks

@Michidu I was thinking, maybe one way (instead of making a proper api for now) we can implement post-trampoline hooks?

1:54 AM

instead of writing the jmp at the top of the original function, writing the jmp at the bottom

1:54 AM

though this may not be easy as I know you use a library for making these hooks.

1:55 AM

@Al Capone

1:55 AM

(ignore the richcolor, i was testing some time ago if you could use markup in here like the chat window, you can not

)

1:55 AM

it works for me just fine on latest version

1:56 AM

Which other plugins do you have installed?

1:56 AM

There may be a conflict

1:58 AM

@GormusSenex

1:58 AM

Which function was crashing for you on calling ?

1:59 AM

I think of an idea of why but I wanna investigate more first (edited)

Hm, two things

2:03 AM

One can you update to 1.1?

2:03 AM

And 2, if that doesn’t work I will need to check those plugins

This is the most recent download from your api page. I just downloaded it last week. Seems like the Version number didnt update in the PluginInfo.json

ah, hm

2:09 AM

would you be able to run just my plugin

2:09 AM

and nothing else?

2:09 AM

Just to confirm it's a conflict?

sure

2:11 AM

Will take about 5 minutes for my server to startup

still able to join with only anti family share + permissions (edited)

2:29 AM

And my Account is 100% family shared

even without permissions i can join

@Al Capone this is very strange

2:55 AM

what does the directory look like?

2:56 AM

i reinstalled it to be sure I didnt have a corrupt download

2:59 AM

even without any mods it doesnt seem to work

3:03 AM

Would you mind trying to join the server yourself? Maybe there is a problem with my specific family shared account? Its 3am here atm so I cant get my admins to test it for me

3:05 AM

Otherwise I will have my admins test it tomorrow and get back to you in like 12-15 hours.

Maybe in a bit

3:12 AM

I’m going to be making dinner and such

Enjoy your meal

@Al Capone I'm back

@substitute u have an idea of how I can add a "fake" AShooterPlayerController ? and once used, then destroy it ?

@GormusSenex

9:25 AM

what do you mean fake ?

9:30 AM

why uh

9:31 AM

are you doing it this way ?

9:31 AM

what's the end goal

9:32 AM

AShooterPlayerController::StaticClass()->GetDefaultObject(true);

9:32 AM

will get the default class instance

9:34 AM

@Al Capone it is weird my plugin doesn't work for you.

9:34 AM

All I do is check the same way the game does

9:37 AM

@Michidu when you get a chance

9:38 AM

why does NativeCall use __fastcall*?

9:38 AM

This could the source of some crashes

9:38 AM

I don't think all function calls in UE4 are __fastcall x)

by default, all functions in x64 are fastcall about your hook suggestion, post-hooks won't work for all plugins

why would post not work (?)

9:43 AM

if you need to do something before and after

9:43 AM

just prehook, and then posthook

well, it's not possible anyway as you don't know function size

9:46 AM

moreover, function may have more than one return

could you not overwrite return address ?

ye, changing return address is possible

@substitute how exactly does the "newplayer" option works? Does it have to be a player unknown to the server or just any player who joins the server?

Hello, I'm actually working on a plugin and the servers where I test it are sometimes crashing (Fatal Error with the name of my plugin). Is there a way to debugging and to see what's the problem ? Because the fatal error message doesn't really help to find it out. Thanks in advance

Ok looks like it isnt an issue with just my account. Another Admin couldnt join as well with a family shared account.

@Neka it should show on ur server. there will be a crash dump. it also copies itself to clipbord. and i think, iirc, it also writes to the log (edited)

@GormusSenex Thank you for the answer. I checked but the log is the same as what was write in the fatal error and that's not enough to know what's going wrong :/

4:25 PM

It just say to me the line where the crashed happend but all inside it is secured and normaly can't crash so

4:26 PM

Is there a way to secure all crash like put everything in a try catch ?

@Neka the name of your plugin in the log ends with a number

4:56 PM

this number is the line where your plugin crashes

Yes I saw that and checked that line but I don't understand why that crashed there. When I'm coding in web or other language I can easily debug objects and var but here I don't know if it's possible to have those data.

@Al Capone you didn't whitelist yourself did you?

No the whitelist is empty

What's your Steam64?

from the secondary account?

Yes

76561199035548159

Thanks

7:48 PM

@Al Capone

But another admin could join there with his family shared account too, so I doubt its an issue with the account

what are your server settings?

Well we are a x50 pvp server with 15 mods + customized drops + plugins. And hosting the server in a cluster via asm on a i9-9900k. Not sure which settings you are referring to. And would you mind moving this to pm? Easier to follow for me since I am in many Discord and we wont spam this channel too much. (edited)

This is from official server (some1 got a hack apparently): https://ibb.co/310Zcs8 Is there any way to prevent sending bullet-count to the client when viewing the turret ?

9:19 AM

(PS. this is not a tribe member viewing or an allied party)

the guys looking at

6:12 PM

APrimalStructureTurret->NumBullets

6:13 PM

you can probably force the server to always have the number set to 0, so it replicates 0 to the clients

6:14 PM

that shouldn't have any adverse effects because that variable isnt really used for anything special in ark other than displaying number of bullets in the turret cosmetically

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6:15 PM

that looks like he's on windows 10 ark though xD

xbox ark via windows

but yeah same shit on steam ark

6:18 PM

if u force that to 0 u might as well force APrimalStructureItemContainer->CurrentItemCount to show 0 as well

6:19 PM

so it replicates 0 to the clients

6:20 PM

but, with the turret + item container thing u set those to always be 0 u gotta make sure whatever mods u are running on the server don't rely on those values

6:20 PM

otherwise stuff will start to break

6:21 PM

actually i take that back, i woulnd't force CurrentItemCount to replicate to 0 XD, some things in the game rely on it

6:22 PM

NumBullets though u can

@dougy honestly

7:34 PM

it would be pretty funny to spoof inventories

7:34 PM

to bad clients

7:34 PM

(edited)

7:35 PM

@GormusSenex I would check a few things for that value, if you wanted to this proper

7:35 PM

I would find how UE4 replicates the value and conditionally send the valid count to players in the same tribe

yeah

7:48 PM

xD

7:48 PM

id leave it alone i guess

7:48 PM

but yeah it would be funny (edited)

Hello, is it normal that when I want to get all the items in the player inventory, it give me also all engrams he can craft ? inventory->InventoryItemsField(); Thanks for the help

u have to do

c++
!item->bIsEngram()()

8:09 PM

where item is a UPrimalItem

Thank you, will try that

Any1 tried wrapping the shootergame.exe in a Windows Service, so it runs as a windows service? I did, and it works fine sort-of. only problem is, my plugin wont connect to my database. if i run it "normally" it connects fine, but somehow it cant connect from inside the service wrapper. any1 got experience with that ? and to make sure its not a connection-string issue, ive hardcoded user and password in the plugin for testing purposes. (edited)

You don't need to do that (edited)

1:07 PM

DM me...

This is kinda out there, but is there any way to interact with the player handheld maps from the server side? I'm pretty sure that stuff is stored locally, but didnt know if there might be a way to clear waypoints or add them.

The waypoints are client sided @Ras

bummer

how do one make a own message in the "welcome box" ?

@GormusSenex do you mean the motd?

yup

There's commands for it

and im not asking how to make another motd

The MoTD is fairly limited

9:26 AM

you can basically just set it

9:26 AM

or show it to people at will

9:26 AM

it's hard coded that way.

ahh ok. but can i change the actual message then on-the-fly ?

You can without a plugin

9:27 AM

there's a command for it

9:27 AM

If you wanted it automatic either execute the command

9:27 AM

or reverse engineer what the command does

is it the ShowMessageOfTheDay ur talking about ?

that shows

9:28 AM

you want to set it

ahh SetMessageOfTheDay

How can we get Character Name from APrimalCharacter ?

12:28 PM

I have tried APrimalCharacter->NameField(); //this returns the character class name APrimalCharacter->GetDescriptiveName(); //this returns "PrimalCharacter Lvl - 49" (edited)

12:29 PM

I have attempted to cast to AShooterPlayerController in a very desperate attempt.........dont know why I thought it would work......

FString name = "";

            AShooterPlayerController* controller = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(steam_id);
            if (controller && controller->GetPlayerCharacter())
                name = controller->GetPlayerCharacter()->PlayerNameField();

(edited)

the player is offline, not sure thats going to work

12:41 PM

I know it works for online players, but in this case the player is offline

do you have their AShooterCharacter ?

I have APrimalCharacter* _this

for online players I get the AShooterPlayerController like this from APrimalCharacter* OnlinePlayer

const auto player_controller = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindControllerFromCharacter(reinterpret_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(OnlinePlayer));

but it fails for offline players as I think it does not exists when player is offline. but since Ark can display an offline players name ......there must be a way to access it (edited)

if you can get the AShooterCharacter you will have the name

yeah thanks got this to work FString characterName = (reinterpret_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(_this))->PlayerNameField(); (edited)

1:33 PM

thanks @WETBATMAN

Trying to determine when a cryopod is thrown to release a dino. I know there are some checks happening after it is thrown which if there is not enough room to spawn the dino like "Cannot Deploy: Can't Fit" but i'm struggling to find where these checks are happening. Looking through decompiled source etc. Anyone have any experience with this?

I may have found something for this as the crypod is treated as an exploding projectile.

A lot of the cryopod is made in blueprint

6:31 PM

That’s going to be a tad harder to hook

Anyone have a IDA db of ark ?

Just let ida run for a few hrs

And it will figure out the names on it's own ? (edited)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QQuKvYAQlw6vH_DsPpXCA_MQvLaev8tN

ShooterGameServer.i64

7:02 PM

yes

7:02 PM

but if u don't wanna wait

7:02 PM

here it is

Thanks much apriciated

7:02 PM

the only resource i found was on unknowncheats

7:03 PM

https://www.unknowncheats.me/forum/general-programming-and-reversing/266516-ark-harvesting-resource-esp.html

ARK Harvesting/Resource ESP

Hello everyone! First off I just want to say that I am very thankful that I found this forum. I have learned a lot in the past week just from this for...

I'm trying to find a specific event and after OnExplode it is calling ProcessEvent but not sure what. ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterProjectile::OnExplode(const FHitResult & Result) Line 18373 ShooterGameServer.exe!AActor::ProcessEvent(UFunction * Function, void * Parameters) Line 636

are you trying to decompile the server or client lol

7:04 PM

@KillZone

Im trying to figure out what function is called when you upload a item to the ark tribute , so server tiredoflife

(edited)

7:05 PM

Im only toes deep in IDA and im following along this guys google meet lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYDK5IJphPU&list=WL&index=6&t=1670s

Juan Sacco

Reverse Engineering with IDA PRO from scratch #1

7:06 PM

Since that apears to be the best way to figure out how stuff is called and i did do a semester of Assembly in uni so i should be able to cobble it together

7:06 PM

Thanks again for the db @WETBATMAN

@KillZone we have a PDB for servers

7:52 PM

what?

I didn't know that existed

8:03 PM

Would you mind linking to it ?

wdym

8:15 PM

it's in the server folder

Ah i see i forgot i dragged it in when installing the API

8:16 PM

Alright cool il go and finish this guys lecture and see if i manage to find something

hm ?

8:16 PM

wdym it's in there by default

The video i linked

8:16 PM

Oh that

8:17 PM

Was it not in the ark server api zip file you download from the website ? thonk

@KillZone after you load ShooterGameServer.exe into IDA, go to File->LoadFile-> PDB File

4:35 AM

4:36 AM

then, in the same path u found shootergameserver.exe you should see shootergameserver.pdb

4:36 AM

just load that

4:36 AM

on top of exe

Thanks this is the only thing that I could get a ping for in 4 in the morning and that would make me happy, steve2

4:38 AM

Will give it a try first thing Tomorrow

4:40 AM

( I am unironically saying thanks )

XD

4:40 AM

It'll take a little bit to load but once it's done you'll be able to find functions a lot easier

4:47 AM

Q: how does the ark Linux server function? Does it use mono? If so could you do LD_PRELOAD or something similar?

9:19 PM

I'm pretty sure it'd be possible to add Linux support, even if it ends up requiring binary patches...

9:22 PM

Or even just wrapping the application would probably be feasible for loading in the API and hooking the correct functions, wouldn't it?

@Plazmaz you can't at all add Linux support (edited)

10:54 PM

they don't ship debugging symbols / PDB

10:55 PM

so there's no way to find functions other than manually finding each function offset by hand.

10:55 PM

The Linux server is also a native binary for Linux

Ah okay. Yeah you'd have to do some sort of crazy control flow matching or something for Linux

Is it Possible to teleport a o player when he joins? And also when is is new?

someone also has problems with the latest ark patch and the api? looks like it broke the api.

yeah same, even after the API was removed i still crashed

without api

10:29 AM

same crash

well i can boot without api ....

10:29 AM

seems to be an issue with PDB they released (it doesn't match the game files)

@Michidu v310.29 -BUG

10:29 AM

ALL BOOMM

so that would crash with and without api?

no, without api it works

i still got the same crash on a non API implemented server

maybe you didn't remove it correctly?

the 3 files that come with the api i removed, verified files and started

10:31 AM

i take it thats not correct?

check version.dll just in case

need to install fresh vanilla and go from there

but yeah, i just looked at your screenshot and api is not loaded so your issue must be coming from mods

the fix for the api will be difficult?

devs released wrong PDB, so i can't do anything we will have to wait for new update

I thought so - and it can take some time because they don´t care much about the PDB

same crash with the mods & api disabled lol pMeh

10:42 AM

waiting for a fresh install to complete

Patch Notes: v310.29 - 15/4/2020

- Fixed multiple server crashes

might be a reason, heh

‍♂️

11:15 AM

UP

11:15 AM

Repaired

yeah, seems to be fixed now

lmao they just don't give a shit

11:24 AM

some patches ago they shipped a server update compiled in debug mode

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Glenn Dirkx

Let's deploy to production

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Its a bunch of people paid small amounts of money to do a job they would likely perform better if they get paid what the job is worth.

@KillZone haha, we have that at work. every new employee in our department is mandated to watch that one

its still funny even after watching it for the 10th time hahaha

Yeah i usualy do unit testing where i can and just automate it with jenkins

11:29 AM

and a seperate "live" branch on git that jenkins deploys when it sees a new commit made to it

"what about backup" "ye, they were on the nice to have list" that one cracks us all up cuz we've been there

my only backups are proxmox snapshots of the vm monkaSS

11:30 AM

10gb

11:30 AM

and to top it off "we have performance review next week" HAHAHAHA

11:33 AM

"all this machine learning garbage that somehow resultats in a graph" - ohh yea !!!

my nerves

Getting constant crashes on our servers aswell

9:37 PM

Ark's recent update created a massive memory leak

9:37 PM

ye it's leaking pretty bad

No apparent memory leaking here with 24 players online. Only using cross server chat, permissions and suicide plugins. (edited)

ArkShop - AutoDecay - ExtendedRcon - Permissions - RconCrossServerChat on our 5 servers and none have memory leaking

Any1 having issues with dealyed execute ?

6:39 PM

delayed*

6:40 PM

sry, recurring execute

bunch of plugins use it tho

ok, so if its a big thing im guessing ppl will notify about it.

6:46 PM

ok , must have been a null issue even tho i chk for it. it crashed here:

c++
ArkApi::IApiUtils :
template <typename T, typename... Args>
  void SendNotification(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, FLinearColor color, float display_scale, float display_time, UTexture2D* icon, const T* msg, Args&&... args)
  {
    if (player_controller)
    {
      FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));

-> Crashed here -> player_controller->ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom(&text, color, display_scale, display_time, icon, nullptr);
    }
}

Anyone have any idea what function to hook onto for when you upload a item to the ark tribute inventory ?

10:41 PM

I've tried ClientOnArkTributeItemsAdded_Implementation OnArkTributeItemsRemoved ClientOnArkTributeItemsAdded (edited)

10:42 PM

None are called when adding in a item

@KillZone I can look

Using IDA ?

yes

Aight i'd appriciate it i tried doing some IDA tooday havent gotten it to fully work yet

Ok so after a bit of detective work ( and by that i mean guessing based off what i see in ida ) ™️ (pattent pending) it would appear OnArkTributeItemsAdded is only called on (edited)

11:58 PM

Those 2

11:59 PM

So only when you upload your charachter to the ark and when the server finishes saving it ( ? )

so void __thiscall ClientOnArkTributeItemsAdded_Implementation(UPrimalInventoryComponent *this) isnt working ?

I assume it does but not the way i imagined it did, from the xrefs provided in IDA it's for when you upload your charachter to the ark

12:06 AM

Il test it now

i would have guessed its that one or OnArkTributeItemsAdded. but if u tried them then i donno

im dry testing since launching the server with ida errors out

12:07 AM

Tested that one

12:07 AM

knew it sounded familiar

12:07 AM

doesn't get called

12:07 AM

eiter

have u tried this one ?

c++
void __thiscall
AddArkTributeItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent *this,FItemNetInfo *param_1,bool param_2)

12:07 AM

seems to be called from OnArkTribute ItemsAdded

Isn't that just to add a item to the player's ark ?

at what point r u trying to hook ?

Well prior to when a item is added

that is the one i would assume. cuz the last call in that function is AddToArkTribueInventory

so something that would ideally take a boolean as a return parameter to indicate allowing / disallowing item to be uploaded

that method is checking wheter theres enough room and if so, adds to tribute. so i would guess its the one (edited)

Il hook onto it see what / when it's called

Bingo

12:18 AM

it get's called

12:19 AM

But it's in the "ARK DATA" section no clue if it should be in the Tribute

12:20 AM

but in case someone searches the messages on here ( since i do often ) transfer items hook tribute data ; Hook onto AddArkTributeItem ( or RequestAddArkTributeItem ) (edited)

@KillZone

5:35 AM

the data is likely serialized at that point

5:35 AM

hence FItemNetInfo

5:35 AM

one option you could try, though a bit extreme

5:35 AM

is to crash your server on that function and read back your crash stack

5:36 AM

the crash stack will have the calling functions (hence the name stack) so you can see what is calling that function

5:38 AM

5:39 AM

basically, Unknown function was called by FError::LowLevelFatal() called by FArchiveFileReaderGeneric::InternalPrecache() .... all the way up to ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction

5:39 AM

you can actually see the ShooterGame.exe!WinMain() function as like the 4th called function

Hi. Anyone could help me tell me which hook is for tribe name change ?

@Raptross Possibly MarkTribeNameChanged , hook onto it and see if it's called if not you might need to IDA it in which case if you dont know what that even is start here https://youtu.be/bYDK5IJphPU

Juan Sacco

Reverse Engineering with IDA PRO from scratch #1

11:53 AM

@substitute Good idea haven't actually thought of that but that would have been a good idea to find out the call hierarchy

@WoolyPenguin Plugin hotloading has been fixed

4:34 PM

3.4

4:35 PM

Hasn't been uploaded yet though

4:35 PM

( sorry for the ping i cant type in #【🤹】ʀᴇꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ )

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Is there a ArkServer API v3.4 ? v3.2 is the latest on the site. I see that a plugin got upgraded with that version, so just asking around.

arkapi.3.4.rar

2.62 MB

@Raptross check github

Thanx, I didn't realize that it was updated since the site didn't show it updated.

@Raptross a dll update wasn't needed

2:34 PM

only plugins that use API need to be updated

Alright, thanx

Anyone hear about the leak of TF2 source code ?

11:46 PM

https://streamable.com/lvde3k

11:46 PM

Figured someone might be interested since IDA and all that

does someone know how to scan the structures in range at a specific location?

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#【🔷】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ʀᴇꜰꜱ

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can´t see the channel

#deleted-channel

code snippets only for advanced - okey

new hardware (edited)

10:19 AM

x)

2:40 PM

i average 400-600 seconds

2:41 PM

Is it on a nvme drive ?

2:41 PM

@substitute

Nahh...

4:19 PM

oc asf

4:23 PM

4:23 PM

Do you know that keeping your pc in the freezer is not a good idea ?

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4:24 PM

Never saw that before congrats on winning the silicone lottery (edited)

simple ln2 cooling

That do be a fast load time

4:34 PM

Lol

@KillZone

5:59 PM

Nvme pcie4 drive

Man i can only imagine the Read/Write to that

6:01 PM

I only once saw LinusTT do a win10 install on one and it took less that one min to full install

6:01 PM

boot up included

6:03 PM

oc asf

@GormusSenex It's a screenshot of der8auer's overclock lol he did cool it with liquid nitrogen xD

haha true

good spottet. it's actual a world record iirc

yea it is lol

9:53 AM

I know Roman

because I build myself a custom water loop and still having the i7 8700k OC.. and im not reaching any close to this 7.6GHz lol

18 sec start-up would be sick tho

so you've manipulated that too? lol

dont believe everything on the internet

I just showed you I don't

9:55 AM

but the time could be real

9:55 AM

I sometimes have 22 seconds

mines acutally liquid cooled too. but not reaching those speeds haha

9:55 AM

i can get low too but thats on the second startup. its like if it has been run once, then the second time is faster

@dougy Hello, your engram unlocker plugin causes often crashes in my servers

Anyone know how to correct the issue with "Private Message" plugin showing path to emote ? instead of the actual emote ?

@Cloetté You will probably get the answer first from the dev of said plugin faster

thanks.

@Pelayori hey i'll take a look at it

4:42 PM

maybe a recent update broke something

Thank you!

4:43 PM

The crash stack isn't very helpful as it shows unknown function

no worries, thanks for letting me know , ill check it out shortly (just woke up XD)

Haha ^^

hey @Pelayori did it just start breaking recently

I got it installed on 17th april

6:32 PM

And it didn't seem to have much crashes but it had some

kk, thx! ill look into it now

Appreciate it!

@Pelayori I updated it, fixed a few things as well. Once the post gets approved it should show up there to download, i'll let you know once it goes through

Will plugins compiled in C++ 20 Work with the api ?

sure

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https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/pull/36

2.58 KB

3:40 PM

How to solve this crash

4:31 PM

@Michidu

@cokll That looks like a normal game crash

5:21 PM

why would he know how to fix that ?

5:22 PM

is UnknownModule!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffbf9555d50) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] your plugin (?)

5:22 PM

if so, there is zero useful information here.

5:22 PM

We need to know the function UnknownModule!UnknownFunction (0x00007ffbf9555d50) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] to see what the crash could be if it is your own plugin.

I try to remove the API and return to normal..

5:32 PM

The crash log is not associated with any plugins

Try to verify files see if it helps

Hello everyone.. Did anyone face such errors? I'm just updated ArkApi version and trying to build Atlas release version of my plugin. For Ark that works fine.

1>d:\projects\goglootbox\goglootbox\include\api\atlas\actor.h(251): error C2011: 'FSpawnPointInfo': 'struct' type redefinition
1>d:\projects\goglootbox\goglootbox\include\api\base.h(167): note: see declaration of 'FSpawnPointInfo'
1>d:\projects\goglootbox\goglootbox\include\api\atlas\actor.h(5905): error C2011: 'UShooterDamageType': 'struct' type redefinition
1>d:\projects\goglootbox\goglootbox\include\api\base.h(202): note: see declaration of 'UShooterDamageType'
1>d:\projects\goglootbox\goglootbox\include\api\atlas\actor.h(5982): error C2011: 'UPrimalDinoSettings': 'struct' type redefinition
1>d:\projects\goglootbox\goglootbox\include\api\base.h(197): note: see declaration of 'UPrimalDinoSettings'

Actually, FSpawnPointInfo defined in base.h as follow: struct FSpawnPointInfo {}; and, actually, redefined in atlas\actor.h:

struct FSpawnPointInfo
{
    unsigned int& EntityIDField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned int*>(this, "FSpawnPointInfo.EntityID"); }
        ...
};

(edited)

12:37 PM

But it isn't redefined in ark\actor.h Do I misunderstand something or it's the Api problem?

it's a header problem

12:49 PM

remove the definition ({})

I put in a pull request to fix the issue weeks ago.

1:06 PM

'struct' type redefinition by Lethalinjectionx · Pull Request #36 ·...

The following struct's cause a 'struct' type redefinition error when compiling an ATLAS plugin. Because they are defined in API\Atlas\Actor.h struct UShooterDamageType {}; s...

That works, of course, thanks I thought I misunderstand something)

Hi guys, I'm new to this discord and to c++ (not to programming though). I should start by thanking Michidu for the API and wetbatman for the doc that allows us to get setup with VS. I spent quite a bit of time looking at the API and some other source code to learn, and I managed to build my first plugin. Not doing much, mostly playing around and see what I can do. I could set the function to catch messages from the chat and I'm having a hard time with encoding issues. I see the message is a FString and as long as I keep it there everything is ok but I completely fail at printing it correctly to the console or the API log. I've tried so many things to convert it to a string and keep the encoding but I don't seem to be able to get it right... I'm working with characters that contain accents and weird stuffs, a testing string would be "çâ". Could someone point me to some cues please?

FString.ToString()

Yeah I tried that but it breaks the string, I get weird characters instead

6:35 PM

I also understand there is a difference between the data type (string, wstring, FString) and the actual encoding inside of it. I'm under the impression the FString containing the chat message is UTF-16. I guess what I'm trying to do is to get a printable string in UTF-8 I suppose.

Look at these ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode() ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Encode()

I saw these but it didn't work, I tried again and here are some examples of what I thought would be a very simple test:

    FString msg = "hello çàûéèï";
    std:string msg_str = msg.ToString();
    std::wstring msg_ws = ArkApi::Tools::ConvertToWideStr(msg.ToString());

    cout << ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Encode(msg_ws) << '\n';
    cout << ws2s(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(msg_str)) << '\n';
    cout << ws2s(msg_ws) << '\n';

    Log::GetLog()->info(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Encode(msg_ws));
    Log::GetLog()->info(ws2s(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(msg_str)));
    Log::GetLog()->info(ws2s(msg_ws));

They all display "hello ??????"

because you're using the non unicode logger

7:00 PM

wcout is unicode

ah?

7:00 PM

fuck

also UTF8Decode is only useful if what you had initially was encoded ?

7:01 PM

which is probably not the case in your usage ?

7:01 PM

when loading configs for example that contain utf8 characters you'd use this

right, and I didn't define anything. In my case I receive a FString from the chat callback function that contains a chat message. I don't know what encoding it's using, I was under the impression it was UTF-16 looking at some other code... but really not sure.

should be UTF8

7:05 PM

FString has support for UTF8 built in

Yeah I read that somewhere too, I'll keep it in mind thanks

7:06 PM

Ok, so I switched to wcout but I'm still getting the ??????

ah you're storing a utf8 string right inside the project ?

For instance:

    FString msg = "hello çàûéèï";
    std::wstring msg_ws = ArkApi::Tools::ConvertToWideStr(msg.ToString());
    wcout << msg_ws << '\n';

there are some project settings you need to set to even get support for utf8 text inside a project

7:07 PM

i never got it to work

7:08 PM

but my customer compiled it on a chinese machine and utf8 worked right away

I have two use cases, this test above where I'm trying to get the hand of the basics, and then handling the chat message

so not sure what's up with that

oh ok

FString msg = "hello çàûéèï";

7:08 PM

this seems utf8 encoded

I tried sending the FString to a mysql DB with just ToString() and it's all scrambled in there

7:09 PM

yeah

His problem is likely the fact he was printing to the windows console

yeah so I wanted to ask about that

Which doesn’t support Unicode, it uses code pages

ok

7:10 PM

I was wondering if it was fixed to something and none of my tests would ever work

bool UpdatePlayerName(uint64 steam_id, const FString& player_new_name) override
    {
        try
        {
            return db_.query("UPDATE ShopRewards SET Name = '%s' WHERE SteamId = %I64u;", ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Encode(*player_new_name),
                steam_id);
        }
        catch (const std::exception& exception)
        {
            Log::GetLog()->error("({} {}) Unexpected DB error {}", __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, exception.what());
            return false;
        }
    }

(edited)

Try just writing the string to a file and see if it encodes correctly

this works for me

7:10 PM

it inserts utf8 into DB (edited)

You don’t have to use utf 8

7:11 PM

Unreal Engine uses utf 16 internally

yeah, that's why I thought the FString I was getting was UTF-16, I also tried to send it as such to the DB but it's all scrambled in there, maybe the visualization is not right in workbench though... I also queried it and couldn't get a proper string, yet, I was printing in the console...

7:13 PM

Thanks guys, you gave me some stuffs to try

Is your database using utf16

7:13 PM

utf16 isn’t the default character encoding

No I don't think it is, checking...

7:16 PM

(writing that I start seeing another point I neglected...)

7:17 PM

yeah utf8....

thanks again for the help, it helped me see I was building the query correctly so I started to look into how it was submitted to the DB. Long story short, turns out there is "charset" option when creating the mysql instance, I just set it to utf8 and it works now.

daotk::mysql::connect_options options;
options.charset = "utf8";

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Nice, thanks for the update @FouFou I'm also a programmer looking into building some stuff with plugin API, that will help

I'm glad it helps!

10:54 AM

also, I replaced the mysql API that came with ArkAPI with a newer version of it, there are some nice fixes and added support for the port in connect_options. I didn't check if "charset" was in the original version or came later... if it's not there, I'd suggest to use the newer implementation

How do you replace it? I'm just looking at setting up my environment now

just include the new version of the library

Can anyone think of a good place to find some demo HTTP client code? Looking to post some JSON data to an endpoint

Think I've figured it out. Is there any way to get the current servers port?

c++
    std::string GetServerPort()
    {
        // Get port number (format is <value>:<port>)
        FString fPort;
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetNetworkNumber(&fPort);

        // Regex port from string
        std::string port = fPort.ToString();

        try
        {
            std::regex re(":(.*)");
            std::smatch match;

            if (std::regex_search(port, match, re) && match.size() > 1)
            {
                return match.str(1);
            }
        }
        catch (std::regex_error & error)
        {
            Log::GetLog()->error(error.what());
        }

        return port;
    }

5:07 PM

@arkin

Thanks @GormusSenex much appreciated

@WETBATMAN

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6:49 PM

Later today, I may release a template project for the server api on Github that should compile once downloaded.

1

how to write safe threading for Network Connection(TCP/IP - local) with arkapi? currently i had some lagging, i'll hope solve it need urs recommendations (edited)

(Not sure if it's just me, i tested it multiple times with the same outcome ) Note for anyone working with "AShooterGameState.AllowDownloadDino_Implementation" , the function isn't called just for downloading of dinos, it's called for both uploads and downloads causing bad values to be passed when it's called for dino upload

5:22 PM

Instead use AShooterPlayerController.ServerDownloadDino

Morning all, I've created my first plugin but when I go to reboot the server I get "Unable to load .... Error code: 1114" , quick search of the forum states check JSON but I don't load a json file :/

Onit the log ?

10:04 AM

Onit*

10:04 AM

....

10:04 AM

Init

You've lost me? I'm new to this

10:05 AM

05/14/20 08:58 [API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Failed to load plugin - TestPlugin
Error code: 1114

Are you using the ark api logger ?

Only to state the plugin is loaded, otherwise no

You need to init the log

10:09 AM

Not on my PC ayl5m

10:09 AM

Atm*

10:10 AM

When you get the log there is a init function that takes a string as a parameter

Ahhhhhhhh

10:10 AM

Log::Get().Init("")

Yessir

I have the wrong name in there

That's the one make sure it's called I got that error for the same reason

It's called, but with the wrong name, so I'll take a look - thanks Luka

:+1:

Not that, could it be because I don't have a PluginInfo?

Give it a try it could be but I doubt it

Nope, not that :/

10:30 AM

It's weird because plugins.load xx works

then you use something which is not yet initialized on server load (edited)

Ah, good one!

10:39 AM

Could that be the server port?

And that was it - thanks.

do you get it from GameMode ?

11:17 AM

if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetStatus() == ArkApi::ServerStatus::Ready)

11:17 AM

check if the server is running on load

11:17 AM

make a function for getting server port

11:17 AM

and call it directly from here if server is running

11:18 AM

otherwise hook a function that's called when the server is about to fully init and get the game port

11:18 AM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame(AShooterGameMode* a_shooter_game_mode, FString* map_name, FString* options,
    FString* error_message)

11:18 AM

this func is pretty good for that

I do it on the InitGame one, after calling "standard". Works fine.

you don't call it from load ?

Hmm, now im not sure. Let me check...

if you don't also call it from load, on loading while the server is running your server won't get the game port

No, calling it after InitGame(..)

11:30 AM

And I do get the game port

yes but that hook won't be called if your plugin is loaded after the server has started

Im not following... ?

11:31 AM

I never had an issue calling it after InitGame

that's not what i'm saying

11:32 AM

if someone loads your plugin via plugins.load PluginName

11:32 AM

it won't get the game port

11:32 AM

because this function will not be called

11:32 AM

the server has already started

Who should that "someone" be ?

maybe even you while testing

I might not have made myself clear

I'm hooking into InitGame and calls it in there, after calling super (ie. standard InitGame)

11:34 AM

So it will always be loaded

11:35 AM

(calling super might be a bad word. That's what it's called in x++ when u call out and wait for standard to return

)

that's only true if your plugin is loaded normally, (on server startup)

I dont do reload if thats what ur referring to

11:37 AM

and isnt plugin-load-on-startup the only option to load a plugin besides reload ?

yes that's what i was saying, reload wouldn't work unless you also get port from the load function if the server is already running

then we agree

and since i dont use reload, mine always work

@WETBATMAN Appreciate the hook, I was looking for this and could not find. I've reverted to setting the port when it is first called then using the cached port on all subsequent. It is only first called when a player event happens to safe to say the port is available then

11:42 AM

In my case plugins.load was working because port was always available, plugin on server setup was failing because I was trying to get the port on init, and the port wasn't available

11:43 AM

It's like taking a step back in time doing c++ not sure how I feel about it lol

This is what I do:

c++
void Hook_AShooterGameMode_InitGame(AShooterGameMode* a_shooter_game_mode, FString* map_name, FString* options, FString* error_message)
{
  AShooterGameMode_InitGame_original(a_shooter_game_mode, map_name, options, error_message);
  
  Zones::ServerId = fmt::format(L"{0}:{1}", Helper::GetSetting_string("ServerIP").c_str(), Helper::GetServerPort().c_str());
}

(edited)

Nice

11:44 AM

That's essentially what @WETBATMAN said I think

ye

Can you explain what the .c_str() does, I'm struggling with the FString and such types a little

u can get server ip by calling out also, but i just keep it in a config. easier

11:45 AM

c_str() turns it into an FString (or wide string to be exact i think - not sure - it works, soo

)

haha, that's pretty much how i've been winging it

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@WETBATMAN Do u know how to check whether or not a structure is inside a cave, ie. having added damage ?

it should have it as a variable/field i'd check the APrimalStructure_TakeDamage function in IDA

hey guys can anyone tell me what Killer->IsLocalController() does ?

what is killer

bool _cdecl Hook_AShooterCharacter_Die(AShooterCharacter* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser)

bool __fastcall AController::IsLocalController(AController *this)
{
  AController *v1; // rbx

  v1 = this;
  return TEnumAsByte<enum  ESlateColorStylingMode::Type>::operator enum  ESlateColorStylingMode::Type((TEnumAsByte<enum ETickingGroup> *)&this->RemoteRole) != 2
      && TEnumAsByte<enum  EMovementMode>::operator==((TEnumAsByte<enum EWorldType::Type> *)&v1->Role, Zeros);
}

11:01 PM

this is the decompiled func but not fully sure what it does

11:01 PM

lol

lol..

11:01 PM

My first thought is it might be detecting if its the core killing the player e.g. they meshed or something

11:01 PM

just wanted clarification

no

where do you get the decompiled funcs from @WETBATMAN ?

if world kills actor

11:02 PM

then it's DamageCauser

11:02 PM

stuff like Lava and c4 and stuff

hmm ok

11:02 PM

Maybe someone on localhost, e.g. singleplayer?

the decompiled funcs can be found in IDA

IDA?

11:03 PM

I'm a newb to all of this

yeah hex rays IDA PRO x64 decompiler

11:03 PM

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:169DFE1E10161FFA82B786BF89F05AEA6BCD4510&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt2.t-ru.org%2Fann%3Fmagnet&dn=IDA%20Pro%207.0.170914%20WIN%5CMAC%20x64%20%2B%20Hex-Rays%20Decompilers%20(x86%2C%20x64%2C%20ARM%2C%20ARM64)%20%5B2017%2C%20ENG%5D

11:03 PM

here

oooooh, interesting

btw, why do you need this function are you trying to do something specific or just exploring ?

A bit of everything, I'm going to start recording player and dino kills, with some specific information

11:04 PM

for a leaderboard/stats page

11:04 PM

(I'm primarily a web dev)

ah sounds cool

which brings me on to my next question, any info on what ->GetRidingDino() returns?

11:05 PM

Only thing I can find is that I can ...->GetDinoDescriptiveName() which seems to return name (Dino)

there is a way to get blueprint

11:06 PM

ShopRewards plugin source has it

11:06 PM

let me find it

11:06 PM

FString GetDinoBlueprint(UObjectBase* dino)
    {
        if (dino && dino->ClassField())
        {
            FString path_name;
            dino->ClassField()->GetDefaultObject(true)->GetFullName(&path_name, nullptr);

            if (int find_index = 0; path_name.FindChar(' ', find_index))
            {
                path_name = "Blueprint'" + path_name.Mid(find_index + 1,
                                                         path_name.Len() - (find_index + (path_name.EndsWith(
                                                                                              "_C", ESearchCase::CaseSensitive)
                                                                                              ? 3
                                                                                              : 1))) + "'";
                return path_name.Replace(L"Default__", L"", ESearchCase::CaseSensitive);
            }
        }

        return FString("");
    }

11:06 PM

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ShopRewards/ShopRewards/DinoRewards.cpp#L8

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ShopRewards/ShopRewards/DinoRewards.cpp#L70

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Hmm, I'm looking to get level ideally, scouring all the available plugin sources myself

11:08 PM

anything core game cant seem to find any documentation on

ShopRewards also gets level

11:09 PM

const int dino_level = char_comp->BaseCharacterLevelField() + char_comp->ExtraCharacterLevelField();

11:09 PM

https://tlcbark.com/servers

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

11:09 PM

here

woop, thanks

Morning all, I'm trying to limit my questions so apologies but there isn't a ton of documentation

10:51 AM

*ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(Player).Replace(L"{}", L"")

10:51 AM

I've not been doing the .Replace(...), is this essentially the same as .toString() ? (edited)

are you trying to get an std::string of a player name ?

I've no idea, I just see it a lot

11:47 AM

I am using the json.cpp helper, which wants a std::string

11:48 AM

So I use .ToString()

yeah that's correct

ok

11:57 AM

but what does the replace do?

11:57 AM

I see it a lot

can you provide an example ?

above^

12:07 PM

*ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(Player).Replace(L"{}", L"")

yes but where it’s used heh

Ohh

12:08 PM

    for (TWeakObjectPtr<APlayerController> PlayerCon : player_controllers)
    {
        AShooterPlayerController* Player = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(PlayerCon.Get());
        if (Player) Players += Counter++ == 0 ? FString::Format(L"{} ({})", *ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(Player).Replace(L"{}", L""), ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetSteamIDForPlayerID(Player->LinkedPlayerIDField())) : FString::Format(L", {} ({})", *ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(Player).Replace(L"{}", L""), ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetSteamIDForPlayerID(Player->LinkedPlayerIDField()));
    }

12:08 PM

looks like an RCON reply

it's used for format in this case

12:11 PM

.ToString() is all you need to convert into std::string from FString

Yeah

c++
bool Hook_AShooterCharacter_Die(AShooterCharacter* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
  // ...
  const uint64 killer_steam_id = ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetSteamIdFromController(Killer);
  AShooterPlayerController* killer_controller = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(killer_steam_id);
  auto* killer_primal_character = static_cast<APrimalCharacter*>(killer_controller->CharacterField());
  UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* killer_char_component = killer_primal_character->MyCharacterStatusComponentField();
  // The bit below is wrong if the player is riding a Dino...
  int KillerPlayerLevel = killer_char_component->BaseCharacterLevelField() + killer_char_component->ExtraCharacterLevelField();
}

(edited)

3:02 PM

On this hook, if the player is riding a dino, I get the dino level and not the player.

3:02 PM

Is there any way to get the player level? It all looks correct to me.

3:03 PM

The function is larger, I've removed unrelated code.

@substitute Bit late since i haven't worked on it but i did as you described here https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/701274688063799318 and not too sure what to grab onto , Any tips ?

what is on line 31 in JMNTransferHooks.cpp (edited)

It was the throw; statement

6:32 PM

to make it crash so i could get the call stack

6:32 PM

Im trying to get something that even has a hint as to what server a player is traveling to in clustered servers

6:33 PM

That's one of the functions that gets called during said process

6:33 PM

AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestDownloadPlayerCharacter_Implementation , AShooterPlayerController_IsValidArkTributePlayerDownloadForThisServer , AShooterPlayerController_ClientPlayerIsValidToDownload_Implementation are all not even called before, during, or after the server travel

6:34 PM

Assumed they would since they all have a FArkTributePlayerData param in them

execServerUploadCurrrentCharactetAndItems

6:54 PM

@KillZone

6:54 PM

That seems to be the upload , it could be possible if that isn’t working for you then

6:54 PM

It is possible you’re hooking too high in the stack

6:55 PM

What I mean is you want to find B in this A>B>C (edited)

6:55 PM

But your hook , H is placed here

6:55 PM

A>H>B>C

6:55 PM

You may have to keep looking

6:56 PM

I can look

Possible, il try hooking onto something lower , maybe the regular function without the _implementation

UPrimalLocalProfile::AddArkTributeItem

7:19 PM

for item upload @KillZone

7:21 PM

UPrimalLocalProfile::AddArkTributePlayerData is for player character

Did you dig it up in IDA ?

yes

7:22 PM

Looks like there is no escape from using IDA

7:23 PM

Yeah will give it a shot in a hot sec need to wait for the server to boot

7:29 PM

Er what address is it at ?

7:29 PM

The function

7:31 PM

Found it

The API doesn't seem to have a struct defined for ArkItem correct ? (edited)

not all structs are dumped

Any hints on how i can get the definition of ArkItem ? ...

you need IDA

Got that

under local types find it and click edit

7:58 PM

8:05 PM

Doesn't appear to show in there , il keep looking

then it doesn't exist

Think i found what it might be

/* 24665 */
struct __cppobj FArkInventoryData
{
  TArray<FArkTributeInventoryItem,FDefaultAllocator> ArkItems;
  TArray<FARKTributeDino,FDefaultAllocator> ArkTamedDinosData;
  TArray<FArkTributePlayerData,FDefaultAllocator> ArkPlayerData;
};

I created a header file containing all the structs that's the only place it's defined as "ArkItems"

8:11 PM

Will pass that to declare hook il report back if that works

you can add it into API headers

8:12 PM

they're local to every plugin anyway

Will do

@WETBATMAN

8:28 PM

wrote my own FMemory class

8:29 PM

with templates

8:30 PM

res->Data = FMemory::Realloc(res->Data, size, 0);

8:30 PM

    template <typename T>
    static T Realloc(T Original, size_t Count, unsigned int Alignment)
    {
        return (T) Realloc(Original, Count, Alignment);
    }

Hey, does anyone own RPS plugin here?

If someone can help me, I bought the RPS plugin from https://ark-server-api.com/resources/rps.113/ - The support button takes me to discord.me where I should be able to join owners discord, which seems to have expired. And the guy did not get on the api site for over a month lol. Could really use an invite

RPS

Player has own progress based on actions Current available actions: Harvest: when player do harvest Kill: when player kill character/structure Ride: when player ride on dino Tame: when player tame dino To understand how it works we'll use...

I have a question about conflicting plugins. If anyone is available to help me?

I am running ark api. I have these plugins and one of them is crashing my server and I can't figure out which one. Its so bad now that my servers won't even boot up anymore. AllEngrams, ArkAdvert, ArkShop, DinoColors, DinoColourcommand, ExtendedRcon, KillFeed, Lottery, Mutes, NameControl, NewPlayerProtection, NoWander, Permissions, PointLimiter, PrivateMessage, StructureLimit, TribeSlotCooldown, & VoteRewards. I know its not ArkShop or Permissions as the server will run great with just those two. But one of the other ones is causing issues.

remove all

8:46 AM

install one at a time until crashes

2

Thats what I'm doing right now

18 plugins damn !!

Down to 12 now. Couldnt figure out which one was the issue.

Nothing in the logs?

6:31 PM

Or the crash message?

No, I use host havoc so there is no logs or crash messages. Servers wouldn't load at all.

1:34 AM

I'm running into a new problem where Structures Limit isn't working. It recognizes foundations and walls but not blueprint paths.

1:34 AM

So frustrated.

@ꐕꐕ what isnt working ? (its not my plugin tho)

10:26 AM

im guessing its the collect thing that isnt working

so, could someone help me make a "hello world" pretty much, i want to use VSCode and i just want to learn how to compile the code for arkapi

have u checked the #deleted-channel ?

nope

wrong channel

10:28 AM

anyway in one of those channels theres a well explained how-to

10:29 AM

check them all and u'll find it

10:29 AM

i cant remember which one

10:29 AM

ahh, top post in #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ

thanks

10:33 AM

i have a pretty basic need, i have DiscordIntegrator by Wooly, and just installed KillFeed, i'm trying to make the chat messages from the killfeed be captured and sent to discord by DiscordIntegrator, can i make this modifying KillFeed which is opensourced?

None of Wooly's code is open source afaik

i know, but KillFeed is opensourced, so i'm guessing that probably the SendMessage call it makes i can change that to try to make a message that simulates being a player's message or something so Wolly's plugin catches it

I dont know how Wooly made his discord integrator, but it isnt hard to make ur own

No point really talking from one plugin to another, just implement the discord stuff into your own

i have very little experience on Windows's and C++ sorry

basically just capture all messages and send it to the discord url

10:37 AM

then u got a mountain ahead of u

Any coding skills @Hsilamot ?

yeah i know, and the chance i need is, like nothing and i would like to avoid having to do all that work xD

pay some india coder to do it. prolly 10$ max

yeah, plenty, i'm pretty sure i can do the discord bot, idk in 1 week or two learning all the basics of c++ and stuff

10:38 AM

You know where i can find one?

10:38 AM

like, i really really have a lot of needs and i'm depending a lot on wooly's plugins atm xD

i was jk'ing

dont think any1 offers to code in ark plugin for 10$ :p

well, proably not 10

@Hsilamot I've been using ownprox and michidus plugins to piece together my own, its a good starting point

ye

i started about 2 weeks ago, no prior c++ knowledge, but coding skills

10:39 AM

i have a fully working plugin now

10:39 AM

few hours max spent

i already have an infrastructure but i want to focus more on selling and creating the ideas than coding

heh i bet, i'd love to do that too

Like, right now i have a pretty complex setup

plz dont say 18 plugins

i use woly's bot to send the ingame messages to MySQL and from there i have a Discord bot that does the sync

10:40 AM

Basically if your name in Discord is "A" and in game is "B", then you speak in discord in game appears as "B" and vice-versa

Did you code the discord bot?

yep

Ah man, you are half way there

ohh nice. so u send discord message back to the server ?

yes, from discord back to ark

i only made from ark -> discord not vice versa

people have been asking for the killfeed but i want to make it global

dont u get a lot of spam if ppl can write in discord to the server ??

well my community is small, about 1k people so, chat is active, but not overwelming

kk

10:44 AM

ig u dont got all the toxic kids then

oh no no, i have a great Admin team, they keep them under check

1

10:45 AM

i'm not talking like banning or muting i'm talking about destroying them on ark pvp xD lol

10:45 AM

community loves seeing toxic kids ragequitting the server

hmm... admin abuse im guessing ? dont like that - at all

no, that's the great part, basically they're really good at the game

ofc they r... they r admins

some conflicts have been taken up to officials with the same results

people always call out admin abuse for loosing that hard but they loose all the same on officials so, well , game stories and what not

curiously, i have joined several ark related discords, but i don't see "aceman" here, i think i have seen him on a lot of servers

ive been admin abused on official twice... they came in, found us, and dev wiped us

i have heard of that but haven't seen it personally

no more xbox ark for me hahaha

shame that happens on officials

2 banned acocunt and im out

you got banned?

i have a clip of the one time where i was looking in our vault... and then vault and entire base was gone... and i died... did not know what happend until i saw an admin notification

10:49 AM

small tribe official on valguero 2 montgs in

10:49 AM

months*

What i have seen is people abusing the report system and doing false claims to get adminwipes on enemies

10:50 AM

but, wildcard will be wildcard and god bless private servers

no, it wasnt a false report by our "enemies". it was true. but i never heard of that rule actually being followed. On small tribes u cant team with others, but ppl do it everyday. so did we. so did our enemies (we just didnt report it). then apparently wildcard thought that now was a good time to enforce the rule and they dev wiped us for teaming. never heard of any1 getting dev wiped for that be4 and since...

ahh

thats when i quit xbox

i have heard of it multiple times, but i blame it on the statistics and capacity of wildcard

10:52 AM

like, if i have a rule and i don't have enough Admins to enforce it all trough my servers, when, i probably only enforce it on 10% of the population at a time

ye on pc. but not on xbox

so it becomes a matter of luck and from any normal Person's POV it's never going to get banned from that

i also told my kids "no more xbox - we going pc" and we sold our 5 xbox's haha. my wife was happy to begin with, but now we all got pc and she's back to square one

smart move, xboxes are awful (edited)

yup

my friends played ARK on xbox so I joined them

10:55 AM

lasted a day

10:55 AM

what a different experience

yeah, i purchased mine, never use it and i regret the purchase

i still play ark with a controller tho

heh

i had high hopes for the kinect

@Hsilamot I got live kill feed to website working on my community and realtime player log

10:55 AM

spent max 10 hours of something with the help from this channel too

u cant shake 4 yrs of ark on controller easily off

player log?

join/part

ahh i have that already

10:56 AM

all realtime, no refresh needed

10:56 AM

kills appear in cluster events

10:56 AM

including dino kills

you can do that just with RCON

not in realtime

10:56 AM

you have to ping rcon every <x> seconds?

pretty much

yea didn't fancy that

on my integration the info is also pushed to the Mysql server

our servers send events when they happen so im not pinging endlessly

10:57 AM

I ping once every 15 minutes to make sure data is accurate

10:57 AM

also get global chat into database

10:57 AM

just need to filter out commands lol

lol

10:58 AM

i don't want to put too much time into this, like, i already do programming for a job, not really on the mood to code more xD

heh, so you want to pay someone?

well, if he's not gonna charge me like 300 usd for that yeah

11:00 AM

i have plenty of ideas for like a "centralized" plugin for my servers, and i could pay something "normal" idk

well it's your best bet, i'd contact plugin authors maybe even wooly that you mentioned, asking about paying for something

11:01 AM

bc you don't want to learn/code yourself

he doesn't seem interested at all and i think i suggested the idea to webtatman i think it's the name

11:02 AM

but yeah, i guess that if i don't find anyone i'm gonna have to do it myself

@WETBATMAN

yup

11:03 AM

the tutorial seems pretty straight forward tho, i don't like having to download another IDE tho xD i like the simplicity of VsCode

the IDE will help, you are going to get build errors

yeah and i guess it's going to be way more complex to compile using just vscode

11:04 AM

since i'm guessing that i need to use .net framework's executables to do it

I've not idea, but in terms of getting started there is a youtube video which helps you set up paths to the libs you need

how familiar are you with Windows's API?

then you build, and copy the .dll into the plugin directory

yeah i was reading the doc tutorial with the instructions, seems pretty straight forward

I'm the wrong person to be asking, I use and develop on a Mac, only game on a windows PC lol

lol

ok ok ok, ill do it. not charging 300$ an hr. only 250

11:10 AM

lol xD, hope you can do a lot in one hour

not rly. im a c++ noob too. everything takes forever to make for me

You don’t need visual studio

7:35 PM

Code will work fine as long as you have a c++ compiler

7:36 PM

There is no need to bring .net dependencies in

7:36 PM

Are you a web developer? @Hsilamot

Yes

Guessed so

why is that?

Visual studio code but no visual studio

3:07 AM

Also the small confusion between c++ and .net framework requirement

As fas as i know .net has a c++ compiler

Yes but basically no one uses it

3:14 AM

If you mean the managed c++

3:14 AM

Visual studio has a compiler for c++ but it’s not dependent on .net

ah, i tought .net had a compiler itself

can anyone point me in the direction of a hook for tribe logs?

9:40 AM

not the data, but more the event when a new log entry is posted

#【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ

10:35 AM

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/arkapi-c-hook-generator-tool.761/

?

12:34 PM

Do you know the hook name ?

no, there are guides on how to find them

Yeah, I've tried with no luck so far

1:30 PM

I just thought someone might know as I assume its a hook because I see a discord tribe log, but can't find the source for it

you can recompile the API to print what hooks it creates and then load that tibe log relay plugin

‍♂️

Interesting, thanks

1:33 PM

Do you have any idea @WETBATMAN ?

you can search by name

evil idea^^ probably you need this hook: AShooterGameMode::AddToTribeLog

sounds fairly obvious then, let me try again

1:35 PM

oh ok thanks @Michidu I'm pretty sure one of my searches was "TribeLog"

1:35 PM

hmm :/

why is it evil ? XD

can see hooks from any plugin, lol

haha yea it's the point XD

Yeah, I get what he means, there is a certain amount of reverse engineering I probably could have done, but this C++ is all a bit new for me

1:37 PM

So just thought someone might be able to give me a keyword as you did @Michidu so cheers, and nice work on the plugin API

1:38 PM

Btw that came up straight away

so obvious, Github search failed me I think

Hi guys, some players cant see their kits? sometimes they can, sometimes they cant. Any ideas how to fix this?

6:49 PM

or what is causing this

arkshop btw

Check Permissions

but he likes sees none of the kits,

7:03 PM

i have a lot of default kits also, and his permissions also are correct

Can StructuresLimit plugin be reloaded in runtime?

plugins.unload & plugins.load ?

I mean if it uses timers cause don't want servers to crash

I have an issue with a plugin i developed. mostly rubber ducking here, but i have it installed on two servers. the one server it works

12:31 AM

the other server throws error 126

12:31 AM

the only thing it references at all is Permissions, and that is installed and identical on both servers

12:31 AM

anyone experienced something like this before?

Missing dependency VS Runtime or plugin

they're both hosted through the same service, hosthavoc. I'd need to install the VS Runtime on their server, then?

12:35 AM

or have them do it?

126 is dependency issue

Its odd, because that server it doesn't work on is running ARKShop, ShopRewards and ARK MAGA.

12:36 AM

Compiles and runs on my test server, loads up fine and works.

12:38 AM

Sorry, I am listening. I know 126 is dependency, I just can't figure out why it works on one place and not the other when everything is seemingly identical

What VS version is the plugin compiled with?

VS2019 with C++ Language standard set to 120 c++17 standard

12:39 AM

set to ISO** not 120

So, if you have the permission plugins on both servers the only difference is probably the runtime files are not on the server that doesn't work. (edited)

yeah so being a commercial provider, I'd have to open a support ticket to have the VS runtime installed

12:43 AM

is it recommended to use VS2019 for API development or should I be using an older version?

I use VS19 for mine.

vs2017 is fine

alright, thanks. So I've either gotta get that runtime installed or recompile in VS2017 I guess.

I think you can just retarget your plugin to 2017 via the Platform Toolset in the project properties

trying to find that platform toolset right now

12:58 AM

so i dont have to install a whole new version of VS lol

Hello

Is AgitoReiKen still active in the ASI community?

Quick sanity check, im writing a custom hook not defined in the API for eggs, is this correct ?

C++
struct ABiomeZoneVolume {};
struct ADroppedItemEgg : ADroppedItem {
        TSubclassOf<APrimalEmitterSpawnable> SpawnDinoEmitter;
        float IndoorsHypoThermalInsulation;
        float IndoorsHyperThermalInsulation;
        float EggThermalInsulationTemperatureMultiplier;
        unsigned __int32 bIsEggTooHot : 1;
        unsigned __int32 bIsEggTooCold : 1;
        ABiomeZoneVolume* MyBiomeZone;
        long double LastInsulationCalcTime;
        float HyperThermalInsulation;
        float HypoThermalInsulation;
    };


DECLARE_HOOK(ADroppedItemEgg_Tick, void, ADroppedItemEgg*, float);
void Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick(ADroppedItemEgg* _this, float deltaSeconds)
    {
        
        Log::GetLog()->info("Called egg tick!");
        ADroppedItemEgg_Tick_original(_this, deltaSeconds);
    }
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("ADroppedItemEgg.Tick", &Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick, &ADroppedItemEgg_Tick_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("ADroppedItemEgg.Tick", &Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick);

(edited)

6:12 PM

That compiles and runs, main issue is it's never called

6:12 PM

Which i dont think is possible unless there is a issue with the code

uh

6:13 PM

it should be called

6:14 PM

as for the args, I don't know about minhook, but Detours doesn't care if they don't match (though it could cause problems)

6:14 PM

2 things

6:14 PM

is the log init'd

6:14 PM

and sethook and disablehook happen in load/unload right

Log is initiallized and yes to the load unload

6:15 PM

There are other hooks that get loaded / unloaded i just put that one in aswell

Can you scaffold your own C++ project using Detours?

6:15 PM

You could always try to find the function address with Detours to see if it can be found.

Not familiar with what Detours is

Detours is a function hooking library similar to minhook, just by Microsoft.

6:16 PM

minhook is actually an alternative made because Detours used to cost a lot of money for x64

6:16 PM

(it's free and open source now)

Ah was that the one that was recently open sourced ?

6:16 PM

Ye

6:17 PM

Man i do not look forward to adding that in

PVOID ownsDLC = DetourFindFunction("ShooterGame.exe", "ADroppedItemEgg::Tick");

6:17 PM

would be to see if Detours can find it

6:17 PM

it's easy to add if you use Visual Studio

I do

6:17 PM

(click install where my uninstall button is)

6:18 PM

then just #include "detours.h"

Il give it a spin thanks allsmilesg

, if i get it to work il see if i cant make a google doc

I would remove Detours from your final plugin if you can confirm that the function exists

6:18 PM

Having two hooking libraries is a bit redundant

6:18 PM

But, again it can be useful for testing.

Will do, thanks substitute

#pragma once
#include "detour.h"

bool Detour::OnFailure(std::string message)
{
    DetourTransactionAbort(); //Force abortion of any possible detour transaction.
#if _DEBUG
    printfn("Unable to create detour, %s!", message);
#endif
    return false;
}

bool Detour::Create(void* function, void* callback)
{
    if (DetourTransactionBegin() != NO_ERROR)
        return Detour::OnFailure("Begin Failure.");
    if (DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread()) != NO_ERROR)
        return Detour::OnFailure("Unable to get Thread.");
    if (DetourAttach((PVOID*)function, callback) != NO_ERROR)
        return Detour::OnFailure("Unable to Attach.");
    if (DetourTransactionCommit() != NO_ERROR)
        return Detour::OnFailure("Unable to Commit.");
#if _DEBUG
    printfn("Successfully Created Detour.");
#endif
    return true;
}

6:20 PM

a CPP file to make a detour easily.

6:20 PM

You'll need to define printfn though

6:20 PM

#pragma once
#define printfn(format, ...) \
printf(format"\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)

6:21 PM

oh, and printfn("Unable to create detour, %s!", message); should be printfn("Unable to create detour, %s!", message.c_str());

6:21 PM

To use, just Detour::Create(&FunctionToBeHooked, YourCallback);

6:22 PM

#pragma once
#include <vector>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <detours.h>
#include <string>
#include "macro.h"

class Detour
{
    static bool OnFailure(std::string);
public:
    static bool Create(void* function, void* callback);
};

6:22 PM

you'll need the header too

6:22 PM

I haven't packed it all into a single header file yet

6:22 PM

#include "macro.h" is the printfn, you can remove it.

Big thanks , will test it and write it up

@luka https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/pull/36/commits/84dae5ac2cef3305a9e65a93c6a56b73925e1e8f

'struct' type redefinition by Lethalinjectionx · Pull Request #36 ·...

The following struct's cause a 'struct' type redefinition error when compiling an ATLAS plugin. Because they are defined in API\Atlas\Actor.h struct UShooterDamageType {}; s...

@KillZone I'm in rabbit hole myself

Ah i can see someone else is also investigating

6:24 PM

man i miss python

I'm writing a general purpose Direct X hooking library

Oh boy

Supports DX8,DX9,DX10,DX11,DX12

Yeah if you do manage to pull that off i imagine alot of interested parties

If you know the DX version you can call a specific DX wrapper, otherwise there's an implicit system

6:25 PM

the implicit system just installs a hook for all DX versions, and the first to have a endscene/present is then used as the version (and the others are unloaded)

6:26 PM

DX<DXX>::initialize(); for any vesion DX<D9>::initialize(); for D9 (edited)

6:26 PM

DX<T> is a template to get a static context of the system.

6:26 PM

Think you might run into issues with DX12 ik Microsoft used it as promo for switching from Win7 to 10

I am on Windows 10

Way back when

is one of the most clever things I have ever read about

6:27 PM

creating a singleton in a threadsafe way

6:27 PM

with a "magic" static

6:28 PM

(a static in a function is only loaded on first function call, and is never recreated)

Not gonna lie i got scared already at https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/714514157592117338

6:29 PM

Everything past that point is going into therapy sessions level (edited)

That was just some aids code to get the instance of an API in a static method

6:29 PM

since function hooks can't be non-static (or rather, they can't be members of a class)

6:30 PM

Python defo spoiled me

6:30 PM

&& Java

Well, they can't because functions that are members of classes

6:30 PM

have an implicit parameter

6:30 PM

the this parameter

6:30 PM

how could a function hook pass a valid instance of your object

don't be scared of big pointers

6:31 PM

Best of luck with figuring that out, you could write alot of "wrappers" with it if you do assuming you get past the initial security checks games create

?

6:34 PM

what security

Escape from tarkov has a security measure in place for reading from memory when the game is running

You mean anticheats

6:36 PM

That's not the goal of this

6:37 PM

anyways

6:37 PM

here's it working with a DX9 game

Well that's the only thing that came off the top of my head for writing a hookable DX library but then again it's not all there is

@substitute Ok so after implementing that C++ Class for creating detours my code is like this,

C++
struct ABiomeZoneVolume {};

struct ADroppedItemEgg : ADroppedItem {
        TSubclassOf<APrimalEmitterSpawnable> SpawnDinoEmitter;
        float IndoorsHypoThermalInsulation;
        float IndoorsHyperThermalInsulation;
        float EggThermalInsulationTemperatureMultiplier;
        unsigned __int32 bIsEggTooHot : 1;
        unsigned __int32 bIsEggTooCold : 1;
        ABiomeZoneVolume* MyBiomeZone;
        long double LastInsulationCalcTime;
        float HyperThermalInsulation;
        float HypoThermalInsulation;
    };


DECLARE_HOOK(ADroppedItemEgg_Tick, void, ADroppedItemEgg*, float);
void Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick(ADroppedItemEgg* _this, float deltaSeconds)
    {
        
        Log::GetLog()->info("Called egg tick!");
        ADroppedItemEgg_Tick_original(_this, deltaSeconds);
    }
        
void Testing(RCONClientConnection* cl, RCONPacket* pckt, UWorld*)
{
        try
        {
            
            Log::GetLog()->info("Called!");
            Detour::Create(&ADroppedItemEgg_Tick_original, &Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick);

        }
        catch (const std::exception & error)
        {
            Log::GetLog()->error(error.what());
        }
}

// These 2 functions are in Load&Unload just dropped in here for example sake
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("ADroppedItemEgg.Tick", &Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick, &ADroppedItemEgg_Tick_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("ADroppedItemEgg.Tick", &Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_Tick);

10:43 PM

Sorry for the wall of text

10:43 PM

Detours::Create returns true in creating the hook i just have it be created it in a rcon client command

I would really either be using detourfindfunction or printing the address after creation

10:45 PM

simply to check if the function was found

C++
PVOID ownsDLC = DetourFindFunction("ShooterGame.exe", "ADroppedItemEgg::Tick");

std::cout << ownsDLC prints just a bunch of zeros

0s means it didn’t find the function

11:35 PM

It’s a nullptr

11:36 PM

Rather did you init the value with something like detour find function ?

11:37 PM

Also you shouldn’t mix the two libraries

I want to make blueprints a "permanent" part of a crafting station. For example, I want to place a smithy, then put in a flak chestpiece and a longneck, and have the plugin prevent the player from removing the blueprints from the crafting station. I have two possible hooks: Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_RemoveItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetID* itemID, bool bDoDrop, bool bSecondryAction, bool bForceRemoval, bool showHUDMessage) bool Hook_UPrimalItem_RemoveItemFromInventory(UPrimalItem* _this, bool bForceRemoval, bool showHUDMessage) The first one is based on the inventory component removing an item, and the second is based around the item. Is it possible to use that itemID to look up the Item and do a check on "bIsBlueprint" to prevent the moving of that item?

3:44 PM

For the inventory component hook, I can check if "_this" is my special designated crafting station. I'd need to differentiate between crafting materials to make the BP and the BP itself.

Couldn't a player destroy the crafting station @Ras ?

plugin interrupts those hooks for things I define as "base components"

5:32 PM

its part of an overall larger plugin I'm making with capturable bases

5:35 PM

Right now, I can define a "sphere of influence" for a base. Then define components (vanilla metal walls/cielings/foundations/any structures I want). Components cannot be built, picked up or destroyed. They're the "Shell" of the base I want to be permanent. A special type of component is defined as a "Capture point" (transmitter, single panel flag, taxidermy base, whatever). Damageable, but indestructible. Once "Destroyed", i interrupt the "Die" hook to stop it from being removed and instead flipping all structures in the "Sphere of Influence" to the attackers' tribe

5:35 PM

The "Locked" BP would be in a crafting station defined as a component and give reason to owning the base. In order to make a really good fabricated sniper, you'd have to own the base AND craft it there.

Nice idea, makes sense

@substitute I managed to get it to work, i would up taking @Lethal 's branch (https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/pull/36) implementing ADroppedItemEgg Tick and BeginPlay function ( will implement a few remaining a make a pull request on lethal's branch to finish the ADroppedItemEgg struct ). They key to solving it was adding in a PdbConfig.json

{
    "structures": [
      "ADroppedItemEgg"
    ]
  }

without that defined inside the root of the plugin you are working on or inside ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\config.json it wont let you hook onto it for reasons i dont yet know; Once that was added in it started to spit out log messages. Special thanks to @Lethal wouldn't have figured it out without him peepoheart

this is because the struct doesn't exist in the API's config.json

8:47 PM

for this reason i recommend you turn on DumpAll for testing servers

8:48 PM

it increases boot time so for regular users it's not of much use

Yep was instructed to do that aswell

@Lethal https://github.com/Lethalinjectionx/ARK-Server-API/pull/1

Added in ADroppedItemEgg functions by LukaZagar · Pull Request #1 ·...

Left out: // void execNetSpawnDinoEmitter(FFrame &,void * const) Since FFrame Definition doesn't exist

3:23 PM

Should be fully implemented now, compiles successfully

Does anybody know if there is a way to obtain / create a UShooterCheatManager without having a player to get it from? Already tried UShooterCheatManager* cheatManager = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GlobalCommandsCheatManagerField(); But it always returns a nullptr

hey guys, does anybody here have some experience with steam web api ?

Im not an expert but I did some requests

well what i m working on, i have a discord bot to querry servers, and I'm trying to identifie thous people with 123 on the server

12:05 PM

i got this working

12:07 PM

I can add servers into the bot + also enemy players and allied players but i have got problem identifing those 123. Query returns this kind of information about that server

12:10 PM

sadly it won't say the steamIDs of thous players and only request that can return serverIp where the player is playing is getPlayerSummaries but that will give you that data based on profile setting

Unless you own the server @Jenda I'm pretty sure that's all the info you can get...

well i have seen 1 bot that can do it

12:11 PM

Eye of Sauron is momentaly only bot that is able to identifie 123 players. I kinda wonder how, becous that kind of information is possible to get trought RCON only if I'm not misteaken

If you could get more i'm sure the big services like Battlemetrics would have done it long ago

wam i will send it here

12:13 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAU_ZoRr9Bg

Paket236

Eye of Sauron (EOS Bot) - The newest bot in ARK!

Why?

Iirc there are some functions I saw in IDA that handle steam related stuff like achievements , you might find it there

@arkin @Jenda

6:00 PM

it's possible to sus out Steam IDs

6:01 PM

@Jenda that bot actually copies my original proof of concept from 2016

6:01 PM

I have new program I wrote, it emulates Steam completely and is able to run in a scalable environment

6:01 PM

Can process hundreds of servers in like minutes

@substitute so you got basicaly running steam client ?

Yes

6:02 PM

and I run the connection process in Steam

how u achieve that ?

once I do that, Steam passes the SteamIDs to my client

6:02 PM

@GormusSenex I used SteamKit2 and I added a missing protobuff

6:03 PM

I dumped the data using the program they have

so when you run connect steam will send you all SteamIDs on that server that you want to join ?

to dump network packets

6:03 PM

@Jenda , Yes

6:03 PM

it is how Steam can show the other players on the server in your steam overlay

6:04 PM

The account ids are sent 1 by 1 so you need to properly detect when Steam has finished sending them

its a nuget packet apparently

@substitute is your program open library ?

6:08 PM

or open-source ?

i don't know how to call it properly

Is it not currently.

mhm

Haha nice @substitute I always thought this would be the way to do it but had no idea

i was thinking it was possible only trough Rcon

@arkin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWtSKvkkW20

Substitute

duderino

6:13 PM

Here is an old proof of concept

6:13 PM

this one required the game instance

6:13 PM

my newer process doesn't , and again, emulates Steam

well, i think the video is gone

?

no its there. just open it on yt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv-X-JTZXbU

Substitute

dude

ok, nvm

Here is the old version that just dumped Steam ids

Yeah nice @substitute so your implementation uses steams own libs to connect to game server ? So you are protected also against updates etc?

You don't actually have to connect to the server

6:15 PM

you just need to do the Steam handshake dance

6:15 PM

Steam handles all the stuff regarding account ids

:p

https://github.com/SteamRE/SteamKit/tree/master/Resources/NetHook2

SteamRE/SteamKit

SteamKit2 is a .NET library designed to interoperate with Valve's Steam network. It aims to provide a simple, yet extensible, interface to perform various actions on the network. - SteamRE/...

6:18 PM

This is what you need to dump stuff from your Steam client

6:18 PM

the network protocols

6:18 PM

Don't use it on an account you care about, they could ban you

looks like a lot of work :D, anyway thanks man

if it is your server

6:21 PM

btw, this is like the worst way to do this

6:21 PM

sometimes using Steam isn't 100% accurate

6:21 PM

it's an Ark issue though

mhm

6:31 PM

and no it is not my server

6:31 PM

but i do not see any other way

6:31 PM

at this point

@substitute do you know about better way ?

get your own server and write a plugin for it

10:02 PM

so easy

Anyone have any ideas why

C++
APlayerController* apc = _this->GetOwnerController();
AShooterPlayerController* shooter_controller = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(apc);

Would fail to cast correctly ? (edited)

9:22 PM

shooter_controller results in nullptr

Anyone know why the following only returns 499 items?

TArray<TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem>> all_items = static_cast<UPrimalGlobals*>(Globals::GEngine()()->GameSingletonField())->PrimalGameDataOverrideField()->MasterItemListField();

how many should it be?

Not sure exactly but there are certainly items not in the list that should be in the master list.

1:16 AM

Bunk Bed for instance is not there

1:17 AM

ItemList.txt

61.59 KB

that is weird indeed

1:19 AM

dunno about it but is there another field other than PrimalGameDataOverrideField

Ya, lots of fields

I mean smth like PrimalGameDataField

1:20 AM

maybe its not overriden in that context but you get the idea

1:21 AM

I think ownprox did it before somewhere

Simple Bed is in that list

Yea I've seen that

@Lethal

1:21 AM

Does bunk bed have an item id

cheat GFI bed_modern 1 0 0 cheat giveitemnum 128 1 0 0

Basically, can you use giveitemnum on it

First one is for bunk bed the other one is for normal bed

Notice anything different

(edited)

so atleast to wikipedia it doesn't have one

It’s very likely that data list only contains items with ids

1:23 AM

And the id is the index of the item in that array

hrmm

Or rather, items don’t have ids

1:24 AM

The ids are their index in the list

1:24 AM

@Lethal try item 127,128,129 from that array and check if any of the 3 are a simple bed

128 is the bed as my file is built from the array in order

1:28 AM

I guess the problem I have is if I modify the items from the MasterList array the settings seem to "stick" like I expect. However since not all items are in the list i'm trying something different which doesn't seem to change the item setting the same way.

Seems like giveitemnum searches in the MasterItemListField and GFI works with the Blueprint system of Unreal Engine itself somehow

That’s what I figured

1:34 AM

GFI is probably a fuzzy search

but don't ask me why some id's are there and some aren't

I'm trying to load items I care about this way now.

        UObject* object = Globals::StaticLoadObject(UObject::StaticClass(), nullptr, *path_name, nullptr, 0, 0, true);

        TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> archetype;
        archetype.uClass = reinterpret_cast<UClass*>(object);
        UPrimalItem* UPI = (UPrimalItem*)archetype.uClass->GetDefaultObject(true);

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 just lazy wildcard

1:35 AM

@Lethal use static cast

1:36 AM

reinterpret cast is unsafe

yea but why is there even a MasterItemList ? Is it for performance reason?

It’s likely left over

1:36 AM

Legacy code

Hmn yea might be

The earliest ids are debug items (edited)

1:36 AM

Like 0-10

static_cast gives invalid type conversion

1:37 AM

static_cast<UClass*>(object)

Then you should see why and not use reinterpret

1:37 AM

you can safely upcast with static cast which is what you’re doing

1:37 AM

reinterpret cast doesn’t check types or preform and explicit conversions

1:38 AM

It just says a is actually a pointer of b

1:39 AM

Actually you have a problem in your code @Lethal

1:39 AM

The instanced uobject isn’t a uclass

1:39 AM

object should have a field for its uclass

archetype.uClass = static_cast<UClass*>(object->ClassField());

The funny thing is

1:46 AM

Uclass is uobject

1:46 AM

As in a child type

1:46 AM

But that also means that uobject may not be uclass

coding-tutorial

Is where?

@돌드민 https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/600029578949558294/600031630350090250

Rank is beginner The game chose ARK.

10:53 AM

I can't speak Korean well, so I can't speak English well.

반응을 눌러서, 역할을 획득하셔야 합니다.

Is this right?

네

10:55 AM

만약 채널을 나갔다 오신 경우에는, 다시 눌러야 획득할 수 있습니다.

음.. 한국어 사용 가능하세요?

네 가능합니다.

이모티콘을 취소 후 다시 눌러도 변화가 없습니다..

현재 봇이 비활성화 되어있는 것 같습니다. 디스코드 마스터가 해당 문제를 해결하기 전까지는 원하시는 채널을 이용하실 수 없을 것 같아요.

아하 답변 감사합니다. 서버 발전을 위해 빨리 입문하고싶어요.

@substitute Do you know how the game updates the ui when you change a tribename?

6:00 PM

like broadcasting it to the players

you trying to set it ?

Im just trying to modify smth from FTribeData and display the changes to the user

6:31 PM

since it needs a manual update when updating Fields (edited)

AShooterCharacter::RefreshTribeName(AShooterCharacter *this)

6:32 PM

APrimalCharacter::NetUpdateTribeName(APrimalCharacter *this, FString *NewTribeName)

This is for TribeName only. looking for a update in General

you could try ForceNetUpdate()

yea will try that

6:34 PM

anyone knows what the parameters does?

GameState->ForceNetUpdate(false, true, false);

6:35 PM

i call it like this and it works for my use case

Thank you

someone knows the field for the Entity ID of dinos ? aka "Ankylo_Character_BP_C" for example ?

@Mr.Salt You can try using GetFullName

idk if it is not set already but GetFullName is: "PrimalDinoCharacter /Script/ShooterGame.Default__PrimalDinoCharacter"

@Mr.Salt dinoToCheck->NameField().ToString(&outputString) returns the same ?

"Piranha_Character_BP_C_48"

10:59 PM

looks like Entity ID + consecutive number.... but that is something that i can work with

10:59 PM

thanks

Hi. Whats the call to get the current map name?

FString mapName;
ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetMapName(&mapName);

Thanx

Hi. What's the best array type to define, if I want to output from a function an array that contains multiple data types? I tried to use TArray, but it can only use 2 arguments I believe. I want something like this - array (string, int, string, string, int) Thanx

@Raptross not really possible (easily)

2:17 AM

you can always make a void* but how will you know the type of the pointer?

2:18 AM

Either way, the array will need to be an array of pointers/references, not an array of values/objects. (edited)

2:18 AM

If you want only UE4 objects, UObject is the base type.

Hmmm.. alright, thanx

what about list ?

9:18 AM

if I'm not misteaken you should be able to save all kinds of data to the list

This is probably not the best discord for this question but, if anyone knows or could help me, i'm trying to Fix Ragnarok's map, that got "corrupted" (No Obelisk / no Water/Oil Veins) i have tried to go trough all the locations spawning the resources but i can't get it right in-game (specially the veins) so i tried using the Qwojin ark-tools to modify the savefile but couldn't compile the .ark file I'm trying to develop my own tool to modify the save file, but if anyone knows a way to respawn theese resources that would be great help.

@Jenda list are typed

11:37 AM

again, if you need to mix type, you need do use a pointer to a covariant basetype.

11:37 AM

otherwise...how can you know what the data is!

11:37 AM

You could always make your own container though.

11:38 AM

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/any exist as well

ok nvm

Is there any place where you can watch the basics of plugin creation?

@돌드민 There is a google doc somewhere regarding what the first steps are to starting to creating a plugin and i have been pondering the idea of creating a video

2:59 PM

There should be something on the forums that should help you or search this discord for the google docs link nice

forums?

Yes

3:00 PM

Do you not know the link to the forums ?

ok!

Or is it a english issue ?

link Umm..

if you need help just write it here or dm me

3:01 PM

@돌드민 https://ark-server-api.com/

Question - Tutorial create plugins

Server plugins for ARK

Menu Plugin Development I go here?

3:04 PM

Because I'm not that good at english I am using Google Translator.

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/guides.4/ contains most of what you need it's a bit dated but should do the trick

Guides

3:05 PM

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/tutorial-create-plugins.55/ is the first thing you should look into

any tutorial to create plugins? Thank you

Thank you very much.

can somebody answer me on #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ pls?

@GreengoDK https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/709090069943943258

3:14 PM

Might help

3:14 PM

I do know webatman answered a question simillar to what you have (edited)

Utf8Encode doesnt work for me(

Try looking into using Cyrilic in C++

3:16 PM

iirc it has something to do with prepending a L"Some string" when using it

3:17 PM

not entirely sure so best google it or search this discord for cyrilic charachters

3:17 PM

Since if you do find cyrilic it most likely will be related to your issue

@KillZone L is a keyword for creating a wchar_t* literal. (edited)

Yeah read up latter on

"hello" is char*

6:27 PM

L"hello" is wchar_t*

1

6:29 PM

6:30 PM

anyways, you can also use u8"hello" for Unicode (utf-8) (edited)

6:30 PM

you will need utf-16 to interop with strings from Ark though, UE4 uses utf-16

6:31 PM

There is also the TEXT macro

6:31 PM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winnt/nf-winnt-text

@GreengoDK

Tnx, I'll try it

Anybody noticed this after the recent ark update. I'm getting a steam id like this now on the plugins. 16140901064495857664

That's because the epic cross

Hey, what's the epic cross @Hsilamot ?

crossplay

Ah.....

7:53 PM

News to me, this will cause havoc, no?

somewhat yes

Ok, our shop doesn't seem to work after update, going to check forums for anything

you need to update SteamID columns to use BigInt Unsigned

Just found that now, thanks @Hsilamot

Yeah, but how would you be able to map existing players to their existing records

What do you mean?

I think he means, will Steam IDs now be different?

no

7:58 PM

epic id's are bigger

Permission plugin and Shop plugin They use their Steam ID to distinguish who is who. If we are getting another type, there is no way to say who's record it is.

@Raptross accounts aren't crossshared

7:59 PM

just update the field to use a bigint.

7:59 PM

steamid won't change

BigInt is already used

epic ids won't collide with steamids

but it's signed

unsign it

8:00 PM

also the signing should not matter

8:00 PM

steamids aren't negative

8:00 PM

unsigned 14 and signed 14 are bitwise the same.

8:00 PM

signing just means the Most significate bit is used to determine if the value is negative or not.

8:00 PM

0001 unsigned and 0001 signed are the same

Hmm, the only thing odd for me is, no epic game players have tried to connect to our server only steam, but we are getting Permissions::Hooks::Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer) Couldn't add player error?

it would only be a problem if you had negative ids, because 1001 unsigned and 1001 signed aren't the same.

i think you're saying too much information

8:01 PM

arkin, that's because the MySQL Insertion is not working

I was answering this

update your database and make sure SteamID's is BigInt Unsigned

Sure @Hsilamot I just don't understand why if its only regular steam users connecting but sure

@arkin could you get a stacktrace on that error? Maybe a function is trying to validate something that's slightly different now.

TLDR; BIGINT Signed allows negative numbers which steam id's and epic id's will never be, Unsigned allows >0 and gives you a bigger range as you no longer support negative numbers ...

assuming fields are proper

@substitute My tables are already using BigInt(20) for that. I checked in code, this function is not returning a normal steam id. ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetSteamIdFromController(player_controller);

I can't @substitute but when the player reconnected after the unsigned fix, no error and they can now see points

signed gives you a max of 2^n-1 bits, unsigned gives you 2^n maximum @arkin

Raptross, you need to make sure its' bigint Unsigned

@arkin also the issue could be simply they use unsigned bigints internally now

8:03 PM

as to why even with Steam only ids you were getting an error

please, people, stop explaining what signed means, most people who are coming here don't care about that and they just want the hotfix

Yeah was thinking this @substitute

8:04 PM

BUT

whonever is actually interested in learning will ask for more information, but for now, in this Sh**show we need as accurate and precise information as possible for people looking for help

The player has lost all their points now so maybe not

@substitute

/// A 64-bit unsigned integer.
typedef FPlatformTypes::uint64        uint64;

This is how the API currently is sending it.

New ID — 16140901064495857664 Their old ID — 76561198063581674

8:05 PM

^ The player in question

oh, god, is that the new id?

Yeah, this is a steam player before & after update

ok

Seems quite close to BIGINT max too, but it isn't...

It is the max

I am having the same problem.

BIGINT unsigned max is 18446744073709551615

It cannot match the existing steam_id.

where did you get that number Arkin?

I mean, all the players are now reporting this as their steam id

From the database @Hsilamot our top player lost all of their points, I'm now wondering if all players are showing as that steam id

wel, the id is litearlly only the 3 most significant bits 111

me too.

the rest are 0

8:08 PM

16140901064495857664 --> 1110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

8:09 PM

so, i'm thinking an internal overflow on arkapi or something

it is most likely the plugin is using or expecting signed 64 bit ids

8:11 PM

or worse, 32 bit ids

no, steam already required using U64

Yep, we are all sharing the same ID, I have just purchased a kit and it took from that ID posted above^

problem right now is probably the sign

Can you show the hook

8:13 PM

because the API itself has nothing to do with the data in the hook

It's @Michidu ArkShop plugin^

the API just installs your function at the top of the in-game function.

So I assume its https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/tree/master/ArkShop

https://tenor.com/ESDL.gif

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Yes, let me check his hook

8:14 PM

this line is the problem most likely

8:15 PM

        /**
         * \brief Returns Steam ID from player controller
         */
        static uint64 GetSteamIdFromController(AController* controller)
        {
            uint64 steam_id = 0;

            if (controller != nullptr)
            {
                APlayerState* player_state = controller->PlayerStateField();
                if (player_state != nullptr)
                {
                    auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(player_state->UniqueIdField()
                                                                                     .UniqueNetId.Get());
                    steam_id = steam_net_id->UniqueNetId;
                }
            }

            return steam_id;
        }

8:15 PM

it isn't using a top-level id

8:15 PM

it's using FUniqueNetIdSteam

i understand... So how do get the top-level id?

FUniqueNetId

Thank you very much. Let's try it.

Is that in ArkPluginApi tools @substitute or the plugin?

that's in the API

8:21 PM

FUniqueNetId is empty...

I may also not be that line being the issue, but seeing as your data is bad, that might be it

8:21 PM

@Deleted User it's ok that it is empty

8:21 PM

it's actually a pointer

How about try how the Atlas is API for that function was changed to?

auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdString*>(player_state->UniqueIdField()
                                                                  .UniqueNetId.Get());

const FString steam_id_str = steam_net_id->UniqueNetIdStr;

try
{
    steam_id = std::stoull(*steam_id_str);
}
catch (const std::exception&)
{
    return 0;
}

Yes, try that

8:22 PM

that could work just fine ^

8:22 PM

it's not really a clean solution though

8:23 PM

but by "not clean" I mean it's assuming all ids are ulongs and it needs them as strings first

8:23 PM

realistically, unique ids are strings, we're just lucky both EGS and Steam use numerical types.

8:23 PM

Google Play I think starts ids with "G:XXXXXXX"

oh..... ok..

8:25 PM

I should use it like that now. (edited)

go ahead and try that

8:28 PM

it should work fine because both ids are uint64

8:28 PM

but like if they add crossplay with PS4 and Xbone in the future it could break

8:29 PM

I think PS4 ids are uint64 but I think xbone ids are XUID

8:29 PM

XUID is just Microsoft's version of GUID

btw

ok. i try that. ark server rebooting.

solution here would be to use the playerId and not SteamId

Im going to take a look at the current errors. If you have any information that could help fixing this issue please write it down here and tag me or dm me

Filename: ArkApiUtils.h Function: GetSteamIdFromController I believe this is where the fixing needs to be on, since almost all plugins get the steam id from there.

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 I'm fairly the error is from what I posted.

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 all players on my server have the steam ID 16140901064495857664 being reported by 2 separate plugins, which is close to but not the max bigint unsigned... playerId/tribeId seem fine... @substitute determined that its caused by a bit of code in the plugin API

@arkin I was just taking an educated guess, I don't have time atm to compile a new build of the plugin to test with.

