Ark survival is stuck on 'Starting'

OS Name/Version:Windows 11 Home 22H2

Product Name/Version:AMP Release “Decadeus” V2.4.4
Problem Description: I press start on my ark server for the first time, And nothing shows up in console, My ram Rises and in Notifications it says “Ark: Starting server…”

[10:56:01] [steamcmdplugin:Snelfs Info] : SteamCMD Update successful
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\.backupExclude)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Skipping download - target already exists (S:\AMPDatastore\Instances\ARK01\ark-se\376030\ShooterGame\.backupExclude)
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:56:01] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:56:09] [API:Snelfs Activity]  : Starting the application.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini but the file does not exist.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:56:09] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[10:58:03] [Core Activity]        : Authentication attempt for user Snelfs from 127.0.0.1
[10:58:07] [Core Activity]        : Authentication success
[10:58:07] [Core Warning]         : Slow method invocation: Login took 3066ms to complete.
[10:58:07] [Core Warning]         : Slow response: Core.Login took 3066ms to complete.
[11:27:34] [API:Snelfs Activity]  : Restarting the application.
[11:27:37] [API:Snelfs Activity]  : Starting the application.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/GameUserSettings.ini but the file does not exist.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Warning] : Tried to merge config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/LinuxServer/Game.ini but the file does not exist.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/GameUserSettings.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.
[11:27:37] [Generic:Snelfs Info]  : Merging config file ./ark-se/376030/./ShooterGame/Saved/Config/WindowsServer/Game.ini (INI format) using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding.

Steps to reproduce:

I Press start on my server
Nothing happens And i check logs and it shows a crash loop

Actions taken to resolve so far:
Ive installed and ran the following links and messages:

Installed 'DirectX End USer Runtime (June 2010)
X86 Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015-2022
Ran SteamCMD.exe (Located in the file directory of my server manager

You also need Redist 2013. Check the ARK guide on discourse

Already tried installing before, Just attempted to install, It said ‘Uninstall/Repair’ I clicked repair, I Clicked update on the AMP on ark then launched and it had same issue.

If you ran steamcmd manually outside of AMP you may have damaged the instance. Make a new instance and see what happens.

I ran steamcmd outside after this issue was occuring, Il make a new one now and keep you up to date

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