Questions about restart / update

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the1trujok3r
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Questions about restart / update

Post by the1trujok3r »

Is there a way when the game being monitored for updates or when you perform a restart to send messages to the players so that they have time to log off etc.

An example is prior to using UGCC I used ARK Server Manager and as a stand alone dedi-host tool it's great but lacks any remote support so using UGCC as a panel fixes this but the ASM provides messages through rcon to players that would give them a timed warning such as 5 mins to restart, 4 mins to restart, etc...etc.. and if an update is found it will tell them the server is updating etc...and give a time warning for restarts. This is huge and helpful because it allows server admins not to be tied to manually updating the server.

Is something like this possible with UGCC?
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Re: Questions about restart / update

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On the restart tool tab you can specify the number of players the server count has to be below to initate a restart, update, etc. Set it to '1' so that it's not restarted/updated until the server is empty.

The panel should do a 10 second countdown in game if it's going to restart. Must have rcon enabled and information entered into the panel for it. Check the logs and it should say something similar to 'Server gracefully shutdown' if it's all working. If it's not, it should tell you what the issue is.
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Re: Questions about restart / update

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Is there any way to increase or set this timer?
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Re: Questions about restart / update

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Currently no. I'll look into what'll take to do this. What would you consider a reasonable notice? 5 Minutes? Then notice every minute thereafter?
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Re: Questions about restart / update

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Right now it's a configurable option which might be nice to have but yeah 5 minutes then say a message every minute then one just before it goes down.

Also had a question regarding updates does the update tool only work on the server updates? Is there a way to check mods on the server and have them update as well?

ASM (Ark Server Manager) is pretty much what was used prior so just trying to figure out if we can get or do the same with the control panel.
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Re: Questions about restart / update

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Yes, update tool is only for the server.

You can probably update mods via the extras tool. It allows you to run things per server or per gametype. If you can script mod updates that should work for you.
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