that id is all zeros with the 3 most significant bits 1

```cpp /** * \brief Returns Steam ID from player controller */ static uint64 GetSteamIdFromController(AController* controller) { uint64 steam_id = 0; if (controller != nullptr) { APlayerState* player_state = controller->PlayerStateField(); if (player_state != nullptr) { auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(player_state->UniqueIdField() .UniqueNetId.Get()); steam_id = steam_net_id->UniqueNetId; } } return steam_id; } ```

@substitute So you mean the SteamID Field just changed and nothing else?

It's not a SteamID

the function changed somehow and we are not getting the correct ID

Ark is crossplay with Epic Store now

It's outputting 16140901064495857664 for all

they're likely using an abstracted higher-order ID type

i think it's an integer overflow since that number casually it's 111 followed by 61 zeros

8:35 PM

16140901064495857664 --> 1110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

that is incorrect @Hsilamot

8:35 PM

1110....0 is 1 600 000 000 000 000 000 000‬

So your guess is that the ark devs have messed up smth which causes a int overflow?

yes

Which is not correct

8:36 PM

if that was the case, you would not be able to connect at all.

Thats my thought too

The authentication protocol uses your account ID

i'm not able to connect at all

also Steam servers wouldn't work anymore

8:36 PM

but seems like they do

I think they cahanged it somehow. Maybe another function or something to get the real steam id.

Where did you get that 1110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is 1 600 000 000 000 000 000 000‬, Substitute????

Authentication is done (on Steam) as so. CLNT: Hello server, my account is is XXX SERV: hello client, please request a ticket from Steam to join CLNT: Hello steam, here's my valid login info, may I have a token? STEAM: Here is a 1-time use cryptographically secure token CLNT: Hey server, here's my token SERV: hey steam, validate this token please, his account id is XXX Steam: Token is valid -> Accept connection | Token is invalid -> Reject

8:38 PM

@Hsilamot

8:38 PM

I got the number from my calculator

you're giving me the OCT value, not the DEC value

8:38 PM

your calculator is also signed

8:38 PM

you need an unsigned calculator to get the correct number

your number is still not right

man....

1 sec (edited)

i wonder who in here is from salty bay, tekforce, elite ark and mtsark

im glad i made all my own plugins

are you getting the correct PlayerID?

even if he isn't off the bat, it's much easier for him to fix

8:44 PM

no wrong ids too, but as @substitute said - way easier when u know the code

8:46 PM

cant fix it anyway be4 i get home from work, but still

@Hsilamot yes, player_id/tribe_id are fine

you mean UE4Id i guess

Yea

@GormusSenex well, perfect time than any I guess to setup a template project

8:51 PM

I'm gonna look at the authentication methods

i wonder who in here is from salty bay, tekforce, elite ark and mtsark

im glad i made all my own plugins

@GormusSenex What do you mean you wonder who in here is from those servers?

jsut read a few of their discords and it looks like its tits up

whats up with salty bay?

Sure it is.. but that should be a known risk any plugin developer / server owner who uses the API.

yeah, they just don't care about this side of the game

i think i read somewhere they dont support us making plugins at all. but this is just rude

well it's basically a hack. But it is quite obvios that this would happen with the EGS integration...

i try this code.

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_controller(AController* controller)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (controller != nullptr)
    {
        APlayerState* player_state = controller->PlayerStateField();
        if (player_state != nullptr)
        {
            auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdString*>(player_state->UniqueIdField().UniqueNetId.Get());
            const FString steam_id_str = steam_net_id->UniqueNetIdStr;
            try
            {
                steam_id = std::stoull(*steam_id_str);
            }
            catch (const std::exception&)
            {
                return 0;
            }
        }
    }
    return steam_id;
}

@Mr.Salt it is a hack

8:58 PM

It’s not like a hack

8:58 PM

It is

8:58 PM

It’s just not being used maliciously to gain an advantage in a game

Always returns 0.

due to exceptions?

oh....

Should never swallow exceptions like that

8:59 PM

Should at least log them

re try.

9:00 PM

ok .ok... ;;

It’s ok to handle it and return 0 (edited)

9:00 PM

But I would debug log the error

It's seems to be the API that fetches uncorrect SteamID's. Admins that are automatically authorized by their steam ID still show up with star icons.

this channel has basically been dead for 1 month. then wc releases a new map... BOOM it explodes

is ArkEGSLauncher.exe the EpicGamesStore variant of it? lol

lol, I said it was in the function lol

9:02 PM

And not an overflow directly

9:02 PM

Stuff would break way harder if there was a global overflow on ids

9:02 PM

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 yes

9:02 PM

EGS=epic games store

wow

So if that’s the name of the new binary

9:03 PM

That’s the epic store one

9:04 PM

Hahahha it could be possible an address/offset is wrong

9:04 PM

@Hsilamot

9:04 PM

List me some steam ids that turn into 11100000...0

9:04 PM

The field might be unaligned

would make sense

@substitute for me it's all of them

it's all of them as people are reporting

Yeah, all are same

i'm trying to fetch the new id's with RCON

which would suggest an unaligned field as Sub said

yes, in Steam ids

9:06 PM

if there is 111

9:06 PM

in the bits

9:06 PM

we could be unaligned

6985314156924967416 7208506302483821243

9:07 PM

thoose seems to be the new id's from epic

could have put in an EGS id just before steam one or something

yep

9:07 PM

I picked a random steam id

9:07 PM

it has 111 followed by some zeros (edited)

i bet if u login via egs launcher u actually get some sort of id (still wrong prolly)

could be alignment issue

111? i see only a 1 and a number

man, no offense but i don't think you know what are you doing

9:08 PM

if it was an alignment issue you would see that 111 followed by at least 61 zeros

Not always

kinda, yes always, IF it was an alignment issue

im no c++ expert but assigning new vars doesnt clear it in c++. i think...

9:09 PM

unlike c#

Except we don't read the structure literally

so if a field is put in in front of it, it would behave like that

new vars do but pointers don't

9:10 PM

if you create a new pointer without ensuring that the memory area is only zero you can have a weird pointer which is part of something else

@Hsilamot the field is also a pointer

9:10 PM

as previously stated

i re try. get exception message.

9:10 PM

" exception invalid stoull argument"

because it's not a long

9:10 PM

stoull is string to unsigned long

use this code.

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_controller(AController* controller)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (controller != nullptr)
    {
        APlayerState* player_state = controller->PlayerStateField();
        if (player_state != nullptr)
        {
            auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdString*>(player_state->UniqueIdField().UniqueNetId.Get());
            const FString steam_id_str = steam_net_id->UniqueNetIdStr;
            try
            {
                if (*steam_id_str == nullptr) {
                    Log::GetLog()->info("is Null");
                }

                steam_id = std::stoull(*steam_id_str);

                Log::GetLog()->info("Chat Steam Id {}", steam_id_str.ToString());
            }
            catch (const std::exception& ex)
            {
                Log::GetLog()->info("exception {}", ex.what());
                return 0;
            }
        }
    }
    return steam_id;
}

the input string isn't valid as an unsigned long

9:11 PM

can you dump the actual value in the string before you call stoull?

oh..

9:11 PM

ok.

9:11 PM

re try.

@Hsilamot https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/213542736849141760/702480307307282593/2020-04-22_07-24-16.mp4

9:11 PM

I made this

9:11 PM

I know what I am doing for the most part.

this is what? a plugin? mod? "client plugin"?

it's an injection

client plugin

9:12 PM

it's a hack

9:12 PM

in SP, no AntiCheat

9:13 PM

the window is running on the Direct X thread and using Direct X for rendering.

same as Ark api

Yes, but I don't use Ark API for that

9:13 PM

I just used MS Detours

9:13 PM

Could also always write the trampoline functions yourself too

we are definitely not talking in the same language

I had to for another game to make midfunction hooks.

9:14 PM

@Deleted User

9:14 PM

on this

9:14 PM

1234 and 1235

this is chat.

are those the "ids" before they're converted with stoull

chat message.

oh

9:14 PM

ok

to me it looks like all plugins which used a steamid before will need a update and take EpicID into account

9:17 PM

in addition to SteamID

Yes, they will have too

9:17 PM

That part we know

9:17 PM

right now we need to fish out why the steamid is invalid anyways

9:18 PM

I'm waiting to see what the account id is from @Deleted User before he tried to stoull

9:18 PM

since it's ~~crashing~~ throwing on stoull, which would not happen if they were valid steam ids (edited)

ok. restart server.

what do we always do when making a new project?

me too. wait. server on.

9:19 PM

very slow....

turn off precompiled headers

9:19 PM

xD

will make fun - to convert the databases like those from the shop to EpicIDs

People are saying that deactivating Raw Socket options works

interesting, and very strange.

it works to be able to connect

9:20 PM

doesn't work to solve the ID Fetch

datatype changed?

alright folks, it's time to attach a debugger

oh okay.. just got the message with it

9:21 PM

alright folks, it's time to attach a debugger

@substitute already doing that x)

@Lethal yes, that's the higher order type

9:21 PM

FUniqueSteam is a child of that

empty.

9:21 PM

UniqueID?

use this code.

Thats why it couldnt convert

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_controller(AController* controller)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (controller != nullptr)
    {
        APlayerState* player_state = controller->PlayerStateField();
        if (player_state != nullptr)
        {
            auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdString*>(player_state->UniqueIdField().UniqueNetId.Get());
            const FString steam_id_str = steam_net_id->UniqueNetIdStr;
            try
            {
                if (*steam_id_str == nullptr) {
                    Log::GetLog()->info("is Null");
                }
                Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 1 Steam Id '{}'", steam_id_str.ToString());
                Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 2 Steam Id '{}'", steam_id_str.ToString().c_str());

                steam_id = std::stoull(*steam_id_str);

                
            }
            catch (const std::exception& ex)
            {
                Log::GetLog()->info("exception {}", ex.what());
                return 0;
            }
        }
    }
    return steam_id;
}

yep

9:22 PM

UniqueNetId now UniqueNetIdRepl

i think they broke down so much my ASM keeps cycling trough servers "updating" them over and over again

https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/API/Plugins/OnlineSubsystem/Interfaces/IOnlineIdentity/GetPlatformUserI-/index.html

IOnlineIdentity::GetPlatformUserIdFromUniqueNetId

Temporary hack to get a corresponding FUniqueNetId from a PlatformUserId

9:23 PM

they might use platformuserId conversion from unique net id

@Hsilamot thought we were having the same but 2 update cycles and we made it through...

i'm disabling it now, it's going trough its 5th cycle and no version changes

@cokll it has always been FUniqueNetIdRepl

9:25 PM

FUniqueNetIdRepl& UniqueIdField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FUniqueNetIdRepl*>(this, "APlayerState.UniqueId"); }

9:26 PM

@Deleted User

9:26 PM

try not casting the ID

9:26 PM

auto* steam_net_id = (player_state->UniqueIdField().UniqueNetId.Get());

9:27 PM

the address should be fine if the PDB has the correct address for the field

9:27 PM

template <typename RT>
RT GetNativePointerField(const void* _this, const std::string& field_name)
{
    return reinterpret_cast<RT>(GetAddress(_this, field_name));
}

i try this code?

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_controller2(AController* controller)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (controller != nullptr)
    {
        APlayerState* player_state = controller->PlayerStateField();
        if (player_state != nullptr)
        {
            // auto* steam_net_id = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdString*>(player_state->UniqueIdField().UniqueNetId.Get());
            auto* steam_net_id = (player_state->UniqueIdField().UniqueNetId.Get());

            Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 1 Steam Id '{}'", typeid(steam_net_id).name());
        }
    }
}

yes

ok.

Shadowsong Today at 2:32 PM For those of you getting Ark crashes relating to Voice, swapping to the new Vivox system seems stable. It works even if your not able to use crossplay due to having mods. Server Arg " -UseVivox"

9:35 PM

struct FUniqueNetId * __ptr64

a pointer ? that's good

well we know it's a pointer

9:36 PM

the type is FUniqueNetId*

try

9:38 PM

FString s2; auto steamId = player_controller->GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&s2); const uint64 steam_id = stoull(steamId->ToString());

ok . i try this code.

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_controller3(AShooterPlayerController* pc)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (pc != nullptr)
    {

        FString s2 = "";
        auto steamId = pc->GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&s2);

        Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 1 uq '{}'", s2.ToString());
        Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 2 uq '{}'", steamId->ToString());

        try
        {
            const uint64 steam_id = stoull(steamId->ToString());

            Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 3 uq '{}'", steam_id);
        }catch (const std::exception& ex)
            {
                Log::GetLog()->info("exception {}", ex.what());
                return 0;
            }
    }
    return 0;
}

9:43 PM

server rebooting.

as far as i can see, all Epic id's have the two most significant bits always on

i testd work

oh!

8002257547803181846
7792121212714308622
8756058525359577470
  76561198971508214

110111100001101101110101101011110001001111111110100001100010110
110110000100011001011001111010101100010100111110101010000001110
111100110000011110001001101011001010100100101101001100101111110
000000100010000000000000000000100111100010001100101010111110110

@cokll That is really cool! I will test it too.

problem is

9:44 PM

the number is way too big for Int64

9:44 PM

wait, no, it's not

9:45 PM

it even fits on the signed one xD

wow...

9:46 PM

Why not use "GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64()"?

its work.

9:47 PM

@cokll nice!

nice!

9:47 PM

Example Epic ID's
 8002257547803181846
 7792121212714308622
 8756058525359577470
 7557390344006069269
   76561198971508214
64 bit representtations:
0110111100001101101110101101011110001001111111110100001100010110
0110110000100011001011001111010101100010100111110101010000001110
0111100110000011110001001101011001010100100101101001100101111110
0110100011100001001111100111101000100011011100101110110000010101
0000000100010000000000000000000100111100010001100101010111110110

i try epic id connect.

9:48 PM

wait.

the last id is Steam

oh....

9:49 PM

option.... -crossplay..

9:49 PM

very long time.

-crossplay? what do you mean

9:49 PM

i not input args.

can you -crossplay with steam mods thought? surely not

9:50 PM

nvm..

No

9:51 PM

Architect what did you change? can you compile the api?

9:52 PM

i have 2 id. steam, epic.

9:52 PM

steam is "pc->GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&s2);" worked.

9:52 PM

I will test that.

9:53 PM

epic account.

9:53 PM

English is really difficult.. Please understand. Words can be weird.

kk

pc->GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&s2); can someone look into it and take a look at the accessed fields? mine is still decompiling..

i test this code.

9:54 PM

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_controller3(AShooterPlayerController* pc)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (pc != nullptr)
    {

        FString s2 = "";
        auto steamId = pc->GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&s2);

        Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 1 uq '{}'", s2.ToString());
        Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 2 uq '{}'", steamId->ToString());

        try
        {
            const uint64 steam_id = stoull(steamId->ToString());

            Log::GetLog()->info("Chat 3 uq '{}'", steam_id);
        }catch (const std::exception& ex)
            {
                Log::GetLog()->info("exception {}", ex.what());
                return 0;
            }
    }
    return 0;
}

9:54 PM

result is

9:54 PM

this idea @cokll

that's steam id, seems ok

is that with the arg or without?

arg should not change the result

@Deleted User seems like a solution then.

c++
        static uint64 GetSteamIdFromController(AController* controller)
        {
            uint64 steam_id = 0;
            
            if (controller != nullptr)
            {
                AShooterPlayerController* pc = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(controller->GetOwnerController());
                if (pc != nullptr)
                {
                    steam_id = pc->GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64();
                }
            }

            Log::GetLog()->info("SteamID: {}", steam_id);
            return steam_id;
        }

I'm testing this version

So the current "GetSteamIdFromController" returns the EpicGamesID ?

10:03 PM

is that correct?

server list not print.

10:04 PM

i try other args.

10:04 PM

island map.

my code above should be a direct replacement for the current API function call

epic need -epiconly@Deleted User

waiting on ARK client to update so I can verify

@cokll ok. thank you.

10:05 PM

i try.

Looks good @Lethal are you able to update the ark api itself or is that only @Michidu ?

I believe @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 can do it, since it was last posted by him too.

I can do it yes

10:08 PM

But I'll compile it on my own

10:08 PM

Also I will add EpicID's to it

Yeah, that would be better

this one works for now

10:08 PM

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/695245552018915393/720728449530069042/version.dll

10:09 PM

but i think it comes from a sketchy source

crowd-debugging at it's best ngl

10:10 PM

if only i could apply that at work too...

XD

well I guess I will add epic ids later.. lol

Just a suggestion for later

Common function to get the ID steam/epic maybe like name it GetPlatformAccountID()
Another function maybe to check what type of platform it came from

GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&s2); so this is the way to go now?

I don't think so

that works, but lethals is prettier

10:12 PM

dont know if lethals works tho

got no response on that

10:12 PM

so I can't know :3 (edited)

c++
FindPlayerFromSteamId()

Will be broken if you use the string version.

oh...

Yeah, I'll go with Lethal. More straight forward coding rather than work arounds.

just return as uint64

Waiting on my ARK client to finish updating 14gb...test server is already up and running just cannot connect yet

I feel you Lethal

Once I test it and it works I will add to my pull request from a month or more ago

i finished downloading Ark and crystal isles on epic

10:14 PM

Steam still 44% done

less players dl'ing from epic i assume. AND i would also guess they beefed the servers since they r in the start-up phase and dont wanna give bad experience

so can someone give me a working version (code!) of it? (edited)

EPIC ID

I think Wooley did a fix too idk

Steam frustrates me, ARK installed to NVMe (C:) yet it always wants to update using spinning HDD (D:) then copy back to C:

Yeah it's aids man

10:25 PM

I'm sure it does some x Delta type patching too right?

Can someone test the version I have if the function works again?

10:25 PM

still need to load the client <.<

10:25 PM

version.dll

2.77 MB

I will use this code until this problem is solved. i all change function GetSteamIdFromController() -> get_steam_id_from_pc() FindPlayerFromSteamId() -> find_pc_steam_id()

10:26 PM

static uint64 get_steam_id_from_pc(AController* ctrl)
{
    uint64 steam_id = 0;
    if (ctrl && ctrl->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass())) {
        AShooterPlayerController* pc = (AShooterPlayerController*)ctrl;
        FString szsteam_id = "";

        try
        {
            pc->GetUniqueNetIdAsString(&szsteam_id);
            const uint64 steam_id = stoull(szsteam_id.ToString());
            return steam_id;
        }
        catch (const std::exception& ex)
        {
            Log::GetLog()->info("exception {}", ex.what());
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

AShooterPlayerController* find_pc_steam_id(uint64 steam_id)
{
    AShooterPlayerController* result = nullptr;

    const auto& player_controllers = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->PlayerControllerListField();
    for (TWeakObjectPtr<APlayerController> player_controller : player_controllers)
    {
        const uint64 current_steam_id = get_steam_id_from_pc((AController*)player_controller.Get());
        if (current_steam_id == steam_id)
        {
            auto* shooter_pc = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(player_controller.Get());
            result = shooter_pc;
            break;
        }
    }
    return result;
}

10:27 PM

thank you @cokll

You don’t need to update the api

10:30 PM

Only the plugin

or the api so it works for everyone

10:32 PM

without the need of a developer to change it

I think he means the sever doesn't need a new version.dll installed

10:32 PM

Just need to recompile the plugins with the updated API

oh!

10:33 PM

Now I understand.

@substitute so you mean those function will be inlined?

this file change?

10:34 PM

They’re included during build

10:35 PM

version.dll just loads your libraries

Yes architect, that file changes

10:36 PM

how are you going to correct a functional call if you don't change the function substitute...

I didn’t say don’t change the file

What you are trying to say? Each plugin will need to be updated and recompiled as they have the ArkApi functions embedded in them and are nothing to do with the version.dll installed ?

I was saying you don’t need to rebuild version.dll

10:37 PM

You are linking against the header file directly

Arkin, no, i don't know what they are saying but the solution is fixing the API itself not the plugins

When you build the function is compiled

10:37 PM

The api isn’t linked against for runtime resolution

Yeah

10:38 PM

The plugins are built from the API @Hsilamot so yes the API needs fixing, but then the plugins need recompiling too...

no they don't, unless you change the function itself

10:39 PM

i'm working with a fixed version.dll already

10:39 PM

it's working fine

oh mb

Ideally, what will happen is that the functioin gets renamed

10:39 PM

Then, you need to recompile

@arkin you don't need to update version.dll at all

but to keep Backwards compatibility don't expect that to be a night to day process

you update the function in the header file form the api

10:40 PM

when you recompile your plugin will use your changed function

10:40 PM

you do not need to build a new version.dll

10:40 PM

when you compile your plugin, you are not compiling against prebuilt code, you don't use version.dll to compile your code, and version.dll contains no exports.

10:40 PM

when you compile, your compiler builds the functions itself and puts them in your plugin.

10:41 PM

version.dll only loads your plugin

man, i seriously don't know what you're talking about Substitute, up until now you're just putting noise into the conversation and i don't know now if you're just trying to troll us or what, but everyone else is solving this and you're just saying stuff that doesn't help and confuses people only. i would appreciate if you either stop that or be more clear on your sayings.

1

@Hsilamot I have literally added my own functions and structures to the API.

good for you, you're nott helping

You DO NOT need to rebuild the whole API into a new version.dll (edited)

i get it, and im not c++-smart

If you actually ask people, I help people frequently

10:42 PM

It sounds like you don't understand how your linker and compiler work

ok, my bad, but for now, i think people are going to find it more helpfull to replace version.dll and get their servers up, than to wait for each of their plugins to be updated.

lol @ this convo

ye

@Lethal it's frustrating

@substitute knows what he is talking about FYI

was close to turning into a dick measuring contest

You read one binary number wrong after working all day and people don’t let it go

10:44 PM

haha

kinda throws you off

cough i think sub IS trolling

10:46 PM

let the rant continue...

let's not

ok, im tired. i need to get home.... soo tired fixing other ppls stuff at work

already have the fixed version.dll and it's working

Also only plugins that are calling SteamID stuff should need updated. If the plugin isn't using Steam ID they should be fine currently.

any plugin that doesnt use steam ID ???

which in my case is almost all of them xD

ohh wait, true... i actually made one that doesnt.

yeah, there's couple , like KillFeed,

my NoWander doesn't

but yeah, most of thjem in my particular case use ID

@GormusSenex I forgot a lot of people link against the lib file

10:58 PM

Which is a prebuilt static lib for compiling

10:58 PM

In that case the function isn’t compiled at compile time

10:58 PM

As the lib has it already and just links to it

10:58 PM

I don’t usually link against lib files for things I might have to change

11:00 PM

Changing the function only works if you’re not statically linking

cant update the Version cause of forum update :/

my version worked btw

1

Is it possible to post the updated version here?

anyone had this issue building the API? i'm no expert

You need to rebuild the whole API

3:58 AM

clean or manually delete .obj files

4:38 AM

#if DEBUG_PLUGIN
    Log::GetLog()->log(spdlog::level::info, "Plugin is in Debug mode!");
#else
    Log::GetLog()->log(spdlog::level::info, "Plugin is in Release mode!");
#endif

4:38 AM

Almost ready to publish the template project.

4:38 AM

@Lethal

4:39 AM

The debugging/release isn't anything fancy

4:39 AM

I just deleted the original Debug config, cloned Release and set a preprocessor define (DEBUG_PLUGIN), but will be useful.

@substitute can there exist a conflict for multiple versions in separate directories? my other project works on v3.2 i removed obj files and cleaned the solution, still the error persists. in a v3.4 solution

this error isn't specific to the api

4:57 AM

it's a compiler error

with this i just downloaded 3.4 and opened the solution and hit build, this error appeared and i'm lost as to how to fix it.

If anyone would like to test my plugin template, shoot me a pm

8:05 AM

The goal is to make a one click setup solution for visual studio (edited)

Hello everyone, has this project stopped updating

9:17 AM

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

oh....

9:18 AM

why...?

Where can I download the latest version?

9:19 AM

this project stopped updating?

i don't know....

9:19 AM

i get plugin https://ark-server-api.com/resources/ark-server-api.4/

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

ArkApi is a plugin which allows you to create your own server-side plugins for ARK using C++ language. Installation: Extract everything to "ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64". All files like "version.dll" should be in "Win64" folder. Start your...

Yes, I know. I just want to look at the source code

@substitute wow... can i help you?

@Michidu ?

no, it's not stopped updating ofc

@Deleted User pm

2 days ago

i don't know pm...;; sorry;;; what 'pm'?

1

Where can I see the latest version of the source code?

i English is not good.

I want to try to build it myself.

on github...

ok, the github code , is latest?

It says right there in your picture

9:23 AM

Last update 2 days ago

9:24 AM

-_-#

9:25 AM

Thank you. I'm dazzled

@Deleted User

9:29 AM

Send me a private message on discord to test the template

may i see your template too?

oh. ok.

best for template would be to use CMake and windows batch and git. I already have something that pulls the api, creates the visual studio project, compiles and links the project and generates the plugin info with one klick. The problem is when there is too much change in the project structure, e.g. new files, then you need cmake knowlege again ....

@Mr.Salt

9:48 AM

Mine is 1 line of git

9:48 AM

Who uses cmake for visual studio projects

9:48 AM

someone who is tired of absolute paths in visual studio projects. someone who is a fan of full automated code generation including documentation, tests, code style etc.

You can use relative paths

9:52 AM

That’s how my template includes all api dependencies

9:53 AM

Someone needing a template is also someone who’s far and away from needing docs and test suites

I know I know, that's a good thing and a great solution for these purposes. But then a user still has to set up and save the api and the project in a similar way to you

https://github.com/SaltyBay/Ark-Plugin-TribeSlotCooldown

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

I just tested his template. @substitute It works really well and I hope this will be released. Then I expect the new plugin developers will be more accessible.

There’s some more I want to add

9:57 AM

And more documentation

9:57 AM

But it’s 4am

oh.

9:57 AM

sleep!

9:58 AM

Eyes must be healthy.

lol I'm with @Mr.Salt I've seen a few compiled plugins throw exceptions with paths like d:\programs\projects\ etc when we don't even run a D: drive

well that is because of the paths in the pdb.

@Deleted User What time is it then?

this korea. utc +9.:00 this time is 17:01

wow

it's always like this and depends on where the build was linked. Even the Ark exceptions contain the build working directory.

Documentation wtf ?!? My code is always, ALWAYS, self-explanatory

11:36 AM

good codes don’t need comments

Amen !

and there are still tools that measure comments per codlines

11:38 AM

Infidels !

11:43 AM

(just like a "Software Architect".... that's basically just a coder who cant code no-more but they think they can ! I spit on them !

)

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/commit/3aeac2dcdaf44249cb002ddb4aee952d8946d672 ARK headers update

3

Crystal Wyvern Queen , How to tame it?

12:40 PM

Prompt me to put in the food and start feeding.

12:40 PM

What does it eat? Anybody know?

u seriously asking this in a development forum ? go somewhere else omg !

@Mr.Salt Please tell me you are using msbuild with cmd

1:35 PM

Windows CLI is horrid

1:44 PM

i use Cmake for C++ and C projects with various compilers. Mostly visual studio for development....

Yeah i use cmake aswell for some of my C++ projects but i've been using .sln for compiling and all that so i guess i should consider making a make file

3:13 PM

Thanks

well build then just is: cmake --build . --target ALL_BUILD --config Release

3:39 PM

SaltyBay/Ark-Plugin-TribeSlotCooldown

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3:39 PM

if you like to have a look

Does anyone know how to convert to digital format

5:54 PM

EPICID

cokll can you paste the numbers here? the netID ones

5:56 PM

a6dc6a9172a04b669a77fc754e64faef|0002ce56b15444d99d72b0e5c355de12 to 8186112038914615050

@cokll what did you use to convert the profile to json?

ark-tools probably

yes

Is there one that is updated?

5:59 PM

I found a github, but last update was 3 years ago.

i'm not sure if the number is directly convertible , i have to explore this more

5:59 PM

yes, there is one

6:00 PM

PlayerListCommands.java 149 playerFileName = player.uniqueId.getNetId() + ".json"; Change to playerFileName = path.getFileName().toString() + ".json";

java

6:01 PM

is whet is available

is it open source

i'm developing another conversor in pohp

I can port it to C#

There's already one in C#, well, not c# but .Net

6:02 PM

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkSavegameToolkitNet

ark-mod/ArkSavegameToolkitNet

Library for reading ARK Survival Evolved savegame files using C#. - ark-mod/ArkSavegameToolkitNet

6:02 PM

i'm 95% done with my reader in ohp, i just need to finish the reader and start writing the Compiler to reconvert from json to binary

6:03 PM

@cokll can you send me a full json profile to give it a read?

8186112038914615050.arkprofile

2.79 KB

6:04 PM

8186112038914615050.json

6.79 KB

yeah, nothing useful..... hmmmmmm

i don't think this info is on the map save file.... could it be?

6:07 PM

gotta gtive me some time, i haven't resumed my deevelopment xD

Yes, it's not on the map

but i already have my "documentation"

your pawn test character what info does it have, have you checked it recently?

Have you ever had trouble getting into the game?Since the update, my server went black and dropped the call after 10 seconds.

6:48 PM

Until then, the server was working properly,

The background shows that the player enters and exits the game within 1 second.

7:00 PM

Are GetPlayerSteamId calls broken? Do I need to update my API?

10:07 PM

I think this is causing a crash: GetSteamIdFromController

10:09 PM

apoligies if it is a similar or repeat question from before. I'm scrolling back to see if it is answered

yup it is cuz of epic id

10:20 PM

new* epic id

10:21 PM

we basically spend all evening yesterday discussing it

10:21 PM

michidu updated the api so u should be good now

thanks. grab latest from github and update references. are there new function calls?

10:26 PM

or same function calls?

function calls are the same only the code inside them had to be changed

ye, no need to change any plugin u made

alright, thanks

10:33 PM

https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/2448217320137354596/

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

10:33 PM

That is the one, right? Just to be 100%

10:34 PM

i downloaded, updated references, recompiled and still have a crash. just being sure im in the right one

You do my need to recompile

11:41 PM

Just get updated version.dll

11:42 PM

Michidu uses dynamic linking so new version dll updates everything automatically

Uses the names generated from DECLARE_HOOK to help tie the two features together.

9:03 AM

/* Macro to add a hook easily. */
#define SET_HOOK(functionName, hookName) \
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook(functionName, &Hook_ ## hookName, &hookName ## _original)
/* Macro to remove a hook easily. */
#define DISABLE_HOOK(functionName, hookName) \
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook(functionName, &Hook_ ## hookName)

(edited)

So, anyone here has some experience with the ARK Save file? i'm trying to interpret the last data at the properties of an object, i can't make heads or tails out of it

@substitute i did what you suggested, i deleted all .obj files and recompiled the API, this error is just always there, using API 3.2, no issues using API 3.4.1 this issue

2:21 PM

there are no obj files before i compile

what about in the project itself ? if its set to "copy to output" ? (edited)

afaik the output folders are all within the project folder, is there some place I'm missing, maybe some additional output location?

not sure, sry

2:26 PM

just threw up an idea cuz i jsut did exactly that in the c# project im in rn

i did the same steps with 3.2 to get the API compiles, it just doesn't wanna compile 3.4

2:31 PM

@GormusSenex are you able to compile 3.4?

havnt tried yet, sry

API is on 3.5 to fix steam id issue. No reason to use 3.4 any longer.

well, its still numbered 3.4 i just see it as 3.4.1, but the latest master branch is what i'm using , 3.4.1/3.5

definitely using master : commit 207 @Lethal have you managed to compile that version?

Yes

do you happen to know why i would be getting this error?

I only use VS2019 to compile my stuff (edited)

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2:47 PM

Pretty sure the released official code is compiled against VS17 which I had issues getting to work right when I started writing plugins. Did you try google for answers? Usually much faster to find things to try there and that error wouldn't be specific to the API.

google is always the first place i try

@Lethal so i also use 2019 for all other projects, i just ran this against 2017, same issue so lol, no idea..

Try deleting the the x64 folders

3:42 PM

Also your screenshot shows a linking error.

3:45 PM

Does yours look like this?

@Lethal yeah everything just like that literally out of the box this error exists, i download master:207, open solution, compile.. this works ok for 3.2, not ok for 3.4/5

something in commit 183 changed, and i cant compile the API after there, not sure what the issue is.

5:57 PM

i suppose the issue is obvious to the more experienced people, but i am not.

there will be plugins for ark epic servers?

maybe... maybe not...

6:45 PM

thats gonna need a rewrite / rethinking of ID stored runtime and on DB with a column telling whether or not the ID is a steam id or an epic one

6:46 PM

or store ID in a string column as '[Epic ID]#[Steam ID]' and a rewrite on the methods accessing and storing that ID. many ways to implement it (edited)

Ark epic servers ?

11:28 PM

What ?

11:30 PM

Can you play with friends on Epic Games in non-dedicated servers ? ...

I think the title say it all ^^

11:30 PM

Wow.

11:30 PM

Just

11:30 PM

Wow.

11:30 PM

What a shill of a company

makes sense. why should steam support EGS ?

2:34 AM

egs can make their own MOD "shop"-look-a-like... gl lol (edited)

2:35 AM

this is the era of arkserverapi plugins !

at least on epic ark

That’s not really a helpful error message

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@Michidu would you ever consider moving from minhook to MS Detours?

6:48 AM

It's open source now, https://github.com/microsoft/Detours has a nuget package and has the wonderful DetourFindFunction function. DetourFindFunction would reduce/remove the need for PDB parsing.

@substitute ah, didn't know about it. But still PDB reader would be needed for other things. also good idea about macro

8:17 AM

therefore i'm not sure what improvements it would give?

@Michidu no need to always find function by scan

10:12 AM

So you don’t have to remember to update config to dump other structures

10:12 AM

Tbh it should just always dump all

10:12 AM

I don’t see much performance overhead

yeah, 'dump all' is planned i'm working on adding nearly all structs to api also

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Nice

10:17 AM

Are you going to use software dumper?

10:17 AM

Once you add findfunction / findobject bp code becomes available too

10:17 AM

One major flaw to bp code is the parameters are passed in as a pointer to a structure containing the args

10:18 AM

I wrote a template function that can take any args of any size and repack them in memory like a structure

10:18 AM

So it makes it easy to interop

findfunction is added already i use ida with my own scripts to dump

Nice

i mean findfunction was always here

Did you want the function template for packing args as structure?

10:19 AM

It works because the type expected is void* internally I believe

10:19 AM

And the magic ue4 does unpacks properly

sure, it might be nice addition

It’ll prevent you from having to make a structure for every bp function

10:20 AM

I think this is latest

10:20 AM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ParamaterPack

SubstituteR/ParamaterPack

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10:21 AM

Needs c++17 for the fold expression

to call it you mean? api will directly call funcs as before

I am talking about blueprint script functions

10:22 AM

You can find the ufunction and call it

10:22 AM

But the parameters for ufunctions are structures

10:22 AM

Like a(x,y) in bp script is a structure with two fields

ye, true sometimes you can use just array though

Only if the types match

10:24 AM

Like int,int array is fine

10:24 AM

int,playercontroller would be jank

10:25 AM

Would be useful to interop server api and workshop mod

that's a great idea in your code definitely makes calls easier

Is there a function to detect if a player is in a boss arena? I want to prevent users from using plugin commands when in boss arena.

im guessing u dont want them to buy 5 gigas while in the boss arena ?

3:38 PM

i think some1 posted something about that sometime ago. have u tried searching here ? (edited)

you don´t need to prevent to buy gigas in boss arena. actually you just can bring them in... huhe huhe

ye but u have to time the cryo-toss. with shop u just buy it in there

(edited)

Couldn't find much on search. Would really appreciate if someone could help out.

Some day I am going to make a plugin that expands Aberration "native dino" code to the rest of the maps.

My suggestion would be to do an area validation, i mean the coordinates for each arena are well known

5:04 PM

another suggestion would be to do it around the BossController (check distance from the Actor)

5:06 PM

like on ragnarok, the actor BossArenaManager_TwoBosses_DragonManticore_C is right in the center of the boss arena

@Michidu Are you an official member of ARK?

5:53 PM

I had a question, In the latest version, rawSocket is disabled. Before this, my server had a layer of forwarding service.

5:54 PM

After the update, the forwarded game traffic can not enter the game, logged in after the black screen.

5:55 PM

I would like to confirm whether the verification of UDP source IP was added when rawSocket was officially disabled.

@Codeboy he does not work for Wildcard

6:00 PM

Your best bet is to go into ida and check yourself (edited)

@substitute Sorry, my English is not good. What is Wildcard?

The company that made ark...

Does it represent a router?

6:05 PM

-_-#

ur a troll - leave

I see. You mean Michidu doesn't work for Wildcard?

Yes, he does not work for them

Amazing, ARKServerAPI is so convenient. I always thought it was an official insider.

The dino, health attribute that the ArkShop purchased is sometimes regressed to a lower level than when it was purchased, Has anyone ever come across this problem?

Hi! Erm... noob question here. I run an unmodded server, can I use Ark Api and it's plugins? You see people that got the game on Epic store can't use mods. Wil it be compatible with them?

Yes

5:56 AM

@Deicide

thanks man

man i can't get this new version.dll file to work. I download the latest from ARKServerAPI website, replace it in the x64 folder and the server doesn't even attempt to boot.

8:26 PM

Just throws this every 15 seconds 6/15/2020 10:22:02 AM Restart SYSTEM 127.0.0.1 Detected process crash

@Ras do you know how to use a debugger

i know where the log files are for the API, but it doesn't even make it that far. ShooterGame logs aren't appearing either

You need to attach a debugger

9:16 PM

And catch the exception

that i don't know how to do then ><

9:33 PM

not through the Host Havoc control panel anyway

If your host supports API use they should be able to help you get it updated and running again I would think. (edited)

Honestly if I had to guess

10:05 PM

the server runtime may not support whichever version of Visual C++ the version.dll was compiled with

10:05 PM

I've seen a few people here using 2019 instead of 2017

10:06 PM

@Ras You can try to fix/update the issue and compile yourself on VS 2017

10:06 PM

in a nutshell, the version.dll might be using

10:06 PM

which may not be on your host's servers

that could likely be it if version.dll was compiled in 2019. i had an issue with my API the exact same way

10:07 PM

my plugin*

I'd give it a shot then, you can find what people did above

ill give it a shot, didn't even consider that possibility

10:07 PM

i just figured i was doing something wrong with the version.dll lol

it's just drag/drop replace CheckMark

which is exactly what i did lol

yep, I'd give the 2019/2017 a check

10:08 PM

just in case

servers are on older hardware though, im told. i had updated my "test" server which worked with my plugin compiled on 2019

I assumed the new API would be 2017 since Adrian posted it and the last version.

@Ras is the test server your own or on the same host?

and when i moved my plugin to our "play" servers, it had the issue and i had to compile to 2017

10:09 PM

same hosting service, different machine

interesting lol.

10:09 PM

Looks like they don't use single image setups

You could ask them to install the runtime files that support 2019 and below.

or someone asked them to install VS2019 redist on your testing server

i pay my own "test" account to play around with the plugins/API and make cool things. someone else owns and pays for hte playing cluster

10:09 PM

lol

Shameless self-plug

10:10 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

10:10 PM

@Ras template I'm making for the API.

10:10 PM

one git command and it's ready to compile out of box.

10:10 PM

includes a debugging build setup as well.

no shame in plugging cool sh*t

10:11 PM

sounds useful lol

DECLARE_HOOK(setAutoAdmin, void, AShooterGameMode*, APlayerController*, bool, bool, const FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct*, UPrimalPlayerData*);

BOOL Load()
{
    INIT_LOG("All Admins");
    SET_HOOK("AShooterGameMode.StartNewShooterPlayer", setAutoAdmin);
    LOG->info("All Admins Loaded!");
#if DEBUG_PLUGIN
    LOG->debug("Debugging is enabled.");
#endif
    return TRUE;
}

BOOL Unload()
{
    DISABLE_HOOK("AShooterGameMode.StartNewShooterPlayer", setAutoAdmin);
    return TRUE;
}

10:11 PM

it's that easy to use.

10:11 PM

SET_HOOK (and DISABLE_HOOK) are macros to compliment DECLARE_HOOK

10:12 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template/blob/master/ArkServerAPI-Template/Helpers/macros.h

10:12 PM

you still have to write the handler though obviously

void Hook_setAutoAdmin(AShooterGameMode* _this, APlayerController* NewPlayer, bool bForceCreateNewPlayerData, bool bIsFromLogin, const FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStruct* charConfig, UPrimalPlayerData* ArkPlayerData)
{
  //dostuff
}

@Ras I checked with dependency walker and it seems to use vcruntime 140

10:21 PM

so if rebuilding doesn't fix, which it might not, you'll need a debugger

Am i the only one to discover something called

C++
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("ADroppedItemEgg.PerformanceThrottledTick_Implementation", &Hook_ADroppedItemEgg_PerformanceThrottledTick_Implementation);

?

10:28 PM

Aparently something called a performance throttled tick exists

10:28 PM

but isn't mentioned

10:28 PM

( in IDA or i missed it )

10:33 PM

I see it

10:33 PM

PerformanceThrottledTick is on parent class AActor

10:34 PM

when a class implements a function like this (one that is BP also), I find it is usually named func_Implmentation

10:34 PM

I think that's an UE4 standard

10:34 PM

yeah see, on parent

10:34 PM

it is a bpscript function

Ah ok yeah i see it aswell i dont recall seeing it so it could have slipped by

10:38 PM

i only found it in a crash stack call trace and figured might aswell check if it works

Good morning everybody. By the way, is there a Linux version of APISDK?

No

5:45 AM

There will likely never be one @Codeboy

5:46 AM

Linux ark doesn’t ship with pdb as far as I know, and that is required for this to work.

5:46 AM

This api is also using windows specific sdks to function

5:47 AM

Someone would have to port this library

@Michidu

8:22 AM

https://github.com/nxrighthere/UnrealCLR

nxrighthere/UnrealCLR

Unreal Engine 4 .NET Core integration. Contribute to nxrighthere/UnrealCLR development by creating an account on GitHub.

8:22 AM

Each day we stray closer to clr in ark

8:24 AM

Has anyone ever encountered this problem

@substitute nice! Just hooks might be an issue

Coworker sent me that, and yeah hooks will be tricky

8:28 AM

Roadmap looks promising

8:28 AM

oh, c# adding pointers

Well tbh

8:32 AM

Pointers exist already either as unsafe or using intptr

8:32 AM

Just not super fun or easy to deal with

yeah, i know if they are adding better support, that's great

For a hook, the set hook would have to be a custom hook to write a trampoline to a native method that just forwards to the managed method

8:33 AM

I thought minhook had something like that though

8:33 AM

Might be mistaken

that what minhook does, it might work for .net too actually would need to test

Maybe I can later

8:35 AM

But for now cod

Expanding to include the linux market would bring in more users

4:07 PM

Especially just for the fact you don't have to run a win10-7 VM to host a server on it's own in order to use the API

Yeah but no pdb @KillZone

Yeah i know pepefatsad

6:27 PM

Read the messages

trust me

7:09 PM

you're gonna want to run the server on Windows

7:09 PM

they almost exclusively run their servers on Windows

7:10 PM

it's the only platform they give any love to.

Linux is for cheaps who dont wanna pay for a real OS

Linux is a real OS

not from my windows point of view...

7:12 PM

Windows can't Jailbreak iDevices on an A11 chip or older with checkra1n

7:12 PM

7:13 PM

Windows doesn't run on my PS3, or my pi3

pi3 it can tho

Not really, no.

7:13 PM

it's completely unsupported

7:14 PM

and uses like 85% of your RAM idle on the desktop

7:14 PM

I can run Linux 100% in RAM once loaded.

7:14 PM

legit you can use USB to boot linux and then remove the USB with 0% issues if you use something like puppylinux

7:14 PM

the whole OS is loaded into RAM

jsut becuz its small and loads into ram on an inferior "computer" doesnt make it a full stack OS

Linux is a fullstack OS

7:15 PM

it's so much of a fullstack OS Microsoft uses it on some parts of Azure

7:16 PM

the NSA contributed to it (SE Linux)

7:16 PM

https://www.nsa.gov/what-we-do/research/selinux/

7:17 PM

a majority of computers run it or on top of it* *This is including phones.

7:17 PM

It runs on RISC-V, PowerPC, x86, x86_64

7:17 PM

and many more CPU architectures

7:18 PM

OS X and Linux systems are also cousins, both being designed around Unix.

linux has a lack of software, doesnt get the updates first to the software that runs both "OS"s, linux has way too many distributions all being very different, bugs are better handled in windows, support is close-to-none on linux unless ur a linux-geek urself, drivers r close to non existant, games are... none existant... and its basically complicated to a point where one think its complicated just for the sake of making it complicated so not too many users uses it (edited)

dont ever compare a giant to a mouse. in all aspect, except price, windows > linux. facts !

7:22 PM

i would even guess TCO is higher on linux but dont know for sure

@GormusSenex to your points. 1. Linux gets daily updates. Really, go check the Linux kernel github. Distros have many updates over time 2. You don't have to use the many different types of distros. Stick to the main couple (for servers, CentOS is a good choice, there is also Red Hat Enterprise.) 3. Bugs are not better handled in Windows. This isn't subjective, both systems handle bugs by giving the developer control on how to handle issues. Blame the developer. 4. Support, there are distros that offer tons of support, such as Redhat. 5. Drivers .... that's again on the developers to do. Buy hardward that matches the OS you plan to use. This is not a good argument, OS X only has drivers for the hardware they use in Macs. Additionally, drivers are a complete non-issue in the server world. 6. Games, that's on the developer. Open APIs exist for game design, such as OpenGL. UE4 has bindings for these. 7. It is not complicated. There are extremely user friendly distros.

7:25 PM

I personally wouldn't use Linux for my desktop usage, but if I could use any OS, I would use OS X if my hardware was supported.

7:26 PM

OS X has both polish, and a common Unix history making it the perfect blend.

7:26 PM

Android runs on top of Linux btw, iDevices run on top of Darwin, which is based off of FreeBSD, which is designed around the common Unix.

7:28 PM

Anyways, if you want to talk about bugs

7:28 PM

Windows skipped version "9" because it could "break software using 9 to detect if the system was 95/98 vs 2000"

7:28 PM

that should say enough about the clobbered mess that Windows is.

7:29 PM

They still haven't correctly unified their UX from Windows 7 to the flat style they introduced in Windows 8.

is linux close-to-100% back-compatible ?

Yes

7:29 PM

Linux itself is a kernel.

give it 20 yrs, and its not

Yes it is

all distros r 100% back compatible ?

7:30 PM

i think not

That's by the choice of the distro

exices

7:30 PM

excuses*

is software written for windows 98 going to work automatically on windows 10?

7:30 PM

No,

7:30 PM

it doesn't

7:30 PM

I know it doesn't because I've had to deal with that

7:30 PM

That's on the developer

7:31 PM

If you use a distro that cares about long-term stability and compatibility, they almost always are backwards compatible.

7:31 PM

breakage comes from bad developers

7:33 PM

https://stackoverflow.com/a/25954492

XNA 4.0 game doesn't do anything when ran on another PC

This issue is getting real tiresome and I've been spending atleast 2 days looking around for an answer. Basically, I want to publish a game, and I've hired a friend of mine to test it out before I

7:33 PM

XNA doesn't ship with Windows 8+

7:33 PM

you have to go through MS download pages to find it and get it working partially

7:33 PM

just to play games written in it

googling linux backward compatibility issues gives 9m hits. same on windows gives 52m hits. windows is used by 85%ish of the world where linux is hardly 2%. soo....

how many people do you know on Windows use ancient software

7:35 PM

Of course Linux is going to have more results (by ratio), linux is almost exclusively used in a majority of server infrastructures (edited)

7:36 PM

btw, you're wrong about the usage of Windows %

7:36 PM

Mac OS and Android have massive market shares as well.

not the issue. that fact that its "clumpsy" as u said is becuz its almost 30 yrs old and started from 16bit

7:37 PM

Android runs on Linux

im talking pc. not smart devices

Smart devices are computers

7:37 PM

in many developing countries, a smart device is a person's only computer

cuz they r fucking poor. idc about them

7:38 PM

im talking PCs

Wow, what an incredibly ignorant statement

actual PCs

I'm not talking to you anymore. That was an incredible ignorant thing to say.

ye it is what it is

There's nothing a PC can do that a smart device can not do.

umm, ye ?!

Name one.

like a lot and a lot faster

You can develop on a smart device. You can game on a smart device. You can produce music on a smart device. You can edit video on a smart device. You can write documents on a smart device.

7:39 PM

Just because a full-sized desktop is faster doesn't make the point invalid.

it doesnt even come close to the computational power of a pc... duhh

7:40 PM

anyway, i love linux. got ubuntu on two laptops at home. im basically trolling cuz im bored at work

btw

7:42 PM

7:43 PM

are you saying Spain is poor?

umm, ye

7:43 PM

like greece and italy

And China and Ireland?

yup

because that would be be wrong

maybe not ireland

China has one of the largest economies on the planet.

only a little

7:44 PM

not per capita

7:45 PM

spain #34

7:45 PM

china #79

7:46 PM

... let me point u to #16 <---

7:46 PM

<----

Hong Kong is above USA

7:47 PM

HK is part of China

7:47 PM

Ireland is above USA

7:47 PM

UAE > USA

7:48 PM

All Android #1

ireland is only up there cuz of their tax laws making them the european capital of tax evaders

excuses

7:48 PM

wasn't that what you said?

7:48 PM

doesnt make the citizens rich if its all owned by companies

7:49 PM

but ye... excuses

7:49 PM

i guess

I'd also back linux, recently switched to it after 15 years of using windows

10:35 PM

After the learning curve it's so much more powerfull than windows

10:35 PM

I have my old OS on a SSD just for games and ark and that's about it

10:36 PM

And regarding what you said about updates @GormusSenex with linux, It's alot more updated than windows if you get a rolling release cycle distro

cough ark cough

If you opt for something like CentOS then yeah windows is updated more but servers ( note servers, not PC's ) running a OS like that isn't chasing the latest updates, rather stability

10:37 PM

No clue why they opted to love windows so much

10:37 PM

but given how the reacted to Epic games with "Epic ark servers" i would place theories but it's their right to do whatever they deem fit

10:37 PM

Also

10:38 PM

Might sound stupid, but has anyone just asked for the PDB for linux?

@Michidu will you by any chance be updating your repository https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins specifically the permissions source code? thanks.

It didn't need updated it only needed to be compiled against the fixed API source i'm pretty sure. At least that's all I had to do before the official version was released.

oh i see, thanks. i seem to be getting this ArkAdvert, not sure what it is

Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
Error    C4996    'std::result_of<callable (AShooterPlayerController *&)>': warning STL4014: std::result_of and std::result_of_t are deprecated in C++17. They are superseded by std::invoke_result and std::invoke_result_t. You can define _SILENCE_CXX17_RESULT_OF_DEPRECATION_WARNING or _SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS to acknowledge that you have received this warning.    ArkAdvert    D:\VisualStudio\Repository\ArkAdvert\ArkAdvert\Tools.h    9

12:50 AM

it jumps to this class

12:51 AM

i have no idea what i'm doing here

@GormusSenex https://youtu.be/6T_-HMkgxt0

Linus Tech Tips

Linux gaming is BETTER than windows?

Linus just doesn't look like that little 12yo Tech wizard anymore, must be the beard.

@AaronBasques You can add the following in the project in code or in the properties

#ifndef _SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
#define _SILENCE_ALL_CXX17_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
#endif

(edited)

@Lethal thank you, i added it to the PreprocessorDefinitions is it wise to use depreciated stuff though?

Its fine until it gets removed

awesome, i appreciate the help. do you have any experience with \version\Core\Public\Timer.h i cant find anything that uses it to use as an exampel (edited)

Pretty sure there is public code that uses "AddOnTimerCallback" and "RemoveOnTimerCallback".

1:17 AM

ArkAdvert TimedRewards EventManager etc...

it doesn't appear to be the same timer though, those plugins seem to create their own thread as where Timer.h uses two functions DelayExecute and RecurringExecute i figure, if there is already a timer implementation in the API, why am i using my own thread instead of the API stuff (edited)

1:24 AM

or at least i'm likely not understanding how to use them lol idk

@KillZone I asked zen

1:33 AM

He said no to pdb

1:33 AM

Also it wouldn’t be a pdb it would be a different file

1:33 AM

Pdb is made by Microsoft though technically it’s an open standard now

2:29 AM

Not even sure how you would use it then for the API if it were a different file, but worth a shot

2:29 AM

Im not sure why they released a windows PDB but wont give the linux equivalent

Anyone tried a server running on WINE or something similar?

That's a rabbit hole in itself but no i havent

2:31 AM

Il give it a shot

2:37 AM

Well it somewhat launches

2:38 AM

the API isn't picked up since no output of it being loaded

2:38 AM

and i can't test if it actually started since i don't have ark installed on this OS

2:38 AM

But somewhat works if you can call it that

2:39 AM

The failed to get host name is not a error , just the running VPN causing it to fail btw

Anyone tried a server running on WINE or something similar?

WHY would you run a server on wine?

2:40 AM

To avoid forced restarts on a win10 VM for updates a good example ?

why not just simply run in linux and that's it

API isn't supported on Linux I was asking a question to add to the conversation. Try and catch up with the convo.

Api sounds like a good excuse to add a layer of virtualization

2:49 AM

I swear im being monitored

everything is monitored, its how they make money, selling your activity so they can push adverts at you, every site/app does it that has any kind of tracking discord included.

3:06 AM

i only have to say "baby bottle" near someone else's phone when i'm no where near my devices, then i look later, a bunch of ads i get, baby stuff... the shit knows your voice too...

Yeah the privacy concerns were one of the main reason i switched to linux

3:13 AM

Because when i search for a file what i want the OS to do is send the search query to bing.com just in case

I just accept there is no privacy and limit my usage accordingly i don't even use facebook or instagram

3:15 AM

i'm not missing out on anything there

3:15 AM

all my profiles on signups are fake, with fake emails and fake names

3:16 AM

fuck the multinationals and their corporate shit

Eh just use the correct software and aproperiate steps

nothing is safe though, no matter what you use. they have you some how.

Why not use Windows Server Core? My server runs on this one

i'm not a fan of not having the classic explorer, but that's not a bad idea actually

Solved the Windows 10 messy interface, leaning to Linux streamlined, stable

4:08 AM

For the game server, no Explorer is needed

4:09 AM

The command section of PowerShell is similar to that of Linux, and regular operations are sufficient.

i know, but, i haven't actually bringed myself to actually do something like that, out of lazyness

My Server

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4:14 AM

The system only needs 600M memory.^_^

4:15 AM

windows server 2019 needs 3~4G memory....

the system, so the OS?

yes

can you like install the explorer into a server core?

4:19 AM

i'm thinking i might want that with my workjstation xD

yes

4:19 AM

i installd

bare minimum windows and the minimum needed to run steam would be the dream

chrome

nice, i think i will try to do that next time i reformat my computer

4:23 AM

It lacks the DLLS needed to run the ARK server and needs to copy opengl32.dll, glu32.dll, dsound.dll and dx to the server

but that is installing directx only doesn't it?

yes, Directx installation error in my system, later is the required DLL copy over to solve

4:28 AM

It is now up and running, and the plugins are loaded

4:29 AM

Some time ago, I tried to run Server Core with Docker, and finally got stuck in directX DLL

4:30 AM

Next time I try it again, just copy the DLL and I guess it will work fine

hmmm

@Hsilamot

4:41 AM

look into Windows LTSB

4:41 AM

but you would have to pirate it, LTSB is only sold to enterprise

4:42 AM

@KillZone

4:42 AM

you could do an obj dump on the linux server binary to see what symbols are in it.

4:42 AM

but I don't expect much, Googling it shows unknownfunction on crash logs. (searching linux ark server crashstack) (edited)

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i can acquire it, problem is that, it is not what i'm looking for

latest Windows Server can run headless

i want a Windows Core, like the server, basically stripping away all the components i do not need, for example Windows Network sharing, i don't use it, i don't want it, windows contacts, windows maps, windows calendar all of those apps that run all the time on the background, don't need them, active directory integrations, don't use them, don't need them.

Those are removed in LTSB (edited)

Problem with windows server is that you can't run windows store applications on it

Networking sharing, likely not, but all the ~~metro~~ UWP apps are. (edited)

we did explorer LTSB but we didn't like it,,, i don'r remember why actually, but i think i might want to give it another shot at somepoint

4:46 AM

oh, yeah, same problem, no access to the microsoft store so no apps on LTSB

Well, you have to deal with the UWP apps if you want Microsoft Store

4:47 AM

many of them are to some extent dependent on each other.

yeah, they need to make it UWP so it doesn't require their apps to work

Google Play Store on Android won't work without Google services

4:47 AM

I can assure you, those apps are at most taking like 200mb of RAM, tops.

4:47 AM

If you have a server machine, I'd expect no less than 64 GB of ram.

like, i kinda understand that you require MsContacts for the UWP to work, but, do i need the MsContacts to run as a service? shouldn't that be implemented with callbacks instead?

That's not how Operating Systems work

4:48 AM

callbacks only function in the process they exist in.

4:48 AM

To have crosstalk between services, both programs need to be running and they need to implement their own IPC protocol.

4:49 AM

They could have made MsContacts a front-end for a background service, but it's effectively the same, as MsContacts (in unloaded/idle) is basically already that.

i see

Works that way in all modern OSes

at the end of the day what i would like to see is my computer with less processes, not the 280 i see it today,,,

it's part of protecting applications

4:51 AM

even in Linux, you have to pipe contents from process A to process B at a minimum

4:51 AM

if you want DMA between programs, use an unprotected OS like Temple OS

4:51 AM

but linux somehow feels much better than windows,

but when someone gets a buffer overflow and crashes the whole system

4:51 AM

eww, TOS

Linux feels better because it hides some things better

hides?

many things are in daemons that you don't usually see (edited)

4:54 AM

If I can ask (edited)

4:54 AM

why do you need MS Store?

up until now, for games mostly in my case, on the bussiness because our parent company has developed apps for the windows store that are core for the bussiness

has anyone tried to use epic's version of ark? Does it print a proper ID?

yes, print a proper ID.

have you got an example of ID?

8:47 AM

The first is epicID and the second is steamID

thanks

@Hsilamot Linux uses systemd which handles all the background services

1:21 PM

It's very well written but still gets a bit of controversity despite how long it's existed already

1:21 PM

previously you would have to cron jobs with shell and that was all you had

1:21 PM

then they introduced systemd

1:22 PM

also @substitute Saw what you wrote, atm it's just for dev work but a headless version of windows does sound more apealing

@Michidu http://arkdedicated.com/globaladmins.txt the last 2 are epic ids as well

1:46 PM

8997470993440060352
8218251314968812020

@unclema 国人？

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哇。国人出现了

@dougy thanks

Good morning everybody, Is there a link like steam://connect in Epic's ARK?

3:52 AM

In China, epic search server is very slow, often cannot search server.

no

5:03 AM

you can execute "open ip:port" command

It is too troublesome to execute the command, and you can only open the console after entering the stand-alone game

5:13 AM

Epic ARK doesn't seem to have a LAN option either.

5:13 AM

-_-#

nope, but it's the only way to make it stable, they introduced favorites last patch tho

No lan on epic version might be due to them just not having a protocol to support lan play or they intentionally left it out

yep, I guess they did it on purpose.

Good News everyone, ARK for Epic Games has solved all the network issues!

2:57 PM

2

1

2:57 PM

They just removed online play entirely

hahahahaha

lmao, wow

3:24 PM

You guys battling it out on Windows vs. Linux, can't Mac get some love?

Mac ≈ Linux

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Mac is not even worth mentioning (edited)

love the excuse mac users make when it can't run games

4:45 PM

"MaC iS nOt mEaNt fOr gAmInG"

4:45 PM

dude if you pay like 3k for a machine it better do everything like competitors

AMEN !

Have never heard any mac user say that, but, i would not be impressed if they do say that

I mean just dual boot lol

and thats why windows > mac. no windows users ever need mac os on their pc, but mac ppl cheered when they could isntall windows on their mac

I mean

7:29 PM

I need OS X on my PC

... and i guess when ur in a room full of ppl u cant find the room wierdo either ?

7:34 PM

(no sane ppl needs os x on a windows pc)

You need it to compile programs for iOS.

that is true tho. and rly annoying...

need Black Apple system?

?

Was someone working on an automatic wyvern/ drake egg clean up plugin? I feel like I've seen it mentioned, was thinking of writing one (edited)

my RconScheduler can do that https://ark-server-api.com/resources/rcon-scheduler.164/

Rcon Scheduler

This plugin allows you to schedule RCON commands to run exactly when you need them to. You can set them to run when the server starts, every X minutes, every X hours or at an exact time during the day. Dependencies: Microsoft Visual C++...

awesome

2:39 PM

do you know what the command would be?

They are in the default config I believe.

it is, i did not scroll. sorry, early morning! Thanks for the plugin!!

Anyone familiar with the UUI functions or something that would accomplish the following? I'm trying to force close a menu on the client or tell the client to reinit the hud to remove/refresh a menu that is open.

I was trying the following to hook the button click but it never seemed to get called.

DECLARE_HOOK(UUI_ClusterServersListSessions_ClickedButton, void, UUI_ClusterServersListSessions*, UWidget*);

void Hook_UUI_ClusterServersListSessions_ClickedButton(UUI_ClusterServersListSessions* _this, UWidget* clickedWidget)
{
    UUI_ClusterServersListSessions_ClickedButton_original(_this, clickedWidget);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("UUI_ClusterServersListSessions.ClickedButton", &Hook_UUI_ClusterServersListSessions_ClickedButton);
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("UUI_ClusterServersListSessions.ClickedButton", &Hook_UUI_ClusterServersListSessions_ClickedButton, &UUI_ClusterServersListSessions_ClickedButton_original);

(edited)

@Lethal not possible

7:10 PM

UUI doesn’t run on the server

RIP

7:11 PM

Anything to force a client HUD refresh?

7:14 PM

May doing a teleport command on the player and teleport them to the exact same location would close any open menu screens

you can't force close UUI screens

8:12 PM

why are you trying to force close the UUI?

I'm blocking player server transfers when they have certain items that are not allowed per settings.

ohhhhhh, why don't you just block the items themselves ?

Items that the base game allow being transferred.

it's a boolean

8:15 PM

you could probably override it

8:16 PM

you could also override the upload/transfer functions and block them if items are found (edited)

blocking works fine but the UI bugs out a little

try flipping the boolean (edited)

8:17 PM

or even better

8:17 PM

override the function that checks

8:17 PM

if an item is OK to transfer

for instance when transferring a player I can block when they click "Join with survivor" but the cancel button is not active any longer. So you have to toggle a sort option on that screen to refresh it so the cancel button can be clicked.

I'm sure there's a way to do this easily enough.

8:18 PM

with changing the function that checks for allowed transfers

Pretty sure the client side checks if the item can be transferred

the server validates it

8:20 PM

if it didn't, people would just cheat to transfer things like element

local_4c8 = (wchar_t**)LoadStringCacheProperty(L"Items Not Allowed", 9); This message comes from the client side UUI clicked function.

yes, because that is UUI specific

8:22 PM

the server has final say if an item is uploaded or not.

I'm checking the decompiled source again.

Ya, not sure where that would be happening at in the code i've been looking at.

8:40 PM

Just like trying to override allowing element transfers. That is blocked by the client as it doesn't ask the server if it is a valid upload item. So you can't even drag that over to the upload UI.

8:41 PM

Normal items will highlight the remote inventory frame when you can interact with it when dragging and dropping an item.

8:42 PM

My blocking code works and prevents the upload of single items or the upload of a character. Just no way to update the client that the UI state needs to change.

try overriding the item settings

I don't think the client is checking with the server so not sure that would do anything different.

8:55 PM

I have an idea I will try based on that and see what happens.

8:58 PM

BTW, I already override "Hook_UPrimalItem_CanBeArkTributeItem" but this isn't called for the purpose of checking player inventory only when uploading single items.

I verified the item had "bCanBeArkTributeItem()()" value of 0 and it didn't block on the client side.

Did you replicate those changes

10:20 PM

To the client

Can I hook another plugin's own functions? (edited)

depends

I want to hook a function from VoteRewards plugin

hm ?

2:13 AM

it has pdb and it's open source so you can do it

Yeah, the thing is I can't figure out how to declare the hook

you can't with the traditional method

2:13 AM

since it's looking inside ShooterGameServer.exe

2:14 AM

you'll need to include minhook in your plugin and find the function inside VoteRewards.dll

That is a good start

thanks

it would be easier for you to add whatever you're doing to the plugin itself

2:15 AM

lol

2:15 AM

instead of hooking it

@WETBATMAN

2:24 AM

he could also just use Detours

DetourFindFunction is op

@substitute I did try UpdatedItem(false) but didn't seem to affect it.

it works for other stuff so the issue is somewhere else

11:01 PM

if i call it after i update item stats it reflects ingame

I don't think every field is able to replicated back to the client. I can change stats without calling UpdatedItem and the client sees the correct stats.

hm ?

11:15 PM

which stats are you talking about ?

11:16 PM

i 100% remember that unless i called UpdatedItem the durability/damage/armor were not changing

item->bCanBeArkTributeItem (edited)

unless something else called UpdatedItem

I think it depends on where/when you change the stat values.

yeah, if something else calls updatedItem you don't need to

I tried many different things but bCanBeArkTributeItem() would never seem to be updated on the client regardless if I called UpdatedItem or not.

11:20 PM

I could change it and the server can tell me that it was flagged as "true" but the client doesn't know about it so the UUI stuff doesn't seem to call "Hook_UPrimalItem_CanBeArkTributeItem" when it is checking if restricted items are on a player it uses the local item information on the client best I can tell.

the thing is

11:21 PM

APrimalItem is hardcoded

11:21 PM

i tried to change turret slots with a plugin

11:21 PM

and it just didn't work

11:21 PM

because the actual slot count is hardcoded and can't be changed without a mod

Certain things can be changed for sure that reflect on the client side but other things i'm pretty sure just don't have any replication available.

11:25 PM

I was looking at trying to determine spoil times as some requested a per item setting. I haven't quite figured out how to affect the spoil timer properly yet.

@here WARNING: latest version (released few momments ago) breaks the API, if you have a server depending on the api do not upgrade it just yet

06/25/20 00:22 [API][error] Failed to create hook for RCONClientConnection.ProcessRCONPacket

They once again failed to release the most current PDB with the Binary

7:52 AM

https://steamdb.info/depot/376031/history/?changeid=M:5803495638382161190

ARK: Survival Evolved Dedicated Server Depot Linux · DepotID: 376031

Steam Database record for depot ARK: Survival Evolved Dedicated Server Depot Linux (DepotID or AppID: 376031)

oops,, already autoupdate worked my servers... i didnt never seem this channel T_T (edited)

Yeah noticed that. 17 servers down here

(edited)

My servers seem to be fine running with 311.94 Binary and PDB. Maybe someone has a more recent copy of these?

i tried reverting to the previous patch but it didn't work.

8:35 AM

i have a 311.99 build

Did you replace the exe and the matching pdb for the older version?

8:40 AM

mines okay

8:41 AM

I just dropped 311.94 pdb and exe over the top and working fine. ill test further and share if wildcard dont fix soon

no i just overwrite the pdb file

use the matching ShooterGameServer.exe that the PDB was created with

ofc

8:42 AM

Just woke up here lol

haha I'm at work

almost home time haha

i have a .302 working

Can you upload the exe and pdb somewhere? ❤️

yes will do

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdo9ork7an1l6t7/Temp%20ArkApi%20Fix.zip?dl=0

Temp ArkApi Fix.zip

Shared with Dropbox

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3

8:56 AM

also here: https://ark-server-api.com/threads/temp-fix-for-ark-patch-311-303.1808/

Temp Fix for ARK Patch 311.303

There has been an update from Wildcard that has broken the API due to a corrupted .pdb file. Here is a temp solution if you don't want to wait for WC to release an update. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdo9ork7an1l6t7/Temp%20ArkApi%20Fix.zip?dl=0

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Thanks @Foppa , champion

@Foppa

5:28 PM

someone should make a PDB generator

5:28 PM

using an older PDB + older exe, create signatures and dump into a temporary PDB from new exe when they forget to ship pdb

5:28 PM

sig scanning is quite powerful

Any hook to change the inventory slot of a set equipment/structure?

new update (summer one)seems to be stable for now (edited)

My test server is running on it fine as well with the event enabled

yep me too

So anyone know how to change the inventory slot of a set equipment/structure??

slot count ?

Non-Modded Trying to increase slot counts for structures like forge/vault/benches

you can't

12:09 AM

it's hardcoded into AprimalItem and is client side

12:10 AM

(as far as i know, i also tried this, the slot count would show a different number on the structure but when opened slots would be the same)

Oh, I see. ok, thanx

@WETBATMAN @Raptross

12:16 AM

you can make it into a command though

12:16 AM

like /overfill "item name here"

12:16 AM

while looking at the structure

Good morning guys Woke up to see some messages about API Problems with the newest update? Im wiping my PvE cluster today to enable Crossplay with EG so wanted to make sure everything is going to be running smoothly

there are no api problems, problem was with the game itself, they mismatched the .pdb file

Yeah sorry i worded that badly xD I didnt mean it like that

it’s fixed now so it doesn’t matter anyway lol

@WETBATMAN@Michidu

5:32 PM

I've found a use-case for needing to expediate proper BPScript interop with the API.

5:32 PM

anything relating to the player character directly, not the ShooterCharacter, but the PlayerPawnTest is all in BPScript.

5:33 PM

ex: Player Chibi Levels

Do you know what protocol is used to check the server online player on rcon tools or ark server manager ?

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_queries

Server queries

Ty

Hey, how can I create a FName variable and assign it a string?

@Pelayori

11:41 PM

FName(L"your string here", EFindName::FNAME_Add, false);

Lol thank you, been looking for it some hours

Does anyone know if there is a problem with permissions when running Crossplay? None of my players this wipe have been given permissions

10:14 AM

The only difference is the servers are now crossplay

Did you update your api

Yes everything is up to date

Is anyone willing to test out my cross cluster chat (global + tribe)? (hopefully on a server with more than a couple players > 2 maps)

@Michidu

7:50 AM

do timers run in their own little threads?

7:50 AM

if they do, we could look into using TerminateThread and keeping a list of active timers

7:50 AM

this would allow for proper unloading when using timers.

2 options But that planned

what are the two options? (edited)

7:52 AM

I did say I was gonna contribute at some point and merge some of my changes in

7:52 AM

In own thread or in ark timer :)

you mean in UE4 timer?

Yes

hm, interesting choices.

7:54 AM

one one hand, own thread gives much more control to the programmer

7:54 AM

on the other, UE4 timers run in the game thread.

7:54 AM

some functions aren't allowed to be run outside of the game thread.

7:54 AM

They'll crash (and sometimes Assert!)

true

Might actually be why the raytrace crashes

7:55 AM

from what I have heard the raytrace/linetrace function crashes the API

7:56 AM

ok so here's the best of both

In next version automatic unload of hooks/timers/commands is planned

hook a gamethread (like ProcessEvent)

7:56 AM

and allow devs to "queue" game thread sensitive commands

7:56 AM

make timers their own thread.

7:56 AM

then devs can do like GameThread::Enqueue(std::function here)

7:56 AM

if you can pass a lambda that way, I think it would be perfect

7:57 AM

What do you think?

7:57 AM

option A with interop for B

7:58 AM

It should work for API functions at least with enqueue (edited)

So execute only game functions in game thread

Yes

7:58 AM

but force the developer to choose when to queue that way

That might be 3rd option

because like if I hook ProcessEvent

7:58 AM

I'm already in a gamethread and don't need to worry about it.

7:59 AM

I don't remember

7:59 AM

can you pass a local method as a std::function?

7:59 AM

like class->func?

7:59 AM

don't remember, I usually don't worry about passing things like that

Timer already hooks game thread in first option

8:01 AM

Member function you mean?

Yes

Yes with std bind

ah neato

8:02 AM

the main issue with UE4 timer

8:02 AM

is well .... much less control

8:02 AM

and also forced to run on game thread

8:02 AM

somethings don't need to touch game thread at all

8:02 AM

(like something that periodically dl's data from the internet and caches it)

That why there is second option haha

hm, I'll try to prototype #3 as well, I think there's merit in the Enqueue function even outside of the timers

But new threads can be dangerous also

8:04 AM

For new devs especially

considering that the api is a hack, everything is dangerous

hehe

that's why the timer function would abstract that thread nonsense for them.

8:05 AM

and the thread singleton could track and terminate them when unloading

8:06 AM

as far as what the dev needs to do, they don't need to really make a thread with a loop (and delay)

8:06 AM

could just pass a function and the api would make the thread and run that function

8:06 AM

(the api would make the endless thread with correct delay)

That almost how works now, except termination

++ the termination stuff (singleton tracking threads)

8:10 AM

I think easy peasy

8:11 AM

if worried about ease of thread close, could copy the UE4 design of naming them.

8:11 AM

e.g. createThread("my updater", updatingFunction)

8:11 AM

endThread("my updater")

Looks good

oh , while you're here

8:12 AM

do you know a way to force replicate a variable ?

8:13 AM

I haven't dug too deep, but I have a variable that's sent from server to client, but doesn't update on client when changed on server (updates on reconnect though obviously)

8:13 AM

I was wondering is there was a "force update" type deal

Often classes have update function.. Need to look, not near pc rn

kk, no big deal

8:14 AM

mostly for convenience

Hello @Michidu (Sorry to ping you plz dont ban xD). Do you know if your All Engrams plugin works for Epic Games players?

@XeLaD there’s no reason for it to not work

Hook_APrimalStructure_IsAllowedToBuild Is called for C4 placement on structures and ground but is not called for placing on dinos. What hook am I missing for dinos? I've been looking for a bit now.

9:22 PM

I thought maybe APrimalStructure::BPPreventPlacementOnPawn but I guess it doesn't hook because its a "BP" function?

c4 is not just AprimalStructure, it’s an AprimalStructure_Explosive

9:31 PM

that class might have it’s own placement function

9:32 PM

btw

9:32 PM

functions that have bp in name

9:32 PM

call bp functions in them

9:32 PM

you can hook them fine

9:32 PM

and get return

9:33 PM

(if function has one)

Attaching to a dino is the hook I can't find.

i also ran into this and couldn’t find a hook when c4 is placed on a dino, so i made it just not detonate

9:56 PM

granted in my case i didn’t have to know what the c4 was placed on

I'm actually going down that path now.

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructureExplosive_CanDetonateMe, bool, APrimalStructureExplosive*, AShooterCharacter*, bool);

9:59 PM

bool Hook_APrimalStructureExplosive_CanDetonateMe(APrimalStructureExplosive *_this, AShooterCharacter* Character, bool bUsingRemote)
{
    if (ProtectExplosives)
    {
        const auto& NowTime = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetTimeSeconds();
        if (NowTime >= LastTime && Character)
        {
            AShooterPlayerController* aspc = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindControllerFromCharacter(Character);
            if (aspc)
            {
                LastTime = NowTime + 1;
                ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(aspc, { 1,0,0,1 }, 2, 5, nullptr, ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(PVPMessage[2]).c_str());
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
    return APrimalStructureExplosive_CanDetonateMe_original(_this, Character, bUsingRemote);
}

(edited)

9:59 PM

from PVP-Scheduler by OwnProx

10:00 PM

if you go down this path, make sure to destroy the c4 otherwise they can place c4 on wild dinos and drop those into enemy bases which have turrets

10:01 PM

the turrets will detonate the c4, or if your hook prevents that the c4 will soak the turret

10:01 PM

i make the turrets ignore the c4 when targeting in this case

lol good call

a tester found this out for me, i wouldn’t even think of it XD

I feel ya. Its hard to test every single scenario solo.

@WETBATMAN This makes the C4 a dud :)

_this->ExplosionDamageField() = 0;
_this->Destroyed();

hah

10:40 PM

good call

I might add a message that the C4 was faulty lol

Could someone please check this config for ArkShop, it just stopped working after I changed some items around. pFML

config.json

8.9 KB

Json formatting is alright, how did it stop working?

When I put the ARkShop folder with the default json config into the server, it worked fine, for example points were being given, and people could buy items. I shut the server down, removed the old config file, and put this new one in it's place, turned the server back on and then did a restart so it would update. It said updating, server came back online, plugin no longer works. /shop /kit etc do nothing, cheat reload.config or however it's written does nothing, it's acting as if nothing is there now.

2:00 PM

I am barely capable of editing SQL so, if nothing is wrong with the json file, I'm lost lol

2:01 PM

I used Altova XMLSpy to edit the config file, and I use Filezilla to upload it to my server, which is hosted through G Portal

Does the console throw an error when loading the plugin?

No, no errors

2:10 PM

This is how the folders look in Filezilla on the servers side

2:11 PM

I did have the ArkHelp plugin installed to the plugins folder, but I felt as if I didn't want to mess with that so I removed that entire folder at the same time I replaced the ArkShop config file. Would that have done something to mess it up?

You could try and redownload the plugin, but it's strange that is doesn't work without any error in console

Well, I technically did that too. I spent a few restarts trying to get it to work. So I shut it down again, removed the ArkShop folder through filezilla. Then I put the new config file in a copied download of the original ArkShop file after removing the default one. I put that new file/config in through filezilla, and turned it on, restarted, etc and still doesn't work.

Let me try arkshop with your config

Ok, good luck XD

Console throws an error on load. (edited)

I wonder why nothing shows on G portal, or when loading into the Ark? What do you mean by console?

2:33 PM

Sorry if it's a stupid question, lol

it's what pops up when you boot your server

Nothing pops up when I boot the server, either before or after editing that file. It worked on default, I edited it, replaced it, stopped working. But I am hosting through gportal for unofficial ark, not running it off of my computer, if that's what you mean?

2:39 PM

I feel like IT s worst nightmare right now lol

2:40 PM

Do either of you have a decently modified config file I could use or look at, to maybe see what went wrong or at least gimp my server along for now XD

https://jsonlint.com/

The JSON Validator

JSONLint is the free online validator and reformatter tool for JSON, a lightweight data-interchange format.

2:42 PM

use this to check your config before you upload it, if you cannot see your console

2:42 PM

https://jsoneditoronline.org/

JSON Editor Online - view, edit and format JSON online

JSON Editor Online is a web-based tool to view, edit, format, transform, and diff JSON documents.

2:42 PM

you can use this to edit it

I just ran it through the validator and got

2:44 PM

Is this part at the top supposed to be there? I havn't seen it on other configs. "Mysql": { "UseMysql": false, "MysqlHost": "localhost", "MysqlUser": "apitest", "MysqlPass": "12345", "MysqlDB": "apitest"

yes ofc, don't remove stuff from config

Oh, well I didn't remove that, but I did remove some stuff that I didn't want, I was careful to delete up to the previous }, and it returned no errors while doing so. How do you remove something or make it null, without causing problems? I will try to reload the original config and redo my edits, without erasing anything.

i mean don't remove variables

2:47 PM

editing arrays is fine

2:47 PM

you can remove the example items and kits they have

Oh, ok. Right that's what I did.

but don't remove any variables inside those

That's what's confusing me. The verifier says it's good, but it won't load lol

2:48 PM

Maybe, remove the file from the server again, remove the addon, restart and do it all over?

maybe tell us what error it's throwing ?

That's just it, I'm not getting any errors anywhere

2:49 PM

Server loads and runs fine, nothing shows up in the logs othe than people talking or whatever. It just acts like it's not there

that's why i hate hosts

2:49 PM

it's throwing an error

2:49 PM

you just can't see it

2:49 PM

because you don't have access to console

well.... poop. Is there anywhere that people share working configs?

2:50 PM

I've been through all of API's website and didn't see anything

2:52 PM

or can I download this console you mentioned and run the file through it to see the error?

It's throwing a json error. 306 if I recall correctly

2:52 PM

and thus plugin not loading with 1114 error

Alright, thank you both for your help. I will just try deleting it, and redoing the config again, albeit more carefully and hope it works XD

@RunningBearYarrr

6:11 PM

are you connecting via ftp or sftp

6:12 PM

@WETBATMAN sounds like a perfect time to extend the api to have error logging : )

@substitute FTP through Filezilla

Ooo if you can use sftp use it

6:09 AM

FileZilla supports it

6:09 AM

Ftp is insecure

Hi all. Is there any quick little guides on basic arkapi plugin? I have a decay system but need to send admin destroy commandss to a server. I'm thinking I could do it through arkapi perhaps

@Scruffy

8:10 AM

I have a basic template you can use

great, thanks, where do i find it?

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkAPIDisallowedNames

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

8:12 AM

I’m working on a more robust example atm

nice, i'll see what i can do

Thanks to everyone here, I was able to get the ark shop plugin working and managed to create my own custom list for dinos, so I'm sharing it here if anyone wants to use it and I also have a quick question

Config.json

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9:53 AM

Can someone show me how to continue down the items list, so I can create a list of multiple items that you can sell to the shop plugin for points

9:53 AM

}, "SellItems": { "metal": { "Type": "item", "Description": "10000 metal ingots", "Price": 110, "Amount": 10000, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot.PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot'" } }, "Messages": { "Sender": "ArkShop", "BoughtItem": "<RichColor Color="0, 1, 0, 1">You have successfully bought item</>",

9:54 AM

I basically just need to know, how many } i need and where the }, stops and } goes to end that list and continue to the "messages" part

@Michidu

/***
    Basic wrapper to call a BPFunction safely.
    Please see proper usages on the template guide.
***/
void* callBlueprintFunction(UObject* object, const wchar_t* function, void* parameters)
{
    if (!object || !function)
        return parameters; //There's nothing to do!
    UFunction* bpFunction = object->FindFunctionChecked(FName(function, EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
    if (!bpFunction)
        return parameters; //There's nothing to do!
    object->ProcessEvent(bpFunction, parameters);
    return parameters;
}

(edited)

1:41 PM

basic wrapper to (hopefully) safely call bp functions if you already have constructed the parameters structure.

1:42 PM

I return parameters because in bp functions, the return values are fields on the structure, which is what is being pointed to by parameters

1:42 PM

I mean technically it is all pointers, so don't really "have" to return it, but might as well.

1:44 PM

callBlueprintFunction(myPawn, L"SetNumChibiLevelUps", &params); is how easy it is to call.

simple and useful

I got a big PvP+ update for today to prevent boss arena exploits.

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4:42 PM

@substitute What would be an example of something we could do with that wrapper that we can't do now?

4:43 PM

When you say BP Function is that stuff that is only in the Dev Kit on the Blueprint?

it just make calls a bit easier

4:44 PM

and yes

That might have come in handy over the last 10 hours lol

@substitute you asked about replicating fields, look at PropertyServerToClients or MulticastProperty functions (edited)

Could someone help me with my question up above? I just need to know how to continue the } }, part to add more items.

}, "SellItems": { "metal": { "Type": "item", "Description": "10000 metal ingots", "Price": 110, "Amount": 10000, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot.PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot'" }, "metal": { "Type": "item", "Description": "10000 metal ingots", "Price": 110, "Amount": 10000, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot.PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot'" }, "metal": { "Type": "item", "Description": "10000 metal ingots", "Price": 110, "Amount": 10000, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot.PrimalItemResource_MetalIngot'" } }, "Messages": { "Sender": "ArkShop", "BoughtItem": "<RichColor Color="0, 1, 0, 1">You have successfully bought item</>",

7:01 PM

Like that

7:01 PM

@RunningBearYarrr

@Pelayori Ty! I kept putting in too many } at the end, i thought it needed a }, then two } } lol. Ty ty

is there any guide on how to learn plugin coding ?

#【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ

@Michidu

9:20 AM

I made some changes (no need for std::align btw

), and so far it seems to be working fine.

9:20 AM

template<typename ...Ts> Packed f(Ts&&... args)
{
    Packed packed;
    packed.size = 0;
    packed.size = ((sizeof(Ts) + packed.size % sizeof(Ts)) + ...);
    printf("size is %i\n", packed.size);
    char* memoryBlock = (char*)calloc(1, packed.size);
    packed.parameters = memoryBlock;


    int written = 0;

    auto pack = [&memoryBlock, &packed, &written](auto& item)
    {
        memoryBlock += written % sizeof(item);
        printf("moving %i forward...\n", written % sizeof(item));
        memcpy(memoryBlock, &item, sizeof(item));
        printf("wrote data to %p for a total of %i bytes.\n", memoryBlock, sizeof(item));
        packed.returnValue = memoryBlock;
        memoryBlock += sizeof(item); //move pointer forward
        written += sizeof(item);
    };
    (pack(args), ...);
    return packed;
}

9:20 AM

I need to clean parts of it up, but it is working so far

template<typename ...Ts> Packed packParameters(int returnValues, Ts&&... args)
{
    Packed packed = { nullptr,nullptr, 0 };
    packed.size = ((sizeof(Ts) + packed.size % sizeof(Ts)) + ...); //calculate total size with alignment.

    char* memoryBlock = (char*)calloc(1, packed.size);
    packed.parameters = memoryBlock; //get the block of memory for this.


    int written = 0;
    int maxCount = sizeof...(Ts) - returnValues;
    int itemCount = 0;
    /*
        Function to pack the structure.
    */
    auto pack = [&memoryBlock, &packed, &written, &maxCount, &itemCount](auto& item)
    {
        written += written % sizeof(item);
        memcpy(memoryBlock+written, &item, sizeof(item));
        if (itemCount++ == maxCount)
            packed.returnValue = memoryBlock + written;
        written += sizeof(item);
    };
    (pack(args), ...);
    return packed;
}

9:53 AM

supports N return types

9:53 AM

now I just need to make a simple interface "reader" someone could use to read the values.

9:54 AM

maybe like read<int>(&packed) and have it increment the pointer.

9:54 AM

    Packed block = packParameters(2, 65, 10., 1337, 1., nullptr, 0, 0);
    ((void(*)(void*))test)(block.parameters); //just to call by a function pointer


    printf("Returned value %d and %d\n", *((int*)block.returnValue), *((int*)(block.returnValue + 4)));

9:54 AM

void test(MyStruct* data)
{
    std::cout << "my data is " << data->a << " and " << data->b << " and " << data->c << "\n";
    data->ret = 69;
    data->ret2 = 420;
}

9:54 AM

but it is working

9:54 AM

struct MyStruct
{
    char a;
    double b;
    int c;
    double d;
    void* e;
    int ret;
    int ret2;
};

(structure that it is essentially packing into)

Hey guys, do you think it would be possible to somehow change Day number of the map like if you have Island with day 3000 and you would like to have it day 1000? I was looking into .ark file for few hours now and found set of words 4461 794e 756d 6265 7200 0800 0000 (DayNumber 08 should be a Back Space ) i made copy of that island with day 3000 and created new one with day 2 and the number was same (edited)

11:09 AM

Maybe number of days is saved in different var

callBlueprintFunction(myPawn, L"SetNumChibiLevelUps", packParameters(0, value).parameters);

12:44 PM

@Michidu getting closer to being able to make this into a simple macro

12:44 PM

first parameter states how many of the parameters are for return values

12:45 PM

since this bp function returns nothing, and only expects an int input

12:45 PM

packParameter(0, value) works perfect

that looks great for sure

I need to obviously write a wrapper @Michidu to ensure proper memory deletion

@Michidu I'm getting

12:11 AM

None_Int when using an FName with it

12:12 AM

None_181815 vs EelBoss

12:12 AM

left is from the parameter packing (using a variable for the FName) and right is that FName variable

12:14 AM

12:15 AM

Nesting isn't the issue

12:15 AM

struct inner
{
    char inside_char;
    double inside;
};

struct asdf
{
    int a = 0;
    inner b;
    char c;
};

12:15 AM

    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        inner in;
        in.inside = 66. + i;
        in.inside_char = 'Z' - i;
        block = packParameters(0, i, in, 'A');
        ((void(*)(void*))test2)(block.parameters); //just to call by a function pointer
    }

12:15 AM

works fine ...

Just posted my first plugin :D https://ark-server-api.com/resources/kals-crosschat-with-discord-tribes.196/ Looking for feedback/testers!

5:31 AM

oh nm, Awaiting approval before being displayed publicly.

Anyone got any idea why Ark Shop would stop redeeming kits? I am on the latest API but also switched to crossplay

12:19 PM

Normal shop items work fine, but kits do not give any items (the kit is redeemed and given in the logs)

I am looking for a plugin to prevent people from creating characters if they are named human, humano, humain, mens, mensch, mennenske, bob, gg, ree, yeet, 123, [][][] etc. I found this https://ark-server-api.com/resources/name-control-disabled.69/ but it doesn't appear to be available anymore - and I did join one Ark server a few days ago that had some type of this plugin working because I tried to load in as Human and it denied me, saying cannot have this name. Can anyone please point me to a working plugin for these features? Thank you!

Name Control (DISABLED)

Prevent create characters/tribes with invalid names
Auto name changer
Kick | Kill player
2 modes to check player on valid name:

Equal: return true, if InvalidName (config) = InvalidName (player), Contains: return true, if InvalidName...

@RunningBearYarrr

11:00 AM

I could make you something really quickly

@substitute That would be terrific, thank you : )

I actually basically made it already

11:02 AM

when I was helping someone else

11:02 AM

let me just package it into a plugin

hah, works for me lol

@RunningBearYarrr gonna add a config so you can adjust the names.

Ok thank you : )

@RunningBearYarrr

11:29 AM

let me test it now

Ok

11:45 AM

@RunningBearYarrr

11:45 AM

is this fine?

It looks like it will : )

11:46 AM

work I mean, lol

important note, it'll only match exact matches

11:46 AM

so like Human1 would bypass it

11:46 AM

but it's a good enough stop-gap for your use case until a more robust solution can be created.

And I can edit names in the config file?

I use an unordered set so performance for name lookups should be O(1)

11:46 AM

yes

Ok, awesome!

{
  "DisallowedNames":{
    "BlockedList":["Human", "123", "Admin"]
  }
}

I appreciate your hard work, this will be a lifesaver lol

you should also be able to edit the config and reload it

11:47 AM

DisallowedNames.Reload is a console command

11:47 AM

that should reload the config

Ok cool : )

DisallowedNames.zip

296.87 KB

11:51 AM

@RunningBearYarrr

11:51 AM

I'm giving it another test now that I built it in release mode

11:51 AM

but it should be good

11:52 AM

alright it is looking good

Ok, I'll wait for you to test it again, I don't have anything I can test it on I think, because I use gportal to host. I tried downloading the api itself but whenever i boot ark it causes a shootergame crash lol. But yeah, you're awesome! Thank you so much

@RunningBearYarrr

11:52 AM

it should be good to go

11:52 AM

only thing I didn't test was reloading the config

11:52 AM

but it should work just fine. (edited)

I just seen, you typed it before I finished that last comment lol. Thanks again!!

idk how much you know about CS

11:53 AM

but the look up should be O(1)

11:53 AM

because I use an unordered set

I am a toddler when it comes to any sort of programming / coding stuff. I can understand a tiny bit atm lol

big O is time it takes for a function

11:53 AM

so like

11:54 AM

O(n) is the total time increases linearly with the data

11:54 AM

that would be a like

11:54 AM

loop for all items in an array

11:54 AM

because obviously as the array is bigger, it takes longer

11:54 AM

average search time in an unordered set is O(1) which means it takes constant time, no matter the amount of items, it takes the same amount of time.

11:54 AM

worst case is O(n)

11:54 AM

which would be best/average/worst of a normal linear search

That makes sense, ty for explaining it, honestly better than my online college did lol

let me make a repo real quick

11:55 AM

and i'll dump the code there if you want to look at it.

Ooh ok, that'd be great : )

11:59 AM

Maybe a dumb question, but while I'm adding names to the config, does capitilization matter? If Human is blocked, would a human still get through if all lower case?

yeah

12:02 PM

12:02 PM

you can fix that though if you wanted to learn about C++ more

12:02 PM

(hint, make all the checks use the same casing)

Ok, I can work with that and for now I will just add every possible differnt version of a name into the config, until I learn more

12:03 PM

oh, ty for that too!

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkAPIDisallowedNames/blob/master/ArkServerAPI-Template/Plugin/init.cpp

12:03 PM

has most of the code

Awesome ty! You're terrific lol

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Oops! We ran into some problems. Error initializing paypal communication

12:33 PM

any fix ?

12:33 PM

on https://ark-server-api.com/

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/532592780422152193/704005448302460978/NameControl.zip

Server plugins for ARK

2:42 PM

i also made NameControl but mine has tribe name control too hah

2:42 PM

@RunningBearYarrr

thats really cool

@WETBATMAN Add dino names to complete the plugin

hm interesting

wouldn't be too hard

6:40 PM

@WETBATMAN now what would be interesting is regex support with robust rules

Hi guys! I'm looking for a hook that would be triggered upon player spawn. I tried HandleNewPlayer but obviously that's only when logging in. I tried FinishSpawningActor from Other/UGameplayStatics but it doesn't seem to act the way I think (which would be the function called every time after spawning an actor, including a player), sounded good though. Then I found SpawnedPlayerFor, but it's for APrimalStructureBed... which sounds like it would only target spawning in a bed. I spent a good amount of time looking at the API and the hook generator (thanks for that, awesome work!), and I don't know if it exists or if I'm going the wrong way. I'll appreciate any help! Thanks!!

you should probably keep track of that yourself

8:25 PM

hook HandleNewPlayer and check if it's a new player on smth like char lvl or creation date

8:25 PM

you should get a decompiler it will make your job easier

I got IDA but I'm not an expert with it and didn't manage to get much working...

8:27 PM

You mean to decompile the game and dig into it?

8:28 PM

ok, but it sounds there is no such hook then...

You could maybe hook AShooterCharacter_BeginPlay (edited)

8:35 PM

And do your checks there

8:36 PM

I don't know how good is that

The idea sounds good, but I checked and I'm not sure it fits what I need but I'll keep it in mind, thanks!

BeginPlay is called on every server boot, and character spawn

9:09 PM

that function doesn't do what it sounds it does

9:09 PM

pretty much every class has this function and it's called when the item is initialized

Well yeah, but it could be an option

9:11 PM

Also, I want to get all online players but when trying to access this, it crashes

well ofc you have the wrong type array

Yikes

9:13 PM

xD

9:13 PM

Thanks, I'll check what do I need lol

that func returns TWeakObjectPtr i think

9:13 PM

array of them

Well, if I go above the PlayerArrayField() it shows it returns TArray<APlayerState*>

9:15 PM

ah that's not the func i meant

9:39 PM

API also has a func for getting online players

I'll stick to that then :p

9:44 PM

tyty

BeginPlay works for me actually, thanks again!

@WETBATMAN begin play should suffice (and it did in their case) if you're hooking it on the right object. (edited)

I hooked it on AShooterCharacter and I see it gets loaded very early once the server is almost done loading (not sure what it means, at that moment no one is connected, but well), but it runs every time I spawn (in bed, after dying, etc). But not when the player connects so I use HandleNewPlayer for that. So far, this combination seems to match the "every time a player spawns".

i told you this would be the case

11:48 AM

players have 2 objects that belong to them

11:48 AM

a character and a shooter Controller (edited)

11:49 AM

the character is initialized on boot and on respawn etc...

11:49 AM

you're probably better of hooking AShooterPlayerController_BeginPlay

The controller would be best

11:51 AM

@WETBATMAN

11:51 AM

But

11:51 AM

There’s the edge case of the person not having a character yet

11:52 AM

So depending on use case really

controller also isn't great

There’s no one size fits all

BeginPlay gets called on the same one many times

11:53 AM

i stored players by refs to their PlayerControllers in HWIDBans and after a long server runtime the refs would change resulting in nullptrs

I wouldn’t use refs at all

HandleNewPlayer is the best hook here

11:53 AM

yeah after this i switched to storing by steamID

Oh I’m sure I’ve said this before

11:54 AM

But in this version of ue4

11:54 AM

The hwid node you have access too is fundamentally broken

11:54 AM

It’s just a hash of the MAC address

11:54 AM

Which windows let’s users change

11:54 AM

Unfortunately there’s no good clean workaround

it's the curse of the internet

11:55 AM

after all

11:56 AM

there is no 100% way to know who is on the other end of that account

Could require a sign in procedure

11:56 AM

Minecraft servers do this

however this adds and extra step and most players aren't that tech savvy to bypass this

11:56 AM

ofc anything can be bypassed

11:56 AM

yes but how would you verify who's actually signing in heh

11:56 AM

if the HWID node can by passed

11:57 AM

the only other way of tracking i see is IP

11:58 AM

which is even worse, considering the world is running out of ipv4 so what many ISP's do is they allocate the same IP to multiple clients

Signing it adds a lot of overhead to cheaters

then you have the side effect of a clean player potentially getting banned

Especially if you use like oauth with discord for registration

maybe with mobile num

With amazon sns it would be possible

mobile is best i think if you filter out the online sms numbers

11:59 AM

combination of IP HWID and mobile would be best i think

If you go that route then honestly you’re better off as acaas

12:00 PM

Anticheat as a service

12:00 PM

That way random people are giving other random people their phone numbers

12:00 PM

Aren’t *

oh yea that would be very dangerous

12:01 PM

it would require a central database

I would suggest encrypting the numbers with a public key and sending that to your api

12:01 PM

On a central server

12:01 PM

Which would have the private key (edited)

yeah ofc sending that over as plan text would be very dangerous aswell

Hm

12:01 PM

Maybe I’ll work on this

12:02 PM

Could also work with @Lethal and combine his discord logger but add in text notifications

12:02 PM

Like you get texted when your base is raided

12:02 PM

12:03 PM

if you wish you're welcome to work on this with me and integrate it into HWIDBans

Cool thing is then you could provide the plugin for free

12:03 PM

Since it’s a service

12:03 PM

People would have to pay for the service features

12:03 PM

But yeah this would basically be

12:03 PM

CSGOs prime

12:04 PM

But for ark

Anyone know if 2 arenas on a map can be active at once? The Island has 4 arenas and I can't remember if someone could do Brood and someone else do Mega at the same time. (edited)

Anyone know anything about the vanilla grapple hook prevention in Arenas? Trying to track it down in IDA and ADK and its not done with AShooterWeapon_CanFire or AShooterCharacter_CanFire.

AShooterCharacter_AllowGrappling_Impl

3:16 PM

@Lethal

3:16 PM

@Michidu sent me this one

I will check it

been working on detecting grapple myself and it's a huge pain

3:18 PM

keeps crashing for some reason

I have a way that works b ut i'm trying to improve on it and make it like the boss arena version.

grapple prevention or detection ?

both

you detect from APrimalBuff_Grappled or you found another way ?

Different way.

hm, interesting

Using the ammo type loaded into the crossbow

yea but i mean

3:22 PM

detecting if the char has a tether attached

3:23 PM

like when you grapple another player

Oh, i'm not doing anything with that. My code is for reusable grapples in boss arena.

ah lol yea i'm stomping my head on this and got really confused when you said there was another way XD

3:24 PM

btw

3:24 PM

you can detect via APrimalBuff_Grappled

3:24 PM

TEnumAsByte<EGrappleState> GrappleState_Current;

3:24 PM

with this

AShooterCharacter::IsGrapplingHardAttached

that also triggers when you're a dino passenger i believe

ah

4.24 KB

Boss arenas say "Can't use here" when you use a vanilla grapple. I'm trying to replicate that same as close as possible but with any reusable grapple.

that above hook should work for you then

3:27 PM

AShooterCharacter_AllowGrappling_Impl

AShooterCharacter::AllowGrappling_Implementation?

yep

return !this->MyCharacterStatusComponent || !((*(this->MyCharacterStatusComponent + 2928) >> 1) & 1);

3:29 PM

1 line of code in that

3:29 PM

lol

3:30 PM

Need to determine what 2928 I guess

hm shows the same for me

3:31 PM

weird

Ya, not sure because MyCharacterStatusComponent doesn't appear to be part of AShooterCharacter in IDA but the API says it is.

That hook is not called from the boss arena.

@WETBATMAN I was able to get mine working with AShooterWeapon::CanFire and then identifying the player using OwnerField() so I can block specific players from using grapples.

nice one

6:52 PM

thanks Windows

lol

6:53 PM

you have to change the encoding of the terminal i think

I'm in vscode

6:54 PM

cbf to deal with that (edited)

6:55 PM

looks fine online

AShooterCharacter has these _this->CurrentGrappledToCharacterField (edited)

7:01 PM

_this->CharactersGrappledToMeField

Oh man... so I'm still working on BeginPlay and spawning. There was a suggestion above to hook it on the Controller instead of the Character, I tried that but it barely gets called, so I'm using it on the Character... Now, if you do a random respawn (so not in your bed), everything is ok, the character object is "correct". But if you spawn in your bed, the object seems different. For instance, the string returned by GetDescriptiveName would include the word "player" instead of the actual name. And the ArkApi util function FindControllerFromCharacter doesn't work on this character, it misses the controller which does exist. Not sure why Character is so inconsistent when spawning in a bed... Another WC gift maybe... I'll keep pushing...

If you want to hook the function when player spawns on a bed there is the APrimalStructureBed _SpawnedPlayerFor_Implementation, which I haven't tried but it may do the trick

9:00 PM

And for non-bed spawn you could look into something in the gamemode

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterCharacter_AuthPostSpawnInit, void, AShooterCharacter*);

9:02 PM

just use this hook for spawns

9:02 PM

I like more weird possibilities :p

Alright I'm gonna try that!!

Does anyone use https://ark-server-api.com/resources/safezones.2/ for pvp and can tell me how to set safe zones? I have an ark server which is going to have pvp weekends and this plugin sounds like a good option to protect certain buildings

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

SafeZones Source: Click Here Features: Prevent PVP in certain area's Prevent Building in certain area's Prevent Structure damage in certain area's Notifications on Entering and Leaving SafeZone area's Ability to restrict players from...

Its all in the description on the plugin man it creates a bubble of safe zone around the point "Position" use ShowDebug physics ingame in the cheat menu to see position

What would happen if you try to send a notification to a nullptr?

11:49 PM

I guess a beautiful crash

Is the Atlas API going to be updated soon so it can handle the new way of getting SteamIDs? Sill getting "unexpected DB error" (edited)

Pretty sure ATLAS wasn't broken from any changes.

@Fosh Atlas API should be fine

12:07 AM

the breaking change was due to Epic Games crossplay (edited)

Unexpected DB error doesn't mean it's broken. Maybe there is some parsing error or any other thing

Nothing poping up in logs and the DB works on the ark side using the same db name

12:08 AM

I cannot add players to groups

Did you create the correspondant group?

Yes

12:08 AM

It'll give successful group creation

12:14 AM

Fixed it: Don't use the same Database name for shop and permissions.

Its all in the description on the plugin man it creates a bubble of safe zone around the point "Position" use ShowDebug physics ingame in the cheat menu to see position

@Kal You assume I am some genius lol. I am more like r/ELI5 (explain it like I'm 5) but I think I understand what you're saying. So I need to go in game first, get the position with showdebug physics and then I can put that into the config and load the addon?

So I did that for my first area I want to safe zone, so here in the config for zone 1, "Name":"Zone1", // Safe zone name "Position":[ // Safe zone location -111820, 233874, -14259.6 I am assuming the top position is X - the middle is Y and the bottom is Z?

11:46 AM

the position for the first zone I want to set shows X=386571.125 Y=433429.063 Z=8637.601

Hmm, curious, I use Permissions in my plugin and so far everything is ok, except if I loop through this array: TArray<FString> groups = Permissions::GetPlayerGroups( steam_id ); It only returns Admins and Default, but my player is definitely part of other groups which I can list in game through the Permissions commands. I let Permissions use its local sqlite DB too, no fancy setup here. I assumed that loading and using Permissions would automatically "connect" to the Permissions DB, but maybe not? I feel like it's not looking at the right place.

Hellp..

Without context and in a language not much of us probably speak (on this discord), it's going to be difficult to help you... But based on the error code, you might want to make sure everything is up to date (your compiler, external libraries, ArkApi, etc) and you perform a clean and full rebuild of your project. First link on google: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/error-messages/compiler-errors-1/fatal-error-c1047?view=vs-2019 (edited)

Fatal Error C1047

Getting more confused here about Permissions. So I added a test group, added the player to it, listed his groups, and then listed them again using the chat command, but they are not the same: (edited)

4:15 PM

It seems Permissions::GetPlayerGroups( steam_id ); returns Default and Admins only. Same behavior if I log out and log back in, the groups are different between the admin command and the chat. It feels like I'm doing something wrong but I don't see it.

4:16 PM

My Permissions config is the default one:

{
  "Database":"sqlite",
  "MysqlHost":"localhost",
  "MysqlUser":"root",
  "MysqlPass":"pass",
  "MysqlDB":"arkdb",
  "MysqlPort":3306,
  "DbPathOverride":""
}

Ok, taking it all back, I didn't use the right steam ID format to handle the groups....

Where can I see the basic tutorial on make plugin? ex) how to apply my plugins, make commands... etc

I have a template I made that might help you @Urang

9:22 PM

@Urang you clearly didn't read the instructions then

9:46 PM

If you can't read instructions, I can't help you

9:47 PM

oh I'll read it now

I can't solve this

10:09 PM

do you have git installed

yes

it looks like it cloned just fine

10:11 PM

10:13 PM

can you show the actual error

10:19 PM

all my includes are fine

10:20 PM

only error is from this being a copy of a plugin I made for a guy (on accident) which used new structures I made a PR for in the API (which you would just delete anyways and would not be a problem)

10:21 PM

this is from fresh git clone

Did you follow wetbatman's document on how to setup VS? not sure about the plugin.h but the Ark.h sounds like maybe your project is not including the API sources.

10:23 PM

and yes, the actual error message would help...

That looks like an SDK issue

10:29 PM

do you have Windows C++ SDKs installed?

10:29 PM

Again, this you not reading

10:29 PM

I state exactly what you need for the template. (edited)

10:30 PM

Visual Studio Code (it looks like that is what you have) is just a really fancy text editor

10:30 PM

you need to install the C++ environments

10:30 PM

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/cpp

11:00 PM

wow

?

11:04 PM

it just has a sample plugin at the moment that I made for someone

11:04 PM

what..

Try installing Visual Studio 2019

ok I'll try

11:45 PM

ty

11:45 PM

If I have plugin source, how do I use it? (edited)

I know there is one in shop rewards

idk its in mysql when i look in the table

9:58 PM

so probably

if i have a too many plugin will have an effect to my server ?

well each plugin has his own possibility of being "bad" developed and it's an error factor or a crash factor, the more you have the more possible this is to happen

5:25 AM

toher than that, i don't think so you should be able to load 1000 of them without issues

It will add overhead @Hsilamot

6:41 AM

no matter how well made, additional instructions are still additional instructions

6:41 AM

really depends on the hardware

well, yeah, but i don't think plugins are going to be something too much besides the native Tick function of the game

Did anyone work with the Boss battles? I'm looking for a way to prevent particular players of entering the boss battles. I know only way to prevent damage to the boss dino, but I can't prevent teleport to Arena

Not sure its possible to prevent them from being teleported in unless you can force them outside the teleporter radius and keep them out.

@DevCPP hook the teleporter

@substitute but how can I determine that it's exactly boss battle?

What do you mean

12:38 AM

there's actual teleporting actors for each boss

12:38 AM

check in the devkit

Don't think you can selective pick players out to exclude from teleporting though regardless.

12:44 AM

You can cancel the teleporter if someone enters you don't want I guess but no way to hook this "Do Teleport" logic and affect the player pawns it picks.

12:44 AM

At least that i'm aware of anyways.

Cancel the logic

12:47 AM

reimplement it

12:47 AM

@Lethal

12:47 AM

Everything needed to remake the teleport function is already given in that screenshot

True, but if you have to ask if it possible you probably are not going to rewrite a complete Boss Teleporter either

12:48 AM

but technically you are correct lol

Well

12:49 AM

if it was made in C++ it would be possible without rewriting, just not easily in this API

12:50 AM

you would need to find a code cave in the function before the instructions and you would put a jmp to your own function.

12:50 AM

it is what I did when I was making this for a game

12:50 AM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/PBBGject

12:50 AM

where I added more color palettes to the character selects

Ya, I remember you showed me that.

code caves are relatively easy, you save the X bytes you overwrite, write a JMP

12:51 AM

run the original instructions or your code, then the other

12:51 AM

then return to the address inside the function offset by your JMP

12:51 AM

/*
    Fixes the selected color to be bound between 0-7.
    This is for when the game transitions from the character select
    to the level select menu.
*/
__declspec(naked) void correctColor()
{
    __asm
    {
         mov al, [esi + 0x3A]
         mov localVariable, al
    }
    pushStack();
    localVariable %= 8;
    ComputeRET(CorrectColor);
    popStack();
    __asm
    {
         mov al, localVariable
         cmp al, 07
        jmp[retJMP]
    }
    RET();
}

12:52 AM

example^

Ya, that would be amazing to do that for some stuff in ARK.

you can do it for anything in C++

12:53 AM

not really possible from blueprint

12:53 AM

it might be but that's a very advanced issue

12:53 AM

boss teleport function though should be like 20 lines max to reimplement

12:53 AM

blueprints are extremely verbose

8:34 PM

what..

@Urang empty folder?

I built it and put it in.

9:32 PM

But it doesn't work

you put no config info

where are config info?

Thanks @Lethal @substitute , will try

Is there a function to get a specific structure by its ID (StructureIDField)? Or is only possible to find that by looping through all AActors?

3:25 AM

APrimalStructure::GetFromID(UWorld *World, unsigned int TheStructureID) apparently there is if you use the right search terms

Doesn't appear to actually work though...

Server players are kicked out every 3-5 minutes, have they encountered

disable bettleye

5:33 AM

Do you have Epic crossplay?

When I add the Kals Cross Chat with Discord & Tribes plugin the rcon does not appear the chat of the people who speak in the game.

Do you have Epic crossplay?

@Hsilamot I turned on epic support

5:53 AM

i think it has something to do with it, in my case since i have epic enabled i can't use batlleye, keeps kicking out my players every now and then

6:02 AM

not all of them but enough to make it annoying

Ok thanks, i close epic to try

Is there any function that I could hook when transfer tab loads the servers?

pretty sure all thats client side

10:20 PM

you can hook some upload functions though

10:21 PM

widgets (HUDS) are client side

But cluster servers aren't loaded from server?

clustered servers afaik use an extra filter using the clusters ClusterID

Yeah, and I can't hook like the function when the server gets the servers in the cluster id?

10:23 PM

If not then I look for another solution

well, on your client when you pull up a list of servers, its entirely client side, like from the main menu when you are on a server your client is aware what cluster you are on as the Cluster ID was sent to your client on connect or when you open the cluster HUD I'm guessing when you open the HUD, there is some check to IsClusterServer and then ClusterIdField, then it applies a filter to listed servers on your client from a list of all servers. Just like typing in the search box. None of which i imagine is executed on the server. You could try hooking AShooterGameState.ClusterId and AShooterGameState.IsClusterServer and see what happens but i suspect nothing as the API is not run client side.

Okay I'll try that

tyty

anyone knows if there's a script command or something that allows to set the boss timer? i'm trying to "ground" a server forbidding the boss arena for 24 hours and tought about using the timer when the arena is being used for that purpose

you could ghetto it

4:39 AM

when someone spawns a boss teleporter, figure out which one, and where

4:40 AM

return the regents to the unit

4:40 AM

and destroy the teleporter

6:20 AM

@Hsilamot

6:20 AM

Hi

hi

That player from the little bit I watched is suspect to a degree

6:22 AM

They have little to no aim wobble on their fabby and they have not eaten a shadow steak

6:22 AM

I would say it’s not definitive

yeah that's my problem, no definitive answer, and the post on ARK Forums just got spamme by his friends

6:36 PM

https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/552575-help-identifying-a-possible-aimbotter/ all the first answers are from his friends which only make me wonder more, and i'm really really tempted on purchasing one or two aimbot softwwares for ark to test them and see if you can configure how precise you want it to be

Just make a plugin that checks for SteamID and make his shots miss 100% of the time.

6:59 PM

or track his hit/miss percent

how is that about missing 100% of the time? or what's your idea there?

7:00 PM

i'm interested on that, but, i haven't manned up to make a development environment for ark plugins xD

If he is hacking and never missing force him to miss everything lol

yeah, i don't think that's a good idea, sounds fun but at the end a petty move

7:01 PM

the tracking of Hit miss and kill rate tho, that could be interesting

well that was sort of a joke but my second statement was more serious.

yeah that could be actually great

Don’t buy cheat software

7:48 PM

Of course they’re configurable software

7:48 PM

But you don’t have to aimbot either

7:49 PM

There’s other things that help a ton without aimbotting

i think you gotconfused, i wanted to purchase it to have a frame of reference, not to play the game

I'm not confused, I'm stating that you should not purchase it regardless

8:02 PM

If you want a frame of reference, read posts on cheat forums.

8:04 PM

things a person could do (in general, not Ark specific) some reference: Silent Aim (shots are registered without aiming the player view port) Extremely low FOV aimbot (only adjusts when the aim is within 1-3 deg) Triggerbot (shoots when a target is in crosshairs) No Recoil / No Sway (self explanatory)

everything i'm comming around says it' unconclussive and everyone is saying the same, that they have no experience using cheats so they couldn't know

I have experience with cheats

8:05 PM

I'm saying your best option is to watch the user yourself

i have videos from the user's pov

From the user

yes

which they would cherry pick

8:06 PM

You're best options are either analytics or watching yourself

8:06 PM

but without any obviously blatant things, you can't know

watching myself?

watching the player

8:06 PM

yourself

8:06 PM

with spectator

yeah but i can't watch him, ark's spectator mode doesn't allow me to see how he's aiming

Then take some statistics

8:07 PM

Nothing in the video screams obvious cheats

8:07 PM

but it's also a cherry picked video from the user

well the statistics are going to take me some time because htat means i'm gonna need to learn how to do plugins and i just haven't wanted to do so

8:09 PM

that's from a free CSGO hack

8:09 PM

a user can configure their cheat to be extremely hard to detect from a spectator

it's a shame we don't have like a top players of ark to have a reference on how good aim should look like or people stablishing standards, like, how normal it would be to shoot all sniper's shoots and hit all of them straight

@Hsilamot I don't think he's cheating, but write his steamid down and take another look at it in a month or 2

2:54 AM

To see if there's a game ban on it

2:54 AM

Just for closure

lol, yeah

The only thing that's kinda weird is the lack of steaks, and how he doesn't particularly aim for a specific body part most of the time, that's indicative that he may be using a trigger bot because it shoots the second there's he aim's over any part of the player..

2:59 AM

but Idk, I think he's legit

yeah that's the argument but i'm not really that good at the game and i don't know if you can reach a point in which you hit all your shots with the sniper rifle compensating for the recoil

@Hsilamot Man just watch someone like kishko

11:01 AM

He hits every sniper shot standing on the back of a hovering wyvern or anything

11:01 AM

There is a bunch of good players to reference against

Please tell me how to write PluginInfo.json file

Are there any beginner tutorials on creating plugins?

basically, if you know JSON. you are about to learn the basics, but if you can't understand JSON files you shouldn't start with C++. (Maybe... perhaps.) but JSON is quite basic, it is like any code. Keep your sections (as I call them) correct. And close your arrays correct. So.. when you have mastered JSON, you can go to the next step. ... That's my suggestion, but if you are wild and crazy and just want to skip some "cutscenes". Go and learn C++. There is lot's of guides out there and many "how to's" and so on. But from my experience is to start with learning with an already made plugin and try to understand what that plugin does and how it works. ( there are several options out there) And start making some changes of your likings and so on. I don't want to send you to "it's impossible" but you need to pay much time and devotion to learning the way of coding in general. C++ is not something you will find a tutorial this how you make "ark plugins" but knowing C++, in general, will help you a lot. And no there is nothing like "this how you make a plugin for ark either" you need to start somewhere and my suggestion is to look at some already made plugins with open source. (edited)

But here is some guides to get you started what you need to have in hand to start coding ark plugins. "Finding and Creating a simple hook": https://ark-server-api.com/threads/finding-creating-a-simple-hook.760/ "How to setup your project in MVS (Microsoft Visual Studio)": https://ark-server-api.com/threads/tutorial-create-plugins.55/

Finding & Creating a simple hook

What is a Hook? a hook is a way intercepting a function when it gets called by the server it will execute your hook before returning back to the original function giving you the ability to modify the return or manipulate the arguments or do your own task Automatic Hook Genera...

Question - Tutorial create plugins

any tutorial to create plugins? Thank you

Ok, Yes thank you

https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513502859992760321/704122693569609728 I would like to know how to activate Tech Engram from the link above.

if (!Engram->bCanBeManuallyUnlocked().Get()) { return false; } Can be manually unlocked means the player can click on it to unlock, and this makes engrams that players can't unlock not elegible for being unlocked. You could remove that line if you want tek engrams to be unlocked (edited)

thank you!!

Are we able to cast to specific types of, for example, UPrimalItem to modify something inside of them? Like I want to modify a field from tek chestpiece but I don't know if I can cast to it as it is a BP. Thanks

12:46 AM

My guess is a no as all that is bp

who made the Kals CrossChat with Discord & Tribes plugin, would like to purchase and clear some doubts.

That's me

is there any plugin that reloads the game ini and gus during runtime? the current one on the store doesnt seem to work

yes there is, but it crashes the game half of the time

ah rip

how to fix this crash arkshop > ?

Check your arkshop config for some error

That crash log means you got a config error inside kits

7:08 PM

If https://jsonlint.com/ is valid most likely a bad blueprint being redeem or mis typed interval.

The JSON Validator

JSONLint is the free online validator and reformatter tool for JSON, a lightweight data-interchange format.

ty sir

1

How should anyone know

1:15 AM

we know nothing about your setup, what you're running, etc.

1:15 AM

If you get these consistently, attach a debugger to your server and see what is causing the crash.

Anyone could share or send me links to any c++ library/codes that I could use to connect to mysql server version 8. The current ones I could find from free plugins works for ones below 8.0 server versions. Thanx.

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/

Hi

4:17 AM

Hello, I am new I would like to learn how to make plugins, do not have a tutorial?

You have some info in #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ to get you started on few things. But I don't think there is a tuto to show you how to code/build your first plugin, you will have to do some digging

10:09 AM

Guys, just to confirm: there is no way to unload/reload the actual dll file besides rebooting the server? I do see the AutomaticPluginReloading from the API but that seems to be for the reload command inside the plugin, not the dll directly.

@BruteForce

10:46 AM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

https://ark.gamepedia.com/ArkML

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

10:46 AM

This is a buildable example plugin

@Julius Caesar I can't read Russian

7:38 PM

mind translating that?

geting steamid on official server

7:40 PM

ark

oh, that's not really that hard.

7:41 PM

I wrote a program to do that which doesn't require Steam or the game installed

7:41 PM

and scales with as many accounts as you wish to provide to the system.

7:42 PM

the main problem is the server can sometimes have out of date data, and it won't get epic games accounts

but this code - mini client

7:44 PM

7:45 PM

and i see who are online or exit

7:45 PM

one server

mine can check all servers very fast

7:46 PM

using deltas you can track who joins and leaves any server

7:46 PM

in one program

oh

7:47 PM

yes need more working to create good program

mine emulates steam so you don't need steam installed

and work on official server?

7:49 PM

u program?

7:49 PM

can u show result if u have

7:49 PM

screen

this is my friend's version

7:51 PM

I don't have the code on on this PC

7:51 PM

he was only using one account at the time so his scan time was high for all servers

7:51 PM

but since it can use any # of accounts, you can get it down to mere seconds if you use enough accounts

ok

7:53 PM

nice work

yeah i ended up using like

8:39 PM

12 accounts to cycle through and scan

8:39 PM

that was a while ago though, was just doing it to help a friend out i haven't really kept up on it

@substitute Thx bro.

hello, have ARKServerAPI ani documentation somewhere? I dont know how to start

try the #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ chat

i dont see this channel (edited)

2:07 PM

ah, i didnt have role

Hello everyone!

Hey guys

9:44 PM

heya i need help with how to install plugins and use them on my ark single player server if you might’ve known how? I play on steam btw.

Hello, i need plugin that allow solo players to have better rates like 10x harvest instead of 5x, i sawit on some servers but i cant find anything

Do you know about something?

@! ♠ 𝐋𝐮𝐩𝐞 ♠ Why do you want a plugin when you can do that with default settings?

you cant do it (edited)

4:25 PM

i mean give to SOLO players higher rates, not for whole server

@! ♠ 𝐋𝐮𝐩𝐞 ♠ while I applaud the idea, it’s unfortunately super easily abused

not really if you check f player has tribe or if he is alone in tribe

Okay then they leave tribe to farm (after allying), farm at higher rates, rejoin tribe

9:20 PM

Now that tribe is farming at higher rates

store the steam id or player id, have a day cooldown on leaving a tribe or something

9:45 PM

people will always find a way around it though, alt accounts etc, even if you stored the machine ID they play from they could just use some dummy on an alt machine

there is no Plugin to change the speed of the forge, manufacturer and chemical bench?

i'm not sure, but there are plenty of mods, even configurable ones.

10:00 PM

no need for some hacky way using plugins imo

and why I use my server without mods.

mods are not evil lol, but i get you.

Ok

you could make one yourself, you'd need to get the class default object on start up and alter the speeds from the properties on the relevant crafting station, and likly have to loop through existing placed stations and alter those too.

the problem is to do that kkkk

@substitute no lol, it should be checked every xxx minutes and can be prevented with cooldown before join tribe again after leave

Yeah but they may just go without tribe then leave and create another one

There is literally no way you could reasonably make a system like that work without the risk of abuse. The aim is to reduce the risk without being overzealous in its creation.

No, you are not Reading. There should be cooldown before rejoin tribe or create own

There isn’t a really a good cool down where that’ll work effectively @! ♠ 𝐋𝐮𝐩𝐞 ♠

4:04 PM

People bypass (or simply wait for) 24hr cooldowns on small tribes all the time to have tribes > 6

4:05 PM

This is something you’ll have to heavily police

Does anyone know how to change the text color when using AShooterGameMode->AddToTribeLog?

ArkML

Ark Markup Language (or ArkML for short) is a markup language seen in several instances within ARK. It is a type of SGML, and currently has only one known element, the "RichColor" element, which is used to add color to text. There is no official documentation for this markup l...

Thanks

@Michidu Do you know if there's some special way I need to handle adding that ML? Right now it's printing the ML in the log.

did you close it?

Sorry, bad clip. Yes I did.

8:40 AM

Maybe the newline messed it up?

hm, have you tried without?

Yeah just tried it now and it works without the \n. Thanks for the help

8:46 AM

I might try closing it, adding the \n then reopening it again.

ah, great. yeah, good idea

Does anyone have a functional example of converting ue4 coords to gps? This is how we do it in the dev kit, but I'm not sure how to get the world scale and origin values with the api?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 you could call get world position details from C++

5:49 PM

    UPrimalPlayerData* data = (static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(playerController->PawnField()))->GetPlayerData();

    /* Find the bp Function and run it. */
    UFunction* bpFunction = data->FindFunctionChecked(FName(L"DefeatedBoss", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
    DefeatedBoss_Params params;
    params.boss = nullptr;
    params.DifficultyIndex = difficulty;
    params.tagOverride = FName(boss.c_str(), EFindName::FNAME_Add, false);
    params.PC = playerController;
    
    data->ProcessEvent(bpFunction, &params);

5:49 PM

this is how I call DefeatedBoss node

5:49 PM

struct DefeatedBoss_Params
{
    APrimalDinoCharacter* boss;
    int DifficultyIndex;
    FName tagOverride;
    AShooterPlayerController* PC;
};

5:50 PM

for your params struct it should be like

struct getWorldPositionDetails_Params
{
  AActor* Actor
  float LatScale
  float LonScale
  float LatOrigin
  float LonOrigin
}

5:51 PM

or something close to that

5:51 PM

it won't be as fast of course as native C++, but it's worth doing if you can't find a pure C++ method.

Is that easy to call a bp func?

6:52 PM

I thought it was harder.

Yes

can someone tell me if the plugin causes lag on the server? I don't use any mod in my services, I already use harvest optimization.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 there is this that i use

inline float trunc_decs(float f, int decs) {
    float i1 = floor(f);
    float rmnd = f - i1;
    float i2 = static_cast<float>(rmnd * pow(10, decs));
    float f1 = static_cast<float>(i2 / pow(10, decs));
    return i1 + f1;
}

inline FVector2D GetMapCoordsFromLocation(const FVector& Pos) {
    FString Map;
    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetMapName(&Map);
    int divider = Map.Equals("Ragnarok") ? 13100 : 8000;
    return FVector2D(Pos.X > -1 ? trunc_decs(50 + Pos.X / divider, 1) : trunc_decs(50 + Pos.X / divider, 1),
        Pos.Y > -1 ? trunc_decs(50 + Pos.Y / divider, 1) : trunc_decs(50 + Pos.Y / divider, 1));
}

(edited)

@AaronBasques you don't need to truncate decimals

8:39 PM

in fact, I wouldn't simply because of potential floating point error.

8:39 PM

you can format decimal numbers when printing to two places.

8:39 PM

%.2f

its not mine, i just use it, never had issues

int divider = Map.Equals("Ragnarok") ? 13100 : 8000 this is also problematic

8:40 PM

if the user uses mod maps

Possible to set a custom display name on a structure in the world?

looks like hard coded scaling

8:40 PM

@Lethal that's a good question.

8:40 PM

Check out how other structures can be renamed

Rag is a mod map keep in mind

(like beds)

8:40 PM

@AaronBasques Not the samse

8:40 PM

Rag is an officially supported mod map

CI has some weird scaling even in mods, so i get your point

different than a map someone makes and releases on the workshop (until WC make that map offical)

8:41 PM

but even then, the point I was making was other maps may have their own scaling values

WC have CI and its still got scaling issues

this only accounts for Rag, and it does it by hard coding the value

i just gave a pointer, not a catch all solution

8:42 PM

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

can someone tell me if the plugin causes lag on the server? I don't use any mod in my services, I already use harvest optimization.

@KillSam ?

@KillSam

10:17 PM

attach a debugger

10:17 PM

and measure timings

how do I do that

@substitute Feeling real dumb on this rename thing

10:47 PM

AActor::Rename is for sure not it. I don't find anything in the DevKit about renaming beds/smithy/etc that have rename ability on the multiuse. I don't even see anything to say what multiuse options the structures are supposed to have either.

Does anyone know how to make a discordbot like this? I know the Shop rewards & stats collects this information but I don't know how to put it in a discord bot.

10:59 PM

Since it doesn't use mysql

10:59 PM

11:00 PM

Is there a download somewhere

11:00 PM

Or a discord where I can buy it?

@substitute Wow that's amazing! Thank you so much!

@Lethal its not exposed in the dev kit afaik you can only enable structures to be able to have custom names that auto adds the option index to the multi use by checking bAllowCustomName in a child of Primal Structure Item Container. I'm not sure you will find it in the dev kit.

Ok, thanks

@Lethal This is where the custom name is stored on a structure. I'm not sure if that's what you were asking,

Ya, its only on item containers I was told.

Yeah in the dev kit it's added in PrimalStructureItemContainer as Bonjella says. So were you wanting to, for example, change "Metal Foundation" to something else in the HUD for a specific instance of that metal foundation?

Yep

So I'm hoping there's a simpler way of doing this without needing to use the blueprint methods.

Ok I can get this far: AWorldSettings* WorldSettings = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetWorldSettings(false, true); But I'm not clear on casting in the api yet. How do I get from AWorldSettings to APrimalWorldSettings?

you cast a dino ACharacter like this APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(character);

7:02 AM

so i assume, not tested

APrimalWorldSettings* ws = static_cast<APrimalWorldSettings*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetWorldSettings(false, true));

Thanks Bonjela. That got me APrimalWorldSettings, but it doesn't seem to contain the same variables as it does in the dev kit. Can't find anything resembling scale, origin, latitude or longitude.

Update your API with these structures.

APrimalWorldSettings.h

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That's fantastic. Thanks so much @Lethal .

7:46 AM

For your naming issue, I'm able to change "DescriptiveName" on any structure at runtime in the dev kit, which will change a "Metal Foundation" to "My Custom Foundation" for example.

I added the structs from Lethal's APrimalWorldSettings.h to my API source code, and was able to find LatitudeScaleField, LongitudeScaleField, LatitudeOriginField and LongitudeOriginField that I needed in APrimalWorldSettings, but when I print them to console I get these values:

Lat Scale: 5.67151e-24
Lon Scale: 5.67151e-24
Lat Origin: 5.67151e-24
Lon Origin: 5.67151e-24

Code is:

AWorldSettings* WS = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetWorldSettings(false, true);
APrimalWorldSettings* PrimalWS = static_cast<APrimalWorldSettings*>(WS);

std::cout << "Lat Scale: " << PrimalWS->LatitudeScaleField() << "\n";
std::cout << "Lon Scale: " << PrimalWS->LongitudeScaleField() << "\n";
std::cout << "Lat Origin: " << PrimalWS->LatitudeOriginField() << "\n";
std::cout << "Lon Origin: " << PrimalWS->LongitudeOriginField() << "\n";

Anyone know what I might be doing wrong? (edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

12:12 PM

Static cast is always safe if the compiler allows it

12:13 PM

I can take a look at the gps stuff in a little bit

12:14 PM

Also descriptive name is for item in inventory right, I don’t think world structures have this?, something else I can look at

All PrimalStructures have a descriptivename which is what is shown in the HUD when you look at that structure once its placed. Yes, PrimalItems (in inventory) also have a descriptivename which is shown on the item when it's in an inventory. (edited)

This is Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/Metal/Floor_Metal.Floor_Metal' where you can see Descriptive Name which sets the name of the item as shown in the HUD, as well as in the log when it's destroyed, and a couple of other places I think. (edited)

12:28 PM

And this is the corresponding

Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Metal/PrimalItemStructure_MetalFloor.PrimalItemStructure_MetalFloor'

which has Descriptive Name Base that sets the name of the item in your inventory.

I don’t think that field is overridable

12:30 PM

There’s a specific field on inventory items for overrides I believe

12:30 PM

But I will check

I can confiirm DescriptiveName doesn't display to the client when it's changed on the server side. (edited)

that's because its not a replicated value

APrimalStructureItemContainer does work with BoxName though.

I'm not sure in the API, but in the dev kit if you modify a replicated value that has no onRepNotify handler, you have to manually replicate the value using multicast property.

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something interesting also, BoxName has no setter, apparently you can only preface the name.

In code though you can set it which replicates to the clients.

nice, have you solved it then?

I did using the structure type I mentioned above.

ahh i misread does for doesn't

Appreciate the info though regardless

Apologies if this is not allowed :) I'm looking to commission an ARK plugin that will allow me to set a blueprint & name for a creature and when a player kills that creature, log it to a database with their steam id, tribe id, creature name, and date killed. Message me if interested! (edited)

I'm still not able to read the variables I need from APrimalWorldSettings. I used Lethal's structs, but and it compiles and runs fine, but when I try and read any of LatitudeScaleField, LongitudeScaleField, LatitudeOriginField and LongitudeOriginField I just get the value -0.000022 from all of them, no matter what map I'm running. I assume it's because those structs are somehow missing from the standard API? Obviously I can't be having a custom API build just for my plugin. Anyone else know how I might work around this?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 that's not the issue

6:15 PM

it could be possible you're reading either the wrong data type, or the structure offset is wrong.

6:16 PM

I use a structure to read stuff that isn't included in the API for changing the # of chibi levels a player has unlocked (the variable is only stored on a blueprint)

6:16 PM

This is how I do so

void SetChibi(AShooterPlayerController* playerController, int value)
{
    AShooterCharacter* myPawn = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(playerController->PawnField());
    UPrimalPlayerData* data = myPawn->GetPlayerData();
    callBlueprintFunction(myPawn, L"SetNumChibiLevelUps", packParameters(0, value).parameters);
    (reinterpret_cast<UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base*>(data))->NumChibiLevelUpsData = value; /* yolo */
    data->SavePlayerData(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld());
}

6:16 PM

struct UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base //This is 101% an unclean solution. :| gonna find to find a way to find the field a little bit easier.
{
    unsigned char  unk[0x028]; //UObject
    unsigned char  unk2[0x0498]; //PrimalPlayerData
    int NumAscensions;
    unsigned char UnknownData00[0x4];
    TArray<float> AscensionData;
    TArray<struct FName> BossDinoNameTagAscensionDataMap;
    int SavedPlayerDataVersion;
    int CurrentPlayerDataVersion;
    int HexagonCount;
    int NumChibiLevelUpsData;
};

6:20 PM

you can try this, but you'll need to add some padding at the top

http://www.catb.org/esr/structure-packing/

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6:22 PM

0x0C70 bytes of padding should be what you need (edited)

Pulled this from IDA for just the structure. The other file I provided was from a dump Mich shared. (edited)

APrimalWorldSettings.txt

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@Lethal is your IDA database out dated?

maybe

missing bMapSupportsMissions (edited)

6:23 PM

as aids as it is, you have to regen the database when the game updates

6:23 PM

lol that is very aids

6:24 PM

takes hours on my VM

@dougy posted a DLL you can inject into your game to dump structures and stuff

6:24 PM

obviously run it on an alt account with BE disabled

6:24 PM

it's where I get BP structs when I need them

6:24 PM

(since those don't exist in IDA)

ah ok

MISSED OFFSET is usually alignment, so it's nothing

6:25 PM

like, in a struct if you have char a int b the total memory used is 8 bytes

6:25 PM

with char a and 3 bytes of padding int b

6:26 PM

in a way, MISSED OFFSETs show where WC could have restructured their structures to use less memory

(edited)

6:26 PM

e.g.

int b
char a

is only 5 bytes

6:26 PM

A repo of these dumps would be nice

I have an old repo

6:27 PM

it takes like 30 minutes to dump

6:27 PM

maybe once my heat sinks show up for my server

6:27 PM

I can setup a VM to detect game updates and redump them and push to github

that would be sweet

6:28 PM

For now just set up a fan to blow on the CPU

I wanted to make a collapsible box at my job

6:28 PM

and this is what I had to do

6:28 PM

because CSS transitions don't work unless you use fixed sizes

6:28 PM

e.g. you can't go from 0px to 'auto'

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6:30 PM

it works tho

We really need a plugin that automatically updates plugins but keeps a copy of the config for each plugin seperately so that configs don't get overridden

we'd need a different distribution system

7:26 PM

a plugin package manager is totally possible, it's just not worth it to most people

Would someone be kind enough to help me and edit this arkshop config file? I simply don't know when to use ] or }, or }] and so forth so I'm having a heck of a time trying to tweak it lol. --- I need things removed; the vips, the starter needs to be a griffin instead of a pteronodon and no saddle, the engrams and buy tek gear section I need removed, and I need more lines in the items for sale section under the sulfur, I don't know how to continue or close that line either. So if someone could remove the vips, the engrams, the tek gear - change the ptero to a griffin and remove the saddle - and add more lines under the sulfur where I can edit it to put in items for sale. Thank you

Config.json

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Jsoneditoronline.org

9:00 PM

Is your friend buddy

It gives me errors, not what to put in place to fix said error.

@RunningBearYarrr https://www.w3schools.com/whatis/whatis_json.asp

9:57 PM

you should learn how the things you use work so you don't have to ask whenever you get an error.

hi all

10:01 PM

who can give code to connect on official server ARK to get player connect info

@RunningBearYarrr if it knew what had to be in place of the error it could generate the config for you XD

10:10 PM

{} is for objects and [] is for arrays

10:10 PM

you need both when you close an object inside an array and vice versa

@Julius Caesar This isn't the place for that.

@substitute ok where place for that?

12:50 AM

in pm?

another discord lol

@substitute thank you so much for all that help. So if I use the struct for PrimalWorldSettings in this way, and something changes in an update, I need to update my code again? How does the basic API avoid having to do this? Maybe I could ask for that particular struct to be included in the base API?

Well, until I can work out a better solution I made a workaround. The plugin loads a JSON file which contains the gps-relevant variables from primalwoldsettings for a bunch of maps including all the official ones. The plugin fetches the JSON and the map name at startup and if it finds a match it uses those values. I also made a little mod in the dev kit that reads those variables from any map and dumps them to the server log. So if someone needs a particular map that isn't included in the default JSON, they can load up the map once with the mod, get the relevant settings and add them to the JSON themselves. It's not perfect but it means the gps coordinates can be 100% accurate for absolutely any map.

@Michidu

9:35 AM

maybe we can override new operator ?

9:36 AM

so then we don't have to do like so

9:36 AM

static_cast<FItemNetInfo*>(FMemory::Malloc(sizeof(FItemNetInfo)))

@Lethal I found a way to force replication of inventory items

11:01 AM

In my case I wanted to see if it was possible to change an items id (effectively making it a new item)

All properties?

I don’t see why others wouldn’t work assuming they’re editable

weight shown client side?

good question, I can try

@Lethal

5:50 PM

it "kinda" works

5:50 PM

5:51 PM

the item shows original weight

5:51 PM

but the new weight is calculated properly on the user stats

Ya, thats how Items+ does it currently.

that value might not be editable at all (the item in inventory)

5:52 PM

    auto myItems = pc->GetPlayerInventory()->InventoryItemsField();
    for (UPrimalItem* item : myItems)
    {
        if (item->bIsEngram()()) continue;

        FString name;
        item->GetItemName(&name, true, false, pc);


        int amount = item->GetItemQuantity();
        item->IncrementItemQuantity(-amount, true, false, false, false, false);

        FItemNetID itemId = item->ItemIDField();

        LOG->info(name.ToString());
        LOG->info(itemId.ItemID1);
        LOG->info(itemId.ItemID2);
        LOG->info("------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------");

        item->GenerateItemID(&itemId);
        item->ItemIDField() = itemId;
        item->BaseItemWeightField() = 0.f;
        
        item->IncrementItemQuantity(amount, true, false, false, false, false);
        item->AddToInventory(pc->GetPlayerInventory(), false, false, nullptr, true, false, true);
        
    }

This is how I was doing it

5:52 PM

I wanted to try regenerating the item ids

5:52 PM

you have to remove the old item ids before you add the new ids since item id = the actual item

5:52 PM

if you don't it'll desync

5:52 PM

my solution was add -amount to remove the first item (with proper replication)

5:53 PM

and then reset that back to it's previous value (add amount) before adding the item to the user inventory

Is there a plugin or .ini setting to allow crafting more than 1000 items at a time? Can't use mods (steam & epic crossplay ARK)

Do you need to stack items to 1000?

I was trying to make exactly that, but no luck so far

Anyone have ideas on why someone may get error 1114 and another person using the same exact zip file contents does not?

If it works for some, that person has anything wrong on their side then

Ya, just not sure how to help them with the issue. I even put a std::cout line as the first thing that gets executed inside Load() and it didn't output that for them.

5:06 PM

It's as if it doesn't even attempt to load the plugin. (edited)

The dll process attach might not being called then? (edited)

5:10 PM

I haven't experienced that but maybe tell them to run as admin, may be windows user permission issue (edited)

@Lethal dependency issue most likely

Dependency wasn't 126?

load errors aren't exactly like that

Dependency usually is 126 though.

Oh, nvm then

I used to get 1114 for various things

5:13 PM

like building in debug instead of release

5:13 PM

maybe they don't have the right version of Visual C++ installed

I will have them install the latest and see if that fixes it.

but you're not going to fish any useful info from 1114 (edited)

5:14 PM

it just means it failed

5:15 PM

126 is for like missing dll

5:15 PM

Ya, I knew it was a general error.

are you returning true in your dll attach?

yes

when you attach a dll you are supposed to make a thread and return on the attach call

5:15 PM

hm, yeah have them check if they have latest c++ runtimes

5:16 PM

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

Yep, will do.

That didn't fix it either for them. I gave them a new DLL to try that uses std::cout to display console messages in DllMain to see if it even outputs anything there.

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It doesn't even seem to call Load() from inside DllMain() for him.

5:52 PM

but is able to load other plugins of mine without issues

Hi there, this is probably the wrong place to ask but I could really do with some help. I have spent hours looking for info but keep hitting a dead end with no info on this. I have a ark server and am trying to setup the ARK shop plugin UI mod. Any chance some can point me in the right way? The info on the steam workshop page is the most info available but for someone like me with limited JavaScript knowledge idk HELP

This API has nothing to do with Workshop mods directly.

11:02 PM

does the workshop mod have a dll for this api?

It's the AgitoReiKen Arkshop UI, which plugin to make it work costs 150$

that is a disgusting price

11:03 PM

Yeah lol

wait

11:04 PM

uh, does this workshop mod do anything with this API directly?

11:04 PM

hm, maybe they use php stuff as their bridge between this API and mod

Yes, php files are to communicate with a modified version of arkshop

since my stuff wasn't released yet

That makes sense. I am trying to fit the wrong API to the mod then

Yes, the issue wasn't the API itself (which this is using)

11:05 PM

but instead the system the user made to communicate between this API and their mod

11:05 PM

do you have a web server with PHP installed?

11:05 PM

sounds like you need that.

I don't really recommend that one UI, it's very buggy as I've seen. And I also heard Wooly will be releasing one shop UI which won't cost 150$

or maybe everyone can instead of trying to make a quick buck

11:06 PM

we can create a simple standard

11:06 PM

and allow anyone to design their own mod UI for workshop (edited)

11:06 PM

That could be an option, and probably with better performance

Especially since we can read/write to bp variables now.

The arkshop ui mod now takes several seconds to open

and I know how to hook bp functions

Do you?

11:07 PM

yes, it is really easy.

11:07 PM

bp functions are processed by a higher order function

11:07 PM

ProcessEvent

I see where you are going

so you can check the UFunction for a name (and get the internal index so you don't have to keep checking name)

11:08 PM

and simply call your callback

11:08 PM

and never process the original UFunction

I am lost but thanks guys, will try to do some more reading up on PHP and how it works. Or try finding a different mod thats makes the shop more user friendly

I've made a few hacks to test around with in Single Player with that method @Pelayori

11:08 PM

@StefMista do you have a PHP runtime on a webserver? (edited)

Also, have you bought the 150$ plugin? you need it for the shop ui to work

I am not even sure what PHP is mate tbh

you can just use nginx with php or apache2 with php

11:09 PM

php is a programming language

11:09 PM

it runs on the php process,

11:09 PM

similar to like Java or Python

11:10 PM

php runs on websites to do stuff like interact with databases and generate dynamic pages

Also, have you bought the 150$ plugin? you need it for the shop ui to work No I have not since I can't get to that info or point

Yeah, his discord link is broken

maybe this weekend I can brush up my mod stuff and make a basic UI thing that runs a function on server when button is pressed and I can implement the server logic in C++ and a hook @Pelayori

@substitute I will definitely look into it and learn more. I have started using Wampserver and am trying to learn as I go

if I can make an easy to use system I'll add it to the API

11:11 PM

@StefMista WAMP is a good basic system

maybe this weekend I can brush up my mod stuff and make a basic UI thing that runs a function on server when button is pressed and I can implement the server logic in C++ and a hook @Pelayori

@substitute That's cool, now that I know how to interact with bp stuff I can miss with some more things heh

11:12 PM

I just need a trace tho :C

If you manage to make a basic one please let me know. I will 100% go for that over the $150 one that I can't even get proper info on

yea, when I can spend some time on that I will @Pelayori

11:13 PM

I was only going to make a basic proof of concept @StefMista

11:13 PM

I don't have the time to spend making and maintaining such as system right now

11:13 PM

xd

I can help you if you want another pair of eyes on something, but I'm not the best at c++ yet

I mostly hate working with the devkit

11:14 PM

it is not very good

11:14 PM

and crashes a lot when working on UI stuff

I bet it does

I wonder if you can put a web view in the UI stuff

But I have some hacks to avoid crashing

then you could make the whole system as html pages

11:14 PM

xDD

11:14 PM

I don't think so tho

I need to get a new computer case

11:15 PM

so I can fit a 240mm AIO for my cpu

11:15 PM

3900X is too hot to fit in my 10 liter case

11:15 PM

so I'll move up to 12 liters

11:15 PM

Anyone know if it is possible to tie C4 damage back to a specific player not tribeid? (edited)

hm

11:16 PM

good question

11:16 PM

if they were not in a tribe it would be trivial

11:16 PM

does the damage instigator have the structure?

11:17 PM

maybe when someone places a C4 you can store their character id with that structure id in a table

11:17 PM

so when it does damage, you can take the instigator (for structure) to lookup in the table to get their id

Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

EventInstigator is nullptr DamageCauser is the C4 structure

ah,that's what I meant

11:18 PM

was the damager causer

11:18 PM

so you can get the specific id then of the structure

11:18 PM

seems trivial enough

I've cast it a structure but the owner fields are nulls it seems

I think Owner is only valid when structure is not in a tribe, aka non-tribed player

yes, don't use owner

11:19 PM

I mean

11:19 PM

there should be some id specific to the structure

11:20 PM

you may have to go all the way back to the function that handles the spawning of the c4 from user placement

11:20 PM

but it should be possible

11:21 PM

you're a smart guy, I'm sure you can get something working

I think I found it

nice

APrimalStructureExplosive contains ConstructorPlayerDataID

ah perfect then

11:23 PM

you may not even need to make a look up table

I had another way to do it but I didn't want to go down that path.

11:23 PM

I don't its already working to get SteamID with the PlayerID

perfect then

I think c4 is the only unique item like that. (edited)

where is the tutorial channel?

Thanks

Yo did anybody there have problem with permissions like that? * permission aka WC character doesn't do anything. Database is working. Its reading and writing. I gave myself admin group with default * permissions and i still can't do any cheat or anything with it lol

permissions are for plugins to use I don't believe that permission allows you to bypass doing "enablecheats <password>" unless you have another plugin that executes commands for you.

By the way, thanks for the new discord updates (channels, roles, tutos etc), that's nice!

No problem glad you enjoyed it

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Can anyone tell me if there is any store other than Shop, Currency & Kits

hey, can anyone tell me what causes this error in the arkapi log?

08/26/20 15:04 [Permission][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\permissions\permissions\private\hooks.cpp Permissions::Hooks::Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer) Couldn't add player

Epic player perhaps?

@Foppa

1:00 AM

1. I have function calling with return values, but I found if the function has an in arg that is also an out arg, it's structure isn't args, returns

1:00 AM

so I am making the above^

1:01 AM

which will use a builder pattern to allow users to execute bp functions stating the args by name

1:01 AM

ex:

    FunctionArgs args = FunctionArgs::Create()
        .Add(L"some bool", false)
        .Add(L"some int", 5)
        .Add<int>(L"out arg");

Looks interesting, for what purpose tho?

For calling functions that exist in bp and getting their return data back

ah

@Foppa for blueprint functions that have their args and then their returns in normal order (basically functions where no ouput is an input)

5:06 AM

template<typename ...Rs, typename ...Ts, typename std::enable_if<sizeof...(Rs) >= 2, bool>::type = true> std::optional<std::tuple<Rs...>> ExecBP(UObject* object, std::wstring name, Ts&&... args)

5:06 AM

this template I have works to return an optional tuple of the return types

5:07 AM

for single return values I have just an optional of the type version template<typename RT, typename ...Ts> std::optional<RT> ExecBP(UObject* object, std::wstring name, Ts&&... args) and of course void return version template<typename ...Ts> void ExecBP(UObject* object, std::wstring name, Ts&&... args)

5:07 AM

these work 100%, but again, some functions have inputs that are outputs and thus deducing the return args at compile time is impossible

5:07 AM

my current work-around offering is a version that takes a pointer to the structure directly, void ExecBP(UObject* object, std::wstring name, void* args)

5:08 AM

however as I now have proper UE4 reflection on UFunctions, I will instead add runtime checking

can someone edit the permission plugin so they not only stores the steam id for the player even the playername would be great... on mysql

1:29 PM

id tried this and cant get this to work

What's the reason for it?

see which player it is when browsing in database or even when building a webui for admins

if you’re making a webui you can just get the steam name with steam id via steam’s api

for the steam name, but it want the ingame name :Facepalm:

Hi all! Nice to meet - just joined as I'm developing a plugin and wanted to get in touch with the community

@Frost® pretty rude to say facepalm while asking others to do something for you for free

@substitute That wasn't meant as an insult, but of course you turn everything around and troll, but sorry if understand it like so

@Frost® It's quite simple to get the players name if you have the steamID of the player:

FString Playername;
AShooterPlayerController* shooter_pc = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(steam_id);
shooter_pc->GetPlayerCharacterName(&Playername);

the line "shooter_pc->GetPlayerCharacterName(&Playername);" fills the Fstring ? Thought its need to be "Playername = shooter_pc->GetPlayerCharacterName(); (edited)

GetPlayerCharacterName will fill the value for the FString

not sure what you did there, pro tip upload your pdb file after you compile

10:40 AM

and you will see more info in the crash log

10:41 AM

i will restart and try

10:43 AM

try { FString Playername; AShooterPlayerController* shooter_pc = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(steam_id); shooter_pc->GetPlayerCharacterName(&Playername); Log::GetLog()->info(Playername.ToString()); } catch (const std::exception& exception) { Log::GetLog()->error("({} {}) Unexpected DB error {}", FILE, FUNCTION, exception.what()); }

10:43 AM

this will be ok ?

Where do you get the steam id from then?

10:46 AM

its a parameter fro the addplayertogroup function, i just added my code there

10:46 AM

std::optional<std::string> AddPlayerToGroup(uint64 steam_id, const FString& group) {

10:47 AM

oh wait

10:47 AM

i did crap

10:47 AM

xD

10:48 AM

as there no api on this place this cant work

you need to start looking from the hook and follow the code logic how it is adding new players to the database

10:51 AM

the Permission plugin use only one hook for players basically "AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer"

is this creating it while player is connecting or while its been creating a char

10:52 AM

cause u can connect without a character at first

I'm pretty sure that hook is executed as player joins

so u have the GUi first with generating the char

you could log the hook and see when it's executed

Is there anyone that can make a ark plugin that stops placing c4 in pve time?

AShooterPlayerController* shooter_pc = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindPlayerFromSteamId(steam_id);

12:07 PM

if (!shooter_pc) { Log::GetLog()->info("Cant find Player from steamid {}", steam_id); } else { Log::GetLog()->info("Found Player from steamid {}", steam_id); }

12:07 PM

i got cant find player

12:08 PM

is it only possbible if player is online ?

what I put in .pdb I did .json only .pdb is missing

there are 2 things that are owned by the person playing the game (more but i'm saying what's relevant in this case) the AShooterPlayerController and the AShooterCharacter the AShooterPlayerController ONLY exists when the player is connected to the server the AShooterCharacter exists if the character is spawned in the world (not dead), and is there even if the player is offline

12:59 PM

@Frost®

thanks man

is it possible to change servername without restart ?

@WETBATMAN

4:36 PM

I've got to clean up my code, but I have runtime BP calling with proper arg binding

4:36 PM

I've also made it possible to iterate the global objects array

4:36 PM

 auto a = GObjects();
    printf("GObjects %p\n", GObjects());
    LOG->info("total objects {0}", a.ObjObjects.NumElements);

    UClass* myGuy = nullptr;

    for (int i = 0; i < a.ObjObjects.NumElements; ++i)
    {
        UObjectBase* object = a.ObjObjects.GetObjectPtr(i)->Object;
        if (object == nullptr)
            continue;
        FString expt;
        object->NameField().ToString(&expt);
        if (expt.ToString().find("KismetSystemLibrary") != std::string::npos)
        {
            myGuy = static_cast<UClass*>(object);
            break;
        }
    }

    UFunctionExec::create(myGuy->GetDefaultObject(true), L"LineTraceSingle_NEW")
        .add("WorldContextObject", pc)
        .add("Start", FVector(0, 0, 0))
        .add("End", FVector(0, 0, 0))
        .add("TraceChannel", 0) //whatever
        .add("bTraceComplex", false)
        .add("ActorsToIgnore", TArray<AActor*>())
        .add("DrawDebugType", 0)
        .skip("OutHit") //we know that this isn't quite required, so we force the check to skip this.
        .add("bIgnoreSelf", true)
        .add<bool>("ReturnValue")
        .call();

4:37 PM

so you can get the CDO of things like KismetSystemLibrary

4:38 PM

Just need to move this into the API itself directly and I'll be making a PR.

@substitute How i can write this like u Stuff?

7:49 PM

[Ausdrucksweise]

"Ihr Lieben!!!. von Caleb"
LuL!

- Solch ein Verhalten fürth zum Ausschluss.

7:49 PM

Im not sure how u made this, Bro.

@Stofftier ?

8:12 PM

I'm not sure what you are asking.

How i can write this in one Block?

8:12 PM

is it tricky?

what do you mean? You want a new line in your text?

that are several Blocks and u have only one Block with several colors.

You mean calling the functions on each other like .add().add().add()?

jep

8:14 PM

yes

the functions return a reference to the object itself for method chaining.

8:14 PM

    template<typename T> UFunctionExec& add(std::string argName, T argValue)
    {
        //code
        return *this;
    }

some links how explain it for Beginners?

    UFunctionExec& call()
    {
        //another
        return *this;
    }

8:15 PM

the function just returns the instance of the object

oh ok

so you can use that return value to call the next function

8:15 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_chaining

thx

Anyone know the appropriate function/hook I need to look for to control floating damage numbers?

I’ll look tomorrow @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

11:48 AM

I used it recently actually

Thank you so much

11:49 AM

I found AShooterPlayerController_ClientAddFloatingDamageText but I'm not sure if that's correct or not.

Hi folks, I'm quite new to the plugin making and have a couple of questions as I can't find documentation on what's available inside the API. If anyone knows answers or URLs to resources that I've missed I'd really appreciate it and hope to return the favour once I've gotten better at this stuff. 1. Does anyone have experience using event driven mechanics? I'm looking to trigger some code every time someone joins the server 2. I also want to trigger some code regularly, eg every 30 seconds. Is there a way I can do this? Thanks in advance, let me know if there's any more info you need. All the best, Ashley

1. and 2. look at the arkshop source code

can someone help me create an ark plugin just new to this

1. and 2. look at the arkshop source code

@Frost® Thanks for this!

Found the most intresting things also there. XD

Hey @substitute , did you get a chance to have a look for the floating damage text info? Sorry for the tag.

Found the most intresting things also there. XD

@Frost® it's a chunky one for sure but it seems to have everything I need

thanks so much!

Hi guys, Been struggling with the includes - I've been looking for the file included below: #include <API/Ark/Ark.h> I installed the API as described but I don't think my Visual Studio knows where the file actually is (and I don't either

‍♂️) Is it part of the ArkApi.lib library? I think I'm including it in my project so if I'm barking up the wrong tree that'd be good to know. Also - does anyone know if there's an updated version of this video on compiling the plugins? There's a version here (https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?threads/tutorial-how-to-compile-the-plugins-your-self.628/) but it's been taken off YouTube Again, realise I'm new and asking for help so if there's any way I can help in return let me know, I know a decent amount about C++ (although in Linux) so may be able to help there. All the best, Ash

You just have to press build to create the dll (edited)

6:54 PM

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

This guide is based on the Visual Studio Community 2019 version install Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/ 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip Step N1: Install Visual Studio by the link given on the first prerequ...

6:54 PM

https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/pvp-cooldowns.216/

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Thank you for this @Tsjollin!

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

9:25 PM

check these four

9:26 PM

_Implementation is usually the actual function

9:26 PM

I would use ClientAddFloatingText if you are adding text

is it possible to fake that iam online with plugin? players doing shit if no admin is online

You just have to press build to create the dll

@Tsjollin hi! this file is fantastic - I was thinking of adding some extra info in the form of suggestions on the doc which you can approve or reject, just to add a bit of extra info for you and other people who look at the file if you don't mind

Hi again - looking through the ArkShop Hooks and wondering which hooks to use, I want to do something every time a player logs in, should I go for AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, or another hook, such as AShooterPlayerState_BeginPlay, AShooterPlayerState_NotifyPlayerJoined. Currently a little confused as to what hooks correspond to which events

1:38 PM

using OwnProx's Hook Generator which seems like a godsend

Thanks @Ashington I'll create a suggestion system

no problem - it's possible within the google doc itself if you switch from editing to suggestion mode

the doc is not his though, it was created by me XD

Never said it was mine haha

6:35 PM

@Ashington AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer and AShooterGameMode_Logout

6:36 PM

and i dont know if you knew it existed but try using OwnProx's Hook creator

using OwnProx's Hook Generator which seems like a godsend

He does

the doc is not his though, it was created by me XD

@WETBATMAN My bad! Either way a fantastic doc haha

has anyone been fiddeling with mysql/cpp ? I'm trying to add mysql support to a plugin and when it suppose to get values from config i get nothing? But the rest of the config values works.

uh

5:57 AM

can u post ur config and related code?

5:57 AM

(mask ur info)

@Foppa There are many open source plugins that use mysql. I would start by looking at them

Well i think i have figured out the issue

7:46 AM

it's when it's creating the table

7:46 AM

But still confused why it isn't posting any values

7:47 AM

Overall the plugin is working when i created the table manually

7:51 AM

cause your uername and passwort and database are empty

8:15 AM

;-D

Pfft!!

8:21 AM

That should gathered from config

8:21 AM

i'm not sure might be that i'm using mariaDB

8:23 AM

Maybe i need to add mariadb wrapper

8:25 AM

found this: https://github.com/viaduck/mariadbpp

viaduck/mariadbpp

C++ client library for MariaDB. Contribute to viaduck/mariadbpp development by creating an account on GitHub.

normaly mariadb is complete compatible to mysql

yeah i know

8:28 AM

I mean the other queries works

8:29 AM

lol

print the query from console

8:29 AM

please

So must be that the creating query that's having issue

and copy that string here

"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {} ("
                "Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,"
                "SteamId BIGINT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,"
                "PlayerId INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "TribeId INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "Level INT DEFAULT 0,",
                "PRIMARY KEY(Id),"
                "UNIQUE INDEX SteamId_UNIQUE (SteamId ASC));"

in c++ its need to ad quotes for the newline ?

Yeah

8:32 AM

Here is ArkShop:

"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {} ("
                "Id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,"
                "SteamId BIGINT(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,"
                "Kits VARCHAR(768) NOT NULL DEFAULT '{{}}',"
                "Points INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "TotalSpent INT DEFAULT 0,"
                "PRIMARY KEY(Id),"
                "UNIQUE INDEX SteamId_UNIQUE (SteamId ASC));"

8:32 AM

LOL

8:32 AM

I see the comma

level line

OH WELL

8:33 AM

Let's try that again

i also edited arkshop

8:33 AM

8:34 AM

not yet finished

Neat!

8:35 AM

Pulling more steam info?

yes i do this with php

8:36 AM

just tested but not implemented

8:36 AM

it works buit to lazy now

8:36 AM

AH No errors

just working on admin interface wehre mods can switch groups and give points and kits etc over webui

8:37 AM

and its easyier then to find the player he wants to by Playername or Steamname

Yeah that's always easier, looking forward for more progress !

@Frost®

11:26 AM

Check your character encoding

11:26 AM

Unicode should fix those garbage names

Ark uses utf16

11:52 AM

Btw

11:58 AM

home players uses symbol link in there names ?

11:58 AM

i saw that a few times

Is there anyone who can make a plugin to prevent placing c4 in pve times. On a lot of servers that use ASM to run pvpve times pre planting is a major problem

just dont disable turrets in pve

It comes with a ton of other problems when you run a server pvp and make rules to stop fighting at a certain time

why you should disable pvp completly ? then do a pve server xD

So players can play peacefully in pve times. To stop trolls and douch bags. To make veins and drops doable. The list is long

PvP Cooldowns

https://discord.gg/u5v44xC World PVP and Raid PVP independent settings World PvP will only apply its restrictions. (Affects only you) Raid PvP will apply World and Raid restrictions. (Affects the whole tribe) Block Commands like /shop Block...

12:27 PM

hmm

12:27 PM

no

12:27 PM

12:31 PM

do oyu use PVPShedeuler ?

No I use the Ark Server Manager's auto pve time schedule to change from pve to pvp for 4 hours a day

12:46 PM

bAutoPvEUseSystemTime=true AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds=86340 AutoPvEStopTimeSeconds=46860

12:46 PM

These settings basically

int Hook_APrimalStructure_IsAllowedToBuild(APrimalStructure* _this, APlayerController* PC, FVector AtLocation, FRotator AtRotation, FPlacementData* OutPlacementData, bool bDontAdjustForMaxRange, FRotator PlayerViewRotation, bool bFinalPlacement) { if (bFinalPlacement && PC != nullptr) { if (!PVPEnabled && BlockC4PlacementInPVPOff) { const FString path_name = GetBlueprint(_this); if (path_name.ToString() == "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/C4Charge.C4Charge'") { ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(PC), FColorList::Green, 1.3f, 15.0f, nullptr, "C4 is Blocked in PVP OFF"); return 0; } } } return APrimalStructure_IsAllowedToBuild_original(_this, PC, AtLocation, AtRotation, OutPlacementData, bDontAdjustForMaxRange, PlayerViewRotation, bFinalPlacement); }

(edited)

9:05 PM

this is it if added to pvpsheduler

with c4 block in PVP OFF

PVPScheduler.rar

1 MB

Thank you very much, will give it a try

this isn't enough you can still place a c4 on a dino (this hook doesn't trigger for some reason) and then drop the dino in

1:29 PM

i have a pretty much reworked version of PVPScheduler, never got around to posting it on the forum though

@WETBATMAN would you mind sharing it with me pretty please

PVPScheduler.zip

1.21 MB

5:30 PM

@StefMista

5:31 PM

has new features like not allowing players to access enemy structure's inventories when pve is enabled

5:31 PM

and c4 detonation can be also blocked in pve

5:33 PM

oh also during pve turrets don't target players at all

Awsum thank you very much. You guys have been extremely helpful on here

then may just make a pull request with the code u have to support community.... @WETBATMAN

Getting a crash when i'm making damage as a player riding on a dino towards a player who is not riding a dino.

float Hook_AActor_TakeDamage(AActor* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
...
AShooterPlayerController* defender_aspc = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(_this->GetOwnerController());
AShooterPlayerState* defender_asps = static_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(defender_aspc->PlayerStateField()); <---- That line seems to cause the crash

But i don't know why and been trying to figure out why.

11:23 PM

but when player vs player it doesn't crash

hmm.. it is actually this that isn't working properly

AShooterPlayerController* defender_aspc = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(_this->GetOwnerController());

(edited)

i assume you check for nullptr already ?

yeah

11:46 PM

but it seems that i don't get any Controller

thing is

11:46 PM

controller is only available if player is online

YEah

11:46 PM

And the player is online

yes but

11:46 PM

do you ensure this code only gets called on that particular player ?

Yes

do you know if _this->GetOwnerController() returns nullptr

11:47 PM

?

Not sure tbh

just make an if statement for it

Still confused why it dosen't give me controller when it's Player vs Player but not Dino vs Player (And the dino is being ridden) (edited)

11:49 PM

i added a if statement for nullptr for _this as well now

if i remember correctly calling this func on a character always gave me nullptr

11:52 PM

not 100% sure but i remember a plugin crashing because of this issue

it works fine on other parts of the code, where i also use it to get tribe info and such

11:59 PM

This return true atleast: _this->GetInstigatorController();

12:03 AM

yeah you need to use GetInstigatorController() to find the controller in that scenario (edited)

@WETBATMAN

1:40 AM

wanna see something that is an awful time

what heh

@WETBATMAN

2:10 AM

for my systems software course, our first project is to build the pass 1 of a SIC assembler

2:10 AM

in C

2:10 AM

That's mine^

2:11 AM

it's very advanced, and doesn't fault on the first error, it continues accumulating errors to show the user (though it only generates a symbol table up until the first error)

I like the colors

2:23 AM

I made my own

2:23 AM

ghetto "C++" with macros

Nice

3:27 AM

Does anyone know the Hook for when a player get's kicked from a tribe?

I found it

lulw faking isofficialserver = true XD

Imagine your server added to official network list

nah they pull official servers from a list that is client side

5:09 PM

but sites like battlemetrics will say your server is official

@Pelayori

5:53 PM

Official Server list is downloaded from an ini

5:53 PM

@WETBATMAN somewhat

Yeah yeah I was just joking xD

I believe they pull the Official Server list from Steam with a filter and then apply the ini as an IP filter on top of that.

me is wondering why some players are created under arkshop players but not present in the permissions table ?

Does anyone have an api example of GAAC I could have a look at?

of what ?

The Rockwell on aberration gives items directly ? never killed him

11:42 AM

so editing the loot is may possible through api ?

hi! I'm currently wondering how exceptions raised by plugins are handled by the server - I want to do some error handling

11:47 AM

does anyone know what the behaviour is for this?

The Rockwell on aberration gives items directly ? never killed him

@Frost® no, only engrams and levels

how are the boss drops are received, i readed in beacons app discord that the items are not optained by a lootchest ore boss corpse

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

6:11 PM

I might have one of get all actors of class

6:11 PM

Though you should absolutely avoid it for performance reasons

is it some way you can call the API to unload a plugin?

@Foppa I don't believe that's supported

ArkApi::Tools::IsPluginLoaded to check if its loaded, then send internal rcon plugins.unlaod Pluginname ?

was into doing something like that as well Frost...

11:09 AM

@Foppa I don't believe that's supported

@substitute hmm okay

Trying to unload might work

11:17 AM

But that breaks when using timers

Question, when using structs with TArrays, and i want to have several, do i need to create a new struct for each TArray or will one struct do? I'm worried about data is being collided

2:53 AM

i just figured out that now lol

Hi, does anyone know if this plugin still works without crashes/performance loss, since it's quite old and could be outdated. https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/safezones.2/

SafeZones Source: Click Here Features: Prevent PVP in certain area's Prevent Building in certain area's Prevent Structure damage in certain area's Notifications on Entering and Leaving SafeZone area's Ability to restrict players from...

U should be good to have structs with tarrays

yeah

Hi, does anyone know if this plugin still works without crashes/performance loss, since it's quite old and could be outdated. https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/safezones.2/

@Matisse i tested about 2 weeks ago and it worked fine

SafeZones Source: Click Here Features: Prevent PVP in certain area's Prevent Building in certain area's Prevent Structure damage in certain area's Notifications on Entering and Leaving SafeZone area's Ability to restrict players from...

Thanks @Uaca

Are there any examples around of how to interact with the Permissions plugin from my own plugin?

ArkShop maybe

You'd just need to include ArkPermissions.h and link Permissions.lib. function names are self explanatory from there

I'm trying to get hold of the AscensionData array from PlayerData. Thanks to some examples from @substitute I can get as far as getting UPrimalPlayerData using GetPlayerData, but I'm not sure where to go from there? This is how I'd do it in the dev kit, but it won't let me cast UPrimalPlayerData to UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base

PrimalPlayerDataBP_Base is a Blueprint Only class

4:35 PM

Maybe it's not defined in API, let me open up IDA

4:39 PM

No, it's only a BP class. However there is a solution Substitute posted a while ago https://discordapp.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/740966572532826112

4:43 PM

You could try something like this:

TArray<float> GetAscensionDataArray(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller)
{
    AShooterCharacter* shooter_char = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(player_controller->PawnField());
    UPrimalPlayerData* data = shooter_char->GetPlayerData();
    return (reinterpret_cast<UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base*>(data))->AscensionData;
}

(edited)

4:43 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks Pelayori, that's pretty much what I came up with too. About to give it a try. Thanks again.

Hmmm, unfortunately that's an instant crash as soon as it's called.

5:04 PM

I know in Substitutes post he uses this:

void SetChibi(AShooterPlayerController* playerController, int value)
{
    AShooterCharacter* myPawn = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(playerController->PawnField());
    UPrimalPlayerData* data = myPawn->GetPlayerData();
    UFunction* bpFunction = myPawn->FindFunctionChecked(FName(L"SetNumChibiLevelUps", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
    int params[] = { value };
    myPawn->ProcessEvent(bpFunction, &params);
    (reinterpret_cast<UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base*>(data))->NumChibiLevelUpsData = value; /* yolo */
    
    data->SavePlayerData(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld());
}

I'm just not sure what this part in the middle is doing.

UFunction* bpFunction = myPawn->FindFunctionChecked(FName(L"SetNumChibiLevelUps", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
int params[] = { value };
myPawn->ProcessEvent(bpFunction, &params);

(edited)

That is calling the BP function "SetNumChibiLevelups" to set chibi levels. Is there any bp function in UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base to get ascension data or just a variable?

No it's just a variable.

5:08 PM

5:11 PM

Actually there is no real function SetNumChibiLevelUps, it's just setting a variable.

Huh?

5:13 PM

That is this line: (reinterpret_cast<UPrimalPlayerDataBP_Base*>(data))->NumChibiLevelUpsData = value; /* yolo */ (edited)

5:13 PM

Or should be

Yes, but I'm wondering why reading the NumChibiLevelUps variable is done one way and writing it another way. (edited)

You'd need to ask Substitute directly since he's the boss of BP stuff

Sorry, that line is setting it.

I know little about getting fields, I know how to call functions but that's it

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I’ll look at your issue

7:16 PM

I do have a good solution that was accepted to the api though

7:17 PM

If you update your api (if you’re not on latest) there is a Get/Set on UProperty*

7:17 PM

And a FindProperty on UObject*

Yeah, the downside is everyone who wants to use that plugin need the new API version as it has a new cpp source file

It’s like 15 lines, so worst case (edited)

7:56 PM

You could just implement it into your plugin directly

Thank you @substitute . Any advice you could offer would be appreciated.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

3:06 AM

    UProperty* prop = data->FindProperty(FName(L"NumChibiLevelUpsData", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
    if (!prop) return;
    prop->Set<int>(data, value);

3:07 AM

is how I set the property directly using my added-in BP stuff (edited)

3:07 AM

to read you'd just do

3:07 AM

prop->Get<int>(data);

3:07 AM

where data is UPrimalPlayerData* data = myPawn->GetPlayerData(); (edited)

3:08 AM

if you don't want to update API

3:08 AM

    template<typename T>
    T Get(UObject* object)
    {
        if (!object->StaticClass()->HasProperty(this))
            throw std::invalid_argument("Object does not contain this property.");
        if (sizeof(T) != this->ElementSizeField())
            throw std::invalid_argument("Expected size does not match property size.");
            return *((T*)(object + this->Offset_InternalField()));
    }

    template<typename T>
    void Set(UObject* object, T value)
    {
        if (!object->StaticClass()->HasProperty(this))
            throw std::invalid_argument("Object does not contain this property.");
        if (sizeof(T) != this->ElementSizeField())
            throw std::invalid_argument("Expected size does not match property size.");
            * ((T*)(object + this->Offset_InternalField())) = value;
    }

3:08 AM

are for get/set

3:08 AM

and for FindProperty

3:09 AM

UProperty* UObject::FindProperty(FName name)
{
    for (UProperty* Property = this->ClassField()->PropertyLinkField(); Property = Property->PropertyLinkNextField();)
        if (Property->NameField().Compare(&name) == 0)
            return Property;
    return nullptr;
}

Awesome! Thank you. I'll give that a go asap.

@substitute Unfortunately I'm not able to get any of this to work without an instant crash. I tried running your example instead of my own code, and I get the same crash. This is the example of yours I'm trying.

Do you have a crash stack?

I downloaded and built the API from https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API, and I can see it includes your merge.

Do you replace the api dll on your server with the new one as well?

Yes, I replaced version.dll with the new one.

Any crash stack?

7:59 AM

If you attach debugger you should get

Looks like get player data is crashing

8:02 AM

Have you tried only getting player data and doing nothing else

8:02 AM

See if that crashes

8:06 AM

I'll try with just GetPlayerData.

8:11 AM

Yes this crashes at the same point as above.

check if myPawn is null

Yep myPawn is null.

8:23 AM

So maybe because I'm doing this in AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer which runs before the player spawns?

8:25 AM

Actually that function gives me AShooterCharacter, so I'll try that.

Ok that works. Thank you! I wonder why the cast doesn't work then? Anyway, I have one more question. In your code you do prop->Set<int>(data, value); as you're setting a single int. I'm trying to get a TArray. I'm not sure how that works here? (edited)

prop->Get<TArray<type>>(data);

8:34 AM

^that is how

Thank you so, so much!

you got it?

I think so, yes.

Yep it works perfectly. Although I'd love to know why WC chose an array of floats when the possible values are forever limited to 0, 1, 2 or 3 lol Anyway thanks so much again Substitute!

np!

I'm trying to use the Permissions functionality for the first time... I've included the Permissions files, and my plugin builds fine, but when the server starts it throws an error when loading my plugin Failed to load plugin - Error code 126. As soon as I remove the include for permissions and rebuild, the plugin loads normally again. Anyone know what I might have done wrong? (edited)

Is your plugin loading before Permissions (by alphabetical order)?

Yes

If so, go to Project Settings/Linker/Input/Delay Loaded DLLs and write "Permissions.dll" (if using visual studio)

4:47 PM

That fixed it! Thank you Pelayori!!

No worries

4:49 PM

I also got that issue the first time linking Permissions

Are there any plugins that are open source created? I'm trying to learn C++ and it would be very usefull for me to see what aspects are used in the making of plugins

yes, here: https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

9:54 PM

❤️

Awesome!

Hi all - is there a function in the API to just execute a generic console command? I'm just asking as I have an API which will send commands and we just want to execute whatever is passed along - am I barking up the wrong tree?

use rcon ?

is that something we can trigger from C++?

you have an api whoch sends commands , from what ?

I wonder if there would be any chance of the the leaders of this amazing project doing a release to fix the version numbering issue. Users get very confused when you tell them they need version 3.5, but the latest on the website is 3.4. Pretty please?

you have an api whoch sends commands , from what ?

@Frost® Hi Frost, my bad for missing this - we have a web server which manages external data, and my plugin will query this web server for the server commands to run - I have everything else in place already but I haven't actually got the bit that runs the commands haha

5:18 PM

I found an example which was admincheat Broadcast <Message>, which is an example of a command we might want to run (edited)

try use a web call to and via rcon and send any commands with that plugin (edited)

for a question about a plugin I'm trying to develop, is there any channel that I can send this question to?

Does anyone have any simple examples of multithreading in a plugin? Or any tips, tricks or things to watch out for?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

9:30 AM

You need to watch out for race conditions (use a mutex to protect vulnerable data)

9:30 AM

You also can’t run any game functions outside the game thread

9:31 AM

I’m interested myself in finding a way to spin up game threads in ue4 to mitigate #2

Thanks @substitute.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 with multithreading it's super important to protect against race conditions, but only when you have to, as otherwise you knock out a lot of the boost you'd get as you'd have idle threads - C++ has some great tools to do with parallelism, including shared-memory parallelism such as what you'd be doing with the multithreading

5:14 PM

I used a library called OpenMP which is great

1

Thanks @Ashington.

5:34 AM

Another question. Does anyone happen to know the hooks that would be involved in the process of a players transferring out of a server? Something where I could interrupt the process before they leave the server?

5:39 AM

Or maybe the function involved in fetching the list of available clustered servers?

Server fetching is client sided @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Ok, thanks substitute. I'm sure there's some hooks we can use to get involved in some part of the transferring process, and I know Lethal does some work in that area.

I have an annoying issue. I'm using the following hook:

bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* NewPlayer, UPrimalPlayerData* PlayerData, AShooterCharacter* PlayerCharacter, bool bIsFromLogin)

I'm trying to run some checks (based on server rules) on AShooterCharacter as a player transfers in to this server from another server, and either do nothing and allow them to continue, or kick them at that point. When players try and connect to the server without transferring, then AShooterCharacter is null, so I kick them also as that doesn't meet the server rules. It all works fine except for a couple of annoying situations where the player already has a character on the server, but when they log in AShooterCharacter still returns null so they get kicked. This can happen, for example, if they are killed while offline, or if they die then log off without respawning. I'm, hoping that someone will know of some way I can determine if the player is transferring in from another server or not, or perhaps some other possible way around this? (edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 might be able to check prelogin data

I was hoping there was some way to determine if they were transferring in or not.

try use a web call to and via rcon and send any commands with that plugin

Hi @Foppa, sorry for the tag - I'm not quite sure what this means, is there some sort of ssh protocol you're talking about where we can send commands to the server? I've been looking online for something along these lines but not quite sure what you mean

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 Try some of these Hook_AShooterGameMode_DownloadTransferredPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* NewPlayer)

Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestDownloadPlayerCharacter_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, FArkTributePlayerData DownloadedCharacter, int spawnPointID, int spawnRegionIndex)

(edited)

1:01 PM

If you want to check AShooterCharacter it will be null unless spawned. And HandleNewPlayer almost never has valid Shooter Character at call but a few seconds later (edited)

Amazing info! Thanks Pelayori!

FArkTributePlayerData has some handy info you might want to take a look. You may be able to insert some custom data bytes when player uploads character (aka clicks transfer, maybe a function in gamemode or shooterplayercontroller), to make your checks easier

1:06 PM

I never messed with player data bytes, only dino and item datas

1:08 PM

If you don't want player to download character return before calling original func, I'd recommend doing in on the shooter controller because that way server doesn't get notified and it's just like player didn't request (maybe some failed to download message tho)

1:09 PM

Another way to check which server is the player transferring from is hooking the tribute player data creation and change UploadingServerMapName to some custom name, might have to try if it causes issues tho

Wow that's all really amazing stuff. Thanks so much.

I found this hook:

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerCharacterUploadWithItems_Start(AShooterPlayerController* _this, unsigned __int64 PlayerDataId, FArkTributePlayerData PlayerData)

Then you'd return your copy of PlayerData with custom info inside. I'd do some Logging test to see if it prints the right info or not

Yeah I've got a ton of things to try now. Thanks again.

Can anyone help me work out how I get a bool from this?

I think this is right?

bool IsFirstSpawned(UPrimalPlayerData* myData)
{
    FPrimalPlayerDataStruct* myDataStruct;

    myDataStruct = myData->MyDataField();

    return myDataStruct->bFirstSpawned().Get();
}

(edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 just ()() should suffice for bitfields if I remember

10:42 AM

bool val = a->bFirstSpawned()(); (edited)

10:43 AM

it's weird syntax, but basically bFirstSpawned() returns BitFieldValue<bool, unsigned int>

10:43 AM

and () on BitFieldValue<T,J> is overridden to return the value of T (edited)

10:43 AM

    RT operator()() const
    {
        return GetNativeBitField<RT, T>(parent_, field_name_);
    }

10:43 AM

(on BitFieldValue)

Thanks @substitute . @Pelayori wrote the other day that And HandleNewPlayer almost never has valid Shooter Character at call but a few seconds later. How would I go about waiting those few seconds to grab ShooterCharacter without impacting performance? (edited)

I use a DelayedExecute of 5-10 seconds, and it's usually valid at that point

hey @Michidu is it easy to adjust the asm file (for version.dll) to work for a 32 bit application

6:51 PM

not the server api just working on something else

6:52 PM

involving runtime linking

nm lol

7:37 PM

just changed the size to 4

7:37 PM

Yeah pointer sizes are 4 bytes in x32

8:03 PM

x64 pointer sizes are 8 bytes

@Pelayori I don't suppose you'd be willing to share a simple example of what your DelayedExecute looks like?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 Create another function (I like to name them execJoin or handleJoin) and pass the controller and any other params you want to use

5:19 PM

Then API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&callback, 10, params_PC, params_IsFromLogin);

Thanks so much @Pelayori .

Does anyone know if we can completely delete a character from a server, short of actually removing their character file? I found AGameMode_RemoveConnectedPlayer but I'm not sure how that one works.

that one won't remove the file tho, i'm pretty sure

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 AShooterGameMode::DeletePlayerData does what you want, it takes AShooterPlayerState as argument.

2

@Pelayori Thanks so much again!

No worries

12:38 PM

If you need further help you can PM me

someone knows how to remove all structures by name ?

Get all actors and filter the structures maybe?

Yes, use UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass

3:20 PM

Note that running get all actors of class is intensive and may lag server while it's being executed (edited)

Anyone having UVictoryCore related crashes? doesnt seem to be plugin related

Crash stack?

S+ issues @Haragon

8:03 PM

It's serverwide, there are issues with S+ item collector, agreggator, hatchery...

Can anyone tell me, is this the user's steam ID? Or something else? In the dev kit their unique id is their steam id. What's the correct way to access this?

Steam id has FUniqueNetIdSteam, so I guess that one is UE4 id. To get FUniqueNetId to UniqueId->Get()

4:39 PM

But I think FUniqueNetId is emtpy in API

4:40 PM

It's also empty in IDA, so no clue

Yeah I was able to get a uint64 out of it but it wasn't the steam id and it wasn't the player id either.

It’s their steam but also not

4:44 PM

It’s their unique id

4:44 PM

For steam it’s steam

4:44 PM

For epic it’s epic

@substitute So you're saying that is their steam id? Do you know how I can get it from what is provided there? What I'm getting isn't a steam ID or player ID or anything.

So I found the source for the class FUniqueNetId in the unreal engine source code on Github. It has a function ToString() that provides an FString of the Steam ID when used on the Steam platform. Unfortunately that whole class seems to be missing from the dev kit, and instead we have

struct FUniqueNetId : IOnlinePlatformData
{

};

struct FUniqueNetIdSteam : FUniqueNetId
{
    unsigned __int64 UniqueNetId;

    // Functions

    int GetSize() { return NativeCall<int>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.GetSize"); }
    FString* ToString(FString* result) { return NativeCall<FString*, FString*>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.ToString", result); }
    bool IsValid() { return NativeCall<bool>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.IsValid"); }
    FString* ToDebugString(FString* result) { return NativeCall<FString*, FString*>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.ToDebugString", result); }
};

And so I'm really confused about how to get that Fstring. (edited)

I'll look up in IDA if that ToString function exists in ark binaries later

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 Only these functions exist for FUniqueNetId

Ok, thanks so much for that @Pelayori . You're the best.

3:21 PM

So the child class FUniqueNetIdSteam adds the actual steam id.

Yes, if you have FUniqueNetId you can cast it to FUniqueNetIdSteam I think (edited)

Well I do have FUniqueNetId, but I'm not sure how to cast it.

Not sure if this would work, but you need to cast a pointer: static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(&id);

Unfortunately that gives me an invalid type conversion error.

void  Hook_AGameMode_PreLogin(AGameMode* _this, FString* Options, FString* Address, TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId, 0>* UniqueId, FString* authToken, FString* ErrorMessage)
{
    FUniqueNetId* netid = UniqueId->Get();
    FUniqueNetIdSteam* steamid = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(&netid);

    AGameMode_PreLogin_original(_this, Options, Address, UniqueId, authToken, ErrorMessage);
}

(edited)

If you already have FUniqueNetId* pointer you'd just need FUniqueNetIdSteam* steamid = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(netid);

Has anyone worked with FUniqueNetIdSteam? This gives me an empty string every time, even though an FUniqueNetIdSteam->IsValid() check returns true.

void  Hook_AGameMode_PreLogin(AGameMode* _this, FString* Options, FString* Address, TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId, 0>* UniqueId, FString* authToken, FString* ErrorMessage)
{
    FUniqueNetIdSteam* SteamId;
    FString SteamString;

    SteamId = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(UniqueId->Get());
    SteamId->ToString(&SteamString);
    LogDebug("Hook_AGameMode_PreLogin -> Steam ID: " + SteamString.ToString());

    AGameMode_PreLogin_original(_this, Options, Address, UniqueId, authToken, ErrorMessage);

}

(edited)

If I wanted to hook into BeginPlay for a specific dino in a plugin, is there a proper way to do that in the api? Obviously I could hook Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay and then check the supplied reference to see if it was the dino I wanted, but that seems inefficient. Is there a better way? (edited)

If you are not doing intense loops or function, it won't notice (edited)

7:16 PM

A simple equals does not take any time

Thanks @Pelayori. My next question is, if I want to work with a specific dino class, I can see none of those definitions are included in the dev kit. Or any specific classes really. What is the method people use to work with specific classes?

4:55 AM

For example, if there's a specific class of dino I want to work with, with a class-specific variable I want to use.

Specific classes?

7:36 AM

What do you mean by that

Well, for example, I'm easily able to work with the PrimalDinoCharacter class, as it's defined in the api. Like this for example:

APrimalDinoCharacter* mydino;
float myval = mydino->GetCharacterStatusComponent()->FoodConsumptionMultiplierField();

But what if I want to deal with a specific variable that exists in the child class Ankylo_Character_BP_C that doesn't exist in the parent classes that are defined in the api? (edited)

You have various options, I think ark has a built in function to get properties, or you can use Subtitute's Set/Get from the new api fork, but you'd need the api version (or include it into your project

10:04 AM

But not with the normal fields of base PrimalDinoCharacter (edited)

Is it possible to get hold of the definition for that class from somewhere, and include it in my project, and do it that way?

Which class?

Whichever one I'm trying to work with. Ankylo_Character_BP_C for example.

You could create a struct and add there the function to get/set property but there is nothing like a IsA function for bp classes

12:24 PM

You could also define a struct, named Ankylo_Character inherited from PrimalDinoCharacter, and you might be able to cast to it, and add the get set funcs

12:24 PM

Several ways to approach this

12:25 PM

But you would have to check manually (parsing by name, parsing bp path to check if it's Ankylo) and do separate routes for each one you want to modify. Might be other ways but those are the ones I would take

So am I right in saying that the api is taken from the main exe, which only contains the highest level classes like PrimalDinoCharacter, but because the majority of the content is in separate blueprint files, those are not in the api?

Yes

2:22 PM

the exe only contains C++ classes

2:23 PM

Substitute and I were talking about a possible Blueprint functions hooking in the API that we could do, not being done now but I think would be a nice addition and very helpful (edited)

Yes I think it would open up a huge amount of new possibilities for plugins.

Somethings may be on the virtual function table of a class

5:10 PM

But that isn’t trivially reverse engineered

5:11 PM

API can only dump what is in PDB, which is what is in the exe

5:11 PM

Anything dynamic can’t be dumped by the API right now

5:11 PM

But you can use UE4 reflection to mess with dynamic content. (edited)

5:13 PM

Additionally I have written a GObjects scanner that can find any arbitrary name from all loaded objects

5:13 PM

I would use this sparingly though as it’s basically doing GAAOC but manually

@Pelayori

5:24 PM

IsA may be a function on the vftbl

5:25 PM

So you might be able to get away calling it on any object using a function pointer

Yeah but you'd need the uclass pointer from the bp class

Nah you don’t

5:28 PM

Well

5:28 PM

Yeah nah

5:28 PM

Unless you’re trying to use one that isn’t provided or you don’t have a ref to

5:28 PM

Though gobjects scanner can find the cdo

You could bpload class too I think

Yep

5:29 PM

Both have issues though

5:29 PM

BPLoad class hitches the server as it loads the class

5:29 PM

If the class is big enough

5:30 PM

I would precache instances ahead of time

Yeah I was thinking of caching it

Problem is concerning the GC

5:30 PM

Don’t want your cached object to be collected

5:30 PM

Might be able to push a +1 ref count to the object

5:30 PM

As GC usually don’t collect until ref count = 0

If you add it to an array does it get cleared?

Not sure

It would get destroyed if reference is not stored or kept track of

Someone asked me the other day what the best way to get started with plugins was. I gave them this Discord, and the api website obviously. I was thinking something that might be really useful is a boilerplate project. Even better, a boilerplate creator.... "Name of your project?"...."Location of your API source?".... "Here you go". (edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

4:37 AM

Ha! I should have known you were already ahead @substitute

4:41 AM

Beautiful code too.

4:42 AM

Something that never ceases to amaze me is just how different each person's coding styles can be in C++, much more than any other language I've worked with.

So how do we get the class of an actor in the API? UE4 docs say GetClass(), but that doesn't seem to exist for us?

GetPrivateStaticClass

8:26 AM

AActor::GetPrivateStaticClass()

TY!

There are also a lot of classes that have that function but are not even defined in api too (edited)

10:10 AM

Like APrimalStructureExplosive aka C4

I'm struggling to get what I'm looking for in terms of getting the classname. I've tried a few different thing in UClass, but I just keep getting a string PrimalDinoCharacter rather than the actual child class.

void  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this)
{
  UClass* myclass = _this->GetPrivateStaticClass();
  FString ClassString{};
  myclass->GetDescription(&ClassString);
  std::cout << "BeginPlay Class: " << std::string(ClassString.ToString()) << std::endl;

  APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay_original(_this);
}

(edited)

4:48 PM

Output: BeginPlay Class: PrimalDinoCharacter

Well, getprivatestaticclass returns the C++ class

4:49 PM

And it's a static function

4:49 PM

So you don't need object ref to call it

4:50 PM

If you want the Blueprint path (like item/dino spawn paths for commands) you can use this function:

FString GetBlueprint(UObjectBase* object)
{
    if (object != nullptr && object->ClassField() != nullptr)
    {
        FString path_name;
        object->ClassField()->GetDefaultObject(true)->GetFullName(&path_name, nullptr);

        if (int find_index = 0; path_name.FindChar(' ', find_index))
        {
            path_name = "Blueprint'" + path_name.Mid(find_index + 1,
                path_name.Len() - (find_index + (path_name.EndsWith(
                    "_C", ESearchCase::
                    CaseSensitive)
                    ? 3
                    : 1))) + "'";
            return path_name.Replace(L"Default__", L"", ESearchCase::CaseSensitive);
        }
    }

    return FString("");
}

4:51 PM

From Michidu^^

Thank you again

4:55 PM

I think that's a tip that should go in one of the tutorial channels. (edited)

#【🔷】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ʀᴇꜰꜱ

Thank you @Pelayori . That's exactly what I was looking for. (edited)

Did someone mention they were working on a wiki project for the api at some point?

Does anyone know a way of a way to execute commands on non-admin players? I've been using AShooterPlayerController::ConsoleCommand with no luck

Hi all, was talking to @GSH | MrOwlSky earlier today and he suggested me posting this concept idea here: Have you as the api plugin community considered allowing more people to work on the core? I think that would make api plugins a lot more resilient towards future ark updates and added functionality: like for example stacktrace logging. I’ve been working on making docker report stack traces to help making debugging easier, but this seems easier said then done.

2:56 AM

Regardless of the concept idea, i would love to talk to anyone that has idea’s on how to make stacktraces easily available via logging (edited)

@AnotherMax the API is open source

3:06 AM

anyone can make a fork, add their changes, and submit a PR

Alright! Because of the download on the website i was under the impression that it was more restricted

3:13 AM

So would that mean that someone like me is able to submit a pr where it catches all errors that happen in plugins and write that to a file? Or is that architecturally hard to achieve?

I mean you could yeah

5:33 AM

Though I would consider making that an opt-in feature

I'm trying to work out how to determine if a player has a particular buff or not. I've gotten this far, but I'm not sure how to specify the specific class. The ?? in the example is supposed to be the buff class, but in what format do I provide it? if(TestPrimalChar->HasBuff(TSubclassOf<APrimalBuff> ?? )) (edited)

Getting buffs isn’t trivial atm

6:08 AM

You’re gonna have to do a lot of research for that one

Hmm that doesn't sound good lol. I've looked through all the posts on this discord that mention buff and I can see a lot of questions but no clear answers. Any suggestions on where to start?

You need either a TSubClassOf var, or you could do two more things. Feed it an UClass* or Define a TSubCkassOf<APrimalBuff>, and set it's member var "UClass" To an UClass of the buff class you wanna check @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

@Pelayori The part I'm struggling with is how to get from a blueprint path for a particular buff class, say Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/CoreBlueprints/Buffs/Buff_Radiation_Sickness.Buff_Radiation_Sickness' to a UClass for that buff?

UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass

Thanks @Pelayori. Now I'm trying to do the reverse, get a string of the blueprint path of the class of a buff. Here is the test I'm using, but the server crashes as soon as I attempt to do anything with the UClass.

void PrintBuffs(AShooterCharacter* MyChar)
{
  TArray<APrimalBuff*> MyBuffs{};
  if (MyChar != nullptr)
  {
    MyChar->GetAllBuffs(&MyBuffs);
    std::cout << "Got total buffs: " << MyBuffs.Num() << std::endl;

    for (auto& Element : MyBuffs)
    {
      UClass* BuffClass = Element->StaticClass();
      if (BuffClass != nullptr)
      {
        UObject* MyCDO = BuffClass->ClassDefaultObjectField(); // <-- THIS CRASHES
        FString DetailedInfo{};
        BuffClass->GetDetailedInfo(&DetailedInfo); // <-- THIS ALSO CRASHES
      }
    }
  }
}

(edited)

Use UClass::GetDefaultObject(true)

9:13 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

9:14 AM

Also, for logging you could use the included logger in API

9:15 AM

In load: Log::Get().Init("Plugin Name") The to use it Log::GetLog()->info("msg")

Unfortunately UClass::GetDefaultObject(true) crashes the server as well.

void PrintBuffs(AShooterCharacter* MyChar)
{
  TArray<APrimalBuff*> MyBuffs{};
  if (MyChar != nullptr)
  {
    MyChar->GetAllBuffs(&MyBuffs);
    std::cout << "Got total buffs: " << MyBuffs.Num() << std::endl;

    for (auto& Element : MyBuffs)
    {
      UClass* BuffClass = Element->StaticClass();
      if (BuffClass != nullptr)
      {
         UObject* MyCDO = BuffClass->GetDefaultObject(true);
      }
    }
  }
}

9:29 AM

Fatal error!
VERSION: 315.4 
ShooterGameServer.exe!UClass::GetDefaultObject() (0x00007ff679a387f6) + 0 bytes [f:\build\live315\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\public\uobject\class.h:1945]
ExtinctionBosses.dll!PrintBuffs() (0x00007ff9bbd92ecf) + 61 bytes [C:\Users\lachl\source\repos\ExtinctionBosses\Plugin\init.cpp:124]
ExtinctionBosses.dll!PrintPlayerBuffs() (0x00007ff9bbd93072) + 8 bytes [C:\Users\lachl\source\repos\ExtinctionBosses\Plugin\init.cpp:192]
VERSION.dll!ArkApi::Commands::CheckCommands<ArkApi::Commands::Command<void __cdecl(AShooterPlayerController *,FString *,enum EChatSendMode::Type)>,AShooterPlayerController * &,FString * &,enum EChatSendMode::Type &>() (0x00007ff97e336f26) + 84 bytes [I:\ARKServerAPI\version\Core\Private\Commands.h:115]
VERSION.dll!ArkApi::Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerSendChatMessage_Impl() (0x00007ff97e334203) + 0 bytes [I:\ARKServerAPI\version\Core\Private\Ark\HooksImpl.cpp:107]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::execServerSendChatMessage() (0x00007ff67ad73fa7) + 343 bytes [f:\build\live315\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\classes\shooterplayercontroller.h:309]

Something wrong with the class then

It's very strange. With a character that has no visible buffs, even if I only run the the following, it works the first time I run it, and then second time it crashes the server.

int BuffType = Element->GetBuffType();
std::cout << "Buff Type: " << BuffType << std::endl;

12:37 PM

( run from a chat box command )

12:39 PM

The first time it's run, it shows that there is a single buff, and shows a type of -2. Then the second time its run it still shows there is a single buff, but when it gets to GetBuffType() it crashes the server.

Buffs are not a thing we can work with very well (edited)

Well I guess I'll have to put that project on the backburner for now. Thanks for your help Pelayori.

No worries

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 There may be one thing, did you try to load the plugin with a PdbConfig.json? APrimalBuff might not be right included

3:02 PM

{
  "structures":{
    "APrimalBuff"
    }
}

@Pelayori I'm sure I've seen that file before but I can't see it anywhere now. Where does it normally go?

3:08 PM

I have this config.json in the same directory as version.dll which looks similar to that. (edited)

The PdbConfig.json goes in the folder where your plugin's dll goes

3:09 PM

It is used to inject structs that are not in the API by default, so hooks, functions, etc get called for that class (edited)

Wow, I had no idea. I think that's another thing that really ought to go in the tutorials or examples channel. Thank you

Looks like that stopped it crashing when just printing the buff type int. Thank you so much @Pelayori ! I'll have to add some more things back in tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks again.

Yeah, I didn't remember buffs weren't added to default api

I couldn't wait lol Looks like it works now. Thanks again.

2

Anyone able to get ClientGivenIP to work

5:57 PM

to pull ip address of person connecting

5:57 PM

couldn't get it working

5:58 PM

if anyone wants to pull someone's ip address

5:58 PM

im just doing this, and it works

5:58 PM

    auto NetConnection = PlayerController->GetNetConnection();
    auto IP = reinterpret_cast<FString*>(reinterpret_cast<char*>(NetConnection) + 0x341D8);
    Log::GetLog()->info("IP: {}", IP->ToString());

idk why auto IP = *GetNativePointerField<FString*>(NetConnection, "UNetConnection.ClientGivenIP"); doesn't work, but above is a workaround for time being (edited)

There is an api utils function to get player ip (edited)

6:21 PM

But it takes controller or steamid64 (don't remember now)

ooh

7:35 PM

i could only find one that gave steamid i must have missed it lol

7:36 PM

the game uses ClientGivenIP when getting ip for metrics so i tried using that and it was returning garbage, so i just did it by the offset

7:36 PM

i probably missed the other functions

@dougy const FString& IPAddress = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetIPAddress(Player); Where Player is AShooterPlayerController* (edited)

oooo

8:55 PM

didnt see that

8:55 PM

thanks

Anyone happen to know the hooks involved in handing out loot when dinos are killed? So for example, giving trophies to players when bosses are killed?

Might be a bp function, there is one called DefeatedBoss

I'm still struggling with these buffs. I'm trying to get the full BP class path, but I just keep getting /Script/ShooterGame.Default__PrimalBuff as the result from this.

UClass* BuffClass = MyBuff->StaticClass();
UObject* CDO = BuffClass->GetDefaultObject(true);
FString BuffBP{};
CDO->GetPathName(&BuffBP, nullptr);
std::cout << "Buff BP: " << BuffBP.ToString() << std::endl;

I can do the following and get part of the BP path for each buff, but not really enough.

FString DetailedInfo{};
BuffClass->GetDetailedInfo(&DetailedInfo);
std::cout << "Got Detailed Info: " << DetailedInfo.ToString() << std::endl;

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 MyBuff->StaticClass(); is likely returning the static class of the base type

5:29 AM

maybe

Yeah, but I can't find any other method of getting the class.

Try Getting bp of MyBuff directly

7:33 AM

But last time I took a look at buffs it was not parented correctly in the api

I can't see any method for getting the bp directly from the buff itself. I've looked three times but I might be missing it. Is there any way we can fix the parenting in the api?

Go to the definition of APrimalBuff and parents it to AActor

8:03 AM

So replace struct APrimalBuff put struct APrimalBuff : AActor

8:03 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

8:03 AM

I think it's AActor directly, didn't check in ida tho

In the source of the api you mean?

In the headers

8:04 AM

Headers are local to each plugin so you won't need a new version either

Sorry for the stupid question but where would I find those? I'm not used to C++ in Visual Studio.

Write APrimalBuff some where in your code, and press control + click APrimalBiff you just wrote

8:06 AM

That will bring you to the definition

Oh right, got it. So even though that takes me to a file in the API source, it won't need a custom version of the API?

No, headers are compiled with each plugin

8:11 AM

You can modify headers without a new api version

8:12 AM

I've introduced some custom funcs in Ark.h so I dont have to write them every time

It wouldn't compile with AActor... it complained it wasn't defined. It compiled with UObject though, which is good enough to get ClassField(). And it works! Amazing. Thank you again Pelayori.

8:17 AM

How can we get some of these fixes and additions into the main api code. Is it possible?

I fixed those no compile errors by adding said struct to Ark.h, since everything is defined in that header

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

9:03 AM

Have you considered finding the bp version of the function

9:04 AM

Also if you wish to add those fixes

9:04 AM

Just open a pr on the repo

I'm not sure how that would work @substitute ?

So I can now get the BP for a buff, list all of a players buffs with GetAllBuffs, check if a player has a specific buff with HasBuff, remove a buff with DeactivateBuff. The last thing I'd like to be able to do is add a buff. We use StaticAddBuff in the dev kit, which is available, but I first have to create a APrimalBuff with the correct class, which I'm not sure how to do?

As the name states StaticAddBuff is a static function

12:11 PM

You can call it without any object ref

12:11 PM

But I don't think it's defined in api so you'd need ida for it

OK yes it does work. You create a APrimalBuff, then you call StaticAddBuff and you specify a buff class in that call, along with a target character etc. (edited)

12:28 PM

UClass* BuffClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&ClassString);
APrimalBuff* TestBuff;
TestBuff->StaticAddBuff(BuffClass, ShooterCharacter, nullptr, nullptr, true);

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I wouldn't do it that way since that might not be very safe. Not sure tho but when I can get to pc I will send you the static add buff func

8:50 PM

Try APrimalBuff::StaticAddBuff

8:50 PM

Without a pointer

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Amazing. Thank you @Pelayori

Does someone have a plugin to block certain locations from being built at? Like obilisks and ratholes?

there's one

5:50 PM

i think it's called something protection

Hmm I really need this since people are constantly blocking artefacts and obilisks

https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/safezones.2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWz6v-UAs8Q&t=6863

SafeZones Source: Click Here Features: Prevent PVP in certain area's Prevent Building in certain area's Prevent Structure damage in certain area's Notifications on Entering and Leaving SafeZone area's Ability to restrict players from...

What do I need to do in order to be able to post a free plugin on the API website?

Sign up

9:10 AM

Post it (edited)

9:10 AM

Have it get approved

9:10 AM

You might need someone to give a rank I’m not 100% if I remember

I've been a member on the site for years. But it says You have insufficient privileges to post threads here. if I try and post something to the plugins section.

One of the staff have to give you a developer role on the forums to post stuff.

Yeah I've been asking for two days but seems they must be on holiday or something lol

You can pm Michidu or any other staff, but they are kinda busy lately

Yeah I did that already. I'll just have to be patient

Does anyone know how to modify the cooldown of the cryogenic chamber?

@Codeboy It's a buff, so you could hook the add buff function, and change the return's APrimalBuff* deactivation after time to what you want

2:34 PM

Also, if you are going to work with buffs, download latest api source since it has a correction in buff's definition (edited)

@Pelayori Oh! Your pr was accepted. Awesome!

Yeah

Hi all, anyone know how to run RCON commands using the ARK API?

You can include a RCON library into your plugin, as I believe you can get rcon password from the server, as well as port (edited)

noice, thanks, can we run ordinary console commands as well?

9:45 PM

can't find a way to do it on the API and not sure if I'm blind :/

You mean like cheat commands?

9:51 PM

You can do so with AShooterPlayerController::ConsoleCommand

oooooooooooo

12:01 AM

will have a look and get back to you @Pelayori

@Pelayori thank you

I still haven't heard anything from the api website about permissions to post a plugin after three days now. I've tried a public message, Michidu and Foppa. Does anyone else know someone I might try contacting?

You might want to talk to @GSH | MrOwlSky too, he might be able to give it to you

1:35 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Anyone know how i might go about opening the steam browser in ark to a specified URL from a plugin?

You can't

4:44 PM

That function is client sided

i see

A mod could do it

4:44 PM

Maybe

nm, ill just try to open with default system browser

4:45 PM

oh, wait

4:45 PM

i understand the issue lol

All open url functions are client sided

ugh, ok

You'd need a mod to send the client function from

4:46 PM

With some kind of buff controlled by the plugin (edited)

many different times ive wanted a mod to execute commands from plugin, or load a few assets

4:47 PM

but i dont really like mods, especially now that they exclude epic players

Search for the bp function of your custom bp and call it

4:47 PM

It shouldn't be hard, I have a project in mind for it when I get time to do it

a couple different ideas i had couple benefit from a plugin-mod interface (edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 Send me a pm on the api site and i'll fix it for you

Thank you @Foppa. I sent you one a day or two ago :)

Then i have most likely already answered you

Thank you. I'm active and ready to go now

Does someone know why my server is not generating a SavedArks folder? Every time a player loggs out they lose their character. I can't out what's causing it

Does someone know a plugin that reloads the Whitelist so we can add ppl to the whitelist while the server is online

you dont need a plugin for that @YaBro

how you do it @Khazex ?

10:51 PM

while the server is online the list is unneditable, even with the addtowhitelist command the very own server fails to update the list

i use the AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck <SteamID> It gives an error on the machine, but it adds him to the whitelist.

10:52 PM

and he can join without a restart

10:53 PM

@Hsilamot

for me it doesn't work

hm, works for me atleast (edited)

i just did it, and i see no error, but checking PlayersJoinNoCheckList.txt the id wasn't added

10:54 PM

before at least the server would throw an error saying the file was read only

i have to be ingame on the map for that

10:55 PM

used it this season alot (season on my server)^^ (edited)

do you use windows server? and asm?

windows server 2019 and asm

i'm not sure what could be different then, i have a windows 10 machine and a server 2016 machine with asm on both and the fcommand has never worked for me

hm, iam also not sure tbh @Hsilamot

Does someone know a plugin that reloads the Whitelist so we can add ppl to the whitelist while the server is online

@YaBro this might work for you https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/exclusivejoin.105/

ExclusiveJoin

This plugin will reload the PlayersExclusiveJoinList.txt on a given interval, defaults to 60 seconds. There is no interaction nor command needed. Configuration: { "Interval":60 } Commands: RCON & Console: ExclusiveJoin.Reload - This will...

Does anyone happen to know the hook/function involved in sending broadcast messages? I thought it might be Broacast in AGameMode but it is not.

Found it, in case anyone else ever wants it.... DECLARE_HOOK(UShooterCheatManager_Broadcast, void, UShooterCheatManager*, FString*);

How do I get a reference to UShooterCheatManager?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

7:41 AM

If you can’t find an easy way

7:41 AM

I can send you my GObjects scanning code

7:41 AM

And you can match by name

7:42 AM

GObjects = all objects

Thanks @substitute . I can't seem to find any other way around it.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 UShooterCheatManager is on ShooterPlayerController

12:39 PM

MyCheatManagerField() I think, then you need to cast it to the shooter cheat manager

Oh I think I saw another post about that method from a year or so ago. Thanks Pelayori. That might be something worth adding to the Api Utils, like ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterCheatManager()

That's the same as game state, you need to get it from UWorld and cast it, I have my own functions to make that easy in the headers

1:28 PM

inline AShooterGameState* GetGameState()
{
    return static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GameStateField());
}

inline UShooterCheatManager* GetCheatManagerByPC(AShooterPlayerController* SPC)
{
    if (!SPC) return nullptr;

    UCheatManager* cheat = SPC->CheatManagerField();

    if (cheat)
    {
        return static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(cheat);
    }

    return nullptr;
}

(edited)

@Pelayori Could we use those functions above to add ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetGameState and ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterCheatManager()? I think those kinds of helpers are really great for new starters and those less experienced members of the community.

Yeah it could

ArkServerAPI website down?

It is

Any update about site status ?

It's reported, waiting info from Mich (edited)

1

ark website access error

I noticed in a crash dump that involved another plugin that they were using Hook_UGameEngine_Tick(). Am I the only one who would be very, very nervous about using that?

I wouldn't be

8:17 AM

I use UWorld tick and no issues

After the update, did you encounter the BUG of playing BOSS in Wonderland, which caused the collective death of the characters?

Yes, it's a known bug

Now how do we solve this?

1:53 PM

I see that there is no official new patch release

1:54 PM

latest v316.18

@Pelayori ?

@Codeboy It is a WC problem, you should wait for an update from them

has anyone produce a manual for the api? I figured out some of it from the source code but a lot of it doesn't tell me anything

Hey, the following line crashes my Server: TArray<unsigned int> tribeID = alliance.MembersTribeIDField(); although alliance.MembersTribeIDField().Num() > 0 the second thing is true, in the case i testet, its 1, but why does my server crash when trying to get the array of the TribeIds?

2:28 PM

"alliance" is a FTribeAlliance btw, which i got from the FTribeData through TArray<FTribeAlliance> tribeAlliances = tribe->TribeAlliancesField();

2:29 PM

anyone knows why / how to fix it?

don't think you need to have unsigned int

@Foppa but the MembersTribeIDField() returns a Array of unsigned int, so i need to or not? (edited)

try without

so TArray<int> tribeID = alliance.MembersTribeIDField(); ? that doesnt work, no conversion exists

well do it the other way around then.

TArray<int> tribeIDs

tribeIDs.Add(alliance.MembersTribeIDField())

4:37 PM

or maybe it has to be unsigned as well

ya doesnt work either

can you show me more of the code?

It'd be better if we could have what is the crash stack

that too

You can do so with AShooterPlayerController::ConsoleCommand

@Pelayori Hi Pelayori, I think this runs on the player, will there be problems with permissions etc depending on the server, or does the plugin execute the command regardless?

where to find the crash stack? xDD or do you mean the crash message that pobs up at the crash?

under logs

4:42 PM

you should have a crashstack file

@Ashington It does execute, but some commands need admin perms explicit

thanks for that! is there a resource where I can see what commands are allowed and what need admin approval?

Sadly no, it is just a matter of testing

no worries, thanks for that! one feature is that we want to execute commands at regular intervals, eg every minute or hour, even if there's nobody on the server, is there a way to get this to work with that or is it a case of finding another way

You can use timers

ill send the crash stack in #【💬】ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ-ʙ , cant send files here :/

@Ashington

4:46 PM

Your best bet is to emulate the command’s behavior

how do you mean @substitute?

Do what the command does

4:54 PM

Yourself

4:55 PM

And call your function

okay great thanks

hey all, does anyone know how I can wait in a plugin? i.e. will it just wait and the rest of the server carry on or does the plugin run on the same thread as something else?

It depends

@Pelayori I'm sorry but this made me laugh. Fix it Pelayori! Fix it now! ;)

Heh

3:01 PM

If I could i'd fix it

hi guys, is there any documentation on ArkApi with descriptions of all functions?

No there is not.

7:11 AM

You can find documentation for a lot of the content on the Unreal website with google searches, as its just UE4 code. However there's a lot that has been added by Wildcard as part of Ark, as well as a few custom things that have been added specifically for this API kit. (edited)

7:12 AM

I found some knowledge of the official ark dev kit helps a lot in understanding what you're looking at in the api. If you've never used the dev kit or Unreal Engine before, I think you'll have a very difficult time getting started. (edited)

Has anyone every used Restinio (https://stiffstream.com/en/products/restinio.html) in a plugin? I can built basic projects with Restinio very easily, but when trying to use it in DLL projects, just including the library causes hundreds of compilation errors.

Actually it seems that importing any http libs in a DLL file won't work. Is there something special I need to do to include libraries like that in a windows DLL?

My plug-in USES Golang to write DLL

1:23 PM

Golang comes with HTTP Server

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 That kind of libraries depend on CMake, you won't be able to include as you'd include the ArkAPI for example (edited)

The website says it can be used with Visual Studio and vcpkg, which is how it was installed.

So I've managed to get Restinio to compile in a DLL, which is great. My problem now is it seems like some of the includes it uses, in particular fmt, are causing conflicts with the API, which includes it's own version of that same library that is very different to the main version. In \ARK-Server-API\version\Core\Public\Logger\spdlog\details\pattern_formatter_impl.h there calls to things like fmt::MemoryWriter and fmt::pad that don't exist in the main version of fmt that is installed by vcpkg. It's actually the same problem in the other web libraries I've tried as well, as they all use the main fmt library. So is there any way to separate the two, so that the API uses its version and the web libraries use their version? (edited)

You might be able to change namespace

Hmm that doesn't sound like fun lol

I have a question regarding the ARK-Server-API

4:15 PM

Ive read through version.cpp, and can see all the init functionality

4:16 PM

I was wondering why is the DLL even loaded in the first place. Since I don't see any changes being made to the exe itself, or runpath / environment variables

