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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:21am
SteamCMD app_status unreliable for update information
Hi,

I am hosting an Ark Survival Evolved dedicated server. The developers update the game fairly often and at different times. So I got the idea of an automatic update check using SteamCMD.

Sadly the command app_status tells me only that it is fully installed and not that there is an update available (even if there is one). Is there a way to force SteamCMD to get the latest information about a game without updating the game in the process?

The game is installed into another directory which I always set through force_install_dir before I execute app_status
Last edited by Camulorix; 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:22am
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ReBoot 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:22am 
Why would you want not to update?
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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:23am 
Because the game server is running. When there is an update, do the following:
1. Shut down server
2. Update server
3. Start server
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ReBoot 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:32am 
Ah, I see.
Hm... You should ask in the SteamCMD forum.
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wuddih 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:34am 
Originally posted by Camulorix:
Because the game server is running. When there is an update, do the following:
1. Shut down server
2. Update server
3. Start server
should happen automatically. if it doesn't restart the server once a day via shellscript.
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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:41am 
Originally posted by wuddih:
Originally posted by Camulorix:
Because the game server is running. When there is an update, do the following:
1. Shut down server
2. Update server
3. Start server
should happen automatically. if it doesn't restart the server once a day via shellscript.

The server needs a certain command line to start and the script doesn't know of there's an update when it starts. This means that it would shut down the server without telling the players first. And if it doesn't restart automatically, I have no idea what happens when the process tries to read an updated file... No that's a bad idea :)

I set up a script to restart the server once every day and run an update. But I wanted to improve that.
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ReBoot 21 Jul, 2015 @ 4:47am 
Don't the Ark guys have a mailing list or something similar?
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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:24am 
There are community made scripts available but they use steamCMD as well. A window tool uses an external API but I can't get unversioned hotfixes this way. And not every update is also for the server.
Last edited by Camulorix; 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:24am
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ReBoot 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:27am 
That's why you have to actually read the content of the mailing list.
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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:28am 
There's a forum post but it's accessible only to people who own the game. That makes accesing it a little more complicated.
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ReBoot 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:30am 
Well, ask in the SteamCMD forum if there's a solution available.
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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:38am 
Where can I find it?
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ReBoot 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:40am 
Originally posted by Camulorix:
Where can I find it?
Have you ever noticed how there are tabs on top of the main forums landing page?
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Camulorix 21 Jul, 2015 @ 6:54am 
There's whether a SteamCMD forum nor something related. I posted it in source dedicated server for linux even though it's an Unreal game.
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