How To Configure the ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ File on Your Ark Survival Evolved Server

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In this guide, we will explain how to modify the GameUserSettings.ini file, which is responsible for the main configuration of your Ark Survival Evolved server and will allow you to define the parameters and interaction rules of the game.

-> Configure the ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ File

1. Log In to Your Panel

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2. Turn Off Your Server

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3. Select the ‘Files’ Tab

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4. Locate the ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ File

This file is located in /home/container/ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer

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5. Modify the Parameters You Want

The GameUserSettings.ini configuration file can be divided into up to 5 sections, each identified with a header, which are named:

[ServerSettings]
[SessionSettings]
[MultiHome]
[/Script/Engine.GameSession]
[Ragnarok]
[MessageOfTheDay]

Each header has the lines of the parameter you can modify underneath it:

After configuring the parameters inside the file, save the changes.

-> Add New Variables in the ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ File

1. Go to the Ark Community Wiki

Not all parameters and variables are present by default in the GameUserSettings.ini file, so if you want to add and modify other parameters that you do not have in your file, you must add them from the Ark Community Wiki page:

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2. Select the Header

Each header only accepts parameters specific to it, so if you are not sure which parameter you want to add, you can explore each of the headers to see all the parameters and what functions they perform in the game:

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3. Identify the Parameter You Want To Add

(1) Variable name.

(2) Description and variable type: this parameter is of boolean type (it only accepts the value True or False). As its description indicates, it has the function to allow family sharing players to connect to the server if its value is True.

Therefore, if we wanted to add this parameter to the GameUserSettings.ini file, we must copy it as AllowSharedConnections=<value> (replacing ‘<value>’ with ‘True’ or ‘False’).

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4. Locate the ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ File

Open the file in your Cybrancee panel and insert the following line at the bottom of the [ServerSettings] header:

AllowSharedConnections=True

It is important that any new parameters you add be placed at the end of the last parameter of their corresponding header:

After configuring the file, save the changes.

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5. Start Your Server

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