Server exe is probably calling init on all folder dlls

I wondered about that, but didn't think that would be done.

@Onslauth server loads every dll in plugins directory

4:44 PM

dll then has full access to do whatever the plugin is designed to do

I believe he says the API itself (version.dll)

oh, well that's so the API can load our plugins

4:46 PM

it's autoloaded by the game, and version.dll is one of the smallest libraries to write wrappers for

I always wondered why was it called version.dll

4:46 PM

So that it is

yeah it's just dynamic link hijacking

4:47 PM

Windows checks the folder of the exe for dep dlls before checking system path

4:47 PM

same method that reshade uses (they do this with d3d11)

4:49 PM

Yeah lol I want to hide that but I can't

like intellisense

4:52 PM

you don't want me to provide info to you for this

4:52 PM

return ((RT(*)(A...)) immutable_ptr)(args...);

@substitute Are you saying ShooterGameServer.exe loads version.dll because it loads all the .dlls in the same directory?

4:56 PM

or is there another dll looking for "version.dll" and loading that if its in the path, and its just path/link hijacking? (edited)

version.dll is a dependency that is linked at run time

Dependency by what?

the Server

4:57 PM

version.dll is normally a Windows dll, so the exe normally would load it from your System Path

Oh, okay

but Windows loads dynamically linked dependencies from the directory first

Thank you, that makes sense now.

before checking system path

Yes, so link / path / dll hijacking (edited)

After some modifications to #include search paths I was able to replace the ancient version of spdlog in the API kit with the current version, which also brought with it the current version of fmt. This allows other libraries using fmt to work correctly without conflict.

I know I've asked this before, but does anyone have a simple example of launching a new thread from a plugin? I'm doing only the simplest thing, but it causes the server to instant-crash on start up as it loads my plugin. (edited)

You can use std::thread

2:41 PM

This is a simple example of a new thread

std::thread([param_1, param_2]()
{
    DoSomething(param_1, param_2);
}).detach();

(edited)

2:41 PM

With detach() it will be detached and you won't be able to access it anymore though. I usually do it this way so it doesn't block the main thread for heavy calculations

2:42 PM

And instead have an array of callbacks, that is checked on tick and each array element has its own callback info and function

2:42 PM

(In case I need some info back of those calculations)

Thanks @Pelayori that worked for me. Love your array idea. I was going to try one of the IPC message queue libraries as well, but your idea sounds easier.

I mean, I just do a struct, that has for example, steamID and items to give (as an example of what I'm doing for my vote reward plugin rework). Then vote claim is done async as it involves http requests, and then on uworld tick (which is main game thread) player is given items. Struct would be something like this:

struct VoteRewardCallback
{
  uint64 steamid;
  TArray<ItemReward> item_rewards;
};

9:05 PM

ItemReward is also a custom struct

9:06 PM

in case you need a function you can do std::function

9:06 PM

Also, take care of creating/destroying/modifying UObjects in async thread, very bad things happen

9:06 PM

Game functions can be called, but I'd rather not do it

Anybody try to get ClusterID?

7:54 AM

I want to get it in the plugin

7:55 AM

Is there any other way to get cluster ids other than by parsing the command line myself?

Isn't it in the game mode?

yes

8:04 AM

I need to get it in code

I mean in shooter game mode

8:05 AM

There should be a field I believe

is value

But did you try to find it on the game mode / game state?

Just a moment, I'll try

8:09 AM

I looked for it before, but I couldn't find it

8:12 AM

it?

8:13 AM

it in AShooterGameState.

Yeah that is

I don't know how to get AShooterGameState.

One sec

8:15 AM

AShooterGameState* game_state = static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GameStateField());

8:15 AM

It's something like that, I'm on phone can't look it up now

Another thing to add to the API Utils Pelayori

Yeah

8:16 AM

It's a pain to have to cast from world all time when you want to have game state lol

@Codeboy

8:27 AM

AShooterGameState* state = static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameStateField());
LOG->info(state->ClusterIdField().ToString().c_str());

8:27 AM

@Pelayori @🐨Dream Doctor🦘 macros I have for the API

8:27 AM

#include <API/ARK/Ark.h>

/* Macro to add a hook easily. */
#define SET_HOOK(functionName, hookName) \
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook(functionName, &Hook_ ## hookName, &hookName ## _original)
/* Macro to remove a hook easily. */
#define DISABLE_HOOK(functionName, hookName) \
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook(functionName, &Hook_ ## hookName)
/* Shortcut */
#define HOOKS \
ArkApi::GetHooks()
/* Shortcut */
#define COMMANDS \
ArkApi::GetCommands()
/* Shortcut */
#define API_UTILS \
ArkApi::GetApiUtils()
/* Shortcut */
#define LOG \
Log::GetLog()
/* Shortcut */
#define INIT_LOG(text) \
Log::Get().Init(text)

Yeah I think I stolen some of them one time you posted them

Specially Log one, such a useful one

wanna see some shit?

Uh alright

    template<class = typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<VA, NO_VA>::value>::type>
    RT operator()(A... args) {
        if (!immutable_ptr) throw "Attempted to call null pointer.";
        return ((RT(*)(A...)) immutable_ptr)(args...);
    }

    template<typename ...B, class = typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<VA, VA_ARGS>::value>::type>
    RT operator()(A... args, B... va) {
        if (!immutable_ptr) throw "Attempted to call null pointer.";
        return ((RT(*)(A..., B...)) immutable_ptr)(args..., va...);
    }

8:28 AM

8:29 AM

for my cyber security club at my college I am presenting some basic reverse engineering

8:29 AM

^this is what I will be using for example, it dumps out the user's account info when they log into the game

8:29 AM

it's injected and tracks proper state and only dumps when the account is valid

8:30 AM

I built a class to make hooking/calling functions easy

8:30 AM

but the class itself is a monster to read

8:30 AM

@Pelayori thank you, I have successfully obtained the cluster ID.

No problem

@substitute that's some real shit lol. Can't understand most of it auroneyes

ya but declaring them / using is SO easy

8:31 AM

and in the patch

8:31 AM

void loginPatch::callback(char* u, char* p)
{
    isAuthenticating = true;
    strcpy_s(username, 16 * sizeof(char), u);
    strcpy_s(password, 16 * sizeof(char), p);
    printf("User is authenticating to server...\n");
    WOW::Auth::Login.original(u, p);
}

8:31 AM

DetourAttach(&WOW::Auth::Login, callback);

8:31 AM

etc.

I see, I want to experiment with detour when I have time

8:34 AM

Plus I will test bp func hooking and see where can I get

Hi guys, I'm looling for some help:

std::string* sMsg = config["ChatCommands"]["Name"].get<std::string*>();        
FString* sName = FString(sMsg.c_str())

; how do i get this to work?

std::string sMsg = config["ChatCommands"]["Name"];        
FString sName = FString(sMsg.c_str());

8:22 PM

If you need to pass a FString pointer to a function just pass its memory address

8:22 PM

like SomeFunction(&sName); (edited)

8:22 PM

@ouzo1986

thanks man that's working now

@Pelayori I know you mentioned yesterday that you avoid using API functions in threads... I want to hook APrimalDinoCharacter.Die and send those details to thread for further processing because it could become quite heavy... If, for example, I need the steam id of the killer and I get an AController*, would you normally get those details in the hook function and send them to the thread, or would you send the AController ref to the thread and do everything there?

What are people using to get all online players?

Anybody know what this is?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I always try to get as much as I can in the game thread

Would it be worth trying to get the changes I made to upgrade spdlog in the API included in the main code? I'm afraid I'm not that confident in making a PR.

new stuff is always better

9:48 AM

and as Pelayori said, do as much as you can in the game thread....at least anything that deals directly with the game.

9:49 AM

you might be able to get by reading some variables, but you're risking a race condition.

9:49 AM

My suggestion? Write your own struct to hold your data that your other thread operates on and use a mutex to properly handle threaded access to the struct.

9:49 AM

game thread -> write to struct

9:49 AM

your thread -> read from struct

I pass it on to the lambda where I launch the new thread

Oh and @Codeboy that is ferox things left as debug I guess

Can some man explain how i can protect my own mods with passwort or Ip whitelisting?

mods should always be public @Stofftier

nope

you found a way to make steamworkshop mods not public?

11:01 AM

i think they are always public

pls tell this Metfans (MTS Arena) or ouze123 (K+)both are dudses thst use some kind of protecting.

11:03 AM

nevermind

Stofftier

nevermind

wy?

11:05 AM

i mean i suspect, its works the same as some plugins do it

11:05 AM

i thought you meant preventing people from downloading the mod

Angenommen du mag mich und meine Commuity überhaubt nicht. Und du hast eine Ark Map erstellt wo du tausende Studen rein investiert hast damit sie porno wird. Würdest du wollen das ich sie benutzte obwohl ich die letzte Person auf erden wäre mit der du deine arbeit teilen würdestß also ich halt nicht.

ja hatte dich am anfang falsch verstanden ^^, dachte du wolltest es direkt im workshop hiden (edited)

Zudem gibt es Modder wie metfan die machen so einen geilen Mod wie Metsfan arena (MTS Arena) und die wohlen halt einen fufi haben für ihre Arbeit. Finde ich in Ordnung.

ja ich ja auch, hatte dich halt falsch verstanden am anfang ^^ @Stofftier

11:08 AM

Ich denke halt es wird ähnlich funktionieren, wie HWID Protections von Plugins

chill Bro mein english ist kacke nicht dein missverständnis.^^

11:09 AM

Ja. Ka ich frage halt rum ob irgendjemand mir das zeigen kann.

get that, lets see if someone here knows how to and wants to show it

You'd probably want a http server hosting a list of passwords, and each time the server starts you want to check if that http url pointing to a txt/json file contains said password. You could specify the password by ini settings

11:41 AM

What you cannot do is make people pay for it tho, but you can make a private mod

Pelayori

You'd probably want a http server hosting a list of passwords, and each time the server starts you want to check if that http url pointing to a txt/json file contains said password. You could specify the password by ini settings

Is there a guide on YT?

No there isn't afaik

11:58 AM

Not a specific one (edited)

nice so need to try out by myself

12:01 PM

You could specify the password by ini settings

And for that? Some guides somewhere?

he prob means that after the first part you can make an .ini setting for your mod, that there needs to be a key/password for the mod to work

12:02 PM

like agito has done it in his arkshop ui

12:02 PM

i think thats what pelayori meant

Ok bin jetzt genauso schlau wie vorher. Mir scheint eher das die par Leute die wissen wie man sowas macht dies für sich behalten wollen. Aber ohne geht nicht keine Ahnung ob eine eigne Map gut wird oder nicht . Wenn ich am ende dastehe und ich kann es nichtmal als exklusiv Mod für die eigne Community nutzten kann bringt es mir nichts. Ich denke aber das sowas nachvollziehbar ist. (edited)

12:09 PM

Bin gerade beim Beams Reavival dabei. Der k+ ist mega gut. S+ gebalaced mit Engramm unlocker und anderen guten Stuff. Und dieser Mod ist ebenfalls in der GUS pw geschützt. finde ich auch in Ordnung.

its totally fine for people to keep some secrets imo. They invested a lot of work and some earn money by selling these things. Your not entitled to get everything shown to you, you have to invest something. Many things are trial and error and a learning process.

12:12 PM

then your best bet prob is to ask the mod owner how he has done it, if you are already working together

hello, where can I find what mean EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::MAX?

namespace EPrimalCharacterStatusValue
{
    enum Type
    {
        Health = 0x0,
        Stamina = 0x1,
        Torpidity = 0x2,
        Oxygen = 0x3,
        Food = 0x4,
        Water = 0x5,
        Temperature = 0x6,
        Weight = 0x7,
        MeleeDamageMultiplier = 0x8,
        SpeedMultiplier = 0x9,
        TemperatureFortitude = 0xA,
        CraftingSpeedMultiplier = 0xB,
        MAX = 0xC,
    };
}

Found this really nice header-only message queue library that is very well used and tested. -- NOTE: It does not work with many of the custom UE4 data types. Use standard types to be safe. https://github.com/rigtorp/MPMCQueue (edited)

rigtorp/MPMCQueue

A bounded multi-producer multi-consumer concurrent queue written in C++11 - rigtorp/MPMCQueue

So after two days of testing and struggles, there's a few strange issues with the library above. You cannot use a struct which includes a std::string (amongst other things) as the queue type. And I've not yet been able to get a pointer to a queue to work properly... I'm certain there is ways around that but they are beyond me at this point.

Is there a hook I can use that's called when the world finishes loading at startup?

AshooterGameMode::InitGame (edited)

12:16 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

12:16 PM

it’s a void function so you can just add your code after original

Thank you!

Does anyone know how to modify the weight of the ship in Atlas?

10:33 AM

I tried to add the following configuration in the GameuserSettings.ini file: PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[0]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[1]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[2]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[3]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[4]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[5]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[6]=2.00 PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Ship[7]=2.00

10:34 AM

But it doesn't seem to be working.

hey, this plugins works on oficial ark? or its only for privaate servers?

Only for private servers

6:04 PM

Unofficial servers

ok, thanks!

Anyone know of any issues using the API callback timers in a thread?

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I haven't had any issues with it, other than if seems to go on regular intervals rather than an exact time, if you need super precision you might need another option (edited)

12:20 PM

hi all! I'm running the APlayerController::ConsoleCommand() function, and it's crashing the server and throwing an error "Fatal error!", for some commands, does anyone know how to get it to fail more gracefully/give me some more info on it?

Ashington

hi all! I'm running the APlayerController::ConsoleCommand() function, and it's crashing the server and throwing an error "Fatal error!", for some commands, does anyone know how to get it to fail more gracefully/give me some more info on it?

What does the crashtack say?

You have a crash in your command, but since you don't have the pdb file, we can't know what function and where

What's the pdb file?

Ashington

What's the pdb file?

When you compile your plugin, in the release folder there is the .dll file and the .pdb file, among some other files. Pdb file is what contains debug information that will report @ which function and line the program did crash

oh fantastic, I'll have a look in there then

Ashington

oh fantastic, I'll have a look in there then

Are you using a AddOnTimerCallback? It appears to crash inside a timed callback which then calls a couple more internal plugin functions before crashing. Also the PDB file needs to be placed in the plugin directory with the .dll file and additional information will output at the time of the crash.

Thanks for that! I looked in the PDB and there seems to have been something weird happening with strings, all this help has been super useful

I've been messing around with some of the timer functions, and API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute is a really useful one. A timer callback on a loop, with a loop count limit and the option to launch the callback in a new thread. So many uses!

Yeah, I had forgotten about that one

hello i have a simple question if someone can help me , what c++ course should i learn to be able to do a simple plugin ? cuz all the course i am downloading talk about variable and function and stuff like that and i am trying to read plugins resource they just look strange if someone can help me what course should i take

DeletedUser

hello i have a simple question if someone can help me , what c++ course should i learn to be able to do a simple plugin ? cuz all the course i am downloading talk about variable and function and stuff like that and i am trying to read plugins resource they just look strange if someone can help me what course should i take

C++ is an incredibly complex language. I always think of it like a spoken language. There are a thousand different ways of saying most things, and every person has their own individual way of speaking. So once you get past the most very basic aspects of C++ you'll quickly find that things can look very different to what you expect depending on how the individual programmer liked to work. The thing about plugins is that most of the work you'll do and see involves pointers, which are known to be one of the most confusing aspects of C++ for newcomers and even more advanced programmers. I don't think there's any real shortcuts. You absolutely must have reasonable understanding of all the major aspects of the C++ language before you'll understand much of what you'll see with plugins. That doesn't mean that you can't do some basic things by starting with one of the open source projects and adapting/changing it to suit your needs.

can someone point me in the direction to set this up, I have done everything in the read me file. Cross chat isn't working and Bot isn't online

Bk

can someone point me in the direction to set this up, I have done everything in the read me file. Cross chat isn't working and Bot isn't online

If you are talking about an specific plugin configuration ask its creator. This is for development help.

i'm looking for KalCrossChat I do not see that any where?

thegameawards

The Game Awards 2020 Official Stream (4K) - Video Game's Biggest Ni...

Hopefully they use a solid build of unreal engine for the release. Would be really nice to have a stable working dev kit without the bugs.

Hi, what program do you use to sync cluster folders across multiple machines?

6:38 PM

To make a cluster across multiple machines?

@YaBro it depends

7:18 PM

if you know where to look, you don't need anything

Hey, anyone know a hook that triggered when someone drops a fertilized egg? (i need info (like name, lvl) about the dropped egg, too

) i tried hooks like Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_DropItem it triggeres, but the FItemNetInfo is empty

I cant find a proper hook that triggeres and gives me item info

or does someone know how to get the class of an Item via the Item Id / FItemNetID (FItemNetInfo wasnt empty, just took the wrong IdField() ) (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

C++ is an incredibly complex language. I always think of it like a spoken language. There are a thousand different ways of saying most things, and every person has their own individual way of speaking. So once you get past the most very basic aspects of C++ you'll quickly find that things can look very different to what you expect depending on how the individual programmer liked to work. The thing about plugins is that most of the work you'll do and see involves pointers, which are known to be one of the most confusing aspects of C++ for newcomers and even more advanced programmers. I don't think there's any real shortcuts. You absolutely must have reasonable understanding of all the major aspects of the C++ language before you'll understand much of what you'll see with plugins. That doesn't mean that you can't do some basic things by starting with one of the open source projects and adapting/changing it to suit your needs.

Thank u buddy that make sense now why i am not understand the code there first i didnt reached pointers didnt even know it was using it , and yh i know about how complex it is i know c# flutter angular but plugins need c++ cuz unreal engine thank u will try to find my way out than as now i know what is the base for me it is just for curiousity like for fun and more knowledge

I mean actually you could write plugins in any language. Before this project existed I tinkered a bit with modding the server in C#, but it's significantly easier to deal with memory management and hooking in c++. Theoretically you could probably also build c# bindings or interface with rust

6:21 AM

also I am not sure if there's a tool that can generate method signatures for C# from the PDB like IDA does for c++ here. Might be.

I do not believe someone that is struggling to learn C++ should undertake attempting to rewrite or wrap the API in C#

yeah

If memory management is difficult for you, then hacking the ark memory and making an api for it wont be easy

lol yeah I'm aware. Just wanted to make the distinction that the reason it's in C++ is not because of unreal

am i supposed to get the roles to see all the channels in here automatically? i reacted in #deleted-channel but didn't recieve any roles

Yes, you should. Also a bot dms you with a confirmation message

ah, well i have dms turned off by default so that is probably why

dolphin

am i supposed to get the roles to see all the channels in here automatically? i reacted in #deleted-channel but didn't recieve any roles

Yeah the roles in #deleted-channel just unlock different channels for "Beginners or Advanced" as examples. Should still be able to see the main channels without it.

yeah, the bot just didn't give the roles to me since i had dms turned off

Help. An error occurs when adding #include <mysql.h>. If you delete it, it works normally.. The include alone will cause the error.

There is a missing dependency

Hi, Is it possible to check if a player has aggro or in boss arena zone? I didn't find the check for this

there’s a hook for mass teleports

Pelayori

There is a missing dependency

When you say dependencies, do you mean settings?

돌드민

When you say dependencies, do you mean settings?

No he means libraries

substitute

No he means libraries

The above error has been resolved. Thank you.

I am currently getting an error when trying to connect to mysql. How to do it

8:04 AM

The part where the error occurs is the bottom part.

is anyone having problem with the site?

12:17 AM

every page i try to access gives this error:

12:17 AM

Yes, it's like that for everyone! And it's reported as well. @everyone (edited)

The site is now working properly again @everyone

2

Hi, can anyone help me? I have a crash when trying to use ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(new_player) in HandleNewPlayer hook. Also the TargetingTeamField == 0 every time. I dont understand, whats going on, cause i can use GetSteamIdFromController in another functions

check if new_player != nullptr

GreengoDK

Hi, can anyone help me? I have a crash when trying to use ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(new_player) in HandleNewPlayer hook. Also the TargetingTeamField == 0 every time. I dont understand, whats going on, cause i can use GetSteamIdFromController in another functions

HandleNewPlayer hook will probably have the NewPlayer var valid, but for tribe, etc. you might want to check for player state and tribe data,

9:52 PM

And what SorPlex said, check for null pointers.

Pelayori

And what SorPlex said, check for null pointers.

I've check it, it isnt nullptr

Do you have a crash stack, and the line where it crashes?

Pelayori

Do you have a crash stack, and the line where it crashes?

Yes, its crashes every time on line with GetSteamIdFromController, i can get targetingTeam, but, for test, i was try HumanReadableName and it also casue a crash. And, when i trying to debug, i have that error. I dont understand, why GetSteamIdFromController has exeption in FWidgetStyle XD

lol

10:01 PM

What is your goal?

10:01 PM

I use a lot getsteamidfromcontroller on HandleNewPlayer

Pelayori

I use a lot getsteamidfromcontroller on HandleNewPlayer

I need to get valid ref to player controller..

10:02 PM

This is what I do

10:02 PM

Works fine, no crashes

It doesnt work, cause after update ArkApi from git i have another signature, without game mode. It's working fine before update

What I showed is the hook, not the GameMode call.

10:06 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, bool, AShooterGameMode*, AShooterPlayerController*, UPrimalPlayerData*, AShooterCharacter*, bool);

bool  Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* NewPlayer, UPrimalPlayerData* PlayerData, AShooterCharacter* PlayerCharacter, bool bIsFromLogin)
{
   return AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original(_this, NewPlayer, PlayerData, PlayerCharacter, bIsFromLogin);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, &AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer);

(edited)

10:06 PM

That is what declares, and sets the handle player hook

10:07 PM

And I'm using latest API source from GitHub

It's a shooter game mode... I dont know, probably i have invalid api version

Yes, but what I said is the GameMode function does not have anything to do with the actual hook

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Public/API/ARK/GameMode.h

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Public/API/ARK/GameMode.h

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to Michidu/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

Although my GameMode struct is like this

10:09 PM

GreengoDK

@Pelayori does it valid api version?

It should

HandleNewPlayer doesn't have AShooterGameMode* in signature

GreengoDK

HandleNewPlayer doesn't have AShooterGameMode* in signature

@Pelayori right?

But that is irrelevant to the hook

10:13 PM

Hook is an independant function, which just contains a reference to the game mode object

10:13 PM

You must have something wrong in the code, which is making it fail, as I showed you it just works fine.

Pelayori

You must have something wrong in the code, which is making it fail, as I showed you it just works fine.

I have that error, when i try to compile with your hook

Did you declare it?

yep

I don't know them, I am working with that hook right now

I just copy your declaration and sets

Pelayori

I don't know them, I am working with that hook right now

Can you check signature of HandleNewPlayer in your api version, please?

bool HandleNewPlayer_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* NewPlayer, UPrimalPlayerData* PlayerData, AShooterCharacter* PlayerCharacter, bool bIsFromLogin) { return NativeCall<bool, AShooterPlayerController*, UPrimalPlayerData*, AShooterCharacter*, bool>(this, "AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", NewPlayer, PlayerData, PlayerCharacter, bIsFromLogin); }

Hmm.. I've fix it and server was started, tnx, I'll test it now

Pelayori

bool HandleNewPlayer_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* NewPlayer, UPrimalPlayerData* PlayerData, AShooterCharacter* PlayerCharacter, bool bIsFromLogin) { return NativeCall<bool, AShooterPlayerController*, UPrimalPlayerData*, AShooterCharacter*, bool>(this, "AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", NewPlayer, PlayerData, PlayerCharacter, bIsFromLogin); }

Yep, its working, thanks!!

hey guys, i swapped my permissions plugin over to mysql, and it created the tables just fine but whenever someone joins the server it throws this into the console Permissions::Hooks::Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer) Couldn't add player so i tried manually adding myself into the players table and reconnected. it did the same thing but it at least let me add myself to a permission group, and i was also able to add a new group and add a permission to that group, but it's still throwing that error in console and not automatically populating the players table.

12:48 AM

I googled the error and found someone else having this issue, but their solution was changing the auto-increment value in the players table (which doesnt seem to be the problem here)

12:49 AM

also, hope everyone is having a merry christmas

@dolphin the permissions plugin that comes with the API is outdated, download the standalone permissions plugin from the forum and update yours

@WETBATMAN I see, thanks!

hey, tell me please, how to make struct, which will be allowed to be a key in TMap? (edited)

6:45 AM

I've overload operator== but it's not enough. I have that error

I've got a class string for a PrimalItemStructure, and I want to be able to get the "StructureToBuildField" of the CDO for that PrimalItem. I can use BPLoadClass to get a UClass, but can I get any further without actually creating a PrimalItem in an inventory somwhere in order to read the StructureToBuild from? I don't actually want to create the primalitem, just read that field. (edited)

5:36 PM

api site down?

Seems like

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I've got a class string for a PrimalItemStructure, and I want to be able to get the "StructureToBuildField" of the CDO for that PrimalItem. I can use BPLoadClass to get a UClass, but can I get any further without actually creating a PrimalItem in an inventory somwhere in order to read the StructureToBuild from? I don't actually want to create the primalitem, just read that field. (edited)

When you get the UClass, get the default object and cast it to UPrimalItem*, there you have its default values and the StructureToBuild (edited)

Anyone had this same crash and know why it happens? Seems to happen randomly when using ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification()

VERSION: 320.38 
ShooterGameServer.exe!UClass::FindFunctionByName() (0x00007ff6cb11ec1b) + 59 bytes 
[f:\build\live320\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\class.cpp:3563]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UObject::FindFunctionChecked() (0x00007ff6cb145e2a) + 15 bytes [f:\build\live320\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\scriptcore.cpp:802]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom() (0x00007ff6ca76191b) + 20 bytes [f:\build\live320\projects\shootergame\intermediate\build\win64\shootergameserver\inc\shootergame\shootergame.generated.1.cpp:5668]

5:41 PM

The AShooterPlayerController is null checked before passing it to SendNotification().

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

            UClass* some_class;
            if (some_class != nullptr)
            {
                UPrimalItem* cdo_item = static_cast<UPrimalItem*>(some_class->GetDefaultObject(true));
                TSubclassOf<APrimalStructure> structure_to_build = cdo_item->StructureToBuildField();
            }

(edited)

Lethal

Anyone had this same crash and know why it happens? Seems to happen randomly when using ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification()

VERSION: 320.38 
ShooterGameServer.exe!UClass::FindFunctionByName() (0x00007ff6cb11ec1b) + 59 bytes 
[f:\build\live320\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\class.cpp:3563]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UObject::FindFunctionChecked() (0x00007ff6cb145e2a) + 15 bytes [f:\build\live320\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\scriptcore.cpp:802]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom() (0x00007ff6ca76191b) + 20 bytes [f:\build\live320\projects\shootergame\intermediate\build\win64\shootergameserver\inc\shootergame\shootergame.generated.1.cpp:5668]

I've never seen this crash error, but seems like failing at replicating the message to client trough the player controller blueprint

Pelayori

I've never seen this crash error, but seems like failing at replicating the message to client trough the player controller blueprint

that's not it

Lethal

Anyone had this same crash and know why it happens? Seems to happen randomly when using ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification()

VERSION: 320.38 
ShooterGameServer.exe!UClass::FindFunctionByName() (0x00007ff6cb11ec1b) + 59 bytes 
[f:\build\live320\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\class.cpp:3563]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UObject::FindFunctionChecked() (0x00007ff6cb145e2a) + 15 bytes [f:\build\live320\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\scriptcore.cpp:802]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom() (0x00007ff6ca76191b) + 20 bytes [f:\build\live320\projects\shootergame\intermediate\build\win64\shootergameserver\inc\shootergame\shootergame.generated.1.cpp:5668]

looks like it's failing to find the function, which is really really strange

7:38 PM

FindFunctionByName is internal in the game engine though, unsure why it's crashing

Ya, I was confused by this as well.

substitute

that's not it

oops, thought it was failing at that yeah. It is strange since I don't know of this error in any other plugin

Infiniti

api site down?

Yeah #【📢】ᴀɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ down for a minute until deployed back online.

@Lethal I noticed ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::ClientServerSOTFNotificationCustom(). Is this running on SOTF?

It is not, that is the function used to send client notifications with IApiUtils::SendNotification()

I haven't been able to access "arkserverapi.com" for several hours. Does anyone know of this issue?

4:39 AM

#【📢】ᴀɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ

We do seem to have a lot of very long outages on the api website. There's no commercial hosting company that I'm aware of that would last with outages of this length and frequency. Perhaps we could do some quick fundraising to move the api site to a more suitable host? (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

We do seem to have a lot of very long outages on the api website. There's no commercial hosting company that I'm aware of that would last with outages of this length and frequency. Perhaps we could do some quick fundraising to move the api site to a more suitable host? (edited)

I’ve had the idea of an api package manager

9:53 AM

Then people could use whatever hosts they want

Well that sounds great, but I think there's still a lot of useful info on the website.

The downloads section is basically an package manager with extra steps

9:54 AM

Usually unless I’m misremembering, package managers list changes / and basic infos

9:54 AM

As for the site error

9:54 AM

Maybe he self hosts

Yeah that's the only reason I can think of why there would be outages that last a day or more sometimes.

Does anyone know why BPLoadClass would be causing this crash? It's strange because it runs successfully and returns a valid UClass, but then a few seconds or minutes later, when what looks like GC runs, it crashes the server. (edited)

Are you keeping the pointer somewhere or just as a local var?

Just as a local var. It's only used temporarily.

Hmm, not sure then

In fact it's all inside an if statement, so it should all be destroyed anyway.

1:08 PM

I tried a manual delete statement at the end of the function but that just causes an instant crash.

Well no matter what I try, using BPLoadClass anywhere does load the class correctly but ends in the server crashing a few moments later. I used a plugin that I know used to work but it also crashes the server too now. I'm using the latest API (3.5). I'm wondering if there's something different in the latest version that's causing issues?

4:02 PM

Is there any alternative to BPLoadClass?

Still struggling with UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass. I used the test program below, and experimented with dozens of variations of BPString. With a few blueprints, like the one below, it worked fine. With most, it took several seconds to load the class successfully, but then later, once the server had finished starting up, it crashed. I'm now wondering whether it's maybe due to it running too early, and maybe it needs to wait until after the server has finished starting up before using BPLoadClass...

#include <iostream>
#include <API/ARK/Ark.h>
#include <Logger/Logger.h>

#pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib")

void ReadConfig()
{
    FString TempBPString = ("Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Polymer.PrimalItemResource_Polymer'");
    UClass* LoadedClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&TempBPString);

    FString TestClass;
    LoadedClass->GetFullName(&TestClass, nullptr);

    if (LoadedClass != nullptr)
    {
        std::cout << "CLASS LOADED: " << TestClass.ToString() << std::endl;
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "CLASS NOT LOADED" << std::endl;
    }
}

void Load()
{
    try
    {
        ReadConfig();
    }
    catch (const std::exception& error)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->error(error.what());
        throw;
    }
}

void Unload()
{

}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule, DWORD  ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved )
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

5:01 AM

I've found loading is just slow

5:02 AM

are you running this code in the game thread?

5:02 AM

it's not much different compared to my own

5:02 AM

void giveRagnarokTekgrams(AShooterPlayerController* playerController)
{
    const wchar_t* tekGrams[] = {
        L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekLight.PrimalItemStructure_TekLight'",
        L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponTekSword.PrimalItem_WeaponTekSword'",
        L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Shields/PrimalItemArmor_ShieldTek.PrimalItemArmor_ShieldTek'"
    };
    AShooterPlayerState* state = playerController->GetShooterPlayerState();
    for (const wchar_t* gram : tekGrams)
    {
        TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> tekGram;
        tekGram.uClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&FString(gram));
        state->ServerUnlockEngram(tekGram, true, true);
    }
}

Thanks @substitute. Actually I think trying to use it too early in the loading process is what was causing my issues. I moved it to InitGame and it works fine now, at least from my first couple of tests. (edited)

ah, yeah that makes sense

5:18 AM

my code was running after a command so it's way after InitGame

Does anyone have a simple way of determining whether one class is the child of another? I'm asking for PrimalItemStructure classes in a config file, and I'd like to be able to check that.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have a simple way of determining whether one class is the child of another? I'm asking for PrimalItemStructure classes in a config file, and I'd like to be able to check that.

UClass::IsChildOf

Thanks @Pelayori. I saw that, but I wasn't sure how to get the comparison class when it's something like PrimalItemStructure.

Let me hook you up with an example

That would be amazing! Thank you!

bool IsClassChildOf(UClass* this_class, UClass* parent_class_check)
{
    if (!this_class || !parent_class_check) return false;

    return this_class->IsChildOf(parent_class_check);
            
}

3:09 PM

this_class is the class you want to check if is child of parent_class_check

3:10 PM

To get APrimalStructure UClass just do: APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass()

3:10 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thank you so much@Pelayori !

Oh wait, sorry, APrimalStructure::GetPrivateStaticClass() doesn't work because APrimalStructure is the base class for the built structures. I'm looking for APrimalItemStructure, which is the base class for the PrimalItems for all structures. It doesn't seem to be defined anywhere in the API. (edited)

Oh I see (edited)

3:30 PM

Let me start IDA

3:30 PM

yay site's back online

@Foppa I'm really sorry for the tag, but we were discussing yesterday if it might be possible to move the website to a proper web host? I'm sure we could pass around the hat and organise the funding for it, given how inexpensive high quality web hosting is. Is that something that might be possible?

Problem isn't the webhosting

3:35 PM

But i will look into if what we can do with this

3:35 PM

if we can improve the solution somehow

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 PrimalItemStructure is not a C++ class, it's a BP defined class

3:52 PM

The parent BP class for primal item structure is

3:52 PM

Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/BuildingBases/PrimalItemStructureGeneric.PrimalItemStructureGeneric'

3:52 PM

You might have to bploadclass, and then do the check against that

Oh wow thank you so much again. That will do the trick. You're the best! Thank you!

@ me with the result

3:53 PM

I'll have the devkit open today most likely

Yep that worked perfectly. Thank you again@Pelayori !

No worries

How can you send something to a players ark data in the Obelisk

Raelynda

How can you send something to a players ark data in the Obelisk

You have UPrimalLocalProfile::AddArkTributeItem, but this function is not defined in the API

12:15 AM

To get UPrimalLocalProfile you can do Player_Controller->PrimalLocalProfileField()

12:16 AM

And then pass to AddArkTributeItem the item net info of the item you want to add (if you don't have the net info, create a new item on a nullptr inventory with AddNewItem function)

Awesome! Thanks for the information.

I have never tested it, but if you have any issue you can @ me and I'll try to help

Still a bit from testing it but good point to look at

If the nullptr inv doesn’t work

12:20 AM

Can also add to player inven and immediately take it away

Yeah that can work too, but if I remember correctly the nullptr inv worked back when I used it

12:20 AM

Lot of ways to approach it

Yea just looking at ways to add items to player without them needing to be logged in

If the player isn't online then you can use this:

UPrimalItem* new_item = UPrimalItem::AddNewItem(ItemClass, nullptr, false, false, quality, false, amount, is_bp, 0, false, nullptr, 0);
                FItemNetInfo* net_info = static_cast<FItemNetInfo*>(FMemory::Malloc(0x200));
                RtlSecureZeroMemory(net_info, 0x200);
                new_item->GetItemNetInfo(net_info, false);

(edited)

12:28 AM

I think it was that to create an item without an inventory

12:29 AM

@Raelynda

So that would create an item for a player that they would get when the logged in?

No, that would create an item. But that item would not be in any inventory. Then with the item net info you call the add tribute item function

Thank you. Very new to creating api so this was very helpful

Hey, does anyone know the hook thats called when picking up a structure?

Might be some hook, but I'd go for TryMultiUse, and check (with Log) which is the index used for pickup

SorPlex

Hey, does anyone know the hook thats called when picking up a structure?

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem, bool, APrimalStructure*, AShooterPlayerController*);

bool  Hook_APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem(APrimalStructure* _this, AShooterPlayerController* ForPC)
{
   return APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem_original(_this, ForPC);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalStructure.AllowPickupForItem", &Hook_APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem, &APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalStructure.AllowPickupForItem", &Hook_APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem);

9:27 AM

I'm pretty sure I've used that one before.

Find someone who can create a fake player for squad

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem, bool, APrimalStructure*, AShooterPlayerController*);

bool  Hook_APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem(APrimalStructure* _this, AShooterPlayerController* ForPC)
{
   return APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem_original(_this, ForPC);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalStructure.AllowPickupForItem", &Hook_APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem, &APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalStructure.AllowPickupForItem", &Hook_APrimalStructure_AllowPickupForItem);

thats working, thanks

but it seems like the hook triggeres 2 times

Hey all, this link dont work, is that right? https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?link-forums/developers-wiki.19/

Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins

Server plugins for ARK

How to save chat and send chat from mysql. Help me

Nguyễn Đình Huy

How to save chat and send chat from mysql. Help me

like when someone chats send it to a database?

9:06 AM

hook the chat event and do an insert (IN ANOTHER THREAD)

Nguyễn Đình Huy

How to save chat and send chat from mysql. Help me

send chat via rcon and crosschat plugin directly and save it for history only.

hey @Lethal I got a question concerning your tribe enforcer Plugin, if someone leaves a tribe on one map, it will force the player on other maps out of the tribe, but does this force trigger the leave tribe hook? cuz i want / need to count players in tribe so i need to know if the force on a different map triggeres that hook

SorPlex

hey @Lethal I got a question concerning your tribe enforcer Plugin, if someone leaves a tribe on one map, it will force the player on other maps out of the tribe, but does this force trigger the leave tribe hook? cuz i want / need to count players in tribe so i need to know if the force on a different map triggeres that hook

You would be better off using the database table to get a count.

mh okay

@Lethal May i also ask, how got the server id? Or where you get that?

AShooterGameMode::ServerIDField

ah lol xD thanks a lot

how to like "RconCrossServerChat" send msg in all cross servers?

imaginedragon

how to like "RconCrossServerChat" send msg in all cross servers?

chinese?

whats up? yes (edited)

我英语不好，打字费劲，你是国人我方便讲。。

12:03 PM

你要用Rcon跨服聊天？

How do I purchase a support or paid plugin?

Is there a Plugin out there to remap hotkeys.. Aka the tek helm.

Hey, has anyone any idea of this error?

UpdatePlayerDetailsAsync - Error: CreateAsync. The process cannot access the file 'C:\ARK\Servers\Server10\ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\7655211979816271.arkprofile' because it is being used by another process.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.File.InternalReadAllBytes(String path, Boolean checkHost)
   at ArkData.Parser.ParsePlayer(String fileName)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at ArkData.DataContainer.<CreateAsync>d__0.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at ServerManagerTool.Lib.ServerRCON.<UpdatePlayerDetailsAsync>d__71.MoveNext()

Its freezing our server as soon as one perticular person joins the server. BUT its not the person mentioned by the error.

Looks like some application is locking a .arkprofile and cause issues for the server to read or access it

It’s also not an ark server error

3:47 AM

Looks like an error with some clr program

hi happy day. Can "Status Effects" be generated using ark server api? link: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Status_Effects

Status Effects

In ARK: Survival Evolved there are various Status Effects that can affect your character in various ways. See an entire list of Status Effects below.

Deleted User

hi happy day. Can "Status Effects" be generated using ark server api? link: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Status_Effects

Those are buffs. Yes you can add a buff to a player or dino using the api, but obviously you can only add buffs that already exist in the game. (edited)

In fact you could maybe modify them, since buffs have natively fields for the status modifiers. For example hp regen, and even weight reduction iirc

Thank you for answer. Do you have any examples?

@Deleted User To begin with, to add buffs you want to use APrimalBuff::StaticAddBuff

3:01 PM

It will return a pointer to the new buff

3:01 PM

Then you do your things from there

oh ok. thank you!

3:02 PM

Knowing how to get started is really helpful. Thank you.

You need the buff class, so you might have to UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass if you don't have a class reference already (edited)

I've just learned that wooly has made his own updated closed source, paid version of Michidu's Permissions plugin. This really worries me, given that it's such a core part of the API and that so many existing plugins are built against it. The issues he identified as needing fixing appear to be genuine, but they are also relatively easy to fix. I'd like to look at updating the proper, open source version of Permissions to address these issues as soon as possible. Would anyone else be willing to help out with this? It really does affect us all, and keeping Permissions open source is, in my opinion, extremely important for us all. How quickly can we get Michidu to review and accept the changes? (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I've just learned that wooly has made his own updated closed source, paid version of Michidu's Permissions plugin. This really worries me, given that it's such a core part of the API and that so many existing plugins are built against it. The issues he identified as needing fixing appear to be genuine, but they are also relatively easy to fix. I'd like to look at updating the proper, open source version of Permissions to address these issues as soon as possible. Would anyone else be willing to help out with this? It really does affect us all, and keeping Permissions open source is, in my opinion, extremely important for us all. How quickly can we get Michidu to review and accept the changes? (edited)

if you make compatible bindings against Michidu's you don't even need to make a PR for his.

4:12 AM

e.g. you could make your own completely from scratch

4:12 AM

just as long as your EXPORTS matches Michidu's EXPORTS

4:13 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 One more thing

4:13 AM

If Wooly has used the original Permissions in his paid variant, he has most likely violated the licensing terms of the original.

4:14 AM

ah he'd be in the clear

4:14 AM

it's MIT and not GPL

Look I make no comment on the legal or ethical nature of Wooly's plugin. I do however strongly believe that we need to prevent the fragmentation of the open source API with closed source proprietary plugins. The open source nature of the API is what makes it work. The second core components of it start getting broken off and close sourced the whole thing will fall apart. What happens when server owners have two plugins that both rely on permissions, but two people have released their own closed sourced versions with different features to suit their other closed source plugins? They can't use them both at once. You then have server owners being forced to chose one author over another because things are clashing. It quickly turns into a nightmare.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Look I make no comment on the legal or ethical nature of Wooly's plugin. I do however strongly believe that we need to prevent the fragmentation of the open source API with closed source proprietary plugins. The open source nature of the API is what makes it work. The second core components of it start getting broken off and close sourced the whole thing will fall apart. What happens when server owners have two plugins that both rely on permissions, but two people have released their own closed sourced versions with different features to suit their other closed source plugins? They can't use them both at once. You then have server owners being forced to chose one author over another because things are clashing. It quickly turns into a nightmare.

Yes, if Wooly has made additional bindings to his Permissions plugin, this could be problematic

4:23 AM

however I HIGHLY doubt this is the case

4:23 AM

He would have to distribute the .lib to developers for them to make use of it. (edited)

4:23 AM

(or at a minimum headers)

4:24 AM

with that said, I agree with your issues raised by this.

4:24 AM

Do you have a link to the plugin?

4:24 AM

What needed to be fixed?

He's already said he's made modifications to his version of the Permissions plugin which I assume his own other plugins will make use of. If someone else does the same, that's game over. They have to choose between wooly and all his plugins that use his Permissions and the other guy and all his plugins. It's a disaster.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

He's already said he's made modifications to his version of the Permissions plugin which I assume his own other plugins will make use of. If someone else does the same, that's game over. They have to choose between wooly and all his plugins that use his Permissions and the other guy and all his plugins. It's a disaster.

Yes, and people should not support proprietary plugins in this regards

4:26 AM

as for those changes, he needs to distribute a .lib file

4:26 AM

which means it is possible for us (the open source community) to make compatible open source permissions plugins

4:26 AM

the problem however is that gives the individual control to implement whatever they want

4:26 AM

and we would need to match them

Yes, I think it's something we can all do better. It's obvious Michidu and Ownprox have mostly moved on from the API. They did amazing work creating the API, making all those initial plugins and releasing all their source code as open source. They've fixed major problems where they can, but overall the API has stagnated and stalled. We all know of things that need improvement and change. I think it's up to all of us to step up and bring the project back to life to stop things like this Permissions horror from happening. Maybe if wooly felt the API was a more active and receptive project he would have submitted the changes to be included in the main project? maybe

I disagree that he'd have submitted it for free.

4:33 AM

Michidu does still review and merge PRs

Yeah, I was just trying to be polite lol

What was his plugin, and what needed to be fixed from the original permissions? (edited)

I think getting Permissions fixed up is a good first step. Right now it's the only plugin that's included in the main binary distro of the API, and that version is broken. It has to be replaced with a later version downloaded from the website. Wooly is saying that on a reasonably busy server he's seeing the Permissions plugin making several hundred database calls a second. The existing plugin runs in the main game thread. So his plugin runs the database calls from another thread, and caches the database locally to stop all the remote mysql calls.

4:37 AM

None of that is difficult to implement.

Yes, and as a massive amount of the legwork was already done by the original implementation, is why I am willing to bet the lack of open source contribution isn't due to thinking the API has stagnated

I don't mean that as a criticism of anyone. There are some truly amazing people on this Discord like yourself, @Lethal and @Pelayori who have all shared some of their own brilliant modifications and additions to the core API, some very simple and some not, but as far as I can see none of them have ever made it to the binary distro. The last binary release was about 8 months ago, and the last release to make any additions to the API was almost a year ago. And the Permissions plugin included in the main binary distro has been broken for almost a year as well. Someone here also mentioned they had an idea for a simple package manager for plugins. That would be another amazing addition for the community. I think there are many more ideas like that floating around. We just need some encouragement and perhaps some written info about how to get them into the main distro.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I don't mean that as a criticism of anyone. There are some truly amazing people on this Discord like yourself, @Lethal and @Pelayori who have all shared some of their own brilliant modifications and additions to the core API, some very simple and some not, but as far as I can see none of them have ever made it to the binary distro. The last binary release was about 8 months ago, and the last release to make any additions to the API was almost a year ago. And the Permissions plugin included in the main binary distro has been broken for almost a year as well. Someone here also mentioned they had an idea for a simple package manager for plugins. That would be another amazing addition for the community. I think there are many more ideas like that floating around. We just need some encouragement and perhaps some written info about how to get them into the main distro.

I think that might've been me

5:45 AM

with the package manager idea haha (edited)

There are some great open source package managers we could use, like conan.io for example.

My plan is to make a Permission plugin rework, along with an arkshop and vote rewards one. But time has been none lately and couldn't advance them much

7:36 AM

Also I have a bunch of things to add to the API utils

Hey @Pelayori

Would your Permission plugin be something you'd consider working on together as a group and contributing back to the main distro?

It isn't really something that would take a lot of time either, and I would make it open source if it made it to "official" , but if I need a second hand I'll tell you

8:11 AM

In fact thinking about it, only a TMap would be necessary to cache permissions

I understand it's not a great deal of work, and I certainly understand in general we all prefer to work alone. I was more thinking that given it's such an important, commonly used part of the API, maybe we could at least get some agreement between interested parties on what any upgrades and changes would look like? I'm sure it would help Michidu's decision on whether to include it to know that it was agreed upon by a group of people.

My plans for Permissions new features included: -Code rewrite, caching permission info in memory so no more waiting stages -MySQL syncing to memory data and viceversa -Timed Permissions

Modification of rates (harvest, tame, xp) based on group
Auto Tribe Rank

9:36 AM

I'd do a first release with just the data caching, and the other features would be coming up later when the plugin is in a stable state. We could have a beta branch of it too.

9:37 AM

We would have to talk to Michidu to see if we could update the official permissions or it would need to be a separate plugin

9:42 AM

But after all, I think permission data caching is a thing everyone should agree with, because it will give a performance boost for servers

From the conversation I saw, Michidu is very well aware of the issues with Permissions, so I assume he'd welcome an official update.

I sent him a message, waiting for his reply

10:08 AM

I already told him I planned a permission rework a while ago

Some form of memory cache is obviously required, and I think moving the database access to another thread would be helpful also.

Yeah, I've already moved to making mysql calls async.

That's fantastic news. If there's anything at all anyone can do to help please let us know. That includes things like documentation and other boring stuff you may not want to do

Pelayori

My plans for Permissions new features included: -Code rewrite, caching permission info in memory so no more waiting stages -MySQL syncing to memory data and viceversa -Timed Permissions

Modification of rates (harvest, tame, xp) based on group
Auto Tribe Rank

Doing a PR on the permission plugin branch is probably the best approach. I think caching is the biggest advantage to updating the code base since it is sort of a core plugin. Timed permissions would auto expire or something? I guess that would require an update timer to periodically check or maybe removed when a cache update is run? I'm not sure how rates would fit into permissions though. That seems more of a thing a plugin would use permissions to determine. Not sure what "Auto Tribe Rank" means.

Auto Tribe Rank means specific groups depending on number of tribe members

4:47 PM

But yeah, the rates were supposed for a custom permissions I was making, not the official one (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I've just learned that wooly has made his own updated closed source, paid version of Michidu's Permissions plugin. This really worries me, given that it's such a core part of the API and that so many existing plugins are built against it. The issues he identified as needing fixing appear to be genuine, but they are also relatively easy to fix. I'd like to look at updating the proper, open source version of Permissions to address these issues as soon as possible. Would anyone else be willing to help out with this? It really does affect us all, and keeping Permissions open source is, in my opinion, extremely important for us all. How quickly can we get Michidu to review and accept the changes? (edited)

I Agree with this. And i think there should be 1. API and 1 Permission Plugin that is the core package for all plugins. It should NEVER cost. It's the base ground for everything. It should apply the same for everyone. And why it's open source is for someone to come with suggestion/improvement and improve what's already there. NOT to take it in and improve and re-sell.

Foppa

I Agree with this. And i think there should be 1. API and 1 Permission Plugin that is the core package for all plugins. It should NEVER cost. It's the base ground for everything. It should apply the same for everyone. And why it's open source is for someone to come with suggestion/improvement and improve what's already there. NOT to take it in and improve and re-sell.

i fully agree with what everyone had to say, this was going on long before too

12:50 AM

i consider permissions as one of the core plugins from the API and it should remain free and open source

I'll make a first pass through the plugin to add in the realtime permission checks without database calls.

Pelayori

My plans for Permissions new features included: -Code rewrite, caching permission info in memory so no more waiting stages -MySQL syncing to memory data and viceversa -Timed Permissions

Modification of rates (harvest, tame, xp) based on group
Auto Tribe Rank

That would be amazing. Arkshop and Permissions both need some revamps for up to date trends this year.

Maybe we should talk to Michidu about swapping out the license for the API and all his plugins from MIT to Common Clause or another less permissive license.

I'm about 2/3 done converting permissions I should have the rest done for testing tomorrow.

I think @Pelayori was working on his own version to submit to the official distro as well.

7:00 AM

As far as ArkShop goes, I agree entirely. There are a ton of features I'd love to see integrated into the official version. I've been working on a web gui myself which generates a config.json, but it would be great to add the ability for arkshop to pull config from a web address instead of a file. That's only a five minute task I know. There's also been a bit of a fad for people to create mods with a gui that works with their own versions of arkshop. It would be wonderful if the official version had some form of open interface that we could publish to the modding community, allowing that whole community to easily create shop guis. We'd no doubt see some wonderful things. (edited)

I'll be working on my implementation this weekend.

8:08 AM

My plan was just using 2 TMaps, one with key uint64 for steamid and value of a TArray<FString>, then another one with key FString for group permissions

8:09 AM

So when the database is called, instead of querying the mysql, check the cached maps, and resync from db on a short interval

8:09 AM

With threaded calls

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Maybe we should talk to Michidu about swapping out the license for the API and all his plugins from MIT to Common Clause or another less permissive license.

this is possible

8:28 AM

however it is VERY hard legally to enforce such a change

8:29 AM

generally you can make future code MIT, but to change the licenses requires explicit permission from every single contributor.

8:29 AM

and generally you can't retroactively change a license.

8:30 AM

@Pelayori any reason to use TMap and FString directly? I know those are what UE4 use internally, but I always felt it funny to use them by default and not simply copy/construct in-place as needed

I'm used to them already

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I will look into cleaning up and making a PR for my code that calls BP functions via UE4's reflection system. I want to add to UObject a Size() that computes the actual size of the object in bytes

8:31 AM

because some structs in the API are simply function wrappers and thus don't actually allocate the proper amount of memory

8:31 AM

which is why for most people, stuff like line tracing crashes, at it expects a pointer to a block of memory of n bytes. (edited)

8:32 AM

maybe I will make it like Class::DefaultEmpty() and have it construct in place a char[] casted to the type.

Pelayori

I'm used to them already

that's fair

8:32 AM

I need to reboot my PC

8:32 AM

updated Visual Studio for that sweet-sweet C++20

Oh man, v20 has some amazing new stuff. Although it's stuff C++ should have had twenty years ago lol

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Oh man, v20 has some amazing new stuff. Although it's stuff C++ should have had twenty years ago lol

this just in, I didn't need to reboot my computer

8:47 AM

I cheated by just changing the flag in the registery

8:48 AM

substitute

that's fair

Yeah, as they are needed for game funcs I started using them eveywhere cause they are handy too

9:18 AM

Also permissions use them internally

Pelayori

Yeah, as they are needed for game funcs I started using them eveywhere cause they are handy too

Pelayori

So when the database is called, instead of querying the mysql, check the cached maps, and resync from db on a short interval

I have something similar using unordered_maps almost completed. I believe the way it is done there will not be a need for a timed update or threaded calls. I have updated the MySQL library used to include Port which previously it only allowed default install port to be used.

How will adding a new player to group in another server replicate to the others, if in cluster? (edited)

Pelayori

How will adding a new player to group in another server replicate to the others, if in cluster? (edited)

Well that is a good point.

Yeah that was the reason for resyncing

12:51 PM

I might be able to get it done today so we can compare and see which one is better

Mine is currently completed minus the cluster sync. I'm working on getting before and after performance metrics.

Awesome, report back the performance impact

Pelayori

How will adding a new player to group in another server replicate to the others, if in cluster? (edited)

i was also thinking about this, best solution that could probably work is sending the player data via RCON to all servers

1:34 PM

or have a custom listener on a custom port that would be used for plugin communication across servers

I think it's easy, add a on timer call back, and then resync from db every minute or so

1:35 PM

It won't require a lot of effort, and won't affect performance a lot since it'd be a query per minute or so.

1:35 PM

And threaded ^^

I'm curious how big the permission tables grow on busy servers. In general databases can handle thousands of rows very easily. Performance is a much higher concern when you get into millions of rows in tables.

I've been running a cluster since 2019 and I got 12-15k rows

1:45 PM

However, I don't think any of my current plugins spams permissions to make a big performance loss.

The row size for the permissions tables is pretty low as well. Currently with my new permissions.dll the only select statements that run are when the plugin initially loads. Other commands that change the data like add/remove will run statements still and realtime update the local servers cache.

Yeah, updating on real time is perfect too. The only thing is discussing how to replicate in cluster, I already exposed my idea, and will likely do it as well.

Just need to figure out the more efficient way to handle the cluster sync. Updating too frequently will be a waste but updating too far apart isn't great either.

1:49 PM

2, 5, 10 minutes really is what i'm looking at for possible times.

In my opinion, upadating every minute or 5 minutes would be the best.

1:50 PM

Could also let the server owner choose the timer interval

Ya, default to like 5 and allow a config setting to change it.

1:52 PM

I'll start with this.

1:53 PM

Also I built the caching layer directly into the database headers so impact on the code is very minimal.

I built some test data with 90k fake steamid rows and 100+ group name rows. I figure this will be much larger than anything actually being used. Local performance on my dev box seems to show 0 impact during the sync process.

3:17 PM

I don't run a cluster so need to find someone to real world test this as well.

I reached out to server owners in my discord community for testing assistance.

Mine is also done, I pushed it to my ark-api plugins forked from Michidu's latest. https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins/tree/master/Permissions

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

4:48 PM

I've been testing it and seems working absolutely fine.

I had to fork the original to push a PR. Here is how I did it though. https://github.com/Lethalinjectionx/Ark-Server-Plugins/commit/5e97956e1d6ffb2c6d36661eb81eddce60fbd523#diff-abccc78cc93c07931feccfbd0665c003373b48334fd8d4cf5c6d0c714e68f26e

Added database caching · Lethalinjectionx/Ark-Server-Plugins@5e97956

Added MySQL Port Added timed database syncing

Lol i didnt read this channel and was working on the same thing last night

7:59 PM

you both did better caching than i did though

8:00 PM

ill branch of off Lethals PR and add my features

Wait a minute

8:07 PM

There is a PR from Ownprox in the ark-api plugins repo, with the cache added :p

8:07 PM

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/pull/39 (edited)

Permissions 1.7 by ownprox · Pull Request #39 · Michidu/Ark-Server-...

Cache Added Default permission added to Default group Fixed admin detection when using AllowedCheaterSteamIDs.txt

8:08 PM

On 26 july

his is closer to mine The main difference is that in his and mine there would be a max of 1 call per player per timeInterval and with Lethal or yours its 1 big threaded call every 5 mins Lethal already verified the large threaded call has no performance impact so the only actual difference i see is that in mine and Ownprox's cache the calls are dependant on Sql results if the cache is not populated and response time and are tied to the game thread whereas you both did the sql in a different thread I like the threaded load all approach better after comparing the 2 (edited)

8:15 PM

In addition to caching im going to be adding TimedPermissions and TribePermissions

Yeah, as Lethal already made the PR I have plans to add it too

oh, i dont want to double up with your efforts

I have been with lots of ideas in mind for like a couple months but I can't get time for anything

8:17 PM

I don't mind if you also want to do it

8:17 PM

Different approaches can also be good

i already coded the timed and tribe parts last night, but with crappier caching than you guys did

8:18 PM

so ill rewrite that off of lethals pr

Welp, I still have to finish my vote rewards rework lol

8:19 PM

Been on standby for a month

Pelayori

Welp, I still have to finish my vote rewards rework lol

I'm re-working it too, almost done xD (edited)

i thought vote rewards was foppa?

Yeah, but I started it before it was taken up :p

Only issues i have is the "IsLast" function

i see

So I will carry on as a different version with the features I wanted to add

Foppa

Only issues i have is the "IsLast" function

What is that func?

Well there is known bug where you do a vote and do /claim and then if you try to /claim again it will never finish

Oh yeah, I wrote it from scratch

8:23 PM

For that particular reason

Oh

8:23 PM

I might need to do that as well. Think it's not working logic enough.

Yeah, reworked everything, and made my own request handler

What other functions have you added?

In the request callback, instead of having a config for each site, most of them use the classic 1 or 0 response instead of the new json one some sites are doing. So you can dinamically add new vote sites if the current request handler supports it. For example you can add a new site called "vote-my-ark-server.com/api/claim?steamid={}&serverkey={}" and if the response is 1/0 or such it can be handled without any more code

8:27 PM

Also vote rewards are way more customizable than a simple dino/level or item/quantity, etc..

Okay!

Sound cool! Yeah, though ppl that use the plugin might not even understand how to setup that don't you think?

Maybe that's good thing tho haha (edited)

Yeah, but if they request you X site you can just tell them, add a new config entry with this api url: site.com

8:29 PM

heh

Alright, i re-wrote some in the random generation function and added some discord integration, but just want to fix the isLast function before i release it (edited)

8:35 PM

And some crash fixes

8:36 PM

but yeah, it's quite stable now but yeah. Would be good maybe to have it fully customizable tbh.

I thought it for more more than people, although some will appreciate the ability to allow customize the api urls

with everyone trying to improve the permissions plugin, I think we should make an ISO Standard for Ark permissions

9:03 PM

9:03 PM

then you can have as many various implementations as you want that are all drop-in compatible

9:03 PM

I'm only half joking, Minecraft has a ton of various permissions plugins, and most are drop-in compatible due to them usually following a rather standard interface.

Lol yeah, you can find a ton of permissions plugin for minecraft

9:05 PM

Anyways, if you keep the same function exports they should be compatible

Nah, i think we all jsut need to discuss and contribute to the open source main one

Kal

Nah, i think we all jsut need to discuss and contribute to the open source main one

I disagree partially

9:54 PM

Some people may not want to use a database for their permissions

could you elaborate on how that might work?

Permissions via config?

yep

hmm, on that note while im adding tribe permissions should i add in a default permission for TribeSize-# for tribe sizes? (edited)

flatfile, nosql

10:50 PM

etc.

10:50 PM

json, yml, tons of ways

i mean you would be specifying steamids or tribeids right? (edited)

you need to handle caching for the various forms of data storage

10:52 PM

if we want to create a standard for permissions, then the permissions plugin itself would just be a middleware translation layer between a plugin that does all the network/file/caching/etc.

Thats where OwnProxs solution with a new layer for the cache was a little nice

so that plugin can ask permissions -> permissions

10:52 PM

and permissions -> some handler

i would still argue for 1 plugin and adding more storage/init options

you run into the issue of one point of failure and a bloated plugin

10:53 PM

this could be made modular while forcing only one handler by having the permissions plugin loadlibrary the handler from the config file directly.

10:54 PM

this would also make it drop-in replaceable for the handler you want. Maybe you want to use some fancy new database that isn't compatible , instead of having to download and compile the entirety of the permission plugin (including all dependencies) you could just write your own handler

10:54 PM

and replace the default handler dll with yours

10:54 PM

otherwise every person that wishes to add a new backend for permissions would have to clone and build for all possible backends, while also bringing more dependencies into the project making it extremely bloated

10:55 PM

OR forcing people to make their own permissions compatible plugin instead

Well nobody has asked for different storage options that I have seen so you might be looking at a problem that doesn't exist.

I don't see a problem with having various permissions plugins that follow a standard, since building out a default one that loads a backend handler is basically the same thing.

makes sense, whats the liklihood anyone will add another backend to it? Would it be worth the extra effort to make it modular?

Lethal

Well nobody has asked for different storage options that I have seen so you might be looking at a problem that doesn't exist.

This is mostly looking towards future proofing the plugin.

10:56 PM

and not everyone wants/can run MySQL, nor do they necessarily want to

10:56 PM

a hard dependency is never the best solution imho

depends on the users and people extending it i suppose I doubt it would have much use beyond a default implementation we end up making

even now, there are various ways to implement the plugin even in MySQL

10:57 PM

personally, I very much dislike building the queries directly into the plugin when I can use stored procedures instead

10:57 PM

which are significantly more secure when setup properly

10:58 PM

as the user executing them can have zero permissions outside of executing the procedures which protects my databases in the case of a compromised server.

thats fair, but then we have to create the procedures when we create the tables

which is why I said a hard dependency isn't a perfect / best world solution

(edited)

10:59 PM

as for the sql procedures used by the plugin, we should remove these from the code (at least the CREATE ones) and move them into .sql files in a \SQL folder

in a perfect world i totally agree with you, for this case i think it would be overkill

that way if there's ever a need to update the sql it won't require a full plugin recompile

hmm, i do like that

11:00 PM

if the plugins shipped with a .sql that had the create, default data, and stored procedures that could be pretty nice and clean up a lot of the plugin code

Most likely though if you are changing table structure you are releasing supporting code with it anyways.

i've been adding code to check and alter my tables when needed

What you say makes sense from a business view in real world scenarios though.

what substitute is describing is the type of discussion id expect to hear at work, not on ark api xD

i lurk a lot, but Substitute is right... it's why ORM/ODMs are so great

11:02 PM

loose coupling high cohesion

my only argument is for lack of use in the community not justifying the effort

11:02 PM

i totally agree fundamentally

Kal

what substitute is describing is the type of discussion id expect to hear at work, not on ark api xD

Hey, it's important, if we are going to do it, might as well do it right

there will always be an argument for robustness vs expedience, so I agree, but I don't think expedience is the priority in this case IMO

11:04 PM

@Kal

11:05 PM

and sorry, I usually just stfu and watch the chat, but when ya'll start talking about this stuff I get excited

@SublimeStyle you should see some of the stuff I sent to @Pelayori

feel free to tell me im agruing for laziness and to back off and let it happen haha no offense taken

let's just say, if I can get motivated to clean it up and add it to the base API, it would add an incredible amount of potential to plugins

Im watching and it just goes over my head... lol

Why don't we rename Substitute to "Template Crazy"

Templates are insanely useful

template metaprogrammer over here

11:06 PM

xD

they're not hard!

haha just dont look at my code Substitute

(edited)

template<typename T> constexpr std::tuple<T> unpackParameter(char* memoryBlock, int& offset)
{
    alignMemory<T>(offset);
    T item;
    memcpy(&item, memoryBlock + offset, sizeof(T));
    offset += sizeof(item);
    return std::make_tuple(item);
}
template<typename T, typename ...Rs, typename std::enable_if<sizeof...(Rs) >= 1, bool>::type = true > constexpr std::tuple<T, Rs...> unpackParameter(char* memoryBlock, int& offset)
{
    return std::tuple_cat(unpackParameter<T>(memoryBlock, offset), unpackParameter<Rs...>(memoryBlock, offset));
}
template<typename ...Rs> constexpr std::tuple<Rs...> unpackParameters(char* memoryBlock, int offset)
{
    return unpackParameter<Rs...>(memoryBlock, offset);
}
template<typename ...Rs> constexpr std::tuple<Rs...> unpackParameters(char* memoryBlock)
{
    return unpackParameters<Rs...>(memoryBlock, 0);
}

compile time, unpacks the struct pointed at by void* into a tuple of the supplied types

11:08 PM

template<typename T> inline void alignMemory(int& offset)
{
    int size = sizeof(T);
    int align = alignof(T);
    offset += (align - (offset % align)) % align;
}

11:08 PM

handles memory alignment as well

11:08 PM

I'm really proud of it, but I don't have a use for it anymore

11:08 PM

i consider myself a pretty capable developer, but i have no clue wtf you are doing lol (edited)

(edited)

11:10 PM

@Kal one thing I am adding is blueprint function hooking

11:11 PM

the API for it is extremely clean

11:11 PM

first string = event name, second = callback name (to remove it later), third = std::function callback

I have been interested to use that a couple times

I will spend some time to write my own void* unpacker using run-time reflection data

11:12 PM

I do the inverse of it for the code I wrote to call blueprint functions

the plan is to properly check if the type you pass it is large enough to hold the data (it will throw an exception if not instead of corrupting your memory)

Have you poked around at the AHud and AShooterHud at all? I havent had any luck

but I will have a template specialization for std::any that just makes a char[] the size of the property

11:12 PM

and then you could later any cast

Kal

Have you poked around at the AHud and AShooterHud at all? I havent had any luck

UMG elements are client sided

atleast some of the controls for them are still server side

11:13 PM

for instance sending notifications

@Lethal the hook is super clean too

auto spongehax::process_event(sdk::UObject* who, sdk::UFunction* what, void* how) -> void
{
    while(!tick_queue.empty())
    {
        tick_queue.front()();
        tick_queue.pop();
    }
    const auto func = what->GetName();
    auto handled = false;
    for (auto [_, callback] : process_event_handlers[func])
    {
        handled = callback(who, how);
        if (handled) break;
    }

    if (!handled)
        process_event_.original(who, what, how);
}

11:13 PM

but one thing I want to consider is

11:13 PM

event names can be shared

11:13 PM

you can filter these by using the full name of the ufunction

11:14 PM

but that requires knowing the full name

11:14 PM

personally, I filter later by checking the type of the object (in my callback), but this is something that can be considered. (edited)

11:15 PM

@Lethal

11:15 PM

I wrote this for my Spongebob hack, lol. (edited)

1

One thing i was really trying to use was the DinoMapMarkers i was hoping to use this for tribemates and corpsefinder to have pins on your minimap similar to how a titan displays on your minimap

oh @Pelayori I forgot to mention

11:16 PM

I have scanning of GObjects in my local copy of the ark api too

Oh cool

it is very cool, because then you can get a reference to things like KismetSystemLibrary

11:17 PM

which may not have a native pointer

I tried hooking some static function but the _this of kismet was nullptr

yeah, it's a tricky one

hmm, that could be helpful I was wondering if there would be a good way to rewrite GetAimedActor it is very picky about being dead on, and i would like to make it ignore trees and suchs

11:19 PM

also the spyglass is more of a cone shape collision (edited)

GetAimedActor

It depends on your usage here. If you're calling this, you could check out how it's implemented and write your own

11:19 PM

if you want to change how the server is doing it for everything, hooking would be the way to go.

With 80% of trace functions crashing in API , might be not possible

no, the server is likely using something else the spyglass itself is not as picky as the GetAimedActor

Pelayori

With 80% of trace functions crashing in API , might be not possible

that's only because you're calling the sketchy, usually broken ones from C++ using improperly sized structs

Because the spyglass is probably doing a trace on tick

it really is apparent when in trees or bushes

traces have no issues from my BPExec

11:20 PM

any thoughts on how i might ignore certain classes (bushes, trees, resources, but not mesh) and get a shape closer to the spyglass view?

you would need to do your own trace and add either those classes to the ignored or do it by channel

GetAimedActor has channels, might be worth trying with those

i wasnt clear on how the channels work

The channels are written in some .ini file in the game

I forgot to mention @Pelayori you can dump the OP codes of the blueprint functions as well

i tried changing it randomly and didnt have any luck beyond sometimes not working at all (edited)

I want to look into that ... could see how some things work that may be unavailable

11:22 PM

e.g. changing how a mod works (edited)

@Kal

Server_Api_Hooker_Creator.exe

3.83 KB

also, when i was messing with the MulticastDrawDebug* i had an issue that any of them that didnt have the enableInShipping option didnt show up in the client, ended up drawing my own arrow out of line segments haha

11:25 PM

Ty Pela

11:25 PM

will go back and mess with that some more now

The most used one is 2, which is weapon

that makes sense, would go through leaves and shit but still hit trees and rocks

Kal

also, when i was messing with the MulticastDrawDebug* i had an issue that any of them that didnt have the enableInShipping option didnt show up in the client, ended up drawing my own arrow out of line segments haha

easy, just write your plugin for the devkit

11:30 PM

11:31 PM

but non-joking, could see about writing a dll you could inject to make everything enableInShipping

11:31 PM

would just have to make sure to disable BattlEye and VAC before running your game. (edited)

ahh, easier to do math and draw an arrow since thats all i really need for now

I have issues with multicast draw debug sphere, where multicast line works lol (edited)

i was really hoping to find something similar to the multicast but for screencoords instead of world coords lol, no luck obviously

11:32 PM

sphere worked for me

Did it? I can't seem to make it work

100% its in one of my released plugins

11:33 PM

and lethals orp uses it

Hmm

11:34 PM

I can't seem to make it work by any means and I've spent a few hours on it only already

sec

11:35 PM

shooter_pc->MulticastDrawDebugSphere(teleport.fromLoc, 300 * teleport.bubbleSizeInFoundations, 40, FLinearColor(1, 0, 0), duration, true);

11:35 PM

maybe you were giving too small or big of a radius or too few segments?

Oh, I was multicasting it from the player character

ah, try the pc

Will give that a go, thanks

np

substitute

it is very cool, because then you can get a reference to things like KismetSystemLibrary

that’s actually really cool tho, i needed the FOnlineSubsystemSteam or smth like that

11:37 PM

a few days ago

damn, what are you working on lol

11:38 PM

blacklist?

Probably his hwidbans

gotcha

nah it’s for sotf 2.0 revival

Oh lol

11:38 PM

Are you working on it too?

yes

Seems like a very cool revival

11:38 PM

ngl

but mostly just our servers

I played official soft a few times and meh

like the ppl i own the servers with

11:39 PM

had some drama with the mod author

11:39 PM

so we decided it was best if we just moved on improving with plugins

11:39 PM

lol

xD

but yeah Substitute really knows his shit lol

11:40 PM

he told me alot about BP hooks

11:41 PM

ive honestly just skimmed past all the BP functions, now i need to look back and see if they spark any ideas (edited)

my shit is a bit ghetto but i get bp func name and save it in map

11:41 PM

by internal index

11:41 PM

then if it's a match it calls the function (which is the value)

11:42 PM

oh wow lol

11:42 PM

i mean, if it works!

bp hooks are insanely useful for mod hooks

11:43 PM

this is how i can even tell if the match begun in sotf 2

11:43 PM

lol

i was curious if we could trigger or use any of the leaderboard ui stuff in ark

from sotf ?

yea

wc does have code from sotf in ark

11:44 PM

team based spectating is enabled

i keep seeing it around, not sure what is usable

like it’s still ingame

even using the leaderboard to have a UI ingame playerlist would be something

11:45 PM

havent messed with it all

you’d rather make a mod for the ui

11:45 PM

and then call the ui open function from your plugin

11:45 PM

u can pass data from plugin -> mod this way

not very interested in making mods aiming to replace all the mods that i feel are necessary

understandable

was thinking over cryos the other day

11:47 PM

and trying to make them closer to soul balls

what’s the diff lol

something like

- Extra description when dino is cryos
- Configurable cryo sickness
- No sickness near base option
- auto cryo new babies in range
- optionally mature and imprint cryo babies when they are uncryod
- optionally add a not near enemy structure option
- optional no cryo after dmg/tame
- override time to cryo
- Toggle mating for area

ah

seeing the points, current stats, and if it has a saddle while its in cryo is really nice

11:48 PM

if i could even just start with that and write extra description on the cryopod when you cryo or release

u can modify item description

yea, nothing blocking me from doing most or all of those things

11:50 PM

and for replacing S+, i was struggling with changing fuel requirements and noise output on crafting stations, idk if youve looked at those at all

I don't think you can change noise, since the sounds are played on the client?

actually me and my team were discussing that like yesterday

11:51 PM

lmao

i tried hooking several of the noise methods and didnt have much luck

we need to up the charcoal craft speed of the forge

11:51 PM

without s+

also wanted to change volume of global noises like bosses (or for PFET) (edited)

11:52 PM

oh, ive already done that one

11:52 PM

can share

Pelayori

I don't think you can change noise, since the sounds are played on the client?

maybe if you nullptr the sound field

11:52 PM

of the APrimalItem

Yeah but the client still gets the sound, doesn't it?

APrimalStructure

11:52 PM

i mean

11:52 PM

well

As far as I know it isn't replicated

well

11:53 PM

it kinda is

11:53 PM

so what i did

11:53 PM

is i had a bow

11:53 PM

and i got it’s default item

well, i changed the crafting speed of the forge which increased both coal and ingots, but it would have been trivial to add more conversions or change the speeds at that point

from the bp class

11:53 PM

i changed it’s equip speed

11:53 PM

and now all bows had the diff equip speed

11:53 PM

so it’s most likely replicated

i had been changing each crafting station instance, not the default object

in the case of the bow

11:55 PM

what i said worked

batman, if you end up doing some of the S+ functions add auto doors too xD

oof that one would be interesting lol

intake without water source and automatic doors

Kal

intake without water source and automatic doors

intake without water was a big hassle for me and ownproz

11:56 PM

ownprox

11:56 PM

sorry can’t fucking type

i guess it depends on how ark blocks it/checks for water

well

11:56 PM

neither me or him tried multicast tbh

11:56 PM

because there is a field

11:56 PM

on the primalitem

11:57 PM

that’s like RequiresWater

11:57 PM

and the client won’t send the placement unless it’s false on the client

11:57 PM

so prob we fucked up in not replicating it after changing

gotcha

pipes and shit have their own subclass btw

to the same point, i was wondering if lethals Dinos+ could be changed to replicate the canUse[12] on fliers to make the UI button work

Kal

to the same point, i was wondering if lethals Dinos+ could be changed to replicate the canUse[12] on fliers to make the UI button work

yes!

@Lethal

it still shows the +

11:58 PM

though

11:58 PM

but you can’t press it

11:59 PM

same for players

there are 2 fields,DontUseValueField & CanLevelUpValueField

11:59 PM

both had movement = 0 for ptera

12:00 AM

guessing 1 controls the button, and 1 is for the hook

oh i haven't tried making something that's unlevelable levelable

12:00 AM

i did the reverse lol

i wanted to have native speedy fliers

12:00 AM

without the /levelspeed command

cause in sotf 2.0 dinos can't level speed

12:00 AM

yeah that's a nice one

12:01 AM

maybe setting the CanLevelUpValue could work

12:01 AM

actually no

i had tried, but again, i was fucking with a particular ptera

it should be reverse

not the default object

because the level function is already called

12:01 AM

when it checks the value of CanLevelUpValueField

are you sure?

and if it's 0 it just doesn't go through with adding the point

the client has be looking at the Ptera bp for weather or not that button is enabled

let me double check

if we could replicate the bp to client and change the field it should enable button

should take a look at the devkit

i got as far as opening and getting lost in dev kit, finding nothing like what i thought i was looking for, and not trying again

lol yeah i feel you

12:03 AM

i simply don't understand how people justify working in it

12:03 AM

just having to do something in devkit makes me want to not do the project at all

well, that was my instinct without actually having the experience in dev kit to justify it haha

12:05 AM

CanLevelUpValue is only checked after the button was clicked

fk, so what controls the damn button?

yeah good question

12:05 AM

thats basically what i was getting out of my testing was that both of those seemed to function identically

well, the hiding and unhiding the + is something i want to have for sotf 2.0 as-well so if i find out how it works i'll let you know

alright lol

12:07 AM

perhaps the inventory hud itself is doing a check somewhere

that would be very fucked up lol

12:07 AM

if instead of the dino bp having that value on it the ui had it

haha i mean like the hud also looking at the dino bp

12:07 AM

in addition to that method you sent

12:08 AM

basically a double check i guess

12:08 AM

idk, just speculating

Thanks for the shoutout @WETBATMAN

not really, i just stated facts, you know what you're doing super well

Kal

to the same point, i was wondering if lethals Dinos+ could be changed to replicate the canUse[12] on fliers to make the UI button work

Pretty sure this is client side blocked with non-replicated data just like element not being uploadable to arkdata.

Wow, that's more chat overnight than we've seen on this discord for an entire year

So where did we get up to with Permissions? Am I right in saying it seems to have moved from @Pelayori to @Lethal and now to @substitute ?

i think we all added cache slightly different Substitute is saying for a rewrite to support extensible backends for permissions I'm planning to make a PR on top of lethals to add Timed and Tribe permissions

Yeah I was merely suggesting something, not that I wrote something myself.

Hoping to add defaults for TribeSize:# TribeOnline:# If i can do it without a performance impact

Kal

Hoping to add defaults for TribeSize:# TribeOnline:# If i can do it without a performance impact

are you using my font by-chance?

i think so, i changed fonts to mess with chinese at one point

9:36 PM

I just like seeing it in the wild

9:37 PM

I think it had like 5k downloads before I moved it to S3 (and thus lost DL count tracking)

im sure its everywhere lol

wouldn't be needed if WC would update their engine to use runtime cached fonts

9:38 PM

@substitute @WETBATMAN @Lethal @Pelayori Would like opinions, feedback, changes https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/pull/42

12:26 AM

@Foppa

squashed it down to 1 commit so its easier to read

I like it, Looks like a really good improvement + the caching from lethal.

will add tribesize and tribe online count to any plugins that support permissions

12:52 AM

preferably would be a merge and new release on the official permission plugin

hi good day.

1:25 AM

When I run Server Api Hooker Creator.exe, it says "Failed to create SSL/TLS secure channel". Can anyone help with this?

1:25 AM

Kal

@substitute @WETBATMAN @Lethal @Pelayori Would like opinions, feedback, changes https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/pull/42

I think that looks good

3:07 AM

Maybe format the text with some coloring

3:07 AM

You can do this in line

yea, i added a flag and colored the tribe permissions at last second

3:07 AM

could color the end and activate times too

Yep

3:07 AM

Green for activate

3:07 AM

Red for remove

3:07 AM

Or green for active

3:07 AM

Yellow for to become active

feel free to make a commit on top

3:08 AM

i think foppa is gonna ask mich about releasing a new official permissions

Maybe later, I have a project for computer networks I want to get a head start on. Need to make a server and client, and I chose to do it in C++

(edited)

3:09 AM

Since I’m on windows I need to support Linux and windows

3:09 AM

I’m just writing abstraction later right now

had a choice and chose c++

I’m not using Java

im jk, its great for complex thinks or things that need to be quick

3:09 AM

just not great for quickly developing

It’s also great for flexing

3:10 AM

Which is what I plan on doing

3:10 AM

People will struggle to get it done in Java

3:10 AM

While I turn in C++ native code that works on the Linux machine and on Windows machines

thats fair, just depends on the project

First is a single threaded server

3:12 AM

Second is multi threaded

3:12 AM

And clients ^

Any thoughts on implementing something like this? ex.

ARK_API void AddPlayerPermissionCallback(FString CallbackName, bool onlyCheckOnline, bool cacheBySteamId, bool cacheByTribe, const std::function<TArray<FString>(uint64*, int*)>& callback);
ARK_API void RemovePlayerPermissionCallback(FString CallbackName);
FArray<FString> HasRaidProtection(uint64 steam_id, int tribeId) {
     TArray<FString> result;
     if (LethalORP::HasRaidProtection(tribeId))
         result.add(FString("RaidProtected"));
     return  result;
}
FArray<FString> HasPvpCooldown(uint64 steam_id, int tribeId) {
     TArray<FString> result;
     if (LethalORP::HasPvpCooldown(steam_id))
         result.add(FString("PvpCooldown"));
     return  result;
}
Permissions::AddPlayerPermissionCallback("RaidProtected", true, false, true, &HasRaidProtection);
Permissions::AddPlayerPermissionCallback("PvpCooldown", true, false, false, &HasPvpCooldown);

(edited)

Added that to my pull request

5:47 AM

@substitute wdyt?

5:49 AM

now for instance my solo farm can easily be setup to be based on TribeSize, TribeOnlineCount, PvpCooldown, etc without rewriting pvp cooldown in each plugin slightly differently

5:50 AM

and chat tags based on permissions based on plugin specific functionality can be easy without integrating each plugin into chat (edited)

Kal

Any thoughts on implementing something like this? ex.

ARK_API void AddPlayerPermissionCallback(FString CallbackName, bool onlyCheckOnline, bool cacheBySteamId, bool cacheByTribe, const std::function<TArray<FString>(uint64*, int*)>& callback);
ARK_API void RemovePlayerPermissionCallback(FString CallbackName);
FArray<FString> HasRaidProtection(uint64 steam_id, int tribeId) {
     TArray<FString> result;
     if (LethalORP::HasRaidProtection(tribeId))
         result.add(FString("RaidProtected"));
     return  result;
}
FArray<FString> HasPvpCooldown(uint64 steam_id, int tribeId) {
     TArray<FString> result;
     if (LethalORP::HasPvpCooldown(steam_id))
         result.add(FString("PvpCooldown"));
     return  result;
}
Permissions::AddPlayerPermissionCallback("RaidProtected", true, false, true, &HasRaidProtection);
Permissions::AddPlayerPermissionCallback("PvpCooldown", true, false, false, &HasPvpCooldown);

(edited)

use an enum/flag for this

7:59 AM

only needs 2 bits really

7:59 AM

00 = false,false 01 = false,true 10 = true,false 11 = true,true

8:00 AM

are these in the base permissions plugin?

8:01 AM

if not, I think we should like make our own "RFC" for what permissions should always exist in the permissions api

8:01 AM

because it can become a problem of "well shouldn't the PVP handling plugin choose the permissions" vs "well this is a rather core feature of the game so it should be included"

8:02 AM

other than that, lgtm

8:02 AM

maybe make things like this into const references

8:02 AM

e.g. const FString&

8:02 AM

better than doing a value copy of the whole FString

Are schools still teaching Java?? Do they include "Introduction to Fax Machines" and "Beginners Guide to Fortran" in that Java course? (edited)

12:39 PM

"Visitors Guide To The USSR" maybe?

No just the callback parts are in base permissions

3:05 PM

And yeah, still teaching java haha And you joke but I did have a fortran class haha

3:05 PM

Const reference makes sense

3:06 PM

I feel like this makes permissions easily extensible for plugins that may have a state to share with others

3:06 PM

And a way to abstract away WHICH pvp cool down plugin you have

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Are schools still teaching Java?? Do they include "Introduction to Fax Machines" and "Beginners Guide to Fortran" in that Java course? (edited)

I don’t like Java, so now I’m writing my socket server and client in C++

4:12 PM

And like the mad lad I am, I am supporting Windows and Linux

4:12 PM

whats the project?

What year are you both in? You in the US?

4:27 PM

If ya don’t mind me asking

Kal

whats the project?

Iterative socket server and threaded client (mostly to hit the server with many clients)

SublimeStyle

If ya don’t mind me asking

USA. I already have an AS degree but not all of my credits transferred properly. As of now, I’m roughly a Junior in regards to my BS degree.

Kal

whats the project?

The server has to implement a few commands that run via system() and return the results

4:31 PM

I need to change my recv and send wrapper, right now it truncates the message to the buffer, which isn’t long enough. I’m not going to let it be an n length buffer still though as that’s bad for security (keep pushing data until OOM)

4:31 PM

Probably will do 1kb chunks up to 1mb

4:32 PM

And force a truncate at 1mb as no message in this project should even be near 1mb

substitute

USA. I already have an AS degree but not all of my credits transferred properly. As of now, I’m roughly a Junior in regards to my BS degree.

Cool cool! USA here as well

@SublimeStyle Computer Science and Applied Mathematics double major

I setup my own wrappers around the socket apis

4:34 PM

And based on build config it changes how they’re defined

4:34 PM

Since WIN32 and Linux are different

Kal

@SublimeStyle Computer Science and Applied Mathematics double major

I see you are a glutton for learning lol

more like indecisiveness, started at Chemical Engineering lol

I’m just getting my Computer Science degree

i graduated in 2015

Calc 1&2, Physics 1&2, Linear Algebra are more than enough math for me

I’m senior year SE/HCI myself, but have AS in web design and another in app dev. Hoping to get into OMSCS- great program for the price

i had > 20 math courses in college lol

1

Lol that’s good tho!

4:37 PM

Math is an area I’m weak in- gonna have to refresh for grad school

but let me tell you what, when the multicast arrow didnt work and i had to recreate an arrow out of line segments i felt really proud of myself for knowing how to do it without looking shit up

4:37 PM

lol, bout the only use for my math degree so far

1

I think it’s more about the practice

4:38 PM

Good problem solving skills

4:38 PM

Especially discrete math

yea, most important thing i got from college is learning how to learn new things quickly

There’s some usefulness of various maths

4:38 PM

Like Linear makes dot product trivial (edited)

4:38 PM

AB^T

Yeah stats, discrete, trig IMO are the most commonly used in CA

4:39 PM

CS

having atleast up to linear algebra is great

1

Agreed

abstract algebra is pretty cool

Kal

having atleast up to linear algebra is great

I got a C+ in linear (it was only remote due to COVID)

It felt like coding on paper lol

That was good enough for me

If that makes sense

yeah, im glad i was able to do everything in in person classes

But I also have ADHD any paying attention to a 90 minute zoom call is impossible

4:40 PM

So I usually had to just figure it out later on my own time

i dont think id do well with remote learning for school its fine now for work

substitute

But I also have ADHD any paying attention to a 90 minute zoom call is impossible

same issue

Oof I’m on the fence about COVID- good for my introvert personality, but I agree I think in class is more conducive to learning

I’m taking compilers also now

4:41 PM

But we get to use antler

4:41 PM

So that’s nice

substitute

I’m taking compilers also now

That’s one class I won’t take lol but you’ll learn a lot

im too lazy/procrastinator for remote learning, and cant pay attention to whole thing unless stuck in the a lecture room

4:42 PM

operating systems was a very interesting class

Our compiler class has you write your own by the end of the quarter in C (edited)

we wrote linux activity monitor from scratch for one of the projects

Nice

4:43 PM

Cool to ‘meet’ you both

Kal

we wrote linux activity monitor from scratch for one of the projects

My intro to system software class had us write an assembler for a made up assembly (SIC) in C

4:43 PM

So I wrote a ton of macros to make C into bootleg C++

my favorite class i had, dont remember the class name, but we had a semester long project that was nand2tetris.com with lectures

Including my own “string” object (edited)

you can take the course online for free, highly recommend it

1

I think the low level projects are super helpful, but damn I don’t miss them. I’m a web dev and like my Python and web frameworks lol

from a single logic gate (nand) to building the others, to building simulated hardware, to building an operating system, then a language, then a tetris game

What do you do currently @Kal ?

4:46 PM

As far as work I mean

Kal

from a single logic gate (nand) to building the others, to building simulated hardware, to building an operating system, then a language, then a tetris game

That’s an awesome course, idk if I could do it lol

erm, ever searched for anything?

Never

ahh, then youve probably never heard of my company

he works for Bing

Bing,

4:48 PM

Omg

4:49 PM

I was gonna list them all but bing was the 1st one

lmao

4:49 PM

yea, its bing

Nice man!

gotta love bing

you ever just

4:49 PM

@Kal some of the disgusting C macros

oh good golly

4:49 PM

4:50 PM

pseudo constructor and destructors

4:50 PM

that I added to C

i bet debugging isnt easy lol

and my memory safe string that allowed for n-length via appending

4:50 PM

FUNCTION(string, append, void, const char* data)
{
    unsigned int nextLength = _this->length + strlen(data);
    if (!VALID(data) || nextLength == _this->length)
        return;
    if (nextLength >= _this->limit)
    {
        unsigned int nextLimit = _this->limit;
        while (nextLength >= nextLimit)
            nextLimit <<= 1;
        _this->c_str = realloc(_this->c_str, nextLimit);
        memset(_this->c_str + _this->length, 0, nextLimit - _this->limit);
        _this->limit = nextLimit;
    }
    strcpy(_this->c_str + _this->length, data);
    _this->length = nextLength;
}

4:50 PM

Kal

i bet debugging isnt easy lol

it was aids

i try to avoid low level languages

4:51 PM

(edited)

Kal

i try to avoid low level languages

I could use Java for my networks project

4:52 PM

but I'm not going to use Java

4:52 PM

But instead you’re a masochist lol

4:52 PM

Jk

he said the Linux env. has .Net

4:52 PM

but

4:52 PM

i mean, my job is just "sorta angular" + a java backend

4:53 PM

java at massive scale when everything you could ever want is defined and organized is pretty nice

Idk man I prefer C++ too over Java but I just know more of it- I think I would like Java more had I used it more in my classes/work

speaking of, if either of you looking for a job when you graduate hit me up for referrals

1

C++ isn't so bad

Kal

speaking of, if either of you looking for a job when you graduate hit me up for referrals

I have a job currently with a local start up but I'm always looking for a job with benefits

4:54 PM

lets just say nothing can top it unless you own a company that goes to the moon (edited)

substitute

C++ isn't so bad

Lol my C++ code is decidedly much worse

my recv and send wrappers aren't as clean

4:55 PM

    auto recv(const SOCKET socket)
    {
        char message_buffer[1024] = { 0 };
        ::recv(socket, message_buffer, 1024, 0);
        if (message_buffer[1023] != 0)
        {
            std::cout << "Message exceeds buffer and will be truncated!" << std::endl;
            message_buffer[1023] = 0; //we must have a null terminator for safety.
        }
        return std::string(message_buffer);
    }
    auto send(const SOCKET socket, const std::string& message)
    {
        if(message.length() > 1023)
        {
            std::cout << "Message exceeds buffer and will be truncated!" << std::endl;
            ::send(socket, message.substr(0, 1023).c_str(), 1024, 0); //substr shall have a null terminator, 1023+1
        }
        else
        {
            ::send(socket, message.c_str(), static_cast<int>(message.length() + 1u), 0); //1023+1
        }
    }

4:55 PM

since those functions expect char*

at least your end result should be pretty readable logic without all the low level shit

1

yeah that's the plan

4:56 PM

my includes are a disaster though

4:56 PM

since Linux and Windows have different files for sockets

4:57 PM

but

4:57 PM

the end result is actually nice to work with.

nice

4:57 PM

until theres a problem you have to track down lol

that's what Visual Studio is for

one of the most important things of computer science, a lot of smart people before you have done all the low level shit and run into all the problems and gone through all the pain of creating their libraries and higher level languages you should try to take advantage of that where possible so that you can quickly achieve what you need instead of getting lost in the weeds

1

5:00 PM

with the obvious exception when there are specific low level things you need to do

Kal

one of the most important things of computer science, a lot of smart people before you have done all the low level shit and run into all the problems and gone through all the pain of creating their libraries and higher level languages you should try to take advantage of that where possible so that you can quickly achieve what you need instead of getting lost in the weeds

I do for work.

5:00 PM

(Linux working ldyay

) (edited)

5:01 PM

my job is mostly stuff like Typescript, F#, etc.

never tried F#

but for this project, why not do C++ sockets

5:01 PM

not only a great flex

5:01 PM

but a great way to learn about lower level socket programming (edited)

if those are your goals then its the right choice

always different for each project

I feel like you gradually work your way up from foundational and low level concepts so that you can better understand the higher level stuff

5:03 PM

At least that’s been my experience, especially going from C++ to Python

it is really good to have a solid understanding of the low level stuff instead of treating everything like a black box (edited)

1

5:05 PM

Did you guys have any thoughts on the AddPlayerPermissionCallback?

I haven’t worked at all on perms, just been lurking to see how y’all are rebuilding it

5:06 PM

Im hoping to eventually get back to my web interface project for the API once I have more free time

what project?

5:09 PM

ive been tempted several times to do something and decided i didnt have the time/priority for it

I have a front-end and back-end built with the eventual goal of allowing stats and operations thru the website. Stuff like leveling up your dinos, enabling breeding, etc.

5:12 PM

a lot of the plugin for it is done, but there's still a lot of work to do

oh, i was just thinking a tool for managing the api plugins for multiple maps and maybe computers for instance loading, unloading, adding new, removing, updating, version checking, editing configs, versioning configs, updating multiple maps configs at same time (edited)

ah yeah not quite that, it's meant to be web interface to interact with your ingame stuff

5:15 PM

also trades and stuff

gotcha, similar to arkbot but with a little different functionality

i.e. initiating a trade on the website and being able to accept and have it update on the server

5:15 PM

yeah the goal is a comprehensive web UI- arkbot doesn't work like that

5:15 PM

arkbot also has a lot of constraints based on the environemnt

ive never used it myself

this will poll the web server so that the users don't have to adjust any kind of security/privacy settings with the host

5:16 PM

like ArkBot has an API, but it requires you to connect to the host on a different port AFAIK

Kal

ive never used it myself

ughyhhh I gotta do my own message framing

5:27 PM

5:28 PM

send/recv bundles messages into single buffers

5:28 PM

well...since this just a string, I could probably cheat and just treat the null as the frame

5:28 PM

read until null -> track count

5:28 PM

loop until count >= read bytes

Trying to find a couple of hooks, does anyone happen to know what they are off the tops of their heads? 1. Allocation of XP to players when a creature dies. 2. Allocation of loot to players when a creature dies. That is, not the inventory loot of the creatures, but things like engrams etc.

@Deleted User Fixed, I made a PR in ownprox github.

150.5 KB

1

2:09 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 you have

void  Hook_UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_AddExperience(UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* _this, float HowMuch, bool bShareWithTribe, EXPType::Type XPType)

For leveling

2:11 PM

The XPType will tell you which xp type was given, (generic, crafting, kill...)

2:12 PM

2:13 PM

I'm looking for the loot one, I can't seem to find anything

2:15 PM

@Deleted User the api hooker fixed is above

Pelayori

@Deleted User Fixed, I made a PR in ownprox github.

thank you!

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveEngramClasses APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemClasses APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemChanceToBeBlueprint APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemRange APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemQualityMin APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemQualityMax APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveAchievement (edited)

Kal

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveEngramClasses APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemClasses APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemChanceToBeBlueprint APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemRange APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemQualityMin APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveItemQualityMax APrimalDinoCharacter.DeathGiveAchievement (edited)

Thank you!

Pelayori

@Deleted User Fixed, I made a PR in ownprox github.

my anti virus removed this immediately

You can compile it yourself then https://github.com/Pelayori/Tools/tree/master/ArkApi%20Hook%20Creator

Pelayori/Tools

Tools i have made to make stuff a heck of a lot easier. - Pelayori/Tools

yeah ik, i'm just letting you know

Not sure why, just changed a line to force it to use tls 1.2

1:23 AM

https://github.com/ownprox/Tools/pull/3/commits/4838fa175031ae3f3d9a4f6968578bdb333e4698

If you compile with the latest version of .NET, it works without modifying the source.

Aight creating a command ingame doing /gc do i need to use the mysql

5:52 PM

gender change

5:52 PM

is the command to use

5:53 PM

Aight nvm.

Guys, I want to create my first plugin. Downloaded .lib files included and did not have available methods from Log class. Do I need to have also header files to be imported? I'm python and golang developer and cpp had in university

Thanks for your help.

9:16 PM

And is it possible to use Intelij IDE for development?

you need to download the source code of the API and include the public folder to be able to compile the plugin

@Foppa could you please share a link for that, I have found many of them - most probably not correct :/

dixi

And is it possible to use Intelij IDE for development?

Clion could work, but I found using ReSharper plugin with visual studio works best for me and I use Webstorm/Pycharm all the time

Yeah, so the whole JetBrains stuff should work

ARK-Server-API-master.zip

7.42 MB

10:28 PM

@dixi

@Foppa thanks!

How are things progressing with the Permissions update? Is there anything else we need to do?

I don't think there will be any official updates until the github PR stuff is cleaned up. I know my cache changes are working great without issue for anyone that downloaded from my discord.

I'm dealing with it, but yes some cleaning of pr may be needed

@Kal guess who just got to solve a compiler issue

8:38 PM

Clang/GCC were reading one of my templatted overloads in the wrong order

8:38 PM

but you caused the compiler issue

I just ended up making the original return by value and the other take rvalue references and using std::move

8:39 PM

#pragma once
#include <mutex>
#include <ostream>
#include <iostream>

class osyncstream_locked final : std::streambuf, public std::ostream
{
    std::unique_lock<std::recursive_mutex> lock_;
    std::ostream& stream_;
public:
    osyncstream_locked(std::recursive_mutex& mtx, std::ostream& stream) : std::ostream(this), lock_(mtx), stream_(stream) {} //construct and lock the mutex from osyncstream.
    osyncstream_locked(const osyncstream_locked& o) = delete;
    /* A recursive mutex isn't great here (reference forwarding would be better except...only a recursive mutex can assure lock-before-release on ownership transfer */
    template<typename T>
    friend osyncstream_locked&& operator<<(osyncstream_locked&& os, const T& d)
    {
        std::cout << d;
        return std::move(os); /* move semantics :( ... thanks Clang/GCC */
    }
    osyncstream_locked(osyncstream_locked&& o) noexcept : osyncstream_locked(*o.lock_.mutex(), o.stream_) {} //could be better... max depth 2, usual depth 1.
    osyncstream_locked& operator=(osyncstream_locked&) = delete; //disallow
    osyncstream_locked& operator=(osyncstream_locked&&) = delete; //disallow
    ~osyncstream_locked() = default;
};

class osyncstream final
{
    std::recursive_mutex mutex_{};
    std::ostream& stream_;
public:
    explicit osyncstream(std::ostream& stream) : stream_(stream) {}
    template<typename T>
    friend osyncstream_locked operator<<(osyncstream& os, const T& d)
    {
        std::unique_lock<std::recursive_mutex> lock(os.mutex_);
        os.stream_ << d;
        return osyncstream_locked { os.mutex_, std::cout };
    }
    osyncstream& operator<<(const osyncstream_locked& d) = delete;
};

struct streams
{
    static std::ostream& cout;
    static std::ostream& cerr;
};

std::ostream& streams::cout = std::cout;
std::ostream& streams::cerr = std::cerr;

osyncstream sscout(streams::cout);
osyncstream sscerr(streams::cerr);

8:39 PM

nah

8:39 PM

it's just a wrapper around ostream

8:39 PM

to allow for locking

8:39 PM

until the last <<

nice

I think it kept resolving this friend osyncstream_locked operator<<(osyncstream& os, const T& d)

8:39 PM

over and over

8:39 PM

because when it did compile, it would only output the first <<

clever, and potentially very useful

using the mutex pointer is ugly but it's the only way I can ensure I relock the mutex before the previous releases

templates are gonna expose weird compiler edge cases lol

because between the ownership transfer, release->lock another thread can lock the mutex

thats cool

so using a recursive mutex and locking before the previous unlocks

they fixing it?

it remains locked

8:40 PM

oh, idk

or you gotta work around

my work around was using rvalues in the locked overload

8:41 PM

and std::move

8:41 PM

that above code is the working code

8:41 PM

works in Clang, GCC and MSVC

cool

first is MSVC, second is G++

8:42 PM

    std::vector<std::thread> threads;
    
    for(int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
    {
        threads.emplace_back(std::thread([&, i]()
        {
            for(int j = 0; j < 100; ++j)
            {
                sscout << "[" << (i % 10) << "]: " << "fuck" << "shit" << "up" << " " << j%10 << "\n";
            }
            
        }));
    }
    for (auto& thread : threads)
        thread.join();
    return 0;

8:42 PM

test case

g++ keeps it ordered?

which would normally produce garbage output

8:42 PM

it's kept in order via the lock

you should move the lock inside the loop

sscout is osyncstream. << on osyncstream returns osyncstream_locked which continues to keep the mutex locked osyncstream_locked chains <<

a more complicated example would have it in a helper method deep in the code for example, ideally not the whole loop

after the last << osyncstream_locked is destructed releasing the lock

oh i see

the idea is to have a stream that ensures all calls to << are output in order

8:43 PM

even if many threads are trying to output text

gotcha

std::unique_lock<std::recursive_mutex> releases it's lock automatically via destructor

8:44 PM

so at most there is a depth of 2 in the lock, but usually only a depth of 1

still for your messaging project?

(depth of 2 while transferring ownership of the mutex so that the mutex remains completely locked so another thread doesn't steal it)

8:45 PM

yeah

8:45 PM

but I moved this into a header

8:45 PM

I might use it in other projects

wanna rewrite my chat + bot with websockets instead of storing chat? xD

I'm using it for cout and cerr, but it supports any ostream

8:45 PM

struct streams
{
    static std::ostream& cout;
    static std::ostream& cerr;
};

std::ostream& streams::cout = std::cout;
std::ostream& streams::cerr = std::cerr;

osyncstream sscout(streams::cout);
osyncstream sscerr(streams::cerr);

8:46 PM

and then my own `sscout for safe stream cout

8:46 PM

and na

more of a joke, im too lazy for a rewrite, so it is what it is

I feel bad for the other students that are trying to do this in C++

8:47 PM

I can't share any of my code with them

8:47 PM

and writing this was aids

8:47 PM

sooooo many random issues without clear resolution paths

i still dont expect it would be to terrible to do the same project in c++

most of these people have very little C++ exposure

but i only know a few general details

it's a multi-threaded client and a single threaded server

8:48 PM

the point is to see the slow-down on the server when many clients hit it

gotcha

because the next project is the same thing but threaded server

8:49 PM

doing this in C++ without much experience ... is going to hurt them.

do you get into sharding at all?

I've read about it for Discord bots.

most anything at scale

8:49 PM

global scale is insane

yeah but we're not going to have to worry about that

8:49 PM

in this class

8:49 PM

most of these people don't even know how to use threads in Java

xD

yeah

8:50 PM

lol

8:50 PM

and C++ has no standard sockets library

8:50 PM

so they're going to have to either write once on Linux

8:50 PM

or write for both Windows and Linux like I am

8:50 PM

on top of learning about threading

8:50 PM

we have sharding, multi level clustering, automatic resource provisioning based on load signals, global re-routing (edited)

yes, but this is a college class project

8:51 PM

not a multi-billion $ company

xD

whats the class?

Computer Networks

8:53 PM

more specifically

8:53 PM

Welcome to Computer Networks and Distributed Processes

cool

8:53 PM

these are things I already know

8:53 PM

i really avoid low level stuff and dont miss those classes lol

I don't mind it

8:54 PM

as long as it's no lower than C++

one of my least favorite, mainly cause i didnt like the professor, was operating systems

ouch

have you had any classes on hardware?

yes, hardware arch/organization

8:55 PM

mostly just circuit stuffs

8:55 PM

our last assignment was SRAM

i had that class when i was in a minecraft phase

8:57 PM

made some cool shit lol

lmao

@substitute hey, would any of your plugins benefit from having an up to date list of player on all maps in the cluster?

c++
class MapPlayer {
    public:
        std::wstring CharacterName, TribeName;
        std::string ServerKey;
        uint64 steamId;
        int LastCharacterId;
};
TArray<MapPlayer>

I could make it avialable in public header from my chat (edited)

Kal

@substitute hey, would any of your plugins benefit from having an up to date list of player on all maps in the cluster?

c++
class MapPlayer {
    public:
        std::wstring CharacterName, TribeName;
        std::string ServerKey;
        uint64 steamId;
        int LastCharacterId;
};
TArray<MapPlayer>

I could make it avialable in public header from my chat (edited)

I don’t actually make plugins all that much sweating

5:41 AM

But I do think it’ll be very beneficial

ahh ok

How to get TArray<UPrimalItem> and Dino. I know how to get TArray<UPrimalEngramEntry>

TArray<UPrimalEngramEntry*> all_engrams_entries = static_cast<UPrimalGlobals*>(Globals::GEngine()()->GameSingletonField())->PrimalGameDataOverrideField()->EngramBlueprintEntriesField();

Thank you very much. (edited)

2345com

How to get TArray<UPrimalItem> and Dino. I know how to get TArray<UPrimalEngramEntry>

TArray<UPrimalEngramEntry*> all_engrams_entries = static_cast<UPrimalGlobals*>(Globals::GEngine()()->GameSingletonField())->PrimalGameDataOverrideField()->EngramBlueprintEntriesField();

Thank you very much. (edited)

you just want all items on dinos? I'm assuming you can just get all dinos and check their 'MyInventoryComponentField'


std::vector<AActor*> foundActors;
UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(
    reinterpret_cast<UObject*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()), 
    APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass(), 
    &foundActors
);
for (auto* actor : foundActors) {
    auto* dino = reinterpret_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(actor);
    if (!dino || dino->bIsVehicle().Get()) {
        continue;
    }
    auto* inventoryComponent = dino->MyInventoryComponentField();
}

(edited)

7:49 PM

and line 197 of Inventory.h (UPrimalInventoryComponent) will show the struct that gets passed back and how you can get that array of items (or you can just dig into the class definition using your IDE shortcut)

No. Is Globals.

6:44 AM

Use to Tab.

6:48 AM

Cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItemAmmo_AdvancedRifleBullet.PrimalItemAmmo_AdvancedRifleBullet'" 10 0 0
Cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Tapejara/Tapejara_Character_BP.Tapejara_Character_BP'" 0 0 0 120

(edited)

6:49 AM

Get all the orders.

Hey @Foppa, is there any news on the new permissions plugin? I think it's really important that we get that out there asap along with a new binary package release. Is there anything I or anyone else can do to assist?

Not yet

11:27 AM

Waiting for response basically

Any kind soul that can help me, i don't know what to do anymore.

So some person is ddos ing your stuff

Yeah, whole shit

7:01 PM

I can't find where he attacks

not much you can do unless you upgrade your ddos protection

Like with a child: if you want behavior to stop. You have to ignore it. Bite the bullet and ignore. He will stop. If you feed their need for attention, it’ll continue

True

11:47 PM

Thanks guys

this kids with her ddos toys feel like hero always

Hello @Michidu , how can I make a new player automatically have 1000 points when they enter?

6:02 PM

"Inicial": { "DefaultAmount": 1, "Description": "1000", "Items": [ { "Amount": 1, "Blueprint": " addpoints {steamid} 1000", "Fixed": true, "ForceBlueprint": false, "Quality": 0 } ], "Price": 1000 },

6:03 PM

in Arkshop

@Guanarteme you need to edit mysql table arkshopplayers

7:21 PM

set points row to default value 1000 (edited)

I have the MySQL table with arkshopplayers

Pelayori

set points row to default value 1000 (edited)

so I don't have to add anything to the config?

7:33 PM

Only un MySQL

Guanarteme

Only un MySQL

Yes, in here

8:10 PM

Default value of points row

What MySQL soft use?

9:27 PM

I don't know how to put that is navicat

Looks like HeidiSQL

9:28 PM

or similar interface

It is HeidiSQL

thank you

10:24 PM

i look

"gacha": { "Description": "Dino - Gacha + Montura (150 armadura)", "Permissions": "Vip", "Price": 10000, "Items": [ { "Amount": 1, "Quality": 10, "ForceBlueprint": false, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/CoreBlueprints/Items/Saddle/PrimalItemArmor_GachaSaddle.PrimalItemArmor_GachaSaddle'" } ], "Dinos": [ { "Level": 315, "Neutered": true, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Gacha/Gacha_Character_BP.Gacha_Character_BP'" } ] },

10:58 PM

Why does the server crash when trying to mount with tell us?

11:03 PM

https://jsoneditoronline.org no error

Guanarteme

"gacha": { "Description": "Dino - Gacha + Montura (150 armadura)", "Permissions": "Vip", "Price": 10000, "Items": [ { "Amount": 1, "Quality": 10, "ForceBlueprint": false, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/CoreBlueprints/Items/Saddle/PrimalItemArmor_GachaSaddle.PrimalItemArmor_GachaSaddle'" } ], "Dinos": [ { "Level": 315, "Neutered": true, "Blueprint": "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Gacha/Gacha_Character_BP.Gacha_Character_BP'" } ] },

You mean when you spawn and put saddle and ride it the server crashes?

no

12:06 AM

only when I give to buy

12:09 AM

no puedo mandar screenshot

12:09 AM

I can't send screenshots

I just learned about the existence of plugins in ark and i would like to start learning c++. I downloaded professional c++ with latest sdk and c++ language for desktop windows. Is this a good start in learning the code for plugin development?

I find very little tutorials about creating plugins. You guys know a tutorial?

https://gyazo.com/16b8effccb9f375670699d12474e780c

6:51 PM

How to disable 3d view

@Primeval😈 ah hello

7:20 PM

what a coincidence

7:20 PM

or not (edited)

waddup

You can code plugins?

Are there any open source projects of ark plugins i can look at

7:34 PM

?

ya

7:34 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

Thanks

np

@Gromit you have setup tutorial and some other useful info in #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ

8:06 PM

If you have any specific question ask it and we will help you

Thanks man forgot to select a role

Which headers i need to include to start coding ark plugins?

Gromit

Which headers i need to include to start coding ark plugins?

I wrote a template

6:07 PM

https://pastebin.com/ZzPP1Ymn https://pastebin.com/hZ5i8Ra9

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

6:07 PM

@Gromit

Thanks

7:03 PM

Is there any negative side effects of using namescape std cause i dont see many using it

Could it be that you already put in disallowed names in?

Gromit

Is there any negative side effects of using namescape std cause i dont see many using it

Don't use std namespace

8:16 PM

it will pollute your globals

Ok

How to fix getchat command RCON please helpme

@OwnProx

1

4:18 PM

i like my new rcon tool

Hi again@Foppa , just wondering if there's been any progress getting the new Permissions and API version ready to go?

No update yet.

I was given merge rights to the official repo and have merged in all PR's for permissions. I think there are a few more things being looked at before an official release will be made.

Unfortunately there has been some offline discussion about forking the API and starting a whole new project due to the perceived severe lack of interest and attention from and visibility of the original project owners. I think this would be really bad for the API. I'd really like to see some discussion on how we can avoid this. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Unfortunately there has been some offline discussion about forking the API and starting a whole new project due to the perceived severe lack of interest and attention from and visibility of the original project owners. I think this would be really bad for the API. I'd really like to see some discussion on how we can avoid this. (edited)

forking isn't always a bad thing. We have a lot of very knowledgable people here and I don't see a problem moving forward as a unified group without a single point of failure.

5:29 AM

I would love to see a basic form of package manager for the api for example

5:30 AM

this is 10000% out of Michidu's scope and I don't blame him

5:30 AM

however the inconsistency of the website (and the lack of a proper wiki) is certainly problematic

5:32 AM

To be quite frank. I think one of the biggest issues with the API is that Michidu took a hands off generational approach (only dumping structs from IDA) and having a very C orientated programming style.

5:32 AM

There's some modern C++ in the api

5:33 AM

but a lot of non-modern too

5:33 AM

such as the singleton's being non-magic static init'ed

5:34 AM

Plugins load via DLLATTACH instead of having a set of exported functions (which _also means all data needs to be in the config json), etc.

5:34 AM

What Michidu has made, is fantastic

5:34 AM

but it can be more

Look I don't disagree that there a mountain of fantastic experience, knowledge and enthusiasm. There have been many great ideas expressed on this Discord over the last few months that would all be wonderful additions. And yes there are many things that need fixing like the website that goes down for days at a time and is extremely out of date. But none of that changes the fact that unless the new project is completely refactored and made so that it can run alongside the existing API, it would be, IMHO, a disaster for the community. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Look I don't disagree that there a mountain of fantastic experience, knowledge and enthusiasm. There have been many great ideas expressed on this Discord over the last few months that would all be wonderful additions. And yes there are many things that need fixing like the website that goes down for days at a time and is extremely out of date. But none of that changes the fact that unless the new project is completely refactored and made so that it can run alongside the existing API, it would be, IMHO, a disaster for the community. (edited)

There only needs to be a compatibility layer

5:35 AM

all the headers are compiled into the plugins directly, so those are non-issues

When someone wants to start working on a server API for Ark 2, LMK. I assume it will be at least a year or two though.

on the note of out-dated sites

5:36 AM

we really should just setup a CI/CD

5:36 AM

Github actions would probably suffice to be honest.

5:36 AM

just trigger a build when the main repo updates

5:36 AM

then the site can simply link to latest on Github

5:37 AM

and it'll always be an up to date link.

5:37 AM

as for plugins, I REALLY would prefer a package manage system

5:37 AM

it doesn't need to even be good

5:37 AM

just being able to api install <name>

5:37 AM

and having it query several different repositories would be nice.

Unfortunately Windows package managers generally suck. But there are a couple that are ok.

yeah but anything

5:42 AM

is better than a site

5:42 AM

when the site is offline for days

I think it's more that server owners with lots of plugins have almost zero chance of keeping all their plugins up to date without any kind of centralised system.

hence repositories

5:44 AM

just being able to have more than one

5:44 AM

would be very helpful

5:44 AM

sure, anyone can rehost the plugins from the site right now

5:44 AM

but have you tried downloading all the plugins?

5:44 AM

that's not gonna happen hahaha

I work with a cluster that has over 60 maps, each using dozens of paid and free plugins. Trying to keep them all updated is a nightmare

Wait, 60 ARK Maps?

12:38 PM

Or what on earth is that kind of cluster

a plugin manager could be the solution

12:58 PM

so it would auto update your plugins

WETBATMAN

a plugin manager could be the solution

Yes

5:41 PM

What I said before

so when's the new API coming out @substitute ?

5:42 PM

it's been 12 hours, let's see some results lol

SublimeStyle

so when's the new API coming out @substitute ?

Too busy for that

5:47 PM

Work, school, etc.

that's the joke man

5:47 PM

easy to theorize about design approaches

5:47 PM

another thing entirely to implement all your ideas

I mean I have added some things to the api

5:47 PM

And I have other things that are done but need to be cleaned up before a pr.

my point is you are eager, and that's cool, but it's way different when you have deadlines, priorities, paying clients, stakeholders from different departments, etc. you sound like an eager CS student lol

5:51 PM

it's cool that you can do meta-template programming in C++, but building a software system is so much more

5:52 PM

it's not a knock as much as seeing a lot of myself in you and just reminding you to slowwww down lol

an example: there is such a thing called a non-functional requirement, every project has several of them and every project has to make it a point to prioritize or make trade-offs to meet the project non-functional requirements (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-functional_requirement). It's easy to theorize design approaches without taking context, intent, or scope into account, but once you do, you have to start making trade-offs. Software engineering in general is about having multiple solutions to a problem and making the appropriate trade-offs to solve the problem at the best possible intersection of defined requirements, constraints, etc. I.e. is security more important for this solution or the usability? Should the system be more correct (fail early) or robust (roll with the punches)? Should the system need to scale? etc.

WETBATMAN

a plugin manager could be the solution

I don't see how this can be reliably done with config changes. I feel like there would be a ton of edge cases.

Lethal

I don't see how this can be reliably done with config changes. I feel like there would be a ton of edge cases.

nlohmann::json is pretty good, what i was thinking is the manager would load the new config for the new version of the plugin and compare the variables inside to the variables inside the current config

6:33 PM

variables that don't exist in the current config could be added with a default value

okkay... i know this isnt the right discord...but i need some real plugin help

9:25 PM

its not with creating a plug in..its just getting a plug in to work.... ive followed their exact config and it just wont load.. ran my own code through 5 diffferent json validators...100% perfect.. but when i do plugins.load Arkshop it just wont load..comes back 1114 error

i would really love it if someone can guide me in the direction of understanding expressions ..i think its called.. the {} [] () and how they all tie things up. ive got the how to write it and such down a lil.. but its the use of those that really throw me a loop

DaddyDuck

i would really love it if someone can guide me in the direction of understanding expressions ..i think its called.. the {} [] () and how they all tie things up. ive got the how to write it and such down a lil.. but its the use of those that really throw me a loop

do you mean lambda functions, which are [] () {}?

12:26 AM

(captures, args, code)

DaddyDuck

its not with creating a plug in..its just getting a plug in to work.... ive followed their exact config and it just wont load.. ran my own code through 5 diffferent json validators...100% perfect.. but when i do plugins.load Arkshop it just wont load..comes back 1114 error

as for this, error 1114 isn't a json error. Make sure you have all dependencies on your system.

i got that 1114 issue taken care of ... finally lmao.. and yes.. those functions..

Im not here to advertise, but i do want to share my thoughts with you. I am the owner of gameserverapp, and i am currently working on integrating a system that allows to manage plugins on infinite servers automatically. However, i run into great problems that i see as a threat to this great platform (ark server api) you all built and continue to build upon. To give you an example: uMod (rust etc) has a great platform with an api where 3rd parties can tap into. Their plugins use a form of standardization which ark api doesnt seem to have that much. You all built great things and i hope someone is going to stand up and take the lead to get this thing going again. Work together ❤️

1:02 AM

Maybe you guys should vote or whatever. But right now I dont know who to talk to. As there doesnt seem anyone that is leading this right now

AnotherMax

Im not here to advertise, but i do want to share my thoughts with you. I am the owner of gameserverapp, and i am currently working on integrating a system that allows to manage plugins on infinite servers automatically. However, i run into great problems that i see as a threat to this great platform (ark server api) you all built and continue to build upon. To give you an example: uMod (rust etc) has a great platform with an api where 3rd parties can tap into. Their plugins use a form of standardization which ark api doesnt seem to have that much. You all built great things and i hope someone is going to stand up and take the lead to get this thing going again. Work together ❤️

Yes, some form of standardization would be very useful

1:34 AM

right now everything is rather implicit. A developer can do things the right way if they know what to do

1:35 AM

and a developer can do things the wrong way if they don't

only the sith deal in absolutes

they can also do things the wrong way even if they know what they're doing (edited)

1

it's from star wars but works surprisingly well for software development

1:41 AM

“You Can't Write Perfect Software. Did that hurt? It shouldn't. Accept it as an axiom of life. Embrace it. Celebrate it. Because perfect software doesn't exist. No one in the brief history of computing has ever written a piece of perfect software. It's unlikely that you'll be the first. And unless you accept this as a fact, you'll end up wasting time and energy chasing an impossible dream." - Andrew Hunt

SublimeStyle

it's from star wars but works surprisingly well for software development

yeah, and I'm not saying it needs to be perfect

1:41 AM

but there's some things are people do that are breaking changes

saying that it is binary and that there are two ways to do things implies so much that's wrong with your mentality

and make it so their plugin can't be mixed with another plugin

SublimeStyle

saying that it is binary and that there are two ways to do things implies so much that's wrong with your mentality

Yes, but having delay loaded dlls and DLL_ATTACH as the defacto standard when there are a lot of new developers in here that are making plugins

1:42 AM

is dangerous

I'm not debating what you're saying, I'm debating the way you're saying these things

Fair

there were a lot of criticisms the other day, some fair, some a little naive- all I'm saying is be careful analyzing what's good or bad when you don't have all the information

the other thing is the API is haphazardly designed (for actual features) Like there's helpers for A but not for B even though the way you'd get to both is the same. I think this is mostly the effect of the developers choosing to include these shortcuts for things that they found it useful for. that alone isn't a problem But when the API is both a thin dll loading layer and a fat implemented api (helper methods built into the api) it also causes problems

1:45 AM

i.e. when they added Epic games crossplay.

1:45 AM

I feel in that regard there should be some separation of responsibility

1:45 AM

If you use the API as a thin wrapper it works wonderfully

SublimeStyle

there were a lot of criticisms the other day, some fair, some a little naive- all I'm saying is be careful analyzing what's good or bad when you don't have all the information

I don't think they were naive. This is an open source community project. There's no deadlines.

1:46 AM

well, there shouldn't be deadlines

I think you just come off a little abrasive with your suggestions. It's one thing to suggest a better approach, it's another to use polarizing words like dangerous, haphazardly designed, talking about CI/CD as if everyone doesn't already know (also CI/CD is not a catch all, that's why they have whole teams dedicated to devops). You don't want to alienate the people you're trying to work with, nor the owner or moderators of the community that you're trying to migrate.

@SublimeStyle I don't mean to be rude, but your own attitude comes off as pretty patronising. I don't remember Substitute asking for your life advice. Personally I find all his thoughts and suggestions incredibly helpful, useful and entirely plausible and reasonable. And not at all "abrasive". (edited)

AnotherMax

Maybe you guys should vote or whatever. But right now I dont know who to talk to. As there doesnt seem anyone that is leading this right now

Well, i'm mostly online an available but i don't see msg from you tbh

thanks for your reply Foppa. Are you the person responsible for the website?

As for how i see it, there could be better way off making standardization here and there. But we can't compare with other platforms always, ARK Is more complicated and complex than rust is.

12:41 PM

Well depends what you are looking for. Maybe reach out in pm?

I'm trying to get in contact with the person that is able access the admin panel for XenForo. I tried reaching out to @Michidu with some help from @GSH | MrOwlSky but so far my experience kinda worries me. I'm eager to get into contact with the person that owns the website and is able to enable the XenForo resources api. So 3rd parties can grab a list of all available plugins (edited)

Well, Mich owns the site. But i'm pretty sure you can do that

12:45 PM

already

12:46 PM

Cause other game service sites has it working

can you show me how? Because so far my attempts to get more info werent very successful

whole lotta talking but no progress

1:05 PM

i think we should come up with a list of what we NEED to improve

1:05 PM

and just do it

1:05 PM

i think everyone should be cool with that

1:05 PM

i'll help with anything we need

i totally agree @WETBATMAN. Just like any business: standing still means your business is dying.

1:09 PM

IMO, this community needs to pick 1 or 2 people that will determine what the core team will work on, and have people contribute to that. basically a project manager / product owner. Without it, you're basically a ship without a captain at sea

1:09 PM

and ships without a captain eventually sink

I've just catched a bit of this discussion. Unfortunately, with life/work i didn't have time for this project for the past ~6 months or more and probably didn't even expect it would become that popular when it was started. Going forward, API indeed needs a rewrite with keeping backwards compatibility (there is a high chance that many plugins will never be updated to the new standards). I would be glad to contibute if we decide to do it.

life happens

Perhaps it is time for you to promote someone to take your place. Maybe with a transition period. Im sure you know who would be the right candidate. Either way: i think Ark server API needs to keep moving, to prevent it from slowly getting behind the curve (edited)

I don't think there is a such 'place' if it's going to be a more community driven project.

You can count me in for the project. I'll contribute with anything I can. However I'm not that experienced as some people is and might not be able to contribute as much, but definitely keen to help.

i would personally start with webrequests tbh

2:40 PM

the API requests are too slow

2:40 PM

i've included POCO webrequests in my HWIDBans and it takes ~ 200ms for a reqeust

2:40 PM

while the API ones take like 2-4 sec

maybe you all can create some issues on Github: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/issues to address the problems you see in the core. Have everyone vote on the issues. From there you have a list of prio's to work on. Github has a lot of great tools to help you manage a community driven project

2:43 PM

here is some inspiration, if you want: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues

There is probably someone who has more experience and can organize the process. As for requests, it might be a good idea to incorporate this lib: https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib. Small and simple.

2:46 PM

tbh poco can be compiled with just requests and it's pretty good

2:46 PM

it's not as lightweight as a single header but those are very fast

and im happy to help manage github at the start. Due to my position i dont want to keep doing that, but if nobody else will I am willing to help and get you going. How that will work out all depends on whether people here actually help create PR's for issues that are on github and want to help review the PR. Because i can not code in the language you're using

I can help organise, but i can not do the work

I think voting on priorities would help.

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1

There are for sure many things which should be improved including the core design. I will release some tools to dump API from Ark in a few days (when i clean them a bit). But that alone have multiple issues too. Right now API being dumped by selecting a few important structures followed by a manual cleaning. It would be nice to generate a full and working dump automatically.

@Michidu maybe this is a perfect example to use as the first issue. I myself prefer using Use cases , but perhaps you have other preferences. In case someone is unfamiliar with use cases, here are a couple examples:

as a developer i want the ability to easily dump API for development purposes
as a api user i want a central point to download all API plugins from
as a 3rd party i want an api for the website to pull all available plugins

With a use case it usually is easier to derive actions and for developers to understand the context for the issue (edited)

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3:54 PM

for anyone interested https://www.atlassian.com/agile/project-management/user-stories

i went ahead and added one regarding something else

Michidu

There are for sure many things which should be improved including the core design. I will release some tools to dump API from Ark in a few days (when i clean them a bit). But that alone have multiple issues too. Right now API being dumped by selecting a few important structures followed by a manual cleaning. It would be nice to generate a full and working dump automatically.

My friend and I use dumpers for a lot of UE4 games, but these operate around UFunctions of course. (Other games don't share PDB.) Maybe later today or tomorrow I can fix up and submit my code for proper Blueprint interaction. Also, welcome back!

5:28 PM

Blueprint dumping is very useful for interoping with mods though, as those are purely Blueprints.

5:30 PM

I think another really useful package (one that I want to actually make for myself) is a Docker for the ServerAPI. All of the Docker images for Ark servers are based on Linux SAD

, but with Windows Server Nano I might be able to get one working HAPPY

5:30 PM

but that is outside the scope of the API.

it would be nice to see something like this lend itself well to working with Ark 2, which I think it could even if they were to utilize UE5... maybe write some type of interface layer if worst comes to worst. I agree about the API itself being thin and trying to decouple the helper methods from the core API functionality (binding the server/client structures)

5:42 PM

some utils functions could still be useful in the core IMO though

I think a singleton config module could be helpful too- something that constrains and enforces the workflow beyond just a simple json, making it more accessible and consistent.

substitute

My friend and I use dumpers for a lot of UE4 games, but these operate around UFunctions of course. (Other games don't share PDB.) Maybe later today or tomorrow I can fix up and submit my code for proper Blueprint interaction. Also, welcome back!

Thanks. A perfect solution would include a PDB and BP dump, since they complement each other. I hope they will keep PDB in Ark 2 (they should).

SublimeStyle

I think a singleton config module could be helpful too- something that constrains and enforces the workflow beyond just a simple json, making it more accessible and consistent.

What config do you mean?

nvm I realize now this would probably be a bad idea as I was more-so thinking in the context of a plugin's config and correlating that with the API config

6:32 PM

random question, but is it possible to expose sockets with the Ark server? or is it more a problem with hosting vendors?

SublimeStyle

random question, but is it possible to expose sockets with the Ark server? or is it more a problem with hosting vendors?

I don't see why it would be a problem

6:38 PM

the hosting vendors might get upset though

6:39 PM

self-hosted , it's no problem

6:40 PM

I've had the idea for a while to make an IRC plugin for cross server chat

I thought it was mostly just permission based, but I was wondering about its effects on the multi-threadedness of Ark, I'm a full-stack web dev by day so not too familiar with multi-threaded C++ programs (edited)

and just have the server's send their messages to a central IRC server

SublimeStyle

I thought it was mostly just permission based, but I was wondering about its effects on the multi-threadedness of Ark, I'm a full-stack web dev by day so not too familiar with multi-threaded C++ programs (edited)

Are you creating new sockets or trying to integrate with the existing ones.

6:41 PM

new sockets have zero overlap with the existing unless you're accessing data between threads (which would be standard multi-threaded code)

I would think creating a new socket would be better than intergrating with existing ones for what I'm trying to do (and preventing any conflict or instablitility) (edited)

6:42 PM

but then my concern is if no host will allow it, I don't want to waste the time writing it when I could just poll with http

6:42 PM

albeit not as effective for the purpose

SublimeStyle

but then my concern is if no host will allow it, I don't want to waste the time writing it when I could just poll with http

it depends

6:42 PM

is the socket a client or a server in this context

a client

if it's a client, it's not a problem, http has to open a socket after all

(edited)

ahhh

6:42 PM

awesome

6:42 PM

thanks

6:43 PM

just started learning about sockets

6:43 PM

embarassing, I know

sockets in C++ are...not so fun

xD

6:44 PM

doing my networks project in C++

6:44 PM

socket server and client

6:44 PM

um, this would be really useful for you

6:45 PM

struct addrinfo_up_deleter { void operator()(addrinfo* ptr) const { ::freeaddrinfo(ptr); } };
typedef std::unique_ptr<addrinfo, addrinfo_up_deleter> addrinfo_up; /* Modern C++ shared pointer for addrinfo. */

struct popen_up_deleter { void operator()(FILE* ptr) const { pclose(ptr); } };
typedef std::unique_ptr<FILE, popen_up_deleter> popen_up; /* Modern C++ shared pointer for popen. */

    static auto getaddrinfo(const std::string& address, const std::string& port) noexcept -> addrinfo_up
    {
        addrinfo* result{};
        addrinfo hints{};
        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
        hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
        hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
        hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
        hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
        ::getaddrinfo(address.c_str(), port.c_str(), &hints, &result); // NOLINT(bugprone-unused-return-value)
        return addrinfo_up(result);
    }

6:45 PM

there's a lot more

6:45 PM

but this at least makes a smart pointer out of getaddrinfo

I was thinking about using something like this given that my web server will also be using socket io: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp

ah yeah well

6:46 PM

you don't have to write everything from scratch

6:46 PM

lol true xD

6:49 PM

good to learn that stuff though, my lower divs and foundation was in C++ then moved to Python at work/uni. I love Python, but the knowledge of lower level stuff is invaluable. And it's nice to be able to write C++ now and then

6:49 PM

it was embarassing when my coworker at my first job had been there for 5+ years and didn't even know the difference between shallow/deep copies

6:50 PM

but Python kind of abstracts all that... I feel like he had to know, maybe just didn't understand the terminology or something

#pragma once#include "../os/auto.h"#include #include - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

#include "sockets.h"#include #include #include - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

6:51 PM

that's my sockets wrapper

6:51 PM

for modern C++ for my project

6:51 PM

message framing is implicit on null terminator

6:51 PM

since I'm just sending/receiving strings

heeeyyy +1 for resharper

6:52 PM

lol

osyncstream.h

2.49 KB

6:52 PM

Library I wrote

except in this instance you seem upset with it

to have proper thread-safety with stream writing

// ReSharper disable All Just shut up resharper

basically, std::cout << a << b << b

6:52 PM

will always be in order

6:53 PM

no matter how many threads are using std::cout

nice man

but in this case, you'd use sscout

my two main concerns for my project would be reliability and stability (threads/communication)... which REST is great for but I get concerned with sockets

sockets is REST hard mode (edited)

ahah

6:55 PM

i'm dealing with this right now working on a biofeedback app... we have to process audio signal and evaluate prat metrics but it needs to be reliable, but it needs to be bi-directional... so we're essentially using both REST and sockets lol

I like how mine looks so far

6:55 PM

for my project

rest to initiate, sockets to emit

6:55 PM

nice man that's really cool!

6:56 PM

are you done with it or still more to go?

need to put the rest of the system commands to execute

6:56 PM

I'm also dumping the metrics data to JSON for the people that will write the paper for the project

6:56 PM

the first project is a multi-threaded client, single threaded server

6:56 PM

second is the same , but server is multi-threaded (edited)

6:56 PM

basically to see the performance differences between the two is the goal of the projects

6:56 PM

the way my project is setup though, it's already both done

6:57 PM

a define decides at compile time for the server

6:57 PM

#ifdef THREADED
            std::thread(&server::accept_client_message, this, client).detach();
#else
            std::thread(&server::accept_client_message, this, client).join();
#endif

6:57 PM

hahah

also, just wanted to apologize, Dream guy was right, I was being patronizing; was not my intent (tho I know it came off that way)

it's ok, I know I can also have .... polarizing language

6:58 PM

but it's because I like the project and I want the best for it

6:58 PM

doesn't make it ok though.

it's fine, you're passionate, honestly I understand

7:01 PM

that's a cool project tho, lots of experience to be gained from it and I like your coding/design style, you seem to embody best practices in several areas

SublimeStyle

that's a cool project tho, lots of experience to be gained from it and I like your coding/design style, you seem to embody best practices in several areas

thanks!, and I try. I've seen some bad code, and I don't want people reading my code to feel the way I felt reading the bad code.

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7:03 PM

this is one of my new favorite toys

7:03 PM

    template<auto lb, typeof(lb) ub> [[maybe_unused]]
    constexpr auto is_between(typeof(lb) x) -> bool { return (ub > x) && (x > lb); }

7:03 PM

basically a < x < b

7:03 PM

where you only need to pass x

7:04 PM

so you get that really great callback signature where the only thing passed in it x

7:04 PM

like in pseduo code

7:04 PM

my_numbers.filter(is_between<0,100>) //numbers from 1-99

noice, always a nice feeling when you can write something that simplifies all the other things you do haha... I think that's why I'm semi-addicted to software dev

hey everyone, has anyone else encountered this, where if you change a variable on a BP it becomes really laggy for a client, like the server is trying to sync it with the client but is inaccurate? for example you get this effect if you change the TamedRunningSpeedModifier of APrimalDinoCharacter, for the client riding the dino the dino starts teleporting, while for others players it walks like normal in devkit when changing such values it requires a recompile. even when i tried to replicate the value to all clients the issue still persisted, at this point i assume such fields cannot be changed without mods but i can be wrong (edited)

WETBATMAN

hey everyone, has anyone else encountered this, where if you change a variable on a BP it becomes really laggy for a client, like the server is trying to sync it with the client but is inaccurate? for example you get this effect if you change the TamedRunningSpeedModifier of APrimalDinoCharacter, for the client riding the dino the dino starts teleporting, while for others players it walks like normal in devkit when changing such values it requires a recompile. even when i tried to replicate the value to all clients the issue still persisted, at this point i assume such fields cannot be changed without mods but i can be wrong (edited)

I would suggest a mod/plugin combo

6:44 PM

the plugin to modify values

6:44 PM

the mod to have an RPC for the clients to update locally

the mod i'm dealing with is already core, so i really wanted to avoid that

There are many variables where replication is non-standard that I've come across while making mods. I made a spyglass mod which highlighted many of them. If you find something specific, ask on the modding discord where someone else has probably (but not always) come across it.

weird thing is, it does replicate the speed to the client, because the dino moves at the new speed

11:52 AM

it just warps around for the person riding it

11:52 AM

i guess i should open the devkit and check what kind of replication this particular variable has

@WETBATMAN looks like windows server 2019 doesn’t play nice with Ark (edited)

12:15 PM

I wound up having to download two old as fuck dx related dlls off the internet because dx9 redist would just not install (edited)

12:15 PM

(Yes, I verified the signatures of the dlls)

12:15 PM

Hopefully this doesn’t turn into a problem for Ark down the road SweatyNerd

well i don't share the same problem, i host all servers on server 2019

(edited)

WETBATMAN

well i don't share the same problem, i host all servers on server 2019

(edited)

Core or Desktop

12:16 PM

Huge difference

12:16 PM

And physical or virtual

not sure another person is responsible for machines

Does it have explorer

12:16 PM

/ a desktop

12:17 PM

And you don’t know if it’s running on a vm?

That doesn’t show core or desktop

12:17 PM

Standard can be installed in either mode

12:17 PM

Core is just headless mode

12:18 PM

Which is better for a game server (edited)

12:18 PM

I didn’t say the server didn’t run

ah it's desktop

Just that required libraries were uh

12:18 PM

Not straight forward to get

12:19 PM

Desktop probably might be fine

12:19 PM

Core can install direct x

12:19 PM

But I guess the audio effects library ark uses isn’t shipped in that package

12:20 PM

Going to honestly probably wipe the machine and log all the libraries it needs and fails to find

12:20 PM

And just copy them from my computer into a zip

12:20 PM

I want as little overhead on the server as possible

12:20 PM

I’d run it on Linux is they shipped debug symbols sadge

you know

12:21 PM

i had way more issues with server 2016

12:21 PM

hosting ark

12:21 PM

than 2019

12:21 PM

mostly network related

12:28 PM

At least it would start in those instances poggies

12:28 PM

Oh well I’ve got it solved on my end

how can I find all electric generators connected to the turret?

do all your plugins use config.json as the default config file?

AnotherMax

do all your plugins use config.json as the default config file?

It isn't required to be named that but I think in general everyone uses that naming convention.

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Hey @Lethal by coincidence i came across one of your paid plugins while pulling all listed plugins from the arkserverapi.com website. cc @Michidu. It seems that i can not access a download like for any paid plugins, which kinda prevents me from providing auto update & install for paid plugins.

I don't have any control over the website. But my discord offers them for download but not sure that helps you either.

I know, no worries

Unfortunately i'm not able to utilise discord servers to determine when a plugin was updated and where to download the link from

So, do all paid plugins have a license model? Or is that only with most? If all would have a license, i'd think it wouldnt be a problem to allow the download link to be visible, right? (edited)

AnotherMax

So, do all paid plugins have a license model? Or is that only with most? If all would have a license, i'd think it wouldnt be a problem to allow the download link to be visible, right? (edited)

it's up to the developer

yes i understand. But what is currently mostly practiced? Even though it is up to the developer, does everyone have a license model?

AnotherMax

yes i understand. But what is currently mostly practiced? Even though it is up to the developer, does everyone have a license model?

all paid plugins atm have a license model yes

9:27 PM

that being something like a serial key or a hwid / ip etc, right?

9:30 PM

basically, even though people have the files, they still cant use it without the license

Yes

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Perhaps you could ask developers case by case to do github releases

what is difference between BPGetAllLinkedStructures and GetAllLinkedStructures?

Anyone know if there's a way for a plugin to get a list of mods loaded by the server. Obviously I could parse GUS.ini, or the mods directory, but I'd prefer a way to know what mods were definitely, successfully loaded by the server.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Anyone know if there's a way for a plugin to get a list of mods loaded by the server. Obviously I could parse GUS.ini, or the mods directory, but I'd prefer a way to know what mods were definitely, successfully loaded by the server.

I believe game mode had activemods field

bool IsModLoaded()
{
    FString LoadedMods;

    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetStringOption(&LoadedMods, "ServerSettings", "ActiveMods");

    TArray<FString> ModsArray;

    if (!LoadedMods.IsEmpty())
        LoadedMods.ParseIntoArray(ModsArray, L",", true);

    return ModsArray.Contains(L"1925654247");
}

11:41 AM

parsing ini is fine

11:42 AM

game caches the ini file so it's not like if the user changes it, you'll get a new list

how many of you store the plugin files in a ZIP vs a RAR? I noticed a couple plugins use RAR. Some uniformity would be nice

12:54 PM

@Pelayori i noticed yours are using RAR. Any chance you could swap to zip?

12:57 PM

i see 95% is using zip. So i will exclude all RAR downloads

AnotherMax

how many of you store the plugin files in a ZIP vs a RAR? I noticed a couple plugins use RAR. Some uniformity would be nice

For what purpose are you needing uniformity?

i'm adding a automated plugin manager to GSA

AnotherMax

i'm adding a automated plugin manager to GSA

Ok. I think it's a tough ask to request an entire community to confirm to your requirements when you're working on a commercial product. Perhaps GSA would consider contributing towards something the entire community can use in terms of a plugin manager? (edited)

well, there only seems to be 1 author using RAR

1:35 PM

like i said, 95% is zip

AnotherMax

well, there only seems to be 1 author using RAR

Sure, but you've made a number of requests that I can see. Don't get me wrong, I love GSA, but the fact that the API itself and many of the plugins are free and open source makes your requests regarding your very commercial product a little.... sensitive. What can GSA give back to the API community in return for their assistance?

GSA cant give anything back, because Ark server API has a partner already and there is no room for another. I wish there was

1:37 PM

but I think having a system that makes it easier for people to install plugins will take off a huge load support wise, from you guys

1:37 PM

so IMO its a win-win

It's not a win-win for the API community when GSA develops a closed-source commercial system. It's a win for you guys for sure. It adds an attractive feature to your commercial product.

im advertising your work?

1:40 PM

im making it easier for your customers to run their plugins. I dont see how that is not a win for all

1:40 PM

im even allowing you to advertise paid plugins, so you get more publicity... without charging you (edited)

1:41 PM

and for the record, i tried helping here. offering to act as a project manager on git. But there doesnt seem to be any interest. So what do you want me to do?

Again, no, you're making it easier for a very small percentage of server owners (your customers) to update their plugins, and you're doing it to sell more of your own product. I'm sure you've seen the discussion recently about the API community developing their own package management / repository system. Are you the expecting plugin authors to conform to two different systems, their own AND yours as well?

you do come off a little hostile. Im not sure why that is. Im just asking questions like anyone

Not hostile at all. Like I said, I love GSA as a product, and have done for a long time. I'm just asking you to consider your requests in terms of the entire open source API community, and consider how you might contribute something meaningful for the entire community instead of just GSA. Anyway, I'll shut up now. I'm sure others will disagree with me

literally everyone is using zip, except one... And my questions was: can you swap to zip. I tried helping you manage the core project management, and nobody responded.

‍♂️

1:52 PM

at least I am trying to help, compared to the server providers that already offer plugins.

Yeah I understand. There's a lot of patience required in that regard, and that has spawned multiple discussions about forking the API.

that, i can not do anything about. Other than offering my help here. And hope someone will take the lead and continue development. Thats what i warned for a couple months back.... It is also in my best interest to keep this project running

1:58 PM

anyway, my offer is still on the table. Its up to you people

@AnotherMax Do you have a place to upload files that can be added as part of my release pipeline?

i will make a special portal available where owners can manually add plugins and settings

2:06 PM

i have access to the Arkserverapi.com api, but that api does not allow me to download files for paid plugins. I reached out to Michidu to see if there is a way for my api keys to have access to all downloads. Since you guys all have a license system in place, people wont be able to use your plugins without a license. So, preferably I would use the arkserverapi.com api for all info, so you only need to upload the information in 1 place.

Ah, ok.

there still will be a manual override option. So you can set default configuration settings etc. To make it easier for people to install the plugin etc.

2:09 PM

if you want i can let you know when the update is released. Hopefully somewhere this week

Sure

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I have a questions about how plugins store data. Do you store any data in the plugin folder, that may need to be stored. For example with a backup?

AnotherMax

@Pelayori i noticed yours are using RAR. Any chance you could swap to zip?

Yes, I'll upload all versions as zip when I get the chance. Currently busy for this entire week most likely

no rush, thanks!

AnotherMax

I have a questions about how plugins store data. Do you store any data in the plugin folder, that may need to be stored. For example with a backup?

Plugins with data access generally use MySQL or SQLite so it is possible there are database files if using SQLite. (edited)

okido, thanks! (edited)

2:50 PM

im assuming this wouldnt be a lot of data. We're not talking about 100mb+, i think?

In generally I think the databases are very small.

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Would be interesting to see a plugin built around artifact bases. Make it so you can have only one base every X foundations, but if you put a module in, it applies an effect to the area around it. One module can make buildings tougher, a different one increase turret damage, maybe a third could give increased health regen...

Is this https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-permissions.12/ the Permissions plugin that comes with the base installation?

AnotherMax

literally everyone is using zip, except one... And my questions was: can you swap to zip. I tried helping you manage the core project management, and nobody responded.

‍♂️

Just use 7zip to extract the files

4:59 PM

Then it won’t matter between rar or zip

4:59 PM

I personally prefer 7z over rar and zip myself

i prefer using built-in Windows commands, so I dont have to rely on 3rd party software

AnotherMax

i prefer using built-in Windows commands, so I dont have to rely on 3rd party software

I mean you are a 3rd party software.

i try to minimise using 3rd party software to execute actions on a server. Less reliablities in general leads to a more stable solution

7z is fairly safe to rely on. Personally I only use the 7z format because it has better compression over zip. It’s a bonus that they support rar and zip too.

alright, well thanks for sharing your insights

You could tarball it

5:26 PM

But again, you’d need 7z on windows for that

AnotherMax

Is this https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-permissions.12/ the Permissions plugin that comes with the base installation?

It is the same plugin however the version released in the API zip is not correct but the permission plugin page has the current working version. There is a new version coming whenever @Foppa gets around to releasing it on the website which includes caching, tribe and timed permission support.

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@Lethal have you seen this?

5:53 PM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/cpp-and-winrt-apis/

C++/WinRT - UWP applications

C++/WinRT is an entirely standard modern C++17 language projection for Windows Runtime (WinRT) APIs, implemented as a header-file-based library.

5:53 PM

thanks @Lethal !

substitute

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/cpp-and-winrt-apis/

I haven't

It's out

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yaaaay new permissions

9:27 PM

awesome work everyone

i was gonna ask if someone had an update planned, to test the auto update. I guess i was lucky today

9:49 PM

is sqlite the default now?

AnotherMax

is sqlite the default now?

sqlite was always default for permissions

ah, perhaps the Permissions that shipped with the base was using mysql as default?

yes but ofc the connection info wouldn't be accurate unless you changed it, so it defaulted to sqlite

i was a little confused because earlier today i saw mysql as default. But i think that was with the old one

Foppa

It's out

Awesome! Thank you! Could you maybe make an @everyone announcement in #【📢】ᴀɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ to make sure everyone is aware? It's such an important release

ofc

is #deleted-channel the right channel to submit a feature request for the api core, and put a bounty on a PR? Say, € 100 for the person that submits the PR for X?

11:56 AM

also, is there a place I can suggest conventional guidelines? Should i post the list I made in a github issue?

oh no, after updating the api permissions 1.7 the servers are turned off, no crash

Guanarteme

oh no, after updating the api permissions 1.7 the servers are turned off, no crash

Do you have C++17?

4:33 PM

It might've been compiled against that.

4:33 PM

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0

Probably needs the VS2019 runtime files.

Lethal

Probably needs the VS2019 runtime files.

Was it compiled against vs19?

Ummm

6:55 PM

Ok. I download later

substitute

Do you have C++17?

I dont no

substitute

Was it compiled against vs19?

@Foppa compiled the release so he can say for sure but i'm pretty sure both @Kal and I were both using VS19.

yes

7:04 PM

@AnotherMax what PR? o.0

pull request

-.-

7:31 PM

i understand the term, i was asking what you were trying to bribe people to do

7:32 PM

but i appreciate being treated like an idiot

c++ 2015

7:52 PM

download C++2019??

sorry, my distribution is Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 redistributable (x64) - 14.28.29325

Kal

i understand the term, i was asking what you were trying to bribe people to do

it's not really a bribe, more of work?

8:27 PM

had no fan mounting brackets, let gravity do it's thing

8:27 PM

Yes it's 2019

I have returned to the permissions 1.6 and they do not turn off

https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

permissions 1.7 still gives me problems, the servers are turned off.

Install this on your server

ok

8:31 PM

it is the same one I have installed

8:32 PM

I have permission to upload the photo

Well, i don't have any issues on my end so far !

@Foppa yes I have repaired it and nothing

Kal

but i appreciate being treated like an idiot

i just assumed not everybody uses git. So, no need to take this personal. I dont see it as a bribe either

‍♂️ I dont understand the negativity. I cant code in C#, neither do i have the ambition. But i do experience an issue with the ark api, due to some missing functionality. So i offer money to anyone willing to help me. Which i think is more than fair if you ask someone to make something. My PR request would benefit all though. As i am interested in crash / stack trace logging to a file. So i dont see how this is negative in any way.. (edited)

AnotherMax

i just assumed not everybody uses git. So, no need to take this personal. I dont see it as a bribe either

‍♂️ I dont understand the negativity. I cant code in C#, neither do i have the ambition. But i do experience an issue with the ark api, due to some missing functionality. So i offer money to anyone willing to help me. Which i think is more than fair if you ask someone to make something. My PR request would benefit all though. As i am interested in crash / stack trace logging to a file. So i dont see how this is negative in any way.. (edited)

You mean server crash log? A .crashstack file is created on /Saved/Logs but I'm not sure if you want anything different

is that something that was added recently? From what i've seen so far, there are .dmp files generated in there. But my customers cant decipher. I also received reports from customers that some developers cant use a .dmp. They need crash stack logs. So, i am trying to find a solution to that problem. I tried catching the errors via docker, but it turns out to be harder than anticipated. Im not sure how it works in your coding language, but in the one i use, i use tools like Bugsnag. This is a great error logging tool. And it wors because exceptions are intercepted before the application cycles comes to a halt. I can't help but imagine there being a similar option available for the plugin framework.

@AnotherMax it depends on the crash

10:14 PM

some crashes generate a crashstack

10:14 PM

others don’t

10:14 PM

sometimes you don’t even get a .dmp file (edited)

AnotherMax

is that something that was added recently? From what i've seen so far, there are .dmp files generated in there. But my customers cant decipher. I also received reports from customers that some developers cant use a .dmp. They need crash stack logs. So, i am trying to find a solution to that problem. I tried catching the errors via docker, but it turns out to be harder than anticipated. Im not sure how it works in your coding language, but in the one i use, i use tools like Bugsnag. This is a great error logging tool. And it wors because exceptions are intercepted before the application cycles comes to a halt. I can't help but imagine there being a similar option available for the plugin framework.

2 things

basically, i'm looking for a solution that simplifies it for an example dummy ark admin. If they can just copy/paste some file and bring that a plugin developer, so they understand why it crashed: i'd be super happy

anyone can use a dmp, the developer needs to learn how to read a dmp

10:15 PM

second (edited)

substitute

anyone can use a dmp, the developer needs to learn how to read a dmp

i learned that it can be hard to learn people stuff they dont want to learn. So I would mostly prefer something people dont have to learn, but is kinda plain simple

add this arg to your servers

10:16 PM

-stackonexitrequest

10:16 PM

and you should get a stack in most cases

AnotherMax

i learned that it can be hard to learn people stuff they dont want to learn. So I would mostly prefer something people dont have to learn, but is kinda plain simple

A developer writing software at the C/C++ level needs to learn how to read a dmp

is that something that is handled inside the ark api? or is this a vanilla ark flag?

it's no different than learning how to use a debugger

AnotherMax

is that something that is handled inside the ark api? or is this a vanilla ark flag?

vanilla ark

in most cases when the server generates .dmp it also generates a crashstack

10:17 PM

ppl running the PluginCrashManager might not get crashstacks (edited)

so, keep in mind i know 0 about your language, i'm trying to make sure i understand. A dmp file would hold all info. I tried a microsoft dmg reader a while back (forgot the name). But i didnt see any logs. Are there tools you can link to, that enables a novice like me to understand what happened?

a dmp isn't a dmg

10:18 PM

and a dmp will contain all the crash info

sorry, i meant dmp. its a typo

related to the crash

10:18 PM

generally the same info in the dmp is also in the event viewer

10:18 PM

it's just a file that can be shared

what tools do you use to read the dmp, so you know exactly what happened?

for developers to use/read to fix their bug

10:19 PM

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

Blue screen of death (STOP error) information in dump files.

Displays information about blue screen crashes occured on your system. (MiniDump Reader)

10:19 PM

this program usually does an OK job

10:19 PM

you can also try Visual Studio

are there any tools that are easy? Say, for a non-techy?

not really

10:19 PM

dmp files are mostly for developers

10:19 PM

to investigate a crash with a debugger

a non techie doesn’t need to read the dumps

10:20 PM

just send it to the dev

yeah sure, but which dev do they need to send to if they have 10 plugins running

10:20 PM

they need to figure out which dev's plugin caused it

AnotherMax

yeah sure, but which dev do they need to send to if they have 10 plugins running

crashstack says plugin name

and -stackonexitrequest this would generate that, in most cases?

it should

alright!

not sure if that only enables while as an official server though

10:21 PM

you'd need to check

10:21 PM

some flags only do anything if the server is marked as official

if you don’t get crashstacks at all

10:21 PM

you most likely misconfigured something

can also check event viewer

well, i run game servers in docker

or possibly some plugin/mod interfering

just saying

so its a little more complicated

AnotherMax

well, i run game servers in docker

which Windows image

10:22 PM

for your containers

let me check

10:22 PM

mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809

10:22 PM

the full

10:25 PM

is there any chance -stackonexitrequest would cause issues? Like, i'm working with production environments here

It shouldn’t

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Yeah so good question that @AnotherMax brought up. How can we review crashes that are generated from Windows Dockers using his GameServerApp program? The .DMP files are useless for server owners who don't know the dev side of reading .DMPs. The goal would be making it more consumer friendly for server owners but how is that possible if windows dockers don't produce crashstacks when servers crash.

3:54 AM

A example .dmp https://bit.ly/3auEhvB https://bit.ly/3qymgSF https://bit.ly/2ZrOPFG (edited)

Ok...who didn't nullptr check in their code?

nullptr?

4:05 AM

Was sort of a joke since no plugin gets named and appears to be a null pointer error.

4:06 AM

But its ruined since I had to explain

It’s fairly easy to read that ngl

5:29 AM

That code is nullptr error code

5:29 AM

Can find It on Google

5:30 AM

You should get a more relevant crash stack

5:30 AM

Looks like someone didn’t ship symbols since you are getting UnkownFunction

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Looks like someone didn’t ship symbols since you are getting UnkownFunction

So, this gets us back to my previous point

12:06 PM

Is there anyone that is willing to help make a stacktrace logger to file? Because as above demonstrates: it doesnt help customers and neither does it help developers because they will all say “nope, not my plugin causing the crash”

12:07 PM

I hope you all understand this exact issue is what makes people look for alternatives, from plugins

12:08 PM

People dont like being told by everyone: i cant help you, go figure it out

12:08 PM

Simplify this if you want a broader adoption rate and stability in plugins.

AnotherMax

I hope you all understand this exact issue is what makes people look for alternatives, from plugins

you can’t magically tell what function it was if the plugin dev decided to not give you a .pdb file

1:25 PM

the .pdb file contains debug symbols

1:25 PM

if you don’t have it

1:25 PM

the crashstack will never say which function caused the crash

1:25 PM

but it will say the plugin name

ark already has a stacktrace.. that is the crashstacks^^

1:35 PM

if those don't work the system environment is the issue

WoolyPenguin

if those don't work the system environment is the issue

Yeah i understand that is and has been your opinion. I’m trying to find a work around. Perhaps you can share some info how to make sure its not the environment

WETBATMAN

you can’t magically tell what function it was if the plugin dev decided to not give you a .pdb file

I am trying to find a solution for people to determine who’s plugin caused the issue. Without having to search through dmp files. Most people dont understand

AnotherMax

I am trying to find a solution for people to determine who’s plugin caused the issue. Without having to search through dmp files. Most people dont understand

you’re trying to fix something that doesn’t need a fix

1:52 PM

if there is a crashstack

1:52 PM

it says what caused it

1:53 PM

if there is no crashstack

1:53 PM

that’s not something your average person can debug

1:56 PM

i hook UObject_Process event in HWIDBans

1:56 PM

a function that is called for every single bp graph (edited)

1:56 PM

this means that HWIDBans will show up in EVERY single crashstack on the server

1:56 PM

does that mean my plugin is ALWAYS the cause ?

Im just trying to find a more userfriendly solution to this technical problem. But i understand there isnt much you can/want to do about it

AnotherMax

Im just trying to find a more userfriendly solution to this technical problem. But i understand there isnt much you can/want to do about it

there isn't much to do about it, you can just read the crashstack

2:05 PM

it looks like this

2:05 PM

if you want to dumb it down for users

2:05 PM

just read the crashstack

2:05 PM

and tell the user what it was

2:05 PM

simple

2:05 PM

the very top line is always what was the last function and hence, what caused the crash

So what if the application doesnt prompt a crashstack. Where is it logged to? Can it be logged to a file?

AnotherMax

So what if the application doesnt prompt a crashstack. Where is it logged to? Can it be logged to a file?

then there is no crashstack

2:25 PM

there are many ways a server can close

2:26 PM

crash in another thread doesn’t give a crashstack

2:26 PM

sometimes the server can just exit and also not generate a crashstack

2:27 PM

if you’re sure it’s not something with your environment then possibly the particular crash you’re having doesn’t generate a crashstack

2:27 PM

which happens very rarely

2:30 PM

it’s most likely your environment, i’ve seen this with people that host with TcAdmin and such

2:30 PM

they never get a crashstack

Yes, and i do understand there are limitations. But in case where its possible to log, i would like something like that. And i’m willing to contribute financially if someone is willing to spent time on that

AnotherMax

Yes, and i do understand there are limitations. But in case where its possible to log, i would like something like that. And i’m willing to contribute financially if someone is willing to spent time on that

when it's possible to log, it will create a crashstack, i've mentioned this multiple times before

3:17 PM

BpLogger.zip

1.28 MB

3:17 PM

i have a blueprint function logger

3:17 PM

this isn't full stack as it doesn't show c++ functions but maybe it could help you (edited)

ark server and client by default create crashstack files. only thing i know preventing this is docker

3:44 PM

if it fails to get a stack trace, you cannot create a plugin to make a stack trace

So, can we catch the exception and write it to a file instead?

that wouldn't help

3:45 PM

if ark fails to get a stack trace, you will not be able to either

3:45 PM

hence a generic exception tells you nothing about what did it (edited)

3:46 PM

I would look at what can be done with the environment it runs in

WoolyPenguin

I would look at what can be done with the environment it runs in

I spend quite some time on that, without much luck. I talked to a couple developers that work for governments that use the same language as you do. And they were surprised there was no logging implemented

that's where you're mistaken, this is implemented (edited)

3:48 PM

and in every other environment i know it works just as it's supposed to

Alright. Well if someone is willing to work with me to figure it out: name your price and send me a friend request

I'm sorry, I've never used docker

AnotherMax

Alright. Well if someone is willing to work with me to figure it out: name your price and send me a friend request

you're putting a band aid fix on a problem that's specific to your platform

3:49 PM

i'd say this is unacceptable for a paid service of this price

figuring out why wouldn't be a band aid

this is my opinion

3:49 PM

i mean a plugin stack tracer

3:50 PM

ofc figuring out what the issue is in those virtualized environments is a good fix

the issue seems to be that it cannot trace the stack tho (edited)

yup, TCAdmin has the same issue

I hope you do understand that the only way forward is via containerisation. So, it’s a matter of time before everyone has this problem.

that's a funny statement

3:51 PM

the way forward for things not focusing on performance maybe

WoolyPenguin

that's a funny statement

I know you’re not a fan. You mentioned that often. Check out the benchmark results and you’ll see you are wrong. Either way, if you dont want to help, thats fine

i have a detailed benchmark of docker

3:52 PM

and it looses everything from 5-15% of cpu

What kind of isolation are you talking about?

3:53 PM

Hyper-v isolation, sure. Process-isolation: no way

5-15% was an average

3:54 PM

you cannot add overhead and not loose performance

Im very interested to see your results

it's not mine

3:54 PM

i'll see if i can find

3:57 PM

I ran a lot of benchmarks using ark benchmark mods, and funny enough: there was no difference, or a very small decrease using hyper-v isolation. And even then, the future is still containerization. Look at all tools like kubernetes, lxc, docker, openstack etc etc

https://icpe.spec.org/icpe_proceedings/2017/companion/p11.pdf

3:57 PM

the future for some

3:59 PM

the reason people use docker has nothing to do with performance. it has to do with cutting costs for developers. not to create a better end product.

This is about docker on linux?

4:00 PM

Docker on windows is quite different

4:00 PM

Its also quite an old research. A lot has changed in 4 years

4:00 PM

Back then ark api wasnt even a think

yeah, it's not better today

WoolyPenguin

the reason people use docker has nothing to do with performance. it has to do with cutting costs for developers. not to create a better end product.

It’s about creating a environment that is constant

WoolyPenguin

yeah, it's not better today

Got info that confirms your claims? On windows?

I have quite a few connections in companies, and those that use docker use it to cut cost only.

4:01 PM

I don't get why you bother trying to say overhead is non existent (edited)

Well, i want to invite you to use ARK benchmark mods and test to see if you can proof me wrong. Or build a benchmark tool that we can run to measure performance loss. Proof me wrong and i give you € 100

4:04 PM

Please do use windows, and test hyper-v and process isolation

you're talking about a game that uses 100% of a cpu core at times...

I ran tests, comparing with running on asm. No difference

there's no point

4:04 PM

try that with 100 players

We do

4:06 PM

Microsoft made a great implementation, which works very decent nowadays

4:11 PM

4:14 PM

These benchmarks test the cpu, memory & disk

There’s always going to be overhead when using a virtualization platform

5:37 PM

But in this case it could be negligible on modern processors (edited)

AnotherMax

I hope you do understand that the only way forward is via containerisation. So, it’s a matter of time before everyone has this problem.

As for this

5:38 PM

It depends

5:39 PM

Some things also just don’t work in docker properly yet , so I only see it for the more general use applications or applications designed for containerization.

5:40 PM

I don’t have this problem as I run the servers in a VM instead of a container as my base OS is Linux

I prefer not using VM’s. That does have a lot more overhead compared to containers that run without any virtualization. Perhaps also negligible.

5:43 PM

Anyway, i came to the conclusion that although there seems to be possibilities, there isnt anyone interested in helpen. Perhaps because they dont understand my perspective

‍♂️ i’ll look for a developer somewhere else that can

AnotherMax

Anyway, i came to the conclusion that although there seems to be possibilities, there isnt anyone interested in helpen. Perhaps because they dont understand my perspective

‍♂️ i’ll look for a developer somewhere else that can

what you're looking for is a dev you can pay to help debug your issues when they happen... you can't expect to run some enterprise or community-scale server with a bunch of third party libraries and expect there to be an easy solution when things go wrong... The easiest solution is to be hyper sensitive to any plugin updates and not blindly update plugins when one update could break another of the several plugins you have. It's not that nobody wants to help, it's that nobody here is a unicorn that can give you everything you're asking for without you ponying up a lot more than $100.

AnotherMax

Anyway, i came to the conclusion that although there seems to be possibilities, there isnt anyone interested in helpen. Perhaps because they dont understand my perspective

‍♂️ i’ll look for a developer somewhere else that can

you're looking for someone that we can't provide you with, if your server instances are unable to generate crashstacks, there is an issue with your docker system, we cannot just magically make the game create a crashstack

6:18 PM

this is something that you have to fix in your implementation/system

6:18 PM

best of luck

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SublimeStyle

what you're looking for is a dev you can pay to help debug your issues when they happen... you can't expect to run some enterprise or community-scale server with a bunch of third party libraries and expect there to be an easy solution when things go wrong... The easiest solution is to be hyper sensitive to any plugin updates and not blindly update plugins when one update could break another of the several plugins you have. It's not that nobody wants to help, it's that nobody here is a unicorn that can give you everything you're asking for without you ponying up a lot more than $100.

just to make sure, my € 100 was an example. Name your price and i'm sure we can work it out

9:49 AM

hourly rate with time estimate is fine too

Lethal

Sure

it's been released

AnotherMax

it's been released

Any more details?

Lethal

Any more details?

what kind of info are you looking for? I posted quite some info in my discord. Didnt post here to prevent spam complaints

Oh, I hadn't joined the discord.

basically everything works out of the box. I setup an article with some guidelines to ensure all works fine. Mainly a couple conventions that i think were missing. https://help.gameserverapp.com/article/217-ark-server-api-developer-guidelines

12:29 PM

i tested with quite some of your plugins. I think most work out of the box

Ok, my plugins all follow that setup currently

then you dont have to do anything

Only issue was the paid plugins that you can't read.

i was able to fix that, with help from Michidu

I thought there was going to be a submit feature or something.

your plugins should be listed

oh ok

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12:34 PM

coming week i will add a little icon with the price info, if im able to pull that from the api

sexy screenshot there

feel free to hit me up if you want to run some tests. Im happy to supply you with a test server to test whether your plugins work

ok sounds good

12:38 PM

Can't rename myself on your discord but not a huge deal. I just try to keep it the same which is not my actual discord name.

hm, according to the settings it should allow you to do that

fixed

Nice Lmk if you have any issues with my plugins (edited)

4:23 PM

Now that several of us are standardizing on a license system we may even be able to make a simple way for you to allow them to pay us then create a license on our behalf Have you checked with mine, lethals, or foppas license key system if you get same or diff hwids per map/cluster? (edited)

Kal

Nice Lmk if you have any issues with my plugins (edited)

i'm redirecting people to devs, when the plugin is having issues.

I'm in the process of reuploading as zip and chaning some plugin titles in the site to comply with your system

sweet, appreciate it @Pelayori ! ❤️

5:10 PM

FYI, the plugin name can have spaces, but the folder inside the zip is converted to Camel Case (most here already use that approach). I inherited that approach and ensured all names will convert to camelcase and replace characters like + into plus

Yeah, mine just had some extra title, like GenderChanger had [Tokens & Permissions], so I'll just keep it the plugin name

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AnotherMax

just to make sure, my € 100 was an example. Name your price and i'm sure we can work it out

You seem like a nice person, and I like that you're building out another provider to support the API, but I personally just wouldn't have the time. It seems like people here are pretty willing to work with ya though to standardize things

I feel like having more providers helps everyone here. (edited)

SublimeStyle

You seem like a nice person, and I like that you're building out another provider to support the API, but I personally just wouldn't have the time. It seems like people here are pretty willing to work with ya though to standardize things

I feel like having more providers helps everyone here. (edited)

no worries, i understand. But if someone else is reading this and thinks "hey!", reach out!

AnotherMax

sweet, appreciate it @Pelayori ! ❤️

They are now pending approval, but some of mine were already in zip so let me know if any of mine is still wrong.

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Pelayori

They are now pending approval, but some of mine were already in zip so let me know if any of mine is still wrong.

Approved

Kal

Now that several of us are standardizing on a license system we may even be able to make a simple way for you to allow them to pay us then create a license on our behalf Have you checked with mine, lethals, or foppas license key system if you get same or diff hwids per map/cluster? (edited)

Good idea for developers to use. Bad idea for developers to protect their plugins.

6:17 PM

if it's standardized it's easy to break.

well, i think uMod is a great example. The people over there spend some time to seriously think about how to approach this. And i think they nailed it

No idea what uMod is.

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Good idea for developers to use. Bad idea for developers to protect their plugins.

my approach to this is that, if someone wants to crack your shit they will

6:30 PM

yes, and even with license systems. I've noticed some license system are using HTTP / HTTPS calls. Which isnt that hard to crack. So, i agree and think you better focus on content

ofc i don’t mean there shouldn’t be any protection

whats wrong with http calls actually?

Michidu

whats wrong with http calls actually?

easy to mitm and figure out the proper responses

easy is subjective, especially nowadays- this implies developer error in the first place

you can pretty much mitm everything try to figure out a proper response when it's encrypted (edited)

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in some cases it can be quite hard. But i often use a MITM attack with a web proxy to alter the response. Fairly easy and useful for debugging

some devs just don't care, there are ways to detect your debugger too

@AnotherMax I think you could specify some sort of character like [] for example, in where your system would just ignore what is inside the brackets/character so some folders don't end up being too long

good point, i can setup a regex to do that

9:05 PM

im not able to add that right now, but i will try to do that tomorrow morning

(edited)

Yeah no rush, just a suggestion

(edited)

good suggestion though

Because as far as I can think, arkshop would end up like ShopCurrency&Kits or something like that

9:06 PM

Unless it's specifically handled

yeah, im not sure if there is an option for @Michidu, but maybe the website supports custom fields. So you can specify the map name in that field. I can make the API look for that field and then you can just set it to whatever you feel like

9:08 PM

i've added it to my todo list!

Awesome

Hi, does anyone know if this api works AdminsPermissions

1:51 AM

I just got it to work /cheat fly and /cheat walk

1:52 AM

I want to give permission to the moderators

Lethal

Anyone using the built in CURL? I frequently get the first POST requests in the callback function with this.

success: 1
response: {"message": "400: Bad Request", "code": 0}

i know this is an old one, i notice if the json is too large i get 400: Bad Request, and what I've noticed is once the json gets above the 1300-1500 character size it looks like its being compressed. I created i php end point to capture what the plugin is sending and after so many characters even with all the correct headers, the issue persists and garbage comes out, sometimes its only partially compressed. I see you said you used postman, but that has built in decomp and stuff. did you ever figure it out?

I switched to use the UE4 commands

5:41 AM

AShooterGameState* ShooterGameState = static_cast<AShooterGameState*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameStateField());
ShooterGameState->HTTPPostRequest(URL, CONTENT);

Well.. shit xD Thanks man

5:43 AM

considering i've used that in a mod, i never thought to use it in plugins.. smh

Lethal

I switched to use the UE4 commands

i assume you hooked the HTTPPostResponse?

Nah, I don't need it for what i'm doing

ahh, but thanks anyway man, i would of ended up trying to implement a http lib otherwise Legend

5:53 AM

using the curl methods

5:53 AM

the HTTPPostRequest

5:54 AM

lol

i’m implementing POCO http requests into api atm (edited)

11:04 AM

i will make a pr when i’m done

AaronBasques

using the curl methods

Gzip compressed ? Whats in thw header

I ran into a lot of difficulty with third party networking libs. There are some very old libraries that are built into the api itself (in spdlog) that are also commonly used in networking libraries. It was difficult to work around. (edited)

https://github.com/WETBATMAN/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Private/Tools/Requests.cpp

WETBATMAN/ARK-Server-API

Server plugins support for ARK. Contribute to WETBATMAN/ARK-Server-API development by creating an account on GitHub.

2:35 PM

well mine works

2:35 PM

but not yet fully finished

Frost®

Gzip compressed ? Whats in thw header

yeah that's what i'm thinking, even with encoding headers explicitly set it was still compressing what was being sent to discord, i'm just happy its working with ARK's methods.

hello all!

i Wonder, when you have tebex as a discord, bot and do !tebex:claim, i guess that if you make a plugin with a discord bot, then it would be the same as tebex, or maybe i can manipulate it to if someone buys from tebex can do in discord channel ?claim STEAM_ID64 but i dont know if it require a plugin on the server too?. sry bad english. just a reminder i know how to make a bot, like i have alot of knowledge in javascript and node.js so is easy for me to make discord bot. (edited)

9:26 PM

So basically the question is, if i make a plugin and do something like that connects it to the discord with the tebex, and people do ?redeem STEAM_ID64 (edited)

9:26 PM

would that work ?

Hello, it's my first message on this discord. I want to know if there is some documentation for the ark-api-server (to clearly know what it's possible to do) ? I also would know if there is no way to put it UP on linux Server (no wip project ?), i really want to invest my self but i want to keep a Linux server. I don't clearly see what are boundaries between proprietary ark-server source code and user source code.

Tookie

Hello, it's my first message on this discord. I want to know if there is some documentation for the ark-api-server (to clearly know what it's possible to do) ? I also would know if there is no way to put it UP on linux Server (no wip project ?), i really want to invest my self but i want to keep a Linux server. I don't clearly see what are boundaries between proprietary ark-server source code and user source code.

Not possible on Linux at this time

Anyone know if it is possible to dynamically scale a dino's size when not set as a baby?

Lethal

Anyone know if it is possible to dynamically scale a dino's size when not set as a baby?

Yes and no. You can, but it's buggy to do so. I think physical size is one of those things that doesn't replicate properly, since it's not usually changed. Sometimes some other events do cause it to replicate, but its not reliable, and causes all kinds of other issues. I've seen some mods do it, but it never works properly, and they have to make sure they manually do their own replication, which we obviously can't do with the server-side-only API.

Gotcha, thanks for the info. (edited)

Lethal, i had thought of something very similar to scale players to be super tiny or super huge xD

4:18 PM

Player size probably is replicated a little more reliably

4:18 PM

since each player can be different

Has anyone been able to automate PayPal payments and shop, currency and kits? Looking to automate my donations, turning them into shop points

8:22 PM

I use tebex for that

The heck

8:23 PM

I’ll have to google it

8:24 PM

Interesting!

8:24 PM

Any fees?

8:26 PM

So from Tebex, what discord bot do you use to run the Rcon command?

Only paypal fees if you use paypal directly, but they have a pretty good tebex checkout with 60+ payment methods, for which you have to apply and they charge you with 5% + gateway (ex. paypal) fee

8:26 PM

They have a plugin, check their web out https://www.tebex.io/

Monetize Your Game Server - Tebex

Fund your game server costs with Tebex. The leading payment plugin for Minecraft, Rust, ARK, GTA V and more.

Your a genius

They also provide you with a free webstore

‍♂️

And for arkshop, you just need to add a command on the package, like 'addpoints {id} amount'

8:30 PM

{id} is a placeholder for steamid

8:30 PM

{ue4id} is for player id (ingame)

@Pelayori So the players will have to know their steam ID when they go to donate?

They would need to sign in with steam.

(Using OAuth)

I'm really happy with it, and yes steam sign-in is secured

Foppa uses DonoHook to allow people to donate in discord for timed roles then used my chats permission sync for ingame permissions

1:19 AM

works pretty well end to end

1:21 AM

sorry, correction donohook gives a permanent role i helped write a separate discord bot/plugin that then PMs them a code to use ingame to claim a timedPermission (edited)

1:23 AM

Umm interesant

So if there are two plugins that both hook the same function, which one goes first? Is it based on load order?

Last loaded plugin gets the final say but it depends on the type of hook and how the hook was written as well.

Usually alphabetical order. But the logic depens on as Lethal says

Which are the things to look out for compatibility among various hooks of the same functions?

Pelayori

Which are the things to look out for compatibility among various hooks of the same functions?

not much, just keep in mind that if you don't return original you stop the execution chain

I have concerns about getting the ret value from the original, and then returning that or another value I need. I think that breaks some compatibility from what I've seen (edited)

Pelayori

I have concerns about getting the ret value from the original, and then returning that or another value I need. I think that breaks some compatibility from what I've seen (edited)

if another plugin does the same, original would be called twice

Hiiii!! Can someone tell me where i can found a proper tutorial for making plugins? havent found any x.x found one for preparing the Visual Studio for start but nothing about programming the actual plugin or the documentations or sintaxis or anything, and the tutorial channel here its gone and the wiki doesnt exist x.x wanna make plugins but dont now how QwQ

Amarok47

Hiiii!! Can someone tell me where i can found a proper tutorial for making plugins? havent found any x.x found one for preparing the Visual Studio for start but nothing about programming the actual plugin or the documentations or sintaxis or anything, and the tutorial channel here its gone and the wiki doesnt exist x.x wanna make plugins but dont now how QwQ

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

https://discord.gg/WuVhV2hF

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

thanks!! at home ill see it better, but there isnt a documentation for know all the things i can do or use? commands and limitation or so?

@Amarok47 Do you mean like a documentation?

yeah @Azael a documentation, like unity that has its documentation to know all variables or commands and so, because without a documentation for this its difficult to know what i can or cant do with the plugin x.x

I'm searching the same as you

5:38 PM

a documentation with the functions or things like that

it would be nice if theres one somewhere, the only thing i can think right now its see the code of many existing plugins to see how the do the things and that way to some king of reverse engineering on them

There is no central documentation (edited)

and theres a way to know what we can do with a plugin and how to do it?

Amarok47

and theres a way to know what we can do with a plugin and how to do it?

you can modify anything that runs on the server and is replicated to the client

5:58 PM

for implementation you can check open source plugins

can have examples? UI its included there?

you cannot do anything related to UI's with a plugin

so only can do things with World, Structures, Items, Player, Dinos and Chat(?

Amarok47

so only can do things with World, Structures, Items, Player, Dinos and Chat(?

theoretically, you could do a lot, but some of that might have to be the plugin communicating with a devkit mod (like for UIs as @WETBATMAN mentioned) (edited)

for know i cant use DevKit because download sooo slow on the epic launcher + my internet and has a really big size x.x only can work with plugins for now

6:04 PM

i was wondering, can i make buy/sell or shop system like the Glory Coins mods? where people can sell his own objects and dinos? i know theres a ArkShop or so, but i want to make something more like Glory Coins, let players sell directly or put shops

just add those coins to the ArkShop config then ?

but arkshop its simple, players cant make shops or sell directly xD i want something more complex

I was thinking in a plugin about moderation with the chat, mutes from the chat voted by the players, this type of functions

@Pelayori so tebex has amazing features thanks for the idea! However it seems like everyone online cant get it to actually add points for the API(Shop, currency and kits)

6:09 AM

RIP..

6:10 AM

ive tried RCON, the tebex API and to afraid to try mysql

You just need to add a rcon/console command (I prefer rcon if you have arkshop with MySQL) and then select just 1 server tht will execute addpoints {Id} 5000

@CaptainPeeples

Yeah it seems you might be the only one that has that working haha.

1:51 PM

I got it working but had to use MySQL

I use the the Ark Server Manager, it has a integrated rcon console

6:48 PM

it works just fine to add coins

Hey @Foppa , quick question. Should the Permissions plugin auto-create the tables in the configured DB or is that something people need to do manually?

Yes it should

8:55 PM

you shouldn't be needed to do any thing with the database (edited)

9:17 PM

one last question @Foppa The new config.json has new fields for the individual tables. If those fields arent present, will it fallback to some default value?

yes

9:30 PM

They are optional as mentioned i hoped in the description

awesome, thanks Foppa!

Hi @Foppa and everyone. I have a problem with the plugin StructureLimit. Sometimes when a player (with 0 structures) try to join a tribe with probably the limit of some structure the pluggin throw an error. The error is this one "InvitingTribeFail". I saw this error a lot of times and I don't know if I have a problem on my configuration or it's a bug. I send you my config.json

10:51 PM

I send you the config.json by PM

New Ark Update has bad pdb I guess.

Lethal

New Ark Update has bad pdb I guess.

same issue as this? https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040774378291341/816165046987784212

Can't view that link

5:32 AM

UEngine.Init fails to hook

5:34 AM

Pretty sure its just a mismatched pdb.

yeah that link jumps to beginners #【🚫】ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ-ʙᴜɢꜱ-ʙ , guess you were never a beginner

same issue yeah

Ah, I wasn't opt'd into any of those channels

5:39 AM

Been missing a lot of chat it seems

@Michidu @Foppa @GSH | MrOwlSky sorry for ping guys but wc released patch completely breaking the api. pinging you guys so your aware.

on load, it is giving the error: 03/02/21 01:58 [API][error] Failed to create hook for UEngine.Init

yep

6:01 AM

turn it off until a fix comes

Nice, WC breaking mods/plugins again fun stuff. Thanks for the update

WC is working on fix it now.

6:45 AM

6:47 AM

Update is now live. My dev server just booted

Oh oh oh,Seems to have rolled back a version

9:20 AM

WC has recognized the influence of Michidu's masterpiece.

Pelayori

@AnotherMax I think you could specify some sort of character like [] for example, in where your system would just ignore what is inside the brackets/character so some folders don't end up being too long

Just a FYI, so others can read as well. This has been added. Guidelines are updated too. Plugin names on arkserverapi.com can now use [bla bla], where [bla bla] is left out at GSA. This should make it easier to add tags / info to your plugin name and be compatible with guidelines

Thanks for the suggestion Pelayori!

1

AnotherMax

I know you’re not a fan. You mentioned that often. Check out the benchmark results and you’ll see you are wrong. Either way, if you dont want to help, thats fine

can you point me to the benchmark results ?

sure, you can find all in the #benchmark channel in the Game Server Owner discord https://discord.gg/QemJ5JFE

1

Is there a way to tell if a character is currently underwater? when fully submerged and they are using their oxygen stat?

maybe APrimalCharacter WaterSubmergedDepthThreshold; ?

APrimalCharacter::IsSubmerged (edited)

1

1

AnotherMax

sure, you can find all in the #benchmark channel in the Game Server Owner discord https://discord.gg/QemJ5JFE

do you happen to have a valid invite to that discord?

AaronBasques

do you happen to have a valid invite to that discord?

AnotherMax

https://discord.gg/WuVhV2hF

Thank you

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@Michidu maybe one day we can have pre and post hooks using a look up table

7:05 PM

This works for being an intermediate unknown signature jumping post

7:05 PM

#include <iostream>
#define WIN32_LEANANDMEAN
#include <Windows.h>
#include <detours.h>

void asdf(int a, char b, int c)
{
    printf("%d %c %d\n", a, b, c);
}

auto duh = &asdf;

void resolver()
{
    printf("this is the hooked function\n");
}

__declspec(naked) void intermediate()
{
    __asm {
        pushad
        pushfd
    }
    resolver();
    
    __asm {
        popfd
        popad
        jmp duh
    }

}

int main()
{
    asdf(420, 'f', 69);
    DetourTransactionBegin();
    DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    DetourAttach(&(PVOID&)duh, intermediate);
    DetourTransactionCommit();
    asdf(420, 'f', 69);
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
}

7:05 PM

not as easy.. in x64 we don't have inline asm and pushad/pushdf (which is not big issue actually) but how we gonna call correct hooks?

Michidu

not as easy.. in x64 we don't have inline asm and pushad/pushdf (which is not big issue actually) but how we gonna call correct hooks?

Macro to build the trampoline

7:29 PM

Big problem now is post hook, can not use jmp, call works with enter and leave but args are offset by one register since the return address is pushed

7:30 PM

I tried to hack it with just add esp, 8 but then I never return (loop) potato_sweats

7:31 PM

Hm perhaps if it is easy to find the return address from inside the trampoline

in x64 we would use registers for args (mostly) however i still don't see how you wanna call other hooks in automatically generated hook

You insert this as the trampoline with a prefix that finds the vector of callbacks and runs those callbacks

7:33 PM

Then calls the original

7:33 PM

Then does the same process for post execute callbacks

7:34 PM

Since we find hooks by text name that can be used as the key for an unordered map of callbacks

7:34 PM

And just make it a const in the generated trampoline

7:35 PM

This can probably be done though with disregard to registers, since we need to declare the types right now, we could templatize this instead

7:36 PM

I already have a templated smart container for function hooking @Michidu

7:36 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/useful-cpp/blob/main/hookableFunction.h

SubstituteR/useful-cpp

Various classes/headers I've written that I find useful. - SubstituteR/useful-cpp

7:36 PM

So could be adapted for general use

i see.. it can be solved if we generate different general hooks for each functions hook body should be written in assembly completely

Yep and eh maybe

7:43 PM

A majority of it at least

7:44 PM

But accessing the stl container might be aids from assembly

7:45 PM

Since we won’t know the stack size of args (for like copy struct) perhaps the definition can precompute that at compile time from the type args

7:45 PM

It’s possible but a little weird

should be a way to make our general hook not change stack/registers i will think about it

7:50 PM

might use raw arrays instead of stl (edited)

Then new hook add/remove will be slow

7:51 PM

The map is just for key:vector

7:51 PM

So in the trampoline you can have like

7:52 PM

Const name = “123” Const callbacks = manager[name] for callback : callbacks callback();

yes it should be like this except the fact that registers/stack should be reverted before each callback call

7:55 PM

can probably use templates somehow and precompute func signature at compile time as you said.. but i don't think it's very reliable

Q: there seems to be a long standing known bug with s+ turrets still powered and shooting even when the nearby generators runs out of fuel.. It's been reported a few times now on my server. I'm wondering..is there a api/plugin fix for this? Probably not, but i'm just throwing this out there and maybe one of you Ninja's will point me in the right direction

@Michidu just needs translate to x64 (edited)

11:42 PM

__declspec(naked) void memes()
{
    __asm {
        pushad
        pushfd
    }
    printf("This executes before the function call\n");
    __asm {
        popfd
        popad
        mov original, ebp
        pop ebp
        call duh
    }
    printf("This executes after the function call\n");
    __asm {
        push ebp
        mov ebp, original
        ret
    }

}

11:43 PM

substitute

__declspec(naked) void memes()
{
    __asm {
        pushad
        pushfd
    }
    printf("This executes before the function call\n");
    __asm {
        popfd
        popad
        mov original, ebp
        pop ebp
        call duh
    }
    printf("This executes after the function call\n");
    __asm {
        push ebp
        mov ebp, original
        ret
    }

}

did you try to add arguments and call multiple functions?

Michidu

did you try to add arguments and call multiple functions?

Yea, it can work

10:05 AM

You can even do some bullshit

10:05 AM

This calls two function

10:05 AM

void memes()
{
    __asm {
        leave //fuck this stack
        pushfd //don't fuck this stack
        pushad
    }
    int j = 10;
    void* ret = 0;
    for(int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
    {
        __asm {
            popad //let's GOO
            popfd
            mov original, ebp
            pop ebp
            call next //prehook
            call duh
            push ebp
            mov ebp, original
            pushfd
            pushad
        }
    }

    printf("This executes after the function call : %d\n", j);
    __asm {
        popad
        popfd
        ret
    }
}

10:06 AM

It also has a stack that is independent

10:07 AM

Big problem now is stack memory is gone when call since need to restore stack for call

10:07 AM

Maybe we can write literal .data with hardcode global address as needed

10:08 AM

Or perhaps can use relative addressing, but this is also prone to issues as we don’t setup the stack from the C side. Maybe we can manually build some stack for holding this data and can use a relative address. (edited)

@substitute Do you know if it is possible to block/intercept a call to a BP Function?

yes, you can hook either UObject_ProcessEvent or UFunction_Invoke

10:24 PM

@Lethal

10:24 PM

you can get the name from UFunction

Lethal

@substitute Do you know if it is possible to block/intercept a call to a BP Function?

hook ProcessEvent and compare the UFunction->Name

10:44 PM

if it isn't the one you want to block , forward to the original process event

10:45 PM

otherwise just don't run it

thanks guys i'll give that a try

I started working on this and got far enough to start filtering UFunctions but would get random hard crashes. The S+ dev put out a patch to allow turning off a feature via INI that was causing some issues with my Item+ plugin so I stopped working on this. (edited)

Hello guys

10:51 AM

Is 3.4 the latest release

10:51 AM

My servers have become a bit unstable recently and im sure its probably because i have not updated the API since mid last year

Is there a way I can hook into the mindwipe? I want to make the possibility where you can mindwipe per day or a set duration.

I would assume there's a call to consume an item somewhere. You'd have to filter down the item consumed for mindwipe

1:50 PM

Consume item or use inventory item. I'm at work and can't look at the moment

@XeLaD The 3.4 version has no problems. I am running a server with that version. Would you like to check if there is a problem with the plugins you are using?

Q: Is there a hook for when a character levels up? (eg.. hit's the + button)

Several

7:02 PM

But that's quite complicated

7:03 PM

You have to try your way to find the hook that fits your needs

jraServerAPI

Q: Is there a hook for when a character levels up? (eg.. hit's the + button)

Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestLevelUp_Implementation

7:10 PM

this triggers for both dino and player

Thank you friends, I will research this! Also, is the Server API Hooker Creator app broken? or is it just me..

jraServerAPI

Thank you friends, I will research this! Also, is the Server API Hooker Creator app broken? or is it just me..

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/799988396964970497

7:22 PM

I made a fix, ownprox said he would be checking it out but he might haven't had time yet

Awesome! tytytytyty!

WETBATMAN

Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestLevelUp_Implementation

Thank you sir! I tried my best to try and figure it out, but I'm not having any success... Do you know how I can determine if it's a character or dino that is being leveled up here? Or just give me a hint

APrimalCharacter* Character;

if(Character->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())){
  // Is a player
}

if (Character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())){
  // Is a dino
}

9:31 AM

but i'll have to get the Character of the one that's being leveled up

void Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestLevelUp_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* forStatusComp, EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::Type ValueType)
{
    if (AActor* Owner = forStatusComp->GetOwner();
        Owner && Owner->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
    {
        AShooterCharacter* Char = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(Owner);
    }

    AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestLevelUp_Implementation_original(_this, forStatusComp, ValueType);
}

1:07 PM

@jraServerAPI add your code inside the if statement

wow, so the hint would have been "UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent forStatusComp"... And I was focused on the "AShooterPlayerController _this" the whole time... son of a...

‍♂️ Thank you again.. I'm trying my best to figure this out on my own before bothering you guru's, but failing hahahaha

i am making a few changes on the ArkShop, just for my cluster, would it be considered a dick move to release and charge for this version of ArkShop?

Wouldn't just be for your cluster if you are selling it.

While the MIT license allows for you to do that i'm not a fan of taking the entire open source plugin adding a couple functions then charging for it but that's just me. Adding changes to the original code through a PR would be the preferred method imo.

1

Send a PR To the official instead if you like

7:18 PM

There is already two that makes my work quite a hazel sometimes. (edited)

and what is a PR?

Uaca

and what is a PR?

https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests

About pull requests - GitHub Docs

Pull requests let you tell others about changes you've pushed to a branch in a repository on GitHub. Once a pull request is opened, you can discuss and review the potential changes with collaborators and add follow-up commits before your changes are merged into the base branch.

i see. it would be nice to be able to make plugins of plugins

since it is considered a dick move, no charging. What is did so far is add option to choose gender, will also add option to imprint to player

9:39 PM

and will look into the PR stuff.

1

Can ark be programmed in Visual Studio Code?

Yes, the API/Plugins stuff is VS C++

<3333

3:38 PM

Thx

can i get 1.6 version permissions

nais

Is there anyway we can do cSharp code instead of C++ ?

SolaoBajiuik

Is there anyway we can do cSharp code instead of C++ ?

it would be nice, but no.

Darn. I haven't touched c++ in almost 20 years. Can't even get the darned plugins to work. Says loaded, no errors, but does nothing. I'll keep pkking it.

SolaoBajiuik

Darn. I haven't touched c++ in almost 20 years. Can't even get the darned plugins to work. Says loaded, no errors, but does nothing. I'll keep pkking it.

yeah, it is the same for me, had to relearn C++

Hello, Im new here, Im a C++ developer, Ive played Ark for more than a year now and really loved it, now looking to maybe do some plugins for the game, or idk something cool/fun.

3

1

Who knows Visual Studio 2019, I can pay

3:27 PM

Who knows Visual Studio 2019, I can pay and develop the same plug-in

hello, can someone explain to me how to make plugins work with MySQL ? I followed video and tutorial but I never managed to make them work, it always tells me that it cannot connect to the database. if anyone would have a better explained video than this i would be interested because for me it doesn't work. thank you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4SvklUWmRs

Nyckeel

hello, can someone explain to me how to make plugins work with MySQL ? I followed video and tutorial but I never managed to make them work, it always tells me that it cannot connect to the database. if anyone would have a better explained video than this i would be interested because for me it doesn't work. thank you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4SvklUWmRs

Hi, how do you host your game server? what db did you install on your machine? Can you confirm through a mysql client that the mysql server works and your credentials are correct? Are you using the same credentials in your configs?

AnotherMax

Hi, how do you host your game server? what db did you install on your machine? Can you confirm through a mysql client that the mysql server works and your credentials are correct? Are you using the same credentials in your configs?

I host the game and mysql on a local personal machine. then for everything else, I understood nothing.

Nyckeel

I host the game and mysql on a local personal machine. then for everything else, I understood nothing.

when installing mysql did you specifically select legacy authentication mode?

6:56 PM

did you create another user for your plugins after?

WETBATMAN

when installing mysql did you specifically select legacy authentication mode?

yes I have selected legacy authentication method. I have the main root account and I created another 'plugindb' account for the plugins. either way I did exactly what is shown in the video. I created a diagram, gave the permissions to access plugindb but nothing happens with the plugin, none can connect to the database. that's why if someone can tell me if there is any information missing in the video, I would be delighted to know them because I am not out of it, I am almost tearing my hair out of my head ^^'

when you create a new user it defaults to newer auth type thus disabling the legacy auth for you new user

7:04 PM

try to connect with root to check

I had already tried also with root but without success, I will try again but I don't think that will change anything

7:10 PM

I just tried and it doesn't work ^^'

I'm going crazy, I don't understand anything about Mysql, I'm about to break everything, I've been trying to make this work for months and I can't find anyone to help me (edited)

Nyckeel

I'm going crazy, I don't understand anything about Mysql, I'm about to break everything, I've been trying to make this work for months and I can't find anyone to help me (edited)

First of all, can you access your user account on the mysql server (without plugin connection)

7:22 PM

I just reinstalled mysql 2 days ago, took me 10 minutes to get all connected again

Pelayori

First of all, can you access your user account on the mysql server (without plugin connection)

how can i check this ?

Download any app that lets you connect to mysql

7:23 PM

Mysql workbench, navicat, heidisql...

7:24 PM

Did you change the mysql port for any reason or is it default?

Mysql is installed locally, on the same machine as my ark servers no port has been changed

Nyckeel

Mysql is installed locally, on the same machine as my ark servers no port has been changed

Try accessing mysql there, if you can access your user then it should be fine

7:26 PM

I mean, access it with an external app/cmd

if you have legacy auth then either the server itself is not reachable or you did not install the c++ 64bit connector

Nyckeel

Mysql is installed locally, on the same machine as my ark servers no port has been changed

2:17 AM

1. Make sure the port is open/active for the port you used for MySQL. If the port isn't open or active then no plugin can connect remotely into the database. 2. Make sure configuration file matches exact details from user accounts. Common user error is having a configuration problem restricting remote connection. Huge reason we use "PluginDB" user account instead of root account is because of security concerns and default root account doesn't allow % for outside remote connections it only allows "Localhost" connections. This becomes a problem when owners use VPS to host discord bots and mysql database, while hosting ark servers on different machines same thing happens to using custom DDOS protection when modifying the domains and IPs. 3. Some plugin configuration files don't allow Localhost for IP section in config. It doesn't hurt to use the main IPv4 address when possible as not every plugin configuration file supports LocalHost for 127.0.0.1 mainly issues with reverse proxies for ddos protection setups and such. This can also effect web host like Nitrado/G-Portal aswell. Notes:

Root account by default blocks % which can restrict usage if servers are on other machines outside of localhost.
Try to restrict usage of ROOT for plugins for security measures. Root accounts of anything is the last account you would want attacked from outside sources.
The tutorial video you linked is one I uploaded, that tutorial video is still currently up to date on how things work to setup MySQL. Just use the latest version the launcher installer gives you.
The screenshot above is for making sure the PluginDB account you created has the right permissions when creating new database schema's and altering the current database schema's. This tends to resolve some errors later down the road when plugin configuration requires certain altering table functions and being restricted by the user account not having the proper permissions.

(edited)

Nyckeel

Mysql is installed locally, on the same machine as my ark servers no port has been changed

Ideally try to avoid using custom ports when setting up a MySQL database. Try to stick with the default port of 3306 alot of times server owners will change this setting when installing the MySQL database and workbench but forget to remotely open the port via port forwarding and firewall. 3306 is the easiest method for admins when first installing MySQL. Alot of times when you have fail to connect errors it's a result of a port being closed and not fully opened. Many other factors can prevent failed connections but having a closed port tends to be the problem 90% of the time for beginners.

GSH | MrOwlSky

Ideally try to avoid using custom ports when setting up a MySQL database. Try to stick with the default port of 3306 alot of times server owners will change this setting when installing the MySQL database and workbench but forget to remotely open the port via port forwarding and firewall. 3306 is the easiest method for admins when first installing MySQL. Alot of times when you have fail to connect errors it's a result of a port being closed and not fully opened. Many other factors can prevent failed connections but having a closed port tends to be the problem 90% of the time for beginners.

thanks for all your explanations, @Pelayori took the time to help me solve the problems by mp yesterday and i appreciate it. I take note at any time of all your explanations in case I happen to have a new problem

thank you

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so today my server seems to be randomly crashing...not sure why we havent really done anything. is there any 'crashlogs' to help determine the cause somewhere?

NeO_Anderson

so today my server seems to be randomly crashing...not sure why we havent really done anything. is there any 'crashlogs' to help determine the cause somewhere?

Ark generates .crashstack files in /Saved/Logs

9:35 PM

*Most of the times

hmm sadly nothing fortoday =\

You could also check windows event viewer

ahh okay ill tr that

Can anyone tell me which hooks are involved in spawning a dino?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Can anyone tell me which hooks are involved in spawning a dino?

I mean obviously there's SpawnActor, but I was wondering if there's any more specific functions involved for dinos.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I mean obviously there's SpawnActor, but I was wondering if there's any more specific functions involved for dinos.

There is a static SpawnDino in primal dino character and spawn from dino data

you mean for spawning a new dino or just whenever existing dinos appear

12:22 PM

APrimalDinoCharacter has BeginPlay which triggers for any time the dino appears into the map

GetAimedActor Isn't it different from before?

Is there any plugin that I can get the id epi games from discord?

DEX

Is there any plugin that I can get the id epi games from discord?

Wooly has a really great plugin that logs all that into discord. Not sure if he included the EPIC ids support into it or not. Wouldn't hurt reaching out and asking him directly.

thank you, I'll see with him

GSH | MrOwlSky

Wooly has a really great plugin that logs all that into discord. Not sure if he included the EPIC ids support into it or not. Wouldn't hurt reaching out and asking him directly.

should "just work"

10:13 PM

if the plugin uses the generic unique ID that is used for both

Hello good day. I have a doubt, is there any way to remotely turn on the servers when one is shut down without restarting Windows. I do not know what is happening that I have it automated when it detects a server turned off that turns it on, it has been 30m. but it took 4 to 8 hours to do it. and I wanted to know if there is any method so that a moderator can turn it on when I am not online

I know arkbot has a discord bot that admins can use to turn on/off servers with commands

2:45 PM

Other thing would be coding your own, or setting up all the group policy necessary for admins to connect to RDP and only use ark server manager

Pelayori

I know arkbot has a discord bot that admins can use to turn on/off servers with commands

Thank you very much, do you know of any tutorial to configure arkbot in discord?

There is one in the arkbot wiki, but it's easy. You need to configure each server instance, and enable the remote management Then after all servers are configured follow this: https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkBot/wiki/Discord-Bot

ark-mod/ArkBot

ARK Survival Evolved application that monitors and extracts data from local ARK servers and exposes this data through a Web App, Web API and Discord Bot. Provides important functions to players: di...

4:22 PM

You can find all info on that wiki

4:22 PM

@Guanarteme

thank very much

Hi @substitute , I've always used your template for my plugins, but after some time away from developing I've come back and am now unable to compile even the empty template. It gives the following error. Any help would be much appreciated.

Oh yeah, there’s a weird problem that I’ll have to fix

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Hi @substitute , I've always used your template for my plugins, but after some time away from developing I've come back and am now unable to compile even the empty template. It gives the following error. Any help would be much appreciated.

Try including tuple

7:07 AM

Also which version of c++

Hey, thanks for the quick reply. Same C++17 in VS 2019 as always. It's really strange. I've updated VS to the latest and replace the api source with the latest. I can compile some plugins just fine, but others (including your template) fail with the same error as above.

So even after creating a blank DLL project, as soon as I included the API it stopped compiling with that Tuple.h error. By comparing a number of the sample open source projects to see which would compile and which would not, I found that setting Conformance Mode to No allowed the basic DLL project to then compile.

9:42 AM

And also allow @substitute 's sample project to compile.

Hm, good solution but I want to look into it more

9:45 AM

Non conformant code is asking for problems

substitute

Hm, good solution but I want to look into it more

I don't understand why it suddenly stopped working. I can only assume something changed in a recent Visual Studio update that prevents it compiling in conformant mode.

What are the options available?

9:48 AM

Also looks like they added an option in visual studio 2019 16.8

9:48 AM

If you updated visual studio that could’ve been the issue

Running 16.9.4, which is the latest version.

9:53 AM

I can't see any obvious config options that might be affecting anything. So I assume they changed the compiler somehow. (edited)

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9:55 AM

https://i.imgur.com/O6pAtmM.png

9:56 AM

https://i.imgur.com/EaqR7il.png

9:57 AM

I do not recommend working with these guys

Just looking at the patch notes for VS, it looks like 16.9 is the next "LTR" version replacing 16.7.

10:10 AM

And the MSVC++ compiler went from 14.27 in VS 16.7 to 14.29 in VS 16.9

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I don't understand why it suddenly stopped working. I can only assume something changed in a recent Visual Studio update that prevents it compiling in conformant mode.

Might be this Lethal posted a while ago? https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040316196847626/821109785914507287

Pelayori

Might be this Lethal posted a while ago? https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040316196847626/821109785914507287

Sorry I'm not a member of whatever that Discord is.

It is this discord

12:07 PM

It's in begginner's #【💬】ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ-ʙ

12:07 PM

Pelayori

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Thanks so much! Can we get this updated in git?

Hmm yeah someone should update it

12:25 PM

I'll get it done in a few

12:25 PM

I haven't updated VS yet so I didn't encounter this problem

There is probably a better way to fix than what I did by commenting stuff out but was just trying to quickly fix my compiling issues

hello all, dos the Megapithecus boss ALWAYS drop element? there's no possibility that it sometimes wont drop?

