Pretty much everything you need to know about server settings & how they work can be found here:

http://ark.gamepedia.com/Server_Configuration

It's worth a read if you're going to be running your own server.

Well I know the basics of managing the server. Problem is, that everytime I type in something at the "LevelExperienceRampOverrides=" gets deleted as soon as I restart the server ... of course I wait some minutes between server stop / save game.ini / server start.

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=20,ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=40,....,ExperiencePointsForLevel[198]=851370,ExperiencePointsForLevel[199]=873538)

That was my last test (the points to make it shorter here). Beneath that I added in 90 lines of "OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=5" with increased numbers towards the end.

The second "LevelExperienceRampOverrides=" I left open because at the moment I just want the player level to be increased.

Are you putting it all on one line including the LevelExperienceRampOverrides=

personally I use ARK Server Manager[forum.arkservermanager.com] to create my level & engram ramps since it's much easier than typing them out yourself. Then I just copy the parts I need from the generated game.ini to the one on my server.

Other than that the only thing I can think of is make sure it's all one line & make sure you only have one [/script/shootergame.shootergamemode] in the ini

Yeah everything is in one line.

I noticed there is a different engine option page on the nitrado server manager ... I will try that.

Never used the ARK Server Manager tbh ... also never heard of that - could you explain it a bit ?

Do you have as the last line?

@Erke

No I dont have ... do I have to?

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=
bOnlyAllowSpecifiedEngrams=false
GlobalSpoilingTimeMultiplier=0
GlobalItemDecompositionTimeMultiplier=0
GlobalCorpseDecompositionTimeMultiplier=0
PvPZoneStructureDamageMultiplier=6.0
bPvEDisableFriendlyFire=false
bAutoPvETimer=true
bAutoPvEUseSystemTime=true
AutoPvEStartTimeSeconds=0
AutoPvEStopTimeSeconds=0
LayEggIntervalMultiplier=1.0
DinoTurretDamageMultiplier=1.0
bDisableLootCrates=false
DinoHarvestingDamageMultiplier=3.0
bDisableFriendlyFire=false
CustomRecipeEffectivenessMultiplier=1.0
CustomRecipeSkillMultiplier=1.0
MatingIntervalMultiplier=0.01
EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=50
BabyMatureSpeedMultiplier=20
KillXPMultiplier=5
HarvestXPMultiplier=5
CraftXPMultiplier=5
GenericXPMultiplier=5
SpecialXPMultiplier=5
PGMapName=0
PGTerrainPropertiesString=

Thats my whole Game.ini - I put the lines (Experience...) directly behind the "LevelExperienceRampOverrides=".

In the Gameusersettings.ini (not the Game.ini) are these lines (guess they come from Extinction directly):

[/game/mods/extinction/gamemode_extinction.gamemode_extinction_c]
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=999999999
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsDino=999999999

Do I have to connect that in one file?

Uhmmm ... okay o_O.

Im testing it right now - will tell you if that works.

[/script/shootergame.shootergamemode]
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[2]=2,ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=3...ExperiencePointsForLevel[999]=100000)
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=10 (999 lines of that)
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=100000

Thats what I had in the game.ini now (dino level at 100 from Extinction is fine, I just want to change the player level) ... Nitrado saves these changes but as soon as I restart the server, the changes are gone :(

I also tried it with different orders now ...

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[2]=2,ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=3...ExperiencePointsForLevel[999]=100000)
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=10 (999 lines of that)
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=100000
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsDino=100000

Was my last try (before that I tried without the dino XP override) ... I actually just want to increase the player level. What excactly am I doing wrong ? x/

The OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer line is not governing how many levels you gain, so as long as that number is set higher than the specified experience necessary for whatever your highest player level is, it will work fine. What you need in your game.ini is lines of code for each level you want the player to gain, like this:

