How do I write a start script for my ark server?

zUnlxgit0amx

2/21/24, 1:48 AM

I am currently trying to install a ARK dedicated server on my Ubuntu server 22.04.1 I followed the entire tutorial from Dedicated_server_setup everything worked so far, until I tried to write the start script.

I opened nano copied the script given on the site,

#! /bin/bash
./ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=<server_name>?ServerPassword=<join_password>?ServerAdminPassword=<admin_password> -server -log

edited the admin password, join password, and the server name. now having this:

#! /bin/bash
./ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=Unlegitsserver?ServerPassword=Testpassword?ServerAdminPassword=testpassword1 -server -log

which I saved as start.sh if i execute the script with ./start.sh it doesn't do anything but giving me this:

./start.sh: line 2: ./ShooterGameServer: No such file or directory

I googled now for an hour, and haven't found anything similar to my issue. I also tried different scripts but all of em give me exactly the same error. I am pretty new to this, and don't know what to do now.

On Windows I used the same script, only with different path of course. and there it worked without any issues at all.

Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

Thankies! -Unlegit

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muru

2/21/24, 1:51 AM

Are you editing the script on Windows or some other OS than Ubuntu?

zUnlxgit0amx

2/21/24, 1:59 AM

No, i edit the script in the command line to which i connected per ssh. using nano.

zUnlxgit0amx

2/21/24, 2:03 AM

where else am i supposed to ask that? i've never experienced any issues with the exact same script before on windows servers or anything. so i thought it's something ubuntu specific.

Thomas Ward

2/21/24, 2:49 AM

Are you executing the script *within* the same directory as the game server executable called "ShooterGameServer'?

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Artur Meinild

2/21/24, 8:03 AM

Use absolute paths in scripts:

#! /bin/bash
/full/path/to/ShooterGameServer TheIsland?listen?SessionName=Unlegitsserver?ServerPassword=Testpassword?ServerAdminPassword=testpassword1 -server -log

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