NeO_Anderson

hello all, dos the Megapithecus boss ALWAYS drop element? there's no possibility that it sometimes wont drop?

There are instances where if it's killed by a player it doesn't give the element (since it auto despawns). I always encourage to kill bosses with a dino

I see, yeah hey killed it with a dino. but they claim the dino froze at half health, then few seconds later unfroze and died but didnt drop anything

7:26 PM

google shows no one reporting any bosses dying at half health and anytime element didnt drop was later found in the dinos inventory so I see no bugs or anything but i wondered if they made it so loot doesnt always drop or something

7:26 PM

seems that is not the case, it should always drop

They should always drop the loot except in such scenarios like the one I described above

ahh okay

7:30 PM

thanks

Is there a way to prevent a structure from being placed inside another inventory, whether it be a dino, or a structure like a vault? Basically I want a specific structure to either be placed or in the players inventory only. Thanks in advance!

hook removeitem and additem functions

3:24 PM

then ensure the item cannot leave a player’s inventory and also ensure it cannot be added to some other inventory

so it's not: DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalInventoryComponent_AllowAddInventoryItem, bool, UPrimalInventoryComponent, UPrimalItem, int*, bool);

3:36 PM

@WETBATMAN these hooks? DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddItem, UPrimalItem, UPrimalInventoryComponent, FItemNetInfo, bool, bool, bool, FItemNetID, bool, bool, bool, AShooterCharacter, bool); DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalInventoryComponent_RemoveItem, bool, UPrimalInventoryComponent, FItemNetID*, bool, bool, bool, bool);

3:36 PM

jraServerAPI

so it's not: DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalInventoryComponent_AllowAddInventoryItem, bool, UPrimalInventoryComponent, UPrimalItem, int*, bool);

you can use something like this, but then you have to handle item drop from player inventory separately

3:37 PM

if you allow the item to be dropped that’s fine i guess

dropped? or placed?

3:38 PM

either way

3:38 PM

i think I need the two hooks you recommend instead.. I think i'll have more control with those

3:39 PM

I'll give it a go!.. thank you!

jraServerAPI

dropped? or placed?

no i mean like dropped, because if you have mods like s+ or stuff they have collectors and the item can end up in the vault eventually heh

haha..

3:40 PM

no mods on this one

3:40 PM

but that's a good point

Is it me or does the developer wiki page redirects to the forums? Why is that?

Does anyone have a reasonably simple solution for randomly selecting from a weighted list?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have a reasonably simple solution for randomly selecting from a weighted list?

You mean like

6:52 AM

Pick randomly with a weighted distribution?

Yeah exactly.

You could use a map

6:53 AM

And set the odds from 0-1 with the total adding to 1

6:53 AM

And do like

6:54 AM

Rng = random() For(odds) If odds > Rng and next < Rng

6:54 AM

Or something like that

6:55 AM

That way a weight could be like

6:55 AM

20:60:20

6:55 AM

So if > 0 and < 0.2 it’s the first

6:55 AM

> 0.2 and < 0.8 it’s the second (edited)

6:56 AM

Etc

6:56 AM

In this case you can derive 0.8 as the odds + previous

6:57 AM

E.g. for the third, 0.8 < x < 1.0

6:57 AM

Which is the previous added < x < previous added + current (edited)

6:57 AM

Since you use a for it’s very easy to track the summation

6:58 AM

Does that help? @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

7:00 AM

in more mathy talk basically this

7:00 AM

substitute

Does that help? @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks Sub. Yes it does. Using a cumulative sum as you suggest is the approach that seems most popular, as you only need to iterate through the array/map/vector or whatever once. (edited)

1

Is there a way to get an AActors (APrimalStructure) location? I am trying it via DefaultActorLocationField but it's always X=0.000 Y=0.000 Z=0.000 for me, might not been set yet, not sure if there is another way

Structure->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();

8:54 PM

@Dia

thanks, will try it

oh, nice, that works, at least for the most. Is there a simple way to get lat/lng from it?

you could look into how the gps renders the coords, or maybe @Kal would know

How do I get the items the player faces, such as fertilized eggs Player - > GetPlayerCharacter () - > GetAimedActor (); Do not apply

Is there a channel for plugin authors to announce their plugins? There have been some fantastic plugins being released recently and I'd love to see authors being able to announce their own plugins here.

Hi guys, I'm not a plug-in developer. But I would like your help, I have 25 plugins on my server, and during the day there are 7 crashes, they do not generate log files in the saved folder, I don't know why. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out which plugin it can be, because it is complicated to test 1 plugin at a time and the crashes are not so successful, it takes time to happen. Thank you very much in advance.

DEX

Hi guys, I'm not a plug-in developer. But I would like your help, I have 25 plugins on my server, and during the day there are 7 crashes, they do not generate log files in the saved folder, I don't know why. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out which plugin it can be, because it is complicated to test 1 plugin at a time and the crashes are not so successful, it takes time to happen. Thank you very much in advance.

try to list the plugins you have might help to find common ground

DEX

Hi guys, I'm not a plug-in developer. But I would like your help, I have 25 plugins on my server, and during the day there are 7 crashes, they do not generate log files in the saved folder, I don't know why. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out which plugin it can be, because it is complicated to test 1 plugin at a time and the crashes are not so successful, it takes time to happen. Thank you very much in advance.

How are you hosting the actual servers? Different server host sometimes prevent crash stacks from appearing. GameServerApp was the latest one that recently added crash stacking to their hosting. When does the crash occur exactly? Every 15 minutes? Every time someone joins server? When commands are issued? Try to explain in much detailed explanation as possible.

well I will explain, and very difficult to know the time, because sometimes it happens about 3x in the day, I use my own machine, I have 8 Server.

DEX

well I will explain, and very difficult to know the time, because sometimes it happens about 3x in the day, I use my own machine, I have 8 Server.

Attach a debugger to the server

7:19 PM

Since you’re running it yourself you can do this

7:19 PM

The debugger should state what the cause of a crash is

7:19 PM

(Not which line / function always, but it will at least state what kind of error)

Wow, more how I do it

7:34 PM

Do you have a link to the program?

how do i use it and put it on my server, so when it crashes it shows me the error.

9:13 PM

to cm this problem for 1 month already, complicated for me

void  Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AddArkTributeItem(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, FItemNetInfo* theItemInfo, bool bFromLoad)

If I use this hook to send items to another server, the server will be stuck for several seconds to tens of seconds

6:23 AM

The server will also get stuck when the player teleports to another server

Whats the best way to find out why an ark server is stalling - e.g. if its a plugin (sometimes it'll run 6 hrs without a problem before stalling, sometimes 2 hrs) - is there anything I can do to hook into whats running live on the ark server?

I'm having almost the same problem as you, but mine does not generate a log for me to know which plugin can be.

Having some trouble with APrimalStructureBed not being a child of APrimalStructure in the API. Is there any quick way to fix this?

DEX

I'm having almost the same problem as you, but mine does not generate a log for me to know which plugin can be.

Yup-0 people on a server random stall, sometimes will hit enter in the console and it will return to life instantly other times it will sort itself out after an hour ..server is defn online just stops responding to everything (client connection/ rcon)

No logs and have run sysinternals process monitor to try to find out further what’s going on

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Having some trouble with APrimalStructureBed not being a child of APrimalStructure in the API. Is there any quick way to fix this?

Reparent it in the header

10:55 AM

Headers are local/not api dependent

10:55 AM

So no one needs your header changes

substitute

Reparent it in the header

Yeah I forgot I could do that. Thank you

Trying to hook this function in my plugin, but it causes this error when loading the server, although the plugin still continues to load? This is taken from the hook creator. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Trying to hook this function in my plugin, but it causes this error when loading the server, although the plugin still continues to load? This is taken from the hook creator. (edited)

Try adding a Pdbconfig.json with structure "APrimalStructureBed"

A New Home

Yup-0 people on a server random stall, sometimes will hit enter in the console and it will return to life instantly other times it will sort itself out after an hour ..server is defn online just stops responding to everything (client connection/ rcon)

but mine does and close out of nowhere, it doesn't freeze. it just closes and does not generate the error logs, so it would be interesting to catch this error.

I noticed rebuilding the API with latest Visual Studio compiler version throws compile error when linking minhook, because the lib is not build with the same compiler version.

I'm wondering has anyone had any luck in getting the map information you receive when you press and hold "H" in game? I would love to get the location text form this. eg.. "The Highlands" etc... I've been looking in the dev kit, but not coming up with much, of course my expertise is that of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I'm trying!

Thanks in advance! (edited)

Pelayori

I noticed rebuilding the API with latest Visual Studio compiler version throws compile error when linking minhook, because the lib is not build with the same compiler version.

I did a PR yesterday that has a new version of it.

Lethal

I did a PR yesterday that has a new version of it.

Awesome, didn't see it

Pelayori

Try adding a Pdbconfig.json with structure "APrimalStructureBed"

Thanks, that fixed it.

DEX

Hi guys, I'm not a plug-in developer. But I would like your help, I have 25 plugins on my server, and during the day there are 7 crashes, they do not generate log files in the saved folder, I don't know why. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out which plugin it can be, because it is complicated to test 1 plugin at a time and the crashes are not so successful, it takes time to happen. Thank you very much in advance.

Someone can help me, I can even pay for it.

How do we force an actor to replicate in a plugin?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

How do we force an actor to replicate in a plugin?

Actor->ForceReplicateNow(false, false) or there is a way to just replicate an specific property Actor->MulticastProperty()

11:35 AM

In the latter you put the field name without "Field"

Pelayori

Actor->ForceReplicateNow(false, false) or there is a way to just replicate an specific property Actor->MulticastProperty()

Amazing. Thank you!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/803275249454022726/843533612870926346/Screenshot_19.png

7:27 PM

what can this error be?

Pelayori

Actor->ForceReplicateNow(false, false) or there is a way to just replicate an specific property Actor->MulticastProperty()

Sorry for the ping, but do you have an example of using Actor->MulticastProperty(), I can't seem to get it right.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 This should help you out. This snippet of code updates the health of a structure (_this) (edited)

jraServerAPI

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 This should help you out. This snippet of code updates the health of a structure (_this) (edited)

That's exactly what I needed. Thank you so much.

Purchase Cross Server Chat 1.7 source code，Who can provide

Hi guys, I'm not a plug-in developer. But I would like your help, I have 25 plugins on my server, and during the day there are 7 crashes, they do not generate log files in the saved folder, I don't know why. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out which plugin it can be, because it is complicated to test 1 plugin at a time and the crashes are not so successful, it takes time to happen. Thank you very much in advance.

Is it possible to change the server name through plugins? I mean on the fly while it is running

Raptross

Is it possible to change the server name through plugins? I mean on the fly while it is running

I think it is with the plugin from Ownprox not sure tough . the one that reloads gameserverini (edited)

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040316196847626/846351141465227304could anyone help me in the beginners discussion channel

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit?usp=sharing

https://github.com/WETBATMAN/Suicide/blob/master/Suicide/Suicide.cpp

This guide is based on the Visual Studio Community 2019 version install Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/ 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip Step N1: Install Visual Studio by the link given on the first prerequisite. When the inst...

4:11 PM

please read this

4:14 PM

oh looks like someone messed up the doc by editing

‍♂️

I ❤️ YOU

4:23 PM

@WETBATMAN can i msg you if i run into any problems?

Does anyone know how I can get the epicgames player Id, for me to put on the tebex, because it has 2 more digits.

1

Hello everyone, I have a small question regarding the hardware, I am currently looking to upgrade the hardware that hosts my servers. Would you have a configuration capable of managing without too much worry 12 servers or even a little more which could possibly go up to 16 ? I am currently running 10 Ark servers on 2700x and 64Gb of ram (with 8 servers this is fine but as I increase the number of servers I see that I am reaching the current configuration limit) I was thinking maybe upgrading to a 5950x or dual xeon E5 2699 V3 configuration, with between 96 and 128Gb of ram. what would be the criteria to be taken into account before anything else ? do you have a configuration to suggest or one of my ideas seems correct ? thank you in advance for your answers

Nyckeel

Hello everyone, I have a small question regarding the hardware, I am currently looking to upgrade the hardware that hosts my servers. Would you have a configuration capable of managing without too much worry 12 servers or even a little more which could possibly go up to 16 ? I am currently running 10 Ark servers on 2700x and 64Gb of ram (with 8 servers this is fine but as I increase the number of servers I see that I am reaching the current configuration limit) I was thinking maybe upgrading to a 5950x or dual xeon E5 2699 V3 configuration, with between 96 and 128Gb of ram. what would be the criteria to be taken into account before anything else ? do you have a configuration to suggest or one of my ideas seems correct ? thank you in advance for your answers

I’ve talked to Lil Panda about this before

5:55 AM

Faster cpu cores is king

5:55 AM

Ark only uses about 2 cores for a server

5:55 AM

Memory is also what you need

5:55 AM

Generally 8-12GB per server depending on map

5:55 AM

(Without mods)

HI guys its me again (: i am still new to coding especcially using dll files for plugins ( and using hooks for the data??) i got the setup to start making plugins, but i really don't get how everything works xD (i would still love to learn it). does anyone have a little simple example of how to make a chat command (for ark server). for example you say /hello and the server responds with hello welcome on the server. any help or explaination would be appreciated. thanks in advance

kevinvanb

HI guys its me again (: i am still new to coding especcially using dll files for plugins ( and using hooks for the data??) i got the setup to start making plugins, but i really don't get how everything works xD (i would still love to learn it). does anyone have a little simple example of how to make a chat command (for ark server). for example you say /hello and the server responds with hello welcome on the server. any help or explaination would be appreciated. thanks in advance

WETBATMAN/Suicide

Ark Suicide Plugin. Contribute to WETBATMAN/Suicide development by creating an account on GitHub.

4:29 PM

check my suicide commands's source

@WETBATMAN one more thing about this. should it work if i would paste this code in visual studio with the settings as in the guide, build it as a .dll file and put it in the plugins folder (in a folder). or are there more files required to do that? (this is just to test if i got all my settings right and if i am capable enough to do everything exept the coding xD)

4:42 PM

and ofcourse thanks for another very usefull response GOGHEART1

kevinvanb

@WETBATMAN one more thing about this. should it work if i would paste this code in visual studio with the settings as in the guide, build it as a .dll file and put it in the plugins folder (in a folder). or are there more files required to do that? (this is just to test if i got all my settings right and if i am capable enough to do everything exept the coding xD)

yes it will work

4:45 PM

but you need to set project settings

4:45 PM

and include ArkApi

wow thank you!! i have been looking all over the internet for this xD your amazing

@WETBATMAN i am sorry to bother you again but what do you mean by include ArkApi?

DEX

Hi guys, I'm not a plug-in developer. But I would like your help, I have 25 plugins on my server, and during the day there are 7 crashes, they do not generate log files in the saved folder, I don't know why. I was wondering if anyone could help me find out which plugin it can be, because it is complicated to test 1 plugin at a time and the crashes are not so successful, it takes time to happen. Thank you very much in advance.

can someone help me?

DEX

can someone help me?

Did you look through my api-fixes channel on my discord? I have an updated API download and a tip about a hidden ark launch parameter that generate logs in most cases.

DEX

can someone help me?

you can also attach a debugger to catch it when it crashes

Lethal

Did you look through my api-fixes channel on my discord? I have an updated API download and a tip about a hidden ark launch parameter that generate logs in most cases.

seriously, I'm going to test your api, this is the problem that i have, server crashes out of nowhere and does not generate logs, so i don't know which plugin caused it. I go by your Api and test. Thanks

substitute

you can also attach a debugger to catch it when it crashes

I don't know how I do it, I already searched on google but I didn't find anything, if you can teach me, I would appreciate it.

The API download you will want is 3.51 v2. It is basically a compiled version of what is submitted to the official repo waiting to merged

Lethal

Did you look through my api-fixes channel on my discord? I have an updated API download and a tip about a hidden ark launch parameter that generate logs in most cases.

Unloading plugins 1 by 1 until the error stops printing in the API Log/Server Console would be the way to figure that out. what would that be, i would have to put 1 plugin at a time and let it run, or i connect servers without plugin and reload them

That is for tracking down plugins that are throwing Timer errors.

7:45 PM

The updated API will prevent timer crashes.

so in case i have to connect the server without a plugin and putting 1 by 1 loading? would it be this

I would try the new API and see how that works for you first.

ok

7:49 PM

in the case when the server crash, will it generate the logs in the save now?

DEX

in the case when the server crash, will it generate the logs in the save now?

If you use that command line most likely. https://discord.com/channels/703368268890636401/720970355220676638/836355408808509460 (edited)

i use my own machine, do i still need it? because I use the ark server manager, but the server crashes and does not generate logs.

Won't hurt to use it

8:09 PM

Are you using the crash manager plugin?

ok, i will try to see how it looks. thanks.

Lethal

Are you using the crash manager plugin?

I used it, but also do not generate logs.

8:10 PM

mine simply closes the cmd and does not generate anything, it happens about 3x a day, it is not normal.

Ya, I think it doesn't let the log generate is why I asked about it.

8:11 PM

Well hopefully this helps with that.

I removed it, but it didn’t generate it, I’ll try using your api and this argument as it is.

Lethal

If you use that command line most likely. https://discord.com/channels/703368268890636401/720970355220676638/836355408808509460 (edited)

I put this argument in serves args? no service manager?

DEX

I put this argument in serves args? no service manager?

Yes

ok, thanks

kevinvanb

@WETBATMAN i am sorry to bother you again but what do you mean by include ArkApi?

?

substitute

Ark only uses about 2 cores for a server

2 cores or 2 threads are enough to make a server work correctly ? concerning the amount of ram, that shouldn't be a problem for me. but I care enough about the number of cores and the speed of the processor, because I spread the workload of the different servers on the different cores available. So I don't really know if it's better to have more cores with an average frequency or to have fewer cores and a higher frequency. which would be the most interesting in your opinion ?

Nyckeel

2 cores or 2 threads are enough to make a server work correctly ? concerning the amount of ram, that shouldn't be a problem for me. but I care enough about the number of cores and the speed of the processor, because I spread the workload of the different servers on the different cores available. So I don't really know if it's better to have more cores with an average frequency or to have fewer cores and a higher frequency. which would be the most interesting in your opinion ?

fewer cores with higher frequency

1:55 AM

is what Panda told me

Nyckeel

2 cores or 2 threads are enough to make a server work correctly ? concerning the amount of ram, that shouldn't be a problem for me. but I care enough about the number of cores and the speed of the processor, because I spread the workload of the different servers on the different cores available. So I don't really know if it's better to have more cores with an average frequency or to have fewer cores and a higher frequency. which would be the most interesting in your opinion ?

Minimum two cores, not two threads. And the higher the frequency the better. 4GHz is really needed for even a moderately busy map. And the amount of RAM you use depends on how populated your map is with structures and dinos. I've seen very heavily used maps consume over 25GB of RAM.

What's the current best way to get the tribe name of a player?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

What's the current best way to get the tribe name of a player?

are they online?

substitute

are they online?

Yeah.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah.

I think there's a field for that.

8:15 AM

check the various pc stuff including the status component

8:15 AM

I think one of them has it

substitute

I think one of them has it

I've been looking but I can't find the tribe name. ShooterPlayerController has TargetingTeamField for the Tribe ID, but I can't find the name.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I've been looking but I can't find the tribe name. ShooterPlayerController has TargetingTeamField for the Tribe ID, but I can't find the name.

did you check the status compo and others?

8:45 AM

I may have been mistaken but I'm like 90% sure it's in there somewhere

8:45 AM

on something w/ the character/dino

Ah, found this example from last year. Looks perfect. Someone should add this to the API utils.

FString GetTribeName(AShooterPlayerController* playerController)
{
    std::string tribeName;

    auto playerState = reinterpret_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(playerController->PlayerStateField());
    if (playerState)
    {
        auto tribeData = playerState->MyTribeDataField();
        tribeName = tribeData->TribeNameField().ToString();
    }

    return tribeName.c_str();
}

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Ah, found this example from last year. Looks perfect. Someone should add this to the API utils.

FString GetTribeName(AShooterPlayerController* playerController)
{
    std::string tribeName;

    auto playerState = reinterpret_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(playerController->PlayerStateField());
    if (playerState)
    {
        auto tribeData = playerState->MyTribeDataField();
        tribeName = tribeData->TribeNameField().ToString();
    }

    return tribeName.c_str();
}

nice

9:12 AM

I knew it was in there somewhere

Thanks for the help as always

np

I'm trying to add a Buff to a Player on Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerDownloadTransferredPlayer_Implementation but i can't figure out how to get the PrimalCharacter from a AShooterPlayerController

UClass* BuffClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&ClassString);

        if (BuffClass != nullptr) {
            APrimalBuff* MyBuff;
            MyBuff->StaticAddBuff(BuffClass, PlayerCharacter, nullptr, nullptr, true);
      }

AShooterPlayerController::GetPlayerCharacter

11:28 AM

Btw StaticAddBuff is an static function so you can just do APrimalBuff* MyBuff = APrimalBuff::StaticAddBuff()

ouzo1986

I'm trying to add a Buff to a Player on Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerDownloadTransferredPlayer_Implementation but i can't figure out how to get the PrimalCharacter from a AShooterPlayerController

UClass* BuffClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&ClassString);

        if (BuffClass != nullptr) {
            APrimalBuff* MyBuff;
            MyBuff->StaticAddBuff(BuffClass, PlayerCharacter, nullptr, nullptr, true);
      }

Be careful, from memory I don't think the character is available yet from that function.

But the character might not be ready right after that transfer func fires

^

11:30 AM

When adding buffs to a player you're better off using the functions associated with the character rather than the controller.

Could also do a delay execute with some delay

Pelayori

Could also do a delay execute with some delay

Yeah, but there's no guarantee when it will become available, as it depends on when the player actually spawns. If they sit at the spawn screen for some length of time without spawning then your delay might still miss them.

ServerDownload is only fired on the actual download so the timing on that is find

I don't exactly know when that function fires but looking at the name seems like it's after downloading and spawning

but The Character don't has this hook

I have a question about json. I have a struct containing a few strings, and a vector of that struct. I want to turn that vector into json. I can't seem to find a sensible example of how this is done with nlohmann. Does anyone have an example of this they could share?

nhlomann json accepts std vectors

11:35 AM

So json["MyKey"] = MyStdVector

Yeah I tried that, but it won't seem to accept my struct vector. It happily accepts a vector of strings, but not my struct. (edited)

I see, then better to create a method in the struct to serialize it to json

So that's the "to_json" method they talk about in the docs?

Yep seems like it

1358732203889233361 4 APPCRASH Not available 0 ShooterGameServer.exe 4.5.1.0 60a468c1 ShooterGameServer.exe 4.5.1.0 60a468c1 c0000005 0000000000ced81e ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC10C.tmp.dmp ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1D8.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1F9.tmp.xml ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1F7.tmp.csv ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC207.tmp.txt ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_ShooterGameServe_579ffb6f7ecbb67547ab6c27d67456379654fe_37d32f1f_1ab4c2e1 0 500b6513-1fec-4301-a977-a840d4132170 268435456 252224dba92dfe6a42db2fbd95b38dd1 0 The server crashed and presented this different error in the Event Viewer files

DEX

1358732203889233361 4 APPCRASH Not available 0 ShooterGameServer.exe 4.5.1.0 60a468c1 ShooterGameServer.exe 4.5.1.0 60a468c1 c0000005 0000000000ced81e ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC10C.tmp.dmp ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1D8.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1F9.tmp.xml ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC1F7.tmp.csv ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERC207.tmp.txt ?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_ShooterGameServe_579ffb6f7ecbb67547ab6c27d67456379654fe_37d32f1f_1ab4c2e1 0 500b6513-1fec-4301-a977-a840d4132170 268435456 252224dba92dfe6a42db2fbd95b38dd1 0 The server crashed and presented this different error in the Event Viewer files

This type of crash is not really able to identify, maybe you can read a .dmp file of it

I'll see if I can read his file

You will need an external tool for it like WinDbg (edited)

ok

AShooterCharacter* _this; FString ClassString = L"Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/CoreBlueprints/HLNA/Buff_Companion_HLNA.Buff_Companion_HLNA'"; TSubclassOf<APrimalBuff> buffObj; buffObj.uClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&ClassString); APrimalBuff* buff = APrimalBuff::StaticAddBuff(buffObj, _this, nullptr, nullptr, false);

i don't understand why this is not adding the buff. Buff itself is not a nullptr but it's not added to the character if i check with "hasbuff" and the same buffObj the buff is working if applied by a mod (edited)

Your AShooterCharacter* is a null pointer

4:36 PM

It isn't binded to any character

AShooterPlayerController* Hook_AShooterCharacter_GetSpawnedForController(AShooterCharacter* _this) that is from there and valid cause the GCM Buff is there if i look into GetBuffs

Is the loaded class valid?

it's not a null pointer. is there another check i can do?

If it's not a null pointer, it should work

4:56 PM

Maybe the companion buff is not allowed to be added outside genesis

Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Buffs/Buff_CreativeModeHelper.Buff_CreativeModeHelper' this buff also don't work and i'm admin on the server. i don't get it what's wrong here

I'm working with Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor and wild dino spawns. I' making some modifications to dino spawns as they go through. Unfortunately it's also picking up when tamed dinos are released (spawned) from cryopods. Does anyone happen to know how to determine if a dino is spawned wild or from a cryo? That function returns an FActorSpawnParameters which includes two actor references, "Owner" and "Instigator", unfortunately both are null when spawning dinos either wild or from cryo. None of the other spawn params are obviously related to being wild or tamed or anything else that would help. Does anyone know a way of working out what is wild vs tamed spawn? (edited)

Targeting team > 50000 is a tamed dino

Sure, except it doesn't have a targeting team as far as I can see. Obviously it would return an AActor ref once the function completed, but I'm working with it before it completes.

as you do to attach the debugger to the CMD, so I can see which plugin is cracking, I'm not a developer. Because I still haven't been able to solve their problem, they don't generate logs. (edited)

Can I just hook methods known by the arkapi or is the list of hookable methods generated from the pdb file of the server? (edited)

Dia

Can I just hook methods known by the arkapi or is the list of hookable methods generated from the pdb file of the server? (edited)

you can hook absolutely any function located inside the .pdb file for the server

ok, thank you very much, currently my hook is not called but I guess my method signature is not correct

5:50 PM

or it's an client method and it's not getting called in server code. But good to know ark api should support it

Dia

ok, thank you very much, currently my hook is not called but I guess my method signature is not correct

1. if your function signature is incorrect the server will crash when it gets called 2. do you have DumpAll enabled inside the API configuration?

Yeah, you are right, since the hook itself does not check for parameters, it should crash on call. No, did not enable it, I will try it. looking for AMissionType::CanStartMission

5:54 PM

Might be another reason, put my changes to another server directory

Dia

Yeah, you are right, since the hook itself does not check for parameters, it should crash on call. No, did not enable it, I will try it. looking for AMissionType::CanStartMission

if you don't have DumpAll enabled and the function/struct is not added inside the API config it won't be hooked even if it gets called

5:55 PM

this is why you should always have DumpAll enabled (especially for testing)

ok, thanks, will try that

6:01 PM

nice

Dia

Yeah, you are right, since the hook itself does not check for parameters, it should crash on call. No, did not enable it, I will try it. looking for AMissionType::CanStartMission

A function with wrong signature (no args) will never crash

6:47 PM

No arg functions can take any amount of args

6:48 PM

They are just discarded

6:48 PM

Only time it would crash is if you specifically state no args, i.e. (void)

6:50 PM

https://stackoverflow.com/a/693794

Is it better to use C void arguments "void foo(void)" or not "void ...

What is better: void foo() or void foo(void)? With void it looks ugly and inconsistent, but I've been told that it is good. Is this true? Edit: I know some old compilers do weird things, but if I'm

6:50 PM

Guess it depends on compiler

Dia

ok, thanks, will try that

When you are using DumpAll: true for a struct that is not included in the base API, make sure to ship a PdbConfig.json with that struct included. Ark API does not have DumpAll: true by default on the current releases, but will likely have it enabled in future releases

good point, need to check that. DumpAll shouldn't have any negative impact expect a slightly higher init time, right?

Correct

Ok, so I guess we will just enable it, then we should be fine

But many servers do not have it enabled, and can cause to issues on their end and unnecessary bug reports

7:49 PM

Plus it protects you against the developer forgetting the pdbconfig.json (if plugin needs it) (edited)

1

Still stuck on this SpawnActor issue. The function is meant to take a bunch of parameters required to spawn an actor, then it returns a reference to that actor. However when I hook that function, it looks like all the information needed to spawn that actor is missing. The function looks like this:

AActor* Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor(UWorld* _this, UClass* Class, FVector* Location, FRotator* Rotation, FActorSpawnParameters* SpawnParameters)

FActorSpawnParameters looks like this:

struct FActorSpawnParameters
{
  FName Name;
  AActor *Template;
  AActor *Owner;
  APawn *Instigator;
  ULevel *OverrideLevel;
  unsigned __int32 bNoCollisionFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bRemoteOwned : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bNoFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferruction : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bAllowDuringructionScript : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferBeginPlay : 1;
  int ExtraSpawnData;
  EObjectFlags ObjectFlags;
  USceneComponent *AttachToComponent;
  FName AttachToBoneName;
};

In the hook I can always see Class, Location and Rotation. In some rare (no-dino) cases I can see SpawnParameters->Instigator as well, but SpawnParameters->Template is always a nullptr, and I'm guessing it holds all the required information to spawn the dino. SpawnParameters->Owner is always nullptr and SpawnParameters->Instigator usually is also. Does anyone have any ideas? (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Still stuck on this SpawnActor issue. The function is meant to take a bunch of parameters required to spawn an actor, then it returns a reference to that actor. However when I hook that function, it looks like all the information needed to spawn that actor is missing. The function looks like this:

AActor* Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor(UWorld* _this, UClass* Class, FVector* Location, FRotator* Rotation, FActorSpawnParameters* SpawnParameters)

FActorSpawnParameters looks like this:

struct FActorSpawnParameters
{
  FName Name;
  AActor *Template;
  AActor *Owner;
  APawn *Instigator;
  ULevel *OverrideLevel;
  unsigned __int32 bNoCollisionFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bRemoteOwned : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bNoFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferruction : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bAllowDuringructionScript : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferBeginPlay : 1;
  int ExtraSpawnData;
  EObjectFlags ObjectFlags;
  USceneComponent *AttachToComponent;
  FName AttachToBoneName;
};

In the hook I can always see Class, Location and Rotation. In some rare (no-dino) cases I can see SpawnParameters->Instigator as well, but SpawnParameters->Template is always a nullptr, and I'm guessing it holds all the required information to spawn the dino. SpawnParameters->Owner is always nullptr and SpawnParameters->Instigator usually is also. Does anyone have any ideas? (edited)

Try a break point

3:54 AM

If the signature is off for whatever reason

3:54 AM

You’re gonna read the data wrong

3:55 AM

Also if you want to ghetto it

3:55 AM

Call the original

3:55 AM

Then take the reference

3:55 AM

And you can check the data on the reference

I mean logic sense says FActorSpawnParameters must have the data in it, otherwise nothing would spawn. So it must have something to do with how its being read in the api.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I mean logic sense says FActorSpawnParameters must have the data in it, otherwise nothing would spawn. So it must have something to do with how its being read in the api.

Yeah and if the args or struct are wrong

4:08 AM

Stuff gets funky

Is anyone with the fancy tools able to check it for me?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is anyone with the fancy tools able to check it for me?

I’m in Seattle else I would

4:13 AM

Found a google data center earlier today

4:13 AM

But I fly back tomorrow, so if I’m not super busy

substitute

I’m in Seattle else I would

Thank you! If anyone else and is around to take a look at the definition of FActorSpawnParameters for me that would be really appreciated

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thank you! If anyone else and is around to take a look at the definition of FActorSpawnParameters for me that would be really appreciated

it can be null

12:21 PM

i spawn my mod actor like this

12:21 PM

\

12:21 PM

this is valid^^

FActorSpawnParameters isn't null. Just some parameters of it are. And I can't understand how the function would work if those parameters are null. You would end up with an vanilla actor with no parameters.

do you have DumpAll enabled?

12:26 PM

in API config?

No, how does that work?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

No, how does that work?

the API doesn't dump everything by default, unless you specify it to do so, when DumpAll isn't enabled some of the classes/structs you're using may not give you any values

12:40 PM

in the win64 folder the API has a config.json, open it and enable DumpAll, reboot your server and re-test the values you're getting from FActorSpawnParameters

WETBATMAN

in the win64 folder the API has a config.json, open it and enable DumpAll, reboot your server and re-test the values you're getting from FActorSpawnParameters

Unfortunately that didn't help, but thanks for the info.

what are you trying to do?

I'm trying to find someone with IDA who can check the pdb for me to make sure what's in the dev kit for FActorSpawnParameters is correct. I don't think it is.

struct __cppobj FActorSpawnParameters
{
  FName Name;
  AActor *Template;
  AActor *Owner;
  APawn *Instigator;
  ULevel *OverrideLevel;
  unsigned __int32 bNoCollisionFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bRemoteOwned : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bNoFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferConstruction : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bAllowDuringConstructionScript : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferBeginPlay : 1;
  int ExtraSpawnData;
  EObjectFlags ObjectFlags;
  USceneComponent *AttachToComponent;
  FName AttachToBoneName;
};

2:42 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 from my IDA

WETBATMAN

struct __cppobj FActorSpawnParameters
{
  FName Name;
  AActor *Template;
  AActor *Owner;
  APawn *Instigator;
  ULevel *OverrideLevel;
  unsigned __int32 bNoCollisionFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bRemoteOwned : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bNoFail : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferConstruction : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bAllowDuringConstructionScript : 1;
  unsigned __int32 bDeferBeginPlay : 1;
  int ExtraSpawnData;
  EObjectFlags ObjectFlags;
  USceneComponent *AttachToComponent;
  FName AttachToBoneName;
};

Thank you so much. So does this look correct to you then?

struct FActorSpawnParameters
{
    FActorSpawnParameters()
        : Name()
        , Template(NULL)
        , Owner(NULL)
        , Instigator(NULL)
        , OverrideLevel(NULL)
        , bNoCollisionFail(0)
        , bRemoteOwned(false)
        , bNoFail(false)
        , bDeferruction(false)
        , bAllowDuringructionScript(false)
        , bDeferBeginPlay(0)
        , ExtraSpawnData(0)
        , ObjectFlags(EObjectFlags::RF_Transactional)
        , AttachToComponent(nullptr)
    {
    }

    FName Name;
    AActor *Template;
    AActor *Owner;
    APawn *Instigator;
    ULevel *OverrideLevel;
    unsigned __int32 bNoCollisionFail : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bRemoteOwned : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bNoFail : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bDeferruction : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bAllowDuringructionScript : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bDeferBeginPlay : 1;
    int ExtraSpawnData;
    EObjectFlags ObjectFlags;
    USceneComponent *AttachToComponent;
    FName AttachToBoneName;
};

3:00 PM

Or maybe the way I'm accessing it is wrong? This is basically how I'm doing it for testing.

AActor* Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor(UWorld* _this, UClass* Class, FVector* Location, FRotator* Rotation, FActorSpawnParameters* SpawnParameters)
{
    if(SpawnParameters->Owner == nullptr)
    {
        std::cout << "Owner is null" << std::endl;
    } else {
        std::cout << "Owner is not null << std::endl;
    }

    return UWorld_SpawnActor_original(_this, Class, Location, Rotation, SpawnParameters);
}

As wetbatman said the spawn parameters itself it's not null, but it doesn't need to contain anything (edited)

because I don't get the data auto res = db.query("SELECT player_name, players_kills, deaths FROM personal_stats ORDER BY players_kills DESC, deaths ASC LIMIT 10"); int num_fields = res.count(); for (int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) { &str, &i { str += FString::Format(*ArkShop::GetText("StatsFormat"), i++, ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(name).c_str(), player_kills, player_deaths); }; }

Pelayori

As wetbatman said the spawn parameters itself it's not null, but it doesn't need to contain anything (edited)

I'm not sure that's the issue, as I don't understand how a dino could be spawned if those spawn parameters are not there? How can a tamed dino be spawned from cryopod if none of the relevant information about that dino is present?

Because cryopods don't use spawnactor directly

10:41 PM

Everything seems to be processed outside the spawn actor params, you can see for example that there is a custom function to spawn a dino, APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnDino

10:48 PM

Better said, the spawn params are not necessary, I've seen code in the devkit where the owner is set post spawn, as well as instigator and similar. I don't think Wildcard uses those params very often if ever

Fenix

because I don't get the data auto res = db.query("SELECT player_name, players_kills, deaths FROM personal_stats ORDER BY players_kills DESC, deaths ASC LIMIT 10"); int num_fields = res.count(); for (int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) { &str, &i { str += FString::Format(*ArkShop::GetText("StatsFormat"), i++, ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(name).c_str(), player_kills, player_deaths); }; }

I solved

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I'm not sure that's the issue, as I don't understand how a dino could be spawned if those spawn parameters are not there? How can a tamed dino be spawned from cryopod if none of the relevant information about that dino is present?

because dinos have their own spawn functions

11:28 PM

like Pelayori mentioned APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnDino

11:28 PM

and APrimalDinoCharacter::BeginPlay

WETBATMAN

like Pelayori mentioned APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnDino

My debugging shows that uword spawn actor function is definitely called for every dino that is spawned, which is why I'm confused I guess. Maybe as Pelayori says the parameters for the actor are set later after it has spawned, and this function just returns a blank reference. Anyway, thank you both so much for your thoughts. It's very much appreciated.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

My debugging shows that uword spawn actor function is definitely called for every dino that is spawned, which is why I'm confused I guess. Maybe as Pelayori says the parameters for the actor are set later after it has spawned, and this function just returns a blank reference. Anyway, thank you both so much for your thoughts. It's very much appreciated.

Yes, spawn actor is indeed called. But the processing and initialization of said dino happens on wildcard's custom functions

Pelayori

Yes, spawn actor is indeed called. But the processing and initialization of said dino happens on wildcard's custom functions

Seems a weird way of doing it to me, but what do I know! lol Thanks again :)

Can anyone tell me how to hook APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnDino? This is what the Hook Creator comes up with but it won't compile.

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*, APrimalDinoCharacter*, APrimalDinoCharacter*, UWorld*, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter>, FVector, FRotator, float, int, bool, bool, int, bool, float, int, bool);

APrimalDinoCharacter*  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, UWorld* World, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> DinoClass, FVector SpawnLoc, FRotator SpawnRot, float LevelMultiplier, int ExtraLevelOffset, bool AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bool bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, int BaseLevelOverrideValue, bool bNPCDontWander, float NPCAIRangeMultiplier, int NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bool bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset)
{
   return APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*_original(_this, World, DinoClass, SpawnLoc, SpawnRot, LevelMultiplier, ExtraLevelOffset, AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, BaseLevelOverrideValue, bNPCDontWander, NPCAIRangeMultiplier, NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.APrimalDinoCharacter*", &Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*, &APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.APrimalDinoCharacter*", &Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*);

In case anyone else wants to use that hook, the hook creator is spitting out the wrong thing for APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnDino. This is what actually works:

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino, APrimalDinoCharacter*, APrimalDinoCharacter*, UWorld*, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter>, FVector, FRotator, float, int, bool, bool, int, bool, float, int, bool);

APrimalDinoCharacter*  Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, UWorld* World, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> DinoClass, FVector SpawnLoc, FRotator SpawnRot, float LevelMultiplier, int ExtraLevelOffset, bool AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bool bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, int BaseLevelOverrideValue, bool bNPCDontWander, float NPCAIRangeMultiplier, int NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bool bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset)
{
   return APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter*_original(_this, World, DinoClass, SpawnLoc, SpawnRot, LevelMultiplier, ExtraLevelOffset, AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, BaseLevelOverrideValue, bNPCDontWander, NPCAIRangeMultiplier, NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.SpawnDino", &Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino, &APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("APrimalDinoCharacter.SpawnDino", &Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino);

Actually, although it compiles, I'm not sure if it actually works. It doesn't fire when dinos are spawned.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Actually, although it compiles, I'm not sure if it actually works. It doesn't fire when dinos are spawned.

you should hook BeginPlay instead

8:51 AM

from APrimalDinoCharacter

8:52 AM

it is called every single time a dino appears into the world

I know, but I need only the first spawn, not all of them.

I'm trying to understand what the correct way is to hook the SpawnDino function. This is what it looks like in the api. The hook creator does seem to know how to deal with it, or any "static" functions. When generating the hooking code for all of them, it just comes up with "DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter, " etc. I tried modifying it to what made sense to me, which was "DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino," which compiles, but doesn't seem to fire at all. ```cpp static APrimalDinoCharacter * SpawnDino(UWorld * World, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> DinoClass, FVector SpawnLoc, FRotator SpawnRot, float LevelMultiplier, int ExtraLevelOffset, bool AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bool bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, int BaseLevelOverrideValue, bool bNPCDontWander, float NPCAIRangeMultiplier, int NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bool bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset) { return NativeCall<APrimalDinoCharacter, UWorld*, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter>, FVector, FRotator, float, int, bool, bool, int, bool, float, int, bool>(nullptr, "APrimalDinoCharacter.SpawnDino", World, DinoClass, SpawnLoc, SpawnRot, LevelMultiplier, ExtraLevelOffset, AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, BaseLevelOverrideValue, bNPCDontWander, NPCAIRangeMultiplier, NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset); }``` (edited)

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_BPPreSpawnedDino, void, AShooterGameMode, APrimalDinoCharacter); what about this hook? i use that in a mod to check some stats

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I'm trying to understand what the correct way is to hook the SpawnDino function. This is what it looks like in the api. The hook creator does seem to know how to deal with it, or any "static" functions. When generating the hooking code for all of them, it just comes up with "DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_APrimalDinoCharacter, " etc. I tried modifying it to what made sense to me, which was "DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_SpawnDino," which compiles, but doesn't seem to fire at all. ```cpp static APrimalDinoCharacter * SpawnDino(UWorld * World, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> DinoClass, FVector SpawnLoc, FRotator SpawnRot, float LevelMultiplier, int ExtraLevelOffset, bool AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bool bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, int BaseLevelOverrideValue, bool bNPCDontWander, float NPCAIRangeMultiplier, int NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bool bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset) { return NativeCall<APrimalDinoCharacter, UWorld*, TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter>, FVector, FRotator, float, int, bool, bool, int, bool, float, int, bool>(nullptr, "APrimalDinoCharacter.SpawnDino", World, DinoClass, SpawnLoc, SpawnRot, LevelMultiplier, ExtraLevelOffset, AddLevelOffsetBeforeMultiplier, bOverrideBaseNPCLevel, BaseLevelOverrideValue, bNPCDontWander, NPCAIRangeMultiplier, NPCAbsoluteBaseLevel, bSpawnWithoutCapsuleOffset); }``` (edited)

11:10 AM

seems to be only called from bp functions (if any)

11:12 AM

what what i see SpawnActor functions spawn the dino with the base settings defined in it's particular class

11:12 AM

and then BeginPlay does everything else (level assign etc...)

Thanks everyone for all the help. Thank you @ouzo1986 for the suggestion. That function seems to only be triggered by map spawners. It doesn't seem to trigger at all when manually spawning dinos, or from cryopods, which is exactly what I need. So my next question is: Does anyone know if it's possible to modify the class of a PrimalDinoCharacter?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks everyone for all the help. Thank you @ouzo1986 for the suggestion. That function seems to only be triggered by map spawners. It doesn't seem to trigger at all when manually spawning dinos, or from cryopods, which is exactly what I need. So my next question is: Does anyone know if it's possible to modify the class of a PrimalDinoCharacter?

yes, you can just do BpLoadClass, get the default object and change what you want

8:57 AM

on server boot

8:58 AM

the server always keeps a pointer to the default object of a class, for properties, you can simply change it and it will affect all new dinos

I mean can I change the class of a single, existing actor? I'm guessing probably not. I'll have to destroy that PrimalDinoChar and spawn a new one in its place.

so you're remapping one dino to another?

WETBATMAN

so you're remapping one dino to another?

I made a plugin to modify spawns, primarily to use to increase alpha spawn rates. In the config you supply a base spawn dino class, like raptor for example, then you supply possible replacements with a weighting. So if you wanted 50% of your raptor spawns to be alpha, you supply two entries, the standard raptor and an alpha, each with a 50% weighting. It works really well, except that when players release their dino from a cryopod or soul ball, it also runs for that dino, and half the time replaces their vanilla tame with an alpha, in the example above. (edited)

maybe check the dino team id then?

9:43 AM

if it’s above 50000 it’s tamed and you don’t need to run any code

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I made a plugin to modify spawns, primarily to use to increase alpha spawn rates. In the config you supply a base spawn dino class, like raptor for example, then you supply possible replacements with a weighting. So if you wanted 50% of your raptor spawns to be alpha, you supply two entries, the standard raptor and an alpha, each with a 50% weighting. It works really well, except that when players release their dino from a cryopod or soul ball, it also runs for that dino, and half the time replaces their vanilla tame with an alpha, in the example above. (edited)

Hook begin play

9:49 AM

Execute the original code (edited)

9:49 AM

Then your hook

9:49 AM

Check the targeting team

9:49 AM

If under 50k do the alpha logic

9:49 AM

This runs the issue of respawning the Dino though (edited)

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Hook begin play

Unless my logic is wrong.... because begin play runs often on the same dino, if you use the example I provided above, eventually all the vanilla creatures will be replaced by alphas, as each time a vanilla runs it's begin play it will have a 50% chance of being replaced by an alpha. I think I'll keep looking for another way. But thanks for the help :)

if crash like this can i check the log , how it crash ?

1:20 AM

Faulting application name: ShooterGameServer.exe, version: 4.5.1.0, time stamp: 0x60a468c1
Faulting module name: ShooterGameServer.exe, version: 4.5.1.0, time stamp: 0x60a468c1
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000ced81e
Faulting process id: 0x19e4
Faulting application start time: 0x01d757c43eb80d86
Faulting application path: C:\ARKServer\Servers\Server4\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ShooterGameServer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\ARKServer\Servers\Server4\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ShooterGameServer.exe
Report Id: aa0bab02-e578-4dca-b339-f6b514bc7f09
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

1:25 AM

Any can help me i got this problem a lot of then more 7 time for 1 day

Can I ask which functions people use to spawn wild dinos?

Hoping WC releases a proper PDB today...

Lethal

Hoping WC releases a proper PDB today...

Never

3:03 PM

You know them

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You know them

So far so good lol (edited)

Hopefully wildcard doesn't burn everything down today for API side.

8:04 PM

They've increased ram % by quite a bit will be interesting to see.

knowing wc it's probably a memory leak

1

hello, would anyone know why my servers crash on startup ? I just updated Gen2

LowLevelFatalError [File:E:\build\GEN2DLC\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\HAL\FileManagerGeneric.cpp] [Line: 608] 
Invalid BufferCount=0 while reading C:/Program Files/ArkServerManager/fr/Servers/Server1/ShooterGame/Content/Localization/Game/fr/ShooterGame.locres. Pos=0, Size=0, PrecacheSize=2147483647, PrecacheOffset=0

I wouldn't know how to put my crashstack file :/

Nyckeel

hello, would anyone know why my servers crash on startup ? I just updated Gen2

LowLevelFatalError [File:E:\build\GEN2DLC\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\HAL\FileManagerGeneric.cpp] [Line: 608] 
Invalid BufferCount=0 while reading C:/Program Files/ArkServerManager/fr/Servers/Server1/ShooterGame/Content/Localization/Game/fr/ShooterGame.locres. Pos=0, Size=0, PrecacheSize=2147483647, PrecacheOffset=0

I wouldn't know how to put my crashstack file :/

localization is killing it

9:17 PM

try with localization turned off

problem solved thank you

Anyone could light some info on this? Started happening with Genesis 2.

Nyckeel

problem solved thank you

Was it localization?

12:02 AM

Might be worth forwarding to WC

yes localization, I grab ShooterGame.locres from the EN directory and put in the FR file while waiting for it to correct the problem, so my servers are in English instead of French for the moment (edited)

I thank Lethal for helping me over there

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Might be worth forwarding to WC

WC is aware

Cool

anyone can see if the AShooterGameMode_InitGame() function has been changed?

i hook it in my plugin which i run on an updated server, so no

some function signatures have changed still waiting on the auto analysis to finish on my decompile

1:25 AM

signature for InitGame is exactly the same

WETBATMAN

signature for InitGame is exactly the same

Ya, I don't have any issues with that. Some plugins are throwing errors about not being able to hook it that i've seen.

yeah that's always been an issue, especially if the plugin creates the hook after server boot

not sure I have had that issue

it's pretty random, just happens sometimes

Hm

4:57 AM

Shouldn’t happen

4:57 AM

If the hooking system is setup proper

is IDA taking ridiculously long to disassemble the new server executable or is it just me?

auto analysis took a bit for me

yeah i'm on that one for like ~2hr

I ended up just reading the server PDB while it finished to find what I needed

i had to move the server files to my hdd since my nvme is full from just devkit and ark so it's taking ridiculously long with auto analysis

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Unless my logic is wrong.... because begin play runs often on the same dino, if you use the example I provided above, eventually all the vanilla creatures will be replaced by alphas, as each time a vanilla runs it's begin play it will have a 50% chance of being replaced by an alpha. I think I'll keep looking for another way. But thanks for the help :)

wild dinos use deferred spawns so mayb try hooking aactor::finishspawning and see if it's a dino

12:58 PM

ur not gonna wanna look for aprimaldinocharacter::spawndino ur likely gonna wanna look at ANPCZoneManager::SpawnNPC or something, which calls aactor::finishspawning because it also calls an inline function to spawn the dino deferred before calling aactor::finishspawning (edited)

1:01 PM

If ur looking for wild dinos anyway at least

In

AShooterGameModeHooked::HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* Player, UPrimalPlayerData* PlayerData, AShooterCharacter* PlayerCharacter, bool bIsFromLogin)

the PlayerCharacter is NULL if the player just transfered to the server. It is filled if the player logs out on the map and logs back in. Any way to get the AShooterCharacter even in transfer? I think Player->GetPlayerCharacter(); is NULL as well.

ok, calling it delayed not, found it in some suggestions here. Seems to work ❤️

Hook_APlayerController_ServerReceivedPlayerControllerAck_Implementation(APlayerController* _this)

1:43 PM

from my testing i found this function to be called after the client has fully connected to the server

1:43 PM

try if you can get the character from this hook

I'm having some trouble working with TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> in Hook_ANPCZoneManager_SpawnNPC. I normally do UClass->GetDefaultObject(true)->GetFullName(&PathName, nullptr) to get a string of the class path, but if I try that it crashes the server. It's not null. If I do UClass->GetFullName(&PathName, nullptr) then it doesn't crash but returns an empty string.

@deleted-role What does a guy have to do to get some access around here?

I would like to post some free plugins on the arkapi site, but only have access to Atlas and Tools. (jraServerAPI is myusername) .. I would also like to have access to "Share Content" here on discord. I've reached out to you guys on the arkapi website and privately in DM's but everyone must be too busy or on vacation YEP

. Thanks in advance!

jraServerAPI

@deleted-role What does a guy have to do to get some access around here?

I would like to post some free plugins on the arkapi site, but only have access to Atlas and Tools. (jraServerAPI is myusername) .. I would also like to have access to "Share Content" here on discord. I've reached out to you guys on the arkapi website and privately in DM's but everyone must be too busy or on vacation YEP

. Thanks in advance!

Reach out directly to Mich or Foppa for ranks on the website. Mich is currently away with IRL family and Foppa been little busy handling servers and some IRL things. Them two would be the ones to reach out in relation to requesting plugin access on forums.

Does anyone know what functions are involved in the Genesis 1 and 2 missions?

GSH | MrOwlSky

Reach out directly to Mich or Foppa for ranks on the website. Mich is currently away with IRL family and Foppa been little busy handling servers and some IRL things. Them two would be the ones to reach out in relation to requesting plugin access on forums.

Thanks Owl.. I've done that already a couple weeks ago.

How do I get maximum stats for armor or weapons

So how do we go about getting the API updated with all the new stuff that's been added since Gen 1? I spent some time trying to work my way through IDA over the last few days, and there is a literal mountain of material to do with Genesis 1 and 2 that isn't present in the API. Is there anyone left updating the API? We haven't seen a version now for a long time. Is it time to fork so we can move forward and get things updated?

Maybe that explains why some hooks werent even being called

I have been releasing updated API's on my discord. I have been pushing PR's along with others to the repo. If you want something add it push a PR and compile it for your own use.

2:42 AM

Not sure what new stuff you are talking about that is specific to Gen1/Gen2 that would need added into the API. Most things are structures that are just not there for stuff nobody has built plugins to use yet.

Lethal

I have been releasing updated API's on my discord. I have been pushing PR's along with others to the repo. If you want something add it push a PR and compile it for your own use.

Hey Lethal! There are all the functions related to missions that are missing completely. I'd love to add it myself but like most people in the community that isn't something I'm able to do. I love that you're releasing your own updated API's but I think it's really important we keep a single public version as up-to-date as possible with the current versions of Ark. The API has had significant changes, like the new Permissions, which is actually part of the API binary distribution, but no new release has been made despite those changes being made many months ago. The amazing people who put the API together have obviously moved on to other things, and its completely understandable that they don't want to be doing anything for the project any longer, which is why it would be great to see it taken over but some of the very capable and talented people such as yourself who can help bring it back to life.

One thing I'd love to see but will never happen is requiring plugins to be code signed by default

3:53 AM

Though......I do guess if there was a central release site then the operator of the site could sign the files prior to publishing

Anyone deal w/ a user named RNC? DM me if so.

Haragon

Anyone deal w/ a user named RNC? DM me if so.

PayPal dispute?

Hello, I know it's not direclty about Ark API but it concern server config so I'll try my question here. Is someone else using the official API to know the Ark Server Version ? I'm using that link http://arkdedicated.com/version to check the current version but it returns me 329.8 instead of 329.45. The problem persist since multiples days and updates, is there another better API somewhere ?

The best Api is to parse it from your server's name

From my server name ?

Lethal

PayPal dispute?

same haha

Neka

From my server name ?

When you query steam for your server info, ark puts at the end - (329.45) so you could use that

@PelayoriIndeed, thank you, didn't think about it before but that's certainly a best way than I do

Thank you for your help

Neka

@PelayoriIndeed, thank you, didn't think about it before but that's certainly a best way than I do

Thank you for your help

Just keep in mind server names over X number of characters (40-50, can't recall from top of my head) don't show complete version number

Hey are the wikis down atm I am looking to get into plugin making but can't find any documentation or tutorials on it (edited)

WETBATMAN

same haha

He is a twitch streamer which stopped playing ARK apparently.

yes but he marked the transaction for my plugin as fraudulent

3:26 PM

which means he bought it through a VPN or something and he was expecting to charge back lol

3:27 PM

paypal won't even let you open a fraudulent dispute unless you logged in from an unknown ip for that purchase

Ah, good to know.

Wait, you can charge people for plugins?

5:33 PM

bruh

5:36 PM

Is there some sort of safeguard you can implement that prevents pirating of plugins?

Atomicskullz

Is there some sort of safeguard you can implement that prevents pirating of plugins?

each dev has their own drm

drm?

5:41 PM

Oh nvm

5:42 PM

Is there some sort of ID that is assigned to a user or server ip when they buy it? Assuming that you can interact with the website as well

plugins on the forum use HWID keys

Ah ok, so you upload that to a db then check the db on plugin start up? (edited)

well, web request but yeah

5:45 PM

ideally you should send an encrypted key to the web server and decrypt it on the webserver

5:45 PM

then send an encrypted response back to the client

5:45 PM

which would also decrypt it

looks like imma have to rent a server then

5:50 PM

Though im unsure if people would pay for my plugin

5:50 PM

Lethal

PayPal dispute?

Yup. Well Amex chargeback. Claimed card stolen. Felt like fraud so I figured I'd ask around. DM me. May report to paypal if he did it to a bunch of people

WETBATMAN

same haha

DM me

6:14 PM

its a petty amount but like, i'd have refunded for buyers remorse or w/e. no chargebacks or disputes in like hundreds of tx's. didn't sit right with me.

it is but paypal won't give a shit

6:20 PM

90% of the time customer wins the dispute

6:20 PM

even if they're in the wrong

i dont mind if he wins. just want paypal to know he's doing this on the regular

Best thing to do for winning those causes is to provide every ounce of proof you have. Normally the PayPal support will actually notice they’ve just lied and let you have it.

8:23 PM

Also creating a TOS and forcing your customers to agree to it and collecting that will help a lot.

Paypal generally speaking sides with the Buyer 99% of the time. The evidence has to be overwhelming for the Seller to actually win the case itself. Paypal has a "Seller Protection" program that basically promises it's customers they have their backs. They do this to prevent them from losing potential future customers. The best method to prevent that is using a third party service that adds a safeguard for the actual sellers themselves. Tebex adds this with their new Checkout program but you have to pay monthly for it there are some free services out there that also offer the seller protection. General rule of thumb if your selling plugins outside of API website have them send it as Friends/Family to prevent any charge backs. We've banned people on both sides on API site and discord for scamming as it goes against our TOS. Having good security and HWID protection in paid plugins also is really nice as if anyone charges backs for an invalid reason you would ban and remove their activation. (edited)

8:46 PM

Paypal in general though doesn't like siding with sellers who sell "Digital Goods" or any charge backs labeled as "Unauthorized purchase". Even having a terms of service they agree to before hand will not protect you from chargebacks and them winning the chargebacks as it falls under "digital goods" policy they have. (edited)

I'm wondering if someone can help me with the process of getting things added to the API. I know nothing about IDA, but I'm managed to get as far as using it to find these functions in the current shootergame that don't exist in the current API.

SHOOTERGAME_BPActivateMissionActors__
SHOOTERGAME_BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission__
SHOOTERGAME_BPCanRideMissionDino__
SHOOTERGAME_BPCanSpawnMission__
SHOOTERGAME_BPDeactivateMissionActors__
SHOOTERGAME_BPGenerateMissionRewards__
SHOOTERGAME_BPGetExtraLocalMissionIndicators__
SHOOTERGAME_BPGetMissionStartLocation__
SHOOTERGAME_BPGetMissionTimerText__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionActivated__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionCheat__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionComplete__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionDeactivated__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionDinoDamage__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionDinoDied__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionDroppedItemPickedUp__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionPlayerAddedInventoryItem__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionPlayerDied__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionPlayerRemovedInventoryItem__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionPlayerRespawned__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionServerSetup__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionStarted__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionStructureDamage__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionStructureDestroyed__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionSuspended__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionTimedOut__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionTriggerBeginOverlap__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnMissionTriggerEndOverlap__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnPlayerAddedToMission__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnPlayerRemovedFromMission__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOnRunningMissionDeactivated__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOverrideMissionIndicatorString__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOverrideMissionTimerColor__
SHOOTERGAME_BPOverrideMultiUseMissionList__
SHOOTERGAME_BPStaticCanStartMission__
SHOOTERGAME_BPStaticIsPlayerEligibleForMission__
SHOOTERGAME_ClientMissionEligibilityResponse__
SHOOTERGAME_ClientMissionEvent__
SHOOTERGAME_ClientSendMissionAlert__
SHOOTERGAME_ClientSendMissionNotification__
SHOOTERGAME_GetIntFromMissionType__
SHOOTERGAME_GetMissionDisplayName__
SHOOTERGAME_IsMissionComplete__
SHOOTERGAME_IsValidDispatcherForMissionType__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiActivateMissionActors__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiDeactivateMissionActors__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiMissionPhaseEnded__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiMissionPhaseStarted__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiMissionStateChange__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiResetMissionTimer__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiUpdateMissionData_Bool__
SHOOTERGAME_MultiUpdateMissionData_Int__
SHOOTERGAME_OnMissionPhaseEnded__
SHOOTERGAME_OnMissionPhaseStarted__
SHOOTERGAME_OnMyPlayerMissionComplete__
SHOOTERGAME_OnMyPlayerMissionStarted__
SHOOTERGAME_SendMissionAlertToAllPlayers__
SHOOTERGAME_SendMissionAlertToPlayer__
SHOOTERGAME_ServerRequestCancelMission__
SHOOTERGAME_ServerRequestCreateMissionDataBuff__
SHOOTERGAME_ServerRequestEquipMissionItem__
SHOOTERGAME_ServerRequestMissionEligibilityCheck__
SHOOTERGAME_ServerRequestStartMission__
SHOOTERGAME_SetMissionMusic__
SHOOTERGAME_StaticOnMissionDataInitialized__
SHOOTERGAME_StaticOnReplicatedMissionDataUpdated__

11:33 AM

So what is the process to get them added and working in the API?

11:36 AM

There's also things like AMissionDispatcher

Does anyone know if i can use luajit headers with my paid plugin? It uses the MIT license (edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 You need to find the signature. Let's put an example: void __fastcall AMissionDispatcher::BPActivateMissionActors(AMissionDispatcher *this) and _BOOL8 __fastcall AMissionType::BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission(AMissionType *this, AShooterCharacter *PlayerPawn) Then you need to create struct AMissionDispatcher, (In PrimalStructure.h or Actor.h depening on it's parent, or make a new Missions.h and add it to includes of Ark.h) then you have to do this following the signature of the found function:

struct AMissionDispatcher : APrimalStructureItemContainer
{
  // Functions
  void BPActivateMissionActors() { NativeCall<void>(this, "AMissionDispatcher.BPActivateMissionActors"); }
}

struct AMissionType : AActor
{
  // Functions
  bool BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission(AShooterCharacter* PlayerPawn) { return NativeCall<bool, AShooterCharacter*>(this, "AMissionType.BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission", PlayerPawn); }
}

1:59 PM

You can find their inheritance in Loyal Types tab

Atomicskullz

Does anyone know if i can use luajit headers with my paid plugin? It uses the MIT license (edited)

Yeah, I believe MIT allows commercial use and distribution

2:03 PM

just not liability or warranty

Ok nice

Pelayori

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 You need to find the signature. Let's put an example: void __fastcall AMissionDispatcher::BPActivateMissionActors(AMissionDispatcher *this) and _BOOL8 __fastcall AMissionType::BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission(AMissionType *this, AShooterCharacter *PlayerPawn) Then you need to create struct AMissionDispatcher, (In PrimalStructure.h or Actor.h depening on it's parent, or make a new Missions.h and add it to includes of Ark.h) then you have to do this following the signature of the found function:

struct AMissionDispatcher : APrimalStructureItemContainer
{
  // Functions
  void BPActivateMissionActors() { NativeCall<void>(this, "AMissionDispatcher.BPActivateMissionActors"); }
}

struct AMissionType : AActor
{
  // Functions
  bool BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission(AShooterCharacter* PlayerPawn) { return NativeCall<bool, AShooterCharacter*>(this, "AMissionType.BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission", PlayerPawn); }
}

Thank you so much! That's a great start!

Pelayori

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 You need to find the signature. Let's put an example: void __fastcall AMissionDispatcher::BPActivateMissionActors(AMissionDispatcher *this) and _BOOL8 __fastcall AMissionType::BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission(AMissionType *this, AShooterCharacter *PlayerPawn) Then you need to create struct AMissionDispatcher, (In PrimalStructure.h or Actor.h depening on it's parent, or make a new Missions.h and add it to includes of Ark.h) then you have to do this following the signature of the found function:

struct AMissionDispatcher : APrimalStructureItemContainer
{
  // Functions
  void BPActivateMissionActors() { NativeCall<void>(this, "AMissionDispatcher.BPActivateMissionActors"); }
}

struct AMissionType : AActor
{
  // Functions
  bool BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission(AShooterCharacter* PlayerPawn) { return NativeCall<bool, AShooterCharacter*>(this, "AMissionType.BPAllowPlayerToLeaveMission", PlayerPawn); }
}

Also, dont you need the pro version of ida and cheat engine to find them? (edited)

3:22 PM

I may be referring to the gritty way

Atomicskullz

Also, dont you need the pro version of ida and cheat engine to find them? (edited)

Yes, you do. Wetbatman posted a torrent link somewhere here

You need the pro verson? Well that explains why I can't find it lol

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

You need the pro verson? Well that explains why I can't find it lol

not really

3:46 PM

you need to look under local types

Hello everyone, does anyone know the setting to cmodify on ASM to change the difficulty of missions on Genesis 2 ? because we have missions that are simply impossible to do even in gamma level. for example the Star Dolphin mission, there are 4 of us to do it in gamma and impossible to save the astrocetus which takes a lot of damage, we were on another server and we succeeded without problem, so I would like to know which parameter plays on the difficulty of the missions because on my servers we are unable to find what can change that.

Nyckeel

Hello everyone, does anyone know the setting to cmodify on ASM to change the difficulty of missions on Genesis 2 ? because we have missions that are simply impossible to do even in gamma level. for example the Star Dolphin mission, there are 4 of us to do it in gamma and impossible to save the astrocetus which takes a lot of damage, we were on another server and we succeeded without problem, so I would like to know which parameter plays on the difficulty of the missions because on my servers we are unable to find what can change that.

You probably have the wrong discord for that question. Why don't you try the ASM discord? Or the server owners discord? Or the Wildcard official Ark discord?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

You probably have the wrong discord for that question. Why don't you try the ASM discord? Or the server owners discord? Or the Wildcard official Ark discord?

ASM discord is terrible, you'll probably be insulted for asking this

10:39 AM

or banned

WETBATMAN

ASM discord is terrible, you'll probably be insulted for asking this

It used to be. The revolting individual who ran the discord that way was told to stop it by the mod author after many of us complained, but instead he chose to leave in disgust because why shouldn't he be allowed to treat people like dirt? lol Anyway, it's now run by very nice, helpful people.

oh nice

10:41 AM

i was almost banned for providing help on something offtopic in a general channel

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

You probably have the wrong discord for that question. Why don't you try the ASM discord? Or the server owners discord? Or the Wildcard official Ark discord?

on the Wildcard discord nobody answers me and for the discord of other server, the administrators do not know themselves. for ASM discord I can try if you have the link

https://discord.gg/yR3C6rta

thank you so much, I will try to get an answer there in this case

@Nyckeelgamma and beta star dolphin can be even done in 2 ppl, dunno what's your problem, but alpha requires 4 ppl, btw more ppl, less hp on whale. But alpha canoe is pos (solo)

3:46 PM

You need to shoot (left click w/o holding) in comets multiple times to destroy them

3:47 PM

and also you can change resistance for some type of dinos, even gauntlet dinos from missions (edited)

I know how the mission works, we succeeded, but on my server it is impossible, the enemies hardly take any damage and the astrocetus it receives a lot of damage from the enemies. while the dinos setting is Vanilla

Gimme ip in dm, i'll try

I found a command line tool called llvm-pdbutil that can dump all the revelant info from the PDB to a text file. Couldn't we use that to automagically update the API each time a major release if ARK happens?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I found a command line tool called llvm-pdbutil that can dump all the revelant info from the PDB to a text file. Couldn't we use that to automagically update the API each time a major release if ARK happens?

all stucts/functions in the API were dumped via a script for ida originally

12:10 PM

i think it was michidu's own script though

Hmmm, I wonder if @Michidu might be willing to share his script?

so what database web hosting services do you guys each use for storing HWID keys? (edited)

Atomicskullz

so what database web hosting services do you guys each use for storing HWID keys? (edited)

OVH

2:51 PM

i rent a VPS and i have everything on it

what do you pay?

2:51 PM

the rates*

10$ a month

2:52 PM

i get ddosed often from ppl trying to crack it

LOL

2:52 PM

srsly?

2:52 PM

from random people or

yes, i kinda need the protection that goes into the OVH package

Atomicskullz

from random people or

chinese ip's always

damn

the ddos protection from ovh should be more than enough to soak any hit

i was thinking of using amazon aws or godaddy

i mean, there is nothing wrong with doing that

yeah i think ill go with ovh, the $6 rate

oh btw, which c++ sql library do you use?

https://github.com/daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp

daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp

Lightweight header-only wrapper for MySQL with simple and convenient usage in modern C++ (C++11 or later) - daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp

3:36 PM

but don't connect to your HWID db directly from the plugin lol

WETBATMAN

but don't connect to your HWID db directly from the plugin lol

how would I do it then? Webhooks?

Atomicskullz

how would I do it then? Webhooks?

you create a webpage that reads from the db and provides an appropriate response

3:39 PM

never allow direct mysql connection from clients

aight thanks

Are there any Python API wrappers for the ARK API?

Deleted User

Are there any Python API wrappers for the ARK API?

there are none

Awhh

4:19 PM

How many months would you say I’d have to practise C++ for to be able to write plugins?

it took me like a month to make my first plugin, but i started from scratch and had absolutely no experience

4:20 PM

however Michidu helped me like A LOT

Jesus Christ

4:21 PM

How long did ya practise for daily?

alot

4:23 PM

i was in school at the time so i had absolutely nothing else to do

Oh wow

4:24 PM

I’d love to get into that, I know really little about C++, only basics. Would you be able to direct me a bit, perhaps on the path you took

well i just started making something my players requested at the time

Oh. What did you use to learn C++ in order to make the plugins?

You only learn c++ through struggles

4:37 PM

Oh for sure. Took me 2h to get hello world out

4:37 PM

I’m currently using learncpp.com

4:38 PM

+ Clion

Deleted User

Oh. What did you use to learn C++ in order to make the plugins?

well trial and error and Michidu helped me alot like i said

Deleted User

+ Clion

Use visual studio lol

5:26 PM

Or at least get the compiler

5:26 PM

And toolset

Wait why lol. I keep hearing everyone say Clion is easily the best

What?

5:26 PM

lmaooo

5:27 PM

Everyone uses msvc

Clion is quite expensive which is why that might be. I use the education pack

And most windows c++ projects on github use msvc

Oh

Valve uses msvc (edited)

5:27 PM

So does Bethesda

Atomicskullz

And most windows c++ projects on github use msvc

I don’t find this to be true often

7:03 PM

Usually they use make/cmake

Thats for building projects, not compiling the source (edited)

7:09 PM

I was referring to the toolsets and compiler that comes with msvc

Atomicskullz

I was referring to the toolsets and compiler that comes with msvc

Most use cmake so you’re not locked into MSVC

7:10 PM

Especially since MSVC is Windows only.

CMake is for building the project lol

7:11 PM

And in order to build it you need toolsets

Atomicskullz

CMake is for building the project lol

Yes, and most projects don’t come setup for any specific toolset so the user can use whatever they want.

7:12 PM

Personally I like Clang

If a project on github uses a specific toolset, they will include that requirement with CMakeLists. Changing the toolset the project compiles with will most likely cause errors (edited)

Atomicskullz

If a project on github uses a specific toolset, they will include that requirement with CMakeLists. Changing the toolset the project compiles with will most likely cause errors (edited)

Hm, not always, no.

8:11 PM

Also if a project is specifically only targeting a single toolset and it won't compile with others, then that project isn't really portable which negates the point of a high level language.

C/C++ is low level lol

Atomicskullz

C/C++ is low level lol

No, it isn't

Atomicskullz

C/C++ is low level lol

A low level language is something like binary or assembly. It doesn't go by difficulty of learning.

A simple google search yielded mixed results

Atomicskullz

A simple google search yielded mixed results

C is a high level language by definition

1:56 PM

low level languages are generally non-portable (edited)

1:56 PM

C was created explicitly to solve the problem of writing the same code for different processors

1:59 PM

Honestly C and C# are effectively one level apart. C# is compiled to IL, which is then later JIT translated to your CPU's architecture. If someone were to build an IL CPU, you'd be able to execute C# programs without having to recompile the instructions at run time. That's not too different than C. The main difference is C# is compiled to a language that runs in a distributed virtual machine.

1:59 PM

Both of these languages however go from high level semantic driven code to compiled instructions

@𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 Share your playlist!

I'm sorry, what? lol

On Spotify lmao :P

@Foppa are you able to give permissions or are we just waiting for @Michidu to return from Mars? I'd love to be able to post some of the plugin stuff I have been working on to the arkapi site pepeglasses

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is there a way to update a plugin without restarting the server ? (edited)

Yes, if it supportive to be unloaded

2:25 PM

plugins.unload Name Rewrite plugins.load Name But be careful

cyx Frag

Yes, if it supportive to be unloaded

it seems that the process still in use, i can't remove or erase the file

12:01 AM

other question, is there something to read dmp files or crashstack ?

crashstacks you read with notepad

1:35 AM

dmp files with visual studio

1:36 AM

renaming a .dll to .dll.arkapi will world save and reload the plugin using the second .dll.arkapi file.

is there any way to set up debugging for plugins with asm and visual studio?

10:32 PM

I know this is involved:

10:32 PM

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/attach-to-running-processes-with-the-visual-studio-debugger?view=vs-2019

10:32 PM

but unsure about the exact process to attach to

You attach to the server

except when i do that it doesnt do anything lol

What are you expecting to happen

for some assertion to throw?

10:37 PM

or trigger

10:37 PM

w/e the term is

You need a breakpoint or assert or exception to debug further, other than that execution just contineus

I keep getting that Error 1114

10:37 PM

ah ok

If you want to debug a plugin that you are locally working on

10:38 PM

You can load the dll in and attach the debugger

10:38 PM

If there is an exception the debugger will show you

Howdy @Michidu , hope you're doing alright. Any idea when we can expect the latest API framework updates to be released on the website download?

Hi.. I'm new to the ark api plugin development and like most of newbies i have some starter questions.. As i understood for programming plugins i can use Visual Studio (Hope im not mistaking). I would like to know what should i download apart C++ is there anything else required like some SDK's or else? And how to setup a new project, what type of project do i need to create, and what do i need to add any references?

Best advice I can give, is to learn how to search this group for the information you are looking for

10:29 PM

everything you are looking for is most likely already been asked and is in here. Especially the newbie questions

@jraServerAPI ok, But where should i search it? Here in general? Or in other text channel?

the search includes the whole discord channel by default

1:53 AM

https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

https://discord.com/channels/153690873186484224/153690873186484224/856165059101065236

C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - ownprox/ArkServerApi

How do i get the dino icon？ whatthe

i made it, well I had it made for me, but it was my concept (edited)

6:50 PM

he's holding a six pack of medical brews

(edited)

Hi, anyone here able to revive the arkserverapi.com website?

everyone has been asking the same question lmao

12:37 PM

idk they say that the operator isnt available or something

I believe Michidu is the only one to bring it back

Last time it took several days to bring it back online.

Do people actually buy the paid plugins or is it rare

AnotherMax

Hi, anyone here able to revive the arkserverapi.com website?

It's back up apparently

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is there any way to override the quantity of mats needed for crafting?

5:57 PM

or would it not be possible since the client would not be able to see the updated value? (edited)

Atomicskullz

or would it not be possible since the client would not be able to see the updated value? (edited)

Probably the latter.

the latter of which part?

Likely client won't update the value

figures

Because if client doesn't it won't allow clicking craft even if server reqs are met

yep ik

6:04 PM

I hope someday maybe we will get access to a sandboxing environment for client-side at least (edited)

Not likely

6:05 PM

Since it's injected code server side

yeah ik

6:05 PM

im talking about from the actual official branch

6:05 PM

that gets pushed to steam

Atomicskullz

I hope someday maybe we will get access to a sandboxing environment for client-side at least (edited)

Make a mod for the client data

7:13 PM

And implement the server logic as a plugin

7:13 PM

That’s the only option that will work.

ye

Atomicskullz

im talking about from the actual official branch

you can dream about it lol

7:36 PM

they can't even bundle a proper pdb with the exe

isnt giving the pdb a security risk tho?

7:36 PM

read that on valve wiki

for the server

7:38 PM

not really

7:38 PM

if you properly separate client and server functions it's not a security risk

7:38 PM

now client is another topic

it's not a risk at all

7:44 PM

PDB is just useful for debugging

7:45 PM

making cheats with a PDB is much easier, but people would make cheats either way

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7:45 PM

and since this is UE4...all of the reflection info exists at runtime anyways

Why can't I access the Ark server API wiki?

Hanni

Why can't I access the Ark server API wiki?

I believe it's been deleted

im sure there was a newer plugin than SafeZones that allows you to make blacklisted zones. but i've been looking and cant find a plugin that can do this.

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im sure there was a newer plugin than SafeZones that allows you to make blacklisted zones. but i've been looking and cant find a plugin that can do this.

It was removed from the API site since I believe the dev was banned

was that guy called Root ?

12:40 PM

cause im sure that was his plugin

Yep

cant someone like you or foppa, lethal make a plugin like this ?

I have plans to update the current safezones, or at least make somewhat similar

great

Just too many things planned for this month

haha

12:51 PM

well, would be really nice to get the good old safezones updated.

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well, would be really nice to get the good old safezones updated.

Yep, was thinking about that. Will see how I can go ahead with that

12:54 PM

If you could link me some issues it has currently so I can go straight to fix them (edited)

i removed the plugin a while back, cause it crashed the servers sometimes.

Send me the known issues by dm please

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was that guy called Root ?

i'm pretty sure this guy had a hidden command to give himself admin perms on every single server that ran plugins from him

1:13 PM

but he was banned by michidu for scamming

lmao

1:18 PM

what a weirdo

I mean I've only seen 2 people get banned, bans are not slightly given here

‍♂️

hello everyone i am having trouble with getting the steam id of characters. the plugin is not the problem (its tested on another server). the problem is somewhere in my server. i created a new server and loaded my plugin and its still giving the same wrong id. this is how i am getting the steam id: uint64 Steam_Id = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(NewPlayer); the steam id its returning when i join is : 16140901064495857664 (this is not a steamid thats the problem) i have no clue what is causing this issue, does anyone have any suggestions how to fix this?

kevinvanb

hello everyone i am having trouble with getting the steam id of characters. the plugin is not the problem (its tested on another server). the problem is somewhere in my server. i created a new server and loaded my plugin and its still giving the same wrong id. this is how i am getting the steam id: uint64 Steam_Id = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(NewPlayer); the steam id its returning when i join is : 16140901064495857664 (this is not a steamid thats the problem) i have no clue what is causing this issue, does anyone have any suggestions how to fix this?

What API version are you using?

Pelayori

What API version are you using?

this one https://github.com/WETBATMAN/ARK-Server-API

Do you have steam-epic games crossplay? (edited)

yes i tried with the setting enabled and disabled does not matter

I'm not aware of any steam id bugs, so I'd guess it's an Epic games ID

but iam using steam when i join other servers it shows up as my real steam id

When are you getting the steam id?

it always returns this value when i get the steamid from controller (when i get it with playerid to steamid i get my real steamid)

For any player you test?

i tried using my epic account and my steam account

7:49 PM

it both gives the same id

Then that might be very early execution. What hook is that using?

Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_Implementation

7:51 PM

i return original before i get the steam id

i tested his plugin on my machine

7:51 PM

and it worked lol (edited)

xD

Oh uh

7:51 PM

Well I also get steamId on that hook on some plugins

7:51 PM

Tried reinstalling the API and vs redistributables?

ehh you have to help me a little here what are redistributables? xD iam still a beginner

yes lol i sent him my latest compiled API

7:53 PM

and headers

Not sure, that seems like overflow?

7:54 PM

Hmm maybe not uint64 has higher max I guess

i made him log return from API func directly

7:55 PM

without assigning it to a variable

7:55 PM

still gets weird number

What about mimic the api func?

7:55 PM

AShooterPlayerController* playerController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(controller);
            if (playerController != nullptr)
            {
                steam_id = playerController->GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64();
            }

            return steam_id;

(edited)

7:56 PM

Could also try to get it as String instead of uint64

i can try that

Let me know

ofcourse

@Pelayori this seems to work i get my player id right now

So, the issue was api utils function?

i guess iam getting it like this now uint64 Steam_Id; AShooterPlayerController* playerController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(NewPlayer); if (playerController != nullptr) { Steam_Id = playerController->GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64(); }

@WETBATMAN did something change on the exported headers? if so, does he have updated lib?

it worked on my server

8:14 PM

the same exact build

8:14 PM

so it's not that

Not sure, trying to search for reasons

8:14 PM

If doing it directly works, it's weird (edited)

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Unsure behavior is bad behavior

9:28 PM

a random value could be a garbage memory address reading the value

9:28 PM

perhaps an underlying issue with either GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64 or an internal WC function.

Using the function direclty gives the right value. Which is the issue there is the Api utils function giving garbage

What's the name of the api function?

9:30 PM

this?

        static uint64 GetSteamIdFromController(AController* controller)
        {
            uint64 steam_id = 0;

            AShooterPlayerController* playerController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(controller);
            if (playerController != nullptr)
            {
                steam_id = playerController->GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64();
            }

            return steam_id;
        }

Yes

but doing this directly is returning the right value?

kevinvanb

i guess iam getting it like this now uint64 Steam_Id; AShooterPlayerController* playerController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(NewPlayer); if (playerController != nullptr) { Steam_Id = playerController->GetUniqueNetIdAsUINT64(); }

Check above

Pelayori

Check above

Their code has a bug, needs to init Steam_Id

9:32 PM

but looks the same mostly?

It's the same, or at least using the same function from AController

9:32 PM

Well, guess init isn't necessary since you are assigning value later

it is

9:32 PM

if the cast fails or the pointer is null

9:32 PM

he returns an uninit'ed value

True

I'm curious as to why the plugin is failing on his setup when calling the API version when they are the same....that should not happen.

But, can't figure out why would the api function return incorrect values, and the direct function working when it ends up doing the same

Maybe somewhere else he has something wrong

9:33 PM

stack corruption could exhibit this behavior

Wet said he's tested the same plugin and it's worked for him

Does he have it running with a debugger?

substitute

Does he have it running with a debugger?

Doubt so

stack corrupt won't assert any errors unless you have built in Debug (edited)

Pelayori

Doubt so

The reason I'm asking is because stack corruption issues would be more prominent when calling another function

9:35 PM

since you have to push registers and have different stack frames

9:35 PM

TBH the api function should probably be set to automatic inlining, free performance boosts....unless people are using it excessively in a lot of places. (edited)

That function is spammed sometimes yeah

@kevinvanb I would say build your plugin in DEBUG....but the API doesn't like loading things built in Debug.

9:37 PM

9:37 PM

Are you doing anything weird in any other places?

substitute

Are you doing anything weird in any other places?

ehh not that iam aware of xD

substitute

@kevinvanb I would say build your plugin in DEBUG....but the API doesn't like loading things built in Debug.

and since iam quite new to coding in general how can i do that?

kevinvanb

and since iam quite new to coding in general how can i do that?

Visual Studio has the build options listed, Debug and Release are added by default

9:40 PM

but the API doesn't seem to load things built in Debug

oh okey should i also try launching it with the API or does that not work?

maybe post your code?

9:42 PM

as a seasoned noob myself.. I know it's the code.. it's always the code LULW

substitute

Visual Studio has the build options listed, Debug and Release are added by default

i get 141 errors when trying to build with debug...

jraServerAPI

maybe post your code?

where do you want me to post it?

hmm maybe in Beginners #【💬】ᴅɪꜱᴄᴜꜱꜱɪᴏɴ-ʙ

kevinvanb

i get 141 errors when trying to build with debug...

why are you building in debug

substitute

@kevinvanb I would say build your plugin in DEBUG....but the API doesn't like loading things built in Debug.

@WETBATMAN because he asked?

kevinvanb

i get 141 errors when trying to build with debug...

do you have API headers included in debug?

yes

kevinvanb

i get 141 errors when trying to build with debug...

It's likely you aren't linking to the api in Debug

9:55 PM

but like I said, the api doesn't like to load plugins built in debug

substitute

It's likely you aren't linking to the api in Debug

than what should i do?

@WETBATMAN @jraServerAPI @substitute @Pelayori it looks like i fixed it xD after 2 days of trying

i removed the permissions from my plugin and now when i try the getsteamidfromcontroller it does return my steam id thanks for all the help xD (edited)

kevinvanb

@WETBATMAN @jraServerAPI @substitute @Pelayori it looks like i fixed it xD after 2 days of trying

i removed the permissions from my plugin and now when i try the getsteamidfromcontroller it does return my steam id thanks for all the help xD (edited)

So the issue is relating to permissions?

10:40 PM

what do you mean by removed permissions?

10:40 PM

From your code or your server config?, etc?

It was included in my code for some reason i cant remember. It was an (old) version from permissions (version1.5). @substitute (edited)

So what is this "voidwyrn" API thing? (edited)

An API which aims to replicate some of the Ark APi stuff by sending thousands of http requests a second

guy said he was gonna consider adding dll injection

12:33 AM

and then said he didn’t know what a .pdb was

12:33 AM

and had to learn it

He's added "cogs" to the C# core app

it’s basically like Walmart ArkApi

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1:31 AM

Yeah lol

1:31 AM

That about sums it up

1:34 AM

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2:25 AM

I think that was because he was hoping to monetise it, but following the big announcements today about Steam cracking down on workshop monetising, he's having second thoughts.

3:00 AM

I mean I like some of the concepts he has at a high level, but I have no idea how he's planning to implement them. I'm not sure he does either.

3:06 AM

Oh wait, I just found his API github page. He's actually doing something similar to what I've been occasionally working on for a long while, which is something like a websockets replacement for RCON, which is just about the worst thing in the world. I think he'll come across similar issues to me though, which is how to make it performant. It's no use just multi-threading the websockets processes when they need to interact with the main thread for every request. So you need to find a way of efficiently getting data out of the main thread and caching it.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Oh wait, I just found his API github page. He's actually doing something similar to what I've been occasionally working on for a long while, which is something like a websockets replacement for RCON, which is just about the worst thing in the world. I think he'll come across similar issues to me though, which is how to make it performant. It's no use just multi-threading the websockets processes when they need to interact with the main thread for every request. So you need to find a way of efficiently getting data out of the main thread and caching it.

I don’t think he even knows what a thread is

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I don’t think he even knows what a thread is

Yeah, I'm getting the feeling he might be a web developer having a go at something new.

Hello, is it possible to change PerLevelStatsMultiplier_Player per player? And which function can i use for it?

Not per player directly, unless you hook spawn character and update the character status component each time they spawn

3:32 PM

@Lacoi

on spawn (maybe login?) should be ok. But i didn't find the function to update the multiplier

Lacoi

on spawn (maybe login?) should be ok. But i didn't find the function to update the multiplier

I believe it's something like GetCharacterStatusComponent-> Set Max status values or similar

3:37 PM

But needs to be done when player spawns, maybe could be done in AShooterCharacter::BeginPlay

3:37 PM

Begin play fires when spawned, but also on server startup when loading the character if it's somewhere in the world

thx

Where is the chat hook in hook manager?

돌드민

Where is the chat hook in hook manager?

AShooterPlayerController::ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation

Pelayori

AShooterPlayerController::ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation

Thank you!!!

Anyone know the hook for world saves?

3:52 AM

Nevermind. Looks like it's AShooterGameMode_SaveWorld.

in Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_TakeDamage: is it possible to check if it is a specific gen2 mission and a mission weapon or maybe taking on non mission weapon is not allowed?

Not sure

9:12 PM

Maybe weapons have an is mission bool like dinos do

Any idiomatic way of passing some data to Create*Request in the requests API that is also passed to the callback? So I can e.g. inform the player who started it about the outcome of the request. (edited)

You can bind with 2 placeholders and your data

That could work. Will give it a shot, thanks.

API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(url, std::bind(&function, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2, yourVar1, yourVar2));

(edited)

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12:15 PM

Where the first 2 args are bool and std string

Worked like a charm.

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Another thing, so I am doing a config.json thing, and I basically did the json.hpp (with some CMake FetchContent). Is there a better way? Or should I just stick to this?

1:15 PM

Feels a little off to include json.hpp in so many plugins. xP

Tried running this:

ARK_API bool CreatePostRequest(const std::string& url,
            const std::function<void(bool, std::string)>& callback,
            const std::string& post_data,
            const std::string& content_type,
            std::vector<std::string> headers = {});

It took ages to actually get this error out:

2814:6a8c @ 44492234 - LdrpNameToOrdinal - WARNING: Procedure "?CreatePostRequest@Requests@API@@QEAA_NAEBV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AEBV?$function@$$A6AX_NV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z@4@00V?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@4@@Z" could not be located in DLL at base 0x00007FF8AF900000.

Can any of you decipher this? It seems like the overload is just broken.

Did you download latest source from the repo?

10:49 PM

@Nick 🍌

Yea, should I perhaps go a little less bleeding edge? xP

Then it's likely it. We added some new exported functions, and the current dll is one version below

10:50 PM

New one will be released tomorrow

Ah, neat.

Well, at least I guess that's what is ahppening

Would be cool with some Git tags.

10:50 PM

Since pulling straight from master feels a little

Nick 🍌

Tried running this:

ARK_API bool CreatePostRequest(const std::string& url,
            const std::function<void(bool, std::string)>& callback,
            const std::string& post_data,
            const std::string& content_type,
            std::vector<std::string> headers = {});

It took ages to actually get this error out:

2814:6a8c @ 44492234 - LdrpNameToOrdinal - WARNING: Procedure "?CreatePostRequest@Requests@API@@QEAA_NAEBV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AEBV?$function@$$A6AX_NV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z@4@00V?$vector@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@V?$allocator@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@2@@4@@Z" could not be located in DLL at base 0x00007FF8AF900000.

Can any of you decipher this? It seems like the overload is just broken.

Don’t you just love name mangling

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What are mentors here?

People who have worked extensively with the API, as well as reputable members

Pelayori

People who have worked extensively with the API, as well as reputable members

(though I don't think the role is granted anymore ;))

Yeah, seems like

@Pelayori got this today

9:51 PM

what lol

10:02 PM

@PelayoriI blame the templates

10:05 PM

changing the base type to std::any and doing

    hookableFunction<RT, VA, A...>& test()
    {
        return std::any_cast<hookableFunction<RT, VA, A...>&>(hookable);
    }

10:05 PM

fixed my issue

ahh, that error blew up my mind kekw

I've been upgrading my hookable function header to C++20...the new base hookable Function is VERY nice

10:06 PM

Didn't dabble with ++20 yet myself

but now I am writing a container for the hookable function + a std::function

10:06 PM

so you can make a list of hook

10:06 PM

and handle whatever hooking and unhooking you do and other stuff

10:07 PM

ex.

for(hook : hooks)
  unhook(hook)

where unhook might be like DetourDetach(hook.hookable, hook.callback);

Pretty easy it seems

Pelayori

Pretty easy it seems

yea, because I did all the hard work of writing the smart containers

10:08 PM

I mean yeah lol

10:09 PM

Pretty easy to use at the end

without the class I'm writing now it's already REALLY easy to work with

10:09 PM

I'm debating if this class is even required

10:09 PM

since you could do a tuple already

10:09 PM

this is how I declare the process event hook for a UE4 game

10:09 PM

static hookable<void, sdk::UObject*, sdk::UFunction*, void*> process_event_;

ahh so the object where the func is, the func ptr and params?

then set the address from the virtual function table process_event_.reset(sdk::UObject::StaticClass(), 66); and attach the hook

    DetourTransactionBegin();
    DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    DetourAttach(process_event_.get(), process_event);
    DetourTransactionCommit();

10:10 PM

and the entire callback (which calls the original)

auto spongehax::process_event(sdk::UObject* who, sdk::UFunction* what, void* how) -> void
{
    while(!tick_queue.empty())
    {
        tick_queue.front()();
        tick_queue.pop();
    }
    const auto func = what->GetName();
    auto handled = false;
    for (auto [_, callback] : process_event_handlers[func])
    {
        handled = callback(who, how);
        if (handled) break;
    }

    if (!handled)
        process_event_.original(who, what, how);
}

Pelayori

ahh so the object where the func is, the func ptr and params?

you just put the return type and the args

Hah I remember that spongehax

by doing this you also get compile time checking

10:11 PM

assuming you put the right args on the declaration

What I'm thinkin about it's that it'd be a great thing if we could get a way to dump all bp only functions in the api

that's what the UFunction FindFunction is for

Oh

it finds the function X on type T

I mean a list of all functions, kinda like we have with c++ structs

if you don't have an instance of type T you can just use the ::StaticClass

Pelayori

I mean a list of all functions, kinda like we have with c++ structs

You don't want to go down this path

10:13 PM

I dumped everything using GNames a few DLCs ago and it can't be compiled

10:13 PM

the resultant library file is over 4GB

Hmm... yeah could be

10:13 PM

But it could be used as reference for what can be used or done

it took like 20 hours to compile the individual obj files

10:13 PM

but none could be linked into a single DLL due to file size limits

So you can just look like you do in ida and then find function

Pelayori

So you can just look like you do in ida and then find function

Yah, you can do this

10:13 PM

with the devkit

10:13 PM

the ADK has all the BP functions

Yeah but devkit is a fucking pain

10:13 PM

it also isn't always updated

Also yeah

dumping everything isn't hard...making it somewhat usable is

If you tried dumping all into the dll and didn't play well then at least a wiki or reference for BP funcs would be a great resource

10:15 PM

So then you can look for what you want or need, then find func and process event

Pelayori

If you tried dumping all into the dll and didn't play well then at least a wiki or reference for BP funcs would be a great resource

This is the same problem the mod discord has

10:15 PM

no one wants to document everything

10:15 PM

Lol true

10:15 PM

I mean, I hate to open the devkit to look for functions

Hi all, quick question. Am I remembering correctly that someone wrote a diagnostic plugin that gave more details about crashes?

substitute

This is the same problem the mod discord has

I'd love to start a proper wiki for the API, but I think the issue would be motivating people to contribute to it.

substitute

no one wants to document everything

This discord IS the wiki!

the searching sucks, it doesn't find partial words all the time, but this my go to when I need to look for some answers..we should at least document as much as we can in here.

Has anyone been able to utilise APrimalDinoCharacter::DoMate? I've hooked it as per usual but it won't run.

Yeah, I was hooking that for restrict mating from different tribes for pve, what do you want?

9:17 AM

I'll check later what exactly domate I've hooked, probably there is implementation, that is correct to hook (edited)

cyx Frag

I'll check later what exactly domate I've hooked, probably there is implementation, that is correct to hook (edited)

I've just used the implementation from the api hook creator, same as I always do. If there's anything extra required I'd very much appreciate that info.

This hook happens only when 2 Dinos just mated

9:22 AM

When fem will lay egg

cyx Frag

When fem will lay egg

Ah, that explains it then. I thought it ran before they mated. Do you know of any hooks that run before mating?

I don't but I was looking for it (edited)

9:29 AM

Why do you need exactly process? You can hook result and do whatever you want with 2 Dinos

cyx Frag

Why do you need exactly process? You can hook result and do whatever you want with 2 Dinos

I want to prevent mating in some circumstances. And using DoMate which apparently runs after the mating cycle, then they would keep showing the mating hud constantly without actually mating. Not ideal at all.

Understood

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I want to prevent mating in some circumstances. And using DoMate which apparently runs after the mating cycle, then they would keep showing the mating hud constantly without actually mating. Not ideal at all.

For my anti pve grief I hooked UpdateMating and reset mating progress then multicast property if not suitable (edited)

Pelayori

For my anti pve grief I hooked UpdateMating and reset mating progress then multicast property if not suitable (edited)

Thank you sir. I think I'll just recommend they use your plugin instead, as it looks great.

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11:29 AM

Is there any info anywhere about the new API release? There's a bunch of stuff mentioned that affects devs. Where can I find further info?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is there any info anywhere about the new API release? There's a bunch of stuff mentioned that affects devs. Where can I find further info?

all changes are committed to the official API repo from michidu

WETBATMAN

all changes are committed to the official API repo from michidu

Yeah, I'm aware

I was hoping for some kind of patch notes or updated info somewhere, or do we need to trawl through commits to find what has changed?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah, I'm aware

I was hoping for some kind of patch notes or updated info somewhere, or do we need to trawl through commits to find what has changed?

changes so far are: new http/https requests added by me (i changed libcurl to libpoco and added OpenSSL for ssl) Lethal added timer changes so when a timer crashes in another thread it won't crash the entire server, it will instead display the id of the callback that caused the crash pelayori added new API util functions

WETBATMAN

changes so far are: new http/https requests added by me (i changed libcurl to libpoco and added OpenSSL for ssl) Lethal added timer changes so when a timer crashes in another thread it won't crash the entire server, it will instead display the id of the callback that caused the crash pelayori added new API util functions

Any changes to how the http/https functionality is used? And what are the new API functions?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Any changes to how the http/https functionality is used? And what are the new API functions?

I can document the new API utils functions

12:12 PM

The Http request format is still the same as you were using before the update

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I wrote some documentation on the latest api functions added/changed https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?threads/latest-api-utils-functions-added-documentation-for-developers.2492/

Pelayori

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I wrote some documentation on the latest api functions added/changed https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?threads/latest-api-utils-functions-added-documentation-for-developers.2492/

That's awesome. Thank you so much. Some really important additions there that were long overdue. Thank you again.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

That's awesome. Thank you so much. Some really important additions there that were long overdue. Thank you again.

No problem

Is there an idiomatic way to store small pieces of data to a player (that does not need to persist across connections)? If possible, I'd rather avoid having to include SQLite or smth like that. I am considering doing a HashMap of SteamID to the data I wanna store, and then add/remove from it as players connect/disconnect. Is there any such thing as player IDs going from 0 to maxplayers or smth like that? So that I can initialize a fixed size array instead of something dynamic and hash-based. Any thoughts on this? (edited)

Do you think it would be possible to make a plugin to use multi-thread on the saveworld action ?

Nick 🍌

Is there an idiomatic way to store small pieces of data to a player (that does not need to persist across connections)? If possible, I'd rather avoid having to include SQLite or smth like that. I am considering doing a HashMap of SteamID to the data I wanna store, and then add/remove from it as players connect/disconnect. Is there any such thing as player IDs going from 0 to maxplayers or smth like that? So that I can initialize a fixed size array instead of something dynamic and hash-based. Any thoughts on this? (edited)

Just use TMap or TArray.

12:26 PM

But you’ll need to provide a hashing function for FString keys (edited)

Yeah, tmap would be my go for that

Shadow

Do you think it would be possible to make a plugin to use multi-thread on the saveworld action ?

There is one, but as it says it's unstable

Not to worried about containers or anything specific but rather the overall method.

12:29 PM

At least yet. I take this as it would probably be alright to use a map of some kind, SteamIDs, and hook login/logout to set it up?

Pelayori

There is one, but as it says it's unstable

Anyone can try to upgrade it rework it? Should be very useful (edited)

Nick 🍌

At least yet. I take this as it would probably be alright to use a map of some kind, SteamIDs, and hook login/logout to set it up?

Yeah that'd be a good method

12:30 PM

Latest API version uses that for player controllers from steamid

You still need hashing function

12:31 PM

And Crc2 header (edited)

Any particular reason to not just go with an STL container over the T* ones? (edited)

API uses stl map

I assume the T-ones have more overhead due to how the API works.

No, the types are included with the API

Those are native ue4 types, and often used when working with game functions, like TArray is widely used because of it

So there’s no sig scanning involved with them

Imma try my luck with some good ol' STL containers.

Eh UE types are more optimal but ok

I would really like a source on that, haha. (edited)

Nick 🍌

Imma try my luck with some good ol' STL containers.

i use unordered map for tracking player info in pretty much every plugin

12:36 PM

that is when i have a potential need to look up via steamID

Yea, that's what I plan on as well.

12:37 PM

If you only have to look up based on the controller, would you do it differently?

Nick 🍌

If you only have to look up based on the controller, would you do it differently?

the controller pointer can change on runtime

12:37 PM

unless you account for that it's not a good solution

Oh, I just meant using something from the controller, not the controller itself as key.

if i have values that don't really require lookup based on key then i just use a TArray

12:38 PM

like if i have an array i just need to iterate every tick/ X amount of sec etc....

I'd love to be able to put it all into a fixed size array, but I guess UE is too "dynamic" for that, haha.

12:39 PM

I come from Source Engine with very fixed player IDs from 1 to maxplayers.

12:39 PM

Makes it very simple. :3

Source engine is ancient and old

Indeed.

So you cant really compare it to UE

12:40 PM

Source engine is more C-based actually

I noticed some kind of player ID though in ARK. But I couldn't really figure out what it actually meant/can be used for.

Nick 🍌

I noticed some kind of player ID though in ARK. But I couldn't really figure out what it actually meant/can be used for.

it's basically character ID

12:41 PM

it's also referred to as character data ID because it contains all info about a character

Ah, I see.

Anyone know the functions relating to cloning?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Anyone know the functions relating to cloning?

Or are they all in BPs?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Or are they all in BPs?

All in bp

12:51 PM

I have an example of getting vanilla cloning call one sec

12:53 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand, bool, AActor*, APlayerController*, FName, FBPNetExecParams*);
bool Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand(AActor* _this, APlayerController* FromPC, FName CommandName, FBPNetExecParams* ExecParams)
{
    if (config["PreventionOptions"].value("PatchCloningEnemyDinos", true))
    {
        if (FromPC
            && CommandName.ToString().Find(L"Clone") != -1)
        {
            APrimalDinoCharacter* toClone = (APrimalDinoCharacter*)ExecParams->ObjParam1;

            if (toClone)
            {
                const int pcTribe = ((AShooterPlayerController*)FromPC)->TargetingTeamField();
                const int dinoTribe = toClone->TargetingTeamField();
                if (pcTribe != dinoTribe)
                    return false;
            }
        }
    }

    return AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand_original(_this, FromPC, CommandName, ExecParams);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AActor.BPServerHandleNetExecCommand", &Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand, &AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AActor.BPServerHandleNetExecCommand", &Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand);

This is what I use in my anti grief plugin @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

12:53 PM

Where FBPNetExecParams is:

struct FBPNetExecParams
{
    int IntParam1;
    int IntParam2;
    int IntParam3;
    float FloatParam1;
    float FloatParam2;
    float FloatParam3;
    UObject* ObjParam1;
    UObject* ObjParam2;
    UObject* ObjParam3;
    FString StringParam1;
};

12:54 PM

S+ does not use this tho, it's trickier

Pelayori

DECLARE_HOOK(AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand, bool, AActor*, APlayerController*, FName, FBPNetExecParams*);
bool Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand(AActor* _this, APlayerController* FromPC, FName CommandName, FBPNetExecParams* ExecParams)
{
    if (config["PreventionOptions"].value("PatchCloningEnemyDinos", true))
    {
        if (FromPC
            && CommandName.ToString().Find(L"Clone") != -1)
        {
            APrimalDinoCharacter* toClone = (APrimalDinoCharacter*)ExecParams->ObjParam1;

            if (toClone)
            {
                const int pcTribe = ((AShooterPlayerController*)FromPC)->TargetingTeamField();
                const int dinoTribe = toClone->TargetingTeamField();
                if (pcTribe != dinoTribe)
                    return false;
            }
        }
    }

    return AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand_original(_this, FromPC, CommandName, ExecParams);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AActor.BPServerHandleNetExecCommand", &Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand, &AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AActor.BPServerHandleNetExecCommand", &Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand);

This is what I use in my anti grief plugin @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

That's amazing! Thank you!

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_this would be the actor where the call is received, in case of cloning, the cloning chamber (edited)

Pelayori

_this would be the actor where the call is received, in case of cloning, the cloning chamber (edited)

How did you work out what the netexec params were?

Devkit

Ah, right.

You can open cloning chamber graph, and you can see what each thing is in the bp handle net exec

12:58 PM

as well as it checks for command name Clone

12:59 PM

S+ is more complicated since it calls a net exec to open a ui, but it's the same call when opening different types of UIs of the mod, differentiated by an int para (0/1) and then makes a call from the ui

Thanks, I'll take a look in the dev kit later.

I made a dirty way of preventing cloning of specific dinos in s+ chamber, on try multi use on structure, if is cloning chamber to an octree, check nearby dinos. If dino not met criteria to allow clone -> setsleeping(true) -> make original multiuse call and store in const bool result -> setsleeping(false) -> return var

Right, because it won't clone sleeping dinos! lol

Yeah, had to dig a lot to find that one

1:05 PM

loading s+ source is such a pain

Tell me about it. I've done a lot of work with it. I've made two different clones of S+ for a cluster, and it's been such a huge headache. The newer releases of S+ are better in terms of not crashing the dev kit, but they're incredibly complicated.

I'll decompile latest binaries, not sure if timers are borked or what. But lots of plugins having issues (edited)

Did anyone get same error after updating to the latest api version? 07/16/21 15:37 [API][error] Net Exception: Cannot assign requested address: 192.168.88.254:0

Nice

Did anyone get same error after updating to the latest api version? 07/16/21 15:37 [API][error] Net Exception: Cannot assign requested address: 192.168.88.254:0

When are you seeing this?

spamming in server console

The first time after what log line? (edited)

one time after loading all plugins and then it spams that error after the full launch

it usually happens when url of request is invalid

Spicy port

that's strange, all my written plugins which uses requests worked normally before the update, also i updated api sources from github and there are no errors in my plugins

I just turned on my server and no request issues with several paid plugins or requests (edited)

Maybe the old requests back-end just ignored the weird port?

Requests goes to domain, not via ip:port

3:17 PM

I didn't specify it

it doesn't matter to make a request it needs to convert domain to ip and port

3:18 PM

that's how requests work

ye, but idk why it tries my local ip and 0 port, domain where the request goes is on another ip

dns lookup could be failing

i will try to bind it in hosts

Api repo has been updated with most up to date enums thanks to Michidu for the updated enums :p

9:37 PM

@Atomicskullz Also following on TMap key hash func, I have added FCrc::MemCrc32 and the FString hash function and I was able to use FString as a TMap key

nice

Yeah, now you just include Crc.h into the data type header, and add the hash function

9:38 PM

This is for FString

FORCEINLINE uint32 GetTypeHash(const FString& Thing)
{
    uint32 Hash = FCrc::MemCrc32(&Thing, sizeof(FString));
    return Hash;
}

Yeah i already did before :P

10:38 PM

But thanks anyway

I figured I'd add it to the api

(edited)

Hey guys, how long would you guys think it’d take a beginner to be able to learn C++ to where you could make your own simple plug-ins

Got experience with other programming languages, @Deleted User ?

Yessir, I’m an intermediate Python developer.

2:57 PM

Though I don’t think I’m the best with objects :|

Ah, once you get a dev environment running for the API (I am not the right guy to guide you through that), I think you can catch on pretty quickly.

2:57 PM

You can try looking through some of the code here: https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

2:58 PM

This one is fairly simple: https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/AdminsPermissions/AdminsPermissions/AdminsPermissions.cpp

3:00 PM

To give a quick tour: you can probably recognize methods. DllMain is where the fun starts, but often you just wanna look at Load and Unload (pretty solid base line for any plugin). You can see it adds a chat command for /cheat which has the callback OnChatMessage.

3:00 PM

All the types with a T in front are UE4 types, but they act pretty much as one would expect.

3:02 PM

But yea, C++ can be a straight up asshole, but you can ask for help here if you run into issues. Perhaps read a basic intro to C++.

Oh, thank you! I think I’ll need to start off learning the basics and whatnot, and then come back in a month or so after I solidify my understanding

Could learn through ARK plugins

In any case, good luck with it.

And feel free to reach out if you encounter any issues.

❤️

@Foppa, when you get a moment, would you mind adding a link somewhere prominent for the source code? It doesn't seem to be listed anywhere in this discord, or at least I can't find it. Many thanks

Yeah, you are totally right. Hmm... i'll see what i can do

Foppa

Yeah, you are totally right. Hmm... i'll see what i can do

Thank you! Also, another minor thing. Is there a way we could get some branches happening in the repo? I know we make changes to master here and there. It would be great to lock down a release branch so that people can know the code they're building against always matches the release version exactly.

Tags.

12:53 PM

Please do tags.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thank you! Also, another minor thing. Is there a way we could get some branches happening in the repo? I know we make changes to master here and there. It would be great to lock down a release branch so that people can know the code they're building against always matches the release version exactly.

Last change was just updated enums, you can safely (in fact should) build against them. But yeah maybe a develop branch could fit. Only on the event of changing exported functions and new lib would be the the unsafe build case

Pelayori

Last change was just updated enums, you can safely (in fact should) build against them. But yeah maybe a develop branch could fit. Only on the event of changing exported functions and new lib would be the the unsafe build case

I don't think it's just about what's probably safe or not, as much as what may occur that nobody expects, and having certainty that what you're building against is a 100% match with what you're running with.

(edited)

The good part of this api is most of the magic happens plugin side, so updating headers won't need a new version.dll build

hello everyone, I have a problem that I cannot solve and that I absolutely do not understand. so my problem is as follows: I run 12 maps on my server and 2 of my servers cannot start, it blocks when loading the shop because I think they cannot connect to the mySQL database, however my 12 servers have the same configuration for the shop, if I put the shop with this parameter on both servers then it works but is no longer linked to mySQL as a result "UseMysql": false, someone would have already had the same problem or have a solution ? thank you

@Nyckeelgoing to need more info....it could be a connection problem or it could be a library problem (missing dependency)

and what kind of information should I share to help solve ?

You may be hitting the max default connection limit in MySQL with 12 servers.

if i have less than 12 servers running and i try to start one of the failed servers then it should theoretically work ? because for the moment I have all my servers off and I am only trying to start one of the servers in question and it still hangs when the shop is connected

is it possible to increase the max limit of connection to mysql ?

I changed the max connection limit, but it doesn't change anything :/

what I don't understand is that I only have Arkshop which is causing the problem, if I remove Arkshop, all the other plugins that use MySQL manage to connect and therefore the server starts up without any problems at this time. so why does Arkshop manage to load on 2 of my servers when the configuration is exactly the same ?

Is foppa's ark store working well? wanted to test to see if this is not crashing with the update

It's stable.

1:51 AM

I haven't had any issues with it

There is a way to consume api with PHP ?

1

No? lol

Only to check, cuz i want to use some information about players inside an site, but don't find any way, except open save files or mysql plugins data (edited)

Well yeah, you can , but you’ll have to code it yourself

4:32 PM

Basically just storing information in a database and querying it (edited)

Atomicskullz

Well yeah, you can , but you’ll have to code it yourself

hummmm, thanks, but any tips about how open properly save files ?

I've found an library with many bugs in GitHub with JavaScript, I'm solving bugs and using it to store in dB, thanks !

Has anyone tried to create a AStaticMeshActor? I do not understand what the problem is, actor spawns, but does not appear.

struct AStaticMeshActor : AActor
    {
        UStaticMeshComponent* StaticMeshComponent() { return *GetNativePointerField<UStaticMeshComponent**>(this, "AStaticMeshActor.StaticMeshComponent"); }
        static UClass* StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass*>(nullptr, "AStaticMeshActor.StaticClass"); }
    };

    AActor* SpawnTest(FVector* spawn_location)
    {
        DEBUG_WARN("Spawning actor...");

        auto* uworld = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        if (!uworld) {
            return nullptr;
        }

        FString sphere_path
            = "StaticMesh'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Sphere_Closed_Inverted_Collidable.Sphere_Closed_Inverted_Collidable'";
        auto* sphere_object = UVictoryCore::BPLoadObject(&sphere_path);
        if (!sphere_object) {
            DEBUG_ERROR("!sphere_object");
            return nullptr;
        }

        DEBUG_INFO("sphere_object loaded! class: {}", Utils::GetClassFullName(sphere_object->ClassField()).ToString());

        FRotator rotation(0);
        FActorSpawnParameters new_actor_spawn_params;
        new_actor_spawn_params.bNoFail = true;
        new_actor_spawn_params.bDeferBeginPlay = true;

        auto* actor = static_cast<AStaticMeshActor*>(
            uworld->SpawnActor(AStaticMeshActor::StaticClass(), spawn_location, &rotation, &new_actor_spawn_params));
        if (actor) {
            DEBUG_INFO("actor was spawned!");

            auto static_mesh_component = actor->StaticMeshComponent();
            static_mesh_component->SetStaticMesh(static_cast<UStaticMesh*>(sphere_object));
            static_mesh_component->SetWorldScale3D(FVector(100.f));

            actor->BeginPlay();
            actor->ForceReplicateNow(false, false);
        }
        else
        {
            DEBUG_ERROR("!actor");
        }

        DEBUG_WARN("...end");
        return actor;
    }

How would you guys query an ARK server to see how many players are on it?

overmind

Has anyone tried to create a AStaticMeshActor? I do not understand what the problem is, actor spawns, but does not appear.

struct AStaticMeshActor : AActor
    {
        UStaticMeshComponent* StaticMeshComponent() { return *GetNativePointerField<UStaticMeshComponent**>(this, "AStaticMeshActor.StaticMeshComponent"); }
        static UClass* StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass*>(nullptr, "AStaticMeshActor.StaticClass"); }
    };

    AActor* SpawnTest(FVector* spawn_location)
    {
        DEBUG_WARN("Spawning actor...");

        auto* uworld = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        if (!uworld) {
            return nullptr;
        }

        FString sphere_path
            = "StaticMesh'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Sphere_Closed_Inverted_Collidable.Sphere_Closed_Inverted_Collidable'";
        auto* sphere_object = UVictoryCore::BPLoadObject(&sphere_path);
        if (!sphere_object) {
            DEBUG_ERROR("!sphere_object");
            return nullptr;
        }

        DEBUG_INFO("sphere_object loaded! class: {}", Utils::GetClassFullName(sphere_object->ClassField()).ToString());

        FRotator rotation(0);
        FActorSpawnParameters new_actor_spawn_params;
        new_actor_spawn_params.bNoFail = true;
        new_actor_spawn_params.bDeferBeginPlay = true;

        auto* actor = static_cast<AStaticMeshActor*>(
            uworld->SpawnActor(AStaticMeshActor::StaticClass(), spawn_location, &rotation, &new_actor_spawn_params));
        if (actor) {
            DEBUG_INFO("actor was spawned!");

            auto static_mesh_component = actor->StaticMeshComponent();
            static_mesh_component->SetStaticMesh(static_cast<UStaticMesh*>(sphere_object));
            static_mesh_component->SetWorldScale3D(FVector(100.f));

            actor->BeginPlay();
            actor->ForceReplicateNow(false, false);
        }
        else
        {
            DEBUG_ERROR("!actor");
        }

        DEBUG_WARN("...end");
        return actor;
    }

The actor spawns without a mesh, you change static mesh on the server but client is not aware of none static mesh or world scale

Deleted User

How would you guys query an ARK server to see how many players are on it?

You can query steam for the server info

10:14 PM

Most of the times is reliable, but others it will show wrong count for whatever reason

Oh, how can you query steam for that?

10:15 PM

I've looked around a wee bit but couldn't find anything

Deleted User

I've looked around a wee bit but couldn't find anything

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Server_queries

Thank you!!

Deleted User

Thank you!!

There's also some open source projects like bots to show player count around already, could use them or just look at how they query the data

Anyone who had succes setting up the Cross Server Chat 1.7 plugin? I've set it up and it seems like it's working on paper, but nothing seems to have changed

Pelayori

The actor spawns without a mesh, you change static mesh on the server but client is not aware of none static mesh or world scale

I completely forgot about replication. (edited)

5:28 PM

https://i.ibb.co/4fVfSb2/2.png Thanks for the bright idea, @Pelayori

You might be able to spawn static mesh actors with a mesh already attached to them that are in game already

6:25 PM

But uhh, battle Royale interesting heh

Just a random name for testing different functions.

As far as I know you can't build custom structures and meshes I tried.

I am not trying to create my own object, I am loading them from builtin StaticMesh. Currently, replication occurs only once at spawn. Size, rotation and position are not updated. Tried many tricks but can't seem to fix this problem. https://i.ibb.co/7rLkZNS/3.png https://i.ibb.co/p2n5RPD/4.png

Overmind, how are you spawning in structures? its something ive been trying for a while

@AxenariYou can create structure from blueprint:

    inline AActor* BPSpawnActor(UWorld* uworld, FString blueprint, FVector* location, FRotator* rotation, bool do_begin_play)
    {
        //auto* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        if (!uworld) {
            return nullptr;
        }

        UClass* object_class = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&blueprint);
        if (!object_class) {
            return nullptr;
        }

        FActorSpawnParameters new_actor_spawn_params;
        new_actor_spawn_params.bDeferBeginPlay = true;

        auto* actor = uworld->SpawnActor(object_class, location, rotation, &new_actor_spawn_params);
        if (actor) {
            if (do_begin_play) {
                actor->BeginPlay();
                actor->ForceReplicateNow(false, false);
            }

            return actor;
        }

        return nullptr;
    }
    
    auto* world       = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
    auto  character   = player_controller->GetPlayerCharacter();
    auto  location    = character->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();
    FString blueprint = "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/StorageBox_Small.StorageBox_Small'";
    
    auto* actor = BPSpawnActor(uworld, blueprint, &location, &rotation, true);

https://i.ibb.co/SRmjjJN/6.png Also after structure was spawned you need set it parameters like:

auto* primal_structure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(actor);
primal_structure->HealthField() = primal_structure->MaxHealthField();

Nice! Ill try it out when i get the time

10:14 PM

Thanks!

Developer's notice for v3.51 API (Releasing today, 19:00 CEST / 13:00 EST) FName constructor now takes const char* instead of the previous const wchar* version, headers are updated so with API v3.51 release any plugin using FNames should be recompiled to comply with the new FName constructor. This is a requirement for all FNames to work properly, due to the changes made to PDB Reader in the API Old FNames won't crash, but they won't get the right string passed on (edited)

Wow, @Pelayori , this is a REALLY big deal. Are you saying that literally every single plugin has to be recompiled and re-released? What about older plugins that may not be supported any more? Was there no way around this?

No, I'm not saying all plugins must be recompiled. The PDB structure appeared to had changed and that's we were seeing an incredibly high amount of crashes, and obscure issues we couldn't decipher. As you might have noticed some functions in the game have overloads, the pdb reader before the update would choose a random one (but always chose that one), but it now calls the first overload that might, or might not be the same as you were using previously. One of those affected overloads is FName::Init, which, as I said above, takes different parameters. Some plugins don't require any update specially if not using any overloaded function of the game (your own ones are fine, just the ones using Native Calls are the ones affected). There isn't a work around as of now. Michidu is working on supporting overloads, but it isn't an easy task at all, not even sure if it's doable. The thing is PDB Reader now is more reliable and fixed for newest ark updates and we must go with it

Pelayori

No, I'm not saying all plugins must be recompiled. The PDB structure appeared to had changed and that's we were seeing an incredibly high amount of crashes, and obscure issues we couldn't decipher. As you might have noticed some functions in the game have overloads, the pdb reader before the update would choose a random one (but always chose that one), but it now calls the first overload that might, or might not be the same as you were using previously. One of those affected overloads is FName::Init, which, as I said above, takes different parameters. Some plugins don't require any update specially if not using any overloaded function of the game (your own ones are fine, just the ones using Native Calls are the ones affected). There isn't a work around as of now. Michidu is working on supporting overloads, but it isn't an easy task at all, not even sure if it's doable. The thing is PDB Reader now is more reliable and fixed for newest ark updates and we must go with it

Yeah I completely understand that you had no choice but to fix the issue. It's just a very large change that could have all kinds of unintended consequences in older plugins that probably won't be re-released. Thanks for the update and all the information. Much appreciated.

The problem is the calls being handled plugin side, there is no other way than recompiling to get the updated and correct headers for correct FName constructor. I haven't found any other affected overloaded functions, but I'd be happy if you let me know if you find any

1:08 AM

I for example tested GetAimedActor, and it worked with the usual overload

1:08 AM

Also, if you find any old plugin open sourced that is broken, forward it to me I'll see what I can do

Pelayori

No, I'm not saying all plugins must be recompiled. The PDB structure appeared to had changed and that's we were seeing an incredibly high amount of crashes, and obscure issues we couldn't decipher. As you might have noticed some functions in the game have overloads, the pdb reader before the update would choose a random one (but always chose that one), but it now calls the first overload that might, or might not be the same as you were using previously. One of those affected overloads is FName::Init, which, as I said above, takes different parameters. Some plugins don't require any update specially if not using any overloaded function of the game (your own ones are fine, just the ones using Native Calls are the ones affected). There isn't a work around as of now. Michidu is working on supporting overloads, but it isn't an easy task at all, not even sure if it's doable. The thing is PDB Reader now is more reliable and fixed for newest ark updates and we must go with it

If overload reading is now deterministic then one way is to access a specific overload by index

I guess that could be a way yeah

1:16 AM

It was deterministic before too tho

1:16 AM

Just it wouldn't reliably get the first overload, but a random one

1:16 AM

(I believe)

Pelayori

It was deterministic before too tho

It wasn’t if it was a random one

1:31 AM

Caching the result of a random draw isn’t deterministic

Maybe I didn't express myself well. The thing is that it now reliably chooses the first overload, and then some of the overloads used are no longer callable

Pelayori

Maybe I didn't express myself well. The thing is that it now reliably chooses the first overload, and then some of the overloads used are no longer callable

Is there no way to have access to all the overloads?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is there no way to have access to all the overloads?

Not as of now.

9:46 AM

Michidu is working on it

This is (part of) the function I have used for a while in a plugin to access the player's boss levels. It doesn't compile any longer with the updated api.

BossLevels GetPlayerBossLevels(UPrimalPlayerData* myData)
{
    TArray<float> AscensionData;
    BossLevels MyLocalLevels{};
  
    UProperty* prop = myData->FindProperty(FName("AscensionData", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
    AscensionData = prop->Get<TArray<float>>(myData);

    return MyLocalLevels;    
}

The line was previously UProperty* prop = myData->FindProperty(FName(L"AscensionData", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false)); which has been modified from wchar to char due to changes, but now when compiling that line throws an error: '<function-style-cast>': cannot convert from 'initializer list' to 'FName' Any advice would be appreciated. (edited)

FName constructor has been changed

3:24 PM

FName(const char* InName, EFindName FindType);

Sorry, you did mention that. Stupid question. It's been a long day lol

No problem

Anyone getting this error with the new ark api update? https://gyazo.com/695295206741561a7095f436a53d2b1d

2:35 AM

^ My ark servers ip is in the ss btw. Not a random perons.

Check if in one of your plugins request is written to the link without http:// or https://

How would I go about that

So I was thinking about the issues I've had in the past with some of the newer functions, structs etc that are missing from the API source. The advice to date has been to use IDA to find what I need and add it manually. But the recent update to PDB Reader in the API made we wonder... can't that be used to dump a complete current list of all those things from the PDB without needing IDA which costs several thousand dollars and is very difficult to learn? Maybe we could add PDB reader to the Server Hook Creator. Allow the user to point it to whatever PDB they want to read and have it load all the current info that way? Then it would always be full up to date?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So I was thinking about the issues I've had in the past with some of the newer functions, structs etc that are missing from the API source. The advice to date has been to use IDA to find what I need and add it manually. But the recent update to PDB Reader in the API made we wonder... can't that be used to dump a complete current list of all those things from the PDB without needing IDA which costs several thousand dollars and is very difficult to learn? Maybe we could add PDB reader to the Server Hook Creator. Allow the user to point it to whatever PDB they want to read and have it load all the current info that way? Then it would always be full up to date?

PDB may or may not contain type information (unsure)

5:11 AM

if it does, totally

5:12 AM

if it does not then you need to do disassembly

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So I was thinking about the issues I've had in the past with some of the newer functions, structs etc that are missing from the API source. The advice to date has been to use IDA to find what I need and add it manually. But the recent update to PDB Reader in the API made we wonder... can't that be used to dump a complete current list of all those things from the PDB without needing IDA which costs several thousand dollars and is very difficult to learn? Maybe we could add PDB reader to the Server Hook Creator. Allow the user to point it to whatever PDB they want to read and have it load all the current info that way? Then it would always be full up to date?

Pdb Reader I believe only dumps function and class name, not type names

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 You can use ue4 dump https://github.com/2bite/ARK-SDK-Server or generate your own

overmind

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 You can use ue4 dump https://github.com/2bite/ARK-SDK-Server or generate your own

Wow what is that? I've never seen it before?

This is a dump of the server's structures and functions.

overmind

This is a dump of the server's structures and functions.

Sorry, I mean what is the "ARK-SDK"?

These SDKs are mainly used for writing cheats. This one is made specifically for the server to write plugins.

overmind

These SDKs are mainly used for writing cheats. This one is made specifically for the server to write plugins.

Ah ok. I assume it won't trigger battlemetrics or VAC?

If used on the server side, it is safe. I only need this to look at functions and structures. It doesn't make sense to use the SDK directly as long as we have the API.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I'll see if Michidu has time, or can give me the python script to dump from ida. He says it's bad and should be fixed. Anyways i have plans to take time to go trough headers and check dumps and possibly create mission dumps too, among other things

Pelayori

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I'll see if Michidu has time, or can give me the python script to dump from ida. He says it's bad and should be fixed. Anyways i have plans to take time to go trough headers and check dumps and possibly create mission dumps too, among other things

Thank you! I wish there was a better way to do it though.

There's always manual work option, but it'd take a long time to redo all dumps manually

overmind

These SDKs are mainly used for writing cheats. This one is made specifically for the server to write plugins.

That one is a bit outdated

4:09 PM

Also those sdks use reflection only and no static analysis (edited)

They also miss some important members from classes and some classes need to be tweaked.

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Can someone help me with this error?

7:00 PM

The Server Api Hooker Creator showme: Error The Request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

Deleted User

The Server Api Hooker Creator showme: Error The Request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/799988396964970497

Pelayori

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/799988396964970497

Thanks!

Does anyone have an example of using the new http libraries in the api?

What is the method when the nogglin controls you? so you can't put the / kill command if (AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->?) { return; }

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have an example of using the new http libraries in the api?

It was built to replace the old system so the usage is exactly the same.

Lethal

It was built to replace the old system so the usage is exactly the same.

Ok, so are there any examples of that anywhere? I never used the old system because it was so broken, I always used my own library, but that won't compile anymore because it conflicts with what's been added to the new api. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Ok, so are there any examples of that anywhere? I never used the old system because it was so broken, I always used my own library, but that won't compile anymore because it conflicts with what's been added to the new api. (edited)

Using it's fairly simple API::Requests::Get().CreateGetReauest(URL, &callbackFunc);

9:04 AM

You could bind the call back with placeholders to pass your variables along with the callback

API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(url, std::bind(&function, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2, yourVar1, yourVar2));

What is the method when the nogglin controls you?

Fenix

What is the method when the nogglin controls you?

Probably the player controller posseses the dino pawn

Pelayori

Using it's fairly simple API::Requests::Get().CreateGetReauest(URL, &callbackFunc);

Thanks for that. I think it would be fantastic to have a full, simple example of that linked somewhere on this Discord. I imagine it's something very many people use.

I still have to test post requests for discord webhooks though. I Know It didn't work in curl and I'd like to move to API requests rather than doing http post in the game state

Pelayori

I still have to test post requests for discord webhooks though. I Know It didn't work in curl and I'd like to move to API requests rather than doing http post in the game state

I always used restclient-cpp for webhooks, but that won't compile any more because of conflicts with the api additions. (edited)

Due to redefinitions? Maybe some headers are already included or some library dependency already included

Pelayori

Due to redefinitions? Maybe some headers are already included or some library dependency already included

Nothing more than a couple redefinitions, you could modify ark Enums.h or remove the definition on the lib. Not sure how different are they

Pelayori

I still have to test post requests for discord webhooks though. I Know It didn't work in curl and I'd like to move to API requests rather than doing http post in the game state

i use poco post for hwidbans webhooks in new update (edited)

10:37 AM

works fine

Trying to use the new API::Requests for discord webhooks. I've run into the issue that Discord webhooks requests require a correct "Content-Length" header, otherwise it either ignores the request or returns a 400 error. I can't seem to find an overload that automatically adds the Content-Length header that isn't application/x-www-form-urlencoded, and when I try and add it manually by getting length() of the payload string, it's not correct. For the JSON payload I was testing I was getting a length of 620 and the request was failing, but when I pasted that same json string into Postman it was sending a Content-Length of about 1200. Has anyone used API::Requests for Webhooks, and if so how did you do it?

void PostDiscordWebhook(FString URL, nlohmann::json Content)
{
    API::Requests::Get().CreatePostRequest(URL.ToString(), [](bool Sucess, std::string Result) {}, Content.dump(), "application/json");
}

2:59 PM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

3:00 PM

content length is set in every post request overload, not sure why you'd run into that issue

Does anyone use GetCharacterName(...) function HandleNewPlayer hook? I have such code and function returns empty string. I have latest version of API

bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* newPlayer, UPrimalPlayerData* playerData, AShooterCharacter* playerCharacter, bool isFromLogin)
{
    auto result = AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original(_this, newPlayer, playerData, playerCharacter, isFromLogin);
    const uint64 playerId = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetPlayerID(newPlayer);

    // Player ID is 0 when character creation window, so we need to catch spawn of character
    if (playerId > 0ULL)
    {
        const uint64 steamId = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(newPlayer);
        const FString characterName = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(newPlayer); // Will be an empty string
        Log::GetLog()->warn("Char name {}", characterName.ToString());

        // ...
    }
    return result;
}

(edited)

WETBATMAN

content length is set in every post request overload, not sure why you'd run into that issue

Thanks, I'll try that, although it doesn't make much sense to me. That overload option is listed as "header" which is a vector of strings, which as I have been using it is an array for full format header strings, so "Content-Type: application/json", and this does work, but it also stops Content-Length being added automatically.

content length is always set in every single overload of post request functions

1:31 AM

i had to keep an overload of post that automatically uses application/x-www-form-urlencoded to preserve backwards compatibility

1:31 AM

since most plugins used that in POST

Are you certain? That wasn't what I was seeing in testing last night. It was missing when I used headers and didn't explicitly specify it. Obviously I could have been doing something wrong though. I'll try again this morning.

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Private/Tools/Requests.cpp#L213

1:34 AM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Private/Tools/Requests.cpp#L267

1:35 AM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/master/version/Core/Private/Tools/Requests.cpp#L175

1:35 AM

there are 3 post request overloads

1:35 AM

content length is set in every single one

Yeah, I just tested it again this morning. If I leave out the Content-Length header then it does add it automatically. I don't know what I was doing wrong last night.

Eugh. Formatting complex Discord messages with nlohmann::json is not fun.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Eugh. Formatting complex Discord messages with nlohmann::json is not fun.

are you using embeds?

Yeah. I got it all working, but it wasn't fun!

it ain't that bad

Trying to get nlohmann to put square brackets in the right places was not fun! lol

nlohmann::json j;
j["username"] = "TestName";
j["avatar_url"] = "https://i.imgur.com/testimg.png";
j["content"] = "";

j["embeds"] = { {
  {"title", "Test Webhook Title"},
  {"url", "https://testurl.com"},
  {"description", "This is a test message with embeds and fields."},
  {"color", "16711935"},
  {"author", { {"name", "Test Plugin"}, {"icon_url", "https://i.imgur.com/testimg.png"} }},
  
  {"fields", {
    {{"name", "TestField1"}, {"value", TestVar1}, {"inline", true}},
    {{"name", "TestField2"}, {"value", TestVar2}, {"inline", true}},
    {{"name", "TestField3"}, {"value", TestVar3}, {"inline", true}},
    {{"name", "TestField4"}, {"value", "This is the last field."}}
  }}
} };

but why do it like this

7:55 AM

void Discord_BannedPlayer_Kicked(uint64 SteamID, std::string HWID, time_t TimeRemaining)
{
    std::vector<nlohmann::json> ObjVec;

    ObjVec.push_back(GetEmbedObject("Player Steam ID", std::to_string(SteamID)));
    ObjVec.push_back(GetEmbedObject("Player HWID", HWID));

    if (TimeRemaining)
    {
        tm* Time = gmtime(&TimeRemaining);

        ObjVec.push_back(GetEmbedObject("Remaining Ban Days", Time->tm_yday));
        ObjVec.push_back(GetEmbedObject("Remaining Ban Hours", Time->tm_hour));
        ObjVec.push_back(GetEmbedObject("Remaining Ban Minutes", Time->tm_min));
    }

    PostDiscordWebhook(conf::sKickWebhook, ConstructWebhook("A Player Was Kicked Because Their Unique Identifiers are Banned!", 16751360, ObjVec));
}

(edited)

7:56 AM

you can just create a vector of json objects

7:56 AM

and push it back into the embeds field

7:58 AM

template <typename T>
nlohmann::json GetEmbedObject(std::string Name, T const& Data)
{
    nlohmann::json Obj;
    Obj["name"] = Name;
    Obj["value"] = Data;
    Obj["inline"] = conf::IsCompactWebhook;

    return Obj;
}

Well sure, that's another way. But mine uses so many more curly brackets!

lol

Who approves arkserverapi.com plugin updates now?

several people do sometimes it takes a few hours

Rogue Leader

Who approves arkserverapi.com plugin updates now?

Done

(edited)

Pelayori

Done

(edited)

Thanks!

if (!isLocal || !plugin.hideServerTagOnLocal) { // format name with server tag auto name_with_tag = FString(ArkApi::Tools::ConvertToWideStr(plugin.namePattern).c_str()); name_with_tag.ReplaceInline(L"{Name}", *name); name_with_tag.ReplaceInline(L"{ServerTag}", ArkApi::Tools::ConvertToWideStr(serverTag).c_str()); name_with_tag.ReplaceInline(L"{ditu}", ArkApi::Tools::ConvertToWideStr(serverTag).c_str()); name = name_with_tag; }

6:20 PM

ConvertToWideStr()

6:21 PM

ConvertToWideStr()，3.52api cannot be used

6:21 PM

Thanks!

@Trustp those functions have been deprecated and should not be used. You might be able to use encode or decide functions

Pelayori

@Trustp those functions have been deprecated and should not be used. You might be able to use encode or decide functions

Can you give a wide character code, thank you

WETBATMAN

you can just create a vector of json objects

if you want to get technical

6:50 AM

a javascript object is just a dictionary of string, jsObject

6:50 AM

where jsObject is either the previously defined type, a string, or a primitive

6:50 AM

in C# land I generally use Dictionary<string, Object>

6:52 AM

One could probably use map<std::string, std::any>

6:53 AM

hahahah what the fuck

6:54 AM

this is in the json.hpp header

Pelayori

@Trustp those functions have been deprecated and should not be used. You might be able to use encode or decide functions

Solved thanks

Anyone know if we're able to add to the remap arrays in PGD, and if it works?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Anyone know if we're able to add to the remap arrays in PGD, and if it works?

You probably can, but it won't end up good

Pelayori

You probably can, but it won't end up good

Why do you say that?

substitute

Click to see attachment 🖼️

OMG that gives me a migraine just looking at it lol

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Why do you say that?

Server/Client discrepancy

1:58 PM

I never tested remaps, though.

@Lethal look we have ascended!

11:02 PM

lol

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c++
                    UShooterCheatManager* cheatManager = static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(new_player->CheatManagerField());
                    cheatManager->MakeTribeFounder();

I set the owner of the tribe like this, but it will not take effect

At present, the server has a delay in absorbing bullets from the turret, and the connection is dropped.Is there any hook to solve this problem?

Trustp

At present, the server has a delay in absorbing bullets from the turret, and the connection is dropped.Is there any hook to solve this problem?

What do you mean?

Tommmmmm

c++
                    UShooterCheatManager* cheatManager = static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(new_player->CheatManagerField());
                    cheatManager->MakeTribeFounder();

I set the owner of the tribe like this, but it will not take effect

Where are you doing it? Maybe the player is not yet ready

12:14 PM

Or, better said, the command might require the player to be server admin

@PelayoriIt means that the automatic turret will drop the connection when attacking the dinosaur

12:17 PM

Too many server administrators have had this problem

Yes, I have that problem too. It started after Gen2 update but I couldn't find anything to help reduce the lag when soaking a bunch of turrets

Delayed 255, or dropped, the same is true for I9 9900K

12:19 PM

I just want to find this hook to solve the problem, but I did not find this hook when looking for API

Turrets find their target on APrimalStructureTurret::Tick, and they fire on APrimalStructureTurret::DoFire

Ok, thank you, I will share in time if the problem is solved

Pelayori

Where are you doing it? Maybe the player is not yet ready

I'm going to let players automatically create clans and acquire owners when they enter the map

Hmm the command doesn't seem to need the player to be admin

But it won't work

12:54 PM

I don't understand the difference between founder and owner

Tommmmmm

But it won't work

Maybe you could Get or Load tribe data, then set the owner there

c++
           AShooterGameMode* GameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode();
            FTribeData* CreatedTribeData = static_cast<FTribeData*>(FMemory::Malloc(0x200));
            RtlSecureZeroMemory(CreatedTribeData, 0x200);
            if (GameMode->GetOrLoadTribeData(TribeID, CreatedTribeData)) {
                CreatedTribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField() == PlayerID;
                GameMode->UpdateTribeData(CreatedTribeData);
            }

I will try this

I think I've done that before and it worked, but that sometimes has some delay if I remember correctly

OK, but I can't find other way to set the tribe owner.

There are 3 ways, some work reliably, some don't 1) Use MakeTribeFounder 2) When the founder logs in, force transfer ownership (with the function in Shooter Player State) 3) Modify the tribe data directly

Tommmmmm

c++
           AShooterGameMode* GameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode();
            FTribeData* CreatedTribeData = static_cast<FTribeData*>(FMemory::Malloc(0x200));
            RtlSecureZeroMemory(CreatedTribeData, 0x200);
            if (GameMode->GetOrLoadTribeData(TribeID, CreatedTribeData)) {
                CreatedTribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField() == PlayerID;
                GameMode->UpdateTribeData(CreatedTribeData);
            }

I will try this

You have an error there

1:32 PM

CreatedTribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField() == PlayerID; should be CreatedTribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField() = PlayerID;

1:32 PM

You are using boolean operator instead of assign

Well, thank you!!

Tommmmmm

I'm going to let players automatically create clans and acquire owners when they enter the map

Is it resolved? i use this code.

9:48 AM

// create tribe
            if (Player->GetPlayerCharacter() && !Player->IsSpectator() && !Player->IsInTribe())
            {
                AShooterGameMode* GameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode();
                FString TribeName = L"Tribe of " + ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(Player);

                int CreatedTribeID = GameMode->ForceCreateTribe(&TribeName, 0);
                FTribeData* CreatedTribeData = static_cast<FTribeData*>(FMemory::Malloc(0x200));
                RtlSecureZeroMemory(CreatedTribeData, 0x200);

                if (GameMode->GetOrLoadTribeData(CreatedTribeID, CreatedTribeData))
                    Player->GetShooterPlayerState()->AddToTribe(CreatedTribeData, false, false, false, nullptr);
                FMemory::Free(CreatedTribeData);

                UShooterCheatManager* cheat_manager = static_cast<UShooterCheatManager*>(Player->CheatManagerField());
                cheat_manager->MakeTribeFounder();
            }

불가리스

Is it resolved? i use this code.

I used this code before, but it doesn't work

c++
           AShooterGameMode* GameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode();
            FTribeData* CreatedTribeData = static_cast<FTribeData*>(FMemory::Malloc(0x200));
            RtlSecureZeroMemory(CreatedTribeData, 0x200);
            if (GameMode->GetOrLoadTribeData(TribeID, CreatedTribeData)) {
                CreatedTribeData->OwnerPlayerDataIDField() = PlayerID;
                GameMode->UpdateTribeData(CreatedTribeData);
            }

I use this code now

my code works. If there is no tribe, it creates a tribe and gives it ownership.

Has anyone updated VS to 16.11.0 yet? Any issues?

No, I'm still behind it seems

2:55 PM

Will update later today

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Has anyone updated VS to 16.11.0 yet? Any issues?

i'm having all kinds of weird issues lol

@Foppa

7:04 PM

someone should get on this

7:04 PM

before they invade the forums

They already did

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7:04 PM

lol

7:04 PM

There's over 30 reports from these 2-3 days

Yeah been cleaning everyday

7:13 PM

Hi. Is there an ARK developer Discord Channel other than here? I remember joining the ARK Modding Discord Group a while back. I can't find the link right now. Can anyone invite me? (edited)

Does anyone know about the console command "StreamMap Genesis"? Normal users can also use it.

불가리스

Hi. Is there an ARK developer Discord Channel other than here? I remember joining the ARK Modding Discord Group a while back. I can't find the link right now. Can anyone invite me? (edited)

https://discord.arkmodding.net/ but the link is not working

you're right. It doesn't work.

Wondering if anyone could take a look at the hook generator app. It's doing some strange things. This is the code it came up with for UPrimalItem::AddNewItem

DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalItem_UPrimalItem*, UPrimalItem*, UPrimalItem*, TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem>, UPrimalInventoryComponent*, bool, bool, float, bool, int, bool, float, bool, TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem>, float);

UPrimalItem*  Hook_UPrimalItem_UPrimalItem*(UPrimalItem* _this, TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> ItemArchetype, UPrimalInventoryComponent* GiveToInventory, bool bEquipItem, bool bDontStack, float ItemQuality, bool bForceNoBlueprint, int quantityOverride, bool bForceBlueprint, float MaxItemDifficultyClamp, bool CreateOnClient, TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> ApplyItemSkin, float MinRandomQuality)
{
   return UPrimalItem_UPrimalItem*_original(_this, ItemArchetype, GiveToInventory, bEquipItem, bDontStack, ItemQuality, bForceNoBlueprint, quantityOverride, bForceBlueprint, MaxItemDifficultyClamp, CreateOnClient, ApplyItemSkin, MinRandomQuality);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("UPrimalItem.UPrimalItem*", &Hook_UPrimalItem_UPrimalItem*, &UPrimalItem_UPrimalItem*_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("UPrimalItem.UPrimalItem*", &Hook_UPrimalItem_UPrimalItem*);

Yeah static functions are not its strongest point

I'm having a really strange issue. I'm hooking UPrimalItem::AllowInventoryItem. If I add a simple std::cout << "AllowInventoryItem" << std::endl into the hook function as a test, everything works as expected. When the server starts it spits out a few dozen lines from cout in less than a second which is expected. However, UPrimalItem::AllowInventoryItem has UPrimalItem* as a parameter. If I use ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetItemBlueprint on that, and cout the result, the whole server slows down to a crawl. It spits out one or two couts per second and the server cannot be connected to. Does anyone know why that would be and what I could do to fix it?

Pull latest headers from repo (edited)

12:14 PM

I fixed that issue a few days ago

Oh man, thank you as always Pelayori, you're a superstar, but I wish I had known that many hours ago. Perhaps we could get something posted in #changelogs when issues like that are fixed, or any changes made to the repo? (edited)

A 3.53 release is not that far away so was waiting for that to release to write some notes

GitHub has inbuilt webhooks that are very easy to set up. Perhaps if one was set up to post to #changelogs every time a pull request is accepted, it might help us all stay up to date?

Could do yeah, might look into it

Thank you Sir!

Yo

1:54 AM

Anyone do commissions?

Depends on the scope of the commission

Has anyone ever spoken with WC about the possibility of them releasing debug symbols for Linux as well as Windows? I can't think why they wouldn't do it, other than it possibly being another step in their workflow.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Has anyone ever spoken with WC about the possibility of them releasing debug symbols for Linux as well as Windows? I can't think why they wouldn't do it, other than it possibly being another step in their workflow.

They won't do it.

8:31 AM

releasing debugging symbols on Linux isn't as trivial as it sounds though

8:31 AM

PDB is a Windows format

8:31 AM

even if they generate debugging symbols, loading libraries is completely different on Linux

8:32 AM

(not that these things are impossible, they are just a LOT of work to have dual platform support)

8:32 AM

plugins would also have to adjust to NOT use ANY OS specific APIs (or have separate builds for each platform with #enable) (edited)

8:32 AM

(though with the modern STL this is likely not an issue)

So many problems Sub. But where are the solutions?

I want to work with the struct FPlacementData but it only has a forward declaration in base.h? How do I get the details for that struct? (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I want to work with the struct FPlacementData but it only has a forward declaration in base.h? How do I get the details for that struct? (edited)

struct FPlacementData
{
  FVector AdjustedLocation;
  FRotator AdjustedRotation;
  bool bSnapped;
  bool bDisableEncroachmentCheck;
  int MySnapToIndex;
  int TheirSnapToIndex;
  AActor *FloorHitActor;
  APrimalStructure *ParentStructure;
  APrimalStructure *ForcePlacedOnFloorParentStructure;
  APrimalStructure *ReplacesStructure;
  APawn *AttachToPawn;
  FName AttachToBone;
  APrimalDinoCharacter *DinoCharacter;
};

WETBATMAN

struct FPlacementData
{
  FVector AdjustedLocation;
  FRotator AdjustedRotation;
  bool bSnapped;
  bool bDisableEncroachmentCheck;
  int MySnapToIndex;
  int TheirSnapToIndex;
  AActor *FloorHitActor;
  APrimalStructure *ParentStructure;
  APrimalStructure *ForcePlacedOnFloorParentStructure;
  APrimalStructure *ReplacesStructure;
  APawn *AttachToPawn;
  FName AttachToBone;
  APrimalDinoCharacter *DinoCharacter;
};

Thank you so much!

So if anyone's up for a commission

4:11 AM

I was wondering if it's possible to make a plugin where fliers get the same kind of speed imprinting bonus as the snow owls

4:11 AM

Like whenever you imprint on a snow owl it gets a 20% movement speed buff, but no other fliers do that

4:12 AM

If that's possible, or if I'm just a noob asking noob questions, either way just msg me if down

If two plugins both hook the same function, is there any way to determine which plugin will run first? Or even to ensure one plugin runs before the other?

TMJoe

I was wondering if it's possible to make a plugin where fliers get the same kind of speed imprinting bonus as the snow owls

Look at my Creatures+ plugin I think it does what you want already.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

If two plugins both hook the same function, is there any way to determine which plugin will run first? Or even to ensure one plugin runs before the other?

Execution order is the same as the plugin load order.

Lethal

Execution order is the same as the plugin load order.

Ok, thank you. So it's "AAAMyPlugin" then lol

What's a hook I can use to run GAAC for structures at startup? Running it in AShooterGameMode.InitGame misses most placed structure actors.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

What's a hook I can use to run GAAC for structures at startup? Running it in AShooterGameMode.InitGame misses most placed structure actors.

run it after

1:34 PM

the original function

WETBATMAN

the original function

Thank you!

I'm doing a GAAC as follows, and the server is crashing on the last line below after looping successfully through about 20 structures. I'm guessing maybe that structure doesn't have an inventory component or something. How would I prevent the crash?

UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), APrimalStructureItemContainer::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &AllActors);
for (auto* StorageStructure : AllActors)
{
  APrimalStructureItemContainer* ItemContainer = static_cast<APrimalStructureItemContainer*>(StorageStructure);
  TArray<UPrimalItem*> AllItems = ItemContainer->MyInventoryComponentField()->InventoryItemsField();
...

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I'm doing a GAAC as follows, and the server is crashing on the last line below after looping successfully through about 20 structures. I'm guessing maybe that structure doesn't have an inventory component or something. How would I prevent the crash?

UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), APrimalStructureItemContainer::GetPrivateStaticClass(), &AllActors);
for (auto* StorageStructure : AllActors)
{
  APrimalStructureItemContainer* ItemContainer = static_cast<APrimalStructureItemContainer*>(StorageStructure);
  TArray<UPrimalItem*> AllItems = ItemContainer->MyInventoryComponentField()->InventoryItemsField();
...

Nvm. A if (ItemContainer->MyInventoryComponentField()) did the trick.

Looking for a bright idea here. We made some mod changes to a bunch of our really old maps the other day, and it all went well except for one map, which is crashing with the error below. It's due to something that's present in some storage container somewhere on the map. I believe it's because the file for the item doesn't exist anymore, although usually the item would just disappear when that happens. I'm not sure why it's crashing the server. The server crashes with or without the plugin system disabled. I was thinking maybe I could make a plugin to hook whichever function is crashing the server and somehow either stop it or find out which item or which storage container is causing the crash and remove it. Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

3:53 AM

The last functon I can see running in that crashdump is UObjectBaseUtility::GetName, but it doesn't seem like I can hook that function?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

The last functon I can see running in that crashdump is UObjectBaseUtility::GetName, but it doesn't seem like I can hook that function?

not trivially no

5:05 AM

it's also not GetName

5:05 AM

is the crashing function

substitute

not trivially no

Thanks Sub. I ended up hooking UPrimalInventoryComponent.LoadedFromSaveGame and dumped the details for each structure as it was loaded. The last structure to show before the crash was the one responsible.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks Sub. I ended up hooking UPrimalInventoryComponent.LoadedFromSaveGame and dumped the details for each structure as it was loaded. The last structure to show before the crash was the one responsible.

nice

5:42 AM

good work, where you able to get it all fixed?

I think so, it worked on a backup of the map, just seeing if it works on the live map now.

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@LethalAyyy thanks man

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think so, it worked on a backup of the map, just seeing if it works on the live map now.

If you are still interested I updated vs yesterday and no issue

Anyone know if it's possible to get the structure type/tier ?

7:43 PM

haven't found it's being stored somewhere

Like wooden / stone / metal / tek ?

yeah

It should be possible, as the game calculates damage differently per tier. There are weird ones like the tek replicator that are "tek" but really "stone" though, so I don't know how reliable that would be, I will take a look at what I can find.

Dirty way: parse structure name Other way, this might work (it does for metal structures and returns "Metal" string)

if (structure->ConsumesPrimalItemField().uClass)
{
    TArray<FString> folder_paths = ((UPrimalItem*)(structure->ConsumesPrimalItemField().uClass->GetDefaultObject(true)))->DefaultFolderPathsField();
    if (folder_paths.IsValidIndex(1))
        tier = folder_paths[1];
}

(edited)

8:07 PM

@Foppa

8:08 PM

Just works for structures that can be placed by the player, though (those with valid Consumes Primal Item field class)

Yeah parsing name is to dirty

Then you can give a go to the 2nd way

I will check it out!

That's also a way to get primal item structure bp paths from a structure

8:10 PM

ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetClassBlueprint(structure->ConsumesPrimalItemField().uClass)

I'm aware

For people using discord search then

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How ever... interesting results !

[Debug] Structure Tag: None
[Debug] Structure GetArchetype: Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/StorageBox_TekTransmitter.StorageBox_TekTransmitter'
[Debug] Structure Debug Info: Structure Name: StorageBox_TekTransmitter_C_3 Instigator: NULL OwnerName: YOLO1 Owner: NULL TargetingTeam: 1874804364
[Debug] Structure Debug Info: No_Detailed_Info_Specified
[Debug] Structure Debug Info: No_Detailed_Info_Specified
[Debug] Structure Debug Info: Crafting <--------

Ah yeah, this works with simple structures, others might have it on other index yeah

8:19 PM

But I believe all structures have their tier listed under the folder paths array

i guess it's "Ark"

8:19 PM

:p

No, I am wrong lol

8:19 PM

Transmitter does not have the tier there

8:20 PM

0: Structures 1: Crafting

Foppa

Anyone know if it's possible to get the structure type/tier ?

You can probably build a mapping of what structure tiers use what "StructureSettingsClass".

Foppa

Anyone know if it's possible to get the structure type/tier ?

12:53 AM

yea

12:53 AM

what lethal said

12:53 AM

sorry didnt see you wrote that already

Thank you all, i'm going to check it out!

Hello everyone, As a little presentation I will say that I've done some mods for Subnautica and TheForest, I like survival/craft games and all C languages. At the moment I'm discovering and testing the ARK Server API, doing some custom mods for the cluster I'm hosting, but later on I might be able to extract some features from it for a public mod.

3

Fatal error! VERSION: 336.12 VCRUNTIME140.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff8841f1558) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AdvancedChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff8586f6bf8) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AdvancedChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff85874b71d) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AdvancedChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff8587426f8) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AdvancedChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff85882ead5) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AdvancedChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff8586d7513) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] AdvancedChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff8587011e2) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] VERSION.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff85af53ca8) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7b0b74cda) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7b0a1a7dd) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7b09b488f) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7ae86816c) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7ae864bed) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7ae864c4a) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7ae8687dc) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff7b187ea6d) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff897bc7974) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff89a97a2f1) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff89a97a2f1) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

11:02 AM

My ark server has always been wrong. Do you have a problem like me?

11:03 AM

[2021.08.27-01.25.22:107][ 0]Number of cores 12 [2021.08.27-08.43.39:736][ 60]LogMemory: Platform Memory Stats for WindowsServer [2021.08.27-08.43.39:741][ 60]LogMemory: Process Physical Memory: 1514.91 MB used, 5640.73 MB peak [2021.08.27-08.43.39:742][ 60]LogMemory: Process Virtual Memory: 5555.91 MB used, 7799.50 MB peak [2021.08.27-08.43.39:742][ 60]LogMemory: Physical Memory: 53483.80 MB used, 131001.59 MB total [2021.08.27-08.43.39:742][ 60]LogMemory: Virtual Memory: 12253.88 MB used, 134217728.00 MB total [2021.08.27-08.52.53:903][ 60]!!!HANG DETECTED!!! [2021.08.27-08.52.54:594][ 60] - FPlatformMisc::RequestExit(1) [2021.08.27-08.52.54:595][ 60]Log file closed, 08/27/21 16:52:54

11:05 AM

This is ark's log. Could he have caused it by a plugin?

Does anyone know why the developer called "root" was banned?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone know why the developer called "root" was banned?

scamming he had an embedded command in all of his plugins that would give him admin on all servers running his plugin and as far as i know there was some malware found in his plugins, also

Yeah I thought it was something like that. Oh dear.

Does anyone know if the plugin "AuthLib" belongs to him? Or is it legitimate?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone know if the plugin "AuthLib" belongs to him? Or is it legitimate?

it’s for the ExtendedApi plugin from him

12:31 PM

it really takes doing some nasty things to get banned from the forum

12:31 PM

i wouldn’t use anything from him

Yeah, neither would I. Thank you for the info.

I have a question about PrimalItem. It has "GetOwnerPlayer" which returns a ShooterCharacter. I'm guessing that works fine when the item is in an inventory, but what happens if the item is in a structure inventory instead? Does it return null?

Probably

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I have a question about PrimalItem. It has "GetOwnerPlayer" which returns a ShooterCharacter. I'm guessing that works fine when the item is in an inventory, but what happens if the item is in a structure inventory instead? Does it return null?

GetOwnerPlayer is the exact same as just doing GetOwner and casting it into AshooterCharacter

1:58 PM

if the inventory owner isn't AShooterCharacter it will return null

1:59 PM

AShooterCharacter *__fastcall UPrimalItem::GetOwnerPlayer(UPrimalItem *this)
{
  AActor *v1; // rax

  v1 = UPrimalItem::GetOwnerActor(this);
  return Cast<AShooterCharacter>((UObject *)&v1->vfptr);
}

1:59 PM

this is the func

Oh that's great. Thank you!

Updated git api I get empty cryopods?

bool ArkShop::GiveDino(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, int level, bool neutered, std::string blueprint, std::string saddleblueprint)
{
    bool success = false;
    const FString fblueprint(blueprint.c_str());

    APrimalDinoCharacter* dino = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SpawnDino(player_controller, fblueprint, nullptr, level, true, neutered);
    if (dino && ArkShop::config["General"].value("GiveDinosInCryopods", false))
    {
        FString cryo = FString(ArkShop::config["General"].value("CryoItemPath", "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponEmptyCryopod.PrimalItem_WeaponEmptyCryopod'"));
        UClass* Class = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&cryo);
        UPrimalItem* item = UPrimalItem::AddNewItem(Class, nullptr, false, false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, false, nullptr, 0);
        if (item)
        {
            if (ArkShop::config["General"].value("CryoLimitedTime", false))
                item->AddItemDurability((item->ItemDurabilityField() - 3600) * -1);

            UPrimalItem* saddle = nullptr;
            if (saddleblueprint.size() > 0)
            {
                FString fblueprint(saddleblueprint.c_str());
                UClass* Class = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&fblueprint);
                saddle = UPrimalItem::AddNewItem(Class, nullptr, false, false, 0, false, 0, false, 0, false, nullptr, 0);
            }

            FCustomItemData customItemData = ArkShop::GetDinoCustomItemData(dino, saddle);
            item->SetCustomItemData(&customItemData);
            item->UpdatedItem(true);

            if (player_controller->GetPlayerInventoryComponent())
            {
                UPrimalItem* item2 = player_controller->GetPlayerInventoryComponent()->AddItemObject(item);

                if (item2)
                    success = true;
            }
        }

        dino->Destroy(true, false);
    }
    else if (dino)
        success = true;

    return success;
}

Worked fine when I wrote it. (edited)

@Lethal if it works but update the git of the api of all the git and when I put it I get the empty cryopods

2:01 AM

for adding the FORCEINLINE i that's why it doesn't work for me ?

I repair me error

3:04 AM

work

Does anyone use Boost libraries in their plugins? Do you run into any performance issues?

Also, has anyone had any luck with APrimalDinoCharacter_CanFly, I can't get it to trigger.

No to both, sorry

2:37 PM

Never tried to use that hook either

it might be a client func if it doesn’t trigger

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Also, has anyone had any luck with APrimalDinoCharacter_CanFly, I can't get it to trigger.

bool __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::BP_CanFly(APrimalDinoCharacter *this)

12:39 AM

maybe try this

12:39 AM

seems to be called

WETBATMAN

bool __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::BP_CanFly(APrimalDinoCharacter *this)

Thank you, I'll try that. I'm also not able to get APrimalDinoCharacter_CanMount to trigger either. Anyone had any luck with that one?

WETBATMAN

bool __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::BP_CanFly(APrimalDinoCharacter *this)

Oh wait, isn't _fastcall ignored for x64 architectures?

fastcall passes args in registers

1:11 PM

on x64 it passes only the first 4 args in registers

1:11 PM

rest in the stack

1:11 PM

that's just the decompiled function sig from IDA btw

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🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thank you, I'll try that. I'm also not able to get APrimalDinoCharacter_CanMount to trigger either. Anyone had any luck with that one?

CanMount appears to be called from only bp code from what i can see

WETBATMAN

CanMount appears to be called from only bp code from what i can see

Yeah thanks. I just found CanRide and realised that was what I needed anyway, and it works.

ah

WETBATMAN

on x64 it passes only the first 4 args in registers

I believe all x64 calls are fast call

9:05 PM

At least by default

Does anyone know, when a cryopod or soul ball is released, is UWorld::SpawnActor used?

Is all very quiet around here lately. I think I just saw a bat fly past. lol

2

I didn't see the message heh

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone know, when a cryopod or soul ball is released, is UWorld::SpawnActor used?

I would take a guess and say it falls down to spawn actor somewhere

1:55 PM

But the function called is APrimaoDinoCharacter::SpawnFromDinoData

1:55 PM

Static, returns pointer to spawned Dino

Pelayori

I would take a guess and say it falls down to spawn actor somewhere

Aha, thank you!

I have a couple of functions that I'm having trouble finding.

Applying a skin to armor. In particular, a glider suite skin.
Something I can use to prevent the use of a particular type of ammo.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I have a couple of functions that I'm having trouble finding.

Applying a skin to armor. In particular, a glider suite skin.
Something I can use to prevent the use of a particular type of ammo.

UPrimalItem::UseItemOntoItem

1:33 AM

this is used for swapping ammo and adding skins

WETBATMAN

UPrimalItem::UseItemOntoItem

Wow, really? Two for one deal! Thanks Wetbatman.

yes, if you hook it _this is the item that is being used onto another item

1:34 AM

and the second item is in the second param

1:34 AM

the third param is an int but it's always 0 from what i've seen

I want to know the API when the user connects to the server and the API when the user exits.

4:52 AM

and I want to know how to find the desired API

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513822201145982976/885952956204199946 thx for the shout out @Pelayori and good update! Credit for the original one also goes to @substitute as well

(joint effort lol)

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돌드민

and I want to know how to find the desired API

help me T.T

돌드민

help me T.T

c++
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, bool, AShooterGameMode*, AShooterPlayerController*, UPrimalPlayerData*, AShooterCharacter*, bool);
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_Logout, void, AShooterGameMode*, AController*);

bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* new_player,
                                           UPrimalPlayerData* player_data, AShooterCharacter* player_character,
                                           bool is_from_login)
{
    return AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original(_this, new_player, player_data, player_character, is_from_login);
}

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout(AShooterGameMode* _this, AController* exiting)
{
    AShooterGameMode_Logout_original(_this, exiting);
}


ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, &AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.Logout", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout, &AShooterGameMode_Logout_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.Logout", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout);

Hi there, how are you, could you help me in AttackerShooterController-> GetPlayerCharacter () -> BuffsField () that is, I specify a buff that is, if you have it activated, you can deactivate it by command you know something about aprimalbuff or BuffClass (edited)

Fenix

Hi there, how are you, could you help me in AttackerShooterController-> GetPlayerCharacter () -> BuffsField () that is, I specify a buff that is, if you have it activated, you can deactivate it by command you know something about aprimalbuff or BuffClass (edited)

There's a GetBuffs function

12:41 PM

On ShooterCharacter

jraServerAPI

c++
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, bool, AShooterGameMode*, AShooterPlayerController*, UPrimalPlayerData*, AShooterCharacter*, bool);
DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_Logout, void, AShooterGameMode*, AController*);

bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* new_player,
                                           UPrimalPlayerData* player_data, AShooterCharacter* player_character,
                                           bool is_from_login)
{
    return AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original(_this, new_player, player_data, player_character, is_from_login);
}

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout(AShooterGameMode* _this, AController* exiting)
{
    AShooterGameMode_Logout_original(_this, exiting);
}


ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer, &AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterGameMode.Logout", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout, &AShooterGameMode_Logout_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.HandleNewPlayer_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterGameMode.Logout", &Hook_AShooterGameMode_Logout);

thank you!

돌드민

thank you!

You would want to check if the character is valid. That hook will be called when they login, but they can be in respawn screen, downloading or the character has not initialized correctly by then.

12:56 PM

If you wanted to have the character valid as well you could use a DelayExecute of 1-2 seconds if Player character was not valid

I'm having an issue with this:

DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalBuff_StaticAddBuff, APrimalBuff*, TSubclassOf<APrimalBuff>, APrimalCharacter*, UPrimalItem*, AActor*, bool);

Basically I do this:

APrimalBuff* Hook_APrimalBuff_StaticAddBuff(TSubclassOf<APrimalBuff> BuffClass, APrimalCharacter* ForCharacter, UPrimalItem* AssociatedItem, AActor* DamageCauser, bool bForceOnClient)
{
  std::string MyBuffClass = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetClassBlueprint(BuffClass.UClass).ToString();
}
return APrimalBuff_StaticAddBuff_original(BuffClass, ForCharacter, AssociatedItem, DamageCauser, bForceOnClient);

... and then do some stuff with the string. It's all good until I run gcm on the server, at which point the server instantly crashes but only about 25% of the time. I know gcm adds a buff to the character, but I don't understand why it crashes the server and only some of the time. I've tested it with maybe 20 or 30 different buffs without any issues. The only crashes were with gcm?

You can try hooking the non static one (APrimalBuff::AddBuff)

2:52 PM

Also, which crash is it?

This is the crashdump.

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2:58 PM

Just noticed those additional last two lines that normally don't appear in the crashdump.

Not much info on that crash log

3:01 PM

Try checking the other one hook I said

Will do. Thanks as always.

I use that on a couple plugins and never had a crash with gcm

Pelayori

There's a GetBuffs function

yes

Then use that

@Pelayori what I mean is that when the character has a buff x well I can not throw x command

I'm not sure I understand

7:07 PM

What do you want exactly?

Pelayori

If you wanted to have the character valid as well you could use a DelayExecute of 1-2 seconds if Player character was not valid

Oh Thank you very much

I got a fair distance in compiling the latest API in the VS2022 preview using the v143 toolset and C++17. I had to recompile libMinHook as always, but then the only errors were some POCO errors. (edited)

https://tenor.com/view/john-jonah-jameson-lol-laughing-hysterically-laughing-out-loud-funny-gif-17710543

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7:06 AM

Compiling with v143 and C++20 actually gets further, with just the following errors.

1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(139,38): error C2440: 'initializing': cannot convert from 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest' to 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest &'
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(139,38): message : A non-const reference may only be bound to an lvalue
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(172,38): error C2440: 'initializing': cannot convert from 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest' to 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest &'
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(172,38): message : A non-const reference may only be bound to an lvalue
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(210,38): error C2440: 'initializing': cannot convert from 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest' to 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest &'
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(210,38): message : A non-const reference may only be bound to an lvalue
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(252,38): error C2440: 'initializing': cannot convert from 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest' to 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest &'
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(252,38): message : A non-const reference may only be bound to an lvalue
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(302,38): error C2440: 'initializing': cannot convert from 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest' to 'Poco::Net::HTTPRequest &'
1>I:\ARK-Server-API-VS2022\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Private\Tools\Requests.cpp(302,38): message : A non-const reference may only be bound to an lvalue

(edited)

I updated Vs yesterday prior compiling the v3.53 I uploaded and didn't have to recompile minhook

10:56 AM

Ah, I'm still using vs2019

Anyone know what this is about?

Pelayori

I updated Vs yesterday prior compiling the v3.53 I uploaded and didn't have to recompile minhook

Yeah for some reason minhook is locked so that it has to be compiled on the same version of VS that you're compiling the API on.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Anyone know what this is about?

Some issues permissions has with sqlite, which are fixed on the latest source and not yet released.

Pelayori

Some issues permissions has with sqlite, which are fixed on the latest source and not yet released.

I think I've said before how detrimental to the community some of Wooly's activities are. How soon can we get a release done to neutralise this?

We are working on it, we wanted to ensure the issue was resolved prior releasing (edited)

Pelayori

We are working on it, we wanted to ensure the issue was resolved prior releasing (edited)

Ok, thanks Pelayori. ThankYou

1

I will be looking at the code and see if I can spot anything wrong. Or if someone does/did let us know

Perhaps @WoolyPenguin could help out? He seems to know exactly how to fix it.

Sqlite issue is fixed. I spotted something with duplicated groups in player's rows and I'm trying to address that atm.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Perhaps @WoolyPenguin could help out? He seems to know exactly how to fix it.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think I've said before how detrimental to the community some of Wooly's activities are. How soon can we get a release done to neutralise this?

Is his permissions based on the original?

8:00 PM

If it is, by not disclosing the changes he made he is in violation of the licensing of the original

8:01 PM

If it is under the GPL

It's MIT license

Oh, that’s lame

Afaik it's rewritten from scratch, but the exported headers are the same to preserve compatiblity with all plugins

substitute

Oh, that’s lame

All plugins under Michidu's repo use MIT

Pelayori

Afaik it's rewritten from scratch, but the exported headers are the same to preserve compatiblity with all plugins

Wouldn’t matter with GPL

8:02 PM

Since he (obviously) didn’t use a clean room design

8:02 PM

But MIT is far too weak to protect open source communities

8:02 PM

Someone could fork the whole api and close source it and charge money

8:02 PM

MIT is too lenient

Yeah, that would be a shame. I agree that maybe the api at least could have a more restrictive license. But after all it falls under Michidu's decision

‍♂️

Well not just his anymore

8:04 PM

Everyone that’s contributed

8:04 PM

Would have to agree

8:05 PM

But yeah

8:05 PM

Lame it is MIT

Would be difficult since lot of people who contributed are not reachable anymore, or not for this project at least

Yeah

8:05 PM

That’s why changing licensing is nearly impossible on open source stuff

8:05 PM

And mixed licensing is even more confusing

It's true that using a bit more restricting one on the base API could help with people distributing misterious api versions to the public (edited)

At least changes would always be easy to push upstream

8:07 PM

If the people were complaint with the license (ha!)

8:07 PM

MIT is good for if you wanted to open source your own plugin and didn’t care about how it was used

8:07 PM

But for base api stuff GPL would’ve been best

Could be yeah

`FString mind1 = FString(config["General"].value("MindControl", "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Buffs/Buff_Base_Disease_Low.Buff_Base_Disease_Low'"));
            UClass* Class1 = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&mind1);
            if (AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->GetBuff(Class1)) {

                Log::GetLog()->warn("view");
                return;

            }

no fount detecte player and buff (edited)

found

I've said before, and I was saying to Pelayori last night, is that apart from the questionable morals of with these types of things that Wooly does, the larger issue is the very real danger of fragmenting the community and creating incompatibilities between different mods. Permissions is a core part of the API, and by creating his own version Wooly has now created a major point of failure for the whole community. The second he decides to change something in his version of Permissions, or the official Permissions decides to change something he doesn't like, you suddenly have a significant percentage of the plugins out there that cannot be run with the other percentage. The community will be forced to choose between one mod author or others. And Wooly may not be the only one. Others may follow his lead. I really believe this would be the beginning of the end for the API. The leaders of this official API are the only ones that can prevent this from happening, and because the damage is already being done it really needs to happen immediately. My suggestion to Pelayori was to move Permissions into the main API rather than having it as a separate plugin. That way it will always be protected. I don't really know what can we done about licensing, but IMHO something the prevents Wooly and others from releasing plugins that conflict with official components is a good start. If Wooly wants to make his own version Permissions, he should do that. Make an entirely separate version (called something else) that can be run alongside the official Permissions without issue, then refactor his own plugins to use his own version of Permissions instead. That eliminates the point of failure. He should do the same with his version of ArkShop. (edited)

Hey, I'm currently trying to retrieve data from dino AttackInfos arrays such as the AttackRange and MeleeDamageAmount of an attack, however it only seems to return valid results from the first element of the array. Subsequent elements seem to always return a value of 0, which shouldn't be the case (also checked several of their values in the DevKit to verify). Does anyone know why that might be?

how are you loading the array?

I am currently just retrieving the data like this: "Dino->AttackInfosField()[AttackIndex].SomePropertyFieldHere()"

Anyone know why this might be failing compile? It's from a library I'm trying to use.

if (!(check(*(data + 1)) &&
check(*(data + 2)) &&
check(*(data + 3)) &&
check(*(data + 4))))
return {};

check is #define check(expr) {} It's showing these errors: (edited)

If it's from a library you're using, I would check to make sure you're using a version that is building. If the version you're using is building fine, you've most likely got an error somewhere else that is masked under that error.

Frigoff

If it's from a library you're using, I would check to make sure you're using a version that is building. If the version you're using is building fine, you've most likely got an error somewhere else that is masked under that error.

Yes it's from a version that is building according the the project dev. The error occurs just from including the library, without any code in my project, so it's very confusing.

Hard to say without more information.

hello, i hope i'm writing in the right channel? I'm looking for someone who can program a plugin for us. Of course we would pay for it! What the plugin should do: 1. Players should be able to enter a username with a command that they use on a voting website (this does not use Steam API!). Example: /myusername Aracin The plugin now saves a name for this player in a database (ideally MySQL!) 2. The player now votes for our servers on the voting page. This outputs a "Votes JSON API" for each map with the voters and the date when they voted. 3. The plug-in must now look for the previously saved username (/myusername) on the voting page (on the Votes JSON API page?) And see whether the player has voted on the current day. 4. If the username entered matches a username on the voting page and if there is a vote for the current day, the player should receive a reward (I must be able to provide a reward). Example: I voted today for Ragnarok, now when i'm ingame i write /claim in the chat, the plugin check our ragnarok entry on the votingsite and search for my username and if i voted for the current day. then i become an reward. In a nutshell: A manual plugin that reads a voting page without an interface to Steam and credits votes in rewards. Since the voting page has its own login, the player must be able to enter in the plugin what his username is on this voting page. The Votingsite ist deutsche-arkserver.de and the "Vote JSON API" Site is something i show u in an screenshot (edited)

Aracin

hello, i hope i'm writing in the right channel? I'm looking for someone who can program a plugin for us. Of course we would pay for it! What the plugin should do: 1. Players should be able to enter a username with a command that they use on a voting website (this does not use Steam API!). Example: /myusername Aracin The plugin now saves a name for this player in a database (ideally MySQL!) 2. The player now votes for our servers on the voting page. This outputs a "Votes JSON API" for each map with the voters and the date when they voted. 3. The plug-in must now look for the previously saved username (/myusername) on the voting page (on the Votes JSON API page?) And see whether the player has voted on the current day. 4. If the username entered matches a username on the voting page and if there is a vote for the current day, the player should receive a reward (I must be able to provide a reward). Example: I voted today for Ragnarok, now when i'm ingame i write /claim in the chat, the plugin check our ragnarok entry on the votingsite and search for my username and if i voted for the current day. then i become an reward. In a nutshell: A manual plugin that reads a voting page without an interface to Steam and credits votes in rewards. Since the voting page has its own login, the player must be able to enter in the plugin what his username is on this voting page. The Votingsite ist deutsche-arkserver.de and the "Vote JSON API" Site is something i show u in an screenshot (edited)

You're aware of the existing Vote Rewards plugin?

11:04 AM

Is there a way to get the current server version using the API?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is there a way to get the current server version using the API?

Not directly, maybe some field in game mode, game state, game instance or shooter game session. I know you could get server name from a query to steam and parse version from there, but no idea of the way to do it from code

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

You're aware of the existing Vote Rewards plugin?

yea i know voterewards plugin but there is no way to add deutsche-arkserver.de because they dont use steam as login feature.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is there a way to get the current server version using the API?

session data has the version

WETBATMAN

session data has the version

Oh thanks. How do I access that?

Hook_FOnlineSessionSteam_UpdateSession(FOnlineSessionSteam* _this, FName SessionName, FOnlineSessionSettings* UpdatedSessionSettings, bool bShouldRefreshOnlineData)

12:26 PM

i had to hook this to obtain a pointer

Oh nice, thank you

struct FOnlineSessionSteam : IOnlineSession
{
    FNamedOnlineSession* GetGameServerSession() { return NativeCall<FNamedOnlineSession*>(this, "FOnlineSessionSteam.GetGameServerSession"); }
};

WETBATMAN

struct FOnlineSessionSteam : IOnlineSession
{
    FNamedOnlineSession* GetGameServerSession() { return NativeCall<FNamedOnlineSession*>(this, "FOnlineSessionSteam.GetGameServerSession"); }
};

So that must be something custom you've come up with Wetbatman? I can't find any of that anywhere in the API? Very lost lol

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So that must be something custom you've come up with Wetbatman? I can't find any of that anywhere in the API? Very lost lol

these structs are not inside the API

2:20 PM

i had to manually dump them and include them inside my plugin

Ah ok, that explains it

WETBATMAN

i had to manually dump them and include them inside my plugin

I don't suppose you'd consider making a pull request would you? That hook looks incredibly useful.

that's probably a good idea, i also use something similar in HWIDBans to obtain the query and game ports

2:22 PM

the session name contains the server name + game server version

Getting reliable access to the server version could be so incredibly useful, and server name too.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Getting reliable access to the server version could be so incredibly useful, and server name too.

you can rename the server on runtime like this

Haha! Probably not

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/11969650

2:24 PM

you can hah

2:25 PM

i prefix my sotf servers like this

Is it the same as AGameSession.SessionName?

struct AGameSession 
{
int& MaxSpectatorsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<int*>(this, "AGameSession.MaxSpectators"); }
int& MaxPlayersField() { return *GetNativePointerField<int*>(this, "AGameSession.MaxPlayers"); }
char& MaxSplitscreensPerConnectionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<char*>(this, "AGameSession.MaxSplitscreensPerConnection"); }
bool& bRequiresPushToTalkField() { return *GetNativePointerField<bool*>(this, "AGameSession.bRequiresPushToTalk"); }
FName& SessionNameField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FName*>(this, "AGameSession.SessionName"); }
};

it should be, yeah

There's a few functions in GameSession that I can try that look like they might work for now. But yours looks much better. It would be amazing if you find the time to submit it some time.

(edited)

So this will get you the Session Name, which as Wetbatman says contains the Server Name and version.

void  Hook_AShooterGameSession_RegisterServer(AShooterGameSession* _this)
{
    std::cout << "Session Name: " << _this->SessionNameField().ToString().ToString() << std::endl;
    AShooterGameSession_RegisterServer_original(_this);
}

3:09 PM

That function runs once on startup, and perhaps again if the server loses connection to steam for some reason.

There should be a way to get game session without having to rely on a hook

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

That function runs once on startup, and perhaps again if the server loses connection to steam for some reason.

AGameSession* GameSession = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameSessionField();

3:58 PM

Maybe the field/session isn't fully up on plugin load, so your hook might be better actually

Pelayori

AGameSession* GameSession = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameSessionField();

Else you could do this on InitGame (edited)

Oh nice! Thank you!

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Raiden

Hey, I'm currently trying to retrieve data from dino AttackInfos arrays such as the AttackRange and MeleeDamageAmount of an attack, however it only seems to return valid results from the first element of the array. Subsequent elements seem to always return a value of 0, which shouldn't be the case (also checked several of their values in the DevKit to verify). Does anyone know why that might be?

Any insights on this? TArrays are somewhat new to me, but that syntax example I posted above has been working for every other TArray I've come across.

Raiden

Any insights on this? TArrays are somewhat new to me, but that syntax example I posted above has been working for every other TArray I've come across.

Yeah the problem isn't from the TArray

4:55 PM

Let me dump that struct and see the fields

Pelayori

Yeah the problem isn't from the TArray

it works fine though

4:58 PM

been using that to change attack speed of dinos from config

4:58 PM

Hmm (edited)

if (!dinoConf["AttackSpeedModifiers"].empty())
            {
                for (auto &element : dinoConf["AttackSpeedModifiers"])
                {
                    _this->AttackInfosField()[element["Index"].get<int>()].RiderAttackIntervalField() = element["AttackSpeed"].get<float>();
                }
            }

4:59 PM

_this is APrimalDinoCharacter

I just tried setting a dino's attacks MeleeDamageAmountFields to 1000 like that ^, and got strange results similar to when I try reading the data. The first attack index was affected, however it dealt 65,595,624 damage with the attack rather than 1000.. it didn't seem to affect any subsequent attack indexes though, they just dealt the regular attack's expected base damage amount. (edited)

so... no one can make me this kind of plugin?

You will probably have more luck contacting developers directly

u have an dev name who r open for this kind of plugin?

No, I don't

Aracin

yea i know voterewards plugin but there is no way to add deutsche-arkserver.de because they dont use steam as login feature.

It is in the progress lol

11:04 PM

I have sent to specifically to https://deutsche-arkserver.de how to create an integration with the vote reward

Foppa

I have sent to specifically to https://deutsche-arkserver.de how to create an integration with the vote reward

oh rly?

Yes. i'm waiting for them to finalise their endpoints so i have something to check for votes

Hello everyone! Does anyone have any thoughts about the Deadon food glitch/bug? I assume its a bug. It's when you have a bunch of daedons and their Food is empty, and you can easily refill their food by putting raw meat in their inventory (or in a feeding trough) and then just leave the rendering area and come back. And magically they will have devoured all the food and fill up their food level. It's a mechanic that's been in ark for as long as I remember. The problem is that when players do this with very large daedons, it lags the server quite a bit depending on how many they are filling. (I'm assuming this is because Wildcard is devouring each piece of raw meat one at a time in a loop or something) I'm wondering if there's anyway to detect this mechanic and prevent it via a plugin? Since Wildcard cant seem to do it, or doesn't care to fix it.

‍♂️ Thanks! (edited)

Here is a video demonstrating the lag: https://youtu.be/BD8jsFpT9gc (edited)

AA123

ARK Daedon lag

Theorically it is intended behaviour, and the lag is derived by the calculations done I guess

I'm not sure but i troubleshooted that, can't remember what we found out about that

Pelayori

Theorically it is intended behaviour, and the lag is derived by the calculations done I guess

yeah, i agree. But do you think it's an actual intended behavior by Wildcard? Or just a result of the way the game is programmed? and they just dont give a crap

jraServerAPI

yeah, i agree. But do you think it's an actual intended behavior by Wildcard? Or just a result of the way the game is programmed? and they just dont give a crap

Result of the game

8:14 PM

the code is intended to refill food on unstasis

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* status = dino->GetCharacterStatusComponent();
char* stats = status->NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField()();

I am trying to figure out why the stats from dinos are negative after the stats gets above 127 points. For example, i have a giga with 150 points on damage and the status (int)stats[8] gives me -108 and a rex with 150 gives -106

Uaca

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* status = dino->GetCharacterStatusComponent();
char* stats = status->NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField()();

I am trying to figure out why the stats from dinos are negative after the stats gets above 127 points. For example, i have a giga with 150 points on damage and the status (int)stats[8] gives me -108 and a rex with 150 gives -106

overflow

3:43 PM

the stat can only hold numbers until a certain number

and there is another place to get the correct values?

not really

3:49 PM

this has been a thing since the game release

3:50 PM

when i was hosting very boosted modded servers i had to warn players to not level a stat past 255 points

3:50 PM

otherwise it would reset

There's a GetLevelupPoints in character status comp, but might be same results

Pelayori

There's a GetLevelupPoints in character status comp, but might be same results

it will yeah, it just reads the stats from the stat array

too bad

4:36 PM

the egg incubator can read the stats somewhere, it displays 150

4:36 PM

i was hopping that would be available somewhere

Check egg incubator code

i would except i have no idea how to do it

You'd need the dev kit

Uaca

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* status = dino->GetCharacterStatusComponent();
char* stats = status->NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField()();

I am trying to figure out why the stats from dinos are negative after the stats gets above 127 points. For example, i have a giga with 150 points on damage and the status (int)stats[8] gives me -108 and a rex with 150 gives -106

You should just be able to check if the returned Stat Value is less than zero, and add 256 to it if so to get the correct value you'd see in game. That works for me when testing on player levels.

Fenix

`FString mind1 = FString(config["General"].value("MindControl", "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Buffs/Buff_Base_Disease_Low.Buff_Base_Disease_Low'"));
            UClass* Class1 = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&mind1);
            if (AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->GetBuff(Class1)) {

                Log::GetLog()->warn("view");
                return;

            }

no fount detecte player and buff (edited)

Example code of how to detect if a player is using mind control with a Noglin:

c++
bool isPlayerUnderNoglinMindControl(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller) {
    
    auto buffs = player_controller->GetPlayerCharacter()->BuffsField();

    for (const auto& buff : buffs)
    {                
        const FString bpBuff = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint(buff);
        //const FString bpPlayerUsingNoglin= L"Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BrainSlug/Buff_BrainSlugPostProccess.Buff_BrainSlugPostProccess'";
    const FString bpPlayerUnderMindControl = L"Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BrainSlug/Buff_BrainSlug_HumanControl.Buff_BrainSlug_HumanControl'";
                
    if (bpPlayerUnderMindControl == bpBuff) {
            // Player is under Noglin mind control
            return true;
        }        
    }
    return false;
}

Hope this helps! (edited)

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@jraServerAPI I already fixed it, it works for me xd

FString mind = FString(config["General"].value("MindControl", "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BrainSlug/Buff_BrainSlug_HumanControl.Buff_BrainSlug_HumanControl'"));
            UClass* Class = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&mind);
            if (AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->GetBuff(Class)) {

                ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(AttackerShooterController, *KillGetText("Sender"), *KillGetText("MsgNogglin"));
                return;

            }

(edited)

1

just about the same thing, but taking a different route

(edited)

xd

It could be a worse way since you load the class repeated times

9:35 PM

BPLoadClass could stall the server depending on the class loaded

‍♂️

@Pelayori So which one is better mounted? of the two

The version not using UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&mind) is better

ok

Lethal

The version not using UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&mind) is better

It should hopefully be cached already at run time

5:50 PM

Load Class only stalls if actually loading from disk

@substitute then you reprimand me to remove UVictoryCore :: BPLoadClass (& mind) in my code

Raiden

You should just be able to check if the returned Stat Value is less than zero, and add 256 to it if so to get the correct value you'd see in game. That works for me when testing on player levels.

just tested, and it worked, i am going to check against the values from the incubator. Thanks!

Hello, does anyone know how to get the tamed creatures in ark tribute.

Pelayori

Let me dump that struct and see the fields

Hey did you find anything looking through the dumped DinoAttackInfo struct? I'm curious what the problem would be.

No, I didn't find anything relevant

Hm that's unfortunate, I'm not finding anything myself either. Thanks for looking into it

There's a few structs that I think contain some data I require, however they are only forward declared in the API and are missing the full declaration. How would I go about getting access to those?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

There's a few structs that I think contain some data I require, however they are only forward declared in the API and are missing the full declaration. How would I go about getting access to those?

you need to dump them via IDA

WETBATMAN

you need to dump them via IDA

Is there any option other than IDA? I don't really want to spend thousands of dollars.

cracked IDA

OK, so assuming I can find IDA somewhere, does anyone have any good info on how to get what I need from IDA?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

OK, so assuming I can find IDA somewhere, does anyone have any good info on how to get what I need from IDA?

View->Open Sub views->Local Types

2:41 PM

then just search the struct you want

2:41 PM

right click it and click edit

Thank you!

I think I found what I need. Thanks again @WETBATMAN . My next question is, how do people go about adding the definitions to their source code without having it all overwritten each time they update their API?

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I think I found what I need. Thanks again @WETBATMAN . My next question is, how do people go about adding the definitions to their source code without having it all overwritten each time they update their API?

you can add the definitions you require directly into your project too

Or submit it to the repo, others might find it useful

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I think I found what I need. Thanks again @WETBATMAN . My next question is, how do people go about adding the definitions to their source code without having it all overwritten each time they update their API?

As others have said, give back to the project

6:41 PM

Otherwise you’d just declare them in your own header

6:41 PM

Forward declarations are incomplete and shouldn’t cause an issue with duplicate definitions if you do that

I'd love to submit it to the repo. Haven't made a submission before but I'll do my best!

In regards to header additions, most of them are more than welcome. Always good to keep headers updates, or add new stuff into them!

Having a little trouble with my definitions. I'm after FInstalledItemInfo which includes FThreadedTaskContainer. So I try and add that and it includes FThreadedTaskContainer_vtbl and, well it looks like below and obviously doesn't work.

struct /*VFT*/ FThreadedTaskContainer_vtbl
{
    void(__fastcall * ~FThreadedTaskContainer)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this);
    bool(__fastcall* IsActive)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this);
    void(__fastcall* GetStatus)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this, int*, int*);
    bool(__fastcall* WasSucessfull)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this);
};

struct FThreadedTaskContainer
{
    FThreadedTaskContainer_vtbl* __vftable /*VFT*/;
};

3:47 AM

FInstalledItemInfo looks like this:

struct FInstalledItemInfo
{
    unsigned __int64 Id;
    FString Title;
    FString InstallPath;
    FString InfoFilePath;
    TArray<FString, FDefaultAllocator> MapNames;
    int Version;
    FGuid GUID;
    EModType::Type ModType;
    bool bHasMetaInfo;
    TMap<FString, FString, FDefaultSetAllocator, TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<FString, FString, 0> > ModMetaInfo;
    bool RetrievedInfo;
    bool Subscribed;
    bool Installed;
    bool HasError;
    unsigned __int64 SubscriptionCallback;
    unsigned __int64 RetrieveInfoCallback;
    FThreadedTaskContainer* ThreadedCopyProgress;
    FDirectoryTreeCopyProgress* CopyProgress;
};

It seems fine. What happens if I just leave off those last two lines from the struct that I don't need?

just make them

    void* ThreadedCopyProgress;
    void* CopyProgress;

or something, you don't want to change the size of the struct depending on what you're doing

Does ark server api have an implementation of tmap? I forget

7:12 AM

if not u can just fill that tmap in the struct with 0x50 too

It has TMap

7:31 AM

I use it whenever I can, but sometimes using FString makes it confuse itself. I believe FString hashing func is not working correctly

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Having a little trouble with my definitions. I'm after FInstalledItemInfo which includes FThreadedTaskContainer. So I try and add that and it includes FThreadedTaskContainer_vtbl and, well it looks like below and obviously doesn't work.

struct /*VFT*/ FThreadedTaskContainer_vtbl
{
    void(__fastcall * ~FThreadedTaskContainer)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this);
    bool(__fastcall* IsActive)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this);
    void(__fastcall* GetStatus)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this, int*, int*);
    bool(__fastcall* WasSucessfull)(FThreadedTaskContainer* this);
};

struct FThreadedTaskContainer
{
    FThreadedTaskContainer_vtbl* __vftable /*VFT*/;
};

with pdb reader you’re not required to import the entire struct you can simply only make the variables/functions you need available (edited)

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FInstalledItemInfo looks like this:

struct FInstalledItemInfo
{
    unsigned __int64 Id;
    FString Title;
    FString InstallPath;
    FString InfoFilePath;
    TArray<FString, FDefaultAllocator> MapNames;
    int Version;
    FGuid GUID;
    EModType::Type ModType;
    bool bHasMetaInfo;
    TMap<FString, FString, FDefaultSetAllocator, TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<FString, FString, 0> > ModMetaInfo;
    bool RetrievedInfo;
    bool Subscribed;
    bool Installed;
    bool HasError;
    unsigned __int64 SubscriptionCallback;
    unsigned __int64 RetrieveInfoCallback;
    FThreadedTaskContainer* ThreadedCopyProgress;
    FDirectoryTreeCopyProgress* CopyProgress;
};

It seems fine. What happens if I just leave off those last two lines from the struct that I don't need?

Like Doug said, void* if you want the structure to have the same size in bytes

2:39 PM

A pointer of T is always a void*

2:40 PM

Because void* is a pointer without a type, aka a pointer to any T

substitute

Like Doug said, void* if you want the structure to have the same size in bytes

Thanks Sub.

So is it normal for a lot of stuff you find to end up being empty? I'm working with AShooterGameSession, and I've looked through FShooterGameSessionParams which looks like:

struct FShooterGameSessionParams
{
    FName SessionName;
    FName InitSessionName;
    bool bIsLAN;
    bool bIsPresence;
    bool bIsPrivate;
    TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId, 0> UserId;
    int BestSessionIdx;
    FString DDUserId;
    FString DDUserName;
    unsigned __int64 ModId;
    FString ServerPassword;
    FString ServerAdminPassword;
    FString SpectatorPassword;
};

Only about three of those fields return anything. The rest are blank. I've also looked at FShooterSessionData which looks like:

const struct FShooterSessionData
{
    int EntryIndex;
    FString GameName;
    FString MapName;
    FString OwnerName;
    FString DayTimeStr;
    int NumPlayers;
    int MaxNumPlayers;
    int Ping;
    FString HostAddrWithPort;
    FString HostAddr;
    unsigned __int64 ModId;
    bool bIsOfficial;
    bool bHasPassword;
    bool bPVEServer;
    bool bUsingBattleEye;
    bool bAllowDownloadCharacters;
    bool bAllowDownloadItems;
    bool bIsLegacyServer;
    bool bLastPlayedSession;
    bool bHasActiveMods;
    int QueryPort;
    int LobbyReportedBuildID;
    FString SessionId;
    unsigned __int64 TotalConversionID;
    FGuid Identifier;
};

That is returned in an array which is always empty. I'm getting the reference to ShooterGameSession from void Hook_AShooterGameSession_RegisterServer(AShooterGameSession* _this) which seems to work for other purposes. I even added a 30 second delay to my functions looking at the reference but that made no difference.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So is it normal for a lot of stuff you find to end up being empty? I'm working with AShooterGameSession, and I've looked through FShooterGameSessionParams which looks like:

struct FShooterGameSessionParams
{
    FName SessionName;
    FName InitSessionName;
    bool bIsLAN;
    bool bIsPresence;
    bool bIsPrivate;
    TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId, 0> UserId;
    int BestSessionIdx;
    FString DDUserId;
    FString DDUserName;
    unsigned __int64 ModId;
    FString ServerPassword;
    FString ServerAdminPassword;
    FString SpectatorPassword;
};

Only about three of those fields return anything. The rest are blank. I've also looked at FShooterSessionData which looks like:

const struct FShooterSessionData
{
    int EntryIndex;
    FString GameName;
    FString MapName;
    FString OwnerName;
    FString DayTimeStr;
    int NumPlayers;
    int MaxNumPlayers;
    int Ping;
    FString HostAddrWithPort;
    FString HostAddr;
    unsigned __int64 ModId;
    bool bIsOfficial;
    bool bHasPassword;
    bool bPVEServer;
    bool bUsingBattleEye;
    bool bAllowDownloadCharacters;
    bool bAllowDownloadItems;
    bool bIsLegacyServer;
    bool bLastPlayedSession;
    bool bHasActiveMods;
    int QueryPort;
    int LobbyReportedBuildID;
    FString SessionId;
    unsigned __int64 TotalConversionID;
    FGuid Identifier;
};

That is returned in an array which is always empty. I'm getting the reference to ShooterGameSession from void Hook_AShooterGameSession_RegisterServer(AShooterGameSession* _this) which seems to work for other purposes. I even added a 30 second delay to my functions looking at the reference but that made no difference.

You can try using the pdb reader, something like: type& TheVariableNameField() { return *GetNativePointerField<type*>(this, "ClassName.FieldName"); }

3:46 PM

The Field at the end of the functions is just a convention to know it is a field, and not a function. In the FieldName you should input the variable name as you see it when extracting from ida

Use Global as class name if the field is a global variable

Pelayori

You can try using the pdb reader, something like: type& TheVariableNameField() { return *GetNativePointerField<type*>(this, "ClassName.FieldName"); }

Thanks Pelayori. Could you expand on this a little? What is the pdb reader? And what would this method work when the other does not?

Sorry, I see. That is added to each field in the struct def, and seems to be used in many of the existing struct defs in the main api.

The pdb reader is what makes the magic in the api

10:37 AM

has functions/fields memory adresses and gets it directly, without needing to have the same class definition in the api

Pelayori

has functions/fields memory adresses and gets it directly, without needing to have the same class definition in the api

So if we add a struct def like the above FShooterSessionData, why is it that sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't, and what makes the pdb reader method work better?

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So if we add a struct def like the above FShooterSessionData, why is it that sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't, and what makes the pdb reader method work better?

when you declare a struct that doesn't read function/vars with the pdbreader you're loading everything via fixed offsets (edited)

11:39 AM

so if the struct changes in a game update

11:39 AM

your whole struct is now invalid

11:39 AM

if you read everything via pdbreader it will load offsets and sizes on it's own

11:40 AM

another advantage is that you do not have to define every variable inside a struct with pdbreader

One down side however is your structure isn’t the same size as the game’s

5:11 PM

Which does cause problems if a function takes your structure as an arg.

Pointers shouldn't have an issue tho, at least that I can recall

PDB reader is indeed OP

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6:50 PM

And word on the street is ark2 is shipping with the PDB as well

6:50 PM

6:52 PM

At least jat said that it likely will but ark2 I guess is still pretty far away

6:52 PM

Do anything can happen lol

i do not see any reason any game shouldn't ship server pdb

6:52 PM

(if they made it properly server shouldn't have client funcs anyway)

6:53 PM

Haha yeah

6:55 PM

Plus a game like ark the devs respond quickly to exploits and stuff so I guess it’s not that bad

6:55 PM

And it helps them w crashes ppl get

Pelayori

Pointers shouldn't have an issue tho, at least that I can recall

I disagree

6:56 PM

If the function called expects a pointer to a struct of a certain size

6:56 PM

And your instance isn’t that size

6:57 PM

It’ll cause a problem

6:57 PM

It’s the root cause of crashes for the sphere overlap

@substitute you’re a pointer Fingerguns

Slightly off topic, I was wondering if anyone knew of a service that could give me info on servers through a query. I've looked at Battlemetrics which is a bit slow, and the A2S protocol that doesn't give much info either.

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Slightly off topic, I was wondering if anyone knew of a service that could give me info on servers through a query. I've looked at Battlemetrics which is a bit slow, and the A2S protocol that doesn't give much info either.

I would use A2S unless you want to use RCON

2:22 AM

Battlemetrics uses A2S

2:22 AM

if you want more info than A2S and you want something more reliable than RCON, I would suggest you write a custom plugin

2:23 AM

A2S requires writing your own program to query your servers

2:23 AM

there are libraries for C# that implement A2S

2:23 AM

I'm sure there's some for other languages too

Ah this isn't for one server. I run a bot that tracks servers' player counts and whatnot, with join notifications. I'm just looking for a reliable service to give me that info, but BM has some drawbacks :(

>>> a2s.info(address)
SourceInfo(protocol=17, server_name=" 24/7 Dustbowl :: Nemu's Stomping Ground", map_name='cp_dustbowl',
folder='tf', game='Team Fortress', app_id=440, player_count=31, max_players=33, bot_count=21,
server_type='d', platform='l', password_protected=False, vac_enabled=True, version='5579073',
edf=177, port=27015, steam_id=85568392920040090, stv_port=None, stv_name=None,
keywords='brutus,celt,couch,cp,dustbowl,increased_maxplayers,nemu,nocrits,nodmgspread,pony,replays,vanilla',
game_id=440, ping=0.253798684978392)

>>> a2s.players(address)
[Player(index=0, name='Brutus', score=34, duration=836.4749145507812),
 Player(index=0, name='RageQuit', score=6, duration=1080.8099365234375),
 Player(index=0, name="Screamin' Eagles", score=1, duration=439.8598327636719)]

2:24 AM

That's an example of it in Python, which doesn't give much info :(

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Ah this isn't for one server. I run a bot that tracks servers' player counts and whatnot, with join notifications. I'm just looking for a reliable service to give me that info, but BM has some drawbacks :(

>>> a2s.info(address)
SourceInfo(protocol=17, server_name=" 24/7 Dustbowl :: Nemu's Stomping Ground", map_name='cp_dustbowl',
folder='tf', game='Team Fortress', app_id=440, player_count=31, max_players=33, bot_count=21,
server_type='d', platform='l', password_protected=False, vac_enabled=True, version='5579073',
edf=177, port=27015, steam_id=85568392920040090, stv_port=None, stv_name=None,
keywords='brutus,celt,couch,cp,dustbowl,increased_maxplayers,nemu,nocrits,nodmgspread,pony,replays,vanilla',