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[0]=8,ExperiencePointsForLevel[1]=11,ExperiencePointsForLevel[2]=15,ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=18,ExperiencePointsForLevel[4]=22,ExperiencePointsForLevel[5]=25,ExperiencePointsForLevel[6]=28,ExperiencePointsForLevel[7]=33,ExperiencePointsForLevel[8]=37,ExperiencePointsForLevel[9]=40,ExperiencePointsForLevel[10]=45,ExperiencePointsForLevel[11]=50,ExperiencePointsForLevel[12]=60,ExperiencePointsForLevel[13]=65,ExperiencePointsForLevel[14]=70,ExperiencePointsForLevel[15]=80,ExperiencePointsForLevel[16]=85,ExperiencePointsForLevel[17]=90,ExperiencePointsForLevel[18]=95,ExperiencePointsForLevel[19]=100,ExperiencePointsForLevel[20]=110,ExperiencePointsForLevel[21]=120,ExperiencePointsForLevel[22]=130,ExperiencePointsForLevel[23]=140,ExperiencePointsForLevel[24]=150,ExperiencePointsForLevel[25]=175,ExperiencePointsForLevel[26]=200,ExperiencePointsForLevel[27]=225,ExperiencePointsForLevel[28]=250,ExperiencePointsForLevel[29]=275,ExperiencePointsForLevel[30]=300,ExperiencePointsForLevel[31]=325,ExperiencePointsForLevel[32]=350,ExperiencePointsForLevel[33]=375,ExperiencePointsForLevel[34]=400,ExperiencePointsForLevel[35]=425,ExperiencePointsForLevel[36]=450,ExperiencePointsForLevel[37]=500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[38]=525,ExperiencePointsForLevel[39]=550,ExperiencePointsForLevel[40]=600,ExperiencePointsForLevel[41]=650,ExperiencePointsForLevel[42]=700,ExperiencePointsForLevel[43]=750,ExperiencePointsForLevel[44]=800,ExperiencePointsForLevel[45]=850,ExperiencePointsForLevel[46]=900,ExperiencePointsForLevel[47]=950,ExperiencePointsForLevel[48]=1000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[49]=1100,ExperiencePointsForLevel[50]=1200,ExperiencePointsForLevel[51]=1300,ExperiencePointsForLevel[52]=1400,ExperiencePointsForLevel[53]=1500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[54]=1600,ExperiencePointsForLevel[55]=1700,ExperiencePointsForLevel[56]=1800,ExperiencePointsForLevel[57]=1900,ExperiencePointsForLevel[58]=2000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[59]=2100,ExperiencePointsForLevel[60]=2200,ExperiencePointsForLevel[61]=2300,ExperiencePointsForLevel[62]=2400,ExperiencePointsForLevel[63]=2500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[64]=2600,ExperiencePointsForLevel[65]=2700,ExperiencePointsForLevel[66]=2800,ExperiencePointsForLevel[67]=2900,ExperiencePointsForLevel[68]=3000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[69]=3200,ExperiencePointsForLevel[70]=3400,ExperiencePointsForLevel[71]=3600,ExperiencePointsForLevel[72]=3800,ExperiencePointsForLevel[73]=4000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[74]=4200,ExperiencePointsForLevel[75]=4400,ExperiencePointsForLevel[76]=4600,ExperiencePointsForLevel[77]=4800,ExperiencePointsForLevel[78]=5000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[79]=5250,ExperiencePointsForLevel[80]=5500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[81]=5750,ExperiencePointsForLevel[82]=6000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[83]=6250,ExperiencePointsForLevel[84]=6500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[85]=6750,ExperiencePointsForLevel[86]=7000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[87]=7250,ExperiencePointsForLevel[88]=7500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[89]=7750,ExperiencePointsForLevel[90]=8000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[91]=8250,ExperiencePointsForLevel[92]=8500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[93]=8750,ExperiencePointsForLevel[94]=9000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[95]=9250,ExperiencePointsForLevel[96]=9500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[97]=9750,ExperiencePointsForLevel[98]=10000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[99]=10500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[100]=11000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[101]=11500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[102]=12000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[103]=12500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[104]=13000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[105]=13500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[106]=14000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[107]=14500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[108]=15000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[109]=15500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[110]=16000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[111]=16500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[112]=17000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[113]=17500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[114]=18000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[115]=18500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[116]=19000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[117]=19500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[118]=20000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[119]=20500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[120]=21000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[121]=21500,ExperiencePointsForLevel[122]=22000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[123]=23000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[124]=24000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[125]=25000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[126]=26000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[127]=27000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[128]=28000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[129]=30000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[130]=32000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[131]=34000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[132]=37000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[133]=40000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[134]=44000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[135]=48000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[136]=52000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[137]=56000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[138]=60000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[139]=64000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[140]=68000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[141]=72000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[142]=76000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[143]=80000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[144]=85000,ExperiencePointsForLevel[1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Also, for more engram points, you have to write out each of the levels for that also, like:

OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=500

(Mine are all 500 because I run a lot of mods on my server and didn't want engram points to ever be an issue).

I believe you need to stop the server, THEN make the changes, then start the server. Changes while the server is active will (at least used to) be overwritten as the server is stopping.

That said, as I was tweaking some things, I noticed that it didn't overwrite just recently, so maybe there was a change recently and my post is pointless.

So I now know why it doesnt worked ...

On Nitrado server you have to activate the "expert" mode to directly configue the game.ini and gameusersettings.ini ... well the GUS also worked without, so dunno.

But with that mode I was able to configue the game.ini and it worked.

Can someone help. I get this code added in my serversettings.ini automaticly, making my players not beeing able to lvl up over lvl 3. When i remove it, save and start server again it comes back. I want to use my own settings that i have in my game.ini

[/game/mods/extinction/gamemode_extinction.gamemode_extinction_c]
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=999999999
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsDino=999999999

Originally posted by Banana Joe:

I also tried it with different orders now ...

LevelExperienceRampOverrides=(ExperiencePointsForLevel[2]=2,ExperiencePointsForLevel[3]=3...ExperiencePointsForLevel[999]=100000)
LevelExperienceRampOverrides=
OverridePlayerLevelEngramPoints=10 (999 lines of that)
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsPlayer=100000
OverrideMaxExperiencePointsDino=100000

Was my last try (before that I tried without the dino XP override) ... I actually just want to increase the player level. What excactly am I doing wrong ? x/

i really would not recommend setting player level that high because if players put too much points into a stat it will reset but not refund their point
keep this in mind, it also happens to dinos