This guide will show you how to identify if your ark server is clustered and the correct directories that they use.
Ark Non Clustered
When Ark is not clustered, it will be running one of two commandlines. Default Ark/Ark with Mods
Both of these commandlines are pointing to the save directory of File Manager > \ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\
No matter if the server is changed to cluster, this will still be here unless deleted.
Ark Clustered
When Ark is clustered, it will run the Enable Clustering
When this commandline is run, the save directory of the server will change, both the Slave and the Master saves are located in the master.
The Masters save directory will look like this:
File Manager > \ShooterGame\Saved\11981\
And the slaves look like this:
File Manager > \ShooterGame\Saved\12863\
The way you know which save is the Masters, and which save is the slaves is by looking into the commandline.
Ragnarok?MultiHome=151.80.27.157?Port=7813?QueryPort=27051?RCONEnabled=true??RCONPort=32366?MaxPlayers=15?SessionName="SOC_Ragnarok"?ServerPassword=Its4p4ssw0rd?AutoSavePeriodMinutes=30?AltSaveDirectoryName=11981?OverrideOfficialDifficulty=5?PreventDownloadSurvivors=False?ServerCrosshair=True?MapPlayerLocation=True?PreventDownloadItems=False?PreventDownloadDinos=False?PreventUploadSurvivors=False?PreventUploadItems=False?PreventUploadDinos=False?AllowCrateSpawnsOnTopOfStructures=true?GameModIds=895711211,731604991,719928795?listen -server -log -servergamelog -EnableIdlePlayerKick -MapModId= -NoTransferFromFiltering -clusterid=OliverD -TotalConversionMod=
AltSaveDirectoryName=11981 is what you should make out of that, This means this server's saved data will be going to 11981.
If you have been playing on a save for a regular Ark server, and clustered it, you would Locally grab the save from the
File Manager > \ShooterGame\Saved\SavedArks\ Directory and put it in AltSaveDirectoryName=11981 Directory
You Have to run the workshop updater to make sure all the mods are set in correctly so when you load the save, all your S+ structures are still there and Mod dinos.
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