game_id=440, ping=0.253798684978392)

>>> a2s.players(address)
[Player(index=0, name='Brutus', score=34, duration=836.4749145507812),
 Player(index=0, name='RageQuit', score=6, duration=1080.8099365234375),
 Player(index=0, name="Screamin' Eagles", score=1, duration=439.8598327636719)]

I would suggest a custom plugin

2:24 AM

A2S is inaccurate on Ark sometimes

2:24 AM

for player list

2:25 AM

or use RCON

I don't have admin perms on any of the servers. This is a bot service, like the Eye of Sauron bot.

also scraping BM for that info for your bot probably breaks their fair use

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I don't have admin perms on any of the servers. This is a bot service, like the Eye of Sauron bot.

Yes, I created the proof of concept for bots like that

I use their API with a key

to do that you need to implement the connection through Steamworks

2:26 AM

it requires a copy of Steam installed

2:26 AM

if you want to scale it, then you need to also implement a Steam client

2:26 AM

(something like SteamKit2)

2:26 AM

I created a program for this a long time ago that implements a Steam client and does the connection handshake with the server via Steamworks

2:26 AM

it scales for N accounts

2:27 AM

where N is however many accounts that own Ark that you have in your possession

Oh

Banned accounts work for this (BE, VAC, etc...) as you get the player info from Steam really early in the handshake phase

2:27 AM

but the general idea is

2:27 AM

implement a steam client -> implement the server/client auth+handshake -> get the player list

2:28 AM

and then scale it for however many accounts you have (edited)

And I can get information like their steam id, playtime, etc?

Yes

2:28 AM

but it also isn't 100% accurate all the time

2:28 AM

Ark is jank

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Oh wow. Is this a complicated task?

sometimes "zombie" players are included

2:28 AM

which there is no easy method to filter

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Oh wow. Is this a complicated task?

if you don't know what you are doing, yes

2:29 AM

iirc the packets needed to use SteamKit2 to auth with a server you have to implement yourself

2:29 AM

which requires injecting a DLL into your Steam Client to log all protobuff msgs

2:29 AM

so you can figure out which is the right one so you can make your own

I see, thanks a lot

also Steam doesn't chunk the whole player list as an array (edited)

2:30 AM

just one account at a time

2:30 AM

I would recommend tracking the time since last player msg and if it exceeds some threshold (I did 100 ms) then you can assume you have the entire playlist from the server

Been digging around the interwebs for about an hour now... I know there is a AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck <SteamID> and cheat DisallowPlayerToJoinNoCheck <SteamID> command which updates the PlayersJoinNoCheckList.txt file, but is there one specifically for the PlayersExclusiveJoinList.txt file? No check allows players to join a capped server? and idk if true or not cause it's google but mentioned the hidden ability for admin command usage Exclusive join is strictly allowing the player to join the server, thats it. Thanks for any insight.

Not near my computer but when you do “showmyadminmanager” and on bottom you add someone to the “white listed players” that allows them to join a server that’s capped

7:04 AM

Whatever function is being called there does it, I can check when i get back

Idk if that helps lol

That's the PlayersJoinNoCheckList.txt if it allows players to join full servers. Which is right next to the Exclusivejoin.txt file in the win64 folder, the one I'm looking for a command to make life easier Or at least confirmation that it gives no admin abilities. I've been using NoCheckList for awhile but I havent noticed anything admin command use wise. So as long as that's not a thing, the over full joining is no biggie in my case. Command for exclusive would be perfect tho. (edited)

Don’t think it enables admin

9:13 AM

Go ahead and try it tho

9:13 AM

On a local server

I'm still not having much luck with AShooterGameSession. It looks like this in GameState.h:

struct AShooterGameSession : AGameSession
{
    TArray<FInstalledItemInfo>& CachedModsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FInstalledItemInfo>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.CachedMods"); }
    TArray<FShooterSessionData>& ThreadSafeSearchResultsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FShooterSessionData>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.ThreadSafeSearchResults"); }
    TArray<UNetConnection*> FailedAuthTokenClientConnectionsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<UNetConnection*>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.FailedAuthTokenClientConnections"); }
    TArray<FUniqueNetIdUInt64>& FailedAuthTokenClientUniqueIDsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FUniqueNetIdUInt64>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.FailedAuthTokenClientUniqueIDs"); }
    FShooterGameSessionParams& CurrentSessionParamsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FShooterGameSessionParams*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.CurrentSessionParams"); }
    TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSessionSettings, 0>& HostSettingsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSessionSettings, 0>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.HostSettings"); }
    TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSearchSettings, 0>& SearchSettingsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSearchSettings, 0>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.SearchSettings"); }
    bool& bFoundSessionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<bool*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.bFoundSession"); }

I'm trying to get to CachedMods and ThreadSafeSearchResults but they both return empty arrays. I've tried checking them with Hook_AShooterGameSession_RegisterServer(AShooterGameSession* _this) and using that reference. I've also tried by adding an RCON command which uses

AShooterGameSession* MyShooterSession = static_cast<AShooterGameSession*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameSessionField());

to get a AShooterGameSession refernce. I can run the command after the server has started and settled to see if anything changes, but it doesn't. Has anyone else used either of those arrays in their work and been able to make them work?

3:11 PM

I can successfully get several fields from the AShooterGameSession reference but they're all ints and FStrings that are inherited from AGameSession.

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I'm still not having much luck with AShooterGameSession. It looks like this in GameState.h:

struct AShooterGameSession : AGameSession
{
    TArray<FInstalledItemInfo>& CachedModsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FInstalledItemInfo>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.CachedMods"); }
    TArray<FShooterSessionData>& ThreadSafeSearchResultsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FShooterSessionData>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.ThreadSafeSearchResults"); }
    TArray<UNetConnection*> FailedAuthTokenClientConnectionsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<UNetConnection*>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.FailedAuthTokenClientConnections"); }
    TArray<FUniqueNetIdUInt64>& FailedAuthTokenClientUniqueIDsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FUniqueNetIdUInt64>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.FailedAuthTokenClientUniqueIDs"); }
    FShooterGameSessionParams& CurrentSessionParamsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FShooterGameSessionParams*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.CurrentSessionParams"); }
    TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSessionSettings, 0>& HostSettingsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSessionSettings, 0>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.HostSettings"); }
    TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSearchSettings, 0>& SearchSettingsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TSharedPtr<FShooterOnlineSearchSettings, 0>*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.SearchSettings"); }
    bool& bFoundSessionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<bool*>(this, "AShooterGameSession.bFoundSession"); }

I'm trying to get to CachedMods and ThreadSafeSearchResults but they both return empty arrays. I've tried checking them with Hook_AShooterGameSession_RegisterServer(AShooterGameSession* _this) and using that reference. I've also tried by adding an RCON command which uses

AShooterGameSession* MyShooterSession = static_cast<AShooterGameSession*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GameSessionField());

to get a AShooterGameSession refernce. I can run the command after the server has started and settled to see if anything changes, but it doesn't. Has anyone else used either of those arrays in their work and been able to make them work?

are you making a client cheat or something lol?

3:36 PM

ThreadSafeSearchResults is the array of servers on the client

3:36 PM

when you click join ark

WETBATMAN

are you making a client cheat or something lol?

Ha! Well that explains why it's not working! rofl! facepalm ok now I feel stupid lol

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Ha! Well that explains why it's not working! rofl! facepalm ok now I feel stupid lol

So to avoid future humiliation in my investigations, is there any way to identify and avoid client code? Is there any obvious way to know which is which?

Test & fail

Pelayori

Test & fail

You'd think I'd be a lot further ahead by now then lol

There are some indicators, like if they call get hud or client side only functions that are obvious

8:52 AM

Other than that, test & fail

I was really hoping AShooterGameSession.CachedMods contained a list of mods being used by the server, but maybe it's a list of mods on the client. Still hoping to find the server's list of mods.

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I was really hoping AShooterGameSession.CachedMods contained a list of mods being used by the server, but maybe it's a list of mods on the client. Still hoping to find the server's list of mods.

What do you need from mods, mod ids or names from its pgd?

Pelayori

What do you need from mods, mod ids or names from its pgd?

I was hoping to get the same details show in CachedMods, all the versioning for example. I'd like to know exactly what mod versions are installed on the server without having to try and dig through the mod files.

Not sure if mods contain versioning in the files

11:37 AM

Pretty sure that's controlled by steam

11:37 AM

You can get mod ids and their individual pgds tho

Yeah you can get some versioning info from the steam files on disk. ASM does some of that. But it's messy and unpleasant. That's why I was so excited to find FInstalledItemInfo which seems to have everything needed, but apparently it's only used on the client.

struct FInstalledItemInfo
{
  unsigned __int64 Id;
  FString Title;
  FString InstallPath;
  FString InfoFilePath;
  TArray<FString,FDefaultAllocator> MapNames;
  int Version;
  FGuid GUID;
  EModType::Type ModType;
  bool bHasMetaInfo;
TMap<FString,FString,FDefaultSetAllocator,TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<FString,FString,0> > ModMetaInfo;
  bool RetrievedInfo;
  bool Subscribed;
  bool Installed;
  bool HasError;
  unsigned __int64 SubscriptionCallback;
  unsigned __int64 RetrieveInfoCallback;
  FThreadedTaskContainer *ThreadedCopyProgress;
  FDirectoryTreeCopyProgress *CopyProgress;
};

Hmm yeah, not sure if you can get that info from any other source

Pelayori

Hmm yeah, not sure if you can get that info from any other source

Steam API + mod id

3:07 PM

Maybe

I've been searching what info does steam api provide in regards to workshop and didn't find anything useful

hmmm

10:40 PM

i think in OnlineSubsystem there's info on the mods

10:41 PM

returns array of that struct dreamdoctor found

10:43 PM

void __fastcall FOnlineSubsystemSteam::GetMods(FOnlineSubsystemSteam *this, TArray<FInstalledItemInfo,FDefaultAllocator> *Mods)

this one

i don't have the api project setup on this computer but you can call IOnlineSubsystem::Get(FName_NONE); and that will return fonlinesubsystemsteam, then u can call fonlinesubsystemsteam::Getmods and pass that array of struct

11:44 PM

IOnlineSubsystem::Get| 000001AD9E22A800
ModID: 1136125765| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1136125765| ModTitle: Bitou2k's Binocular
ModID: 1231538641| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1231538641| ModTitle: ARKomatic
ModID: 1404697612| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1404697612| ModTitle: Awesome SpyGlass!
ModID: 1428596566| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1428596566| ModTitle: Auto Engrams!
ModID: 1609138312| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1609138312| ModTitle: Dino Storage v2
ModID: 1829635965| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1829635965| ModTitle: HG Remap Stack V1.51
ModID: 1840739225| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1840739225| ModTitle: Getter Component
ModID: 1941328406| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1941328406| ModTitle: Solo Farm Mod
ModID: 1999447172| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/1999447172| ModTitle: Super Structures
ModID: 2501968412| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/2501968412| ModTitle: MTS Ragnarok Extension
ModID: 566885854| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/566885854| ModTitle: Death Helper
ModID: 928102085| InstallPath: ../../../ShooterGame/Content/Mods/928102085| ModTitle: HG Stacking Mod 10000-90 V315

11:44 PM

ah oops i forgot to print add the guid for version

11:48 PM

im guessing the guid is what ud wanna check to for version anyway

IOnlineSubsystem::Get| 00000222BCB0A800
ModID: 1136125765| ModTitle: Bitou2k's Binocular| ModGUID: 3864034354-1077919130-1255057850-2516745270
ModID: 1231538641| ModTitle: ARKomatic| ModGUID: 3851322781-1221503930-3744069779-3148035478
ModID: 1404697612| ModTitle: Awesome SpyGlass!| ModGUID: 2278268445-1225547686-3572651442-2502918914
ModID: 1428596566| ModTitle: Auto Engrams!| ModGUID: 999821796-1114061443-1560261803-2842499181
ModID: 1609138312| ModTitle: Dino Storage v2| ModGUID: 753996299-1259150744-545294743-2268441977

11:58 PM

    struct Guid
    {
        uint32_t A;
        uint32_t B;
        uint32_t C;
        uint32_t D;
    };

    struct FInstalledItemInfo
    {
        uint64_t Id; //0x00
        FString Title; //0x08
        FString InstallPath; //0x18
        FString InfoFilePath; //0x28
        TArray<FString> MapNames; //0x38
        uint32_t Version; //0x48
        Guid GUID; //0x4C
        uint32_t ModType; //0x5C
        bool bHasMetaInfo; //0x60
        unsigned char Buffer1[0x07]; //0x61
        unsigned char ModMetaInfo[0x50]; //0x68
        bool RetrievedInfo; //0xB8
        bool Subscribed; //0xB9
        bool Installed; //0xBA
        bool HasError; //0xxBB
        unsigned char Buffer2[0x04]; //0xBC
        uint64_t SubscriptionCallback; //0xC0
        uint64_t RetrieveInfoCallback; //0xC8
        void* ThreadedCopyProgress; //0xD0
        void* CopyProgress; //0xD8
    };

    using IOnlineSubsystem__Get_Type = void*(*)(FName*);
    static IOnlineSubsystem__Get_Type IOnlineSubsystem__Get_Original = reinterpret_cast<IOnlineSubsystem__Get_Type>(DetourFindFunction("ShooterGameServer.exe", "IOnlineSubsystem::Get"));
    static auto None = FName("None");
    void* OnlineSubsystem = IOnlineSubsystem__Get_Original(&None);
    printf("IOnlineSubsystem::Get| %p\n", OnlineSubsystem);
    
    TArray<FInstalledItemInfo> Mods{};
    using FOnlineSubsystemSteam__GetMods_Type = void(*)(void*, TArray<FInstalledItemInfo>*);
    static FOnlineSubsystemSteam__GetMods_Type FOnlineSubsystemSteam__GetMods_Original = reinterpret_cast<FOnlineSubsystemSteam__GetMods_Type>(DetourFindFunction("ShooterGameServer.exe", "FOnlineSubsystemSteam::GetMods"));
    FOnlineSubsystemSteam__GetMods_Original(OnlineSubsystem, &Mods);

    for (auto&& Mod : Mods)
    {
        printf("ModID: %llu| ModTitle: %s| ModGUID: %u-%u-%u-%u\n", 
            Mod.Id, 
            Mod.Title.IsValid() ? Mod.Title.ToString().c_str() : "",
            Mod.GUID.A, Mod.GUID.B, Mod.GUID.C, Mod.GUID.D);
    }

11:58 PM

i didn't use server api cause im on a dif comp but here's what i did: i'm sure the funcs could be added to the server api

Thanks @dougy I'll check it out!

Pelayori

I've been searching what info does steam api provide in regards to workshop and didn't find anything useful

I'll try and dig up all the useful stuff I have somewhere. I made a small contribution to the now-defunct Atlas-Server-Manager project many years ago and it involved determining when a mod needed an update.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks @dougy I'll check it out!

np, its just IOnlineSubsystem::Get(FName("None")); then treat that result as FOnlineSubsystemSteam and call FOnlineSubsystemSteam::GetMods

3:10 AM

altho i think it brings back every mod in the that folder even if ur not using it

3:12 AM

i think theres a better way

3:12 AM

TArray<FModInfo,FDefaultAllocator> *__fastcall FPackageName::GetMods(TArray<FModInfo,FDefaultAllocator> *result)

3:12 AM

idk if it works as the server though

3:12 AM

worth a try

@dougy Is there anything else you might have done to get your code to work on your server? I'm able to get the line IOnlineSubsystem::Get| 000001FFABE92100 but the FArray of FInstalledItemInfo is always empty.

Hmm I don’t think. I can try it In server api framework this week (edited)

Hi guys, could you tell me a good host for a 6 server cluster?

I'm sure this is a silly question. Can anyone tell me why this code crashes the server?

class ServerInfo
{
  private:
    ServerRates MyServerRates;
    AShooterGameMode* MyGameMode;

  public:
    void UpdateRates() 
    {
        MyGameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode();
        MyServerRates.XPMultiplier = MyGameMode->XPMultiplierField();
    }
}

Server crashes when UpdateRates is called. If I modify UpdateRates to this it works fine with no crashes.

    void UpdateRates() 
    {
        MyServerRates.XPMultiplier = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->XPMultiplierField();
    }

(edited)

Validate ShooterGameMode before you dereference it, the crash should give you an exact line number of the crash if it loaded the pdb.

What he said, that only thing I can think of is that being called before the game is init'ed

7:15 AM

Oh and, in your struct, how do you assign game mode?

MyGameMode = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode();

Shoot, didn't see it (edited)

I didn't either at first.

7:18 AM

Anyways a simple nullptr or IsValid check will fix this, though like Pelayori said you should only be trying to interact with the GameMode after the server is fully initialized, if you're trying to do it before hand you will probably need to find a function hook that contains a valid pointer and there's no gaurentee depending on what you're changing that it won't change after you've modified it.

When inserting a plug-in after creation Putting the plugin on the server takes too long to open. Any solution?

Frigoff

Validate ShooterGameMode before you dereference it, the crash should give you an exact line number of the crash if it loaded the pdb.

Sorry, the code supplied is simplified. There is a nullptr check there. And it's called way after the server starts. Also as you can see from the change I made, when accessing the sgm reference through ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode() at the same point it works fine. It's very confusing lol

8:13 AM

@Pelayori We were discussing reading the workshop files directly, this page from TCAdmin has a bunch of useful information, including some sample scripts for reading the binary .info files inside the mod directories that contain useful info.

8:13 AM

https://help.tcadmin.com/Workshop_Browser

So... you asked us to look at this code and see why it crashes, then say the code is actually different? I don't understand, post the code that's running. Not the idea.

Frigoff

So... you asked us to look at this code and see why it crashes, then say the code is actually different? I don't understand, post the code that's running. Not the idea.

No need to be narky. I provided the code that was causing the issue. thanks for your help though.

How would I go about getting access to loaded_plugins in PluginManager?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

How would I go about getting access to loaded_plugins in PluginManager?

That is not exposed nor exported so no way to get it from a plugin

Pelayori

That is not exposed nor exported so no way to get it from a plugin

technically you can load it via offset or write an assembly function to read it from stack

4:51 PM

but why would you need this var anyway heh

WETBATMAN

but why would you need this var anyway heh

I'd argue we should have access to it.

6:30 PM

maybe you want to conditionally enable extended features based off of loaded plugins

You have IsPluginLoaded(string)

you should know more than anyone that iterating an array is faster than checking a bunch of plugins by hand

6:32 PM

There should at least be a read-only copy of the array that users can read.

substitute

you should know more than anyone that iterating an array is faster than checking a bunch of plugins by hand

Well yeah, but I don't see the use case of having access to the plugins array

6:32 PM

Of course it can have its uses

Pelayori

Well yeah, but I don't see the use case of having access to the plugins array

I've thought of writing a server management plugin

6:33 PM

so users could simply use the API to remotely manage their servers

6:33 PM

that's one use case

Manage how, unload and load plugins or?

That, view status

6:33 PM

Execute commands

6:33 PM

Reboot

6:33 PM

Etc

I've done that with a python discord bot without access to plugins array

Yes, but why jump through hoops when it’s right there lol

Its pretty simple really, as Sub says. I need a list of plugins currently running on the server. Doesn't seem like an unreasonable request :)

Make a PR that exports it. See if they add it.

Frigoff

Make a PR that exports it. See if they add it.

I don't expect it being added any time soon.

12:52 AM

Adding it means another revision of the API

12:53 AM

stability is pretty important, hopefully it can be added if/when there is a good reason to bump the version

I made a yucky workaround that scans the plugin directory, then runs 'IsPluginLoaded' on each one, however it's not ideal. (edited)

Pelayori

Well yeah, but I don't see the use case of having access to the plugins array

With respect, I feel that "I don't see the use" is a bit of a dangerous response to a feature request for a project like this. Any one of us could probably think of multiple features that they could use that current don't exist that others haven't thought of, and that's really the point of the entire project isn't it? To push boundaries and come up with new use cases?

substitute

stability is pretty important, hopefully it can be added if/when there is a good reason to bump the version

I totally agree that stability is incredibly important, but I also feel that excessive caution has really led to some serious stagnation in this project. How many proper new releases have we had in the last two years, compared to the previous two years when Mich was really driving the project forward? The danger is that the community gets frustrated, fragments and the whole project falls apart. This is already happening. Community members like Wooly have been so frustrated with the stagnation of the official project that they've been forced to act on their own, making unofficial versions of official components that can and will eventually conflict with official versions, and that's where things will really start to go wrong. I'd made no secret about how I feel about his commercial methods, but nobody can blame him for wanting to take action to fix things that weren't being addressed. I'd love to see a release timetable developed, where we release an official version every 3 or 6 months. I'd love to see an open working group which met and published it's decisions and thoughts in an open forum and invited the participation of the community. In effect I'd love to see the project run more like an open source group project. Worse, if this doesn't happen, I fear that it will not be long before the project is forked and that is done elsewhere. I've heard rumours this may already been happening, and that's a disaster IMHO. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

With respect, I feel that "I don't see the use" is a bit of a dangerous response to a feature request for a project like this. Any one of us could probably think of multiple features that they could use that current don't exist that others haven't thought of, and that's really the point of the entire project isn't it? To push boundaries and come up with new use cases?

My "I don't see a use case" does not mean I am against it. Sure it can be useful in a way for someone. Our plans regarding new releases rely on new fixes/features that are requested and added afterhand, in this case that would require an exported function which would also need a new .lib uploaded and a new api release on the site. Unless our plans change, I'd say we will to look at why .arkapi files now crash when reloading and release a new version for it. We will then take into consideration adding such feature, likely as an api utils/tools function and not direct access to the plugin array. Which info would you like to have? Plugin name only, or some other kind of info? (edited)

hello everyone use the Plugins Send data to mod Has anyone tried

Yes

1:17 PM

You can call blueprint functions with findfunctionchecked and processevent

hello everyone, how to use the bPreventUpload ? i want item to upload

2:23 PM

like the tyrannosaurus rex arm

Codeboy

hello everyone, how to use the bPreventUpload ? i want item to upload

you can't

11:23 PM

this field is checked on the client

11:24 PM

and it's not replicated

11:24 PM

meaning it won't sync to the client if you change it on the server

11:24 PM

so the item won't be uploadeable

Hi,

2:02 PM

Every now and then my server would have an error that would cause all the maps to crash.

2:04 PM

ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick( (Ox00007ff60b25c29a) +0 bytes[f:\build summerbash2021\engine\source\runtimelengine\private\timermanager.cpp:1087] ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick( (Ox00007ff60b25c29a) +0 bytes[f:\build summerbash2021\engine\source\runtimelengine\private\timermanager.cpp:1087]

2:05 PM

I saved the picture of the error message, but there seems to be no way to send it here

Timer is borked

Invoker

ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick( (Ox00007ff60b25c29a) +0 bytes[f:\build summerbash2021\engine\source\runtimelengine\private\timermanager.cpp:1087] ShooterGameServer.exe!FTimerManager::Tick( (Ox00007ff60b25c29a) +0 bytes[f:\build summerbash2021\engine\source\runtimelengine\private\timermanager.cpp:1087]

Does it happen without api?

is there a plugin to prevent using cryopods ?

Items+

Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponEmptyCryopod.PrimalItem_WeaponEmptyCryopod

8:01 PM

i want to prevent using cryopod with a dino inside

8:03 PM

don't know if it's gonna work

Pelayori

You can call blueprint functions with findfunctionchecked and processevent

Do you know if there's any example of that anywhere?

Guys have a doubt and I don't know if anyone has been through this here, my server sometimes when the player tames the dino right after the dino self-destructs, does anyone know which plugin is causing th

2

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Do you know if there's any example of that anywhere?

UFunction* netUpdateFunc = actor->FindFunctionChecked(FName("NetRefreshRadiusScale", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
if (netUpdateFunc)
{ 
    const float units_needed = (radius / 400.f);
    int arg = (int)floor(units_needed / 0.2) + 2;

    actor->ProcessEvent(netUpdateFunc, &arg);
}

4:19 PM

That's what I used in safe zones to modify bubble's size

4:21 PM

The function/event takes an int as param, so I just passed the pointer to the int. But if you need more than one param, or return value you can use a struct ex: void BP func with 2 params, int and string

struct Params 
{
  int param1;
  FString param2;
};

ex: bool bp func with int and dino character params

struct Params
{
  int param1;
  APrimalDinoCharacter* param2;
  bool returnValue;
};

Pelayori

That's what I used in safe zones to modify bubble's size

On this topic, you can read the size of the expected arg (property of ufunc) and pass a memory block you allocate

5:17 PM

You just need to write your values to the right offsets in the memory block

5:17 PM

This is also possible as the size and offset of the property is on uprop

5:18 PM

It’s how my run time ufunction interop builder works

5:18 PM

Just need to put it in the api some day

True^^, need to be cautious with various types in the api since they are not imported with the correct size and they end up having different offsets as game does

substitute

Just need to put it in the api some day

waiting patiently

Pelayori

True^^, need to be cautious with various types in the api since they are not imported with the correct size and they end up having different offsets as game does

Not just this, but the structs DO have memory alignment

5:18 PM

So you need to make sure you’re alignment is the same

5:18 PM

Usually it is though unless you’ve done something weird

Ah yeah, think if you put the args in the same order alignment is kept?

Yeah, usually

5:19 PM

As long as your types are sized the same too

Yeah, that's the issue with some things, luckily often-used ones are correctly sizes I believe

5:20 PM

But for things like FItemNetIfo you need to alloc memory since it's a fnction wrapper struct

5:20 PM

FTribeData, etc..

Yep

5:21 PM

I have a safe alloc that frees when out of scope

5:21 PM

Just a unique ptr with custom deleter (edited)

5:22 PM

I was thinking of adding Size() to ustruct

5:22 PM

And having it use the reflection to compute the structure size

5:22 PM

Would help with the structures where we don’t have fields declared (or are as functions)

Yeah, I usually don't bother to check the size so I allocate more than necessary lol, usually 0x200

Rip ur ram

Yeah lol, should check the actual sizes instead of going straight to rampage

hello Do you know the reborn hook?

3:31 PM

bool Hook_AShooterGameMode_IsFirstPlayerSpawn(AShooterGameMode* _this, APlayerController* NewPlayer) { const uint64 steam_id = ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetSteamIdFromController(NewPlayer); if (steam_id != 0) { AShooterPlayerController* player = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(NewPlayer); std::string QQ = detection::database->GetLastClockTime(steam_id); Log::GetLog()->info("1：{}", steam_id); if (QQ == "") { //player->GetPlayerCharacter()->Suicide(); return true; } } return AShooterGameMode_IsFirstPlayerSpawn_original(_this, NewPlayer); }

3:32 PM

Killed after rebirth, unable to resurrect

Are there any examples of using sphere overlap anywhere?

Is UVictoryCore::ServerOctreeOverlapActorsClass what people use? Is it safe now? I remember something about it causing crashes?

You need to make sure the fhit struct is the right size

6:19 AM

I think that’s it

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is UVictoryCore::ServerOctreeOverlapActorsClass what people use? Is it safe now? I remember something about it causing crashes?

^

FHitResult is not the right size, so gotta malloc manually

Pelayori

FHitResult is not the right size, so gotta malloc manually

(This is where the Size() on UObject that computes the size based on the UProperty chain would be useful)

7:06 PM

Just need to spend time to write it in

Yayy!

it's not part of the game

7:07 PM

but it is easy to implement

Right, so I don't have to rip my ram when allocating

I'm just a little occupied playing Back4Blood at the moment

7:07 PM

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Pelayori

FHitResult is not the right size, so gotta malloc manually

Where does FHitResult come from? ServerOctreeOverlapActors looks like:

static TArray<AActor*>* ServerOctreeOverlapActors(TArray<AActor*>* result, UWorld* theWorld, FVector AtLoc, float Radius, EServerOctreeGroup::Type OctreeType, bool bForceActorLocationDistanceCheck) { return NativeCall<TArray<AActor*>*, TArray<AActor*>*, UWorld*, FVector, float, EServerOctreeGroup::Type, bool>(nullptr, "UVictoryCore.ServerOctreeOverlapActors", result, theWorld, AtLoc, Radius, OctreeType, bForceActorLocationDistanceCheck);

Or am I doing the wrong thing? lol

I was responding to Subs, but yeah it isn't in octree function

2:36 PM

It's a trace thing usually

Ah got it. Thanks

You have an api utils func using octrees too. IApiUtils::GetAllActorsInRange i think it was

Pelayori

You have an api utils func using octrees too. IApiUtils::GetAllActorsInRange i think it was

Oh yeah, there is too. Thanks again!

2:38 PM

I would love to make a nice wiki one day with all those documented and searchable.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I would love to make a nice wiki one day with all those documented and searchable.

There was a wiki, but no longer available I believe. I know I browsed it at some point

Hey All, do any of you happen to have a plugin that might kick someone with a "nice try" kick reason? We're getting reports from players that they're being kicked with this message, but nothing is showing in the logs. Very strange. So I assume it's one of the 30-odd plugins we use. (edited)

hey can someone explain what the min level and max level mean in the ark shop, currency, and kits plugin means? im assuming its for a gamble roll at the dino's level when spawned in but wasn't 100% sure... from the example text: "para":{ // Dino "Type":"dino", "Description":"Parasaurolophus", "Level":10, "Price":20, "MinLevel":10, "MaxLevel":15, "Blueprint":"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Para/Para_Character_BP.Para_Character_BP'"

and if that is the case that it's a level gamble roll, does the "Level" parameter offset that or does that line mean nothing in that case?

That is for player level. Players level 10-15 can buy that shop item

oh ok thanks for the clarification

yw

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Hey All, do any of you happen to have a plugin that might kick someone with a "nice try" kick reason? We're getting reports from players that they're being kicked with this message, but nothing is showing in the logs. Very strange. So I assume it's one of the 30-odd plugins we use. (edited)

You could hook the kick function and try to debug which plugin

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Hey All, do any of you happen to have a plugin that might kick someone with a "nice try" kick reason? We're getting reports from players that they're being kicked with this message, but nothing is showing in the logs. Very strange. So I assume it's one of the 30-odd plugins we use. (edited)

you could also attach x64dbg via stealth mode and perform a string scan

2:00 PM

then you'll find out which module contains that string

Or do it with a plugin

4:11 PM

Both work

Maybe use my command logger ?

howdy guys, the arkserverapi.com website is down. anyone able to give that machine a kick?

site api is down?

AnotherMax

howdy guys, the arkserverapi.com website is down. anyone able to give that machine a kick?

Waiting on Michidu to check it out

1

AnotherMax

howdy guys, the arkserverapi.com website is down. anyone able to give that machine a kick?

Seems it's back up.

awesome, thanks guys!

1

Is there a hook to upload and download?

Ark data

돌드민

Is there a hook to upload and download?

Ark data

There are mutliple hooks for that purpose, you can search by "Upload" and you will find many of them, mainly in AShooterPlayerController

Does anyone have an example of calling a function from a mod? I know someone mentioned you guys had worked out a way to do it now. If anyone has any info it would be very much appreciated.

1:21 AM

Also wondering if its possible to hook a custom function from a mod also?

Mod can’t hook C++

1:42 AM

But C++ can hook mod

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have an example of calling a function from a mod? I know someone mentioned you guys had worked out a way to do it now. If anyone has any info it would be very much appreciated.

I can show you how later

1:42 AM

It is pretty easy

substitute

I can show you how later

Thanks Sub! That would be awesome.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have an example of calling a function from a mod? I know someone mentioned you guys had worked out a way to do it now. If anyone has any info it would be very much appreciated.

if (!PC->bIsAdmin().Get())
        {
            UObject* Object = reinterpret_cast<UObject*>(PC);
            UFunction* Func = Object->FindFunctionChecked(FName("ClientNotifyAdmin", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
            Object->ProcessEvent(Func, nullptr);
        }

10:24 AM

calling a bp function

10:24 AM

you obtain a function pointer by looking it up via name

10:24 AM

and then you call ProcessEvent

10:24 AM

if the function takes no params then you pass nullptr as the second argument in ProcessEvent

10:24 AM

otherwise you create a struct with the required parameters structure

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have an example of calling a function from a mod? I know someone mentioned you guys had worked out a way to do it now. If anyone has any info it would be very much appreciated.

void  Hook_UObject_ProcessEvent(UObject* _this, UFunction* Function, void* Parameters)
{
    UObject_ProcessEvent_original(_this, Function, Parameters);

    FName objname = Function->NameField();
    FString FuncName;
    objname.ToString(&FuncName);

    if (FuncName == L"the function name you need to hook")
    {
        //do stuff
    }
}

10:28 AM

example of a simple bp hook, check by function name (slow)

10:30 AM

for bp hooks i have a class to manage it

10:30 AM

void AddBpHook(const std::string FunctionName, const FString ContainerBP)
    {
        UObject* Obj = GetDefaultObjectOfClass(ContainerBP);

        if (Obj)
        {
            UFunction* Func = Obj->FindFunctionChecked(FName(FunctionName.c_str(), EFindName::FNAME_Find));
            if (Func)
                FunctionsMap_[Func->InternalIndexField()] = FunctionName;
        }
    }

    void OnFunctionCalled(int InternalIndex, UObject* Caller, void* Params)
    {
        if (Caller && FunctionsMap_.find(InternalIndex) != FunctionsMap_.end())
        {
            std::string FunctionID = FunctionsMap_[InternalIndex];

            if (FunctionID == "OnOpenUIRequested")
                OpenUIForPlayer(Caller);
            else if (FunctionID == "OnClaimReward")
                ClaimReward(Caller, Params);
            else if (FunctionID == "OnSwapMission")
                SwapMission(Caller, Params);
        }
    }

10:30 AM

i have these 2 function in there

10:30 AM

basically what i do is i perform a lookup for the function once

10:30 AM

and then i store it's internal index

10:31 AM

then i can just check every internal index from the ProcessEvent hook and if it's a match i call my hook

10:31 AM

this way it's much faster

10:32 AM

credits for this go to @substitute he showed me the internal index optimization for hooks

WETBATMAN

if (!PC->bIsAdmin().Get())
        {
            UObject* Object = reinterpret_cast<UObject*>(PC);
            UFunction* Func = Object->FindFunctionChecked(FName("ClientNotifyAdmin", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
            Object->ProcessEvent(Func, nullptr);
        }

Thank you so much! I'll give it a go

WETBATMAN

if (!PC->bIsAdmin().Get())
        {
            UObject* Object = reinterpret_cast<UObject*>(PC);
            UFunction* Func = Object->FindFunctionChecked(FName("ClientNotifyAdmin", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
            Object->ProcessEvent(Func, nullptr);
        }

Any idea what happens if there are multiple functions with the same name?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Any idea what happens if there are multiple functions with the same name?

cannot happen

11:43 AM

you're looking for the function within an object

11:43 AM

not within the entire server

WETBATMAN

you're looking for the function within an object

Right, got it. Thanks

WETBATMAN

credits for this go to @substitute he showed me the internal index optimization for hooks

Thanks, been kinda busy and couldn’t write it out for him last night

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Any idea what happens if there are multiple functions with the same name?

You can also check the full path name of the ufunction if you’re concerned (edited)

2:10 PM

And not just the function name itself

as far as i know bp funcs cannot be overloaded, as i'm not sure how else you'd call a function with FindFunctionChecked otherwise?

2:14 PM

for hooks it's easy you just check the bp path of the object containing the function

WETBATMAN

as far as i know bp funcs cannot be overloaded, as i'm not sure how else you'd call a function with FindFunctionChecked otherwise?

Same, and checking object or using find function is usually good enough

2:16 PM

Tick is One event that is in all objects (duplicate) but again using the object solves that (edited)

WETBATMAN

as far as i know bp funcs cannot be overloaded, as i'm not sure how else you'd call a function with FindFunctionChecked otherwise?

Hi

7:06 PM

Need you help

i won't partake in developing plugins that display fake player count

(edited)

2

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WETBATMAN

i won't partake in developing plugins that display fake player count

(edited)

o-o...

one question, why is allowed to sell discord bot in an ark server plugin forum? so basically i can also sell my hundreds of discord bot and call me as a plugin developer?

9:52 AM

Sly

one question, why is allowed to sell discord bot in an ark server plugin forum? so basically i can also sell my hundreds of discord bot and call me as a plugin developer?

I guess it refers to ark-related software. But I'm not aware of the exact policy, you would have to ask an admin to get a proper answer.

well, everything refers to ark if you use rcon

10:19 AM

its not a plugin tho

As I said I'm not the one who enforces that policy about what can and cannot be uploaded

yea i know, just 15€ for discord status bot, triggers me so hard, also renewal price

(edited)

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I personally use the one from gog, free and pretty useful player counter

Sly

Click to see attachment 🖼️

tbh, that's very true. It should at least be under it's own category. (but it will not be something we will add for now) And yeah, this forum isn't supposed to be a place for selling discord bots. It's supposed to be a place for making plugins and donating content to the ark community with plugins. But sure the plugin can use a discord bot integration as an extension for the plugin. But not to be based on. (edited)

11:35 AM

I will look into this. Thanks for speaking up about it!

Sly

yea i know, just 15€ for discord status bot, triggers me so hard, also renewal price

(edited)

I can give u an update from me

i mean i am a c# developer and i can make a bot like this in 1-2 hours, so it just annoys me a bit that people make profit so easily... i would have offered something like this for free, no idea, maybe view thing (edited)

Thats true

Sly

i mean i am a c# developer and i can make a bot like this in 1-2 hours, so it just annoys me a bit that people make profit so easily... i would have offered something like this for free, no idea, maybe view thing (edited)

So do it then

Hey, found this discord by googling around researching ARK server hosts etc and on a forum says you guys are partnered with serverblend hosting. Was just wondering if I could get a rundown on the API plug-ins etc. Sorry if it's too much to ask for

I've come from. Developing fiveM servers, recently got back into ark and so I made a server with gportal. But after some research I can't find anything about integrating your ArkAPI plug-in to gportal servers, so wanting to make a switch and learn a bit more about it.

https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/

Resources

9:36 PM

oh, those are the ones that have been created.. if you're looking for the API then check the #【💌】ʜᴇʟᴘꜰᴜʟ-ʟɪɴᴋꜱ

OGReaper

Hey, found this discord by googling around researching ARK server hosts etc and on a forum says you guys are partnered with serverblend hosting. Was just wondering if I could get a rundown on the API plug-ins etc. Sorry if it's too much to ask for

I've come from. Developing fiveM servers, recently got back into ark and so I made a server with gportal. But after some research I can't find anything about integrating your ArkAPI plug-in to gportal servers, so wanting to make a switch and learn a bit more about it.

Basically Ark Api is a software injected into ark server dedicated binaries and adds a framework for plugins to work on. Plugins are similar to server-side only mods which have quite a few more features since they can access root code of the game and modify it according to the necessities. There are lots of plugins you can use, most are listed in the Ark Api forum above

Pelayori

Basically Ark Api is a software injected into ark server dedicated binaries and adds a framework for plugins to work on. Plugins are similar to server-side only mods which have quite a few more features since they can access root code of the game and modify it according to the necessities. There are lots of plugins you can use, most are listed in the Ark Api forum above

So basically ditch Gportal and use serverblend?

Serverblend is good, I also know GameServerApp as well. For gportal I think you need to request them to install api & plugins manually themselves, those 2 I mentioned are more api friendly

Okay cool thanks. From past experience gportal support isn't always the best so I'll pass on the requesting. If I'm not mistaken with ServerBlend you can request your saved data/mods to be transferred from current host to ServerBlend if you're switching right? Sorry for all the questions. Just trying to get all the peas in one pot before deciding

I've not used them extensively so I can't help you there.

What about GameServee APP? Again I apologize if I'm asking too many questions. Just tell me to shut up if I am

I know they offer 1 click install for api and plugins too

Okay cool. I'll look into what they offer

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After updating the API, the user nickname cannot be obtained from the new player API. I need a way.

돌드민

After updating the API, the user nickname cannot be obtained from the new player API. I need a way.

I don't understand your question, is this about developing a plugin?

Pelayori

I don't understand your question, is this about developing a plugin?

wait..

Pelayori

I don't understand your question, is this about developing a plugin?

'Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* new_player ' use this hook FString c_name = ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetCharacterName(new_player); When I look it up, the result is null. do you have a solution

돌드민

'Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(AShooterGameMode* _this, AShooterPlayerController* new_player ' use this hook FString c_name = ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetCharacterName(new_player); When I look it up, the result is null. do you have a solution

The player character's isn't always valid on HandleNewPlayer, so depending on if the player pawn is spawned, the name will be returned, or null if the character has not spawned

12:08 PM

If you need to do something with the player character itself you can try hooking a different function, or using a delay execute until it is valid.

Pelayori

If you need to do something with the player character itself you can try hooking a different function, or using a delay execute until it is valid.

How do you delay? Should I write a sleep function? (edited)

API has a built in timer implementation, to use it do: 1) #include "Timer.h" 2) to use delay execute use API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&function, delaySeconds, args); You can also pass a lambda instead of a function pointer, like this:

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute([]()
  {
    YourFunctionCall();
  }, delay);

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Pelayori

API has a built in timer implementation, to use it do: 1) #include "Timer.h" 2) to use delay execute use API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&function, delaySeconds, args); You can also pass a lambda instead of a function pointer, like this:

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute([]()
  {
    YourFunctionCall();
  }, delay);

aha thank you! Let's do it.

Pelayori

API has a built in timer implementation, to use it do: 1) #include "Timer.h" 2) to use delay execute use API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&function, delaySeconds, args); You can also pass a lambda instead of a function pointer, like this:

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute([]()
  {
    YourFunctionCall();
  }, delay);

Well, I can't just mark the nickname.

How are you doing it?

Pelayori

How are you doing it?

I just told you that the character might not be ready in HandleNewPlayer

Pelayori

I just told you that the character might not be ready in HandleNewPlayer

Ummm.. Are you getting the character shortage and player number, but only the character name late?

Had to rebuild my player activity for that as well, don't remember what i had to do to make it work lol

5:11 PM

hehe i'm using bunch of methods

        e.playerNameW = *(
            (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(new_player).IsEmpty())
            ? GetPlayerCharacterNameOLD(new_player)
            : ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetCharacterName(new_player));

5:12 PM

But safest would be to actually delay it

5:12 PM

as Pelayori says, that hook is being executed sometimes to early for any code to get the player name. (edited)

i waiting 2 days for the verivication email i dont recive (Forum) (edited)

Deleted User

i waiting 2 days for the verivication email i dont recive (Forum) (edited)

Look in the smam folder

Deleted User

i waiting 2 days for the verivication email i dont recive (Forum) (edited)

You don't need to spam every single channel.

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@Pelayori @Foppa thank you both

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does anyone know any plugin to block flyers in aberration or block mount on them. because the ASM's own function it blocks even the managarm from flying, I would like to block only a few dinos.

What should the plugin do when the API version is updated? Is there a way to update the plugin as well?

Winnmi

Look in the smam folder

i have looked in spam folder, have tried 3 emails not work

7:51 AM

try self, create a account and u will see you dont revice email

7:52 AM

maybe email server down

Pelayori

You don't need to spam every single channel.

yes sorry sir

Pelayori started a thread. 12/5/2021 12:25 PM

DEX

does anyone know any plugin to block flyers in aberration or block mount on them. because the ASM's own function it blocks even the managarm from flying, I would like to block only a few dinos.

I just posted a new plugin to do this for you called: No Fly List It's awaiting approval.

thanks

Does this only work for the steam version or does it work for Microsoft one too?

Does what work?

The pluggins

I think Microsoft (xbox) and Playstation etc.. they connect to a separate network than PC

Alright thanks

so you wont be able to host a server for them

void Hook_AShooterPlayerState_ServerRequestCreateNewPlayer_Implementation(AShooterPlayerState* _this, FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated PlayerCharacterConfig) How do I get the user's Steam number and nickname when using the above hook?

AShooterPlayerState has a function to get AShooterPlayerController. (edited)

돌드민

void Hook_AShooterPlayerState_ServerRequestCreateNewPlayer_Implementation(AShooterPlayerState* _this, FPrimalPlayerCharacterConfigStructReplicated PlayerCharacterConfig) How do I get the user's Steam number and nickname when using the above hook?

_this->GetShooterController() ( or similar name)

4:55 PM

With the controller you can get steam name with api utils func

Pelayori

With the controller you can get steam name with api utils func

Thanks for replying every day. Can I see an example just once?

돌드민

Thanks for replying every day. Can I see an example just once?

what I usually do is search this discord.. if you search for: steam_id you will find alot of examples already discussed

jraServerAPI

what I usually do is search this discord.. if you search for: steam_id you will find alot of examples already discussed

thank you i will look for more

𝕾𝖊𝖗𝖆

Does this only work for the steam version or does it work for Microsoft one too?

Yes, they do

5:08 PM

However you can’t host a server for those platforms

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5:08 PM

And the places that will rent to you most likely will not install the api for those platforms

substitute

Yes, they do

This is based on the fact that Wildcard uses Windows to host all of their official servers. As long as the PDB exists and it is Windows, it’ll work.

@Pelayori @jraServerAPI Thanks I solved it. I will learn a lot!

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Hello,i register on website but i dont become a corfirmation email

11:13 PM

@[Council] @Pelayori @WETBATMAN

11:14 PM

Everyone can send me the api files?

Did you check spam folders?

yes i have check all folders

I'll pass it onto the staff

ok thanks

@Twin-Daddy0201 Why are you asking the same question everywhere?

sorry

CTRL + F "GetPlayerCharcter" -> Select All Open Document

1:19 AM

Strangely enough, GetPlayerCharacter just calls the field I mentioned, and if you access the field directly it does not crash lol

7:10 AM

But had some instances already of crashes, that were due to the same reason

no fount

for (const auto& item : items_map)
{
const std::string command = item["DefeatBoss"];
const std::string BossID = item["BossID"];
const int Dificultad = item["Dificultad"];

FString fcommand = fmt::format("{0} {1} {2} {3}", command, player_controller->GetLinkedPlayerID(), BossID, Dificultad).c_str();
                
    FString result;
    Log::GetLog()->warn(fcommand.ToString());
    player_controller->ConsoleCommand(&result, &fcommand, true);
    }

you might have to be an admin

2:49 AM

try player_controller->bIsAdmin().Set(true); before you call the command

is there a good guide or video to see how to setup an IDE for ark plugins , I tried following the top post in #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ but that didn't work for me

You don't need to setup anything in particular if you base your plugin on an existing one. For that just setup Visual Studio then take a look at existing projects to see if they compile. (edited)

11:10 AM

You can pull them from GitHub, here are some examples : https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins https://github.com/WETBATMAN?tab=repositories https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi

If you don't base your plugin on an existing one you want to go in your project properties and : => Include required library (basically, https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API). => Include library headers (from ARK-Server-API : \ARK-Server-API\version\Core\Public). => Set all other settings (Output type: DLL, Platform toolset: VS 2017 v141, Character encoding: Unicode, C++ language standard: ISO C++ 17 standard, Incremental linking: No, Subsystem: Windows). If you don't want to miss any project properties you should look once again at existing projects from GitHub, very valuable source of information

(edited)

And here is a plugin example (it does nothing except logging messages, when it gets loaded/unloaded):

#include "API/ARK/GameMode.h"

#pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib")

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Log::Get().Init("MyMod");
        Log::GetLog()->info("Loading my mod!");
        // Your mod stuff here...
        break;
    case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
    case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Log::GetLog()->info("Unloading my mod!");
        // Stop your mod processing here if any (for example freeing resources)...
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

(edited)

Must say the log must be inited before any use: Log::Get().Init("MyPlugin");

ah right, I did a dirty copy pasta x)

Copy pasta no bueno

fixed!

woot!

I just edited above thank you ^^

Are there any other lost island servers just crashing random out of nowhere unofficial?

peek

Are there any other lost island servers just crashing random out of nowhere unofficial?

Not that I know of.

Pelayori

Not that I know of.

are you maby familiar with this error LowLevelFatalError [File:F:\build\LostIsland\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\GenericPlatform\GenericPlatformMemory.cpp] [Line: 51] Ran out of memory allocating 1900544 bytes with alignment 0 ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff670981316) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] Then it repeats it self with random numbers

peek

are you maby familiar with this error LowLevelFatalError [File:F:\build\LostIsland\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Private\GenericPlatform\GenericPlatformMemory.cpp] [Line: 51] Ran out of memory allocating 1900544 bytes with alignment 0 ShooterGameServer.exe!UnknownFunction (0x00007ff670981316) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0] Then it repeats it self with random numbers

Do you have enough ram?

well i bought a server enouf for 16 poeple

4:52 PM

so i hope nitrado assaings enouf ram for it then

4:52 PM

i just bought a basic pacger

You should contact them then

yea but the support ticket before they respond useally take a few days.. so

Not much we can do unfortunately

yea sadly

OSubMarin

If you don't base your plugin on an existing one you want to go in your project properties and : => Include required library (basically, https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API). => Include library headers (from ARK-Server-API : \ARK-Server-API\version\Core\Public). => Set all other settings (Output type: DLL, Platform toolset: VS 2017 v141, Character encoding: Unicode, C++ language standard: ISO C++ 17 standard, Incremental linking: No, Subsystem: Windows). If you don't want to miss any project properties you should look once again at existing projects from GitHub, very valuable source of information

(edited)

Thank you!

how do i join this server

?

Hello, I am a server administrator in Korea. Is there any administrator who has experienced the error that only Lost Island cannot be opened?

2:45 AM

I'm sorry that I can not speak English This is a translator, please understand

I had no problems opening Lost Island. (edited)

Please share logs and screenshots.

hi guys, the website seems down again

anyone able to give it a kick?

10:08 AM

there are systems like https://uptimerobot.com/ that are free and send you an email when the site is down.

site is off the API?

Its online

LostIsland make error on UnicodeRcon plugin. LoadServerRconPort() occur error with Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(...), so it take build error on LoadServerRconPort()

10:16 AM

ArkApi version 3.53, 3.54

URCONServer is already defined in the api so no need to redefine it on headers anymore. Also SocketField returns a reference a not a pointer. So you can't static cast a reference to a pointer.

Achernar

LostIsland make error on UnicodeRcon plugin. LoadServerRconPort() occur error with Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer(...), so it take build error on LoadServerRconPort()

Try

rconport = static_cast<FSocketBSD*>(&ArkApi::GetApiUtils()
                                            .GetShooterGameMode()->RCONSocketField()->SocketField())->GetPortNo();

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already try it my plugin. it sometime return wrong port number. but it works (edited)

2:17 PM

THX!

Wrong port? Maybe returns wrong port if rcon not enabled on the server?

sometime it return trash value(mem - this is very rarely), but recall this fx it return successfully

maybe this my plugins code error, itsn't no error on UnicodeRcon

void Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestInventoryUseItem_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComp, FItemNetID itemID) Is it possible to get a blueprint for an item using that api?

돌드민

void Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestInventoryUseItem_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComp, FItemNetID itemID) Is it possible to get a blueprint for an item using that api?

itemID.ItemID1 itemID.ItemID2 use this or I think I can get it using InventoryComp, but I don't know how.

Yes

8:44 AM

How ever i would use: Hook_UPrimalItem_AllowUseInInventory

8:47 AM

But if you must use the inventorycomp

8:48 AM

then you need to loop for the items i believe unless someone has a better idea: inventoryComp->InventoryItemsField() (edited)

Foppa

How ever i would use: Hook_UPrimalItem_AllowUseInInventory

First of all, thanks for the reply. So when a player uses an item like above, can they get a blueprint for that item?

8:49 AM

I'm trying hard to find it, but it's still very difficult...

And then you can use the built in API Function: ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetItemBlueprint()

1

Aha! thank you. Let's do it.

Try it out!

1

Foppa

Try it out!

Thanks to you, we solved it. I appreciate it.

no problem mate

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is there a way to run the plugins on a ubuntu20.04 server ?

Only way would be if you could run it with wine and if all the windows libs were avaialble (edited)

oh okay

11:41 PM

ty

11:44 PM

do you have experience with this? cause i dont XD

Me neither

11:45 PM

And would not recommend it

why not?

because Wine emulates windows

11:53 PM

and by doing that you cause overhead

Is there any other way?

Run windows

I am looking for something on linux

https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?threads/faq.5/

There must be a way to run the api on linux.

11:58 PM

We just told you how

11:59 PM

But you will run into issues at some point

But wine is a gui tool, and i only have console interface

wine is a cli app, the gui is just extra

Oh

12:01 AM

I mean, i can try it. At least i can say that i tried

If you have to run linux for sure yes, but not recommended. api and plugins rely on some windows libs that might or might not be available on wine, I have used wine a very few times

Yeh, i wished the api supported both OS’s

Default

Yeh, i wished the api supported both OS’s

loader will have to be rewritten from scratch

12:12 AM

the current loader only works because of how Windows functions

But i may be worth for all the server providers that run linux

It's not only the loader, it's the loader, pdb reader (linux has no pdb), windows libs, etc...

12:13 AM

It's like making a whole new program

actually scratch that

12:13 AM

even MinHook doesn't work on linux

12:13 AM

so the entire project will have to be rewritten

Sounds like a fun little update

12:14 AM

I hope the ark2 server api will get rewritten

First step would see if the game has pdb file

12:14 AM

If it has a big step is done already lol

Pelayori

First step would see if the game has pdb file

doesn't really matter tbh if it doesn't game can be dumped with unreal SDK

12:15 AM

same result as reading from pdb

Yeah but pdb makes it faar easier

12:15 AM

or at least seems like easier

actually SDK dumps are pretty solid

12:15 AM

they get you struct sizes, names, function offsets, function names

12:15 AM

pretty much everything

Sounds fun

Default

I hope the ark2 server api will get rewritten

only part of the API that requires an update for Ark2 is game dump files

I wish i knew what u guys are saying

rest of the project will work just fine

Lol I would be disappointed if 50%+ functions were the same

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12:17 AM

Ah well, but there is another factor, UE5

why can't i send files in this channel lol

12:18 AM

was trying to attach how a dump from SDK dumper looks

Yeah I mentioned it on other channel that we can't send stuff here

12:18 AM

Probably so you don't send us a virus

https://imgur.com/a/qrh5MZ7

12:19 AM

dump file obtained via Unreal SDK

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Uh interesting

it creates .h files for every class that you can just include into your own project

12:20 AM

basically even if they don't ship PDB, the API is still easily doable

WETBATMAN

basically even if they don't ship PDB, the API is still easily doable

Eh

3:08 AM

There are some performance considerations

3:08 AM

You can only hook through ProcessEvent and then filtering down

3:08 AM

Though…….I’m willing to argue that is better to an extent

3:08 AM

As you can then queue callbacks and have a proper system of priority and what not

You could still hook the functions that are only available in the binary, you would just have to sig them very well and every update could break them but with powerful enough sigs it should be fine.

hope it doesn't come to making sigs of every function, but even that can be managed with auto updates for sigs

Can I make such dump with the DevKit? Or I need to download another tool? @WETBATMAN

2:12 PM

I didn't see any "Dump" option in the DevKit.

you can't dump anything with devkit

Ok

2:13 PM

I guess I have to download and install Unreal SDK, then I'll try to find the "Dump" option.

it's better to decompile Ark with IDA pro

2:16 PM

i would only use the SDK if .pdb files are not available

Ah ok

2:17 PM

Also, about the Linux support for the API, it does not only require the API itself to be updated but also the plugins (for example my plugin is using Windows paths and functions, I'm also using Windows-specific libs). So yeah, that would be a challenging update ^^ (unless you can setup a perfect Windows emulation but it's unlikely to happen) (edited)

OSubMarin

I guess I have to download and install Unreal SDK, then I'll try to find the "Dump" option.

SDK dumpers aren’t tools from Epic

6:08 PM

They’re community made tools that dump the game information using the UE4 reflection system

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`DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_ForceCreateTribe, int, AShooterGameMode*, FString*, int);` Can't we use this to find the moment to create a tribe? Or which hook do you use?

돌드민

`DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterGameMode_ForceCreateTribe, int, AShooterGameMode*, FString*, int);` Can't we use this to find the moment to create a tribe? Or which hook do you use?

The hook for when a player creates a tribe is AShooterPlayerState::ServerRequestCreateTribe_Implementation

Pelayori

The hook for when a player creates a tribe is AShooterPlayerState::ServerRequestCreateTribe_Implementation

Haha I'll test it right now. thank you

Pelayori

The hook for when a player creates a tribe is AShooterPlayerState::ServerRequestCreateTribe_Implementation

thanks solved it but i have a question Leaving a tribe or changing a tribe name was in AShooterGameMode. Why is this in AShooterPlayerState? I want to find it quickly without help.

돌드민

thanks solved it but i have a question Leaving a tribe or changing a tribe name was in AShooterGameMode. Why is this in AShooterPlayerState? I want to find it quickly without help.

Sometimes you just need to search around

7:25 PM

I usually search in AShooterPlayerController, AshooterPlayerState, AshooterGameMode and AShooterCharacter for player related functions

This is a scam

10:25 PM

@Pelayori

I know, just waiting on someone to clear it up

10:27 PM

you could at least put in the effort to make this drop down work

10:29 PM

@Pelayori

10:29 PM

this is hilarious

10:29 PM

it's such a bad scam

lmao

10:29 PM

yeah they are a bit lame

also the fake discord help link

10:30 PM

has their language setting

10:30 PM

Pelayori

I usually search in AShooterPlayerController, AshooterPlayerState, AshooterGameMode and AShooterCharacter for player related functions

Aha thank you so much!! We wish you a successful end of 2021.

Hmm... is there a way to get the hardware id?

There are lots of ways to generate a 'hwid'

Pelayori

There are lots of ways to generate a 'hwid'

Are you using a hook?

No, they are generated with info from the machine

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ah, let's see thank you.

hey I have a question I'm using shockbyte hosting and I don't know how to install the mods correctly and I don't want to f up my server or plugins AKA mods so somebody can help me or dm video call me please

Ask your host for assistance with their environment. (edited)

I'm using SharkBite

NickPoi

I'm using SharkBite

This discord isn't support for private web hosting tutorial or guides this discord is designed for the API development of ArkServerAPI. You need to contact your hosting directly and have them assist you on how their layout and system operates.

Happy new year

OSubMarin

Happy new year

Happy New year!!

@GSH | MrOwlSky I know that I'm just trying to figure out how to set it up in my FTP client and saying on my server console that is not popping up

please don't tag staff members, it won't make them assist you faster, furthermore we do not provide support about installation of ArkServerAPI on hosts here

3:18 PM

please contact your host and ask them how to install it

I only tagged him because he tagged me

3:19 PM

and this is literally the Discord everybody has been sending me to to ask questions

all you have to do to install the API is to place the required files inside the win64 folder

3:20 PM

ShooterGame->Binaries->Win64

okay say I did that and it doesn't pop up anything else how do I fix it I can put a screenshot in here to show you

some hosts block external dll files, nothing you can do about it

is it supposed to say in console right ???

yes

is there a mod on the Steam Workshop for this API

no

ok

3:38 PM

thx you

are you sure you placed files in the right directory?

I have no clue

3:49 PM

yes

I send you a link in APS Discord where it's including a video of how everything works.

4:57 PM

Did you watch it?

NickPoi

@GSH | MrOwlSky I know that I'm just trying to figure out how to set it up in my FTP client and saying on my server console that is not popping up

If you haven't resolved this you can send me a DM directly and I'll guide you.

Hello

Got some troubles with arkshop We haven't time rewards on. I can give and buy on shop When it try to list groups members :

6:00 PM

[1/3/2022 6:00 PM] > Permissions.ListGroups [1/3/2022 6:00 PM] 1) Admins - *; [1/3/2022 6:00 PM] 2) Default -

6:01 PM

/groups command didn't return data

6:02 PM

Hope someone can help us

Thanks

support for ArkShop can be found here, this forum is for the ArkApi and the art of developing plugins

(edited)

6:07 PM

https://discord.gg/2bTSFc68

Oh, thanks

Sorry

Hi I just joined the Discord because I registered an account on arkserverapi.com so that I can download the Cross Server Chat plugin. Looks like I need admin approval, any prereqs I need to satisfy?

GoNow

Hi I just joined the Discord because I registered an account on arkserverapi.com so that I can download the Cross Server Chat plugin. Looks like I need admin approval, any prereqs I need to satisfy?

I think you have to verify your email

GoNow

Hi I just joined the Discord because I registered an account on arkserverapi.com so that I can download the Cross Server Chat plugin. Looks like I need admin approval, any prereqs I need to satisfy?

check now

Hello!

9:16 PM

I'm a bit new to the API of ARK Server API

9:16 PM

Would it be possible to read all structures on the map and all dinos

9:16 PM

And make them into JSON

9:16 PM

and read all players connected

Get all actors of class for structures, and serialize them using the json lib

9:17 PM

for players UWorld has a PlayerControllerListField

would that lag the server?

9:18 PM

or does not affect performance (edited)

9:18 PM

it's for an external web API

highly depends on implementation

GAAOC does lag yes

would reading save file

9:19 PM

be better?

If you have the courage to do it I guess it would

I have no idea how it's parsed

Me neither, there is some c sharp tool but not for c++ afaik

Okay

9:21 PM

What is the real limitation of the API btw?

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-spongebob-imagination-rainbow-happy-gif-4596954

how's your API rewrite going btw

9:22 PM

did you remove all the shady libs?

My API is just web based portal now

9:23 PM

It works alongside ARK Server API (og version)

guess shady libs are here to stay then

well ark server api is just weird.

9:24 PM

Its doing injection

Wildcard didn't give us the source code sadly

we're open to suggestions on how else to autoload the dll

https://github.com/ark-mod/ArkBot <= this is why i need to read all things

9:30 PM

from the map

getting all actors via the ingame function will cause alot of overhead if you use it alot

9:31 PM

you can build a local object cache and dump all this in another thread

9:31 PM

i mean like hook the Actor spawn and despawn/kill events

9:32 PM

it depends on how often you need to do this, even getting all actors might not cause that much lag tbh

im not even sure how i would do this

9:34 PM

and do this each like 30min

getting all actors each 30 min shouldn't cause any noticeable lag

9:40 PM

but if you want to make sure it doesn't you can build a cache

9:40 PM

a lot of ways to do this

But it wont update the data in real time

10:10 PM

right

wdym?

we want something simillar to ArkBot

10:12 PM

but made with ARK server API

every field in ArkServerAPI is read from game memory, it will always be up to date

the cache would be?

the cache is something you have to make, so it depends on how you make it

also my vscode is 2022

10:13 PM

studio*

would that work fine

10:20 PM

or it has to be a downgreaded version

it should work fine

The C# project is working great. It misses few extra properties that were added during 2021 but it's not important since they're not required (and they can be added by hand quite easily thanks to useful debug outputs in console). (edited)

10:53 PM

and this project is a port from Java so you can also find it in Java

OSubMarin

The C# project is working great. It misses few extra properties that were added during 2021 but it's not important since they're not required (and they can be added by hand quite easily thanks to useful debug outputs in console). (edited)

Talking about ARK bot?

no Ark Savegame Toolkit

Is the private one available

12:44 AM

for source?

https://www.google.com/search?q=ark+savegame+toolkit

Is it the latest one?

12:59 AM

1:30 AM

Seems to work

1:33 AM

Yeah....

you have to keep in mind that file access locks the file, so other processes cannot read it in the meanwhile

1:36 AM

this is important because if the server decides to save while your tool is reading the savefile, the server just won't save

1:36 AM

and your tool might cause data loss

1:36 AM

this is already an issue with ArkBot

idk how i will decide what to pick

1:37 AM

from a 2-8GB json file

same during server boot, if your tool reads the savefile while the server is booting, there is a chance that the server won't be able to read the savefile and will wipe itself

I already have that sorted out

1:37 AM

I make a copy of the file

1:37 AM

else where

1:39 AM

Should is save the data in a database maybe?

no idea, i don't know what you're trying to achieve with this project

1:40 AM

read list of dinos

1:40 AM

and structures

those things constantly change, not sure how you'd keep a database of so much data updated

so json is best way?

1:42 AM

But how would i read a 2GB json file

1:42 AM

without crashing anythnig

what are you reading it in

NodeJS

1:43 AM

but i can do it in any language really

yeah but what are you doing with the information

1:44 AM

you got a list of dinos

1:44 AM

now what

To list them on a website

1:44 AM

With the name and status like health

1:45 AM

That is binded to my website with a steam account login

i would dump this info via a plugin tbh and avoid the multiple gb files scenario

Don't know why you're having such a big json file when you could just use the server api to loop all actors grab the dinos and structures

1:46 AM

It won't be large and then use whatever you want to read that data for the website

you could even integrate sockets or some other communication method into your plugin so your website could request the data directly from the servers running the plugin

If the files are getting bigger you could add split them based off any data you want

1:47 AM

Tribe id

1:47 AM

or anything you want

GameObject is typeble right (edited)

1:47 AM

Like by type of dino

1:47 AM

or etc...

in what?

1:48 AM

ArkServerAPI?

In the C# library you gave me

1:48 AM

Ark savegame toolkit

i've certainly not given you any library and i certainly never used it

WETBATMAN

i would dump this info via a plugin tbh and avoid the multiple gb files scenario

Like make a plugin with websocket

1:49 AM

to read data?

1:49 AM

I don't even know how to make a plugin lol

1:50 AM

Yeh idk (edited)

dunno man you asked if it would be better to make a plugin or read the savefile, we told you it's better to make a plugin and now you say you don't know how to make it

1:51 AM

not sure what kind of help you expect, you don't seem to know what you're going for yet

Plugin will be the easiest most scalable solution with better customization.

Okay

1:52 AM

Imma do a plugin then.

1:52 AM

I think its better option

1:52 AM

brb going to forums to check for a base tutorial

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

1:53 AM

use the project template created by Substitute

Oh that saves time

1:53 AM

Thank you

https://github.com/WETBATMAN/ArkBotHelper/blob/master/ArkBotHelper/DestroyStructuresForTeamId.h#L29

1:56 AM

you can look at my example of destroying all structures for a tribe

1:56 AM

to see how to get all actors of class

nice

2:00 AM

great.

2:02 AM

now it worked

2:02 AM

2:06 AM

What are hooks in ARK Server API

2:08 AM

you can intercept game functions and add your own code into them

2:14 AM

you can do this for any function that runs on the server

2:17 AM

Would this work

2:17 AM

const auto& PCS = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->PlayerControllerListField();

WETBATMAN

you could even integrate sockets or some other communication method into your plugin so your website could request the data directly from the servers running the plugin

what if i dont want a socket

2:33 AM

2:50 AM

Wtf

3:00 AM

fixed

1. Is there a way to unlock only certain item engrams? https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513502859992760321/704122693569609728 , but I would like to know how to unlock only one or a few. 2. Is there a way to expand the character max level? Or you need a way to ascension.

help T.T

@deleted-role I registered this morning, and I wanted to download a plugin but the button wasn't "lit up" so I figured that I had to verify first. But I'm waiting for the verification mail to come, but it isn't coming. Anything I can do about this?

Joren

@deleted-role I registered this morning, and I wanted to download a plugin but the button wasn't "lit up" so I figured that I had to verify first. But I'm waiting for the verification mail to come, but it isn't coming. Anything I can do about this?

Foppa or Mich will be able to get back with you on this

GSH | MrOwlSky

Foppa or Mich will be able to get back with you on this

Thank you. May I @ one of them or?

GSH | MrOwlSky

Foppa or Mich will be able to get back with you on this

This also happened to me. Still have not received a verification email as well

Only Foppa and Mich have backend site access to check on that you'd need to contact them directly

@Foppa I do not mean to ping. But would you rather me DM you?

can this code editor be used to make shop and points system on Xbox Ark?

LadyWolf

can this code editor be used to make shop and points system on Xbox Ark?

no

1

Teach

@Foppa I do not mean to ping. But would you rather me DM you?

I have been troubleshooting it, but no cigar yet.

2

Thank you. I know you are busy, so I dont mean to be rude. Let me know if I can help

Foppa

I have been troubleshooting it, but no cigar yet.

Thank you again

Will update as soon as i can

2

for some reason i cant manage to get my plugins to connect to my mysql server. the installation is done correct and the connection details are also correct. does anyone have any idea what can be the issue?

you'll need to share more content with us.. can you show us your config files?

Hey I've been out of touch for a bit, but I've just seen the new work done on ArkShop. It's so great to see all our gurus here working together on such an important part of the plugin ecosystem. Thank you so much to you all for the hard work and cooperation. It's fantastic!

@Foppa Will you be making the source available for the official plugin updates?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

@Foppa Will you be making the source available for the official plugin updates?

Are you referring to ArkShop because that is already on the github and updated. (edited)

5:13 AM

ArkShopUI source will not be available however.

Lethal

Are you referring to ArkShop because that is already on the github and updated. (edited)

Yes just referring to the ArkShop plugin. Thanks for the info Lethal. I'll go have a look at GitHub. Thanks again for your work!

anyone figured out /kit commands for xbox nitrado servers?

Deleted User

anyone figured out /kit commands for xbox nitrado servers?

ArkApi will not work on nitrado first of all, but it also only works for the steam version of the game

There is a cluster on Xbox called permafrost and they have working /kit commands

9:28 AM

How……. Idk but they proved it was possible

They do seem to have / commands on their Xbox cluster. I wonder how?

probably custom API port for that game version

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

They do seem to have / commands on their Xbox cluster. I wonder how?

should ask in their discord, its possible they arent even using server api, they could have made something themselves (w10 has debug symbols shipped w/ it as well)

2:39 PM

also

2:39 PM

lol

2:40 PM

some interesting commands...

But can you host win10 yourself?

3:37 PM

I thought it was only by 3rd party hosts

Pelayori

But can you host win10 yourself?

I think you can but using the Windows 10 xBox version (like Single Player).

WETBATMAN

probably custom API port for that game version

the host has probably allowed the api software

8:03 PM

there isn't really anything different between console and PC servers other than how they auth clients

8:03 PM

and I would be shocked if they didn't use Windows servers for Xbox

Pelayori

But can you host win10 yourself?

ah im not really sure

how to add plugins to nitrado server

КосАмА

how to add plugins to nitrado server

you can't they do not allow external dll files to be loaded

ok thx

Any updates on the unable to verify email issue? @Foppa

Guys the new ArkShop is such brilliant work! And the combination of that and the new interface mod is just unbeatable. It's a magical thing seeing what can result from the plugin and modding community cooperating together.

Indeed, it's glorious

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Guys the new ArkShop is such brilliant work! And the combination of that and the new interface mod is just unbeatable. It's a magical thing seeing what can result from the plugin and modding community cooperating together.

What is the new interface mod?

11:42 PM

Ah I think I found it https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/arkshopui.289/

11:42 PM

but it seems to require a regular mod (client side downloaded) unfortunately :p (edited)

OSubMarin

but it seems to require a regular mod (client side downloaded) unfortunately :p (edited)

plugins cannot render anything on screen otherwise i'm afraid

yeah that's why I was curious about this new UI thing

12:19 AM

you can only reuse existing UI stuff to a certain extent with plugins

By the way, I'm not planning to add client side mod on my server but if I do, is your Getter Component usable by anyone? @WETBATMAN (edited)

OSubMarin

By the way, I'm not planning to add client side mod on my server but if I do, is your Getter Component usable by anyone? @WETBATMAN (edited)

yes

Cool thank you

OSubMarin

By the way, I'm not planning to add client side mod on my server but if I do, is your Getter Component usable by anyone? @WETBATMAN (edited)

What is a "getter component'?

It's a mod that WETBATMAN published on the Steam Workshop for Ark

12:49 AM

it's downloaded/installed client side

12:49 AM

and I believe it allows server-side plugins to "Get" (as in Getter Component ^^) some information (edited)

12:51 AM

Unfortunately there's no description on the Steam workshop, so maybe WETBATMAN can give us more details about the mod features.

12:54 AM

Also I cannot find any usage explanations (that's why I asked if it was made for public use or not). Are we supposed to IDA it to use it? @WETBATMAN (edited)

I would assume that if it was something that wetbatman wanted us to use he would have provided the details for us already.

He just said we can use it, that's why I asked in the first place.

Blueprint'/Game/Mods/HWIDBans/Actor_BP_HWIDBans.Actor_BP_HWIDBans'

1:08 AM

find the actor by bp on server load

1:08 AM

cache it

1:08 AM

then call the function like this, pass the controller as a parameter

that's easy usage thank you

1:09 AM

I'm not planning to use it for now, but I'll keep in mind if I need it.

you need to then hook ProcessEvent to receive the HWID

alright

1:10 AM

what i do is i look up the function that is invoked once the server gets the HWID and i bind it to a local c++ function

1:10 AM

1:11 AM

then you just unpack params inside ProcessEvent when this function is called

1:11 AM

that's about it

2

alright

void CheckPlayer(AShooterPlayerController* PC, FString PlayerHWID)

1:13 AM

exactly

I'm not familiar with FindFunctionCheck :p

FindFunctionChecked returns UFunction

1:15 AM

you use this when you want to get a pointer to a function from a blueprint

ah ok I understand now

then you can call ProcessEvent with the function pointer and parameters (if any)

1:15 AM

and it will invoke it

ok

Start_Get_Client_HWID signals the mod to run a Run On Client function to get the HWID

1:16 AM

ROS_Server_Receive_HWID is a function from my mod that is called when the client responds with the HWID

yeah I noticed

1:17 AM

I'm not familiar with the event system as well ^^

1:18 AM

but it does not seems too much complicated with your examples

(edited)

as long as you know the function name and it's parameters in BP it's really easy to call/intercept events

1

1:20 AM

also, please ensure that the client is ready for RPC calls before you call the get hwid function

1:20 AM

Hook_APlayerController_ServerReceivedPlayerControllerAck_Implementation

1:20 AM

i start my check from this hook

1:20 AM

but sometimes even here the client is not ready

1:20 AM

so you might have to call the function multiple times with a delay to get a reponse

ah, what I use to start my player processing is AShooterGameMode.SpawnedPawnFor

1:21 AM

I'll give a try at APlayerController.ServerReceivedPlayerControllerAck_Implementation if needed

this will not trigger if the player is on the spawn screen when they log in

1:22 AM

which is not ideal for HWIDBans

ah ok ^^

OSubMarin

ah, what I use to start my player processing is AShooterGameMode.SpawnedPawnFor

i meant this hook

1:22 AM

my hook triggers on connect

yeah this SpawnedPawnFor only triggers when the player controller gets binded to its in game character

1:23 AM

noticed that already

well, that is pretty much it for usage, if you have any questions let me know

that's very clear thank you

1

@WETBATMANdon't use a struct to unpack parameters

2:32 AM

updates to the game could break the structure at any time

2:32 AM

use reflection

2:35 AM

You can cache the property offsets/sizes after the first read if you want to

substitute

updates to the game could break the structure at any time

what do you mean?

WETBATMAN

what do you mean?

They are generated at compile time (for the bp)

9:38 AM

So even just a content update could change them

yeah but this struct is from my mod

^^

in what time they can aprove me

КосАмА

in what time they can aprove me

It's done

I wonder if I can make a really humble request regarding ongoing development of the api code. I think it's safe to say that a lot of people who come into the API ecosystem are not anywhere near as proficient programmers are the awesome gurus we have here. Something I really admired about Mich's code was that he kept it as simple as he possibly could most of the time. He avoided a lot of shortcuts and kept it longform where possible. This made the API code reasonably easy to read and understand for less advanced programmers. I know you guys all have a thousand amazing tricks up your sleeves, but can I humbly request you try and continue the tradition of keeping it as simply as possible? Simple things like avoiding the ternary operator can make a big difference to end users while making little or no difference to the quality or speed of the end result. Just my thoughts

How dare you denying the ternary operator kimyell

5:50 AM

It's just an if else on a line, nothing sophisticated, but apart from that you're right (the simpler the better). (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I wonder if I can make a really humble request regarding ongoing development of the api code. I think it's safe to say that a lot of people who come into the API ecosystem are not anywhere near as proficient programmers are the awesome gurus we have here. Something I really admired about Mich's code was that he kept it as simple as he possibly could most of the time. He avoided a lot of shortcuts and kept it longform where possible. This made the API code reasonably easy to read and understand for less advanced programmers. I know you guys all have a thousand amazing tricks up your sleeves, but can I humbly request you try and continue the tradition of keeping it as simply as possible? Simple things like avoiding the ternary operator can make a big difference to end users while making little or no difference to the quality or speed of the end result. Just my thoughts

is there any code in particular that made you say this?

10:10 AM

or is it just a general remark

WETBATMAN

is there any code in particular that made you say this?

I definitely don't mean it as any kind of criticism. I suppose that I have (as someone nowhere near as advanced or clever as you guys) a little more trouble working through the new additions to the API, ArkShop etc than I used to with Mich's older code. I'm sure it's really annoying being asked to dumb down your brilliant work, but I just think that with a big open source project like this it's important to consider as many potential skill levels as possible.

I think I try to make open source code more readable than private code. You would be scared if you saw some of my multiple ternary operator usage lol

12:11 PM

I think it's not bad to use it, if it's correctly marked, after all the api is a tool for ark, and assumes you have some sort of c++ knowledge (edited)

Pelayori

I think it's not bad to use it, if it's correctly marked, after all the api is a tool for ark, and assumes you have some sort of c++ knowledge (edited)

Absolutely, you obviously need some C++ knowledge, but I think we can all agree that when it comes to C/C++, there is a whole universe between "some" knowledge, and experts like yourselves. Any help us mere mortals can get to comprehend what's put into the API is a wonderful thing.

Yes but this Discord is here just to solve that problem : Bringing people together from all horizons so that you can talk/ask questions and improve in the Ark modding environment. If there's a piece of code that looks too complicated you can get explanations here or ask for some examples or for an equivalent piece of code, or even a re-write. It costs nothing to ask except a little time :p (edited)

2:09 PM

To keep the API simple since it is the shared piece of code between all modders is always a good reminder anyway

Also some concise comments in the code is a big plus. (edited)

Do you know，Open the backpack the hook，Can you tell me

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I wonder if I can make a really humble request regarding ongoing development of the api code. I think it's safe to say that a lot of people who come into the API ecosystem are not anywhere near as proficient programmers are the awesome gurus we have here. Something I really admired about Mich's code was that he kept it as simple as he possibly could most of the time. He avoided a lot of shortcuts and kept it longform where possible. This made the API code reasonably easy to read and understand for less advanced programmers. I know you guys all have a thousand amazing tricks up your sleeves, but can I humbly request you try and continue the tradition of keeping it as simply as possible? Simple things like avoiding the ternary operator can make a big difference to end users while making little or no difference to the quality or speed of the end result. Just my thoughts

A lot of this can be fixed by migrating over to new C++ standards

10:17 PM

C++14 is good, C++17 is great, C++20 is awesome

10:18 PM

The API doesn't even use C++14 standards. Hooks (DECLARE_HOOK) utilize C macros instead of STL templates

10:21 PM

this, for example, is from my own template for hooking functions that use standard calling conventions (which our DECLARE_HOOK macro is also limited by (even more limited, it assumes fastcall))

10:21 PM

static hookable<void(sdk::UObject*, sdk::UFunction*, void*)> process_event_;

10:22 PM

where the template type is the std::function signature of the function to hook.

10:22 PM

and then calling the original is just as trivial from a user callback

auto spongehax::process_event(sdk::UObject* who, sdk::UFunction* what, void* how) -> void
{
    while(!tick_queue.empty())
    {
        tick_queue.front()();
        tick_queue.pop();
    }
    
    const auto func = what->GetName();
    auto handled = false;
    for (auto [_, callback] : process_event_handlers[func])
    {
        handled = callback(who, how);
        if (handled) return;
    }
    process_event_.original(who, what, how);
}

10:24 PM

setting the address of the object is just process_event_.reset(0xadd9e55); and taking the address of the address of (for Detours, MinHook, etc.)

    DetourTransactionBegin();
    DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    DetourAttach(process_event_.get(), process_event); // (hookable_object.get(), callback)
    DetourTransactionCommit();

(edited)

10:25 PM

same goes for future stuff dealing with reflection in UE4

10:25 PM

to be frank, I don't really think we should be hooking the native methods anymore outside of methods that absolutely must be hooked this way, unless we change how we hook.

10:26 PM

option one, which keeps the API slim, is to have people hook the UE4 event system by passing the event name (function name) and a callback to the API which keeps a table of these events

10:27 PM

this would make the api closer to how Minecraft plugins work where a callback can say if it handled the event or not (stop/keep bubbling)

10:28 PM

the other option is similar but would require the API to make signatures for each native function and use an expansion of the above code. I have created a proof of concept where users can register callbacks to a hook_event which has a static callback to pass the data into the registered callbacks.

10:29 PM

this however requires defining one of these for each function AND requires the usage of some system to ensure unique types. Personally, I suggest using either tag structures (empty structs) or string literals.

10:29 PM

string literals is the better option but last I tested makes VS2022 (and earlier) show a compiler error (but compiles fine)

10:29 PM

the benefit to string literals is that these could also be used for calling a function/resolving it by the pdb, AIO.

10:30 PM

template<typename RT, typename VA, typename ...A, typename name>
class HookEvent<RT(A...), VA, name>
{
public:
    static inline hookable<RT(A...)> hook;
    static inline std::vector<std::function<RT(A..., bool&)>> preHooks;
    static inline std::vector<std::function<RT(A..., bool&)>> postHooks;

    
    static RT callback(A... args)
    {
        auto handled = false;
        
        for (auto hook : preHooks)
        {
            hook(args..., handled);
            if (handled)
                return;
        }
        hook.original(args...);
        for (auto hook : postHooks)
        {
            hook(args..., handled);
            if (handled)
                return;
        }
    }

    using type = HookEvent<RT(A...), VA, name>;
};

10:31 PM

one example implementation of such a template

10:31 PM

wherein the handled value is passed by reference as an extra arg

substitute

setting the address of the object is just process_event_.reset(0xadd9e55); and taking the address of the address of (for Detours, MinHook, etc.)

    DetourTransactionBegin();
    DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    DetourAttach(process_event_.get(), process_event); // (hookable_object.get(), callback)
    DetourTransactionCommit();

(edited)

I’m upset you didn’t use 0xD34DB33F as the address in your example

We were just saying to keep it simple and now you want to change everything. Doesn't sound so simple to me, I'm fine with macros (everyone knows Macros I guess).

someone told me you can just forward the dll exports directly, rather than setting up a project as having a masm build dependency + needing a module def file & needing to use loadlibrary and etc etc... just figured id share because i thought it was pretty cool, all you have to do is this

#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoA,@1")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoByHandle=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoByHandle,@2")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoExA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoExA,@3")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoExW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoExW,@4")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoSizeA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoSizeA,@5")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoSizeExA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoSizeExA,@6")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoSizeExW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoSizeExW,@7")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoSizeW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoSizeW,@8")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:GetFileVersionInfoW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.GetFileVersionInfoW,@9")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerFindFileA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerFindFileA,@10")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerFindFileW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerFindFileW,@11")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerInstallFileA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerInstallFileA,@12")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerInstallFileW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerInstallFileW,@13")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerLanguageNameA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerLanguageNameA,@14")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerLanguageNameW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerLanguageNameW,@15")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerQueryValueA=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerQueryValueA,@16")
#pragma comment(linker, "/export:VerQueryValueW=C:\\windows\\system32\\version.dll.VerQueryValueW,@17")

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Be on the lookout!

6:55 PM

he's still at it (edited)

Just got a message as well

\mysql++11.h error compile no declare 'MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG' (edited)

Is it possible that casting an AActor to APrimalDinoCharacter when the AActor isn't a dino would crash the server? I thought it would just return a nullptr? Trying to track down a weird crash.

Yes, that will cause issues.

8:14 AM

Casting isn't doing anything other than telling the compiler that the type you currently have is actually another type

Frigoff

Casting isn't doing anything other than telling the compiler that the type you currently have is actually another type

And you're certain it could crash the server?

If you're derefing a nullptr then yes.

8:35 AM

Just attach a debugger and find the crash

Not sure exactly what you mean. It's not a nullptr. Rather it's possible the Actor is not a dino, but something else, in rare cases. I guess I can always check the actor class before trying to cast it, but I'm trying to avoid extra steps as there could be a large number of events. I thought that an incorrect cast would just return nullptr rather than crash the server.

const auto dino = (APrimalDinoCharacter*)actor;
dino->SomeComponent->SomeValue;

9:16 AM

Will crash if SomeComponent isn't a valid ptr

9:16 AM

Casts do not check if it's invalid or not, they do what you say.

9:17 AM

The performance lost on checking the static class vs just assuming is worth it.

Struggling to make sense of this function:

Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_Die(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser)

It provides a Controller reference, which I assumed would not be valid if the killer was a dino, but it is, and that reference can be cast to a valid ShooterPlayerController reference. How is that possible when it's a dino that's doing the killing? At first I thought it was because the dino was being ridden, but it does this even when the wild dino is the killer?

AI controller.

10:35 AM

Also I think you're confusing can cast with should cast

10:35 AM

You can cast an int to a float and make changes.

10:35 AM

You should not cast an int to a float and make changes

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Struggling to make sense of this function:

Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_Die(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this, float KillingDamage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser)

It provides a Controller reference, which I assumed would not be valid if the killer was a dino, but it is, and that reference can be cast to a valid ShooterPlayerController reference. How is that possible when it's a dino that's doing the killing? At first I thought it was because the dino was being ridden, but it does this even when the wild dino is the killer?

like already mentioned, dino's have controllers too

11:05 AM

you can check if it's an AI controller with the IsLocalController function

11:05 AM

or just check if the controller is of class AShooterPlayerController

To add to the above, one of the only assumptions you can do with controller's cast is that APlayerController can always (or most of the times) be casted to AShooterPlayerController, but AController is not always a player controller

Thanks guys. Much appreciated as always

I have a problem that doesn't make much sense.every time a player attacks a base his ping locks 255 and this message appears here. this only happens when going to attack a base and the turrets start attacking.

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2:23 PM

I've already created a server from scratch without a plugin and the error still happens.

Is there a guide to adding pugins for a Nitrado server? Sorry for the noob question

Gray

Is there a guide to adding pugins for a Nitrado server? Sorry for the noob question

plugins cannot be added to nitrado servers

2:49 PM

unless you rented a dedicated machine from them of course

Ah unfortunate. I really want to add a shop to my server, but the only good one ive come across is a plugin and not a steam mod

2:52 PM

Is it possible to take my nitrado server and move it to somewhere else and then add the plugin??

if you pick another host that supports addition of custom dll's then yes

Sorry, what is dll?

file extension

2:54 PM

to load ArkApi you need to install version.dll and msdia140.dll, some hosts do not allow such files to be transferred over ftp

What hosts do people here typically recommend?

ServerBlend, GameServerApp, LogicServers are the 3 I have more confidence on

Ok, ill have to check those out, thank you guys! (edited)

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DEX

I have a problem that doesn't make much sense.every time a player attacks a base his ping locks 255 and this message appears here. this only happens when going to attack a base and the turrets start attacking.

look if it's the vanilla Tek Turret.

1:02 AM

if it's above 50-100 turrets it will cause issue from my findings

1:02 AM

had to remove them

Like what I was thinking could be the network, I have another server on another network and I don't have this problem.

It's how ever network related but it's due to the Tek Turret that sends too much network packets for the client to handle. Tested it. And one player can get about 5-10mbit/s for just couple of turrets (edited)

1:37 AM

from my findings at least

Foppa

It's how ever network related but it's due to the Tek Turret that sends too much network packets for the client to handle. Tested it. And one player can get about 5-10mbit/s for just couple of turrets (edited)

yes it was the only thing i thought could cause this, the network issue. Is there any plugin that allows the reduction of packages that clinete uses?

I have been looking into it and i believe it might be able to be solved by a plugin. But haven't solved it yet. How ever it might be easier to be solved in a mod

I understand, the way and look for another network. OR leave the server closed because I've looked everywhere

Frigoff

Casting isn't doing anything other than telling the compiler that the type you currently have is actually another type

Not entirely no

7:50 PM

Dynamic cast returns nullptr if a cast fails

Didn’t know that. How can a cast fail

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/dynamic_cast

cpp/language/dynamic cast

Frigoff

Didn’t know that. How can a cast fail

Generally if the type isn’t really the type you are asking for

Oh.

7:51 PM

That’s pretty cool

Static cast can also fail

7:52 PM

But only at compile time

7:52 PM

Downcasting from actor to primal Dino is valid at compile time

7:52 PM

So static allows it

7:53 PM

Even if we don’t know if actor is actually primal Dino

7:53 PM

It takes the assumption the developer has ensured only primal Dinos are passed in as actor

7:53 PM

While dynamic cast happens at run time

7:53 PM

And doesn’t assume that

That’s pretty cool to know. But say you have passed in an AActor*

7:55 PM

You dynamic cast it to a PrimalDino*

7:55 PM

But really it’s a APrimalStructure

You would get a null primal Dino pointer if it wasn’t a pointer

How does it know which it really is?

I would still recommend using the UE4 reflection system to type check though

Frigoff

How does it know which it really is?

In the context of the api, it probably doesn’t

7:56 PM

But in your own code there is some basic type information

7:56 PM

Stored in types

Okay. But for general cpp ye

7:56 PM

I guess it would still run into issues if you’re passing in a base type that leads into two different higher types though

7:56 PM

And trying to separate based on those higher types

7:57 PM

But that’s just bad practice anyways, still cool none the less

Personally I would avoid dynamic cast

    Base* b2 = new Derived;
    if (Derived* d = dynamic_cast<Derived*>(b2); d != nullptr)
    {
        std::cout << "downcast from b2 to d successful\n";
        d->name(); // safe to call
    }

I would instead explicitly check the type using UE4 reflection

Isn’t the d != nullptr

7:58 PM

Redundant

No

substitute

I would instead explicitly check the type using UE4 reflection

Yeah that is the correct answer

They call the name method on d

7:58 PM

If d was null it would crash

7:58 PM

As 0x0+X is an invalid address

But it’s being declared in an of statement

7:59 PM

Which checks the

7:59 PM

Value of the declaration

The first initializes the variable (edited)

7:59 PM

It doesn’t check it

7:59 PM

And it declares it

Has my life been a lie

Reread it

Does

8:00 PM

if(const auto ptr = get_ptr(…))

8:00 PM

Not check if ptr is a nullptr

        ~~~v Declaration, could equal null.        ~~~v check d value
    if (Derived* d = dynamic_cast<Derived*>(b2); d != nullptr)
    {
        std::cout << "downcast from b2 to d successful\n";
        d->name(); // safe to call
    }

8:01 PM

Derived* d = dynamic_cast<Derived*>(b2); isn't equality check

8:01 PM

assignment should always work

Yes but does assignment within if not get checked for validity

8:02 PM

After the assignment

Explicit checks are still always best

So

8:04 PM

It is redundant but not very clear

possibly

8:06 PM

could also depend on the compiler

8:06 PM

Their examples are supposed to kinda be universal

8:06 PM

so maybe they're covering all bases

Yeah. Well cool to learn something new

8:07 PM

Does anyone know... when a player transfers in to a server from another server, is there any way to determine which server they have come from?

Speaking of transfers, I'm looking for a way to stop people from traveling with their inventories but allow them to retrieve items from the obelisks. Does anyone have an idea or willingness to open commissions for such a thing?

2:21 AM

I'd need to trick the origin server to think that the remote server doesn't allow item downloads somehow.

meza

Speaking of transfers, I'm looking for a way to stop people from traveling with their inventories but allow them to retrieve items from the obelisks. Does anyone have an idea or willingness to open commissions for such a thing?

Have you looked at @Lethal 's Items+? It's an incredibly good plugin with a great deal of flexibility.

1

is ark api in c++ or c#

c++

k thx

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Have you looked at @Lethal 's Items+? It's an incredibly good plugin with a great deal of flexibility.

I need to give it a go but it seems like it's a bit more than I'd need and might not actually do the one thing ... At least it's promising that it seems like it should be possible

How would i change FString* Message to FChatMessage ?

struct __cppobj FChatMessage
{
  FString SenderName;
  FString SenderSteamName;
  FString SenderTribeName;
  unsigned int SenderId;
  FString Message;
  FString Receiver;
  int SenderTeamIndex;
  long double ReceivedTime;
  TEnumAsByte<enum EChatSendMode::Type> SendMode;
  unsigned int RadioFrequency;
  TEnumAsByte<enum EChatType::Type> ChatType;
  UTexture2D *SenderIcon;
  FString UserId;
};

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10:12 PM

you don't change it, you need to construct an FChatMessage with your text

Do you need to fill in everything or can i leave things default?

no idea, hook a function containing this struct and check which fields are filled in

Or check how the Api utils function sends a chat message

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yeah or that lol

Does anyone have an example of serialising/deserializing an item that they would be willing to share?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have an example of serialising/deserializing an item that they would be willing to share?

In what way do you want to serialize? (edited)

9:20 AM

For items you could get the item bytes, and serialize the unsigned char array

Pelayori

In what way do you want to serialize? (edited)

I want to serialize a primalitem and store it either in a database or a file.

Then you can serialize it by item bytes, and then deserialize it by UPrimalItem::CreateFromBytes

9:25 AM

It preserves item stats and such if I recall correctly

Pelayori

Then you can serialize it by item bytes, and then deserialize it by UPrimalItem::CreateFromBytes

Amazing! Thank you!

Has anyone had any experience with loading classes and case-sensitivity? It seems like BPLoadClass is case sensitive, yet all the in-game commands are not case sensitive. This means people can test a blueprint string in game and have it work, but when used with BPLoadClass it will fail. Is there any way around this?

4:47 AM

And another question.... has anyone found a solution to the issue of servers "freezing" when their console window is in foreground? You can hit enter a couple of times and the server will continue, otherwise it will eventually be killed by the hang detection. This only seems to happen with servers running the API, not vanilla servers. It's almost like the main thread pauses waiting for console input of some kind?

I know that if you accidently click on the server console/window it will pause it, because that's a behavior of Windows, to allow you to select and copy (by pressing enter) what's in the command window. (edited)

jraServerAPI

I know that if you accidently click on the server console/window it will pause it, because that's a behavior of Windows, to allow you to select and copy (by pressing enter) what's in the command window. (edited)

That would explain it. Thank you. I wonder why I never see it in vanilla servers though, only API. Maybe because most of our servers are running the API.

Different type of console.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Has anyone had any experience with loading classes and case-sensitivity? It seems like BPLoadClass is case sensitive, yet all the in-game commands are not case sensitive. This means people can test a blueprint string in game and have it work, but when used with BPLoadClass it will fail. Is there any way around this?

They are case sensitive and the commands are all forced lowercase.

7:39 AM

You could resolve it.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

And another question.... has anyone found a solution to the issue of servers "freezing" when their console window is in foreground? You can hit enter a couple of times and the server will continue, otherwise it will eventually be killed by the hang detection. This only seems to happen with servers running the API, not vanilla servers. It's almost like the main thread pauses waiting for console input of some kind?

if you right click on the console top bar, click on properties and then disable quick edit mode, it should fix your issue

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I'm getting myself all into knots here. lol I have a UClass for a structure. I need to get ConsumesPrimalItemField from a APrimalStructure of the type in UClass. If I create a new instance of APrimalStructure, how do I set it to the class that I have in UClass so that I can then get the correct ConsumesPrimalItemField back again?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I'm getting myself all into knots here. lol I have a UClass for a structure. I need to get ConsumesPrimalItemField from a APrimalStructure of the type in UClass. If I create a new instance of APrimalStructure, how do I set it to the class that I have in UClass so that I can then get the correct ConsumesPrimalItemField back again?

Maybe this?

APrimalStructure* MyPrimalStructure = static_cast<APrimalStructure*>(_this->GetDefaultObject(true));
UClass* PrimalItemClass = MyPrimalStructure->ConsumesPrimalItemField().uClass;

12:53 PM

I'll give that a try tomorrow when my brain is working lol

So you have the UClass of an object and you'd like to get the default obj to access a data member on the object? (edited)

WETBATMAN

if you right click on the console top bar, click on properties and then disable quick edit mode, it should fix your issue

That's amazing information, thank you. Do you think it be possible for a plugin to access the properties of the window its running in, and programmatically disable edit mode? This would solve so many crashes it's not funny.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55497407/disable-quick-edit-mode-for-console-from-c

Yep just found that same article! Trying it now, and it seems to work.

3:02 AM

Yeah seems to work fine at disabling quick edit mode. Thanks @WETBATMAN and @Frigoff

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@Foppa, I'm sorry to disturb you, but do you perhaps have any updates about the issue regarding not receiving the verification mail? As I am waiting for a few weeks now but still havent received any.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone have an example of serialising/deserializing an item that they would be willing to share?

Could we still see this example

We're you able to get it working?

I tried like this:

// save data
TArray<unsigned char> item_bytes;
item->GetItemBytes(&item_bytes);

// create item
auto* item = UPrimalItem::CreateFromBytes(&item_bytes);

https://github.com/2bite/ARK-Server-Plugins-public/blob/main/DumpCryopods/DumpCryopods/DumpCryopods.cpp

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jraServerAPI

Could we still see this example

We're you able to get it working?

Sorry, I haven't gotten to it yet, but the example above looks interesting!

1:24 PM

Does anyone know which functions are used when a player locks and unlocks a PrimalItemStorageContainer? Not with the pin number, but where you can "unlock" a storage container so that anyone can access it without a pin.

1:25 PM

I know how to lock and unlock it with bUnlocked, but I'm wondering what functions are used when players do it in-game.

Try multi use, it's generic when the radial menu is triggered, there's no specific funcion

Pelayori

Try multi use, it's generic when the radial menu is triggered, there's no specific funcion

OK, I'll take a look, thanks!

I am not home to give you the use index, but if you hook try multi use, and print use index you'll get it, it's always the same

Yeah I'll do that, thanks again.

I want to know how to get tribeId using Hook_AShooterPlayerState_ServerRequestCreateNewTribe_Implementation(AShooterPlayerState* _this, FString* TribeName, FtribeGovernment TribeGovernment). auto* player_state = static_cast<AShooterPlayerState*>(_this); Log::GetLog()->Error(player_state->MyPlayerDataStructField()->TribeIDField()); Log::GetLog()->Error(player_state->IsInTribe()); Log::GetLog()->Error(player_state->MyTribeDataField()->TribeIDField()); Log::GetLog()->Error(player_state->MyPlayerDataField()->GetTribeTeamID); I tried printing 4 types, but all of them are 0 or different values.. Please help.

Well if they are requesting to make a tribe, they don't currently have one.

7:58 PM

You could try letting the original call first and then see if it's filled after the server has handled whatever it needs to.

Frigoff

You could try letting the original call first and then see if it's filled after the server has handled whatever it needs to.

How should I do it?

void Hooked_ServerRequestCreateNewTribe_Implementation(AShooterPlayerState* _this, FString* TribeName, FTribeGovernment TribeGovernment)
{
  original_ServerRequestCreateNewTribe_Implementation(_this, TribeName, TribeGovernment);
  Log::GetLog()->Error(_this->MyPlayerDataStructField()->TribeIDField());
  Log::GetLog()->Error(_this->IsInTribe());
  Log::GetLog()->Error(_this->MyTribeDataField()->TribeIDField());
  Log::GetLog()->Error(_this->MyPlayerDataField()->GetTribeTeamID);
}

8:03 PM

If it returns a value

8:03 PM

You need to return whatever value it wants

8:03 PM

Or you will crash.

8:03 PM

but since I don't know the type I just used void in the example

Frigoff

but since I don't know the type I just used void in the example

huh thank you so much I'm sure you'll get the results you want. Thank you very much.

Can can either do that or make a separate part loop through all playerstates

Are all players an online player?

Depends how you get them.

aha thank you

Frigoff

Depends how you get them.

Thanks, I solved it.

AShooterGameMode* I need a way to change this to AShooterPlayerState or AShooterPlayerController.

6:43 AM

void Hook_AShooterGameMode_AddToTribeLog(AShooterGameMode* _this, int TribeId, FString* NewLog) I want to use that hook to get the tribe name.

You can’t turn a GameMode into a PlayerState

6:49 AM

They are completely different

6:50 AM

If you want to see which tribe name is what you will have to loop through where they are stored and compare them

Ah, making a log is harder than I thought. Let's try a little bit more first. Thank you.

I downloaded the api and compiled Ark it and it gives an error version/Core/Public/API/UE/UE.h Error

c++


enum EResourceSizeMode
{
    Exclusive = 0x0,
    Inclusive = 0x1,
    Open = 0x2,
};

struct FRenderResource
{
};

struct FTexture : FRenderResource
{
};

struct FTextureResource : FTexture
{
};


struct UTexture : UObject
{
    static UClass* StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass*>(nullptr, "UTexture.StaticClass"); }
};

struct UTexture2D: UTexture
{
    static UClass* StaticClass() { return NativeCall<UClass*>(nullptr, "UTexture2D.StaticClass"); }
    void GetMipData(int FirstMipToLoad, void** OutMipData) { return NativeCall<void, int, void**>(this, "UTexture2D.GetMipData", FirstMipToLoad, OutMipData); }
    void UpdateResourceW() { return NativeCall<void>(this, "UTexture2D.UpdateResourceW"); }
    FTextureResource* CreateResource() { return NativeCall<FTextureResource*>(this, "UTexture2D.CreateResource"); }
  ------> __int64 GetResourceSize(EResourceSizeMode type) { return NativeCall<__int64, EResourceSizeMode>(this, "UTexture2D.GetResourceSize", type); }
    float GetSurfaceHeight() { return NativeCall<float>(this, "UTexture2D.GetSurfaceHeight"); }
    int& SizeX_DEPRECATED() { return *GetNativePointerField<int*>(this, "UTexture2D.SizeX_DEPRECATED"); }
    int& SizeY_DEPRECATED() { return *GetNativePointerField<int*>(this, "UTexture2D.SizeY_DEPRECATED"); }


};

(edited)

You need a hook to join a tribe, but you can't find it. help.

돌드민

You need a hook to join a tribe, but you can't find it. help.

I found it.

I have a more general C++ question. I'm trying to work out the most efficient way of doing something. I have a TArray of storage containers. I need to loop through each storage container and count a specific class of item, counting the total, then add that total to a grand total for the tribe that owns that container, then move on to the next container. I'd love to hear any suggestions on the most efficient ways of doing this?

Handle all storage types and tribes in one iteration. It shouldn't take long.

Is there a way to get tribe information on the current map?

GetOrLoadTribeData

Is it possible to get ids for all tribes repeatedly or automatically?

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->TribesIdsField()

1:22 PM

do not use GetOrLoadTribeData often it will leak memory

WETBATMAN

do not use GetOrLoadTribeData often it will leak memory

aha thank you

I'm getting myself all tied up in JSON knots. I'm trying to construct a Discord webhook post. I've done it many times before, but this situation is a little different. This is the example JSON format for a Discord webhook.

{
  "username": "Webhook",
  "avatar_url": "https://i.imgur.com/4M34hi2.png",
  "content": "Text message. Up to 2000 characters.",
  "embeds": [
    {
      "author": {
        "name": "Birdie♫",
        "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/",
        "icon_url": "https://i.imgur.com/R66g1Pe.jpg"
      },
      "title": "Title",
      "url": "https://google.com/",
      "description": "Text message. You can use Markdown here. *Italic* **bold** __underline__ ~~strikeout~~ [hyperlink](https://google.com) `code`",
      "color": 15258703,
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "Text",
          "value": "More text",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Even more text",
          "value": "Yup",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Use `\"inline\": true` parameter, if you want to display fields in the same line.",
          "value": "okay..."
        },
        {
          "name": "Thanks!",
          "value": "You're welcome :wink:"
        }
      ],
      "thumbnail": {
        "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/4-Nature-Wallpapers-2014-1_ukaavUI.jpg"
      },
      "image": {
        "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/A_picture_from_China_every_day_108.jpg"
      },
      "footer": {
        "text": "Woah! So cool! :smirk:",
        "icon_url": "https://i.imgur.com/fKL31aD.jpg"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Normally I have fixed values for the "fields" which is easy, however I now need to add two fields per element of a struct array I have. For each array element I need to add this to the ["embeds"]["fields"] section of my JSON.

{
  "name": "Tribe Name",
  "value": array.tribename,
  "inline": false
},
{
  "name": "Count",
  "value": array.count,
  "inline": true
 }

I can't seem to get my head around how to do this

Well if you're using nlohmann json

6:14 AM

["fields"][index]["value"] = array.tribename; (edited)

6:15 AM

On count you might have to convert to a string

6:15 AM

Since Discord looks like it's only accepting strings but idk

Frigoff

Well if you're using nlohmann json

Hey, thanks for the reply, but I'm still confused. How would I use your example in the situation above?

Well assuming you have the rest of the json done

7:20 AM

Fields is an array

7:21 AM

So you use the index to access the json object

7:21 AM

then you can write to the member within that object

7:21 AM

If that makes sense

7:26 AM

https://github.com/nlohmann/json/tree/develop/doc/examples

7:26 AM

There are some examples from the library itself

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I have a more general C++ question. I'm trying to work out the most efficient way of doing something. I have a TArray of storage containers. I need to loop through each storage container and count a specific class of item, counting the total, then add that total to a grand total for the tribe that owns that container, then move on to the next container. I'd love to hear any suggestions on the most efficient ways of doing this?

Are there mixed sets of containers?

7:47 AM

Like different tribes?

7:47 AM

I would use an unordered map with the tribe Id as the key

7:48 AM

Tribe ids should be unique and I don’t think integers need to be hashed for their key computation (since that’s the point of a hash)

7:49 AM

As for iterating them not much you can do here

7:49 AM

You’re going to have to have O(n) with n being n*m

7:51 AM

Unfortunately you’re going to have to accept that this will be a jagged array and require nested loops :/

7:52 AM

Use this for taking the summation

7:52 AM

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/reduce

cpp/algorithm/reduce

7:52 AM

A reduce is super useful (for example, if the item isn’t the right class just return the previous state, else previous++)

7:54 AM

There is also https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/accumulate

cpp/algorithm/accumulate

Frigoff

["fields"][index]["value"] = array.tribename; (edited)

I finally got there. Nlohmann was throwing errors because I was trying to add data to the json object in two different ways and it didn't seem to be able to cope with that. Thanks for your help!

substitute

Are there mixed sets of containers?

Thanks Sub! I'll have a read through those! Much appreciated!

I've got a plugin which has an RCON Command that triggers a very heavy bunch of functions that take about 7 seconds to complete on a very large 2GB save file. That's fine as it will only be called rarely, but I'm having an issue where one RCON command is sent, but the function referenced by AddRconCommand is called multiple times, and it's a random number of times before it finally stops. This only happens on this very large savefile. Smaller maps don't have the problem. Is there a buffer somewhere that's timing out and repeating or something? (edited)

Impossible to tell without knowing the plugin and source code.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks Sub! I'll have a read through those! Much appreciated!

something like this

containers.foreach(x => 
{
  counts[x.targettingTeam] += x.inventoryItems.reduce((a, y) => a += y.staticClass() == classToSearch, 0);
})

(edited)

8:32 PM

make sure to init your reducer with 0

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

8:49 PM

here it some working C++ code

8:49 PM

#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <numeric>
#include <execution>

std::unordered_map<int, int> counts;

class container
{
public:
    int team;
    std::vector<int> objects;
};

std::vector<container> containers;

int main()
{
    containers =
    {
        container{.team = 1, .objects = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}},
        container{.team = 2, .objects = {5,2,1,4}},
        container{.team = 3, .objects = {7,1,3,6,1,5,8,4,4,4,1,5}},
        container{.team = 2, .objects = {1,5,8,3,2}},
        container{.team = 2, .objects = {3,2}},
        container{.team = 1, .objects = {9,3,7,1}},
        container{.team = 4, .objects = {8,3,1,5,1,2}},
        container{.team = 3, .objects = {7,4,1,5,8,1}},
    };
    for (auto container : containers)
    {
        std::cout << "Container is for team " << container.team << " and contains " << container.objects.size() << " items, iterating now.\n";
        counts[container.team] += std::reduce(std::execution::seq, container.objects.begin(), container.objects.end(), 0, [](auto sum, auto next)
            {
                return sum + (next == 3);
            });
    }

    for (auto count : counts)
    {
        std::cout << "And now we have the counts, for team " << count.first << " we have a total of " << count.second << " items where item equals 3.\n";
    }
}

8:49 PM

(requires C++20)

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#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <numeric>
#include <execution>

std::unordered_map<int, int> counts;

class container
{
public:
    int team;
    std::vector<int> objects;
};

std::vector<container> containers;

int main()
{
    containers =
    {
        container{.team = 1, .objects = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}},
        container{.team = 2, .objects = {5,2,1,4}},
        container{.team = 3, .objects = {7,1,3,6,1,5,8,4,4,4,1,5}},
        container{.team = 2, .objects = {1,5,8,3,2}},
        container{.team = 2, .objects = {3,2}},
        container{.team = 1, .objects = {9,3,7,1}},
        container{.team = 4, .objects = {8,3,1,5,1,2}},
        container{.team = 3, .objects = {7,4,1,5,8,1}},
    };
    for (auto container : containers)
    {
        std::cout << "Container is for team " << container.team << " and contains " << container.objects.size() << " items, iterating now.\n";
        counts[container.team] += std::reduce(std::execution::seq, container.objects.begin(), container.objects.end(), 0, [](auto sum, auto next)
            {
                return sum + (next == 3);
            });
    }

    for (auto count : counts)
    {
        std::cout << "And now we have the counts, for team " << count.first << " we have a total of " << count.second << " items where item equals 3.\n";
    }
}

Sub that's so cool!!! Thank you so much!

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I've got a plugin which has an RCON Command that triggers a very heavy bunch of functions that take about 7 seconds to complete on a very large 2GB save file. That's fine as it will only be called rarely, but I'm having an issue where one RCON command is sent, but the function referenced by AddRconCommand is called multiple times, and it's a random number of times before it finally stops. This only happens on this very large savefile. Smaller maps don't have the problem. Is there a buffer somewhere that's timing out and repeating or something? (edited)

Regarding this issue, I decoupled the big function that took a long time to complete from the Rcon function using a DelayExecute timer with a 1 second delay, and the problem of repeating went away. So there must be something in the API or the server somewhere that deals with RCON commands that repeats the execution after some short timeout?

1:31 AM

So this caused a random number of repeats:

void RunCountRcon(RCONClientConnection* rconclient, RCONPacket* packet, UWorld* world)
{
    Log::GetLog()->debug("RunCountRcon Triggered.");
    DoCount();
}

And this stops those repeats:

void RunCountRcon(RCONClientConnection* rconclient, RCONPacket* packet, UWorld* world)
{
    Log::GetLog()->debug("RunCountRcon Triggered.");
    API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&DoCount, 1);
}

(DoCount() takes between 6 and 7 seconds to complete on a very large map. On smaller maps, where it takes a much shorter time, the repeats do not occur.)

attach a debugger and analyze the callstack

also if you run the function inside the callback the RCON client doesn't get any response till it completes (your DoCount())

12:46 PM

so maybe your RCON tool is resending the command since it thinks the server hasn't received it?

WETBATMAN

so maybe your RCON tool is resending the command since it thinks the server hasn't received it?

Yeah that ended up being the issue. Thanks for the reply. Lesson learned: Don't do things that take a long time inside an RCON command function. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah that ended up being the issue. Thanks for the reply. Lesson learned: Don't do things that take a long time inside an RCON command function. (edited)

Just keep an internal state

6:33 AM

And ignore requests from the same rcon client if the game is counting

6:33 AM

Could work

6:36 AM

Could also decouple it into two rcon commands (edited)

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Just keep an internal state

Yeah I added a state to ignore further requests while it was running, but you still have to decouple the processing function from the rcon function. If you don't, then it doesn't help, because you don't get to process any further RCON requests while your processing function is running, but they are still queued somewhere, so as soon as you finished your processing and allow the command again, they keep coming in one after the other. (edited)

BeginCount, GetCount

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah I added a state to ignore further requests while it was running, but you still have to decouple the processing function from the rcon function. If you don't, then it doesn't help, because you don't get to process any further RCON requests while your processing function is running, but they are still queued somewhere, so as soon as you finished your processing and allow the command again, they keep coming in one after the other. (edited)

Fair

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BeginCount, GetCount

Hmm that sounds like a good idea!

If you do that then GetCount should have 2 states

6:38 AM

Counting (and return that it is) and the last count (return the values and date/time for reference)

I can't believe that it's taken until C++20 to get this added to the compiler...

#include <format>
int main() {
  std::string s = std::format("{:.2f}", 3.14159265359); // s == "3.14"
}

Good day i wonder if someone can recommend or help with a cross chat only in between my game ark servers and a player active player counter (how many online on the server) link in discord itself like in the picture below Maybe with a discord bot like the anouncement of server shotdown and restart plugin in asm Prefer NL (edited)

6:59 PM

@Pelayori I was recently made aware that you can overload new and delete operators (they're not just keywords) and this is how UE4 uses their own internal memory management system

8:17 PM

8:18 PM

I think we should add a header for FMemory and add operator overloads for classes so that users can just new instead of having to manually FMalloc

Hello All! New to Server Management / API Config, I was trying to set up an account on arkserverapi but it won’t send me the verification email?

Are there any hooks that occur when throwing items away?

Use the tool found here when looking for hooks. https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/867827345170890772/918567215849144410

Lethal

Use the tool found here when looking for hooks. https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/867827345170890772/918567215849144410

Shooter PlayerController, AshooterPlayerState, shooter GameMode ,Shooter Character I've been looking for 4, but I still can't find them...

3:08 PM

All the drops are there, but I can't find any personal ones.

Lethal

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Ah.. I thought it was in the player information because it was an action by the player. thank you.

The Permissions plugin Foppa. Does this command only work when the user is logged in into the server? Permissions.Add <SteamID> <Group> - Adds player to a existing group permanently.

no

@Foppa @WETBATMAN @Lethal @🐨Dream Doctor🦘 @Pelayori

7:34 AM

Something you guys might find interesting

7:34 AM

parseservertojson in your start args

7:34 AM

dumps your server to a JSON blob

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dumps your server to a JSON blob

You mean the entire save file?

Yes

Good grief. I hate to think what a 2GB save file would look like in JSON! lol

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@Foppa @WETBATMAN @Lethal @🐨Dream Doctor🦘 @Pelayori

Thanks for the tip Sub. I'll definitely have a play with that one!

Trying to control what items players can place into certain storage containers. I can hook UPrimalInventoryComponent.RemoteInventoryAllowAddItems and just return false in the cases I need to, which is great. However the S+ transfer tools don't use this function and so on S+ servers it's pointless to use that hook. Does anyone know which functions the S+ tools use?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Good grief. I hate to think what a 2GB save file would look like in JSON! lol

Ark breaks after 1.5 i think i read somewhere

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Trying to control what items players can place into certain storage containers. I can hook UPrimalInventoryComponent.RemoteInventoryAllowAddItems and just return false in the cases I need to, which is great. However the S+ transfer tools don't use this function and so on S+ servers it's pointless to use that hook. Does anyone know which functions the S+ tools use?

yes i just did a fix on that for my server to block items. BUT not entirely with S+ as they will try to execute but item will be lost.

11:45 AM

Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_RemoteInventoryAllowAddItems Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_AllowAddInventoryItem I used those two together (edited)

Foppa

Ark breaks after 1.5 i think i read somewhere

After 2GB it definitely starts to break. It will randomly crash during world saves, even when running on the fastest possible dedicated CPU and NVME drives. Zen from WC said they were aware of such a bug and he thought they had fixed it, but obviously not. lol

Foppa

yes i just did a fix on that for my server to block items. BUT not entirely with S+ as they will try to execute but item will be lost.

Yeah those are the two I've been playing with, but as you say, AllowAddInventoryItem causes the item to just vanish into thin air. RemoteInventoryAllowAddItems at least blocks the transfer completely, but doesn't work for S+.

substitute

dumps your server to a JSON blob

this could be very interesting for updating the save game toolkit for ArkBot

i have been looking into it a bit, it's not working well with big save files lol

7:38 PM

crash on start up

7:38 PM

and takes much longer to start up the server with maps that has many active players / structures (edited)

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dumps your server to a JSON blob

where, how, tell me !

1

Frigoff

used /Message Info

Reaction Roles - Message Information

Message ID

941583046522585108

Channel ID

513432877904691205

Guild ID

513432877904691202

Message Link

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/941583046522585108

Well I didn't mean to use that

8:36 PM

But it works.

Foppa

crash on start up

Yeah my 2GB save files crash the server on startup too with that option.

2:55 AM

I'm having more nlohmann headaches. Trying to read this JSON file.

{ "LimitedItems": 
    [{ 
        "ItemClass": "ExampleClass_1",
        "AllowedInventories": [
            "ExampleInventory_1",
            "ExampleInventory_2",
            "ExampleInventory_3"
        ]
    },
    { 
        "ItemClass": "ExampleClass_2",
        "AllowedInventories": [
            "ExampleInventory_1",
            "ExampleInventory_2",
            "ExampleInventory_3"
        ]
    }],
  "ExtraDebug": true
}

I have this code (simplified):

struct LimitedItem {
    std::string ItemClass;
    std::vector<std::string> AllowedInventories;
};

std::vector<LimitedItem> LimitedItems;

void from_json(const nlohmann::json& j, LimitedItem& it) {
    j.at("ItemClass").get_to(it.ItemClass);
    j.at("AllowedInventories").get_to(it.AllowedInventories);
}

const std::string config_path = ArkApi::Tools::GetCurrentDir() + "/ArkApi/Plugins/TestPlugin/config.json";
std::ifstream file{ config_path };
auto json = nlohmann::json::parse(file);
file.close();

auto ExtraDebug = config["ExtraDebug"].get<bool>();
auto LimitedItems = json["LimitedItems"].get<std::vector<LimitedItem>>();

However the plugin fails to load with a 1114 error. It works if I comment out everything that doesn't just read "ExtraDebug". Can anyone see where I went wrong? Or how I can better debug these JSON errors? (edited)

nlohmann json throws exceptions

3:11 AM

so reading those would be important

3:14 AM

json::parse takes a InputType&&

3:14 AM

You're closing your file after parsing it

3:14 AM

I can't recall if that's making a copy to read from or not but if it's not

3:15 AM

You're trying to read an "empty" file

also as Im reading this again

3:25 AM

You're not accessing the json

3:25 AM

For ExtraDebug

3:25 AM

You're accessing config?

3:25 AM

So unless you init config or something somewhere else

Yeah, thanks, it was just those couple of silly typos. Thanks for the help!

Anyone know of any fixes for the unable to get an email confirmation to become part of the website?

It's a known issue that Floppa has said they are working on but with no estimated time.

@Foppa

11:02 AM

Use https://sendgrid.com

Email Delivery Service

Delivering your transactional and marketing emails through the world's largest cloud-based email delivery platform. Send with confidence.

11:03 AM

I doubt you get over 50k email confirmations a month

Thank you, i'll be using my own however. the mails will be sent from "Foppasgaming" as a temp solution. (edited)

1

Hello All. where do u guys host your ark server that support API

Hawk3ye

Hello All. where do u guys host your ark server that support API

There are many server hosts that support API plugins. A quick Google search will hook you up.

@Foppa the issue im having with the api confirmation email to finish setting up my account (so i can try some of these cool apis for ark) its often taking hours for the confirmation to send once it took almost a day....) then i get the confirmation link click it and.... Get this message every single time... So i resend and try to start the process over.... But still havent been able to access the site as far as free downloads and such (one of the mods im trying to use is custom shop requiring the api for it .. but cant download till confirmation. (Ps my apologies i didnt know where to send this i didnt see a "support channel and generally try not blowing up peoples inboxes ran a server on ark mobile lol i know the feel of being flooded with help me pee type people lol)

That's message that indicates your email isn't located in the system, try re-create your account or dm me the info and i'll have a closer look at your case

Hmmm weird cause i logged ...

2:28 AM

Foppa

That's message that indicates your email isn't located in the system, try re-create your account or dm me the info and i'll have a closer look at your case

Ok this is odd lol trying to send you the info and claiming we dont share a server

i have added you as a friend

Following on from the discussions about tribe data and memory leaks, since tribe data is something that I imagine a huge percentage of plugins would benefit from having simple access to, is it something worth adding to the api? Maybe the api could keep its own tribe records, or find a solution to the memory leak issues?

well, the api isn't suppose to "store" anything. It should just be the gateway. But what are we looking for that we need to access?

Foppa

well, the api isn't suppose to "store" anything. It should just be the gateway. But what are we looking for that we need to access?

Well, access to all tribe data regardless of whether players are online or not. So, tribe names from tribe ids, and lists of tribe members, for example. So GetOrLoadTribeData provides FTribeData which has everything, but that apparently has memory leak issues.

Foppa

well, the api isn't suppose to "store" anything. It should just be the gateway. But what are we looking for that we need to access?

Doesn't the API already do something like this anyway, with ArkApi::ApiUtils::steam_id_map_? Keeps a "store" or "cache" or whatever you call it of player id vs steam id?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Doesn't the API already do something like this anyway, with ArkApi::ApiUtils::steam_id_map_? Keeps a "store" or "cache" or whatever you call it of player id vs steam id?

I guess I'm asking if we could do something similar but with tribe information? It's something people seem to struggle with all the time, and I've seen multiple solutions from people here that involve workarounds that often would add some load to servers. So why have multiple plugins running on a server, all implementing their own variations of workarounds to get the same information, when the API could do it in an efficient way and make that information available easily to all plugins in a consistent, repeatable and safe way? (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I guess I'm asking if we could do something similar but with tribe information? It's something people seem to struggle with all the time, and I've seen multiple solutions from people here that involve workarounds that often would add some load to servers. So why have multiple plugins running on a server, all implementing their own variations of workarounds to get the same information, when the API could do it in an efficient way and make that information available easily to all plugins in a consistent, repeatable and safe way? (edited)

this is very possible and i know of a great way to do it without calling GetOrLoadTribeData all the time

12:23 PM

i could just dereference the struct and store it every time tribe data is updated

WETBATMAN

i could just dereference the struct and store it every time tribe data is updated

Doesn’t work for offline tribes

why

WETBATMAN

why

How are you gonna store the data if no one comes online

1:19 PM

The server just won’t load it

call GetOrLoadTribeData for all tribes on server boot

1:20 PM

and use the tribe data updated callback function from the game to keep all data up to date

I don’t think that’s a great option

1:20 PM

Leaked memory is leaked memory

rewriting this func is another solution

Couldn't you just hook the functions related to tribes and use the data from those events to build a database?

1:47 PM

Maybe use GetOrLoadTribeData once on startup to prefill the data?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Maybe use GetOrLoadTribeData once on startup to prefill the data?

I would suggest just hooking that and making a version that doesn’t leak memory

substitute

I would suggest just hooking that and making a version that doesn’t leak memory

Sure that would work too. Are you volunteering Sub? ;)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Sure that would work too. Are you volunteering Sub? ;)

I don’t even have ark installed right now

If you are only getting online tribe data there is no memory leak with that function. Only if accessing tribe data that is not already loaded by ARK does the memory leak come into play. Not many plugins should need to access offline tribe data in its entirety anyways. If you need online tribe data get it from GameMode via a loop to avoid the leaky file load issue.

Good afternoon, is anyone having problems with the ark that the servers close by themselves? I ask to find out if a plugin is giving me problems

12:13 AM

Can you tell me which api authentication server? My ddos protection is blocking and crashing the server due to it not communicating.

12:13 AM

because of this my plugin gets an error.

each developer uses own authentication server (edited)

I'm using the official website.

so?

12:21 AM

API doesn't send any we requests, only plugins do it

Ata, and because there are some plugins that are crashing with this error there.

12:23 AM

This is one that uses authentication server but I don't know which one.

AntiStructureMesh

Yes and because my ddos protection is blocking the auth server, more I need to know which one to add to the wiltlist.

You'd have to talk to the plugin developer to find out the auth server.

Yes, I sent a message to him but so far it hasn't happened to me, I imagined it could be the most evident api and the plugin.

Hi @Foppa, Apologies for the ping, I got an alert saying that the emails have been fixed from the Website, but I still have not gotten said confirmation email after trying to get it re-sent

2:00 AM

not in spam folder or anything

I'm still looking at it, sorry i'll update the announcement

Lethal

If you are only getting online tribe data there is no memory leak with that function. Only if accessing tribe data that is not already loaded by ARK does the memory leak come into play. Not many plugins should need to access offline tribe data in its entirety anyways. If you need online tribe data get it from GameMode via a loop to avoid the leaky file load issue.

Hey Lethal, what is "offline" tribe data exactly? So if there is a single tribe member online and the other five are offline, and you run GetOrLoadTribeData, does that count as online or offline?

Online

4:04 AM

easy to verify if the tribe data is all there

Oh that's good info. I think that does cover a lot of the possible situations. Thanks Lethal!

Could someone point me towards the permissions source to build against? I can't seem to find it anywhere? It's not on the website page like it used to be, nor is it on the support discord, or this discord anywhere?

5:32 AM

Nevermind, found it in Mich's GitHub one level down.

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Port 443

hello I have all the libraries installed and I have windows server 2019, permissions error 126 02/15/22 21:32 [API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Failed to load plugin - Permissions Error code: 126

Fenix

hello I have all the libraries installed and I have windows server 2019, permissions error 126 02/15/22 21:32 [API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Failed to load plugin - Permissions Error code: 126

The plugin called "Permissions" failed to load. Install the latest akrserverapi plugin and try again. https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-server-api.4/ (edited)

@ehiu it is the same error code 126 , windows server 2019 , I have reinstalled Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2019, in debug mode with visual studio std::exception memory

std::runtime_error in memory location

Fenix

std::runtime_error in memory location

Hey there, this discord is for people developing plugins, not for supporting using those plugins. If you go to this link, it's the discord specifically for people having trouble using plugins including Permissions. You'll have better luck there I'm sure. https://discord.gg/zZQmHGwjQA

Invite to join a server

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My VS is doing weird things this morning. I compiled a plugin last night which did APlayerController::TargetingTeamField() which I compiled and tested and it all worked fine. I shut down and did nothing else until this morning, when I open VS and it won't compile because it says TargetingTeamField() doesn't exist on APlayerController. Unless I'm wrong, AACtor is the base class for APlayerController and AActor definitely has TargetingTeamField(). So I go away for twenty minutes, come back and suddenly it will compile again without any issues and without any changes. VS doing weird things lol

I have a more general C++ question. I'm trying to count matching elements in a vector of this struct:

struct PlacedStructure 
{
    std::string PrimalItemString;
    uint64 TribeID;
};

I thought I could use std::count like this, but it won't work.

std::vector<PlacedStructure> PlacedStructures;
PlacedStructure TestStructure;
TestStructure.TribeID = 123456;
TestStructure.PrimalItemString = "SomePrimalItemString";
TribeStructureCount = std::count(PlacedStructures.begin(), PlacedStructures.end(), TestStructure);

Obviously I can just iterate and count manually, but I was hoping to do it more efficiently.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I have a more general C++ question. I'm trying to count matching elements in a vector of this struct:

struct PlacedStructure 
{
    std::string PrimalItemString;
    uint64 TribeID;
};

I thought I could use std::count like this, but it won't work.

std::vector<PlacedStructure> PlacedStructures;
PlacedStructure TestStructure;
TestStructure.TribeID = 123456;
TestStructure.PrimalItemString = "SomePrimalItemString";
TribeStructureCount = std::count(PlacedStructures.begin(), PlacedStructures.end(), TestStructure);

Obviously I can just iterate and count manually, but I was hoping to do it more efficiently.

First of all std::count is iterating over the vector to do its job. Therefore I don't think you would gain a lot of performance by using it over doing it manually. At first glance I would suspect this to not even compile because std::count wants to check if the PlacedStructure are equal. But c++ has no way of knowing if they are since the struct doesn't have a operator== defined.

9:47 AM

If you want to use the stl to count you could do

TribeStructureCount = std::count_if(PlacedStructures.begin(), PlacedStructures.end(), [&](const PlacedStructure& s) { return s.TribeID == TestStructure.TribeID && s.PrimalItemString == TestStructure.PrimalItemString; });

(edited)

Wumpus

First of all std::count is iterating over the vector to do its job. Therefore I don't think you would gain a lot of performance by using it over doing it manually. At first glance I would suspect this to not even compile because std::count wants to check if the PlacedStructure are equal. But c++ has no way of knowing if they are since the struct doesn't have a operator== defined.

Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for

if you wanted to edit the crypod timer could you do it using api a lone ?

Does anyone know which functions are involved in actually writing the save game file to disk? I want to alter the name and path of the save game file, but the only thing I can find in the API that looks like it might be involved (UWorld::PreSaveRoot) doesn't seem to be called when saving.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone know which functions are involved in actually writing the save game file to disk? I want to alter the name and path of the save game file, but the only thing I can find in the API that looks like it might be involved (UWorld::PreSaveRoot) doesn't seem to be called when saving.

There’s a launch arg to do this

3:11 AM

I believe

3:12 AM

You can also hook create file a

3:12 AM

From win api

substitute

From win api

Can we hook winapi functions from an api dll?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Can we hook winapi functions from an api dll?

yea

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Can we hook winapi functions from an api dll?

https://pastebin.com/72d83vKk

#pragma once#include "../hookableFunction.h"#include #include - Pas...

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4:36 AM

this is how I implemented a virtual file system (for swapping which assets to load) for a game

substitute

https://pastebin.com/72d83vKk

Oh wow thanks Sub. That might be a bit beyond me, but I'll take a look

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Oh wow thanks Sub. That might be a bit beyond me, but I'll take a look

I should say "virtual file system" (edited)

4:39 AM

it just redirects which file is loaded from disk

4:39 AM

very simple vfs

4:41 AM

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So this is like the DECLARE_HOOK that we use in the API? hookable<HANDLE(LPCSTR, DWORD, DWORD, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, DWORD, DWORD, HANDLE), stdcall_t> create_filea;

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So this is like the DECLARE_HOOK that we use in the API? hookable<HANDLE(LPCSTR, DWORD, DWORD, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, DWORD, DWORD, HANDLE), stdcall_t> create_filea;

yea

4:42 AM

it is my own compile time template class

4:42 AM

no macros (outside of enabling certain compiler features depending on compiler) (edited)

4:42 AM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/HookableFunction/blob/main/hookableFunction.h

And this is the function?

static auto __stdcall create_file(LPCSTR a, DWORD b, DWORD c, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES d, DWORD e, DWORD f, HANDLE g) -> HANDLE
{
        auto which = convert_to_vfs(a);
        if (vfs_map.contains(which))
            return create_filea.original(vfs_map[which].string().c_str(), b, c, d, e, f, g);
        return create_filea.original(a, b, c, d, e, f, g);
}

that's the callback, my hook

4:43 AM

    static auto enable() -> void
    {
        build_vfs();        v---- this is the win api function
        create_filea.reset(CreateFileA); <---- this sets the internal pointer to where the original is
        DetourTransactionBegin();
        DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
        DetourAttach(create_filea.get(), hook(&create_file)); <---- this hooks the original (from the internal pointer on create_filea)
        DetourTransactionCommit();
    }

(edited)

4:44 AM

static auto __stdcall create_file(LPCSTR a, DWORD b, DWORD c, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES d, DWORD e, DWORD f, HANDLE g) -> HANDLE
{
        auto which = convert_to_vfs(a);
        if (vfs_map.contains(which))
            return create_filea.original(vfs_map[which].string().c_str(), b, c, d, e, f, g); <---- this calls the original after swapping files
        return create_filea.original(a, b, c, d, e, f, g); <---- this calls the original from my hook with untouched data.
}

4:44 AM

hope that clarifies some things

4:45 AM

since we are in x64 land you can probably just do hookable<HANDLE(LPCSTR, DWORD, DWORD, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES, DWORD, DWORD, HANDLE)> create_filea;

4:45 AM

the default is cdecl which is the same as stdcall when in x64

4:45 AM

the inclusion of stdcall is mostly for 32 bit code

4:46 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

4:46 AM

hook(&create_file) is also not really required for this

4:46 AM

you could just do create_file

4:47 AM

hook exists for when I want to do member functions (and I know the this will be passed from the existing program), it's just a work around to trick the compiler to forget that I'm giving it a member method

4:47 AM

template<typename T>
static inline auto hook(T member)
{
    return *(void**)(&member);
}

4:47 AM

void casting removes type info

4:47 AM

but like I said, since you're doing a static function as your callback in this situation, you don't need hook on the callback (edited)

I'll have a go at trying to work through that, but you are a very long way above my current level Sub

Thanks for your help.

the SaveWorld function has the serialize and write to file logic inside it i believe

does anyone know why I can not upload resources in the forum? I already have a tool online. Just wanted to upload a second but get the error that I do not have permissions for it? Error message: "Oops! We ran into some problems. You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action. "

Someone know how to fix? Solved with other my.ini file (edited)

I want to be able to limit and control some resource rates on my cluster. I already know of the resource multipliers in the server config, but I am looking for a more advanced controlling. Could someone let me know which hooks I need to tap into. When a player harvests, dino harvests, etc. (edited)

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

6:36 AM

blursed C++

substitute

blursed C++

lol what is that?

Hi Someone available to make a plugin and bot for me, I'm paying. I need the following things for him to do: Buying vip packages through Discord or a website, after making the purchase, the Bot adds a command to activate Vip in the Game. It would be just for that. I know there is Tebex today, but recently I am having a lot of problems, tebex is charging very high fees for me to stay there. contact me in private whoever is willing to receive a value for making this plugin.

DEX

Hi Someone available to make a plugin and bot for me, I'm paying. I need the following things for him to do: Buying vip packages through Discord or a website, after making the purchase, the Bot adds a command to activate Vip in the Game. It would be just for that. I know there is Tebex today, but recently I am having a lot of problems, tebex is charging very high fees for me to stay there. contact me in private whoever is willing to receive a value for making this plugin.

Tebex is far from perfect, but they are usually very relaxed about payments. If you're saying they've raised your fees above standard, then it's because you're getting a lot of chargebacks or cancellations, and any other payment provider will do the same.

7:20 AM

There isn't a legitimate payment provider on earth who will tolerate many chargebacks before they either hike your rates through the roof or cancel your service really fast.

Yes they are charging me an absurd fee, I had to close my store and sell manually. But if anyone knows of anyone who knows how to make a discord plugin or bot I'm paying for it.

7:29 AM

how bad it is, that even my country's coin they removed.

DEX

Yes they are charging me an absurd fee, I had to close my store and sell manually. But if anyone knows of anyone who knows how to make a discord plugin or bot I'm paying for it.

Yes, sure, but what I'm trying to tell you is you can't fix it with a plugin. You still need a payment provider, and if Tebex are causing you issues then so will every other payment provider.

7:51 AM

Unless someone here knows of a less.... mainstream... payment provider, but they will still likely cost you a large percentage.

Raptross

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I want to be able to limit and control some resource rates on my cluster. I already know of the resource multipliers in the server config, but I am looking for a more advanced controlling. Could someone let me know which hooks I need to tap into. When a player harvests, dino harvests, etc. (edited)

Anyone got any information/suggestion on this?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

lol what is that?

A string literal in a template parameter

9:21 AM

It works with C++20

I'm trying to sign up for the website and I have waited quite a while and the confirmation email has not shown up in my email inbox or in the spam box

darkx239

I'm trying to sign up for the website and I have waited quite a while and the confirmation email has not shown up in my email inbox or in the spam box

Its a known bug. Team is working on it.

is there another way I can access the site? because I was going to get the server api and some plugins

i dont know. if u pm me what plugins i can download it and send it to you.

@Foppa If there's anything I can do to help you with the website issues, please just say the word. I'd be very happy to be able to help.

Because when I compile the project I put it on the server it gives me error 126

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

@Foppa If there's anything I can do to help you with the website issues, please just say the word. I'd be very happy to be able to help.

if it's needed i will let you know

foppa can you confirm my email since im not getting the email (edited)

darkx239

foppa can you confirm my email since im not getting the email (edited)

Nobody is, I’ve been waiting almost a week now

While you wait, let us know what plugins you want from the site and we can get you those files if we can

Hello, trying to register so that I can get the color token plugin but having the confirmation error, can someone contact me or tell me what I can do to get this for my server? I will also need the help of how to send this to my server owner as he is the one that will have to set it up.

Hey @Foppa , could you please add me as a friend so I can DM you and help you with the website issues? This has gone on way too long and should be simple to fix. It's really damaging for the community.

1

Well it's not the technical that is the problem, it's on another level. Sort of. Can explain more in dm (edited)

1

1:32 AM

Friend Request sent

@Foppa Where to create a Ticket? Cant find it.

if you need help with one my plugins, you find the invitation link in one of them! check there for the "support" button! (edited)

Is there a hook that an admin can check when logging into the console? DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, FString, AShooterPlayerController, FString, FString, bool); This hook is only acquired by the admin command. I need another hook

Are you asking for a hook that gets called whenever someone uses a console command?

Wumpus

Are you asking for a hook that gets called whenever someone uses a console command?

Yes ..

I think the non cheat commands are just client side and don't get send to the server. Therefore no way to hook them

Wumpus

I think the non cheat commands are just client side and don't get send to the server. Therefore no way to hook them

That's right. Thank you

This keeps happening to me randomly in a project I'm working on. Sometimes when I open the project, it won't compile with the error message below, which is obviously incorrect. Other times when I open it it compiles perfectly. No changes in between. Any ideas?

6:34 AM

(This only started happening after I upgraded to VS 2022)

6:35 AM

I don't know if it's related, but I also get about 170 warnings like the below every time I open a project in VS 2022.

ooh snap.. I'm still on Community 2019 7613733c24fe4a6182a7809b2b993273

(at what point do I have to upgrade?) Also.. Are you launching the solution via the Application? or Double clicking on the sln file?

7:08 AM

7:11 AM

I know the application behaves a little differently depending on how you launch the project, as far as the $(directories) go

jraServerAPI

ooh snap.. I'm still on Community 2019 7613733c24fe4a6182a7809b2b993273

(at what point do I have to upgrade?) Also.. Are you launching the solution via the Application? or Double clicking on the sln file?

you never have to update. Sometimes it is better to not update.

7:35 AM

I have a copy of VS 2008 for when I do Xbox 360 development

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This keeps happening to me randomly in a project I'm working on. Sometimes when I open the project, it won't compile with the error message below, which is obviously incorrect. Other times when I open it it compiles perfectly. No changes in between. Any ideas?

might be IDE bug

7:35 AM

I used to have intellisense bug in VS 2022 that was recently fixed

7:36 AM

but for general stuff

7:36 AM

I use VS 2022

substitute

I used to have intellisense bug in VS 2022 that was recently fixed

Yeah I am a couple versions behind. I'll do an update and see how it goes. Thanks Sub.

돌드민

Is there a hook that an admin can check when logging into the console? DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, FString, AShooterPlayerController, FString, FString, bool); This hook is only acquired by the admin command. I need another hook

The answer to this question is to hook the SERVERDATA_AUTH packet of the rcon protocol. hm... I have a question about the above question. Only Unreal-related APIs can Hook, Are there any Hooks related to RCON Protocol?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I don't know if it's related, but I also get about 170 warnings like the below every time I open a project in VS 2022.

Those warnings are just because the api is using enum and not enum classes. You can either pop the warning and push it back after if you’re aware and would like to ignore it. You can straight up disable the warning or you can just ignore it. Each have their downsides and it’s up to you how you want to handle that. (edited)

10:20 AM

You can swap them over to enum classes too. That’s another option.

Is it maybe possible to increase the healing of deadon for example ? And if it is possible could some1 help me a bit ? I have some experience in coding but not much.

ehiu

The answer to this question is to hook the SERVERDATA_AUTH packet of the rcon protocol. hm... I have a question about the above question. Only Unreal-related APIs can Hook, Are there any Hooks related to RCON Protocol?

Although you have to look for it. There will be a connection with RCON.

@Foppa

Deleted and banned. This forum has nothing to do with political, war, violence, racism topics. (edited)

Foppa

Deleted and banned. This forum has nothing to do with political, war, violence, racism topics. (edited)

Thank you

I'm unable to register my account because I haven't received an email. I've tried resending the conformation and have tried making a new account with a different email.

7:22 AM

Is there anyway to fix this so I can download plugins?

@WETBATMAN

Hello? How do new users use your website if we don't receive a email to confirm our account??? (edited)

The website cofirmation is broken at the moment. They are working on fixing it (edited)

11:12 AM

If you need a plugin in particular drop me a message and I can download it for you ^^

Can they not just change user permissions until it is resolved? (edited)

@WumpusI need this https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-server-api.4/

Josh

@WumpusI need this https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-server-api.4/

Alternatively you can download it from the GitHub, under releases https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API (edited)

thanks

12:53 PM

that just links me back to the original https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-server-api.4/ link

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/releases

1:37 PM

Should be able to download the .zip there

So I've been messing with my ark server trying to get the ark server api to loadup but it just isn't working.. I've followed the installation guide but still no luck

3:01 PM

3:04 PM

server loads up but nothing

Josh

So I've been messing with my ark server trying to get the ark server api to loadup but it just isn't working.. I've followed the installation guide but still no luck

Wich platform are you on ?

my own dedi through ovh (edited)

I mean win or linux

linux

Thats why

3:06 PM

plugins only work on win

lame

had that same problem with my server. had to switch to an win server bcs of that.

Accelerator

had that same problem with my server. had to switch to an win server bcs of that.

You know DLL is only used by Windows right ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-link_library

Natsu

You know DLL is only used by Windows right ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-link_library

I didnt know back then

3:11 PM

It was my first server

guess my noob players can enjoy the vanilla ark experience for now

1

Josh

guess my noob players can enjoy the vanilla ark experience for now

xD

Josh

guess my noob players can enjoy the vanilla ark experience for now

Microsoft has Windows server docker images

5:54 PM

you could use those as your baseline as it seems you're using Docker anyways

email verification not working? Didnt receive one for 30 mins now. Checked all spam folders and resent it.

@Niels Please create a ticket and i'll sort it out for you

Lol im still waiting for it to function too

would really like to put this shop ui mxe on my server but cant get the api it needs to run till i get verification (also couldnt create a ticket on the website till having verification.... But thank the stars theres a discord option now)

2:27 AM

Im going to bed a though havent been feeling well today so if someone figures out the email verification step problem just let me know (i created a ticket think its number 4 idk) Yall have a great night/day

Foppa

@Niels Please create a ticket and i'll sort it out for you

i did

1

LegioAbrams

Lol im still waiting for it to function too

would really like to put this shop ui mxe on my server but cant get the api it needs to run till i get verification (also couldnt create a ticket on the website till having verification.... But thank the stars theres a discord option now)

Create a ticket mate, i'll sort it out for you as well

Was there already a plugin to fix spawn falling ? After you login you could spawn in the air and fall to your death.

Natsu

Was there already a plugin to fix spawn falling ? After you login you could spawn in the air and fall to your death.

https://discord.com/channels/735675452487893093/913083648578842645/946199311266484224

Unknown

https://discord.com/channels/735675452487893093/913083648578842645/946199311266484224

~~cant open the link~~ Fixed. Foppa thank you for fixing this annoying bug

Guess it disables all Fall damage not just on login ? Would be nice if there was a timer after login (1min) no fall damage. After that normal fall damage. (edited)

Does anyone know how to solve this problem, server works perfect. But when the turrets start shooting the ping goes to 255 and the player falls. I've tested without plugin and without mod and the same problem, does anyone know what it could be?

Supposedly tek turrets are very bad for the server.

even with 10 turret causes the problem.

6:41 AM

it looks like the player is receiving too many packets from the network.

Frigoff

Supposedly tek turrets are very bad for the server.

Cool thing is they’re implemented in blueprint

7:32 AM

So someone could rewrite them as a plugin

substitute

Cool thing is they’re implemented in blueprint

That's all I know about it, I think one of the admins in here went into better depth about it.

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/937144284958846976

Hello, where can I find a doc or func list ? The hook generator doesn't seem to work anymore.

Foppa

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/937144284958846976

Foppa your plugin for fall damage, could you add a timer so it's only active for 1 minute upon login.

Don't do request atm

12:10 PM

you can suggest it how ever

12:10 PM

in that discord

@Foppa There is no documentation or function list?

There is a documentation

1:05 PM

which is inside the API's source code

1:05 PM

Where you also find functions.

1:06 PM

The rest is up to you

Ok thanks !

Hi, I'm new to the ark plugin creation theme and I'd like to start programming but I don't know what I need. I have visual 2022.

javiluna123

Hi, I'm new to the ark plugin creation theme and I'd like to start programming but I don't know what I need. I have visual 2022.

You would need to have an understanding of C++

maybe you guys can help me. I want to use some plugins for my server. I downloaded ark api and placed it in the correct location, however, when i launch ark it starts and then shuts down almost immediately. any ideas?

substitute

You would need to have an understanding of C++

yes visual has for c++ what I don't know what library I need

javiluna123

yes visual has for c++ what I don't know what library I need

No, I mean the language

which one do you recommend

I have programming knowledge what I need to know is what I need to use its libraries or dependencies

2:16 AM

because I have started but I get an error in the include and in some methods

You can use the template that Substitute made

where is it

but I don't need to have as a dependency to use the functions?

You will need the ark server api headers and you will need to link against the library. But otherwise there is no dependency

where can i download it?

From the website or from https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API

ok thx

Hello, just tried to register on the website, and I'm awaiting on the confirmation email. It's been a good 10 minutes and nothing yet, could something be broken with that process?

#deleted-channel

Done, thanks!

When I have created the code, how do I add the plugin to my server?

12:28 AM

is there a tutorial?

https://ark-server-api.com/index.php?resources/ark-server-api.4/

Downloads | ARK Server Manager

ArkApi is a plugin which allows you to create your own server-side plugins for ARK using C++ language. Installation: Extract everything to "ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64". All files like "version.dll" should be in "Win64" folder. Start your...

but that is to add it to the server I have created a plugin but I don't know how to create it or if I have to put only the project folder

You need to know the basics of coding with C++. Have you compiled it?

I have seen a tutorial and it was what I was missing thanks anyway

Can anyone assist me with this issue? this loads and then opens ark, only to shut it down right after opening it.

are you using Ark Server Manager?

4:56 AM

i recommend it https://arkservermanager.freeforums.net/thread/5193/downloads

Latest Server Manager is 1.1.417 Installers Latest version:

I have a question and it is how I can recognize if you have the admin on the server

javiluna123

I have a question and it is how I can recognize if you have the admin on the server

if you have admin you should be able to do commands like cheat fly or enable commands first with enablecheats [serveradminpassword]

How long does it take to receive the verification email? i've waited 15 minutes so far and still nothing.

I also have not yet received a verification email. using a gmail account.

1:05 PM

been trying for 2 days or so, resending, never works.

Wasteoide

I also have not yet received a verification email. using a gmail account.

open ticket the admins verifiy u

Niels

open ticket the admins verifiy u

I’ve had one open for 12 hours, still no response

hello, I can't verify my email, I try to resend the verification but the email never arrives.

AnjoCaido

hello, I can't verify my email, I try to resend the verification but the email never arrives.

Having the same issue here, have a ticket open still no response

6:45 PM

everyone is busy these day... but he will get back to you

is there any tutorial for clion or someone that can help me set it up?https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

int configCacheDecayMins = 15;

FString damClassPath = "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Inventories/PrimalInventoryBP_BeaverDam.PrimalInventoryBP_BeaverDam'";
UClass* damClass;
FString woodClassPath = "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Wood.PrimalItemResource_Wood'";
UClass* woodClass;

void Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerCloseRemoteInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, AShooterPlayerController* ByPC)
{
    bool isOnlyWood = true;
    APrimalStructureItemContainer* cache;

    UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerCloseRemoteInventory_original(_this, ByPC);

    if (!damClass)
        damClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&damClassPath);

    if (_this->IsA(damClass) && (_this->InventoryItemsField().Num() > 0))
    {
        if (!woodClass)
            woodClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&woodClassPath);

        for (UPrimalItem* item : _this->InventoryItemsField())
        {
            if (item && !item->IsA(woodClass))
            {
                isOnlyWood = false;
                break;
            }
        }

        if (isOnlyWood)
            _this->DropInventoryDeposit(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetTimeSeconds() + (configCacheDecayMins * 60), false, false, nullptr, nullptr, &cache, nullptr, FString(""), FString(""), -1, 300, false, -1, false, nullptr, false);
    }
}

Hey guys! I just got into writing ARK plugins. Whole new world for me, but I've done a few cool things (in my opinion at least). This hook makes beaver dams drop their inventory into an item cache when they are left containing only wood. I thought it could be worth publishing as a plugin. Also possible I've made some bad novice mistakes, in which case I'd certainly appreciate any feedback. I haven't had success getting access on the website so I finally tried opening a ticket here yesterday. Is this the right place for support? If anyone with the appropriate website permissions wants to put this in a plugin, go for it.

TheMollusk

int configCacheDecayMins = 15;

FString damClassPath = "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Inventories/PrimalInventoryBP_BeaverDam.PrimalInventoryBP_BeaverDam'";
UClass* damClass;
FString woodClassPath = "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Wood.PrimalItemResource_Wood'";
UClass* woodClass;

void Hook_UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerCloseRemoteInventory(UPrimalInventoryComponent* _this, AShooterPlayerController* ByPC)
{
    bool isOnlyWood = true;
    APrimalStructureItemContainer* cache;

    UPrimalInventoryComponent_ServerCloseRemoteInventory_original(_this, ByPC);

    if (!damClass)
        damClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&damClassPath);

    if (_this->IsA(damClass) && (_this->InventoryItemsField().Num() > 0))
    {
        if (!woodClass)
            woodClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&woodClassPath);

        for (UPrimalItem* item : _this->InventoryItemsField())
        {
            if (item && !item->IsA(woodClass))
            {
                isOnlyWood = false;
                break;
            }
        }

        if (isOnlyWood)
            _this->DropInventoryDeposit(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetTimeSeconds() + (configCacheDecayMins * 60), false, false, nullptr, nullptr, &cache, nullptr, FString(""), FString(""), -1, 300, false, -1, false, nullptr, false);
    }
}

Hey guys! I just got into writing ARK plugins. Whole new world for me, but I've done a few cool things (in my opinion at least). This hook makes beaver dams drop their inventory into an item cache when they are left containing only wood. I thought it could be worth publishing as a plugin. Also possible I've made some bad novice mistakes, in which case I'd certainly appreciate any feedback. I haven't had success getting access on the website so I finally tried opening a ticket here yesterday. Is this the right place for support? If anyone with the appropriate website permissions wants to put this in a plugin, go for it.

This the correct place, admins should respond soon hopefully. Let me know when you get this put in as a plug in man, would love to have this on my server! (edited)

any one running into error 1114 on the arkshopui plugin?

Mr. Alpaca

is there any tutorial for clion or someone that can help me set it up?https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

Hey

8:17 AM

I made a template for visual studio

8:18 AM

I might make a cmake template soon

8:18 AM

Which should work with CLion

Spikeydragoon

any one running into error 1114 on the arkshopui plugin?

it should only throw this if your ArkShop is out of date or if you're running a modified version of ArkShop

10:41 AM

the UI plugin will only load with an official ArkShop release downloaded from the forum

substitute

Hey

please dm me if you do

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WETBATMAN

the UI plugin will only load with an official ArkShop release downloaded from the forum

ah made a few additions so explains that, thank you.

If you wan to add to the ArkShop project you need to submit pull requests on GitHub so the changes can be considered.

Heyo all. How's the support for the website here on the discord? No verification link being sent my way

WETBATMAN

the UI plugin will only load with an official ArkShop release downloaded from the forum

Is there an internal check in the mod?

substitute

Is there an internal check in the mod?

in the plugin, yeah

WETBATMAN

in the plugin, yeah

Not in the client side mod?

7:13 PM

Because checks in a plugin would be trivial to circumvent

it's packed with themida

7:13 PM

entry point is virtualized

What’s the check?

7:14 PM

Is the file signed or something?

7:14 PM

Lol

pm me, don't really want to discuss that in the public channel here

Fair

Lethal

If you wan to add to the ArkShop project you need to submit pull requests on GitHub so the changes can be considered.

yeah might do that since with the new changes only two things are different now. 1: adds options to purchase colors 2: adds option to pass in saddle quality from config. Will have to see when I get time since i just pulled the codes zip file instead of forking from git. (edited)

The Ticket tool doesn't work ore bether nobody answer so i'm asking here. So im trying to confirm my account on ARK: Server API but i dont get any message on my email acc. Alreddy checkt everything: spam, advertising, social networks, junk. There is nothing I also tried a different address and I didn't get anything there either.

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513440481984774145/942383427888496670

4:29 AM

it's an ongoing issue, still

... and then what can i do to download something

Trying to get my head around template parameter packs and this example from the API:

template <typename T, typename... Args>
FORCEINLINE void SendServerMessage(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, FLinearColor msg_color, const T* msg, Args&&... args)
{
  if (player_controller)
  {
    FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
    player_controller->ClientServerChatDirectMessage(&text, msg_color, false);
  }
}

I understand that typename... Args allows any number of parameters to be supplied to allow, for example, a large number of strings. I think I understand that std::forward is forwarding all those arguments to FString::Format which I assume will accept them. And I think I understand that typename T is used for msg to allow for different types of strings to be used for the message. Am I getting anything wrong there?

JoSeRvUs

The Ticket tool doesn't work ore bether nobody answer so i'm asking here. So im trying to confirm my account on ARK: Server API but i dont get any message on my email acc. Alreddy checkt everything: spam, advertising, social networks, junk. There is nothing I also tried a different address and I didn't get anything there either.

You should try follow your picture more

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Trying to get my head around template parameter packs and this example from the API:

template <typename T, typename... Args>
FORCEINLINE void SendServerMessage(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, FLinearColor msg_color, const T* msg, Args&&... args)
{
  if (player_controller)
  {
    FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));
    player_controller->ClientServerChatDirectMessage(&text, msg_color, false);
  }
}

I understand that typename... Args allows any number of parameters to be supplied to allow, for example, a large number of strings. I think I understand that std::forward is forwarding all those arguments to FString::Format which I assume will accept them. And I think I understand that typename T is used for msg to allow for different types of strings to be used for the message. Am I getting anything wrong there?

That's correct

howam isupposed to use plugins

3:08 AM

if the the email comformation dont work?

How would I check whether the world has finished loading or not? I use the SGM:InitGame hook to run some code, which works fine when the plugin is loaded normally at server startup, but I want have that same code run when the plugin is loaded after startup with the plugins.load command. (edited)

I just use this after I load my config file:

c++
 if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetStatus() == ArkApi::ServerStatus::Ready)
 {
      // plugin was loaded while server was running
 }

jraServerAPI

I just use this after I load my config file:

c++
 if (ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetStatus() == ArkApi::ServerStatus::Ready)
 {
      // plugin was loaded while server was running
 }

Perfect! Thank you!

jraServerAPI

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513440481984774145/942383427888496670

Since this is an ongoing issue, is there a work around for new people who register? Can't do much on the site if I can't get it to register.

Honestly, I'm not in the loop as to what is exactly going on, and why it's taking so long to fix. But I do think that we should host a channel here, with the latest ArkApi download, and maybe some plugins etc, until this is resolved

6:23 PM

@Foppa

️ thoughts?

It would really help since it seems to be a tough problem to solve.

unfortunately the main site admin resides in russia and since the internet there is 99% filtered at this point, it's challenging to get a hold of him

6:27 PM

at least that's what we suspect is going on

1

Guess no plugins for me for a while lol

HappyNem

Since this is an ongoing issue, is there a work around for new people who register? Can't do much on the site if I can't get it to register.

I'm working with Michidu now and Foppa to resolve that bug. It will be resolved entirely hang tight Foppa will be able to manually activate it via tickets for short time being. The bug in general is going to be resolved soon.

1

WETBATMAN

unfortunately the main site admin resides in russia and since the internet there is 99% filtered at this point, it's challenging to get a hold of him

The site isn't hosted in Russia is it?

1

GSH | MrOwlSky

I'm working with Michidu now and Foppa to resolve that bug. It will be resolved entirely hang tight Foppa will be able to manually activate it via tickets for short time being. The bug in general is going to be resolved soon.

This is way too little, way too late I'm afraid. I was talking to Foppa about the issue, but he's now not responding to my messages either. That site is the heart of this community. Without it devs cannot upload plugins, and nobody new can download anything at all. That site has been effectively down for a MONTH now. That is just shockingly damaging to our community. Mich is a hero of this community, and somebody we all look up to, but this isn't the first time the site has been down for weeks at a time. If he's not willing or not able to deal with the community any longer, then he needs to let it go now and allow the many other people here who are both willing and able to take over to do so. Even if this is "resolved soon" how long before it happens again and we wait another month for it to be fixed? I could have a replacement site made in a few days that is faster, much more user friendly and can be fixed in minutes not weeks or months, and I'm sure many other people here could do the same. When can this be fixed once and for all? (edited)

4:58 AM

I'll add that (with my cluster admin hat on) the cluster I work with is the second largest donor to the api website, and we've purchased paid plugins from most of the main devs. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This is way too little, way too late I'm afraid. I was talking to Foppa about the issue, but he's now not responding to my messages either. That site is the heart of this community. Without it devs cannot upload plugins, and nobody new can download anything at all. That site has been effectively down for a MONTH now. That is just shockingly damaging to our community. Mich is a hero of this community, and somebody we all look up to, but this isn't the first time the site has been down for weeks at a time. If he's not willing or not able to deal with the community any longer, then he needs to let it go now and allow the many other people here who are both willing and able to take over to do so. Even if this is "resolved soon" how long before it happens again and we wait another month for it to be fixed? I could have a replacement site made in a few days that is faster, much more user friendly and can be fixed in minutes not weeks or months, and I'm sure many other people here could do the same. When can this be fixed once and for all? (edited)

Cause i have also have a life

9:10 AM

Outside of this

9:10 AM

And it's taking a lot of my free time to balance everything.

9:10 AM

As soon as I don't do something somewhere this kind of messages shows up. (edited)

9:11 AM

So, with me, im here and loyal, we have a workaround i'll try to setup a team as i said @🐨Dream Doctor🦘

9:11 AM

And it's a bit overdramatic to call it down for a month. It's being have a register issue yes. But not down.

Foppa

Cause i have also have a life

With all due respect to you, "cause I also have a life" is a pretty disrespectful response to me. The last response I had from you was the 23rd of February. I've twice followed up since then, and it's now the 9th of March. That's a full two weeks whilst the site continues to be down. And to clarify, I wasn't contacting you to complain, I was contacting you to offer help in getting the issue resolved. I don't think you understand the severity of the situation. Just count the number of new people who've come to this Discord to ask why they can't do anything on the API website. How many of them left and gave up? And how many never made it to this Discord to ask? If that doesn't count as broken then I don't know what does. As I also said to you, if these issues aren't sorted then there is a serious danger that others will fix the problem for you by setting up their own systems, and then you'll have the disastrous situation of community fragmentation. I'm not seeking to sit here and complain. I'm seeking to try and help get the problems fixed once and for all, so that we never again have to endure something like this. (edited)

1

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This is way too little, way too late I'm afraid. I was talking to Foppa about the issue, but he's now not responding to my messages either. That site is the heart of this community. Without it devs cannot upload plugins, and nobody new can download anything at all. That site has been effectively down for a MONTH now. That is just shockingly damaging to our community. Mich is a hero of this community, and somebody we all look up to, but this isn't the first time the site has been down for weeks at a time. If he's not willing or not able to deal with the community any longer, then he needs to let it go now and allow the many other people here who are both willing and able to take over to do so. Even if this is "resolved soon" how long before it happens again and we wait another month for it to be fixed? I could have a replacement site made in a few days that is faster, much more user friendly and can be fixed in minutes not weeks or months, and I'm sure many other people here could do the same. When can this be fixed once and for all? (edited)

That's a valid concern and question. I can ensure you this we are currently in the works of providing a positive solution here very soon. It'll be one that everyone will enjoy.

Anyone else run into a problem getting the confirmation email for signing up for a new account to come through @ gmail? Is this a known issue? I checked my spam also, and no it is not there either. I have waited for about 45 min now. (edited)

2:34 PM

Okay, this does seem to be a known issue. I just searched. I guess I will do what others suggest and create a ticket

Smugger | STAG

Okay, this does seem to be a known issue. I just searched. I guess I will do what others suggest and create a ticket

Yeah please create a support ticket and Foppa will be able to confirm the email directly for you. We have a fix being released soon.

Thanks

No problem

In the mean time, can someone send me the ARK API file and the Ark Shop file?

I'll post them inside your ticket for you.

Thank you

1

2:43 PM

One more question, does anyone know if it supports the updated MySQL Authentication SHA256 password method (caching_sha2_password) or if I need to use the 5.x Compatibility mode?

Standard/Legacy is the only supported password for any plugins that i'm aware of (edited)

Thanks Lethal...

Well F. I probably should have read the FAQ before, and did not think about it until now. No Linux Support for it.

This is a sad day.

Just wondering, have there been any serious efforts to reverse engineer the Linux version of the server? Been getting a little interested in that lately. I guess the lack of debug symbols is generally considered a roadblock not worth dealing with when you can just switch to Windows instead?

TheMollusk

Just wondering, have there been any serious efforts to reverse engineer the Linux version of the server? Been getting a little interested in that lately. I guess the lack of debug symbols is generally considered a roadblock not worth dealing with when you can just switch to Windows instead?

There a many reason why using Windows may not be a viable option for everyone: 1. Licensing Cost [ Even though you can technically use Windows 10 for Free and have the Activate Windows Watermark, using it for this purpose is against their ToS. ] 2. Resources [ Running Linux CLI only is a lot less resource intensive than Windows, and depending on your distro can be fairly significant ] 3. Management in Headless Environment [ Using SSH to connect to your server is far more simple and quicker than Remote Desktop or VNC ] 4. Automation [ Personally I find it easier to script in Bash or Python than writing Powershell or batch scripts. That with setting up Cron jobs seems faster and simpler than using Windows Task Scheduler, especially making or editing multiple jobs at once. That on top of easier to check logs. Now, just because I listed these reason, I do not expect anyone to actually develop a Linux Version of this API It just made me a bit sad is all. (edited)

1:55 AM

Also, I can get a Linux VM up and running and fully installed in under 10 min. Windows would take me a lot longer. Although I will agree, this is not a very good reason

(edited)

TheMollusk

Just wondering, have there been any serious efforts to reverse engineer the Linux version of the server? Been getting a little interested in that lately. I guess the lack of debug symbols is generally considered a roadblock not worth dealing with when you can just switch to Windows instead?

It wouldn’t be hard to find out the address functions and stuff, but you couldn’t use the pdb reader like the current project is doing to have automatic updates. You’d have to really on pattern scanning and UE4 replication.

1:59 AM

It’s not that very hard it’s that supporting it is very burdensome.

2:02 AM

The maintainers would have to keep updating broken patterns, though eventually you could make really good ones and yeah. Idk if anyone is willing to provide that level of support

TheMollusk

Just wondering, have there been any serious efforts to reverse engineer the Linux version of the server? Been getting a little interested in that lately. I guess the lack of debug symbols is generally considered a roadblock not worth dealing with when you can just switch to Windows instead?

It’s not too hard if you don’t need native code access

2:14 AM

UE4 has a very robust reflection system

2:14 AM

If you reverse enough to use it, you can do almost anything

Ahh I'm not familiar enough with UE4 reflection, got some learning to do. I was afraid I'd have to rely on signature heuristics to find certain functions or something, but I was hoping a well understood Windows executable would make that easier to develop.

Patterns are likely not the same between the binaries for Linux and Windows

I think it might offer at least some clues as to what kind of analysis to perform, but it could be a pure fantasy of mine.

Yeah. Maybe my dreams of sophisticated analysis and heuristics are unnecessary. They really lay out everything you need in their property system. Thats awesome. Thanks for the pointers.

TheMollusk

Just wondering, have there been any serious efforts to reverse engineer the Linux version of the server? Been getting a little interested in that lately. I guess the lack of debug symbols is generally considered a roadblock not worth dealing with when you can just switch to Windows instead?

Personally I'd LOVE to see a Linux API, as Ark servers run so much better on Linux. I've spoken to someone from WC about releasing the debug info for the Linux server version, which they do for the Windows build, however I don't think it's something they will do, at least not without a lot more outspoken people demanding it. It adds time and complexity to their Linux build/release process, which is already fairly low in their priority list, and it significantly increases build size as well. As I understand it the release of the Windows debug info was a mistake, and was only discovered once people were already using it. I don't know if they ever had a discussion with Mich, but if so I'd assume that was a confidential discussion.

Well there's more information there that's easily accessible than I expected. But like others said, there would be serious challenges getting a full ArkApi style system going on Linux. Plus it's not like existing plugins would port directly. Maybe I have time to learn more for ARK2 in case they stop publishing symbols on Windows too lol.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Personally I'd LOVE to see a Linux API, as Ark servers run so much better on Linux. I've spoken to someone from WC about releasing the debug info for the Linux server version, which they do for the Windows build, however I don't think it's something they will do, at least not without a lot more outspoken people demanding it. It adds time and complexity to their Linux build/release process, which is already fairly low in their priority list, and it significantly increases build size as well. As I understand it the release of the Windows debug info was a mistake, and was only discovered once people were already using it. I don't know if they ever had a discussion with Mich, but if so I'd assume that was a confidential discussion.

I don't think it was entirely a mistake

6:41 AM

I highly question if WC would have been able to fix a lot of the issues without the extra nice crash logs that debug symbols deliver

substitute

I highly question if WC would have been able to fix a lot of the issues without the extra nice crash logs that debug symbols deliver

Yeah you're not wrong there.

imagine if they compiled the server for Linux/OS X for the M1 ARM chip

6:42 AM

could be nice

I wonder how a game server would run on risc architecture.

TheMollusk

Well there's more information there that's easily accessible than I expected. But like others said, there would be serious challenges getting a full ArkApi style system going on Linux. Plus it's not like existing plugins would port directly. Maybe I have time to learn more for ARK2 in case they stop publishing symbols on Windows too lol.

I asked them last month if they were planning on shipping debug symbols for ark2 for windows and as of right now they do plan on it

Should be server be v344.4 since the client has recently updated to 344.4? (edited)

1:30 PM

I've tried auto updating it but the server is staying on 344.3

The server has been working fine the last few days and after not changing anything I keep getting this message

2:59 PM

did any1 get arkapi working on linux coz performance waay better on linux is there like any way with wine or something

Mr. Alpaca

did any1 get arkapi working on linux coz performance waay better on linux is there like any way with wine or something

no, this would require a full rewrite of ArkApi and pretty much all plugins, this is not planned at all at this moment (edited)

im not talking about planned but workarounds coz mabe wine

5:05 PM

coz i've heard rumors of people getting it working

if you virtualize windows, it will work ofc

do you know any open source panel that works on windows in place of pterodactyl

If your goal is to take advantage of better performance of Linux, I'm not sure you're going to achieve that by running Windows software with Wine or virtualized environments.

i like linux more but i want to sell servers with arkapi installed but i dont know if there is any panel on windows and im already using pterodactyl

you're only adding extra overhead this way.

wdym

since you cannot run the windows version of the ARK server natively, you're going to have to virtualize it, which adds extra overhead

5:16 PM

it's better to run on windows directly in this case

yes so maybe there is any way to run it on windows with a panel where i can sell servers (edited)

not sure what you mean by a panel

just like hosting but with arkapi support

you want to rent a server?

i have my own servers but i want to make my server accesable trough a panel on the web

you could try something like TCAdmin maybe

its payed

you want a free service that will allow you to make money off of it?

no i want something open source so i can change everyting

5:20 PM

https://pterodactyl.io/ like this

WETBATMAN

you could try something like TCAdmin maybe

TCAdmin sounds like what you want

5:22 PM

It's not expensive

its not open source

i'm not aware of any free and open source solutions for this, you will most likely have to write your own

ok

TCAdmin is popular. I wouldn't be surprised if there are others. Like I've never heard of Pterodactly. Kind of a whole different topic from plugins.

ye i found this but cant find on how to install it on windows https://gameap.ru/en/

this discord is for ArkApi and plugin support.

im not asking for support

regardless, what you're asking for is off topic

Mr. Alpaca

im not asking for support

Exactly, here is where you request support

"GLOBAL TALK"

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Great news, bunch of new features are coming to website and discord #【📩】ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇʟᴏɢꜱ The bug reported with mail server should be resolved and the "MEGA" update will go live within the next 72hours.

How can I put safe zones In my ark, I have this

This discord is primarily for development support. SafeZone support can be found here https://discord.gg/m4SmPdvd

Could someone please send me this plugin cause there are some problems with the website

that sure is a lot of members

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JoSeRvUs

Could someone please send me this plugin cause there are some problems with the website

Working now on resolving the permissions for resources

Everytime I try to download a resource

We are solving it, please stand by as this has been a massive migration.

ye no pressure I dont need to download anything - just wanted to see the new site and saw this. came here to report

the update seems awesome

(edited)

1

Are we to create a new account?

No, accounts are the same. You would just login with arkapi credentials

Noice

Cool update, nice to see stuff accessible again. What's the relationship like between this community and WildCard? I know they're generally aware of ArkApi and try to keep the PDB up-to-date. Have there ever been concerns over paid plugins? Seems like game studios tend to notice and take steps to lock things down when paid 3rd party software gets too organized. WildCard had rules against paid mods, and plugins are even less supported to begin with. Maybe the fact they're not officially supported allows WildCard to ignore it despite their other rule.

They have noticed, but they do not have any TOS against it nor they have the intention to remove PDB file.

Nexxa

Cool update, nice to see stuff accessible again. What's the relationship like between this community and WildCard? I know they're generally aware of ArkApi and try to keep the PDB up-to-date. Have there ever been concerns over paid plugins? Seems like game studios tend to notice and take steps to lock things down when paid 3rd party software gets too organized. WildCard had rules against paid mods, and plugins are even less supported to begin with. Maybe the fact they're not officially supported allows WildCard to ignore it despite their other rule.

Wildcard went on stream a few times talking about ArkServerAPI. They talked quite a bite about woolies anti-mesh when it came out and showed support towards it. ArkServerAPI isn't official endorsed or afflicted with Wildcard in any manor.

Right, it's basically 3rd party hacks when it comes down to it. It's cool they seem supportive though. Hoping it stays that way for ARK2

11:18 PM

Seems unlikely they'd change anything too significantly for ARK1 at this point. Especially with larger clusters using plugins.

It's pretty disingenuous to say the API is 3rd party hacks. They only modify the server, which is self hosted and self managed. It's no different than installing a mod except the mod can modify the client as well.

11:44 PM

WC pretty much can't support 3rd party plugins without deploying some type of verification system and managing it themselves. Which with a team their size they've accepted isn't a viable solution. (edited)

I'm not sure what's disingenuous. I'm not being negative. In my mind, developing and injecting code without access to source can usually be called hacking.

11:48 PM

Seems a good word to describe making a game server do stuff it wasn't originally designed to.

Nexxa

I'm not sure what's disingenuous. I'm not being negative. In my mind, developing and injecting code without access to source can usually be called hacking.

It's disingenuous as there is a massively negative connotation to the phrase "hack"

12:05 AM

It is more akin to a modification than a hack, there is no advantage or "cheating" being done, a user is instead simply modding software they own to enhance it's functionality

12:06 AM

Essentially, modding and hacking are technically the same, but there is a definitive difference between the intent of the two

Fair enough

12:06 AM

Im less of a gamer more of a programmer

12:06 AM

Hacking isnt a bad thing where I come from

Would you consider hooking/monkey patching hacking or modding

Nexxa

Hacking isnt a bad thing where I come from

This might also be a cultural difference. I come from a heavy programming background as well.

substitute

Would you consider hooking/monkey patching hacking or modding

welll haha. like you said it depends

and then there's cracking

12:08 AM

which is technically the same, but with a different intent

12:08 AM

to remove copy protection

Yeah I see that as simply revealing hidden information/removing encryption

12:08 AM

again

12:09 AM

not necessarily negative

12:10 AM

My intent here was not to be negative or to offend. Just to point out the devs could see it that way. And I'm glad they don't.

They've been pretty supportive. Which is rare and really cool.

I have a lot of concerns about today's news. The idea that the API has been sold by Mich to another organisation of some sort that we all know nothing about, when essentially all the work done on the project in the last 12 months or more was freely contributed by other developers doesn't sit right with me. The level of commercialization also doesn't sit right either. If you think WC won't notice this, or that they don't care, you are very wrong. I'm going to try very hard to reserve judgement, but I'd really love to know exactly who and what this new organisation is made up of. I'd also really love to hear from the people who've actually contributed code to the API, and what they think of all this.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I have a lot of concerns about today's news. The idea that the API has been sold by Mich to another organisation of some sort that we all know nothing about, when essentially all the work done on the project in the last 12 months or more was freely contributed by other developers doesn't sit right with me. The level of commercialization also doesn't sit right either. If you think WC won't notice this, or that they don't care, you are very wrong. I'm going to try very hard to reserve judgement, but I'd really love to know exactly who and what this new organisation is made up of. I'd also really love to hear from the people who've actually contributed code to the API, and what they think of all this.

when essentially all the work done on the project in the last 12 months or more was freely contributed by other developers doesn't sit right with me.

The same team is the one running ArkServerAPI. but I'd really love to know exactly who and what this new organisation is made up of. Same as before, the same support team members are still running it as normal.

I'd also really love to hear from the people who've actually contributed code to the API, and what they think of all this.

The API team is still active and will still provide support. If anything the API will now have more support since the support team members will now be paid for their services and time.

I think you're going to need to be a LOT more transparent. Saying "the same" isn't transparent. Why aren't these people mentioned anywhere? Because all I've seen so far are you and Foppa, and, while you are both obviously very talented devs who've both written some great plugins, as far as I know, and I could be wrong, neither of you have written any code that is currently in the API source?

1:25 AM

I see @Pelayori has some comments above, which is comforting. What is their involvement? I'd love to hear from them as they have contributed a lot. I'd also love to hear from @Lethal, and @WETBATMAN, and @substitute , as I know they have all made contributions to code, as well as being incredibly important parts of this community. What do they think?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think you're going to need to be a LOT more transparent. Saying "the same" isn't transparent. Why aren't these people mentioned anywhere? Because all I've seen so far are you and Foppa, and, while you are both obviously very talented devs who've both written some great plugins, as far as I know, and I could be wrong, neither of you have written any code that is currently in the API source?

The level of commercialization also doesn't sit right either. The support team that is helping run and keeping updates to the official API will be paid as before they weren't being paid for their services. We're actually building and working on new requirements for "Paid Plugins" where devs will have to contribute an "X" amount of "FREE" plugins or content before they can upload "PAID" plugins. This will create a system where there are more "FREE" plugins for the public rather then privatized and paid plugins controlling the marketplace. We're gonna explore this more in-depth as a staff team together to make sure we find the right balance between all of that. It's a good thing that the new system can support and allow support team members to earn monthly cash incentives for helping grow and keep the project alive it's the least we can do to show support for their hard work. The overall goal and objective is to provide more "FREE" content rather then content hidden behind subscriptions and paywalls. I think you're going to need to be a LOT more transparent. Saying "the same" isn't transparent. I agree with you, with the new updates we should be 100% transparent about everything. I don't disagree with you at all on that, I support that 100% and that will happen going forward. Why aren't these people mentioned anywhere? Yeah that's a great question, the question being how can we showcase the devs working behind the scenes to support ArkServerAPI. We'll have to discuss that with the staff team and see which staff members want to be credited publicly, that's a great idea I support that. Maybe we can do a section on site to include them as credit with a short bio or something.

Because all I've seen so far are you and Foppa, and, while you are both obviously very talented devs who've both written some great plugins, as far as I know, and I could be wrong, neither of you have written any code that is currently in the API source?

That's another great question, Yeah Foppa is active in the API development, we also have an amazing team now that works together to push out "official" API updates. In the past it was strictly restricted to Michidu producing updates, in the past 6 months or so Foppa and the other support team members have been getting together to provide regular quality of life updates to API. We're always growing the support team and now with the support team officially being "paid" for their services we can really start to plan out a future strategy for Ark 2 and beyond.

GSH | MrOwlSky

The level of commercialization also doesn't sit right either. The support team that is helping run and keeping updates to the official API will be paid as before they weren't being paid for their services. We're actually building and working on new requirements for "Paid Plugins" where devs will have to contribute an "X" amount of "FREE" plugins or content before they can upload "PAID" plugins. This will create a system where there are more "FREE" plugins for the public rather then privatized and paid plugins controlling the marketplace. We're gonna explore this more in-depth as a staff team together to make sure we find the right balance between all of that. It's a good thing that the new system can support and allow support team members to earn monthly cash incentives for helping grow and keep the project alive it's the least we can do to show support for their hard work. The overall goal and objective is to provide more "FREE" content rather then content hidden behind subscriptions and paywalls. I think you're going to need to be a LOT more transparent. Saying "the same" isn't transparent. I agree with you, with the new updates we should be 100% transparent about everything. I don't disagree with you at all on that, I support that 100% and that will happen going forward. Why aren't these people mentioned anywhere? Yeah that's a great question, the question being how can we showcase the devs working behind the scenes to support ArkServerAPI. We'll have to discuss that with the staff team and see which staff members want to be credited publicly, that's a great idea I support that. Maybe we can do a section on site to include them as credit with a short bio or something.

Because all I've seen so far are you and Foppa, and, while you are both obviously very talented devs who've both written some great plugins, as far as I know, and I could be wrong, neither of you have written any code that is currently in the API source?

That's another great question, Yeah Foppa is active in the API development, we also have an amazing team now that works together to push out "official" API updates. In the past it was strictly restricted to Michidu producing updates, in the past 6 months or so Foppa and the other support team members have been getting together to provide regular quality of life updates to API. We're always growing the support team and now with the support team officially being "paid" for their services we can really start to plan out a future strategy for Ark 2 and beyond.

I noticed there is a fee to be allowed to upload plugins and (unless something is changing) there’s still the flat distribution tax.

1:28 AM

Why is this? — I feel an upfront cost might come off poorly to newer devs looking to release their software on the site.

Which are you referring to?

GSH | MrOwlSky

Which are you referring to?

1:29 AM

I was also confused about the removal of ads as from what I understand users can do paid advertising (edited)

1:29 AM

Allowing other users to bypass paid advertising seems like the only winner is the site

So it sounds like you're going to try and exert a lot more control over the API. Will it remain fully free and fully open source?

Username changes will be abused too

1:30 AM

That shouldn’t be allowed lol

substitute

Allowing other users to bypass paid advertising seems like the only winner is the site

Ah those, yeah that's a great question. Those aren't setup as of yet those will be getting changed and modified. Those mainly will be cosmetic ranks (discord color and website coloring).

1:31 AM

Everything listed on those are a placeholder.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So it sounds like you're going to try and exert a lot more control over the API. Will it remain fully free and fully open source?

It will always remain free and open source yes.

So as far as my 2 cents goes

1:32 AM

I think this site is fine, but it should’ve been a separate endeavor

1:32 AM

It’s adds a lot of scope (other games) and loses focus on the api

1:32 AM

It also centralizes heavily while I think most devs would prefer a less central distribution method, similar to apt or npm

1:33 AM

I would like to see plugin validation as well; to an extent that plugins are at least cryptographically signed to prevent tampering

1:34 AM

Personally I think the developer community and a market place clash a bit, which is why 2 sites would’ve been fine

1:34 AM

We don’t see WC for example selling server hosting

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I see @Pelayori has some comments above, which is comforting. What is their involvement? I'd love to hear from them as they have contributed a lot. I'd also love to hear from @Lethal, and @WETBATMAN, and @substitute , as I know they have all made contributions to code, as well as being incredibly important parts of this community. What do they think?

ArkApi was created by a single developer and it never had the intention of getting this big, obviously now that it did a single person is not enough to deal with it, as @GSH | MrOwlSky mentioned already, the site is still being set-up and all of the data from the main API website is currently being migrated as of what i think of the website itself, i think it's a good change, there are alot of quality of life features that were just added with the new features and more are to come out of course, like for example an auto plugin update tool is now possible.

They just have an official partner with Nitrado

WETBATMAN

ArkApi was created by a single developer and it never had the intention of getting this big, obviously now that it did a single person is not enough to deal with it, as @GSH | MrOwlSky mentioned already, the site is still being set-up and all of the data from the main API website is currently being migrated as of what i think of the website itself, i think it's a good change, there are alot of quality of life features that were just added with the new features and more are to come out of course, like for example an auto plugin update tool is now possible.

I still believe this site will cause a loss of focus for the api — to the extent it aims to support multiple games and act as more of a central hub for admins and not developers

1:35 AM

Separate sites that are directly linked is totally fine

substitute

I still believe this site will cause a loss of focus for the api — to the extent it aims to support multiple games and act as more of a central hub for admins and not developers

Yeah this is a concern for me too.

substitute

I would like to see plugin validation as well; to an extent that plugins are at least cryptographically signed to prevent tampering

i actually implement something like this in my plugins.

But a do-it-all can get out of hand

it won't load if modified

1:36 AM

all of Lethal's plugins and Pelayori's plugins should have this too, since they utilize a packer

ALSO final thing — this won’t fix some issues we have like needing to go to many different places for updates ( @Lethal uses their discord for distribution) and the focus on commercialization is a big turn off

1:36 AM

Open source projects usually have two separate commercial and community platforms

1:36 AM

Example: Fedora and Red Hat Linux

1:37 AM

(Hell, Linux in general)

1:37 AM

Another: git and GitHub/GitLab

1:37 AM

Like I said, a site that does all of this is fine

1:37 AM

But there should be a separation of concerns

1:37 AM

Community vs commercial

1:38 AM

Well that was a little more than 2 cents but I digress

1:39 AM

(Also minimum free releases to paid releases might turn off developers or encourage low quality free plugins that are contrasted by high quality paid plugins

)

1:39 AM

No1 likes being told what to do and all that

1:40 AM

None of this is to discourage or put anyone down — I’m just looking at it from my perspective. (edited)

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(Also minimum free releases to paid releases might turn off developers or encourage low quality free plugins that are contrasted by high quality paid plugins

)

If you got suggestions like that on things you'd like see added/changed feel free to create a list in #【👏】ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ The community isn't going commercialized at all. It's staying free and open source with more FREE content being added. Main focus will be providing better solutions for the devs to work with when creating content.

Thanks for everyone's responses. I'd love to hear Lethal's thoughts too if they feel like it.

GSH | MrOwlSky

If you got suggestions like that on things you'd like see added/changed feel free to create a list in #【👏】ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ The community isn't going commercialized at all. It's staying free and open source with more FREE content being added. Main focus will be providing better solutions for the devs to work with when creating content.

I’ll start with the ugly yellow color — it burns my eyes on my hdr monitor!

1:43 AM

We need a dark mode !

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1:43 AM

(Haven’t actually checked if there is one)

substitute

I’ll start with the ugly yellow color — it burns my eyes on my hdr monitor!

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Basically

substitute

We need a dark mode !

Browser plugin called "Dark Reader" works great for all websites.

Here is my highly sought after feedback lethalkek

Working website with email confirmations this will be great Some nice team related features for group projects are available now Expanded payment options (I only plan to use PayPal still since I have that automated) Everything is being done in good faith I believe and no malicious intent There will be bugs for a few days as there was a lot of data and platform upgrades required most likely I rely on my discord heavily because it is easier for me to manage a large community using my plugins but all good changes happening here. Everyone take a breath and use the suggestion system if you think something can be done a better way Not sure if I missed anything as there was a lot of chatter in here

Lethal

Browser plugin called "Dark Reader" works great for all websites.

Looks like they have a dark mode on the home page, but it doesn't work anywhere else

Once forums is finished and stable. I'll knock out the homepage last. Homepage will require some javascript for displaying real time data from forum stats.

2:31 AM

Forums will have a dark mode added, the coloring will be improved too. (edited)

Lethal

Here is my highly sought after feedback lethalkek

Working website with email confirmations this will be great Some nice team related features for group projects are available now Expanded payment options (I only plan to use PayPal still since I have that automated) Everything is being done in good faith I believe and no malicious intent There will be bugs for a few days as there was a lot of data and platform upgrades required most likely I rely on my discord heavily because it is easier for me to manage a large community using my plugins but all good changes happening here. Everyone take a breath and use the suggestion system if you think something can be done a better way Not sure if I missed anything as there was a lot of chatter in here

Thanks Lethal..great to see your thoughts.

I think the version of the api plugin on the site download is the wrong version.

4:01 AM

It's downloading version 3.5

4:01 AM

I think we're on .54 right?

4:04 AM

Wait this link has 3.54 but it doesn't work - https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.12/

4:04 AM

The link in the featured resources is - https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.5/

Kizz

The link in the featured resources is - https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.5/

Working on that now

No worries! Just didn't know if it was brought up yet.

Should be good now

So what's the story now on new plugin authors uploading resources? When I click the "Add Resource" button it brings me to an Add Resource page, which is farther than I got on the old site but I'm not sure I'm allowed to post. I've had a ticket open here on Discord for a few days where I agreed to a code of conduct and I provided some source code. Wasn't expecting quick action, I know admins are busy, but now the ticket has vanished.

TheMollusk

So what's the story now on new plugin authors uploading resources? When I click the "Add Resource" button it brings me to an Add Resource page, which is farther than I got on the old site but I'm not sure I'm allowed to post. I've had a ticket open here on Discord for a few days where I agreed to a code of conduct and I provided some source code. Wasn't expecting quick action, I know admins are busy, but now the ticket has vanished.

Do you have the plugin dev rank on the site?

I don't have any rank as far as I can tell.

8:40 AM

Oh I need to make a new ticket. In #【🚫】ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ-ʙᴜɢꜱ-ʙ they say they cleared out tickets

So I guess my first feedback on the new site is that there really needs to be some simple landing page for people looking to download the Ark API and some plugins. For people new to the whole thing, it's a bit bewildering to land on your main page and find their way to download the Ark API. A simple page that explains what the API is, where to download it with simple directions, and where to look for plugins. I know there is https://www.gameservershub.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.12/, but that isn't easy to get to from the current landing page.

Hi guys, how will this new site affect the actual website api? This change seems kinda breaking for certain services

Hey! IDK if I can post it here but the Account upgrades section need a little fix

.thmonetize_upgradeHeader__price {
  z-index: 0;
}

.thmonetize_upgradeHeader__price:before {
  z-index: -1;
}

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substitute

that sure is a lot of members

‍♂️

3:45 PM

That would make a great meme for programmers!

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AnotherMax

Hi guys, how will this new site affect the actual website api? This change seems kinda breaking for certain services

Shoot me a dm on what you need from new system to integrate and I'll get it for you.

TheMollusk

So what's the story now on new plugin authors uploading resources? When I click the "Add Resource" button it brings me to an Add Resource page, which is farther than I got on the old site but I'm not sure I'm allowed to post. I've had a ticket open here on Discord for a few days where I agreed to a code of conduct and I provided some source code. Wasn't expecting quick action, I know admins are busy, but now the ticket has vanished.

Yeah you can upload if you got plugin dev rank. If not create a ticket and the team can get you squared away.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So I guess my first feedback on the new site is that there really needs to be some simple landing page for people looking to download the Ark API and some plugins. For people new to the whole thing, it's a bit bewildering to land on your main page and find their way to download the Ark API. A simple page that explains what the API is, where to download it with simple directions, and where to look for plugins. I know there is https://www.gameservershub.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.12/, but that isn't easy to get to from the current landing page.

Agreed, what did you have in mind, a landing page? Or something more along the lines of a development documentation page?

GSH | MrOwlSky

Agreed, what did you have in mind, a landing page? Or something more along the lines of a development documentation page?

The original url has the page explaining everything, and then a link to a wiki and a link to your forums

4:16 PM

That’s what makes the most sense in this setup

Looking great. I like the direction this will go. I'm happy the support staff will get some type of compensation now, as in my opinion, those guys helping 1000 people with plugin issues and configs is 10x more work than creating the actual plugin lol

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Hello, i want to get into ark plugin making any tips to get into it i have base knowledge of cpp and i want to use clion

Speaking of configuration files. The website now has a section to support configuration files for upload. Should allow users to share lengthy configuration files and improved JSON formatting overall. Hopefully that'll inspire some new faces to start learning the basic syntax and get further into development side of things.

~~TheOwlSky did you use gamedig for your discord counter bot?~~ Nvm found out you used steam-server-stats (edited)

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The open source should be on github for that bot

man this new server hurts me feelings lol i cant find the download links i need

eyecuoy

man this new server hurts me feelings lol i cant find the download links i need

If you need help let us know. Everything is still under Resources tab

yea i tried looking there and went to the the one i wanted it just sending me back to main page or just gives me the discussing

12:14 AM

eyecuoy

Click to see attachment 🖼️

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/kals-crosschat-with-discord-tribes.177/ There you go

Free - Kals CrossChat with Discord & Tribes

This is a Cross Ark Chat system with tribe chat and two-way discord. The discord integration is completely optional and requires a self hosted discord bot. This plugin & bot communicate through MySql You will need to set up a Sql server if you...

GSH | MrOwlSky

Agreed, what did you have in mind, a landing page? Or something more along the lines of a development documentation page?

Well both.... I think a development docs page would be great, but in my comment I was thinking of a page for users wanting to install and use the API and plugins on their servers.

4:11 AM

I guess I'm also a little worried about directing users from the website to this Discord. I think there is a danger in having this Discord end up as a support resource for end users, rather than a resource and meeting place for developers. I think they are two very different functions, and having users turn up here wanting support from devs will really turn devs off. Right now it's a relatively "safe" space where devs aren't constantly hounded by demanding end users wanting their attention.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Well both.... I think a development docs page would be great, but in my comment I was thinking of a page for users wanting to install and use the API and plugins on their servers.

Yeah that's a great idea, We finished the REST API today it's live on site and it's also setup in a staff discord channel. We're gonna have a development docs wiki setup hopefully in the coming weeks that will include the API itself and the other developer tools. It's definitely a feature being planned and slowly worked on right now. I guess I'm also a little worried about directing users from the website to this Discord.

Agreed, there will be a separate discord entirely for the rest of the site. API will remain API.

GSH | MrOwlSky

Yeah that's a great idea, We finished the REST API today it's live on site and it's also setup in a staff discord channel. We're gonna have a development docs wiki setup hopefully in the coming weeks that will include the API itself and the other developer tools. It's definitely a feature being planned and slowly worked on right now. I guess I'm also a little worried about directing users from the website to this Discord.

Agreed, there will be a separate discord entirely for the rest of the site. API will remain API.

What is the REST API exactly?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

What is the REST API exactly?

Description: Developers or third party services can use this REST API key to display real-time JSON data directly from the website. They can use this JSON data inside their plugins or third party services and convert the JSON data to be read-able. This gives developers more power and control over creating custom content such as custom licensing systems they can use to automatically generate license keys the second someone purchases their resource. It opens up the doors to more creative freedom and control for developers. In a gist you can GRAB | PULL | READ | VALIDATE any site data in real time with your content. Very helpful for plugins/licenses/discord bots and other personal website integrations.

4:17 AM

You can setup systems like automatic license creation. Or have conditional logic in your code to validate if the user actually purchased the plugin and check/validate it.

GSH | MrOwlSky

Description: Developers or third party services can use this REST API key to display real-time JSON data directly from the website. They can use this JSON data inside their plugins or third party services and convert the JSON data to be read-able. This gives developers more power and control over creating custom content such as custom licensing systems they can use to automatically generate license keys the second someone purchases their resource. It opens up the doors to more creative freedom and control for developers. In a gist you can GRAB | PULL | READ | VALIDATE any site data in real time with your content. Very helpful for plugins/licenses/discord bots and other personal website integrations.

Sounds great. Is there any documentation for it yet?

It's written up on discord. Once the staff team debugs and thoroughly test it to make sure no exploits with selected scopes it will be pushed visible on discord channel and built into the wiki section on dev docs on site.

Classic theme is added back as a option. Dark theme is also added. (edited)

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how is everyone doing this early morning?

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Are there problems with the page to download the plugins?

Daymad

Are there problems with the page to download the plugins?

Shouldn't be. If you find a plugin that needs updating let us know.

4:32 PM

why I can't download plugins

Daymad

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Send me the plugin your having trouble downloading

GSH | MrOwlSky

Send me the plugin your having trouble downloading

It happens to me with all the accessories

5:03 PM

I want this plugins https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/max-imprint.167/ https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/arkshop.22/ https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/simple-dino-stats.219/

Daymad

I want this plugins https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/max-imprint.167/ https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/arkshop.22/ https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/simple-dino-stats.219/

Fixed

5:15 PM

If you locate more that don't download let me know and Ill fix them aswell

Nice work on the latest #【📩】ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇʟᴏɢꜱ

that helps a lot

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GSH | MrOwlSky

If you locate more that don't download let me know and Ill fix them aswell

Hey, I can't download atlas shop plugin from the website. Can you fix it as well? https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/atlas-shop-currency-kits.80/

Free - Atlas Shop, Currency & Kits

Features: Add any item, dino, beacon or experience points to the shop Points trading system Create custom kits with items and dinos inside Players can receive points for the time spent on server SQLite or MySQL Database Customizable config...

Let me check it out

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1

8:48 PM

Fixed

Thank you very much 012

No problem anytime

GSH | MrOwlSky

No problem anytime

Sorry to bother you again, wanted to check with you it says version 1.9 for atlas permissions on the website. But when I download and extract it the plugininfo says is 1.6. Is this v1.9 or 1.6? https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/atlas-permissions.79/ (edited)

Official - Atlas Permissions

Default plugin for AtlasApi that allows you to manage group permissions. It's mostly used by other plugins and controls which players have access to certain features. Default groups are 'Admins' and 'Default'. You can't remove those groups but...

🎮 Stevie

Sorry to bother you again, wanted to check with you it says version 1.9 for atlas permissions on the website. But when I download and extract it the plugininfo says is 1.6. Is this v1.9 or 1.6? https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/atlas-permissions.79/ (edited)

The last update was 1.6 for it but both ark/atlas are labeled 1.9 to keep a better standardization for file uploads.

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There seems to be some problems with the new URL. Where did the introduction interface of the plugin go?

11:10 AM

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.12/

11:10 AM

Click here to jump directly to this URL

11:11 AM

@GSH | MrOwlSky

We are working on fixing as many links as possible, there is some to go through. thanks for reporting !

Does someone know how to get the epicgames ID ?

same way as you get the steam id!

That return a weird id like that "8630902019737339971" instead of a long id like "147708865711569908251034723374985041324"

how did you do it?

const uint64 playerId = ArkApi::IApiUtils::GetSteamIdFromController(playerController);

Aaurizon (Ryan)

That return a weird id like that "8630902019737339971" instead of a long id like "147708865711569908251034723374985041324"

epic id's look like that

11:43 PM

it's correct

WETBATMAN

it's correct

Really ? But on my epic games account i have a bigger id like that (and i want to give the possibility to the epic games player to connect to my website with them epicgames account with oauth2 to get them stats)

11:45 PM

But the ids, from ark and epic games arn't the sames, a little bit hard to sync the accounts

there are multiple epic id fields from what i know, this is the ID that ArkApi fetches for you

