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Introduction

Adds cross server chat support to ARK Survival Evolved servers using ARK Server API.

Currently only supports multiple servers on the same machine due to using the Windows PulseEvent Synchronization API (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms684914(v=vs.85).aspx).

Installation

Install ARK Server API (http://arkserverapi.com).
Download and extract ImprovedCommands into ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ArkApi\Plugins.
Optionally configure the plugin in config.json.

Configuration

If this plugin is used together with ArkBot (https://github.com/tsebring/ArkBot) configure each server with identical server- and cluster keys as in the ArkBot-configuration.

If not; each server should have a unique server key and the cluster key should be the same for all servers that are connected.

DatabasePath must be a valid path and the directory must exist. The plugin will not attempt to create the directory.

NamePattern controls the formatting of character names.

{Name} [{ServerTag}]: Use server tag as a suffix.
[{ServerTag}] {Name}: Use server tag as a prefix.
{Name}: Don’t show server tags.

HideServerTagOnLocal may be set to false if you want server tags to be shown for chat messages coming from the local server (i.e. the one you are playing on).

JSON:

{
    "ServerKey": "server1",
    "ClusterKey": "cluster1",
    "ServerTag": "MAPNAME",
    "NamePattern": "{Name} [{ServerTag}]",
    "HideServerTagOnLocal": true,
    "DatabasePath": "C:\\ARK Servers\\ArkCrossServerChat.db"
}