From eabb3412b2bae3d49f6527fad2d69f9209c832d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: FezVrasta Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:22:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] improved configuration section of readme --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1b7e270..440cbc5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -47,9 +47,24 @@ NB: You may want to change the `bash -s` parameter to fit your steam user if dif This will copy the `arkmanager` script and its daemon to the proper directories and will create an empty log directory in `/var/log` for ARK Server Tools. -## Configure ARK Server +## Configuration -All the needed variables are stored in the /etc/arkmanager/arkmanager.cfg configuration file change them following the comments. +Stored in `/etc/arkmanager/arkmanager.cfg` you can find the variables needed to start the server, like the port numbers, the system environment variables and so on. + +Also, in this file, you can specify any parameter you want to add to the startup command of ARK server. +These parameters must be prefixed by the `ark_` string, some example could be: + +```sh +ark_SessionName="My ARK server" +ark_MaxPlayers=50 +ark_ServerPVE=False +ark_DifficultyOffset=1 +``` + +Your session name may contain special characters (eg. `!![EU]!! Aw&some ARK`) which could break the startup command. +In this case you may want to comment out the `ark_SessionName` variable and define it inside your **GameUserSettings.ini** file. + +You can override or add variables for a specific system user creating a file called `.arkmanager.cfg` in the home directory of the system user. ## Install ARK Server