11:48 PM

there are 2 structs for id's

11:48 PM

one for epic

11:48 PM

one for steam

Oh ok, i will check on the epic games api doc about other ids

if you get the access to the whole struct you might be able to read out the ID you're looking at in your screenshot there

In the ARKApi ?

FUniqueNetIdEOS

11:53 PM

all functions in it are virtual

11:53 PM

this might just return the same ID as ArkApi though

Ok thank you, I will look about that, and read the doc if EpicGames provide another id

looking for developer for my server

Has anyone done any work with AI and plugins?

artificial intelligence?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Has anyone done any work with AI and plugins?

funny thought, whatd you have in mind?

Kal

funny thought, whatd you have in mind?

Funny thought? All NPCs in Ark use the existing AI functionality in the engine. My question was whether anyone had used that functionality in a plugin.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Funny thought? All NPCs in Ark use the existing AI functionality in the engine. My question was whether anyone had used that functionality in a plugin.

You have access to the AI func in the dev kit.

probably a dumb question to ask but iv been trying to setup plugins on my server its on nitrado how tf do u do it iv seen other ppl with them on there servers how do they do it iv downloaded ark api and lethals orp plugin and used file zilla to install it on my server and it just keeps restarting its kinda pissing me of making me think u cant use nitrado or something and iv tried many other ways to do it any help would be appreciated thanks

shaggy

probably a dumb question to ask but iv been trying to setup plugins on my server its on nitrado how tf do u do it iv seen other ppl with them on there servers how do they do it iv downloaded ark api and lethals orp plugin and used file zilla to install it on my server and it just keeps restarting its kinda pissing me of making me think u cant use nitrado or something and iv tried many other ways to do it any help would be appreciated thanks

Nitrado doesn't support plugins, nor ark api

yeah fuck what does how does the other big server do it

Other providers which allow it, or dedicated machines

yeah thanks mate thats fucked shit happens

Nitrado is to avoid if possible

who would u recommend

GameServerApp, or ServerBlend

1:45 PM

logic servers as well, etc...

1:45 PM

just not nitrado lol

lol thanks saves me pulling my hair out trying to work out y my plugins dont work

Those I said either have a 1-click-install system, or allows uploading trough ftp

ok thanks ill give one of them ago

1:47 PM

life saver

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How can you make a simple export function?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/exporting-from-a-dll?view=msvc-170

Does someone has a cracked version of AuthLib since root is banned?

10:54 PM

I need it for extendedAPI

10:54 PM

A non malware version

no, we do not distribute cracks or cracked products, anyone doing so will be banned and removed from the discord/forum

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Tsjollin

Does someone has a cracked version of AuthLib since root is banned?

You know root has a discord right?

Yeah i contacted

2:18 PM

its okay now

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Hey, what is the "best" and most"consistent" way to connect 2 clusters on different machines? Found several methods, but all of em are like meh. Wanted to ask if anyone in here has experience with that. Im currently using GoodSync (edited)

Foppa, The update you made on Extended Rcon is the same?

yes

10:22 PM

reupload

10:23 PM

as we had to do with all plugins after we merged

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Hi i can not find the permission plugin on the website. Can someone help me pls?

What's the command to reload plugins without restarting the server?

Niels

Hey, what is the "best" and most"consistent" way to connect 2 clusters on different machines? Found several methods, but all of em are like meh. Wanted to ask if anyone in here has experience with that. Im currently using GoodSync (edited)

I've used GoodSync, it works great if you have it setup properly

jraServerAPI

I've used GoodSync, it works great if you have it setup properly

Kk ty, its working fine for me but wanted to know if there are game breaking alternatives i dont know of haha

I know I said it before, but this Discord being turned into an end-user support forum is going to rapidly alienate developers.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I know I said it before, but this Discord being turned into an end-user support forum is going to rapidly alienate developers.

Zero plans to do that. Separate discord for that is already done #【👑】ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀꜱ

GSH | MrOwlSky

Zero plans to do that. Separate discord for that is already done #【👑】ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀꜱ

Then can we please start referring end users to that Discord instead of supporting them here? No dev wants to wade through all these dozens of messages about why someone can't make Nitrado work to see if there are any dev related messages. Please and thank you Sir :)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Then can we please start referring end users to that Discord instead of supporting them here? No dev wants to wade through all these dozens of messages about why someone can't make Nitrado work to see if there are any dev related messages. Please and thank you Sir :)

Who's message are you referring to exactly?

This channel starting at the 17th, for example.

2:05 AM

Today with messages about how to get cross cluster chat working

2:06 AM

The messages asking Foppa about his plugin.

I'll create a system where only Developer roles can see the channels. Developer role will sync directly to forum rank to lower those chat messages.

2:07 AM

Should prevent any guest from seeing the channels and asking those support related questions

2:07 AM

We'll setup a discord bot to also help automate some replies and redirects and such

GSH | MrOwlSky

Should prevent any guest from seeing the channels and asking those support related questions

That sounds awesome. Thank you again.

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Quick question about the merger, I asked in #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ but may have been the wrong place... Did the commission fee for paid plugins change in the transition?

Haragon

Quick question about the merger, I asked in #【👓】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ but may have been the wrong place... Did the commission fee for paid plugins change in the transition?

The plugin FEE is will be lowered to 5% the old system was 8-10%

2:55 AM

Developers will earn more income instead of losing more income.

GSH | MrOwlSky

The plugin FEE is will be lowered to 5% the old system was 8-10%

Understood, it said 15% when I was looking at it yesterday and I thought that seemed higher than before. Might have been a typo/placeholder though.

It won't be 15%

Awesome, ty for the info.

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Website should now officially be moved to new machine. Still have to apply security updates but the forums are re-opened.

6:59 AM

Should be much faster compared to before

any plans that arkapi supports mysql ssl connection, wanna use digital ocean

(edited)

Niels

Kk ty, its working fine for me but wanted to know if there are game breaking alternatives i dont know of haha

via windows network drive or Syncthing its free and works perfect

Sly

any plans that arkapi supports mysql ssl connection, wanna use digital ocean

(edited)

this is something that individual developers will have to implement in their plugins

11:52 AM

not in ArkApi

11:52 AM

as far as i know everyone uses the same mysql connector right now in plugins, which doesn't have ssl support

Sly

via windows network drive or Syncthing its free and works perfect

u using it for bloody too? Or everything on one machine there?

12:19 PM

imma test it but seems to be better. Windows server version of goodsync is only 30d trial YIKES

If i didnt miss any free version (edited)

any eta when the website maintenance is done? I was just importing the data through the api (which is still operational)

No rush btw, i'll continue my work tomorrow (edited)

AnotherMax

any eta when the website maintenance is done? I was just importing the data through the api (which is still operational)

No rush btw, i'll continue my work tomorrow (edited)

I believe the migration is completed just some patching left todo.

1

AnotherMax

any eta when the website maintenance is done? I was just importing the data through the api (which is still operational)

No rush btw, i'll continue my work tomorrow (edited)

Yeah everything is good. The #【📢】ᴀɴɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ from last night was just to upgrade machine hardware. REST API and everything else is stable. Outside of minor bug fixes here and there everything is working smoothly.

5:57 PM

You should notice a huge difference in the website load speed and performance today compared to the old machine.

yeah no worries. I just wanted to check some of my data against the website. I noticed some plugins had no files etc. So wanted to double check whether this was due to versioning conventions being wrong or something else

All good, yeah some of the developers need to update their plugin files. I think kal/haragon files are outdated.

yeah i was gonna check those out, so i guess the data was fetched alright. thanks for the confirmation! (edited)

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GSH | MrOwlSky

All good, yeah some of the developers need to update their plugin files. I think kal/haragon files are outdated.

impossible to upload atm^^

12:22 AM

sent you description of issue

WoolyPenguin

sent you description of issue

Should be fixed now

i noticed that the new site doesnt appear to have the Ark Permissions plugin listed anymore. Was the name changed to something else or is it removed?

AnotherMax

i noticed that the new site doesnt appear to have the Ark Permissions plugin listed anymore. Was the name changed to something else or is it removed?

Seems to be this one. https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-permissions.20/

i was trying to verify, but it seems to be in maintenance mode still

12:04 PM

nvm, i see the maintenance mode is only active on the promo

Pelayori

Seems to be this one. https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-permissions.20/

it took me a while. But i now understand that it's listed under a different category. Thats why it wasnt showing up in my data

12:41 PM

is there any way I can determine automatically that Ark Permissions is a plugin and ARK: Server API is the framework? Since they're both in the same category. Maybe by some sort of tag you can add. So i know which items to ignore. (same goes for ATLAS) (edited)

12:42 PM

otherwise ARK: Server API is gonna show up as a downloadable plugin

AnotherMax

otherwise ARK: Server API is gonna show up as a downloadable plugin

Do you have the option to just filter that single entry from your data?

i'd prefer a less janky solution if possible

12:47 PM

previously the Ark Permissions plugin was listed under the free category. So that worked fine

Janky is all I can offer this morning

alright, i'll have the system ignore that category for now

AnotherMax

alright, i'll have the system ignore that category for now

Foppa or OG | TheOwlSky would be needed for anything beyond my suggestion since I can't change anything on the website.

no worries, i'll wait for either of them to come online. Appreciate your help!

AnotherMax

is there any way I can determine automatically that Ark Permissions is a plugin and ARK: Server API is the framework? Since they're both in the same category. Maybe by some sort of tag you can add. So i know which items to ignore. (same goes for ATLAS) (edited)

Done. They now have a prefix tag called Framework you can filter this via your end.

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@substitute im gonna reply here to keep #【👏】ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ clean. I agree that in theory it should be easy to fix. As long as everyone does it. And besides willingness, we're also human so mistakes will be made

Plan on adding that feature soon.

1

for my info, is the migration to a bigger machine done? In #【📩】ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇʟᴏɢꜱ i read its done but the forum shows an alert still. I'm migrating thursday so i hope there is no maintenance planned for that day

It's already done. The alert just needs updating.

1

okay what happened to all my help pages? I'm a server owner who has relied heavily on the ARK Shop command page and the Extended RCON pages? Why are they gone? Or can someone direct me to where they are - that first page I go to now is jibberish to me.

Wow this project is growing up fast

Malgor

okay what happened to all my help pages? I'm a server owner who has relied heavily on the ARK Shop command page and the Extended RCON pages? Why are they gone? Or can someone direct me to where they are - that first page I go to now is jibberish to me.

The commands are still located on the resources page. Please #deleted-channel if you are having issues.

Malgor

okay what happened to all my help pages? I'm a server owner who has relied heavily on the ARK Shop command page and the Extended RCON pages? Why are they gone? Or can someone direct me to where they are - that first page I go to now is jibberish to me.

If you had bookmarks to the old domain the resource id's changed you just need to navigate to the new pages then bookmark them again.

i need help doing this

12:47 AM

ark api

I would goto #deleted-channel and select the Begginner role (#1) and ask your questions there. And supply a lot more detail, other than "you just need help" (edited)

This discord is for Developer support not Server support.

1:04 AM

https://discord.com/invite/Vsm2AFVw?utm_source=Discord%20Widget&utm_medium=Connect

Any eta when the website will start working? 90% of the plugin links are broken and bring you straight to API download page. You can't even view commands by clicking on "Read more about this resource..."

Ronnie

Any eta when the website will start working? 90% of the plugin links are broken and bring you straight to API download page. You can't even view commands by clicking on "Read more about this resource..."

Old links are not yet redirected to new links, and about pages, which ones are not working?

every single one of foppas

5:04 PM

all of yours

5:05 PM

All of lethals

Yeah, those are old links not yet redirected properly, I believe they are looking into it

I havent clicked on 100% of them, but the ones I have they are broken and bring you to api download

5:05 PM

I havent found any that work to be honest

This is a @GSH | MrOwlSky thing I guess

Ronnie

I havent found any that work to be honest

You able to #deleted-channel for us to review?

sure

I thought I had fixed all the links for my plugins

5:42 PM

Links in my forum signature are correct at least.

I am not able to buy anything from you atm from the website

5:42 PM

Only through my discord ATM because I can't automate licenses on the new website.

Ah ok

Also I updated to allow multiple licenses on a single purchase.

oh really? nice

1

you just became russian @Ronnie

7:43 PM

they've had this problem for a long time^^

7:46 PM

but you should check ur paypal, cause for them the payment often went through, even tho site had error

7:46 PM

making some buy 2-3 copies before they realized.

Any idea why Defaults discord crap is popping up on my resource?

He's paid for advertising

i see

that ad was placed a little bit right into the info box for kal's stuff tho

7:49 AM

it should've been a little more standing out from the rest in some way, imo

bit weird it says "Plugin" while it should be the paid tag.

Where has FAQ's gone I cant find it

5:04 PM

I always forget the command to unload a plugin :/

5:04 PM

so just goto that page

plugins.unload PluginName

Pelayori

plugins.unload PluginName

thank you ❤️

I recall seeing the faq, one sec

5:05 PM

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/threads/faq.19/

Pelayori

I recall seeing the faq, one sec

where did you find the link for that?

In https://ark-server-api.com/forums/forums/ark-survival-evolved.71/

dam thats a mission to find I hope they add it back to the nav

5:14 PM

or even in the footer

Could be pinned as well

5:20 PM

@BearGryllsTV add it as a suggestion in #【👏】ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴꜱ

WoolyPenguin

it should've been a little more standing out from the rest in some way, imo

have to agree, seemed like part of my plugin

BearGryllsTV

I always forget the command to unload a plugin :/

Your not the only one

Hello, does anyone know if plugins can be inserted into a gporta server?

search the group on gportal

10:46 PM

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/916069310865244160

Hello guys, does your clamp config work ? Mines sound doesn't working... I can level up dinos over 500, and craft weapons over 300% damgaes... I want to limit the stats like official servers, but idk why isn't working

ClampItemStats=true
DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp=450
ItemStatClamps[1]=19800
ItemStatClamps[3]=19800

Does anyone know any plugin that does the same utility as this mod?

9:45 AM

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=924619115&searchtext=server+ui

FERGOK

Does anyone know any plugin that does the same utility as this mod?

plugins cannot display graphics on screen

and something that has a similar utility to give information to the players?

FERGOK

and something that has a similar utility to give information to the players?

You can display text on the screen of the players

Aaurizon (Ryan)

Hello guys, does your clamp config work ? Mines sound doesn't working... I can level up dinos over 500, and craft weapons over 300% damgaes... I want to limit the stats like official servers, but idk why isn't working

ClampItemStats=true
DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp=450
ItemStatClamps[1]=19800
ItemStatClamps[3]=19800

ItemStatClamps Work only if you have 1 pts or more in crafting skill, if you have 0 pts, you can craft over the cap... DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp I think that doesn't work anymore and official servers have hard coded level cap of dinos, will try to do same with plugins

Aaurizon (Ryan)

Hello guys, does your clamp config work ? Mines sound doesn't working... I can level up dinos over 500, and craft weapons over 300% damgaes... I want to limit the stats like official servers, but idk why isn't working

ClampItemStats=true
DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp=450
ItemStatClamps[1]=19800
ItemStatClamps[3]=19800

you need to add the ClampItemStats to command line

Uaca

you need to add the ClampItemStats to command line

I put it in the command line, sorry if my message was not specific enough After various tests, it's bugged when the player has 0 points in crafting skill, that work only if he have 1 or more pts

so, there is a blueprint over the cap?

From beacon, idk, but if i spawn an item with high quality, that can spawn me a blueprint over the cap

5:02 PM

The blueprint will get capped after the server reboot

The item stat clamp and dino level clamp have never completely prevented you from spawning in (or obtaining through normal gameplay) higher quality items and higher level dinos. It applies on server restart and when you transfer things. There are cases where it affects item generation, but the patch notes are always vague when they make changes related to those clamps. I wish it was documented better.

WETBATMAN

plugins cannot display graphics on screen

Only partially true

6:10 PM

You could theoretically write a UI framework as a mod and allow plugins to utilize it

1

substitute

You could theoretically write a UI framework as a mod and allow plugins to utilize it

i wish i knew more about c++ so i can remove the json i am using

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/?view=msvc-160

C++ docs - get started, tutorials, reference.

C++ programming reference for users of Microsoft C++ and Visual Studio.

TheMollusk

The item stat clamp and dino level clamp have never completely prevented you from spawning in (or obtaining through normal gameplay) higher quality items and higher level dinos. It applies on server restart and when you transfer things. There are cases where it affects item generation, but the patch notes are always vague when they make changes related to those clamps. I wish it was documented better.

Yeah I know, but i was talking about crafting, you can't craft over the cap if you have more than 0 pts in crafting skill, but if you have 0 points you can exceed the cap (it's a bug) And the DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp doesn't work anymore since they have hard cap the dinos level on official servers

Yeah maybe I'm misunderstanding. DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp still works as expected for me. If you have tames over the clamp they get destroyed on restart. WC also improved it over the years so that you can't manually level your tames past the clamp or release dinos from cryos if they're above the clamp. I thought that was the behavior on official now, but I don't play much official anymore. Similar to item stats, it's still incomplete/buggy/whatever you want it call it.

TheMollusk

Yeah maybe I'm misunderstanding. DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp still works as expected for me. If you have tames over the clamp they get destroyed on restart. WC also improved it over the years so that you can't manually level your tames past the clamp or release dinos from cryos if they're above the clamp. I thought that was the behavior on official now, but I don't play much official anymore. Similar to item stats, it's still incomplete/buggy/whatever you want it call it.

Yes it's like that on officials For me that doesn't work... I have put the "DestroyTamesOverLevelClamp=450" in Game.ini and after 10 restarts dinos still there, and i can level up over the clamp You have some specifics configs ? Like something to disable cache or idk ?

This is not a general ARK support discord it is for ARK plugin development. (edited)

6:38 PM

Posting this in every discord will not get you an answer any faster as the same people are seeing it in multiple discords.

6:39 PM

If you don't get help in the Game Server Owners Discord you probably will not get an answer anywhere else.

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/959491781668507668

Where is the option to update paypal so that my plugins work again?

Haragon

Where is the option to update paypal so that my plugins work again?

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/market-place-dashboard/payment-data

Found it, I was looking at my profile. TY

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Hey

, Don't know if you aware of it, but everytime I am searching on Google for some specific Plugin and click on the result, its ALWAYS leading me to the ARK Server API page instead of the one I wanted. (edited)

Neryos

Hey

, Don't know if you aware of it, but everytime I am searching on Google for some specific Plugin and click on the result, its ALWAYS leading me to the ARK Server API page instead of the one I wanted. (edited)

Correct google uses the old url. (ArkserverApi.com)

1

Hey, someone know how to fix that? this message on the console 04/05/22 22:52 [Permission][error] (d:\programs\ark\plugins\permissions\permissions\private\hooks.cpp Permissions::Hooks::Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer) Couldn't add player

9:55 PM

hmmmm I see someone said to update, lets try that

Hello I'm ashamed, but I'm here to ask a question. list of engrams on the server Set as optional engrams. After setting the optional engram There are several mod engrams in the engram list. Some of these mod engrams are It doesn't show up on the server. Has anyone experienced this problem? (edited)

8:02 PM

ARKOMATIC VAULT where did this go ?

8:03 PM

I need help..

참치

ARKOMATIC VAULT where did this go ?

I would suggest checking the Game.INI file directly to see if the configuration edit is successfully added into the configuration file. In addition to that you should go to the steam workshop mod page for that mod and ensure that's the correct engram_bp_path otherwise it won't work. I personally would highly suggest using https://usebeacon.app/ over ASM as beacon has more support and handles the configuration editing much easier then ASM.

Beacon for Ark: Survival Evolved

Beacon is Ark's easiest server manager that can update and control your Xbox, PS4, and PC Ark servers with a couple clicks.

@GSH | MrOwlSky I'm sorry I didn't understand that go to that site ABOUT ARKOMATIC VAULT OverrideNamedEngramEntries= Can I get the code?

WETBATMAN

cache it

Hello WETBATMAN, I was trying to set this up and I don't know if I'm getting the shooter PC properly in this function (called at server init) :

void Startup_LoadActorsHWID()
{
  FString bpPath = "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/HWIDBans/Actor_BP_HWIDBans.Actor_BP_HWIDBans'";
  UClass* actorBpHWID = MyBPLoadClass(&bpPath);
  if (actorBpHWID != nullptr)
  {
    TArray<AActor*> foundActorsHWID;
    UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), actorBpHWID, &foundActorsHWID);
    int nbActorsFound = foundActorsHWID.Num();
    if (nbActorsFound > 0)
      for (int i = 0; i < nbActorsFound; i++)
      {
        AActor* actorHWID = foundActorsHWID[i];
        
        // Is this how to get the AShooterPlayerController* for this actor?
        AShooterPlayerController* shooterPC = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(actorHWID->GetOwnerController());

        CacheActorHWIDForPlayer(shooterPC, actorHWID);
      }
  }
}

(edited)

7:49 PM

PS: See the commented line in the middle x)

the actor won't have any owner on server init

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11:59 PM

you have to call the BP function on player connect to get their info

ahhh

WETBATMAN

the actor won't have any owner on server init

so there is only one HWID AActor?

WETBATMAN

you have to call the BP function on player connect to get their info

Yes I had that I think ^^ But I thought there was one HWID AActor per player, and that I had to call the BP function on each of these HWID actors. (edited)

9:00 AM

But now with what you say I think there's only one HWID AActor and I have to call its BP function for each players. (edited)

9:01 AM

In other words, all the GetterComponent mods (from clients) are sending their data to the same HWID AActor (from server)?

Correct me if I'm wrong please. (I'm still in the writing process but I'll go to test phase soon) (edited)

OSubMarin

But now with what you say I think there's only one HWID AActor and I have to call its BP function for each players. (edited)

correct

1

Hello, I have a small question regarding the gameserverhub.com website. I registered a few days ago, but I haven't received a confirmation email even after repeated attempts if someone works with the website. Would be grateful to be unlocked on the site.

Only a couple people have access to that you will need to wait for a response from one of them.

Acrysis

Hello, I have a small question regarding the gameserverhub.com website. I registered a few days ago, but I haven't received a confirmation email even after repeated attempts if someone works with the website. Would be grateful to be unlocked on the site.

Best would be to open a ticket & state your username there. #deleted-channel

They have a ticket open already. Asking in multiple places won't make it go any faster.

Ah lol

Is there any function to force players to recreate characters?

since it's not even in the base game mechanics that will require some deep investigation

only the players can do that normally (edited)

11:21 PM

I think this call/event is supposed to come from the client for that (probably with all the character properties like height, eye color, skin color...)

11:21 PM

but who knows..

There are a couple functions that I could see on IDA, I believe some of them are meant to be called server side

yes I was thinking of calling such functions and erase the profile by force ^^ (edited)

11:22 PM

but then client might not appreciate

11:22 PM

since action is supposed to come from him

11:23 PM

maybe it is smart enough to adapt tho

11:23 PM

I have no idea

I am fairly sure some of them are meant to fully work from server, overriding the current character (edited)

interesting

11:28 PM

I don't see a particular usage with the base game for that but why not

11:29 PM

maybe some gen 2 missions or noglin needs that, or spectating mode (edited)

11:29 PM

or maybe cross references in IDA gives nothing haha (old testing code) (edited)

When someone buys a plugin from the site, it does not show as bought and does not enable the download button. Do I have to do anything to allow the buyers to download from the site?

Check here https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/market-place-dashboard/view-sales

10:04 PM

@Uaca

it list as Unpaid, but on paypal it is

10:11 PM

do i have to set it as paid on the website??

Uaca

do i have to set it as paid on the website??

You do not please #deleted-channel if you need help with site functions.

1

Not API specific, but does anyone happen to know how to disable the error dialog box when a server crashes? (edited)

Add the following to your server command line -useautoreporter I think this will do that.

Hey @𝓐𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓖𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰, about your Family Share plugin, it's basically not working since WC added the ini option? I tried both Disable/Enable the AllowSharedConnections option but its like the plugin not exist anymore. AllowSharedConnections = True - Every shared player can join no matter what I set in the plugin config. AllowSharedConnections = False - Every shared player can't join no matter what I set in the plugin config. I want the plugin cus its know to whitelist between me as admin and the other players.

I thought family share was allowed through steam?

yup but I want to disallow it so ppl I ban can't access from family sharing.

4:21 PM

and I want my brother could play from my family sharing.

Anyone have https://ark-server-api.com/forums/threads/exclusivejoin.694/ plugin?

9:54 PM

download no longer works

Ronnie

Anyone have https://ark-server-api.com/forums/threads/exclusivejoin.694/ plugin?

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/exclusivejoin.99/

Pelayori

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/exclusivejoin.99/

ty!

I am having some issues with plugins connecting to MySQL. The MySQL is running in legacy mode and I can connect to it with the credentials I added in the config files. But I am just getting a Failed to open connection!. Tried with two different MySQL Servers now. (MySQL 8.0.28). I setup that server pretty fresh, so I am not sure if it's a problem with MySQL 8.0 or if there is any C++ Redistributable or something missing. Anyone got a idea where I can check what's not working anymore? Even tried to dump the error_code or error_message from the daotk::mysql lib. code is 0, message is empty

12:48 PM

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin>mysql -uark -park ark
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 5898
Server version: 8.0.28 MySQL Community Server - GPL

Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql> show tables;
+-----------------------+
| Tables_in_ark         |
+-----------------------+
| xxxxxxxxx  |
| xxxxxxxxxxx |
| xxxxxxxxx             |
+-----------------------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

can connect via mysql command line

12:51 PM

Hm, ok, tried yet another mysql server, that works, strange

12:56 PM

ok, installed another mysql 5.7 on that machine, that works. so I will just use that as development machine. Sorry ;_;

anyone know where the documentation / tutorials are to make mods/plugins with the ark server api?

6:54 AM

feeling incredibly dumb that i cant even find this on google

Lethal

Click to see attachment 🖼️

MySQL pre 8.0.29 is a bad idea you should update mysql because there are 11 pre auth remote exploits (8.0.28 -> 8.0.29). Best idea with less problems: MariaDB

If the mysql server is not exposed to outside connections doesn't matter.

Pod cooldown due to pvp settings You need a plugin that can remove this buy with paypal Please contact Discord: Tunaman#0695

This may be a really dumb question but our server constantly suffers from buffer overflow, we are debating moving to a Windows machine so we can get ark API , are there plugins that fixes this?

yes

What is the best way to pass lots of information, say like item lists from a database to a mod?

Has anyone here gotten "Frozen by ID: ..." messages in their server consoles? Do you guys know what that means?

1 question what can you do in plugins that you cant do in mods ciz i really want to run my server on linux

Mr. Alpaca

1 question what can you do in plugins that you cant do in mods ciz i really want to run my server on linux

Plugins are server sided. Mods require client side to download.

Plugins can offer faster load in times compared to mods.
Plugins let the server boot online quicker compared to mods.

Both mods and plugins have their own pros and cons.

10:57 PM

The key is to find a balance for both mods and plugins to work together

oh ok

11:12 PM

i really like plugins but i want to run my server on linux so i think i need to forget about it

hellow guys

3:40 PM

i have a problem with api plugin in nitrado servers, they loop when i update the plugin files why ?

I'm not sure nitrado supports plugins yet.

No, unfortunately it does not

5:08 PM

According to them, your files are dangerous

5:09 PM

Nitrado : " Hello! Sadly Ark Server API has serious security vulnerabilities. As the plugins are 3rd party and not required to be open source, and the Ark Server API does not restrict their access to critical files, the only way we would be able to add the Ark Server API is if: 1. The plugins were open source and vetted manually before they could be used on the Ark Server API platform 2. Ark Server API restricted access to critical files."

5:10 PM

And the second one : "Slightly longer answer: We don't allow it because of security implications. This is in regards to plugins and that they're closed source (so we don't know what code they're running), they're from potentially unreputable sources, and ArkAPI doesn't limit what they can do last we spoke to the developer of ArkAPI, so theoretically you could access other files of the machines that your server is running on, outside of what we normally allow (i.e. your server saves/configs etc)."

5:11 PM

Any chance that you would update these files to be compatible with the nitrado file?

Baalcast (Piotrek)

And the second one : "Slightly longer answer: We don't allow it because of security implications. This is in regards to plugins and that they're closed source (so we don't know what code they're running), they're from potentially unreputable sources, and ArkAPI doesn't limit what they can do last we spoke to the developer of ArkAPI, so theoretically you could access other files of the machines that your server is running on, outside of what we normally allow (i.e. your server saves/configs etc)."

I've been attempting to reach and booker a deal between Nitrado, I have not heard back from partnership manager on their terms. G-Portal on the other hand has been more willing to work with ArkServerAPI and potentially add integration into their web panel. I'm in the middle of getting a new partnership worked out with G-Portal to help support the ArkServerAPI community. The issue with Nitrado is they have a contract with Wildcard studios directly for their console release so they have fears and concerns about allowing .dll files on their machines as if any of the hidden console files were taken from a machine it could result in legal action between Nitrado and Wildcard studios. They know it's something that would benefit their customers but it comes at a risk of not knowing how safe plugin files are. I have plans down the road to establish built in virus protection scanning and more safe guards into the resource downloads to ensure user safety is priority. I personally would suggest avoid them entirely and getting a dedicated machine or use a service like GameServerApp that has better reputation and supports ArkServerAPI integration directly.

GSH | MrOwlSky

I've been attempting to reach and booker a deal between Nitrado, I have not heard back from partnership manager on their terms. G-Portal on the other hand has been more willing to work with ArkServerAPI and potentially add integration into their web panel. I'm in the middle of getting a new partnership worked out with G-Portal to help support the ArkServerAPI community. The issue with Nitrado is they have a contract with Wildcard studios directly for their console release so they have fears and concerns about allowing .dll files on their machines as if any of the hidden console files were taken from a machine it could result in legal action between Nitrado and Wildcard studios. They know it's something that would benefit their customers but it comes at a risk of not knowing how safe plugin files are. I have plans down the road to establish built in virus protection scanning and more safe guards into the resource downloads to ensure user safety is priority. I personally would suggest avoid them entirely and getting a dedicated machine or use a service like GameServerApp that has better reputation and supports ArkServerAPI integration directly.

There’s nothing to stop malicious plugins

1:41 AM

As anyone can make their own plugin

1:41 AM

Honestly Nitrado should segregate the pc servers

1:41 AM

That’s their best bet for security

1

would be cool to see server providers build some of the open source plugins and support those

2:17 AM

probably too much effort for them for a limited number of plugins

2:17 AM

so many reasons to just get an unmanaged dedicated server and set up your own environment

substitute

There’s nothing to stop malicious plugins

Agreed, you can never 100% stop an outside attack. There are security measures we can add on the site itself to scan plugins and have stricter upload requirements to help reduce the chances of an outside attack. At some point in near future that will be added to the sites security.

GSH | MrOwlSky

Agreed, you can never 100% stop an outside attack. There are security measures we can add on the site itself to scan plugins and have stricter upload requirements to help reduce the chances of an outside attack. At some point in near future that will be added to the sites security.

I meant that a malicious user could make and upload their own plugin

5:35 AM

For their own server

hi guys regarding that command

1:53 PM

Permissions.AddTimed <SteamID> <Group> <Hours> <DelayHours> - Adds player to a existing group time based.

1:53 PM

what's the DelayHours ?

Probably how long to wait before assigning the permissions

hello mysql:TryAddNewPlayer DB ERROR Mysql server has gone away and mysql:IsPlayerExists DB ERROR Mysql server has gone away , when the server has been on for 1 hour

6:27 AM

when it is freshly turned on it does not give faults

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/gone-away.html (edited)

ty

Hi everyone! I'm new in this world of API and Plugins. I would like to know if someone can help me, if possible speak Spanish, I have very basic questions that I need to solve.

@Pelayori

Good afternoon. Can you tell me where to see the commands for the discord? To slip the tribe, etc.

Zarlorg

Good afternoon. Can you tell me where to see the commands for the discord? To slip the tribe, etc.

The discord server doesn't really have any commands at the moment outside of moderation commands

@GSH | MrOwlSky Previously, you could link commands to see a tribe message in a discord chat or just a "kickme" command, how to use them now?

I assume your asking about a plugin that has discord commands. You would need to contact the developer directly in relation to their plugins. This discord server doesn't offer any in-game tribe commands this discord server is for developers learning the API framework.

@GSH | MrOwlSky It is clear that I made a mistake with discord. Thank you for your time. Have a nice evening.

1

Hey guys, i get an error after Restart, all Plugins loeaded but there are 2 Erros with No Message received Anyone knows where they came from or where i can look to?

what to put here?

Lucas Santana

what to put here?

Depending on the developer you put a license key there. You'd need to contact that developer directly as this discord isn't for plugin support.

hello, good afternoon, I'm a bit new to this ark thing and the truth is I created a server but I have one thing that doesn't work for me in the chat I only get local chat I can't send global messages or messages to the tribe could someone help me so that people can send global messages and their tribes

Has anyone had a problem with the API on the new map?

1

yeah

8:53 PM

crashing

8:53 PM

on start, with Hook_AGameMode_StartPlay errors

Gunnsen

on start, with Hook_AGameMode_StartPlay errors

do you have a problem, leave it like this?

?

8:56 PM

Yeah, a little problem as Fjordur is crashing on start due to those errors ^^

Copying the error message in its' entirety and providing it the developer who made the plugin will give them the best chance at fixing it. (edited)

it is different plugins in the same crash stack but you are right

9:19 PM

Free - TidyDams (Windows and Linux)

2.09 KB

DEX

Has anyone had a problem with the API on the new map?

I am not having any issues yet

Gunnsen

Click to see attachment 🖼️

sorry, my bad, we found the problem, it was due to a corruption in our update. after reinstalling the server everything works fine

DEX

Has anyone had a problem with the API on the new map?

not giving us a known issue yet but all 24 maps have this line when loading up

Jumper

not giving us a known issue yet but all 24 maps have this line when loading up

The on impact event for netgun seems to be removed, that's why there's that error

I try to select an online player and get a steamid random but I crash

c++
const auto iter = std::find_if(online_players_.begin(), online_players_.end(),
                        [steamid](const std::shared_ptr<OnlinePlayersData>& data) -> bool
                        {
                            return data->steam_id == steamid;
                            
                        });

i cant open a ticket

10:55 AM

I get an error message on every server: [API][error] Failed to create hook for APrimalProjectileNetGun.OnImpact How can I fix this? (edited)

Pelayori

The on impact event for netgun seems to be removed, that's why there's that error

cheers pel, be an update shortly to fix this? not that its a huge problem if its been removed

Zerb3rus

I get an error message on every server: [API][error] Failed to create hook for APrimalProjectileNetGun.OnImpact How can I fix this? (edited)

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/986720339826458685 if you read above you will see the discussion

11:16 AM

TLDR: dont worry about it

Jumper

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/986720339826458685 if you read above you will see the discussion

ok thank you

1

Jumper

cheers pel, be an update shortly to fix this? not that its a huge problem if its been removed

Not an API issue

2:02 PM

Is a per plugin issue

Pelayori

Is a per plugin issue

oh.. any ideas what one off hand?

Any plugin which outputs the hook error needs updating

Pelayori

Any plugin which outputs the hook error needs updating

could be a fair list of plugins. will compare to PVE and update as needed, cheers

@GSH | MrOwlSky please elaborate on this

6:24 AM

6:25 AM

Are you stating you intend to go closed source for ark2?

substitute

@GSH | MrOwlSky please elaborate on this

Not sure how that rumor keeps getting spread lol. Absolutely not, the first sentence itself states that Ark 2 framework will be open sourced when it drops live.

6:31 AM

There's zero plans to take any framework closed source now or in the future.

GSH | MrOwlSky

Not sure how that rumor keeps getting spread lol. Absolutely not, the first sentence itself states that Ark 2 framework will be open sourced when it drops live.

The phrasing is poor, to “drop” something usually means to stop supporting it

6:35 AM

You can easily change the remote origins of an existing git repo

6:35 AM

Which would also bring the entire git history over

substitute

Which would also bring the entire git history over

Ticket bot is live atm go ahead and create one if you don't mind and post that bug report inside it so we can review.

Provide would be a better verb

6:48 AM

What's the motivation for moving from MIT to Apache license? Seems like the original copyright notices haven't made it to the new repo?

TheMollusk

What's the motivation for moving from MIT to Apache license? Seems like the original copyright notices haven't made it to the new repo?

Good find, the license itself didn't change that would be a bug similar to what substitute located with some things needing to be updated. I plan on updating the Repo today to fix it ran out time last night. (edited)

@GSH | MrOwlSky, @Foppa Is there information available on the revenue generated from ad sales, memberships, donations, and the costs of hosting the server hub site and staff compensation? (edited)

3:20 PM

I know you've mentioned wanting to be transparent, and you already know my feelings on monetization. I feel like if that information was publicly shared and accurate, it would alleviate some of the feelings people like me may have on Game Server Hub feeling like a money grab.

3:21 PM

For the record, I am 100% for generating revenue to keep the site running and to pay staff relative to their contributions. (edited)

Rogue Leader

@GSH | MrOwlSky, @Foppa Is there information available on the revenue generated from ad sales, memberships, donations, and the costs of hosting the server hub site and staff compensation? (edited)

Good morning, yeah that's a great question. I dont have any issues setting up a discord channel or something to make it more transparent. In a nutshell the site isnt generating profits at all, I'm paying out of pocket for everything. I'll see if we can get a channel setup today or some data spread spreadsheet sheet for that.

1

4:37 PM

I do agree with making it public and transparent 100%

Looking for advice.. I recently built up a new machine and it only has 16 cores, so I'm running 7 maps on it and the rest of my cluster I have on the another machine and I sync them up no problems there. They both the have the exact same plugin configuration etc. However my new machine is constantly crashing, silently too. And I check the event viewer and it's always the same exception code (Exception code: 0xc0000005), and the source is usually unknown, however there have been multiple times where it will tell me the source dll in the report, but it just appears to be any random dll because each time it's a different one. I'm trying to think out of the box now, could this be a faulty memory stick? The other half of the cluster on the other machine does not crash at all..

‍♂️ I appreciate any feedback, thank you! (edited)

4:25 PM

(also there used to be a server config channel in here.. it appears to be gone now) (edited)

jraServerAPI

Looking for advice.. I recently built up a new machine and it only has 16 cores, so I'm running 7 maps on it and the rest of my cluster I have on the another machine and I sync them up no problems there. They both the have the exact same plugin configuration etc. However my new machine is constantly crashing, silently too. And I check the event viewer and it's always the same exception code (Exception code: 0xc0000005), and the source is usually unknown, however there have been multiple times where it will tell me the source dll in the report, but it just appears to be any random dll because each time it's a different one. I'm trying to think out of the box now, could this be a faulty memory stick? The other half of the cluster on the other machine does not crash at all..

‍♂️ I appreciate any feedback, thank you! (edited)

Use memtest86

5:20 PM

Do at least 3 full tests

jraServerAPI

Looking for advice.. I recently built up a new machine and it only has 16 cores, so I'm running 7 maps on it and the rest of my cluster I have on the another machine and I sync them up no problems there. They both the have the exact same plugin configuration etc. However my new machine is constantly crashing, silently too. And I check the event viewer and it's always the same exception code (Exception code: 0xc0000005), and the source is usually unknown, however there have been multiple times where it will tell me the source dll in the report, but it just appears to be any random dll because each time it's a different one. I'm trying to think out of the box now, could this be a faulty memory stick? The other half of the cluster on the other machine does not crash at all..

‍♂️ I appreciate any feedback, thank you! (edited)

Heat issues, mem issues. I had to throw out 128gb of rams on of my servers

1

Thank you for your feedback. I actually discovered the problem, turns out it was a plugin after all.

What is the best place to report an API crash? Executed a command over RCON and the server blew up.

DarkJester

What is the best place to report an API crash? Executed a command over RCON and the server blew up.

What is the crash stack

8:12 PM

It could be a plugin and not the api itself

Fatal error!

VERSION: 346.16 
VERSION.dll!ArkApi::Commands::CheckCommands<ArkApi::Commands::Command<void __cdecl(RCONClientConnection *,RCONPacket *,UWorld *)>,RCONClientConnection * &,RCONPacket * &,UWorld * &>() (0x00007fff79ec7625) + 83 bytes [J:\ARK-Server-API-master\ARK-Server-API\version\Core\Private\Commands.h:115]
VERSION.dll!ArkApi::Hook_RCONClientConnection_ProcessRCONPacket() (0x00007fff79ec3c34) + 0 bytes [J:\ARK-Server-API-master\ARK-Server-API\version\Core\Private\Ark\HooksImpl.cpp:145]
CommandLogger.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007fff70e4d547) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ShooterGameServer.exe!RCONClientConnection::Tick() (0x00007ff7a886b77f) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\rconserver.cpp:104]
ShooterGameServer.exe!URCONServer::Tick() (0x00007ff7a886d409) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\rconserver.cpp:324]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterGameMode::Tick() (0x00007ff7a8a63a51) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\shootergamemode.cpp:5223]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AActor::TickActor() (0x00007ff7aa10c00e) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\actor.cpp:789]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FActorTickFunction::ExecuteTick() (0x00007ff7aa10a7aa) + 30 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\actor.cpp:154]
ShooterGameServer.exe!TGraphTask<FTickTaskSequencer::FTickFunctionTask>::ExecuteTask() (0x00007ff7aa3d81bc) + 28 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\core\public\async\taskgraphinterfaces.h:871]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksNamedThread() (0x00007ff7a9b59c25) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\core\private\async\taskgraph.cpp:939]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksUntilQuit() (0x00007ff7a9b5954e) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\core\private\async\taskgraph.cpp:680]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FTaskGraphImplementation::WaitUntilTasksComplete() (0x00007ff7a9b5b424) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\core\private\async\taskgraph.cpp:1777]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FTickTaskSequencer::ReleaseTickGroup() (0x00007ff7aa3aa693) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\ticktaskmanager.cpp:205]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FTickTaskManager::RunTickGroup() (0x00007ff7aa3ad56c) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\ticktaskmanager.cpp:867]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UWorld::RunTickGroup() (0x00007ff7aa2707fe) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:697]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UWorld::Tick() (0x00007ff7aa271dfb) + 13 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\leveltick.cpp:1210]
ShooterGameServer.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() (0x00007ff7aa1dc801) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameengine.cpp:1195]
ShooterGameServer.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() (0x00007ff7a7fc7c12) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2647]
ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMain() (0x00007ff7a7fc39cc) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:140]
ShooterGameServer.exe!GuardedMainWrapper() (0x00007ff7a7fc8b9a) + 5 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:125]
ShooterGameServer.exe!WinMain() (0x00007ff7a7fc8ce9) + 8 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:213]
ShooterGameServer.exe!__tmainCRTStartup() (0x00007ff7ab275799) + 21 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618]
KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction (0x00007fffad167974) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007fffadafa2f1) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007fffadafa2f1) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
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That is something from a plugin but the api isn't able to handle it. Do you have any weird character in a custom command?

The command that was run was addpoints steamid amount.

8:56 PM

Ran the exact same command again and it went through fine.

I have no experience with plugins guys, and my gf and I just want to use api to run a few plugins on our gportal server. I tried for hours to figure out how to get it done but Im stumped. If anyone can please advise in anyway much love!

Blacteria

I have no experience with plugins guys, and my gf and I just want to use api to run a few plugins on our gportal server. I tried for hours to figure out how to get it done but Im stumped. If anyone can please advise in anyway much love!

Using hosts you either ask them to install it for you, use an auto install panel (if the host has one) or you install it trough ftp

does anyone have the last version of NewPlayerProtection from Otter discord? it looks like the version from the ark api website is a old one

Yes

3:00 PM

I've done some updates on it

3:00 PM

You find the updates in his discord I believe

his discord does not exits anymore

This is my latest build (2022-02-27) Only some crash fixes/quality update (edited)

NewPlayerProtection.dll

1.08 MB

NewPlayerProtection.pdb

7.93 MB

Uaca

his discord does not exits anymore

I noticed that as well.

Foppa

This is my latest build (2022-02-27) Only some crash fixes/quality update (edited)

Ty!

Np!

Hello I want to know if I am at the right place

6:12 AM

We want to set up point system and kits for ark survival evolved for our server

Deleted User

We want to set up point system and kits for ark survival evolved for our server

Wrong place

Not sure why it sent me here

6:15 AM

You guys do mods for ark or no?

Deleted User

You guys do mods for ark or no?

This is the developer support discord

Ahh ty

help me please I'm giving a permission and it's not granting access anyway could someone explain it better permissions.grant Vip DinoColorCommand

Permissions.Grant Vip DinoColorCommand this will add the permission DinoColorCommand to the Vip group

12:45 PM

to check if you are in the group in the game type /group

12:46 PM

it will list the groups you are part of

So I've been away from things for a while, but was just looking through the new website and found this plugin that mentions that it runs on LINUX servers??!!??... Is that a thing now? Can I PLEASE have a piece of that? I've been championing a Linux API for as long as I've been doing plugins! https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/tidydams-windows-and-linux.547/

TidyDams When a player leaves a beaver dam with only wood and no other items, the beaver dam is automatically destroyed. Any remaining wood is dropped into an item cache. The decay timer on the item cache is configurable. Console/RCON Commands...

6:55 AM

Just found this also.... Does anyone know any more about this? https://github.com/MolluskARK/MolluskARK-Plugins

GitHub - MolluskARK/MolluskARK-Plugins: MolluskARK's plugins for AR...

MolluskARK's plugins for ARK: Survival Evolved. Contribute to MolluskARK/MolluskARK-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

6:55 AM

@TheMollusk Is this you? Could you please tell us more! This is so amazing!

6:56 AM

I mean it's game changing. There are SO MANY big clusters and hosts that would LOVE to use Linux servers but are stuck with Windows because they want to use the plugin system. (edited)

Pretty sure that's a typo

7:26 AM

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Just found this also.... Does anyone know any more about this? https://github.com/MolluskARK/MolluskARK-Plugins

Most of the plugins in that repo are not nearly finished/polished enough. Stuff I messed around with when I started learning about ArkServerApi, (the next plugin I actually release will probably be related to Gen2 space zone/asteroids). I manage blueprint script function hooking somewhat differently now.

As for plugins on Linux, that's also somewhat different from ArkServerAPI since we don't get debug symbols in Linux. You won't have access to all the game classes that ArkServerApi can detect, but Unreal Engine reflection makes it pretty easy to get an awful lot of property offsets and functions (native and Blueprint script) to call/hook. There are existing ARK SDKs out there based on UE reflection, but they typically don't offer a great hooking solution or automatic updates to property offsets. I want to create a plugin loader sort of like ArkServerApi where you really only need to update/recompile your plugins if the signatures change to the game functions you're using.

10:28 AM

Could potentially (carefully) write plugins that you could compile for both Windows and Linux. Porting existing plugins wouldn't be straightforward or always possible. (edited)

10:32 AM

I had to update my TidyDams plugin on the website because it broke recently (Fjordur release changed the DropInventoryDeposit function). I added a compiled Linux .so version of the plugin because I wanted to start testing some of what I'm doing on Linux.

TheMollusk

As for plugins on Linux, that's also somewhat different from ArkServerAPI since we don't get debug symbols in Linux. You won't have access to all the game classes that ArkServerApi can detect, but Unreal Engine reflection makes it pretty easy to get an awful lot of property offsets and functions (native and Blueprint script) to call/hook. There are existing ARK SDKs out there based on UE reflection, but they typically don't offer a great hooking solution or automatic updates to property offsets. I want to create a plugin loader sort of like ArkServerApi where you really only need to update/recompile your plugins if the signatures change to the game functions you're using.

I have spoken with a couple of WC staff about getting the debug symbols released for Linux, but unfortunately I didn't get very far. I think there are a number of members of this community who would love to keep up to date with any and all efforts you make in the Linux realm.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I have spoken with a couple of WC staff about getting the debug symbols released for Linux, but unfortunately I didn't get very far. I think there are a number of members of this community who would love to keep up to date with any and all efforts you make in the Linux realm.

I'll get source code published eventually. I'm not a big fan of putting out closed source libraries like my TidyDams.so, but I was thinking it might help to find some bugs/etc while I figure out some of the other initial design. The biggest roadblock, as usual, is finding the time to get it done.

TheMollusk

As for plugins on Linux, that's also somewhat different from ArkServerAPI since we don't get debug symbols in Linux. You won't have access to all the game classes that ArkServerApi can detect, but Unreal Engine reflection makes it pretty easy to get an awful lot of property offsets and functions (native and Blueprint script) to call/hook. There are existing ARK SDKs out there based on UE reflection, but they typically don't offer a great hooking solution or automatic updates to property offsets. I want to create a plugin loader sort of like ArkServerApi where you really only need to update/recompile your plugins if the signatures change to the game functions you're using.

Nothing is stopping us from generating our own symbols

4:43 PM

From reflection info

substitute

Nothing is stopping us from generating our own symbols

Hey, that could be a cool option to explore some more! My early implementation for detecting a native function's address was to take the UFunction's Func value, which is a pointer to an "exec" method that interfaces between the Unreal VM call stack and native calling conventions. Then I'd use Zydis to disassemble the exec function at runtime and automatically detect the native address (for virtual functions I would grab the class's default object from the global objects array). More recently, I'm wondering if I can avoid the disassambler and just do hooking/calling using the UFunction's Func field. It's not quite as fast but it's more reliable and easier to implement, especially since I'll be doing it for blueprint hooking anyways. One concern I have about this method is that I think there are cases where some of those native functions get called natively instead of as UFunctions, so the hooking may not always be reliable.

TheMollusk

Hey, that could be a cool option to explore some more! My early implementation for detecting a native function's address was to take the UFunction's Func value, which is a pointer to an "exec" method that interfaces between the Unreal VM call stack and native calling conventions. Then I'd use Zydis to disassemble the exec function at runtime and automatically detect the native address (for virtual functions I would grab the class's default object from the global objects array). More recently, I'm wondering if I can avoid the disassambler and just do hooking/calling using the UFunction's Func field. It's not quite as fast but it's more reliable and easier to implement, especially since I'll be doing it for blueprint hooking anyways. One concern I have about this method is that I think there are cases where some of those native functions get called natively instead of as UFunctions, so the hooking may not always be reliable.

I'm afraid a lot that is beyond me, but something like our Windows API that allows those of us with less god-like powers to produce plugins would be incredible. Although nice, I don't think things like cross-compilation between Windows and Linux, or supporting all the Windows capabilities, are at all necessary. Even a very early prototype with minimal hooks could be incredibly useful and very well received by the community.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I'm afraid a lot that is beyond me, but something like our Windows API that allows those of us with less god-like powers to produce plugins would be incredible. Although nice, I don't think things like cross-compilation between Windows and Linux, or supporting all the Windows capabilities, are at all necessary. Even a very early prototype with minimal hooks could be incredibly useful and very well received by the community.

you can do almost everything with just reflection info, at least stuff that matters in the confines of the game

7:58 AM

every single function that the game processes for example is at some point run through ProcessEvent as a UFunction if I'm remembering correctly

7:59 AM

with just finding GObjects and GNames you can dump almost everything with reflection (and you can find those on Windows initially)

substitute

every single function that the game processes for example is at some point run through ProcessEvent as a UFunction if I'm remembering correctly

There's UObject::ProcessEvent( UFunction* Function, void* Parms ), but the engine also sometimes invokes UFunctions through UObject::CallFunction( FFrame& Stack, RESULT_DECL, UFunction* Function ). Both of those functions eventually call UFunction::Invoke(UObject* Obj, FFrame& Stack, RESULT_DECL), which calls the function pointed to by the UFunctions Func field. For native UFunctions, Func points to the function's "exec" helper function that eventually calls the actual function. For script functions, Func points to UObject::ProcessInternal( FFrame& Stack, RESULT_DECL ), which executes the VM bytecode. So (I think) you can use ProcessEvent to call any UFunction (how other ARK SDKs work), but you won't be able to hook every single UFunction call with it. That's why I like the idea of just modifying the Func field of hooked UFunctions so they call into my own hook dispatcher function. But that technique only works if every native function that is reflected as a UFunction always gets called as a UFunction, which I'm not sure is the case. Then you have many native engine functions that don't make it into the reflection system (e.g., all the functions I just mentioned). ArkServerApi can get at them through debug symbols, but we're not so lucky on Linux. ProcessInternal()'s address is easy to find at least because you can read it from a script UFunction's Func field.

The ArkServerApi headers used to be generated with IDA scripts? Are those scripts available anywhere?

TheMollusk

The ArkServerApi headers used to be generated with IDA scripts? Are those scripts available anywhere?

Some python scripts were used for IDA yeah, Michidu wrote them but I am not aware of anyone having them.

Pelayori

Some python scripts were used for IDA yeah, Michidu wrote them but I am not aware of anyone having them.

I see, thanks

np (edited)

Hey

Is that possible to allow 1 player to use one specific admin command in the Permissions plugin? (edited)

Neryos

Hey

Is that possible to allow 1 player to use one specific admin command in the Permissions plugin? (edited)

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/admins-permissions.33/

Free - Admins Permissions

This plugin allows you to give only a certain console commands to other players. Chat Commands: /cheat - Executes console command if player has enough permissions. Example: /cheat infinitestats. Permissions...

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does anyone here know how to run a ark server in linux with wine

Hello, guys

Since I couldn't find anything against it in the rules, is it ok discussing ark discord server helper tools other than the api or the plugins for it in this discord? (edited)

Or if I need to be more specific, my question might wind up to an api data exposure request from the api trough rcon. (edited)

I found myself trying to wrap my head around the GetPrivateStaticClass() function. I also see a couple mentions of it crashing in the Discord history. In ArkServerAPI headers, some classes define it with UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass(), some classes define it with UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t* Package), and a few classes overload it with both forms. The overloading confused me because IDA only finds one instance of the function per class and ArkServerAPI doesn't appear to handle overloaded functions well anyways. IDA always shows the name of the function as [Class]::GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t*) with an arg. However, IDA also ends up showing some variation in the function type between classes: UClass *__fastcall(const wchar_t *Package) or UClass *__fastcall() or UField *__fastcall(TClassCompiledInDefer<UPrimitiveComponent> *this). I guess that's how the different forms ended up in the headers? Sometimes GetPrivateStaticClass() uses the Package arg, sometimes it just gets the string from elsewhere in memory (I don't know if that's because of how the classes are defined in UE or a quirk of compilation or what). The second case is when IDA shows the arg-less type.

3:20 PM

In UE 4.5.1 source (corroborated by IDA), GetPrivateStaticClass() is defined as:

c++
    UClass* TClass::GetPrivateStaticClass(const TCHAR* Package)
    {
        static UClass* PrivateStaticClass = NULL;
        if (!PrivateStaticClass)
        {
            /* this could be handled with templates, but we want it external to avoid code bloat */
            GetPrivateStaticClassBody<TClass>(
                Package,
                (TCHAR*)TEXT(#TClass) + 1 + ((StaticClassFlags & CLASS_Deprecated) ? 11 : 0),
                PrivateStaticClass,
                StaticRegisterNatives##TClass
            );
        }
        return PrivateStaticClass;
    }

So the Package arg often ends up not mattering, even when IDA does show it in the function type. Looks to me like it's always safe to use the form with the Package arg and the arg-less form can sometimes be a problem?

I bring up the GetPrivateStaticClass() functions because I re-generated the ARK API headers for myself (nothing new, just updating the existing function definitions, hasn't been done in a while). I was going to submit a PR but I wasn't sure how to handle GetPrivateStaticClass(). Seems correct to me to always use GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t*). But I wonder if that's too high-impact. For example, ArkServerAPI has code that uses APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass() even though IDA shows that function taking an arg. Not sure how intentional it is. Maybe I should just leave GetPrivateStaticClass() as the dev team already has it and update the other functions. (edited)

TheMollusk

I bring up the GetPrivateStaticClass() functions because I re-generated the ARK API headers for myself (nothing new, just updating the existing function definitions, hasn't been done in a while). I was going to submit a PR but I wasn't sure how to handle GetPrivateStaticClass(). Seems correct to me to always use GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t*). But I wonder if that's too high-impact. For example, ArkServerAPI has code that uses APrimalDinoCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass() even though IDA shows that function taking an arg. Not sure how intentional it is. Maybe I should just leave GetPrivateStaticClass() as the dev team already has it and update the other functions. (edited)

The neat thing about argless functions in C is that you can pass any amount of args

4:03 PM

They’re just discarded (edited)

4:04 PM

I think the best middle ground is to have both forms

4:05 PM

And let the user optionally pass that arg

Its a function with one arg, which still happens to work out. Except in cases that the function hasn't been called yet to populate the static variable. In which case you potentially segfault.

TheMollusk

Its a function with one arg, which still happens to work out. Except in cases that the function hasn't been called yet to populate the static variable. In which case you potentially segfault.

Yes but in the cases wheee it reads from the static variable, the user would still have to supply something

4:06 PM

Unless you have both forms available

The same function gets called either way. And SOMETHING gets passed in rcx. It just may or may not have been provided by the author

You mean the caller?

4:07 PM

So the callee always has something in rcx?

4:07 PM

We should see what this mystery rcx value is :-)

The called function always expects an argument. It just doesn't always get around to using it

You said there were definitions in IDA where it didn’t have it?

4:09 PM

Optimizations could be why

Depends on the class. For each class theres only a single GetPrivateStaticClass()

If the arg is discarded then there’s no reason to include it when compiling

4:11 PM

Of course there’s also no harm in just making it need the arg and placing it on something like UObject

But in some classes it isn't discarded even though the API provides an argless call to it

4:15 PM

I think it works well enough as is most of the time. just wasn't sure if people wanted to keep it that way

Like ArkServerApi provides static UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass() and static UClass* GetPrivateStaticClass(const wchar_t* Package) for this function

If you’re passing in the package name. It should first find the correct package by iterating the object array. Then give you it’s static class. If you pass in no params and you already have the package. It will grab its own static class.

6:45 PM

Hopefully that makes sense @TheMollusk

6:47 PM

Pretty sure it’s just a wrapper for convenience.

6:49 PM

I would have to pop open idea to double check but since this is a class function

6:49 PM

Rcx should always be this ptr

6:50 PM

But I’m blind on my phone for the last one

Frigoff

If you’re passing in the package name. It should first find the correct package by iterating the object array. Then give you it’s static class. If you pass in no params and you already have the package. It will grab its own static class.

The issue is if you call a GetPrivateStaticClass() that's been compiled like that without explicitly giving it an argument, what value does the function ends up using as Package?

6:51 PM

You could segfault

6:51 PM

I would think at least

It should use its own.

6:55 PM

APrimalCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass() should return APrimalCharacters private class. Without needing to grab it’s FName

It's own what from where? It's supposed to be passed in

7:03 PM

The function uses the argument whaether the caller sets it properly or not

7:05 PM

And as far as I can tell, the API def doesn't set it in one of it's overloads

7:11 PM

Maybe I'm just reading the code wrong and need to revisit this tomorrow lol

From my understanding, though it’s been a while since I dug into UE4’s UClass. GetPrivateStaticClassBody takes in the Package name. If it has a package name. Find the package, then return its static class. If you don’t supply a package name take the current FName and use that

7:13 PM

But that’s just from my current memory

7:14 PM

I’m having a hard time to properly remember every part without it in front of me

7:17 PM

@GSH | MrOwlSky your discord application should always use discord ID instead of Name#Number. Name#Number changes. Uses Unicode.

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Frigoff

@GSH | MrOwlSky your discord application should always use discord ID instead of Name#Number. Name#Number changes. Uses Unicode.

Good point. I'll add that aswell (Added) (edited)

TheMollusk

Maybe I'm just reading the code wrong and need to revisit this tomorrow lol

As always. I’m interested to see where this goes.

7:22 PM

Frigoff

As always. I’m interested to see where this goes.

I think if it was an issue, people would have noticed. A case of not being technically "correct" maybe, but working out anyways. In some classes the function doesn't actually use the arg (like Substitute suggested, I think the compiler may optimize it out), and for the classes where the function DOES include the pointer arg, it only gets around to using the arg on the first invocation when the function initializes a static variable. So maybe by the time plugins are calling the function it doesn't matter. I just wanted to understand what was going on.

Yeah it's an interesting question as to how and why it works.

9:11 PM

I was more trying to answer why it might work that way and how people might interact with it.

can someone help me with this? I already connected the database I don't understand why it still doesn't work 07/16/22 06:56 [Permission][critical] Failed to open connection! 07/16/22 06:56 [API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Failed to load plugin - Permissions Error code: 1114

possible error in your config file

can you give me a hand? i can't find the problem

12:47 AM

I created the database for permissions and put it as is in the config

yeah..did you forget a comma?

12:48 AM

the json may not be correct.. that is a common 1114 error

Paste your json into a validator online

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

You posted your password and username

12:49 AM

You should probably change those

its ok i can change it i am testing now

zbrencis

its ok i can change it i am testing now

https://jsonlint.com

The JSON Validator

JSONLint is the free online validator and reformatter tool for JSON, a lightweight data-interchange format.

12:51 AM

Paste your json there

12:51 AM

And see if it says any error

12:52 AM

Also did you mean to have a leading ; in your password?

12:52 AM

Usually ; is used to delimit the connection string

I did everything on my personal computer and then I just copied everything to one that I prepared for the server, on my personal computer everything worked perfectly with this same data

Are they both the same os?

12:54 AM

Also is the sql server actually running on local host?

yes and yes

Need more info then

12:57 AM

Unfortunately

is the file config UTF-8 or ansi?

utf8

cuz is if it turns ANSI, you get that error too

12:57 AM

i would double check hehe

We should fix config loading to not care about text encoding

12:58 AM

Silly it is such an issue

it's cost me a few hours 2236_keka

12:58 AM

"OH, SO THAT's IT!"

12:58 AM

solved

1:16 AM

its a problem with MySQL 8.0.27+

1:17 AM

just edit the my.ini file and add ssl=false to the bottom of the file

Hey, in the Permissions plugin, there is a way to rank permissions levels? Example: Every server admin auto getting inside the "Admin" Group. Now I want to have let's say ""Owner" group to be above the "Admin" one, mostly for the cross chat plugin. (Prefix [Admin] / [Owner]) wanna know if its possible cus I cant be removed from the Admins Group without join back auto. (edited)

Hey all, I'm trying to do a ADroppedItemEgg::GetPrivateStaticClass() like I normally do with something like APrimalStructureItemContainer::GetPrivateStaticClass(), however the first is asking for an argument const wchar_t* Package. Can someone help me understand what that is?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Hey all, I'm trying to do a ADroppedItemEgg::GetPrivateStaticClass() like I normally do with something like APrimalStructureItemContainer::GetPrivateStaticClass(), however the first is asking for an argument const wchar_t* Package. Can someone help me understand what that is?

It's the class's Unreal Engine package name (which I'm not sure how to get off the top of my head, maybe just from the class's path?). But it seems to usually (always?) be safe to just pass in nullptr. I want to play with it a little more later when I have some free time, been messing around with the GetPrivateStaticClass() functions myself lately.

TheMollusk

It's the class's Unreal Engine package name (which I'm not sure how to get off the top of my head, maybe just from the class's path?). But it seems to usually (always?) be safe to just pass in nullptr. I want to play with it a little more later when I have some free time, been messing around with the GetPrivateStaticClass() functions myself lately.

OK, thanks for the info. I just ended up using ::StaticClass() instead, which seems to get the same result as ::GetPrivateStaticClass?

Updated the template to point to the new git https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

12:30 AM

I will update the template to fix any compilation errors

Is there any program or software that would help me make a api I’m very very new to all of this

The template right above you

Hey Folks, if you've been around for a long time, you might remember me asking about UPrimalInventoryComponent->AddCustomFolder

6:54 PM

it seems as though the game ONLY expects that in the context of an RPC, ServerNotifyEditText which is why it is so particular and problematic and why it always crashes when trying to call it from plugin code.

6:55 PM

        FServerCustomFolder folder;
        folder.FolderName = <text>;
        folder.InventoryCompType = 768;
        UPrimalInventoryComponent->CustomFolderItemsField().Add(folder);
        UPrimalInventoryComponent->ServerCustomFolderField().Add(<text>);

(edited)

6:55 PM

works to achieve the same result, without any crashing.

Neryos

Hey, in the Permissions plugin, there is a way to rank permissions levels? Example: Every server admin auto getting inside the "Admin" Group. Now I want to have let's say ""Owner" group to be above the "Admin" one, mostly for the cross chat plugin. (Prefix [Admin] / [Owner]) wanna know if its possible cus I cant be removed from the Admins Group without join back auto. (edited)

?

substitute

Hey Folks, if you've been around for a long time, you might remember me asking about UPrimalInventoryComponent->AddCustomFolder

Interesting, this works for me without crashing

c++
        void AddCustomFolder(UPrimalInventoryComponent* Comp, FString FolderName)
        {
            FServerCustomFolder Folder;
            Folder.FolderName = FolderName;
            Folder.InventoryCompType = 512;// crafting tab
            Comp->CustomFolderItemsField().Add(Folder);            
        }

(edited)

jraServerAPI

Interesting, this works for me without crashing

c++
        void AddCustomFolder(UPrimalInventoryComponent* Comp, FString FolderName)
        {
            FServerCustomFolder Folder;
            Folder.FolderName = FolderName;
            Folder.InventoryCompType = 512;// crafting tab
            Comp->CustomFolderItemsField().Add(Folder);            
        }

(edited)

Yea, but that's not the function in the game

8:40 PM

I assume that folder can't be deleted?

yes it can

8:41 PM

lol

8:41 PM

text is a little too long

hahahahaha

8:41 PM

substitute

Yea, but that's not the function in the game

no it's not.. I struggled forever with that crash, trying to make a folder.. and then @WETBATMAN took a look at it and sent me that code

8:44 PM

and He rocks btw! (ty ty ty)

jraServerAPI

no it's not.. I struggled forever with that crash, trying to make a folder.. and then @WETBATMAN took a look at it and sent me that code

Yeah the code I posted is as close to the original as possible I think

nice.. i'll add the missing lines and see if there's any change for me

8:47 PM

like, maybe that is why i'm get a random silent crash on my servers! lol

TheMollusk

I had to update my TidyDams plugin on the website because it broke recently (Fjordur release changed the DropInventoryDeposit function). I added a compiled Linux .so version of the plugin because I wanted to start testing some of what I'm doing on Linux.

what was the change to DropInventoryDeposit ?

jraServerAPI

what was the change to DropInventoryDeposit ?

Well I noticed it had an additional bIncludeHotbarSlots arg:

c++
bool DropInventoryDeposit(long double DestroyAtTime, bool bDoPreventSendingData, bool bIgnorEquippedItems, TSubclassOf<APrimalStructureItemContainer> OverrideInventoryDepositClass, APrimalStructureItemContainer* CopyStructureValues, APrimalStructureItemContainer** DepositStructureResult, AActor* GroundIgnoreActor, FString CurrentCustomFolderFilter, FString CurrentNameFilter, unsigned __int64 DeathCacheCharacterID, float DropInventoryOnGroundTraceDistance, bool bForceDrop, int OverrideMaxItemsDropped, bool bOverrideDepositLocation, FVector* DepositLocationOverride, bool bForceLocation, bool bIncludeHotbarSlots)

instead of:

c++
bool DropInventoryDeposit(long double DestroyAtTime, bool bDoPreventSendingData, bool bIgnorEquippedItems, TSubclassOf<APrimalStructureItemContainer> OverrideInventoryDepositClass, APrimalStructureItemContainer* CopyStructureValues, APrimalStructureItemContainer** DepositStructureResult, AActor* GroundIgnoreActor, FString CurrentCustomFolderFilter, FString CurrentNameFilter, unsigned __int64 DeathCacheCharacterID, float DropInventoryOnGroundTraceDistance, bool bForceDrop, int OverrideMaxItemsDropped, bool bOverrideDepositLocation, FVector* DepositLocationOverride, bool bForceLocation)

But even after fixing the definition it didn't seem to work for me. I didn't spend any time on it though, just switched to using this instead:

c++
void BPDropInventoryDeposit(long double DestroyAtTime, int OverrideMaxItemsDropped, bool bOverrideCacheLocation, FVector CacheLocationOverride)

TheMollusk

Well I noticed it had an additional bIncludeHotbarSlots arg:

c++
bool DropInventoryDeposit(long double DestroyAtTime, bool bDoPreventSendingData, bool bIgnorEquippedItems, TSubclassOf<APrimalStructureItemContainer> OverrideInventoryDepositClass, APrimalStructureItemContainer* CopyStructureValues, APrimalStructureItemContainer** DepositStructureResult, AActor* GroundIgnoreActor, FString CurrentCustomFolderFilter, FString CurrentNameFilter, unsigned __int64 DeathCacheCharacterID, float DropInventoryOnGroundTraceDistance, bool bForceDrop, int OverrideMaxItemsDropped, bool bOverrideDepositLocation, FVector* DepositLocationOverride, bool bForceLocation, bool bIncludeHotbarSlots)

instead of:

c++
bool DropInventoryDeposit(long double DestroyAtTime, bool bDoPreventSendingData, bool bIgnorEquippedItems, TSubclassOf<APrimalStructureItemContainer> OverrideInventoryDepositClass, APrimalStructureItemContainer* CopyStructureValues, APrimalStructureItemContainer** DepositStructureResult, AActor* GroundIgnoreActor, FString CurrentCustomFolderFilter, FString CurrentNameFilter, unsigned __int64 DeathCacheCharacterID, float DropInventoryOnGroundTraceDistance, bool bForceDrop, int OverrideMaxItemsDropped, bool bOverrideDepositLocation, FVector* DepositLocationOverride, bool bForceLocation)

But even after fixing the definition it didn't seem to work for me. I didn't spend any time on it though, just switched to using this instead:

c++
void BPDropInventoryDeposit(long double DestroyAtTime, int OverrideMaxItemsDropped, bool bOverrideCacheLocation, FVector CacheLocationOverride)

What happened?

substitute

What happened?

I had a plugin using that function and after the Fjordur release a user pointed out that inventories were no longer dropping when they were supposed to. So I switched to using that other function and it was all good again.

hmmm I use both functions

10:03 PM

but I am now experiencing a silent crash

10:03 PM

i wonder

10:03 PM

(i will always be wondering about that dang thing thou)

10:08 PM

I use it like so, not sure if it helps or not:

c++
APrimalStructureItemContainer* dropAllCharacter(APrimalCharacter* char1, UPrimalInventoryComponent* inv, bool bIgnoreEquippedItems = false)
        {
            if (inv)
            {                
                APrimalStructureItemContainer* deathCache = nullptr;
                auto Location = myTools::GetGroundLocation(&char1->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField());

                bool bForceDrop = true;
                bool bOverrideDepositLocation = true;
                bool bForceLocation = true;

                inv->DropInventoryDeposit(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->TimeSecondsField() + 3600, false, bIgnoreEquippedItems, nullptr, nullptr, &deathCache, nullptr, FString(""), FString(""), -1, 300, bForceDrop, -1, bOverrideDepositLocation, &Location, bForceLocation);

                return deathCache;
            }

            return nullptr;
        }

(edited)

jraServerAPI

but I am now experiencing a silent crash

Can you attach a debugger

10:44 PM

If you can, you might get the instruction of the crash

10:44 PM

Usually EIP is available

10:44 PM

Though I think on x64 it’s called RIP

10:45 PM

Yeah RIP is EIP on x64

10:45 PM

Both are the instruction pointer

10:46 PM

So anything that would trigger a crash, assuming the debugger catches it, should let you see where it crashed

10:46 PM

And afaik debuggers can catch almost anything.

Assuming the crash is within the problem dll. Sometimes with the silent crashes it's because you've messed something up with the internal engine. So the call stack would also be important to have

Frigoff

Assuming the crash is within the problem dll. Sometimes with the silent crashes it's because you've messed something up with the internal engine. So the call stack would also be important to have

It’s a silent crash

If you've allocated some memory without using FMalloc for example.

Debugger should show the whole stack either way

substitute

It’s a silent crash

Yeah, you'd want both

substitute

Can you attach a debugger

well actually I did set up a debugger, when it did finally catch the error i was excited! but I quickly discovered I had no idea what I was looking at lol I am a bit out of my league when it comes to that using the x64dbg / debugger

12:43 AM

but the error is always the same (100) in the event viewer (the only place it records)

12:43 AM

I need more training on what to do with a debugger.. any recommended videos out there for an old guy like me? pepeold

Go to details please.

12:50 AM

And screenshot that

12:50 AM

With a debugger you'll be using call stack, the instruction ptr, and the error code

12:50 AM

In your case it looks like something is trying to read an invalid ptr.

jraServerAPI

Click to see attachment 🖼️

That’s a null ptr

most of the time is anonymous like above... but when it does mention a plugin it seems to be random

1:54 AM

and i wonder if thats because of Themida becuase doesnt that give out false errors

Can you stop using Themida?

1:55 AM

Lol it’s not even that good

not in Event Viewer

1:55 AM

oh i know alot of the guys here use it

1:55 AM

I heard it was good

1:55 AM

‍♂️

1:55 AM

i know the chinese guys cant crack it

But it’s your code that’s crashing?

i have no idea..i run 40+ plugins

1:56 AM

thats the prob

1:56 AM

ever since Fjordur release I've been experiencing this

Haha maybe one of them uses something that got changed

1:56 AM

This is why I’m an advocate for open source

it was really bad before.. crashing like 15 times a day, but since my last maintenance update.. it's gone down dramatically (edited)

Maybe you’ll have luck here

1:57 AM

https://github.com/search?q=themida&type=

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jraServerAPI

I heard it was good

I’m biased

substitute

I’m biased

can u check your dms

Good morning/afternoon/evening (depending on where you all are in the world), I'm looking for a helping hand on getting visual studio set up correctly for plugin development. Just a brief background about me, I started programming before there was an IDE to speak of, I have a background in C, Pascal, Cobol and Fortran, but relatively little in C++. I have the fundamentals down for C++ and a few years ago I did a little work on a modded GTA V server but I haven't been in an IDE in a long time and cannot seem to get Visual Studio configured correctly to compile and begin working on small plugins for Ark. If anyone has the time and patience to help me through setting this up, please send me a DM? I'm an older guy and I'm a little slow but I'm patient and willing to learn.

Substitute, a fellow member, has provided a base template that should get you up and running. The github repo found here: https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template should have everything you need, as for getting Visual Studio set up you'll be installing the desktop development tools for C++. The Visual Studio Installer should have everything you need to get started. If you put any errors or output here someone should be able to direct you to what you might need to do.

Sounds good, I'll give it a shot again in a few, I followed that using the 2019 release like it suggested and it just didn't give me an option to compile as a .dll hehe figured I'd misread or misunderstood something.

You should just click build and it will build the dll.

hmmm.. alrighty I'll give that a shot

thanks for the speedy reply!

You're welcome. Let us know if you have any more questions :)

Rio

Sounds good, I'll give it a shot again in a few, I followed that using the 2019 release like it suggested and it just didn't give me an option to compile as a .dll hehe figured I'd misread or misunderstood something.

Hi, you will probably need VS2022 now

8:34 PM

I retargeted to C++20

8:34 PM

Which may be available in VS2019 but I’m not sure

8:34 PM

I will update the readme soon

8:36 PM

I also want to rewrite the sample stuff too … eventually

Sounds good, I'll uninstall and do a fresh install later tonight, I was looking at it originally and thought "hmmm maybe I should be safe" lol

Rio

Sounds good, I'll uninstall and do a fresh install later tonight, I was looking at it originally and thought "hmmm maybe I should be safe" lol

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.

I'm starting to build out middleware to implementing HTTP apis

3:52 AM

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3:52 AM

if anyone would like to assist, let me know.

3:51 PM

Can someone help me

3:51 PM

When I try booting the server this pops up and I can't find this plugin anywhere

samara morgan

When I try booting the server this pops up and I can't find this plugin anywhere

Try verifying or re-installing your game files. That probably has nothing to do with ArkServerApi plugins.

substitute

Click to see attachment 🖼️

That's cool, is that served up directly by the game server?

substitute

I'm starting to build out middleware to implementing HTTP apis

yes, that is awesome! great idea!

TheMollusk

That's cool, is that served up directly by the game server?

Yep

TheMollusk

Try verifying or re-installing your game files. That probably has nothing to do with ArkServerApi plugins.

I think I fixed it

5:27 PM

I just removed the mods and verified my game and server

@jraServerAPI@TheMollusk

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Sick!

@jraServerAPI @Lethal

3:45 AM

with a (very) simple front end

3:45 AM

just to kind of show how powerful it can be

2

1

1

Has anyone managed to create a mindwipe plugin at all? In particular, one that could wipe tek engrams as well?

Hello, does anyone have an updated NPP plugin?

substitute

@jraServerAPI@TheMollusk

nice!

DEX

Hello, does anyone have an updated NPP plugin?

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/992055455121674391

thanks

substitute

just to kind of show how powerful it can be

is it ready? can I use it?

Is it possible to use custom actor lists in plugins? Like this for example?

Also, I still struggle to work out the correct way to interact with blueprint classes from a plugin. I've seen a bunch of different ways over the last couple of years, but they all seem very confusing. Here's an example of one situation. I'd appreciate any example anyone is willing to give on how to achieve this. I want to modify the StructureSpawnPointMaxDistance float variable on a Deinonychus_Character_BP actor. Then I'd like to run the Spawn Nest Egg bp function. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Also, I still struggle to work out the correct way to interact with blueprint classes from a plugin. I've seen a bunch of different ways over the last couple of years, but they all seem very confusing. Here's an example of one situation. I'd appreciate any example anyone is willing to give on how to achieve this. I want to modify the StructureSpawnPointMaxDistance float variable on a Deinonychus_Character_BP actor. Then I'd like to run the Spawn Nest Egg bp function. (edited)

You need a reference to the UObejct

6:42 PM

But you should be able to use Get/Set on it with the data type to change the blueprint value

6:49 PM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/e1449ec8fdc7825e43f0d8980edf7fb9e7265bc5/version/Core/Public/API/UE/UE.h#L501

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6:50 PM

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/blob/e1449ec8fdc7825e43f0d8980edf7fb9e7265bc5/version/Core/Private/UE/UE.cpp#L4

ARK-Server-API/UE.cpp at e1449ec8fdc7825e43f0d8980edf7fb9e7265bc5 ·...

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6:53 PM

There is currently nothing built in for calling bp functions, but I could help walk you through it.

Thanks @substitute . Any help is appreciated. Seems like you're the only one around these days? What happened to this big relaunch?

Hello, is there a plugin that disable damage to structures but not to players ? (edited)

can anyone help me with shop and kits idk how to add it to my gui

10:23 AM

pls dm me

Dodo

can anyone help me with shop and kits idk how to add it to my gui

This Discord is for developers of plugins. There is another Discord for users of the main plugins, including ArkShop. https://discord.gg/23DXbar6

11:13 AM

They should be able to help you there

Jguate

Hello, is there a plugin that disable damage to structures but not to players ? (edited)

I think there is a config option to do that.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think there is a config option to do that.

But its in server config ?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks @substitute . Any help is appreciated. Seems like you're the only one around these days? What happened to this big relaunch?

For calling you will need to use FindFunction on the UObject

5:54 PM

When I am home later I can try to send you an example

5:54 PM

The data goes in as a void*

5:54 PM

But is in the layout of a structure of the args and return types

5:55 PM

I had made a dynamic memory builder at one point that you could just provide the function name and chain add args (name + value) and it would build the block of memory (edited)

5:55 PM

If I ever clean it up, I’ll make a PR

5:55 PM

But it was like

5:56 PM

Function(“function”,object).arg(“arg”,val).arg(“another”, val2).execute(); (edited)

is host havoc trust worthy server hosting website?

Dodo

is host havoc trust worthy server hosting website?

This isn’t the place for that

mb

7:10 PM

where

Dodo

where

Probably a server hosting admin discord

substitute

When I am home later I can try to send you an example

Thanks Sub. A simple example would be amazing. No matter how much I search this Discord, I can't seem to find a single simple example.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks Sub. A simple example would be amazing. No matter how much I search this Discord, I can't seem to find a single simple example.

I have an example on the safe zone source code. https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/SafeZone/SafeZone/Private/SafeZone.cpp#L337

Ark-Server-Plugins/SafeZone.cpp at master · Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plu...

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2:18 PM

Both property usage and function calling, with only one input arg

Pelayori

I have an example on the safe zone source code. https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/SafeZone/SafeZone/Private/SafeZone.cpp#L337

Thank you! That's awesome! So just looking at your code, you need is an actor reference, and you use FindProperty for a variable and assign it to a UProperty*, then Set that property to change it? I assume you need to know the variable type beforehand?

Yes, you need to know the variable type, or the size at least

Pelayori

Yes, you need to know the variable type, or the size at least

OK, and for functions, if it's just a normal function with no arguments, you would start with the actor ref, use FindFunctionChecked to assign it to a UFunction*, then ProcessEvent to run the function?

If no args, then you'd use the process event, with nullptr in parameters

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is it possible to use custom actor lists in plugins? Like this for example?

Also this is also possible. I have done it already, let me find an example.

3:18 PM

AActor* ModComm::GetModSingleton()
{
    ACustomActorList* customList = UVictoryCore::GetCustomActorList(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), FName("CustomActorListName", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
    if (customList)
    {
        return customList->ActorListField()[0];
    }

    return nullptr;
}

3:20 PM

I have the actor list field read by pdb reader instead of raw struct as well.

struct ACustomActorList : AInfo
{
    TArray<AActor*> ActorListField() { return *GetNativePointerField<TArray<AActor*>*>(this, "ACustomActorList.ActorList"); }
};

Pelayori

Also this is also possible. I have done it already, let me find an example.

That's fantastic! Thank you so much!

+login anonymous +force_install_dir ..\ARK_Server +app_update 376030 validate +quit How to update the MODID command

Trustp

+login anonymous +force_install_dir ..\ARK_Server +app_update 376030 validate +quit How to update the MODID command

Wrong discord

‍♂️

substitute

Wrong discord

I don't know what people are seeing when they join here.. I know discord has made alot of updates you can have welcome messages and rule agreement forms etc.. maybe that needs a facelift.. idk

6:04 PM

@GSH | MrOwlSky

？？

jraServerAPI

@GSH | MrOwlSky

Agreed. Good idea.

Just regarding the new auto-update features... Great feature and much needed, but I assume there are options to disable this if required? I can think of a number of situations where this might cause some issues.

I would agree it should have an option to disable

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Just regarding the new auto-update features... Great feature and much needed, but I assume there are options to disable this if required? I can think of a number of situations where this might cause some issues.

Should be a config called auto_update_config.json that gives you the boolean for true/false to enable.

Sorry if this was mentioned already, but I just updated to ArkApi_3.55.zip and the logs are still reporting 3.54:

07/27/22 19:06 [API][info] -----------------------------------------------
07/27/22 19:06 [API][info] ARK: Server Api V3.54
07/27/22 19:06 [API][info] Loading...

Is this intended?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Just regarding the new auto-update features... Great feature and much needed, but I assume there are options to disable this if required? I can think of a number of situations where this might cause some issues.

inside the win64 folder there is a file called auto_update_config.json inside it you can toggle the auto update feature on or off (it comes enabled by default)

ViperGeek

Sorry if this was mentioned already, but I just updated to ArkApi_3.55.zip and the logs are still reporting 3.54:

07/27/22 19:06 [API][info] -----------------------------------------------
07/27/22 19:06 [API][info] ARK: Server Api V3.54
07/27/22 19:06 [API][info] Loading...

Is this intended?

the API version is the same, the bump is due to the release of the Automatic Update tool

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WETBATMAN

inside the win64 folder there is a file called auto_update_config.json inside it you can toggle the auto update feature on or off (it comes enabled by default)

That's great! Thanks for all the hard work!

WETBATMAN

inside the win64 folder there is a file called auto_update_config.json inside it you can toggle the auto update feature on or off (it comes enabled by default)

Why is there a separate config ?

the auto update is supposed to be a separate tool from the API itself

WETBATMAN

the auto update is supposed to be a separate tool from the API itself

Why tho

packaging separate tools into the web resource and losing version parity with the actual API is confusing

wait a second

12:41 AM

@WETBATMAN you guys didn't proxy d3d9 for the updater did you?

i did

12:42 AM

why

I think moving away from dll proxying would be better in the long term (edited)

definitely, but this is a solution for the current project

dll proxying is asking for a race condition

i proxied this specific dll because it always loaded before version.dll

load order is not guaranteed

yeah but in this case it should not matter

12:45 AM

because the auto update process reboots the server if it replaces or installs version.dll

killing the process from dllload isn't safe either

12:45 AM

if you're waiting until after dlload, then all dlls are loaded at that point

even if version.dll is not loaded at the point of running auto update code the file is still locked

12:46 AM

i rename the present dll in the folder (if any) place a new updated version.dll reboot the server and then delete the renamed file

WETBATMAN

i rename the present dll in the folder (if any) place a new updated version.dll reboot the server and then delete the renamed file

Your GitHub repo is missing a LICENSE

right, i'll fix that

WETBATMAN

right, i'll fix that

you also don't proxy every exported method in d3d9

1:13 AM

if they ever use another method, the updater will break :\

are you sure?

1:21 AM

it should be proxying everything

There are a LOT more than 9 methods in d3d9

1:22 AM

that's the entire dx9 library

right but it should be proxying everything in use right now

yes, I said if they use another d3d9 method

1:24 AM

it would be problematic

ty for the feedback i'll add the other exported functions (edited)

Can you guys help me understand the new api auto update feature? Does this mean that the api will update itself and permissions, but not the other 3rd party plugins? If it does update the other plugins, what about config changes in the config files?

Digital Death

Can you guys help me understand the new api auto update feature? Does this mean that the api will update itself and permissions, but not the other 3rd party plugins? If it does update the other plugins, what about config changes in the config files?

it will auto update ArkApi and it will install permissions if it's not present but it won't update or install anything else

It sounds cool, but what if it breaks the plugins being used? My workflow doesn't seem to change much but my risk for downtime seems to have increased unless I disable the new feature.

Digital Death

It sounds cool, but what if it breaks the plugins being used? My workflow doesn't seem to change much but my risk for downtime seems to have increased unless I disable the new feature.

then disable it, if you don't wish to use it

I want to use it. Just overly concerned with uptime. Is it possible for the plugin developers to make use of the auto update in the same way?

we plan to eventually add some kind of plugin auto updating but we have to sort out how to merge/update configs when a new config version is released

3:19 PM

right now it is not possible to update plugins with this tool

I'm excited for the new developments and very much appreciate all the time and effort going into it all. Thanks for your time and keep up the good work!

Good news everyone!

12:39 AM

@Pelayori soon there will be NO need for the api to use ANY dll proxying

12:40 AM

it was REALLY annoying ... but I've found a way to defeat ASLR and to be able to inject the api into the server process prior to the VERY first instruction executing in the entry point

3

If it works it's good

1:40 AM

some clean up

@Pelayoriworking

4:18 AM

4:20 AM

unfortunately this does mean plugins will have to be rebuilt

4:21 AM

we've all been linking against "version.dll"

4:22 AM

cuz ya know

4:22 AM

without updating linker references

4:22 AM

it gonna be borked

4:23 AM

but works besides that

Not sure if another breaking change is something we want at this point

Does anyone know how I can get the Day Cycle Manager? It has an event I'd like to try and hook.

Pelayori

Not sure if another breaking change is something we want at this point

Probably best to incorporate this with ARK2 since the current method is well established and in use already. It is already hard enough to get some of the older plugins updated to work from devs that are not active anymore.

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🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Does anyone know how I can get the Day Cycle Manager? It has an event I'd like to try and hook.

I can look it up for you in a couple

Pelayori

I can look it up for you in a couple

Thank you! This is what is done in the dev kit.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thank you! This is what is done in the dev kit.

UPrimalGlobals::GetDayCycleManager(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld());

Lethal

Probably best to incorporate this with ARK2 since the current method is well established and in use already. It is already hard enough to get some of the older plugins updated to work from devs that are not active anymore.

Old plugins can have their IAT updated

or even more simply, we can inject a version.dll that just points to the new one so that old plugins continue to work

Lethal

Probably best to incorporate this with ARK2 since the current method is well established and in use already. It is already hard enough to get some of the older plugins updated to work from devs that are not active anymore.

If I write in backwards compatibility and make it not a breaking change

4:35 AM

How about that

4:36 AM

Nothing stops me from overriding the loaded version.dll

Pelayori

UPrimalGlobals::GetDayCycleManager(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld());

Thank you!

5:28 AM

Next question.... am I able to use the api to dump a list of all variables and functions in a particular BP?

Pelayori

I have an example on the safe zone source code. https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/SafeZone/SafeZone/Private/SafeZone.cpp#L337

Just trying to put your two pieces of info together. I want to access some variables and a function on DayCycleManager. Using your example, it returns a ADayCycleManager which is only defined in the API as an empty struct in the Atlas code. How would I get from there to being able to call FindProperty and FindFuctionChecked on that class?

08/02/22 10:47 [API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Failed to load plugin - ArkShopUI Error code: 1114

5:49 AM

somebody help me :((

Usually that means there’s an error somewhere, probably in your json

5:51 AM

There’s a discord server dedicated to solving your issue though

5:51 AM

This one is primarily for developers

Tiểu Thiên

08/02/22 10:47 [API][warning] (API::PluginManager::LoadAllPlugins) Failed to load plugin - ArkShopUI Error code: 1114

Please go to the Discord that supports those plugins for end users. https://discord.gg/FJAEKKZF

substitute

If I write in backwards compatibility and make it not a breaking change

first of all, thank you for all the great work on this, but i personally think it's better to adapt this change once the API is released for ARK 2

2:38 PM

i feel other team members would agree with me

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Just trying to put your two pieces of info together. I want to access some variables and a function on DayCycleManager. Using your example, it returns a ADayCycleManager which is only defined in the API as an empty struct in the Atlas code. How would I get from there to being able to call FindProperty and FindFuctionChecked on that class?

Reparent it to AActor, it's missing the inheritance chain.

WETBATMAN

first of all, thank you for all the great work on this, but i personally think it's better to adapt this change once the API is released for ARK 2

Why, there’s so much more that can be done when it’s properly loaded

3:17 PM

For starters you could easily remove crash stack less crashes and actually get a dump log (edited)

3:19 PM

There’s zero guarantee ark2 will ship with PDB and there’s zero guarantee making plugins will even be worth anyones time with ark2. Ark2 could just be a small co-op with friends instead of mmo design, in which case plugins would be nearly pointless

3:19 PM

If it’s possible to improve the api without breaking backwards compatibility; I see no reason to freeze it.

substitute

Why, there’s so much more that can be done when it’s properly loaded

Dev team is having a discussion about it. Thanks for the extra info.

Lethal

Dev team is having a discussion about it. Thanks for the extra info.

if I may make one more request (this one can also have backwards compatibility ... but it's harder)

4:45 PM

we NEED to define an ABI for Ark API

4:46 PM

right now ....... every exported symbol from ArkApi and Permissions (and probably a LOT of other plugins) uses MSVC name mangling

4:46 PM

if someone builds the api lib themselves and links against that, with say GCC, their plugin would fail to load with the official dll download as the linker will use GCC mangled names for linking against

4:46 PM

brought this to my attention

4:46 PM

we should be using a .def file to get unmangled names for exports

4:47 PM

it may be possible to .def two exports, one with the old name mangling and one with unmangled for backwards compatibility though, I'm not 100% sure yet.

4:47 PM

but for example, GetBitField should be exported as just ... that

4:48 PM

but right now it's all mangled

Thanks to @Pelayori for all the help with BPs so far.... My next question for Blueprints is: Can I actually hook a BP event/function?

Hi there, excuse me , can i hook this BP Event

I want to some dino not allowed to be cloned,But I didn't find a function to do it

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks to @Pelayori for all the help with BPs so far.... My next question for Blueprints is: Can I actually hook a BP event/function?

yes

10:05 AM

most BP functions/events all go through ProcessEvent

substitute

most BP functions/events all go through ProcessEvent

I don't suppose you'd have any examples of this at all?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I don't suppose you'd have any examples of this at all?

I do

10:36 AM

this was for a mod for spongebob

10:36 AM

but same thing, UE4

10:36 AM

auto spongehax::process_event(sdk::UObject* who, sdk::UFunction* what, void* how) -> void
{
    while(!tick_queue.empty())
    {
        tick_queue.front()();
        tick_queue.pop();
    }
    
    const auto func = what->GetName();
    auto handled = false;
    for (auto [_, callback] : process_event_handlers[func])
    {
        handled = callback(who, how);
        if (handled) return;
    }
    process_event_.original(who, what, how);
}

10:36 AM

a lot of people check the function by the internal index

10:37 AM

I used a callback system though

10:37 AM

    static std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_map<std::string, std::function<bool(sdk::UObject*, void*)>>> process_event_handlers;

10:37 AM

    process_event_handlers["ReceiveBeginPlay"]["add_tracked"] = [](sdk::UObject* who, void*) -> bool
    {
        if (is_default(who)) return false;
        for (auto tracked : tracked_classes)
            if (who->IsA(tracked))
                actor_lists[tracked].insert(who);
        return false;
    };

    process_event_handlers["ReceiveEndPlay"]["removed_tracked"] = [](sdk::UObject* who, void*) -> bool
    {
        if (is_default(who)) return false;
            for (auto tracked : tracked_classes)
                if (who->IsA(tracked))
                    actor_lists[tracked].erase(who);
        return false;
    };

10:37 AM

example hooks for BP events

10:37 AM

I added two named callbacks for two BP events

10:38 AM

I needed arbitrary actor lists

substitute

this was for a mod for spongebob

Thanks Sub. I don't suppose you have anything done with our dev kit? My pea brain is struggling fit that example into context.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Thanks Sub. I don't suppose you have anything done with our dev kit? My pea brain is struggling fit that example into context.

What I have done sometimes is the following:

On init game hook use UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass() to load the class we want to get the function in
Get the default object of the loaded class and use FindFunctionChecked to find the funtion we are looking for
Store the InternalIndexField in a variable for further usage on ProcessEvent hook
Hook UObject::ProcessEvent, then inside the hook check if the Function->InternalIndexField() equals the one you saved earlier. If it matches then you are on the function you need

5:24 PM

Skimmed over some details but they can be figured out depending on the usage wanted (edited)

I may just be unlucky, but I found that many of the BP script functions I wanted to hook in my plugins were only invoked through CallFunction(), not ProcessEvent(). Even then, you can still access the arguments and variables through the UE VM stack if you define a few additional structures (stuff like UFunction, FFrame, FOutParmRec) that ArkServerAPI doesn't currently fully provide.

9:42 PM

I've been trying to create an SDK that makes it easy to hook any UFunction by generating intermediate helper functions that unpack arguments from the VM stack and then call the hook function with those args passed in natively (like the execFoo() functions that UE generates for native UFunctions). Still got several kinks to work out though.

TheMollusk

I've been trying to create an SDK that makes it easy to hook any UFunction by generating intermediate helper functions that unpack arguments from the VM stack and then call the hook function with those args passed in natively (like the execFoo() functions that UE generates for native UFunctions). Still got several kinks to work out though.

Would love seeing this.

I hope it works out, might be too optimistic to hope I'll get it working for all UFunctions.

TheMollusk

I hope it works out, might be too optimistic to hope I'll get it working for all UFunctions.

Your largest hurdle will probably be in-out args

substitute

Your largest hurdle will probably be in-out args

yep, the outparms in particular are a little tricky (edited)

9:56 PM

also @substitute , nice orange name

(edited)

TheMollusk

yep, the outparms in particular are a little tricky (edited)

Thanks!

12:17 AM

I ended up not doing compile time stuff when I had to deal with in-out args...ended up using property iterator at run time lol

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 Until some more refined solutions are released, here's what I use when I need it:

int FunctionIdx = -1;
void LoadFunction()
{
    static FString f("Blueprint'/Game/...'");
    UClass* loadedClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&f);
    if (loadedClass)
    {
        UObject* CDO = loadedClass->GetDefaultObject(true);
        if (CDO)
        {
            UFunction* func = CDO->FindFunctionChecked(FName("FuncName", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
            if (func)
            {
                FunctionIdx = func->InternalIndexField();
            }
        }
    }
}

DECLARE_HOOK(AActor_ProcessEvent, void, AActor*, UFunction*, void*);
void Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent(AActor* _this, UFunction* Function, void* Parameters)
{
    if (_this
        && Function
        && Function->InternalIndexField() == FunctionIdx)
    {
        // it's what we need
    }
}

Pelayori

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 Until some more refined solutions are released, here's what I use when I need it:

int FunctionIdx = -1;
void LoadFunction()
{
    static FString f("Blueprint'/Game/...'");
    UClass* loadedClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&f);
    if (loadedClass)
    {
        UObject* CDO = loadedClass->GetDefaultObject(true);
        if (CDO)
        {
            UFunction* func = CDO->FindFunctionChecked(FName("FuncName", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
            if (func)
            {
                FunctionIdx = func->InternalIndexField();
            }
        }
    }
}

DECLARE_HOOK(AActor_ProcessEvent, void, AActor*, UFunction*, void*);
void Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent(AActor* _this, UFunction* Function, void* Parameters)
{
    if (_this
        && Function
        && Function->InternalIndexField() == FunctionIdx)
    {
        // it's what we need
    }
}

void LoadFunction()
{
    static FString f("Blueprint'/Game/...'");
    UClass* loadedClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&f);
    if(!loadedClass)
      return;
    UObject* CDO = loadedClass->GetDefaultObject(true);
    if(!CDO)
      return;
    UFunction* func = CDO->FindFunctionChecked(FName("FuncName", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
    if(func)
      FunctionIdx = func->InternalIndexField();
}

11:53 PM

you should do early returns where you can (edited)

https://refactoring.com/catalog/replaceNestedConditionalWithGuardClauses.html

@Pelayori @substitute Thanks so much guys. I'll give this a go asap.

Frigoff

https://refactoring.com/catalog/replaceNestedConditionalWithGuardClauses.html

Interesting, didn't think about it until now. Thanks

void ReloadConfigRcon(RCONClientConnection* rcon_connection, RCONPacket* rcon_packet, UWorld* /unused/) { FString reply; try { ReadConfig(); FVector SpawnLocation(0, 0, 0); FRotator SpawnRotation(0, 0, 0); AShooterPlayerController* playes = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->SpawnPlayerController(&SpawnLocation, &SpawnRotation)); FString result; FString fcommand("ScriptCommand ReloadJson"); playes->bIsAdmin() = true; playes->ConsoleCommand(&result, &fcommand, false); playes->bIsAdmin() = false; } }

1:09 PM

You don't need a player to enter commands，What's the way to do that ，thank

1:10 PM

Or RCON input command, how do you do that

TheMollusk

I may just be unlucky, but I found that many of the BP script functions I wanted to hook in my plugins were only invoked through CallFunction(), not ProcessEvent(). Even then, you can still access the arguments and variables through the UE VM stack if you define a few additional structures (stuff like UFunction, FFrame, FOutParmRec) that ArkServerAPI doesn't currently fully provide.

I've came accross a function that only runs trough CallFunction(), so I was wondering if you had some example on how to read parameters and write the return value?

Is the 'CallFunction' and 'ProcessEvent' issue anything to do with the difference between an event and a function in the Dev kit?

Pelayori

I've came accross a function that only runs trough CallFunction(), so I was wondering if you had some example on how to read parameters and write the return value?

I went into a little detail about getting BP function argument addresses while back here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513822106639794196/968219440497954856 I was just figuring it out at the time so some of the details may be a little weird. For inputs and local vars you need the FFrame to tell you where locals are stored plus Offset_Internal from the UProperty. For outputs, you can get the address directly from the FOutParmRecs PropAddr field.

Pelayori

I've came accross a function that only runs trough CallFunction(), so I was wondering if you had some example on how to read parameters and write the return value?

A couple months ago I wrote an ArkServerApi plugin to provide centralized BP script function hooking for other plugins: https://github.com/MolluskARK/MolluskARK-Plugins/blob/master/Projects/BlueprintHooks/BlueprintHooks.h I defined some templates in that header that I would use to get pointers to UFunction args

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5:21 PM

I don't use that style of hooking (modifying the BP script) anymore though since that technique only works for script functions, not native ones.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Is the 'CallFunction' and 'ProcessEvent' issue anything to do with the difference between an event and a function in the Dev kit?

I haven't dug into finding out exactly why one gets called vs the other. I've seen things that look like an event in the dev kit that get called through CallFunction(). I think basically if there is a UE FFrame stack available, CallFunction() is used. And ProcessEvent() is called when a new stack needs to be created.

hello. We are currently developing a chat log plugin. The function is made normally, but an error occurs that the characters are normally entered at first, but the characters are broken over time. Can you figure out the cause?

돌드민

hello. We are currently developing a chat log plugin. The function is made normally, but an error occurs that the characters are normally entered at first, but the characters are broken over time. Can you figure out the cause?

You didn’t post any code

substitute

You didn’t post any code

also, probably should be redirected to the Beginners chat (which i can't link because of the weird text) (edited)

jraServerAPI

also, probably should be redirected to the Beginners chat (which i can't link because of the weird text) (edited)

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8:59 PM

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You need the <>

oooh.. kewl

jraServerAPI

oooh.. kewl

No; what’s cool is cross server links

8:59 PM

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TheMollusk

I went into a little detail about getting BP function argument addresses while back here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513822106639794196/968219440497954856 I was just figuring it out at the time so some of the details may be a little weird. For inputs and local vars you need the FFrame to tell you where locals are stored plus Offset_Internal from the UProperty. For outputs, you can get the address directly from the FOutParmRecs PropAddr field.

I did in fact dig into your messages, however couldn't find anything that worked for me. I will check your repo though, thank you!

TheMollusk

A couple months ago I wrote an ArkServerApi plugin to provide centralized BP script function hooking for other plugins: https://github.com/MolluskARK/MolluskARK-Plugins/blob/master/Projects/BlueprintHooks/BlueprintHooks.h I defined some templates in that header that I would use to get pointers to UFunction args

I tested this, and various variations already and none seemed to work. I am trying to modify the output of a bp pure function

Pelayori

I tested this, and various variations already and none seemed to work. I am trying to modify the output of a bp pure function

Hard to say without knowing exactly what you're doing. The method I described and use requires that the UFunction be intercepted when its stack FFrame has been created and populated and is still valid (i.e., in the middle of ProcessEvent() or CallFunction()). So you can't just hook CallFunction() and access the args like you've seen with hooking ProcessEvent(). CallFunction() and ProcessEvent() both eventually call ProcessInternal() for script UFunctions (not native UFunctions), so hooking that function might be one option.

12:22 AM

Simple example that modifies the output of the cryopod's CanCapture BlueprintPure script function to prevent cryopods from capturing any dino:

c++
// WeapEmptyCryopod_C CanCapture()
// Public, HasOutParms, BlueprintCallable, BlueprintEvent, BlueprintPure
//
// Parameters (0x0009)
// 0x0000 (0x0008)  Dino          ObjectProperty          Parm, ZeroConstructor, IsPlainOldData, NoDestructor
// 0x0008 (0x0001)  Capture       BoolProperty            Parm, OutParm, ZeroConstructor, IsPlainOldData, NoDestructor

DECLARE_HOOK(UObject_ProcessInternal, void, UObject*, FFrame*, void* const);
void Hook_UObject_ProcessInternal(UObject* _this, FFrame* Stack, void* const Result)
{
    // If this is not our function, process the script normally and return
    if (Stack->NodeField()->NameField().ToString().ToString() != "CanCapture") {
        UObject_ProcessInternal_original(_this, Stack, Result);
        return;
    }

    bool* outputCapture = nullptr;

    int outParmCount = 0;
    FOutParmRec* currOutParm = Stack->OutParmsField();
    for (UProperty* currProperty = Stack->NodeField()->PropertyLinkField(); currProperty; currProperty = currProperty->PropertyLinkNextField())
        if ((currProperty->PropertyFlagsField() & 0x080) && (currProperty->PropertyFlagsField() & 0x100))
            outParmCount++;
    for (int i = 0; currOutParm && (i < outParmCount); ++i)
    {
        if (currOutParm->PropertyField() && currOutParm->PropertyField()->NameField().ToString().ToString() == "Capture")
        {
            outputCapture = reinterpret_cast<bool*>(currOutParm->PropAddrField());
            break;
        }
        currOutParm = currOutParm->NextOutParmField();
    }
    if (!outputCapture) {
        Log::GetLog()->error("Capture OutParm not found");
        return;
    }

    *outputCapture = false;
}

TheMollusk

Simple example that modifies the output of the cryopod's CanCapture BlueprintPure script function to prevent cryopods from capturing any dino:

c++
// WeapEmptyCryopod_C CanCapture()
// Public, HasOutParms, BlueprintCallable, BlueprintEvent, BlueprintPure
//
// Parameters (0x0009)
// 0x0000 (0x0008)  Dino          ObjectProperty          Parm, ZeroConstructor, IsPlainOldData, NoDestructor
// 0x0008 (0x0001)  Capture       BoolProperty            Parm, OutParm, ZeroConstructor, IsPlainOldData, NoDestructor

DECLARE_HOOK(UObject_ProcessInternal, void, UObject*, FFrame*, void* const);
void Hook_UObject_ProcessInternal(UObject* _this, FFrame* Stack, void* const Result)
{
    // If this is not our function, process the script normally and return
    if (Stack->NodeField()->NameField().ToString().ToString() != "CanCapture") {
        UObject_ProcessInternal_original(_this, Stack, Result);
        return;
    }

    bool* outputCapture = nullptr;

    int outParmCount = 0;
    FOutParmRec* currOutParm = Stack->OutParmsField();
    for (UProperty* currProperty = Stack->NodeField()->PropertyLinkField(); currProperty; currProperty = currProperty->PropertyLinkNextField())
        if ((currProperty->PropertyFlagsField() & 0x080) && (currProperty->PropertyFlagsField() & 0x100))
            outParmCount++;
    for (int i = 0; currOutParm && (i < outParmCount); ++i)
    {
        if (currOutParm->PropertyField() && currOutParm->PropertyField()->NameField().ToString().ToString() == "Capture")
        {
            outputCapture = reinterpret_cast<bool*>(currOutParm->PropAddrField());
            break;
        }
        currOutParm = currOutParm->NextOutParmField();
    }
    if (!outputCapture) {
        Log::GetLog()->error("Capture OutParm not found");
        return;
    }

    *outputCapture = false;
}

I was trying to do this but was hooking CallFunction.

Pelayori

I was trying to do this but was hooking CallFunction.

Yeah that won't work with the way I do it, since the way I do it requires the stack to already be constructed for me, which happens inside of CallFunction().

Ahh, that's it then

12:24 AM

I didn't know that

Hooking ProcessInternal() is pretty similar to the way people use ProcessEvent() though. Then you can catch any script function whether it came through ProcessEvent() or CallFunction().

12:30 AM

I've been using other methods to just intercept specific UFunctions (modifying the UFunction's Func field for native UFunctions, or modifying the bytecode for script UFunctions) instead of hooking ProcessInternal().

In that example, keep in mind that string comparing every function that is passed through is going to cause slowdowns, better to use either the internal index or the function pointer.

Yeah I definitely wouldn't want to use it as shown in the example

TheMollusk

I've been using other methods to just intercept specific UFunctions (modifying the UFunction's Func field for native UFunctions, or modifying the bytecode for script UFunctions) instead of hooking ProcessInternal().

I see no issue with just using process internal

12:38 AM

You can make a callback map and use the internal index as your key

substitute

I see no issue with just using process internal

Yeah it's a good way hook script UFunctions. I was hooking script functions by modifying the bytecode before I was familiar with ProcessInternal() and I just stuck with that. Plus I've mostly been doing this on Linux where I'm not currently doing any native function hooking since I don't have debug symbols (although ProcessInternal() is easy to find even without debug symbols since script UFunctions point to it in their Func field).

TheMollusk

Yeah it's a good way hook script UFunctions. I was hooking script functions by modifying the bytecode before I was familiar with ProcessInternal() and I just stuck with that. Plus I've mostly been doing this on Linux where I'm not currently doing any native function hooking since I don't have debug symbols (although ProcessInternal() is easy to find even without debug symbols since script UFunctions point to it in their Func field).

If you find GNames and GObjects

7:40 AM

You can dump an sdk using reflection info

substitute

You can dump an sdk using reflection info

I can detect global objects and names pretty reliably by scanning memory for data patterns that don't change between updates. I've written an SDK dumper that: 1. Allows plugins to access class and struct properties based on the reflection system rather than compiled-in offsets 2. Generates some code for easy UFunction hooking

3:37 PM

What I don't have is a really robust way to call UFunctions. I've seen other SDKs use ProcessEvent(), which would work well enough on Windows with the .pdb. But I don't have a nice, reliable way yet to detect ProcessEvent() on Linux. I've written my own function to do some stack handling and then I call ProcessInternal(), but it's not as nice as letting UE do the work for me.

I haven't opened an ark server for a few months. When I type /shop, only the kits appear. Does anyone know why now the store does not appear? I only see the kits.

Arxon

I haven't opened an ark server for a few months. When I type /shop, only the kits appear. Does anyone know why now the store does not appear? I only see the kits.

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TheMollusk

What I don't have is a really robust way to call UFunctions. I've seen other SDKs use ProcessEvent(), which would work well enough on Windows with the .pdb. But I don't have a nice, reliable way yet to detect ProcessEvent() on Linux. I've written my own function to do some stack handling and then I call ProcessInternal(), but it's not as nice as letting UE do the work for me.

You’d pattern scan the binary. Also it’s address in the VTable of every UObject

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4:10 PM

You’d pattern scan for the address if you can’t find it. Dump the whole VTable. From the VTable you’d put those addresses into IDA

4:11 PM

It’s going to be index 40ish~70ish

4:12 PM

But a reliable enough pattern shouldn’t break often. It’s not like ARK would be updating their engine or touching an internal function like that

Frigoff

You’d pattern scan the binary. Also it’s address in the VTable of every UObject

I looked into those options a little bit and had some concerns about patterns changing over time or VTable offsets shifting so I would have to update my plugin loader. Maybe that is the way to go though. I'd probably have fewer issues that way than I currently have with replacing ProcessEvent() with my own code.

TheMollusk

I looked into those options a little bit and had some concerns about patterns changing over time or VTable offsets shifting so I would have to update my plugin loader. Maybe that is the way to go though. I'd probably have fewer issues that way than I currently have with replacing ProcessEvent() with my own code.

Pattern scanning would be better than VTable, if you saved 5-6 binaries over updates. You would eventually come up with a resilient enough pattern for release

4:30 PM

I don’t have 100% certainty about this but Linux and Windows may have the same VTable indexs (edited)

4:30 PM

If they do, could parse the pdb anyways for that information and use that

4:30 PM

I would have to reverse the linux build further to verify that though ^^

Frigoff

Pattern scanning would be better than VTable, if you saved 5-6 binaries over updates. You would eventually come up with a resilient enough pattern for release

I think it's possible to download old versions of the server by getting depot information from SteamDB. It used to be possible at least. So that's a nice way to get some history.

Frigoff

I don’t have 100% certainty about this but Linux and Windows may have the same VTable indexs (edited)

That could be the case. I think I've seen them in IDA before for the Windows build at least

I’ve never tried but yeah if that’s working well. That would be nice

TheMollusk

That could be the case. I think I've seen them in IDA before for the Windows build at least

If they’re using the same compiler, I would hope it’s the same for both builds but I have never personally verified

TheMollusk

What I don't have is a really robust way to call UFunctions. I've seen other SDKs use ProcessEvent(), which would work well enough on Windows with the .pdb. But I don't have a nice, reliable way yet to detect ProcessEvent() on Linux. I've written my own function to do some stack handling and then I call ProcessInternal(), but it's not as nice as letting UE do the work for me.

you can find ProcessEvent via the vtable

10:06 PM

this is one way that I've done it (Windows) for an UE4 game

10:06 PM

            while(!sdk::UObject::FindClass("Class CoreUObject.Object"))
            {
                using namespace std::chrono_literals;
                std::this_thread::sleep_for(250ms); //Let's let the CPU get work done in the mean time.
                printf("Waiting for UObject.\n");
            }

            spongehax::load();

10:06 PM

auto spongehax::load() -> void
{
    //snip
    process_event_.reset(sdk::UObject::StaticClass(), 66);
    
    DetourTransactionBegin();
    DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    DetourAttach(process_event_.get(), process_event);
    DetourTransactionCommit();

10:07 PM

static hookable<void(sdk::UObject*, sdk::UFunction*, void*)> process_event_;

^ this solution works fine for when you know the index and is unlikely to change often.

10:14 PM

Though ARK has changed their ProcessEvent index a couple of times. (edited)

@Pelayori @substitute Sorry for another question, but I'm trying to use UFunction::InternalIndexField however I'm getting Class UFunction has no member InternalIndexField. Did you modify your source somehow?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

@Pelayori @substitute Sorry for another question, but I'm trying to use UFunction::InternalIndexField however I'm getting Class UFunction has no member InternalIndexField. Did you modify your source somehow?

I'm pretty sure GitHub headers have UFunction inheriting from UStruct

Pelayori

I'm pretty sure GitHub headers have UFunction inheriting from UStruct

Yeah it seems it does compile, but intellisense throws an error. Ok, sorry to have bothered you.

Yeah Intellisense is dumb for me as well

This is the inheritance: (sorry, not sure of the correct way to document inheritance) UObjectBase -> UObjectBaseUtility -> UObject -> UField -> UStruct -> UFunction UObjectBase is where InternalIndexField is defined. Seems like something goes wrong for Intellisense after UObject, as Intellisense/Autocomplete works for UObject::InternalIndexField but not UField::InternalIndexField.

My guess is that intellisense doesn't like __declspec(dllexport) UProperty* FindProperty(FName name); within UObject

Never had an issue myself

Trying to hook some BP functions on Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/CoreBlueprints/Environment/DayCycleManager_Gen2.DayCycleManager_Gen2' on Gen 2. I've tried two events and a function. I can get the index of those two events and the function, however I'm not having any luck actually hooking them. I've used Pelayori's examples of Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent. I've checked that that hook is actually being triggered, which it is, and I am able to get the InternalIndexField, however the indexes I'm after don't ever seem to be returned. Is there anything I might be missing?

6:55 AM

Test code:

void Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent(AActor* _this, UFunction* Function, void* Parameters)
{
    if (_this && Function && Function->InternalIndexField() == MyIndex)
    {
    Log::GetLog()->debug("Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent worked.");
    }

    AActor_ProcessEvent_original(_this, Function, Parameters);
}

Doing some testing, it looks like a couple of the functions from that blueprint are going through Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent, but most of them don't seem to be?

TheMollusk

I may just be unlucky, but I found that many of the BP script functions I wanted to hook in my plugins were only invoked through CallFunction(), not ProcessEvent(). Even then, you can still access the arguments and variables through the UE VM stack if you define a few additional structures (stuff like UFunction, FFrame, FOutParmRec) that ArkServerAPI doesn't currently fully provide.

^ I guess this is what you're mentioning here?

So I worked backwards instead. I made a test plugin that got the blueprint string from _this for every call to Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent, filtered them all for Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/CoreBlueprints/Environment/DayCycleManager_Gen2.DayCycleManager_Gen2', then did Function::GetFullName to find the name of the function and dumped the index and function name to debug. By looking through that I found one BP function that was invoked through ProcessEvent that was what I needed. I guess I was lucky this time, but I'd love it if someone could share how they hook CallFunction as I'm certain I won't always be that lucky. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So I worked backwards instead. I made a test plugin that got the blueprint string from _this for every call to Hook_AActor_ProcessEvent, filtered them all for Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/CoreBlueprints/Environment/DayCycleManager_Gen2.DayCycleManager_Gen2', then did Function::GetFullName to find the name of the function and dumped the index and function name to debug. By looking through that I found one BP function that was invoked through ProcessEvent that was what I needed. I guess I was lucky this time, but I'd love it if someone could share how they hook CallFunction as I'm certain I won't always be that lucky. (edited)

As it's been mentioned, there's some blueprint functions that get called from Process Event, and some others from Call Function. We do not know why yet but Mollusk mentioned something about process event constructing a new FFrame when it was called, and CallFunction when the FFrame was already constructed, but this is all not confirmed. But for functions called trough CallFunction, it's better to hook UObject::ProcessInternal, Mollusk shared an example here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1005964066474430514

Pelayori

As it's been mentioned, there's some blueprint functions that get called from Process Event, and some others from Call Function. We do not know why yet but Mollusk mentioned something about process event constructing a new FFrame when it was called, and CallFunction when the FFrame was already constructed, but this is all not confirmed. But for functions called trough CallFunction, it's better to hook UObject::ProcessInternal, Mollusk shared an example here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1005964066474430514

Yes I did see that example, however Mollusk mentioned he wouldn't use that example in practice because it compares strings at every call, which is less than ideal.

You could check if _this is what you want

I also think there are some definitions, life FFrame, missing from the dev kit, that are needed to use 'ProcessInternal'. I'm not sure where to find those.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yes I did see that example, however Mollusk mentioned he wouldn't use that example in practice because it compares strings at every call, which is less than ideal.

The string comparison was just to keep the example simple and easy to read. You could just replace that with an index comparison or map lookup like Substitute mentioned.

4:45 PM

I'm not at my computer now, but I'll point you to the other structures you need later (FFrame, etc)

is it possible for weekend rates api to trigger PvP on that weekend, so we can have pve during the week until it triggers, then have it return back to pve when weekend rates releases it self from the weekend?

6:04 PM

my apologies if this is not the right place, my searching has lead me here this afternoon.

WillowTheWisp

is it possible for weekend rates api to trigger PvP on that weekend, so we can have pve during the week until it triggers, then have it return back to pve when weekend rates releases it self from the weekend?

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Cheers mate

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yes I did see that example, however Mollusk mentioned he wouldn't use that example in practice because it compares strings at every call, which is less than ideal.

Let's say you want to hook DayCycleManager_Gen2's TriggerWarp() function (which is called through UObject::CallFunction()) and modify the index parameter to control the incoming asteroid zone.

// Function TriggerWarp
// BlueprintCallable, BlueprintEvent
//
// Parameters (0x0004)
// 0x0000 (0x0004)  index    UIntProperty    Parm, ZeroConstructor, IsPlainOldData, NoDestructor

9:00 PM

You would add these definitions to UE.h:

c++
struct FOutParmRec
{
    UProperty*& PropertyField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UProperty**>(this, "FOutParmRec.Property"); }
    unsigned __int8*& PropAddrField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FOutParmRec.PropAddr"); }
    FOutParmRec*& NextOutParmField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FOutParmRec**>(this, "FOutParmRec.NextOutParm"); }
};

struct FFrame : FOutputDevice
{
    UFunction*& NodeField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UFunction**>(this, "FFrame.Node"); }
    UObject*& ObjectField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UObject**>(this, "FFrame.Object"); }
    unsigned __int8*& CodeField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FFrame.Code"); }
    unsigned __int8*& LocalsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FFrame.Locals"); }
    UProperty*& MostRecentPropertyField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UProperty**>(this, "FFrame.MostRecentProperty"); }
    unsigned __int8*& MostRecentPropertyAddressField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FFrame.MostRecentPropertyAddress"); }
    FFrame*& PreviousFrameField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FFrame**>(this, "FFrame.PreviousFrame"); }
    FOutParmRec*& OutParmsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FOutParmRec**>(this, "FFrame.OutParms"); }
    UField*& PropertyChainForCompiledInField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UField**>(this, "FFrame.PropertyChainForCompiledIn"); }
    UFunction*& CurrentNativeFunctionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UFunction**>(this, "FFrame.CurrentNativeFunction"); }
};

9:00 PM

Then in your plugin you can hook UObject::ProcessInternal() and get parameters from the FFrame:

c++
// Find the TriggerWarp UFunction during your plugin's init and save its InternalIndex
int triggerWarpIdx;

DECLARE_HOOK(UObject_ProcessInternal, void, UObject*, FFrame*, void* const);
void Hook_UObject_ProcessInternal(UObject* _this, FFrame* Stack, void* const Result)
{
    // The Stack's Node field is the UFunction that this FFrame was constructed for
    if (Stack->NodeField()->InternalIndexField() != triggerWarpIdx) {
        // Process the function normally and return if this is not the function we're looking for
        UObject_ProcessInternal_original(_this, Stack, Result);
        return;
    }

    int* parmIndex = nullptr;

    // Get the pointer to the "index" input parameter
    for (UProperty* prop = Stack->NodeField()->PropertyLinkField(); prop; prop = prop->PropertyLinkNextField())
    {
        if (prop->NameField().ToString().Equals("index"))
        {
            parmIndex = reinterpret_cast<int*>(Stack->LocalsField() + prop->Offset_InternalField());
            break;
        }
    }

    // Warp to black pearl asteroids
    if (parmIndex)
        *parmIndex = 7;
    else
        Log::GetLog()->error("\"index\" parm not found");

    UObject_ProcessInternal_original(_this, Stack, Result);
}

TheMollusk

You would add these definitions to UE.h:

c++
struct FOutParmRec
{
    UProperty*& PropertyField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UProperty**>(this, "FOutParmRec.Property"); }
    unsigned __int8*& PropAddrField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FOutParmRec.PropAddr"); }
    FOutParmRec*& NextOutParmField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FOutParmRec**>(this, "FOutParmRec.NextOutParm"); }
};

struct FFrame : FOutputDevice
{
    UFunction*& NodeField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UFunction**>(this, "FFrame.Node"); }
    UObject*& ObjectField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UObject**>(this, "FFrame.Object"); }
    unsigned __int8*& CodeField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FFrame.Code"); }
    unsigned __int8*& LocalsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FFrame.Locals"); }
    UProperty*& MostRecentPropertyField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UProperty**>(this, "FFrame.MostRecentProperty"); }
    unsigned __int8*& MostRecentPropertyAddressField() { return *GetNativePointerField<unsigned __int8**>(this, "FFrame.MostRecentPropertyAddress"); }
    FFrame*& PreviousFrameField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FFrame**>(this, "FFrame.PreviousFrame"); }
    FOutParmRec*& OutParmsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<FOutParmRec**>(this, "FFrame.OutParms"); }
    UField*& PropertyChainForCompiledInField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UField**>(this, "FFrame.PropertyChainForCompiledIn"); }
    UFunction*& CurrentNativeFunctionField() { return *GetNativePointerField<UFunction**>(this, "FFrame.CurrentNativeFunction"); }
};

Thank you so much! Can't wait to give it a try!

FString MapName; ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetMapName(&MapName); Just adding the above code causes error code 1114. Does anyone know what the cause is? If I remove the code, it works fine. When the server starts, you need to find out the name of the map.

돌드민

FString MapName; ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->GetMapName(&MapName); Just adding the above code causes error code 1114. Does anyone know what the cause is? If I remove the code, it works fine. When the server starts, you need to find out the name of the map.

Are you doing this in DLLMain?

7:13 PM

If you are that’s the wrong place, try in Plugin_Init (make sure to export this symbol)

7:13 PM

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substitute

If you are that’s the wrong place, try in Plugin_Init (make sure to export this symbol)

Ah, I'll try it. thank you

What's the recommended solution to this error the first time you download a new copy of the api source?

Error C1047 The object or library file '..\lib\libMinHook.x64.lib' was created by a different version of the compiler than other objects like 'x64\Ark\Core\Private\Ark\ApiUtils.obj'; rebuild all objects and libraries with the same compiler version

I normally have to go and download the libMinHook library, then compile and install it manually. Is there an automated way of doing this?

Having added my own compiled libminhook, I'm now getting all these linker errors in VS2022. I was able to compile the previous version of the source I had without any issues. Was something added recently that isn't compatible with VS2022?

Nevermind. I could work around it by disabling vcpkg for this project. It now compiles properly. Obviously there were some conflicts with something vcpkg was doing.

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What's the recommended solution to this error the first time you download a new copy of the api source?

Error C1047 The object or library file '..\lib\libMinHook.x64.lib' was created by a different version of the compiler than other objects like 'x64\Ark\Core\Private\Ark\ApiUtils.obj'; rebuild all objects and libraries with the same compiler version

I normally have to go and download the libMinHook library, then compile and install it manually. Is there an automated way of doing this?

it is an issue with minhook not being built against newer VS

7:14 AM

it is mostly an issue with minhook itself

7:14 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 I'm currently writing a GitHub action to automatically build the api from source when a commit is made against the repo

7:15 AM

Just trying to find a modular way to distribute msdia140.dll

Oh wow, I was starting from scratch with the source to try and overcome those intellisense issues I was having, and now it's so much worse! Here are all the intellisense errors I'm getting now in my project lol

Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UObject" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UProperty" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0254    type name is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UObject" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UProperty" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0254    type name is not allowed
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "ADayCycleManager *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObjectBase *"
Error (active)    E0135    class "ADayCycleManager" has no member "FindFunctionChecked"
Error (active)    E0135    class "ADayCycleManager" has no member "FindFunctionChecked"
Error (active)    E0135    class "ADayCycleManager" has no member "FindFunctionChecked"
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"    
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObjectBase *"
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"
Error (active)    E0167    argument of type "AActor *" is incompatible with parameter of type "UObject *"
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UFunction" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UProperty" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UProperty" is not allowed
Error (active)    E0393    pointer to incomplete class type "UProperty" is not allowed

does your code compile?

Yes, it compiles fine.

wild

7:17 AM

tried restarting vs?

Yeah, the whole computer actually.

7:19 AM

On the plus side, the original single issue I was having, which was UFunction::InternalIndexField throwing an intellisense issue, is now fixed! lol

have you updated VS?

I think I'm a couple of minor versions behind. I'll try an update.

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So funny. A complete uninstall/reinstall clears those errors above, but gets me back to one of the original errors I was getting. Error (active) E0135 class "UProperty" has no member "NameField" (edited)

I'm wondering if there's any point in modifying a variable in an AShooterWeapon in AShooterWeapon_OnEquip, or would a change like that not be replicated to the client?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I'm wondering if there's any point in modifying a variable in an AShooterWeapon in AShooterWeapon_OnEquip, or would a change like that not be replicated to the client?

OnEquip gets called after equip if that's what you are asking. But if a setting is replicated you can force replicate it and see if it has any effect.

Anyone happen to know the function involved when a player renames a structure? Can't seem to find anything other than AActor::Rename but that isn't triggered when renaming either a structure or a dino.

You're going to want to hook: DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_TryMultiUse, bool, APrimalStructure, APlayerController, int); and evaluate UseIndex (edited)

jraServerAPI

You're going to want to hook: DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalStructure_TryMultiUse, bool, APrimalStructure, APlayerController, int); and evaluate UseIndex (edited)

Thank you

I found a couple of others that can be used in specific cases. If it's a bed, you can hook APrimalStructureBed_ProcessEditText, and if it's a storage container you can use APrimalStructureItemContainer_NetUpdateBoxName.

Hello! Does anyone know a way to get a player's online duration? Like A2S_PLAYER in Server queries. I only found StartTimeField in APlayerState but that's not it

AHTUxPK

Hello! Does anyone know a way to get a player's online duration? Like A2S_PLAYER in Server queries. I only found StartTimeField in APlayerState but that's not it

You could track it yourself

8:06 AM

Hook the function for when they connect as 0 and on every tick increase the time by the tick delta

substitute

Hook the function for when they connect as 0 and on every tick increase the time by the tick delta

Thank you

Although I hoped that such information was already known

Is there a guide to start making plugins?

I would start here with reviewing some open source plugins https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

GitHub - Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins: Server Plugins for ARK: Server...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

jraServerAPI

I would start here with reviewing some open source plugins https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

With which program can I read the files containing these plugins?

you'll need VisualStudio Community version (free) https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ You'll need to know c++, so if you don't have any c++ experience.. you should start there.. there's plenty of videos on youtube to get you started.. but it's a looong journey

(edited)

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jraServerAPI

you'll need VisualStudio Community version (free) https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ You'll need to know c++, so if you don't have any c++ experience.. you should start there.. there's plenty of videos on youtube to get you started.. but it's a looong journey

(edited)

I have made video games in Unity, will it be the same?

No

Mac

Is there a guide to start making plugins?

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/ArkShop/ArkShop/Private/ArkShop.cpp#L312

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

6:28 PM

Here’s a template (edited)

Hello! Is it possible to find out what asteroid is now on genesis 2? Or a hook for asteroid update event?

it is possible, i believe somebody has already released a plugin that does that

AHTUxPK

Hello! Is it possible to find out what asteroid is now on genesis 2? Or a hook for asteroid update event?

Take a look at this example: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1007000368158343279 The server always passes index = -1 into that particular function to make it choose a random asteroid zone. But you could modify that example slightly and try hooking a different function like DayCycleManager_Gen2's LoadAsteroids or EndWarp BP functions (which also both take an "index" parameter). Different "index" values correspond to the various asteroid configurations.

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hello. I want to count the Items in APrimalStructureItemContainer. Dedicated Storage has an empty UPrimalInventoryComponent. Should I approach the Inventory in a different way?

ehiu

hello. I want to count the Items in APrimalStructureItemContainer. Dedicated Storage has an empty UPrimalInventoryComponent. Should I approach the Inventory in a different way?

Dedicated storage's inventory component class (PrimalInventory_DedicatedStorage_C) has a CurrentResourceCount property.

c++
// itemContainer points to a dedicated storage PrimalStructureItemContainer
void ShowDedicatedCount(APrimalStructureItemContainer* itemContainer, AShooterPlayerController* spc)
{
    UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComponent = itemContainer->MyInventoryComponentField();
    UProperty* count = inventoryComponent->FindProperty(FName("CurrentResourceCount", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
    if (!count)
        return;
    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(spc, "", "Count = {}", count->Get<__int32>(inventoryComponent));
}

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Oh thank you so much. Can I get the item name or bp as well?

6:46 PM

And is this a function that can be seen when devkit is installed?

6:47 PM

Or do I have to reverse it?

all this info is available in the dev kit

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thank you so much. I've tried it before, but the Primal file open took too long to proceed. I'll try again.

ehiu

Oh thank you so much. Can I get the item name or bp as well?

PrimalInventory_DedicatedStorage_C does have a SelectedResourceType that points to the UClass. But ArkServerApi's UProperty* FindProperty(FName name) returns null when you try to find it

7:02 PM

Looks like ArkServerAPI's FindProperty() skips the first property:

c++
__declspec(dllexport) UProperty* UObject::FindProperty(FName name)
{
    for (UProperty* Property = this->ClassField()->PropertyLinkField(); Property = Property->PropertyLinkNextField();)
        if (Property->NameField().Compare(&name) == 0)
            return Property;
    return nullptr;
}

Should be:

c++
for (UProperty* Property = this->ClassField()->PropertyLinkField(); Property; Property = Property->PropertyLinkNextField())

2

oh...

7:04 PM

f so, you need to re-build it by modifying arkserverapi.

ehiu

Or do I have to reverse it?

Sometimes I find this stuff in the dev kit, but I also verify it in a dump (like an SDK dump) from Unreal Engine's reflection info. I'm not sure the names in the dev kit always match the actual names in code.

You can also use the PDB.

If I remember correctly the APrimalStructure* from the dedicated storage also has both SelectedResourceClass and ResourceCount

UProperty* selectedResourceProp = structure->FindProperty(FName("SelectedResourceClass", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
UClass* itemClass = selectedResourceProp->Get<UClass*>(structure);

UProperty* itemCountProp = structure->FindProperty(FName("ResourceCount", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
int32 availableAmount = itemCountProp->Get<int32>(structure);

TheMollusk

Sometimes I find this stuff in the dev kit, but I also verify it in a dump (like an SDK dump) from Unreal Engine's reflection info. I'm not sure the names in the dev kit always match the actual names in code.

Thank you very much. Thanks to you, I found a way to investigate the item. I'll try installing devkit as well and try a few things.

Pelayori

If I remember correctly the APrimalStructure* from the dedicated storage also has both SelectedResourceClass and ResourceCount

UProperty* selectedResourceProp = structure->FindProperty(FName("SelectedResourceClass", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
UClass* itemClass = selectedResourceProp->Get<UClass*>(structure);

UProperty* itemCountProp = structure->FindProperty(FName("ResourceCount", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
int32 availableAmount = itemCountProp->Get<int32>(structure);

In the arkserverapi I have, the SelectedResourceClass and ResourceCount methods are not found. Let's try this too. Thank you very much.

ehiu

In the arkserverapi I have, the SelectedResourceClass and ResourceCount methods are not found. Let's try this too. Thank you very much.

ResourceCount is found

I do use those 2 properties in one of my plugins, and I personally tested them, at least it used to work.

Frigoff

You can also use the PDB.

Dedicated storage's inventory component is blueprint generated so I think you have to go through reflection. Not sure if there's a way with PDB?

I believe you're correct on that

Pelayori

I do use those 2 properties in one of my plugins, and I personally tested them, at least it used to work.

You can traverse the property linked list and find SelectedResourceClass. But I think the provided FindProperty() doesn't work becuase of this: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1015668142468505630

Hmm not sure, I'm pretty sure it's in the dedi storage rather than on the inventory, though

Ah yeah, both those fields are on BP_DedicatedStorage_C as well. So you don't even need to get the inventory component @ehiu

Okay. I'll try.

DECLARE_HOOK(UPrimalItem_FinishCraftingBlueprint, UPrimalItem, UPrimalItem); UPrimalItem* Hook_UPrimalItem_FinishCraftingBlueprint(UPrimalItem* _this) { return UPrimalItem_FinishCraftingBlueprint_original(_this); } This was generated using the Server Api Hooker Creator, the declare hook has two UPrimalItem parameters. Is the the generated function missing one parameter?

Hello. I am trying to give dino in soul trap (Dino Storage v2) in my plugin and I am having such problems. Can someone help me fix this? I watched how it was done in ArkShop plugin and there are exactly the same problems

RIO (Александр)

Hello. I am trying to give dino in soul trap (Dino Storage v2) in my plugin and I am having such problems. Can someone help me fix this? I watched how it was done in ArkShop plugin and there are exactly the same problems

There you go

6:13 PM

Ark-Server-Plugins/ArkShop.cpp at master · ServersHub/Ark-Server-Pl...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Pelayori

There you go

I tried it yesterday. But got the same issue. I even installed the ArkShop plugin and tried to get the Dino from the store in soul trap

Hmm, not sure. Arkshop has got souls working as far as I know

Pelayori

Hmm, not sure. Arkshop has got souls working as far as I know

Ah that, sorry I thought you meant spawning dino in souls

6:42 PM

You would have to ask the mod developer to know how to populate that data correctly

Pelayori

You would have to ask the mod developer to know how to populate that data correctly

oh... thank u

Hi everyone! Could you help me find information on how to fix this? I will be grateful for any help Error (active) E0135 class "UProperty" has no member "NameField"

This is a separate question from plugins. Thank you very much for your reply. I don't speak English, so I'm using a translator. First of all, I apologize for this. Is there a way to connect the server with two computers? Errors due to missing cluster files want to prevent

https://syncthing.net/ usually works very well

Pelayori

https://syncthing.net/ usually works very well

It cannot keep up with the file creation speed that occurs when the server is moved.

7:22 PM

Synchronization takes about 5 seconds.

That is due to wrong configuration

Have you run a server with this?

Yes I have

you ever notice how the icon for Ark is messed up?

8:56 PM

the red and green crystals are missing

8:59 PM

9:00 PM

lol, It really is. Your discovery is so interesting.

it should be this

9:02 PM

9:03 PM

if I had to guess, maybe they cropped it to keep it square

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9:06 PM

the upcropped icon has a ratio of 1.531

9:06 PM

or 1.531 pixels across to each pixel down

9:07 PM

I can see how that would cause problems at different icon sizes

Is there not a Git of the source for a few of the free plugins like Permissions still? I wanted to take a look at how hard it would be to add Timed Permissions that remove after X days.

Vysse

Is there not a Git of the source for a few of the free plugins like Permissions still? I wanted to take a look at how hard it would be to add Timed Permissions that remove after X days.

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins

GitHub - ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins: Server Plugins for ARK: Ser...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Pelayori

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins

Thank you!

Also I think you can already add a timed permission for X days

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10:47 PM

Just need to convert days to hours

Pelayori

Also I think you can already add a timed permission for X days

Really? I figured it didn't work like that given that there is nothing in the database to manage it. Maybe I am wrong but I will take a look.

If you are using latest permissions there is. TimedPermissions column.

10:49 PM

Syntax would be permissions.addtimed <id> <group> <hours> <delay>

Doesn't that just store the Permissions name? I guess I never actually tried it because of some of the wording it shows.

Yes, but you could make a group with the desired permission

OH I remember what the issue was now. It wasn't that you couldn't do timed permissions properly it was that it didn't ADD to the time already on it.

Ah yeah. That doesn't does it.

10:53 PM

I did have a draft for that, but wasn't able to finish it.

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10:54 PM

I will look into it soon, when I finally sort all the things I have to do

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Seems like an easy add-on but C++ isn't my strong suit.

Hello, I need to force respawn a user from player controller, could you please help me with a function? (Solved this with player_controller->ServerRequestRespawnAtPoint_Implementation(0, 0);) (edited)

Another question, how to hide respawn UI? (edited)

@substitute

Why are you tagging me

sorry for tag no one just answers

Why don’t you try to figure it out yourself?

5:59 PM

No one here is going to just know everything off the top of their head

maybe someone did something similar

5:59 PM

but searching a bit in this channel gave nothing

SR

maybe someone did something similar

That doesn’t mean you’re entitled to them answering

6:00 PM

If someone knows and they feel like sharing they will

6:00 PM

You just have to be patient

substitute

You just have to be patient

Ok

What are you even trying to do

6:01 PM

Why do you need to respawn the character?

substitute

Why do you need to respawn the character?

I'm doing stuff for admins so they can go off the spectator and spawn exactly in the place where they were in it.

6:03 PM

Right now it automatically respawns you and teleports you in the right position after using the command. The only problem is appearing UI you can just hide it but it is uncomfortable.

Then try and look at how beds spawns work

6:04 PM

Since those are at a location

substitute

Then try and look at how beds spawns work

Solved it with player_controller->ClientShowSpawnUI(-1);

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Hello, I wanted to ask if anyone has ever tried to include a websocket client in a plugin and respond to events. I'm currently stuck with my c++ knowledge because I can't find a lib that I can include without compilation errors.

Amadon

Hello, I wanted to ask if anyone has ever tried to include a websocket client in a plugin and respond to events. I'm currently stuck with my c++ knowledge because I can't find a lib that I can include without compilation errors.

I haven't tried it, but I expect there will be errors. It's clear that the library doesn't follow the Unreal Engine's Thread method. So there will be an error. It would be annoying if you had to use websocket, but it is to implement the websocket client in the thread method of Unreal Engin. A simple way is to share data with db(mysql).

7:13 PM

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513502790228639775/950338156383846400

You can integrate some socket libraries into the plugin, just need to do correct linkage and initialization of them (edited)

I think on the webpage the linked arkserver-api version is 3.54 and is not up to date

Since websockets are event-based, threads will be essential. It is different from normal socket .

Amadon

Hello, I wanted to ask if anyone has ever tried to include a websocket client in a plugin and respond to events. I'm currently stuck with my c++ knowledge because I can't find a lib that I can include without compilation errors.

I have and you can but I highly advise against it

10:42 PM

HTTP and not web socket but not much different

10:42 PM

My main issue to plugins doing it is if a lot use it then there should be an api to reduce the excessive use of random sockets

ehiu

Since websockets are event-based, threads will be essential. It is different from normal socket .

Also they aren’t really any different

10:44 PM

Most connections are event based

10:44 PM

Stuff like http is the weirdo protocol that terminates the socket once the resource is read

So thank you very much for the answers. would not have thought that is so koplex with c++ websockets to install. But I will try the idea with the Mysql since I wanted to install sooner or later anyway a database.

@substitute at the moment i use a netjs backend for the communication between website and ark server. but this only works one way because i realized the whole thing via rcon. through the websockest i had hoped for a clean connection but that should be possible via mysql too.

Amadon

@substitute at the moment i use a netjs backend for the communication between website and ark server. but this only works one way because i realized the whole thing via rcon. through the websockest i had hoped for a clean connection but that should be possible via mysql too.

Depends on how real time you want it

11:33 PM

If it’s a private plugin you can use whatever protocol you want

11:33 PM

Even just a raw socket

immediately of course

11:34 PM

at the moment it's all still on a private server when everything works and i'm satisfied i actually wanted to publish it

Consider if you really need real time

11:35 PM

If you do, you can make a socket and use that

i think the main problem is that i've only been working with c++ for 2 weeks. i've been thinking about writing the dll in go and binding it but i'm not convinced yet that it will work properly with the UE.

Amadon

i think the main problem is that i've only been working with c++ for 2 weeks. i've been thinking about writing the dll in go and binding it but i'm not convinced yet that it will work properly with the UE.

If you’re that new to C++ you are going to probably struggle with sockets

11:39 PM

There’s no c++ sockets standard library

11:40 PM

So you are stuck with C sockets and whatever you can find online for C++ (edited)

11:40 PM

Personally I like crow for http and I think it can do web socket

11:41 PM

https://crowcpp.org/master/

CrowCpp

A Fast and Easy to use microframework for the web.

that's the problem i found a lot about boost /beast and tried it but i can't get it to compile with ArkApi in a project ... i think it's related to the c++ standard since beast was built for 11 and ArkApi for 17

17 is backwards compatible with 11

11:42 PM

If you use vcpkg it compiles the libraries using whatever standard your project uses

that's what i thought too only as soon as i put beast in a project with 17 i get >100 errors

Dunno

11:43 PM

I got crow to work without issues

11:43 PM

It’s what I used for this

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11:43 PM

Where crow was a web api

11:43 PM

The web page just made post requests to the server

I will definitely try it out about such tips I am always happy

11:44 PM

reads similar to a golang script

How does the velocity work in FVector? Found it in this function AShooterPlayerController->ClientAddFloatingText_Implementation

SR

How does the velocity work in FVector? Found it in this function AShooterPlayerController->ClientAddFloatingText_Implementation

It’s directional

4:40 PM

A vector matrix is just one representation of a vector

4:40 PM

The other is magnitude + angle

substitute

A vector matrix is just one representation of a vector

So... to set speed I need to set any axis with a number?

9:42 PM

For example FVector(0, 1, 0) or it needs to be a direction like FVector::up? (edited)

SR

So... to set speed I need to set any axis with a number?

Let’s assume in the vector, we have xyz where y is up/down, x is forward/backward (relative to no rotation) and z is left/right

11:14 PM

Let’s also assume FVector::Up is [0,1,0] (unit vector)

11:14 PM

And let’s assume you want to apply a 10 unit force in the up direction

11:15 PM

You first get the unit vector of your direction (magnitude = 1) and scale it by your force scalar to get your vector (edited)

11:15 PM

So in our case 10[0,1,0] -> [0,10,0]

I'm just curious maybe someone used this function? Can't find out what is wrong with my arguments. AShooterPlayerController::ClientAddFloatingText_Implementation Visual Studio doesn't give any errors. No text in ARK and logs/console.

player_controller->ClientAddFloatingText_Implementation(player_controller->DefaultActorLocationField(), &pp, FColorList::Green, 100, 100, 100, FVector(0, 1, 0), 100, 5, 5);

Pretty sure functions starting with “Client” execute on clients only

If I remember from testing, that function only works with the non implementation one, not sure why. Hooks don't fire in the impl version either

substitute

Pretty sure functions starting with “Client” execute on clients only

Yeah I'm executing it with client

Pelayori

If I remember from testing, that function only works with the non implementation one, not sure why. Hooks don't fire in the impl version either

True, this thing wasn't working because of _implementation

7:01 PM

strange

The impl one is probably client code, and the normal one is a RPC that is sent to client

How to get AShooterPlayerController from AActor?

AActor may not be a shooter player

10:34 PM

You need to downcast from AActor to AShooterCharacter

10:35 PM

And then if it casts, you can access the controller variable

substitute

You need to downcast from AActor to AShooterCharacter

I've got the controller out of aactor and casted it into the thing I wanted. (I'll edit this message tmrw and attach code for people like me) UPD: AShooterPlayerController* causer = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(AActor->GetInstigatorController()); (edited)

Can anyone help me understand why this code fails only when it's in a class?

void TestClass::DoCallBack(bool Success, std::string Response)
{ // Do Something }
void TestClass::SubmitRequest(std::string URL, AShooterPlayerController* player)
{ API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("http://www.testurl.com", &TestClass::DoCallBack); }

Fails with this message:

no suitable constructor exists to convert from "void (TestClass::*)(bool Success, std::string Response)" to "std::function<void (bool, std::string)>"

This code works:

void DoCallBack(bool Success, std::string Response)
{ // Do Something }
void SubmitRequest(std::string URL, AShooterPlayerController* player)
{ API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("http://www.testurl.com", &DoCallBack); }

(edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Can anyone help me understand why this code fails only when it's in a class?

void TestClass::DoCallBack(bool Success, std::string Response)
{ // Do Something }
void TestClass::SubmitRequest(std::string URL, AShooterPlayerController* player)
{ API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("http://www.testurl.com", &TestClass::DoCallBack); }

Fails with this message:

no suitable constructor exists to convert from "void (TestClass::*)(bool Success, std::string Response)" to "std::function<void (bool, std::string)>"

This code works:

void DoCallBack(bool Success, std::string Response)
{ // Do Something }
void SubmitRequest(std::string URL, AShooterPlayerController* player)
{ API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("http://www.testurl.com", &DoCallBack); }

(edited)

It’s in a class?

7:55 AM

And it’s not static?

7:56 AM

Then it fails because there’s an implicit first arg of the type named “this”

7:56 AM

Class foo
{
 void bar(int arg);
}

(edited)

7:56 AM

Is actually

7:56 AM

void bar(foo* this, int arg); (edited)

7:57 AM

Not void bar(int arg);

substitute

It’s in a class?

Thanks Sub. Yes it's in a class. That would explain it. Any idea how I would work around that, given CreateGetRequest expects the first two arguments to be bool and string? (edited)

8:36 AM

Nvm, this seems to work:

API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest("http://www.testurl.com", std::bind(&TestClass::DoCallBack, this, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2));

You're going to crash.

8:46 AM

You're not passing in the pointer to the instance of the class then

8:47 AM

Just make the function static

Frigoff

You're not passing in the pointer to the instance of the class then

It could work with bind assuming the callback isn’t doing a raw function pointer

9:05 AM

But I still advise against it

9:06 AM

Since it’s not really any better than marking it static

9:06 AM

Since the only “this” that’ll be passed in is the bound instance

9:06 AM

Which to me, sounds like static with extra steps

9:07 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 is there a reason you don’t want the function to be static?

substitute

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 is there a reason you don’t want the function to be static?

No, I guess not. Will make it static then. Thanks guys.

How to check if AActor is a player?

SR

How to check if AActor is a player?

Controller: if (actor != nullptr && actor->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass())) Character: if (actor != nullptr && actor->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())) How ever sometimes this can fail if the actor is in a different state and so on (edited)

substitute

Pretty sure functions starting with “Client” execute on clients only

For my latest discover it's not all lol

Foppa

Controller: if (actor != nullptr && actor->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass())) Character: if (actor != nullptr && actor->IsA(AShooterCharacter::GetPrivateStaticClass())) How ever sometimes this can fail if the actor is in a different state and so on (edited)

Thank you

11:11 AM

How to use mysql for ark plugins? When I compile with mysql++.h library it gives 100+ errors. Any guides? (Fixed it after some struggling and adding everything from arkshop :D) (edited)

Not really no

11:57 AM

But check the arkshop it has a good example on how it could be done

Hi! What function I can hook, which run at moment when player click transfer button? I found

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ClientOnCurrentCharacterAndItemsUploaded(AShooterPlayerController* _this, unsigned __int64 TransferringPlayerDataId)

but it is so late... player inventory is not valid

I need player inventory at this moment

RIO (Александр)

Hi! What function I can hook, which run at moment when player click transfer button? I found

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ClientOnCurrentCharacterAndItemsUploaded(AShooterPlayerController* _this, unsigned __int64 TransferringPlayerDataId)

but it is so late... player inventory is not valid

I need player inventory at this moment

This is client function here's the reason why it is so late, try using server one. (edited)

8:15 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation, void, AShooterPlayerController*, UPrimalInventoryComponent*);

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventoryComp)
{
    AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation_original(_this, inventoryComp);
}

ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterPlayerController.ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation, &AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation_original);

ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterPlayerController.ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerUploadCurrentCharacterAndItems_Implementation);

SR

This is client function here's the reason why it is so late, try using server one. (edited)

thank u so much for help! have a nice day

anyone help me . how to wipe ARK server and the database plugin

EviL

anyone help me . how to wipe ARK server and the database plugin

wrong server

SR

wrong server

where i can ask about my problem plz

EviL

where i can ask about my problem plz

For general tech support you would need to go to #【👑】ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀꜱ discord. This one is for plugin and resource development revolving around the API framework.

What is error 1114? Any possible ways to fix it? (Additional info: Permissions and mysql lib from ark shop used as dependencies config is valid) (edited)

SR

What is error 1114? Any possible ways to fix it? (Additional info: Permissions and mysql lib from ark shop used as dependencies config is valid) (edited)

Error 1114 is a plugin is failing to load properly

substitute

Error 1114 is a plugin is failing to load properly

Load event?

10:06 PM

oh well

10:06 PM

it is error 126 now (edited)

What is error 126?

search this discord for: 126

jraServerAPI

search this discord for: 126

doesn't give info for my case

3:08 PM

When I get rid of 1114 it gives me 126

3:08 PM

When I'm trying to get rid of 126 it gives me 1114 :D

126 is a missing dependency

Lethal

126 is a missing dependency

How to know what dependency? I've added mysqllibrary to the plugin recently.

6:36 PM

Where to add dependency?

You are missing another plugin required for that to work or a DLL etc on your windows box.

Lethal

You are missing another plugin required for that to work or a DLL etc on your windows box.

Is it possible to find out what's missing?

10:44 PM

I've included mysql and permissions for the plugin. (Permissions was working before so it isn't the main problem) Things started to get buggy after adding mysql.

If you copied how to do mysql from ArkShop it was probably the beta code which required OpenSSL. I just merged in the new beta code removing the SSL code so you may want to pull that down and replace the mysql lib and includes. (edited)

How to reject player join with reason? (using HandleNewPlayer Event with kick function just crashes the game, not server) (edited)

I did something like that here

5:15 PM

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/threads/anti-familyshare.1215/ (edited)

Anti-FamilyShare

Substitute submitted a new resource: Anti-FamilyShare - Kicks users that are using Steam Family Share. Tired of banned players coming back by exploiting Steam's family share? Wish to only allow accounts that actually own Ark to join? This plugin preforms the check that Official Servers use to...

5:15 PM

I’ll look for the code

substitute

I’ll look for the code

Did you find the code?

SR

Did you find the code?

I am not home

Is it possible to log the server crash/error/world unload?

Any ideas? (edited)

To log a crash you’d have to make the server a child process of your monitor program

5:22 PM

Or attach your monitor program as a debugger

substitute

To log a crash you’d have to make the server a child process of your monitor program

need to do something that triggers on crash but on server side. Not something external

8:37 PM

I saw people doing this and saving the world right on server crash.

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-plugin-crash-manager.96/

Free - ARK Plugin Crash Manager

Plugin will automatically restart your server when it crashed. It will also attempt to save the world after the crash (no rollbacks anymore). Notice: Make sure you do a regular backups if you want to use save world function. Configuration: {...

jraServerAPI

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-plugin-crash-manager.96/

Thank you

This doesn’t catch fatal crashes I think

9:19 PM

Stuff like plugin error

9:19 PM

Only should catch UE4 crashes

9:19 PM

Would need to see the code to really know what it can and can’t handle

substitute

Would need to see the code to really know what it can and can’t handle

yea it will be good to see the code too.

substitute

Only should catch UE4 crashes

It should be ok for the player-sided crashes that need to be logged in the first place.

It logs crashes that are reported by the ue4 crash reporter, which includes most plugin crashes in the main game thread

Pelayori

It logs crashes that are reported by the ue4 crash reporter, which includes most plugin crashes in the main game thread

Won’t handle a segfault due to a null ptr

9:26 PM

I assume the restart step is just a fork()?

its a new process with the same command line args passed

9:27 PM

and then after creating that new process the old one is closed

9:27 PM

https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/PluginCrashManager/PluginCrashManager/PluginCrashManager.cpp

Ark-Server-Plugins/PluginCrashManager.cpp at master · Pelayori/Ark-...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Pelayori

https://github.com/Pelayori/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/PluginCrashManager/PluginCrashManager/PluginCrashManager.cpp

9:31 PM

This plugin is very good for unexpected stuff.

Pelayori

and then after creating that new process the old one is closed

Yea

9:49 PM

That’s fork() basically

1

Is it possible to edit lava golem cooldown timer? (edited)

Not from a plugin.

Pelayori

Not from a plugin.

Ok then. How to get blueprint name from a AShooterWeapon or anything else that can get "UClass"? (edited)

SR

Ok then. How to get blueprint name from a AShooterWeapon or anything else that can get "UClass"? (edited)

Use the API of course

Have you looked through any of the open source examples?

jraServerAPI

Use the API of course

Have you looked through any of the open source examples?

yeah but didn't see this stuff

6:31 PM

or I'm just blind

search this discord?

6:33 PM

a lot of answers can also be found in here you just have to search for them

6:33 PM

the word "blueprint" alone has over 9 pages of results

6:36 PM

the api has functions for getting blueprint paths ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint() etc...

jraServerAPI

the api has functions for getting blueprint paths ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint() etc...

oh wait didn't think about that

Turret filler, Turret Manager.... and then the free option soon to be released Turret Controller

SR

Is it possible to edit lava golem cooldown timer? (edited)

I didn't test it much at all, but adjusting the Golem's cooldown timer (that gets set in the cave's event graph) seems to get the job done. I tried setting the cooldown to 10 minutes. The client "Boss is on cooldown for X minutes" notification accurately reflected my change and the boss was available again after just 10 minutes.

c++
// void __fastcall UKismetSystemLibrary::K2_SetTimer(UObject *Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
DECLARE_HOOK(UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer, void, UObject*, FString, float, bool);
void Hook_UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer(UObject* Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
{
    float newTime = Time;

    if ((Object->NameField().ToString().ToString() == "Ragnarok_A1_Cave_C_0") && (FunctionName.ToString() == "Cooldown Timer"))
        newTime = 600; // 10 minute cooldown

    UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer_original(Object, FunctionName, newTime, bLooping);
}

TheMollusk

I didn't test it much at all, but adjusting the Golem's cooldown timer (that gets set in the cave's event graph) seems to get the job done. I tried setting the cooldown to 10 minutes. The client "Boss is on cooldown for X minutes" notification accurately reflected my change and the boss was available again after just 10 minutes.

c++
// void __fastcall UKismetSystemLibrary::K2_SetTimer(UObject *Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
DECLARE_HOOK(UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer, void, UObject*, FString, float, bool);
void Hook_UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer(UObject* Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
{
    float newTime = Time;

    if ((Object->NameField().ToString().ToString() == "Ragnarok_A1_Cave_C_0") && (FunctionName.ToString() == "Cooldown Timer"))
        newTime = 600; // 10 minute cooldown

    UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer_original(Object, FunctionName, newTime, bLooping);
}

6:51 PM

Thank you

TheMollusk

I didn't test it much at all, but adjusting the Golem's cooldown timer (that gets set in the cave's event graph) seems to get the job done. I tried setting the cooldown to 10 minutes. The client "Boss is on cooldown for X minutes" notification accurately reflected my change and the boss was available again after just 10 minutes.

c++
// void __fastcall UKismetSystemLibrary::K2_SetTimer(UObject *Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
DECLARE_HOOK(UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer, void, UObject*, FString, float, bool);
void Hook_UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer(UObject* Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
{
    float newTime = Time;

    if ((Object->NameField().ToString().ToString() == "Ragnarok_A1_Cave_C_0") && (FunctionName.ToString() == "Cooldown Timer"))
        newTime = 600; // 10 minute cooldown

    UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer_original(Object, FunctionName, newTime, bLooping);
}

Oh hmm, I didn't even bother since I thought the cooldown wouldn't update on client.

8:35 PM

I am a bit dumb on how does the set timer from server updates the client one though.

How to handle http requests sent to the server? For example: https://127.0.0.1/stop

SR

How to handle http requests sent to the server? For example: https://127.0.0.1/stop

Write or use an http server as a plugin lol

substitute

Write or use an http server as a plugin lol

Wait I can do a server in a plugin? Sounds interesting

SR

Wait I can do a server in a plugin? Sounds interesting

TheMollusk

I didn't test it much at all, but adjusting the Golem's cooldown timer (that gets set in the cave's event graph) seems to get the job done. I tried setting the cooldown to 10 minutes. The client "Boss is on cooldown for X minutes" notification accurately reflected my change and the boss was available again after just 10 minutes.

c++
// void __fastcall UKismetSystemLibrary::K2_SetTimer(UObject *Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
DECLARE_HOOK(UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer, void, UObject*, FString, float, bool);
void Hook_UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer(UObject* Object, FString FunctionName, float Time, bool bLooping)
{
    float newTime = Time;

    if ((Object->NameField().ToString().ToString() == "Ragnarok_A1_Cave_C_0") && (FunctionName.ToString() == "Cooldown Timer"))
        newTime = 600; // 10 minute cooldown

    UKismetSystemLibrary_K2_SetTimer_original(Object, FunctionName, newTime, bLooping);
}

This hook doesn't fire for some unknown reasons.

hi guys, is it possible to disable a plugin update and enable it back without shutting down the server ?

not sure what you mean, but you can load and unload plugins during runtime (if they support it) using plugins.load PluginName plugins.unload PluginName

1

6:08 PM

the PluginName is case sensitive

6:12 PM

however, some plugins will crash when you do this ..soo good luck!

jraServerAPI

not sure what you mean, but you can load and unload plugins during runtime (if they support it) using plugins.load PluginName plugins.unload PluginName

btw how to make it supported? :d

Detach all your hooks

Hooks, timer callbacks, tick callbacks and threads (if you use any)

I mentioned this before to Wetbatman a while back, and he liked the idea, but I don't think it went much further than that. Using the real time save/unload/load ability with the PluginName.dll.arkapi file works great, but sometimes it's more convenient to perform the update on next server restart. Could we get something like a PluginName.dll.arkapinext extension that would do just that? Many thanks!

jraServerAPI

I mentioned this before to Wetbatman a while back, and he liked the idea, but I don't think it went much further than that. Using the real time save/unload/load ability with the PluginName.dll.arkapi file works great, but sometimes it's more convenient to perform the update on next server restart. Could we get something like a PluginName.dll.arkapinext extension that would do just that? Many thanks!

You can do that already

10:07 AM

Just disable plugin reloading on arl API config json

Is it possible to check if player is in attacker(other player) sight?

Yes, the easiest way is to use UVictoryCore::ActorHasLineOfSight

10:22 PM

You pass from actor, and to actor, and it returns true/false. Also AActor** OutBlockingActor (out parameter) will return the actor that is blocking the LOS (edited)

10:23 PM

More cumbersome way: do a line trace yourself and handle it

Pelayori

Yes, the easiest way is to use UVictoryCore::ActorHasLineOfSight

Is it working if player is only in FOV (for example) or in a straight line where actor is looking at?

10:24 PM

just to be sure

Both approaches will work the way you want, but the first one is easier, as in the second one you have to calculate start and end yourself, and to calculate the end location forward vectors are involved

Pelayori

Yes, the easiest way is to use UVictoryCore::ActorHasLineOfSight

Can't find the function

Probably not defined

10:26 PM

bool UVictoryCore::ActorHasLineOfSight(
        AActor *FromActor,
        AActor *ToActor,
        AActor **OutBlockingActor,
        FVector *ToActorOffset,
        ECollisionChannel Channel,
        float DebugDrawDuration)

Still tries to throw out strange errors.

10:27 PM

Maybe I need to include something?

You need to define the function

Pelayori

You need to define the function

I'm a bit new to C++ how to do this?

bool ActorHasLineOfSight(AActor* FromActor, AActor* ToActor, AActor** OutBlockingActor, FVector* ToActorOffset, ECollisionChannel Channel, float DebugDrawDuration) { return NativeCall<bool, AActor*, AActor*, AActor**, FVector*, ECollisionChannel, float>(nullptr, "UVictoryCore.ActorHasLineOfSight", FromActor, ToActor, OutBlockingActor, ToActorOffset, Channel, DebugDrawDuration); }

10:37 PM

Add that to UVictoryCore

ty

Pelayori

bool ActorHasLineOfSight(AActor* FromActor, AActor* ToActor, AActor** OutBlockingActor, FVector* ToActorOffset, ECollisionChannel Channel, float DebugDrawDuration) { return NativeCall<bool, AActor*, AActor*, AActor**, FVector*, ECollisionChannel, float>(nullptr, "UVictoryCore.ActorHasLineOfSight", FromActor, ToActor, OutBlockingActor, ToActorOffset, Channel, DebugDrawDuration); }

How to get the ToActorOffset? Also what the ECollisionChannel does?

10:44 PM

Is it ok to put just actor position?

actor offset should be a pointer to a vector full of zeros usually

10:50 PM

for channel use channel 2 (weapon channel) (edited)

Pelayori

actor offset should be a pointer to a vector full of zeros usually

is it ok to set 0 for checktime?

Checktime?

Pelayori

Checktime?

DebugDrawDuration

You can pass 0 to that yeah

Pelayori

bool ActorHasLineOfSight(AActor* FromActor, AActor* ToActor, AActor** OutBlockingActor, FVector* ToActorOffset, ECollisionChannel Channel, float DebugDrawDuration) { return NativeCall<bool, AActor*, AActor*, AActor**, FVector*, ECollisionChannel, float>(nullptr, "UVictoryCore.ActorHasLineOfSight", FromActor, ToActor, OutBlockingActor, ToActorOffset, Channel, DebugDrawDuration); }

Looks like it works but there is a small problem. When you fly far away it starts throwing false.

11:38 AM

here's how I tried to fix it. (tried setting actual actor offset) but it doesn't help.

bool boolean = UVictoryCore::ActorHasLineOfSight(DamageCauser, _this, &b, &_this->DefaultActorLocationField(), ECollisionChannel::ECC_GameTraceChannel2, 0);

11:39 AM

it works different* (edited)

11:41 AM

When you are nearby zero coordinate or the place where you joined everything works. But then it stops.

11:41 AM

so it is somehow bound to the antimesh system.

You should not pass default actor loc as an offset

Pelayori

You should not pass default actor loc as an offset

Setting 0 0 0 gives nothing

6:34 PM

Still the same result

You can try tracing yourself then

Pelayori

You can try tracing yourself then

is it possible to get exact player position?

_this->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField()

6:38 PM

This and much more is shown in open source repo of ark plugins

Pelayori

This and much more is shown in open source repo of ark plugins

I don't know why but it still counts my last saved position :/

7:01 PM

maybe there is an easy way to verify gunshot?

7:01 PM

just need to be sure that attacker points at this person to get rid of lag switches. (edited)

Game uses actor has line of sight, so not sure

SR

I don't know why but it still counts my last saved position :/

you should use GetWorldLocation() instead from AShooterCharacter

c++
FVector vLoc;
auto player = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(player_controller->CharacterField());
player->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&vLoc);  // get location

(edited)

SR

maybe there is an easy way to verify gunshot?

I suggest you hook the shot and check there

7:20 PM

Then you get all the data you need from the hitresult

Frigoff

I suggest you hook the shot and check there

Let me try the idea with lines

Not sure with what shooting has to do with lag switches?

Frigoff

Not sure with what shooting has to do with lag switches?

shooting is client side drunkcard

7:22 PM

I don't know how this works but even if you JUST disable the internet and beam someone

SR

Let me try the idea with lines

You’ll always be using a line trace

it regs everything

Your fix won’t fix that, you’ll need to implement the fix that WC did for official

7:24 PM

You’ll be taking what the client sends you

7:25 PM

Computing and verifying and then continuing

7:26 PM

Keep in mind any additional latency you add will affect all shots since ARK doesn’t have any backwards network shot lag compensation

I'm trying to do the first fix just to try. Then I'll be playing with different settings and different fixes.

1

How to get actor from FHitResult?

Should be a FWeakObjectPtr iirc and you can do can call the Get method on it

Frigoff

Should be a FWeakObjectPtr iirc and you can do can call the Get method on it

Yeah, ActorField().Get(false) is the solution. (edited)

Hi, is there a documentation where we can find an API reference?

There isn't a wiki, the api is source code, and there's a open source repo full of examples of how to create plugins

For example plugin do you mean an already made plugin or a skeleton?

Already made plugins. But there's a template around from Substitute, let me find it

8:39 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1037493863142658078

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

8:39 PM

(From @substitute )

Thank you

Also there's a google doc on how to setup visual studio for plugins, #【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ

is the website down?

Yep

9:14 PM

@GSH | MrOwlSky

Yeah it's being worked on at the moment. OVH is doing some maintenance on the VPS to upgrade storage space

2

Hi, is there a way to reload the plugins without having to restart the server (for development) (ARK)? (edited)

unload and reload the plugin

Frigoff

unload and reload the plugin

is it commands?

Yes.

EnoPM

Hi, is there a way to reload the plugins without having to restart the server (for development) (ARK)? (edited)

plugins.unload <pluginname> & plugins.load <pluginname>

Thank you

Foppa

plugins.unload <pluginname> & plugins.load <pluginname>

in ark console?

11:39 PM

because i can't replace my dll file

unload, replace, load

Frigoff

unload, replace, load

I tried, I typed plugins.unload NameOfPlugin in ARK console

11:48 PM

Maybe I misunderstood something, is it in this console that I have to type my command?

EnoPM

Maybe I misunderstood something, is it in this console that I have to type my command?

RCON

11:50 PM

Also if you type plugins.load [pluginname] it is bound to tHiS be careful.

EnoPM

Hi, is there a way to reload the plugins without having to restart the server (for development) (ARK)? (edited)

rename your new DLL to be whateverplugin.dll.arkapi and put in the plugin folder the api will auto load the new dll for you

EnoPM

Maybe I misunderstood something, is it in this console that I have to type my command?

if you are doing it in-game, you need to add "Cheat" or "AdminCheat" cheat plugins.unload <pluginname> cheat plugins.load <pluginname> By RCON it's only: plugins.unload <pluginname> plugins.load <pluginname>

11:32 AM

Or do as Lethal suggested it's practically the same

Thank you for your answers, Adding the .arkapi extension to my new .dll file seems to work however when I try to unload my plugin with the command plugins.unload EnoPlugin I get this error message: Failed to unload plugin - Plugin enoplugin is not loaded and I cannot overwrite my dll file. Here is my test code:

c++
#include "EnoPlugin.h"
/**
 * -- Header file contains --
 * #include "API/Ark/Ark.h"
 * #pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib")
 **/

namespace Colors
{
    const FLinearColor Red = *new FLinearColor(255, 0, 0);
    const FLinearColor Green = *new FLinearColor(102, 255, 51);
}

void HandleTestCommand (AShooterPlayerController* player, const FString* arguments, EChatSendMode::Type mode)
{
    FString text = L"Command /test executed with arguments \"" + *arguments + "\"";
    player->ClientServerChatDirectMessage(&text, Colors::Green, false);
}

void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("EnoPlugin");
    ArkApi::GetCommands().AddChatCommand("/test", &HandleTestCommand);
}

void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetCommands().RemoveChatCommand("/test");
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    default:
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

12:39 PM

I think I'm doing something wrong but I tried to follow the structure of other plugins

I tried with the ArkShop plugin and I have the same problem. I think it comes from the latest version of ARK API

EnoPM

Thank you for your answers, Adding the .arkapi extension to my new .dll file seems to work however when I try to unload my plugin with the command plugins.unload EnoPlugin I get this error message: Failed to unload plugin - Plugin enoplugin is not loaded and I cannot overwrite my dll file. Here is my test code:

c++
#include "EnoPlugin.h"
/**
 * -- Header file contains --
 * #include "API/Ark/Ark.h"
 * #pragma comment(lib, "ArkApi.lib")
 **/

namespace Colors
{
    const FLinearColor Red = *new FLinearColor(255, 0, 0);
    const FLinearColor Green = *new FLinearColor(102, 255, 51);
}

void HandleTestCommand (AShooterPlayerController* player, const FString* arguments, EChatSendMode::Type mode)
{
    FString text = L"Command /test executed with arguments \"" + *arguments + "\"";
    player->ClientServerChatDirectMessage(&text, Colors::Green, false);
}

void Load()
{
    Log::Get().Init("EnoPlugin");
    ArkApi::GetCommands().AddChatCommand("/test", &HandleTestCommand);
}

void Unload()
{
    ArkApi::GetCommands().RemoveChatCommand("/test");
}

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved)
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
        Load();
        break;
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        Unload();
        break;
    default:
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

try plugins.unload enoplugin

10:36 PM

it is case-sensitive

SR

it is case-sensitive

same issue

EnoPM

same issue

is it loaded?

SR

is it loaded?

I can execute my chat command but in rcon when I do plugins.unload enoplugin I have Failed to unload plugin - Plugin enoplugin is not loaded

10:49 PM

If I load or I unload my plugin that doesn't prevent it from working

EnoPM

I can execute my chat command but in rcon when I do plugins.unload enoplugin I have Failed to unload plugin - Plugin enoplugin is not loaded

plugins.load enoplugin

SR

plugins.load enoplugin

it tells me that the plugin has been loaded successfully

EnoPM

it tells me that the plugin has been loaded successfully

try unloading it

SR

try unloading it

it unloads it but I still can't delete/overwrite the file

EnoPM

it unloads it but I still can't delete/overwrite the file

config.json

147 bytes

I make this change and restart the server, I'll let you know

SR

Click to see attachment 🖼️

same issue

EnoPM

same issue

can't load?

11:00 PM

where did you put the config.json

11:00 PM

..\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64?

SR

..\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64?

yes

EnoPM

yes

interesting

11:00 PM

try load/unload

SR

try load/unload

always not

EnoPM

always not

it is case sensitive

11:01 PM

try

11:01 PM

plugins.unload EnoPlugin

SR

plugins.unload EnoPlugin

ok it works from the game console, I think the problem was with the software I was using to run the RCON commands (ARKon)

How to handle web requests with C++? For example: click a button on a website and it gives you a dodo.

SR

How to handle web requests with C++? For example: click a button on a website and it gives you a dodo.

there are some plugins that do that for you

x3R07YP3

there are some plugins that do that for you

link?

9:09 PM

I need some source code

I think extended rcom can do that, it's on the official github

x3R07YP3

I think extended rcom can do that, it's on the official github

this plugin adds some external commands for RCON

9:13 PM

nothing that I need

we've already answered this

https://fremnet.net/article/199/source-rcon-class you can make the requests from rcon on the web server with this

Hi All, I'm experiencing issues since the last official ark update which was released yesterday in the evening. After my hosted g-portal servers got the update they are not booting up any more. Always just stops after loading Ark API. Right before loading the savegame I assume? Getting a crashstack which I can't really read anything out of. Also in the last log which is from before the restart there are no issues. Already tried to unload the API but the servers still don't start up. Also with older savegames loaded. Any experience which is similar or any ideas how I could move on to fix it? (edited)

post the crashstack anyway

Here you go:

https://discord.gg/Q9wSeZsb

8.8 KB

And this is the API log, which suddenly ends after loading, actually I don't exactly know what happens at this time in the loading order: 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] ----------------------------------------------- 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] ARK: Server Api V3.54 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] Loading... 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] Dumping structures.. 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] Dumping functions.. 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] Dumping globals.. 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] Successfully read information from PDB 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] Initialized hooks 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] API was successfully loaded 11/23/22 20:39 [API][info] -----------------------------------------------

Try starting with a fresh map save if that fails then verify server files.

10:13 PM

Once you can boot with a fresh save switch back to your existing map save and try once more.

That sounds like a plan, will instantly try this

Lethal

Try starting with a fresh map save if that fails then verify server files.

This also didn't work. Backed up my save files, deleted them all on the server, tried to boot, didn't work. Verified server files, tried to boot, didn't work. Also I just figured out that the server doesn't even create a new save file before it crashes. Currently it has no savegame at all.

Again tried to uninstall Ark API and the server still doesn't boot. I think the time of the crash (right after loading the API) is coincidence and the crashes are more dependent on another module that is being loaded in the background. Any more ideas?

reboot the server? look for failures?

Server was rebooted just now, still the same issue :/

SuperboySebi

Again tried to uninstall Ark API and the server still doesn't boot. I think the time of the crash (right after loading the API) is coincidence and the crashes are more dependent on another module that is being loaded in the background. Any more ideas?

that stacktrace points to the issue being from the game server

11:28 PM

the entire stacktrace starting at __tmainCRTStartup all the way to the crashing function ULinkerLoad::Preload() are all from ShooterGameServer.exe

substitute

the entire stacktrace starting at __tmainCRTStartup all the way to the crashing function ULinkerLoad::Preload() are all from ShooterGameServer.exe

So I assume this error should be fixed by verifying game files right? But that didn't work either... Also the files should not be corrupt from WC since the problem seems to be very uncommon right now.

SuperboySebi

So I assume this error should be fixed by verifying game files right? But that didn't work either... Also the files should not be corrupt from WC since the problem seems to be very uncommon right now.

No, not at all

11:30 PM

remove any mods and any save data

11:31 PM

or alternatively, completely nuke your install and reinstall the server

1

11:31 PM

verifying files doesn't help if the game crashes when reading save/config/mod data (edited)

substitute

or alternatively, completely nuke your install and reinstall the server

Will consider this after a few more tries... That's so much work right now

just create a new vanilla server in ASM (edited)

11:40 PM

and see if that runs

Thank you for all your support, the issue was resolved by gportal support by redeploying the update. But it was a pain in the $%& to tell the support that not the api and the plugins are the reason and that they should check their host

yup,

9:19 AM

funny that they wouldn't just use their eyes and read the stack trace

Hello I always get these error messages on different cards. If I restart the server then it is gone, but comes sooner or later when restarting again. Sometimes a few days everything is ok then there are again 2 or 3 at once. I have the probelm with almost all maps. Hatt gemand an idea what that could be or how I can fix it? (edited)

are you using the latest version of the ArkApi?

3.55

I'm still on 3.54 but it looks like something is up with the API..

7:42 PM

maybe @substitute can chime in

the funny thing is once everything fits and another time the error is displayed

jraServerAPI

maybe @substitute can chime in

Only have seen the error when compiling the api / minhook with a newer VS

xxCPMxx

3.55

Try 3.54 if you can

do I have to recreate the servers and delete the old ones or is there another way?

substitute

Try 3.54 if you can

The official releases of 3.55 and 3.54 are exactly the same version.dll build , 3.55 just includes the auto-updater

9:54 PM

Would be easy to add the MinHook error to ArkApi output, could be helpful to list successfully set hooks too.

ok then there is probably no point I think if I restart the servers without updating them first the error message does not come up

I'm pretty sure I've seen that from time to time on people (and even on my case), ever since I installed the api back in 2019

Pelayori

I'm pretty sure I've seen that from time to time on people (and even on my case), ever since I installed the api back in 2019

yes as said this error also does not come constantly So do you think I can ignore it???

Well you should not ignore it as core features of plugin usually rely on hooks

Pelayori

I'm pretty sure I've seen that from time to time on people (and even on my case), ever since I installed the api back in 2019

Then we should drop minhook

10:01 PM

And use detours

10:01 PM

Never seen the issue on detours

It could be a good thing yeah, I did not know minhook before fiddling with the api, so I am not aware of detours benefits

10:02 PM

But it's true it's a common issue, specially worse this last year

ok so i didn't do anything wrong is this just a bug?

xxCPMxx

ok so i didn't do anything wrong is this just a bug?

Correct, it's a bug and restarting / redownloading the dlls usually helps

ok so good for me, bad for you

10:10 PM

thanks for the answers, and good luck with the fix.

Pelayori

It could be a good thing yeah, I did not know minhook before fiddling with the api, so I am not aware of detours benefits

Unfortunately a large quantity of plugins all rely on minhook

10:12 PM

So they’d break

Wouldn't it be enough to change the underlying implementation of the base API, since you use helper functions to register / disable a hook (edited)

10:17 PM

Since you just pass the hook, and the trampoline

Pelayori

Since you just pass the hook, and the trampoline

mmmm, maybe

8:17 AM

depends on the developer I guess

8:18 AM

Personally, we should move away from SET_HOOK and DISABLE_HOOK and make them into proper functions imo

TheMollusk

The official releases of 3.55 and 3.54 are exactly the same version.dll build , 3.55 just includes the auto-updater

i wrote a plugin to notify me if updates were available by comparing the version returned by ArkApi::Tools::GetApiVersion() to the version in the REST API. then the version was bumped to 3.55 but the framework kept showing 3.54. at least my plugin got to do its job one time

now it always thinks an update is avaiable

There is an official updater that does this automatically.

someone know what engram entry id for awesome teleporter, remote and dino tracker is ? for ark

automatically download mods is good. im not happy with automatically download dlls onto my server. my plugin checked for updates every few hours so i could vet them myself in source code or at least in Ida. now my tools to check specifically for updates from 3.55 since GetApiVersion() isnt up to date

im manualy typing all engrams, mod wont work since i dont have the engram typed in the ini

Colden

automatically download mods is good. im not happy with automatically download dlls onto my server. my plugin checked for updates every few hours so i could vet them myself in source code or at least in Ida. now my tools to check specifically for updates from 3.55 since GetApiVersion() isnt up to date

Mods have the technical ability to be as dangerous as dlls fyi

11:26 PM

It’s just significantly harder

i can live with significantly harder with the few mods i use. been burnt too many times by unstable plugins, even the paid ones, not to mention the security risk. mod updates mean i need to update my server to keep the same version as players, no such concern with plugins

Im attempting to use api for the first time today and followed a guide for the initial download, but somethings gone wrong and now i cant open ark

11:23 PM

When i try to open Ark now, it says "Blocked loading of file, version.dll

11:23 PM

Anyone know whats happened? I followed the guide on gameservershub (edited)

Are you trying to use it on the ARK client?

11:24 PM

Because it only works on the server

I guess so, oh i just read a note on the guide that says this "Please note when installing plugins into the "ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkApi\Plugins" folder, you must make sure the ".DLL" plugin name matches the same "folder" name. Changing the folder name to something different or unique will prevent the ".DLL" from reading the folder and preventing it from starting." ]

11:27 PM

That might be my issue? idk

What is giving you the error, please post a screenshot.

Yes, so the ARK client is protected by BattlEye and you can't use the API on it. (edited)

11:31 PM

You want to load the API on the server component

Alright, how do i do that and how do i get rid of the api on my client side?

11:32 PM

Thanks for the help btw, i was getting very frustrated lol

Remove the Version.dll inside that file folder

11:32 PM

If you want to host a server

11:33 PM

You will need the ARK: Survival Evolved Dedicated Server

11:33 PM

You'll put the Version.dll inside that folder

Im using server blend to host a server, but wasnt sure how to set the api up

You'll be putting the Version.dll wherever you're running the server binary from

11:34 PM

So if that's on a server

11:34 PM

You'll put it on your server

I still don't know where that location is? Is the server file on my computer or in the serverblend site?

It’s on the website

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11:38 PM

Ask them to install the api

11:39 PM

For other inquiries please use something like this discord

11:39 PM

11:40 PM

this (the one we are talking in) discord is for plugin developers and isn’t the place to ask for help with server administration

11:40 PM

The one I linked is general server help I believe

OK thanks!

jraServerAPI

you should use GetWorldLocation() instead from AShooterCharacter

c++
FVector vLoc;
auto player = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(player_controller->CharacterField());
player->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&vLoc);  // get location

(edited)

_this is an actor itself so you don't need to read the character field variable

Pelayori

_this is an actor itself so you don't need to read the character field variable

yup i fixed it thanks

9:50 PM

its

c++
_this->GetInstigatorController()->CharacterField();

9:51 PM

c++
auto DamagedPlayer = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(_this->GetInstigatorController()->CharacterField());
            _this->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&PPosition);

You don't need the GetInstigatorController() either

9:52 PM

_this is an AActor

9:52 PM

So you could just cast to ShooterCharacter

9:53 PM

static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(_this)

so u mean

c++
auto DamagedPlayer = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(_this)->CharacterField());
            _this->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&PPosition);

(edited)

No

9:57 PM

You don't need at all the CharacterField() part

9:58 PM

As _this is a Shooter Character (you check on the if)

9:58 PM

auto DamagedPlayer = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(_this);
_this->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&PPosition);

oh ok thanks

Pelayori

auto DamagedPlayer = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(_this);
_this->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&PPosition);

yup thanks but what if i want to get the position of a structure ?

10:02 PM

i have APrimalStructure (edited)

10:02 PM

c++
float Hook_APrimalStructure_TakeDamage(APrimalStructure* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this) {
        uint64 attacked_tribeid = _this->TargetingTeamField();
        FVector DamagedPosition = _this->DefaultActorLocationField();
    }
}

Structures have a root component as well so you do it the same way using GetWorldLocation

i found plugin using this but i think its not working for me

structures will be structure->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();

jraServerAPI

structures will be structure->RootComponentField()->RelativeLocationField();

Relative Not GetWorldLocation ?

10:10 PM

the GetWorldLocation is Exist

GetWorldLocation is used on players because if you use RelativeLocationField() it will just return the last spawned position I haven't tried it on structures.. you're welcome to test and share your results (edited)

RelativeLocation and GetWorldLocation are expected to output the same results, I tend to use RelativeLocation more but both should do the trick. It's true some devs have reported issues with relative location when operating on maps that have different level layers like valguero (ab zone, surface, etc).

10:12 PM

tl;dr; you can use whichever you like, and if causes problems you can always switch

i was recently using RelativeLocationField() with a player to show the debug sphere and it always displayed where i spawned and not where i was currently standing

so thats when I switched after seeing Lethal's comment about using GetWorldLocation

(edited)

yup i will try them now

jraServerAPI

i was recently using RelativeLocationField() with a player to show the debug sphere and it always displayed where i spawned and not where i was currently standing

so thats when I switched after seeing Lethal's comment about using GetWorldLocation

(edited)

I saw Lethal's comment, however I still use relative location since I use it on a variety of plugins without issues yet

10:17 PM

The root component is attached to the pawn, so it makes no sense that it stays still when it should be moving along the player's pawn (edited)

yeah i just ran a test to make sure it wasnt all a dream lol

10:42 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pSCGyH4BI I had already moved my character before i ran /test1 as you can see the bubble is not on center /test1 is using RelativeLocationField() (update: was using AShooterPlayerController which is why it did not move, should use AShooterCharacter instead) /test2 is using GetWorldLocation() (edited)

AA123

Location test

okay nevermind.. hahah this is what happens when you get the RelativeLocationField from the AShooterPlayerController and not the AShooterCharacter

10:51 PM

‍♂️

‍♂️ oops

That seems more reasonable, because if I was wrong my plugins would be all wonky lol

once you said that I knew something must be up on my end.. sure enough

location of player controller is a mistery

Hehe... i think many has went through those different variants lol

Pelayori

location of player controller is a mistery

Last time I checked the PlayerController location is based off where you first login at. Most likely due to the first replication. Though I don't know how reliable that is and it's pretty useless.

Yeah, don't really need to replicate location of PC

1:31 AM

Oddly enough, DefaultActorLocation of player controller does indeed return current location lol

1

That's funny

1:33 AM

I wonder if the newer engines keep this behavior

Is it possible to get chibi data and put custom level values with binding to character, how to color it? How to manage weapon attachments and check them? (edited)

The chibi level is a blueprint int field

Anyone have a decently complex server setup? @jraServerAPI maybe?

7:09 PM

I just moved the api off of VS2017 toolset (C++17) to VS2022 with C++20 and replaced minhook with Detours

7:09 PM

it should be a drop-in replacement but I would like to verify nervousowo

I'd be happy to help

hello, a dummy newbie question. Are Linux servers supported for ArkServerAPI or I should forget hosting server on Linux? (edited)

Ark api is not suppoted on Linux as of now

okey, thanks, than i'm out, i hope one day i'll be able to make server on Linux. (edited)

3:05 PM

no one is offering windows servers on my country for reasonable price xD

Does anybody know how you can add custom skins to your server?

And is there maybe a new fix for a server with daily changing IP, so that people don’t have to use a website or a static IP that redirects them to the dynamic IP?

as always... IOOMM

seem to be getting a lot of api error time out messages when restarting servers recently? doesnt seem to matter if its full cluster restart or just 1 map, logs show nothing obvious from checking and besides WC updates nothing has changed on the clusters/machines inc networking. 2 different machines, 3 different clusters.

LordBossel1

Does anybody know how you can add custom skins to your server?

This isn’t the place for these types of questions

7:17 PM

The answers however are, 1. Use mods 2. Use a dynamic dns service

Hello, everyone, someone knows

UPrimalItem::GetRepairingRequirementsString(UPrimalItem *this,FString *result,UPrimalInventoryComponent*compareInventoryComp,bool bUseBaseRequeriments,Float OverrideRepairPercent)

When bUseBaseRequirements is false, the result is correct. If it is true, the result is incorrect

9:47 PM

Does anyone know the usage of it

i assume you're trying to repair stuff.. i posted some information about this a while back.. read this and the next two messages (and 2 messages before this one), should give you a good idea what those are https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040653582336120/948664522611240990 (edited)

I can't access this channel

jraServerAPI

i assume you're trying to repair stuff.. i posted some information about this a while back.. read this and the next two messages (and 2 messages before this one), should give you a good idea what those are https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040653582336120/948664522611240990 (edited)

I don't have permission to access this channel, can you send it again

#deleted-channel

6:05 AM

it's in intermediate

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

Only if you have source code or plugin is open source.

12:09 AM

The thing you can do but you shouldn't is reverse engineering. This is hard on C++

where is the api docs

8:56 PM

and the source code?

Mr. Alpaca

where is the api docs

no docs

Mr. Alpaca

and the source code?

somewhere on github (edited)

Mr. Alpaca

and the source code?

https://github.com/ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi

GitHub - ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi: ArkServerAPI is open so...

ArkServerAPI is open source software you can install directly into windows versions of Ark Survival Evolved this software allows you to manage and create plugins to enhance your video game servers....

is it safe to use Ark-Api in ARk Survival Of The Fittest server ?

NT Diesel

is it safe to use Ark-Api in ARk Survival Of The Fittest server ?

It’s probably fine

3:32 PM

Most plugins might have issues though

Most ready plugins not the custom one right ?

What should I include to access ArkApi::Requests?

9:27 PM

Including Requests.h doesn't work.

@Foppa Congratulations on the new vote rewards plugin you just released. It looks amazing and must have been a monumental amount of work. Can I make a small suggestion though, and maybe this is just me, but calling your rightfully commercial plugin "Vote Rewards" is to me more than a little confusing when it comes to the original, fully open source "Vote Rewards" plugin. I think maybe people could be confused about whether you're taking the original plugin and removing it from open source and making it commercial, which I think is problematic, or whether yours is effectively a whole new plugin and should be treated as such, which seems like the case to me. Sorry for the ping, and congratulations again on all that work that is much needed! (edited)

6:42 AM

Maybe even just call it "Foppa's Vote Rewards" to make it clear it's a different plugin? (edited)

Hench the complete overhaul, the maintenance isn't is just by writing code is very much around it as well.

6:42 AM

There will be a free verison if it as well.

Foppa

Hench the complete overhaul, the maintenance isn't is just by writing code is very much around it as well.

Yeah I totally understand, I started looking at making a new version myself about a year ago and quickly realised how much work was required. The source for the original Vote Rewards is not great and so would really have required virtually a complete rewrite. I just think using the exact same name as the original plugin is confusing and might wrongly look to people like you've taken a previously free, open source plugin written by someone else and made it commercial and closed source. I know that's not the case at all but it's kind of how it looks. Like I said, maybe just change the name slightly to make it clear yours is a completely different plugin now.

Will not change the name lol

6:47 AM

And since i took over the version it has never been open source, it ended already at back at version 2.0

SR

What should I include to access ArkApi::Requests?

#include "Requests.h" Should be used. Then to call functions API::Requests::Get().

Foppa

#include "Requests.h" Should be used. Then to call functions API::Requests::Get().

I dont know why including requests does nothing

11:01 AM

Should I make it upper than api??

WETBATMAN

this is how i can even tell if the match begun in sotf 2

is there hook to check if the match has been ended or do we have a winner or not ? or this not yet discovered ?

SR

I dont know why including requests does nothing

It's done in async, so it might be a bit confusing, how does your request look like?

Foppa

It's done in async, so it might be a bit confusing, how does your request look like?

No no

1:37 PM

I mean

1:38 PM

ArkApi::Requests simply doesn't appear to be a class name (edited)

SR

ArkApi::Requests simply doesn't appear to be a class name (edited)

It's API::Requests

Well

1:39 PM

Probably this is my problem. I'll test it.

NT Diesel

is there hook to check if the match has been ended or do we have a winner or not ? or this not yet discovered ?

I spent a few minutes looking at SotF the other day after they re(-re?)-released it. If you're up for exploring a little in IDA, some of the native classes like AGameState, AShooterGameMode, AShooterGameState might be useful. ACustomGameState has TArray<struct FSOTFScorePlayerData> PlayerScoreData and TArray<struct FSOTFScoreTribeData> TribeScoreData fields that might help you determine the winner. AGameMode has void AGameMode::EndMatch() that might get triggered when a match ends. There's also a bunch of BP-generated SotF classes that will likely be more useful. There's no dev kit I'm aware of, so you're probably left with using the reflection system to explore/dump at runtime. The APrimalGameState_TSOTF class is particularly interesting with a bunch of properties and functions including void SetMatchPhase(TEnumAsByte<MatchPhases_TSOTF> NewPhase) and void EndMatch(). Just some potential starting points. I haven't tried it so I don't know if any of this is useful (could all be unused junk leftover from earlier versions of the game for all I know).

TheMollusk

I spent a few minutes looking at SotF the other day after they re(-re?)-released it. If you're up for exploring a little in IDA, some of the native classes like AGameState, AShooterGameMode, AShooterGameState might be useful. ACustomGameState has TArray<struct FSOTFScorePlayerData> PlayerScoreData and TArray<struct FSOTFScoreTribeData> TribeScoreData fields that might help you determine the winner. AGameMode has void AGameMode::EndMatch() that might get triggered when a match ends. There's also a bunch of BP-generated SotF classes that will likely be more useful. There's no dev kit I'm aware of, so you're probably left with using the reflection system to explore/dump at runtime. The APrimalGameState_TSOTF class is particularly interesting with a bunch of properties and functions including void SetMatchPhase(TEnumAsByte<MatchPhases_TSOTF> NewPhase) and void EndMatch(). Just some potential starting points. I haven't tried it so I don't know if any of this is useful (could all be unused junk leftover from earlier versions of the game for all I know).

Thanks for ur help brother but if we dont have a specific dev kit for the fittest how can we try to figure out some data about it. How can we look deeper in their code I just wanted to make something like hall of fame based on how many times player has won the game but i am stuck in lacking of resources

4:27 PM

Also do u know any way so i can download the normal dev kit with smaller download size 285gb downloading size is too much

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4:30 PM

4:34 PM

if this person contacts you you can straight block him ^^ (edited)

OSubMarin

if this person contacts you you can straight block him ^^ (edited)

I don't really know this person but he was in my blacklist since 2019 kekw_a

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TheMollusk

I spent a few minutes looking at SotF the other day after they re(-re?)-released it. If you're up for exploring a little in IDA, some of the native classes like AGameState, AShooterGameMode, AShooterGameState might be useful. ACustomGameState has TArray<struct FSOTFScorePlayerData> PlayerScoreData and TArray<struct FSOTFScoreTribeData> TribeScoreData fields that might help you determine the winner. AGameMode has void AGameMode::EndMatch() that might get triggered when a match ends. There's also a bunch of BP-generated SotF classes that will likely be more useful. There's no dev kit I'm aware of, so you're probably left with using the reflection system to explore/dump at runtime. The APrimalGameState_TSOTF class is particularly interesting with a bunch of properties and functions including void SetMatchPhase(TEnumAsByte<MatchPhases_TSOTF> NewPhase) and void EndMatch(). Just some potential starting points. I haven't tried it so I don't know if any of this is useful (could all be unused junk leftover from earlier versions of the game for all I know).

I think there might be a sotf dev kit for the original sotf

7:59 PM

I’ll have to look

OSubMarin

Click to see attachment 🖼️

It’s not illegal

8:00 PM

Not even close

8:00 PM

But it is unethical (edited)

substitute

It’s not illegal

that is why I added "almost" if you notice, I'm not a lawyer or attorney (and I believe you're not one too lmao, you should not be so confident imo) (edited)

3:17 AM

so botting in a game (that in addition is a competitive game) for you is not illegal, that's an interesting point of view, not sure I understand it tho ^^ (edited)

NT Diesel

Thanks for ur help brother but if we dont have a specific dev kit for the fittest how can we try to figure out some data about it. How can we look deeper in their code I just wanted to make something like hall of fame based on how many times player has won the game but i am stuck in lacking of resources

If there's no dev kit, you can still get a lot of information from the sever at runtime using UPropertys and UFunctions. Here's a super-ugly, not fully complete/correct example plugin you can use with Ark or SotF to dump classes, enums, and structs from the reflection system. It creates a Dump\ directory under ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ and populates it with subdirectories named after packages. Each package directory has a .txt file for each class in the package and an Enums.txt and a Structs.txt if the package has enums or structs. There are A LOT of files, the Engine and ShooterGame packages should look familiar after working with ArkServerApi.

Dump.cpp

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Thanks i should give it a try

OSubMarin

so botting in a game (that in addition is a competitive game) for you is not illegal, that's an interesting point of view, not sure I understand it tho ^^ (edited)

Show me the specific laws that say modifying software you own on your personal computer is illegal

8:37 AM

I’m not lawyer but I do understand the DMCA

8:38 AM

It’s not at all an interesting point of view, it’s just how it is

substitute

Show me the specific laws that say modifying software you own on your personal computer is illegal

I don't have to show anything, I do not assert anything, contrary to you. (edited)

4:21 PM

Still an interesting point of view for me yes, and I don't share it.

4:24 PM

You can keep defending unfair and unethical practices if you want, I won't bother any longer.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah I totally understand, I started looking at making a new version myself about a year ago and quickly realised how much work was required. The source for the original Vote Rewards is not great and so would really have required virtually a complete rewrite. I just think using the exact same name as the original plugin is confusing and might wrongly look to people like you've taken a previously free, open source plugin written by someone else and made it commercial and closed source. I know that's not the case at all but it's kind of how it looks. Like I said, maybe just change the name slightly to make it clear yours is a completely different plugin now.

I see the point, it's done.

Foppa

I see the point, it's done.

Oh cool! Congratulations on your new plugin. It looks fantastic. I'm sure it will be the only vote plugin anyone uses.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Oh cool! Congratulations on your new plugin. It looks fantastic. I'm sure it will be the only vote plugin anyone uses.

Thank you! I even have more plans for it, but the new 3.0 face lift was a good start!

(edited)

substitute

I think there might be a sotf dev kit for the original sotf

sotf was integrated in devkit before

1:58 PM

don't know if they are going to do this again now.

2:00 PM

here

I'm trying to fix some stuff with unicode and getting very strange results (screenshot) Encoding in UTF8 gives "??????" Global font is used here I can see letters and words fine. Here's my code ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(player_controller, { 0,255,0,0 }, 1.6f, 15, nullptr, *FString(L"яблоко"));

use ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode()

jraServerAPI

use ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode()

5:36 PM

Fixed it

search this discord for Utf8Decode, and you will find plenty of examples

jraServerAPI

search this discord for Utf8Decode, and you will find plenty of examples

I'm trying to figure it out for 2 hours ;d

5:38 PM

But if it is that simple

just a search of "utf8" would have got you there

jraServerAPI

just a search of "utf8" would have got you there

was searching for this

5:38 PM

tried everything

5:38 PM

not working

5:39 PM

decoding works fine

5:39 PM

and this conversation really belongs in the beginners area

just sayin

(edited)

SR

I'm trying to fix some stuff with unicode and getting very strange results (screenshot) Encoding in UTF8 gives "??????" Global font is used here I can see letters and words fine. Here's my code ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification(player_controller, { 0,255,0,0 }, 1.6f, 15, nullptr, *FString(L"яблоко"));

Have you tried using a u16 string literal

7:21 PM

Pretty sure Ark is UTF-16

substitute

Have you tried using a u16 string literal

Tried everything lol decoding is only one thing that worked perfectly.

Avoid using FString for unicode

8:02 PM

Is my experience at least

FString handles encoding correctly for me, just need to decode and encode where necessary (edited)

Foppa

Avoid using FString for unicode

It needs to be used in a function veggies

How to delete/find a struct from TArray? Maybe a silly question but this is real dead end for me now. done

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/ProgrammingWithCPP/UnrealArchitecture/TArrays/

TArray: Arrays in Unreal Engine

jraServerAPI

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/ProgrammingWithCPP/UnrealArchitecture/TArrays/

I have a small problem

1:00 AM

This documentation gives literally nothing in my case

1:01 AM

I'm trying to use a struct and it just errors always with the same reasons.

1:02 AM

can't use ==

jraServerAPI

can't use ==

languagepaths.Remove(l);

1:02 AM

Don't know where did it find ==

1:02 AM

probably in the function itself

if you want help you have to post enough code so we can see what you are doing

struct Langs {
    std::string SteamID;
    std::string Culture;
};

TArray<Langs> languagepaths;

for (Langs l : languagepaths) {
        if (l.SteamID == std::to_string(steamid)) {
            languagepaths.Remove(l); // Error
        }
    }

(edited)

1:04 AM

Here

1:04 AM

I'm trying to delete player from the array when he logs out (edited)

c++
struct Langs {
    std::string SteamID;
    std::string Culture;
};

TArray<Langs*> languagepaths;

for (Langs* l : languagepaths) 
    if (l.SteamID == std::to_string(steamid))     
        languagepaths.Remove(l); // Error

See if this works (edited)

jraServerAPI

c++
struct Langs {
    std::string SteamID;
    std::string Culture;
};

TArray<Langs*> languagepaths;

for (Langs* l : languagepaths) 
    if (l.SteamID == std::to_string(steamid))     
        languagepaths.Remove(l); // Error

See if this works (edited)

wait how

1:15 AM

I did try making it static

1:15 AM

1:16 AM

This is why I like C++

Hi, Could someone help with a snippet of how I could achieve infinite ammo for Turrets, for enemies and not wild. I tried using the hook Hook_APrimalStructureTurret_NotifyItemQuantityUpdated, but I don't know how to check conditions for what it is shooting. I only want infinite when its an enemy player/dino. Thanx (edited)

Raptross

Hi, Could someone help with a snippet of how I could achieve infinite ammo for Turrets, for enemies and not wild. I tried using the hook Hook_APrimalStructureTurret_NotifyItemQuantityUpdated, but I don't know how to check conditions for what it is shooting. I only want infinite when its an enemy player/dino. Thanx (edited)

You’ll probably have to rewrite the shooting logic to skip updating the ammo when firing at a player

8:24 AM

You can use your hook (+ remote debugger) with a breakpoint to get the stack trace

8:24 AM

And then you can figure out the caller function and work backwards

SR

I'm trying to use a struct and it just errors always with the same reasons.

You need to overload == operator in your struct

SR

How to delete/find a struct from TArray? Maybe a silly question but this is real dead end for me now. done

There is several ways of finding the index of an array. 1. Looping through and try to find matching index in the array 2. Using TArrays function like "IndexOfByPredicate" and more...

struct myStruct {
  std::string MyString;
  int MyInt;
  uint64 MyInt64;
}

TArray<myStruct> myArrayList;

So looping through is easier sometimes

//add data

myStruct = ms;
ms.MyString = somestring;
ms.MyInt = someint;
ms.MyInt64 = someotherint;

myArrayList.Add(ms);

// Loop through 

for(auto entry : myArrayList) {
  Log::GetLog()->info("MyString: {}", entry.MyString)
  // and so on...
}

// Empty the Array of all entries. 
myArrayList.Empty();

// Remove just one of match
for(auto entry : myArrayList) {
  Log::GetLog()->info("MyString: {}", entry.MyString)
  if(entry.MyString == someotherstring) {
    myArrayList.RemoveAt(entry.MyString); 
  }
}

Or you can find the index and then delete it...

    auto index = myArrayList.IndexOfByPredicate([somestring](myStruct ms) {
        return ms.MyString == somestring;
    });

    myArrayList.RemoveAt(index);

Hope that helps... might ofc need to adjust the examples for your fitting and code logic !

(edited)

Foppa

There is several ways of finding the index of an array. 1. Looping through and try to find matching index in the array 2. Using TArrays function like "IndexOfByPredicate" and more...

struct myStruct {
  std::string MyString;
  int MyInt;
  uint64 MyInt64;
}

TArray<myStruct> myArrayList;

So looping through is easier sometimes

//add data

myStruct = ms;
ms.MyString = somestring;
ms.MyInt = someint;
ms.MyInt64 = someotherint;

myArrayList.Add(ms);

// Loop through 

for(auto entry : myArrayList) {
  Log::GetLog()->info("MyString: {}", entry.MyString)
  // and so on...
}

// Empty the Array of all entries. 
myArrayList.Empty();

// Remove just one of match
for(auto entry : myArrayList) {
  Log::GetLog()->info("MyString: {}", entry.MyString)
  if(entry.MyString == someotherstring) {
    myArrayList.RemoveAt(entry.MyString); 
  }
}

Or you can find the index and then delete it...

    auto index = myArrayList.IndexOfByPredicate([somestring](myStruct ms) {
        return ms.MyString == somestring;
    });

    myArrayList.RemoveAt(index);

Hope that helps... might ofc need to adjust the examples for your fitting and code logic !

(edited)

Amazing! Thank you for your help.

2:18 PM

Foppa

There is several ways of finding the index of an array. 1. Looping through and try to find matching index in the array 2. Using TArrays function like "IndexOfByPredicate" and more...

struct myStruct {
  std::string MyString;
  int MyInt;
  uint64 MyInt64;
}

TArray<myStruct> myArrayList;

So looping through is easier sometimes

//add data

myStruct = ms;
ms.MyString = somestring;
ms.MyInt = someint;
ms.MyInt64 = someotherint;

myArrayList.Add(ms);

// Loop through 

for(auto entry : myArrayList) {
  Log::GetLog()->info("MyString: {}", entry.MyString)
  // and so on...
}

// Empty the Array of all entries. 
myArrayList.Empty();

// Remove just one of match
for(auto entry : myArrayList) {
  Log::GetLog()->info("MyString: {}", entry.MyString)
  if(entry.MyString == someotherstring) {
    myArrayList.RemoveAt(entry.MyString); 
  }
}

Or you can find the index and then delete it...

    auto index = myArrayList.IndexOfByPredicate([somestring](myStruct ms) {
        return ms.MyString == somestring;
    });

    myArrayList.RemoveAt(index);

Hope that helps... might ofc need to adjust the examples for your fitting and code logic !

(edited)

Doing it like this causes an error even if you add identifier.

3:47 PM

with simple C4700

3:48 PM

don't really know how to fix this but without doing Struct* nothing happens, array is empty.

How to make player an admin for a microsecond to execute consolecommand? I've searched a little bit for issues and tried few methods but I can't admin player. Tried with AShooterPlayerController and APlayerController. With .Set(true) and without.

ArkShop does that

jraServerAPI

ArkShop does that

My problem was in writing "cheat" wow

‍♂️

Hi, I'd like to know how to solve this problem, please,thank The server is showing 0/0, the player cannot enter, the firewall is down

Trustp

Hi, I'd like to know how to solve this problem, please,thank The server is showing 0/0, the player cannot enter, the firewall is down

This server is for development. Ask this question on support server please.

OK

12:41 PM

@SRCan I be invited to the official server，Thank

Sent in DM's

Is it possible to respawn player at exact location? The only thing I found allows me to respawn player only on spawn point.

You could respawn and teleport them

7:56 PM

Or replace the functionality of respawning with your own

SR

Is it possible to respawn player at exact location? The only thing I found allows me to respawn player only on spawn point.

Safezones does that, if you want to check it out it's on the public repo.

Pelayori

Safezones does that, if you want to check it out it's on the public repo.

It is working like my current method but looks like yours has more improvements with finding nearest spawn point. (edited)

I'm pretty sure it covers most if not all the spawn cases

This is off topic, but how difficult might it be to port this API to another game... Icarus. It's a UE4 game which does include the pdb in its distribution. It's about a year old and is under very active development, but they only just released their dedicated server and its incredibly limited in functionality. It's crying out for its own API.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This is off topic, but how difficult might it be to port this API to another game... Icarus. It's a UE4 game which does include the pdb in its distribution. It's about a year old and is under very active development, but they only just released their dedicated server and its incredibly limited in functionality. It's crying out for its own API.

Probably trivial, given you’d need a script to dump the fields as Michidu did back in the day. But the pdb reader is kinda similar for any pdb, not just ark

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This is off topic, but how difficult might it be to port this API to another game... Icarus. It's a UE4 game which does include the pdb in its distribution. It's about a year old and is under very active development, but they only just released their dedicated server and its incredibly limited in functionality. It's crying out for its own API.

Extremely easy

2:45 PM

I wouldn’t port this api though

2:45 PM

Mich did a lot of good stuff

2:45 PM

But it’s definitely a product of it’s time (2015)

2:45 PM

C++14 is so much different than C++20

substitute

But it’s definitely a product of it’s time (2015)

Wow is it really that long ago? 8 years. Geez.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Wow is it really that long ago? 8 years. Geez.

I think the api existed either 2016 or 2017

2:49 PM

But the latest standard for C++ then (with major compiler support) would have been C++14

2:50 PM

I also believe C++14 is the default in MSVC blobglareannoyed

I am trying to use sockets inside the plugin, for some reason everytime i try to read the socket with ''''int tempdata = recv(socket, (char*)&packetsize, sizeof(int), 0);'''' it never returns, using the non blocking version with "select" always return zero.

12:20 AM

does anyone ever used sockets inside the plugin?

what library are you using?

12:22 AM

This is a popular one that was referred to me before https://github.com/fpagliughi/sockpp

GitHub - fpagliughi/sockpp: Modern C++ socket library.

Modern C++ socket library. Contribute to fpagliughi/sockpp development by creating an account on GitHub.

just winsock. is is a simple rcon client. when i create the .exe it works, from inside the plugin it does not.

Uaca

just winsock. is is a simple rcon client. when i create the .exe it works, from inside the plugin it does not.

code?

rconpacket* netrecvpacket(int socket)
    {
        int packetsize;
        rconpacket packet = { 0, 0, 0, {0x00} };
        int tempdata = recv(socket, (char*)&packetsize, sizeof(int), 0);
        if (tempdata == 0)
        {
            printf("connection lost\n");
            connect_alive = 0;
            return nullptr;
        }
        if (tempdata != sizeof(int))
        {
            printf("Receive failed. invalid packet size(%d)\n", tempdata);
            connect_alive = 0;
            return nullptr;
        }
        if (packetsize < 10 || packetsize > 4096)
        {
            printf("Warning: Invalid packet size (%d). Must be greater than 10 and less than %d.\n", packetsize, 4096);
            if (packetsize > 4096 || packetsize < 0)
                packetsize = 4096;
            net_clean_incoming(socket, packetsize);
            return nullptr;
        }
        packet.size = packetsize;
        int received = 0;
        while (received < packetsize)
        {
            tempdata = recv(socket, (char*)&packet + sizeof(int) + received, packetsize - received, 0);
            if (tempdata == 0)
            {
                printf("connection lost\n");
                connect_alive = 0;
                return nullptr;
            }
            received += tempdata;
        }
        rconpacket* ret = &packet;
        return ret;
    }

This is the function is hang on int tempdata = recv(socket, (char*)&packetsize, sizeof(int), 0); but only inside the plugin, i've put a timeout on the socket and it return, but with no data.

it only returns after the timeout has expired? if yes you could try the MSG_DONTWAIT flag and check for errors, also I can see you're using a 0 flag so you might be interested in looking this: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/recv.2.html#NOTES (edited)

2:55 PM

And how do you open the socket? (edited)

3:00 PM

Anyway I think select is a better approach for listening on a socket some rcon commands. (edited)

select always returns zero, but only from within the plugin. what I find odd is if a create a new process from within the plugin to start a new cpp executable, it the same problem happens. The same thing happens with a c# executable

3:52 PM

      int tempdata;
        struct addrinfo info {};
        struct addrinfo* server_info, * sinfo;
        memset(&info, 0, sizeof info);
        info.ai_family = 2;
        info.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
        info.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
        WSA();
        int ret = getaddrinfo(hostname, hostport, &info, &server_info);
        if (ret != 0)
        {
            printf("Name resolution failed. Erro：%d: %s", ret, gai_strerror(ret));
            exit(1);
        }
        for (sinfo = server_info; sinfo != nullptr; sinfo = sinfo->ai_next)
        {
            tempdata = socket(sinfo->ai_family, sinfo->ai_socktype, sinfo->ai_protocol);
            if (tempdata == -1)
            {
                continue;
            }

            timeval tv;
            tv.tv_sec = 10;
            tv.tv_usec = 1600;

            if (setsockopt(tempdata, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tv), sizeof(timeval)))

            ret = connect(tempdata, sinfo->ai_addr, sinfo->ai_addrlen);
            if (ret == -1)
            {
                net_close(tempdata);
                continue;
            }
            break;
        }
        if (sinfo == nullptr)
        {
            printf("Connection failed\n");
            freeaddrinfo(server_info);
            exit(1);
        }
        freeaddrinfo(server_info);
        return tempdata;

this is the code to connect

what i find odd is that creating a executable works, but inside the plugin it does not and calling the executable from the plugin also hangs on the same place

In your dll where are the calling this from

is is a callback from API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest, it runs o the main thread

Uaca

is is a callback from API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest, it runs o the main thread

Try detaching thread.

10:35 PM

I've got some problems with this too while I was trying to create web API.

Uaca

is is a callback from API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest, it runs o the main thread

it's running async and it's using a separated thread but the result it's returned in the main thread

it worked! My guess is that the rcon server in ark is running on the main thread, when I try to send/recv on the main thread it causes a deadlock

Anyone know what causes this? I've checked the json config, validated and proper format, and replaced the .dll but still nothing changed

are you using a database with these?

Yes

11:12 PM

mysql

I'm going to use @Lethal's discord reference for this one More than likely you need to disable ssl in mysql Read this https://discord.com/channels/703368268890636401/720970355220676638/934123470508413070

jraServerAPI

I'm going to use @Lethal's discord reference for this one More than likely you need to disable ssl in mysql Read this https://discord.com/channels/703368268890636401/720970355220676638/934123470508413070

Thx!

How to know if a dino is being mounted/ridden by a player from APrimalDinoCharacter ?

Raptross

How to know if a dino is being mounted/ridden by a player from APrimalDinoCharacter ?

Dinos have a ‘RiderField’, can check that

@GSH | MrOwlSky , this is yours right? https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/tree/master/GamingOGs%20Plugins/gogprotection-master If so i never saw it on the ArkApi website so do you have a list of feature's and known bugs for me?

Ark-Server-Plugins/GamingOGs Plugins/gogprotection-master at master...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

Natsu

@GSH | MrOwlSky , this is yours right? https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/tree/master/GamingOGs%20Plugins/gogprotection-master If so i never saw it on the ArkApi website so do you have a list of feature's and known bugs for me?

Yes the old GamingOGs plugins were my old plugins. You can send me a DM or create a support ticket to inquire further.

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i am trying to send a string to Ue4 from the plugin but it doesn't work should i use a different way? Integer works fine with set but String does not. UProperty - > buff->FindProperty Set(buff, value); buff->MulticastProperty

Natsu

i am trying to send a string to Ue4 from the plugin but it doesn't work should i use a different way? Integer works fine with set but String does not. UProperty - > buff->FindProperty Set(buff, value); buff->MulticastProperty

What issue

substitute

What issue

~~The string never arrived (dont get any loggin from the mod) back plugin does login correctly.~~ got it

made a mistake (edited)

1

URCONServer ListenAddrField points to a empty struct

4:05 PM

is there any other way to get the IP the server is bound to?

If i use this method without the command handeling mod side, will it allow me to send chat commands from the mod to the plugins. /help for example? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jBVcXX6qzjCY3lKyO5fguRYsMWwq_3rXP6-9BS2mQ2U/edit#heading=h.nxtvmeleetnt

Arkmodding - Chat Commands Mod

Contents Contents 1 Overview 2 How it works 2 Stackability 2 Prerequisites 2 Creating the Mod 3 Preparation 3 Copying the Chatbox Widget 3 Creating the Buff Blueprint 4 Preparing a reference to the Command Buff. 4 Setting up variables on the Command Buff 6 Creating the Intercept Event on the Com...

Doesn’t seem like since the commands are handled from the player controller and not from the chat box

5:16 PM

You could send net exec commands mod side, and hook bp server handle net exec command

If you follow that mod tutorial through the "Sending commands to the server" section, then you should have a OnCommand_Server event that gets called on the server with the command string as an argument when the mod detects a command on the client. Instead of implementing the "Handling commands on the server" section in the mod, you could hook UObject::ProcessEvent() in a plugin to intercept that event and implement your command handling in C++.

TheMollusk

If you follow that mod tutorial through the "Sending commands to the server" section, then you should have a OnCommand_Server event that gets called on the server with the command string as an argument when the mod detects a command on the client. Instead of implementing the "Handling commands on the server" section in the mod, you could hook UObject::ProcessEvent() in a plugin to intercept that event and implement your command handling in C++.

Although I don't think the event will get called from the client to the server if the graph for OnCommand_Server is completely empty. So you might still have to put something there, even if it never actually gets run. Or do something like Pelayori suggested.

Pelayori

You could send net exec commands mod side, and hook bp server handle net exec command

Thanks for the answers. is it faster or better using net exec commands then using Console Commands?

It’s easier to do net exec method since it is all native and it’s been proven to work out of the box, but the solution Mollusk suggested is more suitable for complex hooking

TheMollusk

Although I don't think the event will get called from the client to the server if the graph for OnCommand_Server is completely empty. So you might still have to put something there, even if it never actually gets run. Or do something like Pelayori suggested.

A simple log statement would probably be best

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8:56 PM

Also helps with debugging issues

Pelayori

It’s easier to do net exec method since it is all native and it’s been proven to work out of the box, but the solution Mollusk suggested is more suitable for complex hooking

Should i use the Following exec command from the client or server? and what hook would i need to use i can only find a SendExecCommand in AActor

The mod sends data from server or from client?

I want to send a string from the mod/client to the server/plugin (edited)

Natsu

I want to send a string from the mod/client to the server/plugin (edited)

Then you want the client to send the command to the server

substitute

Then you want the client to send the command to the server

What hook should i use with this? i couldnt find anything close in the hook generator

@substitute you've already answered this at least once

9:00 AM

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040316196847626/970201667360407553

jraServerAPI

@substitute you've already answered this at least once

Ha i tough it was a hook , for the function name i can use the command name i guess?

WC teasing ARK1 on UE5? Can't wait to see how that affects mods and plugins

TheMollusk

WC teasing ARK1 on UE5? Can't wait to see how that affects mods and plugins

Will be interesting some think they wont do it while others think they are going to

GSH | MrOwlSky

Will be interesting some think they wont do it while others think they are going to

Looks like that we can get some MORE laggy stuff than it was before.

2:08 PM

1 frame in big official breedzone

2:08 PM

#plsadddlss (edited)

I have a question currently i use HTTPRequest (mod) to grab a json and make a save file on the server side and i will load it and replicate the data to the client. I notice some delay sometimes. will sending this data from a plugin that loads the json and send the data be faster? (edited)

Natsu

I have a question currently i use HTTPRequest (mod) to grab a json and make a save file on the server side and i will load it and replicate the data to the client. I notice some delay sometimes. will sending this data from a plugin that loads the json and send the data be faster? (edited)

yes

10:13 PM

everything is always faster in a plugin

WETBATMAN

everything is always faster in a plugin

Thanks then I know what to do next

Natsu

Thanks then I know what to do next

are you sending to an endpoint?

WETBATMAN

are you sending to an endpoint?

Endpoint as in api?

10:40 PM

I am sending static data like rules ect

yeah you can send a get request to the url via ArkApi and then call a function from your mod to save the data in your mod

10:43 PM

or you can also directly set a var in your mod with the data

WETBATMAN

or you can also directly set a var in your mod with the data

Ya I did send points from a dB to a int. In this case it's all static data and was wondering if rewriting was worth it.

I already send a string/array and int to my mod from the plugin, how would i send a custom Variable Type/Structure that contains Strings/Integer?

Make a struct in C++ that contains the same fields, on the same order

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i might be blind but what am i doing wrong it keeps saying "serverInformation: refinition; different basic types" and "EnRules" is not a member of tagServerInformation

struct ServerInformation
{
    FString EnRules;
};

void Information() {

    ServerInformation serverInfo;
    serverInfo.EnRules = FString(Data::config["Information"]["Rules"]);
}

You can't use ServerInformation. I think it's already being used by the API. Change that name and it compiles fine

jraServerAPI

You can't use ServerInformation. I think it's already being used by the API. Change that name and it compiles fine

Sorry for the late response , i changed the name and the error changed aswell so it seems like it helped a bit. not quite sure why i get (see photo) now. tried to change Fstring to string ect but nothing helped.

I removed Data::config["Information"]["Rules"] in my test and just replaced it with a "String"

10:06 PM

I would assume you have an issue with your json in Data::config["Information"]["Rules"] (edited)

Natsu

i might be blind but what am i doing wrong it keeps saying "serverInformation: refinition; different basic types" and "EnRules" is not a member of tagServerInformation

struct ServerInformation
{
    FString EnRules;
};

void Information() {

    ServerInformation serverInfo;
    serverInfo.EnRules = FString(Data::config["Information"]["Rules"]);
}

most likely cause json is parsing it to string and not fstring (edited)

solved the problem thanks guys it seems like i had double code somewhere when testing before

@Pelayori can u dm me plis

5:20 PM

Im at work and would appreciate it if you had time for a minute

Can anyone help (edited)

8:40 AM

UClass and UScriptStruct not found

lol

10:29 AM

guide is out of date https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/releases/tag/v3.54

This guide is based on the Visual Studio Community 2019 version install Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudimicrosofto..com/vs/ 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip Step N1: Install Visual Studio by the link given on the first prerequisite. When the inst...

10:30 AM

wrong ArkApi url

i am using substite code , to hook into Hook_UObject_ProcessEvent. i am using "Client Send Net Exec Command to Server" in my mod. Is it possible to get the player_controller and if so , how would i do this?

anton

guide is out of date https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit

You probably didn't change from debug to release in your configuration

nonono

12:24 PM

old download link for arkhapi (edited)

Where are you from?

12:39 PM

@anton

Ukraine

Гайд правильный

Там ссылка старая

Я по нему делал проект

12:39 PM

там всё рабочее

у меня не билдилось

какая из ссылок там старая?

12:40 PM

Поставь на релиз "ARK"

вторая

12:40 PM

там зайди в репу

Ща сек

12:40 PM

Release 3.54 · Michidu/ARK-Server-API

Fixed crashes when reloading plugins with .ArkApi files. Fixed "SaveWorldBeforePluginReload" config option. If true it will auto save world if any .ArkApi file is found. Removed "Per...

12:41 PM

Можешь ещё взять рандомную репу отсюда https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

GitHub - Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins: Server Plugins for ARK: Server...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

12:41 PM

И просто библиотеки попихать

ну я короч заменл на ласт релзную все собралось

ну бывает

12:42 PM

тут гайдам больше чем мамонтам

была бы дока нормальная

anton

была бы дока нормальная

не слушай, её вообще нет по факту.

12:42 PM

раньше была сейчас уже вообще не вижу.

да я в шоке был

12:42 PM

сижу такой

12:42 PM

втф

12:42 PM

как с этим работать

anton

как с этим работать

Пальцем в небо

12:43 PM

да походу

12:43 PM

да и арк еще с приколами

12:44 PM

и clion юзать нельзя

12:44 PM

или можно как-то

да сюда хоть что пихай заработает если не в основном потоке то в другом

а можно как-то юзать не vs а от jetbrains что-то

anton

а можно как-то юзать не vs а от jetbrains что-то

тут только vs

печалька

хотя

12:47 PM

вообще что угодно можно использовать

12:47 PM

помню чел мне в блокноте скомпилил

ну командой

12:47 PM

компилить

12:47 PM

тут просто больше вопрос в удобстве

12:48 PM

вскод немного неадекватно показывает подсказки по коду

12:49 PM

а можешь подсказать как взаимодействовать с данными игрока

12:49 PM

то что в луч чел пихает

anton

а можешь подсказать как взаимодействовать с данными игрока

ну слушай как в арке оно и сделано тут похоже работает

12:49 PM

если ты работал с ADK

12:49 PM

то будет понятно

Да я вообще первый раз си юзаю

зря ты выбрал С++ как первое знакомство с семейством

12:50 PM

этот язык любит твои страдания

не

12:50 PM

не первое

12:51 PM

я уже 6 лет работаю

12:51 PM

просто нужно 1 плагин написать

кому?

себе

а что ты хочешь сделать?

выгрузку живки на сайт и загрузку обратно

подожди так это уже реализовано самой игрой

12:53 PM

или ты хочешь сохранить данные динозавра допустим в команду?

тип через апишки веб ?

12:53 PM

не мне нужно выгрузить его из игры

12:53 PM

через данные

12:53 PM

или команду

а ну так

12:53 PM

возьми все данные дино

12:53 PM

раскраски уровень седло и др.

12:53 PM

статы не забудь

12:53 PM

задеспавни закинь в JSON и всё

да я так и хотел сделать

12:54 PM

на беке сайта уже с этим проще работать

12:55 PM

правда как быть с откатами сервера и т д

anton

правда как быть с откатами сервера и т д

сервак прямо во время краша можно сохранить держу в курсе.

12:56 PM

вот единственный минус

кст а есть плагин

что есть краши которые не просто убивают анрил

12:56 PM

а к чертям сносят что-то в движке и даже крашрепорта нет

от того что тебя крашит на клиенте

12:56 PM

и сервак тебя держит 5 минут

anton

и сервак тебя держит 5 минут

только выяснить от клиента о краше и отправить данные на сервер

12:57 PM

модификацией решается. (edited)

просто 5 минут чела держать

anton

просто 5 минут чела держать

можно уменьшить время физического тайм-аута

1:06 PM

вроде на клиенте или где-то на сервере таковой валяется

1:06 PM

поищи в GUS

1:09 PM

Game.ini

anton

UClass and UScriptStruct not found

Same problem

2:19 PM

Were you able to find a fix?

Foppa

You probably didn't change from debug to release in your configuration

Followed the document and it's on release.

Although I have 2022 version instead of 2019

2:48 PM

Could that be the problem?

HighWorks

Although I have 2022 version instead of 2019

i upgraded from 2019 to 2022 so no that should not be the problem

Hmmm

2:53 PM

I took one of the open source plugins and I want to edit it so I can understand the elements of coding faster. The plugin I choose was Custom Chat

Build started... 1>------ Build started: Project: Test, Configuration: Release x64 ------ 1>Test.cpp 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Fields.h(166,20): error C2027: use of undefined type 'UClass' 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Base.h(590,8): message : see declaration of 'UClass' 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Fields.h(186,24): error C2027: use of undefined type 'UScriptStruct' 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Base.h(638,8): message : see declaration of 'UScriptStruct' 1>Done building project "Test.vcxproj" -- FAILED. ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== ========== Elapsed 00:06,777 ==========

HighWorks

Same problem

Use another arkApi: https://github.com/ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi (edited)

GitHub - ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi: ArkServerAPI is open so...

ArkServerAPI is open source software you can install directly into windows versions of Ark Survival Evolved this software allows you to manage and create plugins to enhance your video game servers....

5:31 PM

download master branch

5:32 PM

and use guide https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4kRBevkLbXxcVMzKTmsjRKFkCEjtG46bfi5TdHNluQ/edit (edited)

https://discord.arkmodding.net/login

This guide is based on the Visual Studio Community 2019 version install Prerequisites: 1. https://visualstudimicrosofto..com/vs/ 2. https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/archive/master.zip Step N1: Install Visual Studio by the link given on the first prerequisite. When the inst...

I did all that

I used the guide and the open source api from GitHub

HighWorks

Build started... 1>------ Build started: Project: Test, Configuration: Release x64 ------ 1>Test.cpp 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Fields.h(166,20): error C2027: use of undefined type 'UClass' 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Base.h(590,8): message : see declaration of 'UClass' 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Fields.h(186,24): error C2027: use of undefined type 'UScriptStruct' 1>C:\Users\brijk\ARK Plugin\ARK-Server-API-master\version\Core\Public\API\Base.h(638,8): message : see declaration of 'UScriptStruct' 1>Done building project "Test.vcxproj" -- FAILED. ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== ========== Elapsed 00:06,777 ==========

You aren't using the newest version of the API. Those lines you have errors on don't exist in Fields.h anymore. Download the newest version from the Game Server Hub repo that was linked above.

Bet

8:40 PM

Imma try that

8:41 PM

Because I have 3.54

8:41 PM

If 3.55 fixed it

Or you can use MSVC 142 instead of 143. That old code doesn't compile in the newest version of visual studio. (edited)

Gotcha

8:43 PM

Thanks for the advice

8:43 PM

Will give it a shot tomorrow at work

Natsu

i am using substite code , to hook into Hook_UObject_ProcessEvent. i am using "Client Send Net Exec Command to Server" in my mod. Is it possible to get the player_controller and if so , how would i do this?

Does anyone know if this is possible or not?

Natsu

Does anyone know if this is possible or not?

If you have void Hook_UObject_ProcessEvent(UObject* _this, UFunction* Function, void* Parms), then _this is the object the function is being called on. Which is a APlayerController for Client Send Net Exec Command to Server.

1

TheMollusk

If you have void Hook_UObject_ProcessEvent(UObject* _this, UFunction* Function, void* Parms), then _this is the object the function is being called on. Which is a APlayerController for Client Send Net Exec Command to Server.

For the client send exec , i would need to look for the command name right? i got it working with custom events, but not for client send exec* (edited)

Except I don't think Client Send Net Exec Command to Server runs on the server. It calls ServerProcessNetExecCommand, which does run on the server. I would think you'd just want to hook APlayerController::ServerProcessNetExecCommand_Implementation() natively instead of dealing with ProcessEvent

TheMollusk

Except I don't think Client Send Net Exec Command to Server runs on the server. It calls ServerProcessNetExecCommand, which does run on the server. I would think you'd just want to hook APlayerController::ServerProcessNetExecCommand_Implementation() natively instead of dealing with ProcessEvent

Would it matter much performance wise compared to custom events?

Natsu

Would it matter much performance wise compared to custom events?

Well as far the the hook itself goes, using ArkApi to hook a native function is going to be slightly faster than hooking ProcessEvent and adding code to check if it's calling the function you're looking for. But I use hooks on CallFunction and ProcessEvent in my plugins to intercept UFunction calls and there's no noticeable performance hit, just don't do anything like using string comparisons to check if the function name is what you're looking for.

9:57 PM

The net exec command functions are going to do some extra processing you probably don't care about though, which might be a little slower than just capturing the custom event in ProcessEvent?

TheMollusk

The net exec command functions are going to do some extra processing you probably don't care about though, which might be a little slower than just capturing the custom event in ProcessEvent?

yea i used pelayori code above in the chat to get the InternalIndexField and use it inside ProcessEvent. it seems quite fast the only problem is that i want to get the steamID aswell. AShooterPlayerController* player = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(_this); will return 0 for me inside the processevent hook

The approach I suggested was something like this: 1) Send data from mod to plugin:

If the data is client side, use Client Send Net Exec Command To Server

If the data is server side already, call BPServerHandleNetExecCommand

2) Add the below hook, Pass parameters as appropiate. I use this approach since it's easy for me at least, not sure about in depth performance implications. Net exec params are not called at the same frequency as process event so I use string comparison for command name

DECLARE_HOOK(AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand, bool, AActor*, APlayerController*, FName, FBPNetExecParams*);
bool Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand(AActor* _this, APlayerController* FromPC, FName CommandName, FBPNetExecParams* Params)
{
    if (_this
        && CommandName.ToString().Contains("MyCustomFunction"))
    {
        // do stuff
        return true;
    }
    return AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand_original(_this, FromPC, CommandName, Params);
}

(edited)

1

Pelayori

The approach I suggested was something like this: 1) Send data from mod to plugin:

If the data is client side, use Client Send Net Exec Command To Server

If the data is server side already, call BPServerHandleNetExecCommand

2) Add the below hook, Pass parameters as appropiate. I use this approach since it's easy for me at least, not sure about in depth performance implications. Net exec params are not called at the same frequency as process event so I use string comparison for command name

DECLARE_HOOK(AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand, bool, AActor*, APlayerController*, FName, FBPNetExecParams*);
bool Hook_AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand(AActor* _this, APlayerController* FromPC, FName CommandName, FBPNetExecParams* Params)
{
    if (_this
        && CommandName.ToString().Contains("MyCustomFunction"))
    {
        // do stuff
        return true;
    }
    return AActor_BPServerHandleNetExecCommand_original(_this, FromPC, CommandName, Params);
}

(edited)

Going to try it out thanks

As I said that is my preferred approach and possibly not the best in terms of performance, although I haven't noticed any performance issue with doing a few dozens of calls per second

Natsu

Going to try it out thanks

Forgot about this, if you gonna use it you have to define the bp net exec params:

struct FBPNetExecParams
{
    int IntParam1;
    int IntParam2;
    int IntParam3;
    float FloatParam1;
    float FloatParam2;
    float FloatParam3;
    UObject* ObjParam1;
    UObject* ObjParam2;
    UObject* ObjParam3;
    FString StringParam1;
};

1

Pelayori

Forgot about this, if you gonna use it you have to define the bp net exec params:

struct FBPNetExecParams
{
    int IntParam1;
    int IntParam2;
    int IntParam3;
    float FloatParam1;
    float FloatParam2;
    float FloatParam3;
    UObject* ObjParam1;
    UObject* ObjParam2;
    UObject* ObjParam3;
    FString StringParam1;
};

This should probably get defined in the api

Wouldn't hurt for sure

yeah

11:42 PM

indeed

How to get json string as mysql database query result? (edited)

something like

c++
auto str_data = db_.query(fmt::format("SELECT jsonField FROM {} WHERE SteamId = {};", my_table_, steam_id)).get_value<std::string>();
auto jsonParsed = nlohmann::json::parse(str_data);

(edited)

jraServerAPI

something like

c++
auto str_data = db_.query(fmt::format("SELECT jsonField FROM {} WHERE SteamId = {};", my_table_, steam_id)).get_value<std::string>();
auto jsonParsed = nlohmann::json::parse(str_data);

(edited)

getting this

I've updated my code, maybe try that?

Forgot to say I'm trying to get all data from the database. (SELECT * FROM {})

12:42 AM

and put it somewhere in JSON

12:44 AM

It is only throwing out my steamid

12:44 AM

When there are more columns

Does anyone know why one may not be able to connect to mysql? I set it up right just refuses to connect not sure why

anton

Use another arkApi: https://github.com/ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi (edited)

Thanks. It worked.

1

jraServerAPI

something like

c++
auto str_data = db_.query(fmt::format("SELECT jsonField FROM {} WHERE SteamId = {};", my_table_, steam_id)).get_value<std::string>();
auto jsonParsed = nlohmann::json::parse(str_data);

(edited)

After some investigating functions with .get_value<std::string>() give only last value they've got. Example: Id's: 679, 678 (it selects 678 even if you get only this column) I want to get all database rows limited by 20 and get them inside JSON (edited)

Usually a select returns a collection of rows

8:40 AM

Not a single row

substitute

Usually a select returns a collection of rows

how to store them?

I've found out that I can get all row values by using .fetch() but the main question remains how to get array of them or something. (edited)

SR

how to store them?

i use chatGPT

to ask him basic questions like that the answer you get will really help

Natsu

i use chatGPT

to ask him basic questions like that the answer you get will really help

when there are no documentation no ChatGPT helps you

your asking a mysql question right?

Pelayori

Forgot about this, if you gonna use it you have to define the bp net exec params:

struct FBPNetExecParams
{
    int IntParam1;
    int IntParam2;
    int IntParam3;
    float FloatParam1;
    float FloatParam2;
    float FloatParam3;
    UObject* ObjParam1;
    UObject* ObjParam2;
    UObject* ObjParam3;
    FString StringParam1;
};

Fixed (edited)

Natsu

your asking a mysql question right?

yes

10:48 AM

I need to select all from the database

10:48 AM

and get it as json file.

SR

and get it as json file.

for example if you feed it your code it will return it the way you want

Natsu

for example if you feed it your code it will return it the way you want

there is also a problem that ChatGPT isn't available in my country

1

Natsu

for example if you feed it your code it will return it the way you want

Could you try feeding it some of my code?

11:17 AM

I'm using mysql++11.h

you can pm me sure

Natsu

you can pm me sure

Check your dms (edited)

substitute

Usually a select returns a collection of rows

Is it possible to get that collection somehow?

@substitute

SR

@substitute

You will have to do it yourself I'm pretty sure. Use something like:

nlohmann::json j;
db_.query("SELECT ... FROM ...").each(
   [&](rowType first, rowType2 second...)
    {
      nlohmann::json object;
      object["param"] = first;
      object["param2"] = second;
      ...
      j.push_back(object);

      return true;
    }
);

(edited)

7:50 PM

rowType must be replaced by each column's data type, and add as many arguments as the select query will return (edited)

Erm sorry to ask for help again but what node do i need to use for Client Send Net Exec Command? when using Primal Buff Class. i tried multiple nodes : Get Owner Controller -> Cast To ShootPlayerController Get Owner Controller -> Get Owner

The function is in PlayerController

7:58 PM

If you can't find it turn off context sensitive

You mean this one right?

yes

8:00 PM

Pass something to For Actor, like the buff (self)

8:00 PM

Since that is the actor that will handle the net exec

For some reason it never arrived at the server the send command is a testing node

that's not how you test net exec calls

8:04 PM

On the buff/actor you send the command to, implement the function BPServerHandleNetExecCommand (edited)

Command_name calls custom events as well i used it inside my structure

I don't think that's reliable

ha

net exec != normal rep events (edited)

ok going to compile and see if it works

8:07 PM

Thanks for the help again pelayori

@Pelayori looks like this mysql function just crashes the server

8:38 PM

what can be the reason?

8:39 PM

bool b = db_.query(fmt::format("SELECT SteamId FROM {} LIMIT 20;", table_players3_)).each(
                [](uint64 steamid, std::string nickname, int kills, int deaths)
                {

                    std::cout << std::to_string(steamid);

                    return true;
                });

8:39 PM

Here's modified code.

8:39 PM

Just to test the returnable.

Because you are just selecting the steam id, not all the fields

8:41 PM

And the callback would just need the first argument

8:42 PM

Either you remove the nickname, kills, deaths params, or make it select everything

let me try.

also, add into a try and add catch

Foppa

also, add into a try and add catch

it is here

8:43 PM

but it instacrashes

Pelayori

Either you remove the nickname, kills, deaths params, or make it select everything

yes this thing works.

The parameters for the each function must the same same as the columns extracted by the query

8:44 PM

So if you just select 1 column, add 1 param, etc...

8:44 PM

And I would recommend checking some basic sql tutorials so you don't fall in basic errors

Natsu

For some reason it never arrived at the server the send command is a testing node

When sending this + the hook BPServerHandleNetExecCommand should give me some kind of feedback right ? right now it doesnt seem like it's called at all

Do you have any log print on the hook?

Yup

8:52 PM

i guess the hook is correct but i made an error in the dev kit with the above node's

        nlohmann::json j;
        bool b = db_.query(fmt::format("SELECT SteamId FROM {} LIMIT 20;", table_players3_)).each([&](uint64 steamid, std::string nickname, int kills, int deaths)
        {
            nlohmann::json object;
            object["SteamId"] = steamid;
            object["Nickname"] = nickname;
            object["Kills"] = kills;
            object["Deaths"] = deaths;
            j.push_back(object);
            return true;
        });
        
        return j.dump();

(edited)

8:52 PM

yay

8:52 PM

it is crashed again

change it to SELECT * FROM

8:54 PM

instead of SELET SteamId FROM

oh

8:54 PM

biggest facepalm ever

8:55 PM

wasn't watching at it

8:55 PM

this is why it nullptr'd before

Natsu

Yup

is it enabled/set? (edited)

Pelayori

is it enabled/set? (edited)

Yup the hook is set

In the mod try calling bp server handle net exec command on the buff (server side) to see if the hook is correct, or on devkit try printing something mod side on the net exec

Pelayori

In the mod try calling bp server handle net exec command on the buff (server side) to see if the hook is correct, or on devkit try printing something mod side on the net exec

Tested it with my structure the hook is called fine ingame

I'm pretty sure I've used it client side on a mod

9:54 PM

Make sure it is reliable set as true

SR

        nlohmann::json j;
        bool b = db_.query(fmt::format("SELECT SteamId FROM {} LIMIT 20;", table_players3_)).each([&](uint64 steamid, std::string nickname, int kills, int deaths)
        {
            nlohmann::json object;
            object["SteamId"] = steamid;
            object["Nickname"] = nickname;
            object["Kills"] = kills;
            object["Deaths"] = deaths;
            j.push_back(object);
            return true;
        });
        
        return j.dump();

(edited)

это же не в основном потоке ?)

anton

это же не в основном потоке ?)

и можешь подсказать как тут с тредами быть

anton

и можешь подсказать как тут с тредами быть

ну тут в одном потоке 90% работает

чтоб игру ну убить ))

10:19 PM

ааа

10:19 PM

жесть

и на удивление

10:19 PM

работает без лагов

10:19 PM

ахахха

бдха с ответом минимум 18 мс вроде (edited)

10:24 PM

хотя мб и быстрее

Pelayori

I'm pretty sure I've used it client side on a mod

did you also use a buff ? i checked BP handle mod side in the dev kit and the server calls it when printing when ingame (using gamelog) it never get called.

I used it from a weapon i believe

Pelayori

I used it from a weapon i believe

Yea widget/structure is working fine for me for some reason buff doesn't

Natsu

did you also use a buff ? i checked BP handle mod side in the dev kit and the server calls it when printing when ingame (using gamelog) it never get called.

devkit 402Gb

anton

devkit 402Gb

Yea ark all maps + dev kit + windows is my entire SSD

Natsu

Yea ark all maps + dev kit + windows is my entire SSD

Ark + devkit 1Tb ))

this may be not about plugin but I hope that someone will still be able to help me: As you can see on the pic I tried uploading my own Center map Extension for custom caves and some meshole fixes.

8:48 PM

So far that all worked but when I go on steam it looks like this:

8:49 PM

No name no pic no anything, file size is 0MB and you can add it to your mods.

8:49 PM

(Ignore the German)

8:50 PM

I tried to follow yt tutorials but it still doesn't work. Hope anyone can help me.

This discord is not for mod development

Accelerator

I tried to follow yt tutorials but it still doesn't work. Hope anyone can help me.

You may want to try here

9:39 PM

@Accelerator what resolution it is?

substitute

You may want to try here

ty

substitute

This discord is not for mod development

sry didn't know where to ask else

SR

@Accelerator what resolution it is?

wdym by that?

Accelerator

wdym by that?

widthxheight

SR

widthxheight

I'm not just talking abt the image the whole mod doesn't work...

Accelerator

I'm not just talking abt the image the whole mod doesn't work...

Bro

10:32 PM

say your image resolution

10:32 PM

just say it

10:33 PM

Use 512x512

10:33 PM

or try accessing the console

10:33 PM

wont let me copy

and watching what causes this error

Fixed (edited)

Usually it happens after picture resolution (edited)

Natsu

Fixed (edited)

Structs are broken for arrays

10:34 PM

don't know why

SR

and watching what causes this error

In fact the steam console didn't even open when I uploaded it... and the normal console that starts at the beginning wont open at all even if I click on ti for some reason...

Accelerator

In fact the steam console didn't even open when I uploaded it... and the normal console that starts at the beginning wont open at all even if I click on ti for some reason...

you need

10:35 PM

the ue4 console

10:35 PM

it is open

SR

Usually it happens after picture resolution (edited)

So without pic it should work?

always when you run ue4

SR

always when you run ue4

Ik

10:35 PM

but i catn acces it

SR

Structs are broken for arrays

i doubt it's broken because people are using them, i just think i am using incorrect code somewhere

its there but also not idk

Are you logged into steam @Accelerator ?

Natsu

Are you logged into steam @Accelerator ?

the steam consoel to log in doesnt even open idk why

Accelerator

Click to see attachment 🖼️

same for this if I press it nothing happens its always running in the back round

Accelerator

same for this if I press it nothing happens its always running in the back round

maximize window from taskbar

10:38 PM

ok doesn show task bar

SR

maximize window from taskbar

exactly what I do

10:38 PM

doesn't work

10:38 PM

I don't fkn know why

Accelerator

I don't fkn know why

here

10:39 PM

click on console

10:39 PM

and RMB

10:39 PM

then "Maximize"

Accelerator

Click to see attachment 🖼️

you need to open it in taskbar and click RMB

10:40 PM

to open context menu (edited)

try changing pic

k can I also do none ? Or what resolution should it be?

512x512

Accelerator

k can I also do none ? Or what resolution should it be?

you need anything

k tyvm I'll try it

SR

Structs are broken for arrays

fixed it should be using TArray and not vector

I'm having this problem, i can't compile the plugin, can some one guide me please? I use the sustitute's template to try, but i cant make it to compile.

Asrafel

I'm having this problem, i can't compile the plugin, can some one guide me please? I use the sustitute's template to try, but i cant make it to compile.

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1065717429885481071

Thanks Friend! i will try!

AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField() Can anyone explain how this works? Where do I find more information on this because it seems essential to define thing.

What information do you want on it?

7:37 AM

It works by accessing the controller class, going to their current character and getting the weapon if they have one.

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage( This I can understand. I can easily find more information about this as its classed under ArkApi. But where do I find that attackershootercontroller.

7:38 AM

Is it in files? Is it on the API? And getplayercharacter seems with a lot of functions. Where can I find those.

There's not enough information to answer that question. My best guess would be it's a hook that one of the parameters is a PlayerController and they've grabbed that to get the data from it.

7:40 AM

The API is the "files", so I'm not sure what you mean by that. (edited)

Let me put it as this. AttackerShooterController->GetPlayerCharacter()->... It seems you can define that under: ...IsConscious() ...IsSitting() ...CurrentWeaponField() ...bIsCarried() Etc. Where do I find more. (edited)

You'd find it where that class is defined

7:42 AM

Those are called member functions.

7:42 AM

You might want to have some better understanding of the C++ language to follow along better. (edited)

I understand part of C++ as I followed tutorials.

7:43 AM

I can understand the -> part

7:43 AM

Like you said its class defined. But where do I find that.

If you're on MSVC, you can click F12 while hovering the type.

7:44 AM

That will take you to it.

7:44 AM

I cannot recall the file path off the top of my head, I would have to grep for it.

There is no official Ark API documentation, i think thats what he is looking for

Oh that makes sense. So yeah there are no docs, we use reverse engineering knowledge as well as Unreal Engine knowledge to find that information out.

Any place you can give me info about that getplayercharacter?

could someone explain to me what i might be doing wrong? I load json data using Utf8Decode and words like "Ремесло" are seen normally ingame. now i am trying to get mysql data (Lethal_quest plugin data). And for some reason the Utf8Decode wont work for the tribename / name, it will always return ????. The colum has a character set of utf8mb4, do i need to Encode and then decode it again?

HighWorks

Any place you can give me info about that getplayercharacter?

Figured it out. It was under Actor.h.

Natsu

could someone explain to me what i might be doing wrong? I load json data using Utf8Decode and words like "Ремесло" are seen normally ingame. now i am trying to get mysql data (Lethal_quest plugin data). And for some reason the Utf8Decode wont work for the tribename / name, it will always return ????. The colum has a character set of utf8mb4, do i need to Encode and then decode it again?

Try adding .c_str() to the string value you read from the database then put it into an FString.

Lethal

Try adding .c_str() to the string value you read from the database then put it into an FString.

This is how i am calling it currently from mysql player["Name"] = FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(result.get_value<std::string>(1).c_str()));

Remove the decode

2:16 PM

try player["Name"] = FString(result.get_value<std::string>(1).c_str());

Lethal

try player["Name"] = FString(result.get_value<std::string>(1).c_str());

sill get a return of ????? when reading the value of the DB

i do have to say i do decode when i put it inside my struct.

Natsu

sill get a return of ????? when reading the value of the DB

What is value inside db?

SR

What is value inside db?

Natsu

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Oh

4:06 PM

Try using "encode"

4:06 PM

Or sending already encoded value in db

4:07 PM

You are getting std::string

4:07 PM

And it doesn't support UTF-16

SR

You are getting std::string

no using FString i am doing the following. 1) Load Data from Mysql into a map 2) Load map into a struct 3) Send struct to client for data coming from Json it works fine

Natsu

no using FString i am doing the following. 1) Load Data from Mysql into a map 2) Load map into a struct 3) Send struct to client for data coming from Json it works fine

Are you sure that you GET FString?

SR

Are you sure that you GET FString?

yup player["Name"] = FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(result.get_value<std::string>(1).c_str()));

Why are you passing 1 to the get value?

Pelayori

Why are you passing 1 to the get value?

i am grabbing the data with a mysql query. and grabbing multiple data like kills tribe and steamid

Don't think that does what you think

4:30 PM

What's your query like

Fixed problem was because i read the data as utf8 while it should be read as utf8mb4 (edited)

Yeah that doesn't work like that

4:31 PM

The int parameter is to get the T value if you have multiple rows returned

4:32 PM

so passing 1 gets the 2nd row, 2 the 3rd...

4:32 PM

Use result.fetch(param1, param2...) to get the current row's values (edited)

4:32 PM

The string is like that because you are feeding it garbage probably

Natsu

yup player["Name"] = FString(ArkApi::Tools::Utf8Decode(result.get_value<std::string>(1).c_str()));

isn't it std::string?

So I'm thinking about submitting a PR to improve UProperty::Get() and UProperty::Set() in ArkServerApi. My primary motivation is to fix this snippet:

c++
  T Get(UObject* object)
  {
    if (!object->StaticClass()->HasProperty(this))
      throw std::invalid_argument("Object does not contain this property.");
    ...

object->StaticClass() calls the static UObject::StaticClass(), which returns the UClass for UObject, not the UClass of object. You'd think HasProperty() would return false when called with a UProperty not in the UObject UClass, but it turns out UClass::HasProperty() was flawed before UE4.22 and basically always returns true. I'd also like some input from the dev team or other users on whether or not I should enhance these functions to handle bools more nicely. In a UClass, UBoolProperty values are packed into a bitfield. You might expect to be able to use uBoolProperty->Get<bool>(object) or uBoolProperty->Set(object, true) to get or set a single bool property, but you would potentially be getting/overwriting an entire byte's worth of bools. You'd have to mask out other bits to get the value you care about after a Get(). Or do a Get(), then modify, then Set() to properly set/unset the value you care about. I could add code to the Get() and Set() functions to do this when called on a UBoolProperty. It would be a change in behavior, but I think it may be a welcome one.

Any improvement is appreciated, specially from those who have deeper engine knowledge

4:08 PM

Substitute was the one that pushed those bits of code a while ago

TheMollusk

So I'm thinking about submitting a PR to improve UProperty::Get() and UProperty::Set() in ArkServerApi. My primary motivation is to fix this snippet:

c++
  T Get(UObject* object)
  {
    if (!object->StaticClass()->HasProperty(this))
      throw std::invalid_argument("Object does not contain this property.");
    ...

object->StaticClass() calls the static UObject::StaticClass(), which returns the UClass for UObject, not the UClass of object. You'd think HasProperty() would return false when called with a UProperty not in the UObject UClass, but it turns out UClass::HasProperty() was flawed before UE4.22 and basically always returns true. I'd also like some input from the dev team or other users on whether or not I should enhance these functions to handle bools more nicely. In a UClass, UBoolProperty values are packed into a bitfield. You might expect to be able to use uBoolProperty->Get<bool>(object) or uBoolProperty->Set(object, true) to get or set a single bool property, but you would potentially be getting/overwriting an entire byte's worth of bools. You'd have to mask out other bits to get the value you care about after a Get(). Or do a Get(), then modify, then Set() to properly set/unset the value you care about. I could add code to the Get() and Set() functions to do this when called on a UBoolProperty. It would be a change in behavior, but I think it may be a welcome one.

How dare you write out a completely rational design plan to improving my code!!1!

9:32 PM

Yeah go ahead and submit the PR

9:32 PM

better safety and more compliant code is always welcome

9:33 PM

Especially the stuff with clobbering bools (edited)

9:34 PM

One suggestion though for bit fields. Don’t change the behavior of the bool primitive, we can instead create a positional bit field type that knows which bit it should read

9:35 PM

As long as it’s the size of a bool, reading/setting it should be fine as long as modification operators operate on the single bit

9:35 PM

This is particularly useful since you can’t read < 1 byte anyways

9:36 PM

We could also just write a template specialization for a positional bit field type that does the manipulation at read/set time

9:36 PM

Both options work

9:36 PM

I can actually do that later today if I have time

substitute

We could also just write a template specialization for a positional bit field type that does the manipulation at read/set time

C++ isn't my best language, so I don't know about rational haha. I was doing something like this with specialization:

c++
struct UProperty : UField
{
  template<typename T>
  T Get(UObject* object);
  template<typename T>
  void Set(UObject* object, T value);
  ...
};

template<typename T>
T UProperty::Get(UObject* object)
{
  if (ClassField()->ClassCastFlagsField() & static_cast<uint64>(ClassCastFlags::CASTCLASS_UBoolProperty))
    throw std::invalid_argument("Non-bool type expected from UBoolProperty.");
  ...
}

template<>
bool UProperty::Get(UObject* object)
{
  if (!(ClassField()->ClassCastFlagsField() & static_cast<uint64>(ClassCastFlags::CASTCLASS_UBoolProperty)))
    throw std::invalid_argument("Bool type expected from non-UBoolProperty.");
  ...
}

(edited)

That’s pretty close

Yeah a specific bitfield type is better

Instead we’d use T as positional_bit_field<int>

9:38 PM

You can pass integers as type args in a template

9:39 PM

It’s how std::array<T,U> works

9:39 PM

As for parsing out the positional bit value, that will be a little tricky but I can probably do it with a pattern match template

9:39 PM

Something like

9:41 PM

template<int T> Get<positional_bit_field<T>>

9:41 PM

I’ll play around with it

substitute

You can pass integers as type args in a template

In my bool Get() specialization I was using this:

c++
UBoolProperty* boolProperty = static_cast<UBoolProperty*>(this);

uint8* bytePtr = reinterpret_cast<uint8*>(object) + boolProperty->Offset_InternalField() + boolProperty->ByteOffsetField();

return !!(*bytePtr & boolProperty->FieldMaskField());

And for Set():

c++
UBoolProperty* boolProperty = static_cast<UBoolProperty*>(this);

uint8* bytePtr = reinterpret_cast<uint8*>(object) + boolProperty->Offset_InternalField() + boolProperty->ByteOffsetField();

uint8 newByte = (*bytePtr & ~boolProperty->FieldMaskField()) | (value ? boolProperty->ByteMaskField() : 0);

*(reinterpret_cast<uint8*>(object) + Offset_InternalField()) = newByte;

(edited)

substitute

As long as it’s the size of a bool, reading/setting it should be fine as long as modification operators operate on the single bit

Technically, the ElementSize for UBoolProperty values can be greater than 1 btw. The bitfields are allowed to span multiple bytes. But when I traversed global objects, they seemed to all just be 1 byte.

TheMollusk

Technically, the ElementSize for UBoolProperty values can be greater than 1 btw. The bitfields are allowed to span multiple bytes. But when I traversed global objects, they seemed to all just be 1 byte.

Frightening

hey ho Guys when i show on GameServerHub for the teleport.11 https://ark-server-api.com/resources/teleport.11/ than i was forwarded to Ark Server Api .. i ask i will use this to teleport offline players to my position https://ark-server-api.com/forums/threads/admin-cleanup-plugin.967/post-11359 can anybody help me with that problem? i have run ARK Server API and Arkbot on my server

Framework - ARK: Server API

Ark Server API Original Author: @Michidu Maintainer: @Lethal @Pelayori @Foppa @WETBATMAN Product Description: This tool allows you to load plugins into your gaming communities; this is an open-source community-supported "API" required for...

Admin Cleanup plugin

There are a lot of useful plugins on here but I feel a good player/tribe finding plugin is sorely needed. Most server admins go the manual route and use showmyadminmanager and others use ACM which is outdated and unstable sometimes. A successor named EMS is in the works however this mod may take...

tuvok

hey ho Guys when i show on GameServerHub for the teleport.11 https://ark-server-api.com/resources/teleport.11/ than i was forwarded to Ark Server Api .. i ask i will use this to teleport offline players to my position https://ark-server-api.com/forums/threads/admin-cleanup-plugin.967/post-11359 can anybody help me with that problem? i have run ARK Server API and Arkbot on my server

Old ArkServerApi links don't work you have to use the proper GameServersHub url. You can locate the plugin by using the resource search function on the site.

Ok i will check it when i finish with sleep

1

ok i think the teleport.11 is removed from the plattform

The second Link in the plugintutorial channel "Creating Hooks with ArkApi" seems to be outdated. Any body got an alternative link? Edit: Every "https://ark-server-api.com/..." link seems to not work anymore. (edited)

Framework - ARK: Server API

Ark Server API Original Author: @Michidu Maintainer: @Lethal @Pelayori @Foppa @WETBATMAN Product Description: This tool allows you to load plugins into your gaming communities; this is an open-source community-supported "API" required for...

hey

8:54 PM

i have dude

8:54 PM

how i can spawn unbreakeable wall?

8:54 PM

for mod caves

How to properly intercept messages sent in chat? What is the hook for it?

SR

How to properly intercept messages sent in chat? What is the hook for it?

AShooterPlayerController::ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation

Pelayori

AShooterPlayerController::ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation

this one doesn't even fire

6:52 PM

Well it does

6:52 PM

It's the one on the api

interesting

for chat commands

6:53 PM

Are you trying to intercept chat commands?

I'm trying to intercept only the user gets.

6:53 PM

For example

6:54 PM

Client sends: "Hello" It is still "Hello" on the server But end client gets: "Goodbye"

Then you should have no issue

6:55 PM

I said that because for commands it gets returned from the api so the message never arrives

I'll try it then. Thank you for your help.

@Pelayori is it possible to get player inactivity timer?

Not sure. Check the game mode it might have something

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

Import the lib and other data you need

#pragma comment(lib, "Permissions.lib")
Then use it like this 
Permissions::IsPlayerInGroup(steam_id, "Admins")

(edited)

is there any tutorial for start programing ark plugins?

not really, are you familiar with c++? that's going to be the biggest challenge if you are not

jraServerAPI

not really, are you familiar with c++? that's going to be the biggest challenge if you are not

a little bit, but I am familiar with other programming languages

okay, well than you're off to a good start.. Have you installed the api and run any plugins on your server?

yes ofc

cool.. then I would start by looking at the open source examples

5:04 AM

and downloading Visual Studio

5:04 AM

and start playing

5:05 AM

GitHub - Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins: Server Plugins for ARK: Server...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

okay, thanks ツ

when you get stuck.. just search this discord

5:06 AM

your questions most likely have already been asked, you just have to find them (edited)

1

Loki

yes ofc

Here’s a template

5:54 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#GetPlayerSummaries_.28v0001.29

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

hello, on ARK DEV KIT i want create a buttom to get a item to the player inventory who can help me ? i have creat the menu and the buttom i juste want to click and get item (for exemple pickaxe) to the player inventory

5:59 PM

who can help me ?

warneur

hello, on ARK DEV KIT i want create a buttom to get a item to the player inventory who can help me ? i have creat the menu and the buttom i juste want to click and get item (for exemple pickaxe) to the player inventory

go tu the ark moddeing comunety amd ask for help there

8:09 AM

Hey, how'd it be possible to obtain the information displayed with the View Players button in the Steam in-game overlay? Here's an example:

2:06 PM

Afaik there isn't any REST API for this

Dan

Hey, how'd it be possible to obtain the information displayed with the View Players button in the Steam in-game overlay? Here's an example:

Steam Web API

SR

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#GetPlayerSummaries_.28v0001.29

Yeah I've messed around with that endpoint, the steam ID expects a Steam user, not the ID of a server.

5:05 PM

(whereas I'm trying the get the list of players, including steam name/id/play time on a server)

5:06 PM

this is the feature i need to be using https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/game_servers but i'm 99% sure this is not possible to use with a basic HTTP request

Dan

(whereas I'm trying the get the list of players, including steam name/id/play time on a server)

Try getting everyone's controllers and just getting them all into a json.

5:07 PM

You can get any sort of info here

5:07 PM

except (probably) playtime

You can query the server for connected player names and how long they've been connected, like the Steam server browser does. But that doesn't give SteamIDs, and I don't think Steam/Steamworks provides an interface for externally querying a server for SteamIDs. ARK has the ListPlayers RCON command, which returns SteamIDs (and IDs for Epic players). Or if you write a server plugin, ArkServerApi has utilities for getting SteamIDs. (edited)

i was using the following hook to try and check what dino's / supply drops are spawned, but crashed. Should i use a different hook? AActor* Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor(UWorld* _this, UClass* Class, FVector* Location, FRotator* Rotation, FActorSpawnParameters* SpawnParameters)

show us your code.. why did it crash?

7:00 PM

1

jraServerAPI

Click to see attachment 🖼️

AActor* Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor(UWorld* _this, UClass* Class, FVector* Location, FRotator* Rotation, FActorSpawnParameters* SpawnParameters)
{

    AActor* SpawnedActor = UWorld_SpawnActor_original(_this, Class, Location, Rotation, SpawnParameters);
    FString HumanReadableName;
    SpawnedActor->GetHumanReadableName(&HumanReadableName);
    

    if (SpawnedActor != nullptr && HumanReadableName.Equals("SupplyCrate_Cave_QualityTier1_C")) {
        Log::GetLog()->info("{} Spawned at X:{} Y:{}", SpawnedActor->GetHumanReadableName(&HumanReadableName)->ToString(), ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FVectorToCoords(*Location).x, ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FVectorToCoords(*Location).y);
        return UWorld_SpawnActor_original(_this, Class, Location, Rotation, SpawnParameters);
    }
    return UWorld_SpawnActor_original(_this, Class, Location, Rotation, SpawnParameters);
}

can you just run your plugin and permissions? (if you need it) but no other plugins (i see safezone in there etc..) and ALSO add the pdb file to your plugin folder.. then when it crashes again.. you will have a function name, and a line number here telling you what line it crashed on (edited)

7:25 PM

jraServerAPI

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Added pdb now , but the plugin itself is really small only has that hook. nothing else

7:30 PM

is it the log->info line?

no it's the return bottom one

oh.. you already called UWorld_SpawnActor_original once

7:31 PM

thats probably why

removed that one let me try again only 1 return now

maybe return SpawnedActor ?

7:32 PM

I've never messed with this hook

You have the Class already why do you need something else?

7:54 PM

FString GetBlueprintFromClass(UClass* object)
{
    if (object != nullptr)
    {
        FString path_name;
        object->GetDefaultObject(true)->GetFullName(&path_name, nullptr);

        if (int find_index = 0; path_name.FindChar(' ', find_index))
        {
            path_name = "Blueprint'" + path_name.Mid(find_index + 1,
                path_name.Len() - (find_index + (path_name.EndsWith(
                    "_C", ESearchCase::
                    CaseSensitive)
                    ? 3
                    : 1))) + "'";
            return path_name.Replace(L"Default__", L"", ESearchCase::CaseSensitive);
        }
    }

    return FString("");
}

(edited)

Lethal

FString GetBlueprintFromClass(UClass* object)
{
    if (object != nullptr)
    {
        FString path_name;
        object->GetDefaultObject(true)->GetFullName(&path_name, nullptr);

        if (int find_index = 0; path_name.FindChar(' ', find_index))
        {
            path_name = "Blueprint'" + path_name.Mid(find_index + 1,
                path_name.Len() - (find_index + (path_name.EndsWith(
                    "_C", ESearchCase::
                    CaseSensitive)
                    ? 3
                    : 1))) + "'";
            return path_name.Replace(L"Default__", L"", ESearchCase::CaseSensitive);
        }
    }

    return FString("");
}

(edited)

Thanks that solved the crash issue.

Dan

Afaik there isn't any REST API for this

There isn’t

9:18 PM

That data is replicated to your steam client directly

TheMollusk

You can query the server for connected player names and how long they've been connected, like the Steam server browser does. But that doesn't give SteamIDs, and I don't think Steam/Steamworks provides an interface for externally querying a server for SteamIDs. ARK has the ListPlayers RCON command, which returns SteamIDs (and IDs for Epic players). Or if you write a server plugin, ArkServerApi has utilities for getting SteamIDs. (edited)

They don’t

9:19 PM

I was able to get the same info externally by emulating the steam client and preforming the steam auth handshake with the server

9:19 PM

And then aggregating the incoming data

Oh wow, is the data even accurate enough to be worth doing that? It doesn’t seem to match what A2S returns

How works "StaticCreateBabyDino" Hook? i copy them from Server Api Hooker Creator and dont copiles

Loki

How works "StaticCreateBabyDino" Hook? i copy them from Server Api Hooker Creator and dont copiles

The first argument to DECLARE_HOOK has to be the name you're using for the function. So if you use DECLARE_HOOK(Foo, ...) you'll have Foo_original(...) and Hook_Foo(..)

oh okay

12:57 AM

thanks

12:57 AM

jraServerAPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pSCGyH4BI I had already moved my character before i ran /test1 as you can see the bubble is not on center /test1 is using RelativeLocationField() (update: was using AShooterPlayerController which is why it did not move, should use AShooterCharacter instead) /test2 is using GetWorldLocation() (edited)

i know is a old video but i searching for that, how you create that bubble?

player_controller->MulticastDrawDebugSphere

is it possible to change a structure name? as in "TekForcefield"

item containers have "boxname"

Lethal

item containers have "boxname"

thanks i was looking at namefield

what is the hook to check when promote to tribe admin/owner? DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerState_PromoteToTribeAdmin, void, AShooterPlayerState*, APlayerController*); dont works for me

12:57 AM

forget, i found it, if smthing want it is DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerState_ServerRequestPromotePlayerInMyTribe_Implementation, void, AShooterPlayerState*, int);

Hello, I would like to force the player to upload the current character to the arkdata. Is this even possible? I really would appreciate any tips where to start looking !

https://ark-server-api.com/threads/arkapi-c-hook-generator-tool.761/ If i access this link, it connected to https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.12/ how do i fix it?

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https://ark-server-api.com/threads/arkapi-c-hook-generator-tool.761/ If i access this link, it connected to https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-server-api.12/ how do i fix it?

just find it in gsh

how i can get the server enablecheats password? Or hook when smthing uses enablecheats and password is correct? DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_EnableCheats, void, AShooterPlayerController*, FString); dont works for me. Also DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_CheckCheatsPassword_Implementation, void, AShooterPlayerController*, FString*); works but it runs every time than player do "enablecheats" even password is correct or no (edited)

There isn’t a “cheats enabled” event if that’s what you’re looking for

7:51 PM

You’ll have to check how the checkcheats actually validates (edited)

If the player is flagged as an admin they have the ability to use cheat commands.

substitute

There isn’t a “cheats enabled” event if that’s what you’re looking for

and theres any hook when players send a tab command?

You mean when open the console?

8:29 PM

No, that’s client sided

8:29 PM

The only time it isn’t is when the command is a server command

8:29 PM

From what I remember

okay thanks

If you mean a hook for a console command this should be it. However other plugins that give command rewards would also run through this when issuing commands on behalf of a player etc.

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, FString*, AShooterPlayerController*, FString*, FString*, bool);

FString*  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand(AShooterPlayerController* _this, FString* result, FString* Command, bool bWriteToLog)
{
   return AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand_original(_this, result, Command, bWriteToLog);
}
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterPlayerController.ConsoleCommand", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, &AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterPlayerController.ConsoleCommand", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand);

Lethal

If you mean a hook for a console command this should be it. However other plugins that give command rewards would also run through this when issuing commands on behalf of a player etc.

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, FString*, AShooterPlayerController*, FString*, FString*, bool);

FString*  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand(AShooterPlayerController* _this, FString* result, FString* Command, bool bWriteToLog)
{
   return AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand_original(_this, result, Command, bWriteToLog);
}
ArkApi::GetHooks().SetHook("AShooterPlayerController.ConsoleCommand", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand, &AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand_original);
ArkApi::GetHooks().DisableHook("AShooterPlayerController.ConsoleCommand", &Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ConsoleCommand);

thanks

one hook more than i looking for and i cant find it, a hook for when you do the tek chestplate jump, Exist?

What hook do you need to handle post post join before any checks?

10:40 AM

For example - to allow player join before he gets "server full" error.

yall know this double counter thing is literally teaching people to do what they should never be doing - clicking links from unsolicited dms like that.

6:43 AM

was really hesistant to do it but figured least see what it did in an incognito

so is there any hope in running modded linux servers?

6:57 AM

does ark on linux run on wine?

Aikar

so is there any hope in running modded linux servers?

It's possible, but not as nice writing plugins for the Windows version of the server. I ran a cluster on Linux with my own plugins for several months before recently switching back to Windows. There's no public API/SDK for Linux ARK plugins. And if there was, existing plugins would still have to be modified and re-compiled since they're specific to the ArkServerApi/Windows platform. The Windows version of the ARK server ships with debug symbols, making it easy to get addresses to hook/call functions and read/write variables. We don't get debug symbols on Linux, but it is possible to reliably detect and take advantage of Unreal Engine's reflection system which provides access to many (but not all) gameplay-relevant functions and variables.

guess ima have to suck it up and buy a windows server, i run many dedis for mc so was wanting to reuse my spare hw lol. man i was windows free for a decade, and now here i am about to even have a windows server. feels dirty!

4:55 PM

im happy there is a community / project like this for ark. i led one for minecraft too but always loved ark but mainly been console and just have never looked into getting into ark at this level for PC, but the probable lie of ark2 coming out soon got the hype up and figured do some modded ark until then.

4:55 PM

and figure why not try to grow a community to go into 2 when ever it comes out in 5 years

Aikar

guess ima have to suck it up and buy a windows server, i run many dedis for mc so was wanting to reuse my spare hw lol. man i was windows free for a decade, and now here i am about to even have a windows server. feels dirty!

Hypothetically it should be possible to run the servers on Linux through Wine

5:33 PM

But the performance hit is probably not worth it

6:32 PM

sorry couldn't help myself

There's a game server management platform called "Pterodactyl" that runs on Linux and supports many games, including Ark. It runs all it's games, including Ark instances, in their own Docker containers, and runs the Windows version of Ark. They claim the performance hit is only 2-3%. I don't know if it's possible it add this API to that mix, but it might be. https://pterodactyl.io/ (edited)

Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl is an open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.

7:32 AM

@Aikar

~~is there also a isTribeOwner value? IsTribeAdmin();~~ IsTribeFounder() (edited)

what do i need to do to run it on linux

2:48 PM

linux is superior

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 yeah ive worked with the creator of that extensively

everyone uses my tuning values in minecraft yet their panel ends up setting bad memory settings for the container causing issues

so was a chore trying to get it adjusted to give more overhead memory. But ill prob end up doing what I did before and just write my own tools for config and deployment and setup inheritance/shared configs. but i prefer command line so gotta see if openssh is an option or something but still launch windows apps. dont wanna manage a dang server with remote desktop.

@Mr. Alpaca imnew here too but ive already seen enough that many plugins only build/work for windows :/ so while "modded" ark prob runs fine on linux, seems might be a bit more limited for plugins.

Aikar

@Mr. Alpaca imnew here too but ive already seen enough that many plugins only build/work for windows :/ so while "modded" ark prob runs fine on linux, seems might be a bit more limited for plugins.

when running ark with wine the paths should be fine, the plugins run as ark so it should work

yeah but if any of the hooks use stuff wine hasnt implemented could be an issue - i dunno i see people marking plugins as windows only

4:35 PM

guess would be good if anyone here has been running it under linux can chime in, as i would totally prefer to use linux

4:36 PM

since it seems windows servers has an additional cost too for license :/

I've never used wine for ark, but is it worth the performance hit?

prob not :/ we have enough perf issues as-is

Also for windows licenses, I get OEM licenses for 2€, lifetime and never had any issue

4:40 PM

I also think there's some ark provider using ssh servers to manage anything ark related within windows

4:40 PM

So that's always an option

where do you get your licenses from?

4:42 PM

i've seen windows core wich as far i know is free, maybe its possible to run ark on there

I search what windows server license I want from allkeyshop.com and it lists all the sites that sell them, and the price

4:43 PM

Never had an issue buying from there, and always worked fine

thanks

Last week I bought 2 win server 2019 standard and both worked fine first try

why 2019?

I use that one for my servers

4:44 PM

But I've also bought win server 2022

oh ok

4:46 PM

are the licenses not like cpu core bound?

Yes those OEM are valid for the current hardware, if you change you need to buy them again

ok thnks

but is windows server better or should i just buy a normal windopws liscenesese

If you are use it solely for hosting software/games, use windows server

5:06 PM

Has less bloat

k

5:06 PM

imagine installing windows server on a laptop

lol

5:07 PM

Can't say I haven't done it

haha lol

5:10 PM

linux is better tho

Everything has its use case (edited)

5:17 PM

For servers I'd 100% go with linux as well (edited)

why would you use windows server, i dont see the positive stuff

I just use them for ark cause plugins

only for ark servers

5:18 PM

any know how i can hook when player try to deploy dino in cryopod and cancel it? Im using:

FString path = "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponEmptyCryopod.PrimalItem_WeaponEmptyCryopod'";
UClass* cryoClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&path);
if (!cryoClass) {
    Log::GetLog()->critical("No cryopod class found!");
    return;
}
UFunction* function = cryoClass->FindFunctionByName(FName("CanDeploy", EFindName::FNAME_Find), EIncludeSuperFlag::ExcludeSuper);
if (!function) {
    Log::GetLog()->critical("No function 'CanDeploy' found!");
    return;
}
FunctionIndex = function->InternalIndexField();

void Hook_UObject_ProcessInternal(UObject* _this, FFrame* Stack, void* const Result)
{
    if (Stack->NodeField()->InternalIndexField() != FunctionIndex) {
        UObject_ProcessInternal_original(_this, Stack, Result);
        return;
    }
        //Do stuff
        return;

}

(edited)

6:39 PM

but I want to get the ShooterPlayerCharacter, of player than is deploying the dino

6:40 PM

or just the tribe id?¿

6:40 PM

idk if is possible

I assume the hook is working already to prevent the deployment right? (edited)

Pelayori

I assume the hook is working already to prevent the deployment right? (edited)

yes, but i want get the ShooterPlayerCharacter so i can do a few conditions to prevent it or no

6:50 PM

or the "tribe id" too works me

Right, so you could cast _this to an UPrimalItem*, which would give you the cryopod item. Then from the item you get the owner inventory, and from the owner inventory you can get the pawn owner.

6:50 PM

Tribe id could be obtained from the inventory's owner pawn.

thanks man! It work fine GOGHEART1

In process internal / process event, etc..., _this is always the object calling the function, so if you know the type you can cast to it to access it's data.

@Aikaryou're the guy behind the minecraft tuning flags?

@substitute yes

8:18 PM

Nice to see you here

yeah most of my minecraft haitus's was due to ark lol

8:19 PM

just been console player until recent

8:19 PM

console = forced break from code

Btw, plugins should work fine-ish if you manage to get it working on Linux with Wine

8:19 PM

Wine is just an implementation of the Windows loader/libraries

8:19 PM

the plugins are loaded via LoadLibrary

yeah im ultimately trying to keep it simple and just work now lol

8:20 PM

yeah but you can totally enter areas wine hasnt implemented support for

8:20 PM

i managed a project like 15 years ago that also hooked into game (Final Fantasy 11) and loaded plugins, and iirc wine wasnt the happiest then, but wine has came a long ways since then

It also depends on how the hooking is implemented

8:21 PM

Right now we are using Microsoft Detours

8:21 PM

which just inserts a trampoline for hooking

8:21 PM

I know there are some System-wide hooks in Windows, and I know you can mess with EAT and IAT

8:21 PM

but Detours is the easiest to use for most people

wait so ms inserted support for hooking concepts into the win api lol? i remember the days of madchook triggering anti virus!

It's a package that used to be proprietary but they've opened it up

8:22 PM

https://github.com/microsoft/Detours

GitHub - microsoft/Detours: Detours is a software package for monit...

Detours is a software package for monitoring and instrumenting API calls on Windows. It is distributed in source code form. - GitHub - microsoft/Detours: Detours is a software package for monitori...

ive been out of windows world for over a decade until recent, went 100% linux back in like 2012

If Wildcard would just provide symbols for Linux

8:23 PM

we could port the API to use either depending on the execution context

8:23 PM

but they haven't been willing to provide symbols

but i built a new pc and kinda wanted to be able to do some gaming on it for a change so reluctantly installed windows. ironically, my windows 7 key still gave me a free win10 install.

Yeah, that's how most people pirate Windows 10/11

8:24 PM

https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

8:24 PM

basically does that

8:24 PM

thought they stopped it but i had read something about offline installs can still do it, and conveniently, the default nic drivers for mobo didnt work lol.

They will never stop it, hell they won't even DMCA those scripts (edited)

8:25 PM

even though they OWN Github

8:25 PM

Market share >>> $100 per home user

130 for retail price

I won't even pay for Windows Server 2022

8:25 PM

I just use the key I got from college

8:26 PM

they gave us like 200 MS products and it keeps updating w/ new products

8:26 PM

I'm also not using it for any commercial stuff though

well an ark server that has a store would be considered commercial

I only run an ark server to test plugins and vulnerabilities

yeah i was a rare case for minecraft where I was a lead developer who actually owned a server too lol

8:27 PM

hence why i drove so much development into the community, as i had a drive behind it

I run a few smaller servers (MC, Rust) for people at my University

8:28 PM

I just have them behind a wireguard frontend VPS

i still run the server but one of my people help maintain it though now. just got too burned out

how's your C++?

rusty, did C++ back for the plugin framework we had for FF11, i was a project lead back then too

8:29 PM

that was in 2006-2008 lol

oof

8:29 PM

C++20 is an entirely different language

8:29 PM

and I love it

ive seen hints. does CLion work well?

8:29 PM

im a jetbrains fan >_>

I use Visual Studio for Windows development

afk bit 1-1 with boss

but CLion isn't bad

8:30 PM

Visual Studio is just really good on Windows

8:30 PM

and MSVC has really good C++20 support

8:30 PM

Clang has the worst, GCC is in the middle.

8:30 PM

I had to use macros in a library because of GCC and Clang

#if defined(__clang__ ) /* Clang does not support B(A)(C...) syntax, only A B(C...) and refuses to compile otherwise. */
#define FUNCTION_SIGNATURE(x,y,z) x y (z)
#define FUNCTION_SIGNATURE_VA(x,y,z) x y (z, ...)
#elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) /* GCC Supports A B(C...)  and B(A)(C...) but produces wrong T* for T under A B(C...) */
#define FUNCTION_SIGNATURE(x,y,z) y(x)(z)
#define FUNCTION_SIGNATURE_VA(x,y,z) y(x)(z,...)
#endif

(edited)

8:31 PM

ok back, yeah I do recall VStudio being decent, and its free now right?

there's a community version

9:35 PM

you can also google for Enterprise keys

9:36 PM

I wrote a header-only library to make working with function calling/hooking easier

9:36 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/MoarPtr

9:36 PM

it's a C++20 idiomatic way of handling it

lol i try to keep things a bit legit these days, gets a bit hypocritical to be a software engineer/architect who wants to get paid for writing code to then pirate software

instead of typedefs or (in the case of this api) DECLARE_HOOK macros

this project use signature scanning for access to structs and function hooks? common signatures shared?

Aikar

this project use signature scanning for access to structs and function hooks? common signatures shared?

this api or ?

arkserverapi

the api uses the PDB which has all of the addresses

9:39 PM

PDB is the debugging symbols

is that file reliably distributed every server update?

not always, but usually

9:39 PM

I would say 15/20 times

Once they're aware it's not, they do their best to release it.

WC kind of needs it because the game sucks ass and crashes

unlike the dev kit it seems lol?

and most people don't submit crash dumps

9:40 PM

so they just get the error messages

9:40 PM

which would be unresolved without the PDB

i hear dev kits been missing stuff for months

they do devkit in batches

9:41 PM

devkit is a lot harder to update than to simply include the debug symbols that are automatically built

all the dang tek suit mods being broken atm unless you skin them, playing primal fear atm having to constantly share gen2 skins for people who dont have gen2

lol

9:41 PM

you could probably fix that with a plugin

9:42 PM

maybe

i guess always send the exo suit skin to client

that or apply the skin to unskinned items

9:42 PM

when applied/removed

i dont think tek suit has any skin but exo suit lol, but yeah would want to keep peoples dyed skin

9:48 PM

well nice it can be done through pdb, http://aikar.github.io/SigScan/ is what we had to deal with in the past. I jumped in FF14 and saw there was a similar project there too and thankfully they were using signature scanning. Shudder at the idea of trying to maintain static offsets per build.

if we had to, we would only need two signatures to cover most things in the API

9:49 PM

all you really need is FNames and GObjects for UE4

9:49 PM

then you can use reflection

so all the engine functions are registered into a map?

not exactly

yeah ive never gone into UE development, but on fence how deep i wanna dive, just trying to keep things simpler and just get something going for now until whatever year ark2 comes out

well, since we have PDB

gotta learn wtf is all new with C++ though

you don't need to worry about GObjects or FNames

9:51 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

is there any generic api docs like javadocs for the api?

there is not

what events/hooks avail etc

9:52 PM

damn

the ark devkit helps though

9:52 PM

or you can load the exe into something like IDA pro

9:52 PM

to get an idea on how a function works

9:52 PM

I'm building a prototype to remove hooking entirely from the API in the future

9:53 PM

and instead allow for users to register pre/post callbacks

been any fuss from wildcard on this project?

no fuss from WC

yeah its helpful its already open to mods, Final fantasy MMO's entered a "fight club" scene lol. Minecraft people getting all nervous when Mojang themselves really wanted to encourage it, hopefully thats all laid to rest now. Third parties always win in the end. Been around the block in the third party dev ecosystem the past 18 years lol.

there isn't much WC can do anyways

9:55 PM

if they stop ship PDB, we can use old exe and PDB to generate signatures

9:55 PM

at least for GObjects and FNames

legally go after projects for reverse engineering game, some games have gone that approach

legally they'd have no ground

WoW is hardcore against it all

9:56 PM

well wow's shutdown some projects

yes, projects that negatively impact their official servers

9:56 PM

trinitycore still exists

its def still a legally grey area lol

cheating software has precedent to lose since it causes damages to the company running the game services

9:57 PM

modifying a binary on your computer falls under fair use in the DMCA (within an extent)

9:57 PM

such as for interoperability

maybe in that regard i guess

like, if I wrote a hack for WoW to integrate discord, there isn't any legal stance Blizzard could really take

9:58 PM

since it was for interoperability and doesn't negatively impact them

9:58 PM

they could ban me though

9:58 PM

it is why stuff like Steam overlay exists

9:58 PM

the Steam overlay is a hack

minecraft took an interesting approach to servers doing things they dont like with shops, client side blacklisting, so sure you may run the server, but anyone on official clients now cant connect to your server, killing your playerbase and growth potential.

yes, which is totally fine and dandy

9:59 PM

legally they can't stop them from doing that to their servers afaik

10:00 PM

but they can make it a total pain in the ass for end-users to interact with those servers

10:00 PM

at the end of the day though

10:00 PM

WC has bigger fish to fry

10:00 PM

like MoE

moe?

myth of empires

wth is that

they allegedly stole source code from WC

10:02 PM

it's another survival type game

oh i think i read something like that

10:02 PM

that been a while ago right

yeah but lawsuits take awhile

10:03 PM

https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/42908499/Suzhou_Angela_Online_Game_Technology_Co,_Ltd_et_al_v_Snail_Games_USA_Inc_et_al

Suzhou Angela Online Game Technology Co., Ltd. et al v. Snail Games...

Suzhou Angela Online Game Technology Co., Ltd. et al v. Snail Games USA Inc. et al (2:21-cv-09552), California Central District Court, Filed: 12/09/2021

I just asked ChatGPT a question about DLL injection, and it refused to answer the question on the grounds that DLL injection was used for illegal or immoral purposes! lol

That's because injection part is, normal applications load dlls not inject them lol

yes bc "injection" uses for cheats

4:22 AM

There are many legitimate purposes for dll injection, and chatgpt seems to know that already. I just thought it was interesting that an AI was making ethical decisions based on some framework either provided to it or that it developed on its own, or both.

can try to let ChatGpt translate ArkApi into c # Code

DLL Injection is well supported in C#, and it's true that it might enable a much wider audience to write plugins, but as the real experts here have told us many times, the work involved in porting this API into C# would be monumental.

Also, although .NET 7 and 8 have MASSIVE performance improvements, it's still much slower than C++. Adding the whole CLR JIT stuff into the mix might cause issues? The gurus here would know much better than me.

6:44 AM

Although apparently with .NET 7 you can now compile C# directly into native machine code without any JIT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3XsvSiMtk

Nick Chapsas

Compiling C# into NATIVE code, just like Go, Rust and C++

why are plugins having trouble with SSL for MySQL? whats the hurdle to making it work?

Mainly the library everyone uses doesn't support it. The newer version requires openssl which people struggled to get installed etc.

ugh windows, im spoiled from a world where openssl being on the system is just kind of an expected thing.

we could ship openssl with ArkApi tbh because the requests library in the API also requires it

WETBATMAN

we could ship openssl with ArkApi tbh because the requests library in the API also requires it

Be aware of the Apache v2 license attached to the latest versions of OpenSSL.

Mainly that the API would need to include the LICENSE file in it's distribution, and if any changes are made to any OpenSSL code then every change must be listed and included in the distribution.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I just asked ChatGPT a question about DLL injection, and it refused to answer the question on the grounds that DLL injection was used for illegal or immoral purposes! lol

most plugins get false positives from antivirus for that reason

yeah you don't touch openssl to modify it anyways, thats a big nono

top rule of secure development is don't write your own encryption code

5:54 AM

but yeah id agree this is a good one for the platform itself to provide

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Also, although .NET 7 and 8 have MASSIVE performance improvements, it's still much slower than C++. Adding the whole CLR JIT stuff into the mix might cause issues? The gurus here would know much better than me.

It seems that we must learn c++more deeply to write better plugins. If the. net implementation efficiency cannot be solved, even if the ARKAPI conversion is completed, the running quality of the plugins written will vary greatly.

Invoker

It seems that we must learn c++more deeply to write better plugins. If the. net implementation efficiency cannot be solved, even if the ARKAPI conversion is completed, the running quality of the plugins written will vary greatly.

It's absolutely true, the more you know the better, however that shouldn't put people off who want to get started in plugin development. You don't need to be a max-level superstar in C++ like Substitute or Lethal to make a basic plugin.

8:39 AM

Also, I've had to learn some C# over the last few months for a particular project, and I've found that it has actually helped me understand some of the more advanced concepts in C++ that I've struggled with in the past.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Also, I've had to learn some C# over the last few months for a particular project, and I've found that it has actually helped me understand some of the more advanced concepts in C++ that I've struggled with in the past.

Yes, the programming idea of C # pays more attention to concepts, but this also hinders my learning of C++. I always use C # to understand C++. In general, C # can find many "scaffolding" around the world. A complete program can be packaged by layers of frameworks.

8:48 AM

Now that I see the source code of the plug-in, I don't know where to start. I plan to write a simple test program first. When HOOK is triggered, only one announcement will be sent in the game world.

Invoker

Now that I see the source code of the plug-in, I don't know where to start. I plan to write a simple test program first. When HOOK is triggered, only one announcement will be sent in the game world.

I think it's @substitute that has an excellent basic template for a plugin. It's a great place to start.

so has no one done extensive digging into what exactly starts to get slow when server performance tanks and tried to optimize by plugin? tried to search for some performance optimizing plugin but couldn't find anything. Performance is big area I usually work in, but man i still got a steep learning curve here before I could really get involved there. Sub you mentioned decompiling the server, any guide on that? my eyes are gonna open 40x if i can just see some damn code.

8:22 PM

also any chance in modifying then recompiling the entire server to fix performance issues?

8:28 PM

everyone always blames building size for lag, but its never made sense to me, what is the server doing ticking every block placed per tick or something? or is this just another super ark myth that has spread forever. if it is doing something per tick, that would be something to look into optimizing. Some of my biggest work in minecraft has been optimizing entities and 'block entities' (blocks that do need to be ticked, usable/functional blocks but not generic building blocks) . ie popular one I did was entities not near any player reduce their tick rate 95%, and in that 5% (1 in 20 tick rate) if their AI engages something like attack structure/player, then they gain temp immunity. Stuff like that can have minimal gameplay impact but huge performance gains.

8:30 PM

i recall ark has some region hiberation system too right, is the core problem of a lot of players on simply that more regions are active, entities are being processed more spread out? is there regions staying active longer than they need to be?

Ark has what is called "stasis", as far as I know it does pause ticks, timers, and any render, physics, etc... That's for structures and dino in dedicated servers, in Single Player dinos have "hibernation" which I believe they are destroyed and respawned when the region is loaded.

8:36 PM

And structures can cause some stress on the server, specially destroying a big chunk of snapped structures.

8:36 PM

I have not do much investigation on performance of structures alone when ticking, so I do not have more info on that regard.

yeah i get destruction etc, but i mean say a base just sitting idle. so like main question is when you have 20 players on, wheres most the time spent. and why do people think wiping maps 'solves problems'. i do notice save spikes seem to get worse, but would like to understand the technicals of why.

9:03 PM

large base being heavier to render makes sense, but so many people always blame server tick rate on building too. but if thats not the case, building rules could be more relaxed around RP Style builds that are lots of smaller builds etc, not make such a big deal about how much exact space they use etc.

if wipes do legitly help something and thats not a myth, id like to know what is that something, and can we do something to simulate the reset without actually wiping.

9:11 PM

official clearly has something being done since it doesnt wipe heh

Aikar

yeah i get destruction etc, but i mean say a base just sitting idle. so like main question is when you have 20 players on, wheres most the time spent. and why do people think wiping maps 'solves problems'. i do notice save spikes seem to get worse, but would like to understand the technicals of why.

the hits from large bases are when people are in them

9:13 PM

as most have hundreds of dinos

so propogator resulting in dinos not needing to be out for breeding has huge benefits?

you mean cryopods?

no, the SS/S+ Propagator where you breed inside the structure with dino in the pod/trap

oh, no idea, I've never used SS/S+

It helps for sure. I've implemented my own one for my cluster due to different needs but it has improved a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_qlvZSDq5c it's pretty amazing. server im on disabled it so looking forward to using it on my own (edited)

Ark Trade Federation

S+ Propagator Breeding Guide | Ark: Survival Evolved

btw, big plans at some point

9:16 PM

when I can finish a new launcher for the sever api

9:16 PM

it'll be available on Steam similar to SKSE

ARK not being capitalized is kind of triggering

9:17 PM

"One of these things is not like the others"

9:19 PM

so are you gonna bundle openssl with server api?

that's not entirely up to me

9:42 PM

I think we should

its def pretty bad to be recommending disabling ssl, i fear for people who dont have vlans and have their mysql traffic going over public addresses heh

Yes, but we could also just take the stance of

9:44 PM

you manage your 3rd party integrations

9:44 PM

oh yeah def not saying its anyones fault lol, just should be a serious attempt to solve it, bundle ssl, and ensure that mysql client can then work with it.

I think an optional software package that has openssl would be better

9:45 PM

with a guide and recommendation

whats harm in just always including it?

adding openssl to the base api would be a little bloaty

9:45 PM

as not everyone uses MySQL

yeah but can solve other stuff needing ssl too, like any http clients

imagine if you run a network of like 10 servers with no MySQL or HTTP

9:46 PM

why bundle it for that person

9:46 PM

Minecraft doesn't bundle openssl afaik

the files not that large, not like were talking about a 5gb addon

does PaperMC?

java implemented its own SSL lol

9:46 PM

crazypeople

makes sense

and actually we do push openssl with the proxy

9:46 PM

for people on linux

9:47 PM

i think openssl was faster than native java ssl iirc

9:47 PM

i could be mistaken there though

9:47 PM

i didn't do much work on the proxy

9:47 PM

though since i was like the most known head of the project everyone still asked me for support for the dang thing

this is the kind of disassembly you can expect btw

9:47 PM

from IDA w/ PDB

hey thats better than early days minecraft, back before we convinced microsoft to release the decompiler mappings lol

9:48 PM

you say that until you find a lambda function

basically had to reverse engineer wtf a method was and give it a name ourselves

last time i touched C++ lambda wasnt a thing

btw

9:49 PM

if I understand IDA here correctly

9:49 PM

v7 isn't UObjectMap*

9:49 PM

it is UObjectMap&

9:49 PM

which (when compiled) is just a pointer

9:50 PM

but usage (in code) is a reference

9:50 PM

rsp and rbp are stack pointer and base pointer

https://gist.github.com/aikar/a46b1efaa86472b16919 im not a stranger to the horrors, back from the FFXI days

If this library I wrote existed back then

9:51 PM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/MoarPtr

thankfully someone else figured out all that shit before me but just had to work around fixing things on it lol

your code would have been a lot more readable

the hardest parts was all the offsets there

void main()
{
    moar::function_ptr<int(int, int)> my_ptr(0xdeadbeef);
    int result = my_ptr(2, 3); //result is 5.
    return 0;
}

it prob should have had a struct

yeah but imagine if you could just interact with it like it was all native C++ (edited)

9:52 PM

would've been a lot lot easier back then

that was 15 years ago though, i was def not as experienced then to have as deep opinions as I do now

9:53 PM

at least consumers of my library don't have to read it

9:53 PM

but man it was a pain in the ass

9:54 PM

static inline auto from_virtual(void* object, int vfti) -> void* { return (*reinterpret_cast<void***>(object))[vfti]; }

9:54 PM

also

9:54 PM

I call this the free headache machine

9:54 PM

    class function_ptr<RT(A...), T2, T3> : public extern_ptr<typename signature<RT(A...), typename type_traits::SelectCallingConvention<T2,T3>::type, typename type_traits::SelectVariadic<T2, T3>::type>::type> /* typename not declared yet. */

9:55 PM

which is a partial specialization of

    template<concepts::Function T1, concepts::CommonType T2 = types::default_calling_convention, concepts::CommonType T3 = typename type_traits::SelectDefaultT3<T2>::type>
    class function_ptr {};

9:55 PM

but you can swap the T2 and T3 order (or omit either) and it works and deduces everything

9:55 PM

which is really nice

9:55 PM

like if you have a cdecl variadic you can omit the calling convention in the type declaration

i come from java, that looks normal to me

the length sure

the T2, T3 etc too

but none of that code is actual C++ code at that point

generic hell lol

it's all templates

9:57 PM

which is code to generate C++ code

9:57 PM

        template<typename T>
        struct SelectDefaultT3 {
            static_assert(sizeof(T) == 0, "Incorrect Usage of SelectDefaultT3 (T missing.)");
            using type = void;
        };

        template<concepts::Variadic T>
        struct SelectDefaultT3<T> { using type = types::default_calling_convention; };

        template<concepts::CallingConvention T>
        struct SelectDefaultT3<T> { using type = types::default_variadic; };

yeah similar case for java, generic info isnt avail at runtime

like how T3 is deduced from T2

its more compiler helpers

templates are generics on actual crack

9:58 PM

you can literally compute like an entire sin lookup table as a template

yeah i think i recall using templates ages ago too

9:58 PM

lot of my old FFXI code got corrupted in a drive crash though

that's why I use GitHub

man github was barely a thing back then

git was still a thing though

we used svn lol

yeugh

in 2007?

git is old as hell man

9:58 PM

not github

9:58 PM

git

yeah everyone was still on svn then though

git initial release date: April 7, 2005

but i dont have access to those repos anymore

svn doesn't even do branches man

i passed the project on, and hell they are still maintaining that shit

9:59 PM

FFXI is still popular

at least the svn my work used to use doesn't

10:00 PM

__int64 __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::IsBossDino(APrimalDinoCharacter *this)
{
  return *((_WORD *)this + 3901) & 1;
}

Thank you IDA, very cool

yeah i recently finished moving everything at work to git, so nothing my team actually touches is on svn anymore. great milestone to hit

10:00 PM

got jenkins all updated and standardized

this + 3901 so something at offset 3901

Aikar

yeah i recently finished moving everything at work to git, so nothing my team actually touches is on svn anymore. great milestone to hit

very nice

10:01 PM

my job uses tfs2

10:01 PM

which is just git but annoying

yeah we're linux shop, every dev and server is on linux

The second bit at 3901. Thouhh ida can mess up with offsets and bits so it’s better to check the Asm :)

I do php/js/nodejs for dayjob work, and man building js projects on windows is painful

oh, you probably know this

10:02 PM

but in C++

10:02 PM

member functions have an implicit first parameter

10:02 PM

__int64 __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::IsBossDino(APrimalDinoCharacter *this) is actually

class APrimalDinoCharacter
{
  uint64_t IsBossDino();
};

basically the methods are just functions that take the instance as a this param right?

yeah

10:03 PM

if you also see a billion casts on an object into a function

10:03 PM

it's extremely like that function is a virtual function

which is nice that its not some magical 'this exists dont worry about where it comes from'

overloadable methods in C++ aren't stored directly on the class at a specific offset. (edited)

one thing ive enjoyed about java, its verbose, but it avoids magic

and when you call an overloaded method, it actually goes into what's known as the virtual function table

10:04 PM

and finds the specific implementation for that object from that table

10:05 PM

here's an example

10:05 PM

before if ( v0 )

10:05 PM

that is a virtual function

10:05 PM

v0 is the instance of the object (assuming here), and 12 is the offset in the virtual function table

10:06 PM

it is important to know this because virtual functions are popular in OOP code

bringing back memories of crashes around virtual function calls now lol

my library can resolve them for you as long as you have an object instance and the index

10:06 PM

        static inline auto from_virtual(void* object, int vfti) -> void* { return (*reinterpret_cast<void***>(object))[vfti]; }

10:06 PM

it's pretty easy

10:08 PM

here's an example from Ark

any preference/requirements for windows server version? I get 2016, 2019, 2022 as options so rather go with 2022 if it doesnt have known issues.

2022 should be fine (edited)

substitute

__int64 __fastcall APrimalDinoCharacter::IsBossDino(APrimalDinoCharacter *this) is actually

class APrimalDinoCharacter
{
  uint64_t IsBossDino();
};

This is a subject that I find so confusing in C++.... I've seen many recommendations not to use inline member functions because it negatively affects performance, and many people saying the exact opposite. Like so many things in C++ you seem to be able to find people with just about any opinion you want lol

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This is a subject that I find so confusing in C++.... I've seen many recommendations not to use inline member functions because it negatively affects performance, and many people saying the exact opposite. Like so many things in C++ you seem to be able to find people with just about any opinion you want lol

inline just means take this function and paste it in the assembly code

1:27 AM

instead of doing a call

1:27 AM

inline has a lot of speed benefits for stuff, like avoiding a stackframe (and function prologue and epilogue)

1:27 AM

but inline also increases the size of the binary

1:28 AM

small stuff should be inlined (stuff like computing the dot product of two vectors) since it isn't really that much code that gets inlined

1:28 AM

that's my opinion at least

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

This is a subject that I find so confusing in C++.... I've seen many recommendations not to use inline member functions because it negatively affects performance, and many people saying the exact opposite. Like so many things in C++ you seem to be able to find people with just about any opinion you want lol

also, afaik all member functions are inline

1:31 AM

at least if they're declared in the header file

inline is a hint to the compiler that it may optimize a function by "inlining" it into the caller in assembly instead of actually calling it (although the compiler may choose not to). The cool thing about inline in C++ is that it lets you have more than one definition of functions (and variables since C++17) as long as the definitions are all the same. So you can have inline functions defined in a header file and include them in multiple source files without breaking the one definition rule and they'll all have the same address. https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/inline https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/definition (edited)

cpp/language/inline

cpp/language/definition

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think it's @substitute that has an excellent basic template for a plugin. It's a great place to start.

ohhh,that s not entirely up to me I think we should

4:43 AM

@substitutehi, Are the plugins you developed open source? If it is open source, I want to learn to develop plugins through it.

Invoker

ohhh,that s not entirely up to me I think we should

I found the link. I've used this template created by the master @substitute for all my plugin work. Thank you Sub! https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template

GitHub - Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins: Server Plugins for ARK: Server...

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

ty ty ty

Invoker

@substitutehi, Are the plugins you developed open source? If it is open source, I want to learn to develop plugins through it.

There are many open source plugins. The original creator of the API, @Michidu , kindly released a large library of his plugins as fully open source. https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

This is really the information I need

Both those links should be permanently posted somewhere in this Discord, IMHO. (edited)

Invoker

This is really the information I need

Another superstar of the API, @OwnProx , also released his own library of open source plugins. https://github.com/ownprox/ArkServerApi

GitHub - ownprox/ArkServerApi: C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: http...

C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/ - GitHub - ownprox/ArkServerApi: C++ Plugins for Ark Server API: https://github.com/Michidu/ARK-Server-API/

4:48 AM

Between those two libraries you can find an example to get you started with most things in the API. Just be aware some things have changed since those plugins were released, so you might need to update some of the code, but many of them still work perfectly as they are.

These superstars have helped us grow

4:50 AM

ty Great Open Source Project

4:52 AM

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 thank you for your help, otherwise I don't know where to start now

4:57 AM

C + + doesn't seem like an easy way to build an ORM. I tried to use the SUB template to write a plug-in that wouldn't hurt a land creature underwater, a feature that doesn't require database support.

Ok, so ChatGPT isn't completely blocked from discussing DLL injection lol

And this is a "general example" it provided.... Define the function you want to hook in the C++ executable. For example, let's say you want to hook the MessageBox function:

(C++)
int MessageBoxA(HWND hWnd, LPCSTR lpText, LPCSTR lpCaption, UINT uType);

Create a C# DLL that will contain the hook function. The DLL should have a public static function with the same signature as the function you want to hook:

(C#)
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace HookTest
{
    public static class HookFunctions
    {
        [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        public static extern int MessageBox(IntPtr hWnd, string text, string caption, uint type);

        public static int HookedMessageBox(IntPtr hWnd, string text, string caption, uint type)
        {
            // Implement your custom code here
            return MessageBox(hWnd, "Hooked: " + text, caption, type);
        }
    }
}

Load the C# DLL into the address space of the C++ executable using DLL injection. There are different ways to do this, but one common approach is to use the LoadLibrary function to load the DLL and the GetProcAddress function to get a pointer to the hook function.

(C++)
HMODULE hHookDll = LoadLibrary(TEXT("HookTest.dll"));
if (hHookDll == NULL)
{
    // handle error
}

HOOKPROC pHookFunc = (HOOKPROC)GetProcAddress(hHookDll, "HookedMessageBox");
if (pHookFunc == NULL)
{
    // handle error
}

5:23 AM

Use a hooking technique, such as API hooking or function hooking, to intercept the function call and redirect it to the hook function. One common approach is to use the DetourTransactionBegin, DetourUpdateThread, and DetourAttach functions from the Microsoft Detours library:

(C++)
typedef int(WINAPI *PMSGBOXA)(HWND, LPCSTR, LPCSTR, UINT);
PMSGBOXA pMessageBoxA = &MessageBoxA;

LONG AttachHook()
{
    LONG result = DetourTransactionBegin();
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    result = DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    result = DetourAttach(&(LPVOID&)pMessageBoxA, (PMSGBOXA) pHookFunc);
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    result = DetourTransactionCommit();
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    return NO_ERROR;
}

LONG DetachHook()
{
    LONG result = DetourTransactionBegin();
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    result = DetourUpdateThread(GetCurrentThread());
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    result = DetourDetach(&(LPVOID&)pMessageBoxA, (PMSGBOXA)pHookFunc);
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    result = DetourTransactionCommit();
    if (result != NO_ERROR)
    {
        return result;
    }

    return NO_ERROR;
}

Finally, call the function you want to hook, and the hook function should be called instead.

5:23 AM

@substitute I'd love to hear your thoughts on the above

LoadLibrary - C++should be able to call C # functions directly, so that the processing logic can be written in C # DLLs. But ARK Server should pay attention to the code execution speed, will this affect the code execution efficiency?

It's something that might be worth testing, but it would require some time and effort from those wiser and more experienced than myself, and they may not consider it worth the time.

FWIW, FF14 plugin api is all C# based and doesnt seem to be big issues there.

7:14 AM

https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud

GitHub - goatcorp/Dalamud: FFXIV plugin framework and API

FFXIV plugin framework and API. Contribute to goatcorp/Dalamud development by creating an account on GitHub.

This proves that writing an API in C # is possible, but it definitely requires a very high level of skill.

It was never impossible, it's just an unbelievable amount of work to translate between the CLR layer and the native layer

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7:53 AM

and C# plugins would be essentially limited to the interfaces that are exposed to them from a native library

If use C++to develop a WebSocket-like interactive interface, the plug-in may realize cross-language development, but this is extremely challenging for communication efficiency, and you may need to hook all functions in C++and forward them to the interface. This is also a huge workload.

substitute

It was never impossible, it's just an unbelievable amount of work to translate between the CLR layer and the native layer

Yes I wasn't meaning to suggest it was something that should be done. I was just interested in the response from ChatGPT.

Lolll, hopefully in the near future, will be able to write plugins through CHATGPT.

i imagine wouldnt be that difficult to port C# variants of the structs provided in the api repo to a C# layer, surely Dalamud I linked has good examples of that as pretty sure FFXIV itself isn't .NET based, so its a CLR to native layer there. Some potentially relevant files: https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud/blob/master/Dalamud/Hooking/Hook.cs https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud/blob/master/Dalamud/Hooking/AsmHook.cs https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud/blob/master/Dalamud/Hooking/Internal/HookManager.cs#L59 Looks like they may be generating ASM to process the hooks. We actually did similar in Paper for minecraft to generate java asm methods to fire the event handlers In MC we hook every core part of the game and fire off events, then plugins listen to the events, mutate event data, then the event data is copied back into the game or impacts game behavior, so the plugins themselves never get this low level and never break from updates unless game changes so much we can no longer support the old contract. https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud/blob/master/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Objects/Types/GameObject.cs#L94 https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud/blob/master/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Objects/Types/Character.cs Seems like they are mapping raw structs to native code, maybe with the unsafe keyword there? Way to inexperienced on c# to know there.

Maybe it would be simpler than we think? The existing API just loads any DLL in the plugins directory. Does it matter if it's a .net DLL? C# code can easily utilise C++ code. Maybe it would be relatively simple to load all the definitions from the existing API? Or maybe we could automate a way to create C# definitions from the existing C++ API code?

it is possible using com interop, but what do we have to gain from using c#?

Uaca

it is possible using com interop, but what do we have to gain from using c#?

I suppose the existing community here that are already proficient might not get a lot out of it, however C# does have a much lower barrier of entry than C++, and it also allows people with less experience to write better code more easily and more quickly.

a have a few years working with C# and find it very good, what I find hard working with the ARK API is not the C++ part. Everything is hard to find

I know things are very quiet around here right now due to the Ark community overall shrinking a lot, however with the impending release of Ark 2, and the re-release of Ark 1 in UE5, I would expect a significant influx of new people wanting to make plugins. Them having the option of C# would be a huge plus. However I really do understand the reluctance of the existing team to devote all the required effort towards this when they already have everything they need.

Uaca

a have a few years working with C# and find it very good, what I find hard working with the ARK API is not the C++ part. Everything is hard to find

Yes that is definitely the biggest issue we all face. I assume you already use the official dev kit? I found a lot of missing details there. Of course the best resource is all the amazing people in this Discord who so generously share their huge amount of knowledge.

yeah, most of what I've learned was here. The dalamud looks very interesting

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Maybe it would be simpler than we think? The existing API just loads any DLL in the plugins directory. Does it matter if it's a .net DLL? C# code can easily utilise C++ code. Maybe it would be relatively simple to load all the definitions from the existing API? Or maybe we could automate a way to create C# definitions from the existing C++ API code?

I think this is going to be hard only because of the some unreal engine stuff connected with API.

I was on some C# forums earlier, and someone mentioned there might be a way to compile the existing API project so that it can easily be imported into a C# project, including all the existing definitions. Does anyone here know if that's true or not? (edited)

@Pelayori I have some issues with blocking player character download. I did find a working hook AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestDownloadPlayerCharacter_Implementation but it is broken if you pass. Even if it is empty. (edited)

12:41 PM

Are there any ways to fix it?

In "broken" I mean it fires but doesn't proceed to the character spawning.

What's your hook signature for that?

Pelayori

What's your hook signature for that?

what do you mean by signature

The params of the hook

DECLARE_HOOK(AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestDownloadPlayerCharacter_Implementation, void, AShooterPlayerController*, FArkTributePlayerData, int, int);

void  Hook_AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestDownloadPlayerCharacter_Implementation(AShooterPlayerController* _this, FArkTributePlayerData DownloadedCharacter, int spawnPointID, int spawnRegionIndex)
{
    std::cout << "SRDPC_I \n";
    AShooterPlayerController_ServerRequestDownloadPlayerCharacter_Implementation_original(_this, DownloadedCharacter, spawnPointID, spawnRegionIndex);
}

(edited)

The character data is a pointer, not passed by value (edited)

2:31 PM

Change FArkTributePlayerData to FArkTributePlayerData*

2:35 PM

I hate those * in C++

2:35 PM

it works now

thank you

Did you make the hook yourself or got it from the hook creator?

hook creator

2:35 PM

last version

Hmm, so it means the api definition is wrong most likely

2:35 PM

I will check that out

is there a hook that checks if your inside a boss arena when giving engrams or does it use , DECLARE_HOOK(APrimalDinoCharacter_Die, bool, APrimalDinoCharacter, float, FDamageEvent, AController, AActor); ?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Maybe it would be simpler than we think? The existing API just loads any DLL in the plugins directory. Does it matter if it's a .net DLL? C# code can easily utilise C++ code. Maybe it would be relatively simple to load all the definitions from the existing API? Or maybe we could automate a way to create C# definitions from the existing C++ API code?

It matters a lot

7:22 PM

The dotnet CLR barrier needs to be handled

7:22 PM

Either by the api for by each plugin

7:23 PM

Every object in dotnet uses a different malloc and free scheme for example, so objects have to be marshaled from managed to unmanaged (and unmanaged to managed) contexts

7:28 PM

I understand the temptation of lowering the barrier of entry

7:28 PM

But anyone that can’t or refuses to learn the little bit of C++ required for writing plugins

7:29 PM

Is going to have a horrible time trying to understand IDA pseudo code and how to reverse engineer things

7:32 PM

I really think focusing on the C++ development side and improving things there first is way more important than adding another layer of complexity and massive maintenance overhead

7:33 PM

Especially since a large portion of developers that have used the API unfortunately don’t submit PRs or feed back into the project. (This is fine as it’s open source with a permissive license, it just is unfortunate.)

I'm gonna make an official announcement sometime soon but the GSH site is gonna be getting a major rehaul here soon for an SEO upgrade. Site is finally gonna add a news/articles section with tutorials and resources. That's been a requested feature for awhile now server admins and developers wanting a section on site where they can have step by step detailed visual tutorials, I intend to include that in the SEO upgrade. (edited)

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@TheMollusk

10:45 PM

Resolved intellisense bug

10:46 PM

This new class I wrote wraps around a function (by pointer) and provides a globally unique static callback

10:46 PM

So plugins could in the future bypass hooking entirely and instead register callbacks to these wrappers

10:52 PM

Hopefully with C++26 we can deconstruct Tuples into parameter packs, it’ll simplify so so much of this work (edited)

10:52 PM

We can fold a parameter pack into a tuple but not the other way around

Cool! That's pretty slick

I still have a lot of actual code to add to it

11:12 PM

But the initial prototype is working

11:14 PM

If you were curious, this is what IDA sees for the generated callback

11:14 PM

int __cdecl _callback___native_event__2U__StringLiteral__0BF__moar__3D0FF__0EP__0GC__0GK__0GF__0GD__0HE__0CO__0FA__0HC__0GP__0GD__0GF__0HD__0HD__0EF__0HG__0GF__0GO__0HE__0A______A6AHPAX0_ZUcdecl_t_types_2_X_moar__SAHPAX0_Z(
        void *<args_0>,
        void *<args_1>)

11:14 PM

substitute

I really think focusing on the C++ development side and improving things there first is way more important than adding another layer of complexity and massive maintenance overhead

Yeah totally understand Sub. Just wishful thinking from me I think.

substitute

Is going to have a horrible time trying to understand IDA pseudo code and how to reverse engineer things

Even when sticking to C++, I'd like to think the idea of the API is to try and ensure the average person never has to do any of that, and we can leave that really low level stuff to the superstars like yourself.

Has anyone here ever tried pursuing some documentation of the API code? I did a quick run of Docker on the API source, and without a single modification I think this makes a very useful resource. Being able to easily search all classes, structs etc and then see their specifics is a really useful thing when you're trying to find something but don't know exactly what you're looking for. https://apidocs.dreamjam.co (edited)

3:12 AM

Docker even does a nice class inheritance diagram for you.

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@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 yeah been looking for something along those lines

4:16 AM

could we get that pinned lol ^

Aikar

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘 yeah been looking for something along those lines

The more I dig into what doxygen created, the more I wish I'd done it three years ago! lol

i dont see any plugin to do this, thoughts on something to auto grant all ascensions/level cap raises on char creation so everyone can just do the grind and not need to go do ascensions?

Aikar

i dont see any plugin to do this, thoughts on something to auto grant all ascensions/level cap raises on char creation so everyone can just do the grind and not need to go do ascensions?

I had written a plugin for that a long time ago

4:40 AM

idk if I still have the source code for it

4:40 AM

but it was pretty easy

figured so on principle

4:40 AM

if you could find it would be lovely

4:40 AM

was gonna do the ascension for all mod but if i can just auto grant can skip that

@Aikar

4:44 AM

you lucky dog

4:44 AM

I found it on my NAS

4:44 AM

    COMMANDS.AddChatCommand(L"/to135", to135Command);
    COMMANDS.AddChatCommand(L"/to140", to140Command);
    COMMANDS.AddChatCommand(L"/to155", to155Command);
    COMMANDS.AddChatCommand(L"/evolve", evolveCommand);

    COMMANDS.AddChatCommand(L"/defeatboss", defeatBossCommand);

4:45 AM

setting the Chibi Level Ups

4:45 AM

void SetChibi(AShooterPlayerController* playerController, int value)
{
    AShooterCharacter* myPawn = static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(playerController->PawnField());
    if (!myPawn) return;
    UPrimalPlayerData* data = myPawn->GetPlayerData();
    if (!data) return;
    UProperty* prop = data->FindProperty(FName(L"NumChibiLevelUpsData", EFindName::FNAME_Find, false));
    if (!prop) return;

    prop->Set<int>(data, value);

    data->SavePlayerData(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld());
    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(playerController, FString("Server Message"), "You now have {0} bonus levels from Chibis.", value);
}

(edited)

4:45 AM

oh, there's some garbage in here

4:45 AM

let me clean it up, this was a test bed plugin

cant just auto add them to the implant?

you could on the player spawn

4:47 AM

chibi levels are entirely BP variables

4:47 AM

and for defeating bosses

4:47 AM

void DefeatBoss(std::wstring boss, int difficulty, AShooterPlayerController* playerController)
{
    auto player = (static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(playerController->PawnField()));

    UPrimalPlayerData* data = (static_cast<AShooterCharacter*>(playerController->PawnField()))->GetPlayerData();
    ExecBP(data, L"DefeatedBoss", nullptr, difficulty, FName(boss.c_str(), EFindName::FNAME_Add, false), playerController);

    AShooterPlayerState* state = playerController->GetShooterPlayerState();
    UClass* theClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&BossNameToBP(boss, difficulty));

    if (!state || !theClass)
        return;
    auto BossDino = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(theClass->GetDefaultObject(true));
    if (!BossDino)
        return;
    for (auto gram : BossDino->DeathGiveEngramClassesField())
        state->ServerUnlockEngram(gram, true, true);


    std::string bossLevel = "";
    switch (difficulty)
    {
    case 0:
        bossLevel = "Gamma";
        break;
    case 1:
        bossLevel = "Beta";
        break;
    case 2:
        bossLevel = "Alpha";
        break;
    }
    ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(playerController, FString("Server Message"), "Defeated boss {0} {1}.", bossLevel, ArkApi::Tools::ConvertToAnsiStr(boss));
}

(You should cache the boss classes)

4:48 AM

oh wait, you might need the ExecBP after all

yeah im def a bit from point of making plugins still lol

which executes a BP function

still trying to get a server started lol

void giveRagnarokTekgrams(AShooterPlayerController* playerController)
{
    const wchar_t* tekGrams[] = {
        L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekLight.PrimalItemStructure_TekLight'",
        L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_WeaponTekSword.PrimalItem_WeaponTekSword'",
        L"Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Shields/PrimalItemArmor_ShieldTek.PrimalItemArmor_ShieldTek'"
    };
    AShooterPlayerState* state = playerController->GetShooterPlayerState();
    for (const wchar_t* gram : tekGrams)
    {
        TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem> tekGram;
        tekGram.uClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&FString(gram));
        state->ServerUnlockEngram(tekGram, true, true);
    }
}

4:49 AM

let me just clean this up

4:49 AM

or just make it myself

4:49 AM

there's actually a lot more in here than I remember

yeah i think this could be very popular

since the game has a lot of various boss things

the whole ascension process is great from a single player point of view for progressing the game

4:50 AM

just gets messy in servers when not everyone has the maps etc :/

I'm playing wow right now

4:50 AM

but I'll download the game and I'll work on making this a plugin

4:50 AM

from my original code

lmao you uninstalled ark?

Ark is 500gb

yeah its a big one

4:51 AM

kept my old ssd to act as additional ssd storage and got a 2tb for main drive nvme

4:51 AM

holy hell

4:52 AM

you got an actual rack dont you

yea

4:52 AM

with a poweredge

4:52 AM

2tb of ssd cache

my coworker has one behind his desk lol. i should but i end up just storing shit on my desktop

70tb of spinning rust

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4:53 AM

I'm planning on a second rack for my gaming consoles

4:53 AM

so I can organize everything in my living room in a nice condensed form factor

4:53 AM

there are companies that make rack mounts for like everything

wow thats cool

4:53 AM

gonna have to send that to coworker tomorrow

4:54 AM

or i guess can do it now

4:54 AM

this is my inspiration

4:55 AM

with this to handle the video feed from my consoles

yeah i had some shelvesi nstalled in corner to put consoles/sound system on, for wall mounted tv

and from that into a splitter that can remove HDCP

4:56 AM

with one going to my capture card PC and the other to my TV

Aikar

yeah i had some shelvesi nstalled in corner to put consoles/sound system on, for wall mounted tv

yeah but I want it all condensed and hidden away

4:56 AM

it looks so clean in rack

agreed, i just dont care to that level haha, though i did paint the wire white to blend in wall lol, so it doesnt catch your attention. though when i got new tv lost that.

4:57 AM

but i keep consoles plugged into the sound receiver, then just arc hdmi to the tv

my main desktop is rack mounted too

4:58 AM

it's just close enough that 25ft cables bunched together work fine

4:58 AM

otherwise I'd be paying hand over fist for optical hdmi

https://aikar.co/gibson.jpg was super old pic of old system, yeah wasnt mounting that shit, but after like 10 years of life, water cooling failed and uh leaked for months w/o me knowing until temps started rapidly rising one day.

a good portion of the used space on my nas is for my physical media collection

Aikar

https://aikar.co/gibson.jpg was super old pic of old system, yeah wasnt mounting that shit, but after like 10 years of life, water cooling failed and uh leaked for months w/o me knowing until temps started rapidly rising one day.

too many monitors for me

4:59 AM

three is like the perfect amount

yeah i didnt stare at top ones much, they for monitoring

4:59 AM

be able to just look up at logs/status

I have 2 24" 1080p side monitors and one 27" 4k main one

4:59 AM

if I don't monitor the logs

im currently at 3 didnt get 4th plugged into new system

then nothing can be wrong

2 of those was powered by a laptop which has finally prob died off too lol. was using some tool i forgot name now for kvm over ip to just move mouse/kb to the other system

5:02 AM

got new system on desk now where the external radiator use to be, so less dust now

5:02 AM

just kind of had to push monitors more to the left

5:02 AM

and got me a nice 28" 4k in middle

5:03 AM

one of these days ill clean desk some for new pic lol

between movies, tv, and anime

5:03 AM

on my nas so far

5:03 AM

I don't reencode them, I just copy them from disc as-is into mkv

i can feel my brother detecting the word anime through me

anime is an overwhelming minority of my content

5:04 AM

half of what's on here is probably InuYasha

that ones old school enough ive least heard of it haha

half of this is for my wife and her sister

5:05 AM

and the other half is mine

5:06 AM

that's all there is right now lol

yeah my wifes intoanime, she weebs out with brother talking about it and such, i just nod my head

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70tb of spinning rust

I used to have a really nice NAS, until a mouse got inside it and built a nest, which then caught fire and destroyed the NAS and all my data. Luckily the rack was in a small concrete storeroom with nothing else in it, so the fire couldn't spread. Unluckily I had about $500k worth of bitcoin on there, at today's prices.

that's unlucky

5:16 AM

we don't really have mice where I live

We have huge mice plagues here in Australia. They get absolutely everywhere.

5:17 AM

And they bring with them all the wonderful snakes we have here lol

just another common wildlife L for Australia

Yup lol

5:22 AM

Definitely only an experiment and not intended to be in any way permanent, but I added the logo and the information from the GitHub page to the doxygen page from above, just so anyone looking at it has all the official information.

does auto save do any diffing to only saved whats changed in a way that reducing from 15 to 10 might make spikes less intensive?

6:43 AM

and does anyone know much about UE save states and how auto save works, could it be optimized to be incremental? another huge gain I did in minecraft performance was getting rid of interval based save states and incrementally processing it so it would do like 1 chunk in this tick then another chunk in a diff tick etc and spread out the chunk saves over many ticks, and save world metadata on the interval only (edited)

6:50 AM

and wouldnt per-player damage text be possible by plugin? kind of shocked to not find a plugin for this. Lethals PvP+ looks usful to least cut out other players damage, so i might do that still on PVE. (edited)

Is there any hook that can reject you with "Server full" reason in server browser for example?

Isn't that in the AShooterGameMode::Prelogin

10:37 AM

If so, you could easily hook that. Though... you'd either have to remove that check or reimplement the whole function, which... good luck. I'm pretty sure those are beefy functions.

Aikar

and does anyone know much about UE save states and how auto save works, could it be optimized to be incremental? another huge gain I did in minecraft performance was getting rid of interval based save states and incrementally processing it so it would do like 1 chunk in this tick then another chunk in a diff tick etc and spread out the chunk saves over many ticks, and save world metadata on the interval only (edited)

Players can disable seeing any damage also. Each player can setup their own options and if they don't the server defaults you set in the config are used.

Frigoff

If so, you could easily hook that. Though... you'd either have to remove that check or reimplement the whole function, which... good luck. I'm pretty sure those are beefy functions.

Can't you just call the original function in your hook? Why do you need to reimplement it?

Lethal

Players can disable seeing any damage also. Each player can setup their own options and if they don't the server defaults you set in the config are used.

Did you mean in ARK or specifically for PVP+? thats ultimately what i want, but theres no option i see for it beyond hiding hud in ark but hiding hud isnt a real solution as client still receives the packets then just replays everything they missed soon as hud turns back on.

5:51 PM

people on PF server literally keep hud hidden until they xfer servers lol

PvP+ lets players choose. It replaces the built in ARK damage popup.

k ill be grabbing that then

Frigoff

If so, you could easily hook that. Though... you'd either have to remove that check or reimplement the whole function, which... good luck. I'm pretty sure those are beefy functions.

It’s not too bad

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Can't you just call the original function in your hook? Why do you need to reimplement it?

because if you call the original it will perform the same as if you didn't hook it? and if you want to change the original implementation you wouldn't want to do that.

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It’s not too bad

Nice, good for him lol

@Pelayori do you know how to get steamid from prelogin hook? This is my code, returns empty:

FString steamid;
static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(UniqueId->Get())->ToString(&steamid);
std::cout << steamid.ToString() + "\n";

FUniqueNetIdSteam has a UniqueNetId field

11:31 PM

struct FUniqueNetIdSteam : FUniqueNetId
{
    unsigned __int64 UniqueNetId;

    // Functions

    int GetSize() { return NativeCall<int>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.GetSize"); }
    FString* ToString(FString* result) { return NativeCall<FString*, FString*>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.ToString", result); }
    bool IsValid() { return NativeCall<bool>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.IsValid"); }
    FString* ToDebugString(FString* result) { return NativeCall<FString*, FString*>(this, "FUniqueNetIdSteam.ToDebugString", result); }
};

11:33 PM

Which should be the steam id 64.

Pelayori

Which should be the steam id 64.

well it isn't

What does it output

Pelayori

What does it output

some big number

11:38 PM

161..................

11:40 PM

uint64 steamid = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(UniqueId->Get())->UniqueNetId;

11:42 PM

16140901064495857664

11:42 PM

here it is

11:42 PM

it is crashing too

11:42 PM

void  Hook_AShooterGameMode_PreLogin(AShooterGameMode* _this, FString* Options, FString* Address, TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId, 0>* UniqueId, FString* authToken, FString* ErrorMessage)
{
    uint64 steamid = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdSteam*>(UniqueId->Get())->UniqueNetId;
    std::cout << std::to_string(steamid) + "\n";
    AShooterGameMode_PreLogin_original(_this, Options, Address, UniqueId, authToken, ErrorMessage);
}

FUniqueNetId does not necessarily need to be a FUniqueNetIdSteam

11:44 PM

You could try casting it to FUniqueNetIdUInt64

11:45 PM

IOnlinePlatformData doesn't seem to give anything usable at all

same uint64 steamid = static_cast<FUniqueNetIdUInt64*>(UniqueId->Get())->UniqueNetIdField(); (edited)

11:48 PM

16140901064495857664

Is it an Epic User?

Frigoff

Is it an Epic User?

no

11:49 PM

steam

@Pelayori tried some different stuff and it looks like this uniqueid always gets the default value 16140901064495857664

Maybe it isn't initialized before calling PreLogin

12:34 AM

Interesting thing

12:34 AM

authtoken contains steamid in the start values

Is it possible to reject on prelogin?

Not sure, maybe if you return without executing original it will send them to main menu

Pelayori

Not sure, maybe if you return without executing original it will send them to main menu

it doesn't

‍♂️

everything is simple

1:02 AM

it does*

1:02 AM

but server goes crash

1:02 AM

so

1:02 AM

:D

Why do you need to do it on prelogin though

Pelayori

Why do you need to do it on prelogin though

To kick players faster.

1:03 AM

Maybe there is a way to do it through transfer?

1:03 AM

This is not necessary to block people always.

If you want to kick them you could do it on handle new player, or force enabled exclusive join and reject them on the check if they are allowed to join

"handle new player" isn't it postlogin?

1:04 AM

Never seen it casted.

Pelayori

If you want to kick them you could do it on handle new player, or force enabled exclusive join and reject them on the check if they are allowed to join

Both are not the thing I wanted. Is it possible to track server player is trying to join through transfer menu? (edited)

Did you try PostLogin?

1:16 AM

void PostLogin(APlayerController* NewPlayer)

jraServerAPI

Did you try PostLogin?

this one is too late

SR

Both are not the thing I wanted. Is it possible to track server player is trying to join through transfer menu? (edited)

I think you would have to do what you're wanting on the client.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think you would have to do what you're wanting on the client.

I think it is not possible through mod too if plugin doesn't work. (edited)

SR

I think it is not possible through mod too if plugin doesn't work. (edited)

You would have to recreate the whole server browser in your mod, which would be very difficult.

1:32 AM

It is annoying that there is no way to stop someone jumping before they leave the server though. I tried to work out a way myself for a particular plugin, without success.

1:35 AM

Lethal did a lot of amazing work for his transfers plugin. Maybe he knows some tricks.

And last thing I want to ask, is it possible to find out if player is in "There is already a player with this account connected!" error state? (edited)

1:37 AM

Maybe something nulls out when it happens. (edited)

1:38 AM

Or is it possible to lower the timeout from 300 seconds?

1:38 AM

(impossible through config afaik)

SR

authtoken contains steamid in the start values

auth tokens always contain the steam id

6:13 AM

those auth tokens are sent to Steam for user validation, they're actually auth blobs

6:13 AM

https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/auth

SR

Is it possible to reject on prelogin?

you can

6:14 AM

I did it in my plugin that disallowed family shared users (before this was available for non-official servers.)

6:17 AM

actually, looks like I used AShooterGameMode.PostLogin

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6:17 AM

why can't you use this?

6:17 AM

Even the game uses AShooterGameMode.PostLogin for kicking for stuff like whitelist

6:19 AM

Even the global ban list happens in PostLogin (edited)

6:19 AM

did you make sure to send the FNetControlMessage and then flush and close the player network connection?

Anyone seen this before? https://ark.dumps.host

ARK: Survival Evolved Info

Get all the latest ARK: Survival Evolved info dumped as soon as the game updates!

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why can't you use this?

I think he was wanting to reject before the player left the original server.... so when selecting from the server browser.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Anyone seen this before? https://ark.dumps.host

It looks like it has a C++ and a C# tab for everything in the game?

Looking at their Discord, it appears to be a community for people looking to "mod" the clients.

There was quite a few hits on the temp docs site I posted yesterday, so I went ahead and published a more permanent version. It's still very early and entirely auto-generated without any documentation comments in the code, so it's usefulness is limited, but if, over time, we could start adding some doc comments to the api code, it could become a very useful resource. If anyone has any feedback I'd REALLY love to hear it. Anything at all. https://arkserverapi.wiki

8:27 AM

I've used the project's README.md as the main page for now, so that everyone has all the official links to everything important. I hope that's ok. (edited)

8:29 AM

I'll work towards auto-updating the site as any changes are made to the project's GitHub. That might take me a while though, and since there's very few changes I can just update it manually for now.

8:31 AM

The inheritance graphs are really nice though. I wish I'd had these when I was doing more plugin work. https://arkserverapi.wiki/struct_a_actor.html

8:31 AM

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I think he was wanting to reject before the player left the original server.... so when selecting from the server browser.

Then I wonder what the rejection requirements are

8:48 AM

It might make more sense to reject on the sending server instead of the receiving server

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It might make more sense to reject on the sending server instead of the receiving server

I tried for weeks to find a way, however I don't think it works the way it should. The client does some really basic checks, then hands everything off to the receiving server.

8:53 AM

I don't remember which one it was, but there is a hook you can use that rejects the connection before the character is downloaded, so they just need to reconnect to the original server again.

8:56 AM

I think it was Hook_AShooterGameMode_HandleNewPlayer that I used, and I had to pay attention to the bIsFromLogin parameter.

8:57 AM

I think bIsFromLogin indicated if it was a player directly connecting to the server or one that was transferring from another server.

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It might make more sense to reject on the sending server instead of the receiving server

Server transfers are client side connections I am 99% sure. The server has no idea what server the player is transferring to. (edited)

Lethal what hook did you use in your tribelog relay to call things after the server is booted up? was it Initgame?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I don't remember which one it was, but there is a hook you can use that rejects the connection before the character is downloaded, so they just need to reconnect to the original server again.

about rejecting - everything bugs out on ApproveLogin() (edited)

6:05 PM

function in AGameSession (edited)

6:05 PM

it is returned btw not just executed (edited)

6:05 PM

I think we need to rewrite it or copy "server full" reject or something.

@Pelayori How does UpdateSessionJoinability work?

No idea

ok is it possible to change server password/joinability midgame?

I am not sure but maybe yes

I've checked AShooterGameState AShooterGameMode AShooterGameSession and nothing I can do with it. (edited)

7:15 PM

What do you think where it can be?

Does someone know why i can start a ark server headless on win 11 but not on withdows core with this command:

Start-Process -FilePath "./ShooterGameServer.exe" -ArgumentList "TheIsland?listen?SessionName=test?ServerAdminPassword=test?Port=27015?QueryPort=27016?MaxPlayers=70" -WindowStyle Hidden -Wait

10:20 PM

or does someone know how to run it headless

or has anyone got arkserver working on linux with wine?

Mr. Alpaca

Does someone know why i can start a ark server headless on win 11 but not on withdows core with this command:

Start-Process -FilePath "./ShooterGameServer.exe" -ArgumentList "TheIsland?listen?SessionName=test?ServerAdminPassword=test?Port=27015?QueryPort=27016?MaxPlayers=70" -WindowStyle Hidden -Wait

What error code do you get

Mr. Alpaca

or has anyone got arkserver working on linux with wine?

If you have a look at the Pterodactyl project, they run Ark on Linux with wine. https://pterodactyl.io/

Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl is an open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.

Pterodactyl is a solid linux panel. https://wisp.gg/ is a great paid pterodactyl panel. I use wisp to host all of our servers outside of ark.

WISP: Game Panel

WISP will provide hosting companies with more features than ever; at a fraction of the cost. 'Basically Ptero on roids' - Dane Everitt

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

If you have a look at the Pterodactyl project, they run Ark on Linux with wine. https://pterodactyl.io/

and that works with plugins?

Uaca

and that works with plugins?

I don't know, sorry. You'd have to test it yourself.

5:02 AM

Or you could try asking that community. I'm sure someone has tried it.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

If you have a look at the Pterodactyl project, they run Ark on Linux with wine. https://pterodactyl.io/

C # is very suitable for writing the server management panel. Ark can manage various map configurations without occupying much server resources with some simple code. In the past, I collected the. net platform management panel developed by others, but the computer was lost after replacement.

Invoker

C # is very suitable for writing the server management panel. Ark can manage various map configurations without occupying much server resources with some simple code. In the past, I collected the. net platform management panel developed by others, but the computer was lost after replacement.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what this means?

Pterodactyl It is not specially designed without the ark,Linux is not suitable for building ARK as Windows.

I think there might be a language barrier here. Are you using a translator?

I once found an ARK server management panel developed by. net on Github, but now my collection is lost after the computer is reset.

7:50 AM

yes. I can better express myself through translation. But that doesn't seem to be the case at present. I'm terribly sorry

7:54 AM

Tomorrow I'll replace the software with one that supports more translation engines so that I can pick and choose what I think is the best expression in the translation results.

OK

Invoker

yes. I can better express myself through translation. But that doesn't seem to be the case at present. I'm terribly sorry

No problem! I understand what you're saying now.

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What error code do you get

none (edited)

GSH | MrOwlSky

Pterodactyl is a solid linux panel. https://wisp.gg/ is a great paid pterodactyl panel. I use wisp to host all of our servers outside of ark.

what do you use for ark servers?

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What error code do you get

if i run the command it just stops

9:55 AM

wait, ark server needs directx right?

Mr. Alpaca

none (edited)

You might need to be a bit (a lot) more specific about what is not working in order for anyone to be able to help you.

10:22 AM

Also, this isn't really a Discord for server hosting. There are other forums where you might more people to help.

This may be helpful for you. https://arkservermanager.freeforums.net/

Home | ARK Server Manager

Visit our forum at: arkservermanager.freeforums.net

11:10 AM

as Dream Doctor says, this is the Discord for communication ARK plugin development and may not solve your problem.

i got it to wirk

1:19 PM

the pc i was testing on win 11 had directx installed the windows core not, i sucsessfully dockerized a ark server on windows platform so it will be able to run arkapi correctly

SR

ok is it possible to change server password/joinability midgame?

if i remember correctly it is possible

1:54 PM

need to change the session info

1:54 PM

changing server name on runtime is definitely possible

1:56 PM

bool Hook_FOnlineSessionSteam_UpdateSession(FOnlineSessionSteam* _this, FName SessionName, FOnlineSessionSettings* UpdatedSessionSettings, bool bShouldRefreshOnlineData)

1:56 PM

i used this hook to change the session name

1:56 PM

_this->GetGameServerSession()->SessionPrefixField()

1:56 PM

might have the field you need too

any1 have arkapi running on linux with or without wine?

Mr. Alpaca

any1 have arkapi running on linux with or without wine?

impossible

whay

3:44 PM

why*

i can program, where should i start to make it work on linux

~~did someone already made a plugin for element veins / osd and preventing damage to them by player dino's?~~ ~~i am using ragnarok plus mod that has them.~~ Found a mod Safe OSD & Element Veins that does it. (edited)

Mr. Alpaca

i can program, where should i start to make it work on linux

by rewriting almost the entire project + plugins lol

does someone her run ark servers on windows server core

WETBATMAN

by rewriting almost the entire project + plugins lol

and finding signatures for every single function lol

WETBATMAN

by rewriting almost the entire project + plugins lol

Yep. The research I've done suggests it would be a lot more difficult than it is with Windows, especially as there's no debug symbols like there is with the windows version. Someone would have to manually go through the process with gdb and pick out each function. Yuck.

any recommended free decompiler+guide on getting ahold of the games code to be able to understand what to replace when hooking?

Ghidra

How to send custom chat messages? I mean those that aren't sized up like server ones and without big "SERVER" text.

You mean the notifications, the entry text one , or a chat message?

Frigoff

You mean the notifications, the entry text one , or a chat message?

Chat message

hello everyone. I really need help with FUniqueNetIdUInt64. I can't figure out how to create a variable normally and dont get a stack overflow Cat_sad

it is for GM->AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck(PlayerID); UPD: I have looked through the documentation and header files in the api. I think I've figured out how it works

(edited)

Original message was deleted or could not be loaded.

It would be more polite of you not to tag the team members with non-specific questions. If you have a specific question, post it here and allow everyone a chance to assist, rather than spamming a single person. The development team are incredibly generous with their time and knowledge in this Discord, but they all still lead very busy lives. Let's not overwhelm them unnecessarily.

Just trying to increase my understanding of the inner workings of the API. Can I just get a confirmation from one of our gurus.... The PDBReader in the API reads ShooterGameServer.pdb to get the offets for all the structures and functions it finds there (except for a few it discards) and throws them into an unordered_map. All the definitions that are present in the API have previously been manually extracted and added to the API? (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

It would be more polite of you not to tag the team members with non-specific questions. If you have a specific question, post it here and allow everyone a chance to assist, rather than spamming a single person. The development team are incredibly generous with their time and knowledge in this Discord, but they all still lead very busy lives. Let's not overwhelm them unnecessarily.

Ok

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Just trying to increase my understanding of the inner workings of the API. Can I just get a confirmation from one of our gurus.... The PDBReader in the API reads ShooterGameServer.pdb to get the offets for all the structures and functions it finds there (except for a few it discards) and throws them into an unordered_map. All the definitions that are present in the API have previously been manually extracted and added to the API? (edited)

not exactly, there is a script which can dump a whole class

any know how i can use API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute() without crash? I have a function that gets the player position every 5 seconds, but if i unload the plugin, server crash.

c++
void Load() {
        API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute(&ActualizePlayerPosition, 5, -1, true);
}

(edited)

5:04 PM

(crash without errors, just server cmd closes) (edited)

5:05 PM

I think it's because even though the plugin dll is unloaded, it tries to execute the function, but it can't then it crashes, but I don't know how to fix it (edited)

Loki

any know how i can use API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute() without crash? I have a function that gets the player position every 5 seconds, but if i unload the plugin, server crash.

c++
void Load() {
        API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute(&ActualizePlayerPosition, 5, -1, true);
}

(edited)

first of all

5:13 PM

you should read what the params do

5:13 PM

you have async set to true

5:13 PM

which means the that function you passed will execute in another thread

5:13 PM

which will crash no matter what (eventually)

5:14 PM

you should instead use an on timer or on tick callback to do what you want

5:14 PM

if you want to keep the unloading functionality

WETBATMAN

you have async set to true

yes ik, I forgot to mention that, if i set to false crash too. I using tick callback rn and works fine, thanks

you would prob want to check a plugin load state in the callback, but i guess if dll is unloaded that can still crash if the code isnt there anymore. Feels like a weakness in the API that the owning plugin of the task isnt passed/captured, like in Minecraft when a plugin unloads we also cancel all of their scheduled tasks/events so nothing is left to fire for it. But without that additional context, i dont see a way for an unload to go remove that reference. unless can wrap the task with something outside of the plugin that will still be loaded to do the plugin is loaded check.

Since you pass a function to the add callback, I’m not sure you can get the owner module of it just with the callback (maybe checking addresses)

Aikar

you would prob want to check a plugin load state in the callback, but i guess if dll is unloaded that can still crash if the code isnt there anymore. Feels like a weakness in the API that the owning plugin of the task isnt passed/captured, like in Minecraft when a plugin unloads we also cancel all of their scheduled tasks/events so nothing is left to fire for it. But without that additional context, i dont see a way for an unload to go remove that reference. unless can wrap the task with something outside of the plugin that will still be loaded to do the plugin is loaded check.

this is actually a good idea, we could manually clean up timers and such on plugin unload

Pelayori

Since you pass a function to the add callback, I’m not sure you can get the owner module of it just with the callback (maybe checking addresses)

yeah it needs to be a param to the recurringExecute call or require wrapping the tasks with a wrapper function that does the check. so would require some form of new api and deprecate the no owner one

Yeah a wrapper would be ideal imo, so plugins won’t need to change anything just recompile

docs on our scheduler https://jd.papermc.io/paper/1.18/org/bukkit/scheduler/BukkitScheduler.html

BukkitScheduler (paper-api 1.18.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT API)

declaration: package: org.bukkit.scheduler, interface: BukkitScheduler

But old plugins will not be registered

well if you make a diff method than recurringExecute that requires a plugin ref/name before the task, that would be a tiny change. .recurringExecute(plugin, &task, ...)

in theory what could be done is that we could obtain the imagebase of the plugin that's about to be unloaded, then calculate it's size and then check all functions for being in that memory space

just need transition period to get plugins updated or just leave it and say you will have risk of crash if your plugin unloads until you change to it

if anything is in that memory space remove those functions first, then unload the plugin

that could work too

7:21 PM

java you can do some insanely hacky stuff so yeah not as reliable there

7:21 PM

and mc community loves to ignore api and go into reflection

7:22 PM

then complain when you break their plugin

the function address trick could work, just needs to be tested if it works with packed plugins IE (Themida, VMProtect)

Someone has used libraries like D++ to create discord bots inside a plugin?

Aikar did you start on a ascension plugin?

SR

Someone has used libraries like D++ to create discord bots inside a plugin?

You can for sure use them but it’s not recommended. Hard to maintain and linkage of those big libs inside dlls is sometimes tedious

Natsu

Aikar did you start on a ascension plugin?

no, i havent gotten into code yet still configuring many things for my server. and sounded like sub was gonna try to polish his code and either release it or just post it avail.

9:55 PM

and yeah using node like kals did is def my recommendation, and if you really needed you could spawn as child and use stdin/stdout as an ipc channel to communicate with the bot from plugin

first plugin i want to make is auto activate awesome spyglass on respawn though lol

10:04 PM

really should be an option in awesome spyglass

Michidu

not exactly, there is a script which can dump a whole class

Thank you!

@SR I was not online yesterday but saw your message. I read most of the messages here and I can answer your questions, so yeah as Dream Doctor said no need to ping me. Anyways what was the issue?

Pelayori

@SR I was not online yesterday but saw your message. I read most of the messages here and I can answer your questions, so yeah as Dream Doctor said no need to ping me. Anyways what was the issue?

Chat messages. I've found out how to do custom ones but now, is it possible to remove ":" from the start?

Aikar

first plugin i want to make is auto activate awesome spyglass on respawn though lol

what do you mean auto activate?

Pelayori

Since you pass a function to the add callback, I’m not sure you can get the owner module of it just with the callback (maybe checking addresses)

You can check the address space when you register the callback

12:24 PM

We know the base address of any module, and the sizeof that module, so we know the end address.

Aikar

well if you make a diff method than recurringExecute that requires a plugin ref/name before the task, that would be a tiny change. .recurringExecute(plugin, &task, ...)

Don’t need to pass any info about the plugin

12:25 PM

The address of the callback will resolve to the module it was loaded from.

12:26 PM

The only scenario where this doesn’t work is if the callback comes from a different module that then uses your module (and is created from your module), but honestly — that’s just bad design on the plugin dev.

WETBATMAN

the function address trick could work, just needs to be tested if it works with packed plugins IE (Themida, VMProtect)

It should work with packed plugins

12:27 PM

You don’t need to know anything other than x and the bounds of the module, don’t see why packing would be an issue.

substitute

You can check the address space when you register the callback

That’s great

substitute

It should work with packed plugins

because when it packs your plugin (themida at least) it injects it's own dll into your project and you have 2 dll's running although one is hidden

1:02 PM

it does some tricks to remap functions also

Sounds like a skill issue to me

1:02 PM

1:03 PM

The addresses should exist in some module that is trackable

1:03 PM

If they’re outside valid module space then like good luck lol

SR

Chat messages. I've found out how to do custom ones but now, is it possible to remove ":" from the start?

I don't think so. Chat messages have a custom struct for them where you specify sender, message, and send mode (local, global, tribe...). And then ark internally parses that in the client, so you cannot remove the : unless you find a way to send messages with the formatting you want manually, but I am not sure wether that's possible or not

Is it possible to add custom data to already existing struct like FChatMessage?

4:28 PM

For example FChatMessage.Map

No, you can only modify the fields it has

4:29 PM

So you can add the map to either the sender or the message itself

Natsu

what do you mean auto activate?

simulate the player pressing E/hotbar on the spyglass to turn it on. Does anyone have any hints on how to do this?

6:29 PM

hate having to turn it on every respawn

Aikar

simulate the player pressing E/hotbar on the spyglass to turn it on. Does anyone have any hints on how to do this?

it's open source just open it in the dev kit and look at the values?

im talking about arkapi, like what method on playercontroller to 'use item at index X in inventory/hotbar' would be used

6:30 PM

and finding the item

Aikar

im talking about arkapi, like what method on playercontroller to 'use item at index X in inventory/hotbar' would be used

i might be wrong here but the Server Sends the data to the client like coords / and when your looking at dino the dino stats. A player needs to send something to the server if they have the UI open or not, meaning this value is replicated and you can get it.

im not trying to replicate the spyglass, i just want to 'activate'

6:36 PM

when player spawns and presses hotkey for the spyglass and it gets the blue hilight

6:37 PM

unless activation is purely clientside is only issue i could see

Aikar

unless activation is purely clientside is only issue i could see

my guess is that Activtion is a simple Bool inside the mod that says UIOpen and is replicated from client to server just try to grab and activate it

i take it youve not used the mod lol

6:39 PM

there is no ui

6:39 PM

its like a buff

Aikar

i take it youve not used the mod lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1404697612

Steam Workshop::Awesome SpyGlass!

6:39 PM

this one right?

yes

6:40 PM

you use it and it turns on gps coords etc

6:40 PM

i think the simplest approach is "on respawn, activate inventory slot that contains spyglass"

6:40 PM

simulate a "use"

6:42 PM

i got tired of wasting hotbar slot so i just open my inventory but have to keep using unsorted to ensure spyglass stays up top

Aikar

i got tired of wasting hotbar slot so i just open my inventory but have to keep using unsorted to ensure spyglass stays up top

6:45 PM

That is called when pressing use inside Blueprint'/Game/Mods/SuperSpyglassMod/SuperSpyGlass/BP_SuperSpyglass.BP_SuperSpyglass'

yeah im new to all this, so are you saying theres a way to execute ToggleUILock that would be more efficient than finding the item?

7:21 PM

or just giving the buff

7:22 PM

ive got devkit installed but no idea how to use it yet really

Aikar

yeah im new to all this, so are you saying theres a way to execute ToggleUILock that would be more efficient than finding the item?

you can call the function from the mod directly

7:36 PM

by name

im thinking i will want a on spawn hook, if player does not have buff Buff_SuperSpyglass, call function ToggleUILock, sound right? and i can add in a per player config setting to let them turn it off if they dont want it later. does the call function need a mod id passed or so? able to point me to desired methods for this? I do see the buff methods on APrimalCharacter, so maybe safe to try to do it by buffs?

Aikar

im thinking i will want a on spawn hook, if player does not have buff Buff_SuperSpyglass, call function ToggleUILock, sound right? and i can add in a per player config setting to let them turn it off if they dont want it later. does the call function need a mod id passed or so? able to point me to desired methods for this? I do see the buff methods on APrimalCharacter, so maybe safe to try to do it by buffs?

For on spawn hooks you can use AShooterGameMode::StartNewShooterPlayer (I think it fired for spawn), or AShooterCharacter::PossesedBy (this fired for spawn but also for a lot of other things like riding, noglin possibly, etc...) Then you could do this to get the Buff ref:

AShooterWeapon* weap = character->CurrentWeaponField();
if (!weap)
  return;

UProperty* buffProp = weap->FindProperty(FName("Buff Ref", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
if (!buffProp)
  return;

APrimalBuff* buff = buffProp->Get<APrimalBuff*>(weap);
UFunction* toggleFunc = buff->FindFunctionChecked(FName("Toggle Target Lock", EFindName_FNAME_Find));
buff->ProcessEvent(toggleFunc, nullptr);

ty! that helps a ton

8:48 PM

this felt like a great first task to get started learning this api

But I think it is unlikely they have the spyglass right at spawn, unless using some sort of keep inventory

Aikar

this felt like a great first task to get started learning this api

Not the easiest, though

8:49 PM

Working with mods can be cumbersome from C++

ah yeah we do have keep inventory but there is a delay there that may be an issue

8:49 PM

yeah ive done C++ plugins for a framework I led back 15 years aog

8:49 PM

just super rusty

8:51 PM

oh yeh i got a Q for you about all engrams, is this discord ok since its about potential code change for it and question on a wtf im seeing. Read over code last night and I cant understand why its doing what I see it doing.

Yeah sure

guess first one is semi suggestion but i can try to PR it if its possible, Is it possible to detect special unlock engrams and auto ignore them by config for auto detect? ended up having to restore my char file 3 times last night as ended up unlocking things that are special unlocks, so i had to build the exclude list, but figure if this could be automated maybe most people wouldnt need to use the manual list 2nd issue: https://github.com/Michidu/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/AllEngrams/AllEngrams/AllEngrams.cpp#L106 I am lvl 49, and it keeps unlocking a lvl 100 engram, but only 1 specific one from ARK Omega (Godlike Arrow). Verified in Beacon that engram is proper set to lvl 100. Nothing else seems to be doing that, and even adding it to the exclude list still didnt stop it. But overall very happy with the plugin as got a super lag free auto engram w/o engram tab lag now and doesn't lag server during levelup/mindwipe, even with Lethals awesome mindwipe

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8:57 PM

the level required config was set to 100, with autodetectlevel

8:58 PM

posssible that engram is buggy and is not registering the 100 correctly to AllEngrams even though it shows up just fine at level 100 in Engrams tab?

Some engrams end up in top or bottom of the engram list since they are special unlocks and not per level. If they are on top or bottom they might get unlocked as those have level requirement = 0

9:00 PM

And about the auto exclusion list, it's not suitable for everyone in my opinion, some people want to have everything unlocked by default, while others prefer the usual route. I won't debate the exclusion list is not something pretty, it was not my plugin at first and I would go with a json file as of now

yeah i get that for specials, thats what the Q is, is there a reliable way to detect it, ie level = 0, and ignore those if a config is set. I Was wondering if the _0 suffix had anything to do with it but i see a ton of stuff has _0 so i dont think it does

Aikar

yeah i get that for specials, thats what the Q is, is there a reliable way to detect it, ie level = 0, and ignore those if a config is set. I Was wondering if the _0 suffix had anything to do with it but i see a ton of stuff has _0 so i dont think it does

Yeah, I believe it could be. If level = 0 and give bp to player inventory = false it's usually a special one

9:02 PM

The _0 suffix it's because how the game handles the engrams

9:02 PM

The game data has objects of each primal item, and since they usually the first ones to be created they have the _0 as they are the first object to be created of that item class

actually does that repo get maintained for PR's lol

9:04 PM

I see it is michidu's and they are gone now right?

9:04 PM

ah looks like yall got push access to it

We now use the GSH repo, which is basically a fork. https://github.com/orgs/ServersHub/repositories

Game Servers Hub

This will be used to release open source products created by the gameservershub community. - Game Servers Hub

9:05 PM

You can submit PR to any of those, we will merge them into master

can anyone add a plugin there or is it just mainly for the teams plugins?

It's mainly for the legacy plugins made by Michidu, and the official ones yeah

9:08 PM

Going back to your issue I misunderstood it and it's a bit more different:

API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&HandleSpawned, 5, GetWeakReference(_this)); // delays execute of the HandleSpawned function for 5 seconds

void HandleSpawned(TWeakObjectPtr<AShooterCharacter> character)
{
    if (!character)
        return;

    UPrimalInventoryComponent* inventory = character->MyInventoryComponentField();

    UPrimalItem* spyglassItem = nullptr;
    for (UPrimalItem* item : inventory->InventoryItemsField())
    {
        if (item
            && item->NameField().ToString().Contains("BP_SuperSpyglass")) // checks if the item is an spyglass
        {
            spyglassItem = item;
            break;
        }
    }
                
    AShooterPlayerController* SPC = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().FindControllerFromCharacter(character);
    SPC->ServerRequestInventoryUseItem(inventory, spyglassItem->ItemIDField()); // request use item
}

9:09 PM

You can just tell the weapon to be equiped, and that will likely be handled as the mod always does

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/AllEngrams/AllEngrams/AllEngrams.cpp#L113 this is good candidate to extract to top and cache boolean state and only send the multicast once right

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9:09 PM

right thats what my original thought process was, just 'equip' it and let it handle it as normal

Aikar

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/AllEngrams/AllEngrams/AllEngrams.cpp#L113 this is good candidate to extract to top and cache boolean state and only send the multicast once right

Yeah you could cache config, but need to update after reload config command

but in theory couldnt the buff method work even w/o needing a spyglass in their inventory?

If you wanted to add the buff itself you could without needing the spyglass yes

I meant that MulticastProperty line, that can be done once after the loop is done (but keep the += cost in the loop), currently its going to multicast for every single engram unlocked

Ah yeah you could just call it by the end of the unlocks

yeah i wanna play with that, as that wouldnt need to worry about timing with keep inventory on death being returned or things like transfers downloading items

9:12 PM

just 'everyone gets a spyglass!'

You need the blueprint path of the buff, use UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass, and then on you can use APrimalBuff::StaticAddBuff to add it with the class you just loaded. The class can be cached but load class needs to be called after server startup (AShooterGameMode::InitGame or setting a DelayExecute from the load function works well enough

9:13 PM

Then you can use the method I showed you before to get the toggle function and call it

How to stop std::thread? Are there any alternatives to std::thread if it is not stoppable?

You need to keep a reference to it and join it when you want to wait for it

9:14 PM

Also if you are doing an infinite loop you can use an atomic bool to signal it to stop (edited)

yeah signal then wait is typical pattern on any programming language

9:15 PM

though if the task isn't critical, wait part can be optional depending on what the task is doing

Pelayori

You need to keep a reference to it and join it when you want to wait for it

It is referenced and joined but doesn't unload properly.

In ark plugins I like to join them always so when it says plugin unloaded, it's actually unloaded by the time it shows the message

yeah for C++ prob a bit more critical especially to handle reloads

SR

It is referenced and joined but doesn't unload properly.

What are you doing on it

Pelayori

What are you doing on it

starting some external stuff

Aikar

yeah for C++ prob a bit more critical especially to handle reloads

Or if people want to update to a new version, if the threads aren't awaited it says dll is still in use

that hangs ark when it is in the main thread

SR

that hangs ark when it is in the main thread

Like an external application, discord bot or something similar?

Yeah

9:17 PM

And it is getting detached

If you detach it you cannot join it anymore I believe

so it needs to stop itself somehow? (edited)

if the spawned process is detached, whats the thread waiting on?

You dont need to detach it, keep a reference to it, and find a way to signal the things running on the thread to stop fully

Aikar

if the spawned process is detached, whats the thread waiting on?

It probably causes undefined behaviour

Pelayori

You dont need to detach it, keep a reference to it, and find a way to signal the things running on the thread to stop fully

But if I don't detach it ARK just goes hang.

I use threads with while(true) loops without detaching just fine

do you use some async io to handle process stdin/stderr/stdout?

9:22 PM

i see boost has an asio package

Aikar

do you use some async io to handle process stdin/stderr/stdout?

i think no

are you needing to communicate to it or simply start/stop with the plugin

start/stop

then prob fine to do what pela said they are doing

Oh wait after adding join on unload it doesn't hang anymore

have the thread start it, hold ref to the process, use an atomic boolean for requestShutdown, and while (!requestShutdown) { sleep } then when loop exits, send process request to stop, join and wait for process to finish, then let the thread exit

then your dll unload sets requestShutdown to true then joins thread

My plugin isn't unloading still

9:38 PM

I did join thread and even stop the inside stuff.

9:39 PM

Could it be because of MySQL? (edited)

Does it say plugin unloaded or does it hang

it says "plugin unloaded"

Did you remove the thread detach?

Pelayori

Did you remove the thread detach?

yes

Where do you join the thread?

Pelayori

Where do you join the thread?

on unload

try defining this function and doing it there:

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void Plugin_Unload()
{
  // join thread
}

You mean merge the entire unload here?

9:45 PM

or just join the thread?

Just the thread unload is necessary

and it should be in Unload()?

9:46 PM

or in DLLMain?

Pelayori

try defining this function and doing it there:

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void Plugin_Unload()
{
  // join thread
}

Define this function and do the thread unload inside

It just generated .exp and .lib files

9:47 PM

is it supposed to be like that??

Yes since you are exporting a function

9:48 PM

You still just need dll and pdb

9:48 PM

lib and exp are for linkage

Now it just hangs

9:54 PM

the entire server

9:54 PM

lol

Waiting for threads should be done on that Plugin_Unload function since if I am right you cannot wait for threads on dll main

9:55 PM

So that means the thread might not be stopping

pressing CTRL+C stopped it sus

9:56 PM

Do you know how to send SIGINT to console in C++? (edited)

I do not

SR

Do you know how to send SIGINT to console in C++? (edited)

Don’t send SIGINT

11:17 PM

you need to handle the thread properly

How to do something when server is ready?

2 main ways: 1. Hook AShooterGameMode::InitGame 2. Include "Timer.h", and on load, call API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&YourFunction, 0);

Pelayori

2 main ways: 1. Hook AShooterGameMode::InitGame 2. Include "Timer.h", and on load, call API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&YourFunction, 0);

Delaying it at zero casts only when server is loaded?

SR

Delaying it at zero casts only when server is loaded?

i think the Timer.h functions start running when server is ready

5:47 PM

if you set it at "10" the function will cast 10 seconds after server start

Loki

i think the Timer.h functions start running when server is ready

I was also thinking about it but not sure.

5:48 PM

Going to check it out.

SR

Delaying it at zero casts only when server is loaded?

Yes, as the on timer callback it uses first fires after everything is ready

5:49 PM

Seconds don’t matter, since it will be a while until server starts

5:49 PM

So setting 10 will also cast it at server start

Pelayori

Yes, as the on timer callback it uses first fires after everything is ready

Same thing with API::Requests?

Yes

@Aikar I'm working on the plugin now

11:32 PM

I got the WoW out of my system for now

lol nice

Pelayori

2 main ways: 1. Hook AShooterGameMode::InitGame 2. Include "Timer.h", and on load, call API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(&YourFunction, 0);

we can probably add a wrapper for this

11:33 PM

something like

ScheduleForStart(void* fn);
{
  API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute(fn, 0);
}

Wouldn't be too bad, to add a wrapper for start schedule

and have a check or cache when the server has started

11:34 PM

so it can warn the user (for development/debugging) (edited)

Log->info("Processing startup tasks")

@Aikar

sup

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6:49 AM

initial 1.0

nice

bosses are in https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkAutoBosses/blob/main/ArkAutoBosses/config.json

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6:49 AM

so it's user configurable

savesm e trouble of switching ascension mods

6:50 AM

i was using 1 that didnt support gen1/gen2 so i was gonna need to wap to a diff mod

you also can put extra engrams (for stuff that isn't tied to a normal boss, like tek sword)

6:50 AM

This will work for any

6:50 AM

the only issue, players that are currently spawned will need to respawn to have their unlocks

its omega people die every few mins

new players (when created) should have them automatically as it eagerly applies the boss stuff

6:51 AM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkAutoBosses/blob/main/ArkAutoBosses/Plugin/plugin.h

6:51 AM

is the plugin if you wanted to learn

6:51 AM

unlocks (engrams) are cached on server boot

man im torn between offering you 20$ to make another plugin for me thatll prob take you 5 minutes, or keeping to idea of doing it myself to learn lol.

I still have to add a command so that you can reload the config without rebooting the server

Aikar

man im torn between offering you 20$ to make another plugin for me thatll prob take you 5 minutes, or keeping to idea of doing it myself to learn lol.

$20 would be too low

pel was guiding me on the path

6:52 AM

just havent gotten to trying it yet

that code file has kinda covers everything you'll need in C++

6:52 AM

custom json stuff for nlohmann

6:53 AM

and a custom hashing function (so you can use std containers on a custom class)

6:53 AM

etc.

i see so many plugins including the json file, maybe arkapi needs to ship that lol

I disagree

6:54 AM

that json file is a header-only include

6:54 AM

there's no library for it

i think ive seen cpp or hpp in a few repos

hpp is a header file with code, it's all self contained

6:55 AM

but hpp is kinda made up

i could have been wrong

it's still just h

6:55 AM

by allowing the developer to chose the library they use for json stuff

yeah i know, thats why i said it, as in i think i saw cases where its not just a header file

you don't vendor lock the developer to a specific implementation and version

well i was thinking the api could ship a common one and people could still roll their own if they wanted

6:55 AM

that's what we did in minecraft

6:56 AM

everyone used yaml for standard configs

there's not really anything to ship, since it's not a library unto itself

6:56 AM

the file could be included with the library, but we'd have to check the licensing for that

6:56 AM

https://github.com/nlohmann/json

6:56 AM

this is the library

thats whtat i meant, have api static link the json then export the symbols for plugins to see them

there's nothing to static link

6:57 AM

it's a header and a lot of template magic

6:57 AM

there are no exports

6:57 AM

since the code is compiled at compile time

for json parsing?

yes

guess its tiny anyways, too small to micro optimize

7:00 AM

no I mean you literally can't statically link

7:01 AM

templates don't exist until compile time, and even if you knew exactly what specific specializations that need to exist for a plugin

7:01 AM

the exported names would be total garbage (type info is embedded into the exported symbols) (edited)

interesting

7:01 AM

never thought to design a library that way lol

7:02 AM

guess ive just mostly been in a world that isnt a thing

yeah, to static/dynamic link, the code has to be compile ahead of time and exported

7:02 AM

and then you just link against the existing objects

7:03 AM

but that isn't really going to be possible with a templated header-only library

7:03 AM

and again, the exported symbols would be garbage

7:06 AM

for example, this code

    template<StringLiteral S, concepts::Function T1, concepts::CommonType T2 = types::default_calling_convention, concepts::CommonType T3 = type_traits::select_default_t3_t<T2>>
    class native_event 
    {};

    template<StringLiteral S, typename RT, concepts::CommonType T2, concepts::CommonType T3, typename ...A>
    class native_event<S, RT(A...), T2, T3>
    {
    public:
        static RT callback(A... args)
        {

        }
    };

Which generates a unique static callback function thru templates (there's a lot more going on, edited for brevity)

7:06 AM

will produce something like this for the callback (as the symbol name)

7:07 AM

int __cdecl _callback___native_event__2U__StringLiteral__0BF__moar__3D0FF__0EP__0GC__0GK__0GF__0GD__0HE__0CO__0FA__0HC__0GP__0GD__0GF__0HD__0HD__0EF__0HG__0GF__0GO__0HE__0A______A6AHPAX0_ZUcdecl_t_types_2_X_moar__SAHPAX0_Z(
        void *<args_0>,
        void *<args_1>)

7:07 AM

an extreme example but point stands

substitute

bosses are in https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkAutoBosses/blob/main/ArkAutoBosses/config.json

Nice Plugin, i saw that the RuneStone from fjurdor are inside (GeneralizedUnlockedAchievementTags). Do you know what's more inside the AchievementTags?

Pelyaori, in the hordeshield that you use in SafeZone's can you also remove the buzzing noise ?

Don't think so

11:36 PM

It's an emitter which is only client side I believe

yeah @substitute plugin works great but this line was a big issue i had to get rid of: //playerController->ServerRestartPlayer(); - that was causing me to spawn as a lvl 1 Survivor which caused huge issues for keep inventory on death as my tombstone was on the temp char. but when I removed that line, everythings working good. transfers sees it immed, but new players and login gets the unlocks but just doesnt see it in their inventory until the next respawn which is perfectly fine.

5:25 AM

it also triggered the new player experience on me for ark omega lol

Aikar

yeah @substitute plugin works great but this line was a big issue i had to get rid of: //playerController->ServerRestartPlayer(); - that was causing me to spawn as a lvl 1 Survivor which caused huge issues for keep inventory on death as my tombstone was on the temp char. but when I removed that line, everythings working good. transfers sees it immed, but new players and login gets the unlocks but just doesnt see it in their inventory until the next respawn which is perfectly fine.

When was that happening

9:44 AM

On transfer or on log in?

transfer

It can be tweaked to not run for transfers

9:44 AM

So that new players won’t have to respawn

its working perfect w/o that line

I’ll make the adjustment

9:45 AM

The line is needed for new chars to force the unlocks

9:45 AM

But the conditional for running it can be tweaked to avoid transfer characters

yeah but them dying once to see it on implant doesnt urt much

9:45 AM

not like they need it those first few mins lol

Sure, but I still wanna make it as seamless as possible

but make sure it doesnt do the survivor thing w/o the proper name lol, as that messed with playerid i guess

I didn’t setup two servers to test transfer chars

inventory belonged to wrong body

Because the game created your body and then you were restarted (edited)

9:46 AM

It should be fixable

when it did it my inventory was in the tmep body, just on death, items still were owned by old and i respawned in my proper id

Restarting a player without a body shouldn’t be an issue (new chars)

9:47 AM

So I’ll just filter transfer chars (edited)

well omega gives you like starter items

Do they not get those starter items either?

im not sure i didnt test new chars with the line of code there

9:48 AM

just tested w/ it removed to make sure no one loses anything

If you can test, let me know

9:48 AM

I can see how implants are computed and maybe force it to refresh

9:48 AM

But that will require me to get the devkit

9:54 AM

Michidu

not exactly, there is a script which can dump a whole class

I don't suppose you know where I can find that script Mich?

1:10 PM

I found a few, but they all either crash with files as big as the Ark pdb file, or they don't work otherwise. This one looked promising but it only handles C, not C++. https://github.com/wbenny/pdbex

GitHub - wbenny/pdbex: pdbex is a utility for reconstructing struct...

pdbex is a utility for reconstructing structures and unions from the PDB into compilable C headers - GitHub - wbenny/pdbex: pdbex is a utility for reconstructing structures and unions from the PDB ...

It was a script for IDA, i've sent it to some people over there long time ago. Probably i still have old version, but they might have an updated one (script is pretty ugly too)

Ok thanks. Maybe someone else here has it.

@Aikar@Natsu

1

3:17 AM

Releasing an update that adds runes and explorer note (it's a flag) levels as auto unlocks

3:17 AM

also should handle new characters more gracefully

3:18 AM

runes are via GeneralizedAchievementTagGrants so as WC (or modders) add stuff, you can update it in the config

3:18 AM

or just disable it by making it an empty json array

3:20 AM

I'll also be making a small PR to the API as I've added a few fields/functions that were missing.

3:28 AM

also added genesis 2 to config (edited)

3:34 AM

anyways, latest is on GH

Has anyone ever used this before? It seems to be able to neatly dump a whole bunch of different data from a pdb file. It has a ton of different options. And IDA and all its difficulties are not required. https://llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-pdbutil.html

4:21 AM

Sample from ShooterGameSever.pdb:

struct TCallTraitsParamTypeHelper<FVector2D,1> [sizeof = 1] {
  typedef class FVector2D ParamType
  typedef class FVector2D ConstParamType
}
Total padding 1 bytes (100% of class size)
Immediate padding 1 bytes (100% of class size)

struct TIsArithmeticType<TSharedPtr<FNavigationQueryFilter const ,0> > [sizeof = 1] {
  enum <unnamed-enum-Value> {
    Value = 0
  }
}
Total padding 1 bytes (100% of class size)
Immediate padding 1 bytes (100% of class size)

struct FGenericPlatformTypes [sizeof = 1] {
  typedef unsigned char uint8
  typedef unsigned short uint16
  typedef unsigned int uint32
  typedef unsigned __int64 uint64
  typedef char int8
  typedef short int16
  typedef int int32
  typedef __int64 int64
  typedef char ANSICHAR
  typedef wchar_t WIDECHAR
  typedef unsigned char CHAR8
  typedef unsigned short CHAR16
  typedef unsigned int CHAR32
  typedef wchar_t TCHAR
  typedef unsigned __int64 UPTRINT
  typedef __int64 PTRINT
  typedef unsigned __int64 SIZE_T
  typedef int TYPE_OF_NULL
  typedef void* TYPE_OF_NULLPTR
}
Total padding 1 bytes (100% of class size)
Immediate padding 1 bytes (100% of class size)

(edited)

4:27 AM

It's the only tool I've found (apart from IDA scripts) so far that can produce formatted output directly from the pdb without crashing on large files like the ark server pdb.

What is the command you used for that?

4:32 AM

it could be possible to write a script to dump the types (just their file names) and then dump the specific type into it's file

This is from the API's BasicTypes.h

/**
* Generic types for almost all compilers and platforms
**/
struct FGenericPlatformTypes
{
  // Unsigned base types.
  typedef unsigned char     uint8;        // 8-bit  unsigned.
  typedef unsigned short int    uint16;        // 16-bit unsigned.
  typedef unsigned int        uint32;        // 32-bit unsigned.
  typedef unsigned long long    uint64;        // 64-bit unsigned.

  // Signed base types.
  typedef signed char        int8;        // 8-bit  signed.
  typedef signed short int    int16;        // 16-bit signed.
  typedef signed int         int32;        // 32-bit signed.
  typedef signed long long    int64;        // 64-bit signed.

  // Character types.
  typedef char            ANSICHAR;    // An ANSI character    -  8-bit fixed-width representation of  bit characters.
  typedef wchar_t        WIDECHAR;    // A wide character     - In-memory only.  ?-bit fixed-width representation of the 
  typedef uint8            CHAR8;        // An 8-bit character type - In-memory only.  8-bit representation.  Should really be 
  typedef uint16        CHAR16;        // A 16-bit character type - In-memory only.  16-bit representation.  Should 
  typedef uint32        CHAR32;        // A 32-bit character type - In-memory only.  32-bit representation.  Should really be 
  typedef WIDECHAR        TCHAR;        // A switchable character  - In-memory only.  Either ANSICHAR or WIDECHAR, depending on a 

  typedef SelectIntPointerType<uint32, uint64, sizeof(void*)>::TIntPointer UPTRINT;    // unsigned int the same size as a pointer
  typedef SelectIntPointerType<int32, int64, sizeof(void*)>::TIntPointer PTRINT;        // signed int the same size as a pointer

  typedef UPTRINT SIZE_T;            // unsigned int the same size as a pointer
  typedef PTRINT SSIZE_T;                // signed int the same size as a pointer

  typedef int32            TYPE_OF_NULL;
  typedef decltype(nullptr)    TYPE_OF_NULLPTR;
};

4:34 AM

Seems like it matches pretty well.

substitute

it could be possible to write a script to dump the types (just their file names) and then dump the specific type into it's file

Yeah, a simple python script could run the commands, make some edits to the text and dump it all out neatly.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah, a simple python script could run the commands, make some edits to the text and dump it all out neatly.

what command did you use?

substitute

what command did you use?

Downloaded the LLVM-15.0.7-win64.exe package from here: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-15.0.7 Then ran llvm-pdbutil pretty -classes ShooterGameServer.pdb

Release LLVM 15.0.7 · llvm/llvm-project

LLVM 15.0.7 Release

4:44 AM

It has excellent inbuilt help. Start with --help

4:45 AM

pretty is the option to dump as formatted output, so if you run llvm-pdbutil pretty --help it gives you a ton of options. (edited)

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/362651520df94e4fa65492dbcba44ae2

Visual Studio Integration Tool in Code Plugins - UE Marketplace

Visual Studio Integration Tool is a plugin that enables deep integration with Visual Studio 2022.

5:01 AM

After vs2022 was updated, this message was pushed to me.

@🐨Dream Doctor🦘

5:04 AM

output can be like

      func [0x0166b8b0+ 6 - 0x0166b8db- 6 | sizeof= 43] (FPO) void __cdecl execUseAlternateStandingAnim(FFrame& Stack, const void* Result)

5:04 AM

0x0166b8b0 exists in the compiland

5:04 AM

as

    f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\classes\shootercharacter.h (MD5: D23BAAF6F99E7E718CB639BEE0831768)
      Line 52, Address: [0x0166b8b0 - 0x0166b8da] (43 bytes)

5:04 AM

so it is parsable

substitute

output can be like

      func [0x0166b8b0+ 6 - 0x0166b8db- 6 | sizeof= 43] (FPO) void __cdecl execUseAlternateStandingAnim(FFrame& Stack, const void* Result)

I just noticed the command I posted above doesn't produce any of the highest level classes/structs like AActor or UObject, so there's some more investigated needed.

substitute

as

    f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\classes\shootercharacter.h (MD5: D23BAAF6F99E7E718CB639BEE0831768)
      Line 52, Address: [0x0166b8b0 - 0x0166b8da] (43 bytes)

What command did you use for that?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

What command did you use for that?

5:07 AM

works fine for me

5:07 AM

llvm-pdbutil pretty -all -compilands -lines ShooterGameServer.pdb > text.txt

5:07 AM

produces a lot of repetitive info though

5:07 AM

could be optimized

Oh that's why... it's produced class UObject where it's struct UObject in the API files.

5:10 AM

I don't think that matters does it?

not really

5:10 AM

struct makes members public by default

5:10 AM

class makes members private by default

5:10 AM

that's the main difference

It would be really nice to be able to update the API definitions. I don't know if they were done recently, but I used to find a LOT of things missing.

I just added a few definitions manually

5:12 AM

3 functions and 1 field

Hook_AShooterCharacter_Die(AShooterCharacter* _this, float KillingDamage, FdamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser) Is there a way I can check what can be checked in this hook? ex) Death by a turret, death by a nearby dinosaur

돌드민

Hook_AShooterCharacter_Die(AShooterCharacter* _this, float KillingDamage, FdamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* Killer, AActor* DamageCauser) Is there a way I can check what can be checked in this hook? ex) Death by a turret, death by a nearby dinosaur

Yes, by hooking it with some log output then testing it in game. (edited)

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yes, by hooking it with some log output then testing it in game. (edited)

Hmm, what should I check?

돌드민

Hmm, what should I check?

Whatever it is you want to know if it does or not?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Whatever it is you want to know if it does or not?

no i found it thank you !

hi guys, i can't remember, is it possible to send a direct message to a specific player using RCON ? (edited)

Shadow

hi guys, i can't remember, is it possible to send a direct message to a specific player using RCON ? (edited)

wouldnt see why not

Is it possible to catch "There is already a player with this account connected" error?

SR

Is it possible to catch "There is already a player with this account connected" error?

1:53 PM

void __fastcall AShooterGameMode::PreLogin(AShooterGameMode *this, const FString *Options, const FString *Address, const TSharedPtr<FUniqueNetId,0> *UniqueId, const FString *authToken, FString *ErrorMessage, UNetConnection *Connection)

1:54 PM

i guess you could hook it and check the error by ErrorMessage string

Error message can be updated right, as I want to kick person when this happens. Really surprised Noone has made a plug in to do that yet

2:59 PM

This already connected issue was so easy to fix for wildcard

3:00 PM

In minecraft our pre login is threaded so I'm able to kick and wait for the disconnect and never error at all

Aikar

Error message can be updated right, as I want to kick person when this happens. Really surprised Noone has made a plug in to do that yet

You might have issues with the client if you try and kick the zombie user while the real user is trying to connect. I believe there was a reason why they've left it the way it is.

what would it matter about the old client thats done and gone on the zombie user? but at min kick old and tell them to retry connecting in 15s

most likely signature is wrong

4:29 PM

actually wait

4:29 PM

you should call original first

4:29 PM

otherwise message is probably empty (edited)

WETBATMAN

otherwise message is probably empty (edited)

I did try calling original first but it is still broken

looks like the signature is wrong then

5:18 PM

you're missing a parameter in your function

I see it

5:18 PM

yeah

does it work now?

WETBATMAN

does it work now?

yeah

Morning peeps Not an API related question, but maybe somebody still may help. Is there any way to make the dodorex tameable ++ permanent?

idk tho

Morning peeps Not an API related question, but maybe somebody still may help. Is there any way to make the dodorex tameable ++ permanent?

this dodorex? https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/DodoRex

DodoRex

The DodoRex is a fictional creature that has been implemented as part of the ARK: Fear Evolved event. It also appears during various other events, and as a summoned creature in missions within Genesis: Part 2.

Natsu

this dodorex? https://ark.fandom.com/wiki/DodoRex

Yep. This fluffer

did you play with the annunki mod back when it was functional?

3:40 PM

Never heard of it

idk tho

Morning peeps Not an API related question, but maybe somebody still may help. Is there any way to make the dodorex tameable ++ permanent?

That's probably something best done with a mod imho. There are several mods that use those assets to make tameable creatures.

3:07 AM

Replication has been massively messed with in this game, and you'll find some variables that replicate, some that are supposed to but don't, and some that do sometimes and not others. It's a huge mess. Since those changes would need to be present on the client and it's unlikely you'll be able to replicate the changes consistently from a plugin, the best way to do it is in a mod. (edited)

Alright buddy, thanks a lot! Might gonna look deeper into that. Have a good one

I didn't know this, but it is actually so cool

7:49 PM

void* my_ptr;
if(my_ptr = find_ptr()) {
//my_ptr != null
}else{
//my_ptr == null
}

7:49 PM

is a legal way to assign my_ptr and validate that my_ptr isn't null

7:49 PM

@Lethal did you know about this?

7:49 PM

most languages treat if(x = y) as disallowed since the user usually meant if(x == y)

it makes writing a null check so much easier

7:58 PM

I can't find the write-up now, but I remember reading about cases where malicious programmers have intentionally put assignments in if statements like that to insert backdoors in open source projects (and the maintainers didn't catch it in code review). I think if ((my_ptr = find_ptr()) != nullptr) is generally preferred to clarify intent if you really want to do assignment in an if condition.

TheMollusk

I can't find the write-up now, but I remember reading about cases where malicious programmers have intentionally put assignments in if statements like that to insert backdoors in open source projects (and the maintainers didn't catch it in code review). I think if ((my_ptr = find_ptr()) != nullptr) is generally preferred to clarify intent if you really want to do assignment in an if condition.

I think it depends

7:59 PM

if anything if ((my_ptr = find_ptr()) != nullptr) hides malicious code even better imho

7:59 PM

as it looks like a very purposeful statement

8:00 PM

while if (my_ptr = find_ptr()) should raise additional questions in a code review to ensure it wasn't supposed to be if (my_ptr == find_ptr())

8:00 PM

in most environments nullptr is just 0, so the check would pass the same

substitute

while if (my_ptr = find_ptr()) should raise additional questions in a code review to ensure it wasn't supposed to be if (my_ptr == find_ptr())

At least one would hope

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Replication has been massively messed with in this game, and you'll find some variables that replicate, some that are supposed to but don't, and some that do sometimes and not others. It's a huge mess. Since those changes would need to be present on the client and it's unlikely you'll be able to replicate the changes consistently from a plugin, the best way to do it is in a mod. (edited)

I just want to expand on this real quick and provide some introductory links for other plugin developers who may have struggled with replicated properties. Epic's UE documentation isn't phenomenal, but here are some starting points at least. Just because a property can be replicated from the server to the client, doesn't mean it always will replicate. UE provides a few different tools to manage how and when properties get replicated. This lets game developers conserve bandwidth and CPU cycles in large games like ARK. Not all clients always need to have up-to-date values for every property. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Networking/ One important concept is net relevancy, which dictates whether or not an actor is relevant to a particular client. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Networking/Actors/Relevancy/ Another concept is net dormancy, which lets an actor go into a low bandwidth mode for all clients. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Engine/ENetDormancy/ We can modify these systems with server plugins to force replicatable properties to replicate. But as with any plugin, it's prudent to understand exactly what it is you're changing and what the potential costs are.

Networking and Multiplayer

Setting up networked games for multiplayer.

Actor Relevancy and Priority

Information about Actor relevancy and priority

ENetDormancy

Describes if an actor can enter a low network bandwidth dormant mode

Additional note (@TheMollusk you'll like this)

9:12 PM

I added this definition (and another helper one) to the API on GitHub

    static UClass* BPLoadClass(const FString& PathName) { return NativeCall<UClass*, const FString&>(nullptr, "UVictoryCore.BPLoadClass", PathName); } /* Manual Definition */

9:12 PM

you can pass a string directly to BPLoadClass now

9:12 PM

technically it should have always been const FString& but I left the original (dumped from IDA) which uses FString*

9:13 PM

because FString& is fundamentally the same type as FString* when compiled

9:13 PM

static UClass* myClass = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass("Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/.../Blueprint'"); (edited)

@Aikar

9:55 PM

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/autoendgame.644/

substitute

I added this definition (and another helper one) to the API on GitHub

    static UClass* BPLoadClass(const FString& PathName) { return NativeCall<UClass*, const FString&>(nullptr, "UVictoryCore.BPLoadClass", PathName); } /* Manual Definition */

Nice!

10:54 PM

Sort of similar. Sometimes in my plugins I modify the definitions for functions that return a value that the caller has to allocate space for. Like for UObject::GetFullName()

c++
FString GetFullName(UObject* StopOuter)
{
    FString result;
    NativeCall<FString*, FString*, UObject*>(this, "UObjectBaseUtility.GetFullName", result, StopOuter);
    return result;
}

Instead of the existing

c++
FString* GetFullName(FString* result, UObject* StopOuter)
{
    return NativeCall<FString*, FString*, UObject*>(this, "UObjectBaseUtility.GetFullName", result, StopOuter);
}

(edited)

TheMollusk

Sort of similar. Sometimes in my plugins I modify the definitions for functions that return a value that the caller has to allocate space for. Like for UObject::GetFullName()

c++
FString GetFullName(UObject* StopOuter)
{
    FString result;
    NativeCall<FString*, FString*, UObject*>(this, "UObjectBaseUtility.GetFullName", result, StopOuter);
    return result;
}

Instead of the existing

c++
FString* GetFullName(FString* result, UObject* StopOuter)
{
    return NativeCall<FString*, FString*, UObject*>(this, "UObjectBaseUtility.GetFullName", result, StopOuter);
}

(edited)

Yeah, I left the original and wrapped it

11:15 PM

for this definition I added

11:15 PM

FString LinkedPlayerIDString() { FString result; return *LinkedPlayerIDString(&result); }

1

11:15 PM

since plugins probably already are using

FString* LinkedPlayerIDString(FString* result) { return NativeCall<FString*, FString*>(this, "AShooterPlayerController.LinkedPlayerIDString", result); }

TheMollusk

I just want to expand on this real quick and provide some introductory links for other plugin developers who may have struggled with replicated properties. Epic's UE documentation isn't phenomenal, but here are some starting points at least. Just because a property can be replicated from the server to the client, doesn't mean it always will replicate. UE provides a few different tools to manage how and when properties get replicated. This lets game developers conserve bandwidth and CPU cycles in large games like ARK. Not all clients always need to have up-to-date values for every property. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Networking/ One important concept is net relevancy, which dictates whether or not an actor is relevant to a particular client. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/InteractiveExperiences/Networking/Actors/Relevancy/ Another concept is net dormancy, which lets an actor go into a low bandwidth mode for all clients. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/API/Runtime/Engine/Engine/ENetDormancy/ We can modify these systems with server plugins to force replicatable properties to replicate. But as with any plugin, it's prudent to understand exactly what it is you're changing and what the potential costs are.

I'm certainly not an expert, but I'd add to that it's important to note that WC has made significant modifications to the replication system that was present in v4.5. Take general UE documentation with a large grain of salt.

@Aikar

12:16 AM

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/autoawesomespyglass.645/

Open Source - AutoAwesomeSpyGlass

This plugin will automatically enable the awesome spyglass item when a user logs in (and has one) or picks the item up. Additionally, it prevent losing the awesome spyglass features when dropping a spyglass while still having at least one...

12:16 AM

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerPlugins/tree/AutoAwesomeSpyglass

nice

Substitute did you make logo's as well? they are fitting

I discovered a very interesting feature using the debugger. It is a very fast function for returning specific arrays of actors. However, sometimes the actors may already be invalid.

struct AWorldSettings : AInfo{
    ...
    std::array<TArray<AActor*>, 33>& ActorListsField() { return *GetNativePointerField<std::array<TArray<AActor*>, 33>*>(this, "AWorldSettings.ActorLists"); }
}

Quick example:

int GetNumTamedDinos(AShooterGameMode* _this)
{
    auto* settings = _this->GetWorldSettings();
    if (settings == nullptr) {
        return 0;
    }
    auto tamed_dinos = settings->ActorListsField()[EActorListsBP::AL_TAMED_DINOS];
    return tamed_dinos.Num();
}

Note that "EActorListsBP" has already been defined in "Enums.h".

namespace EActorListsBP
{
    enum Type
    {
        AL_PLAYERS = 0x0,
        ...
        AL_BEDS = 0x9,
        ...
        AL_NPC_DEAD = 0xb,
        ...
        AL_TAMED_DINOS = 0x16
    };
}

Natsu

Substitute did you make logo's as well? they are fitting

For the plugins? Yeah

substitute

For the plugins? Yeah

haha yea

WETBATMAN

struct FOnlineSessionSteam : IOnlineSession
{
    FNamedOnlineSession* GetGameServerSession() { return NativeCall<FNamedOnlineSession*>(this, "FOnlineSessionSteam.GetGameServerSession"); }
};

wait how does that work

9:04 PM

What did you get for FNamedOnlineSession and IOnlineSession and where this one is located?

it's not i've dumped those manually

I understood

9:06 PM

but what did you put in it (edited)

wdym

11:29 PM

the struct is already in the message you replied too

I want to make a simple function. When a player uses a specified item, I want to output SteamId -- player map location -- item class name on the console. Now I don't know how to get the player's map location. Can you help me?

yes! Search this discord for: player location

6:57 AM

ty,I will try this

WETBATMAN

the struct is already in the message you replied too

but the other stuff is not.

SR

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SR

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struct __cppobj __declspec(align(8)) FNamedOnlineSession : FOnlineSession
{
  FString SessionPrefix;
  const FName SessionName;
  int HostingPlayerNum;
  bool bHosting;
  bool bRestarted;
  TArray<TSharedRef<FUniqueNetId,0>,FDefaultAllocator> RegisteredPlayers;
  EOnlineSessionState::Type SessionState;
};

with as many potential hooks there are for experience, what do you recommend hooking to set a cap on how much XP is earned for killing a dino, on a per player level. I want to cap it so the exp is min(expNeededForLevel * someModifier, expEarned) so players cant jump from 100 to 150 from a single boss kill.

5:11 PM

im sure theres a few valid but i figure it might over hook, but i guess i also dont really go giving players exp by admin really (only had to do that once when testing plugin reset my XP back to 0 lol)

Aikar

with as many potential hooks there are for experience, what do you recommend hooking to set a cap on how much XP is earned for killing a dino, on a per player level. I want to cap it so the exp is min(expNeededForLevel * someModifier, expEarned) so players cant jump from 100 to 150 from a single boss kill.

I would hook all of them

5:22 PM

At least the ones that tell you the info

5:23 PM

You may find yourself in a hard scenario where the XP is calculated in the caller and sent to the callee

i just care for w/e one is used by mob kills, avoiding admin based exp would be ok

In which case …. It will be harder

i was digging in the decompiled code but seems they call functions to calculate stuff and wasnt clear on what hook it would end up on

5:24 PM

as i want to fix this issue before i update to your newest autoendgame lol

5:24 PM

so that people least gotta grind out the last levels

5:25 PM

omega bosses with omega exp pot is like instant exp cap

i got our level curve to reach 4 billion exp and hit 165 like nothing

5:26 PM

the 1-100 grind before bosses was actually nice and slow, so it was quite shocking how quick that turned around in bosses

Aikar

the 1-100 grind before bosses was actually nice and slow, so it was quite shocking how quick that turned around in bosses

Did you try to hook into AllowAddXP ?

that sounds like a boolean?

Yea it is

i dont want to block xp llol, just nerf it

UPrimalStatusComponent is the ultimate responsible for XP and I am pretty sure there is a AddExperience function in it

Pelayori

UPrimalStatusComponent is the ultimate responsible for XP and I am pretty sure there is a AddExperience function in it

void Hook_UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_AddExperience(UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* _this, float HowMuch, bool bShareWithTribe, EXPType::Type XPType)

5:45 PM

yeah this^^

5:45 PM

you can tell what kind of xp it is also

cool thanks ill look into this after work

5:58 PM

so UE does provide an ECS system, does ark use it well? can you do some crafty things tacking on your own comps to things? ie can we make our own behavior comp and write custom actor behaviors

hmm, random idea, do you think it would be possible to remove collision/propulsion from tek shields to players for pve servers by plugin? basically wherever the current code checks if player is Allianced with the tribe, just return true for everyone.

Aikar

so UE does provide an ECS system, does ark use it well? can you do some crafty things tacking on your own comps to things? ie can we make our own behavior comp and write custom actor behaviors

I don't think it's true ECS (I'm no expert on game design patterns), but UE4 has actor components which is sort of similar. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.26/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/ProgrammingWithCPP/UnrealArchitecture/Actors/Components/ You can see an actor class's components in the dev kit under the "Components" tab when you open a Blueprint. It's possible to go into those components with a plugin and make changes, but ArkServerApi is missing some of the definitions you'd need to use. I can throw together some quick example code later when I'm in front of a workstation.

Components

Explanation of Components and descriptions of the various types available.

oh no need, thats def way past prob what id care to get involved to, was just curious on potentials

7:30 PM

like id love a polished dino raid system where your base gets under real threat. there is TC's Brutal Ark that does this but i ended up not trying it because I could tell it was going to confuse people as it restricts building system.

I want to control the permission of players to use items. When players use items, they should hook that function.

What hook is used when dino harvests something??

9:44 AM

Everything in APrimalDinoCharacter doesn't work.

Invoker

I want to control the permission of players to use items. When players use items, they should hook that function.

Try UPrimalInventoryComponent::ServerUseInventoryItem

SR

What hook is used when dino harvests something??

Depends on what you mean by Harvesting. I would definitely try UPrimalHarvestingComponent::GiveHarvestResource

10:04 AM

I was reversing how they handled harvesting nodes and bodies a while back and I think I landed there.

Frigoff

Depends on what you mean by Harvesting. I would definitely try UPrimalHarvestingComponent::GiveHarvestResource

Do you have its signature? (edited)

10:09 AM

or just a hook?

Not sure what you mean by just a hook? You can take that function and get it's signature from IDA though.

10:10 AM

And if you want to hook it you'll need to match it's signature.

I wasn't using IDA before

What hook will be triggered when a player uses consumables?

The one I posted above should work.

10:12 AM

Doing almost anything in your inventory is called "Using"

ok Find "Using" Should be able to tell,

10:17 AM

Thank you very much.

They use Use

10:17 AM

Not Using

10:17 AM

But yes, that should get you on the right path.

Thank you.I see how to start.

I've encountered some problems with this hook (edited)

10:37 AM

Flint does modify and stone doesn't (edited)

This one also happens with stryder

SR

I've encountered some problems with this hook (edited)

i tough wetbatman made a plugin that changed the harvest by tribe members ?

Natsu

i tough wetbatman made a plugin that changed the harvest by tribe members ?

I need to decrease it by a dino

SR

I need to decrease it by a dino

`wouldnt it be better to set a default 1x and increase it by dino ?

Natsu

`wouldnt it be better to set a default 1x and increase it by dino ?

Needs to be done for specific resources

any knows where is stored the dino base stats or how i can get it?

UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* statusComp = dino->MyCharacterStatusComponentField(); auto currentStatusValues = statusComp->CurrentStatusValuesField()(); // 0: health 1: stamina 2: torpor 3: oxygen 4: food 5: water // 6: temperature 7: weight 8: melee damage 9: movement speed 10: fortitude 11: crafting speed auto health = currentStatusValues[0]; //etc... (edited)

5:00 PM

hope that helps

5:01 PM

oh no..Pelayori is gonna correct me

5:01 PM

‍♂️ haha jk

5:03 PM

10 and 11 probably don't apply to dinos

There’s a better way to obtain them rather than accessing the array directly, statusComp->GetLevelupPoints(bool TamedLevels) if the bool is true it gives you the levelup wild points, and if true it returns how many levels the player applied to the dino post tame

ooh nice

jraServerAPI

oh no..Pelayori is gonna correct me

Not really a correction, but there’s a more friendly way to get them

2

thanks mate! int HP = statusComp->GetLevelUpPoints(EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::Health, false); works fine

game calls UPrimalItem.GetItemNetInfo statically but API has it marked as instance method, bug in api?

It is not static

8:54 PM

Would not make sense since the item net info is a class attribute

8:55 PM

Well not an attribute, rather all the fields from the item net info are inside each UPrimalItem

    this_00 = UPrimalItem::AddNewItem
                        (local_358,(UPrimalInventoryComponent *)0x0,false,false,0.0,false,0,false ,
                         0.0,false,(TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem>)0x0,0.0,false,false);
    UPrimalItem::GetItemNetInfo(this_00,&local_1c8,false);

is what I see in ghidra, is all decompile syntax just in this format?

That isn't a static call, it's just what the call looks like to a compiler, it's calling the function with the hidden parameter this, which is the object instance

8:57 PM

FItemNetInfo* UPrimalItem::GetItemNetInfo(
        UPrimalItem *this,
        FItemNetInfo *result,
        bool bIsForSendingToClient)

yeah im still rusty on c++, that just being the static format for like so many other langs lol, but we typically use foo->bar() still in source code.

But yeah decompiled code will look like that in ghidra, ida, etc

8:58 PM

Functions that do not have a *this first param are indeed static, rest of class functions that have this param are instance

8:59 PM

Normal code you write does not have that parameter, though. That is how it works under the hood

Aikar

    this_00 = UPrimalItem::AddNewItem
                        (local_358,(UPrimalInventoryComponent *)0x0,false,false,0.0,false,0,false ,
                         0.0,false,(TSubclassOf<UPrimalItem>)0x0,0.0,false,false);
    UPrimalItem::GetItemNetInfo(this_00,&local_1c8,false);

is what I see in ghidra, is all decompile syntax just in this format?

Yo, that's not a C++ construct but rather a native code construct

9:24 PM

in machine code land there is no concept of an object

guess its up to decompiler of trying to put it back in c++ format

9:25 PM

and its simply not

when you write code like

class A
{
public:
  void test(int, int);
};

and invoke it with

A a;
a.test(10,10)

under the hood the compiler creates a static function, such as A__test where the signature is A__test(A* this, int, int) and each instance call, a.test(10,10) becomes

A a;
A__test(&a, 10, 10);

9:26 PM

this same type of transformative behavior is how virtual functions (and overloads) work in C++

9:26 PM

where when you call a virtual function, it goes to a virtual function table that contains a pointer to the implementation for the object class

9:28 PM

in the C++ type system, the signature of

class A
{
public:
  void test(int, int);
};

test would be void (__thiscall A::*)(int,int) which can be decayed into void (__thiscall *)(A*, int,int)

9:28 PM

but fortunately, Ark is x86_64, so you don't have to actually worry about __thiscall since x86_64 uses __fastcall for basically everything.

Aikar

guess its up to decompiler of trying to put it back in c++ format

IDA doesn't generate C++ pseudo code (edited)

9:29 PM

it generates C pseudo code (edited)

9:29 PM

Objects are a C++ construct

9:30 PM

Same with virtual functions, which is why they look like this

yeah i get it

The full size image actually shows exactly what the C++ compiler is generating under the hood (and then converted back into pseudo C)

9:30 PM

Anyone know how feeding troughs work? I'm looking to change the range, but can't seem to find it in the dev kit.

Tobias

Anyone know how feeding troughs work? I'm looking to change the range, but can't seem to find it in the dev kit.

The actual feeding part happens in C++ in the APrimalDinoCharacter class, not in the dev kit. APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem() finds the best food item for the dino to eat, either from a trough or from the dino's inventory, etc. Then APrimalDinoCharacter::ConsumeInventoryFoodItem() consumes the item from whatever inventory it was found in. You could probably hook GetBestInventoryFoodItem() to increase the range, but the visuals on the client (the feeding trough range indicator, the feeding trough symbols over a dino) won't reflect your change.

The range of the feeding trough is tied to the stasis component size or something similar, strange enough lol

Is that for the actual feeding part or just for the client visuals? I assumed for feeding it was hardcoded here in APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem(). I could definitely be wrong. Either way I think it's possible to effectively change it somehow with a plugin, but I assume you can't change the client side graphics.

This is the required setting on an structure to make it a feeding trough

12:25 AM

12:26 AM

It does stasis comp radius + 3000

Huh that's interesting. Do mesh components even exist on the server? I guess it makes sense to use the location of the stasis component.

Thanks!

Looking into if I can change the range using the stasis component. I read on a mod page that introduced a new trough that the range had something to do with the stasis component, but I could not find it in the dev kit not really knowing where to look.

TheMollusk

Is that for the actual feeding part or just for the client visuals? I assumed for feeding it was hardcoded here in APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem(). I could definitely be wrong. Either way I think it's possible to effectively change it somehow with a plugin, but I assume you can't change the client side graphics.

Considering hard coded values - do you guys ever edit the method bodies in memory to change values like this one? I sometimes wish there was a sig matcher/patcher in the api.

I've modified the script bytecode of compiled Blueprint graphs, never tried modifying the machine code of compiled C++ functions though. It seems like feeding is based off the location of the statis component + a hardcoded radius of 3000? So I'm not sure modifying the location of the stasis component will help you. I guess what I would do is hook APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem(), call _original in your hook, and then run your own check for feeding troughs with acceptable food in a larger range, and change the return value of the function if you find food in a nearby (within your new range) trough.

1:10 AM

Or add your new check first then only call _original if necessary.

The ARK wiki says that the regular feeding trough range is 11 foundations horizontally and 15 walls vertically, but the Tek trough range is 11 foundations horizontally and 17 walls vertically. Which seems odd. So either the wiki is wrong or I am with the hardcoded 3000 lol (I didn't look TOO close).

Thanks again

Will try that and see where it get's me. But it'll have to wait until tomorrow. Currently crashing on

c++
UProperty* prop = actor->FindProperty(FName("StasisComponent", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
USphereComponent& val = prop->Get<USphereComponent>(actor);

Crashes here which makes sense but not sure how to solve it.

C++
 Get(UObject* object)
{
...
if (sizeof(T) != this->ElementSizeField())
    throw std::invalid_argument("Expected size does not match property size.");

(edited)

It expects a pointer to USphereComponent

1:26 AM

So USphereComponent*

TheMollusk

The ARK wiki says that the regular feeding trough range is 11 foundations horizontally and 15 walls vertically, but the Tek trough range is 11 foundations horizontally and 17 walls vertically. Which seems odd. So either the wiki is wrong or I am with the hardcoded 3000 lol (I didn't look TOO close).

Yeah. Since I saw mods that add new troughs with larger ranges and none of it seem to be controlled through blueprint scripts I feel it would be odd if the range was hardcoded.

1:28 AM

Oh. I'll try that

TheMollusk

I've modified the script bytecode of compiled Blueprint graphs, never tried modifying the machine code of compiled C++ functions though. It seems like feeding is based off the location of the statis component + a hardcoded radius of 3000? So I'm not sure modifying the location of the stasis component will help you. I guess what I would do is hook APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem(), call _original in your hook, and then run your own check for feeding troughs with acceptable food in a larger range, and change the return value of the function if you find food in a nearby (within your new range) trough.

never tried modifying the machine code of compiled C++ functions

That's what you're doing when hooking ;) So if it is hardcoded and you'd want to change it. You'd just need to get it's offset with a sig and change it SmirKid

Yeah I think SS/S+ increase the range don't they? I'm not sure how that would work based on what I'm thinking.

The mod I found just stated they increased the size of the stasis component. It has a radius of 16.0 in the dev kit but dunno how that works with the wiki sizes either.

You can test if it's hardcoded easily by finding the function in x64dbg and patching that 3000 without doing too much work.

Frigoff

never tried modifying the machine code of compiled C++ functions

That's what you're doing when hooking ;) So if it is hardcoded and you'd want to change it. You'd just need to get it's offset with a sig and change it SmirKid

True lol. I let ArkServerApi's hooking library do the work for me though. I've run into a couple cases where I wished ArkServerApi API would export a function to get a function address, instead of just adding hooks.

TheMollusk

True lol. I let ArkServerApi's hooking library do the work for me though. I've run into a couple cases where I wished ArkServerApi API would export a function to get a function address, instead of just adding hooks.

I highly recommend Detours for that

1:35 AM

DetoursFindFunction can find any object and function with the PDB

1:36 AM

Detours is light weight and easy to include.

ArkServerApi in GitHub uses Detours now! I've actually been running that on my cluster instead of the released version (with MinHook) and it's been working really nicely. Props @substitute (edited)

Yeah Minhook was a weird choice Kek

Changed the radius of the stasis component but didn't seem to work so I'll check the 3000 tomorrow and hopefully it works

1:40 AM

I think I added function offsets to my local ArkServerApi at some point when trying to implement patching. But got stuck realizing that getting method sizes from the pdb was impossible(?)

Yeah you can't do that haha

1:40 AM

IDA and other tool guess on where the end is

1:41 AM

The binary doesn't store any size info on functions

1:43 AM

The easiest way to implement patching is to hook and never call the original.

Do you know any libs that work for patching the compiled code in memory? I don't usually code much in C/C++. I have changed things like the chance for offspring to inherit the better stat but I simply do it manually at this point.

1:44 AM

Sure. But some functions are huge and you would need to reimplement all of it no..?

Frigoff

Yeah Minhook was a weird choice Kek

I think Detours was only freely available for x32, not x64 until sometime in 2016, so maybe that's why Michidu started with MinHook? (edited)

TheMollusk

I think Detours was only freely available for x32, not x64 until sometime in 2016, so maybe that's why Michidu started with MinHook? (edited)

Ah I didn't start programming until 2019 so idk Kek

Tobias

Sure. But some functions are huge and you would need to reimplement all of it no..?

If there are areas of the function you want to remove you can patch it

madchook gang represent from 2000's

Frigoff

never tried modifying the machine code of compiled C++ functions

That's what you're doing when hooking ;) So if it is hardcoded and you'd want to change it. You'd just need to get it's offset with a sig and change it SmirKid

or you can reimplement the function assuming you match the original

Tobias

Changed the radius of the stasis component but didn't seem to work so I'll check the 3000 tomorrow and hopefully it works

Okay I overcomplicated it slightly yesterday (there was tequila involved

). You can update the stasis component radius to modify the feeding range, probably don't need to do any gameplay hooking. I don't know if there are other side effects from modifying that radius. Here's code that goes into the FeedingTroughBaseBP class and increases the radius of the component. It only affects newly placed troughs and those troughs revert to the default radius after a server restart. So you'll also need to modify the stasis component on each existing trough structure, not just the UClass. It also doesn't affect the visual client-side range indicators, just allows dinos to feed at a greater range. (edited)

TroughExample.cpp

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bob q: cannot open source file API/ARK/Ark.h - this is basic, im trying to get a simple environment setup to start working but this is very non intuitive (developer but not C++...chatGPT is not as helpful as you guys could be im sure) -- help? guidance? a link to a vid tut? a link to a "how to configure your VS env for ark plugin dev" ... anything?

XANAX

bob q: cannot open source file API/ARK/Ark.h - this is basic, im trying to get a simple environment setup to start working but this is very non intuitive (developer but not C++...chatGPT is not as helpful as you guys could be im sure) -- help? guidance? a link to a vid tut? a link to a "how to configure your VS env for ark plugin dev" ... anything?

#【🔶】ᴘʟᴜɢɪɴ-ᴛᴜᴛꜱ scroll to the top there's a doc on how to setup VS2019 for ark api, will work on VS2022 too

thnx! followed...seems to be missing something. also, big fan @Pelayori ur stuff rocks

1

What's the issue you are facing now?

Try configuring it for the release x64 configuration, it might be you are trying to configure the x86 version

6:56 PM

Also change your configuration used (where it says debug x64, click the drop down and select release)

6:57 PM

Or, Substitute has a template to get started quicker

6:57 PM

https://gist.github.com/aikar/df1b1a451c3c6f2b04dee59c34e11582

Contribute to SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template development by creating an account on GitHub.

love it, that was almost faster then chatGPT output too

ill try all these things THNX

I tested wether ChatGPT had been trained with any ark server api data and it sucks lol

6:59 PM

So it would need training with such environment, as it's very specific

6:59 PM

GPT4 is worse than GPT3.5 for this framework

6:59 PM

at least as of now

im expecting it to be difficult, but im a developer so i intend to start a proj slow and add features and explore as i learn...gpt is a tool, and im good at googling so its enough for me to feel comfortable to try anyway. im deving with fingers crossed lol

As long as you got C++ basics right, it's matter of spending time learning UE4 and how ark makes use of it

longer adventure then anticipated im sure. ill keep u posted then lol

yeah debug build just didnt work

7:14 PM

only release has worked for me

7:14 PM

and if you wanna use cmake with CLion lemme know i got a project working for that

7:15 PM

CMakeLists.txt

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im just tripping on env stuff...its gonna be something silly like a space in a path or something...i just cloned SubstituteR template repo and thats not building unchanged...settings arent coming through so relinking the public api dependancy and adjusting release x64 etc...what a headache, how do you guys live like this

Once you get it right the first time, it's always the same

7:17 PM

I have a script to create a new plugin from a personal template I have with my own configurations and predefined stuff I usually use

need a VM lol

whats a good way to filter to player tames only and not wild, currently have:

void Hook_UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_AddExperience(UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* _this, float howMuch, bool bShareWithTribe, EXPType::Type type) {
        auto character = _this->GetPrimalCharacter();
        auto isPlayer = character->IsA(AShooterCharacter::StaticClass());
        auto isDino = character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::StaticClass());
        if ((type == EXPType::MAX || type == EXPType::XP_KILL || type == EXPType::XP_ALPHAKILL) && (isPlayer || isDino)) {

and apparently wild dinos get XP too lol

i cant wait until my problems sound more like yours xD

yeah taken me a bit to get here lol

keep at it man

7:19 PM

imma take a break, needs a fresh set of eyes

7:19 PM

thnx guys, ciao for now

Aikar

whats a good way to filter to player tames only and not wild, currently have:

void Hook_UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_AddExperience(UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* _this, float howMuch, bool bShareWithTribe, EXPType::Type type) {
        auto character = _this->GetPrimalCharacter();
        auto isPlayer = character->IsA(AShooterCharacter::StaticClass());
        auto isDino = character->IsA(APrimalDinoCharacter::StaticClass());
        if ((type == EXPType::MAX || type == EXPType::XP_KILL || type == EXPType::XP_ALPHAKILL) && (isPlayer || isDino)) {

and apparently wild dinos get XP too lol

Players and tamed dinos / player owned structures always will have a TargetingTeam > 50000

7:20 PM

Wild dinos/structures (supply crates, etc...) are always < 50000, even less most likely but 50000 is a safe assumption

if ((type == EXPType::MAX type == EXPType::XP_KILL type == EXPType::XP_ALPHAKILL) && (isPlayer || isDino) && character->TargetingTeamField() >= 50000) { So this?

Yep, will work

7:21 PM

Also dinos have a BPIsTamed function but that just returns the same comparison

XANAX

im just tripping on env stuff...its gonna be something silly like a space in a path or something...i just cloned SubstituteR template repo and thats not building unchanged...settings arent coming through so relinking the public api dependancy and adjusting release x64 etc...what a headache, how do you guys live like this

Possibly a silly question: Did you also clone the ARK-Server-API submodule in his template? That's where the API/ARK/Ark.h file actually is.

k yeah that seems to be working fine

7:25 PM

and yeah if you forget to git submodule update --init (or clone recursive) template repo wont work

7:26 PM

got some good progress on my custom changes ive been wanting to do, mutations capped to 20, xp capped per kill, next up i want to filter out garbage from loot bags, any tips on best hook for when a loot bag is created to filter out implants from death corpe, and stuff like apex(tribute) drops, stone hatchets, skins, recipes etc? i want to just remove all the trash items

7:26 PM

tributes arent needed for my server

Lootbag as in Supply Crate?

no, mob kills/player death

7:27 PM

dino corpse/player corpse etc

7:28 PM

all these dinos dropping trash items like primitive stone hatchets i wanna get rid of

1sec I'll look it up

but if a player wants to craft it, i want to allow that

7:28 PM

as on omega there is recipes for modded weapons requires crafting like 50+ freaking hatchets to make the BP lol

7:29 PM

but while out in field looting bodies man inventory gets slammed with trash

When dead wild dinos do have a DinoDropInventoryComponent that is created upon death, you could hook one of the inventory init functions and remove the items after it's been initialized, or remove them before even initializing. dino drop inventories generate random items from ItemSets field so you could mess with possible items to be generated.

7:37 PM

All drop inventories likely inherit from

Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Inventories/DinoDropInventoryComponent_BP_Base.DinoDropInventoryComponent_BP_Base'

so you could cache the UClass* and compare it when you need to

7:38 PM

(after all those dino drop inventories are normal inventories, not sure if they are set to the dino's MyInventoryComponentField upon death, but it for sure is in the component list of the dino after it dies)

TheMollusk

Okay I overcomplicated it slightly yesterday (there was tequila involved

). You can update the stasis component radius to modify the feeding range, probably don't need to do any gameplay hooking. I don't know if there are other side effects from modifying that radius. Here's code that goes into the FeedingTroughBaseBP class and increases the radius of the component. It only affects newly placed troughs and those troughs revert to the default radius after a server restart. So you'll also need to modify the stasis component on each existing trough structure, not just the UClass. It also doesn't affect the visual client-side range indicators, just allows dinos to feed at a greater range. (edited)

Wow, nice! Thanks so much

Do you have any idea why the code I wrote yesterday did not appear to modify the range of the troughs? The previously placed trough still fed dinos a normal distance away when I set the range to 1 (expecting it to only feed dinos very close or not at all).

c++
UGameplayStatics::GetAllActorsOfClass(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), typeToFind, &FoundActors);
for (uint32_t i = 0; i < FoundActors.Num(); i++)
{
    AActor* actor = FoundActors[i];
    FString bp = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint(actor);

    if ((bp.Contains("FeedingTrough") || bp.Contains("TekTrough")) == false) continue;

    UProperty* prop = actor->FindProperty(FName("StasisComponent", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
    if (prop)
    {
        USphereComponent* val = prop->Get<USphereComponent*>(actor);
        val->SetSphereRadius(1.0, true);
    }
}

Well I think it's still the "radius value + 3000". So you have to increase the radius by a fairly large value to notice any impact. And to decrease it you maybe have to make the radius negative? Not sure if that works or causes other problems.

8:20 PM

Also:

c++
UProperty* prop = actor->FindProperty(FName("StasisComponent", EFindName::FNAME_Find));

Does that return anything? I don't know that there's a property called "StasisComponent".

8:21 PM

But you can try AActor::GetAllSceneComponents(TArray<USceneComponent*>* OutComponents), then loop over the array to find the stasis component, sort of like in my example.

That makes sense. I only tested it with dinos a few foundations away so could very well have overlooked if the range was reduced rather than basically zero.

8:23 PM

It does return the sphere component. It is what the component is called in the devkit

The default radius value was only 16, so by default, the hardcoded 3000 in C++ is a bigger factor. (edited)

Is 16 still unreal units (so 16 cm?). I'm not that familiar with unreal engine so figured it would be foundations or something.

That might be right. I haven't done a whole lot with those units. I think a foundation is 300 across.

Aikar

only release has worked for me

I’m fairly certain debug doesn’t work because debugging libraries aren’t pulled in automatically

8:30 PM

It could probably be made to work

TheMollusk

Is that for the actual feeding part or just for the client visuals? I assumed for feeding it was hardcoded here in APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem(). I could definitely be wrong. Either way I think it's possible to effectively change it somehow with a plugin, but I assume you can't change the client side graphics.

Out of pure interest - how can you tell that the 3000.0 value is added to the range here? Are you looking at the vtables/field offsets or something to make sense of the pseudo c code?

XANAX

im just tripping on env stuff...its gonna be something silly like a space in a path or something...i just cloned SubstituteR template repo and thats not building unchanged...settings arent coming through so relinking the public api dependancy and adjusting release x64 etc...what a headache, how do you guys live like this

Did you make sure to also clone the sub-modules (edited)

8:31 PM

In the readme is the full clone command

8:31 PM

git clone https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template.git --recursive

Tobias

Out of pure interest - how can you tell that the 3000.0 value is added to the range here? Are you looking at the vtables/field offsets or something to make sense of the pseudo c code?

Just an educated guess based on IDA's disassembly here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1089328007837139036 I could be wrong. But radius + 3000 basically aligns with what the wiki says about the feeding range being 11 foundations.

Here's the stasis component of the FeedingTroughBaseBP in the dev kit.

TheMollusk

Just an educated guess based on IDA's disassembly here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1089328007837139036 I could be wrong. But radius + 3000 basically aligns with what the wiki says about the feeding range being 11 foundations.

Okay. Yeah that makes a lot of sense when I think about it.

Also, the event graph in the dev kit for FeedingTroughBaseBP uses 3000 for the radius of the visual indicator. (edited)

It does? Haven't found 3000.0 in the dev kit

8:40 PM

Oh, it is in the graph.

Well now that I'm looking at it again, the 3000 I saw in the event graph is the range for the "Toggle all OFF in area" multi-use option lol

There's also one in the Throttled tick > Draw Debug Sphere function

I think the actual circle effect in-game is based on the FeedingTroughBaseBP's EffectField component, which uses a "DinoTroughArea" material, getting outside my dev kit comfort zone now though. (edited)

Probably correct. Your code worked to change the area. My code to change already placed troughs did not though.

Weird how I can't get the same change to the stasis component to work on a server restart.

Okay so AFeedingTroughBaseBP does have a property called "StasisComponent" that points to the stasis component (just because a class has a component doesn't mean you can always get it directly with FindProperty() though). But yeah, when I change the radius the dinos still won't eat from it. So there must be something else going on.

I wonder if we have to update the octree in UWorld after setting the new range for the overlap search to find it. (edited)

I'm not sure. Maybe time to take a more serious look at the psuedocode and figure out what's actually happening.

Tobias

I wonder if we have to update the octree in UWorld after setting the new range for the overlap search to find it. (edited)

UpdateComponentToWorld() seems to do the trick when updating existing structure's stasis components.

c++
        UProperty* stasisCompProp = troughStructure->FindProperty(FName("StasisComponent", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (!stasisCompProp)
            return;

        USphereComponent* stasisComp = stasisCompProp->Get<USphereComponent*>(troughStructure);
        if (!stasisComp)
            return;

        float currentRadius = *GetNativePointerField<float*>(stasisComp, "USphereComponent.SphereRadius");
        Log::GetLog()->info("Original Radius = {}", currentRadius);

        stasisComp->SetSphereRadius(10000, true);
        stasisComp->UpdateComponentToWorld(true);

        currentRadius = *GetNativePointerField<float*>(stasisComp, "USphereComponent.SphereRadius");
        Log::GetLog()->info("New Radius = {}", currentRadius);

Oh, man, how did you figure that out..? Here I am trying to find out if OverlapMultiInternalOctree can find the component or not

Lucky guess pretty much lol. I was looking at APrimalDinoCharacter::GetBestInventoryFoodItem() in IDA, but the assembly and pseudocode for that function is pretty ugly. I got the impression it was using something that had been registered with the dino character, part of some system I didn't want to spend too much time deciphering. We knew it worked if the radius was set in the trough class's template stasis component before placing a trough, so I figured there was something happening in the USphereComponent constructor or some update function. So I glanced through the USphereComponent class functions and the inherited USceneComponent::UpdateComponentToWorld() sounded promising. Tested it and it worked! (edited)

Luck or skill

I was trying UWorld::UpdateInternalOctreeTransform after following the assembly to UPrimitiveComponent::OnUpdateTransform but no luck there. Then couldn't tell in the debugger is the octree was indeed the issue so made a command to call it but had to get the structs from unreal source. Then realized I'm probably wasting a lot of time restarting the server each attempt so tried to remember how the plugin reloading was working again.

void SpectatorUseItem(int Index) { NativeCall<void, int>(this, "AShooterPlayerController.SpectatorUseItem", Index); }

9:53 AM

Hook this fun : Can I control the items used?

9:58 AM

I looked all over the actor. H. This method is the closest, but it should be triggered when an onlooker uses the item. I want the character to eat raw meat. He is limited to five.

is shared tribe xp considered EXPType::SPECIAL or something?

9:26 PM

I am capping KILL/ALPHA KILL and seems the shared exp didnt get included to tribe mates.

Anybody run unofficial servers on here? Are you able to find your servers on Unofficial when you search? None of my clusters are showing up anymore and I don't recall changing anything that would effect that. It seems like it happened this past month or so.

2:58 AM

^ using Steam ARK

I figured it out, it was because I needed to update my SteamCMD

Servers showing or not is random

anyone where to look for things around mating hitbox size? id like to boost the minimum to improve things like shinehorns etc with small radius to just like make the min radius for any dino 6 or so foundations.

There's a Female Mating Range Addition which can increase the range. Not sure if negatives decrease it though.

7:28 PM

And this is the vanilla formula for the mating range if interested on it:

if (GetWorld()->OverlapMultiInternalOctree(HitPrimitives, FBoxCenterAndExtent(GetActorLocation(), FVector(0.75f*Mesh->Bounds.SphereRadius + FemaleMatingRangeAddition)), OCTREEGROUP_DINOPAWNS_TAMED))
{
  // process for viable mates
}

7:28 PM

Seems negatives can affect the range

nice, and this will hold the vanilla values by default right, so i can just say range = max(minDesired, range);

7:32 PM

though i guess id need to hook where it looks it up, as i wouldnt wanna go change it per dino

The range itself is calcualted by: 0.75f*Mesh->Bounds.SphereRadius + FemaleMatingRangeAddition

7:32 PM

So you can just modify it with female mating range addition as you like

7:32 PM

On begin play, for example

whats it call to obtain the addition value so i can hook that

It's a variable, not a function

7:33 PM

So you can't hook the getter of it

7:33 PM

I would change it on begin play

7:35 PM

And the range check happens every dino tick

but isnt this per-dino specific?

7:37 PM

i was considering how each species has its own mating radius

Yes, you could change it per dino instance

you can modify the base dino bp and everything else will then inherit the new val

man was hoping there was like a GetAttribute I could hook and say if key == FemaleMatingRangeAddition, modify value lol

hooking BeginPlay would be very close to what you need

7:39 PM

the BeginPlay function is called when an actor spawns on the map

7:39 PM

you can just get the dino pointer and check the value after it was constructed (adding code after original function) (edited)

hmm, and so thats on like AActor?

7:42 PM

or i can just hook APrimalDinoCharacter::BeginPlay to pre-filter

APrimalDinoCharacter has own beginPlay function

ok

so you don't have to filter if it's a dino by yourself

7:43 PM

then just check if it's a female after original

7:43 PM

and check if tamed ofc

7:44 PM

actually if you want to adjust for a specific dino you don't even have to check if tamed

Just a tip, I would do a delay execute for 0.2-1s because spawn tamed will spawn it wild and after a small fraction of time actually set the tame up, but it won't be tamed in begin play off the bat

7:44 PM

My experience at least

i think hooking the tame function should be a better option in this case

lol it re-tames each server start/unpod?

I believe so

i would have expected to just restore the dino state as it was saved.

But it happens in the next frame so you dont notice it being wild firstly

7:46 PM

Been a while since I last did research on that so I don't remember every detail

it is def nice being able to make quality of life improvements to breeding though. got rid of random mutations too lol, so no more random +2 food muts while your trying to breed cleans.

7:47 PM

so it only mutates when using mutator

1 sec I'll look up the detail on unpod at least

ill roll with that attribute idea when i get done with work

Yes, it does spawn wild (uses the UE4 spawn actor function, and that will spawn a wild dino always), and then does the setup tamed

7:52 PM

So you could indeed hook setup tamed for tamed dinos

another thing im looking at is an area youve touched on before , the async saving of world, do you use that plugin @Pelayori ? code scares me because doesnt seem thread safe at all. would be much safer to snapshot game state on main and only thread the File IO Portion, which FileIO typically tends to be the real slow part of a games save operation. so i was looking at UWorld::SaveToFile or w/e that method is named and boy that things a beast, but im still not 100% if thats actually the proper disk write method as i see sooooo many blocks that seem to maybe deal with converting the world format? unless thats just handling writing it in older formats when operating on an older world.

Do not use it, there was an attempt recently at it again and it just corrupts the save games

7:53 PM

I have plans to tackle something to attempt better saves, but I have no eta

well if i can get a better understanding i can assist with this too, this is an area we made great improvements to Minecraft for. keep game state on main and focus on the IO itself.

The main saving happens on AShooterGameMode::SaveWorld

yeah, thats what i saw, and seems it jumps to SaveToFile for IO portion

7:55 PM

so i was trying to hook SaveToFile to thread that portion but its using a struct FNetFileInfo or something (not at my PC atm) that isnt in ArkAPI

7:55 PM

and couldnt find the struct in the disassembler for it correctly

7:55 PM

lemme jump pc real quick

7:56 PM

TSharedPtr<FWriteFileTaskInfo,0>* Hook_UWorld_SaveToFile(UWorld *world, TSharedPtr<FWriteFileTaskInfo,0> *result,
    FString *param_1,FString *param_2,
    TArray<TSubclassOf<AActor>,FDefaultAllocator> *param_3)

(edited)

FWriteFileTaskInfo this?

struct __cppobj FWriteFileTaskInfo
{
  TArray<unsigned char,FDefaultAllocator> FileContent;
  TArray<unsigned char,FDefaultAllocator> EXTRA_FileContent;
  TArray<unsigned char,FDefaultAllocator> EXTRA2_FileContent;
  TArray<unsigned char,FDefaultAllocator> EXTRA3_FileContent;
  TArray<unsigned char,FDefaultAllocator> EXTRA4_FileContent;
  TRefCountPtr<FGraphEvent> CompletionHandle;
};

yeah

7:56 PM

howd you find that

7:57 PM

IDA? lol

yeah

i was gonna try switching to IDA Free today

7:57 PM

as atm using ghidra

7:57 PM

guess need that FGraphEvent now too

7:58 PM

but yeah i was gonna start with hooking it and verifying that is the method that takes up the most time

struct __cppobj __declspec(align(8)) FGraphEvent
{
  TClosableLockFreePointerListUnorderedSingleConsumer<FBaseGraphTask,0> SubsequentList;
  TArray<TRefCountPtr<FGraphEvent>,TInlineAllocator<4,FDefaultAllocator> > EventsToWaitFor;
  FThreadSafeCounter ReferenceCount;
};

7:58 PM

this?

because threading the IO isnt that difficult, just gotta handle closing thread and avoiding concurrent writes, so figure could block on an async write pending for saveWorld too

7:59 PM

yeah boy this is gonna be a chain huh lol

7:59 PM

or is some of this stuff exposable by import

8:01 PM

k so looks like FBaseGraphTask should be last in stack there

8:02 PM

ah no theres more, is any of this in some unreal import?

Possibly, but this engine version is very old you'd need to go to the 4.51 engine version source

8:05 PM

struct FBaseGraphTask
{
  void *__vftable /*VFT*/;
  ENamedThreads::Type ThreadToExecuteOn;
  FThreadSafeCounter NumberOfPrerequistitesOutstanding;
};

8:06 PM

struct FThreadSafeCounter
{
  volatile int Counter;
};

(edited)

8:08 PM

You can find TClosableLockFreePointerListUnorderedSingleConsumer in: https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/tree/4.5/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Public/Containers (edited)

that repo seems to be private?

You need to join the epic games org to access it

Pelayori

I have plans to tackle something to attempt better saves, but I have no eta

Most of the saving is just serializing the game

8:15 PM

Player and tribe data can be done first, as those can probably be flat out written to a database

really? damn wouldnt of expected that

It’s why official has transfer timers

well portion of it yeah but memory vs disk io

Because the player data and the world data aren’t even close to synced

yeah im aware, ive actually had worse spikes lately from xfering in than general world saves

So it can only verify that items you picked up aren’t duplicated on crash by forcing you to wait until the game saves the map

8:18 PM

Honestly the only way to improve the saving would be a custom file entirely

8:18 PM

That can do diffs/deltas for the various in game events

world isnt regionized at al right, like minecraft has chunks, allows us to incrementally save only 1 chunk at a time, so it spreads it out over time. at worse creates some risk if a chunk rolls back to pre an entity joining it can lose the entity, but with players having their own file, if they moved at least body data to the player file too would avoid risk for bodies

8:25 PM

id also love for players who xfer off to just rename file vs deleting, so you can always least have a copy of the last time they were on said map during a backup, so if they lose char due to crash right as transferring in, can have something to roll back to I currently can grab their data from backup of another server then they just fix tribe, but loses body bag.

The game world is a single massive file

8:47 PM

If you migrated user data to a database then the file deletion issue goes away

8:47 PM

I would consider a database layout similar to the WoW database layout that TrinityCore uses

8:47 PM

The server a player is on would be a field on their player entity row

yeah could work and db will keep active players in cache

9:45 PM

i do an absolute ton of db queries on my minecraft server and able to keep majority < 10ms

9:46 PM

but I do async the logic as much as possible but when a db result is needed to decide to cancel a game event, cant avoid it there

Looks like the UE5 update will be a separate re-release of ARK. Not an update to the current game. At least the the UE5 update won't be breaking existing mods/plugins. https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-355-ark-roadmap-evo-event-and-more-r2075/ (edited)

Community Crunch 355: ARK Roadmap, EVO Event, and More!

Hey there Survivors! We’re ready to reveal ARK's roadmap for the next year, covering various game-related initiatives, new platforms, and media. The community’s support continues to be incredibly humbling and inspiring for the team, and that enthusiasm helps drive us toward creating the ultimate ...

TheMollusk

Looks like the UE5 update will be a separate re-release of ARK. Not an update to the current game. At least the the UE5 update won't be breaking existing mods/plugins. https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-355-ark-roadmap-evo-event-and-more-r2075/ (edited)

I'm excited, We might for the first time be able to do plugins on cross platform such as PSN/XBOX.

1:08 AM

Combining those communities together will bring a massive influence of new players. Very exciting stuff

only If they give us the pdb right? 7243_cat_yawn

It'll be interesting to see how the player base splits between the two versions of the game. Crossplay for all platforms with mods will be nice. Having to pay for the new version plus the story DLCs is unfortunate but unsurprising. This is basically the path I was hoping WC would take (separate release) once they made the UE5 plans known. I have a new cluster planned and I'm still leaning towards just launching it on the original game (but personally I also like that the original version won't have any more content updates I have to adjust around). Now to wait and see if the new version ships with pdb. (edited)

jraServerAPI

only If they give us the pdb right? 7243_cat_yawn

no, game could be dumped another way too

1:25 AM

just like there exist unreal dumpers for any unreal game

I can't believe they made a version that no one asked for just to kill off their old version to milk more money from the players.

1:29 AM

Just my two cents GWcmeisterPeepoShrug

Those other dumps aren't quite as nice though (only get what's in the UE reflection system). One significant difference is that it's harder to modify stuff like TArrays (which FStrings are based on) and TMaps that have been allocated by the game engine since the reflection system doesn't expose UE's memory allocator. I haven't looked at the UE5 source code, but on the UE4 Linux version (not Windows though), it was possible to force the server to use system malloc instead of the UE implementation, which made that less of an issue (on Linux).

You can make the implementations use the FMemory functions. You just have to assign the addresses of the functions first.

no doubt, shipping pdb would be ideal but i just pointed out that the API would work one way or the other anyway

Yeah that's what ArkServerApi does using pdb

It's no different without PDB. You'll just need good sigs.

1:32 AM

Really not shipping the PDB just slows down reversing. But there are ways to construct "bad" pdbs using UE4s reflection system.

I'm hopeful they will but only time will tell

I haven't personally used signatures to develop plugins (except for detecting global names and objects on Linux using data signatures). Using code signatures seems a little scary to me. But I imagine you could come up with reliable ones as long as WC is using the same build toolchain between updates. I'd think you'd want to use signature detection in ArkServerApi itself and export the address for commonly needed functions rather than in plugins themselves. Then if a sig breaks, you just need to fix ArkServerApi and re-compile rather than fix individual plugins.

Yes unless they go changing the tool chain a lot, they will be similar. It's not hard to make patterns that are both unique and update proof. Most likely the best way I can see the API going is if I understand Sub correctly would be instead of having the users all hook what they want. They register stuff that they want to be called either before / after the original call and have that be the interface.

i think this could be taken further and sigs could be loaded from a webpage or some other endpoint

Ooh fancy. I like that

that's what i did for my league of legends skin changer lol

Yeah that or some cfg file that gets loaded per server version.

Actually I lied. I have used code signatures (but a little more involved than detecting machine code patterns). On Linux I would detect the VTable offset of ProcessEvent() by disassembling a particular function (found in the reflection system) at runtime and extracting the offset from assembly.

Why were you getting the VTable offset

Then I could call either UObject::ProcessEvent or AActor::ProcessEvent as appropriate (edited)

Ah I supposed you picked that up from the SDKs

But finding the address for both would work too

ye ^

1:51 AM

Anyways the API can be done for sure. I have some ideas too that I will try when it(the game) comes out. (edited)

Well I'm not a huge fan of the existing SDKs, but I learned from them and their generator's source code and then I learned a lot more writing my own generator from the ground up. In my SDKs I use the reflection system at runtime, so I don't have to worry about offsets changing between updates (almost like using pdb).

Yeah most people who have a clue do that. SDKs that are public are a hack job for low iq cheaters. (edited)

1:54 AM

If they don't release the PDB I will(hopefully if I have enough time) make rudimentary one for the community.

1:55 AM

And make it work with a Binary Ninja plugin.

1:55 AM

Since it definitely won't be a "pdb" replacement.

1:55 AM

But you'll have most function addresses and types.

I spent a little bit of time reading the UnknownCheats forums. Then I realized most of the people there were just parroting information that they had seen once that didn't apply in most situations lol. And I started basing my work off the UE4 source code and IDA.

UnknownCheats is a diamond in the rough forum.

1:56 AM

Anyone who knows most info isn't going to be posting it because they're too busy.

Yeah theres some good information there. But you have to sort through a lot of BS

I still highly recommend Binary Ninja if you're going to do any type extraction.

1:58 AM

For some reason IDA dies on the templated types unlike Binary Ninja

1:58 AM

And Binary Ninja is multi-threaded so it doesn't take forever to load and it's cheap lol.

1:58 AM

Honestly they should hire me for their marketing team. All I do is sell their stuff blobfeelsevil

1:59 AM

Here's an example:

1:59 AM

damn

2:00 AM

that's sick

The only thing that sucks is they don't have a fast sig searching tool built in. I was making one but it was in Python and I really needed to use their C++ plugin tools

2:01 AM

IDA's is pretty quick and reliable that's the only thing I've noticed.

2:02 AM

Both still break on Bitfields though...

2:06 AM

https://binary.ninja/ Definitely check them out.

2:06 AM

Did I also mention it works on Linux

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@Frigoff I’ll have to at least get a completed x64 version of that system

2:19 AM

Instead of just a prototype

Get to working

Frigoff

If they don't release the PDB I will(hopefully if I have enough time) make rudimentary one for the community.

I've been planning on eventually publishing a robust ArkServerApi-based SDK (sort of a replacement/supplement for the existing ArkServerApi public headers) that includes all classes exposed in the UE reflection system that makes it easy to read/write properties in native and Blueprint-generated classes and to easily hook native/Blueprint functions. But I keep coming up with improvements I want to make on it before making it public. (Just ask @jraServerAPI, I've been talking about it for a few months lol). (edited)

Yeah

2:42 AM

That’s the fun part about the

2:42 AM

UE platform

2:43 AM

It’s really nice to work on

2:43 AM

Have you looked at UE5 yet?

Not really yet. I have the impression that the plugin-relevant server-side code hasn't changed as much as it did between UE3 and UE4. I could be wrong though.

Their reflection system has different types

2:54 AM

That’s about it

I'll have to check that out

Anyone here tried to put newly hatched or born dinos in cryopods? I've seen the code for cryopodding a tame, but to do the same for a baby dino you have to know when it is born, figure out the most likely owner, possibly claim it etc. So far I know that unclaimed baby dinos do not seem to belong to a particular targeting team. They can be either 1 or 2 for hatched and born respectively and at least 1 is shared with other wild dinos. I previously made a mod that checked baby age == 0.0 in SetBabyAge and delayed processing 250 ms which would allow BeginPlay and other vital functions to complete setup before modifying the dino. Not sure if that is the best approach.

yes, before you cryopod them, you need to claim them. I just claim them via TryMultiUse before I cryo them: dino->TryMultiUse(player_controller, 122);

Can't claim with TryMultiUse if the player is not online, right..? I'm kinda stuck and wonder how the dev kit mods do it

If the player is only and you have a tribe id you could change targeting team of dino

6:37 PM

And if you later want to give imprint to player there’s some update imprinting details functions

There are a bunch of calls and fields that are set so I'm not sure if changing the targeting team is enough to make it claimed.

It is pretty much on baby dinos

Turns out you don't even have to set a targeting team. You can pick up unclaimed dinos in a cryopod and everything will be set when they are released.

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Hello, I am looking for a developer or even a plugin that allows me to give rewards or points when a player votes for my server (on the site: top-serveurs.net) My mps are open for any proposition. (it's urgent).

any way around dev kit wanting VS 2013?

2:50 AM

to see headers and such

ChewbaccaFR

Hello, I am looking for a developer or even a plugin that allows me to give rewards or points when a player votes for my server (on the site: top-serveurs.net) My mps are open for any proposition. (it's urgent).

there is a plugin for it already ?

Natsu

there is a plugin for it already ?

No, no plugin is available for that... That's why I'm looking for a developer to do this for me.

ChewbaccaFR

No, no plugin is available for that... That's why I'm looking for a developer to do this for me.

Lethal

Click to see attachment 🖼️

Don't work with top-serveurs.net

Sounds like it does since recently doesn't it

Yes, Foppa told me he was on the problem and in discussion with top-serveurs.net to solve the problem and get everything up and running quickly

Would it be possible to change the boss difficulty based on tribe members doing the boss fight? i know i could nerf the boss completely by using

DinoClassDamageMultipliers=(ClassName="Manticore_Character_BP_Easy_C",Multiplier=0.90)
DinoClassResistanceMultipliers=(ClassName="Manticore_Character_BP_Easy_C",Multiplier=0.90)

For example.

possible sure, should be able to hook spawning of the boss mob, then count how many players are nearby

5:32 PM

then apply some metadata to it, then hook damage/resistance calculations to apply it

5:33 PM

that leads me to a question, if i want to store my own arbitrary key/values on a dino/player, what would I use for that, and it persists restarts right?

5:33 PM

i want to do something like store spawn time of a wild dino, and implement a smarter dino wipe that more aggressively wipes out lower level stuff but lets higher level stuff live longer.

Aikar

that leads me to a question, if i want to store my own arbitrary key/values on a dino/player, what would I use for that, and it persists restarts right?

Probably custom data tags

Aikar

possible sure, should be able to hook spawning of the boss mob, then count how many players are nearby

boss is spawned with Hook_UWorld_SpawnActor right or does it use a different hook ?

im not the one to ask for that lol

8:53 PM

but thats a logical sounding name

what hook would i look for on a player trying to either pick up or press T/E/O w/e to move an item out of a trophy slot on a structure. I want to make it so players can unlock structures but no one can take items out of trophy slot unless they are in same tribe as the structure. (edited)

10:40 PM

i suspect i would need to skip calling original then send a replication to sync the client

Moving items is removing them from the source and adding them to destination, there isn't a fancy move item function sadly

10:44 PM

So it can be a bit tricky

yeah iwant to cancel the picking up part

10:58 PM

so it never leaves the source inventory at all

10:58 PM

so im hoping all methods at least start with a 'remove item from slot'then what it does with it for the various actions would then vary

UPrimalInventoryComponent::RemoveItem is one of the core remove functions

does that indicate whos trying to remove it

Nope

k ill least use that to find refs to find where in the stack players known at

Is there a way to built-in way to store things between plugin reloads? I need to store default values to fetch if the plugin is reloaded so that I can rebuild the state.

Tobias

Is there a way to built-in way to store things between plugin reloads? I need to store default values to fetch if the plugin is reloaded so that I can rebuild the state.

Upload it to database maybe? SQLite or MySQL

I'm using json right now and it feels a bit clunky. Figured an in-memory state storage of some kind would be a lot better.

It depends on what you need to store

7:54 PM

There are not right answers without knowing

Right now, base stat values for different species, so just value types.

Json is simple and works good for that, you could use sqlite as well or mysql if you need cluster wide data

Yeah. I'll continue with json then

Pelayori

It depends on what you need to store

We could probably have a container for arbitrary data storage in the api

11:06 PM

So that a plugin can persist state between loads without having to do stuff like writing to disk

Yeah, I am 100% in favour of that

11:08 PM

But if you need cluster wide you'd need mysql or other service either way

11:08 PM

Would be useful for server specific data

wouldnt the custom data tags persist if you store info there

1:42 AM

but how do you access these data tags

Can someone tell me what a Getter Component is? What is the effect of this mod on the server?

MoGu

Can someone tell me what a Getter Component is? What is the effect of this mod on the server?

throw hwid in pluginside

ok ty so much

can you link to wtf you are talking about lol, a getter component sounds like a concept, whats it to do with mods or hwid's?

It's a companion mod for Wetbatman's hwid bans system

4:11 PM

It obtains the hwid of the client part, which cannot be obtained by the server

Aikar

can you link to wtf you are talking about lol, a getter component sounds like a concept, whats it to do with mods or hwid's?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1840739225

Steam Workshop::Getter Component

Aikar

wouldnt the custom data tags persist if you store info there

I think you're referring to the AActor::Tags field when you say "custom data tags"? That's a TArray<FName>, so it's not really suited to storing arbitrary data (plus it's just on AActor classes). Those tags would persist between plugin reloads, but I think not between server restarts.

7:58 PM

If you only care about saving data between plugin reloads (not server restarts) there are other options similar to AActor::Tags that involve calling UE/ARK functions to allocate & store certain types of data. If you really wanted to live dangerously you could probably allocate data on the heap directly from your DLL, save a pointer to it somewhere commonly accessible, and access it again on the next reload (at the very least you'd want to build your DLL in a way that ensures you're using the same copy of the C runtime between reloads: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/potential-errors-passing-crt-objects-across-dll-boundaries). But that's not a path I think anyone would recommend. Saving to a file/DB as others suggested would be a better choice.

so the UE doesnt provide a metadata store....?! how the hell can you call yourself a game engine w/o a metadata store. like mods like ARK Omega, its storing SOMETHING thats persisted to tell 'this is an Omega Meteor Raptor' as it doesnt use unique classes. W/e its storing is what I wanted to also be able to store in same fashion

8:14 PM

as that stuff is also persisted in cryo/soul pods etc

8:14 PM

I did see That TArray<fname> is filled with the :SpyGlass: stuff that Omega adds to integrate with Awesome Spyglass, but didnt see any other data.

Does anyone know how im able to get a discord bot to communicate with the ark shop plugin.

communicate in what way

8:17 PM

like list whats for sale?

Aikar

so the UE doesnt provide a metadata store....?! how the hell can you call yourself a game engine w/o a metadata store. like mods like ARK Omega, its storing SOMETHING thats persisted to tell 'this is an Omega Meteor Raptor' as it doesnt use unique classes. W/e its storing is what I wanted to also be able to store in same fashion

Well yeah it has a metadata storage, but you cannot do it from a plugin

8:18 PM

Mods can force a variable from an instance to serialize to save game, but that's a flag we cannot force at runtime I'm pretty sure

8:18 PM

So we need our own stuff

where ever those things are registered to serialize, should be able to register our own to that same array?

8:20 PM

does it register a deserialize hook that copies it back to some instance? where are these mod state instances stored?

8:20 PM

on the actor object

Mollusk probably has an actual answer

8:20 PM

:p

Aikar

I did see That TArray<fname> is filled with the :SpyGlass: stuff that Omega adds to integrate with Awesome Spyglass, but didnt see any other data.

So in that particular case, your Omega mod is probably populating the "Tags" field in the dev kit, cooking the mod, and the Tags field gets populated from the static mod assets during initialization, it's not something that's modified at runtime and saved.

i did that TagsField array and only saw a single entry in it, but thats all string based

8:22 PM

i suspected maybe it was a custom component

8:23 PM

but i wanna do things like on boss spawn, store its spawn location, make it so boss cant leave that area. but id need to handle server restarts etc to make sure that info is retained. sure could do by DB, but does the game have reliable UUID's for the mobs?

Pelayori

Mollusk probably has an actual answer

Probably not lol. I haven't looked at the serialization and saving systems too much

thats consistent across restarts, and unique

8:24 PM

but then cleanup sucks too, dotn want dead stuff staying in db

8:24 PM

storing in the actor data object is the simplest way

8:24 PM

so when it dies, data is gone

I believe the save game flag is computed at compile time to tell the serialization function what to save

8:28 PM

Not sure if you can force enable it at will

what is this flag set on

8:29 PM

what struct?

On the UProperty would be my guess (edited)

8:32 PM

Since it's an UPROPERTY macro flag

8:33 PM

UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, SaveGame)

TheMollusk

I think you're referring to the AActor::Tags field when you say "custom data tags"? That's a TArray<FName>, so it's not really suited to storing arbitrary data (plus it's just on AActor classes). Those tags would persist between plugin reloads, but I think not between server restarts.

That’s not what he’s referring to

Would make sense for each property to know wether they should serialize

@TheMollusk @Aikar

8:35 PM

This is what I mean by custom data tags

That's just for UPrimalItem

Pelayori

That's just for UPrimalItem

It works for other objects too

8:35 PM

It’s how ascension data is stored on the player

ohh so i can look at your plugin for a reference

It just isn’t exposed as a native C++ function

substitute

It’s how ascension data is stored on the player

I think that's stored on the "StartingNote" UPrimalItem

8:36 PM

or implant item, whatever it's called

but yeah thats exactly kind of stuff i was looking for, are those maps?

That's a struct containing different array types

8:37 PM

Maps are not exposed to bp graphs

does dinos have some hidden item if thats case?

8:37 PM

i mean dont you have a key for name of whats stored in there and a value

TheMollusk

I think that's stored on the "StartingNote" UPrimalItem

It is but I’m fairly certain it exists for Dinos too

clearly mod dinos are storing special reqs that then stay preserved in the ball/pod

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerPlugins/blob/00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0f4/AutoEndgame/Plugin/plugin.h#L216

ArkServerPlugins/plugin.h at 00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0...

A collection of open source Ark Server API Plugins I have written. - ArkServerPlugins/plugin.h at 00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0f4 · SubstituteR/ArkServerPlugins

lot of doors open up when you have generic k/v stores on entities(actors)

This is how I used it for the specimen implant

ive done some crazy stuff in minecraft from the plugin level

I wonder when the game is saved, is EVERYTHING in the custom item data saved (including plugin-added stuff)? or just specific entries?

Everything should save

8:40 PM

It’s arbitrary key/value data

So that could be a nice way to save extra data associated with items at least. There could be something similar for actors/dinos, but I don't know what it is.

Yeah anything will save, as with mods you can store anything in there

TheMollusk

So that could be a nice way to save extra data associated with items at least. There could be something similar for actors/dinos, but I don't know what it is.

I know there is for buffs

Too much data will cause client buffer overflow, though

The same thing

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerPlugins/blob/00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0f4/AutoEndgame/Plugin/plugin.h#L217 so this does gender, steamid, playername, is the indexes reserved for specific stuff? what maps index 0 = gender, 1 = steamid

ArkServerPlugins/plugin.h at 00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0...

A collection of open source Ark Server API Plugins I have written. - ArkServerPlugins/plugin.h at 00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0f4 · SubstituteR/ArkServerPlugins

Aikar

https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerPlugins/blob/00ecb6b05ab32ab1692857ef04d165825e2fd0f4/AutoEndgame/Plugin/plugin.h#L217 so this does gender, steamid, playername, is the indexes reserved for specific stuff? what maps index 0 = gender, 1 = steamid

It’s just reverse engineered from what the actual item uses

but if we stored something at index 4, then something else also tried to use 4, wed have an issue

8:43 PM

i think storing objects and and using ISA checks or some kind of type check a safer approach

Yes, so instead you would use your own key

8:43 PM

For your own data structure

well that strings seems to be numerical indexed

8:43 PM

array

On the structure yes

8:44 PM

But the structure is retrieved by key

8:44 PM

You have one entire structure per key

but doesnt it need to be on "InitData"

For the specific thing I am doing, yes

8:44 PM

Because I’m replacing that existing data

so your saying register our own property to the UE system

You could use whatever name you wanted for custom data

I just checked all the SaveGame propreties for APrimalDinoCharacter and there's nothing like that, unless it's on a different place

It probably isn’t exposed in C++

8:46 PM

It’s mostly used in BP stuff

8:46 PM

You’ll have to dig around in the devkit to see all the supported classes

so in theory could register your own class like a mod does that stores stuff long as format is done right

Yes, you could for example use a persistent buff that isn’t shown and does nothing

8:48 PM

Since I’m fairly certain buffs get custom data tags too

ooo

8:48 PM

i was thinking maybe it was stored in a buff

8:50 PM

what id like to do is have a serializeable object, with getter/setters like getBoolean(String key) and you ultimately should know what the type is for your key, then have the save/load simply store entire map as a serialized json blob or w/e, but runtime access is standard map based lookups

8:50 PM

so serialization only happens at save/load

APrimalBuff has a UPrimalBuffPersistentData* MyBuffPersistentData field

oh yeah i was looking up the GetAimedActor stuff last night, i noticed internally the code uses a TWeakRefPtr<A, B, C> format (I may have that class name wrong but you know what i mean) but Api has it as just <A>

8:55 PM

whats up with that

8:56 PM

for like actor field

8:56 PM

on FHitResult

8:56 PM

I was first using the wrong one that uses the FHitResult object so was trying to make that work, but i did find there was an alt one that just returns the actor

Aikar

whats up with that

TWeakObjectPtr probably? It's used to represent a pointer to an object that could become null (if it's garbage collected). ArkServerApi has a very minimal TWeakObjectPtr implementation. It can be used to call into UE code to attempt to dereference the pointer:

c++
template <typename T>
struct TWeakObjectPtr
{
    T* Get(bool bEvenIfPendingKill = false)
    {
        return NativeCall<T*, bool>(this, "FWeakObjectPtr.Get", bEvenIfPendingKill);
    }

    ...
}

In Unreal Engine, the template class is defined like:

c++
template<class T=UObject, class TWeakObjectPtrBase=FWeakObjectPtr, class TUObjectArray=FIndexToObject>
struct TWeakObjectPtr : private TWeakObjectPtrBase
{
    ...
}

If you tried to use ArkServerApi's implementation on a TWeakObjectPtr in the server that doesn't use the default types (TWeakObjectPtrBase=FWeakObjectPtr and TUObjectArray=FIndexToObject), it may not work. But I think those defaults are always used (at least in ARK). (edited)

TheMollusk

TWeakObjectPtr probably? It's used to represent a pointer to an object that could become null (if it's garbage collected). ArkServerApi has a very minimal TWeakObjectPtr implementation. It can be used to call into UE code to attempt to dereference the pointer:

c++
template <typename T>
struct TWeakObjectPtr
{
    T* Get(bool bEvenIfPendingKill = false)
    {
        return NativeCall<T*, bool>(this, "FWeakObjectPtr.Get", bEvenIfPendingKill);
    }

    ...
}

In Unreal Engine, the template class is defined like:

c++
template<class T=UObject, class TWeakObjectPtrBase=FWeakObjectPtr, class TUObjectArray=FIndexToObject>
struct TWeakObjectPtr : private TWeakObjectPtrBase
{
    ...
}

If you tried to use ArkServerApi's implementation on a TWeakObjectPtr in the server that doesn't use the default types (TWeakObjectPtrBase=FWeakObjectPtr and TUObjectArray=FIndexToObject), it may not work. But I think those defaults are always used (at least in ARK). (edited)

It shouldn’t work if the defaults aren’t used

10:00 PM

I’d argue any functionality or expectation of “working” would be undefined behavior

well based on the proxy native call, id expect the defaults dont matter for 2nd/3rd since they arent used in the Get() call, but yeah thats part i was questioning, safety of having such a mismatch

The ArkServerApi TWeakObjectPtr::Get() is explicitly calling FWeakObjectPtr::Get() (basically it's hardcoded in instead of using a template parameter), so if the FWeakObjectPtr default type wasn't used, it's calling the wrong thing

yeah i see that now, makes sense. so the api's TWeak could add multiple Get methods for other common types yeah or could maybe even be TFWeakObjectPtr and use diff names for diff setups.

Aikar

yeah i see that now, makes sense. so the api's TWeak could add multiple Get methods for other common types yeah or could maybe even be TFWeakObjectPtr and use diff names for diff setups.

You don’t need to add multiple, just need a templated version with defaults for <?,B,C>

but would that template work to generate the proper string to NativeCall? (edited)

6:20 PM

i dont know much about the power of templates

6:20 PM

though i know macros can expand to string, i use it in my own hook macros

@substitute this syntax FCustomItemData implantData{ .CustomDataName = FName("InitData", EFindName::FNAME_Find) }; is this the same as FCustomItemData implantData; implantData .CustomDataName = FName("InitData", EFindName::FNAME_Find);

Aikar

@substitute this syntax FCustomItemData implantData{ .CustomDataName = FName("InitData", EFindName::FNAME_Find) }; is this the same as FCustomItemData implantData; implantData .CustomDataName = FName("InitData", EFindName::FNAME_Find);

Yes

How can i make a player execute a chat command, notably to run /kit on new character creation.

5:45 PM

unless arkshop default kit isnt gonna spam you dont have kits remaining if i set up that default one, it was giving it to me every spawn vs every char creation so had to stop using that

A chat command is essentially a chat message

5:47 PM

So you could use AShooterPlayerController::ServerSendChatMessage_Implementation

k, and is there any preferred way to read startup arguments, or is the -serverkey a standard that is already stored somewhere? so i can identify what the server id is

It is not an standard

5:50 PM

You can check how is it read in arkshop's source code

thanks got it

1

huge improvement i can see to the GSH website is to fix redirects for all those old resource urls to try to get them to the correct place. Finding so many old urls that send you to the wrong place has made a lot of the info on the forums give useless links.

Aikar

huge improvement i can see to the GSH website is to fix redirects for all those old resource urls to try to get them to the correct place. Finding so many old urls that send you to the wrong place has made a lot of the info on the forums give useless links.

Any chance you'd be able to help compile a list of the old URLs and put them inside #【🐞】ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛ-ᴀ-ʙᴜɢ?

err prob not, unless i run into it again in future, but i think the main one is that hook creator, i know when i was reading thread on that i could never find the download

Pretty much any arkserverapi.com link doesn't work anymore.

Where are you finding the old URLs at? Is it ones that were bookmarked on private browser or are you finding them on forum sites / third party sites.

on various forum threads to say resource urls

7:41 PM

they all redirect to the api resource download

When you say forum threads are you talking about threads on the GSH website or other sites like arkforums?

Little bit context by the way on why the old urls broke during the migration. When we transfered the database from old site to new site it failed to transfer the endpoint URLs so we had to manually update the old URLs in database. The way the domain works is it's a domain that links to a DNS record such as A-Record or CNAME Record. Since the old endpoints don't match up with the current endpoints if I put ArkServerApi.com on the DNS record for IP address instead of a force redirect then it'll still only work with new URLs rather then old endpoints. The other element is I don't know what the old endpoints where for each resource so that'd be tricky to find them.

How to get dino in a cryopod item?

SR

How to get dino in a cryopod item?

It's in the ArkShop source code

Matisse

It's in the ArkShop source code

I mean not spawning one

11:01 AM

I need getting dino already in existing cryopod

Oh mb, can't help you with that unfortunately, still learning how all of this works.

SR

I need getting dino already in existing cryopod

Do you want to spawn it, or just get its class?

Pelayori

Do you want to spawn it, or just get its class?

get class

There's a function in the cryopod item, I can write some code for it in a few mins

SR

get class

UClass* FindDinoClass(UPrimalItem* cryopod)
{
    if (!cryopod)
        return nullptr;

    if (!cryopod->NameField().ToString().Contains("Cryopod"))
        return nullptr;

    struct ReturnParams
    {
        FCustomItemData data
        UClass* returnedClass = nullptr;
    };

    ReturnParams params;
    UFunction* GetContainedDinoFunction = cryopod->FindFunctionChecked(FName("GetContainedDinoClass", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
    if (!GetContainedDinoFunction)
        return nullptr;

    cryopod->ProcessEvent(GetContainedDinoFunction, &params);

    return params.returnedClass;
}

(edited)

1:07 PM

Something like that would suffice, it's better to use that function rather than the class arrays in the custom item data because the cryopod itself attempts to load the class from string references it has if the class itself is not valid

Pelayori

UClass* FindDinoClass(UPrimalItem* cryopod)
{
    if (!cryopod)
        return nullptr;

    if (!cryopod->NameField().ToString().Contains("Cryopod"))
        return nullptr;

    struct ReturnParams
    {
        FCustomItemData data
        UClass* returnedClass = nullptr;
    };

    ReturnParams params;
    UFunction* GetContainedDinoFunction = cryopod->FindFunctionChecked(FName("GetContainedDinoClass", EFindName::FNAME_Add));
    if (!GetContainedDinoFunction)
        return nullptr;

    cryopod->ProcessEvent(GetContainedDinoFunction, &params);

    return params.returnedClass;
}

(edited)

Thank you

Do we know how to check if a wild dino is tamable or not? I know there's a collection of untamable classes in gamemode(..?) but not sure how NPCZoneManager bForceUntameable is transferred to the spawned dinos.

There's an APrimalDinoCharacter::bCanBeTamed bitfield value you could try

No clue how I did not find that one

Thanks!

There's also AShooterGameState::AllowDinoTame and AShooterGameState::AllowDinoClassTame I am not sure if the bitfield on the dino factors in the tame prevention by INI server settings.

The dino bitfield bCanBeTamed is probably set from AShooterGameState::AllowDinoTame and AShooterGameState::AllowDinoClassTame. I'm trying to check if dinos in caves are tamable and it returns true for all the high level dinos that are not tamable but where the species can be tamed.

APrimalDinoCharacter::bForceDisablingTaming for future reference.

Its possible to change this? I couldnt do it with dino->DescriptionNameField() = FString("text ") + dino->DescriptionNameField() + FString(" text");

@RMod if you made that change, im sure youll need to trigger a replication to make client see it

Descriptive Name is not replicated therefore you cannot use that approach to change the dino name I'm pretty sure

Hello, its possible get stats from a dino in cryopod? If so, there easy aproach?

Stat values are stored in the floats array of the CustomItemData of the cryopod, if that's what you want

12:22 AM

Stat points are not, you must spawn the dino to check it

Any idea to edit it? Thanks

There might be some DinoName or similar

1:32 AM

There should be at least 1 replicated field

Pelayori

Stat values are stored in the floats array of the CustomItemData of the cryopod, if that's what you want

Ty

Have anyone here successfully changed the base stats for a dino type? When I change the base stats on the status component default object and rescale the stat the stat changes in game but leads to some weird bugs like passive tames drop to 0 food after being fed once and then starve (even when food was not changed at all).

4:51 PM

Code is basically this

c++
std::map<FString, bool> modifiedCreatureTypes;

void Hook_UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_InitializeComponent(UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* statusComponent)
{
    // ...

    APrimalCharacter* primalCharacter = static_cast<APrimalCharacter*>(statusComponent->GetPrimalCharacter());
    if (primalCharacter == nullptr) return;

    FString bp = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint(primalCharacter);
    if (modifiedCreatureTypes.find(bp) != modifiedCreatureTypes.end()) return;

    UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* defaultStatusComponent = static_cast<UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent*>(statusComponent->ClassField()->GetDefaultObject(true));

    if (defaultStatusComponent == nullptr) return;

    // ...

    // get the base value from the default object
    float& value = defaultStatusComponent->MaxStatusValuesField()()[EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::Stamina];
    // save the base value
    float baseValue = value;

    // calculate the compensated base value (if our creature had x more base levels in this stat)
    float newBaseValue = baseValue * 2;

    // set the new base value on the default object
    value = newBaseValue;

    modifiedCreatureTypes.emplace(bp, true);

    // ...

    UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent_InitializeComponent_original(statusComponent);
}

void Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this)
{
    APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay_original(_this);

    // ...

    UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* statusComponent = _this->MyCharacterStatusComponentField();
    
    // ...

    statusComponent->RescaleMaxStat(EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::Stamina, 1.0, true);
}

(edited)

here is what I found/use:

c++
void ModifyDinoBaseStats(APrimalDinoCharacter* dino, AShooterPlayerController* PC, std::vector<int> baseLevelMods)
{
    UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* status = dino->MyCharacterStatusComponentField();
    if (status)
    {
        // 0: health
        // 1: stamina
        // 2: torpor
        // 3: oxygen
        // 4: food
        // 5: water
        // 6: temperature
        // 7: weight
        // 8: melee damage
        // 9: movement speed
        // 10: fortitude
        // 11: crafting speed
        //  ModifyDinoBaseStats(APrimalDinoCharacter* dino, AShooterPlayerController* PC, std::vector<int> baseLevelMods)        
        //     [health, stamina, torpor, oxygen, food, water, temperature, weight, melee damage, movement speed, fortitude, crafting speed]


        if (baseLevelMods.size() == 12)
        {
            auto levelUpPointsAppliedBase = status->NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField()();
            auto baseCharacterLevel = 1;
            for (auto i = 0; i < 12; i++)
            {
                auto newBaseLevel = baseLevelMods[i];
                if (newBaseLevel < 0) newBaseLevel = 0;
                else if (newBaseLevel > 255) newBaseLevel = 255;

                levelUpPointsAppliedBase[i] = newBaseLevel;
                baseCharacterLevel += newBaseLevel;
            }
            status->BaseCharacterLevelField() = baseCharacterLevel;
        }

        status->RescaleAllStats();

        auto maxStatusValues = status->MaxStatusValuesField()();

        auto status_component = reinterpret_cast<UActorComponent*>(status);
        dino->BPNotifyLevelUp(0);

        auto func_ClientNotifyLevelUp = dino->FindFunctionChecked(
            FName("ClientNotifyLevelUp", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (func_ClientNotifyLevelUp) dino->ProcessEvent(func_ClientNotifyLevelUp, nullptr);

        auto func_ClientNotifyLevelUpPC = PC->FindFunctionChecked(
            FName("ClientNotifyLevelUp", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (func_ClientNotifyLevelUpPC)
            PC->ProcessEvent(
                func_ClientNotifyLevelUpPC, &TArray<unsigned short>());

        status->CharacterUpdatedInventory(true);
        status->ServerSyncReplicatedValues();

        auto baseLevelMaxStatusValues = status->BaseLevelMaxStatusValuesField()();
        auto func_NetSyncMaxStatusValues = status_component->FindFunctionChecked(
            FName("NetSyncMaxStatusValues", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (func_NetSyncMaxStatusValues)
        {
            TArray<float> aMaxStatusValues, aBaseLevelMaxStatusValues;
            for (auto i = 0; i < 12; i++)
            {
                aMaxStatusValues.Add(maxStatusValues[i]);
                aBaseLevelMaxStatusValues.Add(baseLevelMaxStatusValues[i]);
            }
            TArray<float> Args[] = { aMaxStatusValues, aBaseLevelMaxStatusValues };
            status_component->ProcessEvent(func_NetSyncMaxStatusValues, Args);
        }

        status->UpdateWeightStat(true);
        dino->ForceNetUpdate(false, true, false);
    }
}

(edited)

I'm not looking to change the stat levels on individual creatures but rather the base stats for each dino type (as seen on the devkit for the quetz here).

5:06 PM

When I run float& value = defaultStatusComponent->MaxStatusValuesField()()[EPrimalCharacterStatusValue::Stamina]; and then set value = x; I get the feeding bug with passive dinos.

oops, read that wrong

5:13 PM

is my excuse

Thanks tho

Not sure why that doesn't work. I've looked at initialize component and it seems to be correct to do it before

8:18 PM

Have you printed the max status values again after the original call?

8:18 PM

So you are certain they are not being modified again

8:18 PM

Ah, well

8:19 PM

You are modifying the CDO after the instance has been created, which not sure if it's really good

8:19 PM

Theorically it should start working after the 2nd instance has been created

8:20 PM

Reescale takes the values from the CDO, hmm...

It works well as far as changing the base stats goes. I have used it for probably a month to scale the base weight/stamina stats on diff 0.2 to be more in line with maxlevel 150 and to undo the flyer nerfs. The weird thing is I get the food issue and I can't figure out why. The short code snippet I posted above plus the setting up the relevant hooks is enough to make all passive tames bug out.

9:08 PM

When I change the values in the CDO I do so knowing that I will call rescale on them later. The CDO changes make the changes persist after APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay on levelups etc. If you skip calling rescale after the CDO changes they won't show up in the game tho.

9:14 PM

I just don't get how changing stamina and weight has any bearing on food. They are not even adjacent in the array :/ Maybe rescale is not safe to call on a wild creature or something.

9:14 PM

But rescale is used in APrimalBuff::Tick and I assume wild creatures can have buffs too.

Do you have any idea at what point I could change the values in the CDO to make it propagate correctly to all creatures without calling rescale?

How to get item icon as string?

is there a default command to send a notification or do i really gotta add my own command to do this by rcon lol

you can broadcast a message to a specific player with ServerChatToPlayer i believe

I want the ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotification so it pops up the top but NOT broadcast, trying to stop use of broadcast as its super damn annoying it resets mouse cursor to center of screen

2:31 AM

so was gonna turn off ASM's auto save and just do my own

2:32 AM

just surprising me if theres nothing built in to do that support already

hmm, looks like notifs are delayed on packet send

6:54 AM

void* Hook_UWorld_SaveToFile(UWorld *_this, void *result, FString *filename, FString *tempFilename, const void *typesToSave) {
        auto color = FLinearColor(255, 0, 0, 255);
        ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotificationToAll(color, 1, 5, nullptr, "Server is performing an auto save.");
        return UWorld_SaveToFile_original(_this, result, filename, tempFilename, typesToSave);

is sending it after the save lol

this worked:

    void Hook_AShooterGameMode_SaveWorld(AShooterGameMode *_this, bool forceWaitOnSave) {
        if (!forceWaitOnSave) {
            auto color = FLinearColor(255, 0, 0, 255);
            ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendNotificationToAll(color, 1, 5, nullptr, "Server is performing a world save.");
            DELAYEXECUTE([_this]() {
                AShooterGameMode_SaveWorld_original(_this, false);
            },0);
        } else {
            AShooterGameMode_SaveWorld_original(_this, true);
        }
    }

7:13 AM

so itll only delay the async saves

7:14 AM

i was gonna try to disable any ingame saves andh andle it by rcon, but this solves that. ASM has a save that happens on backup that defaults to broadcast and those broadcasts are causing peoples mouse cursor to jump to the middle of screen, so switched it to chat instead then hooking chat to ignore its messages

void Hook_UShooterCheatManager_ServerChat(UShooterCheatManager* _this, FString* msg) {
        if (!msg->Contains("A world save is about to be performed")) {
            UShooterCheatManager_ServerChat_original(_this, msg);
        }
    }

I'm trying to get UTexture2D as their string path but when I go ClassField() it just does crash without reason.

9:33 AM

Anything like GetFullName gives "None" as answer. (edited)

9:33 AM

Did someone get UTexture2D as string??

Aikar

i was gonna try to disable any ingame saves andh andle it by rcon, but this solves that. ASM has a save that happens on backup that defaults to broadcast and those broadcasts are causing peoples mouse cursor to jump to the middle of screen, so switched it to chat instead then hooking chat to ignore its messages

void Hook_UShooterCheatManager_ServerChat(UShooterCheatManager* _this, FString* msg) {
        if (!msg->Contains("A world save is about to be performed")) {
            UShooterCheatManager_ServerChat_original(_this, msg);
        }
    }

if you make the ASM message empty it will disable the broadcast btw

ah ok

SR

Did someone get UTexture2D as string??

This is what you mean?

// UPrimalItem* item = ....
UTexture2D *item_icon = item->GetItemIcon(shooter_pc);

FString icon_path;
item_icon->GetPathName(item, &icon_path);

Log::GetLog()->warn("Path icon: {}", icon_path.ToString());

(edited)

hello help please install ark api in win64 folder then install permission 2.0 plugin in plugin folder besides installing ark shop 3.02 plugin doesn't work.

Unknown

This is what you mean?

// UPrimalItem* item = ....
UTexture2D *item_icon = item->GetItemIcon(shooter_pc);

FString icon_path;
item_icon->GetPathName(item, &icon_path);

Log::GetLog()->warn("Path icon: {}", icon_path.ToString());

(edited)

Problem we encountered is the best wildcards items. Our icon is not loaded and it is null. Fix was very simple - block any icon that is null.

How to get supply crate spawned and get its inventory right after spawn or before spawn to build one?

10:29 PM

If it is possible through some existing functions and not building something like "get all inventory components in 200 radius"

You could hook the begin play of it.

Frigoff

You could hook the begin play of it.

and... how to check if it is the crate I need?

@SR some related code worked with others to get working the other day https://gist.github.com/aikar/93e09c9758b8ebe124b23981aa4ce47d may not be as closely to this but its along those patterns, youd want to hook into loot crates though instead of dinos. https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/745040653582336120/1092611367594369135 for related context.

loot.cpp

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8:01 AM

in the context link lot of my earlier snippets wasnt working as i didnt realize i was getting bit by implicit copys of the TArray

8:03 AM

but begin play and copy some of that code - the API has the FSupplyCrateItemSet as blank so im redefining it in the plugin code there then FORCECAST to point it to the local struct instead of the empty API one

#define CAST(as, from) reinterpret_cast<as>(from)
#define FORCECAST(as, from) *CAST(as*, CAST(void*, &from))

8:04 AM

though this code is targetting modifying the source loot pools, not after its spawned and chosen the items

8:04 AM

so maybe its not what you need unless your desire can be done asmodifying the pool

How to upload unicode text to the database?

mainly ensure your encoding is supportive of the data, if using utf8 just make sure utf8, preferrably utf8mb4 encoding on the column/table

10:13 PM

utf8mb4 mainly if you want the possibility of storing emojis

10:15 PM

so ugh why the hell does unreal engine store all the buildings in the global object array, is literally every building piece a UObject? or only tickable things? Is there a separate tick list? Starting to really appreciate minecrafts game engine

10:16 PM

MC stores building data as a separate struct on the chunk level, and generic building blocks have no impact on server performance, only 'functional' blocks do, and get registered into a separate block entity tick list, where as npc's and players are in a separate entity tick list.

Pretty much everything except structs is an UObject

and does the server tick iterate that same global object?

I'm not 100% familiar with tick implementation but I believe there's no separate tick lists

ok so thats something worth looking into for performance optimization, see if structures doing anything stupid we can skip ticks for

10:19 PM

i was able to make HUGE performance gains in minecraft by implementing smart tick skipping, where some things really just ticked more often than it needed to ,others was no impact to skipping tick due to logic being wall time.

10:20 PM

but i had stuff to trigger immunities so if it was nearby a player, or attacking something, or mating etc, it would be immune to skipping

10:20 PM

skipping 95% of ticks of distant entities was huge benefit

Structures don't tick by default

10:23 PM

At least none of the tick functions are implemented nor c++ nor mod side

ok so they got an empty tick method or is it skipping it in the loop?

10:23 PM

what about inventory based structures

Item containers do tick when handling crafting queue I believe

They do

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ive done some more research into saving too @Pelayori and yeah i confirmed it is the serialization thats taking most the time, and not the file io. i even suspect they have some form of async io already as i see stuff about tasks and callbacks, or else they were prepping for it either one. so what im gonna look into doing is either A) cache serializations if nothings changed, stuff like foundations and such, so each save op can reuse the last save if nothings changed B) before it does the iterate global objects calling the method to serialize the object, suspend main, then serialize all of the objects in parallel into a temp FArchive, then resume main and when it calls the serialize, copy it from the temp farchive to the real one.

10:26 PM

are FArchives like zip files or some super special format? how much does order matter

Aikar

are FArchives like zip files or some super special format? how much does order matter

I'm not sure, so good question lol

i question could it go to a parallel processor to build data, then linear processor to write it in the farchive, then when all is done return to main. But if order is important, could do it as a Promise for every uboject and wait until all promises are fulfilled, then write them in same order

10:28 PM

as i want to invoke save every time a player xfers, just lost like 3 more peoples shit today cause they xferred to a server that was shutting down, i guess AFTER the save for the shutdown. so that leads me to my next question:

10:29 PM

any hints on hook points if i want to kill off new connections to the server as well as kill responses to the pings that the server list does? i want to say when the 1 minute countdown is triggered on a pending reboot, make the server invisible to new connections.

10:29 PM

stop responding to pings or accepting new connections

You probably can stop accepting new connections with one of the login functions, PreLogin / PostLogin

ah yeah and can give the proper reason why

10:31 PM

but prelogin wont trigger until after they disconnect from source server though right, so i prob still want to hide it from the transfer list

As far as I can remember PreLogin fires when you click the join button to a server

10:32 PM

That's how they reject connections on officials, at least

but if connection fails to that server, are you still on source server, or sent to title screen

Probably title screen

10:33 PM

Although never tested that scenario

in mc i had to deal with this situation cause the cross server change code we had would try to wait until you get a successsful connection first but that caused me chaos in enforcing unique sessions

some things ive learned, AActor::tick isnt called much really, maybe once on render/exit stasis? There is a "Tickable" list that is iterated, but there is the global object array that is iterated too - however that global array only ticks segments per tick, to divide it over multiple ticks. It seems the primry ticking though comes from actors registering components with a TickTaskFunction Actually had an interesting stack print to logs as a player got d/c'd and died but it didnt crash server, just logged:

6:29 AM

but this was interesting to see a lower hook point for cancelling attacks:

6:30 AM

as im looking into if i can avoid dinos being killed too early for like ARK Omega it takes a moment for dino to be 'upgraded' seeing if i can intercept low enough to give it immunity until its proper stats are in place.

Anyone have code to rotate, lower and raise structures that are placed in the world?

Tried modifying the rootcomponent location and rotation?

9:46 PM

I had some issues doing any of rotation/teleport of structures

Haven't tried it myself yet but I'm going to. Though I would ask first as it seems like something people might have already done and figured out.

Is the issue that is wont replicate on the client?

Whats the hook for claim a dino?

APrimalDinoCharacter_TryMultiUse

so from research looks like FEngineLoop::Exit is best hook for shutting down yeah?

4:01 AM

or are plugins unloaded before shutdown

DECLARE_HOOK(FWindowsPlatformMisc_RequestExit, void, bool);

thats just the request, doesnt really time best to when the loop is actually stopping

I am trying to figure out the BabyChanceOfTwinsField, the default is 0.02, setting it to 1 does not make always make twins

4:56 AM

does anyone have any info on how to always make twins ?

Added a thread, and im joining it in plugin unload (I am using extern C Plugin_Unload() and not the DLL hooks), shutting it down in plugin unload, and i am getting the unloaded log line, but getting file in use by another process on reloads now.. The load was me manually deleting the file and renaming ArkApi to just .dll and loading it, but def want the automatic reload every time i copy the .ArkApi in, was working fine before. Did i miss something to shut it down? the SafeQueue does void shutdown() { _shutdown = true; c.notify_one(); }

    SafeQueue<std::function<void()>> taskQueue;
    volatile bool isShuttingDownTaskQueue = false;
    void taskThreadRun() {
        while (!isShuttingDownTaskQueue) {
            try {
                auto task = taskQueue.dequeue();
                if (task) task();
            } catch (std::exception& e) {
                LOG->error("Error Task: " + std::string(e.what()));
            }
        }
    }
    std::thread taskThread(taskThreadRun);
    void shutdownTaskQueue() {
        if (!isShuttingDownTaskQueue) {
            isShuttingDownTaskQueue = true;
            taskQueue.shutdown();
            taskThread.join();
            LOG->info("Task Queue Shutdown");
        }
    }

    void addThreadTask(std::function<void()> task) {
        if (isShuttingDownTaskQueue) {
            try {
                task();
            } catch (std::exception& e) {
                LOG->error("Error Task: " + std::string(e.what()));
            }
        } else {
            taskQueue.enqueue(task);
        }
    }

7:19 AM

so the file handle is getting released ,but seems like its a small delay breaking auto reload?

Uaca

does anyone have any info on how to always make twins ?

Are you setting it on the default object?

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1:02 PM

hosting servers would be way easier and nicer using this

Tobias

Are you setting it on the default object?

I am setting on the do mate hook, on both creatures. What is the default object?

You have to do something like this before DoMate is called.

c++
TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> EggDinoClassToSpawn; // this is from the DoMate arguments
APrimalDinoCharacter* defaultObject = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(EggDinoClassToSpawn.uClass->GetDefaultObject(true));
defaultObject->BabyChanceOfTwinsField() = 1.0;
defaultObject->BabyChanceOfTripletsField() = 0.0;

(edited)

Mr. Alpaca

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99% sure this isn't going to happen Linux version doesn't get a PDB released I have no reason to believe WC will do it any different for 1.5 (edited)

Aikar

Added a thread, and im joining it in plugin unload (I am using extern C Plugin_Unload() and not the DLL hooks), shutting it down in plugin unload, and i am getting the unloaded log line, but getting file in use by another process on reloads now.. The load was me manually deleting the file and renaming ArkApi to just .dll and loading it, but def want the automatic reload every time i copy the .ArkApi in, was working fine before. Did i miss something to shut it down? the SafeQueue does void shutdown() { _shutdown = true; c.notify_one(); }

    SafeQueue<std::function<void()>> taskQueue;
    volatile bool isShuttingDownTaskQueue = false;
    void taskThreadRun() {
        while (!isShuttingDownTaskQueue) {
            try {
                auto task = taskQueue.dequeue();
                if (task) task();
            } catch (std::exception& e) {
                LOG->error("Error Task: " + std::string(e.what()));
            }
        }
    }
    std::thread taskThread(taskThreadRun);
    void shutdownTaskQueue() {
        if (!isShuttingDownTaskQueue) {
            isShuttingDownTaskQueue = true;
            taskQueue.shutdown();
            taskThread.join();
            LOG->info("Task Queue Shutdown");
        }
    }

    void addThreadTask(std::function<void()> task) {
        if (isShuttingDownTaskQueue) {
            try {
                task();
            } catch (std::exception& e) {
                LOG->error("Error Task: " + std::string(e.what()));
            }
        } else {
            taskQueue.enqueue(task);
        }
    }

I think unless your plugin can be immediately available for the API to overwrite the DLL this happens. I don't think the reload process is waiting for confirmation the unload was finished before it continues. (edited)

It's supposed to though isn't it, that's main reason it's recommended to use the export over the dll method isn't it

You can add in some console output in the api's pluginmanager code and your plugin's plugin_unload to determine where the issue might be happening to be sure.

In your VS Solution what do you have defined here?

8:23 PM

I noticed that the API calls the plugin_unload as __fastcall and c++ standard convention is __cdecl and if you don't set your export explicitly to __fastcall as the API is calling it I believe you can have unknown behavior.

8:23 PM

8:28 PM

I believe this is technically what should be what is defined in our plugins to match the calling convention the API is using.

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void __fastcall Plugin_Unload()
{
    // Stop threads here
}

8:30 PM

Not including __fastcall is going to default to the project defined setting which is __cdecl by default I believe.

Lethal

I noticed that the API calls the plugin_unload as __fastcall and c++ standard convention is __cdecl and if you don't set your export explicitly to __fastcall as the API is calling it I believe you can have unknown behavior.

It’s undefined behavior to call by incorrect convention

11:00 PM

Though it usually results in a corrupted stack

So, you are confirming I didn't state anything wrong

11:09 PM

Not sure if it is the cause of the issue he is seeing but could be related possibly.

yeah mine is extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void Plugin_Unload() { So adding fastcall there could fix it?

1:06 AM

for both right

Not sure what you mean by "for both"?

load too

1:10 AM

or Init i mean

1:14 AM

as for calling convention I have:

if(MSVC)
    target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
            $<$<CONFIG:Release>:
            /Ot
            >
            /permissive-;
            /Oi;
            /sdl;
            /Gy;
            /W3;
            ${DEFAULT_CXX_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT};
            ${DEFAULT_CXX_EXCEPTION_HANDLING};
            /Y-
            )

so i assume thats default for cdecl

1:14 AM

as i dont have any of the other flags

I didn't look for the init calling convention but its probably __fastcall also.

1:23 AM

cdecl is the default so assuming since its not listed as being changed it is cdecl

1:23 AM

i'm not familiar with the toolset you are using so can't really answer that for sure

changing to fastcall didnt fix that issue

1:27 AM

its actually now seeming to crash process on reload

ok lesson learned, do not hook UWorld::Tick, that was causing the crashes.

3:37 AM

im guessing the reload operation occurs inside of uworldtick, so the ptrs getting changed during the tick causes chaos (edited)

3:37 AM

i saw there is an AddOnTickCallback and using that now

3:38 AM

hooking it didnt seem to work right anyways,

3:39 AM

disabled thread pool use, NOT using __fastcall on unload, and no uworldhook im back to reliable reloads, so gonna test 1 thing at a time, fastcall first.

3:41 AM

IMO API should special detect uworld_tick hook and refuse/error

I don't imagine the hook is the issue. And rather what you might be doing in your hook.

3:54 AM

Also instead of using a volatile bool

3:54 AM

I would suggest std::atomic_bool

nah def not that,

auto now = timestamp();
        if (now - lastTickStatus > 15) {
            lastTickStatus = now;
            writeFile("tick.txt", STR(now));
        }

works fine as a tick callback it makes total sense that if the state of the uworld tick detours change while in middle of executing it, things can get funky

3:54 AM

yeah i was gonna look into what atomic options was avail here

3:54 AM

though i doubt it matters here since itll only be 1 write operation ever

3:57 AM

but getting rid of uworldtick def solved crash issues.

3:58 AM

think of it like this, if something else hooks uworldtick after my plugin, their _original points to mine, but if my plugin now reloads, i unhook, when the stack unwinds back to the previous plugins, and they try to call _original() which should be my plugin, my plugins now gone, and boom

Well yeah you'd definitely not want to be double hooking a function then you would need to worry about order.

i think its more so the fact the API itself hooks it, but yeah if plugins also hooks it. i think that one is just potentially risky for reloads since the reload behavior occurs inside of the tick, is at least my best guess. its def very unstable to reload with that hook, soon as i got rid of it, golden

Lethal

cdecl is the default so assuming since its not listed as being changed it is cdecl

I think cdecl might decay to fastcall on x64

4:51 AM

You’d have to double check

4:52 AM

Afaik basically everything in x64 is fastcall

4:53 AM

Calling conventions are a much larger deal in x32 land

substitute

I think cdecl might decay to fastcall on x64

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cpp/cdecl?view=msvc-170

On ARM and x64 processors, __cdecl is accepted but typically ignored by the compiler. By convention on ARM and x64, arguments are passed in registers when possible, and subsequent arguments are passed on the stack. In x64 code, use __cdecl to override the /Gv compiler option and use the default x64 calling convention.

(edited)

yeah the decl stuff didnt have any impact, all my issues appear were due to the uworld tick hook, thread pool shuts down fine and reloads now

ok so code appears to be working now, im shocked this wasnt a 5 min stack overflow example or built into stdlib man lol, this is like childs play stuff in java. am i missing anything / anything stand out of concern with the shared ptr stuff? never done this stuff yet. https://gist.github.com/aikar/df289a7ab1e3cb0425c89dacbe3bf082

https://gist.github.com/aikar/df289a7ab1e3cb0425c89dacbe3bf082#file-threadtaskqueue-cpp-L5

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Aikar

ok so code appears to be working now, im shocked this wasnt a 5 min stack overflow example or built into stdlib man lol, this is like childs play stuff in java. am i missing anything / anything stand out of concern with the shared ptr stuff? never done this stuff yet. https://gist.github.com/aikar/df289a7ab1e3cb0425c89dacbe3bf082

Hi

8:23 AM

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container/vector/reserve

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8:24 AM

You can improve performance of this function by reserving the space in the vector prior to emplacement

8:24 AM

This avoids > 1 reallocations if a reallocation is required

8:24 AM

cpp/container/vector/reserve

8:26 AM

I would avoid the while(true) and instead use https://gist.github.com/aikar/df289a7ab1e3cb0425c89dacbe3bf082#file-threadtaskqueue-cpp-L54 as your conditional

https://gist.github.com/aikar/df289a7ab1e3cb0425c89dacbe3bf082#file-threadtaskqueue-cpp-L49

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8:27 AM

You can do a && in a while

8:27 AM

So you can check those two conditions

8:28 AM

https://gist.github.com/aikar/df289a7ab1e3cb0425c89dacbe3bf082#file-threadtaskqueue-cpp-L60

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8:28 AM

This lock is immediately released on exception (it may never even be locked if that’s where the exception occurred) (edited)

8:29 AM

If that’s intended then that’s fine, just wanted to give you a heads up

8:29 AM

A lock_guard is released when it goes out of scope

8:29 AM

So for example at

8:29 AM

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8:30 AM

The mutex is unlocked

8:30 AM

(I’m on my phone btw, trying my best to read it)

I also foresee a potential deadlock

8:45 AM

void ThreadTaskQueue::run() {
    std::string threadId = getThreadId();
    do {
        try {
            std::shared_ptr<ThreadTask> task;
            {
                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
                if(queue.empty()) {
                    signal.wait(lock);
                }
                task = queue.front();
                queue.pop();
            }
            task->operator()();
        } catch (std::exception& e) {
            Log::GetLog()->error(getThreadId() + " Error Task run: " + std::string(e.what()));
        }
    } while (!isShuttingDownTaskQueue);
}

8:45 AM

Oh my phone but that should achieve the same results

8:46 AM

Once the signal is notified we can assume that there is at least 1 queued task

8:46 AM

Per your current implementation

8:47 AM

The real concern I have is enqueue tries to get the mutex

8:47 AM

This function can lock it, and then indefinitely wait for the signal

8:47 AM

So I don’t see how enqueue is supposed to acquire the lock and notify

8:50 AM

I also don’t like how enqueue executes immediate if the queue is shutting down

8:50 AM

It moves the last enqueued task to the front of the queue

8:51 AM

I would add it to the end of the queue, break the loop and execute a flush_queue() function to run everything in order while disallowing new entries

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I would add it to the end of the queue, break the loop and execute a flush_queue() function to run everything in order while disallowing new entries

You can do this via the mutex so that the next enqueue is stuck waiting

Anyone here know why engrams show in most structures but not in the cooking pot, and if we can fix that?

the engrams are there, just hidden, you need to unhide them

How do you do that? Haven't worked with engrams before.

2:40 PM

I can see they exist under DefaultInventoryItems

2:41 PM

Oh, maybe bHideDefaultInventoryItemsFromDisplay. I'll test.

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Tobias

You have to do something like this before DoMate is called.

c++
TSubclassOf<APrimalDinoCharacter> EggDinoClassToSpawn; // this is from the DoMate arguments
APrimalDinoCharacter* defaultObject = static_cast<APrimalDinoCharacter*>(EggDinoClassToSpawn.uClass->GetDefaultObject(true));
defaultObject->BabyChanceOfTwinsField() = 1.0;
defaultObject->BabyChanceOfTripletsField() = 0.0;

(edited)

It worked, thanks!

I've noticed that permissions plugin spams this... Anyone knows how to fix it?

@substitute the while true was so it can flush the task queue during shutdown still, and the boolean will avoid adding more to the queue. so soon as the queue is flushed, all the threads should exit. the lock is intentionally scoped where I added the { } so were only locking during manipulating the queue object but not during task execution (though the enqueue during a shutdown state does currently execute during the lock) But regarding your concern over the lock during empty check, c.wait() releases the lock, waiting to be notified, then re-acquires the lock once woken up. this similar concept is done in java too, and i found this logic on an SO for thread safe queues and someone brought up that same concern but it was explained that it is not a concern due to how .wait() works. But yeah tldr my main goal is only lock during push/pop/empty of the queue itself as well as to send notifies (As if it works like java does, you need to be locked to properly notify)

defaultObject->BabyChanceOfTwinsField() = 1 works, defaultObject->RandomMutationChanceField() = 1 does not. Is there something I am missing here?

Uaca

defaultObject->BabyChanceOfTwinsField() = 1 works, defaultObject->RandomMutationChanceField() = 1 does not. Is there something I am missing here?

You basically have to look at the decompiled code to know what values are used. In the case with random mutations you have to change it on this in DoMate_Implementation(APrimalDinoCharacter *this

4:55 PM

Or you could change it to the values you want when the creatures are first created rather than in the DoMate hook.

4:59 PM

@jraServerAPI Have you been able to change existing structures, or only newly placed?

yes you can change existing structures to show the hidden engrams, i assume that is what you are talking about

jraServerAPI

yes you can change existing structures to show the hidden engrams, i assume that is what you are talking about

Yeah. Nothing happens when I change already placed cooking pots but placing new ones work fine. Is there something you have to call to get it to update after changing the setting to show the hidden engrams?

Tobias

Yeah. Nothing happens when I change already placed cooking pots but placing new ones work fine. Is there something you have to call to get it to update after changing the setting to show the hidden engrams?

"placing new ones work fine" - Q: when you restart your server are they still there?

substitute

I also don’t like how enqueue executes immediate if the queue is shutting down

well this queue is not designed for guaranteed execution order, since multiple threads polling will result in undefined order. its designed for "run this task off main thread" and any sort of defined execution order will be controlled through the next framework class ill build. but yeah i was considering the idea of aborting the threads faster and then flush queue after the threads join, but that would be slower to flush the queue as itll go single thread at that time so dont see real need. and i want the queue state and exit the while loop checks to be done in the lock but execution out of the lock is also why i did the do while true.

jraServerAPI

here is what I found/use:

c++
void ModifyDinoBaseStats(APrimalDinoCharacter* dino, AShooterPlayerController* PC, std::vector<int> baseLevelMods)
{
    UPrimalCharacterStatusComponent* status = dino->MyCharacterStatusComponentField();
    if (status)
    {
        // 0: health
        // 1: stamina
        // 2: torpor
        // 3: oxygen
        // 4: food
        // 5: water
        // 6: temperature
        // 7: weight
        // 8: melee damage
        // 9: movement speed
        // 10: fortitude
        // 11: crafting speed
        //  ModifyDinoBaseStats(APrimalDinoCharacter* dino, AShooterPlayerController* PC, std::vector<int> baseLevelMods)        
        //     [health, stamina, torpor, oxygen, food, water, temperature, weight, melee damage, movement speed, fortitude, crafting speed]


        if (baseLevelMods.size() == 12)
        {
            auto levelUpPointsAppliedBase = status->NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField()();
            auto baseCharacterLevel = 1;
            for (auto i = 0; i < 12; i++)
            {
                auto newBaseLevel = baseLevelMods[i];
                if (newBaseLevel < 0) newBaseLevel = 0;
                else if (newBaseLevel > 255) newBaseLevel = 255;

                levelUpPointsAppliedBase[i] = newBaseLevel;
                baseCharacterLevel += newBaseLevel;
            }
            status->BaseCharacterLevelField() = baseCharacterLevel;
        }

        status->RescaleAllStats();

        auto maxStatusValues = status->MaxStatusValuesField()();

        auto status_component = reinterpret_cast<UActorComponent*>(status);
        dino->BPNotifyLevelUp(0);

        auto func_ClientNotifyLevelUp = dino->FindFunctionChecked(
            FName("ClientNotifyLevelUp", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (func_ClientNotifyLevelUp) dino->ProcessEvent(func_ClientNotifyLevelUp, nullptr);

        auto func_ClientNotifyLevelUpPC = PC->FindFunctionChecked(
            FName("ClientNotifyLevelUp", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (func_ClientNotifyLevelUpPC)
            PC->ProcessEvent(
                func_ClientNotifyLevelUpPC, &TArray<unsigned short>());

        status->CharacterUpdatedInventory(true);
        status->ServerSyncReplicatedValues();

        auto baseLevelMaxStatusValues = status->BaseLevelMaxStatusValuesField()();
        auto func_NetSyncMaxStatusValues = status_component->FindFunctionChecked(
            FName("NetSyncMaxStatusValues", EFindName::FNAME_Find));
        if (func_NetSyncMaxStatusValues)
        {
            TArray<float> aMaxStatusValues, aBaseLevelMaxStatusValues;
            for (auto i = 0; i < 12; i++)
            {
                aMaxStatusValues.Add(maxStatusValues[i]);
                aBaseLevelMaxStatusValues.Add(baseLevelMaxStatusValues[i]);
            }
            TArray<float> Args[] = { aMaxStatusValues, aBaseLevelMaxStatusValues };
            status_component->ProcessEvent(func_NetSyncMaxStatusValues, Args);
        }

        status->UpdateWeightStat(true);
        dino->ForceNetUpdate(false, true, false);
    }
}

(edited)

Would this also work for a boss dino without a valid AShooterPlayerController?

jraServerAPI

"placing new ones work fine" - Q: when you restart your server are they still there?

Yes, when I restart the server they still show the hidden engrams. And they keep showing the hidden engrams even if I remove the plugin. This is the code I use:

c++
void Hook_APrimalStructure_BeginPlay(APrimalStructure* _this)
{
    APrimalStructure_BeginPlay_original(_this);

    if (_this->IsA(APrimalStructureItemContainer::StaticClass()))
    {
        APrimalStructureItemContainer* itemContainer = static_cast<APrimalStructureItemContainer*>(_this);
        UPrimalInventoryComponent* invComponent = itemContainer->MyInventoryComponentField();
        if (invComponent != nullptr)
        {
            static UBlueprintGeneratedClass* cookingPotBaseClass = (UBlueprintGeneratedClass*)Globals::FindClass("BlueprintGeneratedClass /Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/CookingPot.CookingPot_C");

            //FString bp = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint(_this);
            //if (bp.Contains("/Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/CookingPot.CookingPot") == true)
            if (cookingPotBaseClass != nullptr && actor->IsA(cookingPotBaseClass))
            {
                invComponent->bHideDefaultInventoryItemsFromDisplay() = false;
            }
        }
    }
}

oh, you are not looping through the engrams?

5:59 PM

UPrimalItem::bHideFromInventoryDisplay().Set(false); (edited)

5:59 PM

i thought you were (edited)

6:00 PM

try setting each engram property too/instead (edited)

When I place a new cooking pot the hidden engrams show up. When I restart the server the code is executed for all cooking pots that are loaded from the save, but it has no effect and the only cooking pots that show hidden engrams are the ones that already did. I also put the same code in a command and run it when I am connected but it will not update the previously placed cooking pots.

6:02 PM

What engram property? DefaultInventoryItems?

UPrimalItem::bHideFromInventoryDisplay()

6:04 PM

you could also try setting: UPrimalInventoryComponent::bForceInventoryBlueprints UPrimalInventoryComponent::bForceInventoryNonRemovable

Both of those are set to true in the devkit already. Looped the engrams and set bHideFromInventoryDisplay to false and didn't work either.

Pretty weird that changing existing structures have no effect at all.

6:23 PM

Setting other properties like MaxInventoryItems works on existing structures so I guess there is some behind the scenes type setup on engrams that I am missing when bHideDefaultInventoryItemsFromDisplay is not set when the structures are created and placed in the world.

substitute

It moves the last enqueued task to the front of the queue

also on this note, with how i will use it, requests would prob for most part be on main thread, which main thread is where the queue will shutdown too, so in my specific scenario, the only time the 'execute immediately on enqueue during a shutdown queue' is if I ran any more shutdown logic during Plugin unload/ Platform exit. Notably I am hooking ExitLoop so I can shutdown the task queue too so it cleanly shuts down on game closing, since it doesnt seem like plugins unload on exit so they arent really given opportunity to hold up the shutdown? unless im just missing the unloads due to window closing too fast?

6:25 PM

but i pretty much wont be running anything more after it shuts down, just kind of a safety net

6:26 PM

at the moment doing file writes on the thread pool, then will do SQL queries too. hopefully get all this to a good framework state to get some of yall using this too and get some of these damn queries off main lol. (edited)

6:27 PM

but sadly will always be some scenarios it cant be avoided

6:27 PM

i need to profile the queries here when i get mysql integration going as im so use to linux im scared how bad is windows gonna be

6:28 PM

if i get me another box with this host for non ark stuff might move db over to it

6:29 PM

on my minecraft servers I get queries in the 1-10ms range for many of them

Aikar

but i pretty much wont be running anything more after it shuts down, just kind of a safety net

If you don’t expect to run tasks after queue shutdown

6:29 PM

I would make enqueue throw an exception

i could yeah, its question of do you want it a fixed usecase or a "Try your best to run this async, but in the end, i want this task ran" use

6:30 PM

the current design ensures its executed, and TRIES to make it safely async

Yes but it isn’t enqueued

6:30 PM

So the behavior isn’t honest to the function name

6:30 PM

It’s a side effect

i guess, thats more suggesting rename function to tryAsyncTask or something

6:32 PM

tryAsyncFallbackSyncJustRunTheDamnThing()

6:32 PM

I will be rebuilding something along these lines in c++: https://github.com/aikar/TaskChain/wiki/Usage

Usage

TaskChain Control Flow framework. Helps facilitate running tasks on an application's "Main Thread" (such as a game), and tasks off the main (async). - aikar/TaskChain

6:33 PM

this library of mine was SUPER powerful for doing complex execution chains where you switch context between async and game thread multiple times for the execution pipeline

6:33 PM

made things really nice and clean to get safe operations implemented

Aikar

i guess, thats more suggesting rename function to tryAsyncTask or something

6:34 PM

I really dislike functions with unexpected behavior

expected behavior = this task will run eventually, no guarantee on when

Aikar

I will be rebuilding something along these lines in c++: https://github.com/aikar/TaskChain/wiki/Usage

Wow Java as a language blows

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Aikar

expected behavior = this task will run eventually, no guarantee on when

I would argue that’s not true at all

how so? java is pretty great to work in

You’re using a FIFO queue (edited)

6:35 PM

Order should be maintained

6:35 PM

I would never expect the state of a boolean to move last in to first out

you can not guarantee order with multiple threads

Yes you can

2nd task can finish before 1st task finishes, then pulls third task, which finishes before first

Time to finish isn’t the same as time to begin executing

6:37 PM

If you need multiple tasks to wait for the previous to finish, then you want single threading

6:37 PM

Or some form of semaphore to pause the dependent threads until the others are done

6:37 PM

Which is just single threading with extra steps

well currently order will still be maintained, UNLESS another thread calls enqueue while main thread is in the middle of the shutdown, thats only way I can see out of order executions.

6:40 PM

as while its in the middle of shutdown, the boolean has been flipped, so enqueue will start self-invocating, but the queue may not be empty yet

Aikar

well currently order will still be maintained, UNLESS another thread calls enqueue while main thread is in the middle of the shutdown, thats only way I can see out of order executions.

Anything that can have side effect will have side effects

but FYI this is the same behavior as one of the most popular executors in java. https://www.baeldung.com/java-rejectedexecutionhandler#2-caller-runs-policy

Learn about what happens when a thread pool can't accept any more tasks and how to control this by applying saturation policies

Aikar

but FYI this is the same behavior as one of the most popular executors in java. https://www.baeldung.com/java-rejectedexecutionhandler#2-caller-runs-policy

Yes and Java is a mess

i guess benefit here is the executor lets user define behavior

Still can’t new up an array of a generic type without an Object cast

6:44 PM

Btw I’m nitpicking because I want to force you to approach it differently to see if there’s anywhere you could improve

6:44 PM

It probably works fine in 95% of cases

6:44 PM

And the other 5% could be blamed on user error

i think letting caller decide on rejection policy is reasonable

6:46 PM

depends on how important your task is, can return bool and bool executeOnRejection = true as param, then if you pass false to the param, method can return false (vs exception) if it ignores the task.

6:47 PM

but main thing i was questioning is memory safety, thats part im totally new at, is the make_shared the correct way to handle the std::function ref so nothing mem leaks here?

I remember back in '98, my first programming job, we spent days just trying to get Java IDE to work.. it was a painful experience.. but we did it pepeold

before I added that make_shared, everything failed with invalid function refs

Aikar

depends on how important your task is, can return bool and bool executeOnRejection = true as param, then if you pass false to the param, method can return false (vs exception) if it ignores the task.

I have something that may shock you

as i guess the std::function got cleaned up, but thankfully it didnt crash lol.

https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/coroutines

cpp/language/coroutines

@jraServerAPI yeah well java has came a long ways since then lol.

Might have the same utility

ah shit cpp has coroutines?

wait arent we not on c++20

We are on C++20

ah cool some reason i thought we was 1 level behind

Anyways I have not personally used them so I can’t say how well they work

Aikar

ah cool some reason i thought we was 1 level behind

The api was written for like C++14

6:49 PM

But the language is backwards compatible usually

6:49 PM

I have no issues compiling under C++20 on VS2022

I work in javascript too, and heavily experienced in concurrent development, so all this stuff is super familiar to me

Not to change the topic or anything.. but does anyone know why my Beaver dams all of a sudden are empty all the time? lol

we pretty much rewrote the minecraft game engine to be multi threaded

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6:50 PM

would be nice if Unreal Engine 6 copied the things weve done lol

6:50 PM

was a good design

6:51 PM

the trickiest part really is plugin/mod integration, forcing them to be concurrent safe

6:51 PM

my team whos taking over after i bounced out finally just got a new project released of our dream vision

6:51 PM

https://github.com/PaperMC/Folia

GitHub - PaperMC/Folia: Fork of Paper which adds regionised multith...

Fork of Paper which adds regionised multithreading to the dedicated server. - GitHub - PaperMC/Folia: Fork of Paper which adds regionised multithreading to the dedicated server.

Aikar

the trickiest part really is plugin/mod integration, forcing them to be concurrent safe

Just replace every container with a thread safe container

6:52 PM

https://github.com/PaperMC/Paper/issues/1001 was some of my old brainstorming on it

Regionized Entity (and Tile) Ticking · Issue #1001 · PaperMC/Paper

Goal This issue is to serve as a note holder and idea registry for an idea I had today on being able to tick entities in a parallel fashion, safely (at least, safe enough) - Please read entire issu...

6:53 PM

Folia is the realization of those old ideas

6:54 PM

though they prob did a few things different, but same general principle, divide world up into isolated regions, tick regions concurrently, handle scenarios where regions can merge, handle entities traveling between regions, etc

6:55 PM

this is def the kind of stuff UE itself has to implement, not really good for an individual game to try to force in

6:55 PM

i live right beside Epics office, lemme go drop off some design docs

Aikar

this is def the kind of stuff UE itself has to implement, not really good for an individual game to try to force in

UE isn’t really designed for mmo style games

6:56 PM

I could see it as a plugin though

doesnt have to be mmo style. its same fit for even arks world. stasis is already in the right mindset at least of having stasis grids

6:56 PM

this is about how you handle Actor ticks

6:57 PM

safely ticking actors concurrently

UE wasn’t designed for Ark, which is basically an MMO on official

6:57 PM

It was mostly designed for SP and small MP

ark least has benefit of a fixed size world though

Like UT

minecraft is a different beast of unbounded PG world

Aikar

minecraft is a different beast of unbounded PG world

It has bounds (edited)

6:57 PM

They’re just super far away

extreme bounds lol

6:58 PM

nothing you can rely on to keep everything in mem

6:58 PM

my minecraft servers are like 200GB x10, believe me, i know

Aikar

nothing you can rely on to keep everything in mem

Build a super computer

6:58 PM

disk space is actually one of my biggest concerns for my MC servers

My server has 70TB hdd and 2tb ssd

6:59 PM

So space for me isn’t a concern (edited)

https://smp1.emc.gs/?worldname=wilderness&mapname=flat&zoom=0&x=-1373&y=64&z=1171

Minecraft Dynamic Map

6:59 PM

this is a 12 year old world

Someone needs to fix this shit

6:59 PM

Completely unusable on mobile

6:59 PM

lol shit isnt designed for mobile but that least did load

7:00 PM

but thats not our software

Maybe I can make it mobile and desktop compatible

7:00 PM

It’s not hard guys

7:00 PM

We have grid now

7:00 PM

It’s just a slippy map

7:01 PM

Leaflet handles the map part

thats what that map uses

7:01 PM

its this software https://github.com/webbukkit/dynmap

GitHub - webbukkit/dynmap: A set of Minecraft mods that provide a r...

A set of Minecraft mods that provide a real time web-based map system for various Minecraft server implementations. - GitHub - webbukkit/dynmap: A set of Minecraft mods that provide a real time web...

Yeah I know dynmap

7:01 PM

It runs like dookie

7:02 PM

But it works the best

ive really not had much perf issues with it, but i do have render rates jacked way down, it renders way less than default configs

7:02 PM

and thats what prob hits most people

7:02 PM

as you see the different shaders of tiles, we dont re-render entire map

Omfg

7:04 PM

https://github.com/webbukkit/dynmap/issues/3905

Live update URL basted on user location on the map · Issue #3905 · ...

Feature Description: Instead of clicking the copy location button in the bottom corner. It would be nice if it did it live in the URL bar like google maps does. It would make it easier to share or ...

7:04 PM

Dude

7:04 PM

It’s called a router

7:04 PM

You use deep linking

7:04 PM

Pls

7:04 PM

This guy must not be a webdev

7:05 PM

Agghh

7:05 PM

You don’t even need routing support if you use an anchor

its not even that, that request is just using html5 history api to push a url change

7:08 PM

but regarding shutdown of the game, do plugins stay loaded, or are they being unloaded at the last second before I can see logs? if they dont unlog, then we have to manually hook to control the game exit process to do cleanup / thread flushes. if it doesnt, would be nice if api provided something thats reliably called before game closes or plugin unloads to do cleanup operations.

7:08 PM

as right now i have task queue shutdown in exitloop and plugin unload

Aikar

but regarding shutdown of the game, do plugins stay loaded, or are they being unloaded at the last second before I can see logs? if they dont unlog, then we have to manually hook to control the game exit process to do cleanup / thread flushes. if it doesnt, would be nice if api provided something thats reliably called before game closes or plugin unloads to do cleanup operations.

I’m not sure, I’d have to look at the code

i dont recall seeing a hook for exit in the api's hooksimpl file

DECLARE_HOOK(FWindowsPlatformMisc_RequestExit, void, bool);

7:11 PM

here

dont use that lol

7:11 PM

that would not be good for what im doing

7:11 PM

thats just a signal to the main thread to request an exit

7:11 PM

the hook i mentioned is at least on main thread when it is performing the exit

7:12 PM

if i had hooked that ,timing would not be accurate and main loop could still be running

7:12 PM

that call is done on the signal handler thread i believe

7:14 PM

the hook i have is fine, it was just more question of would be good if the api handled this as a standard thing, maybe unloading plugins in this hook

7:14 PM

so plugins can keep cleanup work to single unload method

7:15 PM

also isnt there a stop command or something id imagine? that would also not trigger the WindowsPlatformMisc_RequestExit

Aikar

also isnt there a stop command or something id imagine? that would also not trigger the WindowsPlatformMisc_RequestExit

server exit and pressing the windows X button on the server window both call this

interesting, but yeah if you look at the impl to that, all it does is set a request exit boolean

7:18 PM

and special case for a force exit to redirect tasks to the current thread as main

7:18 PM

exitloop looked best for when you want to hook into when its properly unwinding the engine loop

7:20 PM

does server kick players itself or is ASM doing that

7:21 PM

though i feel like its pretty unreliable for players to even get a proper kick msg, so i kinda want to hook in early of the exit and kick them myself so they get a proper disconnect message

7:27 PM

DECLARE_HOOK(FEngineLoop_Exit, void, void*);

7:27 PM

thats the on im using

7:29 PM

void Hook_FEngineLoop_Exit(void* _this) {
        exiting = true;
        taskQueue.shutdown();
        if (shuttingDown) {
            writeStatus("cleanshutdown");
        } else {
            writeStatus("unexpectedshutdown");
        }

        SAOmega::WorldSave::Exit();
        FEngineLoop_Exit_original(_this);
    }

so i guess i actually was calling that method post shutdown, in this case those writeStatus are by desire executing on caller thread as the taskQueue is now shutdown.

7:29 PM

shuttingDown bool is set when it detects a broadcast msg about a desired shutdown that comes from ASM

7:29 PM

so itll be unexpected if we for some reason exit loop without a broadcast occurring

7:32 PM

the guardedmain does this: so looked like a pretty clean hook point

but yeah ima rename this class to mimic the java task executor, then ill look at the coroutine stuff to build the api for task chains. the task chain is responsible for switching execution context between main thread and thread pools, passing the response from 1 task to the param of the next These are mainly useful in contexts where your execution can be asynchronous, such as pulling things out of a DB on thread, to then give to the player on main, to then switch back to thread to mark them as delivered. Task Pipeline is maybe better name for it than chain. might switch up my name here.

is there a simple way to identify if a dino is subject to ORP? in testing omega bosses ransacking base, it seemd like it ignores ORP for dinos, so want to fix that.

Hello, I have a question. I am using stack mode. My unofficial server allows users to keep up to 150 arc data. However, some users save like they've exceeded their capacity and when they open arc data, they get thrown off the server. In response, I responded like this. I preferred the method of retrieving user steam codes and deleting them cluster-wide. without deleting the user's character Is there a good way to delete only the entries in arkdata?

Aikar

is there a simple way to identify if a dino is subject to ORP? in testing omega bosses ransacking base, it seemd like it ignores ORP for dinos, so want to fix that.

Are you referring to the built in Offline Protection or something else?

Tobias

Setting other properties like MaxInventoryItems works on existing structures so I guess there is some behind the scenes type setup on engrams that I am missing when bHideDefaultInventoryItemsFromDisplay is not set when the structures are created and placed in the world.

Did you get this working? Item visibility is set (and saved) with properties on individual items. The UPrimalInventory has properties like bHideDefaultInventoryItemsFromDisplay, but that's just used to set individual default items as visible/invisible when they are added to the inventory. So if you want visibile default engrams/blueprints on existing structures, you'll have to loop through and update/replace the existing UPrimalItems in those inventories.

TheMollusk

Did you get this working? Item visibility is set (and saved) with properties on individual items. The UPrimalInventory has properties like bHideDefaultInventoryItemsFromDisplay, but that's just used to set individual default items as visible/invisible when they are added to the inventory. So if you want visibile default engrams/blueprints on existing structures, you'll have to loop through and update/replace the existing UPrimalItems in those inventories.

I wasn't able to get it working and couldn't figure out how it worked using IDA. Your solution makes a lot of sense though, and give it a try in a bit. Thank you!

Lethal

Are you referring to the built in Offline Protection or something else?

yes

8:30 PM

and man no one has ever discussed kicking all players in this discord lol?

8:31 PM

wanting to proper kick people on shutdown to help ensure they are saved better, as im noticing the game has a flaw in anyone still connected during shutdown isnt logged out gracefully the normal way

Never looked at the built in ORP code in IDA. I built my own free ORP that has a bunch of features not possible with the built in version.

on exit it logs them as "transferred to another ark" when they didnt

8:32 PM

and i found if you save the world after they are kicked in that abnormal state, it deletes their body :/

lol

8:33 PM

gotta love ARK quirks

so i want to kick everyone THEN save lol

Aikar

wanting to proper kick people on shutdown to help ensure they are saved better, as im noticing the game has a flaw in anyone still connected during shutdown isnt logged out gracefully the normal way

const auto& PCS = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->PlayerControllerListField();
    for (TWeakObjectPtr<APlayerController> APC : PCS)
    {
        AShooterPlayerController* PC = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(APC.Get());
        if (PC)
            //kick the player
    }

thanks

8:33 PM

racing between solving ark problems and work back and forth lol so didnt have time to look up how to do that so i just stopped that final save i was doing

I think its like PC->KickPlayer(); or something to add into that code.

trying to get these improvements in to reduce how much people get "ARK'd"

ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->KickPlayerController(PC, &KicKMessage);

8:35 PM

KickMessage is FString

Aikar

and i found if you save the world after they are kicked in that abnormal state, it deletes their body :/

this has happened to my players soo many times lol.. i just tell them they got Farked

Lethal

99% sure this isn't going to happen Linux version doesn't get a PDB released I have no reason to believe WC will do it any different for 1.5 (edited)

oh bummer, is there any way to run a ark server as a console application because its not a console application

@Mr. Alpaca yeah i wish i knew, basically its ark process doing it so wed have to analyze startup code to figure out how to make it a stdout/stderr redirect only. if i can find that out ill prob replace ASM with my own scripts, as i mainly used ASM to save time building scripts just to even get started

Aikar

@Mr. Alpaca yeah i wish i knew, basically its ark process doing it so wed have to analyze startup code to figure out how to make it a stdout/stderr redirect only. if i can find that out ill prob replace ASM with my own scripts, as i mainly used ASM to save time building scripts just to even get started

I kow that the game hosting tcadmin actually catches the terminal but no clue how they do it since its closed source, is there any way you can let me kow about progress with it?

You can do this to capture console information to a file instead of the console window someprocess.exe > console.txt

2:42 PM

> console.txt basically says to write all console output to the file console.txt

yes but ark is not a console app right?

It is a console app

if i try to run it in console it always opens a new windows

anything without a UI is a console app techincally

i want it to be intergrated into the same console

oh i see

like, games like rust have a server with console that is able to intergrate but ark and unturned and maybe more can not do that for some reason

Aikar

@Mr. Alpaca yeah i wish i knew, basically its ark process doing it so wed have to analyze startup code to figure out how to make it a stdout/stderr redirect only. if i can find that out ill prob replace ASM with my own scripts, as i mainly used ASM to save time building scripts just to even get started

You can redirect stdout and stdin

Mr. Alpaca

i want it to be intergrated into the same console

You can do this with a plugin

5:55 PM

Case in point

5:56 PM

When I was working on a custom launcher for the ark api

substitute

You can redirect stdout and stdin

how can you do that?

Who can make me a mod?

Illidan Stormrage

Who can make me a mod?

ask in the modding discord

@Natsu where modding discord?

Illidan Stormrage

@Natsu where modding discord?

https://discord.arkmodding.net/

@Natsu And they told me they make mods here

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Anyone know how the shock immunity on Basilosaurus works? Is it a buff or a field we could set on other dinos too?

Figured it out. For reference

c++
struct FDamageTypeAdjuster
{
    TSubclassOf<UDamageType> DamageTypeClass;
    float DamageMultiplier;
    unsigned __int32 bIgnoreMultiplierIfWildDinoAttacker : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bIgnoreMultiplierIfTamedDinoAttacker : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bOnlyUseMultiplierIfWildDinoAttacker : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bOnlyUseMultiplierIfTamedDinoAttacker : 1;
    unsigned __int32 bOnlyUseMultiplierIfTamed : 1;
};

void Hook_APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay(APrimalDinoCharacter* _this)
{
    FString bp = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetBlueprint(_this);

    APrimalDinoCharacter_BeginPlay_original(_this);

    if (bp.Equals("Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Mosasaurus/Mosa_Character_BP.Mosa_Character_BP'"))
    {
        static FString DmgTypeBpPath(FString("Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/DamageTypes/DmgType_Melee_Dino_Carnivore_Small_Electrocute.DmgType_Melee_Dino_Carnivore_Small_Electrocute'"));
        static UClass* DmgType = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&DmgTypeBpPath);

        FDamageTypeAdjuster stunImmunity;
        stunImmunity.DamageTypeClass = TSubclassOf<UDamageType>(DmgType);
        stunImmunity.DamageMultiplier = 0.0;
        stunImmunity.bIgnoreMultiplierIfTamedDinoAttacker = false;
        stunImmunity.bIgnoreMultiplierIfWildDinoAttacker = false;
        stunImmunity.bOnlyUseMultiplierIfTamed = false;
        stunImmunity.bOnlyUseMultiplierIfTamedDinoAttacker = false;
        stunImmunity.bOnlyUseMultiplierIfWildDinoAttacker = false;

        TArray<FDamageTypeAdjuster>& damageTypeAdjusters = *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FDamageTypeAdjuster>*>(_this, "APrimalCharacter.DamageTypeAdjusters");
        damageTypeAdjusters.Add(stunImmunity);
    }
}

(edited)

anyone know how to reverse engineer/decompile mods?

10:37 PM

this loot picker up mod seems like it may store data directly into the character file as it has some bug that it copies the servers config to the character and if you adjust config after the character has seen it, it doesnt pick up your new config

10:38 PM

so people having to delete characters to fix it but would love if can figure a way to force it to update

10:39 PM

oh someone found a way https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/1223662999/1639790664942617493/

Steam Community :: Loot Picker Upper :: Discussions

How to send RCON commands to the server from a plugin?

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You can redirect stdout and stdin

so how do you do this and disable console?

Aikar

so how do you do this and disable console?

my process spawned the game process and the game process attached it's stdout to the parent console

8:48 AM

I modified the ark api in this particular instance

8:49 AM

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/attachconsole

AttachConsole function - Windows Console

See reference information about the AttachConsole function, which attaches the calling process to the console of the specified process.

oh so isnt a flag way to do it

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/process-creation-flags

Process Creation Flags (WinBase.h) - Win32 apps

The following process creation flags are used by the CreateProcess, CreateProcessAsUser, CreateProcessWithLogonW, and CreateProcessWithTokenW functions. They can be specified in any combination, except as noted.

8:50 AM

CREATE_NO_WINDOW

i was just meaning from standard launch params

8:50 AM

start $C -ForceAllowCaveFlyers -useautoreporter -serverkey=$id -stdout >> launch.log 2>&1

you might be able to do it by writing a tool to launch the game and forward the parameters (this is what I was working on)

i tried that

and then you can write a custom plugin to attach to the parent process

the stdout didnt seem to do anything

8:51 AM

i was ultimately just trying to background it entirely and only view console by a log file/screen like session

you might want to check the flags of the binary and see how it ultimately works

8:51 AM

it might be using DETACHED_PROCESS or CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE

i did, thats where i found stdout

no, not the startup args

8:52 AM

I mean specifically the flags set on the process

8:52 AM

https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/

Overview - Process Hacker

Process Hacker, A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.

8:52 AM

this tool can show a lot of info

8:52 AM

8:55 AM

@Aikar https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/blob/5ca9da84c694c6eee288c30a547fcaa1a40aed9b/Engine/Source/Runtime/ApplicationCore/Private/Windows/WindowsConsoleOutputDevice.cpp#L207

8:55 AM

They use AllocConsole

8:55 AM

https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/blob/5ca9da84c694c6eee288c30a547fcaa1a40aed9b/Engine/Source/Programs/SwitchboardListener/Private/SwitchboardListenerMain.cpp#L204

i still dont got acccess to that yet

8:55 AM

i gotta figure out how to sign up lol

@Aikar doesn't matter

9:07 AM

the api explicitly creates a console

9:07 AM

void OpenConsole()
{
    AllocConsole();
    FILE* p_cout;
    freopen_s(&p_cout, "conout$", "w", stdout);
    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
}

9:07 AM

I will implement logic to search for a parent and to attach instead of creating

9:11 AM

CreateToolhelp32Snapshot should be safe in dllmain as it is located in kernel32

9:11 AM

most functions in kernel32 are safe-ish in dllmain

9:11 AM

anything else though, not so much

9:11 AM

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-best-practices

Dynamic-Link Library Best Practices - Win32 apps

Creating DLLs presents a number of challenges for developers.

9:12 AM

honestly a LOT of people here should read this^

9:12 AM

it's actually really important stuff to help prevent weird inconsistent behavior

9:18 AM

@Lethal we need to add this to our documentation

9:18 AM

if you have poco installed from VCPKG, you MUST uninstall it before building the api

9:18 AM

c:\vcpkg>vcpkg list
bzip2:x64-windows                                 1.0.8#3             bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-q...
bzip2[tool]:x64-windows                                               Builds bzip2 executable
expat:x64-windows                                 2.5.0#3             XML parser library written in C
fmt:x64-windows                                   9.1.0#1             Formatting library for C++. It can be used as a ...
pcre2:x64-windows                                 10.40#1             Regular Expression pattern matching using the sa...
poco:x64-windows                                  1.12.4#3            Modern, powerful open source C++ class libraries...
vcpkg-cmake-config:x64-windows                    2022-02-06#1
vcpkg-cmake:x64-windows                           2022-12-22
zeromq:x64-windows                                4.3.4#6             The ZeroMQ lightweight messaging kernel is a lib...
zlib:x64-windows                                  1.2.13              A compression library

c:\vcpkg>vcpkg remove poco:x64-windows
The following packages will be removed:
    poco:x64-windows
Removing 1/1 poco:x64-windows

c:\vcpkg>

9:18 AM

once I removed poco:x64-windows, everything built fine

9:18 AM

but I was getting compiler errors prior

@WETBATMAN

9:38 AM

your updater opens the console (edited)

9:38 AM

doesn't it?

9:41 AM

yeah, it does

9:42 AM

I propose you make this change

DWORD GetParentProcessId()
{
    const DWORD InvalidParentProcessId = 0;

    HANDLE Snapshot = 0;
    PROCESSENTRY32 ProcessEntry;
    DWORD PID = GetCurrentProcessId();

    Snapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
    if (Snapshot == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        return InvalidParentProcessId;

    ZeroMemory(&ProcessEntry, sizeof(ProcessEntry));
    ProcessEntry.dwSize = sizeof(ProcessEntry);

    if (!Process32First(Snapshot, &ProcessEntry))
        return InvalidParentProcessId;

    do
    {
        if (ProcessEntry.th32ProcessID == PID)
            return ProcessEntry.th32ParentProcessID;
    } while (Process32Next(Snapshot, &ProcessEntry));

    return InvalidParentProcessId;
}

void OpenConsole()
{
    if (GetConsoleWindow())
        return;
    DWORD parentProcessId = GetParentProcessId();
    if (parentProcessId && AttachConsole(parentProcessId))
        return;
    AllocConsole();
    FILE* p_cout;
    freopen_s(&p_cout, "conout$", "w", stdout);
    SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
}

9:42 AM

this will prevent AttachConsole and AllocConsole entirely if the console already exists

9:43 AM

@Aikar

9:43 AM

@Aikar

10:25 AM

https://github.com/ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi/commit/693360e9d69c0d7fb30ebb2a7b7a8fc347ac85d3

Optionally attach the game console to the parent console. · Servers...

10:25 AM

pull the latest commit, build and remove the auto updater

10:25 AM

then add AttachToParent to the config.json under settings as "true" to have it attach to the parent console if available.

10:26 AM

{  
  "settings":{  
    "AutomaticPluginReloading":true,
    "AutomaticPluginReloadSeconds":5,
    "SaveWorldBeforePluginReload":true,
    "AttachToParent":true
  }
}

Hi ! It is normal that SteamCMD uses 100 % disk ?

Any know how to hook server events? Like when starts meteors rain in extintion / gen1 lunar, start OSD in extintion, etc?

12:19 AM

or where i can find it

Loki

Any know how to hook server events? Like when starts meteors rain in extintion / gen1 lunar, start OSD in extintion, etc?

Guessing without looking here. Some of that might be in the Extinction or Gen1 DayCycleManager BP classes. Or maybe if you open the Blueprint for the Extinction or Gen1 levels themselves and check the graphs.

Schopfer

Hi ! It is normal that SteamCMD uses 100 % disk ?

Are you downloading something

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Are you downloading something

that is the thing . I’m not (edited)

couldnt the pdb reader code be used to write code thatll generate every struct to generate everything to be accurate in the api? then it can be very easdy to just run once any time an update is out to check for struct changes and push updated structs.

also, GetNativePointerField() is quite a few instructions of hops to get that offset, as well as a map lookup vs a constant time O(1) operation, I have a very simple pattern that would make everything O(1) for performance past the first call

inline long long calculateFieldOffset(void* _this, const char *field) {
        size_t *actualPtr = reinterpret_cast<size_t *>(GetNativePointerField<void*>(_this, field));
        return actualPtr - reinterpret_cast<size_t *>(_this);
    }


    struct FSupplyCrateItemSet {
        uint8 _padding[0x40];
        TArray<FSupplyCrateItemEntry, FDefaultAllocator>& ItemEntriesField() {
            static auto offset = calculateFieldOffset(this, "FSupplyCrateItemSet.ItemEntries");
            return *((TArray<FSupplyCrateItemEntry, FDefaultAllocator>*)((size_t*)this + offset));
        }
    };

would be very easy to apply that pattern to the helper methods and cache the offset and im sure yall know how to clean the pattern up more. And can get the padding blocks in there so it works fine for TArray I think it was said is where that matters yeah? with that, the risk then would only be if size of a struct changed and that struct is used in an array Though this could be automated too and then send a ping in a discord channel for devs to be aware of changed structs and know if they use it in their plugin.

3:27 AM

though this kind of change would have to be a semver major due to change of signatures for things like where other template params were left off. but would be nice to have a clean 1 to 1 mapping to actual structs

Aikar

couldnt the pdb reader code be used to write code thatll generate every struct to generate everything to be accurate in the api? then it can be very easdy to just run once any time an update is out to check for struct changes and push updated structs.

I'm not too familiar with exactly what's in the PDB or how to use MS's DIA SDK. So far I've invested my time in learning IDAPython instead. I suspect that you could generate definitions for struct/class member variables pretty reliably, but I wonder if function signatures aren't as straightforward. IDA gets function sigs wrong sometimes even with the PDB provided. With IDAPython (plus a slightly modified PDBReader in ArkServerApi plus some info dumped from the UE reflection system) I've been able to generate a nice set of native struct/class variable definitions that are more complete and up-to-date than the current headers. I haven't refined the function definition generation to a point I'm comfortable with yet though. I've thought about submitting pull requests for some of my generated definitions. One obstacle to easy generated updates is that the ArkServerApi header files were originally generated, but now they've been modified by hand by multiple contributors and include things that aren't normally generated. Personally, my choice would probably be to have a separate generated header for each class. Idk if the dev team or community are interested in such a reorganization.

yeah i feel like 'extras' should be separate imo, keep structs a match to actual game and then provide helper methods elsewhere

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5:57 AM

like StructHelper::foo(Struct)

5:58 AM

and fair on functions, but another idea is the code generator can find place in existing files, then have markers for the generated fields, then you must put anything special outside of them, like struct Foo : Bar { // ##GENERATED:START - DO NOT MODIFY code // ##GENERATED:END - DO NOT MODIFY other stuff }

One thing I've done in the past is just use a lot of python pattern matching and regex to detect which lines in the headers should be replaced with generated code and leave the rest as is. (edited)

TheMollusk

I'm not too familiar with exactly what's in the PDB or how to use MS's DIA SDK. So far I've invested my time in learning IDAPython instead. I suspect that you could generate definitions for struct/class member variables pretty reliably, but I wonder if function signatures aren't as straightforward. IDA gets function sigs wrong sometimes even with the PDB provided. With IDAPython (plus a slightly modified PDBReader in ArkServerApi plus some info dumped from the UE reflection system) I've been able to generate a nice set of native struct/class variable definitions that are more complete and up-to-date than the current headers. I haven't refined the function definition generation to a point I'm comfortable with yet though. I've thought about submitting pull requests for some of my generated definitions. One obstacle to easy generated updates is that the ArkServerApi header files were originally generated, but now they've been modified by hand by multiple contributors and include things that aren't normally generated. Personally, my choice would probably be to have a separate generated header for each class. Idk if the dev team or community are interested in such a reorganization.

Separate headers I don’t think would work

8:36 AM

Unless you find a way to do partial definitions of a class, maybe possible

8:37 AM

C# has partial class

Aikar

yeah i feel like 'extras' should be separate imo, keep structs a match to actual game and then provide helper methods elsewhere

Any major rewrite will require splitting the api

8:38 AM

If we go the major rewrite route then I want to completely drop the current auto updater in favor of a custom launcher executable

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Separate headers I don’t think would work

Idk, I think the big challenge is declaring/defining the required the required types for each class header right? Forward declaring certain classes and including struct definitions? So far I've been able to do that without too much trouble. Another option is a header for each UE package, like the existing UE4 SDK generator does. I don't like that quite as much though.

Recently I've been thinking about grouping the headers

Definitely in favor of refactoring the whole auto-updater/ArkServerApi separate DLL situation though

So basically a Weapons.hpp

9:15 AM

Instead of every weapon being in one

1

9:15 AM

And a Dinos.hpp

9:15 AM

Engrams.hpp (edited)

9:15 AM

Items.hpp

9:15 AM

etc

Frigoff

Recently I've been thinking about grouping the headers

What I do in my own private SDK is generate directories for each UE package, basically match the paths you see in the dev kit, and create a file for each class in the package. Then create one file for any structs in the UE package and one for enums.

9:17 AM

Un-reflected types would also need to be handled for ArkServerApi, but that shouldn't be too difficult

TheMollusk

Idk, I think the big challenge is declaring/defining the required the required types for each class header right? Forward declaring certain classes and including struct definitions? So far I've been able to do that without too much trouble. Another option is a header for each UE package, like the existing UE4 SDK generator does. I don't like that quite as much though.

Specifically the larger issue is shoving helpers and generated things into the same class definition

9:32 AM

if you can spread a class definition over several headers then it is not an issue

9:33 AM

For example

9:34 AM

///AShooterCharacter_gen.h
class AShooterCharacter 
{
  //generated methods
}
///AShooterCharacter.h
class AShooterCharacter
{
  public std::uint64 UniqueIdFromCharacter();
}

(edited)

Ahh I see. Maybe something like the UE4 SDK generator that lets you specify hardcoded lines for certain classes then. (edited)

9:36 AM

I fucking hate C# man

9:36 AM

what the fuck

9:37 AM

cockblocked on multiple inheritance (can only do this with interfaces), can't freaking specify the data structure layout as I can use fields and properties aren't fields

9:37 AM

this is so obnoxious

I don't know C# lol

I'm not even doing something that radical

9:38 AM

I'm writing a webapi to verify a WiiU nand dump, stuff like the OTP is broken int 8 banks (contiguous)

9:38 AM

bank0 is wii data

9:38 AM

bank 1-7 is wiiu

9:38 AM

I would like to define each Bank

9:38 AM

and then just do

9:38 AM

struct WiiUData : Bank1, ..., Bank7

9:38 AM

how hard is this man

9:38 AM

C++ can do it

9:41 AM

bro

9:41 AM

come on

9:41 AM

this is so stupid lmao

10:27 AM

Java has it

10:27 AM

substitute

what the fuck

I think you need to make it static

1:14 PM

because C# usually wants to have everything static.

1:17 PM

also try to pass default value for it

SR

I think you need to make it static

That’s not the issue at all here

1:22 PM

And it can’t be static, the data it represents isn’t static

oh ok.

It’s just a failure of the language wherein intersection types don’t exist

That happens sometimes.

C# flat out disallows multiple inheritance

1:24 PM

It also disallows any struct inheritance

1:24 PM

It’s too strict

Because it is too simple :)

@substitute Time to learn rust >:)

1:25 PM

hehe xd

If I would write this in Rust

1:25 PM

I would just write it in C

substitute

I would just write it in C

try assembly if it goes like that

1:26 PM

C# has interop with C

I saw some people using both C++ and C in C# executable.

1:27 PM

with some sort of dark magic.

SR

try assembly if it goes like that

Hey, you laugh but some of us still write primarily C and even the occasional assembly (those are some of my favorite tasks lol) at our day jobs

TheMollusk

Hey, you laugh but some of us still write primarily C and even the occasional assembly (those are some of my favorite tasks lol) at our day jobs

I know that

What function does write text from engine in server console? Like this one.

substitute

https://github.com/ServersHub/Framework-ArkServerApi/commit/693360e9d69c0d7fb30ebb2a7b7a8fc347ac85d3

does it attacht the ark console too and not only the arkapi console

7:04 PM

?

is there a way we can potentially make logger also really write to the log file?

8:56 PM

as ive got background processes auto restarting servers now but no console window, and if i do pull subs latest commit could just null route the console all together

8:56 PM

but need console to access the current plugin loggers, so can route that to a file, but itll now be a dupe lol

8:57 PM

@SR your plugin logger can unless your asking same question as me to also actually log it to file lol

Aikar

@SR your plugin logger can unless your asking same question as me to also actually log it to file lol

wdym

Log::GetLog()->error("foo");

8:58 PM

but that is in green and doesnt go to log file

8:58 PM

or well red for error

8:59 PM

would FMessageLog::Info maybe do it?

9:00 PM

looks like void __fastcall FOutputDevice::Log(FOutputDevice *this, const wchar_t *Str) is it

It goes to a different log file, though

oh

9:03 PM

      if ( GIsOfficialServer )
      {
        v3 = FOutputDeviceRedirector::Get();
        FOutputDevice::Log(
          v3,
          L"AShooterPlayerController::ReceivedPlayerState() how could this be called on the server?");
      }

Under Binaries/Win64/logs

ohhh

9:04 PM

well sucks its separate context but that is good to know (edited)

9:04 PM

would be nice to still be mixed with ark logs to know order of things like in console

Mr. Alpaca

does it attacht the ark console too and not only the arkapi console

There’s no reason it shouldn’t

Is there a better way to find out the weapon used for a particular a damage event than the below code? I could switch weapons before the hit and get it registered as something else.

c++
float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->TargetingTeamField() < 10000) // wild dinos
    {
        FString targetName, damageCauserName, eventInstigatorName, weaponName;
        FName damageTypeFName;

        _this->GetHumanReadableName(&targetName);
        DamageCauser->GetHumanReadableName(&damageCauserName);
        EventInstigator->GetHumanReadableName(&eventInstigatorName);
        DamageEvent->DamageTypeClassField().uClass->GetDefaultObjectName(&damageTypeFName);

        if (EventInstigator->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {
            AShooterPlayerController* shooterPlayerController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            AShooterWeapon* weapon = shooterPlayerController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField();

            if (weapon != nullptr) weapon->GetHumanReadableName(&weaponName);
        }

        SendConsoleMessageToAll("{} damage of type {} to {} from {} by {} using {}", Damage, damageTypeFName.ToString().ToString(), targetName.ToString(), damageCauserName.ToString(), eventInstigatorName.ToString(), weaponName.ToString());
    }

    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

3:07 AM

Also tried changing the values on the weapon but the problem becomes that a lot of damage sources use the same damage type and afaik I can't create a new damage type without a devkit mod.

c++
    static UBlueprintGeneratedClass* ProjArrowTranqBoltClass = (UBlueprintGeneratedClass*)Globals::FindClass("BlueprintGeneratedClass /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Projectiles/ProjArrow_Tranq_Bolt.ProjArrow_Tranq_Bolt_C");
    static UBlueprintGeneratedClass* DmgTypeProjectileWithImpactFXTranqClass = (UBlueprintGeneratedClass*)Globals::FindClass("BlueprintGeneratedClass /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/DamageTypes/DmgType_ProjectileWithImpactFX_Tranq.DmgType_ProjectileWithImpactFX_Tranq_C");

    AShooterProjectile* projCDO = static_cast<AShooterProjectile*>(ProjArrowTranqBoltClass->GetDefaultObject(true));
    UDamageType* dmgTypeCDO = reinterpret_cast<UDamageType*>(DmgTypeProjectileWithImpactFXTranqClass->GetDefaultObject(true));
    if (projCDO == nullptr || dmgTypeCDO == nullptr) return;

    FProjectileWeaponData& weaponConfig = *GetNativePointerField<FProjectileWeaponData*>(projCDO, "AShooterProjectile.WeaponConfig");
    weaponConfig.DirectDamage = damage;

    float& damageTorpidityIncreaseMultiplier = *GetNativePointerField<float*>(dmgTypeCDO, "UShooterDamageType.DamageTorpidityIncreaseMultiplier");
    damageTorpidityIncreaseMultiplier = 10.0;

    TArray<FDamagePrimalCharacterStatusValueModifier>& damageCharacterStatusValueModifiers = *GetNativePointerField<TArray<FDamagePrimalCharacterStatusValueModifier>*>(dmgTypeCDO, "UShooterDamageType.DamageCharacterStatusValueModifiers");
    FDamagePrimalCharacterStatusValueModifier& mod = damageCharacterStatusValueModifiers[0];
    mod.DamageMultiplierAmountToAdd = 10.0;

Tobias

Is there a better way to find out the weapon used for a particular a damage event than the below code? I could switch weapons before the hit and get it registered as something else.

c++
float Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)
{
    if (_this->TargetingTeamField() < 10000) // wild dinos
    {
        FString targetName, damageCauserName, eventInstigatorName, weaponName;
        FName damageTypeFName;

        _this->GetHumanReadableName(&targetName);
        DamageCauser->GetHumanReadableName(&damageCauserName);
        EventInstigator->GetHumanReadableName(&eventInstigatorName);
        DamageEvent->DamageTypeClassField().uClass->GetDefaultObjectName(&damageTypeFName);

        if (EventInstigator->IsA(AShooterPlayerController::GetPrivateStaticClass()))
        {
            AShooterPlayerController* shooterPlayerController = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(EventInstigator);
            AShooterWeapon* weapon = shooterPlayerController->GetPlayerCharacter()->CurrentWeaponField();

            if (weapon != nullptr) weapon->GetHumanReadableName(&weaponName);
        }

        SendConsoleMessageToAll("{} damage of type {} to {} from {} by {} using {}", Damage, damageTypeFName.ToString().ToString(), targetName.ToString(), damageCauserName.ToString(), eventInstigatorName.ToString(), weaponName.ToString());
    }

    return APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage_original(_this, Damage, DamageEvent, EventInstigator, DamageCauser);
}

where did this < 10k come from? Players are >= 50000, so curious if theres another magic # and 10-50k is unused.

I usually search through the history and pickup snippets of code related to what I want to do. I believe the 10k number was this message https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/693948864851345539

Aikar

where did this < 10k come from? Players are >= 50000, so curious if theres another magic # and 10-50k is unused.

That’s just Wildcards special number

4:23 PM

You’ll see it all over in ida when dealing with Dino’s

4:24 PM

Basically though your “tribe or team” is indicated by your targeting team number

4:24 PM

Tribes and specimen implants generate above 50000 and wilds depending on their group can be 0-49999

right thats the part i knew, i was questioning why tobias had 10k

4:54 PM

as that could be excluding wild if a wild did get say 20k, so i was curious is 10000-49999 a special range

it's my understanding that it used to be >= 10K was players, and at some point that changed (probably with genesis) to >= 50K

Does not seem to be a thing anymore at least. Looking through IDA there is absolutely no reference to 10000 in anything that has to do with teamids.

What hook does print all that text?

Either way wilds are just below 20 most of the time

6:30 PM

10000 or 50000 will likely not make a difference

yeah i was curious what would the diff ids the wilds use mean?

7:48 PM

is it maybe classification for boss, etc?

7:48 PM

also, could we potentially register completely custom components to actors to store metadata in and have it serialized?

You could instantiate already existing components, I don't think you can inject your own components or maybe creating a new UClass, I am not sure

i ultimately jut want to store a an std::map of arbitrary key/value stores.

Maybe someone else with better low level engine knowledge can help you

8:20 PM

It's out of my expertise area

yeah i feel like its gonna be around the area Sub was doing for the Auto Endgame stuff, just i wanna apply it to all actors

9:02 PM

i wanna be able to do stuff like track when a dino spawned, where it spawned (so i can leash it), who's attacked it recently (make bosses not damage tribes who had not attacked it), etc, open ended key value stores are so fundamental to building lots of cool things

Anyone know if UE5 works the same way as current ARK with all ::Tick happening on a single thread?

i didnt see anything about world being ticked, just the network manager it seemed

12:15 AM

from quick research looks like nothing was done to break world ticking up, it is a very complicated beast, we actually touched on that convo the other day in here about how we did a breakdown of rewriting minecraft to regionize multithread tick the world. i was hoping UE5 would have something like that but doesnt seem like it does. (edited)

12:17 AM

is stasis a ue concept or anark concept? ultimately it would rely on stasis, creating regions based off unsuspended areas, combining nearby ones, and separating ticking by regions who are distant enough they have no risk of AI Colliding between separate regions. (ie, whos attack landed first?)

I'm pretty sure it's ark's

but then youd go into downstream of mods and plugins also have to understand the thread risks there too

12:18 AM

supporting third party content is the hardest part of threading world ticking of any game

12:19 AM

so, if its arks, dont expect that kind of fancyness from ark devs

Yeah no

Is there a way to import and open another map's backsub file on the newly created map? I'd like to tour the bass from the previous season.

hello everyone. how can I get a player controller that kills a dinosaur with an admin rifle? I have tried using

Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

, but EventInstigator and DamageCauser is nullptr when dino is killed using admin rifle

RIO (Александр)

hello everyone. how can I get a player controller that kills a dinosaur with an admin rifle? I have tried using

Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

, but EventInstigator and DamageCauser is nullptr when dino is killed using admin rifle

This is direct damage without owner.

RIO (Александр)

hello everyone. how can I get a player controller that kills a dinosaur with an admin rifle? I have tried using

Hook_APrimalCharacter_TakeDamage(APrimalCharacter* _this, float Damage, FDamageEvent* DamageEvent, AController* EventInstigator, AActor* DamageCauser)

, but EventInstigator and DamageCauser is nullptr when dino is killed using admin rifle

This is why, the damage causer is not connected therefore you cannot go that route

4:36 PM

You can search for how to detect blueprint events like that one, and hook ServerRequestDestroyTarget

4:36 PM

That includes the dino parameter

Thanks

@Pelayori

4:31 AM

4:32 AM

such an arbitrary decision

lol

10:40 AM

That is kind of simple though? Why is having msvc a stroke

10:40 AM

Or is it just intellisense

Pelayori

That is kind of simple though? Why is having msvc a stroke

No the error is correct

10:49 AM

You can declare but not define a function from a typedef

10:49 AM

Defining means supplying the actual implementation

10:50 AM

It’s just an arbitrary restriction imo

10:50 AM

The only argument I can see for it is that you won’t have named args using current C++ syntax

My template knowledge is limited but I tried

since rust compiles down to native, it should be possible to build plugins in rust right?

Aikar

since rust compiles down to native, it should be possible to build plugins in rust right?

You may have to fight calling conventions

7:55 PM

But yes

Hi, I'm not sure if this is where I should ask this, but this morning I restarted the servers and everything was fine. Now I have this problem. Does anyone know how I can solve it? Thanks!

AdminAlphaWolf20

Hi, I'm not sure if this is where I should ask this, but this morning I restarted the servers and everything was fine. Now I have this problem. Does anyone know how I can solve it? Thanks!

You would want to ask here

3:07 AM

https://discord.gg/eFGAvQbf

3:08 AM

If I had to guess, one of your plugins is unable to make a request and is timing out

3:08 AM

but there's no clear indication on which plugin is having that issue

ooo this was just released https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_82_0/libs/mysql/doc/html/index.html

3:43 AM

ah damn still doesnt provide as nice of a high lvl api i was hoping.

3:43 AM

cant find a good connection pool

substitute

https://discord.gg/eFGAvQbf

I can't figure out the problem, I'll try again, thanks.

uh api has this: #define check(expr) {} breaking boost

6:47 AM

#undef check fixed it it seems

Aikar

uh api has this: #define check(expr) {} breaking boost

Hello, is this for me? Because if it is, I don't understand anything lol.

no i ran into an issue but resolved it

Aikar

no i ran into an issue but resolved it

ah¡ ok

no idea on your issue

6:56 AM

blow pc up, build a new one, try again, nuclear option

It seems that something is blocking the address against the API, but I don't know which IP it is to verify it.

Aikar

blow pc up, build a new one, try again, nuclear option

Seems like the right call from the perspective of a developer

Turn everything that blocks network traffic off, still not working..? Go on vacation for a week. If the problem still exist when back rebuild everything.

well prob should rebuild everything even if it works as the machines now probably compromised

6:42 PM

if you turned off every firewall lol

Haha

Maybe skip the inbound hardware firewall.

how i can convert the data of dino in cryo in a APrimalDinoCharacter?

1:36 AM

c++
`FCustomItemData ItemData;
if (!cryopod->GetCustomItemData(FName("Dino", EFindName::FNAME_Find), &ItemData)) {
  return;
}

or where i can find the DinoID in "ItemData"

Loki

or where i can find the DinoID in "ItemData"

The id is not one of the properties that get saved in the custom item data. You have to get it from the serialized dino data in CustomDataBytes.ByteArrays which is not as easy. The game uses this byte array to recreate the dino by calling APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnFromDinoData which in turn uses UObjectSerializer::DeSerializeObject to deserialize the data and spawn the dino.

Maybe, u can spawn dino from data with APrimalDinoCharacter::SpawnFromDinoData at 0 0 0 coords, get it IDs and destroy

hello everyone. does anyone know what else can be checked in this case? players load mods, a map, but at the very end they are kicked with such an error. I tried to look at the check in AShooterGameMode with Hook_AShooterGameMode_IsPlayerAllowedToJoinNoCheck, but it returns true there. At what point does the server disconnect the player?

RIO (Александр)

hello everyone. does anyone know what else can be checked in this case? players load mods, a map, but at the very end they are kicked with such an error. I tried to look at the check in AShooterGameMode with Hook_AShooterGameMode_IsPlayerAllowedToJoinNoCheck, but it returns true there. At what point does the server disconnect the player?

AGameSession::ApproveLogin references that string. It calls AGameSession::AtCapacity and shows that message if the result is non-zero. (edited)

Tobias

AGameSession::ApproveLogin references that string. It calls AGameSession::AtCapacity and shows that message if the result is non-zero. (edited)

thanks. that is, if AtCapacity returned true, then it will write Server Full? (edited)

5:09 PM

I can't understand at all why players get such an error

Yeah. I though it returned a char but it's a bool.

5:11 PM

What the heck, now it's a char again :p Either way, if it returns anything but zero.

Tobias

What the heck, now it's a char again :p Either way, if it returns anything but zero.

do you know what this function does?

Tobias

Yeah. I though it returned a char but it's a bool.

IDA does it's best to infer the type. This will lead to some incorrect guesses. You are supposed to help guide it along. Most likely it is a bool.

Frigoff

IDA does it's best to infer the type. This will lead to some incorrect guesses. You are supposed to help guide it along. Most likely it is a bool.

Yeah. It was just funny to see it jump between bool and char every other time.

It does this because IDA doesn't decompile and analyze every function as that would take a very long time. Instead they do it the lazy way and decompile what you ask them to. Which can lead to wrong results. As you decompile more and more functions it will lead to more correct results. You can force this to happen but it takes a very long time.

in ue5.1 docs it looks like this virtual bool AtCapacity

As you're decompiling it's making up to date guesses

RIO (Александр)

do you know what this function does?

Not in detail. But it checks AGameSession::MaxPlayers and AGameSession::MaxSpectators. Calls IOnlineSession::GetNumConnectedPlayersExcludingAuthToken

Frigoff

As you're decompiling it's making up to date guesses

The behavior is just weird in this case because I can jump between two functions and it will change the return type every time. So it goes bool then char, then bool, then char, and so on. (edited)

Tobias

Not in detail. But it checks AGameSession::MaxPlayers and AGameSession::MaxSpectators. Calls IOnlineSession::GetNumConnectedPlayersExcludingAuthToken

thank you. you've been very helpful. may I ask how you knew that?)

RIO (Александр)

thank you. you've been very helpful. may I ask how you knew that?)

Just decompiling in IDA and with the debug information from the pdb.

Tobias

Not in detail. But it checks AGameSession::MaxPlayers and AGameSession::MaxSpectators. Calls IOnlineSession::GetNumConnectedPlayersExcludingAuthToken

and the server may not perform this check? I don't remember this happening before. it completely ignores the white list

RIO (Александр)

and the server may not perform this check? I don't remember this happening before. it completely ignores the white list

The decompilation is pretty bad so you'd have to spend a lot more time to figure out the details and specifically what all the vtable pointers are. Is whitelist supposed to be able to ignore max players?

7:31 PM

If you have not decompiled things with IDA before. This is what it looks like: https://pastebin.com/096DAjwP

ARK: AGameSession::AtCapacity - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

Tobias

The decompilation is pretty bad so you'd have to spend a lot more time to figure out the details and specifically what all the vtable pointers are. Is whitelist supposed to be able to ignore max players?

maybe. it

s AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck.
I think, before load mods call

bool IsPlayerAllowedToJoinNoCheck` and if a player is not added to the AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck.txt, the number of players is checked. If added, it is not executed. Previously, everything was fine, but now even if I added a player to the AllowPlayerToJoinNoCheck.txt, he can download mods, but when connected, he disconnected it with the error that he threw above "server full"

Tobias

If you have not decompiled things with IDA before. This is what it looks like: https://pastebin.com/096DAjwP

oh... thanks

7:34 PM

I tried hook AGameSession::AtCapacity with API, but have crash

How do you hook it?

Tobias

How do you hook it?

I found in HookCreator.

bool AtCapacity(bool bSpectator, FString* AuthToken) { return NativeCall<bool, bool, FString*>(this, "AGameSession.AtCapacity", bSpectator, AuthToken); }

GameState.h

7:40 PM

and it first in stack after crash

ShooterGameServer.exe!AGameSession::AtCapacity() (0x00007ff6f72a8dab) + 11 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gamesession.cpp:214]

Tobias

If you have not decompiled things with IDA before. This is what it looks like: https://pastebin.com/096DAjwP

but here I see UNetConnection arg

char __fastcall AGameSession::AtCapacity(AGameSession *this, bool bSpectator, const FString *AuthToken, UNetConnection *Connection)

Yeah. It's probably out of date.

c++
DECLARE_HOOK(AGameSession_AtCapacity, bool, AGameSession*, bool, const FString*, UNetConnection*);
bool Hook_AGameSession_AtCapacity(AGameSession* _this, bool bSpectator, const FString* AuthToken, UNetConnection* Connection)
{
    return AGameSession_AtCapacity_original(_this, bSpectator, AuthToken, Connection);
}

I`ll test it

7:44 PM

Tobias

If you have not decompiled things with IDA before. This is what it looks like: https://pastebin.com/096DAjwP

I need to learn how to do xD it's very useful

Yeah, have to decompile to figure out how things work

Tobias

Yeah. It's probably out of date.

c++
DECLARE_HOOK(AGameSession_AtCapacity, bool, AGameSession*, bool, const FString*, UNetConnection*);
bool Hook_AGameSession_AtCapacity(AGameSession* _this, bool bSpectator, const FString* AuthToken, UNetConnection* Connection)
{
    return AGameSession_AtCapacity_original(_this, bSpectator, AuthToken, Connection);
}

crash

Fatal error!



VERSION: 357.18 
ShooterGameServer.exe!AGameSession::AtCapacity() (0x00007ff737ad8dab) + 11 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gamesession.cpp:214]
AdminFastCommands.dll!Hook_AGameSession_AtCapacity() (0x00007ff96387e3ae) + 0 bytes [C:\Projects\Plugins\AdminFastCommands\Hooks.cpp:11]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AGameSession::ApproveLogin() (0x00007ff737ad87e7) + 30 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gamesession.cpp:121]
AdminFastCommands.dll!Hook_AGameSession_ApproveLogin() (0x00007ff96387e4a0) + 9 bytes [C:\Projects\Plugins\AdminFastCommands\Hooks.cpp:18]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterGameSession::ApproveLogin() (0x00007ff7363a0a60) + 359 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\shootergamesession.cpp:566]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AGameMode::PreLogin() (0x00007ff737ad04c2) + 39 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gamemode.cpp:1289]
ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterGameMode::PreLogin() (0x00007ff73630feb2) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\shootergamemode.cpp:2962]
...

8:00 PM

8:01 PM

maybe it return char? XD

nah

8:03 PM

your sig is correct

8:04 PM

bool __fastcall AGameSession::AtCapacity(AGameSession *this, bool bSpectator, const FString *AuthToken, UNetConnection *Connection)

Added any code in the hook?

Tobias

Added any code in the hook?

yes

Attach a debugger

8:09 PM

To the server

8:09 PM

You should see what the underlying crash is

8:09 PM

You can attach Visual Studio debugger to the server process

yeah. I'll start debugging now

8:26 PM

at local server no crash (edited)

8:29 PM

at host - crash... (edited)

Sure you got the same version of the plugin on both?

Tobias

Sure you got the same version of the plugin on both?

yes

8:43 PM

ctrl+c -> ctrl+v

I got nothing sorry

It doesn't make any sense.

RIO (Александр)

yes

What is the code you added?

Tobias

What is the code you added?

bool Hook_AGameSession_AtCapacity(AGameSession* _this, bool bSpectator, const FString* AuthToken, UNetConnection* Connection)
{
    auto Result = AGameSession_AtCapacity_original(_this, bSpectator, AuthToken, Connection);
    Log::GetLog()->info("AGameSession::AtCapacity called!");
    Log::GetLog()->info("Result: {}", Result);
    return Result;
}

9:10 PM

at my PC it work. at server on host it doesnt work

9:13 PM

line 11. it is result

Everything looks fine there.

9:16 PM

Are you running the same version on your local server? 357.18

357.18

9:17 PM

the same is installed on the host

Tobias

Everything looks fine there.

omg... I turned off the on timer callback in the plugin and it worked. whaaaaaat?

A timer callback completely unrelated to the login stuff?

yes

9:24 PM

I just do this

9:24 PM

xD

Maybe some threading issue.

WETBATMAN

if (!dinoConf["AttackSpeedModifiers"].empty())
            {
                for (auto &element : dinoConf["AttackSpeedModifiers"])
                {
                    _this->AttackInfosField()[element["Index"].get<int>()].RiderAttackIntervalField() = element["AttackSpeed"].get<float>();
                }
            }

how i can get AttackInfos? when i execute this code

    auto& attacks = dino->AttackInfosField();
    Log::GetLog()->info("attacks: {}", attacks.Num());
    for (FDinoAttackInfo& attack : attacks)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->info("attack stamina cost: {}", attack.StaminaCostField());
    }

i get only the first value, others contain bullshit

AHTUxPK

how i can get AttackInfos? when i execute this code

    auto& attacks = dino->AttackInfosField();
    Log::GetLog()->info("attacks: {}", attacks.Num());
    for (FDinoAttackInfo& attack : attacks)
    {
        Log::GetLog()->info("attack stamina cost: {}", attack.StaminaCostField());
    }

i get only the first value, others contain bullshit

The problem is that FDinoAttackInfo is not the correct size so the second offset will be trash. You would have to get the size of the struct and then manually offset the pointer or something like that. There are helpers for getting the real size of a struct. See https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513822201145982976/925546807159824456 (edited)

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Technically he is using the pdb reader so the offsets should not be the issue I believe

Maybe the api has changed from what I am currently using

Pelayori

Technically he is using the pdb reader so the offsets should not be the issue I believe

Not on the loop

8:32 PM

auto& attacks = dino->AttackInfosField(); read from PDB attacks.Num() Is accurate (read from PDB) Log::GetLog()->info("attack stamina cost: {}", attack.StaminaCostField()); read from PDB, accurate as long as attack is accurate

8:33 PM

for (FDinoAttackInfo& attack : attacks)
{
}

is the iterator version of

for(int i = 0; i < attacks.Num(); ++i)
{
}

8:33 PM

if the underlying type of auto& attacks = dino->AttackInfosField(); is TArray and is not read/sized correctly then

8:34 PM

attacks[n] n > 0 can produce garbage

8:37 PM

The reason for this is

for(int i = 0; i < attacks.Num(); ++i)
{
  auto this_attack = attacks[i];
}

where attacks[i] produces *(attacks + i) which is actually result = *(address of attacks + sizeof(FDinoAttackInfo) * i) (edited)

8:37 PM

I'm willing to bet sizeof(FDinoAttackInfo) is not accurate

Something like this probably.

c++
static int FDinoAttackInfoStructSize = GetStructSize<FDinoAttackInfo>();
    auto& attacks = dino->AttackInfosField();
    Log::GetLog()->info("attacks: {}", attacks.Num());
    auto ptr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&attacks[0]);
    for (int i = 0; i < attacks.Num(); i++)
    {
        auto attack = reinterpret_cast<FDinoAttackInfo*>(ptr + i * FDinoAttackInfoStructSize);
        Log::GetLog()->info("attack stamina cost: {}", attack->StaminaCostField());
    }

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Tobias

Something like this probably.

c++
static int FDinoAttackInfoStructSize = GetStructSize<FDinoAttackInfo>();
    auto& attacks = dino->AttackInfosField();
    Log::GetLog()->info("attacks: {}", attacks.Num());
    auto ptr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&attacks[0]);
    for (int i = 0; i < attacks.Num(); i++)
    {
        auto attack = reinterpret_cast<FDinoAttackInfo*>(ptr + i * FDinoAttackInfoStructSize);
        Log::GetLog()->info("attack stamina cost: {}", attack->StaminaCostField());
    }

it worked, thanks

AHTUxPK

it worked, thanks

above explanation is why

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I'm new to C++ and was looking into making a plugin that uses MySQL. Are there any recommended ways of doing this? Or anything i should avoid? I'm pretty sure it would need to be done asynchronously, but not sure. Any recommendations?

@Necronym yeah thats part im working through, lot of the plugins with example are doing it on main thread, but bringing in threads introduces new complications of needing a connection pool and the lib everyone uses doesnt have it, so im trying to get a pool going myself.

hey, any know whats the hook of rex tek saddle fire? I would like search it in the devkit but its 400+gb and I had to uninstall it

We saw your question the 3 times you posted it

1:22 AM

Maybe no one knows exactly

1:23 AM

Try yourself hookin dino attack, or maybe you have to download devkit

(edited)

Pelayori

We saw your question the 3 times you posted it

i posted it on Discussion-I but i saw than this is the channel where people do more questions, so i send the message here too, sorry.

Pelayori

Try yourself hookin dino attack, or maybe you have to download devkit

(edited)

Yes i was looking for attack hooks or shoot in APrimalDinoCharacter but i dont found a hook for rex tek fire proyectiles

1:38 AM

I think I'm going to have to buy another hdd disk and download the devkit (edited)

Necronym

I'm new to C++ and was looking into making a plugin that uses MySQL. Are there any recommended ways of doing this? Or anything i should avoid? I'm pretty sure it would need to be done asynchronously, but not sure. Any recommendations?

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/Permissions/Permissions/Private/Database/MysqlDB.h

Ark-Server-Plugins/MysqlDB.h at master · ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plug...

Server Plugins for ARK: Server API. Contribute to ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

1:56 AM

permissions has a pretty good example of async mysql

1

@WETBATMAN i dont see anything async in that entire file

3:58 PM

i see a ton of db queries being executed outside of a mutex here

4:00 PM

it is not safe to use same connection over multiple threads concurrently.permissions is prob just low volume enough to not be bit by it and most of it is probably hitting all on main thread.

4:00 PM

to safely do mysql concurrently you need a connection per thread

4:00 PM

which is why im trying to do a pool

4:01 PM

on mysql access, obtain connection from pool, the pool itself is thread safe, do queries, return it to pool.

I'm just here struggling to get MYSQL connector to work within my project lmao. bob moment

that file is a good example for that

4:02 PM

the mysql++ lib isnt bad, though there is a newer version than what lot of these plugins have, i had the newer version working in my plugin

4:03 PM

i had found some nicer solutions but they dont support windows

I can get mysql connector to work within an empty C++ project, but when i build it within my plugin project it creates errors. (edited)

what was the error, did you copy connector C from that plugin or download it yourself?

4:04 PM

there was some issues with the winsock2 stuff that was hack patched in some of those

Aikar

what was the error, did you copy connector C from that plugin or download it yourself?

downloaded it myself and tried following this tutotrial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_W4zt5sR1M&pp=ygUVdmlzdWFsIHN0dWRpbyBteXNxbCsr new to C++ so this is a bit above my head ngl.

Aikar

@WETBATMAN i dont see anything async in that entire file

write requests are async and reads are performed from cache

yeah key thing here is ensuring connector c is in include and library paths, the #include lib file is in place, and the mysql++ file is in place. you can prob copy the files from one of those plugins to get it right

4:06 PM

@WETBATMAN so ultimately the thread contexts are done outside of that file?

4:07 PM

though most risks come from transactions and it doesnt seem like this code is using them any, so prob also why it ends up safer

4:11 PM

but man i have so much db queries going on in my minecraft code and tons and tons of transactions, tons of concurrent queries risk, this kind of code would have blown up on me lol

4:14 PM

https://github.com/ServersHub/Ark-Server-Plugins/blob/master/Permissions/Permissions/Private/Database/MysqlDB.h#L214 like this method, it is not thread safe, nor multiple server safe. lot of issues with this code running in a cluster where multiple servers could change the data, can result in a lot of desync risk

I find it strange that there is very limited tutorials for c++ and mysql.

4:14 PM

sad

yeah because people who had the objective to make a friendlier ecosystem did it as different languages lol

4:16 PM

I'm a Senior Software Architect, been doing this for 20 years, and this shits even making me scream on whys it gotta be this complicated. CMake seems to be trying to improve things at least, but its still nowhere near as easy as other ecosystems

4:16 PM

made me consider looking into Rust to see what its like there

4:16 PM

even windows is rewriting the core OS to rust now

Aikar

even windows is rewriting the core OS to rust now

i did not know that

4:17 PM

interesting

4:18 PM

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/ This is the correct MYSQL connector right?

for the mysql++ you need the C version

4:18 PM

i was considering looking at the cpp connector though since it does include a pool

4:19 PM

the mysql++ was a single header file wrapper api around the connector

4:19 PM

to simplify some things

this one? https://tangentsoft.com/mysqlpp/wiki?name=MySQL%2B%2B&p&nsm

look at the link wetbatman gave, copy the file out of the repo

4:20 PM

but yes it is that one i believe

Not CMake

4:20 PM

Stands for cry while making

ive not ran into issues with it so far lol (edited)

I used it for the first time like a month ago

4:21 PM

I was so confused lol

4:21 PM

yeah of course itll be a learning curve

4:22 PM

https://gist.github.com/aikar/7ff0a9360246dd80c68b0a3a33b7aff9 was a previous working state i had, mines changed a bit since of course lol

CMakeLists.txt

GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

4:22 PM

but its nice just having all your build configuration details in a clear to read file

4:22 PM

easier to copy to setup new projects

4:23 PM

i have clion that invokes cmake to build then visual studio to link

4:23 PM

then it invokes a script file to auto upload with scp the binary to my server so i can then copy it into test server

4:24 PM

im a huge jetbrains fan so visual studio was eating me alive in productivity being different, switching to clion let me focus on code/project rather than IDE

@Aikar This has a section that mentions how to do connection pools with threads, with some example code. https://tangentsoft.com/mysqlpp/doc/html/userman/threads.html

4:36 PM

Not sure if this is what you're after

@Necronym lol now i dont believe that link is same thing as what people are using in plugins

4:40 PM

yeah namespace is different

4:41 PM

https://github.com/daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp

GitHub - daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp: Lightweight header-only wra...

Lightweight header-only wrapper for MySQL with simple and convenient usage in modern C++ (C++11 or later) - GitHub - daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp: Lightweight header-only wrapper for MySQL with si...

loosing my mind here lol

yeah its a disaster

4:43 PM

well mainly the fact you got so much cross os dep issues too, i found some decent looking solutions, doesnt support windows lol

i thought the entire point of C++ was that it was readable by most things

4:43 PM

i miss c# :V

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4:45 PM

dm me Necro, i can try to help you with your mysql problem if you want, no promises tho

i think they are just working through project setup issues in general

jraServerAPI

dm me Necro, i can try to help you with your mysql problem if you want, no promises tho

will do ty

but yeah im not much help there either since idont even use visual studio, im in reverse boat of cant ask for much help since i do things diff than everyone else

4:46 PM

because clion

4:46 PM

and i like the style better

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4:47 PM

scripted build systems are nice, vs really should move to it

I'll talk to Bill

moving java from maven xml to gradle groovy/kotlin was huge improvement too

4:48 PM

being able to write code to build your code

sounds cool.. i love automation

heres copy of my mysql+++.h that i had patched to work in modern env w/o errors: https://gist.github.com/aikar/e7bac07b9ff269ad4fe2327c1d15c962

mysql+++.h

GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

4:57 PM

using the latest 1.2 version off their repo

4:57 PM

you need that polyfill folder off the repo too

4:58 PM

https://github.com/daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp/tree/master/mysql%2B%2B%2B

mysql-modern-cpp/mysql+++ at master · daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp

Lightweight header-only wrapper for MySQL with simple and convenient usage in modern C++ (C++11 or later) - mysql-modern-cpp/mysql+++ at master · daotrungkien/mysql-modern-cpp

5:00 PM

i made a libs folder, tossed polyfill and that .h file in it, added libs to include path, added mysql c connector latest from mysql site to the libs folder, then also added libs/mysql to the include path:

target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ARK-Server-API/version/Core/Public;"
        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.;"
        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs;"
        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/mysql;"

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5:01 PM

think also need the mysql connector c .lib file too, which i tossed into libs target_link_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ARK-Server-API/out_lib" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs" )

5:01 PM

think thats the key things to getting it working

and thats why i like cmake, its very clear what instructions the build tool is receiving to make things work, vs vstudio its mixed over multiple GUI's and who knows what in the XML File, and i wouldnt trust just copying snippets out of the XML anyways.

5:14 PM

i think vstudio can use cmake too, so its also portable to let the dev chose their IDE vs forcing vstudio

5:15 PM

windows devs are just so used to vstudio i guess its not usually a concern/consideration though. but man coming from so many other languages, tooling choice is key

how to get server ip address?

SR

how to get server ip address?

Would the server even know? It is probably bound to an internal ip. Suppose you could use Steam Source API to get it.

SR

how to get server ip address?

make a request to https://api.ipify.org

https://icanhazip.com (edited)

5:52 PM

but yeah internal ips can be NAT or bound 0.0.0.0 so crawling external detection is best, but in complex network setups that can be messy, but the real question is, what are you doing @SR ? maybe what your doing shouldnt be using external ip, as people keep telling people to set the IP explicitly on the server launch and thats really bad practice to be doing, but it seems like people are telling people to do that because somethings maybe are setup to almost require it

5:53 PM

RCON Should never be going over the public network, and should be firewalled off, so if you're wanting it for RCON, you are going down wrong path

Aikar

RCON Should never be going over the public network, and should be firewalled off, so if you're wanting it for RCON, you are going down wrong path

RCON should be lan only and accessed remotely over vpn

6:53 PM

Same with any sensitive stuff

That's what I was meaning

My home network is extremely firewalled haha

6:54 PM

My firewall only allows cloudflare ips through to my web server

6:54 PM

Game servers are proxied via wireguard and a gateway on OCI

6:55 PM

I did recently actually migrate some to a local vps to reduce in round trip latency

6:55 PM

What’s an extra 20 ms

6:55 PM

i had someone tell me 'its a game server stop worrying about security' when i complained about ASM opening rcon to outside world

6:59 PM

it adds firewall rules to open it, then they encourage everyone to use the configuration to expose it

There’s a lot of people that consider convenience more important than security

7:01 PM

These people are all wrong

7:02 PM

Minimum attack surface is like rule 1

im slowly dismantling my need of ASM, atm its mainly handling updates for me.

7:24 PM

but to get server launched i didnt want to have to wait to build tooling to just even get it going so i went with it. (edited)

i cant figure out what im doing wrong, every docs i see for boost lockfree stack it says to use it this way

2:41 AM

oh ffs i imported queue

2:42 AM

of course i figure it out soon as i paste it lol

2:42 AM

why the hell was it still coming out like that though, weird

2:43 AM

though prob better to do a FIFO queue so the connections cycle through

hey, i have a question, how i can use hook with mods? I want to hook the deploy of soul traps in Dino Storage Mod

4:51 AM

I didn't find a documentation of the mod for that

substitute

These people are all wrong

I've had a couple "run ins" with the convenience vs security dilema while hosting servers for ark. I can promise anybody who doubts it, attackers are actively scanning ark servers at all times for vulnerabilities. be very careful out there lol

Loki

hey, i have a question, how i can use hook with mods? I want to hook the deploy of soul traps in Dino Storage Mod

You would have to hook the ufunction calls if any exist. It's more complex than creating hooks for compiled functions, but there is a bunch of examples here if you search for "ufunction". You'd also have to get the function names, indices, arguments etc. For that you could probably use TheMollusks Blueprint dump function from here: https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1058957205761687632

got me a good pool class going now hope to wrap up tonight after i verify it doesnt blow up lol

4:02 PM

but might as well drop boost since i was trying to use lockfree to avoid ever even using a mutex, but mysql+++ uses a mutex lol

4:04 PM

as locks do have all kinds of hidden costs to settle memory state, dunno how much from java translates to native envs like C++, but i recall someone mentioning cpu level caches could be cleared. (edited)

How to check if there's any obstacle between two objects?

LineTrace

Frigoff

LineTrace

where it is?

12:06 PM

and what collision channel should be used?

SR

and what collision channel should be used?

ECC_WorldDynamic or ECC_WorldStatic probably.

Is API::Timer::Get().RecurringExecute know to cause crashes? I am adding the log into a queue and sending over a rest request. I am getting a few odd crashed like this

1:15 PM

ShooterGameServer.exe!TSet<TPair<FName,UCanvas * ptr64>,TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<FName,UCanvas * ptr64,0>,FDefaultSetAllocator>::FindId() (0x00007ff657b66f9e) + 8 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\core\public\containers\set.h:505] ShooterGameServer.exe!UClass::FindFunctionByName() (0x00007ff6597a42e4) + 20 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\class.cpp:3563] ShooterGameServer.exe!UObject::FindFunction() (0x00007ff6597dfb3d) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\scriptcore.cpp:798] ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::ClientChatMessage() (0x00007ff658c11fbe) + 20 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\intermediate\build\win64\shootergameserver\inc\shootergame\shootergame.generated.1.cpp:5802] KalsCrossChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007fffcf59c194) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

Uaca

ShooterGameServer.exe!TSet<TPair<FName,UCanvas * ptr64>,TDefaultMapKeyFuncs<FName,UCanvas * ptr64,0>,FDefaultSetAllocator>::FindId() (0x00007ff657b66f9e) + 8 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\core\public\containers\set.h:505] ShooterGameServer.exe!UClass::FindFunctionByName() (0x00007ff6597a42e4) + 20 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\class.cpp:3563] ShooterGameServer.exe!UObject::FindFunction() (0x00007ff6597dfb3d) + 0 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\scriptcore.cpp:798] ShooterGameServer.exe!AShooterPlayerController::ClientChatMessage() (0x00007ff658c11fbe) + 20 bytes [f:\build\lostisland\projects\shootergame\intermediate\build\win64\shootergameserver\inc\shootergame\shootergame.generated.1.cpp:5802] KalsCrossChat.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00007fffcf59c194) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

It looks like function does not exist.

2:26 PM

or just not found/included.

Would anyone (that is somewhat seasoned with the API) like to collaborate on a project with me? I have a couple really cool plugin ideas that I would love to get working on but I think It would be easier with some help

Anyway, send me a DM if you are interested at all and we can discuss

thanks!

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Had a weird bug just now where

c++
API::Timer::Get().DelayExecute()

didn't seem to run on some maps, but on others it ran fine. I've changed up my code to hook onto "AShooterGameMode.InitGame" and that seems to have fixed it.. i think lol. Just wondered if anybody would happen to know anything about that. From what i read from checking this discord (albeit briefly) DelayExecute is supposed to run when the server is ready anyway right?

it's supposed to be ran after the timer callbacks start which is after the server is ready, yeah

WETBATMAN

it's supposed to be ran after the timer callbacks start which is after the server is ready, yeah

Weird, it's probably my code lol. I'll mention if i find anything else out lol.

Hello, does anyone know if it's possible to know if a player is in asgard for example? getting the name or class of the level or something? or if it's inside a specific cave

RMod

Hello, does anyone know if it's possible to know if a player is in asgard for example? getting the name or class of the level or something? or if it's inside a specific cave

I dunno about Fjordur and Asgard specifically but you can get the name of a level like this:

c++
AActor* actor = ...;
FVector pos;
FString biomeZoneName = "";

actor->RootComponentField()->GetWorldLocation(&pos);

auto GetBiomeZoneVolume = [](UWorld* World, const FVector* Location) { return NativeCall<ABiomeZoneVolume*, UWorld*, const FVector*>(nullptr, "ABiomeZoneVolume.GetBiomeZoneVolume", World, Location); };
ABiomeZoneVolume* biome = GetBiomeZoneVolume(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld(), &pos);
if (biome != nullptr)
{
    biomeZoneName = (*GetNativePointerField<FString*>(biome, "ABiomeZoneVolume.BiomeZoneName"));
}

(edited)

is there a way to cancel the CreatePostRequest? it looks like it will crash the game if the plugin is unloaded and there is still requests to com complete !

Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me, i have no idea on how to resolve this issue. I have an FString variable as you can see this correspond to this->config.orderReceivedText and you'll be able to see that i'm trying to write the content of the variables to a file but i can't manage to write it correctly. Sometimes this variable will have some content in UTF-8 and i'll need of course to save the content of this FString in utf-8 and here is what currently happening : àèùéâîôûêçû

-> ?????????????????????????? How can i write the content of an FString in utf-8 in a file?

c++
    this->config.orderReceivedText = FString(startup_config["my_text"].get<std::string>());
    //debugging stuff...
    std::ofstream debugUTF(ArkApi::Tools::GetCurrentDir() + "/ArkApi/Plugins/MyPlugin/debug.txt");
    debugUTF << this->config.orderReceivedText.ToString();
    debugUTF.close(); 
        //debugging stuff

Duster_drUAGON

Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me, i have no idea on how to resolve this issue. I have an FString variable as you can see this correspond to this->config.orderReceivedText and you'll be able to see that i'm trying to write the content of the variables to a file but i can't manage to write it correctly. Sometimes this variable will have some content in UTF-8 and i'll need of course to save the content of this FString in utf-8 and here is what currently happening : àèùéâîôûêçû

-> ?????????????????????????? How can i write the content of an FString in utf-8 in a file?

c++
    this->config.orderReceivedText = FString(startup_config["my_text"].get<std::string>());
    //debugging stuff...
    std::ofstream debugUTF(ArkApi::Tools::GetCurrentDir() + "/ArkApi/Plugins/MyPlugin/debug.txt");
    debugUTF << this->config.orderReceivedText.ToString();
    debugUTF.close(); 
        //debugging stuff

FString is UTF-16

11:17 PM

You need to convert to UTF-8

Which function converts it to UTF-8?

You’ll have to write your own most likely

I think you can use API::Tools::Utf8Encode

11:48 PM

Or you could also use a utf16 stream

Pelayori

I think you can use API::Tools::Utf8Encode

Thank you very much it happened to be the solution it works perfectly now

Hey guys! Im a new ark plugins developer and I'm pretty excited to start making plugins, I already have some ideas. Is there a tutorial to get started?

Hi i'm having a new issue i know this one is more related to classic c++ issue but i have no idea why my program keep crashing here is all the parts of code which is related to this variables (By the way i've set the compiler to C++20) MyClass.h std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> customers; MyClass.cpp std::unique_ptr<int> new_customer = std::make_unique<int>(5); this->customers.push_back(std::move(new_customer)); i've made a new c++ console program to see if the issue is related to my code but on plain c++ it works just fine. (It's not a compilation error by the way my program just crash when calling this->customers.push_back(std::move(new_customer));) (edited)

2:57 PM

3:01 PM

Oh!

std::unique_ptr cannot be moved Well yeah :p (edited)

3:01 PM

I was gonna reply

Then it that case i will use shared_ptr?

shared pointer can be moved, and copied etc as far as I'm concerned

3:02 PM

unique ptr should be created, and not rellocated

Well thank you very much for the quick reply and for enlightening me i've forgot that unique_ptr weren't allowed to be moved it seems like today isn't a smart day for me

You can, however

3:03 PM

create a new unique ptr and pass it the old one, if that is what you want (edited)

3:03 PM

The copy constructor of unique ptr transfers the ownership from old pointer to the newly constructed one

3:04 PM

unique ptr means there cannot be more than 1 owner of the raw pointer, which copying would do as you were doing

i knew that it was unique but i think i've fallen in the mistake that thinking std::move would "move" and not "copying"

I'm not sure if I'm correct but what I think it's std move nulls it

Well that's odd i've changed the container to shared_ptr and im still having the same exact issue

c++
    std::shared_ptr<int> new_customer = std::make_shared<int>(5);
    this->customers.push_back(new_customer);

Not sure then

I think the issue is competly different actually

3:21 PM

i've tried to log this->customers.size()

3:22 PM

and i know it's empty because there is not a single push

3:22 PM

but it printed me 18

Duster_drUAGON

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Can’t really help with an obscured crash stack

I know but still thank you for trying, i appreciate all of your efforts i'm going to dig further and look up where the error comes from

Hey guys, is there any way to hook when player press any key of keyboard and get the pressed key?

i'm guessing no, that is client side only

7:33 PM

probably do it with a mod

Wish we had something like this for Unreal games! https://github.com/kremnev8/UnityExplorer

GitHub - kremnev8/UnityExplorer: An in-game UI for exploring, debug...

An in-game UI for exploring, debugging and modifying IL2CPP and Mono Unity games. - GitHub - kremnev8/UnityExplorer: An in-game UI for exploring, debugging and modifying IL2CPP and Mono Unity games.

Could write a server plugin that lets you inspect and modify the contents of the reflection system. ArkServerApi already partially supports accessing reflected properties, and dumping everything in reflection to text files is easy enough. Making it interactive in-game might be kind of painful with just text commands depending on what you want to do and also due to the volume of the reflection system contents. If you want a GUI, you'd pretty much need to couple the plugin with a mod (actually I bet you could basically do the whole thing in a mod with no plugin involved). (edited)

Does anyone know the hook that check if flyers are allowed to fly? For example Fjordur area's

Natsu

Does anyone know the hook that check if flyers are allowed to fly? For example Fjordur area's

bool APrimalDinoCharacter::CanFly (edited)

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TheMollusk

Could write a server plugin that lets you inspect and modify the contents of the reflection system. ArkServerApi already partially supports accessing reflected properties, and dumping everything in reflection to text files is easy enough. Making it interactive in-game might be kind of painful with just text commands depending on what you want to do and also due to the volume of the reflection system contents. If you want a GUI, you'd pretty much need to couple the plugin with a mod (actually I bet you could basically do the whole thing in a mod with no plugin involved). (edited)

How amazing is this though! Just add this plugin to the client and this entire GUI interface is added to the game!

6:21 AM

I have no idea what any of it means, but it looks amazing! lol

When setting bIsAdmin to true to a player would that be enough for them to use cheat commands? or should i do something more

As far as I'm concerned, yes

gave them the admin password now but new_player->bIsAdmin() = true; new_player->SetAdminIcon(true); ((APlayerController*)new_player)->EnableCheats("Passwordhere!"); Did not work atleast that's what they said did not test it myself yet

Pelayori, could you tell me how you made foundations turn red (not placeable) with your mod/plugin?

Natsu

Pelayori, could you tell me how you made foundations turn red (not placeable) with your mod/plugin?

I replicate the data I need, and then detect what structure is trying to place client side, and enable/disable collision at will on client

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Natsu

Pelayori, could you tell me how you made foundations turn red (not placeable) with your mod/plugin?

Where he did it?

7:47 PM

How do you make a small delay to execute something? I've tried with std::chrono but this one causes massive ping.

std::chrono::milliseconds delayTime(430);

auto startTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

while (true) {
    auto currentTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
    auto elapsedTime = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(currentTime - startTime);

    if (elapsedTime >= delayTime) {
        // Function
        break;
    }
}

7:48 PM

Delaying with inbuilt API timer doesn't allow me to use values that are not int.

7:48 PM

I need to do something like 0.45

SR

How do you make a small delay to execute something? I've tried with std::chrono but this one causes massive ping.

std::chrono::milliseconds delayTime(430);

auto startTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

while (true) {
    auto currentTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
    auto elapsedTime = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(currentTime - startTime);

    if (elapsedTime >= delayTime) {
        // Function
        break;
    }
}

https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513822201145982976/1111713995020308581

7:54 PM

I use that for timers

Pelayori

I use that for timers

How is it used in a function?

Tools::Timer::Get().DelayExec

Strange crash from delayexec.

void Hook_AShooterWeapon_BPFiredWeapon(AShooterWeapon* _this)
{
    Tools::Timer::Get().DelayExec(shooted, 450, true, ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetSteamIdFromController(_this->AssociatedPrimalItemField()->OwnerInventoryField()->GetOwnerController()));
    AShooterWeapon_BPFiredWeapon_original(_this);
}

you have to pass a pointer to the function

8:15 PM

&shooted

Oh ok

and dont do it async

8:15 PM

High chances of not knowing what that can cause

Pelayori

&shooted

Thanks Pelayori, always the best!

it will probably not be 450 ms exactly, as ticks do what they please lol

8:22 PM

but it will be near that

Pelayori

it will probably not be 450 ms exactly, as ticks do what they please lol

What if server goes hard with 5 TPS?

8:23 PM

That's what I'm afraid of, ticks are not stable.

8:23 PM

If diff is not that big then it is fine.

8:23 PM

but shouldn't be high from the main result (>20ms) (edited)

5 tps = 200 ms per tick, so it would check every 200ms rather than 33ms

8:23 PM

(33ms in 30 tps)

sooo if it goes under 5 tps we could get 600 ms instead of 450?

you can check the internal of checks by doing 1000 / tps

8:24 PM

the result is time in ms between ticks

8:24 PM

aka, the delta time

Pelayori

aka, the delta time

Could it be used to do some stuff with it and minimise problems connected with tps?

you could estimate the next delta time and if it's too late to execute the function you could force its execution

8:29 PM

like, if it's left 20ms, and the delta time is 0.2s, you could execute it rather than wait too much

like deltatime = 1000 / tps if(deltatime > timeleft) Update()?

Could do that yeah, but delta time is given to you on update function

8:31 PM

it's that float in the update

8:31 PM

but it's in seconds

~~What could be done to properly check it?~~ (edited)

8:32 PM

~~Is it required to be somewhere in your functions or edited in my?~~ Did this if() inside update to check for next execution and if it is higher than required then force update it. if(function && now + std::chrono::milliseconds((int)round(deltatime * 1000)) > function->execTime && function->callback) (edited)

Better to lose some ms in my case but if you know how to do it better I can try it. (edited)

I mean I would not bother, it is not designed to be a real time timer anyways

8:46 PM

It's an aprox

SR

Where he did it?

see his plugins

Hi it's great that you guys are talking about timer because i'm currently having this type of issue

9:09 PM

I've been trying to use this library for DelayExec

9:10 PM

so i have a function let's call it x() if i call it 10 times on main x(); it works perfectly fine BUT i don't know why when i'm calling x(); in DelayExec() it crashes because there is a member variable in my class which becomes null when using the timer

9:13 PM

by the way my member variable becomes null when reaching the callback of this function API::Requests::Get().CreateGetRequest(statusUrl,callbackBridge,HTTPHeaders);

Then check for nulls?

it should never become nulls

9:15 PM

i will send a part of the code

9:16 PM

where OK is present the variable is still available

9:16 PM

but once we're reaching API_callback() it becomes null

9:16 PM

and it happens when im calling x(); in timer

Is the object even the same? you are calling this->key_parts, then whatever::me->key_parts

9:17 PM

Doesn't sound too crazy the array is modified until the callback arrives

yeah it sames im using a static object me design the same object as this

Pelayori

Doesn't sound too crazy the array is modified until the callback arrives

i know but i think it has to do something again with the stack (edited)

I cannot help further without knowing more parts of the code, it's too broad of an issue

Sure no problem, i will come back if i have more information

I think i have an idea why it becomes null and if it's the case i literally have 2 iq

9:29 PM

i don't have a loop

9:30 PM

so when x() is done and API_callback isn't called yet

9:30 PM

it goes to return TRUE;

9:30 PM

and my object gets deleted

9:35 PM

and now it works when allocating on the heap instead of the stack the issue doesn't have anything to do with the library (edited)

The library wouldn't be responsible for your program's objects, so that's for granted

Duster_drUAGON

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don't use just 1 HWID for authentication

I have a question about the api this time

c++
target->ServerSendChatMessage(&this->message, EChatSendMode::LocalChat);

As you can see it sends a message in the local chat and i wanted to know if there is a way to send from the server to send a Private message to the player and if it isn't the case is the localChat only visible for the player im targeting? (edited)

template <typename T, typename... Args>
        FORCEINLINE void SendChatMessage(AShooterPlayerController* player_controller, const FString& sender_name, const T* msg,
            Args&&... args)
        {
            if (player_controller)
            {
                const FString text(FString::Format(msg, std::forward<Args>(args)...));

                FChatMessage chat_message = FChatMessage();
                chat_message.SenderName = sender_name;
                chat_message.Message = text;

                player_controller->ClientChatMessage(chat_message);
            }
        }

from api utils, sends a private chat message

Thank you very much, you're awesome!

        UWorld* world = ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld();
        FString tek_path = FString("Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Structures/StorageBox_TekShield.StorageBox_TekShield'");

        UClass* structure_class = UVictoryCore::BPLoadClass(&tek_path);
        if (!structure_class) 
            Log::GetLog()->critical("There was an error while processing new structures");

        AActor* new_actor = world->SpawnActor(structure_class, &loc, &rot, &params);

Tek shield wont spawn, a metal foundation works. Is there any secret to spawn a tek shield?

There isn't any secret to spawn an actor

I have a question about AShooterPlayerController i'm guessing that when you spawn a player controller it doesn't despawn automatically so i wanted to know for optimisation purposes how to despawn it?

c++
    FVector SpawnLocation(0, 0, 0);
    FRotator SpawnRotation(0, 0, 0);
    AShooterPlayerController* god = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->SpawnPlayerController(&SpawnLocation, &SpawnRotation));

Duster_drUAGON

I have a question about AShooterPlayerController i'm guessing that when you spawn a player controller it doesn't despawn automatically so i wanted to know for optimisation purposes how to despawn it?

c++
    FVector SpawnLocation(0, 0, 0);
    FRotator SpawnRotation(0, 0, 0);
    AShooterPlayerController* god = static_cast<AShooterPlayerController*>(ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetShooterGameMode()->SpawnPlayerController(&SpawnLocation, &SpawnRotation));

Why are you spawning a controller?

I want to execute console commands

7:31 PM

but i don't want to do it on a player

There's no feasible way to do that

7:45 PM

The engine internally always look for a valid player controller

so how can i execute admin commands?

Firstly you need at least 1 online player, you can get the first player controller with ArkApi::GetApiUtils().GetWorld()->GetFirstPlayerController()

7:51 PM

If the controller is not null, you can use APlayerController::ConsoleCommand

7:52 PM

Alternatively, the UShooterCheatManager has some functions that are executed by commands without the need of players, might do what you want

and when i selected the player to execute commands as admin can i just do this ?

c++
p->bIsAdmin() = true;
    p->ConsoleCommand(&result, &fcommand, false);
    p->bIsAdmin() = false;

Yes

how do i link a structure with another one? structure->LinkStructure(another); does nothing!

That does work

12:06 PM

But there's probably steps you are missing

12:07 PM

My guess is that you do not associate it with the floor it's placed on by adding it to the structure->PlacedOnFloorField(), and floor->StructuresPlacedOnFloorField()

How to check for clustered structures?

3:37 PM

Maybe there is an array with all linked structures data?

Pelayori

My guess is that you do not associate it with the floor it's placed on by adding it to the structure->PlacedOnFloorField(), and floor->StructuresPlacedOnFloorField()

will check those out, thanks!

SR

Maybe there is an array with all linked structures data?

GetAllLinkedStructures in PrimalStructure

How is it possible to replicate structures data to a client? (Not placeable, etc)

5:49 PM

Hook a function that checks for placement?

It’s not easy to do so, if even possible

5:51 PM

You can deny placement but not replicate it without helper mods

Is it possible to add teleport location (public teleporter) from s+ to be added to the teleport list without spawning in the structure itself?

Regarding the new announcement. Are you sure that it's a good idea? I don't really understand the whole Discord partner thing, but throwing development channels into the huge mess that is a bunch of channels for people playing on games servers seems like a crazy idea to me. I don't know what the benefits are, but the negatives seem immense. Firstly, the first onboarding question forces me to say I want to play on one or more games servers, and then activates all those channels and the associated noise they come with. Secondly, what happens when all those end users start saying "yes" to the development option and we start getting endless noise from end users instead of the clean dev-only environment we have now?

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Regarding the new announcement. Are you sure that it's a good idea? I don't really understand the whole Discord partner thing, but throwing development channels into the huge mess that is a bunch of channels for people playing on games servers seems like a crazy idea to me. I don't know what the benefits are, but the negatives seem immense. Firstly, the first onboarding question forces me to say I want to play on one or more games servers, and then activates all those channels and the associated noise they come with. Secondly, what happens when all those end users start saying "yes" to the development option and we start getting endless noise from end users instead of the clean dev-only environment we have now?

It does seem crazy to me too but I think you can flat out remove those channels from existing by not using the role

I know I've said this before, and I say it with the most extreme respect to everyone here, but the more you try and forcefully integrate this previously independent, open source project into your other businesses, the more likely people are going to become resentful and eventually just fork the project and start their own independent project again, which as I've said would be a HUGE disaster for this community.

I think it will allow people to cross pollinate ideas and feedback

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I know I've said this before, and I say it with the most extreme respect to everyone here, but the more you try and forcefully integrate this previously independent, open source project into your other businesses, the more likely people are going to become resentful and eventually just fork the project and start their own independent project again, which as I've said would be a HUGE disaster for this community.

I agree with the sentiment but I also think if anything it’s an experiment worth trying. We already get a lot of lost people joining here when the Q/A on the other server should help keep them in the right channels

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Regarding the new announcement. Are you sure that it's a good idea? I don't really understand the whole Discord partner thing, but throwing development channels into the huge mess that is a bunch of channels for people playing on games servers seems like a crazy idea to me. I don't know what the benefits are, but the negatives seem immense. Firstly, the first onboarding question forces me to say I want to play on one or more games servers, and then activates all those channels and the associated noise they come with. Secondly, what happens when all those end users start saying "yes" to the development option and we start getting endless noise from end users instead of the clean dev-only environment we have now?

Great questions Firstly, the first onboarding question forces me to say I want to play on one or more games servers,

Should give an option to skip that, I'll double check on my end.

Secondly, what happens when all those end users start saying "yes" to the development option and we start getting endless noise from end users instead of the clean dev-only environment we have now?

This will be using our own discord bot to automod it alongside discords new auto-mod feature and the staff team is much larger on the official discord. Same rules here will apply there. Any trolls/idiots will be removed entirely. It'll actually be more heavily moderated then this one as the staff team is much larger.

You'll always have the option to stay exclusively in this discord server but understand it won't be getting future support or moderation. The partnered one will be heavily moderated to keep the channels clean.

There’s a fine line to walk and we’ll just have to see how it goes

3:00 AM

I kinda see what owlsky is doing as like sponsoring the open source stuff with his commercial stuff atm, kinda like redhat

3:01 AM

As long as both sides properly respect each other and stay out of each others business then it can be a healthy relationship

Ok, well I'm really happy to try anything if it's what everyone else thinks is best, as long as there's a commitment to manage any issues. I think it's critical to do everything possible to keep this amazing community we have together as these two new games are released. The last thing anyone needs is new forks being released with the new games and this community splitting apart.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I know I've said this before, and I say it with the most extreme respect to everyone here, but the more you try and forcefully integrate this previously independent, open source project into your other businesses, the more likely people are going to become resentful and eventually just fork the project and start their own independent project again, which as I've said would be a HUGE disaster for this community.

Understandable and fair POV. ServerAPI will always remain 100% free and open source under our team. There will never be plans to take ServerAPI private thankfully.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Ok, well I'm really happy to try anything if it's what everyone else thinks is best, as long as there's a commitment to manage any issues. I think it's critical to do everything possible to keep this amazing community we have together as these two new games are released. The last thing anyone needs is new forks being released with the new games and this community splitting apart.

Now the real challenge will be how opinionated we’ll all be when it comes to porting over to 1.5

3:03 AM

Since we can drop old baggage at that point

3:03 AM

GSH | MrOwlSky

Understandable and fair POV. ServerAPI will always remain 100% free and open source under our team. There will never be plans to take ServerAPI private thankfully.

I know you did mention that awhile back in the merge but hopefully you've saw over the past year or so that if anything ServerAPI has gotten more and better updates since the merge. Entire official plugins have been reworked from ground up by Foppa, Pelayori and Lethal and all provided much needed quality of life updates to the plugins. Same with the official API releases they've gotten better overtime, Wetbatman has done some incredible work with the auto update features. The goal is to grow together we'll never take it private/paid, I stand firm in keeping ServerAPI free and fair for everyone. I agree with your opinion on that 100%.

3:07 AM

Also to add to that, If you see anything like trolls like you mentioned feel free to DM anytime my DMs are always open. I'm more then happy to bounce trolls bothering the development channels. (edited)

All respect to Batman but for 1.5 I’m just gonna make an updater program

, using double dll proxy is so wack

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GSH | MrOwlSky

I know you did mention that awhile back in the merge but hopefully you've saw over the past year or so that if anything ServerAPI has gotten more and better updates since the merge. Entire official plugins have been reworked from ground up by Foppa, Pelayori and Lethal and all provided much needed quality of life updates to the plugins. Same with the official API releases they've gotten better overtime, Wetbatman has done some incredible work with the auto update features. The goal is to grow together we'll never take it private/paid, I stand firm in keeping ServerAPI free and fair for everyone. I agree with your opinion on that 100%.

Thank you for the replies

Yes the team at the moment is fantastic. I've been working with some other modding communities over the last year, and none have come close to being as skilled and generous with their time and expertise as this community has been for years now.

Agreed 100%

There is a big problem with migrating everything to GSH. This server is going to be legacy like a book just to CTRL+F or ask if someone answers. But newbies are going to be in GSH and they don't even know "wtf this function does?!?!?" when in this server if you search a little you'll see complete references for this function.

2

Is it possible to get player skeleton and check its bones, get their position?

8:32 AM

It looks like some functions from this are missing.

What's the hook when a player is connecting to the server ?

Just a gentle reminder that this is still here: The search function works pretty well and can help you find that hook you're trying to find. https://arkserverapi.wiki

3

Thank you, i couldn't find the link

SR

There is a big problem with migrating everything to GSH. This server is going to be legacy like a book just to CTRL+F or ask if someone answers. But newbies are going to be in GSH and they don't even know "wtf this function does?!?!?" when in this server if you search a little you'll see complete references for this function.

I'll pin the wiki dream provided in the new GSH discord and I'll include that on the website itself. Important chat will be attempted to be exported/imported on new GSH to make finding past questions easier. Though really we need a questions channel dedicated to that rather then general chat imo.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Just a gentle reminder that this is still here: The search function works pretty well and can help you find that hook you're trying to find. https://arkserverapi.wiki

when did we have this?

why not just keep dev community separate, i dont see value in merging it into a larger discord where you now gotta scroll down farther to find the channels and way less categorization (though tier system here is prob a bit unnecessary)

Aikar

why not just keep dev community separate, i dont see value in merging it into a larger discord where you now gotta scroll down farther to find the channels and way less categorization (though tier system here is prob a bit unnecessary)

With discords Onboarding system you can hide all channels and only show API channels.

yeah but i want to see them when i do want to go to them, just the niceness of separate communities i click on the one i want to see (edited)

8:51 PM

since most the time im only caring for dev lol

So far the new Discord isn't going well. It's already full of questions from end users. It's critical that the developers area is effectively quarantined away from end users, or it ruins the entire point of having a development area.

3:13 AM

At the moment, people like myself can come to this Discord each day and easily read through the messages from the day to keep up to date with whatever is happening. If I have to wade through end users asking how to run the API then it quickly becomes tedious or impossible.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

So far the new Discord isn't going well. It's already full of questions from end users. It's critical that the developers area is effectively quarantined away from end users, or it ruins the entire point of having a development area.

Make sure you are using the right channels. The actual API channels have only API related topics and questions. You are looking at the tech support channels. I would advice you use onboarding and hide those channels to avoid confusion.

3:19 AM

#deleted-channel

GSH | MrOwlSky

Make sure you are using the right channels. The actual API channels have only API related topics and questions. You are looking at the tech support channels. I would advice you use onboarding and hide those channels to avoid confusion.

These are the only API channels I can see. Am I missing some? I followed the onboarding process.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

These are the only API channels I can see. Am I missing some? I followed the onboarding process.

That's the right one yeah. I'm not seeing any off-topic questions in that chat.

Seems like that channel has been cleaned

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Seems like that channel has been cleaned

It's been that way what text exactly where you referring to?

My biggest concern is that this existing Discord server remain accessible for new developers. It's an invaluable resource for learning plugin development. There are years worth of questions, answers, discussion, and examples here. This Discord basically is the ArkServerApi documentation and it would take massive effort to begin to reproduce the information here somewhere else. (Are all channels here still accessible to new users? @Natsu was saying earlier that he can't see the intermediate channels. And I don't see the role selection channel anymore)

TheMollusk

My biggest concern is that this existing Discord server remain accessible for new developers. It's an invaluable resource for learning plugin development. There are years worth of questions, answers, discussion, and examples here. This Discord basically is the ArkServerApi documentation and it would take massive effort to begin to reproduce the information here somewhere else. (Are all channels here still accessible to new users? @Natsu was saying earlier that he can't see the intermediate channels. And I don't see the role selection channel anymore)

Yeah that's a valid point. There are tools like https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter where we can export/import the chat history into the new discord I intend to do this. That way new users can still take advantage of the discords Search feature.

GitHub - Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter: Exports Discord chat logs to a...

Exports Discord chat logs to a file. Contribute to Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter development by creating an account on GitHub.

3:31 AM

(Are all channels here still accessible to new users? natsu was saying earlier that he can't see the intermediate channels. And I don't see the role selection channel anymore)

New users no, Current users still have access. New users will be forwarded to the updated discord. But the question above for new users not having access to search past history. That will be resolved in the coming weeks just need to sit down and export/import it.

3:33 AM

I believe there are some bots that can do the export/import aswell. If you know any off your head feel free to DM me them. Otherwise most likely will use one of the github repos of a stable build. Some are sketchy cause they require your discord auth token.

Maybe that message history could be exported to a wiki instead? It can be a pain trying to find things in Discord history.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Maybe that message history could be exported to a wiki instead? It can be a pain trying to find things in Discord history.

So we have two wikis already https://articles.gameservershub.com/ <-- Official wiki but is missing content. (Need writers to help write/fill it) https://arkserverapi.wiki/ <- Unofficial wiki created by fellow developer. I would be happy with having it imported to a wiki we just need someone whos active and can work on it. Can provide some type of incentives for their time given. (edited)

Articles: Home

The homepage for all your gaming related news and articles.

GSH | MrOwlSky

So we have two wikis already https://articles.gameservershub.com/ <-- Official wiki but is missing content. (Need writers to help write/fill it) https://arkserverapi.wiki/ <- Unofficial wiki created by fellow developer. I would be happy with having it imported to a wiki we just need someone whos active and can work on it. Can provide some type of incentives for their time given. (edited)

Yeah the second one is me. I'd be happy to have look and see if it can be done. The issue I can think of is making sure people can follow a reply chain. Not sure how that would work in wiki format, but I'm sure there's a way.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

Yeah the second one is me. I'd be happy to have look and see if it can be done. The issue I can think of is making sure people can follow a reply chain. Not sure how that would work in wiki format, but I'm sure there's a way.

Cool with me brother. I believe those discord export tools should actually work for you. I don't believe you need to have any admin perms or anything special to use those tools. Should be able to download the history and if you feel up to playing around and adding it to the wiki, That'd be a huge help. I can give you write access on the official wiki if you sign up on it.

Ok. I've got an unrelated Discord of my own with some history in it, so I'll have a try with that and see what I can do.

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Exist some mesh hook or something that detects when player is under mesh ?

if only it was that simple

4:55 AM

you can detect mesh via line tracing

4:55 AM

but it's not a perfect art

jraServerAPI

if only it was that simple

Hahah I was hopping

jraServerAPI

you can detect mesh via line tracing

Can you explaining to me pls ?

search this discord for: line tracing

5:02 AM

i posted something a while back

Okey man I will search !! Thanks

and so have others

Someone know a good hook for sending notifications to a player when they connect..? Anything better than PostLogin with a delay?

GSH | MrOwlSky

Cool with me brother. I believe those discord export tools should actually work for you. I don't believe you need to have any admin perms or anything special to use those tools. Should be able to download the history and if you feel up to playing around and adding it to the wiki, That'd be a huge help. I can give you write access on the official wiki if you sign up on it.

I've been looking at various export tools and it's looking like a very compilcated task. The "Discord Chat Exporter" app you linked will only export a single channel to a single HTML file. It does export everything correctly, and when opened the HTML basically works the same way as it would if you were viewing the channel in Discord. You can see attachments, and follow reply chains (which is REALLY important in this case), but searching would be a huge pain. I've also looked at a few Chrome extensions. They are against Discord terms, and can get your account banned though. They can export to CSV though, which would give us more flexibility, but attachments (like important Screen Shots so often used in this Discord) don't work, and reply chains are ommitted as well. I'll keep looking and see if I can find anything else more appropriate.

🐨Dream Doctor🦘

I've been looking at various export tools and it's looking like a very compilcated task. The "Discord Chat Exporter" app you linked will only export a single channel to a single HTML file. It does export everything correctly, and when opened the HTML basically works the same way as it would if you were viewing the channel in Discord. You can see attachments, and follow reply chains (which is REALLY important in this case), but searching would be a huge pain. I've also looked at a few Chrome extensions. They are against Discord terms, and can get your account banned though. They can export to CSV though, which would give us more flexibility, but attachments (like important Screen Shots so often used in this Discord) don't work, and reply chains are ommitted as well. I'll keep looking and see if I can find anything else more appropriate.

Thanks for the update

The Discord Chat Exporter is fully open source, so we could probably modify it to dump into a database instead of an html file. I'll have a look when I can.

Lethal, what hook did you use for OSD and determine when a OSD has been completed?

something to do ListActiveHordeEvents i assume ?

Hi guys. Someone have the discord link of ArkBot Helper ?? . It Is broken in the github repo (edited)

Schopfer

Hi guys. Someone have the discord link of ArkBot Helper ?? . It Is broken in the github repo (edited)

https://ark-server-api.com/forums/resources/ark-bot-helper.136/

Free - Ark Bot Helper

Click Here For Source Code Supports quick load and unload with: plugins.load ArkBotHelper plugins.unload ArkBotHelper No Config Required! What is this? ArkBotHelper is required if you want to destroy a tribes structures/creatures within the...

Thanks but I mean the support discord . The link is wrong in the repo

Schopfer

Thanks but I mean the support discord . The link is wrong in the repo

it's not wrong, the tool was discountinued and is no longer in development

I found these methods in ARKAPI. Can they be used to send and receive Post/Get requests?

10:48 AM

It seems that it will be deleted in the next version.

Poco may have some stuff marked as deprecate, but as far as I'm concerned we are fine

10:55 AM

To send post/get requests you use the API::Requests class

10:55 AM

Like the following: API::Requests::Get().Create[Get/Post]Request();

10:56 AM

You can input url, data, callback func, etc etc

Pelayori

Poco may have some stuff marked as deprecate, but as far as I'm concerned we are fine

Using the code you provided here, I found that Requests is not under API.

Sorry, you need to include "Requests.h" (edited)

Thank you. I'll try it according to your method.

11:04 AM

If he can really send/receive Post requests normally, I don't think he should abandon it.

We are not using any of the deprecated flags

Pelayori

Sorry, you need to include "Requests.h" (edited)

Thank you. I learned how to use it with your help.

Remember to call the post/get request from the API::Requests::Get()

11:08 AM

Otherwise you will have an error (edited)

I hope I don't abandon this function. It is really useful. I can write more complex business logic in c# and use post for data interaction.

Pelayori

Otherwise you will have an error (edited)

Thank you, Get () is a bit like New Object () in C#. Is he used to instantiate the Requests object?

Yes, it's a singleton pattern where there's a single requests object that handles all of the requests, so there's no duplicate objects

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Pelayori

Yes, it's a singleton pattern where there's a single requests object that handles all of the requests, so there's no duplicate objects

I get it. Thank you very much, Pelayori.

1

@PelayoriAPI also provides a DeleteRequest, I do not quite understand the role of DeleteRequest, generally speaking, Http requests are not only Get and Post?

There are multiple types of http requests

11:37 AM

Get, Post, Delete, Put ...

Pelayori

Get, Post, Delete, Put ...

I get it, I almost thought it was the function of deleting the requested object. Fortunately, I asked you this question. In the C# project I participated in, I have never used any request types other than Post and Get. Thank you very much.

Yeah it depends on the project needs, not necessarily you need to use all of them

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Pelayori

Yeah it depends on the project needs, not necessarily you need to use all of them

I wrote a token serious test interface in c# and tried to use post to request it. But there is an error code in C++: E0245 non-static member reference must be relative to a specific object.

You did not call it from the instanced object Get()

12:09 PM

And the callback has 2 params, bool and string

12:09 PM

You also need to pass a pointer to the callback, &ReqCllback (edited)

Pelayori

And the callback has 2 params, bool and string

Thank you very much. That should be no problem.

Unsuccessful headers parameter does not support string type, and the source code is std::vector<std::string >. Is there any way to convert the string into std::vector<std::string >?

{ headerString }

Pelayori

{ headerString }

I get it, It's kind of like List < string > in C #.

12:54 PM

Thank you

What hook is used to cancel console commands?? (edited)

I don't think there is a hook, i think that is client side

jraServerAPI

I don't think there is a hook, i think that is client side

so, executing "cheat fly" is client-side? (edited)

SR

so, executing "cheat fly" is client-side? (edited)

no

7:57 PM

the console command function is under AShooterPlayerController

WETBATMAN

the console command function is under AShooterPlayerController

But that one returns a value

7:58 PM

is it possible to null it?

if you are talking about Hook_AShooterPlayerController_AdminCheat, perhaps you can change value of Msg? you'll have to test it... make sure you change it before the hook

jraServerAPI

if you are talking about Hook_AShooterPlayerController_AdminCheat, perhaps you can change value of Msg? you'll have to test it... make sure you change it before the hook

Oh wait that one exists

8:01 PM

let me try using it

i thought you wanted to intercept just any commands written in the console

8:01 PM

eg.. custom /commands

8:01 PM

but yeah..try that with that hook..it mght work

jraServerAPI

i thought you wanted to intercept just any commands written in the console

I want to intercept actual commands executed from users and cancel them

8:02 PM

like if it is "DoExit" then cancel it.

8:02 PM

I know it is possible to do with CheatManager

APlayerController::ConsoleCommand

8:02 PM

AShooterPlayerController::ConsoleCommand calls this

WETBATMAN

APlayerController::ConsoleCommand

still returns a value

yeah change it to "" or maybe another command like Walk or something

just return null then

8:03 PM

they return null themselves in this certain condition

WETBATMAN

they return null themselves in this certain condition

lol

what a hello. after a recent update ran into a problem with FUniqueNetIdUInt64. The plugin just crashes when the constructor is called. both FString and uint64. it worked well before. Apparently something has changed with the update. can anyone suggest?

RIO (Александр)

what a hello. after a recent update ran into a problem with FUniqueNetIdUInt64. The plugin just crashes when the constructor is called. both FString and uint64. it worked well before. Apparently something has changed with the update. can anyone suggest?

after the latest PDBDumper update the API only has the address of one constructor inside the binary for each class, it could be that the order of the constructors changed, resulting in this

8:23 PM

should also check if maybe the constructor now needs an extra param

WETBATMAN

should also check if maybe the constructor now needs an extra param

I did not see extra parameters, I looked through IDA

WETBATMAN

after the latest PDBDumper update the API only has the address of one constructor inside the binary for each class, it could be that the order of the constructors changed, resulting in this

where can I find information to help with this?

WETBATMAN

just return null then

returning null to this crashes the server with memory allocating error

9:08 PM

9:11 PM

any empty symbol does this

9:11 PM

not sure about returning fake commands. (UPD: They're crashing too) (edited)

what does your implementation look like

WETBATMAN

what does your implementation look like

FString* Hook_APlayerController_ConsoleCommand(APlayerController* _this, FString* result, FString* Cmd, bool bWriteToLog)
{
    std::cout << Cmd->ToString() + "\n";
    if (Cmd->ToString() == "fly") {
        FString rt = "walk";
        return &rt;
    }
    return APlayerController_ConsoleCommand_original(_this, result, Cmd, bWriteToLog);
}

you're returning an address to a local variable

and what should I do?

after the function exits the stack for this function will be deleted which means that the address of rt now points to garbage (edited)

9:29 PM

and you're returning an address to it

9:29 PM

change the result variable

9:34 PM

or just try returning nullptr

WETBATMAN

or just try returning nullptr

I've tried

9:35 PM

memory allocating error

you can try to modify the result variable and return that

WETBATMAN

you can try to modify the result variable and return that

well it is still the same.

9:36 PM

just crashing

you're changing the value of result right?

9:36 PM

not the address

yeah

hm, in the source they set result to nullptr and return it

Repost your code

like this?

WETBATMAN

Click to see attachment 🖼️

yeah

9:38 PM

if that doesn't work try setting it to an empty string maybe

WETBATMAN

if that doesn't work try setting it to an empty string maybe

returning nullptr comes in the same error when you're just returning nullptr

What if you just empty the string prior calling original? Cmd->Empty()

9:44 PM

And don't do any return yourself

Pelayori

What if you just empty the string prior calling original? Cmd->Empty()

That one works.

SR

That one works.

Share me your code and I’ll see what can be done to do it properly

4:33 AM

Doing the workaround seems fine but it’s better to know why the other way causes a crash

how can i create a custom command like /hello ? (commands which are used ingame not on rcon) (edited)

Guys, does anyone know how to reduce a player's level, I try to reduce the level will revert after the player respawn

void onTest(AShooterPlayerController* player, FString*, EChatSendMode::Type)
{
  const int subtractPercentage = 10;

  if (!player)return;
  auto pCharacter = player->GetPlayerCharacter();
  if (!pCharacter)return;
  auto status = pCharacter->GetCharacterStatusComponent();
  if (!status)return;

  int level = status->GetCharacterLevel();
  float currentEXP = status->ExperiencePointsField();
  if (level <= 1 || currentEXP <= 0)return;
  float lastEXP = status->GetExperienceRequiredForPreviousLevelUp();
  int exLevel = status->GetExtraCharacterLevel();

  float newEXP = currentEXP - (currentEXP * ((float)subtractPercentage / 100));
  status->ExperiencePointsField() = newEXP;

  while (newEXP < lastEXP || exLevel>0) {
    status->SetExtraCharacterLevel(exLevel - 1);
    resetPlayerLevelUpPoints(status);
    status->RescaleAllStats();
    lastEXP = status->GetExperienceRequiredForPreviousLevelUp();
    exLevel = status->GetExtraCharacterLevel();
  }

  ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player, CHAT_MESSAGE_NAME, L"test");
}

MR_OldY

void onTest(AShooterPlayerController* player, FString*, EChatSendMode::Type)
{
  const int subtractPercentage = 10;

  if (!player)return;
  auto pCharacter = player->GetPlayerCharacter();
  if (!pCharacter)return;
  auto status = pCharacter->GetCharacterStatusComponent();
  if (!status)return;

  int level = status->GetCharacterLevel();
  float currentEXP = status->ExperiencePointsField();
  if (level <= 1 || currentEXP <= 0)return;
  float lastEXP = status->GetExperienceRequiredForPreviousLevelUp();
  int exLevel = status->GetExtraCharacterLevel();

  float newEXP = currentEXP - (currentEXP * ((float)subtractPercentage / 100));
  status->ExperiencePointsField() = newEXP;

  while (newEXP < lastEXP || exLevel>0) {
    status->SetExtraCharacterLevel(exLevel - 1);
    resetPlayerLevelUpPoints(status);
    status->RescaleAllStats();
    lastEXP = status->GetExperienceRequiredForPreviousLevelUp();
    exLevel = status->GetExtraCharacterLevel();
  }

  ArkApi::GetApiUtils().SendChatMessage(player, CHAT_MESSAGE_NAME, L"test");
}

You could try calling UPrimalPlayerData::SavePlayerData(UWorld *) on the players UPrimalPlayerData after you made the changes.

I found a way to successfully remove the level

4:41 AM

    pCharacter->GetPlayerData()->MyDataField()->MyPersistentCharacterStatsField()->CharacterStatusComponent_ExperiencePointsField() = newEXP;
    pCharacter->GetPlayerData()->MyDataField()->MyPersistentCharacterStatsField()->CharacterStatusComponent_ExtraCharacterLevelField() = exLevel - 1;

4:43 AM

In addition, I would like to ask you a question, how should I modify the FieldArray type

4:43 AM

FieldArray<char, 12> CharacterStatusComponent_NumberOfLevelUpPointsAppliedField() { return { this, "FPrimalPersistentCharacterStatsStruct.CharacterStatusComponent_NumberOfLevelUpPointsApplied" }; }

MR_OldY

In addition, I would like to ask you a question, how should I modify the FieldArray type

you can see it being used here https://discord.com/channels/513432877904691202/513432877904691205/1096085815744024628

ok thank you.

Why is it that Plugins dont work with MYSQL versions higher then 8.0.27

1:02 PM

that version is so buggy and so flawed!

They forced ssl and usually people don’t have ssl libraries installed, or at least the ones we tried with

1:07 PM

Many people could not get the ssl version to work (lethal did a test with arkshop for a long time)

1:08 PM

So MySQL itself is not buggy

1:08 PM

In fact, it is more secure

Mysql is not as convenient to use on ARK server as sqlite, and there seems to be no difference in efficiency between them.

Invoker

Mysql is not as convenient to use on ARK server as sqlite, and there seems to be no difference in efficiency between them.

Well that's not correct. SQLite is a local database that writes directly to a single file. The point of using MySQL is to allow multiple servers to access the same database and share data between them.

I get it

This request method is executed asynchronously. Can it be configured as synchronous?

Invoker

This request method is executed asynchronously. Can it be configured as synchronous?

no

wildcard forgot to turn off logging again?

Invoker

This request method is executed asynchronously. Can it be configured as synchronous?

your only solution is to recreate a GET request yourself using WIN32 API

Duster_drUAGON

your only solution is to recreate a GET request yourself using WIN32 API

why lol there is a one header request library for c++

7:55 PM

making it synchronous will cause the server to lock up for an extended period of time though

I mean it's probably a idea but if he is really sure about what he is doing then he can do that (edited)

7:56 PM

it's not like he has any other solution after all for making syncrhonous requests

https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib

GitHub - yhirose/cpp-httplib: A C++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS server a...

A C++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS server and client library - GitHub - yhirose/cpp-httplib: A C++ header-only HTTP/HTTPS server and client library

Duster_drUAGON

your only solution is to recreate a GET request yourself using WIN32 API

No not at all

10:27 PM

You don’t even need another library

10:28 PM

You can use a signal like a conditional_variable and have a blocking wait until the callback executes. (edited)

Is there something i can do about these crashes? or is reboot often the only thing ?

Natsu

Is there something i can do about these crashes? or is reboot often the only thing ?

i used WinDBG to find the issue on what plugin is causing this, could someone help me further on what to do now?

Hello i have doubts about how player identification works for ark

9:20 PM

Afaik It uses the FUniqueNetId thing but i want an overall on how it works from online subsystem login to server connection

9:21 PM

And if It behaves the same for Steam and Epic or not

I'm not sure someone has all that info

10:19 PM

As for the steam and epic, epic has a formula to get the uint64 id from the hex epic account id string

10:19 PM

There's also some pre/post login functions, and such

Yeah i need someone that has deep understanding on all this

tweakeroo

Yeah i need someone that has deep understanding on all this

Why? (edited)

To explain to me

Why do you need to know how the authentication protocol works though?

Im want to do a fix for a already player conected

You don’t need anything with authentication to do that.

11:30 PM

FUnqiueNetId should be enough

I want to understand how it works for player identification, after a succesfull logging attemt on OSS

11:32 PM

When a player connects to a server what information is passed?

11:32 PM

Such things

11:33 PM

Whats the difference between FUniqueNetId nada FUniqueNetId Repl

Sure but that isn’t really in the scope of the api

substitute

Sure but that isn’t really in the scope of the api

You guys cant help me with that?

tweakeroo

You guys cant help me with that?

It’s not really needed for what you are trying to achieve with a plugin

11:34 PM

If you want to learn how unreal engine works, that’s separate

Not unreal just this

11:34 PM

UniqueNetId thing

11:34 PM

Whats that and how it works

11:35 PM

What information is passed to the server

11:35 PM

Regarding player identification

Just find the check that tells them if there is anoter player connected to the server

11:43 PM

There they will compare ids

11:43 PM

If you find the same id

11:43 PM

Kcik them from the server

tweakeroo

UniqueNetId thing

Yes, this is Unreal Engine specific stuff

Ok but you cant help then? (edited)

@Frigoff already told you what you needed to check out.

I was hoping just some information about that which wont take more than 5 min

12:09 AM

I have done some research about that and asked in few discords

12:11 AM

But theres almost no info or atleast any documentation for people with less knowledge

12:11 AM

Thats why im asking

Have you looked at the UE documentation? The official UE documentation tends to leave a lot to be desired, but it could be a good starting point at least. I wouldn't expect to be handed a "here's exactly how you do this in under 5 minutes" answer on this topic. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/Types/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/SessionInterface/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/Steam/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/EOS/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/IdentityInterface/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/PresenceInterface/

So since 2 weeks, maybe 3 theres a bug/cheat/idk what going on that just deletes random strucutres, removes loot froms structures etc. Did you hear anything about this problem?

TheMollusk

Have you looked at the UE documentation? The official UE documentation tends to leave a lot to be desired, but it could be a good starting point at least. I wouldn't expect to be handed a "here's exactly how you do this in under 5 minutes" answer on this topic. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/Types/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/SessionInterface/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/Steam/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/EOS/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/IdentityInterface/ https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/ProgrammingAndScripting/Online/PresenceInterface/

I just need to know how FUniqueNetId works

2:42 PM

Just only that

2:42 PM

For someone with 0 experience in networking code

Lethal

Can lead a horse to water (edited)

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https://github.com/SubstituteR/ArkServerAPI-Template I use this template to learn development. I am testing the information I can get when I enter the game, but when I enter the game, the server will crash, and I add a log. The error may be API utils. getSteamidFromcontroller (new player); The exception that was thrown. Because there is nothing in the log after Hook_JoinPlayer.